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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06

Probably most writers of serial sto-
ries are familiar with the sensation Of
receiving letters of commentator or
disapproval from interested readers
who are following up the stories as
they appear in their regular weekly or
monthly installments. Occasionally
some curious person asks for private
Information as to what the outcome Is
to be, while others offer suggestions
as to the disposition to be made of the
villain or express fear that the au-
thor is TO marry the hero 10 the wrong
woman.
The writer OF n serial story in one OF
the popular magazines a few years ago
received the following letter from an
indignant reader. The names are
changed for obvious reasons:
Dvar Sir-I take the liberty Of telling you that
regard your simeon Stacy" running
through The Blank Magazine, little the thin
nest novel l have read. Furthermore. the prin-
cpsl character in the story. TO whom you give
the title role. to speak. Is thoroughly de-
toStable a maE that have taken the most ef-
fectiNe means in my power to show my contempt
for him by changing my name-which happened
20 be the his-to something unlike l.
possible. Yours truly. ANDREW JACOBSON,
Formerly Simeon Stacy.
Youths Companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06
Made Fat by Water.

There is a six foot Iaundryman in
Norrist"wn who weighs 800 pounds.
It is his own fault too.
When | was IS" he will explain sad
~, Il was like n lead pencil. thin
ner fellow you never saw. l heard
then that il ] wished to get fat |
need only to drink, morning and even
ing, as much water as 1 could hold. l
wanted very badly, to get fat, so be
gan this water treatment. A pint or so
was at first my limit, and even that
would sicken me. but as time passed
my capacity became greater. Soon l
could drink two or three quarts, and in
time | could as easily drink a gallon.
Well the result was excellent. / took
on flesh at Il great rate. l got, too, so
that / enjoyed my long night and
morning drinks. / would look forward
to my gallon draft all through the day.
When, after seven years, l bad reach
ed the nice weight of 10 pounds, 1
decided to stop the rreatment Buts
alas. couldn't The long habit had
grown too strong. 1t had made me a
slave. And ever since l have been
drinking. night and morning. n gallon
OF water-I do enjoy it so-and every
year l taken on from 10 to 20 pounds.
Finally, l guess, I'll bust."-Philadel-
phia Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06
PEOPLES PARTY
CALL TO VOTERS
Exhorts Its Members to Rally
> to the Support of Bryan
and Liberty.
Headquarters National Committee,
Peoples Party.

Headquarters National Committee,
3 Peoples Party.
20 the Peoples Party Voters Of the
United States:
At the direction Of the national com.
Inittee we send you greeting. We are
on the very eve of victory for the prin-
ciples for which we have so long
fought.
No party has ever made such sacri-
fee or shown such unselfshness as has
the Peoples Party during the past ten
years Of its existence. That sacrifice
and patriotic devotion 10 principle are
now beginning to bear fruit. One
us all join together, as we did in 1892
and 1896, for the sake of the people
and the love we bear the peoples
cause. We call upon every POpulist in
the Union to rally once more under the
banner Of reform and to assist us in
winning this eliminating struggle of
the century.
While Lincoln did not believe in abO-
litiou, his election meant the ending Of
human slavery OH this continent. In
the same way the election of Bryan
means the beginning Of new era in
American politics. The future victo-
iics fer humanity that will grow out Of
1t no man can foreSee,
in the name of humanity ind fU- the
cause OF liberty. which is as sacred
now as IT was in any of the glorious
struggles of the past, we call upci ~
cry POpulist to rally 90 the support of
the republic IN lis hour of peril. This
IS struggle between the world old
forces Of monarchy and freedom.
There are only two sides to the coli
test. There IS no middle Of the road.
HE who IL not for me is against me-"
lie whD does not give his full support
So the cause of popular government is
It's enemy. There is no room for side
shows. On the one hand is the army
Of the people" on the other are the le-
EiOns Of privileges and plutocratic rule
Every man must take his position on
the one side or the other Populism
was organized aS a protest against the
cncronCEinC spirit Of monarchy and
nlBmruism. and now that success is in,
sight We cannot believe that any POpu-
list viii fail in his duty. but that every
one of our 100000 votes viii Ice regis
tered on election day In favor Of n gov
eminent OF the people and for the pres
"ryHtion OF the republic.
j. II. EDMIsTEN. Vice Chairman.
J. y. EpGFHTON, Secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06

