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The Yale expositor., 1909-12-10
OLD CURE FOR COLDS

library could be made OF the various cures
that have been recommended for colds The
old English cure, discovered more than 100
years ago by DIR. ]. b. Williams, called the dry
cure" has lately been revived after decades OF
disuse IL consists simply in abstaining from
all liquids for as hours OF so, starting with the
very first moment the cold declares itself.
Bread. fish, vegetables, white meat and
pudding may be eaten, but no soup. II there
is great thirst spoonful of tea or coffee may
be taken in the morning and a small glass Of
wine and water during the day. Some modern
authorities consider this cure very efficient
The Yale expositor., 1909-12-10

does not have to travel far, however. through
the state of the Carriers. the Boyds, the Pen
dletons and the Randolphs, to find in this hol-
iday season the scenes of cheer that once
gladdened Arlington.
Washington makes the most of Christmas.
In its feasting and thanksgiving it is a thor
oughly southern city at the holiday season.
1t has its cheer and its charity in full meas
IRE and these things together make "A Merry
Christmas"
The Yale expositor., 1909-12-10

The minister who had exchanged
with Rev. Mr.. Talcom was scandalized
to see Deacon Snowfall in the vestry.
after service, deliberately taking 90
cent piece out of the contributiOn-box
and substituting a dime.
''Brer Snowfall" he exclaimed, in
horror and amazement, that's plain
dishonest doings,"
The Yale expositor., 1909-12-10
Fine Tonic Mixture.

A superior tonic. appetizer and slim
ulant for the exhausted overworked
system is one-half pint good whiskey to
which should be added one ounce COM
pound fluid balmwort and one ounce
compound syrup sarsaparilla. AS an
appetizer take tablespoonful before
meals. AS tonic take after meals
and at bedtime.
Any druggist can mix 1t quickly.
The Yale expositor., 1909-12-10
HoW's This?

We oner one Hundred Dollars Reward for any
lase OF CataEzh that cannot hs cured by Hahn
Catarrh Cu1a.
FL. CHENEY a CO.. Toledo. o.
We. the. undersigned. have known F. J. Cheney
for the as1 Is years and believe him perfectly hon
orable IN all business transactions and financially
able 20 carry out any obligations made by his nrm
NALDING. KINNAle a MARVIN.
WhoesaR Druggists Toledo. O.
Hall1sCatnrrh Cure Is taken internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF thu
system Testimonials sent Aree. Price 10 cents pes
bottle Sold by all Druggists
Inn MANS Family Pla har constipation.
The Yale expositor., 1909-12-10

of all the old es.
tates of the wood
ed country.
Arlington now is
a sad enough place.
and the Christmas
feasting in the
house where Rob-
ert E. Lee married
Mary Gusts is
but a memory. One
The Yale expositor., 1909-12-10
All the Same TO Her.

81 must warn you, dearest" he said.
chat after we are married you will
very likely find me inclined to be ar
bitrary and dictatorial in my manner"
mo natter" she replied, cheerfully.
Il won't pay the slightest attention to
what you say"
The Yale expositor., 1909-12-10
This WIN Interest Mothers

Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Chill
dren, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in
Children's Home. New York, cure Consti-
patton, Feverishness. Teething Disorders.
Stomach Troubles and Destroy Worms:
$1,000 testimonials of cures. All druggists.
Csc. Sample FREE. Address Allen s.
Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
The Yale expositor., 1909-12-10

from the level of overload and serf.
But that is because it has passed
through the slough of slavery, which
was serfdom, in literal fact.
At any rate. the custom goes back
at least to the sweetest and most
touching of Yuletide doings In Eng
land, the Christmas carol. That, too,
came first into being when serfdom
was England's common law, when the
lord of castle and of keep was seren-
AIDED by HIS dependents, and, in his
munfficent turn, gave them lordly lar
gesse to drink his noble health.
But the beginning was not then.
Farther and farther back we must go,
carol and of the song of England
even back to days of the wandering
singers-the jongleurs and the min
strels, who came from Normandy with
conquering William, and were gentle
men adventurers as independent as
you please, and very ferocious fight
ers in the bargain.
So the christmas gift" in the
course of the ages has had its ups and
downs, ranging from the lordly accept
ance by titled minstrel of plain yet
royal wages to the humble appeal of
the dependent serf, whose welfare was
at his overlord's will and pleasure.
The spirit in which, at various periods.
it has been given and received was
really what determined its social sig
nificance; and there have'been times
when that spirit was precisely the
spirit of the most polite highwayman
who ever babe startled traveller stand
and deliver.
The Yale expositor., 1909-12-10

