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Newark post., 1910-09-28
Newark In History And Tradition
Story OF New London Road Indian Settlement AT London Tract

the same purpose.
In the old cemetery by the oak the
grave of at least one Indian may be
found
Aside from its historical beginning,
the old road in question has figured
repeatedly i'll our history. 1t crosses
the famous Mason and Dixon line
about three and one-half miles above
Newark. When >le surveyors settled
the long existing boundary dispute, an
Initial Stone was placed few yards
from the road. The story goes that
this stone was broken by a band of
British soldiers belonging with the
main army on its way from Elkton to
Brandywine 1t was afterward solder
ed and replanted. A larger granite
stone now marks the spot, the old one
lying little to the north and covered.
Before the coming of the railroad
to these parts. the stage and national
route ran through the village OF New
London. making this road prominent
in early travel.
We may search in many directions
to find country Through which to
drive before we discover any more
pleasing than that close at hand. A
following of the old trail leads lis
through district which might indeed
be a promised land Everywhere
the eye can see, is nothing but cultiva-
ton, the land with all its slopes and
curves evidently yielding to the hand
on the plow, as invariably as ground
lying in level sections.
As we again are rested bv vision
II. 4. 4 IL, II. =.
lend some of their quiet and calm to
all who come in the search of Nature, s
peace, W may, at times, mngle a
thought of the days of its earliest hab-
, tation. Many of the best things in
our civilization have their roots in the
far past Let us ono Elm while pause
in the rush of daily living, for its con-
temptation.
Newark post., 1910-09-28

The Executive Committee of Penn
sylvana State Grange has appointed
DR.. Hannah Mex. Lyons, OF Lincoln
University, an associate editor of
Grange News-the official organ of
the State Grange, Mrs. Lyons is a
sister OF Mrs. Elmer Thompson, of
Newark.
Newark post., 1910-09-28

September 25th marked the opening
OF two weeks Evangelical campaign
in the Kembesyile M. E. Church.
Newark post., 1910-09-28


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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-06-16
A Disappointing Discovery.

Any one who imagines that life 10
lacking in amenities among the news
boys in the big city should listen oc,
casionally to their talk, says the
Youths Companion. When these two
each with his package Of newspa-
pers under his arm-met, one ap-
peared somewhat glum and disgrun.
tied; whereupon the other benevo-
lently essayed to cheer him up.
"Say. Bill. you member dat dime
/ fought l lost yesterday-de one
was goin' to treat youse wid?"
Sure" assented Bill, sullenly; then
with growing Representatives. of tone,
Il treated youse twicet already, Jiml'
WELL" went on Jim, animatedly
"wot d'youse tfnk I found JUS now ?
I wuz feelin' round in dis pocket, an
I found, right here in dis pocket, H.
A dramatically timed pause.
"Youse found de dime!" exclaimed
Bill. Frightening up.
Say. Bill. youse always in a hurry
I wuz try1n' to tell youse dat I found
de hole dat dime got trough"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-06-16
The Intellectual Eater.

The truly intellectual eater never
asks the price of his victuals. He
orders freely, and as his fancy die.
tates, Of wild duck, terrapin, pfanne-
base, herring or venison, and after he
has eaten al much as he wants and
gone to sleep his secretary pays the
bill, says the Baltimore Sun. He has
no time for haggling. Every moment
Of his leisure is devoted to eating. His
n regret is that he must stop now
and then to get shaved. to vote, to
kiss his wife, to spank his children, to
discharge the thousand and one other
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-06-16
AS 1T is IN ACTUAL LIFE
Novellsts Who Have Written About
These Two Have Distorted
the Truth. .

