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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
Object to War Lord.

Chicago journal (Rep.): Few presi-
dents of the United States have been
closer to the hearts of the American
people on brief experience than Theo-
aore Roosevelt. His fellow citizens are
conscious of his many virtues and of
certain of his faults. They realize that
his faults are of the head rather than
the heart. but the conservative cIe-
ment, which is very large on election
day. looks with strong disapproval up
on the presidents warlike tendencies.
The money kings may use all the
agencies they can purchase to dis
credit Mr.. Roosevelt. Wall street can
combine together to accomplish his
defeat. but they will all fail ignomini-
ously if the president keeps his head
clear and his feet on the solid ground
of common sense. He can only be
beaten through some acts of his own
and when he casts his eye back over
the history of the presidents, and the
downfall of the many who longed to
be presidents, he will generally find
that it was some trifiing matter that
turned the scale of fate.
The people of the United States are
net n warlike race. They have put
away he spirit of feudalism. 1t was
transplanted on this free soil, but it
soon withered and died. We do not
pride ouselves upon fighting ability.
We have demonstrated that we can
fight. Other nations know that we
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
The American Farmer.

100000 dairy cows.
100000 bales cotton.
1900. 900 head horses.
1S,OOO.0O0 meat cattle.
O. 200 head of sheep.
$4,000 900 head of swine.
46O.00O,000 bushels of oats.
470,00OO0O bushels of barley.
$4,000, 900 bushels of wheat.
1000. ZOO. 900 bushels of Indian corn.
$40. 500. 200, 900 worth of farm pro
ducts.
The American farmer is a factor in
the great whirl of industrial prosper
ity. The above pyramid represents
him in the chief products last year.
1t may vary little from year to year.
but the figures are near to good
average. 1t is annually of value
enough to buy all the crown jewels
of the world, and a good deal more.
We may be indebted to the manu-
facturer of the machines and com
mo(ities which constitute the clock
work of civilization; we are indebted
to many classes of men in the in
Vulnerable lines of business. but the
farmer stands first as producer of
the products which constitute the ac-
tual basis of life.
When we neglect the interests of
the farmer, we neglect our own.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31

Here is what Sir Thomas Upton
said in the Cosmopolitan before he
failed to lift" the Americas cup. and
there is a whole lot of sense in it:
''Of what use to mankind, of what use
to commerce. are those beautiful
white swans? They are of no use at
oil. They are a menace. Do they aid
the science of shipbuilding? Do they
teach any lessons to the thousands of
men who earn their livelihood upon
the seas? They do not! They are mere
racing machines, nothing more, and
nothing less. When these races are
ended they are worth only so much
as the metal within them will bring.
They are of no practical use to any
one. If Shamrock III. loses l shall
have to throw her upon a scrap heap.
/ love her, because upon her my hopes
are conferred. 1 want that cup to go
back where it came from. and, in or
der to meet the requirements of the
defenders, l had to build her-good
for nothing. beautiful creature that
she is. But, if she wins the cup, I
will cherish her for the glory that was
hers. Yet, in that case. never will
her type race again for the American
cup, unless it again leaves its native
shores for the United States"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
WHY NOT SPEAK ENGLISH


The UsO of Some Words In the Sin
gular and Plural.
Is cherub an English word? If so
its plural is cherubs, and not the He
brew word cherubim. Is lexicon an
English word, and criterion also? If
so their plurals are lexicons and cri-
terions, not the Greek leXica and cri-
terra. Is appendix an English word,
and index and vortex? If so the plu-
rails are appendices and indexes and
vorteXes, and not the Greek appendices,
induces and worthless. Is memorandum an
English word, and curriculum, gym
nasium, medium and sanatOrium? If
so their pluralS are memorandums and
curriculums, gymnasiums, mediums
and sanatOriums, and not the Latin
memorana, curricula, gymnasia. media
and sanatoria. Is formula an English
word and nebuIa also? If so the
plural is formulas and nebulas and not
the Latin formula and nebulp. Is
beau an English word, and bureau? If
so the plural is beaus and bureaus. and
not the French beauX and bureaux. Is
librettO an English word? If so its
plural is librettos, and not the Ital-
ian libretti. Why not speak English?
Crisis is thoroughly acclimated in the
English language, and so is thesis,
and yet there are those who prefer
crises and theses to the normal and
regular crisises and thesises. Perhaps
they are seeking to avoid the unplcas-
ant kissing of the English plural; but
none the less they are falling into ped
antry.-Brander Matthews in Harper's
Magazine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
De witt Is the Name.

