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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-18
BLYTHE J. w. POTTER co.

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-18

The cut of 1912 per cent in the
wages of $4,000 cotton mill operators
in Fall River Mass, is annOunced-the
second cut within year. What is the
sacred Dingley robber-tariff for. any
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-18

Let every democrat become a mis-
sionary to work for the cause of good
government from now until the No
vember election, and then vote as he
has worked
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-18

The fighting laps. according to the
dispatches. know no such thing as
pOstponement on account of rain.
They keep their powder dry burning
10
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-18

Apostle Smoot wired his congratula-
tions to ROoseyelt.-NO Mormon
apostle thinks il worth while 10 send
congratulatOry telegram TO Judge
Parker
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-18

The Russian crops are reported to
be a failure. The only thing in Rus
STA that hasn't failed is the press cen
SOr.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-18

A Kansas man has deserted his wife
because she was too good for him.
This could happen nowhere else in the
United States.
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THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill I'm
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-18
Monday, July IS, 1904.

When a silent man speaks the world
listens
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Of colored blood Is scarcely d1scernible and
as he was a resident at GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
and born in freedom, he could have en-
tered the army as a white man before the
organization Of the colored regiments. He
did serve as scout with Fremont and
Rosecrans and took part in the engage
ment at Murfresboro.
The proposal to organize the northern
negroes interested Sergeant Harper great
ly, and after enlisting he helped with the
recruiting in Pennsylvania, for the regi-
ment was recruited all thru the north in
the states east of the Mississippi. The
regiments field of operations was the coast
Of South Carolina and Georgia with one
expedition to Florida, but for two years it
was kept steadily at arduous and danger
GUS undertakings and saw as much fight
ing as the average of regiments whose
terms of service were longer.
The martial spirit had stirred Sergeant
Harper 80 deeply that after his discharge
he was eager for more fighting. At this
| time there was an insurrection In progress
in Haiti and troops were being recruited
In New York. Sergeant Harper enlisted
and went to the island where he served for
| two years as lieutenant Of marines under
Gomez. Returning to the United States
he entered the regular army, joining the
| Twenty fifth infantry and remaining in
| the service until 1894, when he was re-
tired. The last years Of his army service
| were dI OIL OIlelQuS, WuSA0 llo was OIO-
nance sergeant
| Mrs. Harper Is also entitled to all the
honors OF a veteran for she has spent her
married life at an army post and all her
| large family Of children were born in forts
and camps and she has known all the pri-
vations and hardships Of life on the plains
| in a period when there was active service
and danger.
One officer of the gallant Fifty-fourth
| is a resident of Minnesota-Captain r. H.
u. Jewett, in the state auditors office in
| st. Paul He entered the regiment as
| a second lieutenant and received his pro-
motion after the assault Of Fort Wagner,
when his captain was killed. Captain
Jewett was founded at Wagner and again
at Olustee, Fla.
Thru Colonel G. T. Trowbridge. Mime
I apolis has an interesting and historic con-
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Of the Minneapolis Hallowells, w. P Hal
lowell, was an officer in the Fifty-fifth.
The part played by the Hallowen family
In the war is shown in an interesting way
in q letter in regard to the organization
Of the Fifty-fourth regiment, written by
Governor Andrews of Massachusetts, to
Francis G. Shaw, father of Colonel Shaw.
Governor Andrews, the war governor Of
Massachusetts, had early advocated en-
listing colored men, but it was not until
the beginning of 1868 that he got permits
ments had been organized In the south in
1862. Governor Andrews went to work at
once. He wrote Mr.. Shaw that he regard
ed the regiment he was about to raise as
perhaps the most important to be organ
lied during the whole war, as 1t was likely
to be model for all future regiments of
colored men. In view Of this Governor
Andrews wrote, II am desirious Of having
for it's officers-particularly for its field
of1cers-young men Of military expert
ence, Of firm antislavery principles, am
bilious, superior to a vulgar contempt for
color, and having faith in the capacity Of
colored men for military service. Such Of
ficers must necessarily be gentlemen Of
the highest tone and honor; and I shall
look for them in those circles Of educated
antisavery society which, next to the col
ored race itself, have the greatest interest
in this experiment"
Accordingly Governor Andrews, after
asking Mr.. Shaws consent that his son
| should accept a commission as colonel Of
the regiment, tells him that for similar
reasons he had offered commissions to the
two sons Of Morris l.. Hallowen of Phil
adelphia, whom he described as Quaker
gentleman whose house was a hospital
and home for Massachusetts, officers and
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THE FAMOUS COLORED REGIMENT
REPRESENTED IN TWIN CITIES
Sergeant Harper of the Anor Began His Official Army Life in IT.
Ranks-Captain Jewett Living in St. Paul-Coone Halo
wells Nephews Prominent Minneapolis Men.

