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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-21
TODAY'S MARKETS

Chicago, Nov 2l-Followirg are the open
ing, highest, lowest and closing quotations
IN today's markets:
Dec so2s- sos; 79al; 595
July, 74Ss-; FAX; 749s; 741S
Corn.
Nov. 4s1l; 4s1l: 4s15 4sH
Dec, 42A-; 49,: s3ls 1885
May 4s9s; 42al; 429s; seq.
Data
Nov. s5al; $50; s5si: $50
Dec, s55s; 35S 35ls $50.
May, S5S; 357s; S5ls; Se14
Pork.
Jan, Il 50. ITO: 1L4s; Il As
May, 11.65; IL e5; ll55; lI.57.
Dec, g.; GEE; g.. 6.t2
Jan, 665-: 6.65-; 6.62: 6.62.
May, 6.62; 6e2; 6.62 6.62
Ribs.
Jan, 612; 6.I2; SCI; 607.
May, 6. %: 6.22-; 6.l7; $50
Receipts today: wheat lis, corn l39. oats
14S; nogs %, 600; cattle 500. sheep 5000.
Hog market opened weak, &c lower.
Light, q loG4.e0; mixed ana butch
ers, "a 35n4 30; good heavy, AO504 90; rough
heavy, 4.0Jl4.30.
Cattle market opened steady.
Sheep market opened strong
Hogs at Kansas City 5000, cattle 1000
hogs at Omaha 5000. cattle 225'
Union stock yards $40 a. m
Light, o.. I0fD4 80; mixed ana butchers, Ais
al 20; good heavy, e-150s4 20; rough heavy.
4O004.3O
Cattle market closed slow and unchanged
Sheep market unchanged
Hog market closed strong tor light.
Light, eAl0Q14.65; mixed ana butcners q 10
a. 20; good heavy, q Coca 65; rough heavy,
81 0004.30.
Cattle market steady.
Sheep market closed steady.
Estimated receipts Monday: Wheat 100.
corn 205, oats I55, hogs 41.0o0.
New York Stocks.
New York. Nov. 21.-The following are the
closing quotations on the New York stock
exchange
Sugar 1171S, Gas $50, C. R.I& P. "a. South.
ern Pacific Az, b. s. o. 74E, Atchison com
mon IS, Atchison ptd s91E, C. NJ. & st. p.
1873, Manhattan 1881, copper 1885, w. u.
Tel Co -, L. l0lss, c. s. A. 3,I6. Rdg.
common 409s. Can. Pacific llS1s. Leather com.
mon "a, b. r. T. 3S3<, Pacific Mail 90 U.
s. Steel ptd. 5l1S, U. s. Steel common II,
Penna- 1l3sS. MO. Pacific 90. Union Pacific
~. coal and iron q. Erie common 26sl.
Wabash pfd. 34H Car foundry 1885. C. & q.
W.'I554, Rep. Steel pfd. 4751, Rep. Steel com
mon Z, New York Central 1l6sS. Illinois
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-21

TERMS-Daily, 10 cents per week. weekly,
81 per year IN advance.
All communications of argumentative
character, political or religious. must have
real name attached for publication. 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, 1903-11-21
Saturday, November 21. 1908.

In lS6l-secession won't do. In 1908
secession is o. K.-under certain
circumstances and in some other fell
lows territory Extracts from the
diary of Uncle SAM.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-21

The London. England. Telegraph, in
speaking of Dare Devil Dorothy" re-
Gently, and which is to be the attrac-
ton at the Illinois tonight, says:
Anyone who witnessed the immense
audience at the Royal theatre last
night, where that dramatic novelty
was again seen for return engage
ment, could not fail to have been i'm
pressed with the tremendous popu-
larity of this play with the public.
For three or four years this remark
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-21
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1854 Sec
ond avenue, Rock Island, Ill. ENTERED at
the poston1ce as second-class matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-21

The winners in the Dare Devil Dor
othy'' contest were announced last
evening by Manager George German,
of the Illinois. Miss Florence May
Bailey was first, Miss Grace Schrein-
er second and Miss Clara NJ. johnson
third. The contest aroused consider
able interest, upward of 200 replies
having been received. The conditions
were that the person submitting the
longest list of words composed of
letters found in the title of the play
Dare Devil Dorothy" should be pre-
scented six box seats for today's per-
Torrance, with three orchestra seats
for the secopd and two for the third
best answers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-21

