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Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-17

Why is one small jerkwater railroad al
lowed to tax the whole world that Jour
neys to the tomb OF Washington, and TO
make Of hat sacred spot a commercial
asset? This is a question which has doubt
less occurred to some millions OF tourists,
foreign and domestic. who com TO Wash
ington and religiously visit the home and
grave OF the father OF his country. Tho
question is like those riddles in Alice In
Wonderland" II has no answer. For a
little journey OF seven miles from the
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-17

Chicago Post; "Give me- he said, "a
Never heard Of it, returned the bar
tender.
How %benighted!" commented the thirsty
one. "a cube of ice. a little Scotch and
fill Il up with seltzery'
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-17

Ohio State journal: Lady-Thero ia
water in the milk you bring. me, sir!
M~ilkman-Can't help IT, ma'am; my cows
will stand in tn crick this hot weather
all 1 kin do.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-17

Philadelphia Press: "If ] were not IN
Englishman,' said the pompous Briton.
patronizingly, II should wish to be a
Boer."
Indeed" replied the belligerent Boer,
'and l, II l were not a Boer would wish I
was one
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-17
LAUGHING A

Washington Star: "a boss hab a heap
o sense" said Uncle Eben. EFF a lot o.
human bein's went runnin' aroun' a track
race"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-17

Philadelphia Record: Sharpe-I wonder
II beef VIII ever be reduced.
Whealton-It is reduced now in some
places.
Sharpe-What places2
MISUNDERSTANDING houses. I only get
half as much as formerly.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-17

Judge: ct don't like the man"
"Why notT'
81 hadn't been talking to him Ave min
utes before he said l was an idiot"
why the delay?"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-17

Washington Stars 81 suppose your polit-
ical career has taught you to value the
fruits of wisdom3"
yes" answered Senator Sorghum, "es-
pecially when they lake the form OF pohtl"
cal plums."
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-08-29

industries and business, have
brought with them numberIess
new words that were unknown a
few years ago. The person who
holds himself aloof from the com
mon speech of his time would in
this progressive age soon find that
he was so crippled in his vocabu-
larry as to be unable to compre-
bend the speech of his fellows.
So common a word as voltage"
for instance, would leave him be-
wildered, and hundred other
words due to the modern utiliza-
ton of electricity would possess
no meaning for him.
So, too, with the slang phrases
toward which the purist assumes
SO scornful an attitude. They must
be kept up with to-day if we would
know the accepted and duly au-
thorized English tongue of to-mor-
row. A child prevented from
growing up in contact with the
growth of his native tongue would
inevitably be outgrown by that
tongue and consequently handi-
capped for vigorous and vital ex-
preston. The wiser way by far
is to permit an intimate compan-
ship with current words, the prop
er time for selection and elimina-
ton arriving when maturerintelIi-
gence is possessed by the student,
whose equipment will then be gen.
erous and whoIesomely animate
St. Louis Republic.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-08-29
The Growth of a Vital Language.

DoetoG G. Stanley HALLS conten-
tiep,. IN recent address to the
students of the University of Chi
cago, that children should be per-
mitted to use slang until they
reach an age when they may intel
IigentIy appreciate a Study of the
more delicate discrimtha%thps OF
NGeir native tongue, is notst \any
means unwise rperilous. -
The English language, to =
greater extent than any other, per-
hqps, is a vital and growing Ian
ouage. New words, sanctioned
by usage which is first justified by
their expressiveness and conse-
quent true value, are every year
being added to the English vocab
ulary. In the majority of instan-
ceS, these words are at hrSt slang
words. The academicians pro
test against and condemn them,
but it is not these protests which
decide their fate. If they die, it is
merely because they deserved to
die as not frightening the express
siveness of our tongue.
Another ample source of the
coinage of new words in these
days is found in the developmenSt
of the indu ,trial world. DiscoN
cries in science and mechanical in
vention, causing the birth of new
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-08-29
Tough on Bachelors,

