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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-29
Illinois Like Missouri.

st Louis Republic. Analysis OF the
vote In Illinois proves beyond qucs-
rion that the enormous plurality piled
up for the Roosevelt electors. was.
like the narrowly won republican vie
tory In Missouri. due TO stay -at-hOme
democratic votes. County after cOun-
" shows only slight republican gains.
but enormog> democratic losses. Dem
ocratic strongholds were transformed
into republican camps through this
marked indifference Of the democracy
Whole congressional districts fell
away from the democratic column. not
because the republican ticket attract.
ID thousands OF democratic votes. but
because thousands OF democrats fail
I'll To vote 1t all An analysis of the
vote reveals facts quite as astound.
ing a. is the mere sum total of re-
suits.
Taking a. example the four con
gressionaI districts of southern and
central Illinois. which have been re
Sarded a. homes OF the democracy
the Twentieth. Twenty-first. Twenty
third and Twenty fourth-it is discov-
cred that the democratic vote slump
cd from S7.l$O for Bryan tn 4i.2S1 for
Parker. Mckinley received S5-5l5
votes In the-e districts in 1900. while
Roos~vrIf gets but ~. 309 in 1904. The
democracy failed this year To poll its
strength Of 1900 by 22.sOs votes. while
the re--''"7n party gained only 7Si
votes Out a: a total OF 16O.5So polled
by the two parties. Thus was a demo
cratic plurality Of I.G55 In 1900 trans
formed into a republican plurality OF
ls.02S In 1901.
4 scrutiny Of the returns from oth-l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-29

manager of the company. What was
my amazement when / heard the
| name of the young lady 10 whom !
had made the promise called from
the stage. She rose in her seat. and
an usher delivered the number to the
man on the stage. The girl having
been declared the holder of the lucky
number. and accordingly entitled To
the pig. she asked aloud if Mr.. Tay
Tor was in the house. | pleaded guilty.
and she called upon me to perform
my duty. | went at il like a man.
had just donned for the first time a
new suit Of clothes. The pig was led
out with a string around one of his
hind legs. | took hold of the cord and
tried to coax him TO follow me down
the runway to the parquet aisle. bat
he refused. and began to balk. The
manager Of the company said that the
pig had to be caught and carried from
the theatre. | thought of my new
suit. and the shortness of the perfume
supply at our home. but | was going
to be game. So | peeled my coat, and
! and the pig had a wrestling match
before the audience that I'll wager
outclassed any stunt that Farmer
Burns ever pulled off-at any rate tho
audience thought SO. Finally | con
quered the beast and gathering il up
in my arms. hobbled through the
house. with the pig trying To scream
louder than the spectators. The pig
was placed in a wagon and delivered
at the home of the winner. That was
my debut. So | have the consolation
of knowing that | have made some
progress i'll the intervening years. |
have parted with the pig and am able
to do a stunt by myself"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-29

has not occurred in the meantime. the
full strength of the cast is the leading
woman. the property man, the musical
director, the manager, and the wives
of the three latter.
NO. the manager of the theatre
as a rule, is modest man-so tame
that he would eat out of your hand
You doubtless noticed. if you Were
in the audience the other night. when
came before the curtain | blushed
showing that | am not so old as some
of my enemies have been telling.
nearly lost my voice when | saw the
sea of faces. and | wanted to say ev-
erything | had on my mind at the
same time. | was thinking, too, OF
my debut on the stage. That took
place in Moline a number of years
back. | was then manager of the
Auditorium. which has since burned
down. There was a repertoire com
pany playing a week stand. A pig was
TO be presented at a drawing Saturday
evening On the day before the draw
ing | happened in an Office where a
young lady was employed. | told her
not to forget and come and see the
pig, even if she could not stand for
the show. She said that she had
number and she would attend the per
Torrance on the last night. if, in the
event of her winning the swine.
would act for her in catching him on
the stage and leading him up the
main aisle iof the parquet to the rear
of the hOuSe as the conditions re-
CURED .Jokingly. / assented. as she
had only one chance in 1000 10 draw
the animal. When the drawing was
commenced / was standing in the
back of the house talking with the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-29

