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The Newark journal., 1903-11-06
THE UNBIDDEN POET.
Not Discouraged Even by Repeated
 Rejections of His Manuscripts.

Not Discouraged Even by Repeated
 Rejections of His Manuscripts.
 The unbidden poet is a source of much wonderment in every news paper office. As a general thing, he possesses not the slightest knowledge of the rules governing metrical composition. His spell ing is bad, his pronunciation is worse, his sense of words that rhyme is defective, and he has no soul above the commonplace. And yet he deludes himself with the idea that he is a poet, says the Philadelphia Record. No amount of Encouragement will turn him from his mistaken course. He persists with dogged determin- ation which, if directed into some more practical channel, would be altogether admirable. The yawn. ing waste basket seems to have no terrors for him. He IS general ly the most prolific in the spring, when, we are told, the young mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love; but any public event of more than ordinary i'm portance will stir his muse and cause it to ferment. During the International yacht races, for in stance, the Record was in receipt of over 100 alleged poems on the subject, and this state of affairs probably prevailed in other news paper offices. During the last five years one of these would-be poets has contributed fully 300 verses to the Record without ever having had one published. And yet he is not discouraged.
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06
DRAINING THE ZUYDER ZEE
Daring and Picturesque Engineering
 Project of the Dutch.

The Dutch people propose to re- claim the whole of the Zuyder Zee from the grasp of the ocean, says Walter Weliman, in McClure's. It is vast, daring, project, the most picturesque engineering en- terprise known to the world to. day. An isthmian canal may cost more money; but an isthmian canal is, after all, only great ditch. While other nations are seeking colonial expansion the Dutch propose to create a hinter- land at home. They propose to reclaim from the waters an area equal to One-fourteenth of all the present Holland. They propose to add nearly onetenth to the area of cultiyable land in their coun- try. They propose to find new homes, where now the sea rages, for a population equal to four per cent. of all the inhabitants of the Netherlands. Tn the United States an enterprise of relative proportions would involve the creation of a new state like Mis- souri or Texas, the reclamation of land enough for more than three millions of people to live upon and thrive by agriculture.
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06
PROFIT IN MUSHROOMS.
A Good Cellar the Best Place for a
 Profitable Bed.

FTOuIdDlS DeO.
 Mushroom growing IS one of the latest fads that has struck Washington, says Washington letter, and interesting stories are told of the financial results of this peculiar kind of farming. It ap- pears that there is d large de mand for mushrooms, which will increase as the people come back from the seashOre and mountains and take up their burden of enter taining in their homes.
 The fact is q course dinner is not usually complete without mushrooms in some form, and the marketmen are sometimes driven to their wits ends to supply the demand. Numerous private grow CTS of mushrooms have lately met with good success, if the stories told around Center market are to be believed.
 The abandoned yats of brewing establishment in the northwest section are reported to have been transformed into beds for hush room growing with almost as good profits as were formerly realized from the beer. Several have made use of their backwards for the purpose with satisfactory re suits. The mushrooms are easily grown, the yield is prolific, and their sale is good.
 According to the figures given by a dealer in the market, a 15- foot bed will grow about % pecks of marketable mushrooms. The cost of the bed is about $S. The growers receive 75 cents a peck for the best, and 60 cents a peck for the second grade, the size and quality determining the price. He figured out that three women of his acquaintance were clearing each about S55 a month out of mushrooms grown in the cellars of their homes.
 The marketman said a good cellar was the best place to raise mushrooms. He said the things necessary to success were few. First the cellar in which they are to be grown must be kept at a temperature of about 6 degrees, and should be we'll ventilated, and arrangements should be made to have the soil moist.
 Good manure, rich in phos. phate, must be used to form the foundation of the bed, which will be built preferably upon a dirt floor. Two loads will be necessary for a bed 15 feet long. The mush- room spawn can be procured in the shape of bricks from the flor ists and nurserymen. The tenn
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06
ROMANCE OF THE PAPACY.
Secrets of the Vatican That Have
 Reached Public Knowledge.