Bachelors are moral degenerates.
From them emanate most of the
sin and shame OF the world. They
are lacking in mental and physical
poise,
The life of no individual is COM
plete unless he or she have life
companion of the opposite SEX"
Here in a nutshell is the condem-
nation pronounced upon the un-
married individual by Doctor E.
Benjamin Andrews, Chancellor of
the University Of Nebraska, in a
lecture before the students and
friends of the University of Chicago.
Bachelor men in the audience
listened and looked foolish, Bach
elor girls gasped in embarrassment.
The married folk present smiled
approval while the brand of the
erudite doctor was being applied.
"Providence intended that men
and women should marry" contin-.
ued the speaker. ~The world was
made for the family and not for the
individual. The unmarried individ-
ual of manageable age has no
place IN society or in the scheme of
the universe. Individuals who do
not form legal ties with the oppo-
site sex will form illegal ones. The
world does not want that kind of
ties. Marriage is good thing.
The great men and women of the
world-the ones whose lives were
symmetrical and whose works were
J. Nst for posterity-have been mar
,iohd"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-08-29

bination is the keynote of his idea.
He declares that the idea of com
bination will progress, growing
wider and greater all the time.
The steamship trust he used as an
illustration, saying the present
plan wos only the beginning of an
ultimately vast combination of
shipping interests. His idea is SO
great that it completely enthralled
me, and | asked permission to visit
him at his office and hear him more
fully develop his idea for me.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-08-29

Republican assertions to the eff
feet that the Democratic party is
now without an issue on which to
appeal to American voters come
from a panic stricken desire to
dodge the great issue of trust reg
ulation. Republican promises to
revise the tariff, as part of that
regulation, will be nothing more
or less than treacherous attempt
to remove this issue under false
pretenses. The Republican party
will never be the party of tariff
reform, and the American people
now demand tariff reform. The
monopoly trusts, which absolutely
own and control the Republican
party, sternly forbid a revision of
the tariff, we'll knowing that their
monopolies depend upon the main
tenace of high protective duties.
No matter what pledges the Re-
publican party may give to Ameri-
can voters, the trusts will be obey
ed by this party in the end. The
issue upon which American De
mocracy goes before the American
people is the issue of tariff re-
vision-St. Louis Republic.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-08-29
BACK TO TENNESSEE
After Thirty One Years of Rambling
Wilson Rodes Returns.

After Thirty-One Years of Rambling
Wilson Rodes Returns.
At an early hour one morning a
few weeks ago a covered wagon
with two mustang ponies attached,
drove up in front of a grocery
store on Lincoln street. On the
wagon cover in big letters was the
inscription: "Going back; been
gone thirty-one years" In the
wagon was a solitary woman; the
owner of the outfit was in the store
making some purchases. There
was an air about the outfit which
suggested something out of the
usual order and upon inquiry the
following facts were obtained:
Harmon Rodes owned a good
farm on Obed's River. In 1871 he
died, leaving one son, Wilson
Rodes, who inherited the estate.
Wills Authorization of WILSON, had
at that time three daughters and
one son. He leased the farm for
five years and started to Texas, but
landed in Arkansas, where he ran
a grocery business five years.
Not being satisfied with the coun-
try he moved to Bell County, Tex
as, where he farmed for six years.
Here one of the girls ran away and
married. Being displeased with
the marriage Rodes pulled up
stakes and journeyed across the
plains to New Mexico, locating at
Mesiere, where he engaged in the
livery stable business. He had
been at his New Mexico home
three years when Patsy, his favor
tie child, concluded to marry, and
ran away going to California.
This last marriage caused Rodes
to break up and go to the plains
of Kansas, locating near the town
of Parsons. Here he farmed it
very successfully for twelve years,
when the son, Harrison, died.
Wills Rodes stated that although
he loved his Kansas home, after
the death of his son he could not
bear the place, SO once more he
started out in the world. This
time he landed in Lee County, Ar
kansas, where he lived, running
farm, until last April, when the
only remaining daughter ran away
and married.
Rodes has travelled thousands of
miles through the country by wag-
on roads, never using the railroad
in all his journeying. All this
time he has retained the title to the
homestead that he inherited from
his father.
Mrs. Rodes looks to be not more
than 80, although she confesses to
SO. She says that she longs to be
at the cold home" on Obed's Riv-
er, where she hopes to live and die.
At this point Wills Rodes came up
with lot of supplies. He was
very pleasant, but brusque and all
business. He appeared to be so
years old. Throwing his Struck"
into the wagon, he jumped on the
seat and once more took up the
line of march for Obed's River.
"Going back; been gone thirty
one years.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-08-29
WISHES TO GOD
THE BOERS HAD WON
David B. Hill, of New York, so De.
clares Himself.

