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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-17
THE ART OF LOAFING AS
VIEWED BY GEN. SMITH

This place till he'll freezes over ana
then fight on the ice!''
Mrs. Smith and l sail on Saturday
direct for London. We shall be enter
tanned by some friends at Hampstead
for about ten days. and then we go TO
Paris, where / have many friends.
From there we 20 down the Loire to
Tours and. making that city our head.
quarters. spend few weeks autonIo.
billing about among the chateaux.
have friend who has Il fine fast motor
car, and l shall act as chauffeur. Oh.
yes. | understand the car. | spent sew
eral weeks last spring i'll the factor.
of the makers studying its mechanism
and | can take it all to pieces and put
ii together again without trouble.
From Tours we shall go into central
France, through the ~Puy de Dome re-
glon, down TO the Riviera and 80 on to
Italy, reaching Rome about Christmas.
/ want to spend Christmas day In
Rome. After "a few weeks there we
shall sail from Naples for Palermo
and will spend the early spring In
Sicily, then back to the continent, to
Baireuth i'll time for the Wagner fes-
tlyal. then TO Munich for the musical
season there and SO back home about
the LIST of June. / have laid out 10
definite itinerary, but this is an out
line OF my general plan, which | shall
vary as the spirit moves me.
1T may seem strange thing for an
old soldier to be fond Of. but art Is
what | want most TO study. j want
To be able when | look at a picture TO
recognize the painter by the style, TO
know the school and the history of the
artist and. further STILL to know pre-
cisely why / admire the picture. what
are the qualities in il which appeal TO
my sense of beauty. / like to roam
about in the famous galleries Of Eu-
rope; / like to meet and 20 know the
men who can give me new and IntelIi-
knowing; | like to talk with men who
have time to devote TO the finer things
of life | do pot want my horizon TO
be bounded 10y turtles or by roses.
charming in their own narrow way as
these things may be have not much
more than twenty years To live. per
haps not that. My life has been busy
and active, but | have always found
time to prepare myself for the days Of
retirement that were 10 follow I have
studied French for many years and can
talk II well enough to get along in
France. though it may not be the pur-
oct Of Partisan"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-17
FOREST RESERVE TEST.
How Black Hills VIII he Seeded
With Pine Cones.

The Black Hills forest reserve. one
OF the most important of all reserves
in the United States is conducting n
line of experiments which are resulting
in one of the unique industries of the
country, says n Deadwood Is. D. dis
patch.
1t is Captain Bullock's plan to
smooth over every burned spot In the
reserve by seeding broadcast in the
spring with pine cones. This expert
n1ent was made on thirty acres of
ground last spring and yielded good re-
suits, producing one pine Seeding to
each square foot
Captain Bullock has n large army OF
helpers. composed of the small boys
of the Black Hills. They are gathering
pine cones, for which they are paid
by the forestry department % cents IL
bushel. AS this pay is not very large.
IL becomes necessary for the boys 70
furnish a large amount TO make the
industry pay.
Under them in their efforts is a still
larger army-that of the red squirrels.
The squirrels are the greatest cone
gatherers in the country. and so valua-
BILE are they that the bounty which
has been offered by the forestry de-
partment for their pelts has been abol-
ished. and instead these little animals
are gathering some 1,2OO bushels OF
cones. which will make about 1900
pounds OF seed.
The boys have already gathered 100
bushels of cones. which will make
about 800 pounds OF seed. They are
not allowed to pick them, but gather
them from the ground or from the
SQUIRRELS dens AS high as nine bush
els of cones have been found in one
den. and several OF the holes OF these
little forest rangers have yielded up at
least six bushels.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-17
HIS EAST SIDE HOME
CHINA ROUSES HERSELF;
PROGRESS IN SCHOOLS

