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THE FAMOUS BLUE LAWS.

One often hears the famous Connec- lieut. blue laws spoken of, and yet 1t Is safe to say that few of the younger generation have ever read them in full, Here they are:
 "No quaker or dissenter from the established worship of the dominion shall be allowed to give vote for the erection of magistrates or any officer.
 NO food or lodging shall be afford ed to quaker, adamite or other here tie
 If any person turns quaker, he shall be banished and not suffered to return, but upon pain of death,
 No priest shall abide in the domin- ion; he shall be banished and suffer death on his return, Priests may be seized by anyone without a warrant.
 "No man shall cross a river but with an authorized ferryman.
 No one shall run on the Sabbath day, or walk in garden, or elsewhere except reverently to and from meet ing.
 No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep house, cut hair, or shave on the Sabbath day
 No woman shall kis sher child on the Sabbath or fasting days.
 "The Sabbath shall begin at sunset Saturday.
 ITO pick an ear of corn growing or neighbours garden shall be deemed theft.
 "A person accused of trespass in the night shall be judged guilty unless he clears himself by cath.
 When it appears that an accused has confederates and he refuses to dis cover them, he may be racked,
 "No person shall buy or sell lands without permission from the electmen
 "A drunkard shall have a master appointed by the selectmen, who ar' to debar him the liberty of buying ol selling,
 Whoever publishes lie to the pre- judice of his neighbor shall sit in the stocks or be whipped fifteen stripes.
 NO minister shall suffer death.
 Whoever wears clothes trimmed with gold. silver, or bone lace, above two shillings a yard shall be present. ed to the grand jurors, and the select. men shall tax the offender at $500 es' tate
 "A debtor in prison, swearing n' has no estate. shall be let out and sold to make satisfaction
 Whoever sets a fire in the woods
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A NOTABLE ANNIVERSARY.
It Recalls the Story of the Farnou
 Charter Oak.

It Recalls the Story of the Famous
 Charter Oak.
 The Hartford Times reminds the public of Connecticut that Tuesday August 21, was the f1fttih anniversary of the destruction of the historic Char ter Oak. The great tree fell during a tremendous storm on August 21 1856. It stood upon the estate of the Hon. I, W. Stuart, in the southern part of Hartford, and 1t was there a great cu- riosity to hundreds of ~sight-seers. Charles Dickens, who was at one time a guest of the stuarts, took a great in- terest in the tree, frequently visiting it, and 1t is said that a number of pie lures were taken of 1t and sent to Eng land for decorative purposes. In 1854 some boys built fire in the hollow o1 the tree, making the cavity considera- bly, larger than it otherwise would have been, and doubtless shortening the life of the tree.
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This hollow, it is said, was large enough so that twenty-eight fully grown men at one time stood upright within it, and the tree itself contained many hudred cubic feet of wood. It's owner carefully distributed pieces of it in a way that would insure its being kept in one form or another for oentu- ries! The late Colonel Samuel Colt bought 8 chair made of the oak. for five hundred dollars. This chair was designed for the mayor of Hartford, for use when presiding over the city council, but through some trouble over the payment of the bill it reverted to the owner, who sold it to MT. Colt. The presidents chair in the United states Senate chamber is also made of the Charter Oak
 It was in 1887 that King James II. demanded the return of the liberal charter granted by King Charles II. and he sent Sir Edmond Andros to fetch it to him in prison. But the lat- ter met with difficulties He ran up against Yankee blood which had had considerable trouble in founding col- OiAJ ell4u ildu llU luUGIlllO1l OI SANlIlS It up without q struggle. The assembly of the colony met on October 31, 1887, ! and deliberated for long time over | the kings demand and the more it's members deliberated the more were they determined not to give up the | charter.
 Finally, Sir Edmond's impatience got l the best of him, and he went in person to get the charter When he was
 about to close his fingers around it the lghts were suddenly extinguished and Captain Joseph Wordsworth seized the
 charter and carried it off, hiding it in
 the big oak tree near the home of Hon.
 Samuel Wyllis. That tree afterwards
 was known as the Charter oak famous
 in history the world over, and the sglb- | ject of many an object lesson of both d
 patriotic and historic kind and in
 which both tyranny and oppression were bluntly denounced
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sTATEsMBN AND THEIR WINES