Portland OTcgonian; Now and then
one hears of lamentatiOn that Ameri
cans are not the sturdy race they used
to be. The homespun ways OF the
pioneers are contrastcd with the silk
en ways of their descendants and the
conclusion is reached that the Ameri-
can Of today Is 4 creature Of predi-
Eested foods and skim milk Even out
here in Oregon such a voice is some.
times heard. Let all such Jeremiahs
glance at the bill OF fare for Senator
Platt's recent breakfast and be forever
sileuced. Here is what a lot Of politi-
clans tackled for their morning meal:
Buckwheat cakes and maple strip,
venison. sweet and hard cider. and
pumpkin. apple and mince pie. Think
uf thai. ye pepsin swallOwers-har1
tack and mince pie for breakfast.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-29

er counties in the state. selected at
random. will show virtually the same
conditions. Republicans voted: DEM
ocrats did not. And the synopsis Of
the story is plurality of 300. 900 for
Roosevelt. Of which so per cent is due
To stay-at-home democrats. and a fur
Their large percentage TO the disincli-
nation OF many OF those democrats
who did 90 10 the polls TO support the
democratic electors. A fair and con-
sentative calculation reduces the
boosted republican gain of more than
2"".000 TO the comparatively insight
ficant figure of 31.254; and this not
withstanding an absolute republican
gain in Cook county of 1888.
Beyond a doubt. the same condi-
tons that put Missouri in the republi-
can column this year by $4,000 votes.
more or less. made possible the appar-
emily overwhelming victory for the re-
publican party in Illinois. The anal
ogy is perfect and cannot be gailsaid.
Whether or not IL is of any comfort
TO the democrats OF Illinois and Mis-
souri, TO analyZe the returns. there
should be party profit in the study of
the figures and their meaning. The
election in Illinois. like the election in
Missouri. offers an appealing object
lesson to careless democracy AT the
same time that IL solids out TO mill
tant. neyer-discourased democracy the
bright promise OF better days to come.
In I9OS-who can doubt 1.-THE de-
mocracy Of Missouri and Illinois will
go To the polls.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-29

out In Colorado they still remember
GOv-Elect Douglas of Massachusetts.
who. when a young man. conducted a
cObbleT shop in Golden. His shop was
In a little wooden shack which stood
about where the Crawford house Is.
now located. and his fellow tOwnsmcn
little dreamed that VIII" Douglas
would one day be among the leading
shoe manufacturers of the world. To-
say nothing of becoming chief eXecu-
tive of the old bay state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-29
Not a Sick Day Since.

was taken severely sick with kid
ney trouble ! tried all sorts OF medi.
cines. none of which relieved me. One
day saw an az. of your Electric Bit
tiers and determined to try that. After
taking a few doses l felt relieved. and
soon thereafter was entirely cured. and
have not seen a sick day since. Neigh.
oors of mine have been cured of rheu-
ma,ism. neuralgia. liver and kidney
troubles and general debility" THIS is
what b. F. Bass. of Fremont. y. c.
writes. Only 50 cents at Hartz & UIle.
meyers. druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-29

\. y. Murphy. the newly elected re-
publican congressman from the six
teenth Missouri district. was down in
the Greek nation not long ago attend
ing To- some law business. While in
Berticsyillc he saw a number ~ Della
ware Indians who were on their way
home from a tribal feast. Wishing 10
obtain Information regarding the coun-
ell. pipe Of peace. etc. he approached
a fuIl-bloOded squaw and said: Pony
-Dalawer-council- suiting
the action To- the word The woman
looked NJ him stolidly for few mo-
ments and then said quietly: What's
the matter with the mani Can't he
talk English Murphy beat a hasty
retreat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-29
Since TBE UNION WENT Up TIE
FLCME.

