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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27
A Sample of the State Machine
Work.

Work.
Despite the fact that before an
understanding was reached with
Roosevelt. Yates. Lorimer and Hop
kins implored the president not to
permit federal officials from taking
part in the politics of the state of
Illinois. every state employee has
been ordered to the front to fight
for the combination and all are busy.
Rock Island county recently had "a
spectacle of cheap state ma
chine representative work here
In Sangamon county Governor
Yates push selected the follow
ing state ofTiceholders and employees
as delegates to the state convention:
William Brown, commissioner of
Joliet penitentiary.
William Jayne. president state
board of charities.
Andrew j. Lester, governor statf.
Edward y. Hall. treasurer state
board of agriculture.
Lincoln Dubois. commissary nation
al guard.
j. Mack Tanner. secretary state
board of charities.
George ). Babcock, inspector of
clothing. !. y. &.
Hezekiah Williams, clerk i'll state
house.
E. {. Vandergrift, clerk Kankakee
asylum.
Robert Goodwin, state coal con
tractor.
frank shinuemun. promised a
place.
Fred Overstreet. on pay roll, job
unknown.
David Ross. secretary labor board.
j. II. Paddock. assistant secretary
worlds fair board.
John Juneman. secretary live stock
board.
Otis Duncan. colored janitor.
w. j. Butler. insurance department.
Seventeen out of - delegates from
Sangamon county hold places under
Yates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27
FOES In AMBUSH.
THE HIDDEN PERILS OF THE
PAST AND PRESENT.

When the Puritan passed through the
forests of New England, he realized that
his greatest danger was from hidden
foes. Therefore, he was armed and
vigilant. The enemies a man can see
he can fight, but the enemy that skulks
in darkness unseen, be he ever so weak,
is to be dreaded by reason of his in
visibility.
The foes that threaten the life to-day
are all ambushed. There is no fear OF
the "arrow that flieth by day." for the
day of the arrow is past and gone. But
the vpestilence that walketh in dark
ness" is still thing of terror, because
it strikes suddenly from ambush.
Let the word pestilence be only whis-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27
. For the CnmnIexIon.

The complexion always suffers
from biliOusness or constipation.
Unless the bowels are kept open the
impurities from the body appear in
the form of unsjghtly eruptions. De
Wits Little Early Risers keep the
liver and bowels in healthy condition
and remove the cause of such trou-
bles. c. L. Hooper, Albany, Ga, says:
Il took DeWitt's Little Early Risers
for biliousness. They were just what
1 needed. 1 am feeling better now
than in years. Never grippe or dis
tress. Safe, thorough and gentle.
The very best pills. All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27
p-o,aetion fnr pnhllc Slen.

An Austrian inventor has perfected
garment which. it is claimed, Will
resist a knife thrust or a bullet from
an assassin's pistol. Its adoption will
furnish wonderful protection to rul-
ers and public men. and while it is
necessary to protect their bodies
from harm on the outside. il is infin-
itely more important to protect them
from serious danger on the inside,
such as may arise from a disordered
stomach. weak kidneys or impure
blood. The best health maker and
protector known to science is the old
reliable Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
For so years il has been making sick
~ people well by curing all such all
ments as sick headache, indigestion,
dyspepsia, fatulency and insomnia.
1t is also a splendid spring tonic and
blood purifier. and'should be in every
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27

The mural tablet to be placed in
St. Paul's cathedral. London. to the
memory of Sir Arthur Sullivan is
UrramentcG with figure of OrPbeus
and his lutte. and beneath the inscrip-
ton arc q few of the opening bars of
his popular melody for the hymn
Onward. Christian Soldiers" <fhe
committee in charge of the fund has
also decided to present bust of the
composer to the Royal College of
Music. and to place in the hall of the
Royal Academy of Music comment
orative panel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27
More Opposition to the Subsidy Bill

Has the subsidy plan many friends
OF course those who will receive the
lions share of bounty if the bill be-
comes law favor its passage. but their
testimony is that of interested par
ties and carries little weight with inn
partial people. What do the ship own
ers and ship builders at large think
about it? The first Frye bill provided
for the payment of subsidies to
foreign built ships. and while there
was strenuous objection to this it
was Supposed that the support of the
influential element interested in for
eign tonnage was essential to the
success of the scheme. In the pres
ent bill there is an express provis-
ion against the payment of bounties
to foreign built vessels. This cannot
be pleasing to the Morgan shipping
interests and other corporations in
the ocean carrying trade.
Representative Douglas of New
York. a member of shipping firm.
who has introduced subsidy bill of
his own. different in many material
respects from the Frye measure. at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27