| take this occasion to reassert my
belief in the principle which underlics
the income tax. Congress should have
authority to levy and collect an income
tax whenever necessary, and an
amendment TO the federal constitution
specifically comforting such authority
ought to be supported by even those
who may think the tax unnecessary at
this time. In the hour of danger tho
government can draft the = tizen. 1t
ought to be able to draft the pocket
book as well. Unless money is more
precious than blood, we cannot afford
to give greater protection to the In
comes of the rich than to the lives OF
the pOor.-William J. Bryan's Letter OF
Acceptance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06
His Plain story Won.

An ungrOOmed man slouched up to
Smith in Farnum street the other day
and accosted him as follows:
Say, mister, if 1 was to tell you that
wanted a quarter to get square
meal you'd think / wanted II to buy
whisky, wouldn't you?'
That's exactly what l would think"
replied Smith.
And il | said 1 wanted a quarter to
buy whisky you'd say you didn't pro-
pose TO encourage the drink habit,
wouldn't youF"
That's what I'd say"
And If. said l wanted a quarter to
buy food for starving wife and IL
children you'd think l was a liar.
wouldn't your
Il would
We'll. say. mister. 1 want a quarter
to pay for having me mother-in-law's
trunk hauled 10 the depot Do / get
it?'
Smith effected a compromise by part
ing with a dime.-Omaha World-H Her
aid.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06
WANT NO EMPEROR
FOR PRESIDENT
Arson Phelps Stokes Declares
Government Cannot Long
- Last Under One.

| Arson Phel.pS Stokes. a Gold Demo-
crat, widely known in financial circles.
! declares against Mckinley and impe-
| rlallSm, Mr.. Stokes is banker and
his wealth is estimated at 500, ZOO, 900.
he few days ago sent the following
letter to y e. Hughes. chairman of tho
Greater Sew York Association Of Anti
lmperial4st Clubs:
DEAR SIR-Your letter of 3Oth nit.
has beeIl forwarded to me here. | con-
sent to the use of my name as an hon.
orarT member of the Greater New York
Assc citation of Anti-imperlalist Clubs.
Aenti-imperialism is certainly the par
arlount issue Of this election. What
would the patriots of l776 have
Thought of the proposition that the cur
rencE question is more important than
taxation without representation or gov
eminent without the consent of the
governed?
If we are to become shark nation.
let us ut least 20 through the prescrib-
ed motions and. like Il shark, turn over
before we seize our prey. The shark Is
preferable to the anaconda, which hugs
Its victim, slabbers it all over and then
swallows 1t.
IHoSe WHO truly appreciate our in
heritance of liberty regulated by law
should unite in the most effective pro-
test against the attempt now made in
the interests of great corporations and
Scheming politicians to disguise rapac-
lty by the use of fine phrases about our
high principles, our code of morals for
bidding forcible annexation as criminal
aggression and promises of indepeud-
ence, modified when we secure control
to mean benevolent assimilation or
such measures of self government MS
may be consistent with our duties and
interests or AZ we may think best for
the governed, who must also I'm case
we allow them form of constitution
make it provide for such relations with
us as we may consider satisfactory,
etc.
Our form OF free government of the
people, by the people and for the pco-
pie cannot long endure under n prcSi-
or an imperial president.
Yours very truly,
ANSON pHFI PS STOKES.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06

with n friend we happened TO e1rcouU
ter the old fellow at his gate. We I
Uncle Bob 1 said, that was pFS ~
bad hailstOrm we had yesterdays j
should say il was he replied. Yor
just oughter seed some of the s ones
that come down in my back ward.
How big were they:' L asked. .'Bout
as big as small watermelonS,' lid he
Well, we've caught him in .hopner
at last, chuckled my frien'I as we
drove on. No, We haven't i [! rroaued
AS usual the old rascal HIS secured
all the advantage of 4 fine large lie
and at the same time has az ne red rigid.
ly to the truth. Look ut til an vine
An early watermelon me was fes.
looming the bottom rail of a fence by
the roadside. and here and II ,ere if was
studded with minute gr N spheres
about the size of goose ! .erries. My
friend made no comment. | never tried
to catch Uncle Bob age fn."-NeJy Or
leans TimeS-Democrat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06