When you go to buy Witch Hazel
Salve look for the name Dewitt on
every box. The pure, unadulterated
witch hazel is used in making De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve, which is
the best salve in the world for cuts,
burns, bruises, boils, eczema and piles.
The popularity of DeWitt's Witch Ha-
eel Salve, due toeits many cures, has
caused numerous worthless counter
feits TO be placed on the market. The
genuine bears the name of Z. C. De-
Witt & Co., Chicago.
Sold by Harper House pharmacy;
A. j. Reiss drug store, corner Seventh
avenue and Twenty-seventh street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
Monday, August 81, 1908.

y St. Louis man played piano for
20 hours without a stop. 1t was n re-
markable feat of endurance not only
on his part, but on the part of his
neighbOrs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31

TERMS-Daily, 10 cents per week weekly.
per year IN advance.
All communications of argumentative
character, political or religious, must have
real name attached for publication. No
such articles win be printed over fictitious
signatures
Correspondence solicited from every town
ship in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924 Sec
ond avenue, Rock Island, Ill. TEntered at
the postoface as second-class matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
PORRERYi

Kid-Ne-Oids have robbed kidney
trouble OF it's danger and suffering.
Try them; they are guaranteed.
L. II. THOMAS. Leading Druggist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
IMMENSE TOBACCO PURCHASE.
Forty Eight Thousand Dollars Paid
for a Fancy Lot OF Tobacco.

The biggest purchase of high grade
tobacco ever made in the West by a
cigar manufacturer was made last
Wednesday by Frank p. Lewis, Peoria
ILL.,, for his celebrated Single Binder
cigar. A written guarantee was given
that the entire amount was to be fancy
selected tobacco. This, no doubt,
makes the Lewis factory the largest
holder in the United States of tobacco
of SO high a grading Herald Tram
script, Dec. 81, 1903.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31

You can be cured Of any form of tobacco usiu q
easily, be made we'll, strong magnetic full Oh
shat makes weak men strong. Many gain
Ten pounds in ten days. over 500 GOO
let and advice FRRE. ASsreas sTERPfNG
eR1GEDX CO., Chicago - NgD nsEk, 457
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31

BIZ THE j. W. POTTER 90.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31

EducasS Your Bowels with Uasearess.
Candy Cs4hartic, cure constipation forever
l9e. ~. kteAs Q. tau. druaEistR yesNQd mcQeE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-31
c. r. ALLEN,

A. G. P. A, st. Louis, Mo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-28

commission means dissatisfaction with
Lord AlverstOne, lord chief justice of
England, whose course as a member
Of the commission resulted in deci-
sion which Canadians protest is too
favorable to the United States and
consequently unfair to Canada. In the
discussion of the subject in Canada
considerable feeling has been shown.
The controversy has not been Sof-
tened nor have the Canadians been mol
lifted by letter in the Toronto World
by Captain Algernon Sartoris, grandson
of General u. S. Grant. Captain Sar-
toris is staying at Coburg, near Toron-
to. His letter to the editor of the
World closed with this irritating para
graph:
LAS a matter of fact, Canada lives
as colonial power simply through
the sufferance of the American repub
lie, which could at any time take the
country and, in the opinion of the I'M
dersigned. was very foolish not to do
so long ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-28
A Paradox EXPLAINED.

Why does not man weigh pound
more Immediately after eating a pound
weight of food? A little reflection will
readily explain this apparent mystery.
During the process of mastication, de-
glutitiun, etc, certain muscles are
brought into active play, and the exer-
else OF any muscle necessitates a tenn
pOrary waste of its tissues, and a GER
tain amount of carbon is eliminated
and passed off during the course of the
meal. This loss, however. is trihing as
compared with that due to respira ton
and perspiration, both of which are
increased during the various operations
of making a meal.
The length of time one may take to
consume a pound of food makes but
little difference to those losses, for If it
is eaten leisurely there is but slight
increase of respiration or perspiration,
whereas if it is hurried through both
are abnormally accelerated. Hence by
the time the pound is eaten the con-
sumner has lost appreciably in moisture
and carbonic acid.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-28
MASTER OF THE VESSEL.

