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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27

good to the magnate, so he went down
| TO the Jersey pine retreat the other
| day, registering at the Lakewood hotel
with the remark that he wanted all the
rest there was in the neighborhood and
that he would stay a month or so to
absorb it.
And above all things" he cOntin-
ued, don't let me smoke. Doctor says
must cut it out. Just rest and lots of
baths for me-
The next day they began to give the
baths to him. First they wrapped him
in bandages up to his ears and then
locked him in a little cabinet. with his
head sticking out. The steam was
turned on in the cabinet, and soon Il.
Ii. Hartman was stewing in a temper
ature of 2O2. 1t was kept going until
he felt like q Union Pacific steam en-
CINE. He never perspired so much in
his life.
Say, what is this darn business?" he
demanded after he was nearly cooked
through.
This is our famous hydrotherapy
bath" replied the polite attendant.
Anybody that survives it never has
any more nervousness
Despite the excessive heat Mr.. Har-
riman grew pale. The attendants
words had struck terror clear through
the bandages and to his heart.
Let me out, You are frying me
alive"' he yelled.
The steam was turned off. and the
railroad man was led into another
room, where there was hose.
You'll be all right in a minute
said the attendant as he began play
ing ice cold water on the railroad mag
nate
Mr.. Hartman Sasped as the chilling
stream sent Shivers up his spine. But
the attendant was merciless and the
ice water treatment progressed until
Mr.. Hartman remarked that he guess
ed he liked the steam shade better.
When it was all over the railroad man
was told to run around the lawn for
twenty minutes without stopping. He
finished thirteen laps and gave it up.
As the patient went back to the hotel
his valet stepped forward with Il box
of cigars. Mr.. Hartman regarded the
smokes fondly and started to reach for
one Then he remembered the doctors
injunction and sadly waved the valet
away.
They started in again the next day
on the hydro. etc, baths. Mr.. Harri-
man submitted until they fetched the
hose and then declared it was all off.
I'D rather be nervous than be shot
to death with fire hose" he said as he
asked for his bill.
Mr.. Hartman left Lakewood soon
afterward, putting away on a cigar. |
What nervousness wasn't scared out of |
him by the steam heater and the hose |
will be attended to at home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27

Charlie. which draws junk wagon.
old daughter. tue other day. when the
child fell into the Morris canal which
runs through the field in the rear of the
Patrino home, says the New York
Herald
Anna took her doh for an airing. and
Charlie followed his little mistress
when she walked to the canal. While
leaning over the bank Anna made a
misstep Still clutching her doll, the
little giI1 fell into the water. When she
came TO the surface the terrified child
screamed. Displaying remarkable in
telligence. the old horse plunged into
the canal, seized the skirts of his little
mistress in his teeth, lifted her from
the water and climbed the bank to
safety.
Mrs. Patrino, uttering prayers to the
Madonna, ran from her house to the
canal. followed by her neighbors Char
lie held fast to Anna until her mother
relieved him of the precious burden.
Anna was badly frightened. Her first
words were, Mamma, Charlie saved
me and dolly"
AS a reward for his bravery Charlie
was given Il generous meal of oats.
When Patrino was told of his daugh-
ter's rescue he hurried to the stable,
caressed Charlie and broke his whip,
declaring that he would never again
beat the faithful animal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27
Recalling Pilot Knob