There was nothing in McKinley's
course III congress except trimming to
III" wants. AZ lie supposed them to be,
at his immediate constituency. AS Nc
knley was an expansiouist ON the
tnrn he became an expansioniSt
against the views ne declared to us in
III" matter Of these distant possessions
And still his PURPOSES are not clear or
dctcrruinatr, and l suppose that the
great activity in business has dropped
IN" public attention from the farreach-
iuC Consequences Of these amended
and still vague purposes of Mr. Nc
hiulcy.-John sherman Oh Mckinley.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06
The Merchant and TT mats

The merchant isSlosing lis indcpcnd-
ence. The trust fixes me terms upon
which he shall sell Al, 4 often binds him
by contract not to sell n competing ar
tlcle. When the monopoly is complete.
credlt VIII be shortened. and the MGR
chaht Will bc compelled TO bear all the
risks OF trade. When the trust raises
prices, The merchant usually has TO di-
vide the advance with his customers SO
laf as. stock on hand is concerned, but
when the trust overstocks the market
ana. tnen let's the price fall the mer-
or ant must bear the loss on accumulat-
I'd stock.-Bryan's Letter of Accept
ancc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06
More Potent Than Money.

one hundred thousand Democratic
club members from every state in the
Union will gather at indianapolis Oct
3, compare notes and return home to
light the fires of Jeffersonian principles
upon every hilltop in the land. Democ-
racy has no money wherewith to cor
rupt voters and debauch the ballot
box, but it has what is more potent
than money, an army Of 100000
workers who can neither be stified nor
bought.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06
Popular Plu-
rality.

markable character. To a casual lis
tener he appeared to be a fluent and
unconscionabIe liar. yet when you came
to scrutinize any of his statements
closely IT was impossible to catch him
IN the slightest deviation from the
truth
-One day IN early spring we had an
unusually severe fall % hail. ard ce-t
morp!ng While diving down the road
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06

Imperialism would be profitable to the
army CONTRACTOR. IL would be profitable 20
the shVpWneEs, who would carry live sol
di'rs Co. 'Lc Philippines and bring dead sol
dr. Pa X. It would be profitable to those
who would seize upon the franchises and it
would bc profitable 10 the officials whose sal
ari-- would be fixed here and paid over
there. hut 20 the farmer. TO the lsborirg
man aUi 20 the vast majority Of those en-
gagged N other occupations ii would bring
expenditure without return and risk without
rcwari.-W. ; Bryan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06
An Indo-ChIne.e Venice.

The royal palaces OF Bangkok form 4
city in themselves They consist of
several hundred individual palaces,
surrounded by magnificent gardens
and pegodaS- Bangkok IS really city
- waters. II IS en- Indo-Chirese Ven
Ice More people live in floating
homes on the Menar, the Me OF ST..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06

Our Republican trends virtuously ac.
cuse MI Bryan of being an imperialist
They charge that he dominates his par
ty. This is crime which ut least can
not be laid mt the door Of the major
lie lives lEt to OheY-the trusts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06

According To- Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury Taylor. the Republican
congress Will repeal the Chinese cxclu
sion act and permit the Boxers 10 flo -
the country with cheap labor. Ills
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06

while 10000 miners are starving in
the United States. Workingmen OF
America. what do you think of the
proposition: Is It not time to stop and
think:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06
4 Changed Man.

