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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-29

teenth street. He is one of the best
known citizens of Rock Island.
For many years he has been
active in the affairs of the Rock
Island Industrial Home association
and was one of the promoters of the
building.
Louis Y. Bourdeau Is resident of
the Sixth ward and is painting con-
tractor. James ii. Lamont is fore
man at the Burlington freight house,
while Edwin Ward, the third candi-
date for assistant supervisor, is one
of the best known residents of the
Seventh ward. He has served as street
commissioner and in other capacities
of public trust.
Perhaps there is no man in the city
better qualified for the office of as
SCISSOR than George W. Henry. having
4 thorough knowledge of the intri-
cate duties of the place through as
sisting the various incumbents of the
office in years past. Mr.. Henry lives
in the Third ward. and enjoys an eX-
tensiye acquaintance through the city.
John {. Aud. the candidate for col
lectOr, lives at 1912 Sixth avenue. For
wears he was a conductor on the Rock
Island &: Peoria railway. retiring from
railroad work on account of failing
health. He is deserving in every way
Of the support of the voters of the
city The ticket is good one from
top to bottom-good. clean men all
Of them. and all shoul1 be elected
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-29

knee pants suit. worth from 81 so up
at Gustafson & Hayes.
Fifty couples attended the dane,
given by the Silent Knockers club al
Turner hall last night.
Just think. fine 50-cent silk lined
cap with each boys knee pants suit
free at Gusfafson q Hayes.
\ If you are after quality. get your
next trunk or suit case at the Trunk
Factory, 900 Brady street, Davenport
With every boys knee pants suit
from $3.50 up they will give 5O-cent
silk lined cap free at GustafsOn &
Hayes
Mrs. Thee HOldorf will continue the
sale of her Rock river channel ice at
the same prices as last year. Phone
943 suburban.
Not 25-cent cap, but 5O-cent silk
lined cap. free with every boys knee
pants suit. worth from $3.50 up, at
Gustafson & Hayes
DIR. p F. Purdue, 1716h Second ave-
nue.. Old phone at office. both phones
at residence. Hours, to - n. m, and
to ) and to 8 p. IN.
The Rock Island Cnlored Melvern
club has issued Invitations for an
Easter ball To be given at the Turner
hall next Monday evening, April 4.
Try steam-dried fertilizer for lawns,
gardens, truck gardens and farms In
100-pOund and ton lots. Twin-City
hRendering company, phone west 1903.
Brooms for carpet are being of
kitGol, kind of cactus. They do bet
ter work and are very durable The
broom trust need no longer be Il ter
rCr.
Miss Martha 5. Baker and Miss Mel
lie \. Liphardt. graduate nurses from
st. Luke's hospital, Davenport, have
located at 935 Fifteenth street, Rock
Island. new phone 1857.
Mrs. n. G. White was unexpected
ly called upon last evening to enter
tain a party of friends who gathered
at her home, 2O4 Eighth street. Di-
version was furnished by cinch and
finch. a lunch was served.
Gas escaping from a defective pipe
exploded at the residence of S. S.
Kemble, S27 Nineteenth street. yes
terday afternoon and set fire to the
woodwork in the basement. The de-
partment was called out. The dam
age was $40.
All kinds of carpentering, jobbing
and repair work done on short notice,
from sidewalks to inside repairs. All
work guaranteed. Prices reasonable.
Call or drOp.a card to 1927 Second av-
enue, or sol Eighth street. Schroe-
der & Davis.
Today's display of the spring styles
has crowded the Brandenburg millin-
cry store with tri-city ladies. whose
unanimous verdict is that the display
is unique in the cOmprehensiveness of
the assortment and the beauty of the
styles. The display continues tomor-
row.
Announcement has been received of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-29
TREFZ TO AGAIN SERVE AS
FIFTH WARD ALDERMAN

