davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Ellsworth American., 1904-07-20

here is: "How badly has the forest been
injured?n
II only the young growth has been
killed, he problem is very different from
that presented when the Ground is swept
clean OF forest. In the former case, if
there are enough seed bearing trees left,
nature requires only protection while she
does her work OF reforestation. But IL
the ground has been clean swept, she
must be materially assisted II proper
forest conditions and growth are to be re-
esta blsbed within any reasonable space
of time.
The field party in Maine win first In
vestigste the extent OF damage which
fire has done to the forests. Next 1t will
examine as to the existence OF any nat
ursi reproduction of the original forest.
Since the worst fires were only year ago,
little in the way of reproduction may be
expected in the areas burned over. But
what does appear will be carefully noted,
and areas In the same districts burned
over two, three, four, five and more years
ago will be compared with each other and
with the one-year-old burns.
This work is done by taking sample
strip acres, laying them off so as to get the
best general average of the territory, and
then counting all the seedlings and meas
uring all the trees on these strips. The
different kinds OF trees encountered and
the varying forest conditions, as OF soil,
etc., are also recorded. In this way an
estimate can be formed of how fast nat
uraI reproduction takes place.
When this work has been finished the
problem remains, how to get back a good,
dense. normal growing forest, This Is
accomplished in one of two ways. The
first plan is adopted when the stand OF
trees is found to be open, scraggy and In
punches, and consists in helping nature
by protecting against fire and stock as
perfectly as possible. In addition, the
soil may be stirred, to aid natural seed
ing, and, finally, seeds may be scattered
on bare spots.
The second plan is used where the
ground has been swept Clean by fire and
natural reproduction is almost out OF the
question. In that case the only resource
is tree planting. This is a special branch
OF the WOrk Vi tuS INV JAW AAA
which great success has been achieved.
Since nearly all of the tim berland of
Maine is under private ownership the
results OF the study must lind their prin-
cipal application in recommendations to
Individual landowners. But as the
bureau and the State are cooperating in
the study, whatever recommendations
are made will have added to their scien-
tific value the weight OF State interest
and approval.
Unless burned-over areas are thus pro-
tected and encouraged forest deteriora-
ton is inevitable. All inferior species OF
tree will usurp the ground and postpone
for years, IL not forever, reproduction
of the original forest. So that forest fires
not only mean immediate and financial
loss in the destruction of timber and
young growth, but they also so alter con-
ditions that inferior grades of forest take
the place OF better growth. 1t is to
escape this double evil that Maine has
secured the assistance of the bureau OF
forestry in the cooperative fire. study
which is now to begin.
Ellsworth American., 1904-07-20

