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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-03
ALONG THE RIVER

One of the best posted river men
on the upper Mississippi river is
Capt. \. NJ. Short, master of the Liz
zie Gardner, and in speaking of
lsteamboating on the river during the
past years, and the improvements, he
has the following to say in the Water
WAYS Journal:
II think we had the best year last
year for water that l have ever seen
i'm my 80 years as II pilot on the upper
Mississippi river. We towed most of
our lumber RATS in sizes ranging
from 3.5OO,OOO to 100000 feet-none
less than 3.5OO.OO-for every month
during the season. This speaks vol
umes for the improvements on this
river and the engineers under whose
charge the work comes. Colonel Mac
kenzie and his excellent corps have
done wonders for the river and we
tender them our sincere thanks.
They have made plotting eaSier-not
so many changes and Il better chan
mel all around. The cost of towing
has been reduced. some boats towing
to st. Louis from Saltwater. having
towed RATS at Il cost of 80 cents per
1000 feet, while the former price
ranged from Sl.25 to $3.50 per 1000
feet.
You can readily see that without
these improvements the rates could
not have been reduced 50 much. L
know of lumber being towed Ia keo-
lluk from Saltwater for 10 cents per
900 feet. when the former prices
were 90 cents to - cents per LOCO.
Were il not for this successful im-
provement on the upper Mississippi
tovboats could hardly exist.
In conclusion 1 must say that Ma
ior Townsend's plan of improvements
has been all that could be asked for,
especially on the upper rapids. We
formerly had To break raft of 9o
cribs. but now we take PIC cribs at
one trip without any trouble and the
$50 miles between the rapids has al
WAYS been deep and wide. | do not
think anyone has been detained if
they kept i'm the channel or near it.
You know farmers get out of the
road. but that is no fault of the road
master.
Il will chose by congratulating Tn
Gle sam for ueing 50 fortunate To have
this part of the river improvements
in charge of such competent and
painstalling engineering corps.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-03

| FOR RENT-FurniShed rooms for light
housekeeping at I405 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-03

Capt. Winans. of Waukesha. Wis,
who stands ready to place ferry
boat i'm the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. trade.
and who is the owner of the steam
boats Saturn, Satellite, Neptune and
Pathfinder. has decided to build new
steamer modelled after the Neptune.
The boat will be constructed at Gin
ton. and work Will he started at once.
The steamers Saturn and Satellite
are wintering i'm Fountain City bay,
Il few miles above Winona. with one
of the largest lumber RATS ever
brought down the Mississippi. The
boats were on their way to 81. Louis
with the raft when the river was
frozen over. and will be among the
earliest boats down with Il raft this
spring.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-03
CLAIRvOYANT.

MRS. a. SEYMOUR, formerly of Davenport.
Iowa. will give readings by mail. Send
lock OF hair, 81 90 and stamp. Address Pro-
phetstown, Illinois
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-03

1'eIcphOne 1880.
sDaIiy. +Daily exceDt SUNDAY
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-03

MANAGER WANTED-OhiCe manager TO
sell. collect and advertise in every County
seat in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana. Ken
tuckv, Arkansas and Texas; salary SO
monthly. commission and expenses extra;
yearly contract; permanently located at
one town; no travelling; no CanvaSSing; SIS
cash security required: single man pre-
terred; personal interview desired: if you
want our proposition by mail inclose p
cents to cover expenses. postage stamps or
coin. Missouri Medical and Chemical COM
pany, Sill North Garrison avenue, ST. Louis,
No.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-03
American Burlesquers-
American BurleSQUcrs
raction at the Illinois

The American BurleSqucrs viii bC
the attraction at the Illinois theatre
Thursday evening. The Americans
have been before the public few
years. but not before has il been the
proud possessOr Of such a complete
performance as this season. Manager
w. II. Watson has left nothing un-
done To maintain the reputation re-
quired by this show. having fitted the
show out new from start to finish.
New faces. new wardrobe. new
scenery. new acts. IL is an entire
new show under an established title.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-03
Jones Is Treasnrer.