ADDRESS AT A COUNTY PICNIC.
Former Governor David B. Hill,
in a speech last week to 5000 per-
sons at an Orleans County picnic
IN New York state, is quoted with
this expression:
81 wish to God that the Dutch
farmers had won."
The speech was a general one,
Mr.. Hill saying he thought it poor
taste to inject politics at such a
time. Addressing himself to farm
ers, he referred to their courage
and sturdy independence in admir-
ing terms, and said the Boer farm
ers had invoked the admiration
of the world.
The speaker thought that farm
ers as a rule tried to work toOmuch
land, and told of man who gave
three daughters $50 of his 200
acres, and then did as we'll with
the remaining fifty by improved
culture.
He made a distinction between q
farmer and an agriculturist, say
ing the former worked a farm for
income, while the agricuIturist
spent his income to work his farm.
IL am an agriculturist," he said.
Continuing, Mr.. Hill declared
himself In favor of holidays, espe-
ciall y when farmers put aside toll
and come together for recreation.
He said he found nothing in the
Bible in regard to accumulation of
corporate wealth, and believed that
the only right means Of accumula-
rion was by personal endeavor,
Posterity owed much to the la
borers who have been leaders OF
all walks and conditions of life, he
said. IN
He was not in 'wpathy with
the demand for che u things, and
nothing should b =" b cheap as to
deny proper rem Il tpepn to the
labor which prodk n' He re
spected public opjR Twhcn it was
right, but held it pntempt when
wrong. Women. said, can do
some things be- Il { than men,
which he regarded a great ad-
mission for an oldbhchelor.
Speaking to yonngsmmen he de
clared that three 4osN valuable
traits were SINCERITY, ,gnkness
and prudence. ~
"bo not ref >sscsss on in
huence, but rey" On y9lrself and
your own ability and go it alone"
was the speakers advice. Gin
stead of looking to the state for
everything, every man must real
ize that he is the architect of his
own fortune"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-08-29
RUSSELL SAGE'S
NOTE OF WARNING
Against the Organization of Comb
nations or Trusts.
TAKES ISSUE WITH MORGAN

