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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-07-05
ALGERN0N IN DISTRESS
HAD HE GIVEN HIS OWN PILLS
TO HIS SICK sIsTER7
Apparent Mixup In "Medsums" Alarm
ed Him Exceedingly, for II Might
Have Killed Her, and "Llfe
Is Very Scarce"

Good ebenin', sab, good ebenin'."
responded Algernon to Mr.. Topfloor's
greeting, but his voice sounded dis
traught and Mr.. Tophoor glancing at
his troubled countenance, inquired:
whats the matter, Algernon? Ele-
vator on the blink"
mo, sab, dat amt it. rs mos dis
tress, an rs mighty glad yo's come in.
cos wan asst yo' advice bout a mos
serious mattah. | was to my doctah's
dis afternoon to deport to him bout de
condition OBJ my sister, an vile was
dere, fought I nights well git some
medsum TO- myself, too. So l asst him
to glib me some pills, or a lotion OF
tonic, or some'pin OBJ dat kin. An
he say, 'Wot yo' wan medsum TO,
Algernon" he say an l toll him dat
TO- de las tree days | ben trouble
wifi sort o. dizziness in my feet dat
was mos 'noyin' specially wen I'm
runnin' de elebator. So he say he
glib me some'pin fo' dat, an den he
han me box pills TO- my sister an a
oox pills TO myself. He didn't put no
came on de boxes, but de one dat
was my box, it had de leases III brack
speck on de side, so of cos l know
which it was. I lef' de medsum at
ny sisters do an didn't take notice
| iatI lef her de wrong box till afer
| ben heah bout hour. rs faid
Mistoh Topic, dat my pills wouldn't
II. g., 1, .J,4 H. Ahh
kill her eff she take huff oh dem, an
| is jes' ben mos crazy bout it, W'ot
does yo' t'ink, Mistah Topfio'-does
go' t'ink dat pills TO- dizziness in de
!eet would be bald TO- amonia OBJ de
ungs?"
81 can't say, Algernon, but l think
they might be-" replied Mr.. Topfloor;
you'd better go to your sisters house
as quickly as you can and tell her not
10 take them"
81 cayn' leabe dis heah elebator at
lie presum' time, no how, dere's too
much 'pendin' on me fo' dat. Yessah,
could asst de janitor to run it TO- me
| To- half hour or so. I nevah fought
| ) dat Yessah, dat would be de way
Oes way. I know yo' wise me so / fin
some resolution OBJ de question. Yes
sab, go raight down to de janitor an
tell him de state OBJ de fair. Min yo'
step, sab, de elebator ain square wifi
de flo! Yessah, | come tell yo' de suit
oh de vestigation, des' soon as I know
myself, tank yo' sah," concluded Al.
gernon as the elevator passed down
the shaft out of sight.
An hour later Algernon appeared at
the Topfoors' door and announced
beamingly: tits all right, sab. De jan
itor he resented to run the elebator TO
me vile | went to 'vestigate bout de
pills. It's a mighty queer ting, Mistoh
Topic My sister she hadn't took one
OBJ dem pills oh mine. She say she has
de queeres' ticklin' in de pam Of he1
raight han dat to' her de pills wasn't
hers, an dey couldn't git her to swal
Ter one, no how. But de queeres' OF
de whole circumstance am dat / foun
dat de box l lef' her was de raight
box af'er all So de whole ting tu'r
out fo' de bes'. But eff it had a-be'r
dem pow'ful pills oh mine, | reckon
she be daid now an I'd a-b'en mighty
sorry, COS life is ve'y scarce, Mistof
Topfo'-very scarce" - New York
Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-07-05
WHY MAN EXcELS At GOLF
Woman Lacks the Active Physical
Training Which Her Brother
0ets In Boyhood.

II you were asked why men play
better golf than women your answer
probably would be: because men are
stronger than women. And that
would be the truth, but only part Of IT,
Possibly the difference In the effec.
tiveness OF the woman's and the mans
game can, as some people claim, be
traced directly TO the length Of the
shot, but the more one investigates
the more he is led to qualify this con-
clusion. II becomes, on the whole,
less reasonable to credit solely to
muscular advantage the eight to nine
strokes which, roughly, measure the
handicap due from q man to q woman.
In other words, II q man and q WON
an should happen to have an equal
supply of strength and endurance. It
seems that the man would turn out to
be the better golfer. That Ia the Ques.
ton.
In the first place. men have far
greater game experience. They begin
to play bat and ball games at an ear.
lier age and thereby develop more
thoroughly the feel" OF clubs and the
fine eye that IL necessary for success
in such games. There are all sorts
Of games that boys amuss themselves
with from their earliest youth which
give them eye. And when they take
golf club In their hands for the first
time the essential act Of concentrating
their vision on the object to be struck
Is not a novelty. It is second nature
With a girl It Is different She has
not daily played games that developed
her eye, such as marbles, scrub,
hockey, snowballing and target prac
tice, games that are the constant avo
cations of bipeds who practice the
profession Of being boys. And yet one
of the greatest of women golfers as
sures me that women have shown In
tournaments more concentration OF
the eye than men and that only last
TALL this fact was proved It appears
that computation was made both a,
the mems championship and the WON
ems which proved that the women
missed their drives less often than the
men.-Charles Alden Settler In tn.
Outing Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-07-05
Just Like the Bible.

