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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-15
Inc accumulation of wealth b1

The accumulation of wealth by
American citizens is not wrong, pro-
vided it comes by intelligent and hon
est effort. 1t is the accumulation
of money through 'legalized privilege
and the oppression of the masses by
exacting from them the fruits of
their labor unjustly that plays the
mischief. The trains of prosperity
will not always be able to make
time on the Dingley schedule.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-15
Administrator,s Notice.

Estate of Nancie Dunn, deceased.
The undersigned having Deen appointed az.
ministrator of the estate of Nancie DUN,
late of the county of Rock Island, state oil
Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice that be
will appear before the county court of Rock
Island county, at the county court room. In
the city of Rock Island, at the September
term on the frst Monday In September
next, at which time all persons having
claims against said estate are notified and
requested to attend for the purpose OF hav-
ing the same adjusted.
An persons Indebted to said estate are re.
quested to make immediate payment to the
Dated this 30th day of June, A. D. 1902
THOMAS DUNN, Administrator,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-15

Charles T. Schoen, of Philadelphia,
now declares that Attorney General
Knox twas not himself" when he par
ticipated in that brawl at Atlantic
City. Looks now as if instead of
demanding apologies from one an
other they might all get together
and sign the pledge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-15
MEDICAL AND SUR
GICAL SERVI-
CES FREE
For Short Period at the
x-Ray Infirmary in the
Mitchell & Lynde Build
ing.

The fame of the medical staff of
the Illinois y Ray Infirmary, with
DR.. j. Alvin Horne as president, is
positively unmatched in the state by
that of any other body of medical spe-
cialists. There is good reason for this
they,cure the most desperate chronic
cases after they have been abandoned
by other physicians as incurable, and
their high professional reputation is
therefore merited.
These physicians treat a certain
class of diseases and confine their
practice to them alone.
They treat and cure all chronic, ner-
vous and organic diseases of both men
and women.
Their methods of diagnosis and
treatment are scientifically in adj
vance of all ordinary methods in med
icine and surgery. They are masters
of all pelvic weaknesses and diseases,
as they affect the male and female,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-15

Machines in watch factory will
cut screws with $50 threads to an
inch. These threads are invisible to
the naked eye, and it takes $4,000
screws to make a pound. a pound
of them is worth six pounds of pure
gold
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-15

y Chicago school teacher has sued
a real estate dealer for $4,000 for
attempting to kiss her. If he had
succeeded, possibly she might have
felt differently about the matter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-15
E,hics ana being Cheerful.

After all the essence of fife is
cheerfulness. Cheerfulness is the
balm that soothes all ills. Tt often
converts wrong into right. 1t makes
good of what otherwise might be
bad and it causes sorrow and re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-15

Stum-Ac-oids possess a great deal
OF merit, and cure aggravated cases OF
sour stomach, heartburn, bad taste,
foul breath, headache, irregular bowel
movement, dyspepsia and Indigestion.
SOC. Coated tablets. Pleasant to take.
T. H. THOMAS, Leading Druggist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-15

Boston Traveller: If the republic
can leaders persist in ignoring this
issue, and it looks probable that they
will, there are hundreds of thousands
of good republicans who will repudi-
ate their party leaders and join
hands with any party that will
pledge its support to revision of the
tariff
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-15

and of Neurasthenia (nervous eX-
haustion), Premature Decline, Catarrh
in all its forms, Hemorrhoids (piles),
and other Rectal Diseases, Rupture,
Varicose Veins, Affections of the
Heart, Lungs. Stomach, Liver, Kid
neys, Bladder, etc. Women and men
alike praise this medical staff.
DR.. J. Alvin Horne and his staff
may be seen and interviewed person
ally.
FREE MEDICAL SERVICE.
For a limited period DR.. Horne and
his staff have determined to give
their services free to the afflicted
medicines excepted. These services
consist of consultation, examination
(including X-ray) and advice; also
minor surgical operations will be per-
formed free of charge, when they are
found to be necessary. However, the
unusual skill of DR.. Horne renders
surgical procedure rare necessity.
His original methods have supplanted
surgery in very many diseases that
were formerly durable only through
the use of the knife.
Consultations and Examinations
are FREE at the ILLINOIS X-RAY
lINFIRMARY.
Write or call for free advice. Ad-
dress
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-15

y Syracuse girl was married seven
years before she told the glad news.
Who says a woman can't keep
secret?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-15

