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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-27
River BnIIetIn.
River RipIets.

River Riplets. '
The Dubuque and Winona were
down and the F. Weyerhaeuser and
II. {. Brockman passed up. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-27
SOCIAL DOINGS.

Miss Fay Warren, gave an informal
luncheon in honor of her guests, the
Misses Penquite, Lacey and Greer, at
Black Hawk Inn today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-27

The dancing party of the Emanon
club, which was held at Black Hawk
Inn last evening, was attended by
about - couples. many college stu
dents home for their vacation being
among the number. Ogden's orehes-
ira furnished the music and Il de-
hghtful time was had.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-27

Miss Gertrude Harms, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. III. Harms, who are
soon to leave Rock Island to take up
residence i'm Florida, was the guest
of honor al n surprise party given
at the home of Miss Anna Roggen-
kamp. SIS Fourteenth and-a-half
street, yesterday afternoon. Several
hours were pleasantly whiled away in
games and music. Miss Harms was
presented a handsome locllet. The
following were present: Ethel
Hume, Clara Kramer, Ruth Gavin,
Ethel Robinson. Freda Kramer. Edna
Williamson. Myrtle Woods. Bernice
Woods. Marie Theus, Marie Cline.
Irene Lewis, Lazilla Motz, Gladys
Wright. Erna Lundeen.
The Y. u. :. {. +. social al the
Memorial Christian church parlors
last evening was a big success, and
those who attended had Il very en-
ioyable time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-27
AS IN DAYS OF OLD
Admiral KiIleen Comes Into Port
Aboard Flagship
Quincy.
PUTS OFF FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS
Dubuque First to Stop Under the
New Orders of Conn
pany.

1t seemed like old times when the
Diamond 10 flagship Quincy, with
Admiral John Killeen on deck, put
her nose into the. Rock Island harbor
during the noon hour today and UNI
loaded passengers and freight. the
latter being deposited ON the levee at
the foot of Seventeenth street. an ar
rangement that will be followed for
the present at least.
A number of people were down ON
shore TO extend welcome just to
show there were no hard feelings ON
the part of Rock Island, even if the
10 folks had seen fit to pass us up
the past few years.
Killeen had the same old agreeable
smile and pleasant word for the
city and those who went on deck to
extend the glad hand.
Pleased to- Return.
'.'rhe Diamond 10 company is pleas
ed to return TO the relations il en-
ioyed so long with Rock Island" said
the ships commander. Lets bury
the az. if there ever was one, and get
along the way we should. All our
boats will land here regularly from
now on. We have not thought of
warehouse plans as yet. but. if the
city treats us fairly. we will do what
is right
The Dubuque. southbound, was the
first of the Diamond 10 boats To land,
coming in early this morning To take
on passengers. She was summoned
from Davenport. where her com
,,,,,,l.,. ,,-,. infnrmed nF tho npXV mr.
der To restore Rock Island to the
running card.
Capt. George Lamont came up from
the south on the Quincy. lie stated
there was no immediate prospect of
the Cowles entering the packet trade
between here and Clinton. For the
present she would devote herself to
the excursion business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-27
Mercury and Potash
ONLY SERVE AS A MASK FOR
CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON

They hide its repulsive FORM and this serpent disease
stupehed by these drugs, lies dormant until the
have worn off treatment is discontinued, when it
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17
A Prohibition story.

A girl in Maine. who is a church
member, recently off1ciated at the cere-
nony of naming her uncle's yacht and
being an ardent Prohibitionist, used a
bottle of water instead of bottle of
wine. Curiously enough, however, the
church of which she was member
took the view that the bottle of wine
she didn't use probably made some
weak young man drunk, whereas ii
would have harmed nobody had she
used il in the ceremony. Therefore II
voted to censure her for putting temp
tation in the path of a young man. A
delightful touch to this story, which IS
H. "a s JOKE, though it reads ike
one, is that the young woman success
Iully appealed from the action of the
church On two grounds-fTst, because
out of the millions of bottles of wine
li- t--- WCrld the church had failed TO
designate the particular bottle which
she might have used. and, even If 1t
did so, she would theTeupOn decide that
she would have used some other bottle;
and. second. the church had not proved
either that the wine was drunk by a
young man or that a young man was
drunk by the wine. In rebuttal she
asserted that the wine was actually
consumed by an old man, who, being
a seasoned Prohioitionist, was there
fore able to stand it; and she challeng-
ed the church council to disprove her
assertion.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17
BRIGHT BITS,


