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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-20
Harry Lanes Essay.

The essay written by Harry Lane
which won fer him first prize. is IA
follows:
Temperance is the moderate use
of all things helpful and total absti-
hence from ali things harmful.
Seven Reasons for Leading Tenn
perate Life:
Il. It preserves life. In leading Il
temperate life we keep our systems
in good order and also furnish much
useful material for the tissues of the
body. At the same time while we are
furnishing useful material for the it's
sues of the body. we are not over
burdCning them with things that are
not useful. If we do not overburden
the body with useless things which
we eat. the tissues of the body will
not become tired and they will always
he ready to throw off the disease
germs which may accumulate there.
-. ii sets good example. In be-
ing temperate we set a good example
and also show others the advantage
of being temperate. All the time we
are trying to be temperate. perhaps
someone is patterning after us, so. in
that way. we do much good toward
others in being temperate.
-. II saves money. I'm being in
temperate we want all kinds of lux
uries. but if we are temperate We do
not wish them. Intemperance re-
quires many things that are not at all
necessary to make us comfortable. or.
in other words, it requires all the so
called luXurieS. For instance. an in
temperate man and a temperate man
get paid the same night. The intern
perate man viii sometimes spend all
his money before he goes home
where his wife and children are wait
ing for him. Maybe he gets drunk.
and when he gets home he finds his
wife and children have nothing 10 eat,
while he who is drunk has no money
to give them To buy bread or anything
else to eat. Then his wife sends the
children out 10 beg some bread. or
else starve. All this time the temper
ate man has gone home. with his mon
ey in his pocket. and his family al
ways have something To eat.
II. 1t assures better companions.
There is an old proverb that Birds
Of a feather flock together If we
are temperate we shall always have
better companions.
-. 1t assures useful life. y tenn
perate person i not very often idle.
and if he i. it would not be for a very
long time before he would be at work
at something. y temperate person
can always get work to do. because
everyone knows he will do il well.
%. II obtains for YOU the respect
and trust of your friends. Anyone
who is temperate always has a great
many friends. and his friends know
he is man 10 be trusted. and they re-
spect him.
-. Happiness. self-respect and ed
ucation. In a temperate home there
Is always happiness. They may be
poor or they may be rich. but they
are always happy and try To make
others happy "a well. \ temperate
person always has self-respect. while
an incorporate person does not very
often have self-respect. Anyone who
Is temperate always wants a better
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-20
THE STAGE

Jan. p. -, 23.-The FIints, hypno-
fists.
Jan. 2i.-''Thc Two Sisters"
Jan. Barlow Min~trcl@
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-20

No play of the season has been so
thoroughly condemned rs Little
Mary" By j. NJ. Barrie. which was
given its first production in this coun-
try a couple of weeks ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-20

At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Davenport, Rock Island
d Northwestern Railway company.
held yesterday at Davenport, all of
the old directors were reelected man-
imrusly. No ether business of impor-
lance was transacted. The annual
meeting of the directors will he held
in short time and at that time Off
GERS of the company will he elected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-14

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-14
BOYS DEPARTMENT OPEN.
Entertainment and Reception at Y. M.
c. A. HEADQUARTERS Tonight.