She was a young, beautiful and In.
telligent girl. He was a strong,
handsome man.
She lived in a house filled with fur
niture, hot air and servants.
He lived in a bachelor apartment
filled with a folding bed, a miniature
sideboard and a set of poker chips.
She had been to a private and q
finishing school; also IN the ON
tinent; had spent two seasons at sum-
mer resorts. had been to the opera
and taken a course of bridge.
He had been to college, had spent
a month in Paris and London, worked
In an Office eight hours a day and had
read parts Of Bernard Shaw.
She had some money in her own
right and more coming. He had an
interest in the business and q father
who had retired.
They met. He called. She asked
him to call again. He did. He said
that he loved her and she replied that
she loved him. They told about 1t to
others. They were congratulated
and married. Seven hundred invita-
tons; 400 presents; one column Of
reading matter.
They bought a house. They lived
in 1t. A baby came. And one more.
He was a prosperous business man.
She was a prosperous society woman.
She had her picture painted. It was
called "A Lady" He had his picture
published. It was called "A Promin-
ent Citizen"
The two people who appear in the
aforementioned history desire to say
that these are the facts In their lives.
says Life. Every novelist who has
written about them has misrepresent-
ed these facts. distorted the truth.
They are getting tired Of It. They
want to have every one know that
they are not the sort of people that
there fill in a list of popular novel
ists) have written about them. They
never did anything extraordinary.
They never expect to. An injustice
has been done them. We therefore
take pleasure in letting the facts
about them be known.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-24
Late Books to Read

Miss Katharine Holland Brown, the
author of the girls college story
"Philippa at Halycon" just published
by Charles Scribner's Sons-was her.
self a college girl. She was born in
Alton, Ill, went to school in Washing
ton, D. c., and was graduated with the
literary class of 1898 from the Uni
versity of Michigan. She quickly es-
tablished herself as a writer of short
stories for the magazines. Her last
work before 'Philippa" was The Mes
senger'' published this spring by the
Scribner's in the little so cent edition
of the form of The Perfect Tribute"
Aside from its value as a story pure
and simple, "Philippa at Halycon"
throws a good deal of light upon the
present controversy as to the compar-
alive wisdom of rooming in small
houses or large dormitories. Miss
Brown now lives at Quincy, ILL.,
A photogravure which appears in the
second volume of ''Beauchamp's Ca
reer,' in the new memorial edition of
Meredith is called The Estuary from
Holy HILL and is accompanied by the
following note: Holy Hill was at the
time the novel was written the home
Of Admiral Maxse. an intimate friend
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-24

lips that can only be described by one
word-kissable-and this girls lips were
of that kind. Surely It was dangerous
for a youngster just escaped from
treadmill to sit for whole hour looking
at pair of kissable lips. Indeed. God
dard. worked upon by his gladness of
heart. the beautiful morning, the at
Effectiveness of the girl and those two
delicately curved virmilion lips, did
that which the moment after it was
done filed him with CONSERVATION.
When the train dashed into a tunnel
he made a dash for her. threw his arms
around her neck. there was a momen-
tary struggle, and he had kissed her.
1t was all over within a quarter of
minute, and luckily so. for the tun-
mel was q very short one; indeed. so
short that no lamps had been lighted
in the car. When the train shot out
into daylight Goddard was looking out
of the window with apparent uncon-
Germ. though his heart was heating like
a kettledrum. 1t was some time be-
fore he dared look at the girl. but when
he did she was reading her book. There
was another woman who sat in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-24
Advertise.

The man who does not advertise
among other similar things, is
Complaining because business is
dull.
Wondering why people don't buy his
wares.
Growing very pessimistic and more
grouchy daily.
Is very certain that advertising
doesn't help business.
Is saving one dollar in advertising
which would bring him ten dollars in
profits.
Wondering why such marvellous
economy doesn't make him the greatest
and most successful merchant in town.
Now, turn to the man who does ad-
yertise. What's he doing
Getting the business!
The people read his ads,
The more he advertises the more
business he gets.
He realizes that an advertisement in
a morning newspaper brings business
all day.
Having advertised some and brought
some business, he advertises more and
brings more business.
He realizes that the greater and
more successful his competitors, the
more they advertise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-24
Quick Relief for rheumatism.

