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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-31
TWILIGHT IN IRELAND.
It Is Different From That Seen In
Any Other Country.

AHS UtHeT OOUHtTg'
The interior of typical Irish cabin
is a sorry sight. The floor is of stone,
uncovered except for n few rag mats.
The furniture is of the poorest, and
sometimes it is homemade; tables i'm
provised from boxes, chairs from bar
rels, and the beds more like stalls for
cattle, with their straw mattresses and
bundle of rags for clothing. a slow,
dull fire of peat gives a cherries
warmth to the room. What few dishes
there are belonging to the family are
arranged ON the mantelpiece. Strips of
bacon, dried cod and herbs hang from
the ceiling.
After n frugal meal Pat will take his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-31

ed by the government i'm accordance
with the terms under which the old
Moline Water Power company relin-
quiShed its rights before the first dam
to furnish power for the shops at
Rock Island arsenal was begun. At
that time it was agreed to preserve
to the company the rights and priv
leges that the r'eoples Power COM
pany now holds. Therefore the latter
concern. deeming the three feet that
the channel was to be deepened in
sufficient, in its own interests made
an additional contract to have it
made another foot deeper or four feet
below low water mark. Thus about
10000 yards of stone more than was
specified in the original contract was
taken out.
stone Difficult to Loosen.
The main difficulty met in the un-
dertaking lay in the quality of the
stone that had to be loosened and
moved. 1t is a very hard variety of
limestone. being about 81 per cent
calcium carbonate. and therefore Of
fered great amount of resistance to
the drills and dynamite that were
TO be cut off with Il cofferdam and
pumps be kept at work night and day
10 keep the sewage from the lower
part of Moline and the water that
ran off the adjacent hills pumped out.
The pumps used had Il capacity of
2S,OOO.000 daily and part of the time
they were run to the limit. The near
ness of buildings rendered it impOs-
sible to use large charges of dyna-
mite and therefore more drilling had
to be done than might otherwise have
been necessary. 1t is estimated that
in the two and one-half years that
the work was in progress the drilling
that was done would make in the ag-
gregate an opening 100000 feet long
through the soHu rock. Twelve steam
drills were kept at work most of the
time. The charges were fired by
electricity. 1t is a remarkable fact
that in the firing of so many tons of
dynamite in small charges not a sim
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-31
EAGER TO HUNT IN ALASKA
President Roosevelt Hears Glowing
Reports on Giant Moose There.

President Roosevelt Hears Glowing
Reports Giant Moose There.
H s. New, editor of the indianapolis
Journal, made n report at the White
House the other day that set the presi-
dent to walking up and down and rub
bling his hands, says n Washington spe-
cial dispatch to the New York World.
The president had heard about Alaska
rs hunting ground and had had Mr..
New so up and investigate.
That's nothing" said Mr.. New as he
jerked his thumb toward the big moose
head in the state dining room. You
can get 'em half as big again and shoot
'em yourself. They're there by the
hundred"
Then he went into details, and the
president. enraptured, planned a trip to
the frozen north. Mr.. New got two
moose. but could have shot many more.
He saw 5000 mountain sheep in one
days tramp, and the country is over
run with small game. His recital of
the hardships n hunter must undergo
ON account of the climate and the rough
country only whetted the president
desire to make the trip
E0rty5iTee inches was the length
and pounds 3 ounces the weight of
L
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-31

EOrty5iTree inches was the length
and 6 pounds ounces the weight of a
grass snake which has been killed at
Wisbech, England.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-31

Continued on Page Ten.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-31

team that will bid fair to make all
others hustle to win out at the end.
Captain Tom News has good
nucleus to form a penant-winning
team for next seasons lineup in
Cross. Burchell. Treat and Quinn. of
last seasons bunch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-31

