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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-22

1876, last week 519, fast year 513.
Liverpool wheat closed Is up, corn
Is up.
Estimated receipts tomorrow-Wheat
10, corn 1856. oats 100.
Chicago-Hogs, $4,000; cattle, 400;
sheep, 1,500.
Hogs sc lOwer-Mixed 6.00@G.27;
heavy 6.O0@6.25; rough 5-S0@5.95;
light 6.0O@6.2O.
Cattle steady.
Sheep steady.
Hogs left over, 1881
$40 a. m.-Mixed 6.00@G.27; heavy
6.00@6.25; rough 5.S0@5.95; light GEO
062o; bulk 6.15@6.25; pigs 5.5O@G.2O.
Clearances fair.
Estimated Monday, $4,000.
Estimated cattle, Monday. $4,000
Hogs closed more active-Mixcd
6.O5@6.27; heavy 6.O0@G.3O; rough
5.S005.95; light 6.00@G.22; bulk G1OD
CPS; pigs 5.4066.1O.
Cattle and sheep closed steady.
New York Stocks.
New York. Dec. 22.-Following are
the opening. high, low and closing quo
tations on the market today:
Rock Island common, 297s, 80, 291s,
.295h.
st. Paul, 152k, 1929, $50. $50.
Missouri Pacific, 937s, 937s, 93, 90.
Atchison preferred opened 1O1.
Atchison common, 1925, 1021%
1913. 1O13s.
Canadian Pacific, 1O6, 1868, 1914
1941a.
Illinois Central opened 1G9A.
Union Pacific, 1S2, 1872, 1898, 179%
Southern Pacific, 931s, 931s, 80, 92H
Southern Ry., 32B, S27s, 3214, 1925.
Texas Pacific, 35A. 35$4, 341a, 341A.
Pennsylvania, 1878, 1875. 1865
1865.
n. Y Central, 1908, 1905, 129, 129
B. & o., 12Oas, 1908, 1917, 1895.
Reading, 1857, 1885, 1881, 1891.
Erie, 1875, 1875, 429s, 1925.
L. & N, 1885, 143$4, 1917, 1871.
n. & W., 9OA, 9OS. 80, 80.
C. & o., SO, SOS, 5512, 551a.
NJ. K. T. preferred, 711a, 711a. II, II
NJ X. T. common, Az, Az, 4034
4O%.
Sugar, 1925, 1925, 1929, 1929.
B. R. T., SOS, SOS, 1912, 1914.
Gas, 9Sa4. 9S&4. 971s, 979s.
Shelters, 1914, 1924, 1872, 1917.
Copper, 1885, 1917, 1f2, 112
c. F. l., 56H. 56H, 54as, SAG.
L. S. Steel preferred, 104, 104, 1895
I1O33s.
q. S. Steel common. 4S1s, 1875, AIS
479s.
A. C. & F., 43, AZ, 40. AZ.
National Lead, 1879. 1919, 721s, 72H
Locomotive, 7294, 1884. 70, -.
A. n. c., 2SS15, 2SS34, 2S6, 2S7%.
Pressed Steel. 53, So, SPY, 524A.
Republic Steel common, 3S1a, 3Sh
37%, IS.
Wisconsin Central, opened 241a.
o. & W., opened 47H.
Bank Statement.
New York. Dec 22.-Reserves. in
crease, $4,979.950; reserves less u. S.
increase, $5,32O.OOO: loans. decrease
$4S3,000 specie, increase, $4.6S7, 500;
legals. increase, S1,439,300 deposits
increase, $4,5S7,40 circulation, de
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-22

Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing
vt BeaI & Schmitt's, Illinois theater
building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-22
c., M. & ST. p. Excursion Rates.

Homeseekers' tickets on sale the
first and third Tuesday in each month
TO points in Iowa, Minnesota. North
and South Dakota and TO other home
seekers territory. For further infor-
nation phone or call at any c.. NJ. &c
st. T. office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-22

The c., NJ. & st. p. offers first class
train service to Chicago and Kansas
City. from the tri-cities, sleeping car
reservations made to any point de
sired
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-22
Bank Statement.

