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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-22
The Unrest in Massachusetts.

If those who look to immediate and
concrete political results from the
movement in Massachusetts toward
reciprocity are likely to be disappOint-
ed, it would be idle 10 ignore the fact
that this movement is sufficiently Sc
rious 10 give the Republican leaders
food for thought. The business men OF
the state see clearly that their inter
ests are ut stake, and, while loyalty to
the president may keep them in line
this year. they will not remain in
definitely with Il party which they be
lieve is deliberately sacrificing those in
terests. The unrest in Massachusetts
may soon concern intimately others
nal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-22

Texas is neck and neck with Illinois
in the race for the largest railroad
mileage. Illinois has been in the lead
for some time, but il looks as if she
would not long hold the supremacy.
In the last authentic report Illinois is
credited with 11,5S3. Texas 11.4S9.
Pennsylvania 1O.S2O. Iowa $500. and
New York S.1S2 miles. BY the rate of
Increase, Texas, which has only IA
miles less than Illinois, will go to the
head of the list. As indicated her
possibilities for future development.
it may be noted that if she had as
many miles of road as Illinois in the
ratio of area she would have a mile
age of 45.S23. but if no more in pro-
portion TO population the number
would be 4.210 less.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-22
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
TOdny's Quotations on Provisions. Live
stock, Feed and Fuel

Chicago. Aug. 22.-Following are the
the wholesale quotations in the local
market:
Provisions.
Buttor-Creamcry. zoe. dairy 15c
Eggs-Frcsh Ice.
Lard-9c.
Live Poultry-Spring chickens. $2.75
a 80 per dozen; hens Sc per pound;
turkeys Zoe per pound; ducks Sc: geese
Sc.
Observation-Disclosures 40c
Live stock.
CattIc-Steers $4.0O15.OO: cows ana
heifcrs $500 100; calves $4,000 500.
Hogs-MiXcd and butchers $3.50 a 100.
strengthening or over $3.O0T4.OO;
lambs $3.5OM$G.
Feed and Fuel.
Grain-Corn 5ScG, Coo; oats 3403S;
old oats i0Gi 42c.
Forag "-Timothy hay S9.OO0$11;
prairie 500 $3.50. straw $G.5OG$7.5O.
Wood-IIard. per load. $3.50.
Coal-Lump. per bushcI, lie; slack,
per bushcl, &C.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-22

Senator Lawrence B. Stringer start
ed at the bottom of the ladder, has at
tanned distinction, and is still climb
ing. He paid his way through school
by working at a printers case. He
became a lawyer. He was elected to
the legislature when but % years old
and afterwards was elected TO the sen
ate. No man in the state has the con
fidence of those whom he comes in
contact to a greater extent than has
Larry Stringer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-22

1t has been discovered that several
million dollars worth of radium has
been thrown away at Cripple Creek
since the opening of that district. II
has taken long time 10 throw away
that stuff when you remember a pound
of it's worth more than a million.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-22

An Omaha aeronaut is suffering
from a strange mental affection that
physicians say cant be cured. He
feels continually as though he was
about to fall He never lived in Port
Arthur
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-22

John Sharp Williams is being ham
mered for making a speech of so great
a length as 5000 words, and Uncle
Harry Davis is being pounded for max
ing one of only 1000. What's the use?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-22

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
LEGATION. No such articles viii be print
ed over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-22
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill. tEn-
tered at the postofice as second-class
matter.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-22
TODAY'S MARKETS.

Rock Island. Aug. 22-FoIlowing arc
opening, highest, lowest and closing
quotations in today's markets:
Wheat.
September. 110i2, l12, 10N4, 1097s.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-22
Monday, August %, 1904.

Addicks says the state of Delaware
can't be bought. Which would mean
that Addicks has just bought it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-22

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-22

Chicago. Aug. 22.-Following are the
the wholesale quotations in the local
ma rly
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25
In Society.

Awoman in society is obliged to keep
late hours. She must attend receptions
and balls. She seldom allows herself a
quiet evening at home. Her whole
time is taken up IN keeping engage
ments or entertaining in her own home.
Her system becomes completely run
down as a consequence. She soon finds
herself in a condition known as sys-
temic catarrh. This has also been called
catarrhal nervousness.
If every society woman could know
the value of Peruna at such time, if
they could realize the invigorating,
strengthening effect that Peruna would
have, how much misery could be
avoided.
Letters from society women all over
the United States testify to the fact
that Peruna is the tonic for a run
down, depleted nervous system.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25
Dog That Went Home.

