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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-21

the author was member was om
after walrus In the middle OF Smith
Sound, they barely escaped death on
a detached ice foe. Finding them.
selves separated from the pack and
drifting downward toward the open
water, which would have meant slow
starvation, the members OF the hunt
ing expedition frantically explored the
boundaries Of their temporary prison
for loophole Of escape Finally one
Of the Eskimos discovered where by
utilizing small ice pans as ferries the
party could escape to the solid pack.
That was one of the many close calls
that Whitney experienced.
Eskimo Endurance.
The author never ceased to marvel
at the endurance OF his friends the
sayGges Life with them is so stern
matter of nip and tuck that the Es.
hmos seem tC have been hardened In
to almost superhuman strength. and
stamina. Their pursuit Of game is
never ending, and at times the life OF
whole colony will depend on the
success Of one hunting expedition.
Whitney saw his Eskimo com.
panlons take chances with death
which were nothing short Of sheer
madness: he found them ready to go
without sleep for three days on end.
eager to be on the move as long as
their legs would support them. They
cannot lean on others for support" /"
Whitney comments. "and none among
them is so poor that charity comes
his way. He must work II he is to
live, and no man in the world works
so hard as the Eskimo or enjoys so
little of life's comforts and luxuries." {"
With the return Of the sun Whit.
ney and a party Of Eskimos crossed
the ice OF Smith Sound over to Elles-
mere Land, where the author sought
the single reward Of all that winters
isolation, musk OK. With n hunters
pride he deyotes several chapters OF
his book to the narration of this sue
cessful musk OK hunt He knocked
down more OF the heasts than he
could bring back to Greenland with
him and the trophies in heads and
hides that he secured amply rewarded
his months of waiting.
Says Little About Cook.
Whitney tells only in the baldest
outline OF the return OF Doctor Cook
to Anootok, reciting how three men.
gaunt as skeletons and dirty almost
beyond human ,semblance. came in
over the ice OF Smith Sound pulling
their single sledge behind them. On
the subject OF what Doctor Cook may
have told him as to his pole finding
the New Haven sportsman pursues
his consistent policy Of silence. lie
simply says that the Bushwick ex.
plorer stayed a few days in AnootoB
and then started southwark for a Dan.
ish settlement.
On August 16, within a few days of
year after Mr.. Whitney had been
marooned among the Eskimos, the
Roosevelt bearing the Peary party re-
turned from the north and the New
Haven man took ship on her for civil
ization. He transferred to the Jeanie
which was met coming up at North
Star Bay and after some desultory
hunting along the coast of Baffin'f
Land, during which time the author
secured some coveted polar bear, the
return to the world was completed.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-21
An Everyday Affair.

The pale. proud girl turns to the
big. heavy broweu man who is gaz-
ing at her so intently. He has a gilt
tering knife In his hand.
Have you no hearth" she asks in
low. even tones.
mo" he tells her.
Then give me ten cents worth
OF liver"
Readily cutting of the desired
amount, the butcher wraps It up for
her. gives her her change and trading
stamps, and turns to wait on the next
customer.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-21
When rsnnysOn Slipped In the Mud.

When Tennyson Slipped In the Mud.
1t had been a stormy evening and
the night was of pitchy darkness when
started out, against invitations to
remain, to go to the Albion. Tenny-
son insisted on showing me a nearer
way, but In the darkness got of his
bearings. Bidding me walk close be-
hind him, we went forward through
the mud. when suddenly | found my
self preclpitated six or seven feet
downward. Sitting In the mud,
called on the poet to pause, but It
was too late; he was speedily seated
beside me. This was seeing the laur-
cate OF England in a new light. or.
rather. hearing him under novel
darkness. Covered with mud, cropping
about, he improved the odd occasion
with such an innocent run of With
cisms and anecdotes that | had to
conclude that he had reached a condl-
tion which had discovered In him un-
expected resources. His deep bass
voice came through the congenlal
darkness like mirthful thunder. while
he groped until he found a path. This
should have happened after dinner!"
he exclaimed; do not mention this
to the temperance folk."-M ID. Con.
ways Autobiography.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-21

