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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-08
Queer sights Abroad.

When l was in Aix-les- Bains last
summer, l saw stout German woman
sitting At another table eating from an
enormous pile of plates. l thought at
first she was carving or doing some
thing OF that kind, but as the meal
progressed and the pile became no less
/ made inquiry and found out that she
was extremely nearsighted, and the
pile of plates-eSactly 10 in number
was necessary to raise her food to a
point where it would come within her
range OF vision. She was no less 4
parsonage than the Duchess of Sles-
wick Holstein.
In Italy they do not use glass in the
windows on account of the expense
and replace it with wood or other ma
terial. In order to relieve the monot-
ony, l suppose. they have n habit of
painting household scenes on these
blank spaces. In one window you will
see an old chap reading his paper and
in another n young miss doing up her
hair. There are also other scenes OF
even more intimate family character.
which l will leave to your imagination.
In Athens one day | went out to buy
something or other, which. l remem-
Der, cost ; drachmae. For it l tender
ed n 10 drachma note in payment. and
in order to make change the storekeep-
err tore it neatly in two and returned
one-half to me. Convenient, wasn't it?
New York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-08
Conquerors Conquered.

It is remarkable and instructive
fact that the career of four of the
most renowned characters that ever
lived closed with Il violent or mournful
death.
Alexander, after looking down from
the dizzy heights of his ambition upon
a conquered world and weeping that
there were no more to conquer, died
of intoXication in n scene of debauch.
or. as some suppose, by poison mingled
in his wine.
Hannibal, whose name carried ter
ror to the heart of Rome itself, after
having crossed the Alps and put to
flight the armies of the mistress of
the world. was driven from his coun-
try and died at last of poison admins
tered by his own hands in n foreign
land, unlamented and unwept.
Caesar, the conqueror of 500 cities.
and his temples bound with chaplets
dipped in the blood of n million of his
foes, was miserably assassinated by
those he considered his nearest friends.
Bonaparte, whose mandate kings and
emperOrs Obeyed, after filling the earth
with the terror of his name, closed his
days in lonely Punishment upon n bar
rem rock in the midst of the Atlantic
ocean.
Such the four men who may be con-
sidered representatives of all whom
the world calls great. and such their
end-intOXicatiOn, or poison, suicide,
murdered by friends, lonely exile!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-08
Feather superstition.

We have long been acquainted with
the peacock feather superstition, but
were not aware until a few days ago
that it extended to all feathered crea-
lures. y young girl admired the beau
tiful pigeons strutting, cooling and sun
ming themselves in the covert of the
house where she was boarding and ask
ed the landlady 10 sell her pair to take
home with her. mo, indeed, child, 4"
was the immediate response Not for
any money would sell you those birds
When one person gives or sells an sc-
quaintance feathered thing, there is
sure to be trouble between them, and
do not want to fall out with you. -
Philadelphia Times
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-08

The coupon above is to vote on,
who is the most popular Woodman
in Rock Island. The prize is a hand
some gold watch valued at S35, on
exhibition in the window of II. ID.
Folsom, the jeweler. All coupons
must contain a stamp, which are for
SAFE at one cent each at Thomas drug
store, II. ID. Folsom's jewellery
store and the Harper house
pharmacy. All votes without
stamps are void and will not be
counted. One cent for each vote
may accompany coupons and the
stamp will be put on. The contest
will be decided on the last evening of
the Tri-City Mid-Winter Fair. Pure
Food and Flower show that opens at
the Saengerfest hall, Davenport. for
one week commencing Dec. 3, closing
the 10th. Send or mail all coupons
to Searle & Marshall, states attorneys
office, at the court house, where they
will be put in ballot box.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-08

After exposureor when you feel a
cold coming on. take a dose of Foley 5
Honey and Tar. 1t never fails and
will prevent pneumonia or consump-
ton If taken in time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-08

Athos. small town on the coast of
Macedonia. may not inaptly be termed
The Bachelors Paradise as no wom-
an is to be seen anywhere in the place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-08
And so on, the variety will satisfy
the most exacting housekeeper.
PadI0CkS.
Sink Sfrainers, zoe.
Picked out at Random.

