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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
GERMANY AND THE
MONROE DOCTRINE

feeling or the whole nation, from the
emperor down. The best proof of Ger
man policy is to be found in China
Was it not Germany that heartily sup
ported Secretary Hays statesmanlike
demand for the open door in Asia
We took Kaiochau in order to be able
to prevent further massacres of Chris
tan missionaries in China. 1t was nee
essary to have a naval base. The rich
territory of Shangtumg was our hinter-
land. Did we attempt to monopolize
it? No. We opened the trade and
commerce of Shangtung to the whole
world on equal terms. Kaiochau is a
free port.
"Our part in the blockade of Vene-
zueIa was forced upon us. Our sub
jects had been abused, insulted, impris-
oned and chained like beasts. Our dip
lomatic communications were either
ignored or answered insultingly. The
situation became intolerable. Germany
was compelled to act in defense of her
honor as a civilized state. No other
great nation would have refrained from
using force so long. We had to show
that we had some backbone. We could
not endure repeated insults and in
jury. For that reason, and for that
reason alone, we took hostile measures.
Germany would not take foot of Ven
ezuelan soil even if it We're offered as
a gift.
"Why, almost the last words the en-
peror said to me before 1 left him to
come here were, 'Sternburg, 1 count on
you to finish this business quickly
And one of the first things President
Roosevelt said to me when 1 arrived in
Washington was, 'Sternburg, l rely on
you to end this business quickly
There is not the slightest ground
for the feeling that Germany is hostile
to the United States. 1 have Travelled
all through the empire recently. 1
have talked with the emperor, with the
ministers, with the leading statesmen,
manufacturers = in fact, with repre-
sentatives of every educated, thinking
element of the German people-and
can say that nowhere did 1 discover
the slightest trace of unfriendliness to
the American people or a desire to see
the Monroe doctrine violated or dis
credited. OF course there are hotheads
and rowmakers everywhere. but no
no people, should be held
to account for the utterances of rash,
persons"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
THE SOCIETY ISLANDS.
Description of the Group Wrecked
by n Hurricane.

Description of the Group Wrecked
by n Hurricane.
The Society group, which consists of
a great number Of very small islands,
just devastated by a terrific storm,
with fearful loss of life, lies $500 miles
due south of Hawaii and is about 4,500
miles south and west of San Francisco,
says the New York World. The islands
are in two divisions, one-the Leeward,
or Society, islands proper, of which the
largest are Huaheine, Raiatea, Otaha
and Bolabola = governed by native
chiefs, while the other is the Tahitian,
or Windward, group, under a French
protectorate and comprising the islands
Of Tahiti, Eimeo, Maitea and several
lesser islands. The latter are nominal
~ under line of native queens with
the family name of POmare.
A majority of the islands are small
specks of land on the Pacific, and the
population of all of them numbers only
about $4,000, while the population of
the nearby Tuamotu group is 1000. 1t
appears that the tidal wave affected
principally the smaller outlying islands
and did not touch Tahiti, the most i'm
portant of the group.
The inhabitants were long ago con-
verified to Christianity and are noted for
their peaceful. hOspitatble spirit. The
country is tropical and has such an
abundance of fruits and other natural
foods, while from trees is gathered n
bark cloth from which clothing is fash
toned, that no one is obliged to work to
any extent. Through their life of ease
the men are said to be plump and eff
Terminate, while the women are cele-
brated for their beauty of face and fig
ure.
The principal industries are the rails
ing and exporting of sugar, fruits, cot
ton, trepang and cocoanuts and the
pearl shell fisheries. the latter of great
er magnitude than any of the others.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
j. p. nrorgan,s Charity.

A young clergyman appeared in J..
Pierpont Morgan's Office in New York
recently and asked to see him. He was
told Mr.. Morgan was busy. He then
said that he had a letter from DIR.
Rainsford, The letter was taken in to
Mr.. Morgan, who glanced at it, pulled
out his check book and wrote check
for $1,000, which he sent out TO the
young man, says the New York Times
The latter was so surprised that he
had hardly a word to say and left the
office evidently much moved. What in
stitution the check was for could not
be learned, but it was for some school
for poor boys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
VALUE OF A big 'FRONT.'"
How George w. Perkins Became One
of j. p. MOrEan's Partners.

