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o 72 . " THE AUGUS, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1909. NEWS OF' THE NEIGHBOR e ' - A 3 - j i V DAVENPORT which Mr. Turner now exr-cets to de-f vote his entire time. ' " DISCOVERS NEW FLEA. Dr. Carroll Fox of Philadelphia Finds Six Toothed Blind Species. To a Plilladelphian, Dr. Carroll Fox, has fallen the distinction of being the discoverer of a new species of flea, and entomologists throughout the world are much interested in it, not only be cause of its novelty, but because the discovery is so closely allied to the fight against the bubonic plague, which was prevalent for several months in San Francisco. Dr. Fox is with the marine hospital service in that city, be ing sent there to investigate the ways in which the piague is transmitted. Obituary Record. Bernard Gems, a Former Barber Insane. The mauy ,uus " friends of George L. Metzgcr, who re-; at his homc- 321 Wcst Pleasant street' cently, retired from . tho barber busl-1 Saturday, afternoon. He had long ness on account of ill health, will bebeen ln ?r health' He was aged 34 Borry to learn that a greater misfor-j years' The Blirvivors are his wife tune has overcome hi.-n in tho nature three brothers and three sisters: Mrs. of a mental collanse. Saturday hi!Calhcrme Kerns, Mrs. Joseph Mc- mental trouble became so nrouounced Closkey, Mrs. Frank Kerns and Mrs that the board of insanity commission- Frank lw. all of Davenport; Thomas era were summnnpd in tho rnnrf honso Kerns, Galesburg, 111.; Michael Kerns, to give him a hearinir on charsres nro-lKanFas City, Mo, ferred by those interested in Mr. Metzger's welfare. Before the com . mission could sit on his case, Mr. Metz . ger who had been summoned to the court house by a ruse, evidently be came suspicious and made his escape. He proceeded down town hut was caught and taken to the police station. Later he was conveyed to Mercy hos pital, where he will be confined until some disposition is made of his case. Joe Traeger Closes Saloon. Joe Traeger, 417 West Second street, one of the saloonkeepers against whom Attorney Betty several days ago filed Injunction proceedings, has closed his saloon and quit the business. Mr. Traeger had been engaged in the sa loon Jusiness for 27 years. Old Man Takes Pledge. "I am 74 years of age, judge. I have been a resident of Davenport 45 of those years s' and this is the first time I have been in trouble. It's pretty late in life to be starting in the wrong direction, but I intend to put an end to my foolish ness at once. I have taken my last drink. If you will give me j.erraission I will walk directly from this court to my pastor and take the pledge." Magistrate Roddewig said he would suspend sentence if he would take the pledge. The old man took his hat and went to the pastor of his church. In half an hour he returned with a smile on his face, lie handed the magistrate a note signed by tin min ister, in which the latter sai i he be lieved the aged man had taken his last drink. . Sues Railroad. George C. Baumann, a brakeman, has filed the legal papers in an approaching suit against the C, B. Sr. O Railwav cornnnnv whnrebv ! ' claims 515.00O as damages for pvr i sonal injuries received while in the em ploy of the above road. Ludwig eerg Bankrupt. Ludwig Berg, former manager -of Schuetzen park. Is a bankrupt. He has fi'd his schedule with Ralph Williamson, the local referee, in bankruptcy, shewing his liabilities to be $7,2 48 and his as sets $4,076. The creditors wi'l have their first meeting Jan. 15. Y. M. C. A. Secretary Here. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Turner have anivnl lure from" Springfield, 111., and an stopping at present at 733 East Thirteenth street. Mr. Turner was some time ago elected general secretary of the Dav enport Y. M. C. A., and comes to take up his duties. Since he engineered tho $1H,(M0 campaign here, he has been in the financial work of the association. In November he closed his work in that line at Ft. Scott, Kas., when $15,000 was raised to complete and fur nish a building. Fonr calls to similar tasks had to bo declined on account of his previous acceptance of th-? r 1, MflliNE made a report as yet on account of tne busy holidays. Obituary Record Elizabeth t&e 3- "months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Normam Gbdard, Fortieth street oh the river road, died Friday after a short illness with pneumonia. Mrs. Nancy Hartzell has received word that her son, Frank H. Hartzell, died Friday night at his home in Los Angeles, Cal. He had been failing for some time, but bedfast only a fort night. His brotfier. Bishop Joseph Hartzell, now in this country, had hop ed to reach him'" before the end came, but it was not possible He was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hartzell, and spent his boyhood'in this city. After graduating from Molina high school he went, at the age of 1C, to Topeka, Kan., where he was for some years associated with his brother in the hotel business, later moving to Wichita and more recently to Califor nia. MT. Hartzell leaves a widow and one grown daughter, Georgia, hi3 ven erable mother, Mrs. Nancy Hartzell of this city, seven sisters, Mrs.