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Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18
PiccadiIIY.

Perhaps there is among the great
capitals of civilization no more cele-
brated, no more beautiful street than
Piccadilly. The origin of its name is
still disputed. although the interpreta-
tion given by the Hon. T. BynG, once
universally known as Poodle" Byng
on account of the curliness of his hair,
will serve as well as any other. He
held that rather more than two centu-
rieS ago it was Charles Ills habit
when he took his mornings walk in
the Green park TO buy some cakes or
turnOvers from an Old woman with
whom he exchanged many a merry
jest and who kept her booth on a spot
opposite to the present site of ApsIey
House. These cakes were called pick
adils." and from this circumstance the
fashionable western artery of London
was supposed by Poodle" Byng to
have taken its name. Poodle" Byng's
ashes repose in st. James church.
which Sir Christopher Wren regarded
as cone of his most successful .struc-
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18

-Jlornment IbOut his throat ana chm
such as John 4. Dix once wore. dug
his hands into ii in surprise. He was
asked if he could suggest n solution.
Well I might help you out" said
Mr. Schiherdecker, slowly.
"How? Tell us quick. It'll soon be
night, and we want to get away from
this country before then"
well, 1 might put my mules to-
work." replied Mr.. Schfferdecker.
Are they any good?'' he was asked.
Can they haul us 10 the top from
where we get stuHk?'
Mr.. Schifferdecker thought they
could. They had done il before. he
said. He was asked TO try it imme-
diately. Mr.. Schiderdecker ambled
off 10 the barn and brought out three
lusty mules hitched to a crosstree
with two huge hooks in ii. He also
had "A rope The contrivance had be-
yond a doubt been fixed up for just
such an emergency.
You are sure you want me to do
this work. he inquired
He was assured that there was no
doubt of it, and then be delayed just
enough more TO exact 81 for every,
machine he was to haul up. There,
were remarks that it was robbery and
a holdup and a piraticaI performance
but no one wanted TO get the old man
In a contrary mood, so these remarksI
were made when he was not near.
The Schifferdecker mules toiled up
Schifferdecker hill at 81 a toll until
the task was done. Now Mr.. Schiller,
decker doesn't care much whether tho
potato crop is good, bad or Indifferent.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18
Real Hin For Az4foS

OF the many difficulties that beScU
the members Of the Glidden autOmO-
| bile tour recently ended at Breton
Woods. y. H.. that which hurt the
worst was the experience high hill in
the Mohawk valley gave them, says
the New York Times.
The hill was so steep that all ma
chimes which did not have their gaso-
line tanks full to the brim could not
climb it at all. The power giving stuff
hugged the end OF the tank which was
lowest. and the ignter at the high end
was without anything to ignite. Some
machines got halfway UP and others
three-quarters of the distance. There
they stopped, the chugs becoming
weaker and weaker. Then there was
a turning around and a return to the
bottom by the plain old gravity meth
Od. This condition continued from n
little after sunup until midafternoon.
1t was serious. The other roads that
might have been taken at the east
ward were too far either north or
south to attempt TO travel them then.
Conferences were held at the foot of
the hill and every few feet up to the
highest point attainable. What TO do
none knew Suggestions were a drug
Everybody was angry. At last a ma
chine WAS commissioned to return to
the nearest village and buy UP every
pint of gasoline in the place. This was
productive of enough fuel TO send one
of the most powerful cars to the top.
Il wondered when you'd git here. l
smelled you ever since mornin',"
drawled a native from a place on the
fence near the summit.
The tourists looked and became sew
eral degrees hotter when the man add
ed:
Il been laffin' here all day to see you
fellers Try ter git up my hill. figgered
you couldn't do it-leastways, not
many of you. Why. neighbors. thet
hill has stood here fer a thousan,. years
and more. I've lived right herein this
house all my life. and I've seen more
people lose their tempers over that hill
than l cud ever count. My father seen
the same thing all his life, and his
father afore him, and / don't know
how many o my folks before that.
I'VE Schifferdeckers have seen many
a good horse 90 winded tryin' TO git mp. |
OF course, we didn't like to see that. |
but we don't care mgIch about these |
automobiles, becuz it don't hurt 'em. |
We kinder think it's fun to see you |
fellers rip and tear and sweat and |
swear 'cuz you can't get up
Van Rensselaer, Cruger, who had |
the machine up tsie hill, said
intended to impress the
farmer with the seriousness of the
situation.
"Why. what's the trouble?" said
Squire Schinerderc1er. You seem to
be gettin' excited
You'd be excited If you had been
trying all day to get up this hiT." sug-
gested Mr.. Cruger.
NJ. Schiferdecker. who had au
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18