Three corne red sink strainers, sanitary. read y
o hang in sink corner, l0c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-08

L. 8. McCABE y co.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-10

The New York Advertiser finds an
other reason besides whim of fash
ion for the alleged abandonment of
golf for horses by the ultra fashiona-
bic, 1t is not asserted that golf is
played less than it was a year or two
ago, for obviously it is played much
more generally now than evere But it
is said that those who have played
it not for the game, but because it was
the proper thing to do, will no longer
patronize it," The Advertisers explain
alton is that the ltra-fashionable never
became, expert in anything. When all,
in ignorance, are on an equal footing,
the devotees of fashion may make as
oreditable an exhibition as any of their
competitors; but when players multi
ply. the distinction between the good
players and the bad becomes more
marked, and the fashionable set, find
ing themselves distanced in the game,
set out to find fresh field in which
there will be less competition and their
own lack of skill less noticeable. In
short, they want fresh start and Il
better show. This explanation is in
genious, but after all, 1t may be ques-
toned if the mere quest of some new
thing that costs money and differen-
tiates the possessor from other mortals,
is not enough to account for changes
of fashion-in sports as in bonnets and
gowns, top coats and knee brooches.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-10

Some comment has been caused by
the discovery that while the revenue
from customs for the fiscal year just
closed, reached the high figure of $685..
507, 1872, the internal revenue receipts
exceeded it by $66, 635 900. and amounted
to 1912, 400. Senator Aldrich, the late
Congressman Dingley and others are on
record as saying that the time would
come when it would be no longer pos
sible to depend chiefly upon the tariff
for the support of the government but
it may be doubted if even they intend
ed to say that that was already at
hand. 1t should be pointed out that the
question of revenue is by no means
synonymous with protection. On the
contrary, the two matters are entirely
1t does not therefore follow
that the new order of things means the.
end Of protection as a political prin-
ciple in the United States. Some writ
ers who used to plead for a tariff for
revenue only, are now arguing as if
they thought that were the same as a
protective tariff
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-10
THE CHINESE EMPEROR.
He Has No Outings and His ADJUSTMENTS
Are Few.

We know that the emperor of China has
never ridden out, walked out or driven
out as other young men do. His outings
have been to pray at the Temple Of
Heaven. to offer sacrifice to the God of
Agriculture and to pray for rain. In a
great jade palanquin, carried by thirty
two men, he has gone forth, and after
long ritual obserVances has returned to
SIT down to banquet in the immeasura-
PIE chamber Of the Hall of Abstinence at
O'Clock in the morning Gentlemen in
waiting 0uly serve his imperial majesty.
but not till they have set up opposite to
MIN the bronze statue bearing on its head
the inscription, Abstinence" When the
emperor goes to pray for the harvest he
passes the whole day beforehand in this
same Hall of Abstinence in prayer, fast
ing and meditation. Yet when he moves
out of his palace the roads are remade
them
All people of the baser sort-that is
every one but those who go before and
follow after-are ordered to keep within
doors. The emperor, wearing dragon
robe and cap of ermine surmounted bv
knob of crimson velvet, ascends into
MS palanquin by a vermilion flight Of
steps, held by equerries in waiting. Ali
his bearers wear robes of red silk over
ash-colored linen, all their boots are
trimmed round the top with black fur,
their caps are of leopardskin, dappied
Win, MIN CONS OF gold, and with red velvet
piumes, Kept In position by gold filigree
plates, from which float yellow feathers
down their backs. The paianuuin is eight
feet nigh and weighs about one ton six-
teen GS hundredweight but as the Chinese
swiftly unoer its weight, like lightnine
hashes or shooting stars rushing across
the sky. "-Cornhill Magazine.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-10
WHAT PORTO RICO NEEDS.