prospecting" for the bones of 400
dead men is 10 he started shortly in q
meadow near Pilot Knob, Mo. says the
Kansas City Star. The bones are those
of the Confederate soldiers, under Gen.
eral Sterling Price, who were killed in
the battle of Pilot Knob. Sept. %. 1864
when General Thomas Ewing defeated
Prices army at this historic spot after
the invaders had made several desper-
ate charges against Fort Davidson.
The burial place Of these soldiers is
somewhere within Il twenty acre field
surrounding the fort. Sporadic efforts
from time to time have been made 10
locate the trenches in which the slain
were inferred. but without avail The
fact that Price buried his dead and also
a few of the fourteen Union men who
were killed in the battle somewhere
under the soil of the level land around
the fort is known to several old citi-
zens Of the Arcadia valley who lived
there at the time, but nobody appears
to have taken the trouble TO mark the
location of the trenches, and as the
years passed the land was cultivated,
crops of various kinds being raised.
and thus all signs of the trenches were
obliterated.
The recent Introduction of u bill in
congress for the appropriation of $500
to purchase this portion of the battle
field and transform it into "A national
military park has aroused interest in
the battle of Pilot Knob and incidental
ly in the location of the burial places
Of the dead. In this part Of Missouri
for more than hundred years pros
pecting for various kinds of minerals
has been going on, the section being
more or less rich in metals. Here and
there throughout southeast Missouri
are many prospect holes, and at many
points, as the world is aware, rich
lodes of minerals have been struck
For many years extensive iron mining
operation were in progress on the
summit and slope of Pilot Knob and
also on Shepherd mountain. both of
which overlook the old fort and the
beautiful meadow where lie the long
neglected dead, but now, for the first
time, prospect holes" are to be dug
with view to discovering dead mems
bones. The object is not to disinter the
bones, but merely to enable the Gre
ators of the proposed park, in event of
the passage of the appropriation bill.
to mark the location of the trenches
with suitable monuments.
Old Fort Davidson, located almost in
the center of twenty acre field. occu-
pies one of the most picturesque spots
In the beautiful Arcadia valley. Just
l., tl.a af
a mile beyond lronton is Arcadia, not
ed as a place of sGnmer resort. The
village of Pilot Knob, formerly "A busy.
bustling town made UP chiefly OF the
employees of the iron mines and blast
furnaces in the vicinity, is now partly
deserted and has about 500 people.
The old fort, which was merely an
earthMork. Is still plainly Visible from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27
LIKE SOLOMON'S CHOIR.
Calvary Baptist to Have biggest
Church Chorus In New York.

Calvary Baptist church. Fifty-sev-
enth street, between Sixth and Sew
enth avenues, is soon to have the lar
gest choir in New York city. In the
days of King Solomon $4,000 singers,
divided into twelve choirs, one for each
month in the year, sang i'll the temple.
Professor Edward Morris Bowman.
music director and organist of Cal
vary church, will organize the new
choir on the same lines, says the New
York World. According to their merit.
the singers will he divided into four
grades. BY this division each section
will get an off Sunday in each month.
While the chief aim of the choir is
to lead the congregation in the serv-
ice, it will also be made a great train
ing school in choral music. Any one
possessing only knowledge of music
sufficient to make beginning will be
received in the choir. From time to
time promotion certificates from the
lower to the higher grades will be Civ
en- to such as pass the conductors
tests. Rehearsals will be held from s
O'Clock to 9:30 on Saturday nights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27
MAXIM GORKY; HOW PEASANT AUTHOR ROSE

As Tolstoi IS the prophet of non,
~ resistance and peace, so GOrky
is the prophet of protest and
revolution. The one. noble
born, made himself one with the peas
ant; the other, peasant born, made him.
self one with the tramp and Outcast-
Both are elemental men, dealing with
realities. Both have the pessimism
and gloom of their race, and both
dream of better things TO come. The
older man is a Christian in his thought,
though an unorthodoX one. and his pO-
htical views approach those of the
philosophical anarchist; the other is
materialistic in tendency and avowedly
a MARKHAM Socialist. TolstOi is social
ly conventional, has an ideal family
life and has moral armor in which
the world can find no flaw: Gorky is a
bohemian in instinct. has left his wife
and is living with an actress. and his
ethical lessons have been learned in
the social cellars. Both of these great
Slavs believe n worldwide upheaval
is impending, but the old man of gen
tie blood would have il Il warless one,
while the young man of mOujik de-
scent would meet force with force.
Gorky is the interpreter of the
tramp. the voice of the underworld
AS he himself expresses it:
Il have come from below. from tbe
nethermost ground of life. where is
nauSht but sludge and murk. .
L am the truthful voice of that life
the harsh cry of those who still abide
down there and who have let me come
up to bear witness to their suffering"
A PrOletarian to the Limit
Gorky is a pen name, meaning BIT |
ter" which is sufficiently illuminative |
OF the mans attitude His real name |
is Alexei MaXimovitch Pieshkoff His |
fathers name of Maxim he adopted as
his own. He was born in 1865 in |
Mini Novgorod. He lost his parents
in youth and went to live with his |
grandfather, who taught him TO read
AT the age of ten he became appren-
ticed to a shoemaker, but ran away
and entered a draftsman'S office. In |
a year lie ran away again and became /
kitchen boy on n boat His next Job |
was as baker in q cellar which from
his description of it was about rs hor-
rible a life as one could lead After
this he was n porter. n choriSter in
travelling opera company. an apple
vender in the streets. n lawyers copy
ing clerk and an employee in sta
ton masters office. Once during this
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27

