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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-06
w. A. Buckingham Of Connecticut
Gained Riches and Fame by Max
Ing the overshoes Which Car
ried a High Polish.

One of the great war governors 81
years ago was William A. Buckingham
of Connecticut He exerted himself
continually to raise troops In support
of the Union; he was so earnest II
his efforts 10 uphold the hands of Lin
coin that he became widely known az
one of the very ablest and most erer
getic Of all the war governors, either
north or south. In September. 1862. he
wrote to President Lincoln: This lit
tie state has already sent into the
army. and has now at the rendezvous
more than one-half OF her abs bodied
men between the ages Of Is sAd As
years. and has more to offer II want
ed" william A. Buckingham was in
deed and in truth. great war gov
ernor; and yet. in all probability, be
would never have had this fame but
for rubber.
When Charles Goodyer. who discov.
cred the secret of vulcanizing rub
Der. thereby giving II its present com.
mercial importance. was wrestling
with the problem OF overcoming the "a
tai defects Of india rubber in its nat
ural state. which is brittle In cold
weather and sticky In warm weather.
he came in touch with rival expert
menter, one Nathaniel Hayward by
name. who had kept livery stable in
Boston BY means of a mixture which
Hayward sold to Goodyear. the latter
was able. through further experiment.
alton, to discover the vulcanizing
process and open the way for the COM
mercial use OF rubber.
Not long after this Hayward. upon
a visit to Norwich. Conn. met VIII
liam Buckingham, then a dry goods
merchant and manufacturer Of the
town. Said Hayward to Buckingham:
II know how to make rubber shoes
SO that they will not melt In hot wealth
er or crack in cold weather; Goodyear
and have al arrangement which will
permit me to exercise the exclusive
right Of making rubber shoes under
the vulcanizing process. But ] have
got something else that Goodyear
doesn't know anything about" (Here
Hayward took from a pocket a strip Of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-06

the chickens and cats and other pets.
In this building he eats and sleeps. oc-
cupying the little box like affair aloft
for sleeping apartment
In another part Of the house he
keeps fairly good supply Of house
hold necessities. The place is located
in one of the southside suburbs Peo-
pie buy of this hermit when be wants
to sell When he is not disposed to
see any one. he does not answer their
knock. and sometirnes be closes M
his shop and allows his would-be Gus
toners to await his return His name
is william Good and his place is at
Morgan Park. I'll.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-06
General Zachary Taylor Ordered
Thousand Of the New Weapons
From Colonel Colt for Use In
Mexican War.

Though Samuel Colt is known as
the inventor of the revolver. 1t was
Gen. Zachary Taylor who made the
revolver a commercial success. and
once had from Samuel Colt himself
this confession"
The speaker was Marshall Jewell.
twice governor of Connecticut. minis
ter to Russia. postmaster general In
Grants cabinet. and in 1880 chairman
of the Republican national committee.
Colonel Colt. you know" continued
Governor Jewell. secured patents for
a revolver pistol in 1885 and the same
year formed company for the manu-.
facture Of his invention, but seven
years later hfs company was insolvent;
neither the army nor the public haf
taken kindly to the new weapon. SC
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-06
Petrified Specimens Taken From
Panama Canal Excavation MIL
lions Of Years Old.

Crocodiles have been discovered in
the Panama canal Two Of them have
been found. in fact. but so far they
have not attempted to modest any OF
the workmen. One Of the specimens.
a large one. was between two and
four million years old and the other
something over a million
Both were captured by DR.. e. r.
Mcdonald with the aid Of steam
shovel from the bottom Of the Guile
bra cut. They are fossils. the first
fossils. except the remains OF some
whales. that have been found during
the excavation. They are regarded
as interesting from a scientific stand
point, and have been sent to the Ma
tional museum. where they are being
cut out of the rock and prepared for
display by c. w. Gilmore. the taxi
dermist man who does his work with
q cold chisel
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-06
Conscientious Advocate.

