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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18
Makes the Nation Gasp.

The awful list of injuries on a Fourth
of July staggers humanity. Set over
against it, however, is the wonderful
healing by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. of
thousands, who suffered from burns,
cuts, bruises, bullet wounds or explo-
sions. It's the quick healer of boils.
ulcers. eczema. sore lips or piles; rs
cents at all druggists.
AL The news all the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18
MuLrirLE ELEcTRoLlns.

EsIS-Suuerry
our hairs o. face and arms E=rEA-
Eelt4y removed with one 20 SIX
needles four - SIX hours work !.
Cze Vita SIX needles Address alsz
a II kStr4age. Fiat J. Argyle Flats
Bray street Davenport C.G DlCEe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18
ARSTRACrs OF TILE

ABSTRACTS OF title prepared o. con
uuued 70 date covering any real es-
tate Ia the county Prompt and ac-
curEte service AZ reasonable rates
Rock Island Title 4 Abstract con-
pAuy. J. : lnsTs-l- preside ut, "
Sweeney. secretary. 10000 second
moor PEOPLES National oSax bud
Ing. Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18
FoH HENT-HOUsEs.

FOR EEST-5.N-ro modern house
Inquire 521 Twenty third street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18
~
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

FOR SALE-A dandy 1s-foot launch.
cheap. Phone west 1029-N
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18
Wells DETECTIVE AGENCY.

-----~r-----~------ ~-----------------~-~
Wells E-TIVE AGENCY - 5s-
Sg-ll Dearborn street Chicago. IL
Established Is years. We give expert
.a-....N sta honest service. 10 charge
Jog cons citation Telephone Harrison.
1898 md 45s4
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18
BOOMERANCS
FOR sALE-crry PROPERTY.


I FOR SALE|Sew four-room house IN
East Moline; good investment Phone
west E4S-Y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18
Executors Notice.

Jackson. Hurst & Stafford, attorneys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18
EXPRESS AND STORAGE

RELIABLE STORAGE - On fra; moor.
wagon covers. etc. Tents Tor rent q
also manufacturer o. awnings. tEnts
EoEssier a Co. EGs Fifteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18

FOR SALE-FouT acres OF land near
Audalusia, has small house and an
immense amount of all kinds Of fruit
James q BrIttOu. Phone west l3OI-X
FOR SAl-E-At reasonable price a 1870
acre farm, two miles north and one
half mile west of Taylor Ridge. good
improvements. Address Mrs. Martha
McAtce, tlU Thirteenth avenue.
FOR SALE-Twenty-one acres of land
on Thirty eighth street within seven
blocks Of Elp street car line Also
a corner lot SsXl29 feet. n Moline
Good business lot. Inquire at 1922
Thirteenth street Moline.
FOR SALE-Or exchange: I have 80
acres Of alfalfa bottom land in the
state OF Kansas, with good water sup
ply, large stone house, stable, gran
airy stock corral, well. windmill etc.
/ desire to secure a modern seven or
cigEt-rOom house, conveniently 10
Gated ia Rock Island for a permanent
nome. II interested, address A NJ
Bruner. \. NJ. c. A building. Rock
Island, Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18

FOR RENT-A seven room house, In
qIirs 1903 Seventeenth street South
Heights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18
SWEDISH MOVEMENT.

SW ELlSG NOV E-E ENr - Z-z- u E.E.
E-ssl- ..4--a-z- ss=--s- Use.
gives --uz tm=-t 80 private 4uuss
Phone wess s---- address as I.l.-
Iy-L4utL street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18
Notice.

r. w. olmsted. attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18

FOR SALE-On account of leaving the
city l win sell my residence at 1915
Thirteenth avenue, consisting of six
room cottage, with gas, electricity,
and two lots 4Oxl25, al in first class
condition; terms $1,000 cash, balance
on time. Inquire on premises.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18
LOST AND FOUND.


Lost Small dog. tan color, FUN ears
and tail; name Pat wears collar.
q NuiE on same. Notify $40 Tween
ty-secOHd street
LOST-Blagk leather bill fold, contain
ing money and several Masonic lodge
receipts. Reward viii be paid for
rcturs Phone y j. Pratt west l33O-Y.
LOST-Tucsdav morning. a white bun
dog with brIudte spot on side Jan
swers To- name II Pat Liberal re-
ward Tor return at once to 52GIz Six
terutu street
LCST-A light tan corded Jacket with
IAN silk lining, between Thirtictu
street Rock Island, and Sixteenth
street. Moline Notify Argus and
owner VIII call.
LOST - ON Nineteenth street. between
Fourth and Tenth avenues. a blau K
silk LaudOaE obtaining pOrketDaUk
and large sum OF money. haudEar-
chief etc. Reward for return tc go
Nineteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18

FOR SALE-Eouses from 1880 to 81
500, on easy terms Phone 1I65-k.
z ". Robinson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18

FOR RENT - Modern furnished rooms
at 1903 Second avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18
wANTED-To ExCHANGE.

