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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-05

wANTED-Able bodied men for the U.
g. marine corpe, between the ages OF
10 and IS: must be native born or
have first papers; monthly pay SIS to
500; additional compensation posi-
BILE: food. clothing, quarters and med
service can retire with rs per cent Of
pay and allowances: service on board
ship and ashore in all parts of the
world. Apply at u. g. Marine Corps
Recruiting ONCE, State Bank build
ing, Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-05

WANTED - Men to learn the barber
trade; here IL an offer that includes
tools. with tuition; a method that
saves years of apprenticeship; posi-
Write Moler Barber college, Chicago,
Ill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
GLASGOW EXHIBITION
 PLANSUNDER WAY

Edinburgh. January 4-(Special.)-Ar engagements for the great Glasgow exhi- bition of 1911 are beginning to take def inite shape. and it is clear that the site of 50 acres in Kelvingrove park, within a mile. of the centre of the city, will be the scene of a most interesting and success full show. The scheme falls into four great sections-national history, modern fine arts, industry and entertainment The exhibits in the historical section will be housed in the Palace of History, and will form the largest and most note worthy collection of Scottish historical portraits, literature, etc, ever brought together The representation of eventful scenes in Scotlands s romantic history by living pictures and pageants is being ar- ranged on a large scale, and there are to be reproductions of number of old Scottish buildings, so arranged as to make picturesque facade to the saloons in which the historical exhibits are housed. Exhibitors will be encouraged to assist the committee by occupying these buildings and representing conditions of home and business life. costume and in door arrangements of the olden time.
 In the Palace of Modern Arts will be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

housed collections of pictures, sculptors
 and applied arts. All the pictures will
 be by Scottish artists and will represent
 a century of Scottish art. The whole of
 the space available on the south side of the park adjoining Sauchiehall street will Ut occupied by the Palace of Industries. TEis building. with an ingenious arrange ment of covered promenade and enclosed quadrangle. will occupy an area of 110.0d0 square feet, and provide accommodation for extensive displays of exhibits, both national and international in character.
 A large amount of space has been set anart for the exhibition of electrical ap- paratus and appliances and general ma- chinery of all kinds in a special building to be called the Kelvin hall The object of the committee in charge of this de- partment of the exhibition is to illustrate the progress of electrical and engineering discovery and invention and the develop ment of electricity as an applied science.
 Among the lighter features of the ex- hibition will be professional pageant Of historical vessels on the river. Ships of all kinds, from the earliest Viking gal leys to the present day Mauretanias and Dreadnaughts will be represented, and one scene will illustrate the building of the Comet, exactly 100 years ago. The pageant will be largely illustrative of Glasgow's part in the progress of steam navigation. In regard to foreign and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
News of Oneonta

Oneonta, January 14.-(Special0-- The recent extreme cold weather has developed a lot of la grippe in this section and some pneumonia.
 pr. F. G. Doneho co, who recently was stricken with paralysis, has improved to the extent that he can ride out ir his buggy.
 The new bank building and Price & Son building, recently destroyed by fire, are being rebuilt by the Moody Construction company of Birrnin gham
 J. H. Lowry. whose building wal smashed by falling walls during the recent fire. is having nice one-storS brick built on tke ground
 Ed Groves who has been connected with the sheriff's office for severa years, will turn over the sheriffs of. flee on Monday to Sheriff-elect Nash and move to his farm near Blounts- vile.
 The Kelton- Davidson contest for pro- bate judge will come up for adjust. ment before Circuit Judge Blackwood at the non-jury term of court in Feb ruary.
 The recent ire destroyed all tho regalia of the Mason, Odd Felolws anc Woodmen: also the charter of the Ma sons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
Breach of Hospitality y

London, January 14.-tspecialo-It is said that Tantalus owed his troubles to a breach of hospitality after a supper with the gods. Thereafter he was plunged into lake in the internal regions, where sarched with thirst. he saw the water rise to his lips and then recede.
 Fraulein Crete Emilon approached very nearly to this state of things. This young lady is follower of the immortal Succi. who number of years ago performed . feat of fasting in London.
 Fraulein Emilon has undertaken a long fast at one of the last places it would be possible to conceive, namely, a restaurant at Metz Shut away from all physical con- tact with the world, she spends her time in a glass case reading romances and writing letters. She detaches a piece of paper from pad and answers any in- quiry that Is passed into the case by the individuals of the crowd, which increases daily. But she never partakes, at least so we are led to understand, of the gas tronomic dainties which she can smell. q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