The intelligent engineer is demanded on
every hand, Harbors say, "Dredge us, so
that greater ships may come closer to the
lands we guard" A thousand copious
rushing streams constantly cry, "Chain
us, chain us We have the energy to gem
crate electric't, sufficient to furnish all
me me power this island needs for its indus
trlal economy. We can light cities. drive
cars cook food, hull coffee and grind cane
Turn our waters on the arid fields AZ
that we may improve the production ~
this already productive islet Bridge ne
so that communication can be free. ,eaG
US into the cities and the homes, Condnct
US into fountains, baths and sewers =" A
hundred villages, twenty-five thousand
farms. a dozen cities, the foot-sore nao,1
the passing tourist and those who wovid
reside there call for good roads. THE
very stones of the hills, lodges and brooEs
care us TO crack them into road natal
the humblest and most potent facfor ~
civilization. On every hand there is an
appeal for the application of political sci.
ence. The abolition of old and cIImher.
some laws is demanded, with the substi-
eutioii OF those having basis Of equality
ana Justice Public officials must learn
that they are the servants NOT the mas
ters OF the people. The tariffs, which are
now a double-acting barrier betwaan The
commerce of Porto Rico and lis neonia
must go; banks are needed: the rmnne,
tary system must be reformed, and nuhlio
ea9ication must be made universal, free
what higher investment or more nohla
return could America make op recoi,,'
IMAM the reward of giving these blessinos
20 20 even SO small an. island as Porto Rio9S
Such would indeed be a noble 1ustihcatIoy
Oh war Tor humanity Forum
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-10
RAILROAD BUILDING.

Apropos of a recent statement show
ing the comparatively small addition
to the railroad mileage of the United
States, it should be said that there has
been notable extension of railroad
lines in other parts of the world, and
these enterprises have taken up Euro
pean capital that formerly looked to
this country for investment. AS might
be expected, Africa shows the greatest
gain in this respect, tables prepared in
Germany showing that for the five
years from 1898 to 1897 inclusive. there
has been an increase of 2S.7 per cent,
and there are now about 1O, 1000 miles of
railroad in operation in the dark con-
tinent In Asia the increase has been
27 per cent, while the actual length of
track built is about the same as that
constructed in the United States during
the same period. South America
comes next with II per cent, while in
Europe the additions amount to about
10 per cent. In Australia the new track
laid is an increase of S1a per cent, and
in British America only a trife less.
The gain in the United States during
the five years named was only 3.6 per
cent.
In order that these statements may
not be misleading, 1t should be added
that in 1897, the end of the period COW
cred by these statistics, the railroad
mileage OF the United States was IL
per cent. larger than that of Europe.
Population as well as area has bear
ing upon the problem, and it is fair to
point out that the mileage of both Aus
tralia and British America is large in
proportion to the population. In Africa
and Asia, railroading is of course
chiefly speculative; 1t is anticpatory
of future opportunities rather than de-
manded by present needs. But what
ever the motive for this extension,
there is generally the promise of great
er pecuniary return upon the invest
ment in the newer countries than in
the United States, where good railroad
property rarely yields more than 4 or
at most 5 per cent. to the purchaser of
stock. The result is withdrawal of
foreign capital from this country, "the
return OF securities" as It is commonly
called, and transfer Of investment TO
other parts Of the world.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-10
ath friends must show himself friend

hath friends must show himself friend
ly."
Rev. Mr. Mallory said in substance:
MANY persons fail of winning friends,
for they are always in a complaining
spirit about their environments, their
neighbors and circumstances and
wrong conduct of other people In this
state of irritation. they repel rather
than attract. Some do not make
friends because of the frigid atmos-
phere by which they are always sur
rounded. To approach them is chill
on an August day. If they give you
their hand, it is that you may shake
their fingers. They go out of church
as soon as the benediction is pro-
nounced, claiming no one has seen them
and without a smile on their face. Such
persons will look in vain for friends,
and life is an isolation.
Some people do not have friends be-
cause they are too tickle to hold them.
They are continually being attracted by
new friends, and forgetting those they
knew yesterday. Soon they find them
selves left by those whose love they
might have shared. Some repel by an
unruly tongue. Some abuse and SANDER
until left alone as blackbird in snow
time. There are others still who get so
much gloom in their lives that people
are afraid of the shadow. They act
as If heaven was hung with saekcloth.
1t may be that trials have come into
their lives, but they seem to forget
others may be bearing heavier burdens
than their own. Some are afraid OF
the future, and are carrying burdens
of tomorrow with those of today, which
unfit them for today or tomorrow.
The key to real friendship is to
make a friend of him who sticketh clos
er than a, brother. With this life man.
ifested, we shall win firm friends"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-10