New York. Dec. 22.-Reserves. in
crease, $4,979. $50; reserves less q. s..
increase, $5,320.0O0: loans. decrease,
s4S3,000; specie, increase, $4.6S7 500;
legals. increase, $1,439,3 800; deposits.
increase, $4.5S7 400; circulation, de-
crease, $25,5OO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-22

John Goodwin. who was sold by
Bloomington to Boston. is to be farmed
to Providence for 1907.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-22

7
There is an increase in every item
over last year except in net capital
stock. The increase in lands is SS16,-
Az; in lots of 1892 ,G22; in personal
property of $14.44O,223. and in T1.il-
roads of S4.517326
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08
Trepoff, Most Hated Man in Russia.

the all-powerful being they had been
led to believe; in Russia to-day we
find a clergy given over to luxury and
the depressing rather than uplifting
of the people; in Russo we find a
country weakened by war and fam
inc; in Russia we have a vacillating
ruler afraid not to give the people a
voice, afraid to give them a hearing,
and absolutism, with its prop, the
army, falling.
In France, you remember, when the
Bourbon monarchy and the states gen
eral entered upon their struggle, it
lay with the French standing army to
decide which should win the day. Per-
haps it was an accident-who cay say
but the guards in Paris were in
famed to revolt by the killing of one
of their comrades by hired Swiss and
German soldiers in the pay of the
French monarch; when followed soon
on the revolt of the soldiers the sue
cessful assault on the Bastile, there
came in fatal succession the events
eliminating in the reign of terror.
To-day in Russia what fills the soul
of the car with alarm is the attitude
of the army. Everywhere is evil
denced revolutionary tendencies among
the soldiers, even the troops in the
capital show serious disaffection.
Early In June number of non-com-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08

the decoration of the Legion Of Honor
as a reward for civil service. This
bill was revoked in 1872.
The order as constituted at present
dates from 1872, at that date reor-
ganized into five classes-chevaliers
officers, commanders, grand officers
and grand crosses. Attached to these
dignities are stipends ranging from
$50 francs of a cheval;er to 5000
francs in case Of a grand cross. The
emblem of the order is star of white
enamel edged with gold; on the OBJ
verse the image of the Republic with
inscription Republique Franchise; on
the reverse, two flags with the motto
HOnneur ct Patrie. A wreath of oak
and laurel surmounts the emblem
The constitution ordains that the
chief of state for the time being shall
be grand master IF the order, and on
retirement from Office that he retain
the rank and insignia of the Grand
Cross. A member of the order is
deprived of the Legion of Honor for
the same reasons that would deprive
him of rights Of citizenship; natural
ization in foreign country, accept.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08

We count things from the French
revolution, reckon from before and
= after that tremendous epoch. This Is
reasonable; it is superficial, however,
every time country shows tempesy
u: N teapot to draw parallels of the agi-
tat1on therein and the great revolu~
lon that overturned France. The
country we shall speak of, Russia, is
not to- be classed with those mo-
mn[leentarily disturbed by little ripples of
unrest, present conditions in Russia,
the sinister aspect of the people, bear
Sinking likeness to conditions in
France just before the, storm burst
We find in France prior to the rev.
olution oppressive war taxes, profit
gate court-sharpest contrast of lux
ury and miserable poverty-a corrupt
clergy, the nations prestige weakened
by defeat in war, and then as climax,
a weak and vacillating monarch. Rus
sla's humiliation at the hands of Japan
has shown the ignorant Russian peas
ants that their Little Father is not
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08

news such as that cried recently on
Chicago streets by a constituencies
vendor of saffron newspaper: '"Czar
Is Killed! St. Petersburg Blown Up!"
The car has dismissed the douma.
You recall what happened when King
Louis, influenced by the ultra con-
servatives and the reactionary> mem
bers of the royal family, had dis
missed Necker and concentrated
troops in Paris. In Paris, here and
there over the country, insurrection-
airy movements broke out, the country
was swept by 1.-The Great Fear" A
mob of hungry women marched to
Versailles, the royal family saved
just in time by Lafayette and the
national guard. Emigres fed from
the land, the royal family tried to
make escape, were discovered and
brought back to the capital. The idea
of monarchy became more and more
unpopular, radical views became more
radical, the mob of Paris began to be
used as a political force. The spirit
grew to frenzy, the Tuilleries were
stormed, the Swiss Guards massacred
The royal family was placed under
surveillance in the Temple. Then
the next step in the story of the i'll
fated family, the king is brought to
trial; for alleged acts of treason
against the nation sentence of death
is passed, is carried out. -
CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08