- Margaret Holt; Mrs. Alice McCoy of this city, Mrs. Liliie Drury of Hampton, Mrs. John Rapp, Mrs. Asenatb Wallace, Mrs. Eva Hayes, all of Kansas: Mrs. Esther a burglar Friday ijaon..s of raiifori)in ,.,, two hrot hers. Rt. Rev. Joseph Hartzell, Bishop' of Africa.' and John W. of Kansas. Christopher Ijofquist. for 48 years For Pure Milk. A stringent policy to guard against spread of contagious diseases in the city has bden inaug urated by the board of health, which through Health Commissioner Arp is sued the foregoing order: "Dairymen must not leave bottles or take money or tickets from any house in whicn there is scarlet fever, diphtheria or other contagious diseases. The same rule applies to taking money or tickets by bakers, butchers and grocers." Mo line has been particularly free from epidemics this winter, there being at the present time but one case of diph theria and four of scarlet fever in the city. A large percentage of the deaths of 1907 were due to the epidemic. A decrease of 8C in the .number of deaths in 1908 is gratifying to physicians of the city and to the board ofJioalth, and united action to prevent spread of contagious diseases is urged in the hope that the death rate may be stil further decreased. Robbed Third Time. For the third time within a year. TfniirAir! nfrin. n,Sht entered John S wan son s grocery x.,.. . ... .u. .. 4l.store on Fifth avenue lUKUig ra.i-i iiunu.i, iuui iicuo uu iut; bodies of rats infected with the plague were the mediums of transmission to human beings. There followed a war fare of extermination against the ro dents. Pursuing his investigation, much of which was, of course, accomplished with a microscope, he discovered the hitherto unreported specimen of flea. He found it to be without eyes and having a row of six teeth. Instead of being Mack, as is the ordinary well known " variety, this new insect is a light brown. It Is quite as voracious as other members of the same family, but is capable of a much higher leap. Dr. Fox has not named the species, a privilege which is his as the discoverer. curing $G.15 from the rash register. The first time Mr. Swanson was rob bed about $13 was taken,. and the sec ond time between $4 and $5. The place was entered by breaking .a window pane of a rear cellar ' window, the marauder crawling through the open ing. Big Sum. is Raised.--Mrs. G. V. Me Master who has charge of the raising of a fund to be used by the King'? Daughters in their fight against the white plague, has deposited in the banks $1,119.19 which sum was raise! by the sale of Christmas stamps. How ever, this sum is not complete as mem bers of the various circles have hot resident of this city, died at the home, 1125 Fourteenth avenue, Saturday. Death was due to chronic heart trouble from which Mr. Lofquist had been ail ing, for a year past. Deceased was en gaged in the merchant tailoring busi ness for a great number of years. He was born in Hassella. Socken, Hells- ingland, Sweden, July 22. 1S42. H came directly to Molino from Sweden in 1SC1 and has lived in this city eve: since. Mr. Lofquist is survived by his wife, three 'daughters and one son. The daughters are I,illian at home, Mrs. Osterman and Mrs. Edith John son of this cit y. The son is Arthu lx)fquist of Chicago. MORGAN LIBRARY A BOOK PARADISE ITE necreis of that wonderful ensure house of J. Tierpont Morgan's In New York city have at last been revealed to the outside world. From time to time hints of the marvels of this famed library easily one of the architectural achievements of New York have been permitted to reach the general public. bnt few have even dreamed'of the ex tent of the collection formed by the millionaire financier, who is considered by the writer of this article to be the greatest collector of things beautiful, rare and splendid who has ever lived. It was known, for. exnmple, that the Ashburnham gospels and .other famed bindings were there, while there