And now we have a college profess
sor who declares slang is a good
thing for the children. The country
will soon begin to wonder if the col
lege professor is good thing for IT..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-15

TERMs-Daily, 10 cents per week. weekly,
ef.O0 per year in advance.
Recommendations of political or argumen-
tative character, political or religious, must
have real name attached for publication. No
such articles will be printed over fictitious
signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every town
ship In Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-15
]. Alvin Horne, M. D
And Associate Physicians.

Rooms 40, so, 81, So, "a and So,
Mitchell & Lynde Bldg, Rock Island.
Hours, to ~, to 5, to s. Sundays,
9 to II a. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-15


Friday, August Is.
Democratic Nominations.
STATE TICKET.
Clerk Supreme Court,
JOHN L. PICKERING.
State Treasurer,
GEORGE w. DUDDLESTON.
superintendent of Public Instruction,
ANSON L. BLISS.
Trustees University of Illinois,
JULIA HOLMES SMITH,
E. S. MAXWELL,
DIR. ]. E. WHITE.
CONGRESSIONAL.
For Representative, Fourteenth Dis
trict,
THOMAS a. MARSHALL.
COUNTY.
For Representative, Thirty-third Dis
trict,
WILLIAM r. MOORE.
For County Judge,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
For County Clerk,
BENJAMIN FOUNTAIN.
For Sheriff,
CORNELIUS DONOVAN.
For Treasurer,
GEORGE w. HENRY.
For Superintendent of Schools,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-15
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily andsWeekly at 1924 Second
Avenue, Rock Island, ILL., tEntered at the
Postonace as Second-class matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-15

By THE j. w. POTTER co.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-10

they enjoy, as we do, that rapture Of dis
agreement which is served I'D by dramatic
critics generally If all international af
fairs could be managed as well as this
there would be little anxiety for diplomat
lists remember that an American
friend of mine who has a turn for DhiIo-
soPhicaI speculation said to me one day
that statesmen of the future-English or
American statesmen-shouId give part Of
their time to training for the dramatic
profession; then, when any diplomatic
breeze sprang up between the two coun-
tries the cabinets on both sides would
cross the ocean and perform a repertory
OF plays ancient and modern I asked him
how the public affairs would be admin
istered in the meantime, and he said. oh
that would be easy enough The lead
ing actors would form government 7
give that as & rather daring example of
the buoyancy which, as I have said, il
seems to be the mission of the actor to
inspire. / do not anticipate that 1t will
lead TO any fundamental change Of our DO
utical system, but we can honestly rejoice
in this interchange Of good feeling which
marks our theatrical aIarums and excur-
sions to and fro across the Atlantic"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-10
ANOLO-AF1ERICAN GOOD FEELING

NR HENRY IRVING was entertained
at dinner given by the Savage
~ Club of London on April 13, upon
his return from the States. In re-
spending to the toast OF his health he
added, after referring to the expressions
OF good will which the Savages had made
very familiar to him this many years,
that he had found similar warmth Of kind
ness in America. Perhaps it was the
happy fortune of the actor to stimulate
that kind OF buoyancy. There is plenty
of scope for it" said Sir Henry, "on both
sides OF the water, for the American actor
is showing a strong disposition to treat
English as the English actor has so long
treated Americans his second home He
did not think that any danger TO the Eng
lish commercial position Iurked in this
reciprocity.
81 have not heard" he continued. "of
any organization OF managers for the pur-
pose OF attracting London playgoers to
certain theaters exclusively by assuring
each Of them a handsome bonus or appIf-
cation at the box Office We have American
plays and American players, and they are
taken quite impaTtialIy by the public, and
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-10

By Representative CHARLES F. JOY of Missouri.