not refuse to honor for its bravery and
fidelity.
Colonel Shaw fell mortally wounded on
the parapet Of Fort Wagner on Morris
Island in Charleston harbor when an at
tempt was made to capture the fort by a
great assault. This was the first import
ant engagement Of his troops and he had
particularly desired that they should have
an opportunity of being severely tested.
1t was deliberate arrangement that the
regiment be assigned to lead the attack
ing column.
Succeeding Colonel Shaw in command
was Colonel e. N. Hallowell who went out
with the regiment as it's lieutenant-colonel.
Thru Colonel HalloweI a considerable
number of Minneapolis people have a
deep personal interest in the Fifty-fourth,
for the gallant colonel who shared Colonel
Shaw's principles and devotion to the
cause and was his close personal friend,
was an uncle Of Morris L., w. P. and
I. R. D. Hallowell Of Minneapolis. An
other uncle, Norwood P. Hallowell, was
transferred from the Fiftyfourth before
it left Massachusetts, to become colonel
Of the twin regiment Of colored troops,
the Fifty-fifth Massachusetts,. The father
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Among the Minnesota veterans Of the
g. A. R.. none has more interesting
army record than Sergeant John w. Har
per, custodian Of the armory, whose army
career began as a member Of the famous
black regiment, the Fifty-fourth Massa-
chusetts, the first regiment organized
among the free negroes Of the north. The
white colonel Of the regiment Robert G.
Shaw, became by his devotion to an ex-
ceedingly unpopular military movement
and his early martyrdom, one Of the heroes
Of the war and the idol Of the colored race.
Sergeant Harper is deeply interested in
patriotic organizations and thru his en-
enlargement the colored women Of the
city eligible to membership in the Ladies'
of the G. A. r., which requires Of it's men,
,bers proof that they are the wives, daugh-
iters. mothers or sisters of veterans of the
OWL war, organized q circle for which he
became sponsor, naming the circle for his
hero-colonel. So in Minneapolis is held
in special memory the brilliant young Har-
ward man whose abolition principles made
him willing to become a leader Of colored
troops in the face Of storm Of criticism
and whose military skill made them into
q regiment that even hostile critics could
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nection with another colored regiment, the
first recruited in the service Of the United
States. Colonel Trowbridge was the first
recruiting officer in what was then a du-
bious plan, undertaken, without specific
instructions, by General David Hunter.
Colonel Trowbridge, then trusted order
ly Of the general being in sympathy with
the plan, was detailed to enlist the first
company, Of which he was to be cap
tain. The lack of positive sanction for
the organization Of the contrabands led
to trouble with the regiment and the plan
stirred up a tremendous row; hence, in
August, 1852, three months after the in
ception Of the plan, the regiment was or
dered disbanded. But it happened that
Captain Trowbridge's company had been
detailed as a garrison Of st. Simon
island, and the order did not reach it.
Before Captain Trowbridge heard of the
order it was reversed, and his company
was made the nucleus of a new regiment,
becoming Company A of the First South
Carolina, which afterward became the
Thirtythird United States regiment.
Across Colonel Trowbridges discharge
papers the war department wrote pug
mari pro libertate servum Americanum
docui primus'' Che first taught the Amer
ognizing the validity Of his title Of ''the
first officer Of colored soldiers"
The love of the soldiers of the Fifty
fourth Massachusetts for their heroic
young colonel, who fell while leading them
in a charge that was convincing proof
of their bravery, was shown by the sub
scription Of a large sum on their first pay
day to provide a monument to Colonel
Shaw. It was proposed to erect it on the
spot where he fell and near which it
is supposed he was buried. Owing to the
encroac hment Of the sea upon the island
this plan was abandoned and instead the
money was used to aid in the establish
ment Of a free school for colored children
in Charleston, which bears Colonel Shaw's
name. It was not until nearly thirty five
years after his death that the Shaw monu-
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Correspondence Of The Journal.

