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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-06

| that has been in the pure food fight
even longer than Hepburn is Porter ].
McCumber of North Dakota. McCum-
Der introduced many bills, OR rather,
one bill many times. to do away with
laboratory provender and liquid re-
freshment, but as often as PRESENTED
the measure was allowed to die the
death of the abandoned. The North
Dakota senator is just as enthusiastic
for Heyburn's bill as he was for his
own, being happy that at last he be-
gins to see result from his long labor.
"BIind Pigs"
One story is told of McCumber that
illustrates his quality. At one time he
was prosecuting attorney of his coun-
~. prohibition law was on the stat
ute books, but the liquor men man.
aged to evade it by keeping what were
called blind pigs" McCumber thought
he had been elected to enforce all
laws, and he went after the ''blind
pigs tooth and nail, with the result
that he drove nearly all of them out of
the county. The liquor men tried to
make terms with the fearless prosecu-
tor, but found there was nothing do
ing. They then swore to get even and
made the oath good by defeating Me
Cumber for reelection. But they did
not figure that their old foe would turn
up later in the United States senate.
McCumber. who is under fifty years
of age. was born and reared on a west
ern farm. He studied law at Ann Ar
Dor. Prior to his election to the senate,
which came about as the result of n
deadlock, he served several terms in
the North Dakota legislature.
In the house the pure food fight has
been led by Colonel W. Z. Hepburn of
Iowa. Hepburn is one of the old men,
berS both in point of service and in
next birthday. He is one of the most
forceful and eloquent speakers in Ell
Their house. He is popularity known as
Pete Hepburn by his colleagues, but
this familiarity does not breed con-
tempt, whatever it may do in the
adage. Any man who has ever been
up against the Iowa colonel in n loren
sic battle has wholesome respect for
him thereafter.
The action of the house committee
in substituting the Hepburn pure food
bill for the Hepburn bill places the
Iowa mans name on two of the most
important measures before this con-
gress, as he is also author of the rail-
road rate bill. While the substitution
changes only a ''y'' to n ''p," it compl-
Gates matters in way to endanger the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-06
The Word "sIave.v

The word slave" which is happily
used seldom unless metaphorically in
this country, IS n word of brilliant his
tOrical antecedents. Its original. the
Russian "slava." means glorious and
is the title of that race which sub
sumes the Russian people. But when
the Germans reduced hosts Of the Slavs
TO servitude their name, from malice
or accident. as Gibbon says. became
synonymous with ''servile." 1t retains
no more suggestion of its racial origin
now than does ogre" which is really
Hungarian" from a confusion OF the
Magyars with the Huns, and of both
with the terrible Tartars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-06
PAGES 9 TO I6.
SIDELIGHTS ON THE PURE FOOD CRUSADE

over the average bar. He took exactly
five minutes in making ii, though liz
uor exactly similar is represented to
be ten or twenty years'old.
A Synthetic Dinner.
1t was another professor of chemis-
try, Thomas Il. Stillman of Hoboken.
y. j., who on n wager gave an elabor-
ate dinner TO some friends, the only
genuine articles on the menu being the
meat and lettuce. Even the biscuits
were made of chemicals. We have all
eaten biscuits that tasted like n combi-
nation of rock, leather and soda, but
these were not that way. They were
of the light. fluffy variety that melt in
ones mouth. But they contained no
-four. All the other foods-and there
were thirteen courses-were made up
in the laboratory. Even the cocktails
and champagne. on which several of
the guests became jagged, were OF
chemicals. There were delicious ices.
all the product of tubes and bottles;
fruits that never saw a tree or a vine,
butter and cream that We're never ac-
quainted with n COW. and banana sher-
bet that would not know q banana IL
IL met one on the street
The professor called this a synthetic
dinner. and everybody else called IT
fine" J. A. EDGERTON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-06

