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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14
Local and Foreign
Nina O'clock Market.

Hogs weak TO sc lower than yester-
day; sc higher than Saturday; quality
fair. Mixed, S7s5Gs.7O; good, Ss.206
Sos; rough, S7.SO@s10; light. sS.05
dS.7O; pigs, 4.1O@7.65; bulk. $500
S.55.
Cattle, steady. Beeves, s7.256 9.55;
cows, s2256s.15; stockers, $3.50
SIS; Texans. s665ds.00; westerns,
s6.6O9S55; calves, s9.O0611.25.
Sheep, steady; S3.00Q5.10; lambs.
S475Q7.25.
Close Of Market.
Hogs closed slow at early prices; sc
lower than yesterdays average. Mix.
ed 7.sOdS.7O. heavy s.20qS.65. rough
7.s0dS $40, light S.05GS.70.
Cattle and sheep steady.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14
NEW YORK STOCKS.

New York, Oct. 14.-Following are
the quotations OF me cSew York STOCK
market today:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

Oct. 14.-Following are the whole
sale quotations on the local market
today:
Butter Eocs and Cheese
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14
Liverpool Situation.

Liverpool Situation
Liverpool, Oct. 14.-Worlds wheat
shipments total 15.S44,OOO; last week,
14,16O,000; last year. 1S,4ss,OO0. Corn
total this week, 4.761 900; last week,
$4,000; last year, 6,44s,oO0.
The wheat market was quiet yester-
day with some pressure and prices IN
changed to Il lower. Realizing was
induced by the heavy shipments from
the Black Sea and America and the in
creasing pressure of new Australian.
Today the market opened unchanged
from yesterdays and later declined
3-S 10 Y with pressure due to increas-
ing stocks here and the pressure OF
wheat at the docks. This being due
to the scarcity of storage room. The
decline in corn and the weakness in
Paris at the opening helped the de
preston. At 1870 the market was
easy and 4 to II lower than Saturday
Corn-The market opened witt
heavy realizing following a sharp de
cline yesterday. Pressure was due IL
the weakness in Buenos Ayres declin
ing spot and pressure Of cargoes. Thii
caused free general liquidation. A
1850 the market was weak to 1898.
lower than Saturday. There was some
covering by shorts which carried
prices up from the extreme low.
Morning Grain Letter.
! Chicago. Oct. 14-Wheat-We be
lieve In the purchasing side.
Corr-Feel friendly TO the grain.
! Oats-This cereal is now the cheap
est dairy food which means enormou
home consumption but stocks will
have to be cut down before we cal
expect any material advance.
Hogs-Weak, top $50. We cor
tinue to feel friendly to products.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-29
WORKED LONG FOR SUCCESS
Mrs- atanrard Wrots Steadily hov
xsars Before "Sootie's eaby"
Made M Hit.

n IL interesting TO recall Just nov
wise John Strange Winter" once de-
ser1bed herself 40 woman writer but
oot 'woman's Fighter" Yet there
wAG certainly no lack OF character or
brain power about the author Of
"Bootie's Baby" who was indeed an
aminently capable woman with q
clear, well-balanoed intellect. much
robust common sense. and great ca
pacity for organization. which served
her Ia good stead when she turned
rom literature to commerce.
Struggling authors may De interest
ed to know that it was only after ten
years Of .ncessant work that, Mrs,
Staunard. who lived 70 write some
thing ,ika one hundred books. scored
her first real success. And even thtH
might not have been achieved but
FOR a little piece of luck, for "Bootle's
Baby" the work In question, had then
been rejected by six London publish
ers and cast aside as hopeless. Mrs.
StanHard's husband, however, ham
peue3 to pick Up the manuscript one
DAY read It, liked It. and suggested
that ,le should send It to the Graphic.
MIS- 5tannard answered; Send IL
anywhere you like" and no one was
more astonished than herself when 10
due course the Graphic took it.
Wastntnster Gazette
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-29
I'm LITTLE, BUT I'll TRY
srave Child Of Section Foreman SavsS
rraln and Set Example for
Al, Cthers-

