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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-20
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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-20

Some walters cant take amt with
out tip
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-20
FIRST AID TO THE INJURED.

One boost up the hill Is worth num-
PEERLESS shoves in the opposite direction.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-20
FREE pALMCLIVrI

The iinest md best toilet soap mannfactnred
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-29

Also includes America s very
Base Burners for hard coal
time TO buy is during this
Sizes and styles to fit every p
Beautiful hard ~
coal heaters
as low as ..H
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-29
The End of Books.

What brings about the end of books
Is it fire. water. worms? AS every
ship launched is bound to be wrecked,
every theater to be burned. the fms OF
the book is its reduction to ashes.
What became of the AleXandrian Ii
brary? Did the Saracens burn it III
$40? There is this question asked
Was there any library at Alexandria
containing 100000 books? Gibbon in
clines to the opinion that there was no
such library. Canon Taylor insists that
if there had been 4 library it was burn
Ell in the time of Julius Caesar Ira
ditiOn seems TO Indicate. however. that
there was n library in the serapeum,
by no means large collection. but
whether destroyed by Theophilus or
Theodosius is not known. It looks as
if the charge brought against the Ara bs
rested on no foundation. Explorations
of Alexandria in 1S9J-96 show no traces
of the serapeum. The seaport OF Egypt
was built on damp foundation, and
granting that there was a library. il
not destroyed by fire. then the papyri
might have suffered from decay due to
water. Books of today taken to India
10 the southern states and to the West
Indies perish through mildew.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-29
Robinson Crusoe.

The second volume of Robinson
Crusoe," by Daniel De Foe, published on
Aug. 20. 1719, was the first story pub
lished in England with illustrations.
The illustrations consisted of a man
of the world, in which the different
voyages of the hero of the tale were
delineated. The first volume of Rob
inson Crusoe' was published in April,
1719. and became popular at once \
second edition was printed seventeen
days after the first, twenty-five days
later another followed, and fourth
was published on Aug. of the same
year On Aug. 20 the second volume
was issued under the title OF The
Further Adventures of Robinson Cru
soc: being the second and last part of
his life and of the strange, surprising
account of his travels round three
parts of the globe. Written by him
self. To which is added a map of the
world, in which is delineated the voy-
age of Robinson Crusoe''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-29
SHAW ON HIS "DEATH PLAY
Tbeater viii BE Damp With Tears
When Performance Is Given.

When Performance Is Given.
G.. 3. Shaw. the Irish dramatiSt. in
terviewed regarding the play The Doc
tors Dilemma" which he is writing in
response to William Archer's dictum
that Mr. Shaw would never rank as q
dramatiSt of the highest class until he
placed death on the stage. said, accord
ing TO a London special cable dispatch
to the New York Sun:
Its a cheap job and is utterly I'M
worthy of my powers. So far as death
being the supreme test of an authors
ability. it is the crutch of every dra-
matte cripple, the onion of every DRAM
atist who cannot pump up real. tear
Life is the important thing. Who cares
how, when or where anybody dies
Mr.. Shaw added that there would be
lots of pathos in his play. The theater,
he declared. would be damp with tears
and windy with shifts. The fourth act
would give London rheumatism. Pep
pie would have to bring their brains
with them too.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-29
Fined for Selling Bad Tubers.

Fined for Selling Bad Tubers. -
George NJ Benson and Edward Carlson
were found guilty of the charge OF
selling spoiled potatoes. and were each
fined $50 and costs The case came up
for trial in Justice Mapes' court Fri
day afternoon at ! O'Clock, and con
tinued until after in the evening.
It was tried before jury of six men,
Attorney w. r. Moore representing
Mr. Benson: Attorney p r. Ingleson,
Mr. Carlson and City Attorney G. \.
Shallberg the city. Mr.. Benson is not
pleased with the decision of the jury
and through his attorney vii carry the
case to the higher courts. Mr.. Carl
son has not definitely decided what
stand he will take upon the matter, but
will probably appeal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-29