w ALPARAISO. CHILE, March
10.-The south has always
"a been the home of romance,
~ because a warm cline Is
mother to sentiment 1t
is said OF all the passions
that sway the human heart,
fove was the first born, and It grew
in the southland. The soft language
of the southern races is the official
tongue of courtship. The old books
tell us that the women of these lotus
lands were ever pleasing to behold,
and that right valliantly did the
ancient knights vie with one another
for their favor. But this being ma
terial day, I shall not concern myself
with the ardor Of by-gone gallants,
nor the charms Of beauties faded by
the touch of old Father Time. Rather
will put down in plain way, an
account Of some Latin girls have
known in the flesh.
The Affair of Louisa's.
The first time saw Louisa was one
afternoon while T was writing in my
room at the house where was living
IN Francisco street. She was on the
balcony Of the house directly opposite,
yet hardly more than q dozen feet
away, SO narrow was the thorofare.
Louisa took notice Of the plaza and
went inside. I took notice Of Louisa
and returned to my manuscript. Dur
ing the months which followed, T feel
a thousand times. Several times an
hour, all day long and far into the
night, the trim little sentinel came out
ITO view the landscape DER. szAe was
that prompt. I believe I could have set
my watch by her coming and going.
ors saw her and remarked that she
was "a pippin." I guess that Is sone-
thing nice, for Louisa is nice.
You could have knocked me down
with feather when found out that
she had been keeping this faithful
vigil in the mere hope Of catching
sight of a man to whom she had never
spoken. Later when I came to know
the family, the good mother told me
the particulars. One night while the
band was playing in the plaza, and
the young people We're walking, he
turned to look after her. Ordinarily
this action should have held no spe-
cial Experimentation it is next to i'm
possible for Latin man to pass a
pretty girl without turning to look
after her. However, from this time
on, Louisa had no thoughts nor eyes
for any other man. He was too old
for her, and a man of bad character,
but she blindly made him lord, and
filled full her house of dreams with
thoughts Of him. They exchanged
messages thru friends, as Latin lovers
always do, and one day he came to
speak with her father. The sutton
was told to wait until the girl grew
older. Pale and trembling with excite
ment, she heard from her hiding
place behind the curtains, and nodded
him her pledge to wait as he passed
out. He staggered up the street,
. twisting his mustache and was soon
Dragging to his cronies that whenever
he made up his mind to say the word
the old mans will would be Of no
avail. While he drank and boosted
Louisa cried and prayed. Dozens OF
times every day she looked from the
balcony to try and satisfy her hungry
eyes by the mere sight of him.
My work was finished and went or
to other places. In less than year
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to which at last