"Pilot," magnificent wolf hound
trought to Chicago from Missouri to
lead the pack of fox hunters at the
Midlothian Club grounds escaped May
End. yaulted a nine-foot fence and dis
appeared. He had been Grated and
brought in an express car, but tele-
gram announces his arrival at his old
home. none the worse for the journey
of 465 miles in six days. during which
he swan the Illinois. Mississippi, Mis-
souri, and many smaller rivers. He VIII
not be returned, as the club managers
fear he would lead the other dogs to
liberty.A The episode is exciting much
comment and people wonder how the
dog knew the direction of his home
as he was in a closed car all OF inc
tourney from Missouri to Chicago.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25
Big Standard Oil Plant.

. The most important plant of the
Standard OIL Company is that at Whit
ing. Indiana, twenty miles from Chi
cago. At present there are more than
200 stills in which the crude oil is re-
fined on the same principle that is en-
ployed in distilling whisky. The oil
stills are immense kettles under which
furnaces are kept burning. The vapor
passes through coiled pipes cooled by
water, and is thus condensed into var
ious oil products. The pay for the o.
500 men employed aggregates $4,000
a month.
An eight-inch pipe line, reaching to
the refinery from Lima. Ohio. 200
miles. and fed by wells of the Ohio and
Indiana fields en- route, furnishes the
present crude oil supply. There are
pumping stations fifty miles apart all
along this pipe line. The cost of trans
porting oil through this pipe line is
about one-tenth of what it would be il
shipped by rail.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25

[ PASSING OF THE GRAND ARMY
{


The object of the Grand Army in its
relation to civil life. and aside from its
traditional association and charitable
work. was to organize the victory
which had been won on the field of
battle. The post rooms become schools
of loyalty. where reverence for the nag
as the symbol of the nation has been
persistently inculcated and where the
national idea has been constantly ex-
alted. Then came the work in the
schools of which mention has been
made and whereof all the land knows.
It IL not too much to say that owing
20 the far-reaching influence of the
Grand Army of the Republic more
than to anything else the flag is now
universally revered, and there is no
longer any question in the land, either
in the North or South, that the Amer
lean people now constitute nation.
Day after day. as the glory of their
achievements in all the arts of peace
is finding new acknowledgment in ev-
cry quarter of the globe, there comes
new evidence that they are unit
the world encompassing power of the
future-great, glorious, invincible.
But what of the men who won this
priceless heritage in the most stupen-
dous struggle of the modern age?
They are passing, passing, swiftly
passing More than ever now each
annual encampment brings home the
tragedy of death in life. More than
ever now each annual encampment
emphasizes the grim, solemn fact that
soon-all too soon-the Grand Army
of the Republic, with all that it SYM
bolizes, will be nothing but tradi-
ton. Figures that do not lie give
much food for thought-sad, intros-
pective thought
In April, 1865, more than million
of men were in the military service of
the United States. To these must be
added a roll of names which at that
time numbered over three hundred
and fifty thousand-the grand army
of the dead.
During the four years of the desper-
ate conflict altogether 2,S59,132 men
had been enrolled in the military SER
vice. There had been killed in bat
tie 67.O5s; died of wounds and other
injuries, 1902; of disease, 224,5S6,
and from causes not classified, 24,S52
"a total death roll of 359, ,52S.
This vast army had taken part in
more than two thousand engagements,
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25
Is the Sun Double?

'The sun should be regarded as an
incipient binary star" says Professor
Bigelow in the Weather Review. Re-
cent scientific work in investigating the
circulation of the solar atmosphere in
accordance with the laws governing
The connective and radiative action of
large mass of matter contracting by
its own gravitation, have led Professor
Bigelow to the hypothesis that "the
single fiery envelop conceals two
disks" series of observations extend
ing over many years on the period of
solar rotation at various points on the
surface shows that the same meridian
of the sun is seen twice in single ro-
fation of the entire mass. first as the
eastern limb. and second. thirteen days
later, as the western limb" Therefore
7he sun has a dumb-bell figure of rota-
ton.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25

sands will be no more. That is what
the passing of the Grand Army of the
Republic means.
And try to realize, too, what senti-
ment clusters round that thought 1t
will be fresh, verdi, real in the minds
of each and every one of those march
ing thousands-the men who fought
and suffered for glorious cause.-the
passing of the Grand Army of the Re
public.
But notwithstanding this sad de-
crease it has been suggested that the
membership ought to increase year by
year. There are still living over 900,-
900 of the men who were part of that
grand army of the sixties, and of that
number less than $4,000 are over
GA years old. Short, therefore, as it
may be, the Grand Army may still
look forward to a glorious future
From a speech delivered at the last
national encampment of the G. A. II.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25
A World Wide Reputation.