Hereafter you'll meet the smiling
face of Louis l.. Jones. former chief
usher. at the ticket window i'm the
lobby of the Illinois theatre. he hav-
ing taken the position of treasurer
Saturday. upon the resignation of G..
\. NfiIer. Louis is an obliging and
painstaking young man. and doubtless
will prove a phcnom in doing out the
pasteboards. .Adelbert Head becomes
chief usher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-03

Chicago, March 3.-Following are the open
ing highest, lowest and closing quotations
in today's markets:
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06
Made a Good Guess,

She was an amateur artist, and, like
most of her kind, considered herself
several laps In advance of the average
amateur. She was eager however, to
know how her work would impress one
of the masters who had managed to
grasp tickle Fame by the back of the
neck.
One day real painter called at her
home, and she Immediately conceived
the idea of testing him. She would
show him a specimen of her handi
work, but would reveal nothing that
might lead him to suspect her as being
the creator thereof. So the fair am.
ateur proceeded to guide the real paint
er toward her masterpiece.
"Of what school would you call this
painting?" she asked, expectantly
"Of the boarding school," promptly
replied the real painter.-Spare No
mentS
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06

have been developed by travel all over
the world. Best Of all, in the present
Lady Dudley, the earl has countess
whose good looks are nearly as renown-
ed as those of her handsome mother
in-law, and who may be trusted to
shine as mistress of the viceregal lodge
ut Dublin.
Like most healthy young Englishmen
of rank, Lord Dudley is fond of both
sport and war. He is president of the
ultra-fashionable Ranelagh Club--over
the representatives of which the Ameri-
can polo players who went over this
year won their first victory-and, as
major Of the Worcestershire Yeomanry,
he saw hard service in the South Afri-
can campaign.
The earl's duties in Dublin will be
mostly of social nature, and 1t Is well
that he Is wealthy, for his outlay in
this regard will be enormous, reaching
probably 100000 year.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06
SIREN OF THE CROSSING.
This Vermonter Has Been Cured of De
sire for investigation.

sire for investigation.
Up in n Vermont town not very far
this side of Montpelier is a town school
supervisor who never will again stop
to investigate buzzing music at rail
way crossing. The man who, figurat.
lively speaking, ran up against the
crossing and very forcibly found it was
loaded, lives few miles away from
what is known as the Finley Bridge
crossing Of the Central Vermont Rail.
road. There is big cliff that juts out
ut this point close to the main branch
of the White river, and the track cuts
Il sharp curve around It. Most of the
time the locomotive whistles cannot be
heard on the other side of the big
rock promontory by people on the high
way.
The school supervisor was taking a
load of bark to the village, four miles
away. Stirred by series Of accidents,
the railway officials, unknown to the
supervisor, had installed an electric
signal bell that rings when trains get
within Il certain range Of highway
crossing. The supervisor heard the
ringing Of the gong, but he had never
heard anything like It before, and he
marveled both at It's source and Its
object. He continued on until he was
directly upon the track, when an idea
found lodgment In his head. With
wagon full athwart the track, he
stopped his team, wound the reins
around the whipstock, and, jumping
down to the ground, lowed as how he
would see what the pesky thing was
and walked over to the post. A mo-
ment later he learned, but not through
looking at the post A fast freight
swept around the curve and smashed
the wagon into fragments, badly injur'
Ing one of the horses, and started the
other on wild run down the road.
The gentleman with the investigating
turn Of mind recently has been re-elect'
ed as the head of the educational de-
partment of the town, and to-day still
holds that office, but he never VIII
again, no, never, desert his team for
the singing siren of the crossing
Washington Post
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06