Ex-senator Edward o. WoIcott es-
tablished law and real estate office
with his brother in Georgetown.
Colo, at the outset of his career, but
as the law department of the concern
was improbable he decided to move
on To neighboring camp where sill
yer had been struck. He packed his
belongings on a donkey. and at the
last moment decided to take with
him the firms old sign. I'D WOlcott
4 Bro" which had just been replaced
by a new one. When he arrived at
his destination the miners gathered
around and looked him over. staring
hard at the sign strapped on the
donkey. Say. young Teller" drawl-
ed one of them; (which is Ed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27

Toronto, Ontario. CI tried great num-
Der of remedies without success. f.
nally lost faith in them all. was so far
gone that could not bear any solid food
on my stomach for a long time felt
melancholy and depressed. Could not
sleep nor follow my occupation tim
smith). Some four months ago friend
recommended your Golden Medical
Discovery After a weeks treatment I
had derived so much benefit that con-
tinued the medicine. I have taken three
bottles and am convinced it has in my
case accomplished permanent cure. I
can conscientiously recommend 1t to the
thousands of dyspeptics throughout the
land"
III have taken one bottle of Doctor
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for
indigestion and liver complaint" writes
Mr.. {. NJ. Wilson, of Yadllin College,
Davidson Co., N. c. vHave had no bad
spells since I commenced taking your
medicine-in fact have not felt like the
same man. Before I took the Golden
Medical Discovery could not eat any
thing without awful distress, but now 1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27

tacks the latter with severity and
vigor. Representative Douglas is
anxious to encourage the national
marine, but he is satisfied that. aside
from spending public money. the
Frye bill will have no early effect
whatever. The shipowners, he says,
are not satisfied with it,
Furthermore. the bill is character
lied as wasteful and crude. 1t
adopts the most expensive method of
increasing the mail facilities. and ii
provides for an unreasonable and eX-
cessive compensation to the large
and fast ships Notwithstanding the
fact that they can be sailed at a
proportionally smaller cost than
vessels of lower tonnage. There is
no reason to expect new lines or new
ships as "a result. of the subsidy, Mr..
Douglas continues. and at the best
the benefits of the act will be de-
ferred and meager in the end.
The Racine Times concludes the
element represented Fy this New York
congressman will range itself with
the opposition to the bill in the
house. The excluded foreign ton
mage will also have its open or secret
representation. and the measure will
have to overcome many obstacles
and difficulties. Speaker Mcpherson
and otEer leaders regard H. as bad
politics" to force so unquestionable
a proposition through congress on
the eve of political campaign. The
fact that the two Iowa senators voted
in the negative cannot fail to
strengthen this feeling in the speak
er's breast.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27

President y. j. Cassatt. of the
Pennsylvania railroad, his counsel,
John G.. Johnson, and three others
made a flying visit to New ork last
Sunday. and incidentally his special
train broke the record between Phil
adelphia and Jersey City. His train
covered the 90 10 miles in exactly
eighty minutes. The best previous
record was made by j. u. Morgan :
special on Feb. :. which covered the
same route in eighty-four minutes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27
warning. warning.

Beware of substitutes offered by
INSCRIPTIONS dealers in place of Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar, Foley's Kidney
Cure and Banner Salve. Dishonest
dealers for little extra profit will
try to palm off worthless prepare
tions in place of these valuable med
icines that have stood the test of
years, and thus jeopardize the lives
of their victims. For sale by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27
STRENGTH FROM FOOD.

All physical strength must cor:Ie from
food after it has been received into the
stomach and properly digested and
assimilated. Medicine cannot make
strength. There is only one source of
strength and that is food converted into
nutrition. There are two chief causes
of physical weakness; one insufficient
food, the other the inability of the stom-
ach and its allied organs to digest and
assimilate the food eaten. DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery is not offered
as substitute for food, but as a medicine
which enables the perfect digestion and
assimilation of food, and so gives the body
the strength which comes from food alone.
When the weak stomach IS made
strong again by the use of Golden Med
ical Discovery" the food it receives is
perfectly digested and assimilated, and
the body in all its parts and organs is
restored to strength with the stomach.
The lost flesh is regained and the body
is built up with sound, solid flesh instead
of fiabby fat.
But as the body is but name for the
sum of its organs and members, so
strength for the body means strength
for each organ of the body, and when
the stomach IS made strong, strength is
given to the weak heart, vweak "
lungs and other weak organs.
Accept no substitute for Golden Med
ical Discovery" there is no other medi-
cine vjust as good " for the cure of dis
eases of the stomach and other organs of
digestion and nutrition.
PLAIN TALK
on medical matters must be i'll plain
English if il is to be understood. 1t was
the aim of DR.. Pierce in the preparation
of his Common Sense Medical Adviser,
to provide for household use book that
should deal with health and disease
practically, on common sense lines and
in common sense language. This great
book, containing 1908 large pages, is sent
free on receipt of stamps to pay expense
of mailing only. Send 81 one-cent stamps
for the cloth-bound volume, or only 81
stamps for the book in paper covers
Address DR.. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27

James II. Fairchild. former presi-
dent of Oberlin college. who died last
week at Cincinnati. Ohio. had been
an official of that institution for %
years-the longest service of any col
lego professor in the country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27
Chronic CONSTIPATION Cured.