This story dates back a bit, but it is
worth telling, as it proves how a big
'front.' viii count, says the New York
Evening World. 1t concerns George w.
Perkins of ]. T. Morgan 81 Co. Mr..
Morgan, convinced of the fact that he
needed another partner, asked Banker
James Stllman to recommend a man.
Stillman Immediately named Perkins
George w. Bacon of the Morgan firm
knew Perkins and Endorsed Mr.. Still
mans choice.
Perkins, VINO was then employed by
the New York Life Insurance company
as chairman of the finance committee
at a salary of $4,000 a year, accepted
an invitation from J. p. to call on him
at his office. Ignorant of the purpose
Of the appointment, he chatted with
the magnate about the ACCESSIBILITY of
preserving the Palisades on the Hud-
son and stuck to it until Mr.. Morgan
blurted out:
Il don't care q snap about the Pail
sades. What called you here for was
to offer you a partnership in this firm.
I'll give you $250,O0O a year and a per-
centage in the profits of the business,
which will equal that amount. That
makes 100000 a year Will you take
it?''
Expecting to receive an instant ac-
ceptance, Mr.. Morgan was surprised to
hear the response:
"I'll think it over"
Don't hurry" said J. p. sarcasticaI-
ly. and the incident appeared to be
closed.
About a week later Mr.. Morgan re-
ceived a letter from Mr.. Perkins, in
which he declined, with thanks, the
kind offer of a partnership. Deter
mined then to have him at any cost,
Mr.. Morgan wrote to President Mccall,
begging the latter to let him have Mr..
Perkins on condition that he also re-
tain his post in the insurance company.
An agreement was reached by the big
men to share the services of Mr. Per-
kins, so that he now holds a $780, 1000 a
year job with Mr.. Morgan and a large
salaried position with Mr.. Mccall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
English In Japan.

Rev. R. L. Pruett, for seven years a
missionary at Osaki, Japan, who has
just returned to the United States, says
there is a great demand for Americans
teachers in Japan. 1.-The English Ian
guage is being taught extensively" he
said to a reporter of the Philadelphia
Record, ''and considerable favOritism
is shown the American teachers. Sala-
ries ranging from $50 to $135 a month
are offered them, and houses are pro-
vided in addition. The government is
expanding large sums of money for the
development of educational institu-
tons, and at present there are num-
Der of American teachers in the big
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
work at PomneiI.

Excavations will shortly be COM
menced in a marsh near Sannazzaro,
on the river Sarno, in the vicinity Of
Pompeii, because it has been ascer-
tanned that | very ancient city and ne
cropolis were buried underneath dur
ing the eruption of Vesuvius several
centuries Lefore the destruction OF
Pompeii. A collection already exists in
the museum at Naples of great historic
value, consisting of indigenous vases
and ornamental objects dating from the
eighth and ninth centuries before
Christ. The excavations are expected
to lead to other important discoveries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
ONLY FOR LADY. sCRUBeERs
Why an Elevator Boy WOuIdn't stop
For Senator Burrows.

TUT
Senator Burrows of Michigan went
to downtown office building in Wash
ington the other night to consult with
Il friend, says the New York World.
The office he wanted to reach was three
floors up. The senator rang the eleva-
tor bell repeatedly. but got no action,
and then climbed labOriously to his
friends Office.
The office was closed. Senator Bur
rows went to the elevator shaft and
again rang the bell vigorously. Finally
the elevator came slowly down from
the upper regions. 1t did not stop.
''See here" said the senator, what
do you mean by making me climb these
stairs and then not stopping to take
me DOWN."
cav, gwan" shouted the elevator
boy. This here elevator don't carry no
passengers after 6 o'clock except the
ladies what mop up the floors"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
BANKERS HONOR BOY HERO
VIII Build a Monument to Lad Who
Fought Bank Burglars.