A faithful advocate can never sit
without clients. Nor do believe that
any man could lose by II in the end
that would not undertake a cause he
knew not honest A goldsmith may
gain an estate as well as he that
trades in every coarser metal
An advocate is limb Of friendship:
and further than the altar he is not
bound to 60. And 1t Is observed Of
as famous lawyer as was then in
the world (the Roman Cicero) that he
was slain by one he had defended
when accused Of the murder of his IA
Their. Certainly he that defends an in
fury Is next to him that commits And
this Is recorded. not only as an ex-
ample of ingratitude. but as punish
ment for patronizing an III cause
Exchange.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-06
carneqIe's Advice.

The story Of Andrew Carnegie,
thinker. author. thrice lord rector OF
Saint Andrews university and multi
millionaire. Is typical instance Of
resolute personality rising triumphant
ly from an humble environment
After his "a years experience
of life. Mr.. Carnegie told Mr.. Pen
man that his advice to those who
would achieve their share a the
worlds wealth. or to those who want
ed a reasonable amount Of leisure,
and pleasure. was to read and remem-
Der. Mr.. Carnegie also stated that
the first penny he ever earned was
for feat OF memory.-Eyerybody'a
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-06
rs onsueeesstul In Making Father
'ess ne Is Old Enough to
Take Care Of Self.

-, Snser Alynn Marsh. author Of the
80 Fe 70 Dine Well" column and
4. works Of a similar nature. is
4 soef Of a boy. now eleven years
~. 70 Is causing him no end Of
4, troubles. as he has Just reached
schievous age. Mr.. Marsh has
- inner home at Port Washington.
4, Island. where he insists that the
49, a1'i Be Indoors before the curfew
: ~ nan clock strikes nine. Fath.
t. ~ son have had several friendly
'ons over the matter. the faith
go endins the boy is not old
g to take care of himself ana ths
ency. epuai 70 any en-
h, 'es1 came for the boy one nigh,
s,.' seek Mr.. Marsh had a THRILLING
i ,snoe IN the highway leading re
( s ne soon after he left a train =,
''0n- As be neared a lonesome
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-06
Hardly q Compliment.

\ vicar was taken III and his
church warden sought substitute.
when the bishop OF the diocese offered
to take the Sunday services himself.
The church warden at the close Of the
service went up to the bishop and
after thanking him stammered cut: "A
poorer preacher would have done for
US, your Iordship. but We were unable
to find one"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-06

had left that secret the father would
not have taken the brave little son In
to the library the next morning,
where, after a domestic third degree,
he made him admit that he was the
bold. bad bandit" who scared the
wits out Of his illustrious pater and
then beat him home by taking short
cut through a stretch Of lowlands.
The curfew ordinance still goes" In
the Marsh household.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-06
Must Aid ais Mother.

Bloomington. Ill-Illinois' biggest
man has been sued by the state Of
Illinois. Leonard Bliss. known the
world over as Baby" who resides in
this city. has been made defendant in
a suit to force him and bis brother to
support their aged mother. Baby
Bliss weighs $50 pounds. He FIRST be-
came prominent by touring Europe on
q bicycle.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-06
Dynamic. eIows up Three eov,.

Butte. Mont = Willie Gaggioui.
aged fourteen years. is dead. his
brother. Fred. fatally injured. and
Matthew Mattley. seriously injured
as the result of the explosion OF dy-
Mantle caps. The boys stole the
caps from a mining camp and were
setting them on for sport
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-06
Find Remains of Crocodiles

1t is TO be understood that they are
crocodiles and not the common ga
tors" of Florida. There is only part
OF the backbone Of the older speci-
men. which comes from the Eocene
formation. This roughly establishes
its age. As the first fossils found.
they will be preserved for reference.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-06
BOASTS A BUSINESS HERMIT
eIInois Reeiuse Keeps Little Store
and seIis Goods Only When He
IL So Disposed.

Chicago.-Here is the picture OF q
business hermitage. Frequently we
hear OF a man who has turned bis
back on the world and has taken up
his abode In some place where no
one viii see him or hear his voice.
But here is hermit for business. and
he handles lot of It. In this odd
shaped building be lives alone save fer
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-06
Finds Ring Lost Thirty Years.

Middletown. Gonna valuable en-
gagement ring which was lost by Mrs.
Henry Hinmann. Of this city. thirty
years ago has just been restored to
her. The ring was dug up in the gar
den in the rear Of her former home.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-06
clean sweep.

