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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-02-09
Activity in the Copper Market.

Houghton, Mich, Feb. 9.--The reflex
of the days boom on the Boston stock
exchange was felt plainly in the cop
per district. where some 100000, 900
worth of local mining shares are
owned. The brokerage offices were
crowded aud not only the leased wires
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-02-09
Cbu-ch yyorkcr Convicted.

Baltimore. Feb. 9.-Miss Frances
Caspari. prominent school teacher
ard church worker, who, according to
her own statements. had obtained
from various persons $71 900, which
she pretended to invest for them in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-02-09
wisconsin Forester. Annual.

Fond du Lac Wis. Feb. 9.-The
high court of Foresters' elected dele
gates and the following officers: High
chief ranger b. F. Parker. Milwaukee,;
high vice ranger. DIR. G, A. Hildreth,
Fond du Lac; high secretary. j. G.
Proctor. Madison. The next meeting
will be held in Oshkosh.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-02-09
rhur Robs a Lone woman.

Marion, Ind. Feb. 8. = A burglar
wearing mask entered the dwelling
of. L. Hollowell at night. Mrs. Hol-
lowell was alone. The man struck her
on the head with some instrument, rem
dering her unconscious. He then bound
her and searched the house. He Sc
cured only 50 and a gold watch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-02-09
Cost of Protecting Michigan Game.

Lansing. Mich, Feb. 9.--In response
to a request from members of the leg
islature state officer has prepared
a statement showing the expenses of
Game Warden Brewster and his as
sistants during the year 1900. 1t is
shown that the total cost of the de-
partment was $17.000.4S.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-02-09

mythical .'get-rich-quick" concerns,
has been convicted of obtaining money
under false pretenses. She was re-
leased on $4,000 bail pending a motion
for a new trial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-02-09
Gives 100000 TO Castine. sac.

Dixon. Ills. Feb. 9.-Charles f.
Emerson. president of the C. r. En-
erson Lumber company. died Thurs
day. aged T3 years. He bequeathes
100000 to the town of Castine. Me-.
for a library. and $4,000 to Dixon
lodge. Odd Fellows. for the erection
OF a hall
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-02-09
MORE HEADS FALL ON
EXECUTlONER'S BLOCK

Hong Kong, Feb. "a Canton dis
patch says four men arrested for
attacking the Germans near Kunchuk
have been executed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-02-09

of the brokers. bur the regular lines of
the Western Union and Postal Tele-
graph companies. were crowded with
orders. The Lake people are rampant
bulls ana practically all orders are to
h,1v
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-02-09
cORNWALLS RETURN
TO HOME IN ENGLAND

London, Feb. 9.-The duke and
duchess of Cornwall and York re-
turned to London this afternoon frcm
New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-02-09
HE WAS KNOWN Ar CHICAGO.
Carman Had a Spectacular Career in the
Windy City.

Chicago. Feb. 9.-Dickinson NJ. Car
mans arrest at Manila on a charge
of aiding the insurrection by furnish
ing supplies to the rebel army recalls
to Chica goans his somewhat -spectac-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-02-09
ADMIRAL REARlCK
CLOSES LIES VOYAGE.

Washington, Feb. 9.-Rear Admiral
Peter A. Rearick, who retired about a
year ago, died here this morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-02-09

The vegetable ivory of Ecuador is
the nut of native palm. The exports
amount to l. 500 tons per annum.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-02-09

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19
4 BRAvE sHOW.

If it doesn't rain-and Oh may 1t not !! New Haven is about to have as brave show as she ever had, if not the very bravest. The city was never so beau tifully decorated, the Green was never illuminated as 1t is going to be, there was never such a procession here as there will be Monday night if it doesn't rain, there were never such high prices charged here for rooms and win dows and there were never so many big men here as there will be next week. All the people, including all the members of the Board of Finance, are interested, and the town is as enthusi- astic as the gown, Bi-centennials don't come very often, and this one is going to be greatly enjoyed by thousands who do not expect to live to see an- other Here's hoping that their enjoy- ment may not be marred by unfortu- nate weather or anything else that is
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19
IRON BARONs OF MICHIGAN.

