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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30

does not Intend to lie at the mercy OF
Japan. 1t Is a mistake to suppose that
Japan Is going TO do what she likes
with China. 1t also means that China
is determined to shake off the yoke OF
European tyranny. which she feels
keenly."
Then you see future of blood
shed?'
What l feel Is that unless the ma
tons OF Christendom begin at once to
act justly toward China the day may
come when China may infiict terrible
revenge upon the white races for their
tyranny to- the Chinese I'm their times
Of weakness. The Chinese are as
much infected with the fear OF the
white peril as Europeans are with the
fear OF the yellow peril. Unless the
two continents change their attitude
| do not see how fearful bloodshed Is
TO be avoided"
Can they changer
II am sure that SO fat as China is
concerned its development can go on
without war. That, however, depends
wholly on the attitude of Europeans.
Let them be peaceful. and the Chinese
will be peaceful. Let them make war.
and the Chinese will make war The
rcawakening of China has not only
brought war party TO the front IL has
brought peace party to the front. 1t
depends on the attitude of western ma
tons as TO which party becomes SUI
preme in China. One of the main OBJ
jects OF my present visit to England Is
10 plead for more peaceful methods in
our and other nations dealings with
China"
Failing which,
China will soon have standing
army that will threaten the peace OF
the whole world. Ii is not too late for
western nations TO prevent that, and
In preventing it they would learn the
lesson OF universal peace themselves"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30
The ReIgnfne Princess.

Every girl who has married anu
moved to another town learns in course
OF time how 1t feels TO be monarch
who Is deprived of his kingdom. She
IL princess before marriage and has
the front room upstairs. She marries,
moves away. her sister next in years
becomes the reigning monarch, and
when the married woman returns home
Oh visit some years later she finds
herself relegated TO IA back bedroom.
with her sister, the princess, on a
throne in the front room.-AtchisoB
Globe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30
OLD CAVALRY HORSE
REMEMBERED BUGLE CALLS
When II Sounded Charge He Did ST
and Wrecked Butchers
Cart.

lie was a big white horse, with
st.all ears that had habit OF turning
back and big square head that swung
low TO the breast strap. which drew a
load Of mutton for Louis Feinberg of
brooklyn down Front street the other
evening 10 the Hamilton ferry. says
the New York Herald The load was
heavy. and he had forgotten the brand
u L. :. G., III. c." on the hip. where
army horses carry their medals of
honor.
Go on. blow IL" said a civilian ad-
uAirer of young bugler who stepped
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30
Tan Shoes For Winter Wear.

a new winter tan shoe is to be worn
this fall" said a travelling salesman re-
Gently to a Kansas City reporter at the
Coates House. In Kansas City. No,
land men who like foot comfort will
appreciate it. In the past the real OBJ
lection to wearing tan shoes in the
winter has been their staining and dis
celebration by slush and rain A new
method OF tanning has been discovered
that avoids those objections. and max
ers controlling the process are busy
lasting the shoes"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30
EVADE LAW BY SELL
ING WHISKY IN PILLOWS

whisky pillows" are the latest de-
vice of moonshiners to dodge the Unit
cd States internal revenue authorities,
says the Chicago Post. Many stories
have been told of the ingenious tricks
resorted 10 in the sale of Illicit whisky
but the pillow" is the latest and most
novel.
Burton Holmes. the lecturer. who has
been In the mountains of Tennessee re-
Gently, tells of discovering the pillows
thus:
Il had joined n camping party near
the small town of Jellico. which is on
the state line between Tennessee and
Kentucky" he said. Some one sug-
gested a trip up the mountains to get
pine needles or baIsam pillows from
the mountaineers, who sell them to the
few tourists that reach this wild re-
gion of the Blue Ridge 1t was after
several hours hard climbing that
full half mile off the trail we saw our
first cabin. We all went over, and
after several whoops and calls our eff
forts were rewarded by woman com
ing TO the door.
We asked if she had any pine pill
! lows for sale, and instead of answering
she slowly and with great care looked
| US over / could see that her inspec-
ton more or less satisfied her, but she
| said she didn't know she would have
to See and, turning. she went back
Into the house.
Almost Immediately we could hear
| hurried conversation that was being
carried on in low tones, and In Il sur
prisinsly short time a man appeared
and asked what kind of pillows we
were looking for, mems or women's.'
Answer Puzzled Him.
Not little surprised at Oh6 qucs-
ton, | replied that we would Ike a
few OF both My answer evidently
puzzled him. for his eyes narrowed
into peculiar squint, and he told us
! he did not have any women's made
| up but that we could have loose bal
sam for these at tie rate of 30 cents a
pillow. He said he had mems pillows
all ready, but they would be S1.50 each
Finally we were fitted out with
enough baIsam to make pillows for the
women. and each man in the party had
under his arm Il rude sacklike pillow
that felt as if ii contained a brick We
had all been wondering what made the
pillows so heavy until curiosity finally
overcame one of the men. and with the
help OF a penknife he started an inyes-
tigatiOn.
The mystery was soon solved, for
/ when be withdrew his hand a full
| quart OF Inoonshine whisky came with
] it. Needless to say, none OF US that
/ had purchased mems pillows. could
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30
PLAN TO BREAK SOCIAL ICE.
Wife of CoIorado's Executive Would
Sit While Receiving.