Since the Union went up the flumc.
Since the Union went up the. flume
The town has put on more city-fied
air.
It's lost big part Of its burden OF care
1t really begins to look bright for a
boom
Since the Union went up the flume.
Since the Union went up the fiume,
Since the Union went up the fume
The croaker's gone back to his hole in
the wall
His stock has taken n terrible fall,
The bewhiskered old fossil now sees
his doom
Since the Union went up the fiume.
Since the Union went up the hume.
Since the Union went up the fiume
\ spirit OF progress possesses the town,
The ramshackle structures will all tum-
BILE down.
The talk or new industries will soon re-
sumo
Since the Union went up the Hume
Since the Union went up the fiume.
Since the Union went up the fiume
The smile OF kind fortune o'erspreads
the land.
Her favors bestowed with lavish
hand
More for US all than we can ever con-
sumo
Since the Union went up the nume
Since the Union went up the fiume.
Since the Union went up the fiume
The spirit OF harmony succeeds the
strife.
Summer still fingers in the winter of
life.
Buds in blossom and roses bloom.
Since the Union went up the fiumc.
Since the Union went up the humc.
Since the Union went up the hume.
Future patriarchs will To their chill
dren relate
How after years oi endurance of the
musty state
The air. became charged with Il sweet
perfume
After the Union went up the fiume.
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-29

The development of the bicycle and
automobile Industries. the use OF rub
Der In the manufacture Of garments.
and the extension Of electric lighting
and telephones have caused enormous
importations Of raw rubber into Eu-
rope. Brazil last year exported over
- 900 tons. OF which one-fifth was con
sumed By France. The production of
the world IL estimated az 10000 tons.
One-eighth Of which goes to- France.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-29

TERMS - Daily. 10 cents per week
weekly. 81 per year in advance
All communications of argumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
ton No such articles Will be printed
over fictitious signatures
Correspondence solicited from every
township In Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-29
Tuesday. November %. 1904.

The country is face 10 face with a
dire calamity. We have congress and
the presidents message coming next
week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-29

n Chicago Is TO have a new charter
she should be careful that neither the
politicians nor the corporations write
~ for her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-29

And who would have thought that
We would have lived To- see just about
forty years after. a dismembered
Union.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-29
THE ARGUS.

Publisher Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island. Ill IEn-
tered at the postofice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-29

Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets are becoming a favorite for
stomach troubles and constipation. For
sale by all leading druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-29
CONDITIONS.

Begin now and clip out every one of
our ads containing a Bucks trade
mark from The Argus and Union.
Do them up in neat packages of 100
in pack, and the little girl bringi ng
to us the greatest number of ads gets
the First Prize--a Bucks Junior
Ra nge; and the one bringing in the
second greatest number of ads gets
the handsome chair as Second Prize.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-29

~ THE ). w. POTTER co.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-06-09

devotion of the husband and his wife
for each other, The bridegroom's heart
warmed, too, to the little girls, Helen
and Fern, and his love for them seemed
as sincere as If they had been his own.
1t was an ideal marriage, so everybody
said who knew them.
Last summer Mrs. Gerhold went to
Put-in-Bay for the heated term. Her
husband stayed behind. Then suddenly
something happened to dull his affec-
tions, for as soon as Mrs. Gerhold came
back her troubles began. Gerholds, ST.,
took the sons side, and Mrs. Gerhold's
lot was anything but a happy one. all
In the twinkling Of an eye.
HE was fooled into this marriage"
was the claim of the lawyers whom the
husband retained.
1--WE did not know of the two chill
dren," added the father and mother,
and as final blow. "she was older
than he"
They separated and divorce proceed
ings were begun. Mrs Gerhold sued and
obtained alimony. The husband made
answer in no uncertain terms. He de-
CldTGu LlldL sue was Q6EI QROn LuS QuCS-
ton of her own beauty. In his answer
he asserted that she used to stand before
the pier glass for hours admiring the
beauty of her own face and figure. She
called upon him to admire her, he swore;
insisted upon knowing what compli-
ments his acquaintances paid her In his
presence and babe him to find out for
her what was said when she went out
In the street.
Then came the now famous injunction
forbidding the wife to make love to her
husband.
To get this injunction the husband
had to make affidavit. In it he says he
had been tricked and deluded, that his
wife even while there was suit for ALI
mony pending insisted upon meeting
him and following him to his own great
distress. He insist that her open express
sions or ardor for him in public places
are most unpleasant
He says that when she meets him on
the street she catches hold of his cloth
ing, begs him to listen to her and at
tracts great attention; that she follows
him into business places, and on one oc-
casion threw herself down and insisted
that he had stSuck and knocked her
down. He alleges that she found him
at the railway station and insisted on
hugging and kissing him, becoming
boisterous and threatening when he
resisted.
To all this the young wife gives in
dignant denial, vowing that when the
case gets to court she will make revela-
tons that will astonish Toledo.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-06-09
HERE'S AN ODD CASE.
COURT ORDERS WOMAN TO STOP
"MAKING LOVE-"
Plea of Husband That His Wife, from
Whom He Has Separated, Is Too
Ardent Appeals to Wise
Ohio Judge.