-Ine Old Lady lin railway car
riage) l object to smoking!
The Navy: Quite right, mum. rs
a bad habit for ladies O. your time a.
life.-Life. '-''ie
Fair Observation-Disclosures: How is
this? You have charged me twice The
usual price for shaving.
Barber: My razor was dull and IL
took me twice as long-New York
DR.. Joanes: 1 say, waiter, 1 believe
you've got palpitation of the heart.
haven't you?
Waiter; Yessir; and they're uncom-
mon nice to-day, sir. Will you try
some, sir ?-Chicago News.
The Peverse Fowl
Mary had a little hen.
That caused her many a tear.
1t used to lay when eggs were cheap
And quit when they were dear.
Washington Star.
Mrs. Lawnville: Which would YOU
rather do to-day, go to school or help
me in the garden?
Little Boy: I'd rather go to school.
Would you? Why?"
cause teachers ill, an there amt
going to be any.'-Tit- Bits.
-Insperarable.-"Now then, Willie, -
said Uncle John. aren't you tired look
ing at the Monkeys"
"All right" reluctantly replied the
boy who was on his first visit to the
Zoo. Nov, let's go to the place where
the organ grinders cage is."-Philadel-
phia Press.
As the Prince Passed By.-"Don't
crowd So" exclaimed several voices at
once. You are crushing the life out
of this little fellow"
Worse than that" gasped the I'M
dersized man in the center of the
throng. They are crushing a lot Of
15-cent cigars in my vest pocket!"-
Chicago Tribune
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17
A POSTAL CURRENCY.

Inc need for cheap, convenient and
reliable means of transmitting small
sums of money through the mails is
Ieit every day by great number of
business men and others. Persons uv-
ing in the country districts probably
are more Inconvenience by the lack
OF such means than those living in
the cities. Only about one-haIf of the
country postoffices are money-order of
noes, and often the procuring of a
money order involves loss of time Of
greater value than the order itself.
Enclosing postage stamps in a letter
Is not satisfactory way of transmit
ting small sums. The stamps. are ant
to become glued together, causing
annoyance and possible loss to the
recipient. Sending coins or small bills
through the mail involves either risks
that the average person does not care
to take or a registry fee that does not
insure the sender against loss. That
the postal money order does not meet
the requirements of transmitting
money through the mails is evidenced
by the fact that only about one-fifth
OF the letters containing remittances
OF small sums received by business
houses enclose postal money orders;
the great majority of them contain
stamps, loose money or some other rep
resentative Of money than postal or
uers.
a new scheme to meet the long felt
want" is embodied in a bin pending in
Congress. The bill provides for a
post check currency" in bills of 81,
81 and So, besides fractional currency.
On the face of the bills are to be left
blank spaces to be filled in with the
name of the payee, his city and state.
Before the filling-in the bills are to
pass as currency from hand to hand:
but when a bill has been filled in with
the name and address of the payee and
Endorsed on the back by the sender
the bill Immediately ceases to be mon
ey and becomes a check on the United
States government, payable at the
postottice of the payee. When the payee
receive this check he indorses il and
gets his cash. The check is then sent
by the postoffice paying it to WASH
iuSl Oil, WHSIe IL IS cancelled and a
new blank post check currency" bill
is issued in it's place. 1t is claimed
that under this system a man in the
country who wanted to make a small
remittance would have only to open
his pocket book take out a bill of
the required denomination, write the
name and address of the person to
whom it was to be sent in the blanks.
attach a 2-cent stamp (the govern
ment's fee), and he would have a
check similar in all respects to those
issued by the banks. Whether this
plan would accomplish all claimed for
it may be an open question. The in
PRODUCTION of the BILL however, will
cause the discussion of the want and
how to fill it, and may lead to a So
luton of the problem of making small
remittances by mail more convenient
than they now are.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17