naC1onS or trusts.
TAKES ISSUE WITH MORGAN.
Russell Sage, perhaps the great
est individual capitalist in the coun-
try, his wealth being estimated at
$500, 900, 900, in a statement last
week takes direct issue with j.
Pierpont Morgan regarding gigan-
tic binations and the CONSOLE
dation of great industries.
To Mr.. q. A. Parkins, a fellow
passenger on the Oceanic, Mr.
Morgan said during mis- trip from
Europe that the era Of combina-
ton has just begun, and that he
has other vaster schemes which are
to dwarf the billion dollar Steel
Trust and the shipping combine.
1t is this announcement by Mr..
Morgan that leads Russell Sage to
sound a note of warning. The vet
eran fnancier declares that such
giant combinations are a menace:
that they will inevitably result in
one Of the greatest financial panics
this country has ever experienced,
and that ultimately the American
people will no longer tolerate
them.
combinations of all great in
dustries are a menace to the
Government" declares Mr.. Sage.
"Such combinations are not only
q menace, but are the oppressors
of the people.
FINANCIAL RUIN.
"Should an era of combination
ensue, the American people will
certainly revolt against them and,
if they do, there will be financial
ruin such as people have never
dreamed of in the history Of the
world.
''There are certain times when
combinations are useful and bene
fetal, When several industries
are beginning business, it is well
for the individuals to combine for
mutual protection until the bust
ness is gotten on its feet. When
the business is once firmly estab-
lished, the combination should be
disrupted and conducted along in
dividual lines. The embarrassment
of one individual would not mean
the wrecking of the industry.
ut is better to have such indus
tries divided among several indi-
viduals than combined into one
great corporation, the embarass
ment of which would mean the
ruin of all.
Industries conducted along in
dividual lines have many safe
guards. Instead of but one source,
each individual has several sepa-
rate and distinct from the others to
apply to for aid during any great
trouble.
AMERICAN PEOPLE SURE TO REVOLT
AGAINST THEM.
eff combination is continued
after the industry is well establish
ed, it becomes a monopoly and a
menace to it's own commercial life,
as we'll as to the Government.
"The American people will most
certainly revolt at no very distant
time against the enormous combin-
ations of the various industries.
If continued, the combinations will
some day result in financial ruin,
not only to those interested, but to
the country.
"The success attending the com
bination of some industries has led
to the belief that the same success
will mark the organization of other
great combinations. This will not
prove true, and before many years
every one will realize it."
Mr.. Parkin. who is president of
the Toronto University, was as
founded by the vastness of Mr..
Morgan's economic plans, as re
voolnd hv him on tho trim Ha
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-08-29

The President is reported to
have arranged his share of the
coming campaign to his entire sat
isfaction. He will go before the
people and advocate Cuban reel
procity. Secretary Shaw has
been detailed to cover the tariff
issue, Secretary Root will be sent
out to defend the army and the
Philippine policy and Attorney
General Knox is expected to sat
isfy the inquiring voter on the
trust question. If the President is
successful in carrying out this pro-
gram it will be vertically a strenu-
Gus campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-17
Thing. He Didn't Understand.

At the table on an incoming liner on
a recent trip one Of the first cabin pas
sengers found in an oyster one of the
tiny seed pearls which look almost
exactly like bird shot. Apparently the
formation of pearls was Il mystery to
him, for he examined the thing curious
ly, picked it up glngerly and laid it on
the tablecloth for further investiga-
ton.
Now. it is habit OF cooks at sea to
carry fishhooks i'm their pockets. and
on this trip. 10y u curious coincidence.
part OF II small hook got caught in u
piece of beefsteak that was served to
this particular passenger. AS soon as
his knife encountered the hard object
he started. picked it out carefully and
laid ii beside his other find on the
cloth.
Then he beckoned to the waiter and
cOniidentially whispered in his ear
81 don't want to be impertinent." lie
said. but would you mind telling me
where you shoot your oysters and why
you catch your steaks with n hook and
ineF''-New York Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-17
MEETING OF THE DEMO
CRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEE.

