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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
They Have Coal a. Grand Raptds.

Grand Rapids. Mich. Jan. 80. =
The citizens coal commission opened
for business yesterday morning and
will furnish anthracite coal for $3.50
per ton, delivered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
Sort of Sport To BE Seen.

Skating. sliracing. ski-lcaping,
horse races. field sports and trottinS
races on the ICE Will be included among
the events. ''Skikjoring'-me on skis
drawn by horses-a comparatively new
adaptation Of ski sport. will also he
seen. Sleigh and ski coasting and
night tours by torchlight will add to
the pleasure of the gathering. The
torchliSht trips will be attended by
women as well as men and are expect
ed to produce effects strongly Glnciful
and romantic when the mountain sides
are dotted over with innumerable NOV
ing lights and the frosty air is laden
with Il medley of conversation, laugh
ter and song
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
Progress i'm the Riley Case.

Carbondale. Ills. Jan. 30.-The trial
of Mrs Riley and her son-in-law Cow
ger. for the murder of the woman's
husband has been interrupted by the
illness of a jurer. Evidence was in
troduced to show that Riley was killed
with a gun belonging TO one of the
defendants. The children of the dead
man will testify and some important
letters will he read.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30

The prismatic color of shells, scales
of fish, wings of insects and feathers
of birds depend upon the interference
of light in the thin plates that compose
the integuments.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
Insane Man Found Dead.

Bloomington. Ills. Jan. 30-Henry
Shelley. who escaped from a private
asylum at Springfield. was found dead
Wednesday night. near Lincoln.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
CHAMBERLAINS RECEIVED
ROYALTY AT KIMBERLY

Kimberly, Cape Colony. Jan. 30
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain and
Mrs Chamberlain arrived here today,
and were accorded remarkable re-
ception. The toxin was layishly dec
grated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
Wilson's Reply to Penna.

Secretary w. Il. Wilson. of the Unit
ed Mine Workers. replied to Penna.
He said: Il cannot understand the
purpose of the Indiana operators in
raising this question at this time. This
convention is composed of operators
and miners from four different parts
of the country. I think the subject
is brought mp at this time for the pur-
pose of influencing the legislature in
its action on the bill"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
BogIe's Retort 10 WIIson.

w. s. Boyle then said: "On one
side is organized labor. on the other
the employers. L'OrganiZed capital.
shouted a voice from the audience. ]
Yes. or trusts. or corporations. or mon
OpOlies. or whatever you are pleased TO
call us. 1t II the same TO us. We
find organized labor insisting on n bill
which will put burdens upon the Op-
orators of Indiana that do not have TO
be borne by the operators of other
states. This 'shOt-fring' bill puts upon
the operators expense and responsible
ty of doing some of the work of the
miners" Mitchell said Il few soothing
words, and the matter was dropped for
the time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
Mean BERTHE!

Bertie-Are you dining anywhere on
Thursday?
Appleby (eagerly)-Thursday? No.
Bertie-How hungry you'll be on Fri
day-Exchange
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
Ends with DIstrihntion OF Prize..

The great tournament will end with
the distribution of prizes to the sue
cessful racers and leapers and on that
occasion DIR. Nansen. the famous arctic
explorer will speak Of the principles
and purposes of human sport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
Springs a Sudden Issue.

The preliminaries We're hardly COM
pleted before an issue was sprung.
Penna. commissioner for the Indiana
operators, called attention to the fact
that there is now pending in the leg
islature of the state a 'ShOt-firing'
bill, which he said, if enacted, will
compel the operators to employ mine
shooters. For that reason it was not
just that the Indiana operators should
have to come into the convention on
the same basis with the operators from
the other districts of the central COM
petitiYe field
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30

of winter sport" will continue till Feb.
.. The gathering was initiated un-
der the patronage of Crown Prince
Gustaf and the first programme car
ried out at Stockholm two years ago
was a splendid success.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
That of Allied Powers to
BOWen's Last Prop
OsiiiOn
AS TO VENEZUELA
UnniStakab1e Attitude
to Follow Further
StubbOrnneSS

Washington, Jan. 3O.-No answer
has yet come from the powers to
Bowen's last proposition. The Brit
ish ambassador sent a long cablegram
to Lord Landsdowne yesterday after
noon, stating what might be expected
in case Great Britain and her two al
lies insisted on preferential treat
ment for the blockading powers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
What Bowen May Do Next

