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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13

The Yale water wagon" with the
trade mark, Cleanliness Before God
hness-but Here You Get Them Both"
Is the latest commercial enterprise Of
Yale students that recently made its
appearance on the Yale campus, says
the New Haven correspondent of the
Boston Herald. The spirit of CONNER
cialism has been growing steadily with
In the radius of the university bounda-
ries until now no less than half dozen
corporations are either humming along
with Yale men behind them or are as
yet in their state of infancy with a
glowing future before them.
About a year and a half ago two
Yale students started The University
Suit Pressing company" Business
came with a rush. A committee CT
New Haven tailors and cleaners called
On President Hadley. so the story goes.
and asked him to put q stop to this
new commercial enterprise. but he told
them that Ii was not within his prov
ince to interfere as long as the stu
dents backing the enterprise maintain
ed their scholarship standing, and that
they would have to compete with the
college men for the trade. The bust
ness has now become so remunerative
that 1t has been decided to bestow the
management upon needy and capable
under class men when the present own
ers graduate. 1t will thus become a
sort of beneficiary fund to be handed
down from class to class.
Socks full of holes and shirts minus
buttons induced another company of
Yale men to try their luck running a
laundry company. The Yale Student
laundry" made its appearance with the
conspicuous announcement, run by
college men," The company announc-
ed that 1t would care for all laundry
work but soft and starch work and
guaranteed to carefully mend all socks
and torn underwear. 1t looked for n
time as If there would not be washer
women enough to be found in the city
limits to care for all the clothing that
on the first Monday morning poured in
to the office of the company The man
ayers, however, jumped at the chance
to make such a rich harvest, and
enough washers were secured to
cleanse all the clothes of a regiment.
and the women whose Office was sim
ply to mend and repair We're soon driv-
ing a thriving business. Now this con-
Germ has its own shop and delivery
wagon that the students drive them
selves. and all the details of the bust
ness are managed by Yale men, thus
giving work to students who are pay
ing their own way through the uni
versity.
Another company recently organized
is the yale Shoe Repairing company"
Weekly calls are made at the dormito-
ries for shoes that need selling. heeling
or repairing of any kind. The MEM
bers of this firm have competent shoe
makers to do the work while they so
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13
susan b. Anthony Monument.

A movement has been inaugurated
by the members of the Niles Girard Po-
litical Equality club, which is affiliated
with the Woman's National Suffrage
association. to raise funds for a monu-
ment to the late Miss Susan B. An
thony, says special dispatch from
Girard, o.. to the Pittsburg Dispatch
Each of the thousands of members of
the association in America is expected
to give 10 cents toward the erection
of the monument, which is expected to
be of substantial and imposing ma
ture. National officers of the associa-
ton have promised their moral and
financial support. The monument is
to be erected in the grounds adjoin-
ing the national headquarters at War
rem q
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13

man. In fact, he has been called a
ist. The last designation certainly does
not belong to him. even though the
others may. One thing is certain. he is
not orthodox. He has often stated that
he does not believe in annoying the
Lord with our small troubles. On this
line he once said:
providence has been very kind to
me. When | come to think of it
can assign no reason for this generosi-
ty except that l have not bothered
Providence with my petitions for about
forty years
Very Much In Love With Life.
1t has often been stated that the iron
man will not. If he can help it, per-
NIT the subject of death to be alluded
to in his presence. He seems very
much in love with life, thinks this is a
very good sort of earth and does not
wish to be reminded that he must
quit it.
Yet he has made gifts to churches in
the way of pipe organs. He says that
If the preachers only gave as good SER
mons as the organs he would have no
objection to them.
1t must be clearly understood that
this article in no way seeks either to
uphold or to condemn Mr.. Carnegie or
his opinions. 1t seeks to present him
to the world as he is; to photograph
him in words; to make a series of snap
shots of his interesting personality.
1t should be added that this is as he
would have IL. He does not pose, at
least consciously. He has often said
that he does not want to be regarded
as q philanthropist. His native Scotch
honesty makes him almost gruff in his
frankness. He has no patience with
shams. He bluntly states his opinions
about any institution, however old.
Material progress and prosperity make
a mighty appeal to him. He seems to
lack the spiritual viewpoint. He
scarcely knows what it is. He is a
sort of materialistic Marcus Aurelius,
though an emperor in the industrial
world rather than the political.
In spite of his great wealth and fine
houses he lives simply and is without
vices. His only bad habits are making
proverbs and money He has not Civ
en- away as many apothegms as he has
dollars, probably for the reason that
they were not so much appreciated,
yet he has handed out few saws that
are not bad in their way. Here are
some of them:
GLASSES are used over and under
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13