A Story OF Rarragut In Command
When but Twelve Years of Age.
The story of a boy of twelve years
acting as commander of a ship seems
rather wonderful, yet Farragut was
but twelve years and four days old
when he was put in command of the
Barclay, a prize ship taken by Captain
Porter. In consideration of his tender
years, says the author of "Twenty-siX
Historic Ships" the former English
master of the vessel was sent in her
for the possible benefit the young prize
master might find in his advice. Far
ragut tells the story of the queer d.
vision of authority in his journal as
follows:
Il considered that the day of trial
had arrived, for 1 was a little afraid OF
the old fellow, as every one else was.
But the time had come for me at least
to play the man. So 1 mustered up
courage and informed the captain that
l desired the main topsail filed away
in order that we might close up with
the Essex Junior. lie replied that he
would shoot any man who dared to
touch a rope without his orders. He
would go his own course and had no
idea Of trusting himself with "a blasted
NUTSHELL and then he went below for
his pistols.
II called my right hand man OF the
crew and told him of my situation.
also informed him that l wanted the
main tOpsail filled. He answered with
a clear AYE, aye, SIR In manner that
was not to be misunderstood, and my
confidence was perfectly restored.
From that moment became master
of the vessel and Immediately gave all
necessary orders for making sail, no
tifying the captain not to come on with
his pistols unless he wished to go over
board, for I really would have had
very little trouble in having such an
order obeyed"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-28
senator Hanna,s First speech.

''The way Senator Hanna became a
speaker was something wonderful"
says Postmaster General Payne. Il
was with him the first speech he ever
tried to make. 1t was in 1896 on the
east side in New York. Senator Han
ma wanted to say something, but he
had never been on his feet to make a
speech in his life, and he was afraid
that he would make an utter failure
in his effort. But he was deeply in
terested in his subject, and the two
minute talk that he started out to
make developed into a twenty minute
speech that was one of the best things
1 ever heard. After that Senator Han
ma never seemed to have any fear
about speaking, and 1 consider him one
of the best speakers in the country to-
day. He is convincing and clear"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-28
He was His Own Grandfather.

OF all genealogical curiosities the one
set forth below is probably the oldest
a singular piece of reasoning to prove
that a manmay be his own grandfather!
Here it is: There was a widow (Anne)
and her daughter @ane) and n man
(George) and his son (Henry). This
widow married the son, and the daugh-
ter married the father. The widow was
therefore mother Qn law to her hus-
bands father and grandmother to her
own husband. By this husband she
had son DAVID, to whom she was, of
course, great grandmother. Now, the
son of a great-grandmother must be
grandfather or granduncle to the per-
son to whom his mother was or is
Observation-Disclosures, but in this instance
Anne was eat-grandmother to him
DAVID; therefore David could not be
other than his own grandfather.
The Audience Worse.
'Ha-a-a! 1 am mad-mad" ranted
Hamphat, the tragedian, in the dun
geon scene.
"Huh" snorted the man in the gal
lery. You amt near as mad as us
feIlers that paid to get in.'-PhiIadel-
phia PrcSs-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-28

friends and political associates.
Whoever concocted the revolution,
the United States showed excessive
haste in receiving the goods stolen
from her sister republic and acting as
a Philadelphia policeman in prevent
ing their recovery. That act amounted
TO declaration of war against Colon
bia, although the constitution express
ly reserves that great prerogative to the
congress of the United States.
There are vast hidden dangers to the
American people in joining their for
tunes with the corrupt Panama con-
spirators, native and French.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-28
Mhnt HeIned uarrinnn.