Plaintiffs further aver that said firm, gotiated, towit: fifty thousand bales of cotton, to the holders of which deliveries of cotton shipped subsequently, to their issuance over defendants line were made and plaintiffs aver that, during such period of, to-wit: five years, said firm of Knight, Yancey & Go. were hope lessly insolvent. and that the frauds of said Knight, Yancey & Co. hereinbefore described would have been instantly dis covered by the cotton dealing public but for the participation Of the defendant in their concealment and furtherance herein set forth. And plaintiffs aver that as a result Of such participation, the public engaged in the cotton trade, including plaintiffs, were induced to believe that said firm of Knight, Yancey & Co. were egit1mately engaged in the sale of cotton on a large scale. and that the spurious Fills of lading purporting to be defend- ants, issued by Knight, Yapcey & Co.,. were the genuine bills of lading of the de- fendant, evidencing cotton received by it for shipment, they paid, or caused to be paid, drafts drawn by said firm of Knight, Yancey & Co.,, to which said firm had attached spurious bills of lading. purporting to be defendants bills of lad ing, for cotton consigned to their own or der and deliverable at Liverpool Eng land, which were duly indorsed by said firm, and which were issued by said firm during said period of. to-wit: five years. c... price of said number of bales of cotton which said firm of Knight, Yancey & Co. had contracted to deliver to plaintiffs, it having been agreed between plaintiffs and said firm, ar part of the contract of sale, that dra sts should be drawn by said firm on plaintiffs. or their agents, for the purchase price of said cotton and the bills of fading for the cotton attached to said drafts for delivery on payment of the drafts; and plaintiffs say said drafts were accepted and paid for by or for them in ignorance that the bills of lading thereto attached were forgeries, and in reliance upon the representations of the defendant as above set forth.
 And plaintiffs say that the sum so paid by them was received Ey the said firm of Knight. Yancey & Go. and con verted to their own use, and has been wholly lost to plaintiffs. And plaintiffs say that the wrongful action of defend ant in concealing and furthering the frauds of said firm, and in aiding and abetting their commission, deceived the plaintiff, and induced it to believe that the said bills of lading were valid, and to accept and pay the said drafts. and there by proximately contributed to plaintiff' s said loss-all to their damage in the sum herein first set forth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
TRADE ACTIVITY IS
 MORE IN EVIDENCE Spring Business Is Now Get
 ting Much Attention RETAIL STOCKS ARE LOW Cotton Manufacturers Are Considering Curtailment to Keep Prices Down.
 Iron and Steel Are Quiet , at Present
RETAIL STOCKS ARE LOW

New York, January 4.--Bradstreet's says today:
 Trade shows an increasing disposition
 to throw off the quiet of the past holi- Gay period and the business world is set ting its face. with fair degree of optim- ism. towards the approaching spring sea | son. Wholesale branches of trade are rseeking with fair success for spring busi- ness and salesmen on the road are be- ginning to send in orders. In retail lines, which as yet show more activity than do wholesale or jobbing houses. the clear | ance sale Is widely in evidence, except where, as in parts of the south, un- seasonable weather checks operations, re- | tailers are meeting with fair success in disposing of excess stocks.
 In the wholesale and jobbing trade as q whole conservatism governs and the situation is apparently one of careful buy ing for absolute needs. This feeling, gov erning as it has for a long time past, has resulted in a careful keeping down Of stocks and representatives of leading eastern and western jobbers of dry goods point to stocks being exceptionally low. Very much the same feeling apparently animates cotton manufacturers, who are considering curtailment both north and south. This has a stimulating effect upon Irices of high-grade cotton goods which are, many of them, being dealt In only ''alvalue" In other lines conservatism Is also patent A very. general curtailment 1f yc annarent1xy dpNdad upon. Iron and steel are quiet and pig iron prices are still low. The announced intention of manufacturers of iron and steel generally is not to change prices at present.
 Business failures in the United States for the week ending January 12 were 353, against 2s2 last week, 291 in the like week of 191o 319 in 1909, 431 in 1908 and 234 in 1907.
 Business failures in Canada for the' week number S3, which contrasts with 27 last week and with A for the correspond ing week in 1910.
 Wheat including flour, exports from the United States and Canada for the week ending January 12, aggregate 2,5S2, 65o bushels, against 2,56S,s14 last week and 2,677,1s5 this week last year. For the 2S weeks, ending January F, exports are 66, 1s1, ,5o2 bushels, against 93, 4l9 in the cor responding period last year.
 Corn exports for the week are 1,S35,379 bushels against 2.294,s79 last week and 1,502, ,a6e bushels in 1910. For the 2s weeks following January 12 corn exports are 6,174,02S bushels, against 11,967,46S last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
TREES OF LIBERTY
 ARE DISAPPEARING