II GORE than S75,OO0,O0O in chart
IN" ties. That Is the record Of
H Andrew Carnegie. Where did
he get ii. you ask? Concern
ing that, deponent saith not But how
he got rid OF 1t all the world knows
The bulk of the sum has gone to the
erection OF over 100 municipal II
brary buildings. Ten millions have
been spent on a Carnegie institute at
Pittsburg. ten millions more to Car
negie institution at Washington, an
other ten millions to a college profess
ors' pension, still another ten millions
to Scottish universities, five millions
for a fund TO benefit the employees of
the Carnegie Steel company, and so the
list grows. The latest is a benefaction
to bring about simplified spelling.
Books will not be so bulky nor educa-
ton SO expensive IL our photography
can be shortened up. and as nearly all
of the Carnegie donations have been
made to book houses and schools the
reason for the abbreviated spelling Is
apparent Silent letters take up space.
time and money. What is the good of
a silent letter anyway? If ii has moth
ing to say for itself. out with it. Why
build libraries to house silent letters
or endow educational institutions TO
teach congested photography? Down
with the drones OF the alphabet. Set
every letter to work, make IL render
service, let IL bear its part OF the bur-
den OF sound. cause II TO stand for
something or cause II to stand aside.
Great Thing to Educate the World.
II the coming ations of the An
glo- Saxon race do not learn something
1t will not be the fault of Mr.. Car
negie. They may even learn enough
not to permit some men to make hum
dreds OF millions out OF the toll OF 9TH
er men. and he will help to impart that
lesson also: involuntarily. IL may be.
and by example. not by precept; still
he will help 1t Is a great thing to
educate the world. He who causes two
men to read where only one read be-
fore Is q benefactor. The same can De
said OF him who causes two ideas to
sprout where only one sprouted before.
These paraphrases may do violence to
the ancient saw, but life is not all
made up OF grass blades. Neither Is it
all made up OF dollars Carnegie's no
ton is something like an Indians: |
That man is greatest, not who acquires |
most, but who gives most. By that |
he should take his place |
among the immortals. The steel king
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13
ELEPHANTS ON RAMPAGE.
How Ruse Saved Sunday School Chill
dren From Circus Runaways.

How Ruse Saved Sunday School Chill
dren From Circus Runaways.
Frightened by the whistle of a loco
motive, a herd of sixteen elephants
belonging TO a circus in winter quar-
tiers at the fair grounds in Cincinnati
stampeded on recent Sunday morn
ing and, breaking from keepers and
attendants, charged up the quiet
streets of Elmwood place just after
services in the various churches had
been called, says Cincinnati dispatch.
The elephants turned into the grounds
of the First Baptist church and, trum-
peting shrilly, routed the late corners
and imprisoned the congregation.
The Sunday school classes had been
dismissed a short time before the
charge of the animals, but the children
remained in the veStibule. Superin-
tendent Furlich and the pastor waved
a red cloth from one Of the side win
dows of the church, and the elephants
walked around TO investigate It, Dur
ing their temporary absence from the
front of the church the children rushed
for the street.
Samuel Krug, seven years old, and
Wilbur Wilson, twelve years old, were
knocked down In the rush and pain
fully trampled. AS they We're being
helped toward the fence in front big
tusker ran after them. The animal
knocked Krug down and bruised him
about the arm and side, but made no
effort to trample him.
All of the elephants remained at lib
erty for more than an hour.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13

