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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-21
Men Who "were Literature"

Balzac and Hugo were the last OF
the great men whose inspiration was
unceasing and who did not make liter
allure. but who were literature. Bal
FAC wrote a great story at sitting
"a sitting that lasted for eighteen
hours. All that while he wrote, for
no secretary could keep pace with
him, and all that while he lived on
black coffee Then he slept for thirty
hours. Hugo wrote "Hernanf' in a
month, and we can think of Balzac and
Hugo as we think of the great Vene-
tian living in the glory and eXultation
Of constant creation. Veronese must
have imprOvised THE Marriage Feast
at Cana with extraordinary ease, and
like to think he painted the immortal
fiddler in morning and went out in
his gondola in the afternoon thinking
he had done a fair days work. That
was how men wrote and painted in the
great times before science beckoned
them away from the beautiful.-George
Moore in LippincOtt's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-21
LAST DIAMOND 10 BOAT OF
SEASON IN PORT TODAY

The Sidney, the last Diamond 10
packet to touch this port this season,
went down today, bringing the freight
that the ST. Paul had aboard at the
time of the accident last week. The
Sidney will replace the Dubuque be-
tween burlington and St. Louis and
the latter will lay up for the winter
in the Keokuk canal.
The accident which happened to the
Diamond 10 packet St Paul on her
first trip, and which has been previ-
ously briefly referred to, was caused
by drifting into the pier of the bridge.
at Hastings. where the mishap took
place. wrecking the left wheel. 1t was
after dark. and the pilot was endeav-
oring to avoid collision with another
boat. There was a panic among the
passengers, but no one was injured.
The snag boat, Col. \. Mackenzie,
towed the St. Paul to Prescott. Mimi.
where it is undergoing repairs.
Col. a. Mackenzie, formerly head of
the government engineers employed
on upper river improvement, and To-
Gated in this city, is on his way down
on the Col. Mackenzie, the snag boat
MA IltNl dI1tE HILL ne met tile DOdi at
Lacrosse for his annual. trip down the
river.
The J. s. Capt. John Streckfus' eN-
cursion boat, left port today to spend
the winter on the lower river. The
excursion season closes later further
south and opens earlier in the spring
so the boat will lay up at some down
river point. As the craft steamed
away the calliOpe played "Auld Lang
Syne."
The Sidney, j. s., Waunetta. Lizzie
Gardner and Winona were down and
the Lydia Van SAINT. J. w. Van SAINT,
Prescott, Ruth and Winona went
north. The Helen Blair was in port
from Burlington.
The stage Of water was $50 at a.
m. and 7.65 at noon. The temporal
ture at noon was II.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-21
LYFORD SENTENCED
TO PENITENTIARY
Pleads Guilty to Grand Larceny in
Circuit Court This
Afternoon.

Alfred f. Lyford this afternoon at
the opening of the September term of
the circuit court entered a plea of
guilty to grand larceny-the appro-
priation of $12 900 of the funds in the
office of the Rock Island county
treasurer during the term of Pleasant
f. Cox-and was sentenced to the pen
itentiary by Judge w. II. Gest under
the indeterminate act.
The minimum penalty for grand lar
ceny is one year and the maximum 1O
years. Lyford will be taken to Joliet
tomorrow. When States Attorney III.
y. Weld had finished reading the in
dictment returned by the January
grand jury Judge Gest asked Lyford
if he had anything he wished to say.
Nothing. your honor" was his re-
ply. amy more than | wish to plead
guilty"
You know you have the privilege
of trial by jury said the court.
NO. l do not want a trial" and
Lyford listened while sentence was
pronounced. As the prisoner entered
the court room he was greeted pleas
antly by the attorneys who had gath
cred for the opening of court, many
of them shaking hands with him.
The September grand jury was call
ed. sworn by Clerk G. w. Gamble and
charged by Judge Gest. George w
Genung, of Coe, was appointed fore
man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-21
BrIcnoIt and His Axe.

On one occasion Bianchi, the noted
teacher, went on the stage to see Bri-
gnoli, the famous singer, whom he
found pa ing up and down like mad
man, humming over his part.
"Why, Brig, what is the matter will,
you? Are you nervousY' he asked.
"Yes, am nervous" was the reply as
he walked harder and faster than ever.
"But, Brig, you ought not to be nerv-
Gus. I've heard you sing the part 200
times. I heard you sing it thirty years
ago.
Thirty years ago! Who are you that
should know so muchT
"Who am 1? You know who 1 am
and know who you are"
every well; you know what I am,
but 1 am sure you do not know whaT
you are, and if you wish will tel
you. You are n fOoli'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-21
CITY CHAT.