The wife Of Governor Mcdonald Of
Colorado believes that women who are
Obliged to hold formal receptions on
account of their husbands official po-
sitions should be allowed 10 sit while
receiving their guests. says a Denver
dispatch. She says:
My Plan is to arrange five chairs in
a semicircle. with the hostess occupy
ing the one in the center, and as the
guests drop in they can be seated for
few minutes conversation. 1t is a
sensible proposition. and believe that
after the ice is broken and the people
grow accustomed to the idea it viii
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30

at that time off the Governors island
ferryboat Hancock on leave OF absence
and with his bugle under his arm.
The young bugler put the brass to
his lips. and the cracking notes OF
walk" rang over South ferry. The
white horse pricked up his ears.
"T'rot," cried the bugle
Whoa, What's the matter with
you?" calculated Mr.. Feinberg.
"Gallop" said the bugle.
whoa. Whoa, Back said Mr..
Feinberg, saving ON the reins. The
big muscles of the white horse stood
up like carved marble. He knew what
was coming. So did everybody else
In the neighborhood for drawing the
mutton wagon as if 1t were a feather
weight he plunged straight ahead with
both ears up and nostrils open wide.
Charge cracked the buglc.
There was n fash of white from
Front street, there was scurrying OF
sidewalk merchants on the sidewalk in
front of South ferry, there were Ia
ments as stand after stand went over,
and big white horse. every bit Of
hdfHeS SoHe' but Win eyes haShihS
and head up, struck the closed gates
Of the Hamilton ferry resounding
blow.
The mutton wagon, with the assist
ance OF about fifteen men, was remov-
ed from the entrance to the Il" stairs,
where il stood on end.
Feinberg. with the aid Of several cit
liens, succeeded in getting halter
on the neck OF the white horse, and he
led him across the ferry. The wagon
stayed in Manhattan overnight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30

Edward Leigh's Hints For Travel
ers'' was published at the end of the
sixteenth century. Only those who
speak Latin should travel. he says, and
every one should be well grounded in
the true religion lest he be perverted
abroad. Travellers should know their
own country before being allowed 10
leave it. Before his voyage the traveller
should make his peace with God, re-
ceiye the Lords supper, satisfy his
creditors if he be in debt, pray earnest
ly TO God to prosper him on his voyage
and to keep him from danger. and he
should make his last will and wisely
order all his affairs. since many that 20
abroad return not home"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30
Scholarship For NcwsbOys.

\ plan to establish newsboys' schol-
arship at Harvard university is indoors
ed i'll n letter recently received from
President Charles w. Eliot by Harry
Channen, president Of the NcwsbOyS'
Protective union, Boston. says Il dis
patch from Cambridge, Mass, to the
New York Tribune. IL should he much
pleased to have IL newsboys' scholar
ship established at Harvard universe
ty,' wrote President Eliot, but it
should be the friends of the newsboys
and not the newsbOys themselves who
contribute the money for this purpose"
President Eliot took occasion to COM
mend the objects of the union itself.
Several months ago he made Il notable
address to the members Of the union.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30
Conditions Being |ucceSsfxIlJ~
MdSfered---TotOnS and Cities Are
Properly .Set0ered.