Russia and in time al over the world.
\ story of the station master expert
ence reveals Gorky as the kicker then
as ever TO a friend who had interest
ed himself iii the young mans welfare
Gorlly addressed the following note:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27

rles. They nave the luck TO please you,
and l am glad of ii. But that is no
reason why you should keep OH star
ing. We have come here 10 see a
charming play. BE good enough to at
tend TO that and leave me alone"
More delighted than ever. the audience
shouted with joy. Perhaps they thought
they would get another speech. but
GOrEy jumped out of his seat and left
the theater in disgust.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27

time he attempted suicide, shooting
himself severely. but recovering from
the wound. At another time he tramp
ed pretty much all over Russia, con
sorting with vagabOnds and being one
of the proletariat to the limit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27
Serum For Dy.entery.

1t is announced by the State Thera-
peutic institute of Vienna that new
serum for the alienation of dysentery
has been discovered. The serum is
extracted from horses and injected
into the patient simultaneously. Ex-
periments have resulted in much ale
Walton within twenty-four hours. The
serum Is DOW on SALE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27

, animals used in the show. He never
sold an old horse or an old animal
He gave them away 10 good people or
himself gave them Il good home.
HE was the only man in the amuSe-
ment business in America TO give a day
to orphans l have often seen him
carry crippled children in from the
wagons and put them in the boxes.
when we were showing in London
the Prince of Wales-now King Ed
ward-sent for Mr.. Bailey to come to
his box, but Mr. Bailey asked to be
excused. He hated ostentation. He
was always glad to do the work and
keep in the back ground.
Il remember once he went to bid for
tiger. and there were Il lot of circus
men, all bidding. too. But one little
man Outbid them all. He wasn't n
Snowman. He wasn't going to make
present to any one of that tiger. He
wasn't going to start a menagerie. Mr..
Bailey was puzzled. He wanted that
tiger himself, so he asked the little
man if he would sell it back for what
he paid for 1t. He wouldn't. Mr. Bal
ley asked him why. if he wasn't
Snowman or anything in that line, he
was so anxious to keep that tiger.
'''My wife died last month"; said the
little man. and I'm lonely
THAT was Mr.. Bailey's pet story"
continued Hamilton. "and you should
have heard him tell it,
One of the agents with the circus
some time ago related an experience
of his own TO show Mr. Bailey's gener-
Osity to his men, says the Chicago In
ter Ocean. The first season he was
with the show he met with an accident
in the midst of the summer which
broke his collar bone and laid him out
just at time when he was most need
ed. He telegraphed to Mr. Bailey
about his accident, said he would have
to go into hospital for three weeks
and offered to resign in order that a
new man could be put on his work for
the rest of the season. Mr.. Bailey's re-
ply told him to go into the hospital and
report when he was ready to come out
AT the end of the season he was told
that his hospital bills would be paid
and full time besides. AS the accident
was not in the performance of his duty
and the show was Inconvenience not
a little, he felt naturally grateful. In
relating it he said:
DO you wonder / am unwilling to
quit such an employer and that 1 have
such high regard for him?''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27
A Dundee Relic

A dredger built of oak, sixty eight
feet long, twenty-one feet wide and
drawing seven feet six inches of wa
ter, is now in use in Dundee harbor
It has been in use in the same place
for over 100 years, and its engine is
said to have been built by-James Watt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27
Strong.