Receive Millions in Royalties on Pine
 Lands Originally Bought for a
 Song
 Every time that skip comes up it brings $1,500 to the fee holder" said the mining captain, pointing to the ore car whirling out of the black depths below and turning itself inside out high in the air above us all. Who is this fee holder whose profit is so big; is he at work underneath digging in the tav erns excavated far below the surface, or is he busy selling the ore at east ern counters, or bearing any of the tolls of industry?
 He is the man who bought the land upon which iron was afterward found, bought 1t for the pine standing thereon without suspicion or thought that the wealth below was fabulous, enough to surpass a thousand times what he saw in the great tall trees above. He does no mining, has none of the cares of business except to see that he gets full tolls, and it makes no difference to him whether iron ore sells at S2 ton or twice as much Most of these fortunate individuals have their homes in Michi- gan, Grand Rapids, or Saginaw or De- troit some of them live in Chicago, some are residents of Minneapolis and a few are Duluthians. Wherever the craze for pine timber lands In northern Minnesota struck about 20 years ago are to be found the owners of iron mines on the Mesaba. Most of them &C., quired their Mesaba range holdings during the revival of the timber indus try in the early sos. It was along about 1882 that saw milling at the head of Lake Superior woke out of the sleep that had followed the panic and the lumbermen began to come and invest their money in pine timber lands. Among them were such men as
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19
OLD 4GE PENSIONS.

The man who gets through life with out getting into the hospital, the Jail or the poorhouse does we'll and many who do not deserve such a fate get into one or more of those places in spite of their best efforts to keep out. The Rev. Edward Everett Hale has been considering the lot of honest and indus trious people who come to old age with out enough to carry them through, and he thinks such people should be pen- 'sioned He believes that the man or woman who has lived until seventy years of age paid taxes and behaved we'll has rendered services which are as worthy of recognition as the services of any other class of people. He calls attention to the fact that poll tax pay CTS of Massachusetts contribute to the treasury of that State one million each year. He believes the payment of S100 year to persons who have spent their whole lives in the State would be matter of economy and he doubts if it would cost more than s10O,OO0 a year. Such a pension paid to a thousand old men, he writes the Lend-a-Hand Maga- zine, would at once relieve all the town
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19
THE IypOsITION FEYER.

The Exposition fever is becoming epidemic in this country. The day af-
 ter the Buffalo show closes an exposi-
 ton will open at Charleston, South
 Carolina. While that is going on, and
 afterwards, preparations will be mak-
 ing for the St. Louis Exposition in
 1903. And in 1905 there will be show
 in Portland, Oregon, which will labor
 under the following title: '" Where
 Rolls the Oregon; The Lewis and Clark
 Centennial American-Pacifc Exposi- tion and Oriental Fair" This fair will sary of the Lewis and Clark expedition, This expedition, under the patronage of the national government, went west ward from St. Louis, and reached the shores of the Pacific Ocean at the The idea of the Exposition originated with the Oregon Hist orical Society and has the hearty approval of the Cham Der of Commerce in Portland, the Board of Trade and the Manufacturers Association, all of which bodies are working in harmony. Direction of the enterprise is in the hands of a con- pany organized by fifty of the wealthy and representative men of Oregon, and capitalized at $3OO,OOO. An appropria- ton of like amount is expected from the Legislature, to which is to be add ed an anticipated subscription of $300, 900 by Portland citizens, and the $160,000 proceeds of a special tax on Portland property, if the citizens consent. A liberal appropriat ton will, of course, be asked of Congress. Idaho, Washing ton, Montana, Colorado. Nevada, and Utah have arranged for official repre- senta tion the British provinces to the north will exhibit their resources, and Russia, China, Japan, Mexico, the South American republics, Hawaii, and the Philippines will also figure promi nently in the exhibits.
 The more expositions the merrier- for those who don't have to foot the l,i
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19