George w. Rooms, Lawton, Mich,
says: Or. Detchon's Relief for
Rheumatism has given my wife won
derfuI 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
~. 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-
ian. 1901 Second avenue. Rock Island;
Gust ScnIegeI & Son, 220 West Second
street, Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-24

II the medical association had been
able to present a report six years ago,
it's findings would have startled the ma
ton. Much has been done voluntarily
and perforce to better medical colleges
In the past six years. A great many
diploma factories" have gone out Of
business, but the task Of renovation is
far from finished.
The laity Is not qualified to pass on
the technical issues involved, but it
knows that there is something radical
ly wrong when men come out of the
medical schools lacking in common
knowledge Of hygiene, not to say physi-
ology and pharmacy. and licensed to
decide the balance batween life and
death. The patient is entitled TO pro-
lection against the incompetent, on his
own and society's account. There
should be guaranty that whichever ply
stefan or surgeon he summons to pre-
scribe for him shall be qualified to do
So There Is no such guaranty today.
One who is not informed regarding the
relative merits of medical practition-
ers is in peril of putting his life IN The
hands OF a man whose ability enables
him to write four stock prescriptions
and no more, and whose diagnosis of
paresis is likely to be that it has its
cause in a stomach disorder.
Fewer physicians and more boys at
the forge and in the stable is one of
the prime medical needs of the day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-24
The Argus Daily Short Story
Kiss in the Dark-By Esther Vandeveer.
Copyrighted 1910. By Associated Literary PresA

George Goddard. starting for the
seashore one day in July, felt so buoy
ant that it seemed he must go up in
the air like a balloon. he hung his
belongings down into a seat, then
walked through the cars, out on to
the platform, anywhere, everywhere.
He was SO happy he couldn't keep
still. Then came the cry "All aboardr'
He jumped on to the train and rolled
out OF the station. it seemed, on strewn
flowers.
In a seat on the opposite side OF the
car sat a young lady reading a book
She was tastefully dressed. Her hair
shimmered in the sun that streamed
IN at the window beside her. She was
an altogether attractive looking person.
The girl seemed to be absorbed in her
book, and there was no chance TO
scrape an acquaintance. Had she
been without reading matter he might
have resorted TO the old device OF Of
fering her a magazine. book or a pa
per. but since she was already sup
piled to offer more would make the
uAOSIlyAuS hlolANS AOO oppaiChl-
The girl seemed to be unaware that
there was a young man in the car who
was eying her longingly- The book she
was reading must have been absorb
ing. for she did not pause q moment
to look out of the window or any
where else for that matter-not even
in the direction of the admiring God
dard. His happiness excited in him
confidence that would have led him to
use any excuse had he been able to in
vent one, but so long as she kept her
eyes glued to the pages before her
there was no opening.
An hour passed, during which God
dard's eyes were as firmly fastened on
the girl as her own eyes were fastened
on the book, and al! this while the espe-
cial feature to which his glance was di-
rected were her lips. There are certain
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-24
Tho Measure of Taft.

In his article, THE Measure of Taft, p"
in the July American Magazine, Ray
Stannard Baker draws a very remark
able comparison between the tempera-
ment. methods and point Of view Of
President Taft and those of his prede-
cessor. He says in part:
In another way the tendency of his
administration has been to dampen
and destroy the patriotic ardor for the
public good which came to be so much
a factor during Roosevelt's time in the
various executive branches OF the gov
eminent. Under Roosevelt what a stir
of activity marked the bureau of cor
porations, the pure food work, the rec
lamation service, the department of
justice. the interstate commerce COM
mission, the forestry department-in
fact, the whole government service!
How quiet they are now! Under Roose-
welt men would all but work their
heads OF in the public service; but
under Taft, If a man displays undue en-
thusiasm, he may lose his head in an
other way. CLAWS, fighting TO save the
peoples lands, is angrily and peremp-
torily discharged without being fairly
heard; Pinchot, one of the greatest
public servants developed in this coun-
try in years, is forced out of his office;
Garfield goes; DR.. Wiley is reversed;
Shaw and Price pay the wages of en-
thusiasm. and Newell and Davis of the
the utmost pressure.
Under such conditions the head
of a government bureau said to me,
do you think any man is going to risk
his job by any originality or enthusi-
asm? Not much
mo one who visits Washington from
time to time can have failed to see the
change in the esprit de corps. The eter-
nal NO seems now to reign in Wash
ington.
Taft becomes furiously angry; he
storms and swears; he denounces those
who oppose him; he will not see them
again. He makes it personal matter
with every man who opposes his meas
ures. Thus in furious anger he de-
nounced Pinchot-thus, in earlier days,
when he was secretary of war, he de-
nounced the Panama engineer, Wal
lace.
Nor is this all. When he fights, he
tends, Is might be expected, toward
the same sort of personalism mani.
tested in his friendship In combating
the insurgent senators and congress-
men Of his own party, he withholds
their patronage, does not allow them
to make their customary appointments.
When Shaw, the deposed attorney of
the forestry, wished to practice before
the interior department, the president
refused his permission. Senators Over
man and Simmons went to intercede
for Shaw, and Mr.. Taft violently and
angrily denounced Shaw as a traitor.
When he is criticised by the newspa-
pers and magazines, he does not admit
that this criticism may spring from an
honest difference in prin ciples, but
seeks for personal reason, and strikes
back, with the implication that the
newspapers and magazines are against
him because he has not stood out for
lower duty on paper pulp, and because
he has suggested an advance in second
class postal rates. Thus the same tenn
peramental personalism which makes
him a choice friend and a loyal sub
ordinate, tends to make him a trucu-
lent and autocratic superior, who de-
mands, upon pain of Punishment, abso-
lutte personal loyalty"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-24

