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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12
England and the Beers.

The Beers do not exhibit much love
for England. and are not likely to do
so for some time TO come. y number
of English colonies are not replete
with affection for the old country
and this is what keeps England so
busy and makes her disinelined to get
into trouble on the American side.
England is in the condition of the
old mother in the nursery rhyme,
who had so many children she didn't
know what to do. She is in farmer
parlance what is known as land poor.
Mere extent does not make a nation
strong. 1t has often been ii source
of weakness. 70 maintain suprem-
acy over an extensive area is costly
business. If the Beers keep ON being
ugly, England will find South Africa
sorry venture. She has an elephant
on her hands in ireland. The eX-
periences of ireland promise TO be
repeated in South Africa with the
same legacy OF hatred England just
now wants to exercise that just liber-
ality and magninimity that character
lied the north in its treatment of
the. south after the rebellion. There
is need of the greatest tact in the
management of English affairs in its
many hued colonies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

they are identical pieces of mail rum
ming up into the thousands and tens
of thousands. As matters now stand.
postage stamps in sufficient denomi-
nations to fulfill the requirements of
the law, must be attached to each
Identical piece. This requires con-
siderable labor. both in the office of
the firm where the matter originates
and again in the postoffices to which
they are transmitted, and the cancel
lation of these stamps must be done
by hand. Under the new arrange
ment this class of mail matter, when
the number of pieces exceed two thou
sand, will simply be wrapped up
and directed by the firm trans
hitting the same, brought to the post
office and weighed as newspapers
are weighed. The amount due will
be paid to the postmaster, and in all
probability receipted for, and the
matter will at once be ready for dis
tribution and transmission. In the
larger offices of the country. this will
decrease the number of clerks neceS-
sary. Much time will be saved and
in addition to this, the government
will not be put to the expense of
printing the stamps.
This reform was brought out and
pushed forward by the third assistant
postmaster general, Mr.. Madden. an
and successfully to improve his de
partment since the day of his accept
ance of the position.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12
From Paris
to New York
Illustrated by Fine
StereopticOn Slides.
Special Announcement.

Tuesday, Feb. Il, notable revi-
val of +. W. Robertson's sparkling
comedy. Caste" will be given at the
Illinois theatre by a distinguished
company, headed by Mary Scott, the
beautiful California star; Americas
foremost character comedian. Robert
v. Ferguson; Countess de Castelvo-
chic. The famous grandniece of Napo-
leon Bonaparte. who won her dra-
matte spurs in Sir Henry lrving's
company. and William Hazeltine, who
occupied leading position in the
late Augustin Days company.
This promises to be the most inn
portant theatrical event of the sea
son. Sale of seats will commence
Monday, Feb. 16, punctually at 9
o'clock.
Prices - cents to $1.oo. On ac-
count of the interest already mani
tested in this engagement. and the
large number of inquiries at the box
office. it has been decided that the
applications for seats sent in before
the opening of the sale will be filled
in order of their receipt. Free list
positively and entirely suspended.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12
Another Postal Reform.

There was incorporated in the
house postoffice appropriation bill re-
Gently passed. a provision that will
reduce the cost of postoffice operation
considerably. and at the same time
accommodate a great. many business
men. 1t is provided that hereafter
postoffices shall accept for trans
mission in the mails quantities of not
less than two thousand identical
pieces of third and fourth-cIass mat
ter without postage stamps being
affixed. provided that the postage is
fully prepaid.
1t does not take any extended ex-
PLANTATION to show the value of this
reform. The number of circulars
passing Through the mails daily is. en-
oTmous and in great many cases
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

There is bill before the legisla-
ture providing for the appoin tment
of a board of five musical examiners
who are to pass upon the capabilities
of all instructors in music. No one
would be allowed to teach without
having a certificate from this board.
This is a fine example of the extent
to which freak legislation might ex-
tend if suffered to- ramble unchecked.
What would be better. asks the Quin-
cy Herald, than a state board com
posed of plumbers. veterinary sur
geon, stock raiser and nerve
specialist to examine members of the
Legislature to see that they are sound
of limb and free from blemishes
behind the ears?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12
SIMPLY BREATHE IT.
A Few Minutes Use of Hyomel Four Times
a Day Cures Catarrh.