The sleepy old empire of China ia
awakening very rapidly and adopting
modern ideas with remarkable facility,
says William l.. Curtis, the Chicago
Record Herald's Washington CORE
spondent. Private letters tell of recent
events of the greatest significance,
which illustrate how rapidly the people
are throwing off their old ways and
adopting the features of modern civiliZa-
ton. Each of the new universities and
academies that have been established
10 educate candidates for office in mod
ern sciences and foreign affairs has
physical culture department, gym
nasium and other facilities for outdoor
exercise. under the direction OF Amer
lean teachers or natives who have
studied at American or English schools.
They have introduced football. base
ball and other American games and
track athletics with great success. Not
only the students. but their parents
and friends and the public generally.
have become enthusiastic on the sub
Ject, and at the first track meet ever
held in the Chinese empire more than
1000 students aud pupils of the public
schools were present. with several thou
sand other spectators
The meet was held at Wuchang in
Hupeh province. in the very center of
China. Wuchaug Is a provincial CAPT
tai and the residence OF that great and
good Viceroy. Chang Chih Tung SEINE
times called the Gladstone OF China"
and Familiarity known as the grand
old man" Chang Chih Tung presided
az the athletic exercises. which gave
them additional importance and signifi-
cameo. and the old gentleman for he
is past eighty years of age became as
much excited over the contests as any
youngstcr in the immense throng. He
awarded the prizes 10 the winners with
great ceremony. thus making the event
an official function. IL is understood
that these tournaments will occur ev-
cry year hereafter. and this will
make athletic training feature OF the
educational system OF China.
Perhaps the most significant incident
OF the occasion was the singing of a
national hymn by the 1000 children
and students who had gathered for the
tournament. My informant does not
say who wrote either the words or the
music. but as Chang Chin Tung is a poet
OF wide reputation and has frequently
written verses for ceremonial occa-
sionS, IL is entirely probable that he
was the author of the words. aud they
may have been arranged TO some for
eign air introduced by the missionaries
or natives who have been in America
China has never had a national hymn.
She is perhaps the only nation that has
been without one; hence this little
episode also marks an epoch in Chinese
history.
Athletic sports have been cultivated
In all OF the missionary schools and
COLLEGES and other institutions under
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-17
1.-The Man With the Az"

Jerome is known around Gotham as
1.-THE man with the AK de gained
| that title when Il justice OF special Ses-
sions. Learning that the police Were
protecting vice aud crime. he wen.
with the officers TO serve his own war
rants ana more than once welded the
AK 10 break down the doors OF gam
bling and other disreputable houses. IL
was then that he made Il remark wor-
thy 10 live, Il do not believe the Tea
Commandments have been repealed"
1t was his record as judge that gave
him the unanimous nomination of the
anti-TaEmany forces for district at
torney. That was four years ago. His
method of campaigning made him the
central figure of the fight. Renting n
room downtown. he never went nea!.
any of the political headquarters, but
arranged his own schedules and went
his own gait. His manner of hitting
every head he saw alarmed the politi-
clans. He not shly went after Croker.
the opposition boss. but lambasteG
I'latt, who was supposed TO be sup
porting Jeromes side. The fusion
NINA gers begged him to moderate his
language. but he only made ii stronger
Almost every one thought his impolitic
course would defeat him. Bets were
freely offered at 4 to / against him.
Yet he WIS elected. The people EVIL
IDENTITY believed ia II man who would
take crack at every boss in sight.
His new style of whirlwind campaign
ing was revelation and a winner.
That election was for four years, while
the rest of the ticket only went in for
TWO. When he took office lie rented a
house on the east side, as he had prom
Used 10 do. Here he established u
branch office. where the poorer citizens
who We're not able to get off during the
day could come TO him for justice at
night. At first few appeared.
The sort of officers with whom they
were familiar had always demanded
money in the form of ''shakedowns."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-17

