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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-25
Telephone I'm Each Box.
TRANSFER TO GALEsBURG
DIVISION EFFECTIVE MAY |

y circular has been issued from the
offices of the burlington road an
nouncing the annexation of the line
from GaleSburg through this city to
Savanna to the Galcsburg division. eff
fectivc May l. The circular is as fol
lows:
EFFECTIVE May !, that part of the
present st. Louis division situated
north Of Galesburg (not including
Monmouth to Rio) will he transferred
to the jurisdiction of the Galesbure
division. Employees in all departments
heretofore reporting to the the divis-
ion officers at Beardstown will there
after report to sponGing officers
at GalcSburg.
The circular is signed II. ID. .Iudson.
superintendent Illinois lines. and f. {.
Rice. general superintendent.
The Galcsburg division is thus made
| the largest on the line of the RurIinp-
ton. 1t embraces an extent of track
that would make Il fair-sized railroad
in itself From Mendoza to BurIing-
ton. on the main line, and the various
branch lines, including the new acqui-
sition of 1l3 miles. the length of track
Is GIG miles. From Mendoza to Bur
lington the double track extends.
which adds 1913 more miles to the to-
tai. which, if stretched out on single
track lines. would be 739 miles. The
new acquisition connects at Savanna
with the northern division. In all %
stations are added to the division.
Now that the Rock Island road has
inaugurated the innovation of a spe-
cial train 70 disseminate information
to the farmers of Iowa on the seed
corn question. the Burlington and 9th
er roads have made the same offer to
Prof. Holden. of AmeS college. The
movement promises to be the greatest
of the kind ever undertaken.
II is announced that the Rock Isl
and will begin work soon on the new
cutoff from Eldon to Kansas CITY. by
which the company expects to shorten
its Chicago Kansas City line by 50
miles. The new line from EIdon to
Kansas City will he 40 miles i'm length.
1t * said that the plans for the con
srruction of the new cutoff have been
completed and that work on il will
begin when the Kansas City
81. Louis line i completed. which il is
thought viii be about May 10. 1t is
thought that the Rock Island NAV
build from EIdon to Laredo and run
into Kansas City on the Milwaukee
tracks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-25
Rheumatism Cured in "a HOURS

L. j. BlackmOre, of Halter & Black
more, Pittsburg, Pa, says: "A short
time since | procured a bottle of Mys-
tic Cure. 1t got me out of the house
in "a hours. L took to my bed with
rheumatism nine months ago and the
Mystic Cure is the only medicine that
did me any good. 1 had five of the
best physicians in the city, but l re-
ceived very little relief from them. I
know the Mystic Cure to be what it
is represented and take pleasure in
recommending it to other poor suffer
ers." Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901 Sec
ond avenue, Rock Island; Gust Schle-
gel d Son, 22O Wea. -AI street,
Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-25

Geneseo merchants are protesting
over the new time card on the Rock
Island which cuts that place out Of
two fast trains that have been stop
ping there. An effort will be made to
have the arrangement changed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-25
BEEN A BUSY YEAR
Seven Hundred Arrests Have
Been Made by Rock Island
Police Department.
FINES COLLECTED TOTAL s1.soO
New Call Telephone System 10 Ur-
gently Recommended
by Chief.