of the season Fleming announced
he was going to Terre Haute. 1t
seemed, however. there was some
trouble with the contract the Indiana
city offered him, and he wrote Mana
ger Rowland Il letter asking for
terms. The latter entered into COM
municatiun with Fleming, and re-
ceived a telegram in which he stated
that he would come here. Manager
Rowland is particularly pleased about
securing Fleming. He i the first
man to be signed. and the fact that
he is one of the best in the business,
will induce other players to come
here. Fleming battei $50 with Cedar
Rapids last year. He is Il young man
and Il graduate of Nutre Dame uni
versity. BESIDES being good batter
and fielder, Fleming l. sprinter with
record OF ten seconds for lOO yards.
While no contract has vet been made
with Charlie Buelov. he win hc a
member of the team. He will uu-
doubleday be captain. Il position he
filed with Rockford for two months
last year. Fred Smith and George
Luke, both of Dubuque. will be given
trials on the team.
The current Sporting News has a
full page picture of Davy Jones ON its
front page. with the following in re-
card To that player:
David Jones. outiielder of the Chi
cago National league club. i gradu-
ate of the Rockford club OF the Three
] league. with 1vhioE he made his de
but as professional in 1901. lie at
tracted the attention of Manager
Nicol while n member of the college
team at Dixon, H.. and made good
in his initial year IS n professional.
He finished the season OF 1901 with
the Milwaukee club and started the
1902 race with the st. Louis Browns.
but after taking part in fifteen games
jumped to the Chicago National
league club to which he is, under con
tract for next season.
{. w Hallerman, owner of the
Marion franchise in the Central base
ball league, signed contract with
Jack Grim, of indianapolis, to man
age and captain the Marion team
for the season of 1908.
How soon they forget! An Evans
Vile paper says 'at last" that town
will be in Il league fast enough for the
town. And this after that'team's re-
cord in 1901 and 1902. The Evansville
paper says:
"Since the days of the Southern
league of '95 the baseball enthusiasts
have clamored for representation in
a fast league, and now the fultillment.
of their hopes is about. to be realized
through the interchangeable work of
President Bement and his co-workers.
Developments are not given out. as
the local association does not think it
policy to show their hands at this
stage, but Evansville will have a fast
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-01-24
N10F FRID A. "a
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most unconsciouly, but such cases are
rare. One, however, was that of the
great actress Rachel, whose childhood
was passed in such pitiful poverty that
in the after days Of her wealth money
became Of exaggerated Importance,
while with Jennie Lind poverty's ex-
perience had a different and ennob'-
ing influence, for this splendid singer,
great actress and, above all, good VIC
man, gave away thousands of dollars
during her lifetime to charities, in ac-
dition to the many concerts she got up
for the benefit of various institutions.
1t is very unusual for an actress to lie
close listed like Rachel was, for, like
most women who earn their own money
and have to account to no one for it,
they are as rule generous to the brink
aye, and over the brink and into the
abyss-of folly, for they seldom pro-
vide for a rainy day. In fact, the
theatrical profession represents the
most generous class in the world, and
this applies quite as much, if not more,
to the actresses than to the actors
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-01-24

treatment allows a fine reciprocity be-
tween the proposed Municipal Hospit-
al buildings and the new structure to
be erected at the Soldiers Home.
"Suitable connections are planned
also between the Home and the Ana
costa River, taking in certain wooded
hills that command extended views of
the city. The swampy valley of the
Anocostia becomes park for boating,
swimming, and skating purposes, with
encircling drives, walks, and pleasure
grounds.
WATER PARK on TIE ANACOsTIA.
"a water park on the upper stretch
cs of the Anacostia rs planned is cal
culated to furnish a much-needed va
riety in the District park system.
Those persons who have visited the
Thames on the occasion of London
holiday will readily appreciate the
enormous use which the people make
of that narrow stream, the surface of
which at times seems to be literally
covered with the different kinds of
light craft.
1.-THE creation of a water park, with
drivcways surrounding it, being the
suggested treatment of the Anacostia
above the head OF navigation, the lower
portion of the stream to its junction
with the Potomac may we'll be treated
as proposed by the engineers, namely,
by the construction of walls along the
borders of the channel and filling in
the flats. The present limited wharf
age frontage of Washington makes it
certain that as the city increases in
size that portion of the AEacostia 'front.'
age from its mouth to the navy yard
will be needed for business purposes.
1t is important, however. that broad
parkway connection be maintained
along the river in order to connect the
Anacostia Park with the Potomac
Park, and for this work line Of stone
quays, overlooked by terraces, as on
tue Seine in Paris, may be used to ex-
ccllent advantage.
"Thc long island lying between the
Washington channel and the main
channel of the Potomac should be
treated in such manner as to afford
shaded drives and walks along the
water, with frequent boat landings, so
as to make the park accessible to the
section of the city which it adjoins.
"The necessity of rebuilding the
wharfage on Washington channel,
which recently has come into the un-
disputed possession of the District of
Columbia, makes it necessary to de-
eide as to the character Of the new
wharves." - Washington Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-01-24
WHEN THE OLD FARM IS
SOLD.

