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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-29

Gen. John c. Black, president of the
board of trustees of the Quincy Sol
diers' Home, is candidate for com
mander-in-chief of the Grand Army.
The encampment will be held in San
Francisco next summer. Gen. Black
was pension commissioner under
President Cleveland and is very popu-
lar with the veterans. The Grand
Army is not supposed to participate
in partisan politics, but it is nOtewOr-
thy that no democrat was ever elect
ed commander-in-chief in all the his
tory Of the organization.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-29
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

Today's Quotations Provisions. Live
Stock. Feed and Fuel
Rock Island, April 29.-FOllowing are the
quotations on the local market:
Provisions.
Butter-Creamery sSc, dairy 900s1c
EggS-Fresh l2c.
Live poultry Chickens 10c per pound,
hens &C per pound, ducks I21C, turkeys 1Sc,
geese 9xc.
Vegetables-Potatoes,4 Oc to soc.
Live Stock.
Cattle-Steers $3.50 to s475 cows and
neifers e2.00 to s4.5O, calves e4.50 to $500.
Hogs-Mixed and butchers f6.25 to u. 25.
Sheep-Yearlings or over, per cwt. 81 90 to
s. So Lambs per head S4.50 to $40.
Feed and Fuel
Grain-Corn 45014Sc; oats. 35c to So.
Forage-Timothy hay, el3 to 81, prairie
$40 to 81, baled prairie 81. baled timothy s12
straw, $500.
wood-Hard per load s. Oo0S5.50.
Coal-Lump per bushel l3C014c. mine run
l3C per bushel, SLACK. ger bushel &c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-29
CHANGES IN TIME ON
THE BURLINGTON ROAD

The burlington time table changes
were announced today. There is only
one change in the time of any of the
trains passing through Rock Island.
No. so, the south-bound train for ST
Louis, will leave here at GAS in the
morning instead of 6:35, 10 minutes
being added to the length of the stop
here, so that additional time will be
given for breakfast. Sunday service
between Rock Island and Quincy is
obtained by the making of trains Q
and between Galesburg and Quincy
daily. Train No. 4 will hereafter leave
Galesburg for Chicago at IL p. m, in
stead of 1890 a. M, giving sleeping
car service to Chicago in the evening
to connect with the trains on this di-
vision.
The Burlington has just issued a
neatly arranged booklet on Colorado
which will be of interest to all who
contemplate spending portion of the
summer in that state.
The Rock Island road has changed
the schedule of rates on the b., c. II.
& \. road, which formerly were based
on charges for passenger fare of 3%
cents per mile, to conform to the
rates on the remainder of the system,
or cents. Since the consolidation
Of the b., c. X. & n. with the Rock
of the B., r. X. & \. with the Rock
Island the old rates have been in
force, but a protest was made by the
people of the northern part of the
state and by those of South Dakota
with the result that the railway com
missioners took the matter up and
the change followed.
The Milwaukee road is building a
plant on the outskirts of Milwaukee
for the manufacture of its own en-
gines. The factory, which will have
a capacity of between so and 90 loco
motives year. will cost in the neigh
borhood of $1.OOO.OOO and will give en-
ployment to between 5000 and 1000
men.
The road was the first of the big
western lines to undertake the manu-
facture of its own cars, and its fac
tory in Milwaukee has Teen in opera
ton for several years. With the cree
ton of the shops for the furnishing
of its own motive power the Milwau-
kee will be independent in the matter
of equipment and viii therefore be in
a position to give uniform service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-29

TERMS-Daily, 10 cents perweek. weekly.
81 per year In advance.
ALI communications of political or argu-
mentative character, political or religious,
must have real name attached for publica-
ton. 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, 1903-04-29

That grim war dog, the monitor
Arkansas, one of the most formidable
fighting vessels in the United States
navy. has steamed into ST. Louis har-
Dor and is a visitor at the dedication
of the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
Roosevelt. Cleveland and the Arkan-
sas should make an interesting eXhi-
hilton
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-29