and its people. You will understand,
this is my second trip to America, and
that l was present at the dedication of
the old building, four years ago. At
that time there were only AZ members,
and then 1 told you that the church was
not large enough for the needs of its
parishioners. Today you have church
in the process of construction large
enough to accommodate twice your
present number, and if in the course
of few years you need more room, you
can use the old church also, The lot
for this new building cost 1892, and the
estimated cost of the construction of
the new chapel is $4,000. know that
the members of this church will work
earnestly and with what contributions
we will receive, we shall be able to clear
the debt in few years" Mr.. For
sell then gave a short address in the
Swedish language.
Rev. A. l.. Anderson also delivered
short speech in the Swedish tongue.
At the laying of the cornerstone Rev.
Eldridge Mix, D. D., said: God made
the quarry from which this corner
stone Is taken. You have quarried and
hewn it. But God gave the skill of
hand Just so is it with the whole
structure which is here being erected.
The materials are supplied by the
from the forest, the mine and the
mound of clay and put them together.
Thus they are made to serve the high
and holy purpose of worship. They
enter into and form part in the great
work of redeeming men unto God.
What nobler, grander purpose can they
serve? What higher end can we set
before ourselves in the use of all that
God has so bountifully bestowed upon
us! The things of earth are thus made
heavenly. The natural is transmitted
into the spiritual. The outward and
visible serve the inward and invisible.
God is glorifed in all his works and
ways.
"It is well, therefore that we gather
on this beautiful afternoon of the
Lords day in the widest of natures
summer flowers of earth and sky, to
lay the cornerstone In so doing let
us remind ourselves Of Him who is the
chief cornerstone, whom God has laid
as the foundation of the spiritual tenn
pie He is building on the earth of
which If we believe on Him we are
cornerstones built into 1t by God him
self the great architect and master
builder"
DR.. j. C. Berry, M. D.: 1T gives me
pleasure to be present at these ex-
ercises, and / assure you that / am
glad to see so vast a number of Chris
Of her Christians. This new church
which is under the process Of construc-
ton has been needed for the past two
years, and hope that in the course OF
four more years we may all be present
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-10
The CORNERSTONE
Of the Second Swed-
ish Congregational
Church
LAID SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
An Impressive Ceremony
Prominent Clergy
men Speak.
LAID SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

The cornerstone of the Second Swe-
dish Congregational church, which is
being erected on Greenwood street,
Quinsigamond Village, was laid yester-
day afternoon with appropriate exer-
cises.
Rev. John Udd, pastor of the church,
presided. The program was: Selections,
by the church band; prayer, Rev. E.
NJ. Chapman of the Central Congrega-
tional church; selection, by male cho-
rus, consisting of G. A. Magnuson, A.
L. Bjorklund, Axel Olson, Earl Krubb-
felt, John Granberg and Carl Nelson;
reading of the documents contained in
the box to be placed beneath the cor
nerstone Carl A. Norgren; laying of
the cornerstone, by Rev. Eldridge Mix,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-10
SENATOR HoAR ANSWERED.
Dr. Knapp Presents His Views on condi-
tions in the Philippines.

