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Rock Island Argus., 1904-09-13

The mayor of Lockland. O.. has in
augurated an original bit of reform. be-
ing tired of criticism on account of the
many cases of drunkenness in his
town. He has ordered the police TO
place each intoxicated man found in
Il wheelbarrow and then to wheel him
about the town before locking him up.
Short wOrkhouse sentences failed to
put an end to the many cases OF in
toXication at Lockland, and the author
tiles now wish 10 see if shame will
cause the drunkard 10 reform.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-09-13

Tho sultan of Turkey does not like
the dark and every night not only his
apartments in the palace but the sur
rounding gardens as well are flooded
with light He is generally read To
sleep by his brother or a special ser
want his favOrite books being sensa-
tional novels. If he dreams an inter
prefer is summoned directly the sui
tan awakes and the meaning of the
dreams is explained TO him.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-09-13

The pills that are potent in their ac-
tion and pleasant in effect are De
Wits Little Early Risers. W. s. Phil
pot. of Albany. Ga. says: During
a bilious attack I took one. Small as
ii was it did ne more good than caIo-
mel. blue mass or any other pill ever
took and al the same time the effect
was pleasant Little Early Risers are
certainly an ideal pill" Sold by all
druggists
Rock Island Argus., 1904-09-13

Horace Johnson of Haddam. Conn.
offers to bet $1,000 that he can beat
the official forecasts sent out from
Washington in predicting the weather
and he proposed the month of Decem
Der for a test. Many farmers of his
own state are said to place much de,
pendence upon Johnson's guesses or
deductions.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-09-13

TERMS-Daily, 10 cents per week.
Weekly. 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumenta-
tive character. political or religious,
must have real name attached for pub
lication. No such articles Will be print
ed over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-09-13

Maine did not follow so closely in
the footsteps of Vermont after all.
The democrats made gains of 81 per
cent. while that OF the republicans did
not exceed - per cent in the past four
wears
Rock Island Argus., 1904-09-13

After carefully reading the presi-
dents letter of acceptance, the con
cIusion to be reached is that it is a
pretty good boost for Teddy-and plen-
" of it,
Rock Island Argus., 1904-09-13
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island, Ill. LEn-
tered at the postoff1ce as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus., 1904-09-13
Tuesday, September 13, 1904.

1t is suspected that Gen. Kuropatkin
is organizing q polar cXpenditiOn.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-09-13
FRUIT WILL BE PLENTIFUL

Fields and Forests 20 Give up the
Greatest Stores in Years.
According TO those deeply Interested
Rock Island Argus., 1904-09-13

BY THE j. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-09-13

What is imperialism? 1t is not
mere external show, thrones or crowns
or Sccpters. Ii is tie spirit of coer
cion. of conquest. of arbitrary power,
Of war. Of national agsrandiZement, Of
military self seeking, of jingo eXplOita-
ton abroad among weaker peoples,
ruled with no regard for equal right,
in colonies and remote dependencies.
"To see Imperialism full blown one
must 90 to England. At home Eng
lish institutions are free. The cabinet
is committee of parliament. The
king has not thousandth part OF
your power and patronage. lie could
not jump 4 doctor. even Il very sllillful
and agreeable One-nOt even TreveS,
who saved hiS life-iHJo Il major gen.
cralShip or even leutcnauCy. He
cannot appoint fourth class post
master. He has none of the enormous
powers over corporations which enable
yOu. first, TO make an inquiSition into
the secrets of every combination of
capital; second. to smash one such
combination rs an example. and, third.
to send that grand inquiSitOr. Cortel-
You. who was your own private seCre-
tary and later cabinet member for
commerce and corporations, armed
with all his deadly secrets. to pass
the contribution box among the others.
The members Of your cabinet are
your clerks. not your masters. Y0u
yourself are the actual head of the
government. the actual commander
in chief OF the army and navy. the
framer of policies. the dispenser of
patronage ana the arbiter of peace or
war. You appoint or control. directly
or indirectly. 100000 officcholdorS
most of whom hold their places at
your pleasure. You name the judges
who interpret the very laws you treat
with contempt or tlaGrantly violate
You dictate to congress what meas
urCs il shall pass ana what ii shall
kill You would be 4 very great pO-
tentatc even if You observed the con
sttutionaI limitations of your Office
Probably you exercise more actual
personal power than any monarch on
the globe.
The king of England by cOmpari-
son i merely Il fashion plate.
With our own vast continent TO be
developed, with political and business
'pi4 up'i'A -H'N Iii- At 'ul Adt'I'di
life. with the GraveSt social and pulit-
ical internal problems pressing for 50
luton. with the foundations OF the con
stitution undermined by lawIeSS un-
ions on one side and lawlcsS trusts on
the other. with law and order and pros
perity threatened 10y labor wars. with
the yeast OF socialism and anarchy fer
menting in the public mind. with 5000
OoO negroes TO be educated and fitted
into some sort OF tolerable living Tcla-
tons with their white nei=hborS. YOU
propose 10 divert the nations thought
and energy from the duties that crowd
upon it NJ home 10 a career Of rowdy
adventure abroad"
Rock Island Argus., 1904-09-13