tanning injurious drugs. such as alec
hol. opium and cocaine. than is repre-
scented by the combined stock of al
the railroads. Not only so, but the
manufacturers. who have grown enor
mously wealthy, are organized and
alert TO protect their own interests
Former Senator Mason of Illinois In a
| speech before the pure food congress
said that n man who would make and
sell spurious and Injurious drinks and
| foods to the public would not hesitate
to bride legislators.
On the other hand, the honest manu-
facturers and distillers and the reputa-
BILE physicians of the country have
formed strong body in favor of the
proposed legislation. and now that pub
lie sentiment is becoming aroused they
are moving onward TO success.
Heavyweight of the Senate.
The pure food measure In the present
congress is known as the Hepburn bill.
from its author. Senator Weldon B.
Hepburn of Idaho. who introduced it
IS chairman Of the committee on manu-
ractures. HeyDurn is the heavyweight
OF the senate. tipping the scales at
about the same figure Us Secretary
Taft. When elected to the upper house
Hepburn wrote TO his predecessor,
Heitfeld, to secure him n chair to fit
his ample proportions, and Heitfeld
said he would have to have one special
ly made. as there was not such Il chair
In Washington. He thereupon ordered
n chair '.as big as half an ice wagon
Senator Hepburn was born in 1852
and is Pennsylvania Quaker. He is
sawyer, having made q fortune in
mining practice. His chief office he
maintained at Seattle. Wash, and a
smaller one at his home in Wallace,
Ida. Hepburn was one of the few
prominent men in his state who did not
go into the silver movement
There is quite pretty romance con-
nected with the life of the big western
senator. The sweetheart of his youth
was Miss Gheretein Yeatman 1t is
said that a quarrel between the two
led to Heyburn's going west. At any
rate. he was true TO his first love and
married, but the union proved unhap-
Ply, and she procured a divorce. After
Hepburn was senator the early court
ship was renewed and resulted in mar
riage in 1903. Mrs. Hepburn is Qua
ker also, and she and her portly hus-
band use the formal thee" and chou"
in addressing each other.
The largest of the senators has
well mOdulated but powerful voice. and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-06
final outcome of the fight.
Originator of 1.-the Poison Squad"

But behind all the congressional spon-
sors for pure food stands the figure of
4 man not in congress, but who. after
all, is the real leader in the war against
food and drink adulteration. He is
Professor Harvey W. Wiley. chemist
of the agricultural department. Pro
fessor Wiley is over sixty years OF
age and has been chief of the bureau
of chemistry for nearly twenty-five
years. He it was that made the famous
experiments as to food authorizations by
feeding n number of government clerks
on meats preserved with boric and
salicylic acids and other like prepara-
lions. chemical limitations of food. doc
tored vegetables and fruits and iiq-
uOrs cOncocted after the fashion of
those usually handed out to the gem
eral public. His subjects were popular
~ known as the poison squad" just
as the eXperimenters were called 1.-The
boraX brigade" When the victims got
too much of certain kinds of tinkered
up foods they We're allowed to rest I'M
til they could stand another dose. The
effects We're carefully noted. and the
evidence thus gathered has played a
considerable part in subsequent pure
food discussions. Professor Wiley and
his associates started with no precon-
ceived notions of what the result of
the tests would be, but they had not
progressed far until they concluded
that ut least the larger number of these
preparations are harmful. None of the
poison squad" died, but most of them
lost weight, and many, though not pos
itively i'll, found they were dull and
listless and could not do their work,
though this last is not exactly an I'M
usual condition with government clerks.
One of the poison squad had the
laugh on the rest of the victims. 1t
was while they were on the salicylic
acid meat. This particular man had
rheumatism, for which the salicylic
dope is the standard remedy. SO while
the others We're getting sicker and
sicker he was recovering from his
swollen joints.
At one stage of the game the COM
pleXions of all the diners turned n deli
cate pink. SO highly ornate was the
hue that girls turned to look at them
on the streets. Not an unmiXed evil,
one would say, and yet Washington
men may be more shy and modest than
they are given credit for.
1t was Professor Wiley, by the way.
who made whisky ike that bought
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-06

foods and liquors, such as the average
man unwittingly puts into his stomach.
After the repast Hepburn explained
just what was in the meal and further
stated that It was similar to the stuff
ordinarily served up to the American
people. He converted his man
lie also tnid story of buying -
old whisky barrels, which he sawed in
two to make hoist buckets at mine.
In one bucket he found the remains Of
three large plugs of tobacco and in the
other two. BY the liberal use of water
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-06

Marietta, o.. to Miss Nellie Severance
of Lowell, O., recently returned from
the wedding trip which they took on
nitroglycerin wagon loaded with t1ifr-
ty-five quarts of the explosive, says a
special dispatch from Parkersburg, w.
Va, to the Washington Post.
Kelley had to leave right after the
wedding for Syracuse, o., to shoot a
we'll His bride insisted on n wedding
journey and compromised by driving
with him fifty miles over rough roads
with enough of the explosive on the
wagon to blow them to atoms. but the
groom drove carefully, and they got
back alive
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-06

been known TO demolish four large and
Juicy steaks at single sitting, besides
other things in proportion. a man who
devours as much as that should be
careful about acids and borax in his
food
To get one doubling Thomas among
the senator's in line for the Hepburn
bill its author took the skeptical one to
a specially prepared lunch made up of
chemicals and authorizations. doctored
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-06
DeIaNvare's Names.

