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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
kurnpatkin,s Difficulties.

General Kuropatkin. Russian mill
tary commander in the far east. is re-
ported to have said, when setting forth
across Siberia: The first month they
Will say that l am inactive, the second
that l am incapable, and the third
that l am traitor. because we shall
be repulsed and beaten. l shall let the
people talk, firmly adherinG To my res
Olution not TO advance before July.
when l shall have the forces l need"
Mr.. Charles Johnston, writing in Har-
per's Weekly, points out that. though
we are not compelled 10 believe this
story, it well expresses the difficulties
KurOpatkin is facing. for Kuropatkin
has been called Ito lead an army
which he knows TO be i'll prepared
against Il foe whose formidable PROV
css he heartily recognizes in war Of
which he almost certainly disapproves
from n political not less than from a
military standpoint
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
FARMS FOR RAILWAY MEN.
PennsyIvania's Proposed scheme to
Benefit Its Employees.

The Pennsylvania railroad has under
consideration Il plan by which all of
the thousands of employees may, If
they so desire, become proprietors of
little farms, says Philadelphia dis
patch to the New York Mail. The
scheme contemplates the parceling out
of desirable land belonging to the rail-
road company along the various lines
of track and permitting the free use OF
this land TO every employee who
wishes to put the land under cultiva-
ton.
In cases where the employee himself
might not have the time to conduct a
little truck farm the offer would hold
if the members of the employees fam
lily We're willing to look after the land.
In thousands of cases such farms could
be provided within Il short distance of
the homes of the men. ana in every
case the farm would be i'll u place
that would make easy the marketing
of such produce as was not consumed
by the families of the employees.
DE W. Ii. Tolman, director of the
American Institute of Social Science in
New York, brought the plan to the at
tention of President y. y. CaSSatt IN Il
letter which, besides advocating its ad-
vantages, showed how successfully the
same idea is at present being carried
out along the lines of railroads in
France. 1t was shown that the North
ern railroad in France has provided
farms for 5000 employees, that the
Eastern road has provided farms for
$500. the Southern road for 1900 and
the Orleans road for more than 5000
employees. and that these farms. be-
sides aiding the prosperity of the rail
road men, also increase the business of
the road and add materially to the
wealth of the entire nation.
President Cassatt replied to the let
ter in a cordial note stating that he
had considered the plan carefully and
was impressed with the figures from
France and concluded by stating that
he had turned the letter over to the
superintendent of the railroad with in
structions to report upon the feasible
ity of the scheme here. Along some
lines the road has not enough land
along the right of way. but on other
lines it is believed that the plan could
easily be carried out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
WET WEATHER HARVESTER.
How a Clay Center tKanD Farmer
SnNed His Wheat.

Clay county farmers in Kansas. eSpe-
cially those who live on low ground,
where standing water has made the
ground very soft, are using Il new con-
trivance this year to get their wheat
harvested. says a Clay Center dispatch
to the Kansas City Star. Mr.. Watts, a
Clay Center machinist. is the origi-
natOr of the plan. 1t was impossible to
get into his field with the ordinary har-
vester.
Early in the season he saw. that
strenuous measures would be neces-
sary to secure his crop. He hit upon
the plan of detaching the running
gear of the ordinary harvester from
the wheels and attaching Il gasoline
engine in such n manner that ii would
do all the work of running the mower
and binding the wheat. The only
thing necessary for the horses to do
was to pull the binder through the
fields
The binder was taken into the field
and worked perfectly. Wheat was Sc
cured that had been given up as lost.
Whenever muddy place was reached
and the wheels slipped, the gasoline
engine continued 10 run the binder,
and the horses could drag the whole
machine through the mud. thus har-
vesting the wheat. 1t made no differ
ence whether the wheels of the ma
chine turned.
Mr. Watts rugged up two binders for
his brother They also worked well.
Other farmers heard of it and crossed
the country to secure machine. Prob
ably dozen binders. rugged with Gaso-
line engines. are now in use in Clay
county and one in Riley county. Much
wheat has been harvested which had
been given up. The supply of gasoline
engines in Clay Center was quickly eX-
hausted, and more We're ordered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
AMERICAN COLLEGES BEST.
Consul Diederich Contrasts German
Universities With Ours.