Niles, who is 10 years old, has q
weakness for attending the circus. and
he willingly goes to church with his
mother when the circus season ap-
proaches and doesn't hesitate to point
to his Sabbath rectitude as one Of the
reasons why he should be permitted to
60 to the circus.
When the circus came this week he
filed his regular petition for permits.
sion to attend.
"You have seen the circus three
times, Miles," said his mother, land !
don't believe you need to see 1t again
well, mother" he answered, II
think circus 10 q lot like the Bible;
you can't get too much Of It."
The afternoon performance found
Niles and his mother looking on.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-07-05
FIret Rock TO Talk,

In New street, Horsham, England.
says writer In the May Strand, there
is to be seen the very exceptional and
interesting spectacle of q talking rock
The bird is the property of two school
children, little girl and boy, who
caught 1t five years ago, when 1t was
quite baby, in local rookery. 1t is
of the gentler sex, and occupies a
small pen in tiny back garden. No
attempt has ever been made to teach
the rock to talk, and yet she has q
vocabulary Of close upon 100 simple
words. She is often allowed out in
the garden, for. although she can fly
swiftly and strongly. she can be trust
ed not to make her escape. 1t Is said
that this is the first instance of a rock
developing the power to talk.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-07-05
Rather Absurd.

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, q few days
after his regrettable resignation. was
talking to Washington correspond.
ent about an adulterated food.
But the manufacturer says he can
prove the adulteration does not
HARM" the correspondent ventured.
WELL" answered DR.. Wiley, with a
smile, III he tries to prove that, he'll
involve himself as absurdly as the
man who declared In triumph:
Nobody can have two birthdays
but q twin"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-07-05
FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1912.
Wilson, Byran's Nominee.

Woodrow Wilson's nomination
is Bryan's fourth triumph in dictat
ing the policy of the Democratic
party. 1t belongs to him practi-
ally alone, and the country will
recognize it as such from the be-
ginning to the end of the campaign.
1t was won in the face of a large
body of delegates and party ma
chine in the control of privilege,
1t was won only when the Ryan
Murphy-Taggart bosses gave their
consent. In the same way the
candidacy will prosper at the polls
only through the favor of the same
men. The very onslaught by
which Bryan compelled the repre-
sentatives of privilege to accept
Wilson proved how strong a grip
they hold.
1t is Bryan ticket and Bryan
platform, but the very fight by
which the ticket was named served
to show the country the brazen
power with which privilege is in
trenched within the Democratic
party. The ticket is the result of
the triumph of one faction over
another. 1t serves to emphasize
the ferceness of the conflicting
elements within the party. The
nominee is Bryan's; the party ma
chinery is in control of privilege.
The antagonism which revealed it
self in the convention is so virulent
as to demonstrate the hopelessness
of constructive reform from such
an organization,
Bryan, by sheer force of strategy
and by daily demonstration of the
crookedness of the party, dictated
the nomination. In the very act
he showed the danger of trusting
for reforms to body so poisoned
with corruption. The demonstra-
ton was nationwide. 1t is one
the people have learned word by
word.
The nominee himself has had a
marvellous career in politics. Two
short years ago the head of uni.
versity; Immediately after, the head
of a great State government, fol-
lowing campaign in which he won
his own fight against the New
Jersey machine, and now, by virtue
of his fight against the bosses in
New Jersey and by the grace O.
Bryan's backing, the nominee fol
the presidency. 1t is the mos
striking rise in politics since Bryan
made himself the nominee, sixteen
years ago.
Wilson has now the greater
struggle to urge reform with Ryan.
Murphy Taggart as his agents.
The contrast between the Dem
ocrats made up of irreconcilable
elements claiming a progressive
title, and the Progressive party o
the nation made up wholly of mel
who revolted against privilege ane
cast it off, and devoted solely te
constructive work for the people
could not be greater.
Boston Journa
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-07-05
HeirIoonns.