poorhouses of their most difficult duty. The old man who had a hundred dollars a year would never be sent by his rel atives to a poorhouse, or almost nev- CT" And no one can say that such a plan takes from one pocket the money which it puts into another, for the pen sioner will almost always find congen- ial home among relatives or old friends.
 Not a little can be said in favor of old-age pensions, and in some countries they are now being tried. They might encourage ''extravagance," and they longer than they otherwise would, but they have their merits
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19
MODf RN.

Littlewit-Oh, yaas, I've got a situa- tion but it's pretty hard work. I'm af- ter good soft thing, though, and I'm going to get it, too, if I can only keep my head about me.
 Miss Pepprey-I don't doubt it. You'll surely have soft thing if you only keep your head about you.--Philadel- phia Press.
 The Difference-"What is the differ ence," asked the Kindhearted Friend of the Budding tist. between the trial of Admiral Schley and your new farce?"
 Why, there isn't any fun In the trial, and there Is in
 "Olr you're wrong. Schley's trial is a farce to the audience, and your farce is a trial to the audience. Baltimore Sun.
 Didn't Believe in Them.--"W Willie" said his father as he proceeded with the laying on of hands, "I am sorry to have to do thls-lit hurts me more than it does you.'
 Well" returned the precocious youngster, resignedy, T never did be- lieve in these here sympathetic strikes, anyhow. They always do more harm than good. ."-Chicago Post.
 The Saddest Words of Tongue or Pen. Its too bad about your son being hurt so seriously in that football game, Mrs Willikins I'm as sorry as can be for you.'
 "Yes, it's dreadful thing. If his in juries should prove fatal it wouldn't be right for Myrtle to go to the game on Thanksgiving--and she's got such an el- egant costume especially for it."-Chi- cago Record Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19

whether he mines it or not to gross sum of 100000 tons q year This means an annual income of $175,0G0. Of this Alworth, Hull {. Boeing have an in
 come of $75,000 and all MT. Alworth's third interest cost was his service as timber cruiser for his friends, Hull & Boeing, w. R. Burt gets $500O0 year, and Burrows, Rust & Golf the same. Murphy 6. Dorr and associates own the fee to the Spruce and Vega mines at Eveleth. Two years ago they sold the lease on the Spruce for a bonus of S75,
 900, and they got 30 cents a ton for each of the S,O0OOoO tons therein. The mine is on land that was covered by a
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19

noticed the bitter taste. but came tt
 the conclusion that it's presence wa
 due to under-ripeness, and that it would
 disappear as soon as the nuts were dry. Any one well acquainted witt
 trees can identify these two at sight
 to avoid them is to sample all doubt ful, smooth, thin shelled nuts.
 About the black walnut there can be | no mistake, it's decorative clusters of nuts in their large yelowish- green | spherical coverings are quite unlike l anything else hereabouts. When the nuts are ripe, they are usually very conspicuous, as by that time the leaves have fallen and exposed the fruit to view. After the nuts have been l thrashed or shaken from the tree the coverings should be removed otherwise very few nuts would make heavy load. These coverings do not grow in sections, like those of hickory nuts, but are continuous, like the skin of an orange. The problem then is to remove the nuts without getting ones hands and clothes stained with the juice of the pulp which surrounds them. About the easiest way to do this is to walk
 