Open School Asan.-The Garfield
school was again open this morning
to the children of those who have re-
fused to allow vaccination. This deci-
sion was reached by Health Commits
sioner r. c. j. Meyer The smallpox
quarantine of the two Brown families.
resident in the Garfield school district.
has been raised and thorough fumiga-
ton performed so that DR.. Meyer be-
heves that all possible danger of
spread of the disease now has been
eliminated. He has taken every pre-
caution. Although the two families
who have been released from quaran-
tine are now absolutely free from the
danger of spreading the disease, DR..
Meyer has requested that their chill
dren be kept from school for one more
week and they have promised TO do so.
This has been done 20 allay the fears
of the most particular. The families
of ]. J. Brown. 2310 Fifteenth street
and John Brown, 2510 Eighteenth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-29

perintendent with the Wisconsin Tele-
phone company. The telephone eX-
change on Third avenue was transfer
red TO the new quarters ON Fifth av-
enue last night Sunday night was
chosen because there is less traffic ON
the lines al that time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-29

street. both colored. which have been
released from quarantine are those i'll
which the disease first broke out. The
houses have been fumigated, beds,
bedding. ETC. burned. and everything
else that could possibly harbor infec-
ton has been destroyed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-29
A Curiosity In Figures.

The following remarkable contrib,
ton TO the curiosities of figures cor
sists of two series of numbers, Q
which no description is necessary. a
they speak for themselves. Perhap
there is no special profit in them, bu
they are worth preserving neverthe
less:
I times plus equals IL.
Il times plus equals Ill.
1s3 times plus equals Iii.
1874 times plus equals I'LL.
1886 times plus 6 equals Hill.
1886 times 9 plus equals HILL.
1234567 times 9 plus equals HILL.
1234557s times plus 9 equals 1111111u.
1 times plus 1 equals 9.
Il times plus equals IS
is times plus equals 9sI.
1894 times plus equals 1916.
1885 times plus equals 9s76S.
123456 times s plus equals 9s7654
1234567 times plus equals 9s76S43.
1234567S times plus equals 9S7654S2-
12s6s7S9 times 8 plus a-eoEals 9s1654sI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-29
DAVENPORT

New Way to Get Clothing.-A
smooth stranger worked a new wrinkle
at the S. & l.. clothing store Saturday
night. The fellow. who was well dress
ed and had a prosperous air about
him, walked into the store early in the
evening and after looking over the
stock. selected fine $35 overcoat and
So vest He ordered these sent to
his boarding house at 1903 Perry
street with instructions that he would
pay for them on their delivery. In the
meantime the stranger went to the
above number, which he had evidently
spotted out before as boarding house,
and after looking at some rooms, re-
marked that he would take a certain
one. The fellow had hardly agreed 10
take the room when a delivery boy
arrived from the S & l.. with the over
coat and vest. The stranger called the
boy upstairs. took the package and
told him to sit down q moment until
he got the money In the meantime
he went into the room he had agreed
TO take. threw the package ont of the
window and then on the preteXt that
he wanted TO go downstairs to use the
telephone. slipped out of the hall door,
secured the package ON the ground and
made his escape in the darkness.
Walked Into Police Station.-Jo
Bush walked into the police station
Saturday afternoon in an intoxicated
condition and asked TO be locked up
until he got sober. He was thereupon
booked for five days.
May Buy KimbaII House.-The pros
poets are for purchase of the Kim
ball house. shortly. by a syndicate OF
local capitalists. and the extensive re-
modelling of the building. The build
ing has been nomiually on the market.
but the BuTtis estate and the men who
have had its purchase in mind. have
heretofore been unable 10 get together
on the price Now it is stated that a
week or two is likely TO see develop
ments in this direction that will re
suit in a considerable improvement of
the hosJelry
Show Views of Mounds.-The only
Misunderstanding expedition that has
N'Ni POS'SSf'Su pIOtOSidpHS ShO"HiS
every feature of the work from start
TO finish is the recent Academy of Sci
ences party which explored the mound
at Albany At the meeting of the AGA
DENY on Friday evening, there were
thrown on the screen 40 or 80 pictures
which showed the locality of the
mound. the beginning of the excava-
tions. the various stages of the work
down to the discovery of the first
cairns. and finally the stone walls and
the skeletons as they lay in the posi-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-29
MOLINE

