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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-25

theatrical attraction in Chicago
which no visitor to the centennial cele-
bration can afford to miss is in the
production of Hail Gains splendid and
popular drama. The Eternal City
with Edward Morgan as star. at the
Illinois theatre-tbe lake city's most
beautiful playhouse. The novel from
which the play was taken was the
most widely read of the year, and the
dramatic version has attracted even
more attention than the book. None
who has read the one will care to miss
seeing the other. Ancient, modern and
medieval Rome-the city eternal-is
the locale of the play. The one-time
capital of the world passes before the
eye in pictorial panorama as produced
by Mr.. Morgan and his associates.
Yet the play is in no sense a picture
book dramatized. In relief against
this classic passes one of the most
ingenious and stirring romances which
ever came from the vivid pen of the
picturesque little ManX author.
The Eternal City" is often spoken
of as a companion play to Mr.. Gaines
other great drama. The Christian"
Ii now may be all the more appropri-
ately thus alluded to. as Mr.. Morgan,
the star, helped make the fame of the
earlier play by his effectual portrayal
of the role of John Storm. He has no
less vital part in that of David Rossi
i'm the play at the Illinois. Some conE
slider that herein the young actor
reaches his greatest height. The play
is splendidly cast. Supporting Mr.. Nor
gan is Miss Sarah Truax as Donna
Roma. Frederick De Belleville. as Bar
on Bonelli, w. f. Money as Bruno
Rocco and Frank G.. Bangs as the
pope. The thirty other speaking parts
have been given 10 competent keep
ing. In the first scene a we'll drilled
throng of nearly a hundred super
numeraries will add realism to the
scene attending the papal procession
which ROssi halts in order to present
a petition from the people to the pom
tiff. In point of costumes, the pro-
duction is said 60 be above the ordin-
ary. Opportunity to see this unusual
play at the Illinois theatre will be
given only for two weeks beginning
Monday. Sept rs. Matinees will be
given on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Owing to the magnitude of the pro-
the Mascagni overture will
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-25
THE ARGUS.

Publisned Daily and Weekly at 1904 Sec
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-25
Licensed to wed.

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-25

By THE j. W. POTTER 90.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-25
The Stage

Zig Tag Alley" is the attraction to-
night at the Illinois.
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SLOR. EFT. HORHING.

The claim is often made that New
Zealand is ahead of the rest of the
world in reforms" but it is evident
that there is one reform in which it is
sadly behind the. times. The theatre
hat reform isn't yet complete in New
Zealand, and until it is that country has
no title to be called fully civilized. But
it is cheering to note that though the
theatre-hat reform isn't yet triumphant
in New Zealand it is working. A re-
cent incident has given it new impe-
tus. Miss Annie McDermott was seated
in a theatre of the town of oamaru and
in front of her was Mrs. Brady, wear
ing voluminous headgear AS Mrs.
Brady refused to remove the obstruc-.
tive hat, Miss McDermott borrowed
mans walking stick and tilted the hat
out of her line of vision. But Mrs. Bra
dy was not prepared to wear her hat at
a rakish angle all the evening, and so
she put 1t straight again. Every time
she did SO Miss McDermott repeated the
performance with the walking stick.
The magistrates decided that Miss Nc
Dernott had committed "a series of mi
nor but aggravating assaults" and fined
her ten shillings and costs. The money
was promptly subscribed by the citizens
as a protest against large hats in thea
tres. 49,
Success to Miss McDermott and all of
the other theatre-hat reformers in New
Zealand. They are in a good cause. and
they should not rest until their country
is in this matter even with the most civ
ilized countries.
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NOT so FIERY Po0R.