Paris. January 4.-(Special}--The last of the Trees of Liberty, several of which were planted in Paris 70 commemorate the revolution in 1s4S, is no more. The little tree planted with much ceremony fiourished and grew to be one of the tall est in the city. Of later years the Tree of Liberty was only in theory a tree of lib- rounded by houses and these, year after year, have increased in height, making the struggle of the tree the harder, and death has proved the conqueror. The roots, however. spread and became dan gerous to house of eight stories, So in its attempt to rival the house in height the tree was vanquished and has fallen to the axe of the tree-feller
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
There Are Sound Reasons Why You
 Should Buy Marathon
We don't make extravagant claims for our cars-thats not our policy We simply submit the perfected prod uct of five years honest endeavor for approval
The Marathon Way

It has always been the Marathon policy to give the buyer the utmost value for his investment. We are content with a modest profit. It's busi- ness proposition with Vs, pure and simple we are in the game to stay and must, naturally, iook far into the future. To keep up the increasing demands for our product necessitates g more chan fair treatment of patrons There IS no aiteIns- tive Any other course would be business suic,oe. Therefore in the 1911 Marathon line we offer what we believe to be the highest development Of the motor car In durability, grace of design emcency- ton, these cars stand pre.eminent at the price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
Our Cars are Right

Marathon cars arc made throughout in our own plant by- skilled mechanics and under the critica
 supervision of experts. They the culminatng result of the best practice in automobile engineer
 ing together with various improvements suggested by time and constant effort to better our product
 When we started building automobiles they were no longer an experiment. Their utility was no longer matter of doubt. Their worth had been proyen Consequently we entered the field with a clear slate No failures back of us. No heavy overhead expense to be tackled on to the price of the cars Our machines possessed true merit from the very start, Their success was assured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
Christian Science Service.

The services of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, are held in the chapel on Eleventh avenue, south, near High land circle, every Sunday morning at II o'clock and Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. The reading rooms in connec- tion with this church are located at 2029 Fifth avenue. north, and are open daily except Sunday from II a. m. to p. m. To the church services and to the reading rooms the public is cor dially invited. Subject for the lesson sermon for today Is Life"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
Half n Sheet of Paper

St. Petersburg, January A.-(Special.)- J. Half a sheet of paper will make all the difference in the disposition of property amounting to $250,000
 The Russian law requires that a will shall be made on whole sheet of paper, but an old lady made her will in proper form, but on half sheet of paper, and then died.
 The probate court regards the will as nonresident, and the legatees are fighting the case to prevent the property going to distant heirs, who are French subjects
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
Dun's Weekly Review

New York, January 14.-R. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of trade says today:
 Business conditions remain substantially unchanged. From different leading cities come reports which indicate diversity of conditions with, on the whole, a fair degree of activity. While at most centers the lull usual after the holidays is still in evidence to a greater or less extent It is no more pronounced than in previous years and with many points there are signs of reviving activity.
 In some lines the receipts of a satisfac- tory volume spring orders is already re- ported.
 Interest in iron and steel is largely in developments in the export trade. Recent orders from abroad include an important contract for tinplate. while substan- ttal tonnage of structural material has been sold in Canada for bridge building purposes. The difficulty regarding speci- ficatfons in the Pennsylvania railroad order for 15000O tons of rails has been ad- iusted and the outlook in this division is considered brighter as several new in quiries are pending.
 In pig iron. cast iron pipe interests have been active buyers of late and 1t is un- derstood that contracts for additional sub stantial tonnage will be placed if satis- factory terms can be arranged.
 More buyers are in the dry goods mar kets attending the openings of cotton blankets, nen's wear and other lines There has been considerable activity in bleached cottons and advances were made of one-quarter of cent yard on Lons- dales and one-half cent on fruit of the loom. Export trade is steady but light
 Many visiting buyers are in the Bostor footwear market examining the situation there and 1t Is believed some fair orders will be booked on account of the small holdings in both wholesale and retailers hands throughout the country The some | what firmer tendency of the hide market | last week has not been continued and a | present the situation is decidedly weak
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