had sat behind Miss Deane. and he
sincerely hoped that that woman had
gone to the other side of the globe for
permanent residence. Had he kissed
Miss Deane surely she would have
given some intimation of the fact that
she had passed through the experience
of the person he had mentioned In the
supposititious case.
But one day he received a terrible
scare. Miss Deane appeared one morn
ing on the beach, her neckwear pinned
with horseshoe scarf or stickpin the
exact duplicate of one he had owned.
This would not have been so terrifying
had it not been that he had worn his
horseshoe in his scarf on the day he
came up from the city to the seashore.
He had noticed soon after his arrival
that he had lost it and. recalling the
circumstances of his journey, had re-
membered that when going to the train
on a street car he had been jostled in
crowd. He had assumed that at this
moment he had been relieved of his
pin. Now, seeing its exact counterpart
on Miss Deane. he was seized with one
of those alarms that are the result Of
a guilty conscience.
He Joined the young lady and riveted
his eye on the pin she wore. 1t looked
familiar A horseshoe is a common
form of scarfpin. but this was certain
~ very like the one he had lost.
"Rather neat pin tbot Of yours"
he remarked
do you admire it?"
Yes"
We'll. then, suppose I'll have to
give it to you. It's really a mans pin"
She removed 1t from her person and
handed it to him.
ooh. really, l didn't mean to ask
for it,"
81 don't value it, It's one found
Goddard's heart began to beat faster.
Found! May l ask where?"
THE owner lost it on the train,
fancy. the day 1 came up here"
Goddard's heart stood still.
Ibid you find it on the door"
mo"
"Well, then. where did you find itT'
why. to tell the truth. didn't and
It at all. took it,
Goddard's knees were beginning to
give way beneath him.
Wont you tell me-" he stammered.
how you came by it?'
Yes. Before came up here a friend
Of mine told me that she would give
young man a note of introduction to
me. showing me hts photograph. /
saw him get on to the train. In a
tunnel some one kissed me. In the
struggle my hand brushed against his
scarfpin and 1 seized it,
HE ought to be tarred and feath-
cred"
A burst of laughter from the girl.
and the episode was ended.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-24