The most important discovery of
recent years is the positive remedy
for constipation. Cascarets Candy
Cathartic. Cure guaranteed. Genu-
inc tablets stamped c. c. C. Never
sold in bulk. Druggists, roc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27

Apart from the fact that Gen. Miles
may have presidential aspirations.
the presidents intense dislike for
him and his determination To GUST
him may find explanations in the
mention of Gen. Leonard y. Wood for
the place. Gen. Wood * soon To be
relieved as military governor of Cuba
and is longtime personal and mil
itary friend of Roosevelt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27

In Captain Courageous" Kipling
mentioned by name about twenty yes
sells of the fishing fleet at Gloucester.
Since the publication of the volumes
every one of the twenty has gone
down and the fishing folk say that
the vessels were hoodooed. The last
of the Inflated boats. the Army
Knight and the Prince Lebro. were
sunk in the recent big storm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27

can eat anything l wish
without having unpleas-
ant feelings. Last sum-
mer our baby was teeth
ing and was so poor he
was almost a skeleton.
We gave him your
Golden Medical Dis
covery,' and now he is
as healthy and well as
any child. l will speak
a good word for your
medicine whenever 1
have an opportunity"
DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery cures
diseases of the stomach
and other organs OF di-
gestiou and nutrition.
1t cures through the
stomach those diseases
OF heart, lungs, liver,
kidneys, etc, which have
Their origin in disease of
the stomach and its allied
organs of digestion and
nutrition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924 Second
Avenue, Rock Island, Ill. ENTERED at the
Postofice as Second-class matterl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27
For Legislative Nomination.

At the solicitation OF many friends here
by announce myself candidate for the
nomination for minority representative
subject to the decision OF the democratic
convention and invite the support of those
who deem me worthy. w. r MOORE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27

friends, ana while 1 was planning fer
the advantages that would have ac-
erued in marrying her | was falling in
love with YOU" +. a. mitchell.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27

True!
The people who are always short find
1t difficult to get along.-Philadelpi
Record
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27

TERMS-Daily. 10 cents per week. Weekly,
e1.Oo per year in advance.
All Recommendations of political or argumen-
tative character, political religious, must
have real name attached for pu blication- 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, 1902-03-27
Thursday, March ~.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.

DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
Supervisor. JOHN II. SHIELDS
MARTIN wEINBERGER
Asst. Superv's.- GUSTAV kLOTZ
7 CHARLES G. WALDMAN
Assessor. GEORGE w. HENRY
Collector--.-...--..-D DAVID BIESWENGER
Justice of the Peace JOHN N BORO
For Aldermen.
first Ward. FRANK w. BLOCHLISGER
second Ward. CHARLES A. NAAB
Third ward .......-......O OTTO II. BIRKEL
Fourth Ward ...-..--.-..--C. w. HORTON
Fifth Ward WILLIAM TkEFZ
sixth Ward. .-.--.-.. CHARLES G. WILSON
seventh Ward OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27

BY THE j. w. POTTER co.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-25

The value of copperas is not fully un-
derstood, but there are few things more
useful to the farmer and gardener. 1t
is Invaluable as a purifier around
drains, or in any place where a disin-
fectant is needed. 1t is specially use
full in the chicken coop, Il small lump
placed in the drinking water being Il
preventive of disease and 4 general pu-
rifier. In the garden there are several
uses for it; two tablespoonfuls in pail
of water will kill cabbage worms,
while a somewhat stronger solution
will kill curfant worms as quickly as
hellebore, and it is much safer to use.
Powdered copperas can be spriniled
on the surface soil of hard wood pot
plants, so that the water that is applied
will soak through it into the soil, car
rying the strength of the copperas with
1t. For more tender plants the cop
peras can be dissolved, allowing one
ounce to each gallon of water using
1t in the soil once in two weeks, not al
lowing any Of it to touch the foliage.
1t is also used for shrubs and trees
in the garden, especially those which
for some unknown reason fail to make
satisfactory growth. 1t can be made
in large quantities for that purpose,
using two pounds Of copperas to bar
rel Of water. A few applications will
usually cause marked improvement
in the growth and in the color of the
foliage. In sections where corn is dug
up by birds and gophers it has been
found that If the seed is soaked for Il
few hours in a strong solution of cop
peras the pests will not disturb it.
Bernice Baker. in Agricultural Epitom-
iSt
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-25
To Make Charcoal For Stock.