I cation with these telephones. He is a
member of The oxford Mutual COM
pany and has had telephone installed
in his cook shack. Whenever Mr..
Frambers moves his thrashing outfit
on to farmers premises his cock
shack telephone is Immediately con
nected with the telephone wire run
ming along the highway, and no matter
how far out in the country he may be
Mr.. Frambers and his cook are in con-
slant communication with the grocers,
butchers and other supply houses. Mr..
Frambers can also call up almost any
farmer in the county to talk thrashing
to him, and the next man on Mr..
Frambers list can, simply by using
the telephone in his home, learn just
when the thrashermen will arrive at
his place
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE OLD NATIONAL ROAD

proyal to the project and are advocat-
ing the passage by congress of some
such bill as that introduced at the last
session by Representative George \.
Pearre of the Cumberland district His
measure authorizes the government to
take possession of this National road
and restore it to the condition intended
by the federal officials of a century
ago as great public thorouShfare con-
Meeting the east and south with the
central west
In addition to this support of the
press, various automobile clubs have
recorded themselves in. favor Of the
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18

to the frontier. There is probably no
other thOroughfare in the whole coun-
try that can compete with it for the
distinction of being called the Ameri-
can Appian way. No public highway
save the Roman military roads of cen
turtles ago was ever constructed proba-
bly, on a scale of. greater nobility or
designed for more enduring useful
ness. The idea was remarkable one
in its inception and inspiring in its
prophecy of the expansion and pros
perity of the American republic. Like
the farseeing plans of L'Enfant for
the Capital City of the nation. it has
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18
WIRELESS SEA BLOCK SIGNAL
German Engineers Device to Pre-
vent Marine Collisions.

Wireless telegraphy. which automati-
cally stops ships when they approach
each other in fogs or heavy weather, is
one of the latest inventions reported to
the United States government by our
observing consuls abroad, says Il Wash
ington dispatch.
Consul J. /. Britain of Kehl reports
that Berlin engineer has applied for
a patent for an invention to avoid col
lisions between vessels at sea. BY the
inventors system vessels are supplied
with special wireless telegraphic ap-
paratus which acts over a short circuit.
even as short a distance as half mile.
AS soon as a vessel enters within a
certain distance of another vessel this
telegraphic apparatus acts automati-
cally in such a manner as to close the
steam tube to the screw on each YES
sci. The machinery is thus. instantly
checked, and the steamers have time
to reverse the engines or reduce speed.
In this manner it is declared accidents
by collision can be prevented abso-
lutely.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18
Beware OF ..Motor spinerv

when you choose your driver make
sure he isn't afflicted with 'chauffeurs
spine.'" says woman automobilist re-
Gently returned TO New York from
London. where that disease OF mixed
name is prevalent. says the New York
Press. The fact is man with motor,
drivers spine is worse than one with
average speed madness. His nervous
trouble sometimes prevents proper at
tentiOn to brakes. One driver who
recently wrecked a car says motor
spine" somehow made him so dizzy
he couldn't see. In speed madness
there is some chance 10 slow down.
but with a motor spine"<it's all get
up and goOdby. Still, the motor
spine" may prove a fine excuse Cor an
excuse from a fine) to the fellow who
has run down a wayfarer who is dis
agreeable enough TO object.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18
Restoration of Old National Road.