The boys department of the Washington
Y. NJ c. A. will open this evening. Ar
engagements have been made for an en-
thusastic meeting in the reception rooms
of the association headquarters 1872 9
street northwest. A varied entertainment
will be offered and refreshments will be
served to the boys and their guests. There
will be no speeches, but plans for the win
ter work will be discussed
When the Y. M. c. A. moves into its new
home, now in course of construction on adj
joining property, the building now occupied
will be turned over exclusively for the use
of the boys department. Here they will
hold their classes and their rallies, undis-
turbed by the work of their seniors.
Among the advertisements, both recreative
and instructive, which have been planned
for the boys this season trips to places
of historical interest within a radius of a
hundred miles of this city, and seeing
Washington" tours The latter idea is
unique. The boys who are members of the
Y. M. c. A. are nearly all natives of the
District of Columbia, or have spent most
of their lives here. Inquiries, however, de-
veloped the fact that few of them know
anything of the historical Washington. 1t
is to explain to them the historical features
of the national capital that these trips are
contemplated.
The boys will have several athletic leagues
and teams which will engage in regular COM
petltlOnS IN the gymnasium There VIII be
tournaments and competitions of all sorts,
calculated to cause many demonstrations
of youthful physical proWess.
Another feature of the work will be Spe-
cial inspection days when men prominent
in both local and national affairs will be
invited to visit the club house and inspect
the lads, to determine the degree of their
mental and physical excellence. There will
be open days, when the general public,
including the friends and acquaintance of
the boys, may attend and satisfy them
selves as to the progress the Juveniles
making in their respective classes. There
will be special guests days, when invita-
lions will be difficult to obtain, and finally,
parents days" when none but the fathers
and mothers of the boys will be admitted.
The general scheme for the amusement and
entertainment of the junior members is
more extensive than in former years, and
the Y. NJ. G. A officials looking for a
record breaking season.
The regular educational departments of
the Y NJ c. A. opened early this week. 1t
announced today that the rooms for
the of classes have been obtained in
the Lehman building. on New York avenue
nee 18th street The associa ton was
forced to abandon the quarters it occupied
last year for its educational classes, and
fear was entertained for the present sea-
son. The officials state, however, that the
present location is much better providing
more space and light. All classes. except
mechanical drawing and free-hand drawing,
will meet in the Lehman building. The two
drawing classes will meet at the association
headquarters, on G street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-14
GAS LIGHT ASSOCIATION.
Annual Meeting to Be Held in This
City Next Week

The American Gas Light Association mas
arranged to hold it's annual meeting in this
city Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of
next week. at the New Willard Hotel. The
meeting will be called to order by the presi-
dent, Rollin Norris of Philadelphia, at 10
am. Wednesday.
The sessions will be devoted to the read
ing of papers and discussions on subjects
pertaining to the manufacture of coal gas.
The only formal advertisement will be
banquet exclusively for men, Thursday
evening at the New Willard and trip to
Mt. Vernon Friday, when the delegates will
Company. Luncheon will be served en-
trip around Washington in automobiles
Thursday and theater party Thursday
evening
Among the papers to be read at the meet
ing are the following; Generation of
Steam by Waste Heat from Water Gas
Sets" by Donald Mcdonald. Louisville,
Ky: Distributing Power Throughout IL
Gas Works by Means of Electricity Cen
Grated at a Central Point" by w. A. Baehr,
St Louis. Mo-; oxide Publication by f.
H. Earnshaw. Philadelphia Pa: Methods
of Charging for Gas" by F. W. Frueaur
Denver Col; Consumers Meters" by II.
H. Spangenberg, Philadelphia, Pa. There
will also be the following short topic: "A
Rapid Method for the Determination or
Total Sulphur in Cas- by W. b. CaIkius.
ST. Louis, Mo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-14

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-14
CARROLL INSTITUTE COMMITTEES
Program Amended for Seasons Work
in All DEPARTMENTS.

