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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-07

tor'Gneuteu Tcc anouJ matters b0l01rT1E to
t;:lors. of which l w1s entirely fS-0~.Jnt.
although. in cr,!cr not to aGrpnt J"rrn, !
answered just as ar2vely IS If the tate of
an ar1lE depended upon the cat OF.
jacket. When / went - see the King q
Prussia, instead of a library ! found rh't
he had 4 largo room. HHc IN arsenal fur
nishcd with shelves ana pegs. on which
were hung fifty or siTt" l1cl;c.s Of differ
Cnt patterns Every d1v Ao charged his
fashion end put on di@crcut one. He
attached moro inportanoo 70 this tn1n
was necessary for the salvation oS q king
Gom.''
Three treaties resulted from Fried
land-Ouc between France and l.usSia,
published ut the time; one between
France and Prussia. also mace pUblic,
and Il third. long kept secret between
Russia and France. This Last was
practically AZ offensive and defensive
alliance of the two powers against
England, Austria and Turkey. y rem
uant of his realm was left 10 the t'ruS-
sidnS5ing out Of regard for the wishes
of alexander, Napoleon was blamed
by the liberals of EUropa for not re-
constituting the kingdom of Poland.
Instead of that lie created the grand
dUchy of Warsaw in favor Of his o!d
ally, the king Of SaXony, whose prede-
qssSors had reigned in Poland. At
home he was blamed for not crossing
the Niemen after FricdIand and push
ing his conquest farther east; also f0T
putting too much trust in Alexander,
who later turned upon him. He was
also blamed for leaving Prussia either
too strong or too weak. Prussia strong
and allied with France would have
been Il buffer between France and
Russia; weak, Prussia would never
have troubled France again for Il cen
fury. Echoing the trend of criticism in
European capitals at the time OF Napo-
Icons fall. Baron Mcneyal. long close
to Napoleon. says in his memoirs, 1T
! needed the disaster at Moscow 1S12}
and Lcipsic QS13l to overthrow the
! beautiful monument to NapOFenn'S
glory" created by the victory at Fried
land in 1897.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-07
Sweeping French Victory.

Lanncs had but 10000 men and. like
the vigorous Reynolds at Gettysburg,
put up the best fight he could and sent
courier after courier to summon Napo-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-07
Happiest Moment of His Life.

The author Of Decisive Battles of
the World" defines rs decisive those
few of which Il contrary event would
have varied the drama of the world
in all its subsequent scenes Apply
ing this definition to Friedland We
must limit the view to the Immediate
field OF Napoleon's adventures. 1t
marked the elimination of his career
as n political adyenturer. He said him
self that that was one OF the happiest
moments of his life, perhaps the hap
piest" 1t made him the greatest fig
ure in all Europe for the time. Bat
contrary event. the defeat of Napoleon
at Fricdland, would not "have varied
the drama of the world in all its sub
sequcnt scenes" 1t would have ac-
CELEBRATED the downfall which came at
Leipsic to be clinchcd at Waterloo.
Had Napoleon lost Friedland there
would probably have been no war of
the Spanish peninsula, 1SOS-1S13; no
divorce of the Empress Josephine, ut
least as it was brought about two
years later; no Austrian empress on
the throne of France in 1910; no Mos
COW disaster in 1872; no great cCali-
ton" of the powers against the Cor
sican in 1913; hence no Elba. no Wa
terloo. no St Helena. Possibly Eng
land. freed of the menace of Napoleon
the mighty hanging on her TANKS,
would have sent an army to America
in 1872 to reverse the verdicts Of Sara
toga and Yorktown in some battle on
the Canadian border or the middle At
lantic coast. Possibly too Napoleon, If
defeated at Friedland. would have
tried to take revenge out of England
by direct attack, and thus compelled
her To lpt America alone i'm 1919
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-07

