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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02
Democratic and Right.

There are democrats, among them
editor, who favor the democratic party
joining with the republican party to
nominate President Roosevelt for an
other term. This would be the acme of
political foolishness, and of course the
scheme, if such it is. will not material
ize. The Memphis Commercial-Appeal
very sensibly objects to the considera-
ton of such folly, and for the very
good reason that Mr. Roosevelt is a
republican on all issues that are fun
damental. 1t gives the following opin-
ion, which is democratic and right:
"Of republicans, however, we regard
Mr.. Roosevelt as one of the best. He
does not seem to be SOrdid; he has GER
tainly done much toward the enforce
ment of existing laws, and we do not
doubt that he is periodically sincere
Our objection to him is that he is a
republican and that he is infected with
doctrines which we cannot accept. He
has risen high in his own party, but
not risen above it. The republican par
ty is a predatory organization. 1t is
out for the stuff. 1t has no conscience,
no character, no morals. 1t is the
champion of the robber baron and the
predatory millionaire. 1t has no sym
pathy with the aspiring individual 1t
worshiIs at the shrine of avarice, and
its twin gods are Doodle and graft. We
realize that Mr.. Roosevelt is better
than his party. He has sanctioned the
enforcement Of laws against the trusts,
against rebates, against railroad dis
elimination, against postOf1ice Grim
inals, and SO on. This. however, was
only his duty. But while he is better
than his party, he is not as good as a
good democrat. He is unsound as to
the tariff, as to constitution, as to pa
ternalism and autocracy, and though
he may be the best of the republicans
we think it is time the country was
barking back to its old ideals and plac.
ing the government in the hands of
the democratic party"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02

and commissaries, as babes in swad-
ding clothes.
"The old sergeants are now fewer
and farther between. Flush times and
low relative pay give us a rather lower
class in the ranks, and the old-time
zeal in garden work is gone. Besides,
the prospect of going to Cuba or the
Philippines on a weeks notice in mid
season brushes out all desire to gar
den. Then, too. the posts are growing
bigger, and there is not so munh ground
available. A good acre of rich western
land used to provide fresh vegetables
for company. | remember remark
ably fine garden my company had once
at LeavSnwOrth. Now there would
have to be 40 gardens there. Our men
in the Philippines do not try to gar
den. Our vegetables are a delusion
there. They start and grow, but do
not produce 1t looks as if the discour-
aSements had driven away all desire
to get for the company mess the good
things that we used to have. Army
conditions and fare would be bettered
if We could get back to the old way of
doing things"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02
CANINE OPIUM SMUGGLERS.
Dogs Sent Over Canadian Border With
Laden Pack Saddles.

Customs officers have recently I'M
earthed one of the most clever methods
of smuggling opium and silks into the
United States from across the interna-
tional boundary line yet discovered,
says the Chicago Inter Ocean. The
smugglers, who were headed by Thorn.
as Smith, now in custody, used trained
dogs to carry on their business.
The first inkling that came to the Of
ficers that the dogs were being used
to carry contraband goods from Cana
da was when officer Lane of the Bell
ingham station shot dog which he
saw running through thick timber near
Blaine, Wash. The dog was loaded
down with an enormous leather sad
die in which were found three pounds
! of opium and package of rich silk.
Three days later customs officers
trailed three other pack saddle dogs to
Smiths shack near the town of Blaine
| Smith was found at the shack and
was arrested.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02
DAILY STORY
WHAT TOMMY SOMERS
DID FOR HIS FATHER.
[Original.l