Armstrong wished Bob would 20.
BE wanted to read Alice's letter.
II spotted that girl when she first
got on the train. but when | saw her
make a break for you knew she
wasn't imy bird"
what was the description?" Arm
strong asked, trying to be polite.
Fob handed him telegram slip. and
he read aloud Height. Eve feet five
inches; weight about 1870 pounds; blue
eyes, black hair, brows and lashes;
yniform. dark blue, black silk braid;
vlsored cap with gold braid"
Mr.. Armstrong. departing from his
usual habits swore very softly. This
was the boy who brought him the
notefrom Alice! He put down the tel
egram and opened the note. When he
had read it. departing still more from
his usual habits, he swore again, this
time very strongly.
He handed the letter to Bob. and Bob
read aloud, slowly and carefully:
Ny Adorable Davle-I didn't come from
Hinkiev Heights. I boarded the train at
Blankton. and IT pulled out just in time
for me TO shake a day day from the
rear end 10 the officers. knew they'd
wire to Boston. but I was on to their
tricks, and | carried IN my suit case all
the rigging for a tailor maid. plus the
golden brad to hang adown my back"
I've had a proposing acquaintance with
most % the girls at Hinkley Heights and
the fair Alice didn't escape. To soften her
refusal. she told me she had given her
heart TO another when she was only fif-
teen. and tho early csuqueror still held the
fort, / nasaged to nnd out the whole
thing and was shown your photo. which
has the pia of honor In her den. l
didn't know then the use I'd make OF tie
knowledge. l was afraid to trust to the
tailor maid" altogether. and you'll admit
it was n brilliant scheme to be met at the
station by 80 eminent a member of the
Massachusetts, bar as Mr. David Arm
strong. And I'd got enough Of the family
history TO carry my part with you all
right, all right,
inclose dollar bill. Please buy SOME
good cigars for our friend Bob.
I'm telling you Of the cinch you've got
with Alice as reward for the good turn
you've done me. Alice Is a peach. but she
hangs too high on the tree for any but the
very best, and l think you're IT, Yours
truly. HENRY HARDY.
Also Mark Browning. otherwise Jack
Finley. alias Little Freddie: known to Mr.,
Tennessee as Chummie Charlie.
Bob groaned. Then he. too. swore
forcihly and repeatedly. Il wasn't
prepared for this. The bank people
said it was trusted employee-been
w4th them over year"
He rose. still groanlng. and reached
for his hat. Then he turned sharply to
Armstrong. How is 1t you didn't
know your own sister,
Armstrong explained.
Tennessee shook his head slowly.
groaning still more.
Don't let my sisters name get mix
ed up with this. Bob"
II won't mention her. Where are
you going, Dave?" as Armstrong walk
cd out with him,
ITO Hinkley Heights. l must be
able TO recognize my sister when l see
her hereafter
But the outcome OF his visit to Hink-
ley Heights is quite another story.
Ellsworth American., 1904-07-20
where the Resemblance Was.

Sometimes girls know how to keep
themselves from being bored even by
a lover. Sis and Tom were sitting in
the drawing room, and she was getting
sleepy. "what time is itT' she asked.
He looked at his watch and replied
that it lacked FIVE minutes Of IL, and
just then, being struck with an idea,
he asked. why Is my watch like you.
my petT''
II don't know"
because 1t is very pretty"
And why is my watch like youT'
!. 81 don't know, I'm sure. Why is
your watch ike me, my dear7"
Because 1t won't go" she replied,
with yawn.
Then the young man went homo.
Ellsworth American., 1904-07-20

The ragged children Of Queenstown
catch pigeons in curious way. Seat
ed In row on thS edge OF the pave
ment, they each have a string stretch
Ing into the road, at the end Of which is
a moose surrounding some tempting
breadcrumbs Homeless pigeons pounce
on the meal and are as quickly jerked
to the pavement by the cheering
youths,-Londou Graphic.
Ellsworth American., 1904-07-20

Rushville, Ind.
MEssRs. ELY BROS. II have been great
sufferer from catarrh and hay fever and tried
many things, but found no permanent relief
Until found it in Ely's Cream Balm, about
eight years ago, and we have been fast friends
ever since. (Rev.) r. NJ. BENTLEY.
MEssRs Ely BROS Find enclosed 50 cents
for which please send me your Cream Balm. I
find your remedy the quickest and most perma-
nent cure for cold In the head, catarrh, etc.
Yours truly, DELL NJ. POTTER,
Gen. Mgr. Arizona Gold Mining Coz
Ellsworth American., 1904-07-20

Mrs. NewlyWed-Haye you any nice
slumps this morning? Butcher Slumps?
What are they? Mrs. Newlywed-In-
deed. l don't know but my husband is
always talking about Il slump in the
market, and l thought l should like to
try some.-Philadelph Record.
Ellsworth American., 1904-07-20

II have bet a silk hat with that man
FIVE times in the last year, and he has
never paid me one Of them"
That so? l didn't know he was in
the habit OF breaking his word"
"Oh, he isn't; he won the bets."-
Cincinnati TImes-Star.
Ellsworth American., 1904-07-20