1t is said that New England demo-
Gratis arc going to urge Richard Oh
ney of the Cleveland cabinet for the
democratic nomination next year. Mr..
Olney was what was known as gold
democrat, but in 1900 he supported
Bryan on the ground that he was the
regular nominee, and urged other
democrats to do likewise. He is a
man of great ability.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-29

Golden Rule Jones of Toledo de
clares that President Parry is a rep
resentative of the lawless and vicious
class among manufacturers. Jones
himself is a manufacturer and a mem
Der of the association.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-29

Sisfcr-when your complexion be-
gins to fade don't use powder, paint
or skin foods. Go to bed early and
take little Rocky Mountain Tea.
Twill bring back the real beauty of
youth. T. H. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-29

The Chicago Tribune solves the Mil
Ter speakership problem by declaring
that sometimes a gavel has block
head on both ends.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-29
Wednesday, April 20.

They are already wearing straw
hats in Kansas. They show which
way the wind blows.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-29

The republicans of Illinois seem tC
believe that the constitution of the
state is nothing but chopping block
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-29
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924 Sec
ond avenue, Rock Island, Ill ENTERED at
the postofice as Second-class matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-29

If St. Louis can successfully handle
100000 strangers this week she can
take care of the blooming fair all
right
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-29

BY THE j. w. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-29
Sale of Geraniums
Beautiful Easter Lille $

IN POTS, 19c, 25c AND 29c
Very handsome plants in bloom.
Some that sold for 75c to 50 apiece
a few weeks ago. Were "A little
late for the Easter trade, so now
they are 19c, Csc, on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-29
House urn'sh. Sale

The sac of housekeeping goods
continues 10 attract a lot of people.
Some Of the special lots have been
sold out, but their place is taken
by others. It's a good time to buy
anything needed for the kitchen,
laundry o. lawn.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09
TIE BlRTH-RATE.
1t Grows Less in Proportion as Civil
cation Advances.

Philadelphia Press: What Presi-
dent Eliot attributes to college gradu-
ates is true of all the advantaged,
educated classes, whether they go to
college or not. The conspicuous.
wealthy, able or exceptional lines of
families in all countries tend to disap-
pear. Our presidents leave no fam
lilies, or small ones. OF the twenty
five men who have held this post in
ia years ten have today no descend
ants, and OF them all the Adams line
is the only prolific one. The British
.peerage would die out but for COLI
slant creations. Men of genius have
VIGOROUSLY no descendants, or few.
Even of countries as a whole it is
true that the birthrate falls with civ
ilization. The American birth-rate
has been decreasing for a century. If
the decrease which has gone on for
the past thirty years continues, by
1850 or 1860 our population will be
nearly as stationary as that of France.
In this state from 1880 to 1900 the wo-
men in the state over IA years of age
Increased 46 per cent, but in the
same stretch of twenty years the chill
ldren 5 years old and under only in
creased 80 per cent. Where the wo-
men had grown nearly one-half the
children had grown one-third.
This decrease in Pennsylvania s
babies had nothing to do with college
education. 1t was part of a general
! decrease which has gone on in all
classes, and most of all in the classes
which have the advantages of life.
Late marriage does something, but
when in all classes in a great state
the proportion of children falls, deep
er and more serious causes are at
work than the length of a college edu-
cation.
This process is going on every
where. New Zealand is the newest
Of all civilized lands, with the most
modern of advantages in the way OF
land reform, taxation, labor arbitra-
ton and the rest. From 1874 to
1896 the population of New Zealand
more than doubled, rising from 299,-
514 to 703, $50. The births only rose
one-half, from 1884 year to 1862.
In another generation or two New
Zealand too will have a stationary
population and stop growing.
When President Eliot therefore
falls foul of the length of the college
course and the late entrance on life
Of college graduates as tending to
diminish their families, and Prest-
dent Roosevelt exhorts everybody to
have babies, both are pursuing a
.audable course; but President Eliot
writes in ignorance of a general
world-movement toward a diminishing
birth-rate and President Roosevelt is
attacking a change in progress in all
ages as lands grow civilized. Ger
many and England longer escaped this
change than the rest of Europe, but
the last decade shows them under a
diminishing birth-rate.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09
Mhst the Year Promises.
ISSUED In Ben % Wisconsin Railway.