General Jacob Hurd Smith, L. s. \.
,retiredD, who won fame as IA great
tighter in the rebellion i'll Cuba and in
the Philippines, recently sailed for Eu~
rope with the express purpose and de-
liberate intention of loating, says the
New York World. Loating, according
TO General Smith, is IL science, even II
fine art, and he goes 10 Europe to loaf
because he can find no one i'll America
who will loaf with him in the way he
wants. People here are too busy. or
think they are, which is just as bad.
TO spend time in enjoying themselves,
and he is Il sociable, genial soul who
feels that by life of fighting he has
earned the right to enjoy himself, but
he does not like to loaf alone.
What is loa1ing for me-" lac said,
may not be Ioafing for others. Some
retired army officers have ideas OF re-
taxation that do not appeal to me- |
visited one man recently and said to
him, General, now that you are ut70f
the army, what are you going to do
with yourselfi' And he answered
gravely. L am studying turtles An
other good friend, of mine | found in
roses. | told those fellows they were
bnrying themselves, they were too mar
row in their ideas. but they seemed
happy and satisfied.
my idea of spending a life of leisure
is to broaden as much as possible all
that is most refined in mans tastes.
There you have. in few words. what
l call loafing and what most men in
this country think they are too busy to
do. Since | was retired from active
service three years ago, at the age
Of sixty-two, | have spent Il large part
of my time in Europe. studying the
methods OF European armies and en-
joylng myself in my own way. Now |
am going back there for the winter"
General Smith is short, slender
man, who looks very like Field Mar
shall Lord Roberts of the British army
His shoulders are square. his chest
deep, and he carries himself like true
soldier. His face is scanned and criss-
crossed with the wrinkles that years
of hardship and peril have stamped;
his nose is OF the aquiline type that
Napoleon required in his generals; his
eyes are a pale greenish blue and look
at you with penetrating fearlesSness,
amounting even to fiercc7ess when in
tensity of thought or expression deepens
the two lines that rise from his nose
and bisect his forehead. but that melt
into tenderness when he speaks of his
wife or the boys who fought under
him and were Killed. He Is bald, with
Il fringe Of iron gray hair and thick
but closely cropped iron gray mus
tache He dresses with the same quiet
refinement
4 picturesque forcibleness character
ICES his speech. the force that is exein-
plifed in his famous dispatch TO Gen
eral Otis from Annaiees when besieged
in that Luzon village by force Of ma
tiyes far larger than the handful OF
Een he had undex him. II will hold
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-17

| formerly an assistant in the Office nc
spoke of the great number of opportu
mites the district attorney had for get
ting graft and remarked that if Jc-
rome didn't get it he was Il fool
When the statement was shown To
Mr.. Jerome he looked pensive for Il
moment and said gently. Poor JIM
1t stuck. Mr.. Osborne remained
Poor Jim" throughout the campaign,
and he will be fortunate to lose the APP
pellation during his life. Jerome
campaign slogan against Murphy has
been, Where did he get it," varied
sometimes by Where did he not get
it," These two lie has made as ia
nous as Poor jim"
A National Figure.
The issue started 10y Mr. jerome
grew beyond the dreams of its an
thor. Before the emf il became a great
moral crusade for the wiping out of
boss control. civic reform wave
sweeping all before ii. The whirlwind
campaign developed into u cyclone of
Ballots by election day. The revolt
against machine methods found such
widespread response that it made OF
Jerome a national figure. Seldom, il
ever, in modern pOiitical history has
there been so unique fight, one SO in
volving the element of doing the right
thing regardless of consequences, one
so appealing TO the imagination and the
spirit of righteousness.
William Travers jerome was born in
New York April IS, 1859. He comes
of distinguished family, his. father,
Lawrence H. Jerome, having been one
of the best known !neu in the New
York of an earlier day. He, too. was
politician, but without any reform pro
clivities. Millionaire banker, promoter,
patron of sports, literature and art,
practical joker and after dinner speak
er, Lawrence X. Jerome was conSid-
cred prince of good fellows. The
story of the sons christening is worth
telling. The elder Jerome was dining
downtown with William X. Travers
when telegram was handed him an
nouncing the boys arrival.
.W-what's the d-d-duffer's name?
stammered Travers.
william Travers Jerome announc-
ed the proud father. little knowing just
how famous that name was destined to
become.
Another story is told of the senior
Jerome that, though old, may have
been new when lie sprung it. Being in
crowded Broadway bus. the father
took William Travers, then boy of
rem on his knee. A stunning young
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-17
POLO FALLING OFF.
Lack of Central Meeting Ground
Proves IA Draw back Ia Game.