IS A. Ed exchange. -Z- zz.Fz
timber land. .Cr small property or
vacant ..r u- tEc. Cal e. ~ address
-4-E EsE-L-e-.- avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18

"ASLED-YOung man. 20 drive oeliv
cry wagon az H Tremann's Sons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18
lQlA " OLE OK 90.
CONTRACTORS AND
BUILDERS

Manufacturers Of Sazn. Doors. Blinds
md Stairs. Interior h1lsE u all kinds
Hardwood snser Flooring. and deal
erE IA CASA Ill and az Eighteenth
ELESsL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18
COLLECTIONS.

--~-~~----~-~---~~-~-~ ~~-~-~-~-~-~~~-~--e~--~->-
COLLECTIONS AADE-Hard accos 4
and claims collected William ~
walker. lawyer. al Peoples BAT
budding Phone 1sg
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18

HENRY GAETHJE-Proprie chip
p4annOCk nursery. Cut flowers ana
designs of ali kinds. City store. 1907
Second avenue Ie4eUhOuc mo
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18
MISCELLANEOUS.
BU sINEss CHANCES.


Az opportunity TO secure some gilt
edged ind .st-.al stock a big bar Ea4I..
Address II II c." care Argus.
IF you want 20 begin or expand bust
ness. write the Board Of Trade Wey-
burn. SAskatChe We want Ildu
tries. retailers and wholesalers. Elec-
tric power. water. fuel. cheap. Build
ers with capital needed Population
doubled this year.
.oO5 viii buy half inter
est IL my wholesale and reta4! Sgs.-
ness. v hich VIII pay you f!CU STA
900 20 $4,000 a year on TIE Invest
meat l will show the ABOVE 10 be
correct By personal Interview Bust
ness viii stand tGe stTictest invest
CATION No person but sober man
with the cash. who can pEt his fol.
tine into the business. need answer
Best q references given 4nG required
VIII explain BY personal .ute.viC "
why 7 r. est have d partner. Address
" J Smith. Is23 CgCsa avenue, Chi
case. III
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18

FOR RENT-Rooms: finest modern fur
r4shed rooms IN the city Ksnnedys
1the St. Johns house,, 1926 y 1925 Z
Second avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18
LODGE DIRECTORY.
Masonic.

Maaonic.
TRIO LODGE No. 81. A. F. & A. M
u Meets in stated communication
w the first Thursday of each
W. month at 1880 p. m. BY order
of Carlton @. Taylor. w. II. William
3. Petit, secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18
RANCE


" a. have TIE ,1mg c;c sAt o: every va
can't house ~ .uou IL the trl-sitlea
AZ woGt cost yJu enc cent TO soc thIa
IsL S.mmcrn, 80 lLs-lls ElSt Sec
oud street.. Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18

FOR RENT - Newly Furnished front
room. with alcove; also large single
room In private family. electric
Nights. hot water. breakfast served
gentlemen only. references required
"a Twenty first street Phone west
!z66-L
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18

CONTRACTORS AND H,nDEus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-18

All the news all the time-The Argus.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-06
Wants Graduate Students "Uniiks
Their Fathers"

Their Fathers"
President Wilson made it clear at
the start that conditions at the uni
ersity were to be changed, and
whether for better or for worse, to
be changed radically, He stated that
colleges needed TO be revolutionized
and went SO far as to say he would
endeavor 10 graduate students as an
like their fathers as possible.
His policies kept him in almost con.
tinuous conflict with the university
trustees and professors. In fact the
bitterest controversies IN the institu.
tons history marked his terms. viii.
sons trends say it was a conflict be-
tween progressive and democratic
president and the forces Of privilege
and aristocracy.
Bar To Princetopls Progress.
In May, 1910. the Graduate College
of Princeton university became the
legatee of a 100000 estate which
could not be accepted without sacri-
ficing Wilson's policies. The money
was accepted. The presidents .resig-
nation did not come, however, until
after the New Jersey state Democrat
ic convention ,on September 10, 1910,
had nominated him for the governor
shin
Elected Governor.
In the following November New
Jersey went Democratic for the first
time since 1892 and elected Wilson by
large majority.
The spare well-formed, grayeeyed
Continued on page s.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-06
Hyde-Park