It's funny how marrying changes a
nan" said Spriggs' caller.
Yes" replied Spriggs dreamily. 1t
used 20 be that was devoted 20 base
ball and football and basket bah, enc
nov give all NY sraEe TINE g fahyss
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06

Uncle Bob's Hail-fone story.
An old countryman I used 10 know
when | was living in south Georgia.
remarked a college professor epropcs
% sudden changes In the weather,
'.X2s in At Least one rasrsct a very re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06

b3wk" and he arose hUrriedly and
went into the adjoining room.-Detroit
Free Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06

! That the leaders Of a great party should
: claim for any president or congress the ! yht
to treat millions of people a. urcrr pos.
I sessions and dial viii thcIn ia. .tgrincd
by the constitution ti.c till of rights
shows how far We have already departed from
! the ancient landmarks and indicates what
; may be- expected If this nation deliberately
enters upon career d ompire.-W. J.
Bryan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-06

am. '"and in many canals than in per
nanent buildings.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-14
WHAT IS
THE REASON :?

why is It that YOU are not equal to the
task MANURE sets for you to do?
,. why DO You find weakness stealing over
you and growing day by day?
Why that ashy, ohalky Complexion?
My that inability to hold your urine?
n.WnI WY those distressing pains across your
All these symptoms are unmistakable
evidences Of kidney trouble
Ine kidneys, that make the human ems
9ine ot NE move as Nature intended. are
n npe,n WORKING King properly. and should have
y you need q medicine for kidney, blad-
oer or uric acid trouble you should begin
usInx TIE famous new discovery, DIR. Kill
mers swamp Root. II gives quick relief
Hospitals use II in all kinds of cases.
especially severe and urgent ones Doc
tors prescribe Il. freely In their practice
ana ana IN their families, and use It when they
selves.
), Tens Of thousands Of grateful patients
nav. nave written 70 DR. Kilmer q Co., and
handy, volume Of ready reference, which
should be In every household. This vol
ume and a sample bottle or Swamp-Root
VIII be mailed to any reader Of this paper
Kilmcr & CO.. and state that ne saw this
Intelligencer.
Il there Il any doubt in your mind as to
arising about two ounces, place 1t in a
glass or bottle and let 1t stand twenty four
hours. II, on examination. 1t Is milky or
CLOUDY. II there Is brlck-dust settling. or
Y small particles float about In 1t, your
ton.
Swamp Root is for sale everywhere in
CENTS ana one dollar. Remember r the name.
ton. N. Y.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-14
MILLIONS IN THE COTTON CRor.
Output In America IL Five Times ~
Great ~ Gold.

Great NJ Gold.
The worlds output Of gold In 1885 was
1857, 900. and that in the United States
was $6446 5000. The value OF the cotton
crop in the United States, that is, the raw
cotton, In 1897. was 1919. 4s1, 412. The cot
ton crop In the United States is therefore
II per cent. greater than the gold output
of the world. and five times as great as
the gold output Of the United States.
To this great value, however, we must
add the value OF the seed products. and
we have total Of something like $3.50, O0o,
900. But the grand total is not yet reach
ed, for we are working 17,570.000 spindies
in the United States making cotton cloths.
The output of these. minus the cost of the
raw cotton consumed, must be added be-
fore we have the grand total Of the value
of the product and Of the industry to the
people. Then, again, are the print works
we must not forget the print works.
which decorate these cloths In such at
tractive fashion that they make most be-
wildering garments for our fair; SO be-
wildering that the old-fashioned among us,
the old-fashioned just old enough to have
lived in the days of periwig and short
clothes. have no more gallant comment
to make on woman who pleases them
than She is a fine bit of calico" Aims
lees for January.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-14

get news seemed to be merely that of
members of a fighting race who took an
interest In any trouble anywhere. but
within the past fortnight affairs have
taken on a dangerous aspect. White
men. adventurers of q most undesirable
type, have been telling the Crees that the
British government IS doing exactly what
the Indians believe the Canadian govern
ment did in 1SS5-that is attempting to
steal from the Beers the lands upon
which their fathers lived and which be-
longed to them. just as much as in the
nslieI e the Cree braves OF decade
longed to the red men. The Indian agents
and the mounted police have found the
Crees to be excited by these tales, and
the trouble of trying to counteract the
rennrts by getting the aborigines to-
gethor.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-14
Africa and the Worlds Gold supply