"And is this an heirloom, too?" ask.
ed the visitor, picking up brick that
lay on the center table.
YES" said the lady of the house.
THAT is the brick my mother threw
at the prime minister"
"Ah, indeed, how very interesting"
said the visitor "And whose portrait
is that on the WALTZ"
THAT is my mother herself" said
the lady.
IT see" said the visitor "The power
behind the thrown, as it were."--Har.
per's Weekly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-07-05
A Doubtful Compliment.

Edward J. Watkins, ia In Z quandary
over q statement made to him at the
Pendennis club. He does not know
whether to be hattered or offended.
At the club, negro boy a. black as
shoe. is In charge of the check room,
and while taking Watkins hat and
coat. he cast an admiring glance at
Mr. Watkins's new gray suit, and
said: "Mr. Watkins. that's the best
looking suit see this year. I'd like
to buy some of your close, sir, some
times If you got any you'd dispose Of
You dress more to nigger's taste
than any other gentleman at the club;
yessir."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-07-05

Dorothy was SO homesick at her
first party and cried so bitterly that
the hostess's mother suggested that 1t
would be better for her to go home.
Dorothy accepted the idea, but a
few minutes later, upon answering a
timid ring at the door, the hostess's
mother found Dorothy bathed in tears
well, Dorothy, am glad to see you
again. Did you decide to come back
to us?"
"Nom'm, I forgot ito say l h-had
such nice time! "-Browning' Maya.
zine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-07-05
A Greek Name.

Greek may have gone out Of fashion,
but Greeks have not. The being who
used to live for us only in the pages OF
ancient history is now familiar fig.
ure in every American city.
Mention the name of some well
known Greek" said the teacher Of a
juvenile class in history.
George" spoke up curly haired
little boy.
George who?"
81 don't know the rest of his name
ma'am. He comes round to our house
every Thursday with bananas and
oranges"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-07-05
Personal
Items !.

Miss Edith Lowe of North Stratford
N. H., is the guest of her sister, Mrs
Ernest Kimball.
Mr.. aud Mrs. c. R. Powell had as
guests over Sunday, Mr. aud Mrs. Fred
Pierce, Mrs. Dutton also Mr.. Powell's
mother, all of Barton.
Miss Charlotte Thurston of st. Johns.
bury, former school teacher here, is
the guest OF L. B. Jones and wife.
Miss Ollie Applebee who is spending
the summer at their cottage at Lake, i.
spending the week in town the guest o.
Miss Gertrude Norton.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-07-05
Hardly Fair,

(Which Is your favorite among the
plays of Shakespeare, Mr.. Henpeck?"
1.-THE Tanning Of the Shrew'"
"But do you think you ought to per.
NIT your personal feeling to get the
better of your Judgment In such mat.
ser?" 4Gsta fa
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-07-05
EAST CHARLESTON
Mrs. Z. w. Buck. Correspondent

MIS-. Mathew Grove Is on the sick list
Walter Hand of Island Pond spent.
Su nday at DIR. Cushman's.
Miss Jennie Cambell has closed her
school at Morgan and is at no me.
Mrs. p. McCrystal and two children
of Berlin, N. H., are visiting relatives
in town.
Mrs. w. r. Price is entertaining her
nephew, Jack McCaw of Sherbrooke,
Que.
Miss Grace Kimball of Lyndon called
on friends and attended the graduation
exercises this week.
Mrs. w. Channel of Chan mel, Que.
was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Lewis
part of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Roberts recently
visited their daughter, Mrs. Bert Seavey
al Bloomington.
Mrs. and Mrs. Frank Rice of Holl-
and, were quests of her father, H. A.
Parker recently.
Chas Chedrick of Montreal arrived at
Clyde Cottage Tuesday to spend the
Fourth.
Mrs. Eugene Hinton is entertaining
William Jackson of New York City.
Mrs Allen Maxwell and children
are spending the week at St. Johnsbury
Several from here attended the grad
uating exercises at West Charleston
Monday evening AID report a fine time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Mouton and Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Pierce attended camp
meeting at Beebe Plain last Sunday.
Mrs. Swaziland is stopping at c. N
Moultons at present.
Elmo Hudson is spending few days
at home before going to New York into
a hospital for the summer.
Earl Willis entertained his uncle
Ernest Devereaux of Barton last week
Wesley Hinton who is i'll with dip.
liberia is improved No new cases at
present.
Mrs. Elmer Hinton has returned tc
her home in Barton.
Moody and Dell Belnap have gone to
Coaticook to work.
Mrs. Eugene Buck attended the fu-
neral of Mrs. Ira Chappell at West
Burke last Wednesday.
MIR. aud Mrs. l.. e. Trip of st. Johns
bury are spending two weeks vacation
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs f, II
Trip and Mr.. and Mrs, VIM Colburn
MIR. and Mrs. w. N. RULER of Iras
burg recently visited at L. G.. Buck i
VIM. Moulton has returned from tn
west and reports delightful trip.
Misses Esefa ChappelI and Hazel Far
of Island Pond visited at D. C. Gallup
last week.
Mrs. B. b. Blake and Mrs. p. j. Plum
kett of Barton were guests at Z. v
Buck the last of the week.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Geo. Canning, Tuesday July 2, Con
gratulations.
One of Henry Woods little twin girl
fell down stairs last Friday and brok
, her leg. Drs. Hendricks and Sargen
were called Sunday to set it and th
little one is doing as we'll as can be ex
pected.
Mrs. Dell Belknap and children ar
,, visiting at Barnston, Que, and Morton
Mr.. and Mrs. il. B. johnson of Whit
River junction called on relatives her
loot GnturJny
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-07-05
Discovered.