She was only seven years OLD.
Jleen Martin, the section foreman's
laughter. as she stood reaching up to
= ,elephors at the little town OF Alta
Cal. telling the agent at the nearest
sta tton that rail was broken. ChiIo
ike, she knew the semaphore signaie.
had come to the track to see the over
land Limited whirl by and had watch
cd the long finger drop. letting Ia
train into the block.
I'm pretty little, bat TIL try. sns
said. when the station agent asked hef
II she could not ytep tho train that wa
past him, and started ovt with ~
sister Of fourteen who had Just appear
cd. They ran down the traek. seo1pea
tho train and saved wreck
Pretty much every primary school II
tho city ought, within tho NEXT week
10 hear Of Eiieen's I'm pretty uuae
mt I'll try" The alert attention
which knew the semapho9s signal. me
,u4st Wit which understoed what .
orohen rail meant, the decision ana m
,taatave which alone sought the ssse.
nhoms. the courage with which she ane
her sister started up the track, wavlne
their aprons to stop the big Overland
Limited as It bore down Upon tnem
shese are the qualities which through
HE bring self-help. for others. success
and happiness. ..
And she was only seven years o."
pretty little" but ready TO NY -
Philadelphia Press
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-29
SEEMED TO NEED 1 DOCTOR
Varied Ailments OF the Somewhat
Afflicted Family az Cstaiogued
by the Mother.

Yes, Doc" said the mother Of q
'a1niiy OF nine to the young doctor
Who cad ridden Is miles into the
,ackwoods In che dead Of night. I'VE
re a somewhat afflicted family, an
IS home doctorsn' don't seem to dd
p good. I thought RI send for ynu
n se- If you could stsaighten us ort
aaey here, she's got something
-ong with her bronical tubes SO she
ut breathe like she should. I been
4n;n' a rag spread with goose
sse an sprinkled with red pepper
Il, mustard on her front chfst, but
seems to add to her ag'ny. Jak.
IS got a Misty ali I'D an down HIS
nal bone, an I been usin' ker-sens
nth external an internal but 1t amt
tone him nU good. Lizzie Belle, shes
,bout ready to give up with plum
ago. an her sister Nancy has been
elm mean for week. I think that
tt's skiatlc roomatiz that ails Nancy.
cut she's afraid it's the new disease
jey calls appendeshetus The OLD
nan has been turrihae slimsy for some
lays. an Ruhe. our oldest boy. 10 a.
,roke out with a rash that shows HE
blood amt all right. He had \ tur
rible spell las night, an 1 thought
No was in for cholery infantun. Hes
had it OF an on ever since he was 10
years old. l reckoned he'd outErowH
t, but It grabs him as hard now that
he's "a as 1t did when he was young
or. Wisht Doc. that you'd just turn
yourself loose an see If you kin sort
= stvaightsn Es or Judge
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-29
Wearlna Of tho Hood.

In England the hood was not nnat
" given up until the early part OF
fifteenth century. The great velvet
hat furred" worn by the mayor OF Lon
don. John Welles, In 1432. Is cited a.
Z singularity by STOW. who states chat
previously the coverture Of mems
heads was hoods, for neither Gap or
hat is spoken Of" In point OF fact
there are a few earlier instances q
hats being worn by mobiles and sveH
Tho middle classe2
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-29

Devil, going about in the world
to deceive men. He'll, eternal
hell for the sinner, is the penal
ty for sin. o how aorry feel
for the man who tries to go on
through this world without
Christ.
You who are without Christ
tonight, accept Him before it is
too late"
Reporter.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-29
ROCK ISLAND.

No. GOT arrives 1885 p. m.
No. COS departs 1850 p. m.
No. 681 local freight arrives
No. 682 local freight departs
Local freight arrives Monday, Wed
osdav and Friday. D~narts the
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-29
Something Lacking.