While both the rich and the poor in
this country are said to be getting
poorer. 1t is cheering to know that we
are all laying up much treasure-not
in Heaven, but in the United States
treasury. And it is good stuff too.
There is now s65S,OOO,oOO in gold in the
United States treasury-much more
than ever was there before. The Bank
of England has In its vaults but $780,
$50, 900 in gold. The Imperial German
bank has $17O,371, 900. the Austro- Hun
garian bank 221,4o4,ooo, and the Bank
of France s4s4,5o60oo. The amount of
gold in our treasury lacks but $s,000,-
900 Of equaling that in the Bank Of
England and that in the Bank of
France together. But even these fig
ures do not adequately indicate what
a large share of the worlds stock of
gold our country has succeeded in get
ting. The Bank of England, the I'M
perial German bank, the AustroH Hun
garlan bank and the Bank of France
hold the entire gold reserve upon which
the currency systems Of their several
countries are established-that is,
practically all the gold money in those
countries. On the other hand, our
banks, national and otherwise have
reserves of gold aggregating 1922, 4os,51
almost as much as the reserves of the
Bank Of England and the Austro. Hun
garian bank together. Furthermore,
the supply Of gold in the United States
treasury has increased at the rate of
$50, 100000 per year since 1898, and is
still growing, while the gold reserves
of most European countries have been
and are being more or less rapidly dim
inished.
Let us therefore continue to feel rich
in spite of Amalgamated Copper, Unit
ed States. Steel, Consolidated Lake Su-
perior, ETC., etc. We are the people,
and ID is our money that is in the
treasury.
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their wives and families: but. on the
whole. single men will be preferred. The
terms of agreement offered to suitable
men are as follows: Contracts are to
be made for period Of three years.
Each, man must pay his own passage
out, but this outlay will be refunded on
the expiration Of the contract, if the
conditions have been properly fulfilled.
The Cape government guarantees food
and shelter on arrival until work has
been obtained. Men are to be paid 60
cents per day, women % cents and 80
cents, at harvest time; children accord
ing to agreement, Every family is to
be provided with farm and a plot of
ground of at least an acre free. The
working hours for men are from sunrise
to sundown:- for women and children,
from eight A. NJ. to four P. NJ, with
an interval of two hours for meals. At
the expiration of the contract the men
will be free to enter into fresh agree
ment on the cooperative principle to
settle permanently on the farms. The
government will grant special facilities
to this end. f. l. + .s
IT, is thought that this scheme will
work. as several hundred Swiss have
already made application to get the
beneats of the offer. which does not
seem to be especially generous.
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rhe Proud Rua,

The baker-man was kneading buns
His trough was deep and wide = -
When, much to his surprise, he heard
A small voice by his side.
"oh, make me large and fat" II said,
And stuff me full Of plums, 40.
So that | may attract applause =
From every one who comes"
'ob, put a piece of citron in,
And make me rich and rare,
That i may serve. for dukes and earls
1 Who sumptuously do fare"
The baker chuckled IN his sleeve
To hear him talk so big,
But thought: I'll put In everything,
And let him run his rig!''
He put in all he had on hand,
And made him rich and rare.
And set him In the window pane,
To make the natives stare,
For, sweled to twice his natural size
With yeast and plums and pride,
He scorned the doughnuts, pies and cakes,
And elb0wed them aside.
F'Im waiting for the duke" he said,
with whom | am to diner
Just then two newsboys came along
Whose appetites were fine.
"My eye!" they cried, come over here
And see this jolly bun;
Let's buy him for our supper, quickr'
And so the thing was done.
.,D.N. Il
Two morals to this little song
Are had at easy rates;
IT'S i'll to wait for dukes and earls
In these United States.
And when the baker kneads his dough,
If then you are begun,
No matter what he may put In,
You'll always be buni
Isabel Frances Bellows, in October st.
Nicholas,
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that anger poisons the blood, and that
fear. anxiety, fretting and all other in
harmonious thoughts seriously inter-
fere with the normal action of all the
bodily functions. They are also alive
TO the fact that anxiety or apprehension
OF impending disaster, if of long dura-
ton, is liable to bring on paralysis. It
IS an established fact that a mother is
not seriously affected by her own
thought, but that it affects her infant to
such an extent that the same symptoms
and conditions from which the mother
suffers are reproduced in the body of
the infant. Selfishness, jealousy and
envy long INDUCED in tend to produce
serious liver troubles and certain forms
Of dyspepsia. Lack of self-control and
habitual indulgence in violent passions
shatter the nervous system, lessen the
will power, and induce grave disorders.
Worry is one of the greatest enemies o
THE human race; it carves its deep fur
rows wherever it goes; it carries gloom
and unhappiness with it; it delays or
prevents the processes Of digestion and
assimilation until the starved brain and
nerve cells utter their protest in vari-
GUS kinds of disease. sometimes even in
insanity. .-.
Wrong thinking, whatever it's nature.
leaves indelible scars ON mind and body
alike. 1t affects character and materi-
al prospects equally. Every time you
grumble or find fault: every time you
lose your temper: every time you do a
mean, contemplate thing, you suffer a
loss which can not be repaired. You
lose a certain amount of power, of self
respect, and of an uplifting and up
building character force You are con-
scfous of your loss, too. which tends to
weaken you still further.
A business man will find that, every
time he gets out of sorts, flies into a
rage, or goes all to pieces when
things go wrong. he is not only serious
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-10-01