Il hear you had triumphant sum
mer. Made clean sweep" Il may
say ! did, responded the belle of the
beach. ION the way to the station
even became engaged to the driver
Of the bus Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-06
THIS ANOTHER STOKES CASE
New York Shooting involves Cousin
Of the Slayer Of Jim
Fisk.

New York-Lillian Graham ana
Ethel Conrad. the two young women
charged with shooting OF millionaire
w E. D. Stokes. have been held for
trial
The case in its sensational features
almost equals the shooting in the
early 7G's of Jim Fiske by Edward =.
Stokes. in the Broadway Central ho-
tel. over the actress. Josie Mansfield.
The affair occurred in New York
apartment house one evening. when
Stokes. cousin of the slayer OF Fisk.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-06

Young Doctor-Which kind of pa
tients do you and II hardest to curei
Old Doctor-Those who have moth.
ing the matter with them.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-06
Accomplished Linqulst.

MY husband speaks three Ian
guages fiuently"
English. French md German?-
mo- Baseball. golf and aviation.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-06

MONG the gamest
OF salt water fish
and the one that
affords great sport
to the angler is
the Blacklist Of
eastern waters.
There are those
who claim that
salt water fishing
lacks one Of the
essentials of true
sport, there be-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-21

stories Of George Randolph Chester,
and originally published in the Satur-
day Evening Post. is one of the most
fascinating comedies that American
playgoers have enjoyed in many sea
sons. Ii has been frequently termed
z racy satire on American commercial
ism, but the word racy is not used in
its accepted synonym form, but rather
to describe the CELEBRITY of the action
Of the Cohan comedy which moves
along through its four acts with the
rapidity of rapid firing field piece
and to the accompaniment of an abso-
lutte avalanche of laughter. The cast
of players who VIII interpret the sew
eral roles in Get Rich Quick Walling-
ford" here includes Joseph Manning
Harry O. Taylor, Edwin Redding, John
Morris. Willie Solar, William P. Con
merry. Edward Delaney, Charles Diem,
George ". Parks, Martin Malloy. Cal
Vim Tibbit, Rose Lubonn, Maude
Truax, AIine Bartlett, Torothy Quigg
and Eliza Mason.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-21
SuperfluouS Hair.
Can Be Permanently Removed

II YOU use a remedy that can come in
direct contact with the hair root or fol-
Hcle. one that Will penetrate the skin
and reach the root of the trouble and
not merely remove the hair from the
surface Such preparation must nat
urally he a liquid. because tn. skin can
not absorb "A solid compound.
EradiCo Is a liquid such as Is used
in France 10 free ladies' of suEeThuous
hair. that most humiliatiuE afuictiOn
and greatest Zoe 70 wOmanlv beauty.
Those who have Travelled in Europe
will have noticed the total absence of
Srowths of Superhuous hair. due to this
universally used preparation.
EradiCO is so antaEOnistiC to hair
growth that IL dIsSoives hair as readily
as warm water dissolves sugar. leaving
the skin smooth velvet. Being a
liquid. IT penctrates the skin and de-
stroys the fluid that uourisEes the hair.
The first application Of Eradico will
instantly remove the hair and Al once
begin 70 retard its growth until its use
VIII be- no longer necessary
That EradiCU for superfiuous hair a
preferable 20 any other preparation is
obvious. that u + better. more ecOnorn-
iCal and handler than the painful. dis
appointing electric needle. you viii ad-
nit after your FIRST trial
EradiCo Is the only LIQUID depila -
tory sold. not on the strength Of cxag-
EcTatcd claims. but sincere and bind
ing guarantee.
You get ErndicO in Rock Island
only af Young a McCombs.
Pilgrim Mfg. Co. Makers. New York
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-21
Al HE EMPIRE.

