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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03
CANNON TAKEN FOR TAFT.
Speaker of the House Hailed as the
Stout Secretary at COneY Island.

Speaker of the House Hailed as the
Stout Secretary at COney Island.
Speaker Cannon. who was interview
ed at the Waldorf in New
York, declined to discuss politics, state
craft or his recent visit TO Coney Is
land.
when there's nothing to say a
mans fool to talk" he said.
An amusing incident that occurred
while Uncle Joe was at the famous re-
sort was related by his secretary, Mr..
Busby, says the New York Globe.
It seems that the news spread that
a celebrity was doing" the place. and
a curious American citizen inquired
who it was.
Taft said a wag, pointing to the
slender figure of Uncle Joe.
How do you do, Mr. Taft?' said
the curious citizen, rushing up and
wringing the speakers hand. I'm
glad TO see you,"
Uncle Joe did not lose countenance.
I'm glad to meet you, sir he said
gravely. without denying the allega
ton that he was the man who weighed
about 300 pounds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03
Three Cardinal Issues.
WaSinS War on Moths

That there is no present hope of
preventing the spread of the brown
tail moth from New England through
out the rest of the United States and
only q chance of conquering the gypsy
moth after years of work in propag at-
ing and disseminating the parasites
which feed upon it is the opinion ex-
pressed by DIR. Leland o. Howard, en-
tomologist of the agricultural depart
ment, who recently returned to Wash
ington from an official investigation of
the ravages of the moth in Massachu-
sets.
Dr. Howard travelled last year over
the greater part of Europe and re
peated the trip last spring to engage
the assistance of foreign scientists in
the effort TO import into the United
States thousands of parasites which
would war upon the gypsy and brown
tail moths. Before going abroad on
March ID he looked over the situation
in New England, and then spent two
months organizing his European cor
respondents for this summers cam
paign against the pest. Regarding
these efforts and the spread of the
- moths as just noted by him at Boston,
he said to the New York Posts
Washington correspondent:
During last winter and spring we i'm
ported through these European agents
10000 winter nests of brown tail moths
from all sections of Europe. from Tran
syIvania on the southeast to Brittany
on the northwest. and from Spain to
Berlin. We got them from all eleva-
lions, from the Mediterranean sea level
to the top of the Harz mountains, so
as to meet all climatic conditions From
these we bred 10000 parasites in the
special laboratory established at Sau-
gus. near Boston. They are of several
different species. and have been found
capable of attacking tie gypsy as well
as the brown tail moth. About $4,000
of the parasites have been liberated out
of doors in colonies, especially chosen
places being selected for them in woods
where there Is little danger of fire, and
where no work is being done against
insects.
"As q result, so far we find that the
parasites placed in the field stung the
brown tail moth caterpillars as they is
sued from the winter nests. The para
sites have already undergone one COM
plete generation in reproduction and
are now singing the nearly full grown
caterpillars OF the other kind. the gypsy
moth, and the chrysalids Of both spe-
cies. In the meantime there have been
coming over from Erope since May last
caterpillars of both species of all stages
of growth, but mainly of nearly full
size. From these we have been breed
ing I'm the laboratory at Saugus a large
number of parasites of various species,
some Of which have been liberated out
of doors. while others have been colo
nized in tents built over trees and
stocked with caterpillars. They all
seem perfectly at home and breeding
Is going on. This is ENCOURAGING. but it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03
CIGARS LIKE
LEAD PENCILS

"The latest fashion in cigars" said q
dealer 10 Il Detroit Ncws-Tribune re-
porter. lis shape that resembles 4
lead pencil in length and thickness.
All the cigar manufacturers are getting
them out and the longer and thinner
they are the more people like them. 1t
seems as if the smokers were trying
to get as little for their money as posi-
BILE There is popular belief just now
that the less tobacco there is in a cigar
the better the tobacco must be in quail
ity.
There's no getting away from the
fact that the new lead pencil cigars
have 10; of style to them and are
more attractive than the big kind that
bulge out in the middle l notice that
most of the men ayho buy them are par
ticular about their personal appearance
and want everything they use to have
character to it.
Your middle aged man would never
bother with such short smokes as these
new tangled ones One old chap came
in the other day with Il younger man
who tried to get him to take one of the
'epicurcs.' as they cali them. They are
just as expensive as the big ones, by
the way; sometimes more expensive.
'''Not on your life2 said the older
man. I'd have to keep the band on
that toothpick to show wasn't smok-
ing Pittsburg stogie; When 1 smoke
Il cigar l want a mans size. not a ciga-
rette made to bring up babies on And
he picked out an imported cigar black
as ebony.
kind of cigar for years don't know that
there are fashions in cigars. but the
styles in them change just as the styles
i'll shirts do
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03