The Fourth passed away very quiet.
~ here.
The brass band went 10 Lewiston
to help enliven their celebration, and
the baseball boys played Smithfield
upon their grounds. A large crowd
the officers. In the afternoon there
were songs, class exercises and a
most excellent address by Elder Al.
bert f. Bowen. Besides Elder Bowen
there We're present Stake Chorister j.
witnessed the game.
The Smithfield boys are plucky
bunch, and played good ball, but went
against our farmer boys. Smithfield
made one run IN the third innings and
four in the sixth. These four runs
were made through two wild throws
by Hyde Park, otherwise the Hyde
Park boys had the game well in hand
through the entire game. The score
was Hyde Park 10; Smithfield, o;
A rousing celebration is scheduled
for Pioneer Day here.
Sunday, June 30th the Sunday
School held their annual conference
At the morning session there were
class exercises and the sustaining oil
Z. Hyde, Secretary e. p. Pulley, Miss
Mary Sorensen and Miss Dora Wright
THE Girl of Eagle Ranch" was
played before large audience in the
commny's tent Tuesday night. The
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-06

sented in our town yesterday. Much
credit is due Mayor Merrill, the city
councilmen. and the several commit
tees for the many attractions provid.
ed and for the orderly way in which
the days celebration was carried out.
Mr.. Earl Hadfield's home is nearing
ccmpl ton and is one of the homes
thai does credit to our town.
Mr. and Mrs. Farley K. Peterson
of Logan are visiting here.
Mr. Ed, Smith OF Logan was a
guest at Bishop Miles home during
the Fourth.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-06
I'm Adjacent
Towns
Smithfield

Celebrated the 4th? Wei, yes!
Grandmas with their fascinators
and the young mas with coats on
all came out to show that they were
satisfied with the actions of our early
nation, and to pay honor to the grand
emblem Of our national life and lib
erty.
The cold morning seemed to slim.
ulate and increase the desire to de-
velop our latent powers and grow
more Jealous and patriotic in the
principles that our flag teaches.
A program of unusual merit was
rendered at the morning meeting One
special feature not on the program
was the piccolo music by Charles
Wright accompanied on the piano by
James A. Cragun. Mr.. Wright was
one of the pioneer musicians of our
city and county and so pleased ~
audience that he had 10 respond the
second time.
Races, and many kinds of games
were the order of the morning. At
4:30 Hyde Park and Smithfield boys
played ball. The winning team re-
ceived $500 the loosing team $500.
Hyde Park won the game by score
of 10 to 3. The boys certainly played
good ball and were roundly applauded
The ball at night was great sue
cess socially and financially. John F.,
Hillyard gave dance to the chill
dren during the afternoon.
The merry-go-round, the picture
shows and the many attractions all
seemed to be we'll pstronized.
Miss Sarah MilligaD, the young lady
who was so badly burned is IN a set
GUS state. much anxiety is felt for tae
unfortunate girl,
Mrs. Annie Anderson is slowly i'm
proving after a siege Of typhoid fever
Wallace Cragun of Salt Lake City
was in our city the fore part OF the
week.
Mrs. Euphenia Balm has been III
for the two past weeks.
Many of our farmers looked some
what blue over their hay crops yes
terday but we predict after such {
splendid patriotic demonstration wa'
made and such loyalty proven tina
the clouds will disappear and sun
shine will restore their faces once
, more.
Smithfield certainly had sane ant
safe Fourth. No drunkenness or row
dyism was noticed.
Hyde Park, Benson, Logan, Rich
mond and Trenton were well repre-
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-06
Stake Priesthood Meeting

Saturday, July 6, the regular stake
priesthood meeting will be held in
the stake Tabernacle at o'clock p.
m. All of those holding the priest
hood are requested to be present. DR..
John A. Widtsoe will be the speaker.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-06
Drops His Tommy"

The young man left Wilmington one
day in September, 1875, to enter
Princeton college. About this time
he dropped his christian name Thorn.
as and became known as Woodrow
Wilson.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-06

play is good one. and seemed to give
general satisfaction.
Mrs. Martha Vance daughter of
Mrs. Eunettie Grant, Is up from Ari
IONA visiting with her mother.
Mrs. Eliza Bell Duce of Cardston,
Canada, is here visiting her father
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-06
s4elped to Keep Down Expenses.