The board of directors of the Carroll In
stitute held its first meeting at the institute
last evening. with the full board in at
tendance. The president announced the fol-
lowing committees to take charge of the
years work:
E,xecutive-James F. Shea, John ]. Nolan
and W. c. Sullivan.
TIouse-James A. Cahiii, Matthew Brady
and John T. Crowley.
Membership-John T. Crowley, Henry w.
Sohon and w. o. Sullivan.
Iibrary-Henry w. Sohon, John J. Nolan
and William B. DAILY.
Lectures-william B. DAILY John ]. Nolan
and John r. Galloway.
Press-Arthur ]. May, James A. O'Shea
and Peter c.. ]. Treanor.
+ Gymnasium-James A OShea, Matthew
Brady and james A. Cahill.
Bowling-Matthew Brady, John L. crow
ley and James A. Sahlll.
Literary society-John J. Nolan, w. c.
Sullivan and Matthew Brady. =,
AccountS-John r. Galloway, Peter Z. j:
Treanor and William b. DAILY
Entertainments-w. c. Sullivan, James A.
OShea and Arthur j. May.
Constitution and iules-Peter e. ); Irea-
nor John r. Galloway and Henry w. So
hon. -,,,. ~
Choir-Peter C. j. Treanor, William B.
Eyeninr school-James F. 1hea, John ].
Nolan. George E. Belisle John Byrne and
w. c. Sullivan. ,s
The first meeting of the recently elected
hoard of directors of the Carroll Institute
was held last evening. the full board Deins
in attendance. The president announced
that the affairs of the institute were IN
very gratifying condition, the OUTLOOK pein ne,
that the present season would prooaply De
the most active in the history or the lnSt-
tute.
Every department is now in active opera
ton. The gymnasium reopenea seNeiai
is nrenaTiUR TO enter an IN
door base ball team and two pasEet paII
teams in the local field during the WINTER
months. =,
at 20 nm. Its sessions will be held on
MONDAYS Wednesdays and Fridays, from
7:30 to $50 o'clock, for instruction in the
commercial branches. The building NO
$40 10th street, Immediately adjoining the
Institute on the north, has been entirely
remodeled for the purpose and thoroughly
equipped business school
The literary society held its first BIZ
weekly meeting of the season, for the cleo
ton of officers, October II, resulting in the
election of John ]. Nolan for president, w.
c. Sullivan for vice president and George
z. Belisle for secretary.
The next meeting of the society will be
held October "a. 1t will meet thereafter on
Monday evenings throughout the season.
The bowling league opened its season DC
tober II. Its officers are: President, Pat
rick Shugrue; vice president and treasurer,
Joseph H. Wood and secretary. Peter Es-
pey. The league meets on Monday.
Wednesday and Friday evenings.
1t is proposed to make departure from
| the former practice of holding a course of
| lectures during the lenten season. This
course will be delivered as usual. and. in
| addition. ante-lenten series Is in con-
| temptation.
The entertainment committee instructed
! to arrange for a smoker. to be held the
| evening of October 81, and dance for
| November II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-14
Permits for Street Lights.

The Commissioners have granted the
electrical department permission to erect
four incandescent naphtha lamps on Park
avenue. west of 14th street northwest. and
twenty incandescent naphtha lamps on Liv-
ingston road from Congress Heights to the
intersection OF Livingston and Giesboro
roads
Bisbee daily review., 1904-10-27

Mondell of the House committee. Nar-
 ranged a meeting at the White House
 which resulted in President Roose-
 welt asking Representative Mondeu if
 he would object to two minor changes
 being made in the phraseology of the
 bill. Mir. Monden. and the others. stated that as the proposed changes
 would not essentially affect the bill
 they had no objection. and the changes were made and the bill soon after became a law.
 It would appear that MT. Max
 wells usefulness in Washington had ceased with the passage of this law.
 But not so. To quote a member of the House Committee on Irrigation. who claims to be thoroughly familiar with Mir. MaxwelIs methods: MT. Maxwell then approached the railroads with a proposition. The land-grant rail- roads own two and half million acres within the forest reserves. Much of this land is valueless as timber land. and if 1t could be sold would not bring more than 50 cents an acre. But under the lieu land law this can be exchanged for nonreserved sur veyed timber land which the Govern ment owns. For the ordinary person to obtain timber land he must take up a claim and pay $2.5O per acre for it. so that the land exchangeable fer the two and a half million acres referred to is only trife above the cost of taking land under the timber and stone act. But if the timber land which now belongs to the Govern ment the first under the provisions of the homestead act, and the second by exchanging land within the forest reserves.
 The natural consequences of this is that the value of the two and a half million acres of timber land which the Iand-grant railroads are entitled to claim would rise from $4 to S5 per acre to at least $15 per acre which would put $25.O0O.O into the pockets of the land-grant railroads and their guarantees.
 Again. the land-grant railroads still own some 4O.OO0.OOO acres of land along their roads. If it were pos sible for a settler to obtain any Gov ernment land except under the home stead act. and then he would be linn ited to I60 acres and be required to live five years upon the same before he could claim title it is reasonable to presume that many of the settlers now taking up Government lands in with the timber and the stone acts and desert act would pre- fer to purchase the land from the railroads on long time and where he could buy as much of it as he wished. the demand for the 4O- 000. .OOO acres held by the railroads would be highly stimulated and the railroads would greatly profit thereby.
 When MT. Maxwell presented these facts to the railroads they immediate ly saw that if the above laws could be repealed it would mean millions of dollars to them, and they continued the subsidy of sSs.00O per annum. Since then MT. Maxwell has strenu- ously advocated the repeal of the timber and stone act, the desert land act, and the communication clause of the homestead act in his own period icals and throughout the press in gen eral as far as he could reach it.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-10-27
MAxWELL'S RECORD
 ON RECL ANIMATION ACT
rE FOUGHT NgwLANO's THE RE. PEAL OF LAND LAWS WHICH OF SECURING GOVERNMENT LAND.