That the practice of Americans seek
ing education abroad is barely holding
its own because of the increasing eX-
cellence Of American colleges is the
conclusion drawn from statistics show
ing American attendance at German
colleges. submitted to the state depart
ment by United States Consul Diede-
rich at Bremen. Germany, says a
Washington dispatch.
Mr.. Diederich says that the number
Of foreign students, especially of those
coming from Russia. has steadily
grown, but a careful study of the at
tendance ut the German universities
seems to show that Americans have
not been adding to this increase
There were only seven more Ameri-
cans enrolled last winter than there
were four years aGO-317 in all.
During the nineteenth century Ger
man universities led the world in cru
dition and scientific investigation and
their great professors attracted many
students from all parts of the world
in quest of higher education" says
Mr.. Diederich. But times are alter
ed.
Having myself been engaged in edu-
cational work as an American college
professor for good part Of my man
hood. l have naturally taken consider
able interest in the life and work ut
the various institutions of learning In
this country, and it is my impression
that the facilities for higher education
are improving in the United States
much more rapidly than In Germany.
Despite all our imperfcctionS. one can
not but admire the great upward
strides which the American system of
education, from the humble district
school up. has been making during the
last few decades.
american educational institutions
are the best equipped i'll the world. I
know but one German university that
can claim to he up 10 the times in this
regard, and it stands third in the list
of attendance. There is steady progress
all along the line of public instruction
in the United States, and particularly
in our higher class of universities"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06

A Remarkable Engineering Feat.
The Tunnel Is over Twenty Miles
Long and Cost $4,000. OOo-HOw the
Work Was Done.
The New York subway is the greatest
underground railroad in the world, and
its construction has proved one Of the
most remarkable engineering achieve
mentS of the time. The Manhattan
division of the subway is now COM
pleted and il is expected that in Il few
weeks trains will be running and the
public in general will have an oppor-
tunity to inspect the wonderful work.
The New York subway is much
longer than any other underground
road in existence. In that respect alone
it constitutes an exceptional achieve
ment. But as an engineering feat it is
most interesting from the fact that it
was necessary TO tunnel under Il popu-
lous and busy city whose daily opera
lions of commerce and traffic could not
be interrupted in order TO allow the
work of creating this system of rapid
transit to go on. The compleXity of
the problem was further Increased by
the fact that underneath the surface
Of the city was a network of sewers.
of water pipes and electric wires, all
forming Il source OF yeXatiOn unless the
difficulties imposed in this way were
carefully studied out. The Manhattan
borough of the Greater New York is
built, so TO speak. upon one great rock,
and in the construction of the subway
the engineers had to drill their way
through rock along Il considerable pro-
portion of the route Nearly 100000
cubic yards of earth and rock have
been dug or blasted out from beneath
the streets and buildings of crowded
city, and about SOC, 900 pounds of dyna-
mite have been exploded in the task.
The system soon to be opened ex-
tends from the Battery, at the southern
extremity of Manhattan Island. to
Two Hundred and Thirtieth street on
the west side of the city. in long
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
MOSQUITO REMEDY.
New MOwn Hays value Described
by "a Citizen of Galveston.

by CItBEeu OF OnlNeHNObs
A gentleman living in Galveston,
Tex. who occasionally goes into tho
country for a day or two came back
from q recent trip with brand new
mosquito remedy, says the Galveston
News.
''You,can talk about your screens on
the cisternS and buy the best bars for
your bed. but | am here to tell you
that there is nothing like new mOwn
hay to keep the little pests from you.
| have just been up i'm the country,
where the mosquitoes are as thick
as faLs on Il cOu.mOn cur, and after
vainly trying to sleep In the house
got up and went ont into q pile of new
hay and slept soundly the rest Of the
night I was in the open without any
bar or covering Of any kind and not
one mosquito came Fear me.
How do 1 account for that? Well.
at first | did not know just the reason,
but after trying the experiment several
times | ciune to the conclusion that the
mosquitoes do not like the smell Of
new nnOwn hay, or any hay for that
matter. No. | would not advise the
citizens Of Galveston 10 buy a bale of
hay apiece and spread il ont on their
bedroom floors for place to sleep, but
If any Of them have occasion TO go into
the country and are driven out Of the
house by the pests, let them make their
bed in the hay, and I'll guarantee that
they will get a refreshing nights sleep"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
Mcdonald photo by lockwood, y. Y.
JOHN B. MDoNALD AND THE CITY HALL
STATION.