Mrs. J. E. Horny, Akron. Mich.
tells how she did SO: u was bother.
ed with my kidneys and had to go
nearly double. tried . sample Of
Foley Kidney Pills and thsy did me
80 much good that bought bottle,
and feel that they saved me a big
doctors bill" Cooperative Drug Co .
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-06

gants gave him nothing to do. he was
not idle. He improved his time by
securing the promise CT Miss Louise
Axon to be his wife. The Axons we're
a prominent Georgia lowlands family.
The young couple were married in
1875.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-06

David Grant and brothers and sisters.
Her husband Ernest Duce is expected
here in a few days.
Harvey and Juniu5 Christensen,
came in from Grace, Idaho to spend
the Fourth and will return few
days.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-06
PROF. WOODROW
WILSON
SKETCH OF WOODROW WILSON'S
LIFE FROM SCHOOL BOY DAYS
10 NOMINATION. FOR PREsl.
pENCY.

DIR. Woodrow Wilson was born at
Staunton, Va, December 2s, 1856. He
is the son of Or. Joseph X. Wilson,
Presbyterian minister, and the
grandson OF Judge James Wilson, an
Irishman of Scotch descent who mi.
grated from County Down to Phila.
delphia in 1907. James Wilson pros.
pered and became manager of the Au.
rora, a leading Democratic journal,
Philadelphia then being the national
capital.
His Father A Scholar.
1t was at Steubenville, Ohio, that
Joseph Ruggles Wilson, the father of
Woodrow Wilson, was born on Feb
ruary 2S, 1922. He was the scholar
of James Wilson's family Jefferson
college graduated him as valedictori.
an in 1874, after which he taugr
school and prepared for the Presby-
terian ministry at the Western Theo-
logical seminary and Princeton semi
nary. In 1S49 Joseph r. Wilson mar
ried Janet Woodrow daughter Of DR..
Thomas Woodrow, IA famous Presby-
terrain minister of the day, who was
a descendant from ancient English
stock. The Rev. Mr.. Wilson became
the father of two daughters before ne
was called as pastor to Staunton, Va,
where a third child, a son, was born
and christened Thomas Woodrow.
Tommy" Wilson.
When Thomas Woodrow was years
old his father took pastorate in An
gusta, Ca, and soon became one OF
| the most noted ministers of the south
Thoroughly equipped as a theologian,
and a pulpit orator of power, he early
| reached and long maintained a posi-
ton CT much influence in his church
When the civil war broke out he EN-
! braced the confederate cause.
Tommy" Wilson, the Augusta
| school boy is described by Professor
John T. Derby, one of his teachers,
as quiet and exceptionally studious.
| The most important instructor of
young Wilson, however. was his faith
| er a man of wide information on the
| affairs of the world. His father be-
lieved that nobody had grasped a
thought until he could put 1t quickly
and definitely into words. This he
did himself, and this he taught his
son to do.
The Wilson's moved from Augusta
to Columbus, s. c.. in 1870. Dr. Will
son resigning his pastorate to take the
chair of pastoral and evangelistic the
ology in the Southern Presbyterian
Theological seminary. AT Columbia
| Tommy attended Charles Parnwell
private school. At the age of IL he
entered Davidson college at Davidson
n. c.
He did not finish the year at David
sen, COR he fell i'll before examinations
came on and was taken to his home,
now at Wilmington, \. c., where MS
father had taken pastorate.
Drops His Tommy"
The young man left Wilmington one
day in September, 1875, to enter
Princeton college. About this time
he dropped his christian name Thorn
as and became known as Woodrow
| Wilson
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-06
Barely Gets Honors.

Woodrow Wilson attained promi-
nence among his mates in the ia
nous class OF TO- No less than AZ
of the graduates of 70 were honor
men" having an average of 80 per
cent or better for the four years
course. Wilson barely got in among
them: he ranked forty-first.
Fayors British Government.
At the age of 20 he signalized the
closing of his undergraduate days at
Princeton by breaking into the Inter
national Review, in its issue or Aug
ust, 1879, with an article entitled
Cabinet Government in the United
States" The article contrasted Brit
ish and American systems Of govern
ment, pointing out advantages in the
British.
A Tenor soIoist.
In the fall of 1879 Wilson took up
the law course at lhe phi'euo'' Va
Virginia where he INDUCED in a long
dropping mustache, and in member
ship In the glee club. "she Sleeps
Ny Lady Sleeps" Is show by old pro
grams of university concerts to have
been one OF Wilson's tenor solos.
.,.ra Ha'
A Failure At Law.
In May. 1882, he carried his law di
ploma and an oratorical prize TO At
lanta, Ca, where he opened an Office
for the practice of law. The office
however, did not prosper, and aftel
eighteen leisurely months be gave up
Married In 1875.
The Atlanta experiment., however
was far from eventless, Although Ut
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-06
Teacher at Girls School.