where they live. If he is talking on
the subject Of freight rates to an audi
ence of farmers, instead OF making
classical illusions and quoting poetry
he asks them what they pay for ship
ping hogs and corn and shows them by
figures how much less they ought 20
pay. That makes the farmer do a little
hard thinking, and when you start a
man thinking there is hope of him.
La Toilette is little chap with a
big stock of energy. 1 do not remem-
Der the exact statistics Oh his altitude
and avoirdupois and do not know as
they much matter. This article is not
foot rule and a weighing machine. any
way. Suffice it to say that however
much there is of him he is all there and
is constantly on the job. He has n
business face and an eye that sees
things. His mouth, though firm, is
mobile and attractive. The most not
able thing about him is a pOmpadour
Lhat sticks straight up like dogs
oristles when he is going into n fight.
Altogether Robert Marion La Toilette
is a better man than his traducers.
Most people are The average tradHcer
generally hates himself, for cause. and
gets even by taking it out on other peo-
pie.
Lii Toilette fights for the people, and
they will fight for him. He is
Conner" and if you are measuring the
future don't leave him out, for he won't
stay there even If you do.
In the coming battle for the peoples
rights keep your eye on the La Toilette
ponpadour and you will know exactly
where the thickest OF the fight is rag
ing. ]. A. EDGERTON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03
An Instance of His Determination.

is impossible to predict when they will
begin to make any visible impression
on the enormous armies of caterpillars
which appear there every spring.
What chance is there of preventing
the spread TO other sectionST
1T cannot be prevented was the
reply The brown tail moth flies read
lily and is carried by the wind great
distances. 1t is now found as far west
as Worcester, Mass; some exist in
Vermont 1t reaches a good distance
into New Hampshire and to great
distance up the Maine coast. The gypsy
moth does not fly, but has been spread
in Massachusetts by being carried in
the caterpillar stage on electric cars
and automobiles especially. 1t spins
down from the trees in the caterpillar
stage and drops on these passing We
hicles. The gypsy moth covers eastern
Massachusetts and southern New
Hampshire, and is found at Providence.
r. l., and Stonington, Conn, in isolated
groups. An especial effort will be
made to stamp out these two groups
to prevent extending the general area
of ravages.''
what remedial measures are con-
templatedf'
I'VE hope for good results from the
work of the parasites I'm exterminating
the gypsy moth, as they cannot fly
away. We propose cleaning off the
shade trees along the main roads out
of the affected sections in Massachu-
sets, and thus reduce to minimum
the ever present chance of automobiles
carrying them to other states. These
motor cars travel such enormous dis
tances in single day that there is no
telling how widely they may spread
the moths In a single season.
LAS for the brown tail moth, there is
nothing on which to base the hope that
it can be kept from spreading west
ward to New York and other sections
of the country. AS it flies readily, it
can go anywhere. The most hopeful
condition existing, is that in New Eng
land the wind is usually from the
southwest, and this has tendency to
carry 1t along the coast to Maine.
Nothing is yet at hand to exterminate
the moth and save other states from
the loss experienced by Massachu-
sets"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03