McCarthy-"An' how do ye loike the
new areless cooker o. hear yevs
xot?" Maloney-~Rottsni Shure
there's no satisfaction takin' OF ms
shoes and Resin me feet on the edge
of 4 thing loiks thatJ"--Juhge.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-29
! THOUSAND BUGS.

h many bedbugs, ants
Is. aeas, mites, lice, etc.,
kore, can be killed in a jiffy
|Ross' dead Dick" spray.
h their eggs and breaks up
tribe. It kills disease
/, mosquitoes, and is a de-
Fully clean disinfectant. Re-
substitutes. Sold in New
BY your druggists. (Adv)
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-29
WOOdmen of the World

Pecan Camp, No. 3, meets LIST
and Bird Thursday nights of
each month in Masonic Hall.
Visiting brothers welcome.
r. T. Simmons, C. c.,
P. S. White, Clerk.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-29
Modern N0odmen.

Newport Camp, No. 1854,
NJ. w. A, meets Second Friday
night Of each month in Opera
House. Visiting brethren invit-
ed.
r. T. Simmons. Consul.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-29
Malaria or ChiNs & Fever

Prescription No. 666 is prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHIELS g. FEVER:
Five or six doses will break any case, and
If taken then as tonic the Fever will not
return. 1t acts on the liver better than
Calonel and does not grippe or sicken. Csc
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-29
Jackson Lodge, No. 191 F. &
A. VI.

Meets Second am Fourth
Tuesday nights o. each month
in the Opera House Building, Sc
cond and Hazel streets.
Visiting brothers always well
come.
Geo. NJ. Sink, ". NJ.
5. NJ. Beattie. Sec.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-29
The I. D. @. F..

The I. 0. 0. F. meets every
Monday night in Masonic Hall
corner Hazel and Second streets
Visiting brothers always wei
come.
S. J. Blackburn, n. G.
J. F. Parish, Secretary.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-29
Tribe of Ben Hur.

The Tribe Of Ben Hur meets
in the Board Building every
Tuesday night at s o'clock by or
der of the chief.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-07-29
Rev. 5. ID. Grumbles Addresses
The Negroes.

VIZ N1AlO DdpLiSI kluL CIlg
preached an interesting SER
mon at the Negro Revival last
night.
Large crowds are being at
tract2d to the African NJ. Z.
church each night. Last night,
as a prelude to the services, DR..
Robinson said: God be prais-
ed. The Christian hearted may
or, and prosecuting attorney
have assured me that that dance
hall on Front street, shall be
closed.
IF our prayers in this revival
have done nothing more, victory
has been achieved. ! want ev-
cry member of this church to
pray that God may bless these
officers Of the law. Also pray
that those who have been fire.
quenting that place, may see
that this is done to lift them
up, and that they may come to
Christ"
Rev. Mr.. Grumblez said, in
part:
Il love to preach, and I love
to preach to the colored people.
] rejoice in the stand that Bro.
Robinson has taken for righte-
BUSINESS, and for the purity of the
home. You people should stand
by him. 1t means your uplift.
I am with him and so are the
best white people,
| am glad to meet and greet
you tonight on a higher plane
than social equality. We meet
as Brothers in Jesus. | hope the
time will come when white and
colored will understand each
other better.
We are dependent upon each
other in this country, and as
such, we must serve God and live
in peace, and the only safe way
to do that, is to serve Cod"
Mr.. Crumbs took as text
the 37th verse of the 9Th chapter
Of Romans, NAY, in all these
things we are more than con-
querors through Him that loved
U.s." so
He said: "There is no victory
without battle. If you have an
idea that you can drift into
Righteousness and into Glory,
you are mistaken. Drift Any
old thing can drift, but to go up
stream you must have life. Ev-
cry man in every age, who has
amounted to anything has had
to battle-fght. While at the
chopping block, waiting for
death, Payne said 4 have fought
a good fight
81 want to tell you, we are
going to be conquerors or we
are going to be conquered by our
sins. When l think of sin, |
shudder. Sin is the most awful
thing in the world. Think of
beautiful picture painted. Then
some one taking brush and
smearing it over. God made
man pure and holy; the Devil
came and defled him. That's
sin.
"Think of leprosy. 1t begins
by just a little speck. Then
spreads over the whole body; so
does sin operate. The individual
starts with one sinful act and
plunges on and on, until he be-
comes ruined, both in body and
soul. The farther people go into
sin the further they are separ-
ated from responsibility. All
the sorrows, all the misery, all
the woe and all the ruined
homes are caused by sin. My!
Home ought to be the happiest
place on earth and it can be II
we will let Jesus in there. The
saddest picture on earth IS a
young man or a young woman
The herald., 1913-09-04
ALOCAL BELT LINE.