| present friction with Japan over the
open door in Manchuria and the dam
| ger of a conflict ultimately growing
| out of it.
japanese goods and Japanese peo-
pie are getting the advantage in Man
| churia," he said. Japan is reaching
out to control the trade and commerce
of Manchuria and the far east. Japan
was unquestlonably back of the Chi
nese boycott. In her efforts to capture
the trade of Manchuria and China she
has the backing of China herself. One
cannot blame Japan for seeking to fur
ther it's interests.
Whether American interests are re
garded depends on whether our navy
in the Pacific is superior to the Japa-
nese navy. So long as it is superior we
shall receive consideration at Japanese
hands. Otherwise we shall not. With
out a superior navy in the Pacific the
rights of our merchants and nanufac-
turers in Manchuria and the far east
will be overridden, and then there will
be no end of trouble and controversy,
and war will undoubtedly come out of
it,
'Can the American navy lick the
JapaneseT'
The American navy cannot get
within Thousand miles of making an
adequate attack on the Japanese. 1t
has no base from which to operate.
There is no properly protected base in
Hawaii and none in the Philippines.
We have no base to operate from TO
protect our own territory in the far
east. Eight years have gone by since
we came into possession of the Philip
pines, and we have done almost moth
ing TO prepare for their defense.
Japan in case of war would lack q
proper base from which to attack u.s.
At the same time, as things stand now,
Japan would come much nearer cap
turing the Philippines than you or l
like to imagine possible. do not mean
TO imply that the American naval force
In far eastern waters would not give n
good account of itself. But we would
not be able to spare a sufficient force
from the navy for use in the Pacific to
cope with the Japanese navy
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18
MEMORIAL TO JOEL COOK.
Association Started to Build MOnu-
mcnt to Revolutionary Soldier.

Association Started to Build MOnu-
mcnt to Revolutionary Soldier.
Judge james r. Cooper, Sr., of Baby
Ion, " Y. and others have formed the
Captain Joel Cook Monument associa-
ton, whose purpose is to raise fitting
monument to the memory of the boy
who was probably the smallest person
who fought in the Revolution. says the
New York Tribune. captain Cooks
body is now in an unmarked grave at
Babylon. Judge Cooper, himself an
old man, remembers Captain Cook well,
and feels that 1t is Il pity that he should
not have been recognized Long ere this.
Joel Cook was born on Oct. u. 1850
He was therefore less than fifteen
years Old when, on April 10. 1775, Paul
Revere made his famous ride. Joel
was so small for his age that his ear
nest entreaties to be pernAtted TO en-
list in one of the first regiments raised
were laughed at. However, one Off
Ger offered TO take Joel as Il waiter
The youth accepted. A year later he
enlisted and carried arms throughout
the struggle. In 1912 he raised com
pany and again fought. After the war
he held several political appointments,
but he died on Dec. s, 1851, in abject
poverty. and his son had to be sent to
the Baptist home
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18
Feeding siIkvvorms.

The quality and quantity of silk pro-
duced by your silkworms will all de-
pend on how you feed them. Too
much food should not be given at once,
but they should never be left entirely
without at any time during the day
or night. You must, therefore, watch
carefully to get an idea of their appe-
tite and provide accordingly, says
Home Chat. Fresh mulberry leaves
are the proper food for silkworms, but
If at any time these are not procurable
young lettuce leaves are the best sub
stitute, but they are only stop gap.
.Silkworms cannot live for long Pc
riod without their natural food. ssss-
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18
NEW BULLET
FOR THE ARMY.

Brigadier General CroZier chief of
ordnance in the United States army,
said recently that the light. sharp
pointed rifle bullet which experts have
been testing for some weeks had shown
such satisfactory qualities that it viii
probably be adopted for use in the
/. new army rifle. replacing the present
service bullet. says a special dispatch
from Springfield, Mass to the New
York Times.
The principal advantages of the light
bullet are its fat trajectory and great
penetrating power. On IA 1000 yard
range it will be effective against in
fantry for 600 yards, While cavalry
will be exposed for the entire distance.
With the present service bullet in
fantry are out of range for about 700
yards out of 1000, and at the 500 yard
mark cavalrymen would hear the bull
let whizzing over their heads.
The new bullet has a muZzle velocity
of 2.70O feet peK second. the greatest
ever attained in a service weapon. At
500 yards it will penetrate white pine
for thirty-twO inches, as qgainst TWEEN
ty-six inches for the old bullet.
Another advantage in the light bullet
is that ct lessons the kick of the rifle
1t weighs $50 grains and is fired with
800 grains of smokeless powder. The
only serious drawback of the new bull
let is that il is less accurate than that
of the old one, but General Crozier
hopes to remedy this by varying the
powder charge or by making Il slight
change in its shape.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18
Removing a Kansas War Relic.