The christmas waits OF England, with their
"God rest you merry gentlemen; let nothing
Won dismay,' soon established the precedent
that. wherever they chose to intone their car
OILS before a door, that door must open to them
bospitably. and table must be furnished
forthwith with good things of the season for
their prompt refreshment.
But there were curmudgeons among them
then as there are now. Persons who happened
to have other pleasures on their hands, and
realizing keenly that the jovial waits came un-
invited, could not perceive why anyone should
play reluctant host. The curmudgeons unques-
ticnably had the right of 1t, but the carol sing
ers. many a time burst in doors and wrecked
house furnishings in their wrath at the re-
fusal. There was a Christmas hold-up in grim
reality.
christmas gift" isn't altogether bad, 1t
isn't altogether new. 1T is only recrudescence
of an old, old custom by humanity whose ma
ture in the mass changes slowly.
And when 1t is all sifted down to its es-
sence, you are getting rather sincere compli-
ment--the same compliment his jongleurs paid
bold William the Conqueror, and his fellow-cit-
liens paid Dick Wilmington, who became lord
mayor of London.
The Yale expositor., 1909-12-10

cannot praise fugitive and clois-
tered virtue, unexercised and un-
breathed, that never sallies out and
seeks her Milton.
The Yale expositor., 1909-12-10

HAVE you A COUGH, OR COLDs
II No take nj once Aliens Lung Balsnm and watch
results Simple, safe effective. All dealers. popu-
lar prices-2sc. Soc and 81 bottles
The Yale expositor., 1909-12-10

It is usually costly to follow cheap
advice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-30

England and has less than nair
million inhabitants. most of whom are
Indians. In the old days it was called
Mohammed's paradise. but If the fol-
lowers of the prophet were TO see 1t
they would forswear their religion.
Nicaragua has no roads and In the in
terror is as primitive as in the days
of Columbus. The principal industries
are raising revolutions and avoiding
work. Zelaya has added one other oc-
cupation to those two-that OF paying
taxes. He is a great money maker and
has amassed private fortune OF mil
lions. He is brave. however, has
shown some military ability and made
Of his army something more than the
joke 1t is in some Latin American
countries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-30
HEALTH OF ANIMALS BEST
BECAUSE OF GOOD DIGESTION

numerous remedies, with a like result.
1 was at the end of my string, my
pocketbood emptied, and l was in a
worse condition than ever. 1 gave up
in despair; there seemed to be no
hope left, and was completely discour-
aged.
"a friend came to me and urged me
to try Cooper's New Discovery medi-
cine. 1 threw up my hands in disgust
what was the use? His sincerity i'm
pressed me, and l finally decided to
take another chance, and bought one
bottle Of the New Discovery. l had
no idea that it would help me, but it
did.
From the first day 1 could notice an
improvement, and by the time the first
bottle had been emptied there was a
very noticeable change for the better.
My bowels were thoroughly cleansed,
my stomach felt easier and retained
food. and my digestive organs began
to perform their functions properly.
My sleep became restful and refresh
ing. I developed a good appetite, and
soon discovered that 1 could eat any
thing l cared for and as much as
wanted, without a thought of distress
afterward
Imagine how good everything tast-
ed to a man who had been on the verge
of starvation for four years. My
strength soon returned, and 1 contin-
ued until l had taken four bottles. 1
am now entirely well-never felt bet
ter in my life. All my former trouble
has disappeared. 1 owe it all to Coop
er's New Discovery, and would be I'M
grateful, indeed, if l failed to give
praise where it is due.
81 make this statement purely from
a sense of duty. To onyone who is suf-
fering in any way from stomach trou-
BILE can recommend this Cooper med
icine''
Cooper's New Discovery is sold by
all druggists everywhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-30
A QUESTION OF BAIT.
Should the Bessar Leave Few or Many
Cents In His Hat7