MCDOndlu HLlOlO DN INOCh"OOus ~ L
JOHN B. M'poNALD AND THE CITY HALL
STATION.
sweep of thirteen and one-haIf miles of
four, three and two tracks. 1t also
reaches from One Hundrcdth street
under Central park to the east under
Harlem river TO Bronx park and
One Hundred and Eighty second
street, distance of seven miles.
These lines constitute the Manhattan
division of the subway which is about
10 be turned over to the operating COM
pany The line which extends under
the East river TO Brooklyn and runs
to the outskirts of that borough is be
ing pushed to completion.
The estimated capacity of the Man
haitian division for carrying passengers
is over A.. 900 per hour. The opera ting
company expects to carry about 49,
100000 passengers per year on the
Manhattan division and about 100000
coo over the whole system when the
Brooklyn lines are completed.
The total cost OF the division soon
to be opened will approximate $55,0O0,-
600, including equipment. The city
originally appropriated S35,00O.oOO for
the construction and later added J,OO0,-
GOO. The equipment will cost the operat
ing company about S15,000,0O0 Four
years and half ago, when the city Of
New York invited bids for the building
of this road. there was no eagcrneSs on
the part of contractors and financiers to
undertake the work. Two contractors,
however. submitted bids, John r. Nc
Donald receiving the award of the
contract at his bid OF S3-'.3O0,OOO. Up
to last June the work had cost him
something over $50 100000 The finan-
cier who had the courage to back the
contractor in this then doubtful project
was August Belmont. He is now at
the head of the company which is to
operate the road under lease from the
city.
In equipment the subway will repre-
sent the latest achievements OF engi-
neers and inventors in safety app1f-
ances. convenience. efficiency and beau
". There viii be no dirt. no smoke. no
cinders. no rain. no SNOW. no trucks or
wagons 10 get in the way Of trains,
and the power by which the latter will
be run viii be electricity The third
rail system is 10 be used. bur the rail
containing the current is To be covered
with a hood so that there will be no
danger 10 life from persons coming in
coptact-with it, The tunnel seems Hkal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
white shod NewpOrter%.

Almost every fashionable foot in
Newport is dressed in white shoes this
summer. and both men and women
have fOresworn tan and black foot
gear. says the New York Press. The
women are wearing slippers of fine
white kid with high heels and n broad
tongue. The mems shoes are buCkSkin.
and on account OF their athletic Use
they are usually high shoes. Mrs. T.
Shaw Safe wears some unusual ivory
buckles with her white kid slippers.
She says they We're used in the days
OF George II. and that she picked them
up in London. Roth men and women
wear white silk hosiery, and some of
the men go in for costly embroidered
effects. James Brett Stokes. who
dresses always with a certain pictur-
esQuenesS. has been wearing shoes
made OF calfSkin. but on the upper
part OF the boot the hair on the hide
showed. "UnShaved shoes" is what
one person called these hairy boots OF
Sf0EpS'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
EDUCATOR OF CADDIES.
Rubber Trust Man Takes Them From
Links to Prepare For Business.

Rubber Trust Man Takes Them From
Links to Prepare For Business.
Charles II. Dale of the rubber trust
has sent two caddies of the Larchmont
Golf club to Il New York business col
lege, says a LarchmOnt q. " special
to the New York Times. The boys,
both of whom are Italians, are Tony
Santuccf and Eugene Rose of Harri-
son. sixteen and seventeen years old
respectively. Mr.. Dale became ac-
quainted with them at the golf club.
They We're so bright and attentive that
he soon became interested in them and
asked them if they did not want to
prepare themselves for Il business ca
reer.
Both of the lads We're anxious to ad-
vance themselves. but at first they hes
itated to accept the offer, because they
said that their parents would be angry
with them If they gave up their places.
Mr.. Dale assured them that he would
arrange matters so that they would
lose nothing. He is nov paying their
car fare from Harrison to New York
every day and allows them SD a week
each for luncheon money and expenses.
When they have completed their course,
Mr.. Dale has promised them positions.
Recently Mr.. Dale appointed Mr..
Morrison, the manager of the LarCh-
mont Yacht club. TO take general
charge of the Chicago office of the
Peerless Rubber company at salary
of $4,000 a year. Mr.. Morrison was
once a brakeman for Mr.. Dale when
he was a railroad conductor in Penn
SylYania
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
CHAIRMAN TAGGART.
CAREER OF THE DEMOCRACYS &C.
NAL CAMPAIGN MANAGER.
He Is Famous For His Smile and His
Luck-GeOrge ID. COrtelyOu, Chair
man of Republican Committee, and
His Faithful Service.