Reginald love you. Madeline. For
you would give up family, position,
wealth. Madeline Hold, Reginald!
Giving up family is all right; | fain
would be spared a mother-in-law. Give
up your position if you can get better
one, but please hold on TO your wealth.
We may need it,
Ellsworth American., 1904-07-20

THAT dress is becoming, my dear,
said the man who thinks he Is a diplo-
mattst.
She looked at him coldly for a mo
ment and then replied:
Yes. 1t is becoming threadbare."
Ellsworth American., 1904-07-20

Rain falls more frequently between
8 O'Clock and 8 o'clock In the morning
than at any other times during the
twenty-four hours
Ellsworth American., 1904-07-20

"My wite's going around to-day with a
chip on her shoulder, said Jackson Trays.
"why so?" "she found one in my pocket
this morning."
Ellsworth American., 1904-07-20
giilswoKPH MARKETS.

WEDNESDAY, July 90. 1904.
sAiNa Law ssesxDiSa wxIoHTs AND aEAsuSEs
bushei OF liverpool salt shall weigh 90
pouncs. and hushel OF Turks Island salt shall
weigh 10 pounds.
The standard weight Of dshei of potatoes,
D. good order ana dt for shipping, is 80 pouads. .
of apples. a pounds.
Tue standard weight OF q bushal of beans In
good order and lt for shippiug, is So pounds.
Of wheat. beets, ruta- DaEs tnruips and peas, so
pounds, Of corn, 56 pounds; Of onions 50
pounds; OF carrots, Engiisn turnsfA. rye and
Indian meal, so pounds; OF parsnips, IS pounds;
Of barley ana buckwbeat, Is pounds of oats,
81 pounds, or even measure as by agreement.
Tue prices quoted below are the retail prices
al Ellsworth. Farmers easily feebsn from
toese what they are likeiy to receive ta trade
or cash for their products.
Ellsworth American., 1904-07-20

Flour still holds up with no prospects OF an
Immediate drop. Corn has gone up to 70c per
bushel. but Is liable to come back again any
time.
Flour-per bbl- Oats, bu 50d55
575g7 90 Shorts--bag- lis 81 IS
Corn, 100 b bag IS $40 Mixed reed, bag
Corn meal, bag S5at0 309l e5
Cracked corn, IS $40 Middlings. bag l.5o
Cotton seed meal, 80
Gluten meal, l 50
Ellsworth American., 1904-07-20

Provisions.
There Ia no special change to note in pro.
visions, except lard, which has dropped lc to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-08
Time to Draw the Line.

AdGick SiSm has been taken into the
Republican fold Notwithstanding it rep
reSentS all that is ccnsurable in poll
ties. The AddiCkS delegates from Della
ware were seated in the Republican
national convention, although ii WAS
we'll known that political debauchery
was the cause of their being there.
President Roosevelt has again APPROX
ed of the rotten side of Delaware poll
tics by appointing William NJ. Byrne
as assistant district attorney for New
York, who has been one Of the princi-
pal Addicks strikers and partisans. He
has only resided in New York for Il few
months. so his appointment is therefore
the more remarkable. and when ii is
remembered that the United States SEN
ate refused 10 confirm his appointment
as district attorney for Delaware ii IL
the more extraordinary. To inject the
poison OF AddicksiSm into the Repub-
lican organization of New York by
planting one of its shoots in that fertile
soil for strategy and spOils in the i'm
pOrtant Office of United States district
attorney. where the opportunity for pc
liticaI evils are so numerous. is almost
beyond comprehension.
Talk of home rule and civil service
reform and boast. as the Republicans
do. that President Roosevelt is for their
honest enforcement and then think or
such an appointment when the facts
were all we'll known. Usually excuses
can be made for bad appointments by
the president He has to rely upon
what others tell him about those who
seek federal appointments, but in the
Byrne case the appOintce, Addicks and
the dcbauching of Delaware were all
notorious, and no one had more wealth
Of details of the rottenncss than Tres
ident Roosevelt
This is the last straw" says the
New York World. I'VE can stand Adj
dicks in Delaware if Delaware can, we
can stand Plat and Odell i'll New York
if we have to, but when it comes to
making New York the dumping ground
for Addicks refuse which even Della
ware will not tolerate New York draws
the line"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-08
CuIlom-Cannon Reauty Show.