Should the Bessar Leave Few or Many
Cents In His Hat7
zone thing that I've never been able
to settle in my mind to my own sat
isfaction,' said a street beggar whose
speciality is sitting on step and hold
ing out his hat to passersby, rs the
question OF how many pennies 1t is
wise to have In the hat for people to
see as they go by OF course you un-
derstand there are two theories on this.
Working on one you leave there only
a few, just three or four pennies scat
tered around irregular. but pretty far
apart, and on the other you leave in
the hat lot of pennies.
"Of course the idea of the first plan
is to make people when they see how
little you've got want to chip in and
help, and the idea OF the other plan
is to stir people up to generosity by
showing them how generous others
have been. and there's a heap to be
said for that. There's lots of people
that give because other people have
given-because they like to go with
the crowd.
I've tried both plans and had good
days with lean bait and bad days with
a full bait in the hat. and then I've
had good days with a full bait and
bad days with lean bait. All you can
do is, If one plan doesn't work well.
try the other. You never can telI."-
New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-30

An interesting interview was recent
ly obtained with L. T. Cooper, whose
theory and medicines have created
such a sensation during the past year.
Mr.. Cooper, in speaking of the re-
markable success Of his medicine, had
this to say on the subject: MY medi-
cine regulates the stomach. That is
why it is successful. The human stom-
ach today has become degenerate, and
is the cause for most i'll health. In the
horse, the dog, and the wild animals
generally, you see no nerve exhaustion.
no chronic debility. They are not
shut up day after day with practically
no exercise, and they are not able to
stuff themselves with food when their
bodies have not had enough work to
Justify It, The human race has been
doing this for years. and look at the
result-half the people are complaining
of poor health, not real illness-just Il
half-sick, tired. droopy feeling. They
don't really know what is the matter
with them.
Il know that all the trouble is caus-
GU ny "Sdh, ONSl L
have proved this with my medicine to
many thousands of people in most of
the leading cities of the country. This
is the real reason for the demand for
my preparation"
Among those who have recently
been converted to Cooper's theory is
s. w. Beckham of Aberdeen, Miss,
who says: 81 have just spent four mis-
cradle years asking and searching for
relief from indigestion and stomach
trouble. can not describe the suffer
ing have been through. My health
was undermined and 1 could see my
self rapidly falling 1 could neither
eat, sleep nor work. The little food |
did manage to swallow gave me the
greatest distress.
81 consulted physicians, but their
medicine did me no good. 1 tried out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-30

where 4 have read that 40 per cent of
the people live in city houses. steam
heated flats, in homes unsuited for
health, unequipped for the sturdiness
necessary for the development of our
manhood. i should like to see the gov
ernment spend millions in the encour-
agement of men and women going to
the country, there TO live as God in
tended they should live-to raise chill
dren, produce grain, meat and milk.
I'VE must get out of the notion that
we are living for the present. 1t is a
bad system of society that prompts the
well being of today, caring nothing for
tomorrow, for those who come after.
People Should Go to Farms.
millions upon millions of acres lie
undisturbed in the west, in the south
and even in the east. You have pow
erty stricken people in your great cit
les, children who are denied the privi-
leges Of education, mothers who must
go through life with tear stained eyes,
husbands and fathers with burdens
they can i'll afford to carry. And why?
Because of their nonproductiveness.
This country as a government ulti-
mately must go backward unless we
induce the people to so to the farms
out in the country where health may
be obtained, where a man may make
a living, where the boys and girls may
go hopfooting it over hill and valley,
gaining strength with every step.
1.-The desire seems to be for the
young to get. to the city. That desire
must be circumvented, dissipated by
some sort of method. We must make
the country life as attractive to the
young as the city is. We must teach
them that where the city affords dol
lar the rural communities will contrib
ute 81. And that is true unless one is
a genius
You ask about the prosperity of the
nation. 1t was never better Crops
have been good. mortgages have been
wiped away by the millions, new fields
have been opened. new cities built, new
railroads constructed, others planned.
Peace reigns. 1 can see no black spot
anywhere. There will be no central
bank. The country will not stand for
it.
LET congress and the various state
legislatures take a more catholic view
of the railroad situation. Let them re-
member that the railroad investor has
his money at stake, that he has con-
tributed something toward the devel-
opment Of tho country, that he is nei-
Their a thief nor a robber, as some
would have his countrymen believe,
and then we will have a more homo
geneous nation, less trouble. more flour
and bacon sides in our pantries, fewer
suicides, greater bank accounts in our
savings institutions, better morals.
1--WE must learn to be less extrava-
CANT. We must be taught to under
stand that at the rate our people are
living destruction to the whole moral
fabric OF the nation is ineYita ble''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-30
New Pin Money LEAGUE.