The text of the cablegram cannot
be published, but it is believed at the
foreign Office that Bowen, in the
event of refusal of his proposition,
would call upon the representatives
of the other claimant powers in
Washington and state to them that
Venezuela was being forced by the
triple alliance to yield to plan which
would affect seriously the interests
of France. Belgium. Norway-Sweden,
Spain. Denmark, Holland and the
United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30
SOON FINDS ISSUE
Joint Conference of Coal Oper.
ators and Miners Hits an
Early "Snag"
"sHoT-FIRING" BILL A GRIEVANCE
Demand That 1t Be Considered in
the Scale. if Passed-OppOsi-
tion to n Raise.

Indianapolis, Jan. 30.-The coal op-
orators and miners of western Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois be-
gan joint conference here yesterday
ing year. President Mitchell acted as
temporary chairman, and the ma
chinery was put TO work which will
evolve the permanent organization and
when that is done sixteen members OF
the scale committee from each side
will be appointed. 1t is probable that
g. w. Traer, Of Chicago. Will be elect
ed president of the joint conference
and w. Il. Wilson. secretary of the
United Mine Workers. secretary. The
conference Is we'll attended
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-11-20
SOME PUBLICATION STATIS-
TICS.

Ofthe 49, ,226 American publications
1926 are dailies, with a circulation o1
Is, ,l02,l ,l56; 81 are tri.weekly, with a
circulation of 22s, $40; 637 are semi.
weekly, with a circulation of 2, 1892, 1868;
1879 papers are issued weekly, with
circulation of 39,s52,O52; there are
l ,Sl7 monthly publications, whose cir
culation is 39,519,S97. The quarterly
publications are mostly devoted to
special subjects, and only number 237,
but their circulation is very respecta-
BILE, as they issue ll,2l7,422 per issue.
Semi-monthly, semi-annuul and yearly
publications number 268. and have a
circulation offs 5,541,329. Out of ls 1926
publications, 1874 were printed in
English.-Frons the Scientific Ameri:
cans Special Number on "lModern aids
to Printing!"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-11-20

Helen merely bowed in assent. her
color bad deepened, as if with shame,
and Westlake thought be understood
matters.
They left the house together soon
afterwards, and on their way to the
city Westlake drew the crumpled note
from his pocket and handed it to his
companion.
II believe this is yours, Helen," be
said.
She recognized it At . glance.
"Oh, Harold, can you ever forgive
me?" she exclaimed. eff l had only
known it was your sister! saw you
on the street together, and you were
so far away that I did not recognize
her. Then thought you might wish
to spend the day with your new friend
and I would not send the invitation y
SIS it still cancelled" asked West.
lake.. playfully holding the scored
lines up before her.
"Only the last sentence" was the
reply. =
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-11-20
AN ENGLISH
AUTHOR WROTE:

mo shade, no shine, no fruit, no
flowers, no leaves,-November!" Many
Americans would add no freedom
from catarrh, which is so aggravated
during this month that it becomes
constantly troublesome. There is
abundant proof that catarrh is con-.
stitutional disease. 1t is related to
scrofula and consumption, being ono
of the wasting diseases. Hoods Sar-
saparilla has shown that what is capa-
BILE of eradicating scrofula, completely
cures catarrh and taken in time pre-.
vents consumption. We cannot zee
how any sufferer can put off taking
this medicine, in view of the widely
published record of its radical and
permanent cures. 1t is undoubtedly
Americas Greatest Medicine for
Americas Greatest Disease-Catarrh.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-11-20
Selett @istellaay.
Senior Westlake's Thanks
giving.