William Trefz is the candidate of
the democratic party for reelection
as alderman in the Fifth ward. He
has served two years as n member of
the council and has shown himself to
be the right man for the right place.
Billy. as he is known among his
friends, enjoys n popularity in the
ward that assures his return to the
council by handsome majority. He
is straight on all questions pertaining
to the campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-29
RETURN AID. BIRKEL
FROM THE THIRD WARD

The people of the Third ward have
determined to show their appreciate
If the work of their present alder
man, Otto II. Birkel. by returning
him TO the municipal assembly by
their votes next Tuesday. He is en-
ergetic and painstaking in his devO-
ton to the duties that have fallen
upon his shoulders and he has the
added advantage of experience which
his constituents say in his case is es-
pecially worthy of recognition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-29

ed eXecutriX, and her real estate to
her grandchildren. Mrs. Doose leaves
to Anna Doose one-third of her es-
tate; to Jacob Peters one-third when
he arrives at the age of % years; to
John Peters and Wilhelmina c. 10th
one-siXth each. John Schafer is NAM
ed executor of the will.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-29
Advertised Letter List No. Is.

Letters remaining uncalled for in
he Rock Island pOstoffice for the
week ending March &c, 1904: Mrs
arthur Birdsall, Mrs. Frank Bolles
Lee CrOsswhite, Frank Connolly, JO-
;eph De Rudder, f. S. Fisk. Mrs. f.
Hendricks. j. ID. Holland. Miss Clara
Hoffman. Miss Mary l.. Kelly, j. ID.
Keelan, James hartman. Miss Mary
Lynch, Mrs. Kate LOveless. II. j. Nor
gan. Horace Moulton, i. Miller. Fl
Miller, Miss Gertie Miller. II. II. Prast.
Earl Stokes, Annie Shannon. LerOie
Swanson. VI. +. Webster, y. j. Viii
helm, Miss Hannah Yardt.
T. II. THOMAS, Postmaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-29
THE WEATHER

Showers and possibly thun-
derstorms tonight and We'd
nesday; warmer tonight.
j. NJ. SHER1ER,
Observer.
Temperature at z a. M. "a;
at $50 p. m. 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-29

The foregoing is the township tick
ct presented by the democrats for the
consideration of the voters at the
election that is 10 take place Tuesday
of the coming week They are the
nominees of the regular democratic
convention presided over by +. j. Me-
dill as chairman and j. L. Sexton as
secretary and held at Odd Fellows
hail. after the delegates had been
driven from Turner hall by the hood
lum tactics of John L. Looney. aided
and abetted by the police department
of the city of Rock Island.
The ticket furthermore. has the
approval of the town board Of the
city, which passed on the contest
brought on by LOoney in an effort to
prevent the names of candidates APP
pearing on the official ballot. and the
additional recognition as to its regu-
larity of Judge +. &. Graves. of the
circuit court. who denied an injunc
ton prayed by George i. Stauduhar.
Looney's man, at Geneseo yesterday.
The decision of Judge Graves yester
day is the hardest blow yet received
by the LoOney-republican cOmbina-
tion that has been seeking to dis
franchise the regular democratic
ticket ostensibly in the interest of
the Looney convention. but the rea
purpose has been to make sure of the
election of the republican ticket head
ed by William Kennedy, for supervi-
sor. who wants to secure a seat in
the county board as a stepping stone
to the shrievalty nomination.
Man vyttK, GnIandld Racorda
The democratic ticket is composed
of men of recognized standing in the
community, men who can be depended
ON to perform honestly and intelli-
gently the duties of the positions to
which they aspire.
NJ. W. Battles has been a member of
the county board before. His record
is there. 1t is the best argument in
favor of his reelection. Mr.. Battles
is n taxpayer and resides on Seven
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-29

Stops more pain. relieves more suf-
fering, prevents more heart aches and
diseases than any other remedy
That's what HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea will do. 35 cents, in tea or
tablet form. T. II. Thomas, pharma-
cist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-29
TICKET WILL WIN
Strong Candidates for Township
Offices Nominated by Dem.
ocratic Party.
ALL ARE MEN OF ABILITY
Having Records That Should Appeal
to Voters OF City-Who
They Are.