= n military sense the battle of
Friedland fought June i. 1897,
Il in Poland up near the Baltic sea,
was side show when compared
with the stupendouS conflicts where
Napoleon Bonaparte led his indOmita
Bile French SoIdiery. The combat was
in no sense remarkable. Its CHEZ fea-
lures have been duplicated in almost
every great war. y Russian array Of
10000 to 10000 men was routed. hut
how little that affected the nations
fighting power is shown by the fact
that few years later the defeated
car at Friedland led 9GO.CCO men to
the field to wipe out Napoleon.
With reference to the campaign of
1907 Friediand was decisive. 1t was
Russia's last throw then and about rs
decisive as the battle OF Mukden in
the late RusSu-JapanCSc war.
But in Il political sense FricJland
was dccsivc-that is. decisive OF tenn
porary events. Napoleon wrote from
the field to his brother Joseph, This
battle has been rs decisive as those OF
Marengo. of AusterlitZ. Of jena lie
1ouSht lOf ms own iDftuutS III All vi
these battles. And really the polit-
ical issues involved in the Fri"dlaad
victory were fought over again III 1913,
and the victory of 1891 reversed ut
Leipsic thc battle of the Nations"
The nations which fought Napoleon at
Leipsic i'm 1878 were praying for his
defeat in 1897. hut only Russia had
an army in the field ut that date to
smitc the usurpin% emperor Of the
French. The ear and his political
..aa--r-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-07

No without
instances that cause either hunor IN the blood OF fiery
fluid These blood
condition those members
collect the body. This
unhealthy the
with the poison. The
itself the
through and glands the skin These coming
irritation and inflammation surface,
skin disease the result External applications while they soothe the
beneficial the Clean
Affections because they do not reaG the blood where the " trouble is
blood
blood
the exuu acd matter noused and sooted cooling, healthy
blood
the foreign matter thereby form of skin
trouble blood
but begin the of s. S. and when have removed the the
medical advice free THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA Ca
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-07
Very Ordinary Battle.

No, the drama of the world rs we
look at it q hundred years from Fried
land was not essentially varied by Ma
poleon's victory of June II. 1907. He
used his new power to turn Europe
upside down for n few years, hasteD
ing his own end, after which things
resumed their normal course as though
FriedlGnd had never happened. The
battle. as before stated. WAS very or
binary. At the close of 1906 Napoleon
had overrun the kingdom of Prussia,
seizing Berlin. and passed the winter
I'm Poland. The Prussian king mad no
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-07
FriedIand and NapoIeon.|
STRIKING RESULTS OF BATTLE FOUGHT ONE :
HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
Very Ordinary Combat but Decisive In Political Sense
Drama of the Worlds Events Not Essentially Varied by
French EmperoTs Wctory-Signficance of the
Famous Treaty of TIsit

army and his ally, Alexander |. of Rus
sa. sent Il force of 100000 men into
Poland against the French invader
An indcciSive battle was fought at
Eylau in April, 1907. and in June Ma
puleou took the Held for the purpose
of attacking the Russian EaSc of sup
plies ut Kocnigsberg on the Baltic
coast. The russians. led 10y General
Beunigscu. We're encamped east of the
river Ale. ana Napoleon was on the
west side Of that stream. \ race was
begun for koenigSbcrg. and Napoleon
sent far in advance three corps, remain
ing with the main body himself. KOe-
nigSh2lG is on the west side of the
ALE. and in order to rescue it from the
French the Russians had to cross that
river. the only available point for the
purpose being the village of Fricdland
Napoleon dispatched the corps of
LanneS with Oudiuots famous Grena-
diers to Tricdland to hold the Crass-
ing. and the battle of FricGland was
opened about l o'clock il the after
noon by Il vigorous cannon fire from
! the Russian batteries. still in position
/ on the east bank of the ale. against
Ordinotn line. Surprising that Ii
/ could crush the French under Lanues
| General Eeuuigsen crossed nearly the
whole Of his army to the west bank
/ using The single bridge and two pom
| toOn bridges which hc had III his OUTFIT
Sweeping French Victory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-07
BY CEORGE L. kILN1ER.

y a military sense the battle Of
Friedland, fought June i. 1897,
in pOland un nrar the Baltic sea.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-07
KOdOl
For Dyspepsia

digests what you eat. takes the strain of
of the heart, and contributes nourishment,
strength and health to every organ of the
body. For Indigestion. Dyspepsia, Sour
Stomach, Inflammation of the mucous
membranes lining the Stomach and Diges-
tive Tract, Nervous Dyspepsia and Catarrh
of the Stomach.
After eating, my food would distress me by making
my heart palpitate and would become very weak
Finally got bottle of Kodol and it gave me irne-
1iate relief. After using few bottles am cured
MRS. LORING NICHOLS, Penn Yam. N Y.
had stomach trouble and was in a bad state as I
had heart trouble with it. took Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure for about four months and it cured me.
D. KAUBLE. Nevada. O.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-07
Do Not Neglect the Children.