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ney Pills will be found n blessing. Sole
ly on their merits have they pushed their
way into almost every part of the civil
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on has been built up by the grateful
praise of those who have been cured.
how the reputation of this remedy knows
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The doctor who attended me has recon-
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The Lamar register., 1904-05-25

From this pulpit of broken stone we
speak forth our earnest greeting to al
our land. We offer to the President
of the United States our solemn cor.
gratulations that God has sustained
his life and health under the unpar-
alleled burdens and sufferings for four
bloody years, and permitted him to
behold this auspicious consummation
of that national unity for which he has
waited with so much patience and for.
titude, and for which he has labored
with such disinterested wisdom. To
the members of the government asso-
ciated with him in the administration
of perilous affairs in critical times; to
the senator's and representatives of
the United States. who have eagerly
fashioned the instruments by which
the popular will might express and en-
force itself, we tender our grateful
thanks
To the officers and men of the army
and navy who have so faithfully and
so skillfully and gloriously upheld
their countrys authority. by suffering,
labor and sublime courage, we offer a
heart tribute beyond the compass of
words.
Upon those true and faithful citi
zens, men and women, who have
borne up with unflinching hope in the
darkest hour, and covered the land
with their labor of love and charity,
we invoke the divinest blessing of him
whom they have so truly initiated
But chiefly to thee, God of our fathers,
we render thanksgiving and praise fof
that wondrous providence that has
brought forth from such harvest OF
war the seed of SO much liberty and
peace!
We invoke peace upon the North!
Peace be to the West! Peace be up
on the South,
In the name of God we lift up our
banner and dedicate it to peace, un
ion and liberty now and forevermore!
Amen.-Oration Delivered April IA.
1865, by Request of President Lincoln
at the Raising of the Flag Over Fort
Sumter.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25
sEEcHER AT FORT SUMTER.
The Rehoistins of the Stars and
Stripes in Glory.

Stripes in Glory.
Since this flag went down on that
dark day who shall tell the mighty
woes that have made this land spec
tacle to angels and men? The soil
has drunk blood and is gutted Mil
lions mourn for myriads slain, or, en-
vying the dead, pray for oblivion.
Towns and villages have been razed.
Fruitful fields have been turned back
to wilderness. 1t came to pass, as the
prophet said:
THE sun was turned to darkness
and the moon to blood"
The course of law was ended. The
sword sat chief magistrate IN half the
nation: industry was paralyzed; NOR.
ais corrupted; the public veal invaded
by rapine and anarchy; whole states
ravaged by avenging armies. The
world was amazed. The earth reeled.
When the flag sank here it was as it
political night had come, and all the
beasts of prey had come forth to de.
YOUR. That long night is ended. And
for this returning day we have come
No more war. No more accursed
secession. No more slavery, that
spawned them both.
Let no man misread the meaning OF
this unfolding flag. 1t says:
Government has returned hither."
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25

many of them of minor Importance as
to the number of men engaged or re-
suits attained. while others were
mighty battles which strained all the
resources and tested the fullest pow
ers of endurance of the great oppos-
ing armies, to an extent which must
make the legend. which floated from
banner stretched across the front of
the Capitol, while the conquerors
were marching by during those two
memorable days of the grand spectac-
ular peace review: THE Only Nation
al Debt We Never Can Pay is the
Debt We Owe the Victorious Union
Soldiers" ring down the ages forever.
1t was out of all this that the Grand
Army of the Republic grew into being
in 1873, with membership of only 3D.
016. out of all those hundreds of thou
sands of veterans. But its growth was
inevitable-as inevitable as its decline
and death. In 1890 the organization
reached the high-water mark with an
enrolment of 409.4S9, since which
time it has diminished at the rate of
two, three, four, five. six, seven, yes,
and even eight thousand year and
more. In 1892 the roll had sunk to
263.745. In that year alone $500 an
swered their final summons.
Pause for moment and think what
that means. Over eight thousand
members passing away every year and
the ratio increasing rapidly. Can your
mind grasp the futures in all their pa
thetic Significance? Eight thousand
every year, and soon it may be nine,
ten, eleyen-who shall say how many
more 'thousands-till the roster is to-
tally effaced.
Stand on the street when the men
who have come to live over again the
stirring days of the past go marching
by. Count them if you can and you
will find that there are nearly eight
thousand in line. 1t is an imposing
array: a vast host, the like of which
is rarely seen in one tense. eager body.
And then let your mind try to grasp
the thought that before another year
has passed all those marching thou
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25

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Pain in the back was so intense that
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A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
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Mrs Newwed-What would YOU be to-
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25
Insist on Getting II.

Some grocers say they don't keep De-
flance Starch. This is because they have q
stock on hand of other brands containing
only 12 OF. in n package, which they won't
be able to sell first, because Defiance con-
tains l6 o. for the same money.
Do you want ID OF. instead of IL o. for
same money! Then buy Defiance Starch.
Requires no cooking.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25
TIRED, SUFFERING WOMEN.