Few Minutes Use of Hyomel Four Times
aDay Cures Catarrh.
The pleasantest, most convenient
and the only scientific method for the
treatment and cure of catarrh is Hy-
omei. Simply put 20 drops of Hyomei
in the inhaler that comes with every
package and then breathe it for a
few minutes four times day.
1t seems remarkable that so simple
a way for treating catarrh will effect
cure, but the most important dis
coveries of science have always been
the simplest. By breathing Hyomei
in this way every particle of air that
enters the air passages of the throat
and head and goes into the lungs is
charged with healing balsam that
kills the germs and bacilli of catarrh
and sOothes and allays irritation.
The first days use of Hyomei will
show decided improvement and in a
short time there will be no further
trouble from catarrh. Its action is
rapid and lasting.
The first days use of Hyomei will
show a decided Improvement and in a
short time there will be no further
trouble from catarrh It's action is
rapid and lasting.
You take no risk in buying Hyomei
\ complete outfit costs $1.OO and if
after using you can say that it has
not helped You T. II. Thomas will re-
turn your money. What other treat
ment for catarrh is sold under a guar
antee like this? None other has suf-
fieient merit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

Physicians, after long years of in
vestigatiOn of cases tending to lon
Sevity, find that most aged people
have been married yet are not bald
headed. and nearly all drink into&i-
eating liquors and use tobacco in
some form. These conditions apply
particularly to SaXony. The investi-
CATION has not been carried on in
America or England. Perhaps it is
well enough that it should not be.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12
Possibilities of the Automobile.

The automobile stands revealed as
a new and permanent factor in the
worlds progress. The automobile
means myriad of miles of new and
good roads stretching throughout
the land, spanning rivers and valleys,
crossing the vast mountains and
binding all parts of our country
more closely together. The automo-
bile means a new era of inter-com-
munication, of closer relationship
between communities; it means that
the solitudes of the country will be
opened up. that the farmer will be
saved from his dizziness, and that the
individual may travel quickly. cheap
~ and safely wherever he lists with
out being dependent on the railway
train or the Flooding team of horses.
1t seems that the rich will grow clio
ser into touch with other classes,
and those of moderate means may
ride in comfort without the expense
of keeping horses, that enlightenment
and education and culture will be the
passengers on those cushioned seats
and will go into the remote corners
of the land
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

y Kansas insurance case has been
tried five times and the supreme
court of the United States has sent
it back for sixth trial. The courts
sometimes seem determined that jus
tice shall be done if it takes two or
three generations to accomplish it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

The latest is a blockade of flour on
western lines, creating a famine in
Chicago and showing the price up.
So far nobody has undertaken to cor
ner the Grace of God, and hold it on
Il siding just outside the city limits.
That is about the only thing the
trusts have not preempted.-BloOm
ington Bulletin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

TERMS-DaiIy, 10 cents per week. Weekly,
el.O0 per year in advance.
Accommodations of political or argulnen-
tative 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, 1903-02-12

The position of Secretary Root re-
grading labor unions is much like
that of the man who said he was lin
favor of prohibition, but against its
enforcement"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

The year 1908 is starting out with
the evident determination of breaking
the record of its predecessor for rail
way disasters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

The crown prince and the crown
princess of SaXOny might have saved
a deal of time by referring their dis
pute to The Hague peace tribunal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

The chances seem good for rebel
lion soon i'm China that will make the
late Boxer movement look like the
far-famed thirty cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

First of all. let's have a good. clean
cut. business administration of mu-
nicipal affairs, and then a general re-
vival of he old hustle for Rock ISL
and" spirit that characterized its
citizenship few years back.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

The British and German allies APP
Parently do not wish to submit their
claims to any one for arbitration.
There is growing feeling that
their claims will not bear investiga-
1iCn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

and who stin feels uneasy when he
sees a bailiff from the court house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

Anyway we manage to struggle
along pretty well without a chief of
police, at all.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

1t * now said that the new move
ment to change the location of the
Missouri capital is because the JEFF
fersOn City hotels all serve rabbit
three times a day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

Makes homely women beautiful,
good looking women handsome.
Greatest beautifier in the world.
Such is Rocky Mountain Tea. 35
cents. Never fails. T. II. Thomas
pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12
Thursday, February -.