At this season OF the year the first
unnatural looseness of a childs bowels
should have immediate attention. The
best thing that can be given is Cham
berlain's Collie, Colera and Diarrhoea
Remedy followed by castor oil rs di-
rected with each bottle of the remedy.
For sole by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-07
Queen Louisa of Prussia came to III.
sit. Baron Marriott says:

Queen Louisa of Prussia came to III
sit. Baron Marriott says:
He invited her to dinner, which she 40
Ceptcd, doubtless much against the grain.
Napoleon ana the queen Of Prussia hated
each other cordially. She had inSultcd
him IN many proclamations, ana he had
given il back in his bulletins. Yet their
interview showed no traces of their mu-
tual hatred. Napoleon was respectful ana
attentive. the queen gracious and disposed
to cGptiVdte her former enemy.
The figure cut by LoUisa's royal
;pouse at this time was most pitiful.
In the Memoirs of Napole3n,' by the
Duchess D'AbrantcS. we read:
The king of Prussia was of so little ac-
count in these conferences that nothing
more was said Of him than if lie were at
Berlin. To see Il king, for in fact he was
a king. following lis conqucror with an
eve of apprehension fearing to speak,
walking always behind the other two SOW
creigSs. and thus by his own act placing
himself in a subordinate rank, must al
ways be distressing.
The duchess was the wife of Junot,
one of Napolcon's generals. and re-
counts the story Of Tilsit rs given her
by .eycWitneSscs.
y
poleon hgd declared that he would de-
throne Frederick OF Prussia. At ST
Helena he said:
Whore erred most fatally was at Til
sit l ought to have dcthroncd the king
of Prussia. hcsitatei Il moment. was
S'g l.;N,,,,"Ji I'm iio' 'i,.
dominicns for myscIf. ! might have de-
clared that the house OF iiohenzoliern had
oea'e" - reign
lie added that he would have don"
so had there been Il scion ~ the branch
Of Frederick the Great at hand. Ap-
| ropos Of the dcspoiiation oi Prussia,
! sanctioned by the treaty at 1ilsit, the
| Duchess D'Ahrant@s quotes an inter
| esting morsel from tie lips OF Aieian-
! der. when She met in Paris in 18Th,
SAID the ear:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-07

allies wished to use Napoleon as lie
was used ut Moscow in 1872. smash
his army ana drive him back eastward
over the Rhine
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-18
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
coIored Man Wanted to Marry in Spite
OF Objection.

Ralph Stuart of THE Spoilers" is
southern born. and always has good
"darkey" story or two up-his sleeve.
Here is one that he brought back
from his old home in Tennessee last
summer:
An irrepressible son OF the cotton
fields lounged into the once OF q
Justice of the peace one day and, ad.
dressing the Justice, said:
Judge, ah done want to get nah.
age stiffcat."
You mean license, Albert. All
right. What's the girls name?"
Mandy Payne" replied Albert, and
the justice filled out the blank, after
asking the necessary questions, hand.
ing It 10 the applicant with the re-
mark: THAT will cost you. dollar,
Albert" 49,
His face dropped and he replied:
"A dollar, ledge. ah only done got 50
cents"
Sorry, Albert, but the law says the
fee is a dollar" 1t tsi7i rs
Albert scratched his head q moment
and then said: "Ah tell yo' what 20
do, jedge; >yo' jest keep dat till to-
morrow. III get de dollah and com
back To- It,"
"All right. Albert, that will do. I'll
keep it for YOU"
The next day Albert came back all
right and with wide grin said: /:
"Mornin', jedge! Heah's dat dollah,
and all want yo' to change de pane
on dat stiffcat."
We'll, whose name do you want on
it now?" WIZ ~
Liza jones'" said Albert, grinning
audibly.
"All right; I'll make out new one,
but it will cost you another dollar"
Holy Moses. jedge, ah amt got no
othah dollah. All only got de one you
tole me to git yistiddy."
Cant help 1t, II | issue new II.
cense. III have to have another dol
lar" gF
Albert was nonplused for a moment.
then he said: 'Jest keep dat one yo'
got, jedge, till come back again to.
morrow" ~
The next day he returned and with
an air of settled conviction said
''Jedge, yo' Jest gimme dat stiffcat wild
Mandy Payne on 1t. like ah tote y0'
In de fust place. All done looked dem
niggahs ovah again an ah doah't see
no dollah's difference between EN-"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-18
THE HRSSfAN FLY, ITS HABITS
AND SUGGESTED REMEDIES
TrsAt6S conpiiAd BY a. Cossafd j. s. Houser Of
tht Onto a AsrieuituraI Experiment Station.