New Jersey fraternal organization
which was Incorporated recently at the
statehouse in Trenton. has its office
ut Montclair. says II special dispatch
to the New York Times. The order Is
formed for the relief of it's members,
10 pay death benefits and To promote
fraternal interests of its members.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30
Many Dams to Be Built.

The cut through the mountains Is on
ly a small part of the work. In add
ton, many dams have to be made, and
one river that occasionally goes on a
rampage will either have to be domes-
tcated or persuaded to go in some 9TH
er direction. One proposition is to
dig Il tunnel through the mountains
and make this river run into the other
ocean. But then. turning an adult riv-
er from one ocean to another is only a
trifiing proposition for your Uncle Sam
uel to tackle. AS for the dams, the
contemplated one at Bohio is to be
abandoned for the simple reason that
bedrock is couple of hundred feet
further down than was imagined. and
Il dam that is not founded on the eter-
nal rock is like the house built on the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30

grow Very popular. or course anything
unconventional is liable to attract
laughter, depreciation. ridicule and pIi.
position, but common sense will en-
dure to the end"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30
EmInentIy Satisfactory,

Medical Examiner - Suppose you
should have patient with some dis
ease which you knew nothing about.
What would you do? Student-Charge
him s. for the examination and then
send him to you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30
About Fifty Miles LoIg.


The canal winds somewhat and is
forty-five miles in length With the
dredging in the sea it VIII lie abolt
fifty miles all told. so FAR ~ the
plans have been perfected. il will prob
ably be 40 feet wide 1T the bottom
and at least forty feet deep. If built
at the sixty foot level several locks
will be necessary. If ut sea level one
lock only Will he required. This one
lock. which will be near the Pacific
entrance. VIII he for the purpose Of
shutting out the high tides on the Pa
cific side. the variation there being
twenty feet as against only about four
feet on the Atlantic side. The two
entrances 10 the big ditch will be near
the cities of Panama and Colon, the
termini of the present Panama railway.
As TO the time required TO complete
the undertaking. who can tell? The
engineers say eight years for the sixty
foot level and ten years for the sea
level canal To do the thing actually
may take longer. The American peo-
pie must make up their minds to see
the thing through whatever time il
needed. The same holds true as to eX-
pense. The engineers have figured on
$500 100000 for Il sea level ditch and
considerably less for Il lock canal. 1t
may be more than that. 1t is one thing
to build on paper and another to build
on earth. But the American people
have made up their minds tn stay by
the task regardless of eXpense-provid-
ed always that the money does not go
into the clpacious pocket of the CRATER.
At present we can rest in the assur-
ance that the canal will be construct
ed. Come what may, Yankee pluck
and grit will see the thing through.
Faith will remove mountains. and I'm
Gle Sam has faith. Besides. he has
dynamite, steam shcvels and vim. No
dinky little mountain range 800 feet
high can stand before combination
like that
The Order of GOats.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30
BY j. 4. EDCERTON

TIME United States government IL
doing many big things these
II days-maintaining the integrity
OF China. keeping the open
door" in the orient, protecting the
smaller republics OF the whole west
ern hemisphere and acting as media
tor in securing peace in the far east.
But withal she is doing nothing larger
than the attempt TO connect the At
lantic and Pacific oceans by water
way through the isthmus of Panama
This is admitted to be the most gigan-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30
Effect of m Full stomach.

Give a man all he wants to- eat and
drink and he VIII find it easy enough
10 preach to others upon the duty OF
abstinence Boston Transcript.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30

use them to sleep on until slight al
terations had been made"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30
Pacific Civilization.

1t Is not without interest that much
OF American history for the last decade
has had to 90 with this future Pacific
civilization. Our part i'll ;hc mp
pines, in Hawaii in China, in settling
the Russo-Japanese war and in the
Panama canal all looks in this direc-
ton. The opening of Alaska, the Lew
IS and Clark exposition. the building
Up Of our Pacific ports. what are all
these but parts of the same general
scheme? Walt Whitman, with his cos
mic vision. saw much of this thing that
Is now shaping Perhaps John Hay
with his farsighted craftsmanship. had
the same object In view. At any rate
it is plainly coming. and I'm bringing it
about no one step will be more impor-
tant than the construction of the Pana-
MA canal.
Passing from the general to the par
icular, the present status of the work
on the canal can be simply told. There
are about 10000 men now employed.
most of whom are engaged in the ac
tual digging of the big ditch. The lar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30