But, my dear" gently demonstrates
the fond young husband. you have no
use for an aeroplane costume. We
haven't an air ship, and such a cos.
tune is not only expensive. but under
the circumstances you would have no
occasion to wear IT,"
Yes. Harold" answered the fair
young wife. "But, then. suppose
Just suppose-one OF my former ad.
mirers should ask me TO elope with
him In an air ship?"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-21
Admitted

women already DO a lot Of gov
erning." said Mrs. o. II p. Belmont.
che brilliant suffrage leader, In an
interview in New York Men, II
they are observant and frank, admit
that.
AN editor. about TO marry. was
asked by n friend.
"'What prompted you, old man, TO
propose TO Miss Dashr
THE editor, who was. like all ed
itors. extremely obseryant and ex
tremely frank. answered.
well. TO tell you the truth. think
Miss Dash prompted me more than
anybody else
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-21
An American Duchess.

The Duchess Decazes. as all the
world knows, was an Americana
daughter OF the enormously rich Sin.
ger family.
The duchess was once taking part
in some amateur theatricals at Ragaz
when a New York girl said TO her
mother:
SIS she a real duchess?"
Yes. my dear" the mother. a
Kniokerbocker. answered. yes. real:
but machine made"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-21
Anol,nt cltv Modernl,ed

Tarsus. the ancient city in Asia MI
nor, where the apostle Paul was born.
~ now illuminated by electricity. The
power Is taken from the Cydnus river.
There are now In Tarsus $50 electric
street lights and about GOO incandes
cent lights for private use.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-21
Economical.

Yes, | can have the new bonnet
selected" says the clever wife.
But" remarks her friend. Il
thought your husband had said you
couldn't have such an expensive one"
He did, but told him II he
wouldn't get 1t for me would go home
to mother-and the hat cost S35. while
a ticket home costs $44.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-21
Some Consolation.

Mrs. Gramercy-My husband II
anxious to get rid OF me.
Mrs. Park-Don't cry. dear. In that
case he won't haggle over the ALI
mony.-Smart Set
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-21
Possibly.

you don't hear anything more
about that project to make cream OF
petroleum" says the man with the
Zigzag eyebrows.
mo. and for a good reason" replies
the man with the overdone nose. "On
and water won't mix"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-21

Some women jump at conclusions.
because they want to see how the
story is going 10 end.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-21
Captlvated by the Arctic.


But once at Etah. away down under
the foot of the mountains with the
Greenland ice cap sparkling from the
summit Of the range, Whitney caught
the fever of the north Though he
had not come prepared to isolate him
self for year and endure the hard
ships Of the Arctic night, Whitney
broached his determination TO stick It
out with the Esllimos at Etah to Com
mander Peary before the Roosevelt
left for the north on August rs, and
Peary made him an allowance Of
stores sufficient to keep him until the
return of the expeditions tender in
the following August should oder
passage home.
So u was that with a shack built
for him by the carpenter and the bos'n
OF the Erik at Etah and the two mem
bers of the Roosevelts crew left to
guard a cache of provisions at An
nootok, forty miles away as his sole
white companions in the land of sill
euce, MIR. Whitney saw the Erik steam
away for the south on August 81.
Then he realized that he was ma
rooned in the most desolate region OF
the earth. among a race who spoke a
strange tongue. There was no escape
for nearly year"
Even the Eskimo companions left to
the sportsman were not many. Peary
had taken the pick Of the tribe north
with him on the Roosevelt, men, WON.
en- and children, aud the Eskimos
who remained began early the grilling
task of storing the community lardeT
against descending night Whitney
threw his lot In with them absolutely.
Lived the Life Of an Eskimo,
He straightway became an Eskimo
IN his mode OF life as far aS he could,
and before he got away from the ice
bound coast OF Smith Sound, Whitney
had reason to count among his best
friends the simple-minded folk who
pass as savages.
The beginning Of the Arctic night
found Whitney and the Eskimo
munity all settled in Annootok. which
is the northernmost settlement OF the
Arctic highlanders. The man who had
come to the country to hunt speedily
discovered that necessity forced hin
to do little else.
The descending night found the Es
kimos feverishly active in the task o
laying up a store against the winter
Whitney had either TO remain alone
ln his board and packing box shack
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-21