[OriSinal1
Jim Somers kissed his wife and his
son Tom, aged six, the apple of his
eye, and, smiling encoura Singly to an
admonition from his wife to be care
fuI--of what neither knew-started
down the road.
He had walked a mile perhaps when
suddenly a frightful shrek and call
for help came from a wood beside the
road. In few minutes he was be-
side the body of woman who had
just been murdered. His first thought
was that if found he would be accused
of murder. His wife's words "be
CAREFUL came to him with an especial
meaning. He hurried back into the
road, emerging from the wood just in
time to meet a man passing in n wag-
on. The man asked him If he had
heard shrieks. Jim replied Yes" and
NO and looked confused. He passed
on with his pick and shovel. The man,
after Jim had left, searched the wood,
found the body, and an hour later Jim
was arrested.
There being no jail at hand, Somers
was taken to the sheriff'S house and
put in room in the top story. The
murder created great excitement, and
threats were made to lynch the man
against whom the evidence was sc
strong. The sheriff swore in half q
dozen deputies, armed them and wait
ed a favorable opportunity to run his
prisoner to the county jail, ten miles
! distant, but, hearing of preparations te
take his man from him, desisted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02

Meanwhile Jim remained i'll room
fifty feet from the ground, with one
window and no furniture except a
chair. A nail was driven in over the
lower sash and under the upper one.
He could not get out of the window,
and there was not Il strip of anything
to make rope of to let himself down.
The sheriff had little fear of his es-
Gaping. The prisoner was not likely
TO court being hunted by mob.
The day after Jim Somers was shut
up he told the sheriff that his liver
was troubling him and asked for. a
lemon. 1t was given him. In closet
he found an old tin box of backing.
With the lemon and the backing box
he determined to make an attempt to
escape and hide or leave the country.
His first move was to ask for pen
and paper with which to write letter
to his wife. His request was granted,
but of course his letter was read by
the sheriff before sending it. 1t con-
tanned his protestatiOn of innocence
and some instructions as to engaging
counsel. There was one sentence his
wife could not understand-"Take the
candle grease out of my trousers
Why Jim should be thinking of the
candle grease In his trousers at such
a time she could not imagine. The
sheriff had noticed it, but did not sus
pect that it meant more than it pur-
ported to express. Mrs. Somers could
make nothing of it. When taking can
die grease out of clothes she was used
to ironing the spot, with paper be
tween the cloth and the iron. That's
what pop MEANS" said little Tom
''Put the iron on it." The mother
looked at the boy in establishment
Then she heated an iron and placed
! II on her husbands letter When she
/ took it off there were brown letters
| written in postscript:
tom, II night, tie rope & CLAW
hammer to cord under rear window"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02
Old Days in the Army.

The Army and Navy Journal refers
to the picturesque life of the soldiers
when stationed on the plains:
There is one thing about army life
nowadays and since the Spanish war;"
said an old officer recently, that seems
to be more pathetic than funny. When
l went into the army there used to be
company gardens at every post. There
are now none. | haven't seen one since
/ name home from Cuba. 1t is barely
possible that somewhere, remote from
the more convenient posts, some COM
pany having prospect of remaining
for two or three seasons has had the
courage to keep up the old custom, and
planted and hoed it's garden. But if
there is, don't know where that happy
company is. This is one of the things
that go to explain the something
wrong with the army The enlisted
men in the old times were fond of
fresh vegetables. Sensible captains and
wise first sergeants got their heads to-
gether and laid out a good garden
Men were detailed to plant it. Com
pany feeling ran high on the garden
question and there were healthful rival
ries in garden making and filling. The
fine potatoes, big, juicy ears of sweet
corn, red ripe tomatoes, reverberant
onions, toothsome peas and beans, and
even 'watermillions and cantalOupes
that the boys usedsto raise, were fit TO,
the gods on Olympus to taste.
"All that is gone, and with the com
pany garden also has gone the com
pany COW and the officers COW, too
There used to be a time when the
verieSt shavetail who dared to get mar
ried, kept a good COW. Out on the
western posts you could keep a COW
out on public grass nearly every mont
in the round year. When the wore
came to pull up and move station Their,
was little trouble in selling a good COW
either to the troops who were comm,
in or to some nearby settler. In thost
days we could live better and cheaper
and there was solid satisfaction in pro
ducing that part of the tables supplies
Now, with the increase of the arm,
since the Spanish war, there are to-
many officers who come from city lif
and are as helpless, as quartermaster
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02