You have placed your programme
before the country If it should be ap-
proved at the polls you would be
bound in honor to carry it ont. Such
policy would explain and legitimiZe
swollen naval and military expendi-
lures II we are to follow your novel
and startling lead, we shall find our
armaments too small. 1t will not be
enough to have the second navy of the
world go the ships already under way
VIII give US; we must pass England
and adopt her rule of overwhelming
any other two fleets combined. We
ought to lay down twice our present
number of battleShips at once. We
ought to have 4 rough riding military
dictator.
But IL this policy be prepOsterously
absurd. you are diScredited along with
il. l am not speaking to Democrats
this is not party matter. Your
schemes are personal, not partisan.
Your boastcd Americanism is really
EurOpeanism. 1t is the very antithesis
of the true American spirit. You are
proposing to EuropeaniZe our inStitu
tiOns. Not content with the extra aordi-
nary increase in the powers and pat
ronage of the president of the United
States. you propose 10 become practi-
cally the president of the whole west
ern hemisphere. The accidental head
of one repIbiC. you would make your
self the head Of tWcnty-Onc.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-09-13

President, born in 15Js, assume 70
have discovered the United States and
its policies is even more astounding
than the policies themselves. You tell
US that the Monroe doctrine will be an
object of derision unless we have Il
mighty navy. The Monroe doctrine
was thirty-five years old when you
were born. and doing remarkably well,
as it has been ever since.
You tell us that under your leader
ship we have just become a world
power What We're we-pardon the
personal illustration-more than Il gen
Grafton before you We're born, when.
with only 100000 people and insig-
nificant armaments. we flung the Mon
roe doctrine into the teeth OF the holy
alliance?
Considering your intelligence and
your knowledge of American history.
your attitude seems a mystery. What
can be its explanation?
What can be the purpose Of all
these shrieks for u mighty army and
navy. these frenzied denunciations Of
'cowardS.' 'weaklings' and 'cravens.'
who sordidly mind their own business
instead Of flying to arms. with no dis
ccrnible prOvOcati0n; these frantic way
ings Of the mailed fist in the faces of
the natiOnsE The spectacle is eXtraOr-
binary and bewildering.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
Wife For Sale.

\ peasant living in the village of
Petrowka, near irkutsk. Siberia has
tried a novel method to disembarrass
himself OF his Wife, who apparently
has strong views on the temperance
question. According to the WostotSchy
Westnik newspaper, he sent the fol-
lowing extraordinary letter to the po-
lice authorities at Irkl,ts!l
81 have the honor to ask you to kind,
ly make it publicly known that in the
village of E'rtroWka I have a young
wife, twenty ye;irS oit, ANA two pigs
for sale. The price for all three is only
e los. My Wife is Very pretty and
young, but Of q somewhat .uuarrelsome
and capriciols disposition. The pigs
are fat Ii any one thinks of lnaking
the purchase | shall be -s,i,d to send ali
three on receipt Of cost of carriage.
The police. when they recessed this
communica ton, thought at first that
they had to deal with Il maGu:iil. or,
at all events. a person Of weak intel
lect. But they sought out the lf>!S.snt.
questioned him and found hi3M to he
perfectly sane and of average inteii-
gence, though living in poverty. His
wife frequently beat him on account
of his drunken habits.-St. Petersburg
Cor London Mail
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
SOME MODERN UTOPIAS.
Places Where War, Poverty and Dis
honesty Are Unknown.

