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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
SPECIAL SALE THURSDAY.
At Young McComhs' the Only Cash De-
partment store I'm the TrI-CitIes.

partment store I'm the Tri-CitIes-
Lyon egg beaters. worth up to csc,
your choice Thursday for Toe.
Flags, bunting, war generals and
everything for a big decoration at
low prices.
Paper festooning, red white and
blue, 10 yards for 10 c.
% pieces worsted dress goods, 20
varieties. worth up to Csc per yard,
(alI on one counter) Thursday at SOC
per yard.
Plain all silk taffeta ribbons, No.
so. Thursdays sale price 15c a yard.
Ladies' secret locket and chain,
$1.OO value. Thursday sale price 4sc.
Remember the date (May 2Oth) of
the free lessons in art embroidery
given at our store by one of the best
teachers in the country, Mrs. V. y.
Jung, n representative from Bedding
Bros. & Co.. of Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
The Weather.

Partly cloudy tonight and
Thursday, probably with
showers; only Slight change
in temperature.
j. NJ. SHERIER,
Observer.
Temperature--At Z a. m. 81;
at $3.50 p. M, 90.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14
A REFUND OF YOUR MONEY
At the Big Cash Department Store Young
A. McCombs'.

We will give a 80 days sale from
May 1st to May 31st. The customer
purchasing the largest amount on
one of the 80 days (the day to be
named by prominent citizen of Rock
Island) will be entitled to a refund
to the full amount of their purchase
on said day. A real opportunity.
YOUNG & McCOMBS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-14

D. aObos sPasaEus Pis egEe an flsRey llls :. saV
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03
IDAHO R EP uLIcAN BAIT.

THE HERALD is very glad that It
can endorse one section OF the plat
form adopted By the Republicans Of
idaho in their state convention. The
endorsement is given with greater
pleasure because the section referred
10 Is sound Democratic doctrine. The
Idaho Republicans went on record as
favoring the repeal OF all duties on
trust-made products without "unrea-
souable delay"
Unfortunately that phrase rather
spells the effect OF the declaration. II
the word unreasonable had been left
out. the sentence would have been per-
feet. But how are the Republicans OF
the Gem state going TO bring their pro-
nuneiamento into effect? WIN they
have their governor. II the people
should be so misguided as to elect him,
declare the tariff off OF trust-made
articles before he'll permit them to en-
ter his sovereign state? VIII he call
out the militia 20 see that his order is
Obeyed? How the Republicans do hate
the trusts. to be sure-when a cam
paign document is in course OF prepare
tion or a campaign is on.
In truth and in fact the Idaho Re-
publican platform is intended for moth
ing else than hait-bait with which to
catch the thoughtless fish In the po-
htical sea. The men who framed that
platform know full well that the party
they profess allegiance 10 has no more
intention of revising the tariff schedule
with special reference TO trust-made
products than IL has of revising the
New Testament.
The Republicans had every oppor-
tunity 10 revise the tariff last winter.
but they made no move In that diree-
ton. President Roosevelt said, LET
well enough alone" and all the little
politicians echoed his words. At no time
has Roosevelt proposed the repeal OF
the tarim on trust products. Instead
he has been talking for an impossible
and unnecessary amendment to the
constitution by which he would give
congress the power it now possesses:
that is. the power TO suppress the
trusts.
BY all means take the tariff of. say
the Idaho Republicans. but do 1t with
out unreasonable delay. And they
know. as all well-posted men know.
Idaho Is going Democratic that the
only way 10 get a revision Of the trust
fostering tariff is 10 give the Demo-
Gratis control OF the national admins
tratiOn.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03
SOUTHERN CHILD SLAVES.