Can any woman be properly ac-
cused of "assiduously making love"
to her own husband? Most assured
ly SO.
That is, if the court of common pleas
of Lucas county, Ohio, has any right to
say just how far Dan Cupid. may go
with his gentle arts. In cold, precise
and formal verbiage Judge Tyler has
enjoined Mrs. Daisy w. Gerhold, the
extremely pretty wife of young Jacob
G. Gerhold, from using any Of the love
gods devices to win back her husbands
regard.
Mrs. Gerhold is one of the most
beautiful young women in Toledo. She
has perfectly regular features, framed
in a glory of golden hair and nodded
in roses and white. Young Gerhold Is
well known about town. His father,
Jacob Gerhold, Is the well-to-do pro-
prietor of one of the best and biggest
restaurants In town and the son is his
manager.
They met In April, 1902. Young Ger
hold saw the bride-to-be in another
restaurant and fell in love st first sight.
He sought an introduction through a
mutual friend, improved the acquain-
lance and finally begged the hand Of the
young woman in marriage. Then she
told him her story. AS Daisy Riley she
had married William Coulter, Toledo
man, and they had two little girls, Helen
and Fern Five years before, when
Helen and Fern were but tiny tots, they
were divorced.
Mrs. Coulter became Mrs Gerhold on
November 10, 1902, at the home of young
Mr.. Gerhold's aunt in st. Louis. There
was brief honeymoon at the Southern
hotel there, and then the proud BRIDE
groom brought back his bride to Toledo.
Gerhold spent $1,000 fitting up a cosy
apartment. He showered his wife with
presents, among them several superb
diamonds, which legal papers now aver
he took back again when loves ardor
cooled.
Everything went along swimmingly.
Their friends commented often on the
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-06-09
Room 1, Conlon Bldg, l42 So Main s.
REFLECTED ON PRESIDENT.
Decision Given Against Miss TayIox
Dismissed From War Department.

Decision Given Against Miss Taylor,
Dismissed From War Department.
WASHINGTON, June 0.-The court
of appeals OF the District OF Columbia
has affirmed the decision OF the court
below in refusing to compel the Sec
rotary OF war by mandamus proceed
ings to reinstate Miss Rebecca j. Tay-
Tor as clerk in the war department.
Miss Taylor admitted the authorship
of a newspaper article which the de-
Tense claimed to be a severe reflection
on the president of the United States.
For this she was dismissed. Reinstate-
ment was sought through the courts
on the ground that Miss Taylor was
removed because of her political be
lief and that this was contrary to the
civil service law.
Justice Clabaugh in rendering the
opinion announced the purpose Of the
civil service law to be to restrict the
power of appointment; that the right
of removal In the appointing power
was not restricted with the single ex-
ception that no removal could be made
because OF the refusal OF an employee
to contribute money or services to q
political party.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-06-09