Well, when he drove me to the station
he charged me So. It's not the So l
mind; it's the idea back Of it,"
A strange and pathetic feature OF
Paul Nocquets death was that the
young sculptors body when found on
Colts island was crouched in the very
attitude of his favorite work, The
Little Man Weeping Into the Ground"
now in his studio. says the New York
World.
years ago, shortly after his arrival In
New York, he fell into many wild and
mournful moods. In one of these he
fashioned out of plaster a strange but
beautiful and touching figure of a max
ed man, PROSTATE. face downward,
over small pile of sand, weeping I'm
despair.
The hair was blown down over the
face, which was partly buried In the
sand. The shoulders were drawn up,
the arms bent, the muscles knotted.
every part of the crouched figure be-
tokening grief and desperation.
To this odd conception OF his brood
ing fancy he gave the name, THE Lit
tie Man Weeping Into the Ground"
ing it was the truthful expression OF
how he felt when he was alone and
near to death with hunger and despair
in New York. then so cruel and strange
to him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13

the nose. L always use mine over"
"a life of elegant leisure is the life
of an unworthy citizen
among the saddest of all spectacles
to me is that of an elderly man Occu-
plying his last years grasping for more
dollars
1.-The monarchist boasts more bay
onets, but the republican more books"
There are a thousand heroines In
the world today for every one any pre-
ceding age has produced
Put all your eggs III one basket and
then watch that basket"
Helped Launch First Sleeping Car.
Andrew Carnegie was born in Scot
land and was brought to America at
the age of ten. His parents were so
poor they had to borrow money TO come
over. The lad first got Job as Il shut
tie boy, then as stationary engineer
and finally as a telegraph messenger.
Afterward he became an operator.
caught the fancy of Colonel Tom Scott
and was promoted TO division super
intendent of the Pennsylvania railroad.
About this time he helped launch the
first sleeping car. out of which he made
nice stake. During the civil war
Scott was made assistant secretary Of
war, and Carnegie was placed in
charge of certain military railways and
telegraphs.
There are persistent whispers that at
about this time Andy and his brother
Tom made considerable money out of
army contracts and that these were
placed in their way through the infu-
ence of Colonel Scott. When the oil
excitement started after the war Car
negie cleaned up million out of the
oil field. He then began the manu-
facture of iron bridges and from hum
bic beginnings became the greatest iron
and steel manufacturer in America, If
not in the world. Afterward he sold
out to the steel trust.
That is the bare skeleton of his ca
reer. Pad it out with money and you
have the whole thing He is not the
modern Midas, for everything he touch
es turns to a library, not to gold. He
has written books as we'll as housed
them. the most noted being "Trium-
plant Democracy" 1t is only fair to
say that these books did not make Mr..
Carnegie famous, but he made the
books famous. lie also tells many
good stories, or everybody says they
are good. because he tells them. He is
so charitable that it is hard for the
world to be uncharitable to his max
inns. books and stories. In other words.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13

mImon uonars away from respecta-
bility yet. AS his income is said to be
fifteen millions year. his chance of
escaping disgrace is remote. The only
hope that is left him is to give Thomas
F. Ryan a chance at his fortune Ryan
might succeed in anneXing 1t or Car
negie might invest it in life insurance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13
A Million Trees For western Kansas.