man of Republican Committee, and
His Faithful Service.
When Uncle Joe Cannon went to
Oyster Bay to make his speech as head
OF the Republican notification commit
tee he told some one he had sneak
in suspicion the president wouldn't be
a bit surprised TO learn of his nominal
ton. Uncle Joe is one of the politi-
clans who see the humorous side of the
political game. Another is Thomas
Taggart Of Indiana. whom the Demo
Gratis elected chairman of their national
committee at the recent meeting in
New York city. Mr.. Taggart believes
that "a little nonsense now and then
is relished by the best of men" and
acts on the principle that laughing is
good for digestion. On the other hand.
in Mr.. George Il. Cortelyou, who was
chosen chairman of the Republican ma
tional committee at the Chicago con-
ventiOn in June, Mr.. ROosevelt'S party
has a campaign manager who takes
life, including politics. somewhat more
seriously and whose character presents
a foil to that of Mr.. TaGgart.
Now that nominations have been
made and platforms adopted. ii remains
to apply the advice of ArtemuS Ward.
BE sure to vote at leest once ut all
eleckshunS.' Messrs. COrtelyou and
Taggart, in their respective ways-both
good of their kind-will go to work to
make this principle bear fruit.
Tom TagGart's luck" has become pro-
verbal in Indiana. How he rose to be
Il powerful factor in Democratic pol
itics makes an unusual story. Born in
Ireland i'll 1886. he was brought by his
parents to this country at an early age;
they, perhaps, having prcmonition
that a political future awaited him in
the new world. They settled in Ohio.
but an instinct for comprehendlng the
political situation caused Taggart, even
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
Diamond Ring In BirN's Nest,

Arthur Il. Archibold. a Jersey City
lawyer, recently recovered Il diamond
ring valued ut $40, which he had
lost in an unusual place. says the
New York Times. The ring. which
was rather worn" he said. slipped
from my finger several weeks ago
while l was feeding 4 couple Of pet
Belgian hares. which I keep in a coop
in the yard. The other day I noticed
n pair OF sparrows. which had their
nest beside q tin leader running down
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
HOLLANDS AIRSHIP.
Inventor of Submarine Boat Believes
He Has Solved Aerial Problem.

q
He Has Solved Aerial Problem.
John Holland, the inventor of the
submarine boat. is now having built
ut a shop in Jersey City Il machine
which the inventor believes not only
will solve the problem of aerial flight,
but will enable Il man to navigate the
air with much more ease and safety
than he can ride Il bicycle, says the
New York Times.
This invention is the Outgrowth of
many attempts by Mr.. Holland in past
years to arrive at correct theory of
flight. Back in the sixties, before lie
contemplated the construction of sub
marine craft. he built his first model
of a flying machine. anG this was fol-
lowed by several other models. but all
OF them were abandoned because, in
the inventors opinion, they were de-
signed on an erroneous principle.
The airship now approaching compile
ton is intended to carry one person.
The material used Is the finest alumni
ium. The wires are steel and as light
as the strain upon them will permit
The whole COntrivance weighs exactly
twcnty-siX pounds.
The driving power will be purely
muscular, Mr.. Holland contending that
man has enough physical energy to
propel himself through the air under
proper conditions ut the rate of forty to
fifty miles an hour. On either side Of
the machine there viii be Il set Of
wings ten feet in length. operated by
four wheels, and these wings will be
moved up and down and otherwise con-
trolled at the will of the driver
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
Invisible Aavance of Japan.s Army