Stoves at Wilcher's.
Zazaro. Union cigar.
Peoria ranges at Summers.
For insurance, E. J. Burns.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
Tri-City Towel Supply company
Robb's express, storage and cab.
Peaches by the bushel a, Hess Bros
Ounces andt pound sweets at Hess
Bros.
For real estate and insurance, f. j
Burns.
Banda Rosa Oct. in Y. NJ. c. A
course.
If you wish to move call on Robb's
Transfer company.
90 cents at Benefits.
Get pair of 5O-cent work mitts for
20 cents at Benefits.
Get a pair of 5O-cent work mitts for
20 cents at Benefits.
All kinds of coal for sale at the Rock
Island Lumber company.
V NJ. c. y. entertainment course
Season tickets now selling.
Six best entertainments of the sea
son in Y. NJ. c. a. course. All fer 81.
KerIer Bros, cleaners of carpets,
mattresses and feathers. Both phones
For tin and furnace work, see ii. T.
Siemon, 1926 Fourth avenue, Union 2s3
You can save from 10 to 20 per cent
on furniture at Clemann & Salzmann's S.
Over 100 different styles of dressers
to select from at CIemann d Salz-
mann's.
Cleaning, pressing, repairing and
dying. New Panitorum Club, 1909 Sec
ond avenue.
Those 90-cent fine black taffetas, q
inches wide, 90 cents, at the silk sale
at McCabe's.
st. Paul lodge 1O7, X. of p, will hold
a meeting tomorrow, There will be
plenty of work for all.
Our store is headquarters for rugs
and mattings. Prices always right.
CIemann & Salzmann's.
Special sale on ranges and heaters,
the celebrated Buck line, now on at
Clemann & Salzmann's.
Mary Edwina, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. f. g. Frazer, was hostess at a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-21
BRAKEMAN KILLED
Rowley Mumford Sustains Fatal
Injuries on the Bur-
lington.
PlNIONED BETWEEN BUMPERS
BETWEEN BUMPERS
Young Wife and Child Left in the
City-Inquest
Held.

Rowley MumfOrd, of 1410 Fifth-and-
a-half avenue, this city, died at $3.50
last evening at the Moline hospital
from the effects of injuries sustained
while switching cars at Twenty-ffth
street, Moline, about 10:45 Saturday
night.
Mumford. who was freight brake
man, was engaged in setting out on
the siding several cars from the train
on which he had come from Barstow.
He was pinioned below the heart be-
tween the bumpers and badly crush
ed, and was greatly weakened by the
loss of blood brought from internal
hemOrrhages.
j. W. Stucke, engineerAOn the 1924,
which was pulling the train on which
the unfortunate young man was work
ing. testified before the coroner's jury
that he backed up on Il signal from
MumfOrd, but no sooner had he done
so than he received an emergency
signal from the conductor. He stated
the engine was brought to a stand
still within it's own length. The en-
CINE was making two miles an hour
at the time.
Caught While Cutting Air.
Mumford in a statement made be-
fore his death, said he was caught
while cutting the air. Mumford was
aged p years and is survived by his
wife and one child. He was born in
Trenton, Mo-, had been in the employ
of the Burlington road two years, and
was known as young man of most
exemplary habits.
Coroner L. V. Eckhart impaneled Il
jury composed of George Holt, Gus
Segur. Frank Anderson, Thomas
Glynn. Bert Wiley and Fred Biebing-
err. \ verdict of accidental death was
returned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-21
WE DON'T NEED THE MONEY.

Perhaps you everything great
in sieger
Loan office, sbrown
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-21
FINED FOR HAVING GAMING
OUTFIT AT COUNTRY DANCI

Deputy Sheriffs E. f. Reynolds,
Charles Seaholm and F. o. Larson SAT-
urday evening raided gambling out
fit operated in connection with a bow
cry dance near the Silvis mines in
Hampton township. arrested the pro-
prietors, George Washing (colored),
and William Lyons, and carried them
and a portion of their crude appara-
tus to town. They were tried before
Justice H. NJ. Schriver today and
each assessed $40 and costs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-21
MR.. BREMMERMAN RESIGNS
AS GENERAL YARDMASTEB

George III. Bremmerman. general
yardmaster here for the Rock Island
road, has rendered his resignation
and will leave the position as soon as
his successor is appointed. Mr.. Brem-
norman will return to Trenton, Mo.
to the post of yardmaster for the
same company, position he filled
prior to coming to this city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-21
LIcenaetI to Wed.
The Dlmock Millinery Opening.