We are now ready to listen to the
man who has heard the first robin
sing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

Winter coughs are apt to result in
consumption if neglected. They can
be soon broken up by using Foley's
Honey and Tar. All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1894 Second
Avenue, Rock Island, Ill. ENTERED at the
Postonnce as Second-class matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

In coal it's quality that makes
heat. its quality that retains it,
it is quality that makes possible
consumption of 80 per cent of the
combustible part of it, leaving Il
light. clean ash lastly, its quail
ity that lessons your fuel bills
you're moi paving for dirt, refuse
or mburnables. The coal we
handle. both hard and soft, de-
serves all the good things we and
our patrons say for it. y ton will
talk as loudly as carload.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

Rovw Are Year KRAneyse
Dr. Hobbs spar1Eua Pills cure an kidney lis. sam
plo free. Add stetlug Remedy Co. Chicago % n. !.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

BIZ THE j. w. POTTER 90.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12

Prices: %. 81. 80 and - cents.
Seats on sale Saturday morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-12
Anusennents.

Society's gala night-Special return
engagement of
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-17
HEIDELBERG TuN oUTcLAssED.
BY Great Cistern at Asti, Cal-Would
Float a Yacht.

by NFedt 1lStern at AStl, Cal,- w Quiz
Float a Yacht.
Every traveller in Europe knows
about the famous big tun of Heidel-
berg. But the largest wine cistern in the
world is at Asti Sonoma County, Cal.
1t is 81 feet long, "a feet wide and 25 feet
high. When it is filled with wine, as it
usually is, it holds five hundred thou
sand gallons Of juice 1t is by FIVE
times the most capacious ever built. 1t
takes two steam pumps seven days to
fill up the cistern, and it takes four
days for all the wine to run out
through the great pipe which leads to
the foot of the hillside below. 1t would
take two hundred and fifty freight cars
to carry the entire contents of this
great lake Of wine. The big els
tern at Asst is ten times as large as the
tun of Heidelberg.
The cistern has been built to conserve
the wine until proper time for mar
ketirg. The wine is held in it for many
months, and is then shipped to all parts
of the world. The cistern was carved
out of the solid rock and lined with ce-
ment two feet thick. 1t took one thou
sand barrels Of the best Portland ce-
ment and six thousand barrels of gray
ell and sand to line the surface of the
tank Fifty laborers worked day and
night for fffty-five days, and soon after
it's completion wedding party of eigh-
ty-five danced and made merry in its
capacious interior with room to spare.
Shortly afterward a grand ball was
given in the huge inner vault, and one
hundred persons attended.
When filled with wine the contents
have at the very least net value of
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
that is, figuring the wine at the rate of
thirty cents a gallon, but the product
when clarified, bottled and shipped to
all portions of the world brings all the
way from fifty cents to five dollars a
gallon. according to age, quality, etc.
When the wine leaves the tank it in
cludes some of the most expensive
brands Of California wine on the mar
ket. When the cistern was first built.
the idea was, of course, merely to hold
the wine. but 1t was found, to the de-
light of its creators, that the wine
which came from II was deliciously
blended and mellowed.
The building Of the receptacle, for this
lake of wine was difficult. Tie huge
wall was carved out of granite, and af-
ter the concrete sides of the interior
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-17
grans1ers Guide,
New York, NeW haven
and Hartford r.. X.
December n, 1852.