Bids Are High.-Bids on the laying
of the Third avenue water main were
opened Saturday morning. but the
awarding of the contract was deferred
until today, owing to the high figures
submitted The bid of the King-Lam-
bert Construction company is $3.50
higher than the estimate which was
made as basis for the assessment
roll There were but two bidders. the
other being the Moline Heating & Con-
struction company at $1S.6T0 Lam
bert's bid was 1854 The high price
of iron pipe is accountable for the
great difference in the estimate and
the bids. Since May 1 the price of
pipe has gone up II per cent, and is
now selling at $34 "a ton. the price Oh
which both bids were estimated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-29

Frank McEniry, local manager for the
Central Union Telephone company, has
rendered his resignation to the officials
of the company TO take effect within
the course of week or 10 days. Mr..
McEniry will accept better and more
lucrative position, that of district SUI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-29

ton where they had been placed CEN
turtles ago. Indisputable proof is fur
nished for the satisfaction of further
investigators. which will silence obJec-
tons should they arise 1t Will be re-
membered that various finds OF the
academy have been subjected TO
searching and sometimes unfavorable
criticism in regard to their genuine
ness, which would have been obviated
by such a process as this. Ali the re-
lies. consisting of pottery, beads and
arrow heads. were shown. along with
the photographs, by the academy's pro
jector. and Curator Paarmann describ-
ed in detail the trips which had been
made and the manner of making the
finds. His talk was followed by some
discussion, and c. II. Preston, Edward
X. Putnam, and c. E Harrison spoke
briefly.
Thought They Had LeopoId.-Short-
~ after midnight Saturday night Night
Captain of Police Packy Phelan re-
ceiyed a hurried telephone call from
Silyis. notifying him that man answer
ing the description of Leonard Leopold,
the much sought after Chicago murder
err had boarded train at that place
consisting of an engine and caboose.
The train had pulled out for either
Rock Island or Davenport. Captain
Phelan reached the Fifth street depot
just as the train in question was pull
ing through and saw the man supposed
10 be the murderer jump from the rear
end of the cabOose. The fellow started
TO walk al a swift gait down the tracks
and Captain Phelan caught him at the
Main street Orders The fellow, who
was ''dopey," was taken to the station
and the night captain at once saw that
he was not the right man. He very
much resembled Leopold. with the eX
ception that he had no mole on the
face. He is also dope fiend
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-29

ALL THE NEWS ALL THE
TIME-THE ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-29

Best known. best made, best
looking. best every way. but
best of all for you, Low
EST IN PRICE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-29

For slack. soft coal. hard coal 81
wood Burns smoke. Machine
fitted doors and hampers aSbeSto
rope joints. The greatest fue
saver and strongest heater eve
made
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-29

Walked Into Police Station.-Jo
Bush walked into the police station
Saturday afternoon in an intoxicated
condition and asked 10 be locked up
until he got sober. He was thereupon
booked for five days
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-06
The LIGHTS of the Sea.

Some years ago the natives near
Bombay gave accounts of wonderful
flaming creature that they declared
had been seen sailing through the
heavens. but had dropped into the sea
and remained there for many years
swimming near TIE shore. After long
search and much inquiry a scientist
discovered that this so called celestial
monster was jellyfish of a most re-
markable sort It had tentacles over
800 feet long and an enormous head
that glowed like an incandescent light
The tentacles shone with g. phosphor-
escent CLEAN and lighted up the sea for
long distance. At length one Of the
creatures washed ashore and was care
fully studied by the naturalist. 1t
was supposed that comet, which had
appeared in the heavens and disap-
peared afterward, was connected in
the minds of this imaginative people
with the jellyfish. There are scores Of
phosphOrescent creatures in the depths
Of the ocean, many Of which have new
er been described, some Of them being
so remarkable that accurate accounts
Of them would tax the credulity Of
simple folk.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-06
COOPER'S INDIANS.