After Witnessing the splendid bill
that Manager Z. 7. Dolly has prOvid -
fer the first half of the week at the
Empire, the patrons who crowded the
house to its capacity last night were
treated to a bit of min5trelsy by Lem.
bers of the Western Catholic Union
branches of Rock Island. The minstrel
performance followed the close of the
regular bill and 20 blackfaccs appeared
in the offering. Led by Rev. William
Cleary, the chorus rendered some good
selections. Joseph Huston acted as in
terIocutor and Charles Roantree and
William TOal, who before have gained
favor as end men, were right Oh the
JOB. Solo numbers were sung by
Joe Smith. John Naab, Messrs. Broder-
lex and Bailey. ROantree's rendition
Of That Railroad Rag" was the hit of
the performance. The scenic effects
helped materially.
Manager Dolly inaugurated the two
bills-a-week feature last night. Tomor-
row evening sees the last performance
of the first half program. For harmony
and all that makes quartet popular,
the Twin City quartet, billed as vaCde-
yilIe's sweetest singers, has every
thing. Their voices blend nicely and
the song selection gives them an OPP
pOrtunity 10 produce harmony. The
Three Stuarts, sensational artists, are
up TO the standard promised in their
billing. The high jump on the wire
by one of the trio is q thriller. Moore
and Browning, minstrelogists, furnish
some neat comedy. Mabel Elaine, the
eccentric dancing kid" surely is eccen-
trio. Safer and Safer appear in a
novelty musical act. Mrs. Mae Richard
Casey sings the illustrated song. The
two films Of motion pictures are excep-
ti0nally good this half.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-21

was little reason TO complain ABOUT
so-called i'll feeling between the differ
ent contingents. True there were sew
eral little mixups, but the same thing
would happen if there was mass
meeting of the citizens Of the two
cities to discuss some topic Of common
interest. Or. Beal, himself. president
OF the board, was so unfortunate as TO
get into one OF these little squabbles
and a police officer escorted him from
the field, but he was later allowed to
return.
MAY HEAL BREACH.
The good sportsmen from both cities
and they are by far in the majority
will undoubtedly attempt TO heal
the breech which has severed athletic
relations with the two teams. ana il
is sincerely to be hoped that their eff
forts will meet with success. When
two neighboring cities begin to believe
that in order to live in peace they
must keep away from each other. il
would be better that they 90 to war
and have it over with and then FRI
ternize until it is time for another
war
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-21
MOLINE'S BOARD
CALLS OFF GAMES
Saturday Night Riot Causes
Severance of Athletic Re
lations.
DR.. BEAL is RESPONSIBLE
Calls Meeting of Co-members and In
duces Them to Take Drastic
Measures.

AZ a result of Saturday nights riot
in Moline, the aftermath Of the vic
tory Of the Rock Island high school
football Neam over the Moline aggrega-
ton, the board of education of Moline
has severed athletic relations be
tween the two schools and It seems
probable that there will be no more
trfcity or even twin-city champion
ships to contend for in the future.
President Beal of the Moline board
convened the board in special session
last evening and prevailed upon his
fellow members to take action prevent
ing further dual contests between the
two schools. They explained that their
action was not the result of any i'll
feeling between the schools themselves
but was taken 70 prevent further mix
ups between the followers of the
school teams
ACTION SURPRISE HERE.
The action Of the Moline board came
as a surprise here. Naturally there
were many who deplored the riot IN
Moline and who spared neither contin-
gent when fixing the blame, but such
occurrences are not at all unusual and
at a college il would be evidence of
college spirit"
The Rock Islanders who made the
rather disastrous trip to Moline did
only what the Moline contingent would
have done under reversed conditions,
and in fact it was known that the Mo
liners had their plans all laid for an
invasion of this city in case their team
was victorious.
In 1907, when the Plow City team
literally wiped the earth with the local
aggregation, their rooters were not
slow TO rub it in that evening and,
while no riot resulted, there was just
as much incentive for one then as
Saturday.
LITTLE DISORDER At GAME.
1t is unfortunate that the two
schools have to suffer because of acts
which the school authorities credit to
outsiders and yet that is exactly what
has happened. The same feeling
caused severance Of athletic rela-
lions between Davenport and Rocl.
Island high schools.
At the field during the game there
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-21
YOUNG SIhNET WINS
BY KNOCKOUT ROUTE
Local Pugilist Shows Lots of Glass in
Go With Eddie Kelly Before
Quincy Club.