STATESMEN AND THEIR WINES.
 The second Pitt may, of course as
 was suggested in a most interesting
 paragraph about proficiency in French,
 have acquired a taste for champagne
 when at the Rheims College, though if
 so, his French college career must have
 begun rather late in life, The vintage
 for which Rheims acquired its modern
 fame was very little known in Eng
 land or elsewhere till after the days
 of great Chatham's greater son. The
 pilot who weathered the storm fortified
 himself for his labors by the port wine
 which had been medically prescribed for him in childhood, and which he ac-
 quired such proficiency in taking as to drink 1t out of tumblers before he be-
 gan his speech. Pitts political pre- decessors, representing the Tory ele- ments in Queen Annes Godolphin Ad-
 ministration, by the Methuen treaty of 1T03 did all they could to discourage French wines in England and to stimu- late the importation of Portuguese. | That, too, was at one time the idea of | the statesman and his friends who
 fought and conquered the Fox and | North coalition. Many of the great l eighteenth century politicians drank 1 the Italian predecessor of Lacrima l Christi then known as Florence" ,"
 which Sir William Wyndham brought l over in large quantities for his 1 Somersetshire house parties, and which was the favorite tap of his famous guest, St John, Yiscount Bolingbroke.
 Champagne, though just known here | at the earlier date already mentioned, l did not come into fashionable vogue till George Canning reached the height
 of his fame. The variety first known
 was the sweet luscious compound. The
 "see ct tres sec" were unknown till l Canning formed his Government in | 1927. In that year, drinking the new
 brand for the first time, the prime l minister made a remarkably wry face, | spat out of his mouth the sip he was
 about to swallow, with the words. "The l n an who says he likes dry champagne
 will say anything" Seven years later
 the rejected beverage was in high de-
 mand with the gourmets. Stocks dry
 champagne first sold at Crockford's for 1 : shillings a bottle, When the 1S4t | gambling committee disestablished the
 temple of play the wine fetched a
 guinea a botle, the chief purchaser. .
 being the greatest connoisseurs of the i time-Lord Donegal, Lichf1eld, and Orby- -Hunter.-Westm Gazette,
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some study. on the spot, probably, to find a way to get near the animals without their knowing it. At any rate, I expect to spend few days, at least, on the glacier. Perhaps, I'll have to wear a suit of grass-coIored clothes, or perhaps l can take along a snow colored tent, Something like that will have to be done to fool them, Naturally one has to be careful in dealing with such big brutes, or they know how to rip with their tusks." New York Evening Post.
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son or by letter, without first obtain ing consent of her parents G5 penalty for the first offense, G1O for the sec- ond, and for the third, imprisonment during the pleasure of the court.
 Every male shall have his hair cut round, according to a cap'
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Have you any books on fishing?' asked the man, entering the book store.
 Why, yes" replied the wise clerk; here's a very good work called The Liars Companion? Yonkers States man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05
SeatIess Street Cars.

1t is reported that Los Angeles bus
mess men who reside in PASADENA, Cal
have petitiOned that the seats be taken
out of the street cars altogether. in or
der to- provide more standing room
The claim is made that they never can
get seat anyway, and that the few
seats in the cars make it uncomfort-
able to stand.
Rather an unique plan for relief
from the very common street car trou-
bic. but plan that will hardly prove
feasible In the first place there are
usually no more than enough seats for
the ladies. but through the lack of
courtesy of some men, the ladies are
sometimes not permitted to sit down.
What is needed where seats are so
scarce as complained of in PASADENA
is more cars rather than less seats. In
cidentally the cars in service in the
average city are too small for practi-
cal use. this being obviated in most of
the larger cities where not only are
more cars put on, but cars that are
much larger.
However. if PASADENA tries an expert
ment with seatless street cars, the re-
suit will be watched with interest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

San Francisco News Letter: We
poke fun at the Chinese ideals of medi-
cine, but events in Sacramento prove
that the Mongolians know more than
we give them credit for. For centuries
the Chinese have used cricket stew,
powdered crickets, essence of cricket
and plain raw crickets for the reduc-
ton of obesity, as they use frog soup
for stomach troubles. Well. in Sacra-
mento it has been noticed that the
cats have grown wonderfully thin and
had no appetites, refusing to be tempt
ed by cream and other dainties. 1t
has been discovered that they have
been feasting on crickets The insects
have satisfied their appetites, but have
reduced them TO skeletons. The next
thing to be put on the market will be
a new patent medicine under the name
of "Cricketine."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

Cleveland Plain Dealer: The decis
i've result of two successful general
elections in France, the safety and
sanity" displayed by French states
men in dealing with really threatening
questions of foreign policy, the firm
and at times brutal enforcement of the
law aimed at the religious associations
all this and much more has contributed
so largely of late to confidence in the
stability of the French government
and institutions that cabinet change
in Paris now arouses little more ap-
prehension than would be caused by a
similar change in London or Berlin and
is vastly less significant than one re-
ported from Russia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05
Land is Secured; Now for Track Fa-