Mrs. y. l.. Dimock invites your at
tention to the novelties in fashion
this coming season. Special display
in pattern hats and striking modes i'll
Tialos hats, Tuesday, Sept. %. Call
and visit the store, j. Deere building,
Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-21
River Bulletin.

River forecast for As hours ending
s a. M, Wednesday, Sept. %. 1903:
The Mississippi will continue to rise
at Tapid rate below Dubuque and
the rate of rise will increase consiCl-
erably at lie Claire and Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-21
Autumn Millinery

The exhibit of early Fall models
is of unusual interest. A fine dis
play of Toques, GainsborOugh, Tur-
bans, and large shaped hats, show.
ing what Paris and New York mil
liners are designing for the dawn
ing season.
We are showing the correct tail
ored and ready-tO-wear hats in
large assortment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-21
New Fall
Waists

In very pretty styles
and patterns at lower
prices than ever. Wool
silk and cotton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-21
Invitation

You are invited to attend our open
ing display of new fall millinery We'd
nesday and Thursday, Sept. % and pa.
j. IL. c. PETERSEN'S SONS,
Davenport, Iowa.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-05
Errors in Milk TESTING.

Professor Eckles of the Missouri
station says: If cream is tested by
measuring out with the 17.6 c. c.
pipette, as is done with milk, the
reading will be too low for two rea-
sons. The basis of the Babcock test
IS IL grams. The 1877 c. c. pipette de-
livers this weight of milk, but as
cream is more adhesive than milk, a
considerable amount will stick to the
plpette. In sour or thick cream this
error may be as much as 1.5 per cent.
This error is easiest removed by fill
ing the pipette about one-third full
OF warm water, shaking to loosen the
cream from the sides, then adding this
to the cream in the bottle. The other
cause for error is on account of the
llghtness of the cream, as compared
with milk. A 17.6 c. c.. pipette' full
of cream does not weigh quite 10
grams, the regulation amount, but
somewhat less, depending upon the
richness of the cream. If it is neces-
sary to have an exact test OF cream,
it can be obtained best by using deli
cate scales and weighing out the de-
sired amount. Scales especially ar
ranged for this purpose can now be
purchased at a reasonable price. The
temperature at which cream bottles
are read is of great Importance. A
difference of over / per cent can be
made by changing the temperature
from 10 degrees to 100 degrees; ex-
tremes often met with in various
testers. The exact temperature at
which reading is correct has not yet
been determined. but should be some
where about 120 degrees. The best
way to get bottles at a proper tenn
perature is to set them in a pan deep
enough to bring the water up near
the top Of the bottle.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-05

Chicago Has New Dairy Laws.
The Chicago city council has just
passed some new and stringent laws
relating to the milk traffic. There
las been for long time much COM
plant Of the very loose way in which
milk was bought and sold in that
:lty. Its handling was often conduct
ed under conditions that were likely
70 make milk conveyor of disease.
Moreover, in some of the poorer To-
:alittes the milk sold for whole milk
was both skinned and watered. In
many cases it was so nearly sour that
Its use for children's food resulted in
much sickness and some mortality.
The new laws create a milk and
food department in the board Of
health. One of the most startling in
novations is the rule that all cans
containing skim milk shall be paint
ed bright red. This is because the
sale of skim milk has been largely
conducted under the pretense of SELL
ing whole milk. It is not desired to
prevent the sale Of skim milk, but
only to prevent it's sale as unskimmed
milk. The cleanliness of cans and
other WITHHOLDING utensils is to be
rigidly enforced.
Mixtures of any two or more of the
following articles is prohibited:
Whole milk, skinned milk, cream,
condensed milk and buttermilk. Cans
containing any one of the foregoing
are required to be labeled in three
inch letters. The caps of bottles are
similarly required to be stamped. The
test provided for milk is 3 per cent
butter fat and per cent other solids,
total of ~ per cent solids. For
cream the minimum fat must be Is
per cent. No skim. milk can be sold
II it contains less than 85 per cent of
solids, including butter fat Watered
milk, adulterated milk and impure
milk will not be permitted to be sold
at all, nor can the milk be sold from
COWS diseased or kept in a filthy con-
dition or fed on Stops or refuse Any
attempt to sell such milk will result
In fine Of from SIS to 5000. Impure
or condemned milk must be des-
troyed. Cow stables must be washed
daily and diseased animals must he
kept away from the well ones. Refuse
matter must not henceforth be stored
in diaries.
AS a notice that the laws adopted
Monday last are to be enforced, the
milk inspectors on Tuesday seized
twelve cans of watered milk and
poured their contents into the gutter.
The men that sent them cannot be
fined, as they are outside the jurisdic-
ton of the city. 1t is doubtful, how
ever if they send any more watered
milk. to Chicago.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-05
A Missouri JUDGE.