"That man has an idea that he I'M
derstands women. He's a widower,
believe"
Nope. If he's got any such idea as
that he's bachelor"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-07-05

Mrs. Burrows and little son OF st.
Johnsbury were visitors at the home OF
her brother, G. r. Powell, last week, re-
turning home Saturday.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-07-05
The Likeness.

Mrs. Newell suppose now we
have disagreed. you are comparing
this to your old home.
Mr. Newed-Exactly. This ID Just
ike the rows mother used to make.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-18
Publication Notice.

State of Illinois. Rock Island Coun-
ty-ss:
In the Circuit Court of Rock Island
County, nl.-January Term, 1913. In
Attachment Demand, S1.661.20.
Smith Bros. Burdick Company VS..
Fred w. Larson, ct al.
Notice is hereby given to you, the said
Fred W. Larson, that a writ OF attach
ment has been sued out of the Office of
the clerk of the circuit court of said
county of Rock Island. at the suit OF
the said Smith Bros. &Burdick company
and against the estate of you, the said
Fred w. Larson. for sixteen hundred and
sixty-one dollars and twenty cents, be-
sides interest directed to the sheriff OF
said county to execute.
Now, unless you. the said Fred w. Lar
son. shall personally be and appear be-
fore the circuit court of said county, on
the first day of the next term thereof
to be holden at Rock Island, In said
county, on the first Monday in the month
of January next, give special bail and
plead to said action, Judgment will be
entered against you in favor of the said
plaintiff, and the property attached sold
to satisfy the same, with costs.
GEORGE w. GAMBLE Clerk.
Rock Island, ILL.,, Nov. 80, 1912.
Albert Huber. plaintiffs attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-18
MOSCOW CATHEDRAL.
Fantastic Looking Edifiee Erected by
Ivan the Terrible.

Ivan the Terrible.
One of the most extraordinary and
fantastic Christian places of worship
in the world is the Cathedral of Mos
COW, known as Vasili Blajenni, strange
not only in outline and conception, but
even stranger in its history. No one
knows the architects name, but the
story goes that the czar ordered his
eyes to be put out directly the church
was completed, so that he should new
er be able to surpass his work. The
idea OF the building was inspired by
the wickedest and maddest monarch
who ever sat on a throne-Ivan the
Terrible, car of Muscovy.
The architecture is in every respect
extravagant and barbaric, and the col
oring Is garish in the extreme. 1t has
nine chapels, rooted by nine cupolas,
each different and each stranger than
the other. One resembles a pineapple,
another n melon, third Is said to ape
a hedgehog in its appearance, and the
rest are more or less grotesque. Some
are gilt; others are painted in brilliant
hues. Indeed, the only description is
that 1t is a nightmare of a church, the
fitting legacy of a ruler who grilled
his counselors in frying pans and
clothed his subjects in bearskins in
order that trained dogs might worry
and tear them to pieces.-Strand Maya
zine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-18
THE ELEcTRoScoPE.
Instrument by Which the Presenss OF
Electricity 10 Detected.