Dom Shelby CullOm and Uncle Joe
Cannon have been indulging in a beau
ty contest. Think of 1.-TWO old, grey
ViZaged veterans like them seriously
comparing their beauty. There is a
question whether the argument was as
To which possessed the more beauty,
or which lacked the more. BE that as
ii may, the Kansas City Star is au-
thoTity for the statement that Senator
Cullom and Speaker Cannon tried to
get a ruling as to which was the hand
Somer man during the republican state
convention at Springfield.
IF | had fac" like yours. Joe" said
the senator. I'D wear a veil or build
a fence around it," And if | looked
like you. Shelby" replied Uncle Joe
I'D walk backwards all the time. Your
rear elevation is not so bad. but the
front facade is a bad bOtCh." I'll tell
you. Joe. We'll leave it to this little
girl. She doesn't want any political
job. and | guess she'll be honest.
suggested Senator Cullom. The little
girls mother was with her. Which do
you think is the best looking, Dor
Othy?' asked the proud mother. The
child looked at both out of big. frank
eyes and said: Il don't like to say,
mamma, which | like best. might
'fend Mr.. Cullom
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-08

the cordial support of Indiana demo
Gratis in his campaign for governor.
Mr.. Kern is a bourbon of the old
school. He has never voted anything
but the democratic ticket. He has al
ways supported the party nominees.
particularly Mr.. Bryan, with great en-
thusiasm. In fact, the one weak spot
in Mr.. kern's aTmor may prove TO be
his intense fidelity TO the Nebraska
megaphone.
aside from being one of the ablest
lawyers Indiana has produced for many
years. Mr.. Kern is a graceful. con-
yincing orator. and a rightly honest
man who cannot fail to arouse much
enthusiasm in his tour through the
state.
Were it not for the fact that
Charles w. Fairbanks, also a resident
of indianapolis, had been hOnOred by
the republican party with the nomi-
nation for vice president, the demo
cracy might count with a reasonable
degree of success on the election of
Mr.. Kern, for certainly no choice more
agreeable to the voters of this state
could have been made. Indiana will
be the battle-ground of the west, and
Chairman COrtelyou will have no easy
task in holding the state in the re-
publican column"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-08
AT THE HOTELS.