Fought Bank Burglars.
The American Bankers association is
raising fund to build monument to
a fourteen-year-old boy who was shot
to death by bank burglars, to care for
the boys parents, who are poor, and to
detect and punish his murderers, says
the New York Evening Journal.
The boy was Westley Anderson Reyn-
olds, who to half support his parents
got employment as night Waterman
in q bank at Westville, Ind. On the
night of Nov. % last three or four
members of a gang of hoboes and bur-
glars, known as Johnny Veg Men,
broke into the bank. The boy watch
man opened fire upon them, and they
responded with cross fire. He was
riddled with bullets = shot twenty
times-and killed, but not until he had
fired many shots at the burglars and
wounded one or more of them, as
trail of blood they left indicated.
r. A. Pinkerton, who is receiving
contributions to the fund, said that
never in the last forty years had the
Pinkertons encountered a case in which
bravery as great as this boys had been
exhibited
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
PLEASURE PALACES
ON EAST RIVERaBRIDGES

salutes ladies automatically. BY means
of clockwork the poor man who is too
fatigued to raise his hat to a lady,
friend is able to escape any imputation
Of impoliteness. He has simply slight
ly to incline his head, and the hat
raises itself gracefully. On his head
resuming the perpendicular the hat
goes back to its proper position. or
course the owner has to wind up the
hat every night like a watch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
= FAMOUS Battlefield.
Plans to Restore Seven Pines to It's
Wartime Appearance.

RlamS 10 heHNOEe seven ~ A~H
Wartime Appearance.
The Richmond Passenger and Power
company, which owns the electric line
to Richmond, Va, is preparing to re-
store Seven Pines to its wartime APP
pearance, says the Baltimore Herald
The place became famous on account
of the bloody battle there during the
civil war.
Workmen are to clear off the vegeta-
ton and chop down trees that have
grown up since the war. Several veter-
ans living in Richmond and in the
neighborhood of the National cemetery
will 90 over the battlefields and point
out thu tSrious points of interest which
are to be marked out. a resurvey from
old battle maps now in a state library
is to be made. and everything possible
will be done TO make it look as it did
during the years of the war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
New ButtonIess Glove For Men.

New ButtOnIess Glove For Men.
A new glove for men which is being
worn very extensively for outing, even
ing and negligee town wear just now is
a very heavy red tan cape, says Lon
don Fashion. 1t is hand or saddler
stitched throughout and has no wrist
opening. The wrists are large and can
be turned down easily. The glove Is
pulled on like a mitten and is very COM
Portable about the wrist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14

Bacon-Burglars entered the first
floor of our house and took nearly ev-
erything we had while my wife was
upstairs putting on her hat to go out.
Egbert-They took quite good deal,
did they?
ooh, yes. 1t must have taken them
several hours "-Yonkers Statesman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
Plan to Recognize a Hero.

England is to recognize another Of
her dead heroes who have been forgot
ten by many, John Nicholson, says the
Philadelphia Record. Money is being
raised to put up bronze statue of him
in the Nicholson garden at Delhi, where
already there is more impressive mon
ument to his memory. In the garden
is a simple stone, for through that gate
John Nicholson carried the English flag
when Delhi was stormed during the
mutiny, and during the charge he re-
ceived his mortal wound.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
Parrots.

4 dealer in birds in sober and serious
Manhattan advertises that he has in
stock large variety OF semireligious
parrots, the most profane one only
5000" That's an odd way Of appeal
ing to public patronage. If the most
profane parrot is held for sale at $500.
what would be the price of parrakeet
that could only say Good graciousT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
Fictinn,s Fiction.

"Have you read Wrighter's new
work of fiction?"
mot exactly"
what do you mean"
"Well, I've only read the advance
notices. but suppose there is really
more fiction in them than there is in
the book observation-disclosures Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
Az n NIixed Dinner.

Excuse me. sir, but haven't we met
before? Your face is strangely famil-
lar"
Eyes, madam; our host introduced us
to each other just before dinner"
"Ahi 1 was positive l had seen you
somewhere. never forget a face
Exchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
Good Enourh nn II Is.

Doctor, If a pale young man named
links calls on you for prescription
don't let him have it,
''Why not?''
HE wants something to improve his
appetite, and he boards at my house"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
nehnite Dissertation.

Johnny. it isn't tobacco sauce. it is
tabasco. Now. don't let me hear you
calling it wrong again"
mo, mamma"
Two hours later at dinner-''Mamma,
L want some of that-that-that red
headed sauce that makes you mad
Washington Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
February.