Chief Of Police Phil Miller is at work
preparing his annual report to the
city council. There were 700 arrests
during the year and fines aggregating
$500 collected. This exceeds the col
lections of the preceding year by ST.
600.
The ambulance fund grew to 5000.
The bulk of the amount was raised by
the dance the police department had
during the winter and the balance
from the charges made for the use of
the ambulance in hauling patients to
and from Davenport and Moline. For
each trip outside the city 81 is col
lected. The ambulance fund has been
drawn upon for improvements made
on the conveyance and there remains
sufficient to purchase three new
horses, the old horses to figure in the
transaction.
New Call Systems Needed.
Il will have some recommendations
to make to the council said the
chief. The installation of-an indie
pendent police telephone system Will
be urged. The department is handi-
capped under the present arrange
ment, and unless the Improvement
suggested is adopted there is liability
of serious plumbers. For instance,
take patrolman on duty in the
southern limits of the residence dis
trict late at night. He reports from
one of the call boxes on his beat. and
receives signal from headquarters
that the sergeant wishes to speak
with him over the telephone. There
has been robbery or murder. we
will say. The policeman has to scour
the neighborhood, consuming half an
hour. perhaps, in his endeavor to To-
cate telephone. In the meantime
the parties he is needed to aid i'm
searching for have had that much
time the best of him
Telephone I'm Each Box.
1t is an important matter. and
propose to bring it before the coun-
ell as f"rcibly as am able to. There
should be a telephone in each call box.
and there should be additional call
boxes. 50 that the officer may have
communication with headquarters
without the loss of time that is suf-
fered under the present system. |
VIII also recommend an increase in
the salary of the detcctivc.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-25
ALEDO INTERURBAN WAKING
AFTER THE WINTERS sIESTA

The Aledo interurban, which has
been apparently out of business for
several months. is showing signs of
life and the promoters propose MAX
ing an attempt this summer 10 finance
the line. In order to shorten the line
and cut out unpromising territory a
surveying party will go out this week
to run a new line into EdginGtOn from
the south. leaving cut Illinois City and
Buffalo Prairie. 1t is said that nine
miles can he cut off.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-25
JANUARY COURT TERM TO
BE CONCLUDED TOMORROW

Judge F. ID. Ramsay will be here to-
morrow to close the business of the
January term of the circuit court.
He viii convene court at 9 o'clock in
the morning. There are to be some
matters in connection with the War;
cases to he disposed Of before the be
ginning If their trial in Henry county.
The May term Will be convened one
week from today
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-25
BULLY BEATS WIFE
Amos Rush, Negro, Follows
Woman to Home Where
She is Employed.
LEAVES MARKS ON HER FACE
But After he is Fined in Police Court
She Helps to Raise Money
for Him.

Amos Rush, Il strenuous negro who
some weeks ago broke up a crap game
in his room in the Baker lodgings on
Third avenue by drawing a shot gun
ON his guests. last night amused him
self by beating his wife.
She came to police headquarters
with blood streaming from wounds in
her face that she said had been in
flictcd by Rush. who sought her out
at Il residence on First avenue, where
she is employed a. servant.
He went to the house and called her
out. They quarrelcd. and he punched
her in the face. knocking her down,
leaving her PROSTATE. When she re-
covered she made for the police sta
ton to have Rush arrested.
Fined $40 for Assault.
Rush was apprchended at his lodg-
ings by Officer Peterson. At the hear
ing this morning Rush was fined so
and costs ON charge of assault and
battery. 1t developed at the hearing
that Rush and the woman had never
been legally married, although they
had lived together eight years and
she had adopted his name.
There was reconciliation at the
conclusion Of the trial and the woman
set to work securing among her
friends to raise funds to pay the fine
imposed on Rush and save him from
iaiI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-25
COUNTY PROHIBITIONIsTS
ARE HOLDING CONVENTION

The county prohibition convention
il in progress this afternoon at the
| nitariaH church. Moline. 1t was call
60 To order at = o'clock with dozen
delegates. L. ID. Edward. Of Moline.
was elected chairman. Twenty-four
delegates to the state convention are
to Ice chosen. Probably county
ticket will be nominated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-25

Il have used Chamberiain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets with satisfactory
results says Mrs. F. /. Phelps. Hou-
ston, Texas. For Indigestion. bilious
ness and constipation these tablets are
most excellent. Sold by all druggistA
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Gloveless English Women.
From the Lady's Pictorial.