Out of an aside remark made by Gov
ernor Johnson of Minnesota to dele
CATION of Nebraska merchants, who
went to invite him to their state for a
speech-maEing tour, has been manufac
tured, by the same merchants, story
to the effect that Governor Johnson
declined the nomination for the presi
dency and declared himself to be en-
tirely averse to the use of his name
before the national democratic conven
ton. The truth is, he never said any
thing of the kind. He did say that 1t
was not candidate. No man is a can
didate until he is nominated, so the
governor has plenty of company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02

apparel, went-nobody knew where.
Soon after the escape suspicion for
the murder fastened upon another
man. He was tried. convicted and
confessed. Then Jim Somers returned
to his home and was welcomed peni-
tently by his nefghbors.
Tom Somers is the proudest boy in
his school; but. young as he is. he can't
diveSt his mind of the narrow escape
his father had from death and gives
thanks daily that he was the means by
which that death was averted.
EMMALINE c. BURKE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02

The expression on little Toms face
when his mother read him this post
script was remarkable to behold His
eyes were as big as butter plates and
at once took on pride and sense of
responsibility. His fathers freedom.
his life, depended upon him. In ten
seconds he had grown ten years older.
That night the little fellow, with
forty feet of rope coiled over his right
shoulder and under his left arm, the
claw hammer tied to one end of 1t.
stole away TO the sheriff's house.
When he reached the yard he stopped
and looked over the fence, expecting to
see guard. There was no watch out
side. a deputy was asleep near the
prisoners door, but there was no fear
except of mob, which might come at
any moment. Little Tom crawled to
the house. Reaching the rear, he hunt
ed about and soon found the end of n
cord that looked like the tail of his
kite, for it had been made of strips of
his fathers shirt. Attaching to it the
end of the rope, with the claw hammer,
he crawled away and waited.
Somers had one end of the cord in
his hand. 1t had been let down
through a square in the window from
which a pane had been removed by
digging out the putty with an edge of
the, tin backing box AS soon as the
jerking from below ceased he pulled
and, getting the rope aud the claw
hammer, noiselessly removed the nails
over the window and raised the sash.
jamming nail in between sash and
casing to hold the former up. Then,
| tying the rope to the chair, he got out
the window, pulled the chair across II
and let himself down.
Pop"
| "Histw
! Taking his boy by the hand. Somers
! stole away. He found his wife in the
road, and the three went home. Then
Jim. shaved and arrayed in his .Mtfe's
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02
RECORD OF COURT HOUSE.
Real Estate Transfers.

Elmer L. Mckeever to Elliott B.
McKeever, west one-half of west one
third lot 500, Greenwood cemetery. 81.
Joseph D. Greenwood to Edward
Greenwood, east one-half southeast
fractional One-quarter section 14-17-1w.
Also northeast part north of Rock
river of the northeast fractional quar-
ter section 23-17-lw. 81.
Hiram Wesley Reynolds to o. L. Ro-
lell, part northwest fractional quarter
section 36-1S-1w. $3.50.
Hiram Wesley Reynolds to o. l.. RO-
lell. part northwest fractional quarter
section 3G-1S-1w. The south 1912 feet
lot D." in Radden's outlets to East
Moline. $500.
Hannah Carlson and others to Esther
Hemmingberg, lot Is, block ), Fair
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02

One of the greatest triumphs of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the conquering of woman's
dread enemy Tumor,
The growth of tumor is so in
sidious that frequently its presence
is wholly unsupported until 1t is we'll
advanced.
So called wandering pains" may
come from it's early stages or the
presence of danger may be made
manifest by excessive monthly periods
accompanied by unusual pain, from
the abdomen through the groin and
thigh.
If you have mysterious pains, If
there are indications of Inflammation
or displacements, secure bottle OF
lydia Z. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, right away and begin its use.
The following letters should con-
vince every suffering woman of its
virtue, and that it actually does
conquer tumors.
Mrs. May Fry, of $50 W. Colfax
Ave, South Bend, Ind, writes
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
II take great pleasure in writ
ing to thank you for what Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. / also took the Blood
Purifier in alternate doses with the
Compound. Your medicine removed a
cyst tumor of four years growth,
which three of the best physicians
declared l had. They had said that
only an operation could help me. 1 am
very thankful that followed friends
advice and took your medicine. 1t has
made me strong and well woman and
shall recommend it as long as l live.
Mrs. E. F. Hayes, of &c Ruggles st.
Boston, Mass, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"Ihave been under different doctors
| treatment for long time without
relief. They told me l had fibroid
tumor, my abdomen was swollen and
l suffered with great pain. | wrote
to you for advice, you replied and
followed your directions carefully and
| today l am well women. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ex-
| PEELED the tumor and strengthened my
| whole system"
Mrs. Perry Byers, of Mt. Pleasant
| Iowa, writes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02