Several wears after his return from Ou
and stated at that time ta' VIII"
the Be Railroad assured fact which II
time would would open the way LOT Puoi
pointed out then that the factory
adequate to the demand ana 'a
Ngiers side of the river
of our commercial acu Is ao
70 become fact establishing OF Belt Road around our us
rict .t,o ,.o
Several months business of our district met the pro
welcome them to our district III e9
Stearns one OF the members " the
firm brought before that day the fact that they
their particular work IN every
carload lots Mr. SarS stated
b ted the matter over with of and he felt
Grand Isle Railroad would huI
freight cars streets to their shops
which represented almost every DusneSS ma"
railroad switch track over inc
% tho rsent street car line Works the
Algiers Manufacturing company te "
orleans Dry Dock Ship and other manufacturing
pants that might able to benefit by this
and would possession the facilities as would be accorded ~
ont he side of the river ~,
thoroushares adhlao!
for the manufacturing sites and businesses TO
ming We might the river front from
built it is on the city sae "ln ""
industries of various kinds -, r,.a.
Railroad instance the texas
Grand Isle Railroad along the
river front Morgan electric line from Morgan street along
back the Niaduct This line
present portions that would be used for the purpose
added in the Belt Railroad excepting
to switch freight cars along
Patterson This would complete the Belt railroad al"
city or the river
We would unwilling of the merchants OF our
would offer any oeo 10 's
factories, and as this Is the main
of our forward united effort OF our
interests Railroad become positive at as Soo "
possible ,,,-,,... 100,
and also among the early
advocates OF he Railroad for Agen
The herald., 1913-09-04
Hsr First Ice Cream Soda.

She was evidently more than hfty
and she showed every outward sign
of poverty and hard ork-unendlng
hard work. But evidently this was
a special event and her eyes shone
with excitement. She entered one or
the big drug stores and while her
excitement viSibly increased her as
surance seemed to fade. After hest
tatinC moment she walked over to
the soda fountain. where pleasant
faced boy was "wiping mp. PushihS
n nickel over the marble counter, she
blurted in an awkward manner that
she wanted soda. The proprietor or
the drug store. who was watching her.
IS n kindly man and he grasped the
situation at once. With bound be
was behind the counter before the boy
could tell this excited reveler that her
soda would cost ten cents. Then ne
himself mixed delicious strawberry
Ice cream soda and gave it to the little
old woman, who sank contentedly
upon one Of the stools at the counter
and gave herself over to II. The
PROPRIETOR smiled crOokedly down at
the nickel as he dropped 1t into the cash
drawer and rang up five cent sale
Exchange.
The herald., 1913-09-04
oiIino japanese Umbrellas.