green uniform within, one might truly
say: There is the star which led the
grand army That remarkable series
Of victories, among which figured
Ulm, Austerlitz, Jena, Friedland, Wa
gram, Smolensk and Moscow; that
even more heroic resistance to defeat
which faltered not from the retreat
from Russia until Waterloo; that in
toxication, that mania for glory,
which possesses the whole nation;
the sacrifice by France of a million of
her sons-all these things, it may be
said, Napoleon obtained with the aid
Of strip of red ribbon and jewel
of Insignificant value
Not alone the heroes in war were
awarded honors, distinguished merit
in civil life wore the proud emblem.
The order became such matter of
pride, object of devotion, that it was
retained after the fall of Napoleon,
although it experienced many altera-
| tons in the various political changes.
You may remember Louis XIV.
when he came to the throne showed
timidity about doing away entirely
with the Legion Of Honor, feared to
bring down on his head wholesale un-
popularity. He made changes, how
ever; reduced the prerogatives, re-
placed the efigy of Bonaparte by that
of Henry w., the eagle by the Bour-
bon fleur-de-lys, the name grand eagle
changed to grand cross. When the
day of Louis Philippe came, this mon
arch was satisfied with substituting
the tricolor flag for the fleur-de-lys
on the diverse Of the cross. Napo.
leon III. made decided changes, but
retained the character of the emblem
as reward for both military and civil
service. After the fall of the second
empire, the government of national
defense issued a decree suppressing
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08
The Order of the
l. Legion of Honor
Founded by the of Batte-To Degree
Ribbon Led the Observation-Disclosures Decorated /


The recent agitation over the con-
ferring Of the Cross of the Legion of
Honor upon Sarah Bernhard and the
recent comforting Of the Cross of a
Chevalier upon Maj. Dreyfus, sets one
bordering about the value of the dis
tinction, on the founding of the Order
Of the Legion of Honor.
1t was in 1902, when Napoleon was
in the height of his glory, the legion
was founded, but not organized until
1904. It was destined to become "a
prize for which the officers and men
in the Napoleonic armies were ready
to take the most desperate chances
on the field of battle, and the man
upon whose breast the order was
pinned by the emperor himself, after
some hard won victory, felt that no
greater honor could be bestowed upon
him."
When Bonaparte proposed the crea-
ton of an order that should show by
awards the nations gratitude for re-
markable military and civil service,
the old republicans made criticism
that emblems and ribbons were but
the baubles of monarchy. This, Ma.
poleon's retort: 1T is with baubles
that men are led"
Francois Coppee speaks of the in.
auguration of the Legion Of Honor as
marked by two profoundly touching
ceremonies; one celebrated in Paris
in the chapel of the Invalides, under
the splendid dome filed with souven
irs of Louis XIV; the other at the
camp at Boulogne, where Napoleon
took the insignia Of the new legion
aries from Bayard's shield and out o.
Don Gueschin's casque. The Gallo
writer goes on to say, with true Gallo
| fervor: From that hour, July, 1904
the Legion of Honor shone on every
scene, in every episode of the Ma
poleonic epoch. When the emperor
| passes on horseback among his sol
diers, and a gust of wind lifts thu
revers Of his gray redingote ant
shows the enameled jewel upon thu
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08

Danton, One of the Popular Leaders in
the French Revolution.
that the immortality, wastefulness, ex-
travagance and tyranny of the mobiles
class in France has perhaps never
been paralleled save by the Russian
aristocracy; and the ignorance of the
French peasant perhaps no more than
that of the Russian peasant to-day.
Raised from serfdom only in 1861,
making use only of crude methods of
agriculture, heavy obligations i'm
posed upon him, the Russian peasant
lives like beast
The splendor of Louis court was
unrivaled, for the magnificence and
idleness and gayety the poor peas
ants paid in taxes and tithes. The
Russians of to-day boast that st. Pc
tersburg possesses the most splendid
and gayest court in Europe. In con-
trast to this we have Maxim Gorky's
awful pictures Of the beastly life of
the masses, we have the, knouted
wretch, the massacred Jew.
Where such contrasts prevail an
archy lifts it's head, the assassin's
hand attempts justice. And the world
stands in constant expectation of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08
GREAT POWER IN THREADS
Simple Explanation of the Ability Of
the Spider to Lift Heavy
Objects.