Londoners thought that the next best
thing to seeing the coronation was look.
ing at the decorations in Westminster
Abbey. Thousands paid five shillings
to enter the church on the first day
that the public was admitted. The
crowds were larger the next day, when
the admission fee was reduced to half
a crown; and on the third day, when
only sixpence was charged, the people
passed through the turnstiles at the
rate of twenty-five hundred an hour
for six or seven hours, and the walt
ing line was two miles long In the af-
ternoon. 1t was noted that the sight
seers were nearly all women.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06
Iix in the summer, they

the winter Trouvlle and AK in the summer they
make life one unending debauch ,
The Four Hundred In America take their cue from e
in Europe Behold them at the horse show In New
York Behold swell resorts Their talk-that s what
be heards bonds puts and calls horses scandals aho
dogs The best society? Good Lord!
true that we have beautiful simpering
Johnnes and tough girls accepted by Inference
as the best society while the good vruous of the land
though quite able their at home and ABROAD
be reiegsted the middle class and dismissed as simple
bourgeose 400 through and through They
have redeemng All their ends are achieved
by money largely by the unhoy Of money II one or
them proposes TO go politics he buy his way
and the rogues who have in Congress foreign ap
pontmens sell ne pays the price II OF them
marry lord she expects buy him. and the titled
rascas who wish ecoup their broken fortunes that she
pays che price Their influence the last degree corrup
tive Their hangeson retaiBers only such
will buy Nine every OF the fortunes behind them
will not bear scrutiny
Must uncean BIRDS gaudy and therefore OF
spcuous plumage fly gded bough foung the air
they twer their aectaons moral supremacy and
shy brick them and say Scat, you devils"
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06
He Wanted Action.

"A well-dressed man went into the tel
egraph Office of southern Michioar r
town and wrote message home 70,
money. He then laid down a quarter
ana asked that 1t be sent as soon =.
possible. Three cents more" said tbe
agent Haven't got it." replied the
man. Can't send the message then {,
"eii' said the fellow. send It as fo,
as you can for quarter. am n gam
pier ana l want action on my money
II 1t is only 25 cents"
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06

The money-seekfng church is not con-
cerned with man-saving.
Christ spoke no special beatltudes to,
the Captains Of Industry.
The bright preacher does not ALWAYS
make the shining church.
The worship of material success I.
likely to work the spiritual failure ~
America.
You may try to do many a dav.s
worry, but you can only do one dav'v
work ut a time.
God did not design the church to ho
a mere lying-in hospital. but recruit.
ing office for Gods soldiers.
The Great Physician never lacks M.
tience, and He knows that the bitterest
medicine often cures the quickest.
When we get so selfish that we want
the earth. we are not likely to give
much thought to the world to come
True education looks to the strength.
ening Of the hull Of the ship rather
than to the gliding of the figure head
Some men lay the loadstone of Inst
alongside the compass of conscience
and then talk about its being a good
guide.
The reason some people do not believe
in foreign missions is that they are
heather themselves; they worship 9th
er gods.
SupposinS God demanded His share
of the profits arising from your Use of
the life He has lent you, what would
you have left?
Man cannot do without n creed! he
must have backbone; but that is only
n part of him. If he is all backbone,
we should call him a post; with no
backbone, a jelly fish.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06

dangerous mine coal than Spaniards
What the miners paid for this kind OF work. On an
about $500 yearhe paid labor snd
In the Northern States 1t has been figured that at $50 month
family of FIVE woud have after rent medical bills and cloth
ing paid for $14 month for oodess than so
day and quite 10 cents day for each How much
meat at present prices will 10 cents day buy?
Ny sympathes with the miners because before the
strike called President Mitchell submit the
in dispute arbitration board Tho reply the opera
tese the point OF insult There nothing arbi
ate Mr. Baer condescended inform the public we'll
the miners that The rights and interests the abong
would be protected and cared labor aators
by the Christian whom God, his infinite wisdom
had given the control of the property interests the
President Baer tears leaf from the medieval and
reads the Americans twentieth century
talks like resurrected baron of medieval Rhenish
castle To the Lord partner in the railroad
monopoes Of Pennsylvania basphemy which should
60 unrebuked.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06
London Dimes at Noon.