A general belief is that George H. Maxwell. the railroad lobbyist, when recently before the House Committee on Irrigation, giving that committee the details of how much money was annually contributed to hts lobby. by no means told all of the story. but he tola enough, with other facts which have been well known to members Of Congress for some time past. to lead to the suspicion that a scandal S brewing in connection with the irri- Eation work in the West. The lid has been lifted little and a peep has been given at a condition of affairs which is interesting if not startling. Under cross fire of questioning by Repres- entative Mondell, of Wyoming. Mir. Maxwell admitted that for the last four or five years the Northern Pacific the Union Pacific. the Southern Pacif- ic, -he Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, the Great Northern. and the Burling- ton and Quincy railroads had contri- buted S6.O00 each to the National IT, rigation Association. of which he is the head. and the Rock Island rail- road had contributed $3.Oe0 a year Mr Maxwell stated that altogether the fund he collected for the purpose of lobbying in Washington. and main tanning his press bureau. and conduct ing his campaign of education, ex- ceeded $50. O0O a year. \
 These facts make the operations of Mr. Maxwell during the past five years os specal interest at this time. No one denies that Mir. Maxwell and his magazines. ''The Talisman" and The Honemaker." his press bureau. etc. did considerable in shaping public sen ,inent for the passage of the nation al irrigation act but it appears that at the time this act was before Con gress, NIT. Maxwell was an attorney from California. who had explained to the various railroad officials con cerned the advantages which the railroads would derive in one way and another from having the arid lands irrigated at Government expense. and had come to Washington with a fund Of $50,0O0 year to lobby an irriga- ton bin through Congress. But Mir. Maxwelrs idea of a national irriga- ton act was somewhat different from. that entertained by the. Senators and Members of Congress. He wanted continuing project, on the order of the river and harbor bill. so that pro- vision would be made one Congress after another for certain projects. In this way the services of man well informed as to irrigation matters and thoroughly identified with them would be found valuable to the rail roads and others seeking to have cer- tam projects taken up; and is jus tice 10 Mir. Maxwelrs talents to pre- sume that he took this fact into con sideration.
 At any rate, Mir. Maxwell or the National Irrigation Association. and the committee of Senators and Re presentatives split, with the result that Mir. Maxwell attempted to defeat the national irrigation act. Beaten in the Senate. he attacked the House aAd when he found that he would be un- successful before that body he car ried the matter to the President whose attention he obtained through the as- sistsnce of influential friends. Mr.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-18
A GRIPPE is epidemic catarrh. 1

A GRIPPE is epidemic catarrh. 1t
- spares no class or nationality. The
cultured and the ignorant, the aristocrat
and the pauper, the masses and the class
es are alike subject to la grippe. None
are exempt-all are liable.
Have you the grip? Or, rather, has
the grip got you? Grip is we'll named.
The original French term, la grippe,
has been shortened by the busy Ameri-
can to read grip" Without intending
to do so a new word has been coined
that exactly describes the case. AS if
some hideous giant with awful GRIP had
clutched us in its fatal clasp. Men.
women, and children, whole towns and
cities are caught in the baneful grip of a
terrible monster.
The following letters speak for them
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-18
Gratitude Wen Expressed.