tlons. There is a general impression
that SOME varieties are comparatively
indinne from injury. and there are
records which furnish a real basis for
the opinion.
The rank, dark green leaves Of
young plants, attacked by the fy In
fall, are well known to most wheat
etowers. Later the blades become vel.
low or brownish and, unless unipfest.
ed tillers develop, the plant dies dur.
Ing the winter. The progeny Of the
spring brood, larvae and fiaxseeds, are
found under the culms, usually at the
first Joint, though they may be found
at the second and occasionally at the
third. The straw Is weakened at the
point OF attack and frequently breaks,
the head falling to the ground. Consid-
cradle loss is sustained from many of
the heads falling too low to be caught
by the reaper In bad cases of infesta.
ton from 80 TO 80 per cent Of the
straw may fall
In figure l Is shown a photograph
of SEQ Infested straws of valley wheat
and an equal Gumber of infested ones
of the same variety. These two bun.
dies furnish the following comparative
data:
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-18
Among Magazines

Many OF the widest birds show
the same nature, such as the turkey
the swan, the sand hill crane and
that widest of all, the whooping
crane. 1t Is not likely that these
any more than the ducks will be
made too tame, but 1t may yet be a
question what Bob White and the
rufred grouse may become with too
much coddling. II Is quite certain
that mere absence of persecution Is
not going to spoil them II the ,cotn-
try is wild enough I have seen
them both many time where they
never knew the sotind Of q gun;
but like the woodcock and the prairie
chicken they had an Instructive
knowledge that something was
wrong when man with gtin came
In sight.
There are. however. three OF the
blue quaiis--Gambel's partridge pr
the ARIZONA quail, the California
valley quail and the mountain
qrail-that have been long tested
under such varying conditions OF
persecution and protection that It is
safe to say that very little shooting
will keep them wild enough TO
please the post exacting lover OF
game that Knows how to get away.
The largest of these is the mountain
quail. which, according to Coues. IL
much larger and more beautiful
than Bob White. But the difference
m size almost disappears when the
bird is picked, and as for beauty
when grace and demeanor are con
sidered, no bird can surpass Bob
White In flavor this quail Is not
the eqiial OF Bob White, though
that still leaves margin to be good
enough, which II is, II we'll cooked,
instead Of being slowly deslccate<i In
the beastly style of Caiifornians
AS a game bird. IL is admired by
everyone. even those hunters whose
leaden feet are left in the distance
by the valley quail, admitting that
1.-THE mountain bird Is charmer In
|srite OF his peculiaritics. IT. $.
Van Dyke in March Recreation. 4,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-18
t3ene rrids HInts.

A dollhr spent around home 6lays
around home and may return to you
after few days.
II you want to make yo,ir own town
prosperous, YOU will spend yotir mon
ey, In your own town in preferencA to
some bigger burg long way on.
II don't propose to alt around ana
listen to people knocking this town."
remarked Uncle 81 Summers. 40 lohk
as know they spend hnlr their money
with the mall order houses and let the
local merchants go hang"
The way to start a wagon out OF the
inlre ls for all the horses to pull to-
gcther. The same rule applies to 4
town and Its people. one way to pnil
together Is for everybody to pntronlse
home Industries whenever possible.
Money In circulation around the town
you live In ls much better for your In
terests than the same money in circula.
tIon In n city hundreds OF miles awny.
Your dollar Ia lonesome in q big city.
but II has friends around home and
therefore IA more useful.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-18
RcklndieS Life
in the Nerve Cene

Suicide. insanity. falling ssiokasss.
paralysis. These are some OF the r..
suits OF worn-out nerves. No one would
neglect q disease 80 dreadful IN 10 70.
suits as nervous exhaustion II the dam
ger were only realized with the hrst
symptoms. t5eN n
The time to begin the restoration of
the nerves by the use OF DR.. A. w.
Chase's Nerve Pills II whom yOu
find yourself unable to sleep at nights.
suffering from headaches or neuralgia
pains. indigestion or weak heart action.
Loss of flesh and weight. 4 growtnG
weakness and debility. a\tenpency TO
neglect the duties OF the payl gloomy
forebodings for the future. drs &her in-
dications OF depleted nerves. VAt 5
You cannot liken Or. A. w. Chase'e
Nerve Pills to any medicine you ever
used. They are nerve vitalixer and
tissue-buiider OF exceptional power.
Naturally and gradually. they re.
kindle life In the nerve cells and form
new red corpuscles In the bIood--the
only way thoroughly to cure nervous
disorders, DR.. A. W. Chase's Nerve
Pills. 80 cents. at all dealers. or Dr. a.
w. Chase Med. Co., Buffalo, N. Y. a
For sale in Marion. Ohio. by Flock
g Drug Store. s 3ar -
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-18
obseryant Lackaye.