The ingenuity with which the Japa-
nese generals have masked the move
ments of their commands during the
present war was further eXemplified
in the advance to the Yalu, says the
illustrated London News. Before Wi
ju the road along which General Ku-
rokfs troops were compelled to pass
was I'm full view Of the enemy posted
upon the farther bank of the river.
and it would have been an easy mat
ter for the Russians to have estimated
the strength Of their opponents forces.
To avoid 50 undesirable contingency
the japanese erected screens Of brush
wood along the side Of the road. thus
creating art1fcially the cover that was
not provided by nature. Where the
path ran down the face OF the hills
arches Of fir poles and millct stalk.
ranged in tiers, replaced the screens
and. spanning the roadway, formed
an unbrOken shield
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06

a splendid arcade with its width of
ffty-four feet. its white painted walls
and irched roof The cars, Of which
500 will be in use. are nOncOmbustible
and, so far as human genius can de-
wise. indestructible. various contriy-
ances being used TO prevent collisions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06

forty TWO years ago. lie has received
degrees from Georgetown university
and the Columbian university at Wash
ington. For some years he was a short
hand writer. Faithfulness to duty has
been his motto and it has earned him
promotion to a high post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
Fox Hunt on a London stage.

4 novel effect of stage realism will
shortly be introduced at the London
Pavilion. says the London Chronicle.
II Is intended 10 introduce n fox hunt
on the stage with a whippet in full cry.
an Irish terrier covered with a fox :
skin, the effect of a chase being pro
duced by the rolling track and the
scenery moving in opposite directions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
A Floating Theater.

A Dutch manager is Building a float
ing theater with seats for 200 per-
sons and liberal provisions for appeas-
ing the hunger and thirst Of his pa
irons. He Will tow his unstable temple
Of harmony up the Rhine and down
again and give operatic performances
lnard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06

the side Of the house, feeding in the
coop. Hanging over the side Of the
nest was some excelsior that l knew
came from the coops. Procuring a lad
der 1 decided to investigate the inside
OF the nest. 1 found three young
sparrOws and the ring"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
Nfirht Imnrnre In Time.

Fond Mother-Are you not somewhat
astonished at my daughters singing
Professor certainly am. But then
she is young yet-IlIustrated Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
School For Theatrical Critics.

A school Of theatrical critics is to
be opened in Paris. The students are
to attend dress rehearsals and write
them up for practice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
stInRy steps.

An old man was passing our house
one afternoon, taking exceedingly short
steps. Ny little cousin watched him
for several minutes and then said,
mamma. doesn't he walk stingy p
Exchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
Pn,,tnr MONEY In Clothes.

HoweIl-Do you think il pays 10 put
much money into clothes Powell
Not IL you have a wife 10 90 through
fhez-Exchange
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06
NEW YORK'S SUBWAY
COMPLETION OF WORLDS GREATEST
UNDERGROUND RAILWAY.

Remarkable Engineering Feat.
The Tunnel Is over Twenty Miles
Long and Cost $4,000. OOo-HOvv the
Work Was Done.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-06

Governor of Maryland Advises
Young Women Against Early Mar
riaEcs and Wants His Daughters
to Follow Their Mothers Example
and Remain Single Until They Are
TVVenty-siX.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-02-25
The Lightning Changes We Make

4AC NAahSSS We rA"ACs
Great is the human makeup. and
great are its chameleonlike qualities in
the way of expressing feeling. Writ
ers from time immemorial have taught
us what to expect from the different
colors that fit across our countenances
and, of course, writers are never wrong
Here are some of the lightning chro
matte changes that we all have grown
to recognize, and there are several
counties yet to be heard from:
A man turns green with envy, vel
low with hatred, purple with rage
scarlet with anger, white from fear
pink from excitement, saffron from
sickness, black from torture, red from
heat and blue from cold.
Sometimes, too, he is "cold as steel,
shot as blazes," ''cool as cucumber
"a warm proposition" "hard as brass,
"soft as mush," smooth as a board,
ga rough customer and "a slick ar
ticle." Then again he is good as
wheat" sound as rock strong as
an OK" "weak as a cat" slippery as
an EEL" "sly as a fox" "mean as {
snake" poor as mouse" hungry as
a WOLF and dry as a fish."-Philadel
phia Telegraph.