I and the regulation of freight and- o3her
| TRANSFORMATION charges.
What is there about these to make
enemies? Out of their own mouths
are his foes condemned. To admit
that their only opposition to him is
due to measures like these is TO stamp
| themselves at once as friends of the
trusts and foes of The people La Fol
lette has dared TO stand for the truth
that he saw. and the enemies of truth
have hated him for its sake. The time
has come to speak of these matters as
they are.
This man has stood by his guns as
has 10 other in the country. While
other reformers have compromised and
nave accepted half a loaf, or none. ~,
has been content with nothing less than
the full measure of reform. He never
minces his words. He calls Rockefel-
Ter 1.-The greatest criminal of the age
Breadwinner OF the Fanny.
La Toilette is fifty-one years of age
and has many good fights in him yet
His fathers early death and his moth
er's straitened circumstances left Bob
the breadwinner of the family. Yet
poverty did not deter him from taking
a college course. The problem, how
ever, was a most difficult one, for he
had not only to pay his own way, but
10 keep the family as well. He accom-
plished both by buying the college pa
per and running it with such ability
and energy that it Melted him enough
for his own and his family's need. The
enterprise required not a little addition
al work. but La Toilette never stopped.
in the face of work. He not only edit
ed the paper, but solicited advertising
and set type with his own hands. This
did not prevent him from keeping
abreast of the class leaders in his
studies, nor did it keep him from TAX
ing the state and interstate prizes in
an oratorical contest. The subject of
his Grafton in both efforts was ''Iago,"
and the light that he threw on that ma
Ign character is said to have aided Ed
win Booth IN his Interpretation of the
d1rncult role. Young Bob had no little
histrionic ability himself and at one
time contemplated going on the stage,
but. fortunately for the country, chang
ed his mind and studied law
An Instance of His Determination.
1t was not long after his admission |
to the bar that he was elected district |
attorney of his county. Four years |
later, at the age of twenty nine. he en-
tered congress, where he served for six |
years. During his last term he was |
a. member of the important ways and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03
New Game of "Exc spx..

Il challenge you,' says the Newport
belle to her companion, Ito tell me
whose these are" and she thrusts an
eye photograph within his line of Wis
ion. 1t is one of the summer fads to
get your eyes photographed, says the
New York Press. These pictures are
exchanged, and often at luncheonS ana
afternoon teas they are brought out
and passed around among the guests
who are asked to pick out the originals
Some men say they prefer TO stay out
of these eye guessing contests. for one
is sure to go into transports of delight
over the wrong pair of eyes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03
X1fer,1,iee, IN the Air

| theme Mr. Rolls had not been looking
N the barometer. and when he did
glance at it he saw we had fallen 1000
feet or so and were still nearing the
earth. over went a bag Of ballast, and
that barely sufficiug, another was scat
tered by degrees.
THAT comes Of being interviewed I'm
a balloon" remarked Mr.. Rolls. IF
you want to SHOW a decent line OF
flight at the end of the run you must
keep your eye on the barometer. That
drop will make the sailing chart look
ugly"
But Mr.. Rolls was induced 10 talk
again.
What do 1 think of the International
Ballooning cup? Well, | believe it will
ultimately assume an importance far
greater than the automobile cup Of the
same name Just look at the list OF en-
tries for the first year Practically
every civilized country is represented
i'm the race. j believe this event will
mark definitely the turning point in
aeronautical sport. The forward move
ment set in, so far as England is con-
cerned. Il year ago. With the gigantic
advertisement provided by this APP
preaching contest the movement will
become prodigious. OF this / am per-
suaded."
While we were talking we were drift
ing along over cornfeids. pasture land
and low chains of hills, where the trail
rope scraped hedges and where the
shadow OF the huge envelope scared
ducks and pigs into frenzy. We were
nearing AyJesbury when long dipping
line toward the earth began. A great
open field was chosen, and toward the
middle of this we aimed.
We all bad something to do Mr..
Rolls held the rip cord and valve. Mr..
Moore other important tackle and Mr..
Vincent some ballast, while l threw
out the anchor. There was a slight
bump as we struck. The bump was re-
peated half n dozen times before the
great mass became stationary. There
was no danger The wind was 80 light
that even the rip cord was unnecessary.
The gas was allowed to escape by the
valve.
Then villagers turned out in scores,
and the good old rector hurried to offer
all hospitality in his power, such as re-
freshments and a trap 10 the nearest
station.
Surely" said Mr.. Rolls as we sepa-
rated at MaFylebone, you have secured
the first interview I'm balloon. doubt
IL any man ever talked for publication
In such attitudes before"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03
,Ii.rnnri walnut.