BY the inventors of the world we
are promised the attainment this year
OF many desirable things. Santos.
Dumont promises that we shall have
a dirigible balloon capable of carrying
passengers across the ocean. Prof
Bell says we shall have a flying ma
chine that viii traverse the air as in.
different 10 the winds as is a steamer
on the sea. Marconi assures us the
power 70 telegraph without wires. Ed,
is0n says we shall surely have an
electric storage battery which will
enable every family to keep an auto
mobile and be happy.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09
Thuusauas OF Americans for " 81
err Canada.


There VIII be thousands of Ampri-
cans coming up here in the spriny :"
was the remark made by farmer from
the vicinity of Lan-don, North Da-
koa. when he arrived i'm Winnipeg
Manitoba. the capital OF Western Can
ada. n few days since. He was the
advance guard Of "a large body WIN are
following him. and he has already in
vested iu several farming sections for
himself and others and purposes TO
take up his permanent abode In this
country. lie went on tC say: Hun
dreds are coming from my district
alone. / know this 10 be a fact. for
many OF them are neighbOrs Of mine.
The chief topic of conversation with
the farmers is the coming immigra-
ton in the spring
The impression general IN the part
OF Dakota where / live that farmers
can get from 10 TO l. cents more a
buShpl for wheat on the American side
OF the line than or the Canadian has
not prevented people from turning their
eyes TO Canada as a place 10 live N.
They know they can get land in tEis
country which is every hit as fertile
as that I'm Dakota at about one-quarter
the price. 1t IS safe 20 say that the
exodus from Dakota into Canada this
year will exceed the expectations OF
Canadians"
The Government has established
agencies at st. Paul. Mimi: Omaha.
Neb.: Kansas City. No; Chicago. H.;
indianapolis. Ind: Milwaukee. WIS;
WauSau. Wis: Detroit. Sault Ste.
Marie and Marquette. Mich: Toledo.
Ohio: WatertOwn, ). D.; Grand Forks
y. D.. and Great Falls. Mont. and tht
suggestion is made that by addressing
any OF these. who are the authoriHcS
agents Of the Government. il viii he
10 the advantage OF the reader. who
will be given the fd.,r~g S,,,l most au-
thentic information regarding the re-
suits OF mixed farming dairying,
ranching and embarrassing. and also
supply information rs 10 freight and
passenger rates, etc, etc.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09

W OMEN should beware of contract
w ing catarrh. The cold wind and
rain. slush and mud of winter are
especially conducive to catarrhal de-
engagements Few women escape.
Upon the first symptoms of catching
cold Peruna should be taken. 1t fOrti-
fes the system against colds and ca
tarrh.
The following letter gives one young
wOman'S experience with Peruna:
Miss Rose Gerbing is a popular society
woman of Crown Point, Ind, and she
writes the following:
Recently | took a long drive in the
country, and being too thinly clad
caught a bad cold which settled on my
lungs, and which | could not seem TO
shake off. | had heard great deal of
Peruna for colds and catarrh and
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09
F. e. KENAH.

bought a bottle TO try. l am pleased
that l did, for it brought speedy relief.
1t only took about two bottles. and L
considered this money well spent.
You have a firm friend in me, and l
not only advise its use To my friends but
have purchased several bottles To give 10
those without the means 10 buy, and
have noticed without exception that ii
has brought about a speedy cure where
ever it has been used. Miss Rose
Gerbing.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once TO DIR. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. o.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09
Folly of Prematureness.