Delaware has been called the Dia-
mond State. for. though small In size.
it formerly was Of great political i'm
portance. II also enjoys the nickname
of the Blue Hen State. this having
been bestowed on account OF gentle
man named Caldwell. who made the
state famous In sporting annals by the
quality Of his gamecocks. which he al
ways bred from the eggs of blue hen.
believing that this was the best color
for the mother of a gamecock
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-06

and the nicotine from these plugs
many barrels of whisky had been
fore.
1t is just as we'll ito remark here in
passing that when the members OF
congress awakened TO the fact that
their liquors We're being tempered with
they became interested. There comes
time when most any worm will turn.
Another member of the upper house
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-06

me late Senator Hoar said that when
ever he needed tonic he asked Hey
burn to go with him out on the capitol
steps and there shout the word Ida
ho.' The westerner's breezy tones
braced up Hoar's debilitated system
like dose of iron.
A Liberal Eater.
Senator Hepburn has been very much
In earnest in his advocacy of the pure
food bill. Perhaps one reason is that
he himself is liberal eater, having
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-06

ALL people who eat should be inter
~ ested ia tie pure food bill. Those
LH who do not-but ii is just as
well to draw the line here, for
this article is not intended for the
dead. Those who drink should also sit
up and take notice. even though the
beverage is nothing stronger than chic
DRY coffee or pink tea. As for the folks
who take medicine. their attention
should be attracted most OF all, for the
chemical analyses OF most of the stuff
we dump into our alimentary canals
reveal results fearful and wonderful
to behold. They are enough to make
one take to the diet of the Colorado
man who said he could live ON air and
water.
What with doctored foods. adulterat-
ed liquors and nostrums with alluring
names the stomach of the modern man
and woman Is chemical laboratory.
According to the food experts. we eat
meats and vegetables preserved In
acids sufficiently strong to take the
brass of a door knob, get full on imi-
tation whisky and counterfeit wine
and when these have made us sick
take dope that contains more alcohol
than ii does medicine. Before this dis
couraging array of formaldehyde, sail
cylic acid and borax what chance has
man anyway? Scarcely had we recov-
cred from our microbe scare than we
are put up against this. 1t is but n
cherries prospect that science places
before us-germs. pOisOns. chemical
horrors. breakfast foods and the grave.
Life is no longer n vale of tears only
but to the briny drops is added an ar
ray Of preventative juices that causes
a man TO wonder what kind of poison
he is swallowing now.
Must Not Sail Under False COIors.
The pure food bill does not forbid the
sale OF adulterated foods, beverages
and medicines. but only provides that
they must bear labels stating exactly
the ingredients of which they are COM
posed Then If one wants to buy them
1t is his own lookout. In other words,
they must not sail under false colors,
obtain money under false pretenses
and impose the spurious as the gen.
uine.
There has been an effort in every re-
cent congress to pass pure food bill, |
but 1t was always sidetracked until the !
present session. The combined infiu- |
enceS opposed TO the measure were too |
strong. 1t is said that more money Is |
invested in the manufacture of doctor |
ed foods, imitation ard adulterated |
liquors and OF patent medicines con- !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-06
PERILoUs WEDDING TOUR.

Bride and Groom Rode Fifty Miles
ON q NitrOglycerin Wagon.
Edward Kelley, an oil well shooter.
who was married a few days ago at
The Marshall republican., 1906-08-31
MRS. LOUIS LACOMs.
SUFFERED FOR MONTHS.
Operation Advocated
BY Pe-ru-na.

Mrs. Joui. Lscomb, Hayward, Wis,
writesi
"t have followed your treatment as
ol"sely ss ! could and am now entirely
we'll
ave hsd two doctors src one SAID
ftsf would hsve 10 hsve an operation
performed before could regain my
heshb.
1--WE then decided 10 write you a. 10
NV condition, as 7 had been suffering
nearly year with severe pains and
headaches ~ times 80 ths, I could
scarcely stand mp.
"Now feel so well after q short
treatment Win your remedy, and an,
so Rreseff Ufsf DO nor know how M
express my thanks.
81 thank you many times for the kind
advice hav. had from You"
Write Ia pr. &. ". Hartman. President
OF tie Hartman Ssn,tsrium, Colum bus,
ohi", fnr free medical advice.
The Marshall republican., 1906-08-31
Double Runaway