The walnut trees which have been
landmarks in Missouri for generations
have been ruthlessly sacrificed for COM
merciaI purposes. says the Columbia
Herald. In Howard county a buyer
for England has spent two years col
lecting walnut lumber for shipment
abroad. He recently loaded On ears at
Fayette logs for which he paid $4,000,
which will be sent to Hamburg. Ger
many, for manufacture into furniture.
For one Howard county tree $3.50 was
paid.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03
Persian Tcnrs.

The Persians still believe that human
tears are remedy for certain chronic
diseases. At every funeral the bottling
OF mOurners' tears is one of the chief
features Of the ceremonies. Each OF
the mourners is presented with
sponge with which to mop off his face
and eyes. and after the burial they
are presented to the priest who
squeezes the tears into bottles, which
he keeps. This custom is one Of the
oldest known i'm the east ana has prob
ably been practiced by the PersIans
for thousands Of years. Mention is
made Of il in the Old Testament
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03
THE NATIONAL FLAG.
No Possession of n Country More
Loyalty Loved and Revered.

No Possession of Country More
Loyalty Loved and Revered.
There is no possession of a country
which is more deeply revered, more
consistently loved or more Loyalty sup
ported than its national flag. In our
country is this especially true. for in
that one emblem are embodied all the
principles which our forefathers up
held, all the benefits of century and
quarter of enlightened progress and
all the hope and assurance of promis-
ing future.
The stripes of alternate red and white
proclaim the original union of thirteen
states to maintain the Declaration OF
Independence. Its stars. white on a
field of blue. proclaim that union of
states constituting our national consteI-
lation which receives a new star with
every state. Thus the stars and stripes
signify union and lin union there is
strength
The very colors have a significance.
White stands for purity. red for valor
and blue for justice, together forming n
combination which it is our inherited
privilege to honor and uphold.
1t IS not the flag of king or an EN-
peror or a president. 1t is the flag of
the. people. brought into being by their
will, defended when necessary by their
patriotism and to which they turn
for protection in time of danger. No
matter into what parties our people
may be divided, due to political beliefs
and leanings. they all stand united
under one flag. 1t is the emblem of
unity, safety and faith.-St. Nicholas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03
BIRDS or MINIATURE.
The Cruelty of svafls as Displayed
Toward other Fowls.


The graceful swan is one of the most
ungracious in it's ways, Not only lin
the breeding season. does a male bird
resent the intrusion of strange gen.
tleman. but 1t will spend the day in
driving off from its domain any I'M
lucky geese which might be plainly as
sumed to have no designs upon its do
nestle arrangements and have, indeed
no desire beyond that for comfortable
wash and swim. 1t Will also pursue
even the most innocent of newborn
ducklings while they .unwittingly re-
joice in an early taste of their common
element
When an only child has passed out of
the cygnet stage of life and grown to
full physical if not mental maturity
father and mother swans have been
known to fall upon and deliberately
beat it to death with wing and beak.
The gratified parents swan gracefully
about the mere in which they lived
while the great white corpse of their
son lay battered and dead upon the
shore. The following year. after an
other had been born TO them and in in
fancy carried upon his mothers back.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03
Found a Proposed Steal.

they began to treat him so roughly
that. not being pinioned like them, he
wisely flew away, and we saw him no
more. CuriOusly enough, geese which
have experienced rudeness from swans
in the lusty spring have been known
to retahate in the calmer autumn,
when the fierceness of their enemy had
become mitigated. l have seen a gan
der leap upon the back of once AFRO
giant swan and pound away at it in the
full enjoyment of gratified revenge
Cornhill Magazine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03