The vegetable oil used in making pa
per umbrellas In Japan Is pressed out
of the seeds of the rubber plant This
oil Is made in the various Islands ia
nous for oil and seeds from these
plants. Sandy ground is favored for
the cultivation of the plant The yield
of seeds is estimated at twenty bush
els per acre. The annual production
throughout Japan amounts to 35O.OOC
bushels, from which over gallon OF
oil per bushei is extracted. The oil
before II is used. Is boiled and then
cooled until it can be applied by hand
to umbrellas with piece OF cloth OF
waste No machinery or tools are
used in applying the oil. When the
oiling is completed the umbrellas are
exposed In the sun for about five
hours This oil Is also used In max
ing the japanese lanterns. artificial
leather. printing ink. lacquer. varnish
es, Oil paper and paints.
The herald., 1913-09-04
How to Be an inventor.

A retired professor Of mechanical
engineering was called upon to deliver
q few lectures on invention to the
senior engineering classes. His first
Injunction was that when one attempts
to devise machine TO do certain
thing. one must consider directly the
Fundamental operations TO be perform
ed and must wipe from the mind all
existing methods and all preconceived
notions He stated that one so called
inventor attempted in the days or the
scythe to invent a moving machine.
Being familiar only with the scythe'
he designed horse drawn machine
which would swing a scythe. lie
simply replaced the man by a mech
anism. Ii is needless TO say that his
invention did not survive. The prob
lem Of efficiently cutting hay and grain
was not successfully solved until 1t
was attacked by man with an open
mind. and he devised the knife Of the
modern moving machine or reaper
American Machinist.
The herald., 1913-09-04
Mhx they're Trans Abroad.

ABROAD" said tourist agent, you
must call street cars trans and street
railways you must call tramways. The
word tram must puzzle the average
etymologist 1t derives from a mans
me-Outram-Thomas Outram. Ou-
tram lived in Derbyshire. and In the be
ginning of the last century he invented
a peculiar sort Of track that diminish
ed the friction between wheels and
roadbeds. These tracks Of Outrams
though nothing like a trolley track
were called first Outramways. then
tramways. and when street lines and
street cars came into existence they
were dubbed respectively tramways
and trans"
The herald., 1913-09-04
The Perfect Cup of Coffee.

Fill kettle with fresh cold water
that has run for few moments and
put ii to boil. Place over an open
china teapot kept just for coffee (as
metal Is deleteriousI clean wet old
linen napkin or new square OF IN
bleached muslin. letting it sag toward
the center Put into the depression
four heapinG tablespoonfuls flor four
cups of coffeeD of finely pulverized
Java and Mocha or any preferred
brand OF coffee. When the water In
the kettle Is at the galloping point
pour it through the coffee slowly until
four cupfuls have filtered through.
Just the contents Of the kettle can 60
in if measured before boiling. allowing
a little for waste. Cover and take at
once to table Wash the cloth imme-
diately after breakfast and keep In
Jar of cold water. never permitting II
to get dry, and freshening the water
every day.-New York Times.
The herald., 1913-09-04
Penalties of Genius.

Genius and i'll health. it would seem.
often 20 hand in hand. At any rate
many of the greatest deeds that tue
world has seen performed have been
accomplished by men ply sically III
firm.
Darwin suffered 50 acutely from
nervous exhaustion that he could only
work for two hours ii day at the most
Thackeray was frequently i'll; johnson
nearly always in poor health; Dickens
at the age of fifty-ive was an old man,
with shattered nerves; while Sir wal
ter Scott. a subject OF spasms. was a
chronic invalid during the later years
of his life and died at the age of fifty
nine
Milton. William Morris and Charles
Keane, the actor, all were slaves TO
govt, and Milton was further haHdi-
capped by being blind. The poet
Keats died of consumption when still
quite young. Elizabeth Barrett Brown
ing was an invalid for the greater part
of her life.
Insanity claimed Dean Swift, while
Rousseau and COwper were insane
during periods Of their lives.
The herald., 1913-09-04
First Actress In London.