NV LINN Wv
FOR NEW YOkK-s4;05. s4.5O s5.oo
x6:lO. x6:50, $500, xS:10, S:35, 1886. xIO:Sd
a. n, Too, 1910, sl:5O tparlor car liDl
lfeGl "1:35, ZOO, $50 $3.50 1900 s4.15
G:irior ear limited, 4:35, $50, 5:S5, s6.lO,
nodationl, 1910. 9:15 p. IN. S1ndays-s4 .U5.
90, 900 $500, SS:55 a. m, $3.50. x4.35
$40. x6:15, s7:l0, $50, $50 s9:i0 D. NJ
9R WASHINGTON via Harlem River
= 20, %1l:30 .. m. daily.
FOR BOSTON via Hartford and VIII.
'Ihtic-+Io:oj a. M. 1896 b. N.
FOR BOSTON via New London ana Pro-
xi imfinS 2;So. '1I;sS lparlor car
I!m mts 4 .S S;o' So .J psslG + car
sundays..2:20, +2:SO a. m, '12:0S, s2:47,
FOR Boston via Springfield : .1:1O
sI1;o5 a. m. *1:45. '5:52 p. N. Sundays9
HARTFORD DIVISION.
For Meriden-+l:10. GAO, 1852. 1885.
1oi9 sl1:o5 a. m. l2:oS .1:45. 255. 1856.
1871 p. m. sundays-s1:10 a. M, iS:oS.
$3.50, 200, S:2S o. m, --.0o'
For Hartford = s1:10, GAO, 7:52, Gas.
E !o;oS; II ;o5 a M 120S *1:45, 2:55. $685.
Sunday 1l0, i2:os s5:52, Il .00 S:asy Z nm, M
For Springfield $40, 7:b2 b:s5
81 II o5 g. NJ. 1908, *1:45. 2:55. 500, $50,
800; 1000 p; m: SundaysIs1:lO a. M,
SHORE LINE DIVISION.
For New London, etc-s2:20, $3.50, TAI.
lO:oS Ito Guilfordl, HOG, .s11:55 (parior car
llmlted a. M, s12:05, 1886 fparlor car
limitedj, *2:47, 800, a4:05, 1865, Sis. Gil
Ito saybrook Junction., 1855, 1880 Gull
t a9do aeeommodat ionl p. M. Sundays 1920,
AIR LINE-NoRTHA8iPTO DIyisIeN.
For Middletown, Willimantic. etc.@7:Si
q: M, 12:55, 500 p. m. Snndays--7:15 D. m.
Connecting at MIddletown with the Valley
branch and at Willimantic with Eastern
district and c. v. r. r.; at TurnervilIe with
Colchester branch.
For, Shelburne Falls, Turner'S Falls, VIII
liamEburg, Holyoke, New Hartford and In.
tsEhieaIaIe stationS--I:5 20 a. m. and 400 p.
6:57 y. m. fe-s9
For Pennington, New Hartford and points
this side-7:50 a. M, 1904, 400, 1857 3. M.
For waterbury, via Cheshire SAB a. M.
lS;l5, 2:30, $40, $50 p. M. Sundays-0 a.
m, D. m. '#
BERKSHIRE DIVISION.
For Derby and Ansonia-6:O5, 7:1O, 500,
DERBY Junction., 4:40, 5:22, 6:55, 7.4O.
do;oO, II: 80 p. m. Sundays-8:25 a. M, 8: so.
6:35, $40 D. m. 800
For Waferbury--6:10, RIO, 500. 9:45 &.
M, IL IL. 2:30, 5:25, TAO, 11:30 D. m. SIM
days--S:25 a. M. 6:35 b. m.
For Winsted-7:10, 9:45 al M, $50. 40
p. m. Sundays-S:25 a. m, 6:35 b. m.
9. FOR Albany, Buffalo, Detroit, Cincinnati,
II; Louis Chicago and the West via State
For Litehfed and points on Litchfeld
Junction. 8 s. - s. = 4 -
Express Trains. xLocal Express.
lf G. T. HEMPSTEAD, M
General Passenger Agent.
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had been smoothed they were coated
the grape juice from absorbing objec-
tionable odors or flavors. Around the
sides big steel Orders were placed and
on these rest the sectional cover of the
lake. Not a ray of light can penetrate
into this vast quantity of wine. After
the wine has been placed In the cistern,
the cover on the top, which is three feet
in diameter, is Theoretically sealed, and
the wine, being below the surface of
the earth, suffers no changes Of temper
allure nor can any foreign matter gain
admission to it.
This big cistern is the property of the
1talian-SWiss colony, and is three
hours travel by rail from San Francis
co. 1t Is in the heart of the wine belt,
which describes a circle through the
coast counties about San Francisco
The building of the cistern is the result
of marvellous growth Of the wine in
dustry in California in the last five
years. 1t would take sixty tanks of
this size to contain the states best
yearly output. Were all this wine put
into one great tank it would float five
battleships like the Oregon, allowing a
space of fourteen feet beneath the hull
and seven feet on each side, not count
ing the extra floating surface that
would be gained by the displacement of
the hulls.
The wine industry in California gives
employment, in it's branches, to twelve
thousand persons. Over two hundred
and ten thousand acres of land are
planted to grapes. All the members Of
the families in the wine raising dis
tricts, as a general rule, participate in
the bread winning. Little tots five
years old may assist their parents, and
often one will come upon these healthy
little rascals who are as ruddy as chill
dren Of Bacchus. The grapes are usu-
ally raised in small vineyards and sold
to the great wineries. The largest wine
vineyard In the state embraces three
thousand acres. The growth of vines
for wine making is scientific process,
80 1UM eI9QL 'seAIesueQl 1870 AQUA
and strange to say, although French,
italian and Spanish viticulturists have
come to the wine country Of California,
they are not, as rule, so successful as
their American neighbors. Far more
skill is required in pruning and bud
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ding the vines than any one would i'm
agine. In addition to raising grapes for
wines themselves hundreds of slips and
cuttings are exported to other parts of
the world. -5
The central coast portion of Califor-
MA is said to. be as well adapted to
vineyards as any part of the world.
Sheep land, which costs five dollars an
acre, is worth one hundred dollars an
acre when planted to grapes. The dry
or sour wines are raised mostly in So
mona, Alameda, Santa Clara and Men
docino counties, while the sweet wines
are raised more in the interior, as in
Madeira county. One of the largest
sweet wineries in the world is in Ma
deira county.
In the winter the vines are often
wrapped in straw to prevent the access
of insect pests. Late each fall thew are
pruned until only a gnarled and knot
ty trunk, supporting number of short
thick branches, projects from the
ground. About the middle of April the
vine puts forth its leaves and tendrils
with surprising rapidity, and what be-
fore appeared a barren, uncultivated
field is transformed into a duxuriant
expanse of green. The grapes ripen in
the early fall, hen they are carefully
picked. If they are to remain anv
length of time before going to the wine
press the most scrupulous care must be
observed to see that they are not
bruised, for otherwise they might de-
cay and spoil the flavor of the wine.
Wine making itself Is a precise science
California wines are gaining a great
foothold in Europe. They are sold in
large quantities in the wine growing
countries on the continent. The Amer
lean wines a remuch purer than many
of the European products. The Euro
peans are very skillful in the arts of
blending wines, and, strange as it may
seem, they often select American wines
for this purpose. The largest wine
producers in California say that the
practice of relabeling American wines
in France and returning them to this
country under French labels Is practi-
cally all done away with owing to the
increasing demand for American wine
Los Angeles Letter in the Chicago
Tribune. 49, ...f....
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BUSINESS MEMS BANQUET,