The Witwatersrand, according to Mr..
Hammond's report to the Consolidated
Gold Fields of South Africa limited, pro-
duced in 1898 gold to the value of fl5,-
i4I 376, being about 2ois per cent. of the to-
tai product of the world. If there had
been no interruption to mining operation
during the year 1890 the output would
have exceeded f20Gooooo, And IT is in
teresting to note here that this entire out
put comes almost entirely from a terri
tory lying within a radius of twenty-five
miles from Johannesburg-indeed, ~ per
cent of It is derived from the central
section" stretching from Langlaate Ea-
tate to Knights distance of about
twelve miles The vast yield has been
attained by continuous rapid increase
since 1887, in which year gold TO the value
of fso,3s7 was produced. The entire yield
since the inception of mining has been
f76,72oOo0 DIR. Hatch. formerly one Of
DR. Hammond's assistants. IN the Enei-
neerng Magazine for August last esti-
mates that within FIVE years the output
from the Witwatersrand fields will reach
the enormous figure Of Gs6,ceo.Sco Per an
mum,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-14
vASADIAN INDIANS UGLYs
erawal of Mounted Police MAY
Lead to an Uprising in the
Norfh

The gcssaKEAI., Jan. i3-There is fear of
ns,ng eaadlan Indians i'm the Northwest
u IN owing 10 the withdrawal of some
she nasosuhted police for the Transvaal
ferd Sls.uis'on ~ considered serious. Cliff
hnd So.son, minister of the interior and
Indian commissioner, has telegraphed the
nisenns agents to warn the Indians that
nopnInra on their part will mean
H. ~ outbreak will be suppressed bv force.
been @ dn,se men and half-breeds who have
will ha ~ their best to foment trouble
The made MADE to leave the country
formal partment OF the interior was in
snta " cipher telegraph that a serious
pcrt;o,of asfairs exist In tho northern
along - OF Assinaboine and Alberta,
81 X. me SASKATCHEWAN The Indians
eress nofthsrn districts, principally the
So ne South African war. and have been
0Ssersipu2 to Set evaEy scrap Of news
IL At FIRST their anxiety to
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-14

undue delay. The protest also demands
guarantees from Great Britain against
recurrence OF such evident wrongful and
excessive application OF . conlbatants
rights against neutrals." II also requests
Great Britain TO define the meaning OF
contr,band In manner acceptable TO the
nations not concerned in the war. y.
An Interpolation about the seizures VIII
be introduced the coming Friday In the
reichstag and Count Won Bueiow. minister
of foreign AFFAIRS will answer Immediately
an Interpolation introduced by Herr Moeh-
Ter, national liberal. all the parties sign
ing II.
It Is understood that Mr. White today
expressed to the foreign ONCE the appre-
citation the authorities at Washington felt
at Count Won Buelow's Americophile
words.
May Purchase Macao.
Rumors are current that Germany has
begun negotiations with Portugual for the
purchase of Macao as a coaling station. At
the foreign Office the correspondent of The
Associated Press obtained neither cor
roboration nor u denial.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-14

The correspondent of the Associated
Press learns from an official source that
Germany has addressed second protest
to Great Britain, urgently requesting the
rath and expressing establishment at the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-14
mako THEM COLONIES.


Porto Rico ana hawaii.
The interests of the American people
and of American civilization imperatively
demand that in the formation by congress
Of a government for Porto Rico and Ha-
wall they be permanently annexed as coll
onies. with no rights Of American citizen
ship or statehood. This would be q prece-
dent for Cuba, of 1t should eventually be
annexed. These people would then In each
case be citizens of their own island, and
would be secure in their enjoyment at
home OF all the rights and immunities
guaranteed by the constitution except tho
right to vote on United States affairs.
What more could reasonably be asked?
Perhaps there are no freer people than
the Australian colonists. people Of Eng
lish blood, yet they are not voters in
England and never expect to be. They
lead the world in some advanced methods
OF free government. and do not feel that
their highest aspirations are blighted by
reason of their position as colonists in an
imperial system.-Gunton's Magazine for
January.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-14
Swell Social Affair.

The social event tonight was ball cos
tune given by the German Colonial Society
comprising everything stylish in Berlin.
1t took place at Krolls theater. Amateurs,
Won Ploss and Baroness Van Mirbach,
performed the colonial comedy "Mrisa's
Wedding" The empress and nearly the
whole court attended.