The old stone schoOlhouse at Mound
City, Kan. the county seat of Linn
county, is to be ra-ed and the materials
in its walls used TO improve the public
highways, says the Wilson County Citi-
zen. The building was erected about
the beginning of the Rebellion, prob
ably in 1861. The only conflict between
regular Federal and Confederate troops
fought on Kansas soil and called a
battle occurred on Mine creek, near
Mound City, Oct. %. 1864 The school
house TO be dismantled was used as
hospital at the time of the. battle, am
balances from Mine creek carrying
both Union and Confederate wounded
soldiers to the shelter of its walls for
care and treatment. a number of thcm
dying in the building.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18
Wants Giant WarSbipS

ke8srpy-- Sr.r<9fn-1nA.-o~<--<~-.---
Warships of $1,000 tons displacement
instead OF 10000 and plenty of them
are what the American navy needs
according to Captain Richmond Pear
son Hobson, formerly of the United
States navy, who is assured of election
to congress from the Sixth Alabama
district to succeed John Hollis Bank
head
Captain HobsOn in an interview AT
Washington discussed many phases OF
the naval problem of the United States
says the New York Globe. He declared
a greater navy alone would prevent a
clash between America and Japan, and
as an exponent of the greater navy
Hobson intends TO do all the hard
work possible when he gets to con-
gress. He believes in the big battle
ship both as 4 fighting machine and a
peace preseryative.
Il am in favor of building warship
of tie DreadnOught type" he said.
"Only l would go further. / would
build battleships of 25.OOO tons instead
OF 10000. and l would buihl three of
them year. Moreover, 1 would equip
them each with four thIrteen-inch guns
and twelve tweIve-inch. The twelve
inch gun has to he handled by machin-
cry, and IT is just as easy to handle n
thirteen inch. 1t has been the Ameri-
can naval practice from the beginning
10 just outclass the foreign ships, TO be
one class better in guns and speed.
This practice should be continued"
The increased expense would not be
burdensOme. Captain Hobson main
tains, and, besides, it would be econ
Omy in the long run. \ formidable
American navy, he holds, is the best
possible guarantee of the peace of the
United States and the world. He is
getting his Chautauqua audiences to
adopt resolutions to be sent TO repre-
sentatives and senators advocating not
only q progressive naval programme.
but general treaties of arbitration and
a permanent international congress to
assemble periodically. A great number
of these resolutions have reached mem
bers of the house and senate
Regarding the proposal of the Italian
warship designer Cuniberti to plan q
battleship that will far outstrip the
Dreadnought, Captain Hobson does not
believe the Italian government can af-
ford to build such a monster. Still he
thinks there is no reason why the Unit
ed States should not far excel the Gu
inherit proposal. He believes in sub
marines and torpedo craft as auxilia-
ries, but declares it is on the big bat
tleship, whose military weight in
creases with its volume, that reliance
must be placed when it comes to a
contest for control of the sea.
Whether the United States and ia
pan clash depends, in Captain Hob
sons opinion, on just one thing-wheth-
er America maintains naval superior
itY in the Pacific. He discussed the
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18

the sale of land there should be assign
ed to the construction of Il public high
way connecting the fringe of Virginia
settlements with what was then the
western frontier. Official records show
that $G,Si2.0O0 WIS realized in this
way. That this insured thorough con-
struction is evidenced from the cOadi-
ton OF the road after celtury's use,
with but little f. the way Of recent
repairs. At some of tie places along
the route old covered wooden bridges
constructed from sixty TO eighty years
ago are still standing. apparently good
enough to carry traffic for years to
come.
III the department Of agriculture
there is division OF good roads for
instruction In permanent roadbuiiding,
and the work could he undertaken by
experts should congress 80 authorize at
comparatively small expense II is
natural to suppose the railroads of the
country viii oppose any movement to
improve the public highways. but with
the development of motor cars and
trucks of every description there viii
be steadily increasing public senti-
ment on the other side as well
The whole subject is an interesting
one. especially as relating 10 the his
toric Cumberland-Vand road. and
in connection with the centennial cele-
brations of the towns along the way a
concentration of effort in the next con-
gress is anticipated in support of ma
tional good roads campaign.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18
GIRLS REMARKABLE SHOT.
Ten-year-old killed tDeer at
Hundred Yards.