The Cosmopolitan in a recent issue
has an article on the possibilities OF
/ cassava that is well calculated Il
make everyone wonder why the far
mers Of this section Of the country
have not paid more attention TO the
! wonderful plant. II is true that the
/ csssava industry has lately been
started in a comparatively small way
in Florida. but it is still very small
when one considers how great it might
be made within a short time. Cassava
IS long-season plant, requiring seven
months 10 come to maturity. There
is a large scope OF territory in Geor-
gia, Alabama. South Carolina and
Florida in which there are seven
months between frosts. In probably
all Of this territory. and certainly in
a very considerable part Of it, cas-
savs could be raised.
The plant is the greatest starch pro-
Queer known. At maturity the roots
are from one TO three feet long and
one to three inches in diameter, and
contain above 20 per cent. of starch.
\ fair yield is eight tons of roots 10
the acre. The roots resemble the sweet
potato in substance. except that they
are harder and drier. AS an article of
food for cattle the cassava is said to
be very much better than corn. 1t is
eaten greedily by sheep. cattle and
hogs The roots may be left in the
ground all winter and harvested as
wanted.
As a food for cattle, it has been
shown by experiments that cassava
Will produce beef ready for market at
about one and one-tenth cents per
pound, and pork for about one cent
per pound. That is considerably less
than either pork or beef can be
brought to the block for on corn.
wheat or any other grain. This virtue
Of cassava ought TO open the wav for
a large and foErishing beef, pork and
mutton business in this section. The
pine lands. with their light soil. are
said to be especially adapted to cas-
sava growing. There are hundreds of
thousands of acres of such lands
crop. IT, by planting such lands in cas-
sava, they could be made to produce
beef and pork at the figures named
above, would there not be large profits
in so planting them?
Cassava starch, costing four and a
half cents pound, is said to exceed
as laundry adjunct the wheat starch
costing six cents a pound in the ratio
Of six to enc; that is, the cassava
starch will do six times the work of
the other That is sufficient TO give an
idea of the possibilities of the cassava
starch business. There are now two
starch factories in Florida. There
ought to be a hundred in Florida and
south Georgia, making starch for the
world. Tapioca and other food pro-
ducts are made from the cassaya. In
short it is a mine Of wealth only
waiting to be exploited by those who
are progressive enough to take ad-
vantage of good thing notwithstand-
ing its newness.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17
Personal.

Col. Jere Baxter, president of the
Tennessee Central Railroad. is try
ing to carry out the plan of a repro
tel, in sawed block coal at the st.
Louis Fair.
Mrs. Alice Meyenell, the famous
English poet and essayist, who was
declared by Coventry Patmore. before
his death, to be the greatest woman
poet since Soppho. is being entertain
ed in Chicago.
Prof. Pickering, of Harvard, who
has been appointed chairman of the
section in astronomy and astrophysics
of the Carnegie Institution, Washing
ton, completed last month a quarter
OF century as director of the OBJ
serYatory at Harvard.
Rev. DR.. J. w. Harmon. tie
Methodist minister who offered the
prayer before the Mississippi Legisla-
lure at its session in Macon during the
war which caused it to rescind its
act placing ali ministers Of the gospel
IN the regular army, has just died.
John f Walsh, the Colorado mill
ionaire, VINO is buying much property
IN Washington, had his eye on the
FOUNDRY Methodist Church building
and dropped into the church one night
while an ice cream social was in pro
gress He astonished the young indies
by the prodigality of his expenditures.
Elnally the pastor came around. Mr.
walsh introduced himself I'm having
good time, he said. Il like to buv
things. Have you anything else for
sac Nothing except the church
right" replied Walsh, "iu take tbat
too And he did, paying s2O1, 900 there
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17
lNBE1 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings - Palestine Commandery,
Nor Z. X. T.; Hibernian Society.
Special Notices-Andrew Hanley
Company; Fine Residence for Sale or
Rent, T. P. Bond.
Business Notices-Dr. c. Bouvier's
Busha Gin; E. & w. Laundry.
Pfoposals-For Fuel, Governors ISL
and New York
Most Perfect Resort in the South
Pinehurst. North Carolina.
ADJUSTMENTS - Spooner Dramatic
Company
Beer-Pabst Beer.
Matches altham Watches.
Pearline-John Pyle & Son.
Medical-Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets;
Castoria; DR.. Hathaway Company;
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters; Wrights
Indian Vegetable Pills.
Cheap Column Advertisements-He
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17
made All Men Alike"