If the report is true that Cole
Younger and Frank James have bought
a wild west" show it will at least
teach the lesson of not throwing bou-
quets at ex-bandits prematurely.-
Kansas City Star.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09

Is an education in itself and life long
memory. Write f. A. Palmer, A. q.
p A., Wabash Railroad, % Adams ST.,
Chicago, for complete itinerary of sum-
mer tours.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09

II is reported that Rt. Rev. Joseph
J. Fox, vicar general, will succeed
Bishop Messmer if the latter is
chosen coadjutor to the archbishop of
ST. Louis.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09

Florence Maria tre.O
caught cold which settled
there that became alarmed
without benefit digestive became
frequently
although had little faith I
ready anything brought blessed
had medicine Within
completely
health since.
81 now have tie greatest faith in Peruna F. e. KENAH
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09

Brice McMullen, a Spanish-AmeI-
lean war veteran, was buried at To
nah. being given a military burial by
Co. X OF that city.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09

The Hotel kellogg at Bancroft mar
rowly escaped destruction by fire. The
blaze was discovered just in time.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09

Mrs. Abram Van Howe, so years
old, of Sodus, N. Y, is cutting her
third set of teeth.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09

At Garrett, Ind, robbers blew the
pCstoTce safe and carried ava! 1900
in cash and S3eG in stamps.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09

rtTc Permanently Gated No Its or nervousness AFTER
III ursg GAF - fss GO 10. huv's Great Nerve Re
farer Spuu far q. - uO trta hgttr ami trrat.se
DR. n. n. kLINE. Ltd, -. arch ST.. Philadelphia Pa
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09
Put Do IN CoIIapsibIe Tubes.

ciT5uETTE An Unexcelled Preparation for
Oh ZINE l 1 Beautifying, Preserving and Re
storing the Complexion and Skin. Price 23c.
sample Free. Agts Wantd. JohnstOne Phar-
inacstI Co., Dept. y, 6S7 Ogden Av., Chicago.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09

10 FINELY finished miniature photos of your
| self for little work. Send photo aud &c.
STAMP for particulars. Photo returned un-
harmed. Lewis L. Thomas, a New Castle
ST., Sharon, Pa.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09

e Mrs. WinsiOwss SOOTHING SyRUP for children
teething softenS the gums reduces Inflammation
slayS pain. cures whit colic - cents a bottle
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09

Economy Is the road to wealth. PUT.
NAM FADELESS DYE is the road 10
economy.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09

Gov Cummins of Iowa is mentioned
as a possible candidate for vice pres
ident i'm 1904
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09

Raymond Ayres, one of the first
lumbermen of Oshkosh and for thirty
five years a lumberman and resident
of Waupaca county, died.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-10-09
Bradfords, 3l Market st., Wilmington, Del.

AUTOMOBILES-W are agents for the Cadillac. 1finterest-
ed let us show you one. Get a catalogue.
MOTOR CYCLE-We are now building a sample of "The
Bradford Motor Cycle and can fill orders in from ten to
fifteen days. You know we can build them as they should
b 6mH.
|BICYCLES4sThe Bradford and Virginia, juvenile and adult
are too well known to our Wilmington Cyclists to lose any
time in explanations REMEMBER the prices will soon adj
vance. You had better buy now.
BICYCLE SUNDRIES-The largest line in the city to select
from.
COASTER BRAKE-AH the leading makes put on now for
$3.50. Price will soon advance. If you do not buy now
we will both lose money.
BICYCLE LANTERNsL G. Lanterns, 65c; Sterling, s. %;
Goth Century Oil, $50; Goth Century Gas, $500 and s.. so.
GUNS-A large shipment of guns just received. l. .
Smith and other Breech leaders, from S. to $50, including
i. G. Smith guns.
GOLF GOODS-Bals,w while they last, Zoe. each; Clubs, reduc-
ed from $3.50 to SOC. each.
WANTSLVelocipedes, t~ricyces, cyclone wag-
oAs, tandem wagons, automobiles, police patrols trucks,
coasters, all kinds of express wagons and iretlonal toys, nook
AID ladder, goat and dog sulkeys, Empire express, and CEN
fvuanial wagons, etc.
rldlable lamps, 81 80 up.
SIS ~G BRADFORD.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-10-09
An Autumnal Arbor Day.