through without opposition when "a
Toilette began asking questions. The
promoters of the job became fright
ened ana changed the bill. Still La
Toilette asked questions and showed n
disposition to fight. Score point No.
for the new senator from Wisconsin.
At later date La Toilette decided
to make some remarks on the rate bill.
Those remarks extended over three
days. They constituted. so it is said,
the most exhaustive and best Informed
speech on the railroad issue ever heard
in the American congress. Yet few
senators heard them. The highest, or
lowest, legislative body in the land was
engaged in the dignifiel occupation of
''hazing'' a new member. Whether it
was because OF the fact that he want
ed to be Il senator instead OF wall
flower and wanted 10 he it right away.
or whether it was because he held no.
tiOnS unfriendly TO the corporations,
the Republicans absented themselves
almost to Il man. Referring to this
fact. La Toilette said that those who
were temporarily absent the people
would cause to be absent permanently.
AT this the galleries applauded SO Wig
orously that the customary threat to
clear them was made. Applause is
strictly forbidden in the senate. 1t
seems an unnecessary restriction, as
there is so little done there that any
body wants to applaud that it hardly
seems the body would be unduly dis
turbed even if the people were allowed
to cheer to their fill. But tradition and
dignity must be preserved even though
there is little else>1eft to preserve. This
is on the same principle that people
must keep up appearances who have
nothing besides or those wear brilliant
clothes who have no other sort Of bril-
liancy.
La Toilette did not mind the sena-
torial haZinS except that it was an I'M
pleasant breach of good manners. 1t
may be that he is bigger than the whole
bunch of them and that history will
write him down n giant among pyg-
mics. He is just one of the kind of
men who immortaliZe themselves He
can afford small annOyances for the
greater glory that awaits him as the
servant of the common people-"God's
patient poor" as he himself calls them.
Deals With Folks Where They Live.
AS speaker the Wisconsin senator is
really an orator. He is not much Of n !
twister of the eagles tail and all that |
sort of thing, but he gets an audience |
going some and keeps it on the move. |
For one thing. he deals with folks !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03
A Remarkable Fortress.

In the northern part of Madagascar
is the most remarkable natural fortress
In the world. 1t is occupied by wild
tribe who call themselves the people
of the rocks. The fortress is a lofty
and precipitous rock of enormous size.
1000 feet high and eight square miles
in area. IT'S sides are so steep that it
cannot be climbed without artificial
means. Within it is hollow, and the
only entrance is by a, subterranean
passage
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03
Her Namesske.

When Mrs. Lombard heard that the
baby of her former cook had been
named for her she bought a suitable
rattle with many jingling bells and
went to see her namesake
why, Bridget" she said to the late
Miss Leahy, now Mrs. O'Sullivan. Il
thought you said the baby was named
for me. My name is Hannah, and you
are calling the baby Celestine."
'Celestine L., ma'am," said Mrs.
O'Sullivan hastily. THE Il is for
Lombard. and Celestine is just koind
of a name to describe you, ma'am.
There amt amy Hannah to your looks,
Mrs. Lombard; amy wan would tell
you that"-Youth's Companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03
Novelty In Horse Racing.

The Japanese have added new fea-
ture to horse racing, says the New
York Tribune. On May 81 geisha
girl rode mare a mile In i minute and
80 seconds. The geisba girls are light
in weight and, it is said. will make
good horsewomen. Japanese men are
such VIGOROUSLY bad riders that the
girls may displace the boys as Jockeys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03

Bohemia, eldest daughter of the en-
peror of Germany, who married Rich
ard II. of England. Previous to this
date all Englishwomen bestrode their
horses man fashion. but on account of
a deformity this German bride was
forced to use Il sidesaddle, and the Gus
tom became general.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03
A Plea For CannfbaIism.

Bronson Alcott, the Concord philoso-
pher, once made a strong and almost
unanswerable plea for cannibalism. IF
you are going to eat meat at ALL" ar
gued the Yankee Plato, 'why not eat
the beSt?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03

means .cGnrHtt2e ana ITameI me agrI-
cultural schedule of the Mckinley bill.
In 1890 he WAS defeated in the great
Democratic landslide. Four years later
he re-entereth the DOlitic;ll arenc this
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03

reveals La Follette's nature in all its
unconquerable strength. The. machine
had carried half of the primaries of
La Follette'S oWn county. and to. con-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03

Jnpan's Contribution 10 Mexico.
Railroad ties for one of the lines now
building in Mexico are imported from
Japan, says the Boston Transcript.
They cost SO cents apiece laid down at
GuaymaS.