Ii was IA warm reception that was
given to the first French players to
appear In London In 1929. Their visit
was an utter failure. Ii was notable,
however. for the important innovation
which was the chief cause OF their
unpOpularity.
The luckleSs troupe introduced ac-
tresses for the first time on the Eng
fish stage-"thereby giving just offence
to all vertuous and well-disposed per
sons in this town. wrote Thomas
Brande. rejecting the spirit of the
playgoer of that time. who was used
to seeing boys take the female char
acters
These French women, or monsters
rather" were missed. booted and pip
pin pelted from the stage" The first
move against this prejudice was moi
long delayed. however. Five years
later another French company came tC
London with women players. under
royal patronage. and We're received
with good appreciation" at the Cock
pit In Whitehall. = London Graphic.
The herald., 1913-09-04
Looking Ahead.

A handsome young woman entered
the office of prominent lawyer. I'm
mediately the legal one rose to greet
her.
Il am glad to tell you, Miss Smith.
he pleasantly remarked. that your
breach of promise suit has been set
tied. The defendant has expressed
desire to compromise the case by mar,
rying you
IL am very glad TO hear that" was
the smiling response Of Miss Smith
1T is much better than taking a
chance on losing the verdict You
have managed the case very well.
How much do | owe yOu?'
Let me see" thOughtfully unused
the lawyer Shall we say 500"
I'VE shall not" was the emphatic
rejoinder of the fair plaintiff. 1t Is
entirely too much
We'll. then. will tell you what |
will do. Miss Smith" responded the
lawyer Il will just cut that bill in
half if you will promise to retain me
as your counsel when you sue for
divorce. Philadelphia Ledger.
The herald., 1913-09-04
Constituents of Dust.

Among the constituents Of dust float
ing In the air are lead. silver. copper.
rubidium, gallium. indium. thallium,
nickel. manganese. etc. Many of these
can be traced to their sources in fac
tory chimneys and flues. Dust from
clouds, collected either by itself or In
hail, snow. sleet or rain exhibits a reg.
ularity of composition not seen in 9th
er varieties of dust Iron, nickel. cal
cium, copper, potassium and sodium
always appear in it in about the same
proportions. Some dust that fell some
years ago near Dublin resembled me
teorites in its composition, was attract
ed by a magnet and seemed to be OF
cosmic origin.
The herald., 1913-09-04
MOUNT oLIvET NOTES.

The rector visited his mission sta
lions in Plaquemines parish last Sun
day, celebrating the Holy Communion
at Dime in the morning and preached
at the evening service at Daisy. At
Mt Olivet, the Rev. Sidney L. Vail,
acted as celebrant at the early cele-
bration of the Holy Communion and
preached at the evening service. The
text Of the evening was taken from
st. Matt.-25-14-15, and the sermon
was a plain and practical talk emphas-
ing the truth that responsibility is al
ways in proportion to our ability and
opportunities. Or in other wards that
ability and opportunity are to be con
sidered as the measure of responsible
II y. ITO whom much is given of him
is much required"
The Junior Brotherhood of st. An
the tower room on Monday night.
The Rev. w. S. Slack and family
left on Tuesday for Waveland, where
they will spend the month of Septem-
Der. Mr.. Slack will return on Satur-
day for his duties on Sunday. During
his absence from the city all calls will
be answered by the Rev. S. l.. Vail.
Mr.. Vail has been in charge of ST.
Pauls Church, New Orleans, during
Itho Co Notn
about the middle of September
The herald., 1913-09-04
Deadly East Indian Duels.

There are a good deal Of savagery
and stoical disregard of death left In
the east yet despite the advance OF
civilization, and this extends to the
so called sports of the people Thus
among the natives OF Baroda there OBJ
tains still kind of gladatorial dis
play In the shape of fearful fist fight
wherein the contestants wear very
formidable cestus Of steel studded
with murderous spikes. The duelists-
usually big. brawny, athletic men who
have been Infatuated for the occasion
with copious drafts Of opium in which
hemp is infused-enter the arena sing
ing and set to with deliberate intent
to kill. one or both invariably succumb-
ing.