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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-21

W AAN pAdAN NAlAb hNA
many years ago marked the northern
most limit OF polar exploration. For
nearly year he lived by choice al
most in the shadow OF that Cape Sa-
blne, where the men OF the Greedy
expedition starved to death In 1888.
Many times he passed on his expedi-
ton after game the wreck of the
steamship Polari of the Hall expedl-
tion OF 1871.
The adventures Mr. Whitney had
as a sportsman in this far north
where men before him had met death
ms explorers he has set down in his
book. Hunting With the Esklmos."
which has Just been published, says n
writer In the Montreal Herald.
Though the author seems to consider
himself primarily n sportsman and
the love Of hunting strange game
was what kept him through all the
Arctic night living with the Eskimos
and as an Eskimo, his book is inter.
esting not as a sportsman's tale, but
as a record of crowded adventure
and as a portrayal of Eskimo types.
Since Mr. Whitney went as far
north as Etah with tho Peary expedi-
tion OF 1908 and returned TO civiliza-
tion on the Peary relief ship Jeanie
after having been the first white man
to greet the returning pole finder up
under the shadow of the north. his
book comes as a sort of epilogue to
Peary's narrative of his achievement.
As an amateur Arctic explorer this
New Haven sportsman has at least
one valuable qualification, the gift of
direct and simple narrative
In company with two other sports.
men the author went north on the
Peary expeditions tender Erik, which
followed the Roosevelt on It's last ana
successful dash through the ice fields.
His intention and that OF his friends
was merely to make the voyage to
Etah on the Greenland coast, get a
little incidental hunting and then to
return to the world when the Erik put
back and the Roosevelt continued on
her way northward to Cape Sheridan.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-21

fast does the world
move nowadays that un
less one stops to reflect
n bit there seems moth.
Ing unusual In the fact
that Harry Whitney. the
New Haven sportsman,
should have gone hunting
10 the place which not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-08

80 Mulberry street for identification.
why" said Sheridan, that's Bob
Suffrage; served five years in Liver
pool, eight years in Brussels and two
years in Sing Sing. He was arrested
twenty-one years ago by Tom Mulvey,
on Reynolds staff"
Inspector Titus sent Tom Mulvey
over to the Raymond street jail in
Brooklyn to identify the prisoner.
Mulvey took a look at him and re-
ported that he never had arrested him.
never had seen him. Sheridan himself
had never seen Bob Suffrage. All that
he had in mind were the pictures that
had passed through his hands. two or
three out of total Of 100000 In the
gallery Sheridan still insisted that
the Brooklyn sneak thief was the no.
toTious. Bob.
Fin, ny the prisoner was arraigned
before Judge Aspinall and pleaded
guilty The Judge said to him:
Now 1 am going to ask you some
questions, and If you tell the truth III
take that into consideration in sentenc-
ing you. Is your name Bob Suffrage"
yes" said the prisoner, and then he
went on TO tell the terms he had serv-
ed just as Sheridan had done from
memory several weeks before.
How He Identified Precious Pair.
Sheridan's friends love to tell how he
identified Mott Haven Red and Frank
Gold. They had been taken in by
chance on the Bowery in New York,
and when the precious pair were stood
up the next day no one knew them, so
they went on to Sheridan.
That's Mott Haven Red. alias Joe
Fay" said Sheridan instantly. 81 saw
his picture ten years ago. He got nine
years and eight months in Dannemora
for blowing up a safe of the Standard
Oil company in Syracuse"
The prisoner stoutly denied his iden-
tity, whereupon Sheridan said to de-
tective:
Pull up his sleeve and you'n find
w. I. o. tattooed on his right fore
arm" The letters were there.
Now look on his right hand and see
If the cord on the little finger has not
been shortened" said Sheridan. and it
was. That was too much for Mott
Haven Red, and he confessed his iden-
tity.
That is but one instance in many
which the detectives recall in illus
rating Sheridan's wonderful faculty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-08
The Planning Machine.