About Wentworth Institute all was
qniet. The dull November morning
hour, yet no one was stirring, and a
vacation like Stiffness pervaded the
air.
otis strangely quiet here this morn
ing,' said Harold Westlake to himself,
as he strolled down the path toward
the city. II wonder if I'm the only
man up." He looked at his watch; it
was quarter Of ten. swell, l sup.
pose most Of the fellows have gone
home for Thanksgiving; that accounts
for it,"
There was look of unwanted medi-
tation on Westlake's face as he walked
down the path. His step, habitually
buoyant, was like that of man who
is pondering some knotty problem.
He was tall, large framed, athletic
looking fellow. His college training
had not made him pale or round shoul-
dered-a characteristic of most collie
gians in those early days-and he fiat
tered himself that with all his prof.
cheney in what his practical father
called "your Greek and Latin rub
bish," he could still prove to the rug
ged farmer his ability to hold plow
or pitch hay with the best of bis old
Elmfield companions whose education
had not been over emphasized.
As he turned corner of the path
his eye was attracted to the college
poplar which stood near the walk, and
now enveloped in a momentary out
burst of sunshine. 1t had long been a
custom at the Institute for every fresh
man to cut his initials on the tree
trunk, and high up from its base the
smooth bark was closely covered with
monograms, the lower ones now al.
most obliterated by the growth of the
tree, Near the top of the list Westlake
saw his own, n. R. w. 3d." A senior
yes, unreal as it seemed, three years
had passed since he had carved those
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-11-20
NAPOLEON'S HANDWRITING.

Napoleon. according to Alexander
Dumas, lost such battles as he did lose
because be, wrote such fiendish hand.
His generals could not read his notes
and letters, and the trembling mar
shals, afraid of disobeying, and striv-
ing to interpret the indeciperable COM
mands, loitered, wandered and did not
come up to the scratch, or not to the
right scratch. Thus Waterloo was
lost. Cannot you fancy Grouchy hand
ing round Napoleon's notes on that
sanguinary Sunday? II say" cries
the marshall to his aidecamp, 'is that
word Gembloux or Wavre! Is this
Blucher or Bulow!" So probably
Groucby tossed up for it, and the real
words may have been none of these
which he offered his conjecture.
Meanwhile, on the left and center,
d'Erion and Jerome and Ney were
equally puzzled, and kept on sending
cavalry to places whore it was very
uncomfortable, and did no sort OF
good.* Napoleon may never have been
apprised of these circumstances. His
old writing master was not on the
scene Of action. Nobody dared to
say" "Sire, what does this figure of a
centipede mean, and how are we to
construe these two thick strokes
aanked by dots?' The imperial
temper was peppery; the great man
would have torn off his interrogator's
epaulettes and danced upon them.
Did be not once draw bis pistol to
shoot little dog that barked at his
horae? And when the pistol missed
fire the great soldier threw 1t at the
dog and did not hit him. The little
dog retreated with the honors of war.
Such was the temper of Napoleon,
and we know what Marlborough
thought of the value of an equable
temper. Nobody could ask Bonaparte
to write legible hand, 80 his generals
lived life Of conjecture as to his
meaning, and Waterloo was not sue
cess, and the emperor never knew why.
Of all his seven or eight theories of his
failure at Waterloo his handwriting
was not one. Yet if this explanation
bad occurred to him, Napoleon would
have blamed his pens, ink
and paper. Those of Nelson at Copen-
hagen were very bad. "If your guns
arc not better than your pens," said
Danish officer (who came in under
flag of truce before the fight, and was
asked to put q message into writing),
'you had better retire. ."-Longnan's
Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-11-20

"They say your new son-in-law is a
handsome fellow"
II never looked to see."
"That's strange"
"Not at all. My daughter picked
him out, and all I had to do was to pay
for him."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-11-20
Qriginal 0aetcy.
Written for "The Enquirer"
EYES.