Johnny--Adam.--To and Country,
Suburb-But tell you I haven't any
use for a stable.
Real Estate Agent-But, man. this is
the only barn in,the region, and it is so
situated that. you can make twice your
mortgage interest by having patent
medicine advertisements painted all
over it.-Judge. .,
Jack proposed to me this morning!"
did you accept ihim?" 49,. l..
Yes, s,gf@a, j.
Then your prophecy has come true?"
What prophecy" ...-
why, last night you said Jack was
foolish enough to do anything!'' Brook
Ign Life. re
You haven't held public Office very
long. have your" asked the stranger.
What makes you think so?" return
ed the new incumbent.
IT see you're working just as though
you expected your salary to be cut off
If you didn't earn it."-Chicago Record
Herald. -4
They We're. trying to tease the girl
with the outrageous pompadour con-
corning her newest young man. Whats
his politics?" they asked her. sort
of Fusionist. isn't he?" .~
NO" she, said. '.Middle-of- the road
Pop. We were taking a buggy ride
when he proposed. '-chicago Tribune.
Nov, my sister-in-law," said the
. stranger has led more women to, be-
come regular attendants at church
than. H.. 49,. ... -"
You don't tell mel" exclaimed the
Rev. Mr.. Priestley. $50 she is an evan
ge!ist? % e41&4-.I s'~ ..s.f H. -
mo. but she's the most fashionable
milliner, in towns-Philadelphia Press.
You have i fine view from this
mountain, Donald"
There is, indeed, a grand view re-
piled Donald, irnpassively. -
I'm told, Donald, you can see Ameri-
ca from it." tts .
America" echoed Donald, "far be-
yond ArnericahsWe can see the moon s.
( The Coekiiey' subsided.-London Free
Lance. d'@'S@ ,
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ANOTHER QUEER NOPE.

When the United States Steel Corpor-
alton generously offered to let it's en-
ployes have some of its preferred stock
for S2Is, Mr.. Carnegie pointed out that
if the employees became stockholders it
night distract some of their attention
from their work. AS the stock has
fallen nearly 25 points since the offer
was made it is highly probable that
those VINO subscribed have taken some
interest in the stock market. and may
even have thought about their invest
ment while at work. Now. in order to
cheer the subscribers and help them to
work with more concentration of mind
and effort. the Corporation announces
thai 1t will in the case of those who
still hold their stock in January. 1908,
taxa it back at the price they paid
Cor it,
This may be more Just than generous.
1t is queer proposition. but these are
queer times. Perhaps the United States
Steel Corporation will be in existence
in 1908 and perhaps it will be able to
then buy such stock as its employees
want to- sell. But perhaps the promise
wont entirely restore the confidence of
the employees who subscribed, and they
may continue to have their attention
somewhat distracted from their work
by the market gyrations of their stock.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-10-01

" injuring his health, but is also Grip
pling his business. He Isl making him
self reDellent: he is driving away sue
cess conditions
A man who wants to do his best must
keep himself in good mental trim. If
he would achieve the highest success he
must be a correct thinker. He can not
think discord and bring harmonious
conditions into his business. His wrong
thought will honeycomb and undermine
his prospects in life Orison SWEET
Marden In the October Success
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NOTICE.

4 Notice Is hereby given that the Annual
Meeting of the Stockholders of The New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Company for the election Of a Board Of
Directors for the ensuing year will be held
in room col, IN the General Office Building
of said Company, in the city Of New Haven,
Connecticut, on Wednesday. the twenty first
day of October, 1908, at IL o'clock noon, al
which meeting there will be submitted fol
the approval of the stockholders a lease OF
the railroad and property of The Middle
town, Meriden and Waterbury Railroad
Company to The New York, New Haven and
fifty years from November 10th, 1902
Dated this 10Th day OF September, 1908.
JOHN NJ. HALL,
81 "a % Of 5 s II 10 19 Pilot President.
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THE MISFORTUNE OF WRONG
THINKING.

THINKING.
Wrong thinking is indicative of weak
ness; it is, indeed, a species of insanity.
for wrong thinker is continually tear
ing down and wrecking his own mental
and physical structure. The right
thinker is the only sane thinker, and he
is the happiest as we'll as the most sue
eessful man. He knows better than to
keep constantly tripping himself up
with the adverse thought which pro-
duces destructive conditions.
We all know the disastrous effects of
wrong thinking. We know by expert
ence how it cripples us mentally and
physically. Physicians are well aware
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ey of days, weeks and years. Half an
hours exercise is allowed daily, in a
hood which covers everything except
the eyes. This horrible life in death
may end in the tomb. but it is more
likely to end in the padded cell of the
maniac.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-10-01
SWISS WANTED IN CAPE COLONY

SWISS WANTED IN CAPE COLONY
Cane Colony has a labor problem"
and the government has taken steps to
solve it. It'has just opened negotiations
with Swiss emigration bureau for the
importation of about one thousand
Swiss farmers to work in the vineyards
and on the fruit farms in the south
western districts. A certain proportion
Of applicants will be allowed to bring
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-10-01