Not without regret is the fashion OF
going gloveiess to be observed. The thin
end of this sartorial wedge was inserted
some time since at the theaters, and now
the mode has been pushed further and one
finds women who at one time would never
have yentured out of doors ungloved APP
pearing in public places, both by night and
day, with bare hands. 1t has been urged
that gloves and rings do not agree Better
1t Is argued. to show well-kept manicured
fingers sparkling with gems than to 1ncase
them in gloves. which must necessarily
make them appear much larger, since 1t is
an open secret that gloves at least one size
larger must be worn by women who wear
rings, as compared with those who do not.
Again, 1t is pleaded that in hot weather
women suffer much discomfort from
gloves, whereas man Is freed from 1t. But
all such arguments are weak.
+ The glove is one of the daintfest adjuncts
Of a woman's toilet. 1t possesses romantic
associations, 1t Is always characteristic OF
its wearer, It has an undoubted air of re-
finement about 1t, and, moreover, It Is
cleanly and hygienic To say that without
It q woman does not look finished that she
appears less dainty and less dignified is
perhaps trife exaggerated. but at least 1t
Is fact that inattention to such trifies as
gloves marks deterioration In a woman.
Anything that has this effect Is to be stern
" discouraged.
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MortuarY for the Poor.

United States Consul Halsted at Birming-
ham, England, reports to the Department
of State that a novel institution, intended
primarily for the convenience of the poor
has been established in Avondale Park,
Kensington, London. It Is mortuary and
is known as the Chapel of Rest" 1t Is
designed to serve the needs of poor families
who live in one or two rooms in overcrowd-
ed tenements and suffer from lack of room
and other convenienees, when death 1nvades
their household. The institution is also
available for those who can afford to pay
for its use in cases where several days
elapse before the funeral services are held.
So far as known 1t is the only institution of
the kind in the world.
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ITS light about one whole magnitude every
thirteen days But the true explanation OF
the great majority of the variables is yet
to be found.
The Sun.
Our sun is simply star which appears
so large and bright to us only because 1t
is almost incomparably nearer than any
or the other stars. 1t is also to q slight
extent variable star. The spots which ap-
pear on it's surface recur in the greatest
numbers at a quite regular interval of
about eleven years; when the spots are
most numerous the light and heat emitted
by the sun are slightly less than when the
spots are fewer.
The exact cause of these sun spots is not
known. 1t is we'll known however. that
the sun is an enormous globe, 800 900
times as large as the earth, and that it is
at temperature sufficiently high to in
stantly vaporfze any substance. The tenn
perature of the outer layer, visible to u.s.
is not far from 5000 degrees, Fahrenheit
and the interior must be very much hotter
The material comprising the body of the
sun must therefore be continually in in
conceivably violent agitation; the intensely
heated matter of the interior is continually
forcing its way outward to the surface
from where, it becomes cooler, it falls
toward the center again.
That this constant surging in the body in
the sun at times becomes evident through
disturbances on Its surface is not SurpriS-
ing The sun spots are regions of such dis
turbance; the material of the outer layers
of the sun in and near spot are subject
to inconceivab1y rapid motion, the velocities
being measured in hundreds of miles a Sec
ond. Whether the spots arise from erup-
lions in the body of the sun, or whether
they are due to the falling back to the sun
of cooled gases, or whether they are caused
by great disturbances similar to the cyclo-
mic storms of the earth, Is not yet known.
Fig. 1 shows the sun 1t appears In the
telescope when the spots are most numer-
GUS They appear black only because they
are surrounded by the intensely brilliant
solar surface; 1t has been shown that even
the blacklist part OF a spot Is brighter than
the surface of white hot steel as IL Is poured
from a Bessemer converter
Fig shows a single spot enlarged. The
immense size of these objects can be real-
lied when II Is stated that from five to ten
of our earths could be placed side by side
in the larger ones. The number or spots
now visible is increasing and the maximum
will probably occur during the coming
year.
The Planets.
Jupiter, the brilliant evening star If ex-
ce,lently placed for observation during this
month On October it will be at A, and
on November / at b. The positions OF
Saturn and Uranus are also shown on IN"
man. The other planets are not yet IN "
favorable position for observation IN ths
early evening.
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of the Sun.
finally Aries the Ram. Directly below
Aquarius is the Royal Star, Fomalhaut
The Pleiades.
Exactly in the east, short distance up
from the ground, will be seen little group
of seven stars, which is one of the most
noted objects in the poetry, and mythology
of the heavens. This is the Pfeiades, or
Seven Sisters. little group whose outline