Denmark claims that there is not
single person in her domain who can
not read and write. On the northeast
coast of New Guinea, the island of ku-
taba. surrounded by wall of coral 300
feet high on one side and from 90 to
1NO feet on the other, maintains tAlf-
teen villages of natives, to whom war.
crime and poverty have been unknown
since the beginning of their traditions.
The most peaceful and comfortable
community in Europe is the commune
of the canton Naud, i'll Switzerland.
Nearly every enc is we'll off, and there
are no paupers
Finland is a realm whose inhabitants
are remarkable for their inviolate in
tegrity. There are no banks and no
safe deposits, for no such security is
essential. You may leave your luggage
anywhere for any length of time and
be quite sure of finding it untouched on
your return, and your purse full of
money would be just as secure under
similar circumstances. The Films place
their money and valuabes in holes in
the SFOullu uIlQ cover tlclll Will ii ulS
leaf Such treasure is sacredly respect
ed by all who pass It, but in the rare
event of man wishing to borrow of
his neghbor during his absence he will
take only the smallest sum he requires
and place message in the hole telling
of his urgent ESed, promising to repay
the amount on specified date. And
he will invariably keep his word, for
the Finn is invincible in his indcpend-
ence
Agneta Park, near Delft, in Holland,
is another Utopian example. \ tract
of ten acres has upon it $50 houses,
each With its little garden and with
certain common buildings and common
grounds The houses are occupied by
the employees of great distilling COM
pany, who form a corporation which
owns the park. Each member owns
shares in the corporation and pays
rent for his house. The surplus, after
all expenses have been paid, comes
back to him as dividend. If he wishes
to go away or if he dies, his shares are
bought up by the corporation and sold
to the man who takes his place.-Gold-
en- Penny
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
S1OO Reward. $1U0.

The leaders OF this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, re-
quires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucus surfaces Of the system, there
by destroying the foundation of the
disease and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing it's work.
The propretors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer
one Hundred Dollars for any case that
t fails to cure. Send for list Of tes.
timonials. Address,
j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
sold by Druggist. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the lest
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
MOUNTAINS IN JAPAN.
They Rival In Panorama the Scenery
of Switzerland.

On every side of us, from our feet
to the golden distance far away, the
world stretched mountains, peak upon
peak as thick as junks in a Chinese
harbor and range beyond rang" mex
hauStible. No sounds of mortal life
came up inside the rock, While the
river, gentian blue, wound silent III
Transparent pools below. The pano-
rama i'll Japan on splendid summer
day is impossible to describe to an
English reader who has not been in
the east. for such Il one will read be
tween the lines the local color in which
he was bred instead of the wholly diff
ferent atmosphere that heightcns the
charm Of the picture there, the bril-
liant luminous air which invests our
eye with tptpScopic power and brings
the whole landscape to our feet. While
Il soft suspicion of silky haze seems
to float q halo round each foliage hid
den hill. Switzerland, too, is a noun
tain world, but small compared with
this, the entire content from Inns
bruck to Geneva Only onc-fOurth the
length Of this single island of Japan,
a thousand miles of continuous rO-
nance. And the quality Of the sun-
shine is Whit separates by very wide
gulf d summer $ i.ty in these latitudes
from ore in lore nortlcr!y Europe
Ernest if6HN."t i'll G0rhlitll.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
Entire Armies DiSbande ed i.

Members Of peace societies are re-
joicing at the news that the entire ar
my in the principality of Monaco has
been disbanded. Though this army was
only composed of seventytive men. of
whom five were officers. optimists
think that since little state like Mo
naco has had the courage to disarm
and dispense with its troops in this
manner other large states will soon fol
low her example and that it will not be
long before standing armies will alto
gether disappear.
The republic of San Marino, it is
said, has also practically decided to
disarm the 1000 men who constitute
it's regular army.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
His UneaSineSs.

The story is told Of a leading surgeon
in Philadelphia who cannot bear to read
papers containing Lost and Found
advertisements because they contain
rewards for the return of pet dogs
and cats which, be feels sure, have met
their fate in the hospital at the hands
Of himself or some other vivisectionist
lin the interest of science" Perhaps
he might secure peace Of mind that
would enable him to read such adver-
tisements without troubling Qualms Of
conscience by abandoning vivisection.
Wilmington Del0 Every Evening.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
The Golden Rule In France,

We have just seen French transla-
ton of one of Mr. Roosevelt's books,
and in casually running through it we
came upon most delightful thing.
Mr. Roosevelt had quoted the famous
remark Of Senator Ingalls, to the ef
feet that Sin politics the Golden Rule
and the Ten Commandments are an
iridescent dream" To this quotation
the French translator felt it necessary
to append an explanatory footnOte
which reads as follows: "The Golden
Rule. One of tie aphorisms ascribed
to Pythagoras. -Rookman.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
A New Pavement.