Of the author who stood as the radical
candidate for Southampton in 1865"
Mr.. Meredith frequently said to his
friends that "Beauchamp's Career
was his favortte novel. Nevil Beau
champ was Frederick Maxse and the
of the deepest friendships OF the great
writer's life. They were always
George" and Fred" to one another,
and not many of his Oldest friends
ventured to call Mr.. Meredith by his
Christian name. In their political
sympathies the two men became wide
ly separated, says the Sphere, but a
loyal devotion endured to the end.
The ScribneT's have just published
a convenient little booklet, or catalog,
that should be extremely useful to peo-
pie who are contemplating travel in
almost any land; and to those too
who wish to study almost any aspect
of life in any part OF the world. In AZ
pages, measuring six inches by three
and a half, it concise.y describes all
the publications of the house that may
be useful to the traveler-guide books,
art books, purely descriptive books,
studies of the social, political, histori-
cal and economic aspects of all coun-
tries. In these lines the Scribner's
have always been strong, and the num-
Der of such books made a special cata-
log seem advisable. The books are ar
ranged under countries, and then as
near as may be, according to the sub
ject so that, for instance, there will
be a group of guide books and art
books under each country. These
booklets are sent free of charge, on
request.
Stephen French Whitman, the au-
thor of "Predestined, that remarkable
story of New York life published this
spring by Charles Scribner's Sons,
which has been described by promi-
nent reviewers as the best thing of
the kind from the pen of an American
in many years, sailed on June I6,
aboard the Bremen of the North Ger
man Lloyd steamship line from New
York. to spend some months in Europe
His only companion was his mother
and though his plans are more or less
indefinite, he intends to visit Paris
for a time and then to go to Switzer-
land, and finally for an indefinite peri
cd to the italian lakes. Mr. Whitman
said before going that he thought it
likely that he would spend a year
abroad, mostly in Italy, and that he
had plenty of literary work with which
to occupy himself. His first novel,
"Predestined," which created such
sensation. is now in its third edition.
His short stories appear every month
in the well known magazines.
Although The Silent Call" by Ed
win Milton Royle, author of "The
Squaw Man." which has just been pub
lished by Charles Scribner's Sons. is
full of thrilling adventures from cover
to cover SO that no deeper purpose
than merely to interest the reader ap-
pears on the surface, in point of fact
there lies beneath this surface the big
race problem-the problem of recon
Cling the red man to modern civiliza-
ton. THE Silent Call" involves in
it's romance the struggle of an edu-
Gated Indian girl with her environ
ment and so sets forth many actually
tragic situations. Beyond that, the
book brings into sharpest contrast the
broad, direct life of the open and the
sophisticated, complicated life of
great city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-24
Free Liver
Remedy

Il is we'll to stop a physical all
ment at the first signs of its approach,
and that is especially true of liver
trouble, which can eventually give
rise to so many serious complications.
Many have liver trouble and imagine
it is indigestion, and hence take the
wrong remedy.
When the liver does not store up suf-
ficient gastric juices Il becomes sluggish
and in this way disturbs the stomach and
bowels. with which it is supposed to work
in harmony, Then comes the sallow
pain in the forehead. the thinning of
the blood. etc. A very quick and sensible
cure it is by the use OF DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin, which contains ingredients
especially intended to promote the ac-
Among the many thousands who have
written the doctor about the results
achieved with his remedy. and who are
others can help themselves. are Mr.. Jas.
Kennedy, st. Louis. Mo; Mrs. 8. A.
La Rue of Smiths Grove. KY. and many
These. like thousands OF others. started
the use of Syrup Pepsin with a sample.
you can also obtain a free trial bottle.
This will prove TO You that liver trouble
is promptly cured with this remedy or
1t you can then buy it in the REGULAR
way OF your druggist at fifty cents and
one dollar a bottle, and the latte i8
sufficient for an entire family
This remedy is a vast improvements
over cathartic tablets ana salts. which
only do good for the time being Syrup
Pepsin is permanent in its results. Is
pleasant to take and does not grippe. It
IS especially good for all those who cam
not stand n violent purgative.
DR.. Caldwell personally will be pleased
to give you any medical advice you may
the stomach. liver bowels absolutely
free of charge. Explain your case in "A
letter and he will reply to you in detail.
For the free sample simply send your
name and address on a postal card or
otherwise. For either request the doctors
address is DIR. w. B. Caldwell, r. 500 Cald-
well building. Monticello. Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-24
June "a in American
History

l497-Johu and Sebastian Cabot dis
covered North America. probably
the coast Of Labrador.
1T53-General William Hull. soldier,
born: died 1925: surrendered De
troit to the British in 1901.
1S13-Henry Ward Beecher born at
Litchfield, Conn; died 1887.
1S33-John Randolph of Roanoke, Va,
statesman. died; born 1773
1909-Sarah Orne Jewett, writer of
stories depicting New England
life. died at South Berwick, Me. /:
born 1S49.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-24

One would imagine from the posi-
ton taken by President Taft that
Governor Harmon would be just
the man for him to beat for the
presidency two years hence that Taft
had his denomination all settled. In
different to his impending fate he
goes into discussion OF the posi-
BILE attitude of Bryan and Tom john
son as regards Harmon's nomination;
and seems as little positive about af-
fairs in the democratic party as he Is
on the situation in his own party.