Literary critics for half a century
have RECALLED themselves on the In
dians of James Fenimore Cooper. They
have built up a common impression
that Cooper is responsible for the no.
BILE red man in fiction, an impossible
character who talks like a Stole phi
losopher and loves his white brother
like Damon did Pythias. 1t is inter-
esting to find a defender of Cooper.
w. G. Brownell, who contributes an
appreciation of the great American
story teller to Scribners. He insists
that the Indians of Cooper, if he is
read Alright, are not ideal characters
at all, but real actors in the plot, and
with characteristic Indian traits. Some
of them are good Indians" and hence
disagree with the cowboy dictum that
the only good Indian is the dead one;
but Mr.. Brownell submits that Coop
er is nearer right than the cowboy.
There are real Indians known to his
tory whose mental and moral stature
surpassed those of Cooper's creations.
Some of the tribes Cooper knew, in
Guiding all those of the Six Nations.
were a higher grade of aborigine than
the type now best known On the
other hand, the novelist paints some
bad Indians, and his Mingoes are as
reptilian as the most famous bad ones
of recent times.
Any one who has read Cooper will
recognize the truth in this defense of
the famous old yarn-spinner, who, as
Mr.. Brownell points out, did a vast
service to his country by the fame
his stories won abroad Though Eu-
rope took Cooper's America as a truth
full sketch of the country, and has
not recovered from that conception yet,
Europe recognized his greatness as a
writer of narrative, and was led thus
to give it's first real recognition to the
literature of the new world.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-06

surgical assistance, which is a doubt
full remedy since a red nose is admitted
to be better than no nose at all. Peo-
pie who have tried to get along with
out a nose are substantially agreed
upon this proposition. But now comes
a German professor who grew up UNI
der the burden of a red nose with an
invention which by means of million
hot air syringes removes the surplus
blood from the nasal appendage and
reduces the most extensively blooming
nose to a pearl gray tint. 1t is said
to be a complete success as all hot air
processes nowadays are. The only
drawback to the cure is that if you
take it your friends will come round
and congratulate you on having quit
drinking.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-06
As to William r.. Hearst.

1t is the popular belief that William
K. Hearst is training for the New
York gubernatorial race with a view to
strengthening himself for the contest
of 1908. Seated in the statehouse at
Albany, he would undoubtedly be a
force in the presidential fight and com
pei his party to give him the nomina-
ton for president Even should he fai;
in the race for the governorship, ne
might still remain the controlling in
tiuence in a powerful organization in 3
state Indispensable to Democratic sue
cess.
1t is said that in the field of journal
ism Hearst is working new cards in
several cities throughout the country.
For ordinary men this would mean
desperation and a confession of weak
ness. But Hearst knows how to han
die the power of the press in a political
campaign. He can afford this adjunct,
and no man can play it better than he
for its full value.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-06

evasive attitude upon Irish home
rule threatens to cause an explosion
any time Tim Healy chooses to light
the match. The browning woe of the
ministry is that it has been unable to
frame labor dispute bill which sat
isfies the trades union element in the
house or in the country.
There has been a growing labor par
ty in English politics since the Taft
Vale decision in the house of lords.
That decision followed some very ac-
tive work .on the part of the unions
which had succeeded in passing legis-
lation which completely legalized the
unions and at the same time kept their
funds immune from legal attack. The
lords in effect overthrow this legisla-
ton and thereby, according to John
MitchelPs book temporarily threw the
movement out of joint The union men
renewed their political activity and in
the new parliament have returned fif-
ty members besides supplying the
votes for a hundred liberals who are
thus obligated to the labor program.
The government has just brought in
it's bill which deals with labor disputes
1t re-enacts the laws which made
peaceful picketing legal and protects
labor funds from damage suits except
where the acts complained of are clear
ly shown to be the acts of the unions.
This is not satisfactory to the trades
unions which demanded complete i'm
munity for the funds which they have
gathered for the support of strikers,
sick and unemployed members The
government bill is the result of a
compromise among the ministers who
have put it forward in such a half
hearted fashion that the house of lords
is quite likely to attack it with amend
ments with resultant great loss of
prestige to the ministry.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-06