A correspondent of Mainly About
People" writes: Your good story of
w. 5. Gilbert \reminds me of a better
ore that poor Corney Grain used to
tell of the Bah Balladist Mr. Gilbert
was on visit to a friend. On the
morning aft his arrival he was chat
ting with mis- host before breakfast
when he became suddenly aware that
family prayers" were about to be
read. The household filed in, and the
distinguished guest knelt down on the
spot where he happened to be stand
ing. Looking up he caught his hosts
eye fixed ON him with a warning
glance, which he, however, failed to
read Alright The service began: AL
mighty Father, who hast made all
men alike (mOre Geographic glances),
rich and poor, gentle and simple'-then
unable to contain himself any longer,
the host called out: Gilbert, you are
kneeling among the servants!
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17

William ]. Bryan found time to tell
a story or two while he was at
luncheon in the House restaurant at
the Capitol to-day, says the Washing
ton Correspondence of the Philadelphia
North American.
"A While ago" he said, II went with
a party of friends to visit the Nebras-
ka State Asylum for the Insane. l be-
came separated from my party and
wandered through some of the rooms
alone.
An inmate approached me. and
seeking to be friendly, said What
are you in here for?' Because l be-
heVe in the free and unlimited coinage
OF silver at the ratio of 16 to L. 1 re-
Piled thinking to be facetious, Huh,
said the inmate, moving off in disgust,
You amt crazy, you're just plain,
dunn fool "
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17

Chicago Record Herald
WISH some day, when she's type
Writin' and
I've took note out for the boss
somewhere,
Teyd be some outlaws sneak in here
and scare
That long legged clerk to death and
then the band
Would steal her, and nobody else was
there,
To try 10 save her, and they'd run
away
To where they had their caves and
keep her there,
And asst more for her than her folks
could pay.
Then I would get a gun and Bowie
knife
And take the name of Bucksin Bob
or Joe,
And track them to their den, and
then I'd go
A-eal whcopin' in, and save her
life.
And she would say: my hero's came
at last"
And we'd stand there and hold each
other fast.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17
Good reason for keeping a Dog.

4 prominent dog fancier and wealthy
man of Philadelphia stepped into
grocery the other night and accident
ally stumbled over a fat old German
who was Sitting in corner smoking
his pipe, says the Philadelphia Press
Under his chair was the most re-
markable specimen OF q dog that the
gentleman had ever seen. It had the
appearance CT a pug, with rough red
hair and a long tail. 1t was impossi-
BILE to resist laughing at the placid old
man and his nondescript dog.
What kind OF dog is that?" asked
the gentleman.
Il don't know" replied the German.
Il suppose you use him for hunt
ing?"
No
"Es he good for anything"
No
Then why do you value him so?"
Because he likes me-" said the old
fellow, still putting at his pipe"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17