How difficult it is for one who sells
his home farm to again place himself
in as good shape as before he sold. lie
! finds that the associations which go
with the farm cannot be replaced. He
had become familiar with every rod of
lonh on his farm, the rocks and trees,
,..c hills and brooks and the pathways
were his old acquaintances and there
| was an air of home and friendship all
around. After he has sold all these
come before him. He may have re-
ceived large price for his farm, but
that does not compensate for his loss,
says the Northampton (Mass.) Co=ette.
And when he comes to look around
| for another farm he finds that he can
not easily be suited. There are plenty
of farms for sale, but they have not the
good features of the old farm. Some
thing is lacking in all of them. Money
can compensate for some things, but
not for all. Mr.. Hoxie, of Roberts
Meadow, has found this out. Last fall
he sold his farm there to the water COM
missioners at what the commissioners
thought was an excessive price. He
was obliged to sell, because a part OF
his farm, being near to the water
course, was deemed to he injurious to
the purity Of the water. MIR. HoXle
has been looking around for another
farm ever since. He finds number
for sale, but there is lack of home-likc
flavor about them all. They do not
fill the place of the old farm, where he
was born and where he has always
lived.
And this recalls another instance of
farm selling. A man had fine farm
in one of the adjoining towns. 1t just
suited him. The land was strong and
rich. One day he had chance to sell.
The price was high-that is. it seemed
so to him, as it was much more than
he had called the farm worth. After
he had sold he began to realize his loss.
1t dawn,d upon him that he had parted
with something that was adapted to
his needs and incurred risk in buying
another farm. He felt badly, tears
filled his eyes and his heart was sad.
lie has never found farm like the old
farm. And he never will He wishes
he was back again on the old hilltop,
among the familiar rocks and trees.
The moral of all this is, don't part
with the old farm until you are COM
PEELED to and are sure you can better
yourself,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-01-24

work under the Immediate control OF
the Chief Executive of the United
States
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-01-24
WOMAN'S ALLEGED BAD
JUDGMENT IN AFFAIRS
OF TIE HEART.

"Women are certainly curious crea-
tures," said a cynical citizen, "and the
wonder to me is tina: they ever make
wise selection in marriage. l do not
mean to say anything unkind, for no
man has deeper or more profound re-
gard for women than have, and | adj
mire Drummond chiefly because he
said that woman represents Evolu-
tion's, Natures, Gods highest achieve
ment, and she was really the climax OF
all these forces, and they reached their
limit in her creation, a result the fore
es had been striving to bring about
from the very beginning OF time. be
lieve this is true. Being Of cynical
turn of mind l am not inclined to adj
nit that the world is wholly good, but
what good there is on this old planet
is to be found in the other sex.
"But why is it that we are constant
ly confronted by the perverseness OF
woman's taste in the matter of choos-
ing between men, as we find it for in
stance in the stage portrayals? Take
the average play and we will generally
find the woman's love drifting toward
some fellow who is totally unworthy,
fellow who is a veritabic scalawag in
all that the word means.
"In nine cases out of ten it is neces-
sary to kill few men in order to pro-
tect some good women-on the stage
from the fearful tortures of living all
her life with an unworthy man. At
least one man will have to be put out OF
the way, and if the play happens to be
of the melodramatic kind, why, there
is no limit to the number of fellows
who will be sacrificed in order to get
the woman out of a bad matrimonial
bargain. Are mems ideals higher than
the ideals of women? Is the heroic
and the sublime in mans nature more
highly developed and more delicately
outlined than those same impulses in
the nature of the fairer sex? Fiction,
YOU know, and fiction of the standard
sort, is filled with women Of the kind
have mentioned OF course, they are
not all of the kind l have been discuss
ing. Shakespeare's women, for in
stance, are made of sterner stuff, and
historical examples of the stronger and
more thoroughly balanced kind are not
lacking. There are the women of the
French Revolution, who lowered above
the men like giantesses. There are
our own noble women, who struggled
through the blood and tears that
drenched the Cos, and others might be
mentioned, for we may count all around
US the examples Of wise women in all
of life's relations.
But was just thinking lightly
about the apparent natural devotion
which a woman has for the scalawag,
and in majority of cases, if she is call
ed upon to make selection between
two men, she will lean towards the fel-
low who needs reclamation, indeed, if
she does not take him. 1fyou do not
believe it keep tab on them for
while. .'-Neu Orleans Times Democrat.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-01-24

A GIRLS REVERIE BY ELLA WHEELER
WILCOX.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-01-24
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TO MARRY OR
NOT TO MARRY.

GIRLS REvERIE BY ELLA wHEELE
WILCOX.
Mother saws: ssBe in no hurry.
Marriage off means care and worry."
Auntie says, with manner brave
wife is synonym for slave"
Father asks, in tones commanding.
slow does Bradstreet rate his standing:
SISTER, grooming to her twins,
Sighs, with marriage care begins.
Grandma, near ltfe's closing days,
Murmurs Sweet are girlhOod's ways.
Maud. twice widowed (':sod and grass'D,
Looks at me and mOans Alas!"
They are SIX, and 1 am one.
Life for me has just begun.
rhey are older, calmer, wiser,
Age should aye he youths adviser.
They must know-and yet. dear me,
When in Harry's eyes see
AL the word of 1--we there burning
On my six advisers turning,
make answer, "Oh, but Harry
Is not like most men who marry.
..Fate has offered ME prize,
Life with love means Paradise.
"Life without il IS not worth
All the foolish joys Of earth"
So in spite of all they say
shall name the wedding day.
-Ner FORK Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-01-24
THAT ARE KILLING THE PEOPLE.