Wilton Lackaye says he will back
sss property man against any other
III America when 1t comes to making
out q property expense account.
A favorIie item. which appears on
the list with the regularity OF each
succeeding performance of THE Man
and the Law" is "One five-cent cigar
15 cents"
Here's another Lackaye. story: ."The
Man and the Law" was being pre-
sented In a small town in Indiana
After the count.up the house treasured
asked the company's manager how
many statements he wanted. Three
was the reply. One for Mr.. Lackaye
one for Mr.. Brady, and one for Victor
Hugo Il got mine.' says Mr.. Lack
aye, "and am certain Brady got his
but ! don't know where they sent
IIugos" "
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-18
PEOPLE AND PLAYS.

The engagement of Robert Edeson
the star IN "strongheart." and Ethel
Levey, divorced wife OF George M
Cohan, has been formally announced
by Edeson. The marriage, 1t 10 said
will take place as boon as necessary
formalltIes connected with the grant
Ing OF the decree OF divorce TO Mrs
Cohan are completed. .s'is
Dorothy Grlmston 1.-THE daughter oil
Mr.. and Mrs. Kendsil). who Appesred
with Olga Nethersole 10 THE Laby
rinth" last season. Is now playing
Nina in His House In, Order. In sup
port OF George Alexander In Ms tour
OF the English provinces.
Messrs. Klaw and Erlanger have
completed arrangements for the pro
duction Of q new play BY Edmund Day
entitled "Ths Round Up.' wh,ch' viii
have It's premiere ID Chicago In April
wien Maclyn Apbi,ckls VIII create
the principal COMEDY role.
.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-18
PLAYWRIGHT AS A soY.
Gillette Had Faculty Of Buildins Plays
When Youth.

William Gillette began to write
plays at a very early age. AS a mat
ter OF record, he was about II years
Of age when he first turned his atten-
ton seriously toward the drama. At
chat time, as might be expected. he
was living under the parental
root at Hartford, Conn. He as.
tonished his family on this oc.
casion by rigging up min.
lature theater. 1t was made OF a
large box with the front cut out and
the top takeh off. In the front he
built a proscenium about three feet
high and OF much the same width,
fully equipped with drops. borders and
wings. He had footlights of small
candles arranged on the frame I'M
derneath SO that they could be op-
Grated mp. and down and thus he got
the lighting effects which he had seen
in real theaters. The scenes slid in
from the top. and were all painted by
.le youthful Gillette. The various
characters In the play were worked
in a number of ways. Some were
suspended by very fine black threads
or wires and others, when the nature
If the scenes would permit, were
worked from below.
The. first entertainment that Gil
Sette gave in this miniature theater
was a marlonette Minstrel perform
ance.
Two or three years later Gillette
organized juvenile company among
his chums, built stage in the large
attic of his home and gave perform
ance OF an original play there. Young
Gillette did not go directly on the
the stage after his school years. He
FIRST tried the entertainment platform
and gave public readings and recita
lions, including costume limitations OF
various actors, among them Booth
the elder Sothern, Jefferson and John
T. Raymond. From his father, United
States senator from Connecticut, he
picked up some limitations of the
statesmen of the day. After several
seasons on the platform Gillette went
70 st. Louis, where his professional
stage career finally began under Ben
De Bar, who was the manager OF q
theater there. t
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-18


practicable. However desirable Glove,
may be as factor in agriculture. the
general practice of sowing 1t with
wheat certainly gives the Hessian ny
and the jointworms an opportunity to
multiply that was not furnished in the
earlier days, when the stubble was
usually burned.
TO reduce to minimum the effects
Of Hessian fly attack, choose for seed
the screened product OF variety pos
sessihg d large or medium straw, but
above all with excellent stooling quail
tiles. Pulverize the ground thoroughly
by cultivating, narrowing and rolling
until the mechanical condition of the
soil is as good as possible. Do not
sow too late, for the damage can some.
times be better overcome by early
sowing than avoided by late. In case
of severe attack, either early sown or
late sown grain Is best secured against
insect injury and winter.killing by q
liberal use or fertilizer. The farther
The newly sown field is away from old
stubble the better. Burn badly In.
tested stubble whenever possible.