Approximately 100000 young trees
will be distributed to the people living
on the prairies of western Kansas free
of charge this year. says the Topeka
Capital. II. S. Beaubien. state forestry
commissioner, who was In Topeka
from Dodge City recently. says he is
afraid that even this number will not
be sufficient to supply the demand.
The forestry stations at Dodge City
and Ogallah have the young trees al
most ready for shipment and will be-
gin sending them out to those who
have made application within n few
DAYS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13

scattered melody from his fingers ana
water from the rest of his anatomy.
Another good thing about Carnegie is
that he thinks there are more iInpor-
tant things in the world than money.
IN fact. he is quite believer In pow
rty-theoretically. at least Most rich
men can see the beauties of poverty
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13

ana visited nearly every foreign land.
About all / have to do now" he
said, lis to look on. But if either of
the boys makes q mistake love them
too much not to make them toe the
mark.
81 also love them too much" he add
ed, Ito leave them money. They are
welcome to my all, but they must be
shoemakers."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13
DodgfnE Him.

Mr.. Borem Il didn't see you last
Sunday Miss Cutting = Oh. you
must have if you saw me at ALL Mr..
Borem-I-er-beg pardon. l don't un-
derstand. Miss Cutting-I say if you
saw me Sunday you must have seen
me last, TO- was careful to see you
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13
Has Many Good Things About Him.

Carnegie has many good things about
him. not as many as he once had by
some seventy-five millions. but still
enough. For one he is very much of
democrat with a small I'd" When
he Is not too busy giving away money
he makes speeches ripping up aristo-
Gratis and kings. Nevertheless he en-
tertained Edward VII. at his Scottish
castle, Skibo. By the way. there is a
very fine pipe organ at Skibo and
high salaried organist to manipulate
1t. AS Edward came up the driveway
Carnegie thought Ii would be fine
thing to greet him with God Save the
King on the organ. But unfortunate
ly the organist was in the bathtub.
Out he was hustled and rushed to the
organ, where. hidden behind merciful
screen, the nude and shivering man
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13

or the Panama canal. Then, again, he
might give congress a whack at it
That body can usually contrive to get
rid of a surplus. But the safest plan
we know of would be to invest it in oil.
Rockefeller would have 1t all inside OF
year.
Mr.. Carnegie is not very religious
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13
Unique ~Bie stick For the President

Unique "Bfg stick" For the President
o. O. Sprague, n woodworher OF Nc
Donough county, ILL.,. is engaged In
manufacturing a baseball bat which
he Will present to President Roosevelt.
says a Bloomington special dispatch to
the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The bat is of a new design and y beau
tifully carved. A small inlaid star Is
made from rosewood taken from the
pilot wheel of the Mercedes. one Of the
Spanish vessels sunk by Admiral
Schley during the Spanish-Amerfcan
war. The maker OF the bat Will ded-
icate IL to the executive as n big
stick" for the maintenance OF order.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13

enjoys good story, ana he especially
appreciated the following: A father
told his son that he should always put
something into the contribution box.
for 'the Lord loveth a cheerful giver."
The boy thought a minute and said,
God must be stuck on Carnegie"
While he has never hid his light I'M
der a bushel. but has plastered his
name OH libraries and other institu-
lions all over America and Great Brit
ain. Mr.. Carnegie has still obeyed the
injunction about not letting his Left
hand know what his right hand giveth
for he has been so busy giving with
both hands that one did not have time
TO find out what was done by the other
Andrew Carnegie has at least four
fads-steel, pipe organs. libraries and
golf. He may, have still larger col
lection, but these are the big ones.
Future generations Will probably re-
member him chiefly for his libraries.
having to put up taxes to maintain
them. The world cannot forget him
Ii ii would. At least once year 1t
will have an eloquent reminder of
what he left to posterity.
AS to his latest fad of spelling re-
form, he should not carry it too far,
for II he does steel and steal will both
be spelled the same way and thus will
be removed the slight difference that
now exists between them. When the
new system of photography is adopted
Carnegie's name will be spelled Car
maggie, with the accent on the second
syllable. That Is the Scotch of 1t.
People now pronounce 1t In so many
different ways that 1t jumbies up his
fame. What is the use of having a
celebrated name If nobody knows how
to pronounce 1t?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13
SHAW'S IDEAL MAN.