WHEN, ONLY A FEW YEARS ago.
" the cotton mill-owners in the
New England states concluded that, in
order 10 manufacture their goods more
eheaply. they would have to erect their
plants IN the cotton belt. the entire
south rejoiced. The movement was
hailed as the Inauguration of a period
Of unexampled prosperity. as an awak-
enlng OF the south from the lethargy
that followed the civil war. So the
future was painted in the rosiest colors.
every prospect was gilded and every in
habltant saw himself clothed in fine
linen and faring sumptuously every
day.
Now Il Is beginning 20 dawn on the
southerners that the cotton mill IL not
an unmixed blessing. Especially is this
true OF the conditions in South Caro-
Ina. where children are permitted to
work in the mills thirteen hours every
working day. Public sentiment against
child labor is being aroused rapidly.
however. and. in spite of implied prom
taken. It Is probable that the legisla-
tare of South Carolina viii be forced
10 enact suitable laws on the subject
Some idea OF the state of affairs may
be gained from a statement made by
an eastern writer who visited the South
CarolieA mills. He said:
II know the sweat shops OF Hester
street. New York; am familiar with
the vice. depravity and degradation OF
the Whltechapel district: I have visited
the Ghetto OF Venice: know the lot
OF the coal miner IN Pennsylvania. and
/ know somewhat OF Siberian atroci-
ties; but Tor misery. woe and hopeless
suffering. 1 have never seen anything
70 equal the cotton mill slavery OF
South Carolina.
Boys and girls. from the age OF [
years and upwards. are EMPLOYED
They usually work from s o'clock IN
the morning until al night AT moor
! saw them squat on the floor and de.
YOUR their food. which consisted most.
" OF corn bread and bacon. Thes.
weazened pigmies munched in silence
AID then toppled over on the floor II
sleep, IN all the abandon OF babyhood
When Il came time TO so 10 work tn,
foreman marched through the groups
shaking the sleepers. shouting in theii
ears. iifting them 10 their feet, and
in a few instances. kicking the delin
quents into wakefulness."
Al accounts agree that the life Of IN,
average slave was a continuous para
disc, when compared 10 that OF III,
child. worker In the mills.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03
Folly of InfdelitY.
(Philadelphia Times.)

During one of Z. L. Hyde's evangel-
ical trips through this state, he told
Scranton gathering that all infidels
were fools, and that he would under
take TO prove his argument in ten min
utes If any professed infdel wished TO
give the opportunity. A man in the
audience arose, and was politely asked
by Hyde TO speak, if he wished to
speak.
Mr.. Hyde" was the reply, Il have
been listening to you with interest this
last half hour: but l think your most
recent statement was a challenge /
cannot let pass. / am an infidel. but
I'm not fool. I'm man Of education
and culture. I've Travelled. and know
more than the average person, believer
or non-believer."
do you really believe" asked Hyde,
that there is nothing in religion
Would you go on record as saying so
much?"
Go on record?" Queried the man. in
surprise. why. I've been writing and
preaching against religion this last
/ twenty years"
And you say there's nothing in il ?''
Absolutely nothing"
well, I said I'd prove you a foo
within ten minutes" said Hyde. look
4 ing at his watch. Il still have sever
minutes left. / will leave il to the
/ gathering if that man is not fool who
/ devotes twenty years TO preaching
against something which he claims has
nothing in it,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03
TOO MUCH FOR THE LANDLORD
One Kicker Who Knows How to Find
Fault With Things.
Detroit Free Press.l

Yes. we get a kicker here OCCASION
ally" replied a northern Michigan sum-
mer resort landlord 10 a Detroit guests
inquiry, but unles he's . chronic one
l can generally locate him and send
him home in good humor at the end
of his stay. 1 got hold of one last
year, however, who was too much for
me. 1t wasn't two hours after he reg
istered before he came 10 me TO say;
II don't like the location of your
house?'
Mop l replied.
You advertise no malaria. but ]
know there's malaria here.
Yes
"'You say no mosquitoes. and yet
saw one in my rom when ! first en-
tered
- haven't seen one this season.
land about fishing he went on,
where is the fishing? There is a pond
here, but who ever caught a fish in it?
And the beautiful views you advertise.
Good lands! but do you call hill or
two and dozen pines beautiful views?
l wonder at your cheek. You may be
1850 feet above the sea, but what in
thunder do 1 care about that? You
recommend the air to invaHds. 1t is no
better than any other air. You refer
TO the cool breeZes. IL is hot as blazeS
on every side of the house
Anything else?' ! asked. as he
paused for breath.
Yes. sir. a dozen other things. Fol-
Instance
Never mind the for instance,
please. AS you are the biggest kicker
have had for years. have a curiOs-
ity TO know what business or profession
you follow
That's none Of your affair he
growled. but I'd just as lief tell you
that when / am home l run a seashore
hotel and don't do any lying 10 get
customers. either
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03
ON RANGE TROUBLES.

T HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL re-
1 Gently had a somewhat elaborate
story, with comments, on the light be-
tween the sheepmen and the cattlemen
for the western ranges. In ii the as
tonishing statement is made that dur
ing the last ten years the homicldes
caused by range troubles have aver
aged 500 per year. and that during
those years SOC. 600 sheep. Of the value
OF 81. 400. 600, have been destroyed.
II is not necessary 10 say that this
report is wildly exaggerated. Five
hundred honnieldes a year is a stupen-
dous total. AS matter of fact, there
haven't been a tenth as many as that
per annum. Indeed. 1t is doubtful II
the killings of cattlemen by sheepmen
and vice versa will average twenty-five
year, unless homicides Of every char
acter are included.
Sheepmen frequently fan out among
each other, and so do cattlemen. The
Killings that often result cannot fairly
be attributed 10 range troubles: Many
cattlemen, have no more connection
with the range than the war in the
Philippines. II is undeniably true that
thousands Of sheep have been wantonly
destroyed. 1t would be hard to say last
how many, but certainly the total is
not so enormous as 100000.
In the estimate OF the Call il is pos
sible that the sheep lost in billiards,
through disease and starvation have
been included, regardless of the fact
that the cattlemen had nothing what
ever 10 do with such losses. The great
trouble about the range lawlessnsss
Is that every owner is, to a greater
or less extent. a law unto himself.
! There are no distinct federal statutes
which define the rights of those who
Craze their stock upon the public do
main, and conflicts are inevitable.
They viii continue to be inevitable
until satisfactory statutes are enacted.
Nobody regrets the existing conditions
more than the people living in and near
the scenes OF conflict. Both the cattle
and the sheep industries are n ecessaTy
to their prosperity and their progress,
and II is regrettable that the two in
terests cannot live together in har-
mony.
( However. there is nIther excuse nor
necessity for exaggerating the condi-
tions or distorting the facts. The prob
lem. difficult though it may seem now,
will be worked out in time. and we
may yet see the sheepherder and the
cowboy. like the lamb and the lion,
dwelling happily on contiguous terri
| tory.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03

(Noblesvilie. Ind. Ledger. Aug. %
Mr.. C. r. Heath of the Nobiesville
Gas company had his attention called
Thursday 70 a statement in a Muncie
newspaper TO the effect that during the
presence in this city a few days since
of Mr.. Perry 5. Heath. who is the
owner and publisher of the Salt Lake
City Tribune. he had indicated that he
might be a candidate for the United
States senate In Utah-that lit was a
matter 10 be considered in the future, ="
That Is the exact opposite of the
truth" said c. r. Heath 20 the Ledger
reporter today. My brother told me
while here the other day that while
he proposed TO remain active in poll
ties. he was not now, had not been, nor
did he in the future intend TO be. cam
didate for the United States senate or
any other Office. He is in Utah for
business, is prosperous. and wants no
Office now or in the future"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03

he was discharged as cured. but the
developments Of Monday showed that
he was not cured.
In his disordered mind there lurked
a homieidal mania which waited only
for a suitable occasion to manifest
itself The occasion came and a peace
ful home was turned into a slaughter
pen. Hardly a day passes that does
not contain a similar record In some
section OF the country. The mania is
not confined 10 men. Women manifest
IL almost as often and with equally
deadly results. And there seems no
way OF checking the disease, for IT is
disease.
Few men are able to say that other
men are OF perfectly sounds minds.
Experts in insanity have furious diff
ferences on the subject. In almost
every murder case where it is proven
beyond doubt that the defendant did
the killing the plea OF insanity is
raised and Il Is never hard TO md men
of nigh reputation who are willing to
swear that. at the time the oftense
Nas coVimitted. the defendant was not
OF sound mind.
Why should the homicidal tendency
be manifested more frequently than
any other form of insanity? 1t may
be caused by our upbringing. a large
majority of men have an idea that IL
is sport to kill something. They go
out and shoot birds all day long when
there is no more necessity for them to
kill birds than for them TO shoot at
the moon. They go out and kill fish,
they go TO see man batter each other
into Inconsistencies. That is sport.
Is il so strange. then. that when the
mind becomes unhinged the unfortun-
ate possessor Of II feels an overpower-
ing desire 10 see human blood flow?
The pity of It all is that usually the
first victim of the lunatic is the indi-
vidual who loves him best on earth
and who is best loved by him. The
innocent always suffer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03
AS BADLY OFF AS sELKIRK.
The Impecunious Scotchman Who
Harassed a Good-natured Man.