overseas exhibits it is expected that the following countries will be represented: |: Japan. Italy, Austria, Holland. France. Sweden. Germany, Canad6 New Zealand and South Africa. X
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
Herr Angelo Neu mann Dies

Hague. January 14.-(Special)- )-Herr Angelo Neumann, the impresario, has died at Prague of heart disease. He was a friend of Wagner and produced Wag- ner's' operas in many towns throughout Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
YOU MUST CONrEss

after using Halls Texas Wonder for Kidney, Bladder and Rheumatic trouble that 1t has merit. 1t gives quick and permanent relief. Seldom one bottle fails to cure. Write for local testi- monialt. Dr. E, w. Hall. St. Louis. Mo. Sob byI druggists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
PERSONAL

George Becker, auditor of the Louis vile and Nashville railroad, was in Birmingham yesterday.
 Louis R. Long has accepted a po- sition with a Newark, N. J., beltins house as trave1ing salesman.
 F. D. Miller. district passenger agent of the Illinois Central railroad. re- turned yesterday from trip to Cha cago. K
 MT. and Mrs. John w Tomlinson will be the guests Of MT and Mrs. R. H Llgon in Montgon,e y during the in. auguration. W
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
For Many Years

And plaintiff ayers that for many years prior to April 20, 1910, to-wit: for five years. said firm of Knight, Yam cey & Co.,. had been in the habit and custom of issuing forged documents purporting to be the bills of lading of defendant for cotton received by it at
 various points in the cotton producing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

Good size Blue sand White dippers at Ice No. 8 large Blue and White Teakettia,
 al ..... ........9 98c 3-Qt. Blue and White Berlin covered sauce pans at .......... .2sc 4-qt. Blue and White Berlin covered sauce pans at .......... .45c 6-qt. Blue and White Berlin covered sauce pans at ......... .5Oo 6-Q\ Blue and White Berlin covered sauce pans at .......... 800 s-qt. Blue and White Berlin covered sauce pan at .......... .6bc 10-qt. Blue and White Berlin covered sauce pans at ..........7b .7bc 12-qt. Blue and White Berlin covered sauce pans at ..,..... 9ec
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
Stransky's Famous Blue and White EnamelNare at
 Reduced Prices

9-inch Blue and White pie pans at ..... loo s-inch Blue and White deep jelly cake
 pans at .......,16 16c 10-inch Blue and White jelly cake pans at 1ec 8-qt. Blue and White deep pudding pans
 at ............ .1De <-qt. White and Blue deep pudding
 pans ct .........2 .23e 5-qt Blue and White deep pudding pans
 at .............. 2os 6-qt. Blue and White pudding pans at $50 1-qt Blue and White coffee pots at .85c 2-qt. Blue and White coffee pots at 400 9-qt. Blue and White coffee pots at .. .43c 4-qt. Blue and White coffee pots at .50e
Arizona republican., 1911-01-22
THE ABSURD MIlKMAN

Dr. Harvey w. Wylie. the govern ment's famous food expert, said in Washington, apropos of food adulter- atiOn:
 one ingenious chap defended the use of chemical conservatives. All conservatives were chemicals. he claimed Salt, which preserves ba- con and mackerel, was a chemical. and therefore borax or salicylic acid should no more be dreaded in them selves than salt.
 Tt made me laugh. that defense. It reminded me, in it's absurd inn pudence, of the milkman to whom a customer said:
 Why do you persist in putting water in your milk?'
 But do you know of anything cheaper. sir?" the milkman asked.
Arizona republican., 1911-01-22

possible figure and when the big cut was made in the closing out sale it in cluded the ostrich plumes.
 There are no handsOmer plumes in black and white to be found anywhere The feathers are the best, only the hard -fiue male stock being used. The plumes are made up by the most expert workmen giving to the plum-s a dis tinctive quality not found elsewhere.
 In the Big Curio stock are plumes of all lengths and among them the grace full willow plumes, all of them hand tied.
 Now is the time: the ostrich plume is recognized as an essential of the stylish lady's wardrobe. It can be pro cured now at a trifling ccst.
Arizona republican., 1911-01-22
THE EASTER BONNET
 AND THE OSTRICH PLUME
Likewise Balkes Big Curio Store
 Headquarters for Fumes.