Supervisor-M. W. BATTLES.
Assistant Supervisors - LOUIS y.
BOURDEAU, JAMES II. LAMONT,
EDWIN WARD.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS W. HENRY.
Collector-JOHN {. ACLD.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-03
TO FIX COLOR AT BIRTH.

Indians Doctor WSlI Use Red Light
 to Make Negro's Pigment Fade.
 How to make negro baby white is the problem on which Dr. Jacob W. Hill of South Bend, Ind. has been work ing and which he believes he will solve soon by an experiment at hospital in South Bend His plan is, in brief, to keep the child excluded from all light except red rays says the Chicago Rec ord Herald. Dr. Hill, who is leading physician and surgeon of South Bend and has reputation as physiological expert, is assisted in his investigation by Dr. w. A. Hager.
 Dr. Hills theory is that the skin of the negro is far more sensitive than that of any other race and that for that reason more coloring matter is thrown out to his skin to protect him in the climatic conditions under which his forefathers were born, the intense heat of the tropics making this neces- sary. By preventing augmentation, Dr. Hill believes, the child of colored par ents, which is really born white, turn ing darker under the suns rays, will remain white.
 A prospective mother has consented to be the subject of the experiment. A room in hospital will be provided which will be completely furnished in red. Walls, ceiling, flooring and fur niture, bedclothing and curtains are to be of that color; patient. attending physicians and nurses will wear red gowns, while the only light will come through red globed lamps and red win dow panes.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-03
BIRDS IN TIE WINTER
The Cold Weather Traits of Our
 Feathered Friends.
Hanger Forces Thcm to Forget Much of Their Summer Shyness-Inter- estin@ Habits of the Rufned
 Grouse i'm the Snow.

Those of us who had established bird restaurants on our premises. were well patronized during the cold wealth er of last week. The deep snow had covered not only the ground. but the low-growing weeds, shutting or the food supply of many species. while zero weather made all appetites more keen than usual. Most of us served free meals to juncos, chickadees and house sparrows, and some of us had more dis tinguishsd guests. Some had tree spar rows and nuthatches, and a number were visited by downy and a few by hairy woodpeckers. Even the blue jays controlled their suspicious long enough to allow them to get a share Of the suet, and they got large share.
 My own favorite guest has been g. lit- tic chickadee with one leg-at least he uses only one leg; he keeps the other so we'll tucked up under his feathers that 1t is seldom seen. Probably the frail member has been injured in soma way, and it's wise little owner is giving it every chance to get well. But the bird seems to suffer no inconvenience. he flies well, stands up and pecks wig
 
 orously at the suet tied to branch or nailed to tray, or takes 1t in tiny bits on the wing as hummingbird takes nectar from flower. He can also cling to a twig upside down, as neatly as his brethren. He was our first cus- toner, and perhaps it is this fact which leads him to believe that he has cer- tain rights to maintain. At any rate, he seems to consider 1t his privilege to feed precisely when he chooses, and alone. If he is pecking at a certain lump of suet, no other chickadee is al- lowed on the same branch until he has finished. but if he arrives at the res taurant when another bird happens to be feeding. the first conner. is made to retire and wait, until the one-legged chickadee has dined. Tn attending to the wants of to-day, these birds do not lose sight of tomorrow. After eating 8 few bits of suet, they nearly always chip off a larger piece, which they fly away with and store in the cracks of some apple trees which grow nearby.
 But the birds which occupied most of my attention last week were the fuffed
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-03