Nellie McHenry last evening at the
Illinois went through the thrilling fire
scene that came near laying her up
for repairs the other night at Omaha
without receiving Il mark. Of course.
she is not supposed to get burned,
but in the Nebraska city she got clos
er to the fireworks than she imagined
she was and her skirts ignited. but
the leading man was Johnny on the
spot and rescued her before the flames
had gotten much Roadway. "NFIiss,"
the play Miss Henry is starring in, is
a story of the western mining camps,
and introducing number of interest
ing characters. The play was well re-
ceived here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-21

The Omaha Bee says of The Pun
kin Husker," tomorrow nights bin at
the Illinois: Here is play worthy
Of a better name. 1t is Il drama of
the rural life, but so different from
those to which we have been accus-
toned that it is really refreshing.
The development of the hero and the
confusion of the villain is brought
about on lines totally at variance to
those which have been established by
canon for this sort of play, and the
originality displayed by the author,
Lawrence Russell. is as naive as it is
unexpected. One hardly expects much
from a play So inaptIy christened
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-21
Bills Of the
Week at the
Illinois *

Nov. 21.-"Dare Devil Dorothy
Nov. 22.-"The PunI1in Husker.''
Nov. 26.-Andrew Robson, in Rich
ard Carvel"
Nov 27.-"To Die at Dawn
Nov. 2S.-Robert Emmett.
Nov. 29.-"Lost River
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-21

BY THE j. w. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-21

ty performance takes place"
Amongst the principal members of the
combination are Alfred Britton. j. +.
Squirrel, William H. COnley. Clark
Ross, 0. f. Fitzgerald. Miss Grace Glib
bons, Miss Madeline Winthrop. Miss
Zelda Marston and Miss Geraldine
Burnett.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-21

Few attra ctions in dramatic way
that visit our city is more heartily
welcomed than the distinguished
young romantic actor. Andrew Rob-
son, and the play he presents. He
will be remembered, first. for his
masterful performance here Of James
Clarence. in the late Charles Cog
lain's striking play of the English
Georgian period. The Royal Box"
and subsequently. on u later visit for
his Richard CarveF' in the Rose dra
matization of the romantic writer,
Winston ChurchilI's famous novel of
that name. On both these occasions
Mr.. Robson presented to his patrons
productions of singular beauty. both
in point of their dramatic construc-
tion and in their elaborate stage in
vesture which, in the presentation of
Orchard Rarver' reached scale of
magnificence seldom vouchsafed our
theatregoers. His supporting COM
pany in both instances were of that
type of perfection. which if initiated
by many managers. would bring more
Gaction to audiences. who in
several instances this season have
been forced to accept the most beg
carly mise-en-scene of at times Sterl-
ing plays. 1t therefore goes without
saying Mr.. Robson's forthcoming APP
pearance as Richard Carvel," which
is announced for Thanksgiving at the
Illinois, will bring to him the same
overflow houses which greeted him on
his previous visit, the delight of which
occasion still fingers as bow of
promise for an enjoyable repetition of
the olden pleasure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-21

Chicago, Nov 2l-Fonowirg are the open
ing, highest, lowest ana closing quotations
IN today's markets;
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-30

A few days ago, says an exchange, the attention was called of a United States senator who had taken a deep interest in the passage of the so-called Philippine tariff bill that died natural death at the hands of the senate to the fact that the president in his Minneap- oils speech had made the statement that the democrats of the senate were pri- marily responsible for the defeat of that bill, and had spoken of it as dis tinctly humorous side to the defeat of the bill that men who believed in a re- duction of the tariff had opposed this reduction. This senator says that the president was in error in making any such statement. He said that there were only three democrats in the en- tire senate who opposed the passage of the bill, and that all those who ex- pressed themselves on the measure were in favor of its passage as the best they could get, though they all favored absolute free trade with those islands. He said the truth of the matter is that the bill was defeated by the friends of the administration. If they had pressed the bill any time during the latter part of the month of last Janu- ary it could have been passed, but they, were so intent on defeating state hood for the territories asking to come in and which they had promised should come in, that they were unwilling to take any chances on a vote on the bill. They postponed consideration until the very last day of the session when the opposition of any one man is, fatal to any bill and both the friends and en- emies of the bill knew this. Dhe bill died. of neglect, if not worse, at the hands of it's pretended friends, and the president of the United States is guilty of perverting history for the sake of finely turned sentence in a speech.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-30