tricity and machinery, which making such rapid
strides daily that it is hard to keep up with them
The people of Missouri glad that postpone
ment has arranged and visitors St. Louis in
1904, when the gates OF the big exposition thrown
open VIII receive of the artistic treats that
it has ever been their lot to behold.
The site selected for the fair is ideal and
the building plans could scarcely be exceIled.
With year of grace the various State Legislatures
viii have had chance to meet and make appropria-
tons for displays which could not have been done had
the original date of opening been adhered to.
Foreign governments that have expressed desire
to make exhibits viii have opportunity to do
themselves and credit. The management of the
fair has recently received assurances that much
larger number than could possibly have been the
with the earlier opening would surely participate.
The plans of the fair more elaborate scale
than those of any ike enterprise that has
held in the United States, and the people of Louis
assisted by those of the State of Missouri and the
country generally, viii leave the pages of history
a fitting memento of the purchase of the Louisiana
territory.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-10
HOW THE SHEARERS WERE SHORN

DO you consider yourself one of the
slickest in the business and can you do
up the rest Of the gang?'
can beat the best Of EN- with
lengths to spare
'T at once closed a deal with him. He
was . travel on our road in various dis
guises and fleece the 1eecers, and he
beat our detectives all hollow. He had
three or four good make-Gps, and he was
an actor in each. Whenever he discovered
a blackleg he went for him with some
sort Of game, and never let up till he had
him dead broke. In four months our line
was referred to by the fraternity as Pow
erty Row, and in six you couldn't get
one OF the sharpers to travel by it for
love or money. When our man was finally
hauled of he came in to see me and I in
quired:
g Well. have you made enough money
out Of it to set up cigar store2'
a cigar store?' ne echoed with a
look OF contempt on his face. Why. I'm
going to Chicago to set up as a banker
and broker, and I thought perhaps YOU
might have $4,000 worth of stock you'd
like to dispose Of for ready cash."
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-10
PENALTY OF BAD FOOD.

A London surgeon, DR.. Hutchinson, has
been making special studies Of the condi-
tons and cause of teprosy in South Africa
So have other surgeons, in c.her countries,
and the result of their Investigations is
said to be that the primary cause of the
disease is in many cases the eating Of
badly cured salt fish. In other cases it is
caused by some other sort Of impure food.
or by food tainted With the virus Of the
disease.
There is perhaps no disease Of which
mankind has in all ages had such q horror
as leprosy; and it is not beyond the bounds
OF possibility that 1t may threaten this
country. though at present our Ieper set
Elements are so limited that the general
public does not know there are any. The
only one of any Importance is in Louisiana
II 1t is true that bad food facilitates the
development Of this horrible disease It is
another very strong argument for strictly
enforced laws against impure food
1t is well to remember, moreover. that
the eating of bad food is always. sooner or
powerful counteracting influence is at
work In rare cases the individual is not
affected by bad sanitary conditions; but it
is not with rare cases tina laws intended
to promote the general welfare should
deal; it is with the majority: and It Is as
sure as anything in this world can be that
bad food causes disease. Some aduItera-
tons clog the veins and impede circuIa-
ton; other weaken specific organs of the
body; others impair the power OF diges-
ton; but none of them is safe or heaIthful.
II Is not safe TO eat white earth in ones
-four. or glucose in ones sweets. or chem
ical preservatiYes in ones meat The re-
sulting disease may not be as reDClsive as
Ieprosy, but it may kill its victim Just as
dead as that will. and it may cause him
almost as much sufferiag.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-10
BY RAIL TO EUROPE.