The Law Times makes the following
comment on the sentences passed on
the Humberts, the notorious French
swindlers: Some of the comments in
the press on the sentence passed on
Nine. Humbert and her husband (the
other pair of culprits came off more
lightly betray a very imperfect appre-
citation Of it's nature. Five years. Sc
clusion, or solitary confinement as it is
understood in France, is not only a
rigorous but terrible penalty. Our
own code offers no parallel to it and
it is probable that a life sentence of
penal servitude in this country would
be far more easily endured. The soli-
tude of the prisoner in seclusion is all
but absolute. The strictest silence is
enforced. Presumably the consultations
of religion-whatever that may amount
to In SO dreadful situation--are not
entirely withheld; otherwise the pris-
oner is forbidden to speak, even to his
guardian. Books are denied and (Which
must be almost the worst infection of
alD the most complete idleness is en-
forced; no employment of any descrip-
tion may mitigate the appalling yacan-
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-10-01

(. For the first time in the history Of
German universities a deaf mute has
succeeded in obtaining doctors de-
gree. DR.. Walter Kuntze, on whom the
University of Leipsic has conferred a
Phi. D.. is a comparatively young man.
His thesis for the degree is regarded as
one Of the best in recent years.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-10-01

BY additions made to the collections
in the New York botanical garden
through ten expeditions that have just
returned from gathering material in
the West Indies. Honduras and Be-
livia, the collection in the garden has
now reached fourth place in the
worlds botanic exhibits. The expe-
ditions gathered more than $4,000 speci-
mems Of some 5000 species, of which
several hundred are new to science.
An agent is now in the Philippines
on an expedition in connection with
the insular bureau of forestry and
agriculture to secure the plant life of
those islands. -.
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SPECIAL RAIN.cOATS.
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The opportunity offered
the public to purchase
rain coats at a trifle above
actual cost at our store
resulted in a crowd Of
buyers. The stock began
to go; we sent for more;
they are here.
For the balance Of this
week the 8 days price
will continue, viz: 5a
Ladies' Coats.
Regular Price Days Price
$1,000 to $4,000 $1,000 to $500
$500 to $1,000 g. $1,000 to $500
kk%+x
Mems Coats.
Regular Price 7E|Fs$s Days Price
$500 to $4,000 $4,000 L.
$500 to $1,000 $1,000 =
- kfk*k
N. B.-Don't forget our
special offer Of low prices
on Fur Repair Work for
this week.
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RrooksAGo,,,
HATTERS s FURRIERS
State ST.. Cor. Chapel.
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IND EFfNtTE.

Teacher-Johnny, you may define the
first person.
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The Boston Herald has received a
request from the Scottish Patriot, pc
riodical printed In Glasgow, asking it if
1t will give aid in endeavoring to dis
cover what. has become of box or cas-
ket which was given to General George
Washington in 1891 by an eminent Scot
tish nobleman. 1t appears that in the
year referred to the Earl Of Buchan, the
friend = and patron Of Robert Burns,
sent to General Washington, through
the hands of q friend, box that had
been given to him (the earD by the
Goldsniths' company of Edinburgh,
made from the oak which had sheltered
Sir William Wallace after the battle of
Falkirk. The Earl of Buchan was a
great adnirer of Washington, and took
this means of indicating his .admira-
ton. The Scottish Patriot is exceeding
" DESTROYS of finding out what became
Of this wallace box, and any one who
has intelligence bearing upon this SUBJ
ject would do good service by sending
1t to its office in Glasgow.
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Professor Ira N. Hollis Of Harvard. in
his lecture on 'coal' before the New
England Street Railway club the other
evening, told STORY about student
at the university. He was asked to ex-
plain what polarized light is. The an
swer was: -'Polarized light, as I under
stand it, is very little understood. !"
Professor Hollis, who was formerly in
the naval service, also told of a CONVEX
sation which he overheard one day be-
tween a Jackie and couple of ladies
whom he was showing over the ship.
"You want to look at this ship WE'LL"
said the Jackie. "she is the finest ship
in the navy. Her hull is made of solid
granite, two feet Thick -
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The Jewish year book for the year
1864 gives-.-some interesting figures
about the race in this country. New
York now has the largest Jewish popu-
lation Of any Of the States. with 100000,
and then come Pennsylvania and Illi-
nois, with Massachusetts fourth with
10000. The total Jewish immigration
through the ports Of New York, Phila-
deiphia ana Baltimore for the past
twelve years has been 761,59s, and DUR
ing the past year 5S,O79 arrived at the
port Of New York alone. Among these
were sO.5S6 Russian. 1918 Austrian, 1914
Rumanian and only SIT German Jews.
The total Jewish population of the Uni
ted States is now 1,127.26s while there
are only 276,s14 in the British empire.