DR.. Phin describes, among other
strange things, how a spider con-
trived to lift from the ground a snake
that was, of course, many times heavi-
er than ITSELF The story is of inter-
est chiefly for the scientific explana-
ton which is given of the way in
which the thing was done.
Some years ago in a small village in
New York state spider entangled a
milk snake in her threads and actually
raised it some distance from the
ground, in spite of the struggles of the
reptile, which was alive.
But what process of engineering did
the comparatively small and feeble in
sect succeed in lifting the snake by
easy enough if one only gives the
question little thought.
The spider is furnished with one of
the most efficient mechanical imple-
ments known to engineers, namely, a
strong elastic thread. There are few
substances that will support greater
strain than the silk of the spider. Care
full experiment has shown that for
equal sizes the strength of these fibers
exceeds that of common iron; but not
withstanding it's strength the spiders
thread would be useless as a mechani-
cal power if it were not for it's elas-
ITCHY.
The spider has no blocks or pulleys
and therefore cannot cause the thread
to divide up and run in different di-
rections, but the elasticity of the
thread more than makes up for this
and renders possible the lifting of an
animal much heavier than a snake. )
Let us suppose that child can lift
a six pound weight one foot high and
can do it 20 times minute Furnish
him with $50 rubber bands, each cap
able of pulling six pounds through one
foot when stretched. Let these bands
be attached to a wooden platform on
which stand pair of horses weighing
2,100 pounds, or rather more than a
ton.
If, now, the child will go to work and
stretch these rubber bands singly,
hooking each one up as it is stretched,
in less than 20 minutes he will have
raised the pair of horses one foot.
The elasticity Of the rubber bands
enables the child to divide the weight
of the horses into $50 pieces of six
pounds each, and at the rate of a little
less than one every three seconds, he
lifts all these several pieces one. foot
so that the child easily lifts this enor
nous weight.
Each spiders thread acts like one O!
the elastic rubber bands. The spider
would have to connect the snake with
the point from which It was to be sug
pended by sufficient number OF
threads. BY pulling successfully on
each thread and shortening it little
the snake might be raised to any
| height within the capacity Of thu
building in which the work was done
YOUTHS Companion. ! 80: IT,. -:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08

ance of service under foreign gov
eminent without permission, etc.
The emblem originally bore the por.
trait of Napoleon surmounted by an
imperial crown. Coppee tells us, in
the beginning the order comprised 16
"cohorts,' each having a chief, seven
grand officers, 20 majors-now called
ccnmanders-13 officers and ESQ
DICTIONARIES. To each grade salaries
were attached, from the great eagle,
who received 10000 francs, to the
simple chevalier, who obtained a mod
est pension. And two schools were
established for the daughters of the
DICTIONARIES, on whom the emperor re-
served the right of bestowing dowries.
At their initiation all the members
were required to pledge their support
to the defense of the state and of the
liberties achieved by the revolution
In 1892 the order numbered 43,S51
members of all classes. BY law Of
1897 the number of additional crosses
to be distributed was fixed at 1880.
The Nation, commenting in 1895 on
the change noticeable in the Legion
Of Honor-nearly one-half the men,
bers civilians-the last quarter CEN
fury Of peace not giving opportunity
for the military to perform acts
worthy of glorifcation-speaks of the
pitiful jealousies and heart burnings
and intrigues shown by the Parisians
in their anxiety to obtain the decora-
ton. Outsiders ridicule the way in
which the decoration has been made
common. Mark Twain, in typical
Mark Twain fashion, says of the en-
blem: Few escape it. Government
officials appeared to be afraid to re-
fuse requests, as refusal might mean
loss of vote. But the law of 1897
put a limit to the wholesale distribu-
ton of honors and emoluments.
The decoration is conferred upon
foreigners; women are eligible to the
honor, but comparatively few have
been decorated. Among foreign men,
bers of the Legion of Honor are a
goodly number of Englishmen. Many
Of the survivors of the Crimean war
received the cross and red ribbon.
both officers and those in the ranks.
Men of political celebrity, professional
men of eninence, novelists, journal
lists, inventors, have had the honor
conferred upon them. King Edward,
when prince of Wales, had the decora-
ton bestowed upon him.
Virginia Ghesquiere was the first
b. "a
the Legion of Honor. Rosa Bonheur
was decorated in 1866.
KATHERINE POPE.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08
'z4'g. q - = =. = - -. y -
Weighing: a. Hair.