81 don't understand how E. II. Harri-
man got up about two weeks after his
operation for appendicitis" said one of
a group at the club, "when it took me
six weeks to get on my feet"
"Oh, we'll, your time was not so valu-
ableg' etc., from the crowd. Mean
while the doctor in the group had been
silent.
You heard, of course, what they
found?" he ventured. General inter
est
why, the appendix was full of Undi-
gested securities, and all they had to do
was to cut the coupons off."-New York
Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-28

Augustus, and not Fritz. The boys
call me German Fritz, and 1 don't like
it"
The funny part of it was that when
he later attended school in Germany
the boys poked fun at him because he
was an American. Again he carried
his sorrow to his mother, saying:
"They tease me- at home because 1
am German and call me German
Fritz and tease me here because am
an American and call me Yankee
Frank III be Fritz no longer, but
Augustus"
So that is why the man who has been
making hard fight against the Rookie
fellers is known as f. Augustus Heinze.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-28
why He Parts II In the MiddIe.

Mrs. Otto G. Heinze of Brooklyn tells
why her son, the successful young
mine owner and mining engineer of
Montana, parts his name in the mid
die" While he was n little fellow at
tending school in Brooklyn he one day
said: Mother, when am a man am
going to be called by my middle name,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-28
PEOPLE OF THE DAY

Many of the leading men of Canada
have expressed disapproval of the find
ings of the Alaska boundary commits
sion, and they have been backed in
their position by prominent newspa
pers of the Dominion. OF course dis
satisfaction with the decision of the
La Junta tribune., 1903-06-27

The question OF the ultimate dis
position OF the pins and needles has
been debated most exhaustively. and
possibly the subject has been salts
fsctoriiy settled. The problem As to
what becomes OF all the racehorxes Is
rather more intricate and requires
diiieent inquiry.
What becomes Of all the race
horses" was asked OF Frank Farrell.
owner of Blues and the Greater New
York baseball club, which are said
to be coupled in the letting.
Il don; know" replied Mr. Farrell
with deiiberation. but ! have strong
convictions as TO what should become
OF some OF them"
II was evident Mr.. Farrell's usually
sunny disposition had been temporar-
lily cioueed by loss OF confidence in
some members OF the equine family.
and the writer did not press the
query.
When John r. Madden was asked
the question he said cheerily:
Why. that's easy. They keep trav-
cling about like the birds. Go South
and West in the winter and North
10 the summer. Yes, sir. this prom
isss TO be the greatest racine season
in the history OF the sport" AS the
replies OF Messrs. Farrell and Mad
den seemed to be lacking In detail
the writer asked the same question
OF W. c. Fessenden. trainer. owner
and former baseball expert.
What becomes of the racehorses.
eh." he echoed. Well. my boy. nine
out of ten break down. As soon as
that happers they are sold for what
they will bring. There is many
horse tha; once raced home winner
in a classic event to the shouts Of
peddiers cart.
Joe Cotton. once a grand handi-
La Junta tribune., 1903-06-27
RACEKORSES IN OLD AGE:
MANY ARE DRAWING CABS

cap horse. is drawing . hack In Bos-
ton. while the mighty Banquet now
earns his cats hauling q London cab
Salvador. Hanover. Hamburg and
others are more fortunate. as they
are n the stud.
But the number OF stations Is
being steadily restricted. with the re-
suit of a very large increase In the
percentage Of geidires on the track
The object Is to do away with the
large number of cheap and useless
stations. The result win be the mar
rowing Of sires to the most select
strains ard consequent improvement
In the breed"
why does SO large a proportion Of
thoroughbreds break DOWN."
That Is due to the early age at
which they are raced. Financial re-
wards seem TO be for the owners Of
two-year-olds. and. of course. they do
not miss their opportunities. A spe-
cial effort is made In the development
and racing OF horses OF that age. and
as a majority often are not strong
enough to stand the work they break
uo"H- ruhy ." per cent VI t~cyS"i
olds fail TO pass successfully through
the ordeal of racing. and Of the
horses that begin as twoyear-oids not
one in a hundred Is 1T for racing at
fvc years old. A large proportion is
incapacitated for work on the track
at four years.
''As to the mares. very few of them
are of any value as racers after their
NTH year. They have a better future
than the geidings and stations. for
there is always a lively demand for
good breed mares.
However. as Improvement In
breeding goes on. We may develop a
two-year-old that will better stand
the vicissitudes Of campaigning. -
New York Press.
La Junta tribune., 1903-06-27
HOW UNPOPULAR LAW GOT
ON THE STATVTE BOOKS