Reached Public Knowledge.
 As a rule the secrets of the Vatican are we'll kept and most of the stories that are told apro. pos of the new pope must be taken with a grain of salt. Now and again, however, something of the romance of the papacy really leaks out, though not through the cardinals. There was, for exam pie, says an exchange, the strange case of Pope Plus IA., pretty we'll known a generation ago, but now almost forgotten. In his younger days, when he was Count Master Ferrati and a layman he met and fell in love with Miss Eos ter, daughter of the Irish Protest ant bishop of Fillmore, who was living in Italy with her sister, Mime. De Sails. Miss Foster ia vored the young count, but Mime. De Sails drove the lover away. Afterward she relented, the count returned and the wedding day was fixed. On the appointed day the bride and her friends were at the church, but no bridegroom ap- peared and Count Mastai Ferrati was never seen again. Years afterward Miss Foster went to see Pope Plus K. and was aston ished to recognize in the pontiff her old flame the count.
 The most sensational novelist could not have invented plot more fascinating than the real story of Pope Leo's predecessor. Mime. De Sails had made an un- happy marriage with an Italian, and her parents, fearing a similar fate for the younger daughter, made her promise to guard Miss Foster against union with for eigner, hence her interference to separate the lovers; it was only when her sister pined away that Mime. De Sails relented. The dis appearance of the count had quite q flavor of Dumas about 1t. tn known to his fancee he was bound to the Jesuits, and his superiors in the order peremptorily sent him away on a mission to prevent his marriage with an English woman and a Protestant. Let ters were intercepted and he was led to believe that she had mar ried another, so he took orders and rapidly rose to be bishop, then cardinal and eventually pope. Then in the height of his grandeur he was brought face to face with the woman he had loved and lost. Nothing more dramatic has ever been staged.
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06

whole of Europe with all the advantages of diversity of climate and rich bound together by miles of railway than of The United States of drawn from the protective system applied to industries nearly all the advantages possible which has allowed Der the pleasant road of high but with its usual marvellous activity seeks by degrees suppress them entirely.
 With the franness of almost unlimited power, the United declares its intention make commercial especially with of Europe which will reciprocity feeling themselves formidable they negotiating the dmnuon duties which they find longer necessary Europe ought receive amicab and examine thoroughly the eff of much the American produce being reduced the will become nvncbe competitors United already agricultural market and preparing become the bankers of Europe through the their exports their imports will also the market.
 All this may be inevitable and in that Saes in of all foresight with regard policy take the highest rank among nations.
 The greatness of America is founded only of the with Holland had created supremacy power naval and cant but her producvenes and her people, European a propious atmosphere
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06
Enterprise and Caution.

"I shall get there" quoth Enterprise, confidently.
 "Where?" asked Caution.
 Here Enterprise bestowed a whitening look upon her laggard sister.
 As to that 1 know nothing" she re- piled, haughtily. Further than that when get there it will be somewhere else. - Detroit Free Press.
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06
She Was Lucky.

"l csterday was mighty lucky day for Miss Prettygirl."
 Why"
 "I proposed to her and she accepted ne"
 "Yes, people are usually considered lucky when they have get soft thing. .o-Hous- ton Post
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06

perature of the bed must be test ed, and no planting must be done until it is below 95 degrees. Then the bricks can be broken in half inch pieces and distributed evenly oyer the bed.
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06
Emblematic.

4 large bronze cage with one wing broken and dropped is to be the chief feature of the French monument on the field of Wa. terloo.
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06

Doesn't the odor of burning leaves make you sick" asked Jinks. "Oh, no. ]" rtphed Junks, Il smoke Turkish cigarettes, you know w,'-Cincinnati Yimes-Star.
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06

Aseum-"I read in the financial news fhis morning that money is easter' now. What on earth does that mean?" Broke leieh-"Perhaps it means that it gees easier I'm sure I don't find that 1t comes any easier. Philadelphia Press.
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as cough eare.-J: " V bsleh, 5zz 1nlrd Ave. N, Minneapolis, Minn, Jau 6, l900
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06

X conceited woman is seldom jealops.- Chicago Daily News.
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06

Mere family never made a man great Thought and deed, not pedigree, are. the pas ports to enduring fame.-Skobelof
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06