Why Hrftfsh PIayWrfght Prefers DELE
cate, Why Person to a SandOw.
George Bernard Shaw the English
playwright and critic, has recently
been giving his ideal Of perfect man,
and, as one might expect. 1t Is quite
different from other peoples and very
far removed from that Of Eugene San
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13
Great Apple drowning Region.

British Columbia promises TO become
n dangerous rival OF Oregon as an APP
pie growing region. During last sea-
son 100000 trees were planted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13
Tor orner people.
Fifteen Millions a Year.

The "laird of Skibo" has said that "to
die rich is to die disgraced." If that
is true he is in bad way, for he is
sixty-nine years old and Is a couple Of
million miles and a couple OF hundred
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-10-12
LOOSE TEETH
Made Sound by Eating Grape-Nuts.

Proper food nourishes every part OF
the body, because Nature selects the
different materials from the food we
eat, to build bone, nerve, brain, mus
Gle, teeth, etc.
- All we need is to eat the right kind
of food slowly, chewing it well-our
digestive organs take it up into the
blood and the blood carries it all
through the body, to every little nook
and corner.
II some one would ask you, rs
Grape-Nuts good for loose teeth?'
you'd probably say, mo, l don't see
how it could be-" But a woman In
Ontario writes:
For the past two years / have used
Grape Nuts Food with most excellent
results 1t seems to take the place
of medicine in many ways, builds up
the nerves and restores the health
generally.
"A little Grape-Nuts taken before re-
firing soothes my nerves and gives
sound Sleep" (Because 1T relieve r.
ritability of the stomach nerves, being
a predigested food.)
Before l used Grape-Nuts my teeth
were loose in the gums. They were so
bad was afraid they would some day
all fall out. Since have used Grape
Nuts l have not been bothered any
more with loose teeth.
"All desire for pastry has disappear
ed and have gained in health, weight
and happiness since l began to use
Grape-Nuts." Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Get the ia
nous little book, "The Road to Well
ville." in pkgs. There's reason"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-10-12
At THE SUMMER HOTEL.
Experience Of Winston Churchill Fa.
miliar to Many.

Winston Churchill in an address
that he made in Concord recently
praised the New Hampshire farmer.
Ours" he said, 'is state fitted
above all others for a summer resort.
New Hampshire, with its superb cli-
mate, its mountains, its lakes and
forests, will in a generation or two
be one great pleasure ground-a vast
park, dotted with beautiful villas, to
which will come each summer fam
lilies from all parts of America.
I'm anticipation of this many farm
ers are learning to conduct hotels.
They are building cottages for sum-
mer visitors. Some of them, too, are
taking boarders.
"And l am glad to say that the New
Hampshire farmer is in a position to
take boarders, because, unlike the
farmers in other states that / could
name, he does not send all his good
things to the city. / once boarded at
fine big farm, but the fare was
wretched-canned vegetables, con-
densed milk and so on.
"'By Jove, / said one morning at
breakfast, as l pushed my egg cup
from me, these eggs are really not
as fresh as those / get in New York.
My farmer host snorted.
"'That's rank prejudice on your
part, Mr.. Churchill he said. It's
from New York that all our eggs
come.'"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-10-12

and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of a wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1s43 she married Isaac Pinkham,
builder and real estate operator. and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and a
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days It
was common for mothers TO make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in a physician only in specially
urgent cases. BY tradition and eX-
perience many of them gained won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took great interest
in the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature so
bountifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods OF
all kinds; SO, If we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies eX-
pressly designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses of the body, and
it was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief of these was a rare combina.
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu.
liar to the female sex, and Lydia E. Pink
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cure6
and it became quite popular among
them.
All this so far was done freely, with
out money and without price, as 6
labor of love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis strucl
Lynn. It's length and severity were too
much for the large real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
! of business suffered most from
| fearful depression, SO when the Centen
nial year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other sourc'
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia e. Pinkham'
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter
with their mother, combined forces t,