course had always been deemed sui
ciday for many reasons. Members
from out of town charged Rock Is
land with selfishness in demanding
a sacrifice of the chances of county
candidates for the sake of the city
candidates. Others declared that the
success of the democrats i'm the past
has not come through either early or
late conventions but through put
ting up for the offices To be filled bet
teri men than the republicans offered.
After j. i. Stauduhar had offered
a motion making the date of the con
vention March 30, speakers in favor
of a late convention declared that
this would result in disaster To the
city ticket on account of the disap-
pointments that were bound to re-
suit in that meeting. George T.. Nor
gan suggested as a substitute April =.
Several other substitutes were offer
ed for Mr.. Stauiuhar's motion. all
proposing later date. j. w. Linn
had made Il motion that April - he
the date of the convention, when the
motion for an adjournment with the
date of the convention left in the
hands of the chairman 10 be called
after the state. senatorial and IcgiS-
lative calls had been issued was put
to a vote and carried. 16 To II.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
The democratic county central com
mittee of Rock Island. in meeting as
sembled. learns with profound sorrow
of the death of Judge John Il. Altgeld,
ex-governor of our great common
wealth.
Resolved. That, with all patriotic
citizens. not only of our county and
state. but of the nation as well. we
mourn the loss of this able, honorable
and upright citizen. whose life was
devoted To principles dear to the
heart of humanity. His love of JUS
tice and his devotion To the vital in
terests of the people, his lofty char
acter and answering honesty will
make his memory forever revercd by
lovers of liberty everywhere.
Resolved, That our heartfelt sym
pathy be extended in this hour of sor-
row and that Il copy of these reso-
buttons be forwarded to his beloved
wife.
The county committee also passed
n vote of appreciation and thanks
in recognition of the untiring work
of the executive and finance commit
tees during the last campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-17
Notice of Awarding Contracts.

Notice is hereby given that the con-
tract for the excavation. curbing
with stone and paving with brick Of
2lst street, i'm the city of Rock Is
land. from the south line of 3d ave-
nue. 10 the north line of 10th avenue,
was awarded by this board at it's
meeting had Wednesday. March 18th.
1902, To the Tri-City Construction
Company of Davenport. Iowa. The
said company being the lowest bidder
for the work proposed i'm said inn
provement. Their bid being
Paving No. Galesburg brick $l.3l
per square, curbing 45c per lineal
foot. Resetting old curbing Sc per
lineal foot. Catch basins $500, each.
Connection tile, 12-inch, 35c per
lineal foot. Excess grading 26c per
cubic yard.
Rock Island, Ills, March "a, 1902.
Board of Local improvements.
BY Il. +. Knox, President.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-17
Springtime and House

Look over the list and see what
you can get here:
Furniture Polish. Moth Balls, Borav.
Insect Powder SponEes, Ammonia.
Window Brushes and Cleaners,
Chamois skins. Osaka CamphOr.
Paints in large and small cans for
every PURPOSE. Paint brushes of ev-
cry description. Narnish stains for
renewing your old furniture. Enam-
els for wood work, iron work. stove
pipe. water boilers ana bath tubs.
Gold and silver bronzing. alabastine.
liquid floor granite for floors and oil
cloth, Butchers d Johnson's floor
wax for polishing floors. etc. Prices
the lowest. quality foremost Come
in and let us show YOU.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-17

A Chicagoan may frahkly tell you
that you are losing valuable time If
you live elsewhere than in his city.
His mental attitude is the result of
too much Chicago. \ New Yorker pub
licly proclaims it that when you get Il
few miles outside of New York city
you really cease to live and are simply
camping out. That is the result of too
much New York. \ Bostonian says
nothing. and you understand his mean
ing perfectly. You realize that he is
not saying whole volumes to YOU, and
you are pOwerless TO dispute Il word
of it. You have Il feeling that he is
pitying you because you do not know
that Boston is all there is.-NiXon
Waterman in National.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-17
Famons Abductions.

Marriage by abduction was by no
means uncommon in the early ages.
The daughter of the king of Argus
WAS abducted by PhGnician. The
Greeks carried off Europa from Tyre
and Medea from Colchis.
Next to the abduction of the fair
Helen, perhaps the most remarkable
in its political consequences was the
King of Leinstcrs taking away of the
wife of n neighbOring petty sovereign,
O'Rourke of Breffni.
The king of COnnaught avenged the
insult and drove from the throne his
brother of Leinster. who appealed to
Henry ii. of England for aid to re-
cover his lost sovereignty. The Nor
man conquest of Ireland followed, with
long centuries of war and devastation.