VTeuSU JOF nc 1NqureT
EYES.
Black eyes and brown eyes,
Gray eyes and blue;
Which are the dearest?
can't tell-Can you?
Black eyes are roguish.
They sparkle and CLEAN.
Sometimes are solemn.
And oft seem to dream:
With long jetty lashes
And thoughts half revealed;
Back eyes are shrewd eyes
With mysteries sealed.
Bro,sn eyes are tender,
Brown eyes are divine.
So bright, soft and bewitching.
They gaze into thine
One moment filed with sadness,
The next full Of glee;
How could any eyes prettier be?
Blue eyes, like violets,
Seem made for love;
Sweet, gentle blue eyes,
Innocent as q dove.
Laughing blue eyes,
With wistfulness rare,
Bright, bonnie blue eyes.
To what deeds they will dare!
Gray ey es are shrewd eyes.
And gray eyes will dirt,
Yet gray eyes are ad eyes.
When gray eyes are hurt.
Better watch gray eyes,
Or else they'll trick you
For looking unfalterinely
Such mischief they do!
There are largo eyes and small eyes,
Dark eyes and bright,
That shine out 80 glorious
As stars thro' tho night.
Their strange haunting influence,
Lasting thro' long years,
Oftimes awakening memories
That are too deep for tears.
Q. cold eyes that chill US.
o, bold eyes that stare,
There's nothing more lovely
Than tender eyes rare.
Eyes wherein the tender dew
OF pity shines like rain
Eyes running Der with sympathy
Look! Smile again.
The souls own wide windows.
Thro' which gllmpses rare
May be seen Of ones real self
Tho hidden with care.
Those eyes that speak to US.
Those eyes that forget
To hide their lifs's longing.
That show their regret.
Those eyes that plead to US,
Beseeching our aid;
Those eyes that thrill thro' US
As their love Is betrayed.
Pray, what Is sweeter than
Loved eyes meeting eyes
Save a lovers close kiss
Or loves first glad surprise?
There are sharp eyes and bright eyea,
Large eyes and small.
But the dearest Of all eyes
Gently rise-shyly fall
Tho eyes that look up
With love-light divine.
The eyea, dear, that look a.
Thine into mine
And mine into Mine!
-Cupie
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-11-20
WHY THE MILK SOURS.


How 10 keep milk sweet for the
longest possible time is problem that
has interested housewives and dairy
men ever since mankind discovered
that milk is good to drink. Various
causes have been accused of making
the milk sour, from lightning to i'll
tempered fairies, but until within COM
paratively recent years no trustworthy
reason was discovered. What has
been found out in the modern scien-
:ific laboratories-particularly on this
side of the water, at Wesleyan and
Wisconsin universities and at the
Massachusetts, Institute of Technolo-
gy, in Boston-is that bacteria are re-
sponsible.
These bacteria, of which there are
many that have not yet been more
than discovered, are everywhere in the
air of the dairy waiting an opportuni-
ty to fall head over ears, if one might
use the expression, into the first milk
pail. There are indeed comparatively
few bacteria in the milk until it reaches
the air on its way from the COW to the
milk pail. But the period of milking
is long enough to admit a large mum.
ber of micro organism, and the milk
is so good a substance for them to
grow in that they increase with mar
velous rapidity.
These bacteria have q twofold char
acter. Roughly speaking, they are =
great nuisance to the dairyman who
wishes to keep his milk sweet for the
market, and they are also q great
blessing to the dairyman who wishes
to change it into butter or cheese.
They sour the milk by changing the
milk sugar which it contains into an
acid; but, on the other hand, without
the chemical action produced by bac.
terra, neither butter nor cheese, as We
are accustomed to these products,
would be possibility.
Some of the dairy bacteria have
been so carefully studied in the scien-
tifc laboratories that the bacteriolo-
gists have found out how to cultivate
them, much as the dairyman might
cultivate particular breed Of COWS,
and the bacteria that are responsible
for "June butter" are thus cultivated
and distributed from the laboratory
to the dairy. By this partnership it
has become possible to produce q
standard butter that is practically the
same as whatever season of the year
it is manufactured.
Cheese making all depends upon
the action of these unseen helpers.
Different kinds Of bacteria are un.
doubtedly responsible for different
cheeses, although modern science has
not yet succeeded in isolating them
and setting them to work under the
orders of the cheese makers.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-11-20

Jokley-I submitted some humor.
Gus sketches here several days ago.
They haven't appeared. Did you kill
them?
Editor-I passed upon them, but /
don't think that killed them.
Jokley-No?
Editor-No; I think they just died
naturally of old age.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-11-20

The woman who returns kiss for
blow is generally married to man
who returns a blow for kiss.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-11-20

Practically all the best fishhooks in
the world-and nearly so Of all quail
ties-are made at Redditch, England.
The annual output is probably 500,-
100000 hooks, about 100000 per
week, ranging in size from enormous
and ferocious looking shark hooks to
the tiniest hooks for very small trout
flies, with "bend" diameter of about
one-sixteenth of an inch, a thousand
of which will not more than fill q good
sized thimble. The price varies a.
much as the size, ranging from a few
pence to two or three pounds per
thousand.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-07