Edward II. Sanborn, well known in
Philadelphia manufacturing circles,
says the Philadelphia Record, tells of
a professional dead beat who has
haunted him for years. MY first en-
counter with him." says Mr. Sanborn.
was when | was connected with the
drug business in Boston, nearly If
teen years ago. He introduced himself
to me as the son of prominent chem
lst In Glasgow. Scotland, and said he
had come TO this country with glitter
ing promises that had not been full
filled. and spun such a hard luck tale
that i gave him some assistance. He
came around regularly after that. and
his pet expression was. i am cut off
as completely from my friends as was
Alexander Selkirk on the island of Juan
Fernandez. He got to be such a nui-
sance that / told him l had no more
money, and he needn't come around.
or words to that effect.
We'll. one evening after l came to
Philadelphia l was sitting in the Rev.
Russell II. Conwells parlor, when a
Scotchman was ushered in on beg
siug mission. l didn't recognize him
until he CHANGED to remark that he
was cut off from his friends as com
pletely as Alexander Selkirk was on
the island of Juan Fernandez. / called
DR.. Conwell aside, and the result was
that the fellow went away empty hand
ed. and without recognizing me.
ION another occasion, when ] was
I doing newspaper work, / was writing
at my desk one night, when a fellow
strolled into the office and announced
that he was a Scotch newspaper man
in hard luck. l paid no attention to
him until the words fiOated over to my
corner: i am cut off as completely
from my friends as Alexander Selkirk
was on the island of Juan Fernandez
l looked up and recognized him, and
again his plans were frustrated. The
other day he braeed me on the street.
Are you as lonely as Selkirk on the
island of Juan Fernandez l asked
He gave me one look and sneaked
away"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03
Contributory Negligence.

A joint committee of the recent ses-
sion of the Louisiana legislature Wis
tied the state penal farms at Angola
and Hope, for the purpose of report
ing on the work done by the board OF
control. The members of the commit
tee spent some time talking with the
negro eonviets, and presently one OF
the negroes recognized a member OF
the committee. who is rising young
lawyer, not a thousand miles from New
iberia.
You know Mr.. b" inquired one
of the gentlemen.
"Yaas, sab, I knows Mr.. B well.
He's de one dun sent me heah," re-
piled the darky. with grin spread all
over his face.
The gentleman had not heard OF Mr..
B officiating as q prosecuting at
torney, and wanted to know how he
came to send the convict there.
He wuz man lawyer, sab"
Mr.. B. acknowledged that the
drinks were on him, provided the Incl
dent did not get any further.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03
August.

qIenry Ward Beecher's Star Papers ,
August, Reign, thou fire month! What
eanst thou do? Neither shalt thou de-
stroy the earth, whom frost and Ice could
not destroy. The vines droop, the trees
sfagger. the broad-palmed leaves give
thee their moisture and hang down. Rut
every night the dew pities them. YET
there are flowers that look thee IN the
eye, fierce sun, all day long. ana Wink
not This Is the rejoicing month Tor JOY,
Gus insects. If our unselfisn eye w"ula
behold il. Il is the most populous and the
happiest month. The herds pleSh IN the
sedge: fish seek the deeper pools fofes'
fowl lead out their young; the air Is res
onant of insect Orchestras, eaeh one car
rying his part in natures grand mar
monV. August. thou art the ripeness OF
the year. Thou art the glowing center
of the circle
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03
THE HoMlcIDAL MANIA.