The securing of 80 acres of land
through the generous proffer and pub
lie spirit of the land syndicate com
posed of the Robinson heirs, the Ro-
| senfield heirs i'll Rock Island, and F.
Weyerhaeuser of ST. Paul, and c. H.
Deere of Moline, as reported in Satur-
day nights Argus, as verified at a
meeting of the Industrial commission
later i'll the day, gives to Rock Island
| one of two essentials to great industri-
al development.
1t has been conceded for some time
that if Rock Island is to grow in the
matter of factories, the only available
land lay i'll the west end and the best
of this was in the hands of the syndi-
cate. The requirement of this tract
was the first essential. The other was
adequate and competitive track facili
ties. Factories hesitate to locate in
any locality where there is a monopoly
in switching privileges.
The land has been secured. 1t has
been given to the Industrial commits
sion without condition or hampering
The track question has reached the
point where the d.. r. l. & n w. the
Burlington and Milwaukee have sub
mitted TO the Rock Island which en-
joys the exclusive track privilege in
the lower end, reciprocal agreement
What will come of this remains to be
seen.
The new factory site has great adj
vantage in its cOntiguity and prOxim-
ity to the river and the Hennepin
canal.
But there must be plenty of tracks,
too. If the railroads fail to reach an
agreement among themselves. the
tracks will have to be provided for in
some other way. But they must come
and they will come and that soon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

Admiral Sir Edward FremantIe. who
entered the British navy in 1919. when
13 years old has been publishing some
of his experiences and observations.
He agrees emphatically with President
Roosevelt that the naval officer of the
future must be a fighting engineer
and he thinks that this view is shared
by the British admiralty. The admiral
also says: "In the present age we are
so entirely dependent on mechanical
science that it is essential that our of
ficers and men should learn to grease
and gauge with the engineers if they
are to be capable seamen.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05
IN THE SUBURBS.
VIOLA

/ VIOLA.
Clare and DOrance Patterson spent
Saturday in New Windsor
Lizzie Frost was "a passenger to
Galesburg Saturday.
! Mrs. Mary Crosby went to Alcdo
Saturday to spend few days with her
son, Henry and family.
| Mrs. Ben Laughery is visiting
friends in Rock Island this week
Mrs. w. C. Sample returned to her
home in Moline Saturday morning
| after visit with her parents here,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Phillips.
DR.. Miles spent Tuesday in Gales
burg.
Mrs. Catherine Troyer, Mrs Sarah
Muller of Kokomo, Ind. and Mrs. Alon-
20 Mueller of Chicago came Friday
evening for a visit with the Kindle-
spergers
Theodore HCaly moved TO burlington
this week where he has purchased 4
restaurant.
Mrs. Nesta Culver and two children,
who have been visiting Mrs. l.. B.
Simms. left Monday evening for their
home in Iowa.
MIS-. Lawson OF CaDlc VISITED JnlS
week with Mrs Al Ellis.
n. T. Palmer and wife of Suez. spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. George
Greenwood.
John Winn and Charles Evers spent
Sunday in Gable with Sydney Smell.
Mrs. August Hummel spent Sunday
with Rock Island friends.
c. b. TankinsCn of Danville arrived
here Wednesday morning for a visit
with her sister. Mrs J. b. Longley.
Mrs. James Matthews of Chicago
came Friday for a visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Sherman Babcock.
T. T. Spicer departed Tuesday even
ing for Ridgeway.
Mrs. c. a. Wood left for her home
in Rock Island Wednesday after a few
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

days visit with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. r. Bolt.
The Epworth league gave sociable
at the home of John McKnnon Tues
day evening, entertaining large
crowd.
Mrs. n. A. Mitchell and daughter
left Wednesday for their future home
in Manitou. Col
Mrs. White and daughters, Belle and
Aura, residents of Rock Island for the
past year. are occupying the Mitchell
property, making this place their fu-
ture home.
Ethel Cooper came Wednesday even
ing to attend the party given at Lang
ford's Halloween.
Ethel Rice entertained number of
her school friends Wednesday evening
at a taffy pull at her home.
Mrs John Graham was a passenger
to Galesburg Thursday morning.
MIR. and Mrs. Robert Taylor attend
ed the wedding of Henry Taylor in
Rock Island Wednesday.
Miss Amelia Miles of Virginia City,
arrived here Tuesday evening for an
extended visit with her brother. Wal
ter.
James Friend has purchased the
bakery of ]. w. FRAGILE. which bus
mess he will combine with his candy
kitchen
Charles Poe was a business caller in
Cable Thursday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05
Remember =?