mount addition to Moline. $1,000.
David A Jones to Edward Green
wood, part lots 1, =, block l, Atkinson's
subdivision outlot 20, Moline. $500.
Louis Mosenfelder to John n Park,
lots 1, .. block ,, Mosenfelder place,
Rock Island. $500
Frank Cederberg to Oscar Peterson.
lot II, block 1. Third Wheelock Fiji
teenth street addition to Moline. $3.50.
Jackson & Babcock to Frank Ceder
berg lot Il, block /, Third Wheelock
Fifteenth street addition to Moline.
$3.50.
George w. Walker to Ida Bartlett,
part lot I, block 10. Old Town, Moline.
Also lot 10. block 10, lot 10. block III,
City of East Moline. $4,000.
Emma L. Nourse and others to W.
A. Darling. lots %, &c, q, block ,.
Acme addition to Moline. 5000.
Marie Etzel to Albert F. T. LEM, lot
4. block ,, l.. Mosenfelder place, Rock
Island. 81.
Emma L. Nourse and Rufus Walker
to +. Herrstrum, lot 4, block 5, Acme
addition to Moline. $3.50
Esther Hemmingberg to Ella Eek
beg, lot Is. block =, Paramount addition
to Moline. 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02
eaIIade of Autumn Foods.

Away with all the fimsy stun
With which we stayed the appetite
At nourishment we made a bluff:
We simply toyed with something light
In summer salads were all right,
With coffee, iced in glasses tall,
But chilly weather doth invite
The buckwheat cake and Goldfish ball.
Our teeth now ache for something tough
And hearty on the which to bite
Good hot roast beef and currant duff
Something to make the wastband tight
And pork and beans we will not slight;
For green stuff our desire is small
Now time has brought us in it's flight
The buclSwheat cake and goldfish ball.
No fcei OF that I've had enough
And more all through the seasons
height.
It's well when you perspire and puff.
But there's hot coffee now In sight,
And IL it's handy, too. might
For a good hot dinner call
For breakfast, though Gt may be trite)
The buckwheat cake and Goldfish ball.
L'ENvoI.
NV mouth will water as I write
For now that 1t is coming fall
My fancy sees-a vision bright
The buckwheat cake and Goldfish ball.
Chicago News
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02
A Criminal Attack

On an inoffensive citizen is frequent
ly made in that apparently useless
little tube called the appendix" It.
generally the result of protracted con
stipation, following liver torpid. DR.
Kings New Life Pills regulate the
liver, prevent appendicitis, and estab
lish regular habits of the bowels. q
cents at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02

Take something now and then
help the stomach. Kodol will do thi;
1t is combination of natural diges
tants and vegetable acids and contains
the same juices found in health,
stomach. 1t is pleasant to take. l.
digests what you eat. Sold by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02

The Charleston News and Courier
says: ut would be very much like 4
new heaven and new earth, if Henry
WattereCn were placed in the White
House" Well. yes: There would then
be an end Of this everlasting wrangle
and jangle about cocktails. mint julens
and decent manners would be revisGG..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02

The greatest of all the campaigns
yet undertaken for deep water and
open navigation in the Mississippi be
gan with President II 1OSev"lGs appeal
ance in Keokuk. The campaign MAJ
prove arGuous. but it wI;l never BE-
abandoned until western commerce
gets what it is asking for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02

Quincy Herald: The president is
going to ride on the steamer Missis-
sippi. down the river Mississippi to the
state of Mississippi, y He will see the
Mississippi bubble albright.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02

Bad breath is a most offensive all
ment, irritates YOU as well as your
friends; HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea takes the bad taste from the
mouth, removes the cause. purifies the
breath. 50 cents, tea or tablets. Har-
per House pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02

Egypt reports fine corn crop.
Strikes us as sort of familiar, that
famine relieving corn crop i'll Egypt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02
TuM0RS CONQUERED
Overwhelming Proof that Lydia e. Pnkham'
Vegetable Compound Succeeds.

Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
Il was told by my physician that
had fibroid tumor and that l would
have to be operated upon, l wrote to
you for advice, which followed care
fully and took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. l am not only
cured of the tumor but other female
troubles and can do all my own work
after eigh years of suffering"
Mrs. S. j. Barber. of Scott, N. Y.
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
Sometime ago L wrote you for
advice about tumor which the doctors
thought would have to be removed.
Instead l took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and to-day am a
| we'll woman"
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Funk. vandergrift. Pa,
! writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
81 had a tumor and Lydia f. Pink
| hams Vegetable Compound removed
| it for me after two doctors had given
me up. l was sick four years before 1
| began to take the Compound. / now
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Veget-
able Compound far and near"
| Such testimony as above is con-
vincing evidence that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound stands
! without a peer as remedy for Tumor
Growths as well as other distressing
ills of women, and such symptoms as
Bearing-down Sensations, Displace-
ments, Irregularities and Backache.
etc. Women should remember that it
is Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound that is curing SO many women
Don't forget to insist upon it when
some druggist asks you to accept
something else which he calls Just
| as good"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02

Notwithstanding that the strenuous
Theodore rode over its bosom. the
Father of Waters flows on unvexed to
the sea
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill IEn-
tered at the postofhce as second-class
matter.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02
Mrs. Pinkham's Invitation to Women.

Women suffering from any form
of female weakness are invited to
write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass,
for advice She is the Mrs. Pinkham
who has been advising sick women
free of charge for more than twenty
years, and before that she assisted
her mother-in-law, Lydia E. Pink
ham in advising. Thus she is especially
well qualified to guide sick women
back to health.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02
Wednesday, October 2, 1907.

There is little question that the Penn
sylvania grafters deserve capitol pun
ishment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02
A Yankee girl had travelled far,

She went to gay Paree,
She rivaled all the beauties there,
She used HOLSTERS Rock Mountain
Tea.
Harper House pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02
TERMS - Daily. 10 cents per weel

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02

TERMS - Daily, 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumentative
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.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-20
WHAT TO USE
THT @vEGETABLE PREsCRiPTrON-
 FILLED MANY TIMES.
Ne Sufferer of Kidney or Bladder Trouble or Rhcumatism should
 Leave IL Untrfed.

That the readers of this paper ap- preciate advice when given In good faith is plainly demonstrated by the fact that one we'll known local phar- macy filled the vegetable prescription many times within the past two weeks. Most of these folks naturally bought the ingredients only and mixed them at home. The announcement of this sinl- pie, harmless mixture has certainly ac- much in reducing the great many cases of kidney complaint and rheumatism here. relieving pain and misery. especially among the older pop ulation, who are always suffering more or less with bladder and urinary trou- bles. backache and particularly rheu- nlatisnl.
 Another we'll known druggist asks us to continue the announcement of the prescription. It is doing so much real good here, he continues. that 1t would be a crime not to do so.' It can not be repeated too often, and further states many cases of remarkable cures wrought.
 The following Is the prescription, of vegetable ingredients, making harm less. inexpensive compound. which any person can prepare by shaking well in bottle: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-haif ounce: Compound Kargon, one ounce: Compound Syrup Sarsaparilia. three ounces. Any first-class drug store will sell this small amount of each in gredient. and the dose for adults Is one teaspoonful to be taken after eacf, meal and again at bed time. There is enough here to last for one week, If taken ac- .cording to directions. Good results will be apparent from the first