One of the rules of the British
house of commons provides that when
the leader of the opposition asks q
question during the tendency of mo-
ton to divide the house, he must re-
tain his seat and wear a hat. The
other night Artie Balfour was seized
with a yearning to say something. 1t
was like an ambition to sneeze; 1t
Just had to be done. To ask his ques-
ton in order Artie had to wear hat
and having hung his own near the
door he looked about, seized one from
a bench and having clapped it on his
head. found to his horror that it de-
seconded to his shoulders and he must
ask his question through the roof. The
house of commons is a dignified place
and the leader of the opposition got
away with the situation without be-
ing asked where he got it. But we
would be afraid to let Sunrise" Cush-
man loose on such a situation in the
house of representatives.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-06

At MatanzaS, Cuba, alcohol for in
dustrial uses costs ten cents a gallon
An alcohol motor of As horsepower
pumps a million gallons of water a
day at a fuel cost of 81. An alcohol
motor to pump water for the city OF
Havana is being installed to pump a
million gallons an hour at a fuel cost
of $160. While industrial alcohol
might not be quite so cheap in the
United States, why should people who
want a cheap power fuel be heavily
fined by the government?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-06
THAT JOLLY RED NOSE.

The maddening thing about a red
nose is not that it is red, but that 1t
is assumed everywhere, even among
your intimate friends, that you got it
in the pursuit of a set purpose to dis
pose Of all the intoxicating liquors
extant. There are any number Of peo-
pie who have red noses who never
drank anything more deadly than city
milk but it would be futile for them
to intimate that their trouble is con-
stitutional The red nose is the mark
and brand of inebriety. The only way
to escape from the general condemna-
ton is to get rid of the nose. Hereto
fore there has been no way except by
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-06
HALE AND SOCIALISM.

Life, Senator Hale of Maine AYERS,
can be breathed into industries by the
fostering care of the government. This
he says in support of the ship subsidy
bill. He instances the river and har
Dor bill which are Indirectly a bonus
to domestic trade by improving the
waterways. Irrigation is a bonus to
agriculture every contribution
which the government makes to an in
dustry to revive it is a subsidy" "The
old-fashioned democratic doctrine that
there should be no intervention on the
part of the government to aid any in
dustry has disappeared" 1--WE are in
an age of subsidies when, from car
rying the mails to carrying commerce,
spirit
This broad statement of the subsidy
III oSI an CtlldlOT I1dle IlOTe
than half a socialist. The senator be-
lieves that the government should
foster all industries that ask help and
leave the profits to the citizen. The
socialist believes in extending aid to
the industries and the government TAX
ing down the profit and putting it in
a common bag to be drawn out by the
citizens equally. Senator Hale prob
ably belongs to the old school which
would have them draw out in proper
ton to their grabbing capacity He
would repudiate the idea that he is a
socialist, but the socialist could make
a good claim to him were they dis
posed to push it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-06
THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENTS
TROUBLE.

1t begins to dawn upon the liberal
party that it has a heavy task In at
tempting to govern the British en-
pire with a majority whose hopes and
ambitions are foreign to the old stan
dards Of liberalism. Already the min
istry of Campbell Bannermann has
received some severe jolts It's cry
against Chinese slavery" in South AZ
RIGA has been shown up as bit OF
campaign buncombe. Its pledge to re-
duce the army has been repudiated by
its war secretary as impossible. Its