A number of we'll known society wO-
men of Bloomfield, n. j., have organ
lied the National Pin Money league.
The object is to enable persons shut in
by illness to earn money for their
needs by making fancy articles, rugs,
,etc. Miss Lillian W. Babcock is presi-
dent, with headquarters at 34S Belle
Vile avenue, Bloomfield.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-30
is MISCHIEF MAKER
President Zelaya Of Nicaragua
Has Been So Dubbed for
His Past Activities.
PART IN PRESENT TROUBLE
Juan Estrada, Leader of the OPPOSE
ton, Is Also the Prospective
President.
By JAr1Es A. HDeERroN.

Jose Santos Zelaya, president OF Nj
caragua, has been called the mischief
maker of Central America. 1t may turn
out that when he had two American
citizens shot without proper trial he
made mischief once too often. As an
ordinary thing your Uncle Samuel does
not grow highly excited over these
Latin American revolutions, but when
some two by four despot like Zelaya
imagines he can shoot Americans in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-30
LABOR AGITATOR SENT UP
Convicted of Conspiracy, He Is Given
Jail Sentence.

Spokane, Wash, Nov. 80. - John
Pancner, one of the leaders of the
Industrial Workers of the World,
convicted of conspiracy, was sentenc-
ed yesterday to six months in Jail at
hard labor. Evidence was introduce
ed that Pancner had come to this
city to fight the ordinance regulating
street speaking and that he had sent
out kilograms to nearby towns call
ing for men to fill the jails in Spo-
kane"
Pancner appealed from the SEN
tence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-30

and 1,26S against, the majority foI
the plan being 1870. Every ward
in the city gave a large majority for
it, some Of them going as high as
four to one.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-30
TO AID SUFFRAGIST CAUSE
NOnpartisan Political Organization Is
Formed in New York.

New York, Nov. 3O.-A novel nom
partisan political organization, with
many prominent men from this city
and throughout the state on its ros-
ter, was organized in New York yes
terday under the name of the Mems
League for Women's Suffrage of the
State of New York. George Foster
Peabody was elected president. A
practical campaign throughout the
state in behalf of the suffrage cause
will be directed.
Among the vice presidents and
members of the advisory committee
are William Dean Howells, William
NJ. Wins and Herbert Parsons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-30
READ THIS
OFFER

Here is the best oppor-
tunity in the world to prove
Occident quality for your
self. 1t costs you nothing
if you are not satisfied.
Order a sack of Occident
Flour from your grocer.
Use as much of it as you
like
If you are not convinced
before it is gone that Occi-
dent Flour is better than
any other you ever used
Go back to you,- Grocer
and tell him so. He is az
kH0rIzed TO refund, zvfthOut
argument, the full purchase
Price of any PACKAGE of Orcl-
dent aOhfch y0u do not flnd
satisfactory.
You are nothing out.
Did you ever hear of a
broader guarantee-a fair
er offer?
Order a sack for your
next baking day and see
for yourself.
For Sale by
All Tri- city Grocers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-30
Novel Social Fad.

An Atchison CKan) man who Will
give a man party shortly will have
portieres made of wienerwurst and
will give a prize to the one guessing
nearest to the number Of sausages in
the decorations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-30
METEOR STRIKES EARTH
Aerial Traveller Weighing Nearly q
Ton Found Near Dubuque, Iowa.