work or very materially retard it are
red tape and grating. and the preSi-
dent has shown a very vigorous tend
ency 10 discourage both. He seems TO
think that the only way to dig 4 canal
is TO dig il. and as he is the boss OF
the whole job it may reasonably be ex-
pected that the dirt will fly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30
ANAMA CANAL WORLDS GREATEST ENGINEERING FEAT

sand. 1t would fall. ana great would
be the fall of it.
One of the chief difficulties with
which the French had TO contend was
the climate. Panama is hot. malarial.
damp, discouraging and generally
tough proposition for civilized white
men to run up against. AS for the ma
tives. they are used 10 it, and they are
so generally no account that il does
not much matter as TO them. They are
too lazy to dig ditch even for sew
age, much less a ship canal. So il is
absolutely necessary for Anglo-Saxons
TO do the work or ut least TO oversee it.
AS before stated. ii was the climate
and grating that queered the French.
But what is climate to Il Yankee? If it
does not suit him he makes it over
This is what he has been engaged In
doing at Panama. True. the sun is as
hot as ever, but il is not the sun that
kills. 1t is the bad water. the unSani-
tary conditions. the failure to take pre-
cautions in Safeguarding health. These
things the Americans are in Il fair way
Of overcoming. First. they have done
what il never seems to occur to a
tropical nat.-t l. ~, ..nu Ga, &, 10 pro-
vide for proper sewers in the towns
and cities: second. they have got pure.
fresh water from the mountains; third.
they have provided proper rules and
regulations for protecting the physical
weilbeing of employees; fourth, they
have provided suitable hospitals and
medical attendance. The result is that
the death rate is only an infiniteSimal
part of what ii was under the French
regime.
Immense Progress Made.
Another great work done by the
American commissions has been in
looking after the proper housing and
feeding of the men. This has been a
gigantic task in itself but is now well
under way. Then there is Il railroad
TO run, which belongs to Uncle Sam.
as well as Il steamship line from Colon
TO New York. The railway proper is
only about forty-five miles long. but it
has numerous spurs and sidetracks
amounting TO about 200 miles in all.
Then there has been all the French
machinery, much of which had been al
io"eu W rust anu 20 W Tulh' " ieho-
vate or throw into the scrap heap, as
the case seemed to warrant. In add
ton to all of this, there has been an
immense amount of surveying to do.
All these different departments of the
work are organized, and immense prog
resS has been made under each head.
Taken all in all, there is nothing dis
cOuraging in the situation up to date
The only. things that can defeat the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30

ing the two oceans. The scheme was
definitely preached in the early part OF
the sixteenth century. Now. in the he
ginning OF the twentieth. the thing is
to be done. \ problem large enough to
engross the attention OF men for 400
years IS large enough for "a great nation
to undertake. \ result that will bene-
ficially affect the commerce of the en-
tire earth is sufficiently important that
no possible effort should be neglected
for its accomplishment. Prophetic
minds have foreseen that some day.
and no very distant day at that. the
greatest civilization the world has
known is TO fringe the shores OF the
Pacific. That ocean. rather than the
Atlantic. is to be the worlds great
highway. The Panama canal will be
the gate TO the Pacific and with its
new era.
These are the larger aspects of the
case. and thing is never really seen
until il is seen ut its best. 1t is from
this higher viewpoint that the Ameri-
can people should behold the under
taking. The vexatious details OF SAM
tation. engineering. shaping of rivers
and digging the waterway must OF
course be encountered. But these
should never obscure from our sight
the final goal. This is really great
thing we have set out to do. 1t will
benefit all mankind. 1t will be a mile
post in history. 1t will make for the
future. What are few comparative
ly small obstacles that they should
stand in the way of this larger good?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30

way. This'is not boasting; ii is simply
the viii and the consciousness of abili-
ty TO perform. The Panama canal will
be built. The nation is pledged TO
reach that goal. 1t has set its hand to
the task. and every American should
have too much pride in his country to
q faf
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30

The Order of Goats.
The Independent order of Goats,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30
No Time Being Lost.