Jean Boalt Wheeler, thet ten-year-old
daughter of Attorney Charles Stetson
Wheeler, and niece of Benjamin Ide
Wheeler, president of the University of
California, has distinguished herself as
markswoman by shooting a deer at
100 yards straight through the heart
says a San Francisco dispatch.
Little Jean was up at her fathers
country home, the Bend. on the Nc
Cloud river, with her parents and Ben
jamin Ide Wheeler when she made the
remarkable shot. The child was on.
horseback with others of the party and
carried a rifle. She was ahead of the
rest when 300 feet ahead of her she
saw buck with head high in air.
The animal turned suddenly and was
about to bound away into the woods
when little Jean raised her rife and
fired The deer fell dead. It weighed
ninety pounds after it was dressed.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18

"HE building of national highways
by the federal government as
well as the undertaking of ex-
perimentS to determine the best
methods of road preservation are sub
,jectS which are again receiving the at
tention of large numbers of citizens
throughout the United States and the
hearty approval of some of them, says
the New York Posts Washington cor
respondent.
Ever since the foundation of the
government national road building has
been advocated by many persons as a
far greater function of the general
government than seed distribution and
some OF the other gift schemes for
which the federal treasury is drawn
upon to pay the bills. The tremendous
and rapid increase in the use of horse
less vehicles not only for pleasure
seekers. but as business. trucks tax
ing the place OF delivery wagons of all
descriptions, has naturally attracted
new and strong support TO the good
roads movement, so that the extent of
public sentiment in favor of improved
and well kept thOroughfares connect
ing the principal cities of the country
is greater now than ever before. 1t
may even be believed that the popular
demand for up TO date roads between
cities is fast approaching that unanim-
fly of opinion which has long required
city streets TO be kept in a condition
approaching as near as possible the
combination of permanency, smooth
ness and noiselessness.
Some years ago General Nelson 4.
Miles, then the head of the American
army. lent his name TO Il movement for
building broad and direct autOmo-
bile thoroughfare across the country
through several of the eastern states
Such Il plan has been repeatedly urged
to join Baltimore with Washington. a
distance of forty miles. Within the
last few days the agitation has been
renewed, and enlarged commercial ad- |
vantages have been urged as sufficient !
reason for whatever expense is in
voIved
Last spring Thomas 4. Edison came |
south with his touring car and an ac-
baggage carrying automO-
bile. He intended to make some eX-
periments in one of the southern states,
and by the time he had reached Wash
IngtOn he was pretty well worn out by
the shaking up he had received on the
bad roads between New Jersey and
Only Il man of his in
energy would have kept on
Dy autoInObile after the warning he re-
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18
MAGNIFICENT CROP YEAR,
New York Central Vice President
Sees Fine Business For Railroads.

Sees Fine Business For Railroads.
w. c. Brown, senior vice president
and acting president of the New York
Central system, who recently returned
from a western trip of 1900 miles in
the wheat and corn belts, visited Indi-
ana, Illinois, Missouri and Iowa and
prepared special and careful reports
on the conditions prevailing in Kansas
and Nebraska, says the New York
Sun. His view is that the crops in all
these states are remarkable both as to
quantity and quality.
81 believe" he said, that the United
States this year will harvest a larger
quantity OF grain of all sorts than
ever before and sWilI market it -at-a
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18
Dinerent Times.

Sarasate once found his memory do
serting him at a recital, but he discov-
cred the reason Of the mishap in time
to prevent a failure. A lady was fam
ming herself In the front row Of the
stalls. The violinist stopped playing.
Madam" he said. "how can I play in
two-four time when you are beating six
eight?" The lady shut up her fan, and
the recital was concluded successfully.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18
H.rxestfnr by Terepbone.

j. A. Frambers of Oxford, Mo-, has
put the telephone TO new and novel
use, says the Kansas City Journal.
Sumner county is covered with q net
work of rural telephones. All told
there are more than 5000 telephones in
the county Mr.. Framberss kept his
thrashing- autft-in. constant communi-
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18
PAGES 9 TO II.

lures. not far from the grave OF that
celbrated roue and voluptuary, the last
Duke of Queensberry. better known as
"Old o" or the Star of Piccadilly,"
whose dishonored bones repose beneath
the communion table.-LondOn Tele-
graph.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-08-18

viii become thy handmade. If not, it
will become thy master.-Diodorus.