AS to the original inventor of the
planning machine there is perhaps
scarcely a machine about which there
has been more controversy than this.
and there are many claimants to the
honor There are records. however.
showing that Nicholas ForQ. a French
clockmaker, used a metal planer in
1851 for machining pump cylinders. ap-
parently being under the impression
that they could be made more accu-
rately in this manner than by a re-
volving cutter.-Cassier's Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-08
Executors Notice.

Estate OF Ransom r. Cable. deceased
The undersigned having been APP
pointed executors OF the last will and
testament of Ransom r. Cable, late OF
the county OF Rock Island. state OF ILL.,
nois. deceased. hereby give notice that
they Will appear before the county court
Of Rock Island county, at the county
al the February term, on the first Mon
day in February next. at which time all
persons having claims against said es-
tate are notified and requested to at
tend for the purpose OF having the same
adjusted. All persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make Immediate
payment 10 the undersigned.
Dated this 22nd day OF December. n
d. 1909. JANE S. CABLE
HIRAM S. CABLE.
BENJAMIN S. CABLE.
Executors.
jackson, Hurst g. STAFFORD. attorneys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-08
is IN new ROLE
Stories Told by Lieutenant
Sheridan, Sleuth, Who
Will Guard Banks.
LONG A TERROR TO CROOKS
is Noted for His Ability to Remember
All Faces in the Rogue's
Gallery.

Owing to an affection of the eyes
which interferes with his proper vi
sion Lieutenant William Patrick Hen
" Sheridan. who is known to the law
breaking fraternity OF two continents
as the man with the camera eye"
recently retired from the detective de-
partment of the New York city police
force to enter into partnership with
William ]. Burns, former secret serv-
ice man, who is official guard of the
1,4oo banks in the American Bankers
association, a trust formerly held by
the Pinkerton agency.
The remarkable memory for faces
that characterizes Lieutenant Sheri-
dams career made him celebrated in
police circles the world over. His eye
was unerring, and once the features of
criminals face were beheld by him
they were photographed in his mind.
and he never made mistake in identi-
fication. In this regard he was one Of
the most valued members of the city
detective force, and as 1.-The man with
the camera eye he was a terror to
evildoers of every nation.
Feared by Criminals.
Lieutenant Sheridan got his start I'M
der Inspector Thomas Byrnes in 1887,
q year after his appointment to the
force. He was sent after the assistant
cashier who had robbed the National
Park bank of S165,00O and after a
search of six months found his quarry
in q hole In the Canadian hills known
as Standstead. He was instrumental
In bringing hundreds of robbers, safe
crackers and other criminals to JUS
tice. He especially was valuable in
his Identification of criminals, every
mark that served to identify them be-
Ing photographed in his memory.
1t is doubtful if there is another
man in the United States who inspired
more fear than did Sheridan in the
hearts of criminals with records. No
man in the history of the New York
police department has been SO quick
to see through a disguise and to iden-
tify prisoners with pictures that had
been taken five, ten and even twenty
years before.
Many city as far west even as San
Francisco came to learn that the ap-
pearance of Sheridan in q crowd was
the surest means of Kidding the city
Of band of itinerant crooks. Sheri-
dan was the man to whom the New
York police department turned when
all others failed to identify prisoner.
If Sheridan passed a prisoner it was
taken for granted that his picture was
not among the 100000 or more In the
rogues' gallery.
Conviction of Bank Sneak.
with his camera eye is that Of q bank
sneak who was arrested in Brooklyn
In 1903 and who gave the name of
William Murphy. Murphy's picture
was taken in Brooklyn and sent over
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-08
MEN AND WOMEN WANTED
Railway Mail Clerks $500 a Year to
start, and Increases to 81 200.