is not unlike that of the Great Dipper, and
which is therefore sometimes Incorrectly
mistaken for the Little Dipper T.
References to this cluster ared found in
the literature of all peoples. ancient and
modern. Some even use 1t to divide the
year into seasons, the winter season begin
ming when the Pleiades first appear above
the horizon in the east, as theW1are doing
now, and continuing until when, in the
spring, the group becomes lost IN the rays
of the sun. The cluster is mentioned in
Chinese annals OF 1857 B. C., and the query
in Job, chapter 3S, verse 81 devised YER
sion), "Canst thou bind the cluster of the
Pleiades or loose the bands ofs0rion?' is
familiar to nearly every one. iss
Grecian temples were 6riented to this
cluster. The great Parthenon pointed to
their position when rising and the temples
of Bacchus at Athens, erected about 1880
B. c., looked toward their setting. They
have been found figured upon the walls of
ancient temples in Mexico. and in 1919 Cor
tez heard of a very ancient tradition of the
destruction of the world in some past age
at the instant when the Pleiades were due
south at midnight. The persistence from
remote antiquity Of the figures OF this little
group is a striking illustration of the un-
changeableness Of the appearance Of the
sky. With very slight exceptions, the
aspect of the heavens Is not changed as
the ages roll away. A map OF the stars
made centuries ago would appear to an or
binary observer precisely as one made to-
day; the Pleiades and the bands OF Orion
were as familiar to the observer Of Jobs
day as to US.
Each star of the Little Dipper Is named:
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two swiftly moving swarms of meteoric
matter which, by their mutual collisions,
produce the outbursts of light.
With stars in which, as in Algol, the light
Is temporarily cut off, it is known, how
ever, that the observation is due to the
passage of a large dark body between us
and the star. Thus revolving about Algol
there is a large dark sun which eclipses the
light of this star every two days, twenty
hours by passing between Algol and u.s.
There are numerous other kinds of yari-
able stars, some of which are made up of
two bright stars very close together The
star in syria marked on the map is a very
well-known example. This star increases
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Making the Most Of It.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
THAT man Raysum believes in making
the most of everything"
Yes but he carried his policy too far the
other day."
How so?'
He changed ten-dollar bill to a twenty
and was caught"
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mense central sun about which all the
other suns, including our own, slowly
turning. This theory was never widely
adopted, and it is not held now.
Six stars can be easily seen in this little
group, while to those whose eyesight is ex-
cellent five more are visible. With an opera
glass the number is increased to nearly
one hundred. These stars form compact
cluster in space, isolated from other stars
and undoubtedly forming a single great
system. 1t has recently been discovered
that throughout the cluster there are enor-
nous streamers of very family shining
nebulous matter So faint are they that
they can never be seen by the eye, but
only become revealed by photography
through a long exposure of very sensitive
plate What these streamers are. whether
they are of the same ma terial as the
denser nebulas from which stars are form
ed, whether they material which has
been elected left behind by the great
suns of the Pleiaoes as they contracted, is
wholly unknown.
Varia Stars.
Stretching out along the ground in the
southeast is the long, faint constellation
of Cetus, or the Whale, within which will be
found a remarkable variable star as Mira
or the Wonderful. If this star is closely
watched its brightness is seen to vary in a
striking manner. Though usually too
faint to be seen without telescope at def
mite intervals. it begins to grow very rap
idly brighter and brighter, until, after
about seven weeks, it becomes one of the
brightest stars of the sky. 1t remains bril-
liant for a week or ten days, and then for
about three months fades gradually away
until it is again as faint as at first. Ever
since it's discovery in 1896 this regular fluc-
tuaton of it's light has been repeated at in
tervals of about 800 days.
Nearly one thousand variable stare are
known, about one-half of which vary as
Mira does; that is, they suddenly grow
brighter, and then fade gradually away.
1t is supposed that even the new stars
which sometimes appear in the sky may be
merely variables like this one. which. when
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they are least bright are too faint to be
visible to US.
And even more remarkably variable is
Algol, the Demon Star, of the constella-
ton Perseus. This star, instead Of grow
Ing brighter, suddenly grows fainter, losing
about five-sixths of its light in four and
one-half hours. 1t remains thus very
gradually regains Its light, the recovery to
It's original brightness occupying about
three and one-half hours. The interval be-
tween the successive observations Of the
star is two days. twenty hours and forty
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s Tine Beer THAT Made Milwaukee Famous.