According to the New York Sun, Gen.
Thomas T. Eckert, who the other day
retired from the presidency of the
Western Union Telegraph Company
and was made the chairman of the
executive committee of the company.
had a somewhat dramatic incident in
the earlier days of his career. In 1859
when gold was discovered in South
Carolina he left the service of the
Western Union to go into mining in
that state. He did not find the fortune
he expected. and drdfted over into
North Carolina, where he was when the
Civil War broke out. According to
the story. he was accused of treason in
North Carolina and was condemned to
death, lbut got the court to accept $500
bail for his appearance on the day
that he was to be hanged. When the
day came around, Mr.. Eckert had
reached the conclusion that his neck
was worth more than 5000, so he failed
to put in an appearance. And that is
how he was. preserved to organize the
great telegraph system, instead of or
namentiHlg a bit of hemp.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Washington Post Qnd) says:
Now we observe in our out-of-town
exchanges a disposition to overwork
the Interrogation point by those inno-
cent people who want to know why
admirals and commodores are neces-
sary when our most important battles
can be won so easily by fleet cap
tains.''
The Louisville Courier-Journal
(Dem.) says: "As we expected, the
Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs
decides that the President and Senate
may make a commercial treaty with
out consulting the House. This is
equivalent to decision that the Fed
eral Constitution is still in force in
the states, whatever may be the status
of the territories and colonies"
The New York Evening Post Qnd.)
says: LAS the tendency toward dead
locks has grown steadily of late years,
and as there seems no prospect that
1t will disappear the practical Amer
lean people are steadily becoming con-
verted to the idea that the only way
to escape the evil is to remove its
cause by having senators elected at
the polls. Theoretical objections and
threatened evils will not avail to ar
rest the present movement toward a
change in the method of choice
The Philadelphia Record (Oem.)
says. I'm his recent Eastern tour the
Hon. William j. Bryan has been in
teprogated by inquisitive interviewers
as to the merits of Democrats who
have been mentioned in connection
with the presidency. With the best
disposition in the world he found some
objection to every one OF them. Haz-
lit mentions bell ringer in Norwich
who afforded some amusement to the
boys of the town. When they asked
him: William. who is the best bell
ringer in Norwich: he dismissed each
of his rivals in turn. leaving none to
dispute his own supremacy. William J.
Bryan is the bell ringer OF the DEM
ocr8tic party
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17

Some time ago the Secretary of the
Treasury ruled that after five years
residence abroad an American citizen
could no longer term his foreign home
a temporary residence, and therefore
must be treated by the customs off,
GERS precisely as if he were a citizen
of a foreign country. Judge Cox of the
United States Circuit Court in New
York has overruled that ruling of the
Treasury Department, holding that the
Secretary of the Treasury has no au-
thority vested in him to make such an
arbitrary ruling and limitation on a
mans residence abroad. An American
artist living in France for five years
had sent some Of his pictures to this
country. The Custom House refused
to pass them as the works of an Amer
lean artist. and collected duty. The
duty win now be refunded.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17

The negroes of the Danish West In
dies are said to be much excited with
respect 10 the purchase of the islands
by the United States. looking on the
transfer as meaning that all of them
are to become voters and Office hold
ers. 1t seems that under Danish rule
the blacks of the islands have had no
voice in the government. and that now
they imagine that they are to be prac-
ticaliy the whole thing" since they
largely outnumber the whites. There
is disappointment ahead for those ne
groes. just as there was for the blacks
Of the Southern states. who imagined
that they were going to own the land
after 1865
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17

Fred Funston was warned by the
newspapers to keep his mouth shut if
he hoped to remain a hero; that the
boyle man at Washington would get
him is he didn't watch out. And yet
at Chicago the other day Funston
opened his mouth and shouted "Hurrah
for waIler!" Waller, is the gallant ma
rine officer, of the line, who has the
temerity to aspire to brigadier gener-
alship while an officer of the staff
wants the place, and who is to be
tried by courtmartial for shooting ras-
cally Filipinos who stole the food of his
starving men. The echo of that "hur-
ra.h" reached Washington, and there is
some talk of taking Funston to task for
it. A reporter told him what was be-
ing said at the capital. Let them say
what they please" replied Funston, Il
was correctly reported. and 1 stand by
every word 1 said" Funston says the
courtmartial is all right. but he re-
CARDS It as merely a formality to exon
crate Waller. However. all military in
quiries do not turn out as the people
think they should