 kicking movement of the foot, and in almost every case the covering will come off a the first blow, as readily as the flesh parts from the seed of free stone. Then, if they are left on the ground for a little while. to dry, they may be picked up without danger of staining ones fingers.
 The butternut, or white walnut can not be treated in this way, for the sticky fuzzy covering adheres firmly to the rough she'll When dry, how ever, the covering becomes black and shrivels up, and does not hinder one when cracking the nut The proper way to crack butternut is to hold it in an upright position and strike the point with hammer. The two halves will then probably come out unbroken. The butternut is not a great favorite, for, although it is sweet and has pleasant flavor, it Is rather oily, and when kept for a length of time is apt to become rancid.
 Perhaps no species growing in the Eastern States is so highly prized by nut gatherers as the chestnut.
 It's fine flavor particularly when roasted, recommends it almost as much as does the fun to be had in roasting 1t. Then there seems to be certain honor attached to the gathering of a peck of chestnuts. The crop itself is often very small, and, even when it is a good chestnut year" 1t takes a great deal of work to fill even small bag. So that when any one makes a partic- uarly big haul, every one for miles around is apt to hear of it.
 There is nothing sweeter than the lit- tie three -cornered beechnuts. but very few people have the patience to take them out of their brown leathery jackets, let alone hunt for them and pick them up. They are generally left for the pigs and the squirrels. Many birds are exceedingly fond of them, and it is said that in certain localities the number of red-headed woodpeckers which remain for the winter can be pretty accurately determined by the size of the beechnut crop the preceding autumn
 ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES. |
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19
My Netullbpr.

Our domiciles stand side by side
 With but d step between, My trees their cooling shadows throw Across her plot of green; And often, when sne saunters forth To view her snug domain, l watch to catch her eye, but ali
 My scheming is in yain She will not look at me; perhaps
 She thinks it is Il sin That should stand beneath my tree And drink earth's beauties in; Or, if she turns my way at all, lis with glassy stare That makes me wonder at my gall For being anywhere. She moves majestcally along That is, as best she may; For she is neither tall nor fair And just Il tritle gray; 1 fancy she was pretty in
 The dim, dim long ago. But now-ah, well, what matters itI She holds me as her foe Sometimes I think how nice 'twould be To dwell ill concord sweet, To nod and smile, as neighbors do Whene'er we chance to meet; But, ah! alas, I know 'tis vain, We never can be friends She cultlvates q garden, and 1 keep flock of hens.
 White Lake (S. D. Wave
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19
THE BIC AM E RICA NS.

The anti-imperialists and the anti expansionists prophesied truly when they prophesied a great increase in the military expenses of this country. mind by the publication of the naval estimates to be submitted to congress at the coming session. These estimates call for appropriations of almost $99,- 900, ,000. Secretary Long will ask for authority to begin the construction of three battleships, four armored cruis- CTS and twelve gunboats, but none of the ninety nine millions will be needed for the work on those vessels, which can hardly be begun during the coming fiscal year. All this vast sum which Secretary Long says can be expended to advantage during the year beginning with the first of next July is needed to carry on the navy and to complete the vessels now in process of construction The Secretary would like to spend three millions on the New York navy yard, nearly two millions at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, a million and a half at Bos- ton, two millions and half at San Juan in Porto Rico, a million and half TOT new yard at Olangapo in Luzon, and nearly half a million for Cavite in the same island And so forth and so on.
 Doubtless most or all of the money asked for will be appropriated. Who wants to be "a little American" when he can be a big one?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19
splendid growth of pine. Petit 6,

splendid growth of pine. Petit & Robinson. Minneapolis lumbcrmen. own lands along the range that are under lease at 25 cents and at other rates and their income Is very large. D. H. Finn owns part of the Genoa mine. and gets 25 cents a. ton on the output. The mine ships about 25O,O0O tons q year.
 The list might be extended to many more, but these show the vagaries of fortune. Hardly man in the list had suspicion that he was getting any thing more than pine timber in a region of rocks and worthless ground. and none but would have stopped paying taxes after the pine was cut but for the discovery of iron ores.-Minneapolls Letter in Boston Transcript.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19
ADVERTISING RATES.