Young Sinnet, a local scrapper of
considerable note. added TO his laurels
at Quincy last night by knocking out
Eddie Kelly of Des MOines in the
eighth round of a scheduled 1O-round
GO Kelly is a pupil of Tommy Ryan,
former welterweisht champion, and is
some fighter, but was not quite good
enough for Sinnet The latter began
showing his class in the sixth round. and
in the seventh he fioored his opponent.
In the eighth after a fusilade Of solar
pleXus blows. Sinnet applied a sleep
producer TO the jaw of Kelly and it
was all over.
The bout was staged by the South
Side Boat club of Quincy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-21

Peanuts" Schieberl, the young Rock
Island prize fighter who recently has
acquired a reputation as a ring artist
is to have the opportunity of training
under Johnny COulOn, worlds cham
pion bantam weight fighter, of Chicago.
When Coulon was in Moline Sunday,
he met the local pugilist and after 60
ing through a few little exercises with
him, said that SchiebeTl showed much
Peanuts" was invited TO take
a course in Coulon's gymnasium and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-21
The Theatre
AT THE ILLINOIS.

With all season runs in both New
York and Chicago to its credit. Winch
ell Smiths delightful American com
edy, The Fortune Hunter" comes to
the Illinois this evening. The advent
of this widely acclaimed little play.
with its happy combination Of laughter
and tears. is looked forward 10 with
Impotence by all theatrcgoers who
keep abreast of the times in things
theatrical. VIII Rosele will be seen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-21
The Deep Purple

LIEBLER & co. Managers.
BY Paul Armstrong and Wilson
Miner.
One Season in New York; Six Months
in Chicago.
\ Wonderful Acting Company in a
Powerful Dramatic Triumph.
Prices-35c. 5Oc. 75c. 81 and S1.5O.
Boxes 50.
seat sale Wednesday, Nov. %.
Phone 224 West.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-21

Davenport, Nov. 21.-Announce-
ment was made Yesterday by Bust
ness Manager }. 7. Hayes that
Pitcher Ray Crabb, who was sold TO
the Toledo club in the American as
ISOLATION, through President Armour,
will be retained by Davenport next
season. While this announcement
comes in when baseball is entirely
out of season it will be welcomed by
the fans, as it has been thought that
Crabb would not be numbered among
us next year.
Before severing his connection
with the Toledo club Armour grant
ed Davenport the use of the finger
for next year.
This will give us two good young
pitchers right at the start, Mr..
Hayes said. we will have Crabb
and Kopp, whom believe will break
right into Three-Eye company next
year"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-21
MOOSE TO STAGE
WRESTLING BOUT
Lodge VIII Hold Athletic En-.
tertainment in Club Rooms
at Illinois Theatre.
"CYCLONE TOMMY" BILLED
VIII WrestIe With Emil Sporrey-
Three Other Good Matches Are
Down on the Gard.

One week from tonight viii see the
second athletic entertainment under
the auspices of the Rock Island lodge
Of the Loyal Order OF Moose in the
club rooms in the Illinois theatre
building. \ particularly good program
has been provided by the committee,
and includes, in addition 10 wrestling
matches. several vocal and instrument
tai selections. Club members are dis
losing of the tickets. The chief feat
IRE is to be the bout between Cyclone
Tommy Thompson and Emil Sporrey.
Both are reputed as hood wrestlers
and a good match is promised.
THREE OTHER MATCHES.
+. F. Gruby of Moline and William
Gable of Rock Island are 10 meet again.
Gruby won from Gable in the last
match Professor c. f. Gilbert and
Axel Nelson. and John Voss and Boil
ermaker Johnson are TO provide the
other matches.
Professor Back of Davenport. the
Moose quartet, Fred Empke. G. y.
Smith and J. Z. Smith, y i'll furnish mu-
steal numbers. The Smiths will rem
der conet and trombone duet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-21

New York, Nov 21-Baseban fans
heard the announcement, unofficial but
apparently authoritative, that Mike
Donlin will play right field for the
Giants next season 1t was declared
that negotiations have been practically
concluded with the Boston Nationals
for Mikes transfer to Manhattan in
exchange for Jack Murray and $4,000
in cash.