Lack of Central Meeting Ground
Proves IA Drayvba 10 Game.
One great drawback to the develop
lnent of polo is that there is no
central meeting ground III the United
States. the same as there is i'll England
at birmingham. In America the polo
clubs are scattered over wide area,
and il is Il matter of considerable eX-
peilse for the players to take part ia
the different tournaments, which OF
late have resolved themselves largely
into local affairs.
In the springtime Philadelphia makes
the best showing of any city i'll which
poiosis played, and the Rockaway and
Meadow brook N. " tournaments in
late years had very good list of ell
tries, but the best team is so top heavy
that the others have no chance for tie
big events.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-17

foreign teachers. There are cricket
clubs composed of natives in Shanghai.
Tientsin and other of the treaty ports.
in imitation of the English residents,
who carry their sports with them
wherever they go. | have seen many
tennis courts in China, and the Country
club of Shanghai. to which many OF
the wealthy Chinese belong has very
good golf links. At st. Johns college.
in the suburbs of Shanghai, the stu
dents have football team, and they
play baseball also. They have a glee
club and banjo club. and il is inter
esting to hear them singing the college
songs that are SO familiar 10 American
ears.
The Chinese. however, have very
few national sports and athletic exer
ciscS. Archery has been practiced for
centuries and has been considered an
admirable sport. and even now ON the
palace grounds Mt Picking tournaments
are often held in which famous bow
men from different parts OF the land.
contest for prizes. But foot races. jump
ing. throwing weights. vaulting, foot
ball and other physical contests have
been hitherto unknown. The public
was never invited To witness such ex-
hibitions, and they were never recog-
niZed 10y the officials until the meet at
WuChang i'm September.
There are many other evidences of
progress in the empire. Last summer
for the first time in history a matter
of public policy was submitted to a
popular vote. The business men and
property holders of KwanEtung. HUI
nan and Hupeh provinces were invited
To express their opinions 10y vote in
public meetings regarding the purchase
of the HankOw-Canton railroad Cou-
cesSion from an American syndicate
represented 10y Pierpont Morgan. Hith-
erto viceroys and other authorities
have acted upon their own Judgment
the interests OF their constituents. aud
private citizens have seldom been brave
enough to question the wisdom or hon
eSty OF a viceroy. In this case. how
ever. local influence compelled the gov
ernment to cancel the concession and
To purchase eli the claims Of the CON
ceSSionaires. II Is now proposed that
each of the three provinces named.
through which the railway is to pass.
shall build its share of the line. and
foreign engineers are To Ice employed
as superintendentS Of construction and
operation until natives can he elucat-
! ed to assume the responsibility
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-17

DR. Max Reithodcr, professor in the
Technical High school of Vienna. In
conjunction with Herr Karl Mora wetz.
the government Inspector of clocks. has
completed a system for synchronizing
clocks by means OF wireless telegra-
ply. The plan has been submitted to
the city council. and permission has
been secured for regulating the public
clocks by this agency. The city clocks
are TO be served free by the system,
but for synchronizing private time
pieces small fee will be levied.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-17
Hopes To Cheaper Radium.