were Caxtons that could scarce bo matched the world over. Here, also, were original manuscripts of Byron, Blake's original, drawings for tho book of Job. as well as thr originals of the "Pickwick" illustrations. Be sides, there were Shelley's notebook and manuscripts of Burns' poems, Scott's novels, to say nothing of paiers that the hands of Swift and Napoleon and a srore more Lad left their thoughts upon. Now. according to the New York cor respondent of the London Times, mere enumeration almost staggers one. To (Maznrins, one on paper, the other on vellum: the Hebrew Bible of 14S,: all the English Bibles from the Coverdale onward: Bibles owned bv celebrated personages, such as -Colbert's (in thir- of UK- gospels in ten. volumes, exqui sltely bound in Padeloup. Turn from the Bibles and the Elzevir Pasti::ier Francois" and the Aldinc "IIvn'MTotomai-hia P.diuliili" to the rv-, 1 "-- if: t li rH 5ii " 0(?ffii ftlU. .MUUUAN H TREASURE PALACE THAT SHELTERS HIS GREAT LIBRARY COLLECTION. i besin with the Bibles. There are thir- cha'rge of the work in Davenport, tOtv shelves of them-two Gntenbergs ty-two volumes, with the statesman's arms on the cover), Mme. de Mainte non's, Sir Warier Scott's, Bibles' in Ice landic and other strange tongues; a set abelh:iu and Jacobean first editions? Practically everything U here-Shake- H:.r flios and quartos, Milton, Sid ney. Mienser. .unison, iirayron, rr Thomas P.rov. ne. Marvell. Waller Bur ton and hundreds of others. Vola:nes Not Behind Glass. The books are all on glass shelves. but are not inclosed in glass, the only iroiection being :. light ornamental rill, whk-h permits one to read tin title.; with ease. Some of the most pretitAls volumes are in asbestus lineil ases, and. as t!ie building itself Is !e-ieve-.l to be absolutely lirrproof, there seems little hKeiliiooa oi tusasier. in (lie case of the most valuable books of all a still i:.ure elaborate precautio:i has Imvu a.l.-iptrd. Mr. Morgan's own library room is si marvel. Stained ul:;ss was his bolil.y before utmost c.'.sylhing else, and the 1 glr.r-r. in the library is the result of ycrs ef collecting. Every r.-rap of it is old. mostly Swiss and German, ana the wirdow.: have been made up with remarkable s!:ill. A prominent phiee in the library room is tauen up ry a .iniomia oy Frineia. Another object that stands out is the well known marble bust oi one of the Strozzi women by Dosidorlo dn Seitigiujmi, while an exquisite terra colta by Verroe;'.ii adorns another side of the room. n the low book- sbelves :nv ninnv brilliant Pieces or Italian pottery. Including some irt-1 descent I'Jrb'o ware. In this roo-ts are Mr. Morgan's Prencli books, many of bis boots bound by celebrated bind ers rind !w;okf! t!at belonged to notable person.? g'.'S. ln one bookcase, for lu srnnco. are first editions of every one of MVlicre's works. There are also full sets of fir.'-t editions of C'orneille, Ra cine and other authoi-s. " A most nniqne advance impress of "Lo Ciu" i.-i also here. Most Charming Collection of All. The most charming collection of all are the books that once were owned by kings and queens and princesse-i and statesmen. Here bs a "Ileures de Nitre Dame" covered with death's hei'ds, bound for that picturesque per sonage Henry III. Here are volumes that belonged to "llraille," "Cocho" and 'Ique," poor Adelaide's In red. Victoire's in olive, Sophie's in citron. The princesses' dainty little bookplates are in some cf the volumes. Mme. de i Pompadour is of course represented. 1 other side of the room. Caxtons and Wynkyn de Wordcs are there,' two score of them, including several that are unluue. - Are 'sou attracted bv Ells-; while there are fifteen classicr.l works ERRORS in addition are the cause of more work, worry, lost time, delayed statements more ex pense than all other forms of miscal culation combined. If the twuerjaAddingMachine did nothing but eliminate these errors it would be worth many times its cost to any business. But it does mora. It cuts the time of listing in half, in- creases the efficiency of your book- 'j keepers, insures prompt statements and trial balances, etc. The Universal will handle figures faster.easier, more accurately, neater and keep on doing so longer and more . economically than old style machines which do not possess its many advan tages, i. e.: -A' carriage that permits the printing of regular or irregular columns any distance apart on the same sheet; totals' and subtotals in red: paper roll, carriage, counter and register in plain viewof operator, and many others. We solicit the opportunity