Go long. Mistah FEBRUARY!
What meks you want to stay2
Don't you hyeah de mawkin bird
A-singin' you away2
Amt de vi'lets in the gyarden
Jes' a-fixin' fur to grown
Why don't you go. ole FEBRUARY,
An tex away your snow2
-Silas Xavier Floyd in Lippincott's Mag
azine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
Her obscura Complexion.
lDrunette?''

us she brunetteE
ga brunette! Why. she's so dark her
father has to turn the light ON in the
parlor to find her in the evenings
Princeton Tiger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14

The Newest Hat Yet
The newest invention is a hat which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14

Married constables of the London
police force receive forty pounds of
coal week all the year round.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-25

nate man sprang to his feet and waved his
arms frantically in the delirium OF his
malady. then seating himself again, he con-
tinued: This took to tone up my general
system. alternating IL with Braino-Fagga
to build up my shattered mental powers.
II abandoned the use OF all meats, for
the flesh Of dead animals Is absolutely
riotous with the germs OF death. also
gave up tea and coffee because they bring
on nervous prostration and lower the moral
tone. 1 substituted Roastum Pea, which en-
riches the blood and makes the eyes sparkle
with vigorous health.
However / grew steadily worse. / again
studied the advertisements and found that
/ had not made proper selection OF foods
TO mt my case. / therefore switched TO
Germs OF Youth and Fulla-Pruna, and
drank White Wheat Splits.
All this was OF no avail, and finally
became the physical wreck you now behold.
The last week / have subsisted wholly on
Spirit of Golden Rye, with little seltzer
on the side for a chaser. / was about ready
to go on diet of Bankers Dog Biscuit
and baled hay, when a friend advised me
to consult you. What do you recommend?"
"Uneeda Feed" replied the physician. and
1 will give you my favcrite prescription,
which, L think, will restore you to your
usual health" And he wrote the follow
ing. "Sirloin steak, eight ounces; white
wings, one pair; Coffee, one and one-half
pint Spuds. bakes, two; anything else you
want to eat.
Take this every morning for one week.
and If results are not satisfactory. come
back"
The sick man bore the prescription away
with a glad heart, and never found Il
necessary to return.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-25
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

The district of st. Etenne France. has
produced annually for the past five years
over S17,OO0,O09 worth of ribbons.
Alcoholic liquors contribute no less than
f42.0 600 of the total income of the British
National Exchequer, which is f13O, 100000.
The natives of the Philippines. as well as
the Chinese. have public holidays which in
date coincide exactly with our Christmas.
Coffee has been cultivated in Venezuela
only since 1879, and yet ii is now that much
talked-of country's chief commercial prod
uct.
Hawaii has a population of 100000, of
which $1,000 are Japanese and $4,000 Chi
nese. There also Porto Rcans and
likewise Hawaiians.,
Lord Balfour. of Burleigh, states that
there are 400 prisoners per 100000 of the
population in Scotland, compared with 700
in Ireland and 500 In England.
The Shah, who Inherited 1900 wives from
his father, has reduced his harem from
700 to 60-''an astounding Innovation as
no previous Shah has had under 1,5OO.
The heavy tax on oleomargarine has had
from 100000 pounds in quarter year to
13. 900. This has helped to raise the price
of butter.
In Austria religious instruction is COM
pulsory in all schools. The head teacher
and the teaching of religion is under the
direction Of the religious bodies.
Jacob Judy, of Bloomington. ILL.,. enjoys
| the distinction OF having voted for twenty
| Presidents of the United States. His first
vote was cast for John Quincy Adams in
1924. He is ninety-nine years old.
II has often been stated that sixty miles
| an hour was the utmost rate at which a
| swallow could fly. Recent experiments upon
| Compeigne and Antwerp proved that a
| swallow in hurry can cover 12S11 miles in
| an hour.
The Farmers Improvement Society of
| Texas, which recently held its seventh an
nual convention. is composed of 1900 negro
| farmers, who now own $1,000 acres of
| land, 5000 head OF cattle and 1000 horses
| and mules.
| The penalty among the Hottentots for
| widows who marry again is a somewhat
| severe one. IL Is the rule among these peo-
pie that, before so marrying, a widow must
! cut off the Joint of finger ard present
| II to her new husband on the wedding day
In China the down of the thistle Is
| gathered and mixed with raw silk so in
| geniously that even experts are deceived
| when the fabric Is woven. II is also used
| TO stuff cushions as a substitute for elder
| down, and a very good substitute IL makes
The tremendous power sxerted by water
! In violent motion Is well shown by some
| experiments carried out by English engf-
/ neers to determine the stress exerted upon
| the foundations OF a lighthouse Thomas
Stevenson discovered that at Skerryyore
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-25