Dubuque, Iowa, Nov. so. - The
meteor observed speeding across the
sky at Dubuque late Sunday after
noon developed a split west of here,
one section, a foot in diameter, fall-
ing in a field near Dyersville and
the other, weighing more than ten.
embedded itself in the earth ne1"
Manchester. AS the larger piece
shaken.
BURLINGTON NEW RULE
Iowa Town Adopts Commission Form
of Government.
Burlington, Iowa, Nov. 30.-The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-30
WARNED BY HILL
Railroad Man Tells What He
Fears Will Come of Ma
tional Extravaganza.
RATE WE LIVE DANGEROUS
Need Is For More Producers and Not
So Many Consumers-Destroy
Our Moral Fabric.

James ]. Hill, the pioneer of the
northwest and one of the most con-
spicuous railroad men of the world.
believes that the United States must
recede from its extravaganza, the Lu-
cullian way Of living. and get back to
the old way Of hog, hominy and milk
or else go to destruction.
Not only America. but Europe" he
said recently to an interviewer at his
Office in New York, lis afflicted with
the germ of recklessness. Our IA
tional legislature sets the pace.
I'VE are spending millions on top of
millions for the army, for the navy,
when we need neither. For congress
to appropriate the several hundred
millions annually, as it does. for the
guns of the ships is encourage cement for
the individual to talk about warfare
ent anywhere.
Commercial War Needed.
Grant said. Let US have peace
But, as Napoleon desired for his time
and his reign, this country seems to
wish war. And why and for what?
What reason have we to combat, eX-
cept commercially. any foreign power?
And yet, speaking soberly, l will say
that we must do something quickly
toward regaining our trade with other
countries.
Germany, England and France are
advancing and pre-empting territory
that naturally belongs to US. We can
recover that trade only by encourag
ing shipping industries, by more mark
ed methods of inviting trade, by sys-
TENS of reciprocity, by competition
the latter, after all. being the real key
note of commerce.
Were In control Of the finances of
this government 1 should spend more
for the development of the farm and
less for the fineness of firearms. l
should have agricultural stations sit
uated in all parts OF the nation where
one might come to be taught how to
grow two blades of grass where but
one grew before.
Have Too Few Producers.
Think of the congestion in the cities
How long can this nation survive IN
der present conditions? We have few
producers, a multitude of consumers.
1 have forgotten the figures, but some
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-30
FLOUR

She will tell you Because
she has the proof that Occi-
dent Flour is better than
any other.
IT produces = aOfM the
least effort on her part
Just tie sort of bread and
pastry she delights IN MAX
ing and Serglmg. JuSt the
sort yO11 enjoy eating.
She doesn't always stop
to ask why Occident is the
best-she kn01ps zVHat 1t
doeS-and she is satisfied.
The difference in price
of a few cents more a sack
she pays gladly-Because
of the difference it makes
in her baking.
Perhaps she doesn'teven
stop to consider this-that
the few cents extra for
every sack are what enable
the millerS to raise the
standard of Occident Flour
TIC Highest grade IN tie
z0orLF" = from wheat to
package.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-09-18
SCIENTIFIC FEEDING.
Health as q Primary Factor In InteIii
gent Living.

Health and success are so largely
dependent upon balance. upon SYM
metry of development. physical and
mental harmony. that we should do
everything possible to secure that
physical poise which also means men,
tai and moral poise. A large part of
our ills come from one sided develop
ment, caused by overstimulating some
tissue cells and starving others-over-
feeding and undertaking. Scientific
feeding. therefore. Is Of vast impor.
lance.
Overeating and improper eating are
among the curses of the world. Think
of the people who put all sorts of in
compatibles into their stomachs at the
same time and then use all sorts of
nostrums TO get rid of their bad ef-
fects.
One of the most pathetic sights in
the world Is that of human being
struggling hard to carry out his am
bition, yet handicapping himself by
his ignorance of physical laws.
What pathetic figure Carlyle cut
In the world-a one sided giant who
might have been a symmetrical power.
possessor OF colossal brain largely
controlled by dyspeptic stomach! He
was cross and grabbed and did just
the things that he did not want to do.
things that he knew II would be bet
ter not to do. but he was the victim
Of starved nerves. of exhausted brain
cells largely for want Of common sense
feeling. -Orison SWEET Marden In Sue
cess Magazine.