Remember?
How you squirmed to es-
cape a dose of cod liver oil.
That was years ago.
Now children and elderly
folks take VINOL.
Vinol is a real cod liver
preparation with the use
less oil taken out = tonic
iron added.
That's why Vinol restores
health and creates strength.
Vinol tastes good, and is a
great improvement on old
fashioned cod liver oil and
emuIsionS.
H. o. ROLLS, Harper House Pharmacy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05
Poisonous serpents.

All poisonous serpents have movable
fangs. which are found in the upper
jaw and when not in use close up like
the blade of a penknife. The fang is
provided with duct leading to the
poison sac, and the virus is elected
through this duct by pressure. At the
base of every poison fang there are
numerous germs of others. and the
fang broken or lost is replaced in a
few weeks by the growth of another.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

his task; who has left the world bet
ter than ne found it, whether by an
improved poppy, a perfect poem or a
rescued soul; who has never lacked
appreciation of earth's beauty or failed
to express it; who has always looked
for the best in others and given the
best he had; whose life was an in
spiration; whose memory a benedic-
tiOD -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

Bessie A. Stanley of Lincoln, Kan,
has won a $3.50 prize by giving a clever
definition of what constitutes sue
cess. 1t is as follows: HE has
achieved success who has lived well,
laughed often and loved much; who
has gained the trust of pure women
and the love of little children: who
has filed his niche and accomplished
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

The land having been secured
through the liberal spirit of those in
terested in the syndicate. the track
question remains the sole obstacle to
Rock Islands industrial progress. 1t
must be solved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

Competency VS.. competency is the
only issue in the election of county
treasurer Both the candidates, Schaf-
er and Cox, have been tried. Consider
it as you would matter pertaining to
yourself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

Terminate the 46-year rule in the
county clerks office. Elect a new man
and fully competent man in the per-
son of Frank Gustafson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

Elect Cornelius Donovan sheriff He
is plain. working man and not fond
of show But he has the goods to make
a good official, nevertheless.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

Consider the personnel OF the candi
dates in the selection of county offic
ers. The interest of the taxpayers
should be guarded by competent men
irrespective of politics.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

Well. the election is nearly over
Despite the fact that it is an off year
it nearly woke some people up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island. Ill. I'm
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matterl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

Vote for Everett l.. Werts for the
legislature.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

Give d. w. Matthews. the farmer can
didate, your vote for congress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

Vote for George r. Whiting for state
senator
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

The land for factories is secured
Now on the switching facilities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

Smash the court house ring.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

TERMS Daily, 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All Communications OF argGmentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-05

Enter gang of students to discuss
the makeup of the baseball team for
the coming season. When they leave
the letter writer is about to leave,
when. seeing his letters, he puts them
in envelopes and hurriedly addresses
them. Then he runs after the athletes.
Third letter, Miss Ruth Stevens to
Percy Walker:
Dearest Percy-You naughty boy,
You have sent me by mistake a letter
to your uncle. Great Scott. must
have sent her letter to urcleD oh
how | laughed when l read it, GTor
heavens sake, it's no laughing mat
terJ You ought to be ashamed of
yourself. You 'devoting your whole
time to your studiesr Geld water
good enough for you!' The smell of
tobacco makes YOU sick" Then those
spring medicines your aunt sent you
You know you never wear an overcoat
or rubbers and seldom a hat.
81 think you'd better go back to
school and learn to write. 1t was all
L could do to read your letter You
must be more careful Some day
you'll be sending one of your letters to
me to your uncle''
Soliloquy: That's just what 1 have
done. Ruin stares me in the face
Uncle will stop the funds. and I'll have
to leave college. And that when I've
just got where l wanted to get oil the
teams. Well, goodby. alma mater. l
go to some sweatshop or other. where
I'll have to come down to lingering
other peoples filthy lucre.
Fourth letter, Samuel Walker to his
nephew:
"Dear Percy-Yours of the -th inst
received. Your handwriting is so bad
that 1 can't read it. 1 suppose it ia
request for money, so incIose check
for 500. Your affectionate UNCLE.
"P. S.-Don't go out Of your room if
you can help it on these damp spring
There Is great deal of
pneumonia about"
Soliloquy: BY thunder, What an es-
cape! HOWARD B. TURNER.