Russia's position in regard to Man. ehuria, says B writer in the. Literary World, is that it may continue nomi- nally a province of China, but if it does it will do so by Russia sgrace and not by Russia's necessity. If its ports remain open to the trade of the world, it will not be because of limitation of Russia's power, but as a matter of Russia's polics.g For Russia. for all practical purposes, holds every foot of Manchuria in her firm, masterful, in telligent grasp. Russian law, Ill the sense that all shall have justice reg ularly administered; Russian order, in, the sense that murder and outrage by robber bands and savage clans shall cease; Russian system, in the sense that regularity and method shall sue ceed continuous social, political, and commercial sturbance-Russian law, order, and system as thus understood are there-forever Ine author evidently believes. with many keen observers Of affairs in the far east that,ifFs Japan ever meant to to go to war with Russia for Man. churia or Korea, she should have struck years ago. Had England had the courage at the end of the Chinese Japanese war to @haye made q treaty along the lines of the treaty she now has with Japan, and backed it up with her warships, Russia would not have been able to use France and Germany as her catspaws and rob Japan of Port Arthur, Manchuria, and other fruits of victory. Russia then would have overrun that province and built her railroad to the open sea, ,--not in this generation at least.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-03
of popular science is attractive.- Hartford Post

of popular science is attractive. Hartford Post.
 President Faunce, of Brown, says that more space is given in the papers to bar-room than to the supreme court, to DoWie than to the real prophets of righteousness. Who can deny it?-- Norwich Bulletin. -f-~-
 The Advantage of Having Puil.- A party of New Britain men are going to Washington soon to ask for an ap- propriation for a federal building in that city. Meriden doesn't have to go after its money. It comes without that trouble.--Meriden Record
 Will salicylic acid cure rheumatism and will abstaining from meat and from overheating prevefit it? Let us have these questions settled, for Uncle Mark Hanna's sake.-St Louis Post Dispatch.
 Another state policeman under char ges and threatened with suspension for failing to do his disagreeable duty. The kind of work the state police is engaged upon at present does not ap- peal strenuously to the fair minded, but the officials of that force entered upon their work with their eyes open and should either do their duty or re- sign.--New Britain Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-03
IDEAL COLL EeE PROFESSOR.

Ought to Be Married, says President
 Harper, ana . Chnrch Member.
 The qualifications for the ideal col lege professor, as outlined by Presi- dent Harper in lecture at the Uni versity of Chicago on 4'The Faculty of College" are, says a Chicago dis- patch:
 He should be married. =
 He should be church member.
 He should mix with his students out side the class rooms.
 He should have doctors degree.
 He should be willing to work hard eleven months in the year
 He should be in sympathy with the public and take an active interest in public affairs. 4
 '"The college professor who is mar rfed." said President Harper, twill do three times as much good in his posi- ton as one who is single, and if he has three or four children he will be still better for he will be stronger man."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-03
FashSon's Echoes.

,f4ong haired black zibeline, tiecked with white, makes stylish costume.
 The craze for. wrist bags and purses is ministered to by variety suitable to every imaginable occasion or purpose.
 Braid is the popular trimming of the season.
 Great fullness around the bottom and foot trimming mark the up to date dress skirts.
 To be really smart one's shoes and stockings should match the gown for receptions and teas @
 Cotton canvas decorated with Rus sian cross stitch furnishes material for some of the latest waists.
 Superb are the visiting gowns of vel, vet richly trimmed with white lace.
 Toques and turbans made of rides cent breasts are worn with street sai- lets shaped on severe tailor lines -.,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-03
Felt Pain xn HI. I,o.t r,sn.

Irving Cox of Port Jervis, N Y, had leg cut off by train just before the holidays, and the leg was placed in the receiving vault of the cemetery. A few days ago Cox complained to his wife that there was something hurting his severed leg, says the New York World. He became so nervous that members of his family went to the receiving vault, opened the box con tafning the severed limb and removed bit of frozen sand. Although Cox did not know that this had been done, 1t is said that the instant the sand was removed his pain ceased, and upon their return they found him happy and free from the annoyance
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-03
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1904.