A Washington writer, who has been keeping in touch with things political in that city, in writing about the post- office scandal speaks about one of lows: "We all know that Beavers late ly built residence in the city of Brooklyn that cost not less than $35,- 900, and on a salary of $4,500 a year, Other things are now coming to light
 Fine furniture was allowed or some- times forced on postmasters all over the country, and all of it was made by one concern. Typewriting machines vhave been distributed lavishly, and all of them of the same make. The old- fashioned good iron mail boxes were supplanted by sheet iron boxes, and all of them painted alike and with the same firms paint, and painted by men sent out from the department when it could have been done much cheaper at home by some firm in the city where the painting was done. The farmers along the rural free delivery routes were not allowed to furnish their own boxes, but were compelled to pay for the kind of box prescribed and sent out by the superintendent of the free de livery service. Whenever a new rural free delivery route was to be inaugur, ated some firm that furnished wagons and other things to the department ol to the carriers was given the tip and got into the game before any other 1 firm knew anything about it. And out
 of this comes good graft for the mer behind the scenes. The chances art that the thing will be so stupendous that the republican party will refuse tt allow the facts to be given to the pub lie. and the people will know nothing 1 of 1t until democratic congress com
 pels publicity. The people can get th' facts about how many thousands O
 dollars have been wasted and stoleI from them only by electing a demo
 cratic congress. ~ rr r@~
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-30
HEARD IN PASSING

The population of Ireland, which 50 years ago was over 8OO0,000, is now less than 4,5OO,OO0.
 Mayor Booth, Danbury's new munic- ipal executive, was praised from the pulpit on Sunday. His attitude tow ard Sunday closing is responsible for this unique ncident.-Hartford Post.
 Mir Mckinley appointed 52. colored men to office and Mir Roosevelt only 15. But the politicians had to do some- thing to resolidify the south. Hence the howl over Crum.-Milwaukee Sen- tinel
 Abdul Hamid Is moving large de- tachments of his Kurd troops into the Balkan provinces. The Kurds did the sultan's work of expert butchery in Ar menia. They can, however, expect no meek necks stretched to the knife in Albania. If the worst comes to the worst the world is as apt to be pitying the ''poor Kurds" as the "poor Alban- ians. "-Chicago Record-Herald.
 It looks queer to see the New York editorials that the governments vic tory in the anti-merger suit which President Roosevelt initiated, has made his renDmination inevitable, while the New York Sun inserts it's knife under the presidents fifth rib in memory of the anti-merger triumph. Evidently presidential politics, as in- 1 terpreted by New York newspapers, is very much mixed nowadays.-Boston | Herald.
 Ex-President Cleveland has a good 5e fnS- h, from St Louis this week. The stork is expected to pay another visit to the l Cleveland home very soon. and MT Cleveland must cut short his western trip. Later, however, he plans to go on long cruise with E. c. Benedict, who says his yacht will sail In New England waters all summer. MT l Cleveland is to have an opportunity for good fishing. and, perhaps, some duck shooting. The Cleveland family may spend the summer at Buzzard's bay.- Hartford Times.
 Generally there is much apprehen- sion in manufacturing and labor cir cles before the first day of May but this year so many labor troubles have been settled that it is not expected there will be a great walk-out There has been a disposition shown by both labor and capital to get together. Ar bitration and mutual conciliation are becoming prevalent. Shorter hours and better pay for the workers are being granted by fair employers. Let us hope that. in this country at least there will be no May day troubles Bridgeport Post.
 The man at the book counter, who i! up on titles, was puzzled the other day according to the Boston Transcript when young woman asked for copy of "rhe Tender Passion" "Certainly,' replied the clerk, reaching for tho
 Publishers Index" and various cat alogues. But he found nothing tha threw any light on the title i'll ques tion. The Tender Passion believe you wanted;' remarked the young man. "Yes. think that is the name, replied the girl. "It's by Ethel Watts , 'Oh!' said the bookman, "certainly"- , and when he returned he gave thu young woman copy of "True Love
 by Edith Wyatt
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-30
SEVERE ATTACK OF GRIP.
Cured by One Bottle of Chamberlain's
 Cough Remedy.