In the fall OF 1855 Mr.. Wilson beg
teaching political economy to the
girls OF Bryn Mawr. From this insti.
tuition he went to Wesleyan university
where he remained until called to
Princeton in 1890 to occupy the chair
of Jurisprudence and politics. In
1902 he was elected president OF
Princeton.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-09-12
THE
THE SEPTEMBER AMERICAN
MAGAZINE.

The September American Maya
zine contains lively political arti-
Gle full Of interesting information
and stories never before published
about the Chicago and Baltimore
conventions. Another interesting
contribution is a vivid account of
lion hunting by Stewart Edward
White, who has recently returned
from a years hunt in Africa. In
the same number are articles by Ida
M, Tarbefl; Walter Prichard Eaton,
the theatrical expert; Sir Francis
Vane, who wants all the children in
the world educated to disbelieve in
war, and John S. Pardee, who shows
how railroads have prospered
through government rate regulation.
Fiction of vitality and human in
terest is contributed by H. c. Wells,
w. ]. Locke, Zona Gale, G. w. Og-
den and Maud Porter.
In the Interesting People" De-
partment are sketches and pictures
of Joe F. Sullivan, cripple, who is
the youngest mayor in any American
city; George McAneny, president Of
the Borough of Manhattan in New
York City; the four O'Malley broth
ers, each famous in his line; Daniel
Kiefer, one Of the greatest letter
writer's in the world; and Mary Gar
rett, who has done a great work for
the deaf.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-09-12
PAGE THREE
FOR. TAX COLLECTOR.

FOR. TAX COLLECTOR.
TO the White Voters of McDuffie
County:
| hereby announce myself a candi-
date for Tax Collector to fill the I'M
expired term of Mr.. Morgan.
II my fellow-c citizens see fit to
honor me with this trust, l promise
them an honest and faithful admin
1Stration,
| am frank to say that the office
VIII be a help to me, and that I will
deeply appreciate the help Of my
friends.
w. A. WATSON.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-09-12

"On one Of these slips Is written:
There is much more that I could
do II was a we'll man. I do not
write quite SO clearly as / could if
well. II | could read it over myself
little matters of aneedote and incl
dent would suggest themselves I'd
me-
ION another:
=" Have you seen any portion Of
the second volume? 1t is up to the
end, or nearly so. AS much more
work as I have done today will finish
it. | have worked faster than if I
had been we'll. have used my three
boys and Stenographer.'
And on still another:
eff / could have two weeks of
strength l could improve it very
much. AS am, however, it will
have to go about as it is with verifi-
cations by the boys and by sugges-
lions which will enable me to make
a point clear here and there
Certainly no campaign was ever
conducted with a drawer heart. AS
long as his fingers could hold a pen
Gil be continued at his task. Once
he asked if any estimate could now
be made of what portion would ac-
crue to his family from. the publ
cation. Clemens's prompt reply that
more than one hundred thousand
sets had been sold. and that already
the amount Of his share, secured by
safe bonds, exceeded $50, 1000,
seemed to give him deep comfort.
Clemens told him that the country
was as yet not one-third canvassed,
and that without doubt the return
would be twice as much more by
the end OF the year. Grant made no
further inquiry, and probably never
again mentioned the subject to any
one.
When Clements left, General
Grant was sitting fully drest, with
shawl about his shoulders, pencil
and paper beside him. 1t was a pic
ture that would never fade from the
memory. In a later memorandum
Mark Twain says:
I then believed he would live
several months. He was still adding
little perfecting details to his book
and preface among other things. He
was entirely through a few days
later. Since then the lack of any
strong interest to employ his mind
has enabled the tedious WEAKNESS
to kill him. I think his book kept
him alive several months. He was
very great man-and superlativeIy
good
This note was made July %,
1885, at 10 a. m, on receipt of the
news that General Grant was dead.
In the end more than three hun
dred thousand sets Of two volumes
each were sold, and between four
hundred and twenty and four humid
red and fifty thousand dollars was
paid to Mrs. Grant. The first check
of two hundred thousand dollars,
drawn February 27, 1885, remains
the largest single royalty check in
history. Mark Twain's prophecy has
been almost exactly verified THE
Literary Digest.