/ VAUDEVILLE AT THE JACQUES.
Nobody can want for place to have
|ln while the Jacques continues to
emain open with its fine vaudeville
'nows. This week. for instance, there
fun during every minute of the per-
brmance, even the novelty acts hav-
he their amusement features. Par
Icularly is this the case during the
Exhibition of magic given by Prof
an Camp. The professor produces
ahinea pigs, chickens. canary birds
Ad lively ducks from all sorts Of
ysterious places, the most unusual
hing of all being when he extracts u
! rye live duck from the back of the
bat Of a man selected at random
rom the audience. His tricks with
he cards are verv wonderful, too, and
zause any amount of asnazement to
he spectators. The Five Noses con-
nue. to score with their beautiful
Ausical novelty, while Cartmell and
Harris have won favor for some par
cularly nimble dancing And the
bmedy is kept going at lively pace
n the Mozart Comedy Four, Ed Groh
id company, the Misses Lillian Tyce
i'd Irene Jermon. the Great Spauld-
z. and the electrograph. Prices are
b, 90 and so cents; afternoons 10 and
D cents. ladies 10.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-06-09
WHY OBSTACLES BE-
CONE MOUNTAINS

The young man, who after making
up his mind what he wants to do in
the world, begins to hunt up obstacles
in his path, to magnify them, to brood
over them until they become noun
tains, and then to wait for new ones
to deve.op, is not t. Q man 10 take HOLD
Of great enterprises. The man who
stops to weigh and consider every
possible danger or objection never
amounts to anything. He is a small
man. made for little things. He
walks around an obstacle. and goes as
far, as he can easily, but when the go
ing gets hard he stops.
The strong man, the positive. deeis-
i've soul who has program, and who
Is determined to carry it out, cuts his
way to his goal regardless Of difficult
ties. 1t is the wobbler, the weak
kneed man, the discouraged man, who
turns aside, who takes crooked path
to his goal. Men who achieve things,
who get things done, do not spend
time haggling over perplexities, or
wondering whether they can overcome
them. A penny held close to the eye
will shut out the sun. When man
lies down on the ground to see what
IS dACuO VI nlAls q TUCK LudyA niue s II
mountain. A small man holds petty
difficulties so closely in view that
great objects beyond are entirely shut
out of sight. Great minds keep their
eyes on the goal. They hold the end
so persistently in view, and 1t looks
so grand and desirable, that the in
termediate steps, no matter how per-
picking, are of comparatively little Inn
49, Sfes,x -
one question, "Can the thing be done p
not ''How many difficulties will run
across?' If it is within the reach
of possibility, all hindrances must be
pushed aside.
We meet these trouble borrowing,
notwithstanding people everywhere
There is usually one or more on every
school board and church board, every
board of directors or trustees who. al
ways sees difficulties which do not
appear to the others, and If every
thing depended upon these people
nothing would ever be accomplished
Nearly every invention. discovery or
achievement which has blest the
world would have failed had the ca
lamity- howlers. the objection-seers
been listened to.
You wall Ind that the habit OF min
imizing annoyances or difficulties, OF
making the best of everything that
comes to you, of magnifying the pleas
ant and the agreeable and reducing to
the least possible importance every
thing that Is disagreeable or unpleas-
ant will help you wonderfully not
only in your work, but also in your at
tainment of happiness. 1t transforms
the disagreeable into the agreeable,
takes the drudgery out of distasteful
tasks, eases the jolts Of life wonder
fully, and 1T Is worth infinitely more
than money. You will find yourself
growing to be larger completer man.
The sunny, buoyant, cheerful soul
manages, without losing his equilib-
rum, to glide over difficulties and an
noyances which throw others off their
balance and make them miserable and
disagreeable. Bv the alchemy of Sc
renity he extracts from the annoying
rocks in his path the precious metal
which enables him to do something
worth whiie.-Success.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-06-09
A NEW KIND OF GEoLoG1sT.

An English professor of geology
says that he once received call from
man who was the head of large
commercial enterprise. He wished to
consult the professor about the instruc-
ton of his son, who would ultimately
inherit his vast business and wealth.
But mind you," said he, "I don't
want him to learn about stratums or
dips or faults or upheavals or denuda-
tons, and I don't want him to fill his
mind with fossils or stuff about crys
tails. What | want him to learn is how
to find gold and silver and copper In
paying quantities, sir. in paying Juan
titles"
Unfortunately for such people the
preparation for no such business in
life can be kept down to such severely
practical limitations.-S Success.