and Bell Rock pressures of 6.0S3 pounds per
square foot and sob pounds. respectively,
were to be encountered In ordinary wealth
square inch, and is doubtless much exceed
ed In severe storms
The highest spot inhabited by human be-
ings is the Buddhist cloister at Hanle,
Thibet, where twenty-one monks live at
an altitude of 5000 feet The highest IN
habited spot in Europe is the observatory
at the summit of Mt. Etna, 9,076 feet above
sea level
The nearest star. whose distances astro-
and 1t is distant from us four light years
That is TO say, its light is four years In
reaching us, although travelling at $4,000
miles a second. This estimate places it
Z52VOO times as far away as the sun.
A rich man in the West who says he
wants all his five sons to get along equally
well In business, has asked them TO unite
with him in corporation each of the six
men to have the same amount of stock. 1t
will be family company, and there will
be no reason for jealousies and disputes
among the sons.
A competition will be held at the Deutsche
Seewarte. Hamburg, on April 1. 1903, for
the best contrivance for measuring wind
pressure. The competition will be open
TO foreigners, and prizes of 81 $50. $3.50 and
500 will be awarded. An additional prize of
which is judged the best after certain
time for trial.
Professor Mason of the Smithsonian In
stftution says that the most-needed achieve
ment of 1903 Is the discovery of a satisfac-
tory method of economzing electricity.
Some day, he says, in the not-dstant flu
ture, the rivers will make all the electricity
We want. We shall harness the streams
and they will heat every house, run every
wheel and light every lamp.
Ladysmith is preparing to make herself
another such center for the historic scenes
around her as Brussels is for Waterloo.
regular coach service, it seems, is to be
organized to Spionkop, and when the pas
sengers have walked over the fatal summit
they will find refreshment and lodging at
.Spionkop hotel which is to be built
forthwith on Three-tree hill.
Germany and China afford excellent OBJ
5ect lessons in the treatment of medical
men. In Berlin the doctors coachman
wears white hat. The advantage of this
in, say, a street accident is obvious. In
China the doctor is paid only so long as
you keep well. and is by law compelled
to illuminate the exterior of his residence
by night with as many lamps as he has
killed-that Is ''lost'-patients.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-25
PRIZE WIENER.

The prize for No. 396 is taken by r. w.
Cox, Rushville. Ind. Other excellent solu-
lions are acknowledged from: II. H. Dooley.
to Ss6: M. L. Howe. 3s6; Annie Rogers. SOC:
Mrs. Thomas Flaherty. 3S7, 3ss 396; f. NJ.
Wallace. 396. 3s9: Annie ]. Little, ss6; h.
NJ. Jones. $50; George Babette Mccullough.
1896; Maize, S96; Lena c. White. 295. SOC, 400;
j. s. Allison, 3S5, S96; B. n. Hunter. $50;
Isaac Fowler, 1896; Mrs. T. B. Stevens. 800;
Emma c. Humphreys. 3S5. 3S6. ss7. 3ss, ssl.
Ss2. Ss6, 3s7. 39s, 399. 40l; ]. S. Manning, SOC;
B. F. Conant 3s6: Martin L. True, 500; Eta
c. Cook. 1896; Ethel Hughes. 3s6; A r. Lee,
$50, Ss7; Hazel Mount 1896; w. H. Fogg, 3s6;
Mrs. A L. Stanley. 396; B. NJ. Hill. $50:
Stella Lewis. 1896; w. II. Martin, 396; s. K.
Moses. 3s6: Mrs. ]. w. Siders. 800. 397: ID.
F. Cross, 3s6; Mrs. w. ]. Henley. 1896; l. p.
Temple, 1896: Mrs Mary ]. Jenckes. 3s6; O.
c. Day. ss6. s97. 4Ol; Mrs. A E. Ross. ss6