4 dumb-waiter can't talk. but neither, for that matter, can a speaKing- -tube.- Philadelphia Record.
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not dis couIaee-GhaEning.
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06

Putnam Fadeless Dyes color Silk, Wool and Cotton at one boiling.
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06
To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
 druggists refund money if 1t fails to cure 25c.
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06
zbe I0utb of be WIorld
By PROF. LUIGI LUZZATTI,

HE United States s to quote the words of Lucretius "the blooming youth of the world" There the char acteristcs of all the better European fused together, and connected with the bond of liberty and democracy.
 The result is nation which, from the econon1lc point of view possesses the initiative skill of the Ger L.,.l:sI ..,L t.-r;tar tLa., .l,e
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06

They equal those that have been cost ing you from S4.0O to S5.00. The im- mense sale of w. l.. Douglas shoes proves their superiority over all other makes.
 Sold by retail shoe dealers everywhere. Look for name aud price on bottom.
 That Douglas uses Cor. ona Colt proves there Is value in Douglas shoes. Corona Is tho highest grade Pat.Leather made.
 Fdsf Color ENeIefs,,,sy
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06

oss s4 eHt tdJe Line cannot Dc equaea al dng price,
 Shoes by mail, 25 cents extra. Illustrated eataios free. ". L. DOUGLAS, Broekton, Mass
The Newark journal., 1903-11-06
". l.. DOUGLAS
 s3.so & 8 SHOES SsBa. SsISn

You can save from sb3 to aS5 yearly by wearing w. 1. Douglas S3.50 CT $3 shoes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-21
PUMPING PLANT FOR NEW
SHOPS IS IN OPERATION

The pumping station erected at
Watertown fer the purpose of fur
nishing wafer pressure for New
Shops has been set in operation.
Several of the officials of the Rock
Island system were present and saw
that the pump ana minor machinery
operated in n satisfactory way.
The pumping station is built just
south of the ice houses in Watertown
and is Il building constructed of brick.
1t contains a powerful steam pump,
the capacity Cf which is 100000 gallons
per diem. In addition to this an ar
tesian well has also been sunk for
drinking purposes, which affords an
abundant supply. To insure that
enough pressure will be had, two
high pressure tanks. each with a ca
pacity Of 100000 gallons, have been
erected on the site Of New Shops.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-21
IMPROVEMENT OF ROCK
RIVER HELD INFEAsIBLE

An unfavorable report has been
made by Mai. {. Med. Townsend, for
mer chief of government engineers
at Rock Island, on the feasibility of
improving Rock river from its mouth
To Rockford. The report is made to
the war department and is based ON
an examination made of Rock river
under Maj Townsend's supervision.
Secretary Of War Root has submit
ted the report TO congress.
Maj. Townsend says that Lake Hori-
con, the pOrported source of Rock
river, would feed the sumit level of
the canal extending from Lake Michi-
gan to the Mississippi river. with
locks goo feet long, 80 feet wide and a
depth Of feet of water Recent
gaugings of the river at Sterling give
minimum discharge Of 700 cubic feet
Il second.
1t also was found that by series
of dams and lateral canals slack water
navigation of Z feet can be obtained
the entire length of the river.
The construction of the Illinois and
Mississippi canal, however, will change
the conditions, says Maj. Townsend.
The canal Will have Il depth of : feet
and Il minimum top width Of so feet,
and is to be supplied with water
from Rock river by feeder of SINH
lar dimensions. 1t is not probable
that the whole water discharge from
Rock river at Sterling is sufficient to
supply this canal. But as the feeder
will be navigable and with the Illinois
and Mississippi canal will offer a
means of water communication TO
both the Illinois and Mississippi rivers.
the slack water Improvement of the
river itself below Sterling would be of
little value.
Maj. Townsend reports that the poo
pie would not derive any benefit in r.
matter Of freight rates by the inn
provcment. He therefore makes an
unfacorable recommendation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-21

the shoppers all the more anxious to
bring their parcels home.
The railroads brought hundreds of
out of town buyers into the city, and
all have returned well laden with
bundles Of every size and description,
\ stroll through the shopping dis
trict at night finds it lit up in splen-
dor. The glare of the electric lights
add to the briIliancy of the scene
and the merry crowds of shoppers
elbowing and thronging through the
crowded aisles, give further evidence
of the Christmas spirit that prevails
everywhere and over everyone.
The large part Of the trade has
come and gone, but the rush remains.
Tonight, and every afternoon and
night this week up to Friday viii
find Rock Island shopping emporiums
crowded and the vast stores of Christ
mas goods made to disappear as if
by magic. 1t promises to be Il busy
and profitable week for Rock Island
merchants.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-21