Speaking Of the organization of the first mountain battery attached to the United States army by Captain Van Deusen. the editor of Golfers Week ly says that the battery was only a temporary organization, but 1t proved its value in the island campaign. Two of these batteries are in the Philip pines and one at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where it is of frequent use in the field problems of the general staff ana service college. Soon after the first 1almors of war with Colom- bia came out Of Washington the mountain battery at Leavenworth re- ceived many unofficial warnings and some not so unofh cial-that it would be a part Of the American army to be sent to the isthmus. The otfi cers and men still have hopes. One gun is apportioned among four mules --wheels and axles. Hail,. gun barrel, and, last, cradle. or chamber. to take mp the concussion caused in firing The bore is 75 millimetres, or 2.95 inches. Stocky mules and long men are required, for parts weighing $50 pounds each are to be lifted to the backs of the animals. The mules do not kick or there would beahigh death rate in the command. as the men ne- cessarily take many chances with agile hind hoofS. The first training of the green mule is to make it as gentle as a house dog and there is bareback riding for weeks before pack is brought into sight.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-03

grouse. These hardy game birds do not seem to mind the severity of the weather. their snug. tight-fitting plu- mage protects them from the cold, and the horny fringes which grow on their toes at this season, enable them to walk with reasonable comfort in the snow when 1t is not too deep. It is in teresting to follow the grouse trails. leading in and out of the undergrowth. If the snow is shallow, the footprints remind one of those made by a. bantam hen, but if it is deeper the bird sinks in and it's body makes furrow as it walks along, while only a general idea of the shape and position of the indi- vidual footprints is to be obtained from the trail. But it may always be dis tinguished from the trail of any quad ruped by its termination, if in no other way No matter how far 8 grouse may walk, it will take wing at last, and usu- ally the observer may see on the snow the imprints of the wing feathers, made at the first, downward stroke of the wings. Moreover. at the end of the trail, there is usually rounded de- pression, made by the body of the grouse as it stoops down before the up- ward spring. @
 But even more than in the trails was I interested in the sleeping quarters of the grouse during the very cold weath- CT. As rule, these places may be To- cated by the presence in the otherwise unbroken snow of two holes, 8 foot or more apart; one made by the bird H ,NIrY A~r S1 %1,A wing, and the other as he sprang up- ward and broke through the snow from beneath. Between the two holes there is tunnel, and it is here that grouse has passed the night.
 He does not always plunge in from the wing, for found & few places where he had walked in through the side of drift. One evening I lay in snnw bank in pine wood from sun- down until dark, in the hope of seeing 8 grouse drop into the snow, but did not see one, although I think I heard several. Next morning 1 went back to the wood, and while examining the snow, found single hole, indicating that grouse had entered but had not yet come out. approached cautiously and had almost reached the depression when with mighty whirr a great brown grouse burst through the level surface of the snow in front of me and sped away through the pine woods, cleverly lodging the tree trunks. And looking down I saw two holes, nearly two feet apart, and on either side of the farther one was the clear impress sion Of a grouses wing.
 ERNEST HAROLD BAYNEs.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-03
THE GENIUS OF THE AGE FOR YOU.

The plan and scope of Modern FL oquence,'' and the long roster of bril- liant and brainy men connected with it's inception and preparation, make it work of extraordinary inter- est and immensurable utility to every one.
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-03
L.brarie. 1n the Transvanl.

Books are the best ambassadors, and the Victoria league is organizing a scheme to place Il supply of good standard English books within the reach of the English and Dutch peo- pie and particularly the children" in South Africa, says the London Chron- icle. It is proposed, for example, to at tach good lending library to each of the school districts into which the Transvaal is divided. Already the dis trtbuting mechanism is arranged, and free passage for the books is assured by the shipping companies.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-03
Raaauua In F1oyver f.---:-...

Radfuna 1n Flower E--.~-.
 A French scientist, with the English sounding cognomen of Griffths, has discovered evidence of radio activity in the petals of several odoriferous flow ers. says 3 Paris cable dispatch to the New York Herald. When geraniums and sunfiowers are placed near selent- um with which an electric current has been interrupted, the metal at once displays signs of strange activity and becomes sn electric conductor.