Fair CustOmer-IIave you any good
butter? Dairyman-Certainly, madam.
My reputation rests upon my butter.
lair Customer-Ift the last got of you
was fair sample, your reputation GER
taiuly rests on strong foundation
Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27
Severe Case.

How did your sea voyage work,
Bigley?"
Il was in such a state of collapse
when ! reached Liverpool that / Ca
bled back TO learn whether I had
thrown up my job"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27
HARRIMAN'S HOT BATHS.
Railroad Magnate Tried Rest Cure.
Decided He'd Rather Be Neryous.

Il. III. Hartman, the president of the
Union Pacific railroad, having smoked
cigars until his brain was in a whirl,
was recently advised by his physician
to try the rest cure at Lakewood,
\. j., with "a few baths thrown In,
says the New York World. 1t looked
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27

John Hunter. the famous anatomist
once said that the feminine love of con-
versation was a consequence Of a De
culiarity In brain tissue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27

THE station master seems to he
satisfied with me, and as mark of
his good disposition toward and conf
dence in me lie intrusts me with the
duty OF emptyinG all the kitchen Stops
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27

Reading Cars on Japanese Railways.
The japanese railways have intro
duced newspaper reading cars on some
of the, passenger trains. Tall piles of
newspapers are kept at the services of
travellers so that they may read as they
ride.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27

that sent him forward. That issues
from something deeper Seek not in
external accident and Incident for the
power that makes character They
mold, but do not impel. Environment
is but the contour of country that
shapes the rivers course. 1t is not the
thing that makes the river flow. out
ward happenings may give direction to
n life, but do not determine the vol
ume or momentum of that life's ex-
preston. Look not on the superficial
to solve the riddle of Il great man. You
must search below the surface to find
the secret of Il Shakespeare or a Soc
rates. Men are greater than the ma
terial through which they manifest
Back of the seeming is substance;
back or the appearance is reanry.
Gorky may be the voice of the slums,
but is not their product any more than
Il traveller is the product of the coun-
try he may visit and afterward de-
scribe? Gorky is Il Russian mOuiik,
but he is more, just as the individual
is always more than his attendant cir
cumstances. There are hundreds of
there are millions of Slav peasants,
but only one Gorky.
The Real GCrky.
Gorky's physical type is maligned by
most of the photographs published. IN
these he looks nervous, anaemic, hunt
ed, sentimental. The real Maxim Cor
ky is Il tall. straight, deep chested,
large Doned man. In features he is as
far removed from the refined, weak
faced intelligents as from the submiS-
Siye, apathetic moujik. The forehead
is broad, furrOwed deeply when he
dark hair; the eyes gray, serene. slight
ly defiant; the nose big, not unlike Toll
stoTS, but even more shapeleSS; the
mouth big, somewhat grim, and the
jaw square, massive and resolute. You
feel at once that this is Il self pos
SesSed. masterful man, Il man in whom !
character is even more remarkable |
than intellect.
The following anecdote is a revealing
side light on the man:
He went to the theater at Moscow |
one evening to see play by Il popular |
writer. Instead of paying attention to |
the stage the entire audience rose and |
greeted Gorky with prodigiOus accla- |
nation. Then he delivered this ad- |
dress: What on earth are you staring !
at me for? / am not dancing girl nor |
the Venus of Milo nor Il drunkard just |
picked out of the river? | write Sto- !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27

1t was while in the station masters
office that Gorky published his first
story in a Tiiis newspaper. He was
twentyfour years old then, and his
later stories soon gave him fame in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27
EQUINE RESCUER OF A CHILD

jersey City baby Drawn From "a Ca
nal by Old Charlie.
According to Mrs. Maria Patrino of
Jersey City, her husbands bay horse
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-27

regarded as dangerous character.
Gorky was thrown into Jail a half
dozen times. the last time being for his
participation in the revolution.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-10
Measuring Molecules.