of demonstrating: to you on roar work, in your ofliee, at our ex pense, the proof oC our claims. Forest II. Montgomery, District Sales Agent, Suite 1831-1S3C, Commercial Na tional Bank Building, Chicago, III. Universal Adding Machine - company St. LoHis. Branch offices in all prin cipal cities. ' g.iyi;,- rruiul for Marguerite de Yalcis by. Clovi;; Eve. One charming ar.d unique, little Ixx k was bound for Hen ry VIII. and Catheriue of Aragon. Mr.ioli's and Urolier's libraries have given many loks for the Morgan col lection, as have also Canevari's and "stately De Hhou's," while Richelieu's arms are to be found on two or three volumes. Colberl's on others and the frolden Fleece of Longepierre on still others. The works of the great bind ers are naturally placed near the books that famous (and infamous) persons owned the two Biblical excellencies are so often combined, the result, of cours, being ideal. Tract ically "every master of the binder's artJs represent ed by one or more volume; usually more while the culloetion of books in tooled vellum is a remarkable . one. Tliere are specimens of the workman ship of Derome, of Le Gascon, of Tade loup, of Nicolas and Clovis Eve, of Roger Payne and of the binders of more modern days. Everything Here Is Precious. To describe the contents of the treas ure room with any semblance of or- (Continued on Page Four.) pprtmmti ,2i Offi jsiay by the boss BOY BE AN OFFICE BOY.' LEARNING H13 -TRADE . "I BEGAN AS AN, OFFICE BOY," SAYS THE BOSS. tCW wouldn't let my boy befan . I office boy," is , a common B saying. '"No sir, he's got to learn a trade." I What better trade than "Businessf Is that not as much of a trade as Jricklaying, plumbing or any other? ".Yes, but I. want biro, to have some- thing to fall back on," goes on the trade advocate. "Let him learn his trade first, and then be can go lnto: business, later on If he wants to. He' will do just as well.", j That is a mistake. In nine cases out of ten be wiii keep on working at bis trade all bis life; .particularly if he happens to be apprenticed to a beer-canning journeyman while "learning his trade." True, many office boys never get any higher than clerks, but the op- States starteM in as office boys. As they progressed they became not mere clerks, but young business men. To day they are bankers, railroad presi dents, judges,. capitalists and men of oughly studied and mastered will give him as good an insight into the business as if he had really' pulled and hauled the goods around. . In his form of employment be comes in The office boy who successfully turns out the best .is the one who gets the job for himself, and does not depend on hia mother or big sister to Intercede for him in his behalf. The same quality of grit and confidence which Impresses you in that boy is the same quality which will justify your choice of him. . portunities for advancement are there.'and it lies with the boy to grasp them. :...' .. Many of the leading professional and business men ofthe United affairs. They made a business of business. . 'They did not merely work at if as we would work at a trade. The office boy gets plenty of work to do:tbe details of which if thor- ; ; ' . . contact with the ramifications of a great business system. He is not con fined, to-any one branch, but accord ing to worth and ability is advanced from department to department until , he has reached the top. Office boys who develop into managers usually jecome partners, and, as they have learned the business end thoroughly, almost invariably Bucceed. Instances of the nature of the fore going are too numerous and ' well known -to require the citation of any particular case. - The bright little chap who eaters your office' today "Is "ttfe fiuccesfifjil . Dusioess man of tne. ruturei z&raa M boy who learns it all as itv comes along and doeen'i foqget. it( aatf you have picked a winnervttle In bis way as valuable to. you as many of your old -trusty, but ' rusty, ; clerks. . And be will soon be more TaluableV So, give him the opportunity to prove -. himself so. It Is to the proprietor's interest. ' - . . ' Nowadays the custom of banging out a "Boy Wanted" sign baa almost disappeared, and while many posi tions are . filled through means ' of. the waut ad, the great rank and file of -office boys get their jobs through In formation received-from their friends who are already at", work Such art c In a position to know when a vacan -cy Js to occur, and tell a boy friend who applies for it in-" person and i on hand ready to vsork as soon as thj place Is vacajiV , . 11 if." v