n bud runaway occurred oIi
the west side uf the square
Saturday evening which came
near proving fatal to several
Marshall la,lie.. \ horse b ..
longing Ia Will Booker. which
WAS hitched near the New
York Racket. bcclme scared
and broke loose. II came up.
on the squire from West
Court street just aS Mrs.
Leverette Leonard aud daugh-
ter Miss Edith, were passing
north in their buggy and
dashed into them. throwing
them out upon the court house
curblDg aud stunning both of
them. They were carried to
Weekly's store near by and
DR.. Harris gave them medical
attention. Mrs. Leonard re-
'ceiveI u broken collar bone
aud Miss Edith several bad
cuts, butts otherwise there
were no injuries except the
shock of the fall. Their
friends will be glad TO learn
that the affair was no more
serious and that they are do.
ing nicely.
The Marshall republican., 1906-08-31
Trip TO Hefford Texas

a p ivate tourist sleeping
car" will be set out ut Mar.
shall TO accommodate the
Texas land seekers Tuesday,
september 1, aud picked up
by tue regular west bound
Missouri Pacific train aL 3:i7
p. ~. on that date. Those
desiring 10 STE this favored
spot OF T"xas. where health.
ful climate uul productive
soil is uncqunlcd ~ any othe,
part of the state, ~ Oul take
advantage of this opportunity
ol going ~ u private ctr aud
avoid the crowd which always
makes such trips tiresome
and unpleasant. Free sleep
ing car berths will he furnish
I'D both ways, which ip>ures
yon plenty of rest aud cnm-
fort. This cur is a Saline
Comfy proposition aud a
pleasant trip is assured. At
Herford. Texas, this car will
be set out aud you will be
driven over and "shown" the
country. The Missouri Pa.
cilic Il. X. is making u round.
trip rate of about $50. gnsI
for 10 days with stnpver
privileges both WAYS. For
information call on or
address
l.. \. Brown & Co.
Bank of Marshall Bldg.
Marshall, No.
The Marshall republican., 1906-08-31
DEATHS.
ERNA W EILERS
tcontributed)

(contributeol
daugl ter of Mr.. and Mrs. II.
Eilers, of Arrow Rock, died
Friday Aug. oath at 3 am,
after a little over "a months
suffering, at the age of g
months and ] day.
1t has pleased our Heaven.
~ Father TO send the death
angel into this home and
pluck the tender plant To
transplant il into the garden
above TO bloom evermore.
Funeral services were held
at the Evangelical Church, =
miles south of Little Rock.
Saturday, Aug. 25th conduct.
ed by Rev. Aug G. Raschc.
His text was from job. l:2l.
THE Lord gave, and the Lord
hath taken away: blessed he
the name of the Lord" from
which he made some touching
remarks. May the Lord ten.
derly console the bereaved
and grant them all "A happy
reunion in that world where
we suffer no more.
The Marshall republican., 1906-08-31
w. o. Mcguire

died in Slater last Tuesday
evening after about two
weeks illness. He was AN
old residenter of the town.
The deceased lived To be 60
years and some months and
days. He leaves one brother
and two sisters To mourn the
loss, besides many relatives
and friends, The deceased
has been very familiar per-
sonage in Slater for "A good
many years was justice of
the peace and quite a useful
man. will be greatly missed.
MRS. JOHN G. LONG
died ut her home in this city
Sunday afternoon after n short
illness, aged 65 years. She
was suddenly taken i'll last
Thursday with structure of
the bowels and an operation
was performed Sunday in the
hope of saving her life, but il
failed in its purpose.
She leaves To mourn her de.
parture, n husband and five
children: Mrs. Henry
Sparks and Harry Long, St.
Louis; james Long, Fresno,
The Marshall republican., 1906-08-31
Marriage Licenses.
Uncallsd-'or Letters

The following letters remained In
the postofii,s ou Aug. %, aud unless
called for within 80 dsys will be sent
to the dead letter of,ice.
Miss Sarah u. He'll, Misc earl Me.
Coll'ns Miss Lillian Davis. Miss Bir-
die Orens, Mas E-th ~ Rop,rt., Ni.s
Nellie Il. Wuliim-, Mr4 Mary J..
Harris ,nd Mrs, T, g. Dee.
Emmett Bart,n, Writ Combs. Wal.
ter r Gresn, Irhu -. Htckalay, Jas
Richsrdso aud Bsu ferrell
NJ r. CHAsTAIN, f.. n.
The Marshall republican., 1906-08-31