of the bad market to which at last
they must be driven. ..ess5.ea -.
Like a Growth of Weeds"
The morals Of southern men are like
a growth Of weeds in which no gar
dener's hoe has ever struck. They
shut up their own women and then
prey on everything that runs loose.
They demand much and give little.
Consistency is name they read two
ways, expecting women to be faithful
to them, while they themselves think
no more Of casting off a sweetheart
than Of putting away an old coat. The
women sit with folded hands and
claim they are powerless Sto right the
wrongs Of their sex, and in this lies
the secret of their nistreatment. I'm
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was new ribbon in his horses name.
In the meantime. the little bride
was true to her dashing, faithless
master. But the song bird had lost
It's voice. She was waiting for her
baby, and upon it she would pour out
all the love that was boiling in the
warm little heart. Altho she was still
q child, her youth had flown out Of
the window. She had lived an hour
and now she must turn slave unto the
end. Antonio still takes his dashing
way up and down the winding streets
Of the musty old city. He is careful
and considerate Of his housekeeping
horse. Its coat Is always sleek, and
there are many ribbons in it's name,
but over at the cigarette factory his
lawfully welded wife is working at
the bench to fill the hungry mouth Of
his lusty son.
Tales Adorn the Moral.
That affair Of Louisa's as we'll az
the feeting love of Antonio, are re-
ferred to here because the moral is oft
times adorned by the telling Of tale.
All southern girls do not love so fool
ishly or disastrously as Louisa, nor do
all southern men answer to the name
of Antonio, or own to all his traits,
but these little chapters Of romance
read true Of the land. The custims
are such that the courtships are af-
fairs Of the eye and not Of the heart.
There is no freedom among the sexes,
because the loose character of the
men will not permit it, and on account
of this lack Of acquaintance, there can
be no understanding. Marriages are
leaps in the dark. The girls are held
like dainty prisoners Of hope, forced
to look upon the world from the
height Of balcony, Or to peep at it
thru squares Of lattice work. They
are not allowed to mingle among men
and consequently they know them not.
They remain apart, rearing their airy
castles and comn1uning with their
dreams. Their growth is pure.
Their ways are those Of innocence,
and this is more the pity, on account
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American man. If he marries her
when she is young, and takes her to
her new home in time for her to grow
into its customs, it is claimed that she
will make him a most excellent wife;
that he may make Of her just what he
would have her be; that she will ap-
preciate the difference between the
standard Of his country and that Of
her own, and render him a. devotion
that will be very beautiful.
This is doubtless true, as proved by
the experience Of some and the OBJ
servation Of others, but the average
American is a pretty busy fellow and
little girl to raise. This Is practically
what the job amounts to If she has
never been in the states. At home
she has never been allowed to use her
own judgment in deciding any ques-
ton; she has never had bit of free
dom. If she goes to mail a letter, or
to take a music lesson, some one goes
with her. Her mother tells her every
thing she must do, as we'll as every
thing she must not do. When this
girl marries she will look to her hus-
band for orders just as she formerly
did to her mother. And she will obey
him. This might suit some Ameri-
cans, but our average young man
would like to feel, when he gets back
from the church where his wedding
took place, that he has taken a part
ner into the firm instead Of a child to
bring up.
No one who knows the Latin girls
will speak of them lightly. One
cannot help but love them for their
gentleness and their purity of heart;
one must admire their grace and
charm, and recognize the sweet sim
plicity which has made them the
chosen daughters Of romance. But
after one has held high his glass to
them, and has drunk to their good
health, one will most always be a
good American, not forgetting dear
old Yankeeland, nor wavering in al
legiance to the bonny girls he left be-
hind.
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TYPES OF FEMININE BEAUTY IN SPANISH-AMERICA

less they demand more considera-
ton, they need not expect it; unless
they resent unfanr treatment, they will
continue to receive it. The men of
any race need a curb upon their selfish
instincts and there is nothing so slim
ulating to good behavior as the frown
Of a decent woman. The Latin men
are so fond of women, that if the law
was laid down to them, they would
walk the chalk as quickly as those Of
any other race.
Our gentle sisters Of the southland,
in their own goodness and innocence,
have allowed themselves to be i'm
posed upon all these years, that is all
If they want some pointers in indie
pendence they should watch the ways
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PARAGRAPHS ON FITTINGS ORIENTAL"