81 : To number the hairs of your head
10 not q very difficult task" said the
reflner Of the assay Office to a friend
recently. IS very close .approxima-
ton can be made BY weighing the en-
tire amount Of hair on mans head
and th0n weighing q single hair. The
weight 81 the former divided BY that
OF the latter will. Of course, give the
desired humble you will pluck
out q hair from your. beard + can show
you. a long and struggling one was
ordingly# detached, the refner put
ling Is On 4 scale which was inclosed
=inSS a glass case. and graduated with
extreme accuracy 18th little weights
&c alnnninumnIE AZ ed ~ one arm nm
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08

work. They cannot be swayed by
trust influences. They have nothing
to gain except salaries and reputa-
tons. They will tell the truth in so
far as it is self-evident and when it
is not self-evident, they will submit
the evidence in the same way they
would if going into court.
There will be nothing political
about, the articles.
They will not undertake to lead OF
mislead the public. They will state
the facts and let the people do the
rest.
They cannot learn these facts
through city newspaper or magazines.
The city publisher thrives upon polit-
ical and financial corruption, fosters
the mail order houses to the injury
if not the extinction of the country
store, and floods the nation with lit
erature that aims to centralize every
thing in the cities same as the stock
yards, the peoples money and man
agerial offices of all great corpora
tons have already been centralized
there.
Let Every State Control
Its own Prosperity.
Every state can create and control
its own prosperity.
Every state can keep the wealth end
business of the state within it's Dor.
ders. Every state can foster its local
industries and find employment for its
people.
Prosperity can be distributed to all
And it chOuld he
When it is understood what is be-
ing done to rob the country of it's
prosperity, what. is being done to take
away the independence of the country
people, then the nation will act
through the country people and the
country press, and secure preserva
ton of what's best and eliminate the
rest from the most marvellous wealth
producing and misunderstanding sys
TENS the world las ever seen.
The first article will be
"What Are the Trusts
and What Are They Doing?"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08
THE WOMAN WHO WALKED AT MIGHT
BY M. e. M. DAVIS.

breathed again, drawing the lace net
ting over her.
Then it came nearer, steadily near
er. He saw behind the veil a pair OF
dark, sad eyes. A cLill sensation
quivered along his veins. He struck
out savagely-at nothing
He was awakened by hearing Mrs
Lawson moving about in the hall be-
low. He arose softly and descended
the stair.
Mrs. lawson" he demanded, alb
ruptly, laying his hand on her sl,odl-
der, sis there anything-has anything
ever been said about the room or the
roof"
Don't say a word, Alick," she In
terrupted in an awe-struck whisper
II can see it in your face. She hasn't
walked before, not that I know Of
since my mother saw her, and that
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08

= The flying frogs of the Malays ap-
pear to be mythical, but three tree
snakes Of Borneo, lately described to
the London geological society by MI.
r. shelford are credited with taking
flying leaps from the boughs Of trees
to the ground: It is found that scales
on the loWer part Of the body may be
drawn inward SO that the whole lower
surface becomes III concave. The d re- re-
Isistance to5 the air is thus greatly IN
Icreased, and experiments ind icate that
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08

or be fired by revolutionary views, the
regiments have been shut up in bar.
racks. The finding of revolutionary
literature in the quarters Of the Novo
cherkasky regiment has led to the reg.
iment being broken up and members
apportioned to places outside st. Pc
terSburg,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08

missioned officers and 80 troopers, of
the horse guards, also some non-com-
missionedf officers of other guard reg
iments, were seized and put In prison,
their place of Imprisonment most
carefully sentineled.> That members
of these suspected regiments may not
mingle freely with the people, spread
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08
SNAKES LlKE=PARACHUTES.

the snakes do, not fall in writing
coils, but are let down gently in d.
rect line by the parachute-like action
Of their peculiar bodies.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08
By::Another Name.

1t "A. London florist found that a new
and fine rambler rose did not sell we'll
under the name of: the amelia Jenk-
5ins, 81 50 he changed the name to the
IT lady GA now It's going like hot
cakes s B u: .s..s .s
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08
TO Support the Affirmative.

& 81. To Support the Affirmative.
{ Patience How did Will come 81 81,
in that love affair Of his .s: i: !.
IS: PatrtceW hy, the girl said Yes, but
the father said no .:.
hat was the result ~
F Es q, guess Will is going to SUB ], Is.
port. the alf11irn1at ive; all ,,---,
SIYlonkers Statesman.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08

til an ,equipoise was reached. Tho
hair weighed three kilogrammes. III
you reduce this to, figures" said the
speaker, 1T would require 5000 hairs
to weigh one ounce, and suppose you
have six ounces, you have Is, 900
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TRUSTS
To Be Published Without Fear or Favor
The FUNDAMENTAL FACTS REGARDING MEAT, FRUIT FLOUR
RAILROADS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES

City Newspapers and Magazines Controlled by Advertisers Fail Inform
the Public Of What Should Great
Quesons-The Independent Country Press Take the Field
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08

A Denver dispatch tells of the death
of the Original Deadwood Dick" and
certainly no one is going to question
the intrepid Richards originality.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-08

"What Are the Trusts
and What Are They Doinp?"