An apparatus for measuring the
seventy millionth part of an inch has
been made by DR.. P. Shaw of Noting
ham university. England. 1t works
upon the principle of electric touch,
and consists of fine micrometer
screw and six levers. The apparatus
is so sensitive and delicate that it is
impossible to manipulate it before an
audience. 1t is hung by rubber bands,
covered with thick felt, and must be
worked at dead of night, when there
is no traffic or factory working. The
smallest distance that this mechanism
measures is about the distance be-
tween solid and liquid molecule
DR.. Shaw's invention was first made
in 1900, but its great Improvement Of
late has made it the wonder Of physic-
lists throughout the world.-Technical
World.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-10
NOW. OPEN THE DOORS.

For months The Statesman has
singlehanded, fought the battle of the
property owners and taxpayers in de-
handing an investigation Of the rot
tenness alleged to exist in connection
with the new water supply system.
For months it has withstood the defa-
nation and villification of those who
would be shown UP as incompetent, or
dishonest, if sucn investigation were
TO be held
Not only has abuse been heaped
upon this paper, but every petty lar
ceny trick, every cunning scheme. &C.
curing to those implicated, has been re-
sorted to in an effort to entrap. or in
fluence, the management in an effort
to induce cessation of the demand
for an investigation To all such The
Statesman turned a deaf ear, It has
emphatically stated, and reiterated.
that it could not be Influenced in any
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-10
HOW MUCH DID 1T COST?

In the Evening Bunc" yesterday
was published an editorial on the sa-
loon ordinances, evidently deliberate
ly designed to mislead the people as
to the rottenness of the new bill now
ready for the third reading in the
council.
So frail is the falsehood, CLOSING
over the article, that it would not be
worth attention were it not for the
fact that some people may have over
looked the original publication of the
substance of the ordinance.
The Evening Bunc" declares. hypo-
critically, that the present ordinance
prohibiting selling to minors, Sunday
closing and barring women, should be
retained as to those provisions. Then
it announces the only change to be
made is the repeal of the clause en-
towering the council to revoke the Ii
censes.
Herein is the brazen lie and the
cunning effort to curry favor with
those who would have wide open
town.
AS a matter of fact the new ordi-
nance does not prohibit Sunday open
ing. The clause bearing on that pro-
hibition has been pasted over in the
ordinance, as any one may see by
calling at the clerks Office and exam
ing it. Gambling in saloons is ignored
as are other vital sections of the ex-
listing law.
Yet the Evening Bunc" says it is
not intended to make Walla Walla a
wide open, border, ruffian town."
The cause and effect of that meeting
of the liquor dealers Monday afternoon
is made apparent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-10

is bound to please the most exacting.
Every act is a distinctive feature
and the performers are all headliners
in their respective lines.
Messrs. Sullivan and Considine are
making special efforts to send only
the best vaudeville artists to Walla
Walla, and the people are showing
their appreciation by liberal pa
tronage and enthusiastic applause.
1t is the desire of the management
to make the house permanent fixt-
ure in Walla Walla and it is up to
the people to so encourage the enter
prise that this desire may be realized.
The second performance each night
is the exact counterpart of the first,
nothing is omitted.
Friday night the eight beautiful
vases now on exhibition in the win
dow of the White House Clothing
store, on the corner of Main and Third
streets, will be given to the patrons
of the New Orpheum, four at each
performance. Save your coupons for
this drawing.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-10
AND BEEF BARON


John D. Rockefeller says he doesn't
know the men who run the beef busl-
ness of the country, never had any
dealings with them and he seems to
expect. therefore, that ne will be ac-
cepted as a natural witness in their
case.
Such oily talk will deceive no one.
Rockefeller did not need to know the
beef men personally or to have deals
with them in order to establish q
community interest. It existed al
ready because of facts independent of
personal contact. The beef barons and
the oil king were related by common
desire to evade the law, by ligament
of rebates, special privileges and un-
derground influences. Midnight scae-
dulles and daybreak rebates, fake
claims and private brides gave them a
common viewpoint without their ever
having seen one another, says the Min
neapolis Journal
When the president prosecuted the
beef barons in the courts Of Chicago
he wounded Standard Oil in New York
and when he attacked Standard Oil
in Cleveland he assailed the beef bar
ons in Chicago. Therefore Rookie
feller's plea for the beef barons is
taken with several grains of salt.