In the corn-growing districts of the
Western States corncobs are made to
serve n good purpose when reduced to
charcoal and fed to hogs. Ordinary
charcoal is used by many. The method
of reducing the corncobs to charcoal is
thus given by Theodore Louis:
Dig q hole in the ground five feet
deep, one foot in diameter at the bot
tom and five feet at the top for the
charcoal pit. Take the dry corncobs
and start fire in the bottom of this
pit, adding cobs so that the fame is
drawn to the top Of the pit, which will
be thus filled with the cobs. Then
take sheet iron cover, similar to Il
pot lid in form, and over five feet in
diameter, so as to amply cover the
whole, and close up the burning mass,
sealing the edges of this lid in turn
with earth. At the end of twelve hours
you may uncover and take out a fine
sample of corncob charcoal. This char
coal can be fed at once if desired but
Mr.. Louis prefers to take six bushels
Of it, or three bushels of common char
coal, eight pounds of salt, two quarts
Of air-slacked lime and one bushel of
wood ashes, breaking the charcoal up
well with a shovel or other tool, thor
oughly mixing the various ingredients.
One and a quarter pounds of copperas
is then dissolved in hot water, and
with a wateringpot sprinkled over the
whole mass, which is again thoroughly
mixed. The mixture is then put into
boxes and placed where the pigs can
get at 1t at their pleasure. 1t is not
only excellent for the health of the
pigs, but is considered by some as a
preventive of hog cholera.-New York
Weekly Witness.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-25
Nfismated Names.

The union of the given name with
the surname often makes an amusing
combination. Sometimes it is acci-
dental, but more often designed. The
story that went the rounds of the
newspapers some time ago that Gov
ernor Hogg, of Texas, had named his
two daughters IRA Hogg and Ina
Hogg, it is gratifying to know, has
been denied. A case in the east end
of Columbus has come to the notice
of the Observer. A gentleman who
bears the common name of Case has
named his little daughter "Ura" Case.
NJ. \. Bridge, the well-known chief
clerk in the Office of the State Dairy
and Food Commissioner, has named Il
son Brooklyn" Brooklyn is not an
uncommon name in itself, but Brook
lyn Bridge is somewhat startling
Columbus Dispatch.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-25
New Poem by Dickens.

An unpublished poem from the pen
of Charles Dickens was read by Mrs.
Alice Meynell, of London, to the men,
bers of the Contemporary Club and
their friends during her address on
Charles Dickens as Man of Letters"
This verse, the manuscript of which
is years old, is here printed for the first
time:
Il put in book once, by hook or by
crook,
The whole race, as 1 thought, Of a
feller,
Who happily pleased the towns taste,
much diseased,
And the name of this person was
Weller.
But found to my cost that one Weller
I'd lost,
Cruel destiny so to arrange it;
l love her dear name, which has won
me some fame,
But great heavens; how gladly I'd
change it!'
The poem was written shortly after
Dickens had been presented to the
young woman mentioned by him in
the lines, and was read by Mrs. Mey
nell with the permission of the woman
herself.-Philadelph Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-25
A Good Garden.

A few simple rules are all that is
necessary to govern n good garden.
First, there should be good spot,
convenient to the house, thoroughly
drained, with soil as rich as possible.
Second, the owner must know when,
how and how much to plant. Third,
the garden must be kept free from
weeds and under good cultivation the
entire season. If the gardener has the
right kind of tools, and has learned to
do his work to the best advantage two
hours week or a little less than a day
in a month. will give him a clean
profitable garden, unless the season is
one of frequent and heavy rains. which
will make the work harder. The gar
den cannot be too well drained, for
this will enable the gardener to plant
early and to work much sooner after
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-25

visited her friend and made an ap-
pointment to meet her at a down town
music store the following Wednesday,
and the little family was in the great
est excitement over the contemplated
purchase.
When the all-important day arrived
Mrs. Whippleton arrayed herself in her
best, gave cursory glance at her
purse, wherein she thought she re-
marked a So bill and some small
change, took her little boy Harold by
the hand and sailed forth to meet
her friend
The latter was on hand with I'M
womanly promptness, and the two set
to work in company with one of the
statesmen to choose the piano. Instru-
ment after instrument was tried by
Miss Schubert, as her musical friend
was named, and when at last they
found one that suited them it was
lunch time. The thought then occurred
to Mrs. Whippleton that since her COM
panlon had been so obilging about aid
ing her to select her upright, it would
only be just to invite her to lunch.