In San Miguel and La Plata coun-
ties, Colo. Colonel Henry &. Deming of
Harrisburg. Pa. has uncovered large
deposits of pitchblende ores, from
which radium is extracted. Much of
the ore is uranophane, and a ton and a
half Of il will yield three grains of
radium. aside from the gold and silver
values in the ore. Colonel Deming be-
lieves that the deposits located contain
2.Soo.oO0 tons of crude ore and that the
finding of them will reduce the price
of radium matetsIlly. Preparations are
being made TO erect a mill 10 treat the
ore where mined
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-17

Behold
The old
Has passed away,
And Russia sees the dawning day
or new ideas in government.
OF freedom and its high intent.
\ breath of pure, fresh air is sent
Across her wide domains and she
Lifts up her eyes to Liberty
Duh eyes in Ignorance still set,
Dim eyes that see not clearly Yet.
Sad eyes that with blood tears are wet,
But not dead eyes. Behind them burns
The spirit that forever yearns
To be unfettered-to be free.
As man by right is born TO be.
Is free TO every man who lives.
And. though the weak know slavery,
Their spirit cries for liberty
necessarily through all the years
OF sacrifice and blood and tears
Until at last, no7more oppressed.
The God in them is manifest.
10. Russia stands
Z ne last among all Christian lands
To recognize the primal plan
OF mans equality with man;
To hear the peoples voice and know
II Is the voice of God. and so
Upward she steps to nobier thought
Outward to what the world has wrong nj.
and we, grown strong, stretch hands e
her,
This Freedoms baby tottercr.
-Nilliam ]. hampton in New Yorh
World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-17

Ine most conspicuous examples or
this new school are, perhaps, Roose-
welt, La Toilette. Folk. Weaver and Je-
rome 1t has been said that the last
shall be first, and that is scat least
ia this article. jerome just now is
very much in the public eye because
of the fact that the people of New
York have smashed all sorts of polit-
ical machines to re-elect him district
attorney. 1t takes a man to be elected
to Office without any kind of partisan
support. especially i'll New York
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-17

nd gifted woman. though not Il beau
ty. He made up his mind that. throne
or no throne, he would have the wOm-
an of his choice, and she became his
morganatic wife. The emperor was
very angry at first, but has since re-
Tented and given her the title of Prin-
cess Hohenburg. Though the princess
may never become empress of Austria,
it is now pointed out that there is moth
ing in the way of her becoming queen
of Hungary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-17
HEIR TO A THRONE.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand of AUS
tria and His Romance.

In view of the present troubles i'll
Hungary there is special interest in the
person and character of the Archduke
Francis Ferdinand, nephew of the EN-
peror Francis Joseph of Austria and
heir to his throne. He is the son of the
emperOr's younger brother, the late
Archduke Carl Ludwig, and became
heir apparent 10 the throne of Austria
and Hungary through the death of the
only son of Francis Joseph, the late
crown Prince Rudolf Francis Ferdi-
nand was born at Gratz, Austria, in
1868 and as a youth devoted himself
principally to sowing wild oats. Many
stories are told Of this period OF his ca
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-17

/" HERE is new school Of politi-
clans abroad in the land Some
will say that this is good
thing, for whatever the new
sort is like it must be better than the
old. That does not necessarily follow.
but as matter of fact this latest
brand does seem TO be an improve
ment. For one thing il il winner,
and that counts for much. especially
an politics. For another il is young
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-17

breezy. vigorous and original. For still
another it is independent. frank and
honest. 1t talks right out in meetin'
and not only says things. but does
them. 1t goes after corruption and rips
up the boss. 1t may be- spectacular,
Uut it is interesting. 1t may talk slang
sometimes. but il is clean. 1t strikes
the chord OF righteousness in a new
way, and that chord never fails to re-
spond
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-17
Flowers on Trolley Poles.

A number OF designs have been r
pared for the poles to be used on Sig
teenth street ia Denver to carry the
trolley lines and the electric light
lamps, says the Denver Republican.
President Read Of the art commission
has submitted enc that has met with
praise from the artistic few who have
looked upon il. and the leading mem
bers OF the Triangle club have been at
work on sketches. A strong appeal is
being made 10 include IN the one pole
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-17

10 be used for trolley post and lamp
post combined a receptacle for flowers.
The mayor thinks well of the pro-
posal. With the aid of the park de-
partment, that could supply the plants
and tend them. Denver might have the
unique distinction of being the second
city in the world to have such adorn-
ment, Paris being the other one