At the Harper. 5. Walker. Kan
sas City; y. y. Wishter and lady
Wermeirtti; Q. \. Nicol, W. J. Aus
tin. J. Hearxenberger. Chicago; b. c
Trudhort, city; Philip J. Nash. Chi
cago; J. VI. Mears, ST. Louis; w. NJ
Morgan, E. y. Hazen. Chicago; c. II.
Oriatt. Springfield: NJ West, c. H.
Otellp. r. F. NJ. Wilson. Macomb: Rob
ert Gray. Flora: G.. ID. Adams. New
York; Warren Schrock. Chicago: NJ
II. Russell. Boston; c. K. Bliss. Her
more. H.; NJ. Berman. New York; NJ.
NJ. Waudn. W. $. Hirsch. St. Louis ::
DR.. c. Mccarthy, Beardstown: 5. W.
Small. Chicago; Ed Wilson and wife.
Florence Wilson. w. L. Prince, Otta-
wa: +. =. Mitchell. St. Louis; 4. c.
Hutson. College Sea; ID. E. Hisln, Gin
ton. Iowa: c. W. McCenley. Des
Moines; F. E. Edginston. Washington
ID. c.; +. c. Morgan, Davenport: J. A.
Holmes. Clinton; F. L. Gregg, Kansas
City; J. w. Ftluaic. St. Louis; NJ. c.
Lloyd, Fairbury, Neb.; Mrs. II. N.
Lombard. Grand Rapids; William T.
Peterson, Chicago.
At the Rock Island (EuropeanD-R
NJ. Smith. Chicago; Harry Owens. New
Orleans: J. l.. Hawk. ST. Louis: vii
helma Spur. Iowa City; \. J. Knapp
Boston: Andrew Alvin. WanlOCk:
Claude King and wife. w. b. bod
bridge, Chicago: \. W. kelSo. city:
J. l. Rawlings. Beardstown: ". Brown,
Dubuque; II. Young. Davenport; |. r.
Pitney, Peoria; l. y. Bopes. Taylor
Ridge. r. d. Williams. Onion: {. r.
Case. city: d. II. Martin. Geneseo:
Walter Carlisle. Minneapolis; y. r.
Mason. Chicago; James Wilson. New
York: L. Z. Farr. Lee Candur, Charles
Livingston, Ed Love. AledO: : :.
WollTshon. y. Ginsburg. Chicago; :.
\. Nagill and wife. Peoria; +. J.
Deinces, Detroit; II. B. Sudlow. city:
Z. Martin. J. Conway. Chicago; B. C
Dunlap, Peoria; F. II. Riley. Sioux
Falls: J. c. Mcbride. Joplin, Mo: Phil.
+. Levy. Augusta. Ga; r. B. Robin
son. Buffalo. y. Y; G. T. Blakely. Buff
falo Prairie.
All the news all the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-08
Indiana the Battle Ground.

This from The republican Chicago
Journal is quite a concession TO demo
cratic strength in Indiana:
The democrats of Indiana evidently
intend to make a hard fight 10 secure
the o'~"torial vote of that state for
Judge Parker The election of Tom
Taggart as chairman of the national
committee has been followed by tke
nomination of a particularly strong
state ticket
JOB ~. Kern is certain 10 receive
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-08
Sad to Contemplate.

If any one doubts that Theodore
Roosevelt is constructed Of the real.
heroic stuff, he has only to consider his
resolve not to make any speeches i'll
this years campaign. Think of the in
Vulnerable trains flying back and forth
across the country without Theodore
Roosevelt on the tail end of a single
one of them,-ROchester Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-08
IMMENSE TOBACCO PURCHASE.
FOrty-EiGht Thousand Dollars Paid
For n Fancy Lot of Tobacco.

The biggest purchase of high grade
tobacco ever made in the west by a
cigar manufacturer was made last
Wednesday by Frank p. Lewis, Peoria
H., for his celebrated Single Binder
cigar. A written guarantee was given
that the entire amount was TO be fancy
selected tobacco. This no doubt
makes the Lewis factory the largest
holder in the United States of tobacco
of so high a grading.-Peoria Tran
script, Dec. 81, 1902.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-08

Last week. for the first time in the
history of the country. there was more
than $1,000. 100000 in coin in the Unit
ed States treasury. held in trust for
the people. More than half of it is in
gold coin. and there are 400. S73,O0O
silver dollars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-08

There are 476 votes in the electoral
college. 1t takes 239 to elect. A tie
on 23S is possible, but improbable. In
case of tie, the present house of rep
resentatives would decide.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-08

There is a rumor in Chicago news
paper circles that Victor F.. Lawson,
who owns the News and Record-Her-
aid, will assume control of the Even
ing Post and convert it into a demo
cratic morning paper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-08

The press dispatches tell us that
crazy man chOked Eddie FOy. Now
the Decatur Review innocently asks
How does the reporter know the man
was crazy?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-08
BY THE J. w. POTTER co.