Except in certain circles, from the
upper middle class or the lower upper
classes upward, among whom the Gus
tom Of evening dinner prevails, the re-
spectacle English custom Is to serve
dinner at noon, the evening meal rang
ing all the way from the workman's
repast of tea with wrinkles. bloaters.
or jam, to the heavy supper of game
and pastry for the rich. To this Gus
tom the restaurants cater, but to the
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06

Every day In the great American
cities men, women and children are
killed by street cars travelling at a
rate Of speed which makes such fatali-
ties certain. The record of these TRACE
dies is an appalling one. In any other
country but this an instant and rigor-
GUS remedy would be applied. Ameri-
can leniency in dealing with the pub
deserving corporations must be held
responsible for existing dangerous con-
ditions. There should be limit to this
leniency, however, and the tragedy in
which President Roosevelt confronted
such deadly peril points a moral to this
effect.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06

large floating colonies of foreigners to
whom an evening dinner is necessity
they pay no heed. says the Outlook.
They continue complacently to serve
dinners from IL to g." after which
hour one may whistle in vain, for no
dinner will he get. AS natural re-
suit, an army of French and Italian
restaurants are doing a brisk business
and amassing fortunes, not only in ca
tering for their own people, but in
bringing comfort to many an English
bachelor emancipated from tea and
jam. Not only In the matter of ser
vice. but also in the menu, does the
village restaurant cling faithfully to
old customs.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06
DANGER OF INSTITUTIONAllSM.
BY Rt Rey. Bishop Heury c. Potter.

There Is danger In the tendency to In
stitutionalism. Our danger lies not in
physical deeds, but in social degradation
and corruption, out OF which comes ruin,
which lies behind these physical matters.
would speak OF institutional charity In
this regard. On an island not half an
hours journey from New York are 1000
insane persons under the care of the
State, and these people have not been
visited by any one but the State commits
sioner for the last four years.
The force of the appalling fact Is made
plain when l say that alienists and in
sanity experts say that one of the most
important matters in the treatment of
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06
An Assured Competence.

you must abandon all business
cares for the future" says the physi
clan.
But fear that have not yet &C
cumulated sufficient money" protests
the multi-millionaire.
Sufficient" repeats the doctor
why, my dear sir, you have enough
money to pay physicians fees for the
rest Of your life''-Baltimore Ameri
can
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06

Is happily welded to genius, but II has
-'holly overlooked the no less interest
ing unions OF genius and good common
sense. In our own country we have a
line example of this In the case of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Edison. Mrs. Edison
is woman of infinite tact and has
brought the great wizard" into beauti-
ful subsection where subJection is TO his
own advantage and the advantage of
his work. He is by no means a docile
man and his genius pushes him at a
headlong rate, but Mrs. Edison wisely
holds the reins and keeps genius itself
IN check. Nine. Tolstoi is match for
her capricious, erratic husband. She
allows his whims wide latitude, but
there Is thus far and no farther" to
his caprice When Mime. Tolstoi puts
her foot down 1t is decisive, and there
the matter ends 1t is said the elegant
gowns of the countess are IN strange
contrast to the peasant garments of her
husband. Nine. Tolstoi, no doubt, un-
derstands the psychology of dress and
knows the overmastering power OF
beautiful clothes Count Tolstoi or any
other man may have his peculiar ideas
about dress, but the woman in beauti-
full gowns Will conquer him every time.
1t requires a tact that amounts to
genius to live with genius on amicable
terms Mrs Edison and the Countess
Tolstoi deserve IA good share of the
praise which is given to their husbands
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06
COAL MINERS ARE UNDERPAID.
BY Rev. Rurus 4. White, OF Chicago.

The demand for better wages Is just.
Coal mining in the anthracite region is
not only hard. bnt 1t is unusually dan
gerous. The bureau of mine inspection
reports 1870 men and boys killed in the
last ten years. In 1901 437 were killed
and 1886 injured. These fatalities left
go widows and 525 orphans. For every
10000 tons OF coal mined IN the anthra-
cite coal fields one man or boy Is killed.
Two are killed day on the average for
the working days OF the miners and Ave
injured. The killed and injured annually
in the anthracite coal mines are said TO
be eight times as many as were killed
and wounded during our war with Spain.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06

cluding tracts Of
rich mineral-bear-
Ing land, and he
also has estates In
jamaica and is the
master of i'm
mense iron works.
The social grnces
which are his as
the son of Geor-
gina, Countess of
Dudley, who has
not yet lost her
a. IA
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06
)EGENtRACY OF NEW YORK'S FOUR HUNDRED.
Henry Watterson Louisville Courier Journal