minutes Only about twenty such stars
are known.
The cause of the striking variations of
light with such stars as Mira has not yet
been discovered. 1t has been suggested
that the periodic Frightening may be due
to great eruptions of glowing matter. but
why these should occur at regular inter-
walls is not known. 1t has also been sug-
gested that such stars may be composed of
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the one at the end of the handle is Atlas
the next Alcyone, etc Alcyone is the
brightest star of the group.
1.-The great and burning star.
Immeasurably old, UNNECESSARILY far,
Surging forth its silver fame
Through eternity, Acyone.''
Half century ago a theory was advance
ed that this star is at the center of grav-
ity of the whole universe; that it is an i'm
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HEAVENS IN OCTOBER
Appearance Ct the Evening
SKY Gradually Changing.
THE VARIABLE STARS
H&
TEMPERATURE OF THE SUN AND
TIE SUN SPOTS.
Southern Constellations-The Pieiades
Facts for Amateur As

Written fer The Evening Star by Prof Erie Doc
little ~ '---@
The slow, onward march Of the, constel-
latons is gradually changing the appear
ance of the evening sky. The summer con-
stellation of the Scorpion. which was SO
striking Two months ago, has now APP
preached so near the sun that 1T is no
longer visible, while the bright group OF
stars known as Sagittarius, or the Archer,
is low down, almost setting, in the west.
To take the place of these, there is begin
ming to appear in the east the bright
group Taurus, with the well-known Pie
ladies' though this is still too near the
ground to shine out clearly in the early
evening. This is the first of the distinctive
ly winter consultations; its coming al
ready tells us that summer is over. AS the
weeks go on, it will mount higher and
higher in the sky, closely followed by
Orion, the two Dogs and the Twins, until
three months from now, it will lie due
south and the complete transformation OF
the summer into the winter Sky Will be
nj
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DOct OF S Sa "

The body requires ten glasses of fluid per
sday Most people drink too little to flush the body OF
Its waste The result is bad blood nervousness, dis
Then the doctor "Drnk r1ore" and he knows this
advice to be worth than medicine
That's reason why pure beer is good for you. lit
leads you to drink And the beer is also food
and tonic. But the beer must be pure
Scitz brewed i'm absolute cleanliness cooled
i'm filtered air. lit is aged for months so lit will
bliOusmess.
That's why say "Scnlitz' Ask for the Brew
cry Bottling.
Th RngC
o. 6 St SW,
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The Southern Consultations.

If the observer will face the south, he
will have little difficulty in tracing out with
the map the brighter stars of the more inn
portant constellation. Starting from the
Milky Way, which now crosses the horizon
in the southwest, and following along the
ground toward the east, there will be seen,
first Sagittarius, the Archer; then Capri
cornus, the Goat; then Aqaarius, the Wa
ter-bearer: then Pisces, the Fishes, and
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Sausage.-While sausage is not to be COM
mended for steady diet, good sausage
now and then, especially on swapping
cold morning, is not an unwholesome brea <
fast dish. Link sausages are nice covered
with water boiled a few moments and then
Drowned in the oven. Another aDpetizing
way is to pick the sausage apart, then COOK
it in cream sauce like dried beef. Sausa ge
and onion make a good combination. Allow
a tablespoonful of chopped onion to each
pound of sausage; brown it In the saucepan
with the sausage and sprinkle over the
sausage Fried apples or apple sauce are
also excellent additions to sausage.
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Nut Scrappel.-This is new dish, put
one commended by an ardent vegetarian.
Sift together two cups Of Indian meal, one
cup of hominy and teaspoonful OF salt
Add boiling water and cook in douDle
boiler until of a consistency suitable for
irving. Take from the fire and stir in two
full cups OF ground hickory nut meats Pour
into a buttered dripping pan and set where
it will keep cold. Sliced and fried 'hls
takes the place of meat.