Poor weather for skunking." re-
marked one of the regular patrons
OF the stove corner Of the store as
he took his seat and shook the ac-
cumulation OF snow from his shaggy
whlskers.
'"Gainst the law to catch 'em, any
way" commented the village wise
man.
did you ever hear how that law
come TO be passed?" Querled the
oracle, as he bit on fresh chew OF
navy plug.
No one had heard OF II, but the wit
of the beer barrel ventured n remark
that the ofYense was rank and
sDteiled to the Canada border.
The oracle continued. 1T was
Rev. Denison Of jamestown. It's n
good thing for the skunks. but it's
joke on the reverend. You see. Mr.
Denison was ftrmerly pastor of the
Baptist church at Cherry creek. and
while there he joined the grange and
became an active member A while
ago he moved up to jamestown and
assumed the pastorate OF the Calvary
Baptist church OF that city. He re-
tanned his membership In the grange
In fact he was a member of Union
grange. which meets in jamestown.
and which is the largest and liveliest
grange In the whole country. He was
n conspicuous member OF the grange.
too. being In fact the chaplain.
Whats that got to do with
skunks." queried one OF the group.
La Junta tribune., 1903-06-27
VALUE OF FRENCH TITLES.
They Confer No Privilege st Home.
Yet Help When Abroad.

why do we have them?" the
French people are beginning to ask.
What Is the sense OF them, What 10
their raison d'etre? They are merely
= relic oe monarchicai days-gone. we
hope. never to come back. Why should
we style people As counts. marquises
and barons. cts. when they are merely
descendants Of people who used TO be
such?"
French titles are nothing more than
nominal. anyway; they carry no priv
ilege at home and merely give a GER
tain precedence abroad. when prece-
den0e In in question.
They have. however. been OF q COM
mercial value in connubiAl matters: :
scores OF rich girls have married i'm
pecunious and sometimes vicious and
dissipated Frenchmen for the sake of
their titles.
II . threatened law against them
should pnss these ladies would be de-
prived OF the honor for which they
aacriaced themselves and their for
tunes- They would not be entitled to
legal redress. but would no doubt
think the French assembly was just
too mean for anything.
La Junta tribune., 1903-06-27
HOW STUART ROBSON GOT
HIS PARTNER IN TROUBLE

Crane. with whom l had an appoint
ment to dine. arrived. pointed out
the pompous old chap to him.
Wouldn't It be funny | said. to
shatter that old fellows dignity by
siapping him on the back and saying.
Hello. George. Why. II must be
years since I've seen your
Crane looked At him. and gave .
loud laugh. BY jove. I'll do it.. he
said.
"'Oh. no. DON'T said l. He might
make 4 scene
But when Crane gets an idea in
his head nothirg cas- 4rive it out. He
now walked up behind the old man.
slapped him heartily between the
shoulders and cried.
Hello. George. my dear fellow.
What = long time II has been since
I've seen you
Il saw the old man. purple with
rage. jump up from his seat hastily.
and I withdrew. For I perceived that
. scene or something worse was Inn
minent. and have always been an
enemy TO scenes
La Junta tribune., 1903-06-27

"a very pompous old fellow at
tracted my attention one evening in
q restaurant" the late Stuart Robson.
on his last visit to Washington. said
to a newspaper man. This old chap
had the stiff dignity of an emperor.
and II suddenly occurred to me tina,
1t would be amusing to give him some
sort OF a shock. On the spur of the
moment I walked up behind him.
slapped him on the back and ex-
claimed:
Hello. George, my dear fellow.
how are you.'
He turned so suddenly that he up
set his plate. He was Wild with
rage.
why. don't know you. sir. How
dare you take such liberties with
mef' he suffered.
Il apoiogixed. saying that had mis-
taken him for some one else. but he
could not be mollined. As withdrew
he glared scornfully after me. all red
and tremulous with anger.
Crane and ! were playing together
at the time. and in . little while