The term smart set" was adopted by
society to save itself from more odious
description. The distinguishing trait Of
the smart set is its moral abandon 1t
makes business of defying and overleap-
Ing conventional restraints upon Its pleas
ures and amuscments. Being titled after
a rule, and either rich In fact or getting
money how it may, it sets itself above
the law, both human and divine. Its
women are equally depraved with It's
men. They know all the dirt the men
know. They talk freely with the men
of things forbidden the decent. The
women of this smart set no longer pretend
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06
He Waited.

What were you doing at the time OF
your arrest?" asked the magistrate o.
the prisoner.
II was waiting"
waiting for whom?"
Just waiting"
"What were you waiting for"
ITO get my money"
"Who from?"
"The man 1 was waiting for"
what did he owe it to you for"
"For waiting"
81 don't know what you mean. ES-
plain yourself"
II thought you knew was a wal'ef
In a restaurant"
"Oh" gasped the magistrate.-Mon'
real Herald.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06
To Tommy's Taste.

1t was Tommy's first glass OF Soua
water that he had been teasing for 50
long.
"Well, Tommy, how does 1t taste
asked his father.
why" replied Tommy, with pu.
zled face, sit tastes like your foo'
asleep."-Cincinnat Enquirer.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06

After the money making man gets
along towards 90 he begins to think of
his money as It may bear on the lives
OF his children, after he is gone or Is
past the days of toll. At first he thinks
OF his wealth chiefly for the real or
rancied good 1t may bring him or as a
means Of extending his personal power
and influence But when his children
are growing up he begins to say to him
self that he will be able to give or leave
to each of bis children a certain
amount, and in q sense start them in
life, not where he began, but where
he leaves off. They shall not know the
limitations of poverty, theirs shall not
be the painful struggles, the humiliat-
ing privations of his early years. All
their life they shall have, without the
painful effort, what he so hardly won
towards the close of his. His children
shall be spared his sufferings and
benefited by his sacrifices. But are
they? A while ago a group of wealthy
men We're talking about their accumu-
lations, the struggles they had gone
through and what they expected to do
with their money. One of them, who
began business life in the humblest ca
pacity, had attained to great wealth
and enjoyed the respect of the commu-
nifty as man whom money had not
spoiled, said that 1t was his desire to
leave each of his children $1,000. 900.
Others spoke in a similar strain, and
the gathering was very harmonious un-
til a man, hitherto silent, remarked
that he thought his friends were laying
Just the sort of plans they should not,
just the sort Of plans that were not ex-
emplified by their own successful and
useful lives. "All of you," he said,
ARE proud of the fact that you arc
self-made men. You talk about the prl-
vattons and sufferings and humillatlons
OF your early life, but you. know that
In recollection they are the best part
OF your life. You are glad to-day that
you can look back and say you were
poor boys and that alone and unaided
you have carved out your successful
careers. You know, too, that It was the
very obstacles you confronted that
made you what you are, Yet here you
are talking about depriving your chill
dren of the very opportunities for trou-
BILE that made you. Here you are DELHI
erately planning to give them gilded.
useless, parasitic lives, instead of the
greatest gift you can give them, which
Is to deprive them of the assistance Of
your wealth. You know, every one of
you, that the best service you can do
your children is to turn them out and
tell them to hustle" Somehow after
this little speech had been spoken the
gathering lost Its complacency and self
satisfaction. There was too much
truth in what had been said. The fond
fathers recognized that-but they will
not act on the advice That they do
not is bad for their children, but not
deleterious to the community, perhaps
foc pampered sons often do their best
to make an equal distribution of
wealth.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-06

News comes from Cairo to the effect
that the corn merchants at Assouan
have formed trust in order to corner
all the wheat and other cereals on the
market. The slow rise of the Nile indi-
Gates a bad season next year and they
hope to realize heavy profit. This Is
not, we believe, the first corner insti-
tuted in Egypt,