Cured by One Bottle of Chamberlain's
 Cough Remedy.
 "When I had an attack Of the grip last winter (the second one) I actually cured myself with one bottle of Cham herlain's Cough Remedy" says Frank W Perry, editor of the Enterprise, shortsville. N. Y. This is the honest +ruth at times kept from coughing myself to pieces by taking a teaspoon f,,l of this remedy and when the cough ,ng spell would come on at night I would take dose, and it seemed thai in the briefest interval the cough would pass off and I would go to sleep nerfectly free from cough and it's ac- companying pains. To say that the remedy acted as a most agreeable sur prise is putting 1t very mildly. I had no idea that 1t would or could knock out the grip, simply because I had nev- er tried it for such a purpose, but 1t did, and 1t seemed with the second at tack of coughing the remedy caused 1t not only be of less duration, but the pains were far less severe, and I had not used the contents of one bottle be fore MT Grip had bid me adieu. For sale by all druggists.
 Have you d house or lot to sell? Our penny a~word' ads will bring you a customer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-30
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1903.

Nearly everybody, it is presumed,
 it can be truly said yields q trenchant pen. His last letter talks of the St Louis worlds fair and the people who
 will be there, He says: Reference
 Is not here made to President Roose- velt, but to that other eminent, If not illustrious, republican statesman, the sultan of Sulu. That famous republi- can potentate is coming to the Louisi- ana Purchase exposition. He will un- doubtedly prove drawing card, espe- cially if he is accompanied by his 300 wives and his retinue of concubines. And Christian taxpayers who believe in and practice monogamy will be called upon to foot the bills. Polyga- nous potentates come high, but we must have them, because we are a world power, you know. What conn mentary upon our boasted conquest of the east, or was 1t purchase? Was it not that brilliant man, Thomas Bracket Reed, who enunciated the bit ter truth that we paid $2 per head for the yellow bellies in the Philippines, as he irreverently denominated our new fellow citizens? How various is our treatment of polygamists! Poor Roberts, a democrat, was unceremoni- ously yanked out for having three wives. Reed Shoot, republi- can, is kept in the senate. The sultan of Sulu, another republican, is to be wined and dined at the public expense.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-30

Radum is one of the rarest things upon earth, and is never found in the pure state. It must be disassociated from the other substances with which it is combined, by long, tedious and costly chemical operations. It is ob- tained from mineral called pitch blende, found in Bohemia. and during the two or three years that have elapsed since it's discovery by Madame and Monsieur Curie Of Paris they have succeeded in separating out of tons and pounds of radium. That is all that exists, uncombined, in the world, and even that is not the pure thing. It is mingled with more or less barium. A writer in Golfers says that the Curies do possess. however, one tiny bit of chemically pure radium. 1t weighs about half a grain, and is said to be of the size of buckshot. M. Curie has declared that he would not sell 1t for one hundred thousand francs. If he and his wife have a monopoly of this precious substance they are not get ting rich out of it. The demand is not active. Half grain of impure radium in a little tube is offered i'll Paris for five thousand dollars. A thief who should run off with a bit of radium as big as a small diamond would find that he had caught a Tar tar. If he kept it in his pocket, it would produce an inflammation that might cost him his life. If he held it near his eyes, he could easily lose his sight. If he handled it much, his fin. gers would get sore and might hava
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-30

to be amputated. Monsieur Curie is quoted as saying that he would not
 venture into room containing a kilo- gram of pure radium, for, if he did, he would probably lose his skin, his eyesight and his life. It gives off light also. Pure radium shines in the dark,
 although it is not hot like a flame. But, most wonderful of all, it con- stantly projects into space around it streams of invisible corpuscles, smaller than atoms, with a velocity as great as hundred thousand miles per second.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-30
gtll c dc d.
"Doesn't work ?"