not forgetting Judge Martin A. Wade
of Iowa City, congressman from the
second:
First district-N. c. Roberts, Fort
Madison.
Second district-Not represented.
Third district-M. E. Lyon, Dubuque.
Fourth district-Douglass Deramorc,
Waukon.
Fifth district-John Hobbs, Mar
shalltown.
Sixth district-G. F.. Rinehart New
ton.
Seventh district-H. c. Evans, Des
Moines.
Eighth district-E. ]. Sankey, Leon.
Ninth district. ]. Shea, Council
Bluffs.
Tenth district. H. Donlon, EN-
metsburg.
Eleventh district-Earl Bronson,
Spencer.
Their Work.
Upon these men will depolye the
duty of setting in motion a campaign
which the men who declare they won't
be reorganized, expect to win. Deter
mination not to be quilted by the Other
faction of the democratic party was
written on every lineament of theil
faces. Their words were emphatic ant
the sound money democrat who mag
ines that the meeting was bluff are
mistaken, taking the sentiments eX-
pressed in parlor l as an indication.
From Bryan down to the onlooker:
in the chairs in the little room figh
was written in their very attitude
Unwavering loyalty to the principles
enunciated in the Kansas City plat
form is their slogan coupled with tn
determination to split the party into
/ thousand fragments before they vii
be reorganized-engu they call it
The fight has but just begun, and
the plans of the men who ensineere
the meeting here yesterday are carrie
out victory, so far as the other wing Q
the party is concerned, will perch o
their banners. H. M. Sheppard.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-07
VICTIM OF ACCIDENT
ARTHUR SMITH HORRIBLY IN
JURED AT MoRRELL's.
While Painting Bridge Between Kill
ing Floor and Smoke House He Was
Pulled From Ladder and Thrown
Violently to Pavement-May Die.

AT the point of death in the Ottum-
wa hospital with several bones broken
and his body frightfully bruised and
mangled lies Arthur Smith, the victim
of horrible accident. He was en-
ployed as a painter at the packing
plant of John Morrell & Co, and late
yesterday, while ON ladder engaged
in painting the bridge between the
smoke house and the killing floor a
Il piece of cheese cloth hanging from his
| pocket caught in the shaftirg which
runs the smoke house elevator; his
clothes were torn to pieces and he fell
twenty feet to the brick pavement. DR..
Il D. c. Brockman was summoned and
attended the injured man, who was
shortly afterwards takensin the ambu-
lance to the hospital.
Sustains Compound Fractures.
Upon examination it was found that
his injuries consisted Of compound
fracture Of the left leg, the bones be-
ing broken in several places below the
knee, the right thigh bone was broken
the left forearm was fractured. the
left shoulder dislccated, compound
fracture of the lever jaw was sustain
led, the jaw bone being broken il
three places and he had severe cuts
: through the lower lip and under the
jaw The physians state that there
is scne hope of his recovery, although
lit will he considered almost miracle
if his life is saved. Drs. e. A. Sheaf'
and D. G.. Brockman are attending tht
patient and they are being assisted b.
Drs. L. j. Baker and Ii. w. Finson.
Clothing Tern From Person.
he accident happened about
O'Clock yesterday afternoon while Mr.
Smith was at work in painting tn,
3 bridge between the two main buildings
A long piece of cheese cloth was hang
ing from his pocket, and this with nj
coat was caught and wrapped aroun,
the shafting. He was pulled from tn
ladder and his clothing was LITERAL
} tern from his person as he was cal
ried along. When his clothes wer
tern off he was thrown face downwar
to the brick pavement. where he wa
: picked UP by his fellow worllme1
bleeding and apparently lifeless.
n 81 Is Life May Be; Saved.
II The. physicians worked incessantl
with the injured man, and the best {
medical assistance was rendered hin
This afternoon his condition is said
be unusually good, considering the n
d. ture of his injuries. and the physician
re state that be has a slight chance {
), recovery. AS yet no internal injurie
- nave been found, and unless infiamm
o. tion sets in it is thought probable th'
I'd his life will be saved, although he me-
e. never fully recover his strength.
ne Parents Summoned to Bedside.
% Mr.. Smith his been employed at Il
ne Morrell plant for the past four veal
eu and has gained tho utmost confiden'
=. of his employers. He was marie
ne about three years ago to Miss Bert
ali Pierce of this city, and resides wi
oe his wife and infant daughter at Il
fo- corner of Ash and Grant streets. N
Smiths parents reside in Trenton, M
and have been summoned to their sol
bedside