Cal, and Misses Neeley and
Scottie Long.
Rev. J. W. Howell, her
former pastor, officiated at
the funeral services which
took place at the NJ. f. church
South, Tuesday afternoon.
AzEL s. vIcRREY
was born in Guitford county,
North Carolina, Jan. 3, 1885,
and died Aug. lS, 1906, aged
n years, z months and l5
days. He came TO Missouri
in 1865, having served his
country during the war.
He was married To Sarah +.
Dillon year 80 or 10, To which
union there were born 8 chill
dren, z OF whom are still liv.
ing-one IN California, one in
Oklahoma, two in Benton
and three here. Besides
these he has n large family
of brothers and sisters who
are scattered far and wide;
also IA host of other relatives
and friends 20 mourn his
departure.
The Marshall republican., 1906-08-31
Meet Us There

Ye editor will make his
headquarters at the city hall
in Sweet Springs on Sept. Sth.
We would like To meet as
many of our subscribers as
possible. If your time is out
we will appreciate your re-
newal.
j. IL. Hyland WAS in from
Norton yesterday aud has our
thunks Tor renewal.
The Marshall republican., 1906-08-31
The Wright Trial

was called in the circuit court
room in the court house We'd
nesday before Justice Chase.
1t attracted quite a little at
tention.
During the trial N. b.
Wright, the man on trial, was
seized with u hcart-stroke
that caused him to fall to the
floor and broke up the pro,
ceedings for some time. Drs,
Gore and Scrutchfield were
called and soon had him rest,
ing easy.
Application was made fol
bail, but Judge Chase refused
same. His trial will occur al
Tue regular term of crimina
court In November.
The Marshall republican., 1906-08-31
81 Years in Salins

X. j. Heulrix, who resides
in southwest Marshall, at
tended the Campbell sale
near his farm north of town
Tuesday. He remarked Ia
the editor that it was just 81
years sinc4 he arrived in that
neighborhml rs "a boy fresh
from Nirgilia. Tnere were
then but few settlers around
Fdirville aud he soon got to
know the II all, but they have
now all left or have died and
he believes hlmself the oldest
settler in those parts.
The Marshall republican., 1906-08-31

He WAS "A member OF the
Masonic order at this place
and was buried by that order
Sunday, Aug. ~, at Black.
water Chapel beside his wife,
who preceded him many
years ago to the better
land.N-Sweet Springs Herald.
MRS. EMMA J. COLLINS
died early ON Wednesday
morning at the home Of her
daughter, Mrs. W. II. Brown,
In Gillian, where for Il NUN.
Der OF years she had made her
home. She was "a good chris.
tian woman loved by all who
knew her.
She was born in Howard
CO., Missouri, June lst, 1922,
and was "A little more than n
years Of age when death
claimed her. Her maiden
name was Andrews, was unit.
ed in marriage, April %, 1884
10 l.. II. Collins, who died
some II years ago. She leaves
four living children, Mrs. ".
VI. Brown, of Gillian, Mrs.
Sarah NJ. Starts, Of Watson
vile, Cal. and Berry aud |.
Il. of VanBuren, Ark.
Funeral services were held
at the residence by Rev. J. T..
Alexander, and her remains
were Inferred at Cambridge.
Gillian Globe.
MfRILE STEVENSON.
C H., died on August 25th, at
4:3O am. aged ! year, )
months - days after Il weeks
illness of summer complaint.
Burial ut Elmwood Baptist
cemetery Sunday 25th. She
was The daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Stevenson. She
leaves besides her parents,
one sister and three brothers
to mourn her death. Rev.
Nj. Jones otliciated at funeral.
JCRDEN JONES
coll, died at his home in Gil
liam on August 26tb, aged AZ
years. His remains we're
laid to rest on Monday, after
services conducted by Rev.
j. u. Mcdonnell. He leaves
IA mother, two sisters and two
brothers TO mourn his death.
The Marshall republican., 1906-08-31
Gave Life For Dog

j. II. Hackley, one Of Cor.
der's old and highly respected
citizens. was killed instantly
Tuesday morning at 7:3O by
engine No. 43, drawing the
California limited. as it pass.
I'd through that town. Mr..
Hackley was trying to chase
MS little deg off the railroad
track when the train struck
him.
Mr.. Hhckley was about 20
years old and was the butcher
for Wollenman & Hefter.
The Marshall republican., 1906-08-31
Rusevelt as a Speller

President Rusevelcs Sim
ply6de Spelling Bord has reck-
omended sree hundred
wurds to be usd in u simply
dde maner. Ze wurds, il ust,
wud mex our reading appeer
somesing lik this artickl.
uv corse, we in favor OF it,
becaws our misteks wud be
cuvered up in zis reform, but
we dout very much ze practi.
cabil,y NV such u big chang at
|onct. Sun VI ~ wurls are;
The Marshall republican., 1906-08-31

crost Tor crossed, addrcst
fnr addressed, allhr Tor nj.
though, hvcup fnr biccough,
tipt for lippe |. elc.