In a recent letter to the Christian
Advocate, Seaman A. Knapp, formerly
president of the Iowa State Agricul-
tural college, replies to a letter from
Senator Hoar, which appeared i'll that
paper on April 6. DR.. Knapp makes the
following statement of facts. from his
personal knowledge of conditions in the
Philippines:
L. The assumption that we are try
ing to impose a government on the ma
t1Ves without their consent cannot be
maintained in the light of the follow
ing facts, perfectly authentic and easily
proved: (A) Aguinaldo's voluntary fol-
lowing represented at commencement
of hostilities less than one tenth of the
territory Of the Philippine islands, and
he never had even nominal control
over more than two-sevenths. The pao-
pie of the other nine-tenths of the ter
ritory were opposed to him and his
ambitious schemes. OBJ Over 80 per
cent of the property interests in the
one-tenth of territory within the prov
inces of his Tagalog supporters were
opposed to him and his plan of govern
n1ent. They had no faith in his SINGER
ity.
go. Aguinaldo was a fugitive in
ASA, ana Defore ne was allowed TO re-
turn and, organize following he signed
a written agreement with the officials
of the United States government, con-
sisting of four articles, two OF which
1 recall: (A) That he would, in all ma
terial respects, be obadient to the au
thorities of the United States in the
Philippines; OBJ in case the United
States elected to hold the Philippines,
that he would do all in his power to
bring the natives into harmony with
this plan. This was stated to me by
a responsible official who was present
when this agreement was signed.
90. Arms and ammunition were fur
rished him under the terms of this
agreement.
"a With American arms and sup
port it was easy for Aguinaldo and his
followers 20 ovcrawe people without
any weapon for defense.
"5 Early in his career the so-called
Aguinaldo government made sweeping
confiscations Of personal and real prop
erty examined maps and plates Of
100, 900 acres of improved real estate in
provinces adjacent to Manila which
had been confiscated by him, and this
was but small portion of the real es-
tate thus seized. In addition 10 whole
sale confiscation, foreign owners were
not allowed to visit their estates in
the country without paying heavy trib-
ute for the privilege.
So The heightened declarations for a
free government by Aguinaldo have
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-10

here at the laying of the cornerstone
OF another much larger chapel"
Carl A. Norgren then put a copy of
The Sunday Spy, several Swedish pa
pers, church records and some Swedish
coins in copper box which was placed
laid.
The old church had a seating capacity
OF 800. The present membership is
now $50. an increase from AZ in about
-FOUR years, with a Sunday school of $50
children and 80 teachers.
The building committee is P. A. Carl
son (chairman), John Dahl, Otto Fors-
perg, P. P. Frisk, Charles J. Ringdal,
Carl A. Norgren and John Udd; con-
tractor, F. ]. Y. Goff; architect, Ed
win T. Chaplin.
After the exercises a collection was
taken up which amounted to $50.
A meeting of the different Swedish
churches was held on Perry Hill yester-
day afternoon, but on account Of the
laying of the cornerstone of the Sec
ond Swedish Congregational church at
Quinsigamond Village, the gathering
was very small. Rev. Nels Eagle gave
a short address. Refreshments were
served.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-10
REGULARS VS.. VOLUNTEERS.
Theodore Roosevelt Compares Relative
Efficiency of the Two.

Though the regular regiments may
differ markedly among themselves, yet
the range of variation among them is
nothing like so wide as that among vol
unteer regiments, where at first there
is no common standard at all, the very
best being perhaps up to the level Of
the regulars las has recently been
shown at Manila), while the very worst
are no better than mobs, and the great
bulk come in between. The average
regular regiment is superior to the
average volunteer regiment in the
physique of the enlisted men, who have
been very carefully selected, who have
been trained to life in the open, and
who know how to cook and take care Of
themselves generally. 49,
Now, in all these respects, and in
others like them, the Rough Riders
were the equals of the regulars. They
were hardy, self-reliant, accustomed to
shift for themselves in the open under
very adverse circumstances. The two
all-important qualifications for a caval-
lyman are riding and shooting-the
modern cavalryman being so often used
dismounted as an infantryman. The
average recruit requires a couple OF
years before he becomes proficient in
Workmanship and craftsmanship but
my men We're already good shots and
first-class riders when they came into
the regiment. The difference as regards
officers and non-commissioned officers,
between regulars and volunteers. is
usually very great, but in my regiment
excepting in view the material we had
to handle) it was easy to develop nom
commissioned officers out of men who
mad been roundup foremen, ranch fore
men, mining bosses, and the like. These
men were intelligent and resolute; they
knew they had a great deal to learn,
and they set to work to learn it, while
they We're already accustomed to man
aging considerable interests, to obeying
orders, and to taking care of others as
well as themselves -Scrlhners