N. Lobel, a French engineer, has
revived the suggestion. advanced
heretofore from time to time, of an
all-rail route from Europe to Amer
lea by way of Boring Straits. 1t is
a wonderful scheme. Some 7-eople
may call it fantastic. and yet 1t is not
nearly as much so as some other en-
terprises which at the time of their
inception were regarded as original
ing in minds diseased. What is in
voIved IN the realization of the plan
of an all-raiI route from Europe to
America? Let US see
Suppose we take Paris as the start
ing point for our journey. We have
aIl-rail communication across the
European continent; we pierce the
Ural mountains and the iron horse
takes Us on through the Siberian
steppes clear to Vladiyostock on the
shores of the Pacific. Here we are,
considerably south Of Boring
Straits: but what is to hinder the
building of branch road either from
this point northward, or from some
point on the main line of the trans
Siberian road. some hundreds OF
miles farther east. so as to carry US
10 The narrowest part of the Straits
Meanwhile, on the other side of the
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-10
PROFESSOR SWIFT'S. GREAT
DECODTN c a A

HROF. LEWIS SWIFT, the we'll
r known astronomer whose diseov-
l cries number - comets and 1872
new nebulae, a record which in the
point Of number is said TO be surpassed
only By Sir William HerscheI. has Just
turned his eighty-sceond year. Despite
his age, Prof. swift's step is elastic and
his movements agile His mind, more
over, is clear and subtle Ga astronomical
subjects, and it IS more. perhaps. by his
deafness than by anything else that his
age is made evident It IS almost impos-
sible for him to carry on an ordinary con-
versation. and he is obliged to have most
Of the communications 10 him written
down. The best part Of his work was
dene IN Rochester. y. Y.
There are few men whose biographies
would show difficulties so braYely over
come as those which have eReompassed
Prof Swift practically all his life.
Prof Swift had seIf-construeted OBJ
seTyatOTy on the roof OF a cider mill and,
while in imminent perm or sliding on and
running bis anatomy as we'll as his eaicu-
IatIons. he persisted in his chosen work
With such rude instruments as he could
devise ne scanned The heavens. and pres
entity the scientific world was startled
with the news OF his discoveries H h
Warner, the patent medicine man. built
and fitted up a hne observatory for Prof.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-10

tt re people of st. Louis have long realized that
] the time short in which to get up prop
erly exposition that would do credit to the
city and State their action In recommending the
posponement of the opening date of the big fair for
year meets my hearty approval.
With that additional time, those having the expo
stion in charge viii have ample opportunity for
making the Louisiana Purchase celebration such
event that it VIII establish precedent in the way of
great enterprises In saying this do not in the
to beltte reflect the great eXpostions that
have been held at Chicago Buffalo, Atlanta and Char
lesion for that they eminentIy successful and
highly fitting examples of the energy and enterprise
of the people of those sections beyond ques-
ton.
Now, far st. Louis is concerned, the manage
has the advantage of the experience brought to
the officers and managers of the expositions mention
ed What they found to be beneficial be used;
what they found to have been mistake be avoid
ed.
Then. too, St. Louis viii have the advantage of
several years advance in scientific application
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-10

Swift in Rochester. A sixteen-inch tele-
scope was purchased for him in Roches-
ter by popular fund amounting to s13.-
Co.,
Prof. swift's hopes went down with Mr.
Warmers fortune. but he went to CaIifor-
MIA upon invitation of Prof Lowe, and
upon lofty Echo Mountain. in the San Ga
briel range, he was enabled TO establish
a new observatory. where he remained IN
til a year ago, when his second patron
failed in business and he was obliged 10
sell out his instruments and library and
come East.
Many societies Of this country and
abroad have received him rs an honored
member. and he is the recipient of many
medals.
The astronomer speaks of the various
comets that he discovered - my com
cts. apparently regarding them as though
they were his own children. Six of them
were his original discoveries. One Of
them, he says facetiously. he sees but
seldom, as it comes around only onea
every 2S,0e9 years. Then there is an
other that he despairs Of ever seeF3q
again. because it visits the earth but once
in every 123 years He has also witnessed
three total eeliDses of the sun. He star
tied the scientific world only q few years
ago in the observation CT the one which
has come TO be known as the Denver
eclipse
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-10
OLD ENGLAND STILL A
MODEL FOR THE WORLD