Electricity 10 Detected.
The electroscope is an instrument for
the detection Of electricity. 1t depends
for its action on the principle that
bodies charged with like electricity re-
pei, while those charged with unlike
electricity attract each other. The ordi-
nary pith ball suspended on a silk
thread is the simplest form OF the in
strument-
The most common type of electro
scope is that devised by Bennett in
1877 and known as the gold leaf cleo
troscope. 1t consists Of two strips of
gold leaf or thin aluminium foil sus-
pended from the lower extremity Of
conductor within a glass bottle or jar.
The upper end of the conductor ter
inmates in a ball or plate in case the
instrument is to be used as a condens-
ing electroscope. If a body charged
with positive electricity is brought near
the knob of the electroscope the mega
tive electricity will be attracted to the
knob and the positive repealed to the
leaves, which diverge. If now the fin
ger is touched to the knob the positive
electricity is drawn of and the leaves
collapse, while the negative electricity
is held bound. Removing the charged
body, the leaves wt.l diverge again,
charged with negative electricity. In
this case the instrument can be used
to determine the nature Of q charge of
a body brought near 1t, as with posi-
tive charge the leaves will collapse and
with a negative charge spread farther
apart.-EXchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-18
Dickens and His Wife.

Commenting on the unhappy rela-
tons between Dickens and his wife,
Goodwin Smith wrote In one of his last
papers: at was common case. Dick.
ems had married at a low level, and his
wife had not risen with him; otherwise
there was no fault on her side. The
matrimonial history Of writer's Of
works OF imagination has often been
unhappy. Their imagination turns the
woman into an angel, and then they
ind that she Is woman" -.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-18
Executors Notice.
Estate Of John H. zonner. decease,

Estate OF John H zOIner. deceased.
The undersigned having been ap-
pointed executriX of the last will and
testame ut Of John H Zollner. late Of
the county o. Ro;k Island, state of ILL.,
nois, deceased. hereby gives notice that
she will appear before the Hon. Ben
jamin Bell. Judge OF the probate court
court room, in the city Of Rock Island,
at the December, 1912, term. on the
first Monday in December 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 persons indebted TO
said estate are requested to make i'm
mediate payment TO the Undersigned
Dated 18th day Of October. A d. I912
MARY ZOLLNER. Executrix.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-18

Estate of Mayer Rosenheld. Deceased.
Public notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, Clara r. SHERMAN and
Joseph NJ. Rosenfield executors of the
last will and testament of Mayer Rosen-
field, deceased, have this day filed their
final report and settlement as such in
the probate court of Rock Island coun-
ty, and hearing on said report has been
set for Jan. 8, 1913, at o'clock a. m, at
which time persons interested may APP
pear and make objections thereto, and
If no objections are filed, said report
will be approved at that time, and the
undersigned will ask for an order of
distribution, and will also ask to be dis
charged.
Rock Island. Ill, Dec. IT, 1912.
CLARA r. SILBERMAN,
JOSEPH M ROSENFIELD,
Executors of the Last Will and Tesla
ment of Mayer Rosenfield, deceased.
Hugh Z. Curtis, attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-18

wANTED-A girl to do general house
work at sos Fourth avenue. Phone
west 1924.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-18
FOR sALE-LANDs.

FOR SALE - Eight-acre farm, with
eight-room house, big barn, shed ice
house, two wells, good cellars under
houEz, 500 grape plants. so fruit trees;
good place for chicken raising: one
on Twenty-seventh street. Inquire at
1901 Thirty fifth street, Rock Island.
III
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-18
Argus Branch Offices

Fer the accommodation of its patrons
In various parts OF the city, The Argus
has established system OF branch Of
nces. where subscriptions and want ad-
vertising may be received and any in
formation left that may pertain to any
department. OF the paper. news or busi-
ness. II Is also planned TO have at each
OF these branch ofices every evening q
supply OF copies OF The Argus OF the
day. SC that any subscriber who may
have failed under any circumstances to
receive his paper. will be supplied free
OF charge.
The Argus chain of branch Offices
includes the following:
j. J. KIpp's notion store, 45OS Fifth
avenue.
H E. Bowe's pharmacy. II1s Four
teenth avenue.
Riess' drug store, Twenty-seventh
street. Seventh avenue
Cllemsyer's drug store Eleventh ave-
nue.. Fifteenth street
George w. Millhouse. confectionery,
soc Fourth avenue.
Mrs. London's notion store, Seventh
street, Fourteenth avenue.
Heimbeck's pharmacy. 922 Third ave-
senger's grocery. sss Eleventh
street
Robert drug store. Thirtieth street
and Fifth avenue.
College pharmacy, Seventh avenue
and Thirty eighth street
Olson grocery. Thirteenth avenue and
Thirtieth street.
Steiner drug store. corner Fifth ave-
nue. md Twentythird street.