No other plaster, no other medicine or ap-
plieation, cap compare with them. Coughs.
colds, backache, rheumatism, lumbsgo,
kidney and liver troubles, .sthms. s,- inf,u,
Plasters ike a snow image in the sun.
You can't throw money away on Benson's
Plaster. Ps s Everybody Is going to use them
this season. But make certain you get the
genuine. All druggists, or we will prepay
postage on any nnmber ordered in tho
United States on receipt of Csc. each.
seabury & johnson, Mig. Chemists, NY.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-01-24
THE SPIRIT OF WINTER.

The Spirit of Winter is with us,
making it's presence known in many
different ways-Sometimes by CHEEKY
sunshine and glistening SHOWS, and
sometimes by driving winds and blind
ing storms. 70 many people it seems
to take delight in making bad things
worse, tor rheumatism twists harder,
twinges sharper, catarrh becomes more
annoying, and the many symptoms OF
scroiula are developed and aggravated.
There is not much poetry in this, but
there is truth, and it is wonder that
more people don't get rid of these all
ments. The medicine that cures them
Hoods Sarsaparilla-is easily OBJ
tanned and there is abundant proof
that its cures are radical and pcrma-
nent.
It's the easiest thing in the world to
offer assistance to people who don't
need it.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-01-24
5elrft MisfrIIunQ.
District Committee on Beau
tifying Washington.
Great Structures and Parks.

The improvement Of the park system
in Washington is the subject of a re-
port made by the Senate Committee
on the District OF Columbia. 1t comes
in conjunction with the work of the
park commission authorized last
March, snd presents concrete views OF
carrying out systematic plan OF beau
tifying the Capital City.
This report of the committee is only
a step toward the consummation OF the
large work contemplated, but it is,
nevertheless, decidedly important and
interesting as indicating the lines on
which future improvements will proba-
bly he made. 1t is quite probable
that legislation at an early day Will
confirm in the main what has thus far
been accomplished. The report covers
fourteen printed pages, and after re-
view of what has been done, with occa-
sional inside glimpses showing the
tact and business capacity with which
Chairman Mcmillan banded some of
the more difficult phases, proceeds TO
numerous recommendations The ncccs-
sity for fountains in large number,
both for the sanitary benefits to the
population in such a hot climate as
this and for the Identification of the
parks, is emphasized, as well as the
demand for gymnasiums and public
baths.
LOCATION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
What will appeal more forcihly, per-
haps, just at present is the conclusion
of the commission as to the location OF
public buildings 1t is recommended
that only public buildings should face
the grounds of the Capitol; that new
department buildings may we'll he
located SO as TO face Lafayette square;
that buildings OF a semi public charac-
ter NAV be located south OF the present
Corcoran Gallery of Art fronting on
the White Lot and extending to the
park limits; that the northern side OF
the Mall may properly be used hy
museum and other buildings contain.
ing collections in which the public
generally is interested. but not 10y de
partment buildings: that the space he
tween Pennsylvania avenue and the
Mall should be occupied ly the DIS
trict building, the Hall of Records, 4
modern market, an armory for tho
District militia, and structures oi like
character.
There arc plans in the report also
! for improving the numerous parks d
tie District, for rebuilding the wharf
age of the Washington channel, an'
for the Anacostia water park. These
recommendations are summed up Will
the follow ing, urging concentration
of authority, in the following language
"The plans as prepar, d call for sys
tematic, continuous work, which must
of necessity be prolonged over a con
siderable number OF years. The park:
and reservations are now under th'
control of various officers and boards
all working with zeal, indeed, but no
always in harmony and co operation
In order to promote economy and efll
cheney park commission should b
created and in its charge the cntir
park system of the District of Colum
bia should be placed. The commits
sion should be national rather thai
local in character, and should do it
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-01-24
Likes,
Berwanger
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THEY CRUSH THE POWERS

This is written in mid-OetOber. The long,
oppressive summer is quite gone. Fading
Leaf, withering tree and the rustling corn in
the fields are signs of tho season. Fog,
frost, rain, snow,-they are coming. You
remember last winter; of 1900 and 1901.
The weather was cruel. Ahl the thous-
ands it killed, and the hundreds of thous-
ands it manned and crippled. Oh, the
rough grasp it laid on men at work, women
ct home, and children in cribs and cradles.
Coughs that began before Thanksgiving
Day are rackng and tearing them still yes,
and growing worse as they dig deeper into
the poor, tired throat and lungs. Many
were cured BY using Benson's Porous Plas-
ters. For the soothing and healing power
of these Plasters is wonderful. They con-