Dec. 21-Dubuque, Iowa.
Dec. 22-ClintOn, Iowa.
Dec. 23-Rock Island. III.
Dec. -Muscatine, Iowa.
Dee. 25-Washington. Iowa.
Dee. 26-Burlington, Iowa.
Dec. 2S-Ottumwa. Iowa.
Dee. 29-CharitCn, Iowa.
Dec. 30-Auburn. Neb.
Dec. 31-Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
Twenty-Five Entertainers.
The % men who make the trip are:
Glee Club-First tenors, NJ. +. Cole
man, II. i. Brown, i. w. Calhoun, IT
W. Hartman; second tenors, \. T
Stewart. f. {. Eicher, {. j. Revan, IT
T. Hughes; baritones, +. p. Wells, A
q. Bovec, Is. |. Bell. ii. II. Blodgctt, NJ
II. Dirk; bassCs. II. +. Walsworth, c.
\. johnson, T. y. McBurncy, L. II
Emricl.
Mandolin Club-IIenry d. Sulcer. F
&. Smith. ID. *. French, II. Z. Potter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-21
Revolution Imminent.

a sure sign of approaching revolt
and serious trouble in your system is
nervousness, sleeplessness, or stom-
ach upsets. Electric Bitters will quick
ly dismember the troublesome causes.
1t never fails to tone the stomach,
regulate the kidneys and bowels,
stimulate the liver and clarity the
blood. Rundown systems benefit par
ticularly and all the usual attending
aches vanish under its searching and
thorough effectiveness. Electric Bit
tcrs is only so cents, and that is re-
turned if it don't give perfect salts
faction. Guaranteed by Hartz & u
lemeyer, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-21
BOYS BEGIN TOUR
University of Chicago GIee and
Mandolin Club to be Here
Wednesday.
WILL ENTERTAIN FOR CHARITY
Making Short Trip Through Illinois
Iowa, Kansas aud
Nebraska.

No tampering with the ice box.
No drinking.
Smoking in the smoking room only.
Rehearsal every morning.
Meals at $50 a. m, p. m. and after
evening concert.
Bound by these rules, the Univcr-
sity of Chicago Glee and Mandolin
clubs, which appear here "Wednesday
evening under the auspices of the As
sociated Charities. started last night
on Il holiday tour through Illinois.
Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. George
NcIIenry. manager Of the clubs, ana
the college wit who wrote the josh
songs given at the recent home CON
certs by the clubs, announced the
rules. Glenn Moody Hobbs. of the
physical laboratory faculty and diree-
tor Of the clubs, accompanied the
boys on their trip.
The tour. which is the first taken
by the University of Chicago glees for
several years, was arranged largely
by Adelbert r. Stewart, the leader Of
the glee club. Mr.. Stewards home is
in Washington, Iowa, and the timer
airy includes stops at seven Iowa
towns, including a Christmas visit to
Washington. The men left in Il pri-
vate car over the Burlington road at
p. III. The following is their sched-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-21
TO DOUBLE PLANT
Enlargement of Factory of Rock
Island Buggy Company
Decided on.
WILL COST ABOUT $4,000
Consideration of a Proposition to
Move to the West Part of
the City.