From Turin comes now the latest de-
vice in street paving. which substitute
for asphalt Kind cf parquet of til,
that are made of sand worked up wi,
coal tar pitch. The tiles are laid on
basis of broken limestone and the joints
filled ih with asphalt The result which
is cheaper than stone, asphalt or wood
and aboqt the same price as macadam,
is very Durable. It is said to be very
elastic anH quiet. 1t has been tested
to resist a l&essure Of 1900 pounds to
the square inGh.-London Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR.
Hundreds of Pine Bluff Citizens Car

Hundreds of Pine Bluff Citizens Can
Tell You all About It.
Home endorsement, the public ex-
preston of Pine Bluff people should
be evidence beyond dispute for every
Pine Bluff reader. Surely the exper-
ience of friends and neighbors, cheer
fully given by them, will carry more
weight than the utterances of
strangers residing in far-away places.
Read the following:
E. R. Allen, gardener, of 1916 East
Sixth avenue, says: my experience
with Doan's Kidney Pills, procured
at the Mann-Tankersley Drug Co., has
been exceedingly satisfactory, in fact,
just as satisfactory as anything pos
sibly could be- l do not know what
more | could ask for; they stopped
the pain in my back which was almost
constant and greatly aggravated it l
took cold or did al extra hard days
work. In addition to the aching, IT.
regularity OF the kidney secretions ex-
listed and at times they were so highly
colored Before I used Doans Kidney
Pills tried more than one preparation
guaranteed to cure kidney complaint,
nut met with very Indifferent sue
cess. Doan's Kidney Pills helped me
me from the start. The backache I'M
der the treatment grew less and less
and socn disappeared"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Y, sole agents for the United States
Remember the name-Doan's-a
take no substitute.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
Shorthand Pioneer.

That the ancientS We're thoroughly
cOnversant with shorthand Is an un-
disputed fact 1t subsequently became
a lost art until revived or rediscovered
toward the end of the sixteenth CEN
fury. At this time there lived William
Lawrence, who died in 1G21 and was
buried in the cloister of Westminster
abbey. There the visitor may read his
epitaph, which includes the following
lines:
Shorthand he wrote; his flower in prime
did fade.
And hasty death short hand Of him hath
made.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
PILES! PILES! PILES!

Dr. Williams Indian Pile Ointment
will cure Blind. Bleeding, liberated
and itching Piles. 1t aDsorbs the TIA
mors. allays the itching at once, lcts
as poultice. gives instant relief. DR.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment is pre-
pared only for Piles and Itching IF he
private Parts, and nothing else. Every
box is guaranteed. Sold by druggists.
sent by mail for soc and S1.OO per box.
Williams Mfg Co, Props, Cleveland
Ohio. For sale by W. l.. DeWoody and
company.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
A MONKEYS JOKE.
1t Gave Him Good Dinner, While
II Startled the Cook

1t Gave Him Good Dinner, While
II Startled the Cook
l remember in Il description of In
dia or ,.ylon some forty years ago IA
story of an Englishman who had a
monkey. Look ing out of his window
one day, he saw his cook getting a
fowl ready for boiling, while the mon
key lay on the ground shamming
death. and q party of crows stood at ii
little distance divided between the de-
sire for the kitchen offal and the fear
of the possibly shamning monkey.
One crow more adventurous than the
rest came within the magic distance
and was instantly in the clutch of the
monkey. At the same moment the
cook, having finished trussing the fowl
put 1t into the pot and went away.
The monkey pluckcd his crow rs he
had just seen the cook pluck the fowl
took the fowl out of the pot, put tue
crow in and retired with his exchange
When the cook came back and saw the
fowl left preparing for his masters
luncheon turned black he WAS, as may
be supposed, struck black with terror
at this manifest intervention of the
evil one.-Iondon Spectator.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
TOBACCO LEAVES.
The First Europeans yNs," Saw Them
Used For Smoking.

