Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-06

| journey was begun on the eth of
| March. 1906.
Burlington was the first town laid
off in Iowa. 1t was surveyed and
plated i'm November. 1898. The first
newspaper published in Iowa was the
Dubuque Visitor. in 1886. The second
was the Iowa Sun, at Davenport. An
drew Logan, editor. who issued the
Sun on August 4, 1888.
| rehearse to YOU those historical
occurrences which, at a distant peri
cd. will possess a value. because no
man that lives can correctly rehearse
them to you, from their incipiency
down to date. nor has that man ever
lived: 1t should be 50. for | trained
for over so years for the ascendency.
The superficial will cry mere baga-
telle: not so with the wise and great.
| | should know the distant past as
well as the present day. for | passed
Through more than Il years of the
reign of Gar Alexander l., of Russia.
through the cessation caused by Con-
stantine; the entire reign of Nicho-
las L.. the reign of Alexander H.. the
reign of Alexander Ill, and l am now
counting off and placing on my diary
the years of Russians sixth ruler of
my day. Nicholas II.
l lived and passed through more
than decade of the reign of Napo-
leon l., of France: passed through
the entire reign of Louis NNIlI., the
reign of Charles ". the reign of King
Louis Philippe, the reign of Napoleon
Ill, and have witnessed 80 years of
the French republic.
/ passed through a decade of the
reign of George Ill. of England.
through the reign of George ", and
the reign of William ~. and Ga
years of the reign of Queen Victoria,
and am now counting off the years of
the reign of Edward VII.
l passed through decade of the
reign of Kamehameha |. of the king
dom of Hawaii; passed through The
entire reign of Kamehameha H., the
reign of kamehameha Ill, the reign
of Kamehameha ~, the reign of
Kamehameha V. through the reign of
King Lunalilo. the reign of his ma jes-
ty, King David Kalakaua: passed
through the regency of two of Ha-
waits queens, passed through the
reign and the dethronement of
of Queen Lydia Liliuakalani to give
place to President Dole's Hawaiian
republic, in July, 1894, which | am
now entering on my eighty years di-
airy. And may the energetic presi-
dents sunset be remote.
Yes, in my day have three queens
reigned in Hawaii, and seven dusky
monarchs have there welded their
sceptre, and have been placed within
the royal mausoleum. with great sor-
row to Sailor I.
| have tipped my hat to Gen. Lafay-
EFT and to Mexico's first president,
and Emperor Iturbide. and / was high
ly favored during the administration
of James Madison. Death may call
him who wears a diadem and spare
the man of the humble walks of life.
The old pioneers duty and object
| is to tell of his work and his acts in
the distant past, and also to show
how he stood in the working field.
and in the field of knowledge.
Counting age by the average work
of man, i have lived many years over
three centuries. and / am now work
| ing with more than one extensive
task before me. The small Drained
and unbalanced will exclaim that the
old sailors egotism is unbounded.
Their visions and minds are contract
ed, and l greatly pity their sad condi-
ton. They cannot fathom the mind
and soul that extends and explores
through earth, through ether and
Through realms above.
| An American discovered that the
air and the clouds were the store