THE SUICIDE, William Trautman.
Who killed himself near Park CITY
Monday morning after woundlng his
daughter 80 seriously that It is feared
she win die, ana after attempting to
Nil his wife and another daughter.
furnishes another example OF the hair
line which separates sanity from in
sanity Ia some natures. Trautman
had been confined In the asylum at
Provo AZ q lunstic. A short time ago
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03

Warden DOws EFFORT TO suppress the
details OF cutting affray between two
convicts that resulted in the death of
one of. the men does not reflect any
credit on that officer. 1t was his plain
duty to report ali the facts at once to
his snperiors-for 1t is TO be presumed
that even Warden Dow has official su-
periors-but he failed to do so. The
matter seems serious enough to war
rant an official investigation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03

A colliery guard in the Pennsylya-
MIA anthracite region Is reported as
saying that he hoped the mines would
be kept closed until the strikers had
to eat their children. II the miners get
hold OF him there won't be enough OF
him left 10 make a respectable meal
for a mug dog
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03

The Labor day festivities at Ogden
were in charge OF the Machinists'
union and the reception committee TO
meet Governor Wells and ride with him
through the parade consisted of Attor-
ney John d. Murphy, William Glas-
mann and Deputy County Recorder
Matson. When dill the Republican ma
chine bosses in ogden Join the Machin-
lists uniOn9
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03
Another Sort.
-. Hu.r

Beryl-Was Jack much embarrassed
when he proposed to Miss Antique Got
rox?
Sibyl-Well. I should say so;
Beryl-I suppose he blushed and SIAM
mered the way they all do!
Sibyl-Not AT all His was financial
am Ia IRA SSmFnt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03

President Roosevelt denies that he
intends TO appoint Attorney General
Knox TO the supreme bench. Perhaps
the president is satisfied that Knox is
more useful to the trusts In his pres
ent position. And he very probably is.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03
Fond Anticipation.
(Washington Star.)

7 w dHHiIlSlth SN~-E
why did you insist on getting me an
upper berth in the sleeping carp asked
the habitually austere LADY.
We'll" answered her lrrepresslple
niece, you have been expecting Tor so
many years 10 find somebody Inoer your
he'd mat / Thought ID might relieve your
mind 10 have all doubts on the subject
removed for once"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03
Rural Advantages.

New York Weekly)
Stranger-I understand that there has
never been a court ease IN this neighbor-
hood. The people here must be very
peaceable.
Farmer Wayback-'Tain't that; but you
see the squire lives so far away tnat by
the time we git there we forgit what We
was Quarrelin about.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03

The congressional elections are near
ly as interesting 10 a great many peo-
pie as the race between the first four
clubs in the American league for the
pennant. Only twenty-seven points
separate the first from the fourth.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03

The Denver newspaper that started a
balloon expedition from the Colorado
metropolis to New York will probably
have the top of Pixies peak amputated
before II tries the experiment again.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03
The Real Thing.

columbus (Ol State Journal.)
''Are you a real Indian?" asked the in
vestigating youth of one Of the painted
Indians who accompanied a Wild West
medicine show.
Sure replied the Indian Z was born
an raised in Indianapolis, Indiana
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03

The laboring man doesn't seem to
have done anything but work on Labor
day. after all. He must have marched
several thousand miles altogether.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03
. Why he Wrote.


LDttFOIt fItt Iltas-J
Friend-Is George very homesick-does
he write home as often as he promisedg
Father-Oh he's not homeslck, but he
sometimes writes oftener than he thought
10. You see. going broke" is new ex-
perience with him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03
It Sometimes Happens.
tChicaEo POst.)

Didn't you get very wetg' she asked
as he reached home on rainy evening
Il got so wet that IL made me dry
he explained. feeling that he ought TO
give some excuse tor his breath.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03
Or if he Trunks he Has

(Atchison (kan) Giobe)
II A man has a new story, better let
him tell IL and get il over with: he viii
not be satisfied until he does.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03

Porto Rico is learning fast. Six men
were wounded In a political row down
there the other day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03

The School Of Arts and Sciences offers
courses in:
!. General Science.
. Liberal Arts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03
An Aesthetic Soul.

Detroit Free Press.)
We'll. ala she buy the book"
NO" replied the clerk; she said she
didn't like the cover design"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03
State Normal School.

The Normal School offers:
]. A four years Normal Course.
>. Advanced Normal Courses.
3. Courses in Kindergarten Training.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03
OF UTAH.
School of Arts and Sciences.

The University Of Utah includes the Soho
School of Mines and the State Normal Schoo