Uncle Sam will hold an examination
for Postal Clerks and Letter Carriers
in Rock Island in November: for other
positions on different dates 1t is esti-
mated that $4,000 appointments will
be made this year The Government
wants people over IS years 10 take the
examination; will pay them we'll and
give them an annual vacation with full
pay. The Bureau of Instructions,
Rochester, n. Y, with its thorough
knowledge Of all the requirements can
fit anyone in a few weeks 20 pass. A
Government Position means employ.
ment for life. Prepare now for the ex-
animation. Any reader of The Argus
can get full information by writing the
Bureau of Instructions, "A Hamlin
Building, Rochester, n. Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-08

ate OF George Lamont. deceased

Estate OF George Lamont. deceased.
The undersigned having been APP
pointed administrator OF the estate OF
George Lamont. late OF the county OF
Rock Island, state OF Illinois, deceased.
hereby gives notice that he VIII appear
before the county court OF Rock Island
county. at the county court room. in
the city Of Rock Island, at the March
term, on the first Monday in March
next. at which time all persons having
claims against said estate are notified
and requested to attend for the purpose
OF having the same adjusted All per
sons indebted TO said estate are request
ed to make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
Dated goth day OF December, A. ID.
1909. b. -. LAMONT.
Administrations
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-08
City Property and
Farm Lands for Sale
and Exchange

seven-room house and barn. with a
fine lot. beautifully locatot on 29th
street, for only $500.
Five-room cottage, with 4 lot 5Ox13O.
for SI,7OO.
Eight-room modern ho'igo on 18th
street for $1,000.
Six-room house with onO.half acre Of
land all kinds OF fruit. $500.
Five-room cottage, beautifully Ioca-
ted near AuEustana college. with a fine
view of the river. for only ~ coo.
Eighty-acre farm. six n lies south Of
Milan. with very good improvements.
fenced and cross-fenced. $50 nm acre.
Eighty-acre farm n miles southeast
trade on this one.
Fine 45-acre farm III miles from
Fulton, Ill. SI25 acre VIII take
$4,000 trade on this.
120.acre farm il miles north and east
Of Davenport, nearly all level land, al
SiOc an acre. VIII take u $4,000 trade
on this.
Eighty,scre farm. IS miles from Dsv-
export, fine set of improvements, fine
level land. at $50 an mere.
155-acre farm, IA miles from Daven-
port. with q fue new eight-room mod
ern house. large new barn. good hog
house. corn cribs and grAnary, all fenc-
ed and cross-fenced with woven wire;
to close out at once. sIOn an acre.
Do not forget that we have n very
choice selection OF vacant lots for sale
far below their real value, ~ same are
taken on or before March 1, 1910.
And we viii cheerfuty furnish esti-
mates and plans free OF charge on any
building which you wish to erect. and
make you a loan on same at the lowest
possible rate OF intereHt.
We also write FIRE Insurance at the
lowest possible rate.
in Office every Saturday evening.
For full particulars, call o. write
BIankenburg & Blankenburg,
$50 Safety Building.
once Phone, West al. Residence,
New 59SS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-08
Jackson. Hurst & STAFFORD, attorneyI
Executors Notice.

Estate OF Thomas Gait Brindle. de-
ceased.
The undersigned having been ap-
pointed eNecutTix OF the last will and
testament OF Thomas Gait Brindle. late
OF the county of Rock Island. state OF
Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice
that she will appear before the county
court Of Rock Island county, at the
county court room. in the city of Rock
Island. at the March term, on the first
Monday in March next. at which time
all persons having claims against said
estate are notified and requested to at
tend for the purpose Of having the
same adjusted. All persons indebted to
said estate are requested 70 make inn
mediate payment to the undersigned.
Dated this 2Sth day OF December, A
ID. 1903. SARAH =. BRINDLE.
EXecutrix.
John K. Scott, attorney
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-08

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is a
very valuable medicine for throat
and lung troubles, quickly relieves
and cures painful breathing and a
dangerously sounding cough which
Indicates congested lungs. Sold by
all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-08
His COLLEGE, Traininn.

"Has Bif1e's son ever made any use
of his college education?'
81 should say so. He. was held up
q few nights ago."
"Yes?"
And he tackled his assailant low
and threw him for loss OF four ribs
He learned that trick on his college
eleven. Plain Dealer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-08
MASSAGE.

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vibrator treatments, vapor baths.
scientific body and facial massage.
therapeutic lights. spinal treatment.
Swedish movements, etc. Hours from
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nLreets. Davenport. Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-08
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-08

Piles Cured in 6 to IA Days.
Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to
cure any case of itching. blind bleed
ing or protruding piles in to IA
days. or money refunded. so cents.