Sault St., Marie, Mich, Feb. sth.-Mr.
G. L. Smith, painter and decorator, whose
home is at 300 Anne street, this city,
makes the following statement:
Il was laid up with some kind of pains.
Some said it was Lumbago, others Sciatica,
and others again Rheumatism. A few of
my friends suggested that it was lead
poison, but whatever it was it gave me a
great deal of pain, in fact, almost COM
pletely crippled me. i had to use two
canes to walk about and even then it was
a very painful task.
"a friend advised me to try Dodd's Kid
ney Pills and l began the treatment After
i had used the first box l was able TO
: lrow away one of the canes and was con-
sderably improved. The second box
Strengthened me up so that L could go
about free from pain without any assist
ance and very soon after | was complete
ly cured, well and happy, without a pain
or an ache. Dodd's Kidney Pills seemed
to go right to the spot in my case and
they will always have my greatest praise"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-18
PILL TRADE MARK INITIATED.
Druggist and Clerk Are Held in Bail
for Court


Charged with infringing upon the trade
mark of Carter's Little Liver Pill Com
pany, Joseph L. Griffith, druggist at the
southeast corner of Eleventh and Vine
streets, was held in $500 bail for Court
this afternoon by Magistrate Jermon, md
at the same time Griffith's clerk, Jos .ph
Z. Fore, was held in $500 bail for Court on
the same charge, ard also for selling GER
tain articles the sale If which is prohibited
by law.
: The men were arrested this morning
upon warrants issued by Magistrate Jer-
mon at the instance of Brent Good, No.
100 West Fifty-seventh Street, New York,
and Charles G. circuit, No. y Jumel Ter
race, New York, representatives of the
Carter Company. They stated that the
latter had spent SO, 900 in advertising
and getting their label known, and did not
purpose to perIait others to reap the btne-
fits
The label in question is small one con-
tanning a large letter l., and the one used
by Griffith is an exact copy, except that it
does not contain Carriers name
The prosecution showed how easily the
imitation product could be palmed off on
the would-be purchaser of Carters pills,
owing to the similarity of the labels, and
held that it was evidence of deliberate
attempt to Observation-Disclosures Tele-
graph, Jan. q, 1904.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-18
A Remarkable Discovery.

A German chemist has discovered heal.
ing agent in coal oil which has created
quite sensation amongst sufferers wher-
ever it has been tested, on account of the
wonderful cures accomplished by its use.
A few applications are sufficient to cure
muscular Rheumatism, Neuralgia, head
ache, tooth, ear or backache, lameness,
sprains, chilblains, in fact every severe
pain. 1t is sold in drug stores as DR..
Bayer's Penetrating Oil in 25c. and Soc
bottles and warranted to cure OF money
refunded.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-18
Beyond His Years.

Small Harold was reading aloud to his
mother about ship, and came across
this passage; And she began to steam
slowly down the bay"
why is ship called 'she,' Harry"
his mother asked.
"Oh," replied the little fellow, 81 sup
pose it's because she has to have a man
to boss er''-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-18
Up-tO-Date Testimonial.

Gladys" said Chumley to his man.
nish sister, I've done so much for you,
you should write me testimonial"
"A testimonial?"
Eyes. You might say: Dear Broth
er-Once l was timid, delicate girl,
but since using your collars and ties
have become a new woman Tit
Bits
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-18

LaMontt-These cigarette concerns
state that if you'll send them 500 cou-
pons they'll send you books to improve
the mind.
LaMoyne-H'm! By the time you
smoke that many cigarettes you won't
have any mind to Chicago
Daily News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-18
Quite a Different Thing.

George says he never has so good a
tine as when he is out with me-" as
serted the girl in brown.
Does he really?" returned the girl in
gray commiseratingly. Now, Alfred
is quite different. When he's out with
me he's unhappy until he makes it up"
brooklyn Eagle
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-18

Fond Mamma-Yes, my darling, those
little boys next door have no father or
mother, and no kind Aunt Jane
Wouldn't you like to give them some
thing?
Archie with great enthusiasm) -Oh,
yes, mamma. Let's give them Aunt
Jane!-The King.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-18

Winter Tourist Tickets are now on sale
via Queen 4 Crescent Route, Southern
Railway, and connecting lines to points,
South, Southeast and Southwest, good re-
turning until May 81, 1904.
Tickets can be purchased going to Flor
ida via Lookout Mountain and Atlanta, and
returning via Asheville and the Land of the
Sky, giving variable route For informa-
ton address, w. e. Rnearsoa, G. p. A,
Cincinnati, o.