ct HE most up-to-date country on
earth" That is how the eiti-
i zens of the United States
proudly describe their native
land. and it is probable that they are not
far wrong, SAYS '-Pearson's Weekly =
Yet Britain has points which even our
progressive cousins have observed with
envy, and one Of them is our excellent
system of free delivery OF letters and
postal packets
In the United States up TO a few years
ago, no town of under 10000 people had
free delivery. Every one who wanted
their letters had to go or send for them.
When the mail came in the postoffices Of
the smaller towns were filed with a
seething mob awaiting their letters, and
the loss Of time was q very serious mat
ter During busy seasons. such as har-
vest, farmers often went without their
letters for weeks.
DESTROYS Of changing this state OF az
fairs. the United States postal authori-
ties sent over in 1898 a delegate, Mr.
Conquest Clarke, to obtain fun particu-
lars as to how our system worked The
result of this visit was that the United
States has instituted a system of travel
ing postofices. A postman in a mail van
attends at certain spots at stated times,
ard distributes and receives letters. He
also sells stamps and postal orders. So
popular has the system proved Itself that
the annual grant for the purpose has
risen from SO, eco to sTe, 600. Last year
Mr. Clarke again visited Us to obtain fur
Their particulars of rural free delivery.
Neither is Germany, our too successful
rival IN many matters. above taking a
hint from Us. Herr Behrens, director
of the prominent German mining officials,
came over here last summer and toured
the coal fields of England and Wales
Their special OBJECT was to learn how cur
mine managers guard against those dis
astrous falls OF coal and stones which
cost so many lives underground
The visitors took home bundles of draw
ings and photographs OF the various props
and pillars employed in our mines. and
and similar subjects.
Our war Office might notice with profit
the keenness of the German military au-
thorities to learn anything they think we
can teach them All Europe acknowI-
edges that the way in which we shipped
our South African army across 5000 miles
Of ocean was beyond praise. Germany
asked permission to see how we did it
and put the theory into practice during
her army maneuvers last summer. Trans
ports we're chartered. troops and stores
embarked. and experiments carried out IN
landing troops on the coast of Pomerania.
The recent visit of eleven sturdy Berlin
footbaliers to our shores is another proof
of Germany's willingness to learn what
we can teach her These men were
trained by British professional, and
though they have not had the advantage
Of playing, like their British opponents.
from earliest youth. they showed plainly
that they had profited by the instruction
they had received from their British
teachers German foo:baliers have
adopted all our British football terms,
with one exception. They call their for
wards "stumer, mich. literally trans
lated. means ''assaileF.''
IN this matter OF sport language We are
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-10
BEAUTIFUL
GARDEN SPOT OF PALESTINE
By WILLIAM E. CURTIS, in the 4ehicago ReoordHerad.s

Galilee is the garden Of Palestine and
has the most prosperous looking farms and
the most contented and comfortable peo-
PIE Even the name has musical and
merry sound Everything grows here from
the wheat of the Caspian Sea to the
Egyptian pai.- When the hills of Judea
are rock and bare, when the meadows OF
Samaria are burnt brown, and the valleys
Of Sharon are parched with drought, the
ICwlaDds of GaIiIee are bright with flowers
and growing crops Every hill in GaliIee,
every bit OF bottom land, is wheat field;
the mud walls are covered with myrtle
and the air is scented with the perfume
Of the orange flower and the syringa-
GaIiiee measures fifty miles north and
south and between thirty and thirty-five
miles east and west It consists OF three
series Of pIateaus or zones, rising one
above another toward Lebanon, and cuI-
minating in the snowy peak OF Hermon-
David sang in the Psalms of the noun
tains of Zion" IN summer hot harvesters
lift their perspiring faces toward the
snow on Hermon's summit and feel the
cool breezes that they call its gift
The country has always been famed for
its fertility, its rich pastures and luxuriant
orchards and vineyards. That part Of it
west of the Sea of GaIilee is the most
beautiful and in the Roman period was
densely peopIed- Galilee owes her SUI
perior fruitfu1ness ever Judea and samaria
to Mount Hermon- There is no greater
rainfall here than in those provinces, but
the melting SHOWS upon Hermon always
keep the irrigating bitches filed and serve
as a permanent and unfaiIing reservoir
from which the water is dispensed with
regularity and generosity. For this rea-
son the fields of Galilee are always green.
while the neighboring country is a desert
except in the rainy season, which lasts
only five months