Building plans that will<permit of
the doubling of the capacity Of the
factory have been decided on by the
officers of the Rock Island Buggy
company, First avenue and Sixteenth
street.
The company hopes to remain in its
present location, but whether it will
is conditional on its securing switch
ing facilities that will be essential to
the operation of the plant On the
scale proposed.
\ proposition to rebuild in the west
ern part of the city has been consid-
cred, and the company possibly will
move there in case its needs men
toned in the foregoing paragraph are
not met. This was the statement
made by one of the officers today.
Three Story Brick Building.
In ease the company remains in its
present location an extension 120X60
viii Ice erected. 1t will be three stor-
les and of brick and will cost about
$4,000. 1t is proposed To do the work
during the winter. in order that all
will be in readiness for the increasing
of the force in the spring.
The company is now employing -
men. The business has been growing
rapidly the past few years, the super
ior quality of the product of the fac
tory finding Il ready market wherever
placed, and thereby iustifying the eX-
pansiOn contemplated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-21
\ Frightened Horse,

Running like mad down the street
dumping the occupants, or hundred
other accidents. are everyday occur
rences. 1t behooves everybody to have
reliable salve handy, and there's
none as good as Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. Burns, cuts, sores, eczema and
piles disappear quickly under its
soothing effect. % cents, at Hartz d
Ullemeyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-21
Coughs, Colds and Constipation.

Few people realize when taking
cough medicines other than Foley's
Honey and Tar that they contain OPT
ates which are constipating besides
being unsafe, particularly for chill
dren. Foley's Honey and Tar con-
tains no .opiates. is safe and sure and
will not constipate. All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-21
SHOPPING SEASON NOW
IN FULL BLAST IN CITY

The shopping season is in full
swing.
The brisk snappy weather of the
past few days has served to bring out
the buyers and the close proximity to
the day of Santa Claus visit makes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-21
o. r. Sellers, w. C. Harris, Frank
LoveweI. II. c. Cobb.
THE STAGE
Dec 25.-''A Run for Her Money"
Dec. 2S.-"The Wizard of o."
Jan. 9.-Brooke's Band.

George Sidney, whose clever and in
offensive dclineatiCn of the Hebrew
character, has wen him place among
the leading comedians of the time,
made his second appearance at the
Illinois Saturday evening in Busy
Ivy" There were 40 people, mostly
girls, in the company, and the piece
is put on with a dash from beginning
to end. The audience was unusually
large for a Saturday night. Several
new specialties have been interpolated
since the show was here a year ago.
1t is just as amusing as ever, and bids
fair to continue a winner for several
more seasons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-21

An important decision regarding
theatrical contracts has been handed
down by Judge Townsend in the
United States circuit court in New
York, who has made permanent an iu-
junction asked on behalf Of the Castle
Square Opera company against Frank
Moulan. a comedian. Under this de-
cision Moulan is restrained from APP
pearing On the stage under any other
management until his contract eX-
pircs, Is TRunths hence. Mr.. Moulan
created the part of the HI Ram in
The Sultan of Sulu." and this very
amusing impersonation of the mon
arch had much to do with the great
success of George AIDES opera. Mana
ger Savage testified in the suit Just
ended that Moulan's detection had
cost him SIS. 1000. The comedian left
the company because his wife, MaUde
Lillian Berri, the prima donna. had
resigned. He made an engagement to
play with Anna Held in Mile. Napo-
leon"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-21

Wichita. Kan. Dec. 21.-.Jefferson De
Angels, starring in his own Tor
eador" company made a flying leap
from second story window of the
Hamilton hotel in this city to escape
his wife, who was pounding on the
door Of his room. and DeAngelis land
ed on the roof of an enclosure which
was around the entrance to the bar,
broke through the pine boards and
landed ON the ground eight feet below.
He passed into the hotel through the
baTroom, lighted a cigar, and proceed
ed upstairs to inquire as to the
cause Of the commotion up there.
When the door was opened only Il
chorus girl was found and Mrs. De
Angels declared that she would do
her bodily harm if the people holding
her would permit. De Angels APP
peared on the stage as usual, bat the
chorus girl was missing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-21
MERCHANTS
Information Bureau

Directories of North and South Da-
kota, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin. Pc
oria and Chicago. Records are kept
of people moving, arriving or leaving
Davenport. Credit reports and cor
rect addresses furnished on applica-
ton. Branch of the Bergman Collec-
ton Agency. 207-209 Brady street,
Davenport.