CONTINUED from First Page.) :
NV toes were frozen with the bones
protruding through the flesh. l was
dashed to a sled and drawn to the ship
When I started back the thermometer
was at 531a below zero, and when l ar
rived at the ship it registered 65 be-
low. The man who conducts the expe-
dition through that northern cline must
have the ability and strength to en-
courage the men when their spirits are
crushed by the dreadful night. l do not
know how many of you gentlemen have
suffered from hunger; real hunger, l
mean; but I have seen the time when
I would grasp my rifle and go over
those vast seas of ice in search of food.
Seeing musk OK I would fire my rifle
which to my famished ears sounded
like the yelp of a wolf. The moment
the animal fell I rushed up and drawing
out my knife cut off a large slice and I
can assure you, gentlemen, that l did
not wait for a fire before eating till the
pangs of hunger were satisfied. Also
when a dog has been killed I have beat
EN- back the rest of the pack with my
rifle stock to keep them from deVOur1ng
their fallen cOmrade, so I could devour
it myself. ] suppose a number of
those present like many others 1 have
met would like to ask me why we do
this thing. There is something more
than mere monetary remuneration.
Why did Columbus sail over the I'M
known seas to meet those unknown
dangers? Why did Balboa, and many
years later Stanley push onward
through strange and hostile countries?
That the world might be enlightened.
There are two occasions in my life
which on taking a retrospective view,
consider have paidme for all my trouble.
Once when looked off that great tower
of ice rising thousands of feet above the
sea level, on the northern coast of
Greenland; the other, on a similar occa-