Easter is near at hand. Easter sug- gests the new bonnet and by the easiest step one comes to the ostrich plume. That brings one naturally to the Bake Big Curio store where there are the finest and best plumes fer the money. There are no other such ostrich feath- CT bargains anywhere in the United States.
 II has been mentioned that the ostrich plume department of the Big Curio store was never conducted for profit It has always been only an ad- vertsing adjunct and a valuable one. Fumes have been sold at the lowest
Arizona republican., 1911-01-22
CLOSE RELATIONS.

You advise ;hat mans constituents to stand by him?'
 Yep" replied Farmer CorntOssel- "I advise 'em to stand by close enough to watch everything he does Wash iugfDn Past
Arizona republican., 1911-01-22
Big Waist Sale
Wonen's SiIk Hose

A real bargain. Just think of
 Getting pure silk thread Hose plain black and colOrs: Hose W, 9Sc at our special price of. 4
Arizona republican., 1911-01-22

iZeus 0, arrzona- The Doctor ls SIstu- uate of Harvard Medical College Was formerly a member of the Rhode Island and Colorado State Medica1 Societies, and United States Pension Examiner. Health Is weaIth-EcOnOmy to be well! Are you suffering from some chronic alice ton? Are sou weak, sick and unable to perform the ordinary duties or hief experienced and unskilied physicians. Dr. Hubbard employs none but rational and scientific methOds-he uses no In furious drugs in removing the poisonous effects Of BLOOD AND PRIVATE DIS EASES from the system. SEXUAL WEAKNESS, with all it's baneful ef- fects positively cured by the latest and best remedies. Chronic, nervous blood, kidney, urinary, bladder and special dls- eases treated in strictly up to data manner. All who have been unsuccess- fully treated elsewhere are especially invited to Cali-COHsultatlOn free Hours 10 to I2 1 to 3. Oftice and residence Monroe and Third Avenue Southeast corner. SwO blocks troUa ~antHI oi ely
Arizona republican., 1911-01-22
Nothing SuCCaedS
 Like Success
pr. Hubbard
-
 Is known through cut the Southwest as a Lea q m Q Specialist in Chron- ic Diseases.

He has the cor ndence and patron age of the leading business men and most prominent cits
New-York tribune., 1911-10-29

, ingIy Observed: They always exaggerated
my playing a bit
Speaking Of 1854 and a meeting at Wei
mar: The number Of great talents which
had arraycd themselves under his banner.
and some Of whom were destined TO achieve
European regulations, had considerably in
creased since 1875 I mention the names OF
Ausorpe. Friedheim. Lutter, Reisenauer,
Saver. Silou. van de Sandt, WenSartner, To-
which later were added Lamond, Stave"-
bsge and Thoman. Unfortunately the null
tttudo of mediocrities. especially femini gen
crjs who surrounded the master like "A
swarm of MOSQUITOES and whom lie en-
dured with incomprehensibie patience, mad
crown fearfully. The names OF several OF
the Indifferent ones had quite slipped him
and he named them after their country:
play your sonata now, Miss Norway
Sometimes he beckOned me into the next
room and asked: what IL the name ~ ;he
lady who is playing nowg And upon her
being named there followed deroGatory
shrug Of the shoulders or the ejaculation:
.geiligcr Bimbam" often he had novlces
play for ms at sight. a thing which moved
many pupils to stay anXiously near the
door. whence they could II necessary exc
cute a less bold than skilful retreat Ia
General Moreau."
Extremely diverting is Rosenthais ac-
count Of an incident at meeting Of the
vienna Tonkuns,lerverein. supposedly In
New-York tribune., 1911-10-29
CALENDAR FOR THE CURRENT WEEK.

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