TERMS-Daily, 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumenta-
tive character, political or religious,
must have real name attached for pub
LEGATION. No such articles will be print
ed over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-08

Parker has resigned his office to be
come a candidate before the people
Now will Roosevelt and Fairbanks do
the same? Well bet a dollar TO a dog
biscuit neither will quit Quincy Her
IA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-08

st. Petersburg has had no report
from Kuropatkin for two days, and
regards il as significant" St. Peters
burg goes on the theory that all news
is bad news. and no news is worse.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-08
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill I'm
tered at the postofice as second-class
nnatter.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-08
Straws in the Political Wind.

Former Republican Congressman II.
L. Johnson of Richmond. Ind. has
announced that he will support Judge
Parker for president.
Former Senator Charles y. TOwne
of Minnesota. who is in Washington.
says the Bryanites will heartily sup
port the Parker ticket and expresses
the belief that the democrats have a
chance of carrying Indiana.
Hon. George 5. Boutwell, former
United States senator. secretary of
the treasury under President Grant
and one of the founders of the repub-
liCan party. retired from the practice
of law in Boston Friday and an
nounced that he would vote for Par
ker.
National Chairman Taggart return
ed TO New York from indianapolis the
other night and announced that he
would remain there until Judge Parker
was elected president. He expressed
the belief that Parker and Davis
would carry Indiana.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-08
Tuesday, August g, 1904.

Charles NJ. Schwab says he has been
making good the losses of his friends
in the shipbuilding trust. Then he has
some friends after all, has he?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-08

All the news all the time-The Argus
ARGUS.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-15
Democracy in Sad PLIGHT.

What we may know for sure is that
the country does not regret any Of the
leading achievements of the past eight
years Of republican rule. We speak thus
confidently, for the democratic party
now stands confessed before the coun-
try as having been in error in its oppo-
sition to the most important Of these
measures. 1t is seeking the election
with a platform which virtually con-
fesses that the party was wholly wrong
in the last two presidential campaigns.
1t has a candidate who openly confesses
that it was wrong in every vital partic-
ular. 1t comes pleading that 1t has seen
the error of its ways and that as re-
formed bungler 1t can safely be trusted
with power. It has no argument or
charge to make against the general sum
Of republican politics.-Kansas City
Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-15
LITTLE BITS OF HISTORY.
A Few Events by Which to Measure
Candidate Davis Protracted
Experience.

The Chicago Tribune seems to be deep
ly impressed by Candidate Davis long
life. BY 1t 1t is reminded Of many things
that happened many, many years ago,
Just as thousands of others. Do you re-
member, for instance, that
In 1823-Henry G. Davis was born.
In 1S24-John Quincy Adams was
elected president.
In 1830-Henry G.. Davis was seven
years old; James G. Blaine was born;
Webster and Hayne had their famous
debate; William w. assembled the Eng
lish throne; the first locomotive was
built by Peter Cooper.
In 1S37-Victoria became queen Of
England; Chicago was incorporated
with population of LILO; Michigan was
admitted into union; Henry G.. Davis
was IA years of age.
In 1S44-Rutherford B. Hayes and
Henry c. Davis cast their first votes;
the first telegraph line was established.
In 1S4S-Zachary Taylor was elected
president; the free soil party was
formed; gold was discovered in Califor-
mia; Henry G. Davis was 25 years of age.
In 1S52-Alton Brooks Parker and
Charles w. Fairbanks were born; Henry
G. Davis was 20 years old.
In 1S5S-Pony express was established
from st. Louis to San Francisco; Theo-
dore Roosevelt was born; Henry G..
Davis was 35 years of age.
In 1S71-Chicapo was burnt. the Ger
man empire was established; Paris
capitulated; Henry G. Davis became
United States senator.
In 1S76-Alton B. Parker and Charles
w. Fairbanks cast their first votes; r.
B. Hayes was elected president; Henry G
Davis was 53 years of age.
In 1SS0-James A. Garfield was elect
ed president; Theodore Roosevelt cast
his first vote. -
In 1SS3-Two cent|postage went into
effect; Henry G. Davis retired from tho
senate.