"Doesn't work!"
 "No. He says he couldn't make fifty thousand in ten years, but he can land an heiress in that time if he gives all his attention to it."-Detroit Free Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-30
Everybody Can't Do Everything

We can't paint n picture. or carve s statue. or make coat, but we can wash clothes to perfection. We can do 1t because we do nothing else-havo done nothing else for a good while--b !. cause we have studied it, and thought about 1t, and worked hard as any nointer ever did. It requires as much hard work, and practice, and talent. to make a good laundry as to make a good nicture. Everybody can't paint a plc- kure-everybody can't wash clothes per factly. We wan: you to give us a fair 1ria1, and allow us to prove our word.
 Davis Steam Laundry
 Iz CANAL STREET
 Branch office. e Grand street.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-30
Ii Does Not Pay.

Don't guy people. It's not much fun for you, and the people whom you guy will hate you, and lay for q chance to get even.-Atchison Globe.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23
NEW FALL SKIRTS.
A Sale of Housefurnishing Goods
in Our Busy Basement.

The goods are so very desirable and the prices so
very much under real value that the various lots,
large they are, will probably be exhausted by
closing time tomorrow.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23
By PROF. ANTHONY BARKER.

possible. At least make them go higher
than the abdomen.
The exercise may be varied in many
ways. Move arms and legs as in
swimming. His and kick out in every
direction. Lie on either side and on
the back.
This vigorous exercise is especially
good for the trunk.
w. The One Arm RolI.-The one
arm roll is quite severe for beginners,
but even the weakest can master it
with little perseverance.
Lie down at full length on your side
and spread the legs so that both feet
can be firmly planted on the ground
later on. Then assist with both hands
to raise the body on one outstretched
arm and hold the other outstretched
directly above the former, so that it
will be in readiness to support the
body in its turn. (Figure a When
the balance is complete shift it COM
pletely to the other side and arm, TAX
ing care that the body does not sag
down, but presents a straight slanting
line. Keep going over in a circle and
revolve either forward or backward.
To vary the exercise and to make it
still more severe, bend the arm sup
porting the body until the forearm
lies along the floor and the elbow
touches it, and straighten out the arm
again. This is a particularly ener-
getic exercise for shoulder and wrist
The original exercise especially
builds up the hands, wrists and arms,
the chest near the shoulders and the
abdominal region. But the legs and
the hips receive not a little attention.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23

until spring. on the upper side of the
dam he has large quantities OF mate
rial stored, to use in repairs, should
any damage be done to his dam or
house. II is said that the beaver
sleeps In his chamber with his tail
hanging in the water. If anything
happens to the dam, he knows it at
once, for his tail telegraphs him. so to
speak. when the water begins to fall.
The modern way of trapping beaver
Is to cut hole in the ice between the
woodpile and the house. A set steel
trap Is then lowered by means OF a
split stick, until II sinks into the mud
and Is thus concealed. The chain OF
the trap IL fastened 10 a dry stake,
driven solidly into the pond. The
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23

beaver discovers the stake. and in
trying TO remove 1t gets caught. AS
he cannot readily gnaw dry stick, he
soon browns.
Il have known beaver to occupy
ponds where lumbermen have built
dams in the woods, but they generally
prefer TO do their own work A few
years ago some beavers were discover
ed In the pond of a mill on Hardwood
creek. near Parkhurst. Me. Some one
hoisted the gate. but no beavers came
out Next morning, however, the
fiume was found to be checked effec-
tually with stumDs. logs. stones. and
mud, and the water thus stopped. As
there we're only two beavers there the
work they did in one short night was
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23

from the bottom, and rise above the
water. When they are plastered out
side with mud they are about the size
and shape of a haycOck. ! have seen
as many as thirty houses in one pond.
When winter comes the pond freezes
solid. The beaver is then safe from
all enemies save man, and man must
be cunning hunter, to get the furry
and chubby little quadruped. The
chamber Of the house is above water.
and is lined with moss and leaves.
The door comes out under water, close
to the brush pile. The houses are
not connected.
The beaver lives In winter upon his
store OF bark and tender shoots gath
cred In the fall, and does not come out
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23

hides when his village is attacked and
the houses destroyed. The entrance to
this hole is always under water, If
the dam is intact, but If you take the
pains to follow it up you will find that
il terminates beneath some large tree,
near the surface of the ground. Here
in summer the young beavers are born,
and not in the houses, as some writer's
tell us.
when autumn draws near the beav-
ers migrate, generally up stream, to
some convenient spot, and new dam
and houses are rapidly constructed.
The trees along the bank are feiled.
and huge piles OF wood are heaped up
before the doors OF the houses, always
under water. The houses are built