Pennsylvania has adopted a wise course
of having an arbor day observance in the
public schools in autumn. The arbor
day in the spring comes too late to set
trees in the lower end of the state and
some rural schools are closed. This is a
wise course, because the Trees set in the
fall are more likely to live than those set
so late in the spring and interest may be
aroused among the pupils to care for the
trees during the greater part of the school
year. The plan should be adopted in
New Jersey.
Nathan G. Schaeffer, State Superinten'
dent of Public instruction, of Pennsylya-
mia, in his proclamation says:
sThe law wisely requires the obser'
vance of Arbor Day in the public schools
The rapid destruction of our forests has
alarmed the farseeing citizens OF the
Commonwealth. Every boy and CIR
should be taught how to plant and pro
tect trees. The value of trees for shade
for fruit, and for industrial purposes
should be duly emphasized. Their sig
nifcance in the domain of the higher Lie
and the use made of them In literature
and ethical instruction should be brought
to the notice OF our young people. Tht
time is past when argument is needed tt
show the importance of a proper obser
vance of Arbor Day in all the schools o.
America"
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-10-09
Should Be Repealed

OF all the tyrannical fool laws ever
passed by a Legislature the chapter NO.
246 passed by the New jersey Leglsla-
ture last winter stands at the head. 1t
was made solely to suit the gunners and
anglers. 1t prohibits the killing OF any
game except by a ssgun held at arms
length and fired from the shoulder" 1t
prohibits the trapping of game which
should be the privilege of every boy in
the game season.
Section rs reads: ut shall be unlawful
to take or attempt to take any fish from
any Of the waters of this state by means
of any continuance whatsoever, excepting
in the manner commonly known as ang-
ling with a hand-line or with rod and
line under a penalty OF twenty dollars
for. each offense." Exception is taken to
catching eels in baskets, suckers cat fish
and carp with a spear.
Section 40 authorizes the fish and game
commissioners to issue permits to take
carp and suckers with a net of not lese
than a four inch mesh.
The fine is $40.
This act clearly prohibits the catching
of shad. Our shad fishermen will have
to go with hook and line if this is not re-
pealed next winter.
1t prohibits carp fishing which is a
profitable industry in our creeks in the
winter. 1t prohibits a man from setting
a small net in case he wants fish from a
stream. 1t prohibits the fishing with
any kind of a seine in the spring for shad
or later when rock and other small fish
are usually caught.
God made man to have dominion over
the fowls of the air, the fish of the sea
and also given every green herb for meat,
but Tire last legislature sets the first chap
ter of The Bible aside and makes the
fowls of the air, and fishes of the sea to
be meat only for the few who al shoot
a gun straight and the idle millionaire
anglers.
Better wipe the whole game and fish
laws off the statutes and have none than
the abominable, tyrannical one now in
force.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-10-09
s CURRENCY
Objection to 1t Unless Guaranteed by
the Government.

ONIOGOAOlh ~ ~ OhAO00 0GA0A 0kkItCOA Wy
the Government.
Kansas City journal"
The financial jugglers can save their
time and breath in preaching to the
American people about the scientific
nature" Of a pure assets currency. 1t
may be scientific, but the fact remains
that the people will not consent to a
paper circulation which is not guaran-
teed by the Government. Probably
nine-tenths Of the people are Of the be-
lief that the issuing of all money is pri-
marily a function of the Government,
not to be delegated to corporations or
private individuals.
But that is not all of it. The people
as a body lack confidence in the unsup-
ported notes of a bank. 1t does no
good to tell these people that as they ac-
cept checks and drafts on a bank with
out question, SO ought they to accept
its promissory notes in like manner.
The people are not very wise, but they
are able to distinguish between a tenn
porary e~xpedient in the form of a draft
or check and the promissory notes
which are to become a permanent part
of the circulation. The man who ac-
cepts a check does SO with the full
knowledge that he is taking chances.
The man who is paid a dollar should
know that it is good dollar beyond
the reach of chances. And SO we may
safely assert that the people of the
United States will never consent to any
kind of money not guaranteed by the
Government.