Women run down
and endure daily tor
lures through neg
lecting the kidneys.
X 1 d n y backache
makes housework q
burden; rest is i'm
possible; sleep fit
full; appetite gives
out and you are
tired all the time.
Can't be well until
the kidneys are well.
Usa noan'S Kidney
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25
Having a Picnic.

Pic-Nics are never complete without
sandwiches, sweet white bread with
a generous layer of meat between.
Libby's canned meats are ideal for
pic-nics and outings. The cans are so
easily opened and the contents so
fresh and palatable that no picnic is
a success without Libby's Natural
Flavor" Food Products.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25

Teacher-There are several Portland.
in the United States: Tommie has named
Portland. Maine, and Portland. Oregon
can you mention another? Johnnie-Ys6
Portland cement
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25
Stereoscopic Lunar View.

For some time astronomers have
tried to adapt the stereoscope to as.
tronomy, says Cosmos, Paris. and very
satisfactory relief photographs of the
moon have been obtained by taking
views at sufficiently long intervals and
utilizing the slight swinging of the
moon to and fro in space. 1t appears
in exaggerated relief.
He-Ignorance is bliss. Shell thought
you were looking happy.
Chronic bargain hunters soon begin
to look shop-wor
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25

The man who is always telling what
lot of good he would do If he had
money never has any.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25
SOCIETY WRECKED HER LIFE.
Tired, Nervous, Aching, Trem-
bling, SIeepIess, BloodIess.
Pe.ru.na Renovates, Regulates, Re,
stores.
A Pretty New York Woman's Recovery
the Talk of Her Numerous
Friends.

Mrs. ]. E. Finn, SO East High street,
Buffalo, N. V, writes:
Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Gentlemen:-"A felo years ogo had
to giue up social life entirely, as my
health aCds completely broken doton
The doctor advised complete rest for
year. As this 1Uds out of the Ques-
tion for. time, / began to look for
some other means of restoring my
health.
~ had often heard of Perund as an
excellent tonic, so 1 bought q bottle to
see ,uhat it acould do for me, and it
certainly took hold of my system and
rejnpenated me, and In less than tt1o
months 1 toas In perfect health, and
no,o ,ohen feel t1orn out or tired
dose or too of Peruna is all that
need."-Mrs. J. E. Finn.
Mrs. ]. w. Reynolds, Elkton, Ohio,
writes:
81 owe my health and life to Peruna.
We rarely call in a physician, in fact it
has been years since have taken any
other medicine than yours. 1 am afraid
of drugs, and although have been sick
many times l have taken only your
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We have a very large house and enter
tain great deal and do all my own
work, thanks to Peruna.'-Mrs j. w,
REYNOLDS
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25
Defiance Starch

should be in every household, none so good
besides OF. more for 10 cents than Spy
other brand of cold water starch
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25
WiaqIe.StIck LAUNDRY BLUE

Won't spill, break, freeze nor spot clothes
Costs 10 cents and equals 20 cents worth of
any other bluing. If your grocer does not
keep it send 10c for sample to The Laundry
Blue Co., IA Michigan Street, Chicago.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25
AS Good As Greeley.

Colorado farmers who want to own land
.yhere they can make as much money
rasing potatoes and field peas as on
Greeley farm. should find out this
spring about Romeo. the new settlement
in the San Luis Valley. Coneios County
Land q Investment Company. Zeph.
Chas: Felt. president. GIG Majestic build
ing. Denver. Colorado,
Does Jimson rank as civil engi-
neer?" Yes. fairly So"
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25

How can Cholly have brain trouble
when he hasn't any brains?" Just so;
that's the trouble"
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums reduces In
nsnmation ailays pain cures wind cole. 25c bottle
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25

When You Buy Starch
buy Defiance and get the best, l6 o. for 10
cents. Once used, always used.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25

II wonder why people always speak
of Earth as she?' Its natural enough
Nobody knows exactly what her age
is.'
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25
Free Treatment for Women.

Any woman wishing to be placed on
the list of DR.. Hartman's patients for
free home treatment and advice should
Immediately send name and symptoms
duration of disease and treatment
already tried. Directions for the first
months treatment will be promptly
mailed free of charge. No free medi-
cine will be supplied by the doctor,
but all necessary directions will be
furnished.
Read what the above ladies have to
say of Peruna as a cure for these cases.
Address DR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25

It's very careless of a girl to be wear
ing stick pins when the lights 10 out
The Lamar register., 1904-05-25
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering It through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip
tions from reputable physicians. as the damage they
Will do Is ten fold to the good possibly de
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo o.. contains
curry and Is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t 10 taken Internally and made in Toledo
Ohio. by T. j. Cheney a. Co. Testimonials free.
sold by Druggists. Price, 15c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
An architect ought to succeed as an
actor, because he can always draw
large house.