Used I'.r Smoking.
The first Europeans who saw tobacco
smoked We're two men whom Columbus
dispatched Oh an embassy iInHludiate
ly after the discovery OF the island OF
Cuba. The nai!lcs of these cnve.,'S,
worthy of memory by the smoker, We're
RoderigO de Jerez and i.5:is &c Torres.
the latter a Christianizcd I"w Of spe
cial proficiency in Arabic and IIebre'v
Six days were allowed to these two
worthless in which to accomplish their
mission, but after penetrating inland
for some twelve leagues and stopping
at a village of Il thousand inhabitants
they rejoined Columbus on Nov 6. 1492,
and recountcd the several wonders
which had fallen under their notice.
1t was On their way back to the
Spanish caravels, accompanied by
three natives. that they first saw smok-
ing practiced. Several of the aborigines
Were making Use Of dried tobacco
leaves. which they formed into Il long
roll lighted and put in their mouths,
swallowing and putting out the smoke
These primitive and gigantic cigars the
natives called tabacos, q name since
transferred from its original application
to the plant itself
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
Tennyson md Rro,vninv

AS the world knows, Robert Brown
Ing and Tennyson were always the
best Of friends, and there was never a
shade Of rivalry on either side A NIL
tual friend once asked Browning
whether he did not think that Ten
nyson's ballad Of The Revenge" owed
its inspiration to his own ballad of
"Herve Riel." NO" he answered: !:
'"Tennyson's inspiration is all his
own"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29

A Natural Suppos.tion.-"Wh was
ne first thing the children of Israel did
.,fter they came through the Red Sea?"
asked a Sunday school teacher.
Il 'spect they dried themselves" an
sWered a ANAL boy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
United States Dair,es.

There are 17139,674 mich COWS in
the United States, accordins to the
latest census. The four big dairy
states are New York. with .5o1 sos
COWS; Iowa, witr l,423,o4S; Illinois,
With 1,0J7,664 Wisconsin. a99.397;
Pennsylvania o43,7713, and Ohio, with
Ni2229 COWS
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
A Mercenary Preference.

'iShe despised him because his par,
ents were poor, but honest"
mo" said Miss Cayenne; 'she didn't
idespise him, but she preferred q man
whose parents We're neither. WASH
ington Star
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
YOUR HAT
May he Stylish One, But It Males
Trouble.

May he a Stylish One, But It Males
Trouble.
A man usually buys hat that's III
style." but the modern hat for men has
lots to answer for.
Baldheads are growing more numer,
ous every day. Hats make eXce'ieh'
breeding places for the parasitic germs
which sap the life from the roots Of the
hair.
When your hair begins to fall cut an
your scalp is full of Dancruh II - =
sure sign that these countless germs t-fz
busily at work.
There is but one way to overcome II
trouble and kill the germs-th2t "a
to apply Newbro's HerpiciGc
scalp-it will kill the germs ana Az5--z.'2
hair is sure to result.
Sold by leading druggists. Send iC2. :
stamps for sample to The Herptcide &C
Detroit, Mich.
tor sale by L. B. Coon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
Soft and Softer.

How beautifully soft it is" he muir
INJURED, laying his hand on her glorious
white arm.
.'How less beautiful, but. oh, so
much softer" she tendersy replied lay
ing her jeweled hand on the top of his
venerable head.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
TO CURE 4 COLD DlN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinne Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. E. w Groves signature
is on each b ~ 25e.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
Which Was Far Worse.

Williamson-Does your wife always
have the last word? Henderson-Well,
IT she doesn't, old fellow, she looks it,
Smart Set.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
Turl~~.@e n.i.'es.

Tur1~~l@e n.i'es.
Hieroglyphics carved on the rocKe
In the peninsula of Mount Sinia show
that the famous turquoise mlneS
there, furnishing the finest stones in
the world. were originally opened by
the Eeyptians
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
Suoerstition In Venice.

There is a curious superstition In
Venice that if a stranger dies in a
hote! the number of his room will
be lucky at the next lottery.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
Population Increasing Slowly.

The total census returns for New
the population numbers 100000, an
Increase oe $4,000 since 1891. Or about
8 per cent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29
Constellation Causes

Headache. Bad Blood and Urinary Troubles
brakes Palmetto Wine cures in three days.
Free bottle sent on request by Drake Formula
Company, Chicago.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-29

Movements of the Stars.
The average straight ahead motion
Of the stars is now put At twenty one
miles second.