It does not always pay to apnear
too Independent, especially in a court.
room. They are telling the following
story on a former Missourian, who is
now judge in Oklahoma: A gam.
bier was tried before the Judge recent.
ly and convicted of playing poker He
appeared in court dressed in flashy
style and with plenty of money in his
pockets, apparently unconcerned as
to the outcome Of his trial. Looking
over his spectacles, the judge in q
squeaky voice said:
Jim, stand up" The gambler
obeyed.
Jim, have you anything to say be-
fore pass sentence on you?"
mo, sir.". b
"Jim,> I'm a-goin' to fine you $780,
.:"All right, judge" interrupted the
gambler, there it is in my hin
pocket" IT,,
"And give you sixty days in Jail. !"
continued the judge. "Now, look and
see If you've got that in your hin
pocket, too."-Kansas City Star.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-05
POULTRY
::>>Y}fT:ITXI$X&sI%GS&:>>:
%G1&ex 1z4~%EA ~
>~SiZaz* -
The Production Of an Equ.

Anyone, upon opening after death
the body of a hen, will find cluster
OF eggs in formation much like a
bunch of grapes, and called the ova-
rum (see cut). These, however, are
but rudimentary eggs, says the Agri-
cultural Gazette of New South Wales.
Each of these eggs is contained with
in thin, transparent sac and at
tached by narrow pipe or stem to
the ovary. These rudimentary eggs.
have neither shell nor white, con-
sisting wholly Of yolk, on which floats
the germ of the future chicken; and.
as they become larger and larger they
arrive at a certain stage when, by
their own volition, weight or other
cause, they become individually de-
tached from the bunch, and fall into
a sort of funnel leading into pipe
or passage way called the oviduct-.
this organ in the hen being from %
to 26 inches long. During the pas
sage of this egg or ovum to the outer
world it becomes coated with success
sive layers Of albumen-the white
which is secreted from the blood-ves-
sells of the oviduct in the form of a.
thick gliary fluid, and is prevented
from mixing with the yolk by the
membrane or sac which surrounded it.
before it became detached from the
cluster. It is also strengthened by
second and stronger membrane,
formed around the first Immediately
after falling into the funnel, and hav--
ing what is like two twisted cords of
a more dense albuminous character,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-05

naming one-fourth-or, approximate
ly, l8,500,000 acres-is to- be treated
as most affected to mar the general
prospect And right here we enters
the threshold of the crop indication.
Probably 70,000,000 acres at least had
timely planting, for only in parts of
the surplus states does there appear
to have been highly unfavorable and
preventing conditions.
Should the acreage for this years
crop be reduced to 80,0O0,00O, which
l do not believe will be the case, it
would be a reduction of Is per cent
from the figures of last year. It would
mean the loss of an area equivalent
to 2l,943 square miles, an area con-
stituting one-half of the land surface
of the state of Missouri. It would
mean as many acres as. were in corn
in the states of Indiana and Illinois
IN 1912, or as many as were in corn
in Missouri and Kansas in that year.
Except in 1901. calamitous year.
when the yield Of corn per acre was
as low as 1877, an average yield has
been 24.52 bushels for ten years. In
but one year Of the ten forming this
average was it under 20 bushels. It
was: 1888 in the calamitous year of
1894, when the official crop was de-
clared 1,212,770,052 bushels. Assum-
ing SO, $1,000 acres only for this year,
this average production of 24.52
stands fog, 1861, 100000 bushels.
There are good reasons why we will
have no such reduction as. to 8O.O00-
600 acres. The damage districts are
not general. AS already ~intimated,
the area outside of the surplus states
last year was 45,413,O65 acres. This
Is probably not lessened in this year.
Under the incentive of high price it
may show some increase. If, then. we
place so large a loss as roundly H.
100000 acres from last year in the
surplus states, it means nearly 80 per
cent of their, corn area. This IS so
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-05