 \ Situations, Wants. Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent Word ench ,n- sertion. Five Cents a Word for Il full week (sevcn times).
 Display advertisements, per inch. one III. 1sertiOn. $1.20; each subsequent Insertion, 1o cents; one week. $3 20; one month, Sl0; one year, $40. ,-
 Obituary Notices, in prose or verse, 10 cents per line. Notices of Births, Marrl- ages, Deaths, and Funerals, 50 cents each' Local Notices, 15 cents per line. X Yearly advertisers are limited to the'r own Immediate business (all matter to oe nnobJectionahle), and their contracts do not Include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19

N Gigantic water power developments
 are projected in the Alps, There are now in the French Alps AS factories
 Supplied by 250.000 horse power, elec-
 trically generated. Engineers estimate that 3,OO0,00O horse power is now run ming. to waste in the Alps.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19

The negro seems to be holding his
 own and adding to it in Georgia. The controller generals annual report for the State shows that the negroes of the
 State own property valued for tax pur- poses at $15,629,811 an increase of over
 $1, 900 within the past year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19

The new postoffice telephone system of London will cover. when completed, an area of $40 square miles.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19

Peter Corbett. the manager of the Angora Goat Company, which will have
 farms in Maryland and West Virginia,
 says: We propose to enter into the
 heving that the receipts will yield
 large revenue. The goats will increase at the rate of 90 per cent. a year. A full grown goat will bear six pounds of
 fleece, for which there is always a great
 demand, and readily brings in the mar tket 45 cents pound. A kid will yield three pounds year, which will bring
 the same figures in the market. The Apelts are considered very valuable, as
 there is always strong demand for them. The meat in many places is 2Considered the choicest Of eating. Be- fore deciding to locate the farms in
 Maryland and West Virginia looked
 over great deal of territory, and I am
 frank to admit that of all the land ex Eamined 1ound none which offered such inducements and advantages for goat raising as did the territory around Oakland. We expect to take in all the mountain land between Oakland and Berkeley. In addition to the produc- tion of fleece the goats are invaluable as cleaners of land. I have had much experience in handling Angora goats and it is low estimate to say that a flock of one thousand goats will in five years clear up the densest entangle- lnent that can possibly grow on two thousand acres of land,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19
1HA WAEhLY JOURNAL. uued Thursdays, Ono Dollar a Year.

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY IS CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH &8 FOR Srx MONTHS, $6 YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY NAH.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19

At Gotta, in Saxony, those who did mot pay their taxes last year are pub Slished in list which hangs up in all Those that are on the list can get neith Ter meat nor drink at these places under penalty of loss of license.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19

This is hypothetical question which was set before an expert alienist in the Cruger will trial in New York: "If a man of thirty-four years or so showed \ fondness for toys or absinthe, dispo- Bition to laugh :mmoderately whenever Sanybody looked at him, habit of pol X ishtng his high hat with shoe blacking applied with brush, and a knack of Tapping his arms as if they were wings Whenever cuckoo clock struck, what would you pronounce his condition to he?';
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19

At the annual meeting of the Boston Associated Board of Trade the dele gates went on record in hearty support Adf reciprocity treaties and requested the States senators and representatives In congress to give the reciprocal trade policy of the Administration that will Ing and active support that is needed to give full force and effect to the trade treaties that have been or may be ne- Agottated.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19

Judging from the enthusiasm which sattended the recent annual meeting of the Tennessee Good Roads Association much work in the improvement of high
 ways will be accomplished in that State this year. The convention was not con-
 tent with mere discussions of the ad-
 vantages of good roads, the best ma- Sterial for roadways, and the like but
 took practical steps towards realiza- etfon of the ideals. To secure united ac-
 ton throughout the State, and to build up an organization which would be strong enough to demand legislation, each county court was urged to send three delegates to each annual meeting sof the State Roads Association. It was decided also to ask the legislature for the appointment of State engineer to Consult with county superintendents in the matter of roads and bridges, and for legislation which would permit the Employment of jail inmates in road making.