The sinking of that other 80 feet Is
not all that will have to he done how
ever, for the ditch itself must be at
least forty feet in depth. This is sup
posing OF course that the canal is TO
be a sea level affair. point that is by
no means settled. Most OF the engi-
neers favor that plan. but congress
must make the decision. 1t is estimat
ed that it would take $50, 900. 900 more
to build sea level canal than one with
locks at the sixty foot level, and IL is
practically certain that it will not go
above the sixty foot level. 1t will also
require at least two years additional
time. The work that is now being
done is such that would have to be
done whatever the level. Thus no time
is being lost, and Uncle Sam can hear
the evidence and arguments of the en-
gineers, after which he can render bis
verdict.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30

gest force OF these Il at work on what
is known as the Culebra cut. which
was started by the French under De
LeSseps. This cut is across the noun
tains. where the largest amount of ex-
cavating must be done. The canal
crosses the range at its lowest point
but even at this the hills are In the
neighborhood of 800 feet above the
level of the sea. The French cut down
about half of the way, and the Ameri-
cans have taken up the work where
they left Off Now all this may look
easy on paper, but that first 80 feet
exhausted the French nation-Or that
and the climate and the grating alto
gether did it-and that was the least
difficult end of the work. Digging out
the bottom of a mountain range is 4
harder proposition than digging out
the top of it. and il Is the bottom half
of the contract that we have on our
hands
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-30
Worlds Great Highway.

Almost since the discovery of the
new world men have dreamed of unit
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-06-24

5iibrung bon 9rofeHor 6r. &ebler. Der
in beuti9en Surnertreiisn cine bebeus
tenoe Role fpielt.
profefpr Jr. 8ebIer, beHen @eubes
res auf ben eriten Bid oen Oeutf6en
Surner perrGtb, nuroe am Z. Nopems
Der 1854 in untertiirtbeim Eel Stutts
CART geboren uno pirtte bon 1879 Biz
1892 als Gealz uno Surnle6rer in SIz
binaen. Seit 1892 lit er @pritano Der
tDnigli9en Surnlebrerbiloungsdnitalt
in Stuttgart, @oritono oes DGrttems
bergif9en Surnlebrerbereins uno Mits
glieO oes 8oritanbes bes beutiden
Surnle6rerbereins. Sm @ereinsturs
men lit er tbdtic feit 1875, anfdnsli9
dls Surntpart in 6eslda>St Stuttgart,
in Sibingeu ais Surntpart Der oortis
gen Mdnnerabt6eilung, Damn dls @aue
turnpart bes @9almeaus; fett 1893
4reisturntpart bes Il. Surntreiiss
G4paben, felt 1896 Mitglieb bes
Nusi9uHss Ser oeuti9en Surnerf9aft
uno felt 1896 8oriibenbsr oes Surns
ousi3uffes Der beuti6en Surnsri9aft
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-06-24

Ben gall Ser Msit pointer 9efsitigun:
gen bp1enoete un0 nit ieinen 2euten
Den A. Suli 1779 feierte.
gesei9nsnS fir Oas Meien putnams
lit aud cine He0e, Die er i'm Winter
1779 bielt. gr bate bdmals fein
9auptquartier in Dem Sorfe @eabins
bei Hiosefielb. Conn.,. uno belt bieis
pofition befest nit General poor's
Nep 9ampfbire@g Brigade, spei Con-
necticut> 9rigaben. 9dsens Snfanterie>
&orps uno einem &apanerie @Gorps
unter Sbeloen. Inter ben Connect
eutzSruppen berrfdte in iener Wtnter
elm meuterii6er @eift. Die 2eute pa<
rem fdrsli9 senGbrt unb setlsiOet unO
empfingen unsureidenbe 8esabfung.
sic bei9loFen oesbalb. mad 9artforb,
Der 6alptitabt gonnseticuts. gu mar
f9iren uno Die MFemblp INN Mbftele
lung tbrer 2eioen gu erfuden. Oie cine
Brigade mar at Dem 8ebufe bereitS
unter gepebr getreten, ols Die aunos
bierbon putnam errei6te. S6ne Der
peilen saloppirte Der General mad Dem
Eager Ser Brigade, no er in feiner un=
selenten, absr ernften uno einorins=
Ii4ea Weife on Ole Soloaten Ole fol-
genbe Nnfprohe ri4iste: ~Wieine bra
ben Suuaensi Mebinr