to feed, as evidenced in lessened pack
ing and the high prices of meats: the
finest and most prolonged fall pastur-
age IN years; a mild winter, and am.
pie stores of cheaper feeding stuffs,
admitted OF great economies in the
use of corn. Farmers were disposed
to good holdings against contingen-
cies OF following crop, and the price
prevented waste. With these several
features restricting consumption. the
declaration that but o50,600,00O re-
NAMED on the farms On March /,
1903, may be classified as among the
many errors in official statistics, We
are asked to believe in a greater con-
sumption In five months, when there
was little need for it, than ever be-.
fore; in disappearance Of nearly L.
5o0,o00,000 bushels, or 10000, 900 bush
els day, for $50 days. It is my opin.
ion that the reserves on March were
near 1,200,0o0,000.
Deliveries by farmers were re-.
strained by late maturity and the soft
condition OF the grain, scarcity of
cars during the winter, bad roads in
the spring and later by tendency
to hold on an impaired crop promise.
High prices are a great check on con-
sumption. At this time, with crop
advlces before me from representa-
tive districts, believe crop not I'm.
der two billion is conservative esti.
mate. There can be conditions to
change this either way. The situa.
ton is probably more hopeful than
promising. A few bright days and a
seasonal warming up will dispel much
OF the present anxiety.-Oscar K.
Lyle in New York Herald.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-05

raises NEARLY three-fourths OF the
whole In wheat the United States
raises but 22,h per cent.
This is one exhibit of the impor-
lance of the American corn crop. Corn
is the most valuable of our produc-
tons. Our cotton crop is largely: de-
pendent upon it. It ds the keystone of
our agricultural prosperity; the one
crop we can least afford to lose.
The crop in 1902 was not the larg-
est the United States has produced.
In it's measurement it was "a large
crop. Officially, it was 2,523,648,312
bushels from 94,043,613 acres. To
grasp what these figures mean, the
acreage, in square miles, is 146,9S3,
and an area sufficiently large to make
a band nearly six miles wide around
the earth's largest circumference; an
area larger than is contained in the
states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and
one-fourth of Iowa, and all in corn. If
in single bulk of shelled corn, the
production In 1902 would make a mass
112k feet high, with perpendicular
sides, on base of square mile. If
in car loads Of 800 bushels, it means
1854, $50 cars, making line of freight
cars $4,000 miles long, that would
nearly girdle the earth at the equator.
The land area of the seven surplus
states, the states producing more corn
than they use, is 265,817 800 acres. In
1902 these states had 1873 per cent
Of this area in corn, or 1862, 079
acres out of a total Of 94,043, 613 for
the entire country. In detail, the sew
eral surplus states. had the following
percentage of their land surface in
corn: Ohio, 1913; Indiana, 1877. Hill
nois, 26.9; Iowa, 26.1; Missouri, 1876;
Kansas, 14.2; Nebraska, .15.9.. If lands
not in cultivation lands in forest, cit
les, railways, etc.-are excluded,
these percentages are possibly dou-
bled. This is another evidence of the
crops Importance
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-05
The Status of the Grange.

The Status of the Grange.
In the quarterly bulletin issued
when the year begun, Editor Batchel
der said:
The grange enters upon the new
year in splendid condition in all sec.
lions of the country and prepared to
fight the battles of the farmers il
every legitimate manner. The sue
cess of the organization in 1902, both
in membership and influence, has
given the members renewed courage
and increased vigor from ocean to
ocean, and will stimulate them to
still greater work. In the year to come.
It has finally dawned upon the people
of the country that this organization
has assumed permanent character.
which is to be treated with
all the respect and consideration &C,
corded older and more pretentious
organizations. It has taken it's place
by the side Of the school as an edu-
cahonal factor, next to the church as
great moral power, and has demon
strated Its right to place in the
front ranks Of the worlds numerous
and worthy fraternal organizations.
The grange has won this reputa
ton BY an honest. earnest, straight
forward course neither catering to
the sympathies Of people by the ad
vocacy of spacious measures, nor de-
.ceiying the people by shifting its
course with every shift in public sen.
timent. 81 For several years this or
ation has proclaimed Y to VI the
world It's position In legislative mat
tiers, and has not had occasion to re-
cede from the position taken upons;
any Of them. This IS more than can
be said Of an of the leading political.
parties of