unknown unseen beauty. Parents may
not crafty their vindictiveness by dIsin-
heriting their children.
The Chinese write downward, or left
ward. Each character represents whole
words and often a sentence.
Japs battle daily. John is said to battle
never. When Jap emigrates by contract
one Of the stipulations provide that he
shall be furnished daily with a certain
number Of gallons of hot water. A
be sent home.
Politeness and cheerfulness superior to
that Of the occidental are generally con-
coded to the oriental. The latter also
knows how to receive gracefully a. re-
proof. Among Europeans and Americans,
and especially with Johnny Bull, it is a
lost art. No matter what the reproof he
will hold his temper. He would make 4
good witness ION the stand" If true vir-
tue consists in living according to reason
he has 1t. Likewise John laughs at the
hurry and hustle and impatience Of the
Anglo-SaXon, as awful vices.
Nothing causes a foreigner travelling in
China more trouble than money. Ths
coins issued by one province are frequent
ly at a discount in another. The circulat-
ing medium Is the Mexican dollar, provin-
cial coins and bank notes. In a general
way it might be said that the dollar coined
upon our continent is the unit Of value.
Banks discount their own notes, as they
are generally payable in local currency
which I think means their own note.
China never can be an imperial unity I'M
til she adopts a national coinage system.
Until that time she will be the sport and
plaything Of the yiceroys and English
banks.
Chinese junks have pair of eyes
painted one on each side of the bow. No
eyes, no can see; no can see, no can go.
In Japan temple confronts the eye
occasionally. In China guide is neces-
sary to find them. The Chinese are said
to have no religion. Like the Japs, Con-
fucianism is the ideal Of the learned. His
teaching that spirit and matter are the
opposite results Of the same force is the
doctrine Of our materials. His saying,
How can I know anything Of the other
world when I don't know this" makes
him. like Buddha, an agnostic. His law Of
the ."immutable mean" that virtue con-
sists in avoiding extremes Is a funda-
mental axiom in modern ethical works.
Another fundamental tenet of this noble
man was that man is naturally good"
The Chinese are the only orientals
| using chairs.
If there is any one principle well
grounded in this most proud oriental It
is conservatism, '1et we'll enough alone
and to stand pat" as one author has
put it.
FIXED like plant his own peculiar spot,
To draw nutrition. propagate and rot"
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whose family was full Of good works. Mr..
Hallowell was the confidant and adviser
of the soldiery when sick Or on duty in
Philadelphia. -.
While perhaps Sergeant Harper is
prouder Of his service with the Fifty
fourth than Of any other portion of his
long army career, it was marked by other
interesting events. His small admixture
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TowsER,s GENTLE VOICE.
Tit-Rits,

Naomi he said, softly, as he gazed at
the moon above them, isn't the evening
beautiful? DO you know, strange fancies
throng my mind on a night like this.
Every zephyr seems to bear gentle voices,
perhaps from the spirit world. Do you
hear such voices?'
ST think do, George"
what do they sound like to you?"
''They are very indistinct, but they
make me think that papa and brother
Henry are calling the dog"
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of their northern cousins, the Ameri-
can women, who are the best treated
wives and sweethearts in the world.
The credit for their good treatment is
not due altogether to the men, but as
much to the women for demanding it..
Men are generally rather decent ami
mails If properly harnessed, but too
much freedom spells them.
A Girl to Raise.
American girls seldom marry any
one except their own countrymen-
barring an occasional rich one who
buys a title and gets an Englishman
thrown in with the bargain-but it is
argued that a, young Latin girl Of good
family makes a. congenial mate for an
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In Japan perhaps SO per cent of man
kind about the streets are of the female
sex; in China about per cent
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Women do as much and as difficult work
as men. think more Their feet are, Of
course, natural size. It Is the ladies
who would teach nature lesson.
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Il Hobb-Has your estate been settled yet?
s Nobb-I think SO. Ny lawyer has just bought
a new houEe and q fifteen thousand dollar auto
mobile.
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ment was erected on Boston common, just
opposite the statehouse. This is one Of
the most beautiful and fitting pieces Of
monumental statuary in the country. It
is a bas-relief by Augustus, st. Gaudens,
showing the young colonel at the head of
his troops as they departed from Boston
for the front
Martha Scott Anderson.
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Marriage is arranged by parents thru
"go-betweens." A young man on our boat
from San Francisco was returning home
at the request Of his parents to marry an