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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23
8he Hrgus Daily Short Story
when Like Cures Like. BY Troy Allison
Copyright. 1907, by P. c. Eastment)

sail petulantly.
Jimmy opened the offending orbs
very wide in his surprise
by Jove. sou are Il queer one. Min
ma! You told me yesterday down on
the beach that l had the most beauti-
full eyes you ever saw Positively made
me blush to know l was so beautiful.
'Fraid to sleep in them last night lest
L should spoil EN-. And now-Minna.
You haven't met any fellow with gray
eyes. have YOU" he asked suspiciously
black eyes are treacherous-and-I my
er could trust them"
Whether they were treacherous or
not was left an open question. but
they certainly proved persuasive. and
finally Jimmy was in possession of the
whole story.
"Minna Reed. you ought TO be asham-
ed of yourself! Do 1 look like Il blight
ing sorrow" mimicking her forlorn
tone. Il might be mistaken for prize
fighter" exhibiting his muscular arm
with pride. but I'm blamed If I'd
know how to start out in the blighting
sorrow business"
NIinna. anxious to believe, still look
ed dubious.
"If your eyes only weren't black"
she sighed.
Now. look here. my child. I'd get
special act of congress to change
them tc suit you if l could. You know
I've done everything to please YOU all
my life. Why will you believe that ut
ter rot? Did she tell you anything
tangible that you absolutely know was
true:" Jimmy was in training for n
lawyer and wanted to contest all evil
dence in the case
"She told me my name and age tri-
umphantly.
"Didn't you have TO write it on 4
piece of paper first:" suspiciously.
yves, but she didn't see it-hon-
estly she didn't. l folded it tightly
and put it on the table. and she sat
and toyed with it while she talked"
| 1.-THE mischief she didn't see it,
growled Jimmy. Anything elss?'
'She said i had an Aunt Mary I'm the
spirit land that was trying to guide
me-" hesitatingly.
.See there! You never had an Aunt
Mary in your life! It's all plain hum
bug" Jimmy spoke with the satisfac
ton OF one willing to leave his case in
the hands of an intelligent jury.
| mo, | never had, but mamma had
and the clairvoyant said aunts and
great-aunts were all the same in thu
| spirit world"
Jimmy positively groaned with dis
gust.
! "She might safely hit on an Aun
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23

Minna Reed almost ran down the
steps from the house bearing the sign
Mime. Voirsi. ClairvOyant." The ladys
communications had upset all her pre-
conceived plans and ideas. Her moth
er had always opposed her trying any
thing OF the kind. but when she saw
the sign an overwhelming desire to in
qpire into things unknown had beset
her. The rest of the party had gone
down TO the beach. and after staying
in her room mt the summer hotel for
an hour with II headache she had slip
ped out to buy Il fascinating kimono
she had seen In japanese store the
day before. The clairVOyant'S sign
had caught her eye. and for whole
hour she had sat in the darkened.
Stul1y little room with her nerves all
at strained attention.
She went back to her room and.
walking straight to the dresser looked
regretfully ut the picture of Il frank
boyish face surrounded by little plain
gold frame.
Il never would have thought it." she
AOu McIt
the truest. nObiest thing on earth. And
she said the man with black eyes, now
one of my circle of acquaintance. was
decetful to the core and that If | did
not separate his path from mine he
would prove the blighting sorrow of
my life. Jimmy. dear. it seems i'm
possible To believe you could bring sor-
int l.,,A - -.
have been you she meant. for You are
the only man of my acquaintance who
has b-black eyes" And. being only nine.
teen and believing she had come face
to face with the big sorrow of her life
she threw herself across the bed and
sobbed because she felt that she must
Immediately take steps to separate
Jimmy. Kents path from hers-Jimmy
who had lent her his red ball to play
with the very first day she went tC
kindergarten.
James Kent. unconscious of tho
heavy cloud of suspicion lowering over
him, came from his ocean swim and
lay idly on the sand, hoping Minnl
would get over her headache and wall
down to the beach. Finally. sunburn
ed and glowing, he went back to ths
hotel and found her on the veranda
gazing listiessly at the sea.
rs it as bad as all that, little girl
You are the most forlorn looking speci
men l ever saw, he said as he sat OF
the porch rail and eyed her commits
eratingly.
Minna. seeing the sympathy III hi:
eyes. wished fervently that they wer,
any other color than black.
What on earth made you have blacl
eyes, Jimmy? I dislike them sou slit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23
Trees and Fools.

Any fool can destroy trees. They
cannot run away, and if they could
they would still he destroyed-chased
and hunted down as long as fun or
dollar could be got out of their bark
hides, branching horns or magnificent
b0le backbones. Few that fell trees
plant them. Nor would planting avail
much toward getting back anything
like the noble primeval forests. Dur
ing q mans life only saplings can be
grown in the place Of the old trees.
tens of centuries old, that have been
destroyed. 1t took more than 5000
years TO make some of the trees In
these western woOdS-trees that are
still standing in perfect strength and
beauty, waving and singing in the
mighty forests of the Sierra. God has
cared for these trees, saved them from
drought. disease, avalanches and a
thousand straining, leveling tempests
and floods. but he cannot save them
from fools. Only Uncle Sam can do
that.-John Muir of California.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23
Out of the Schcolroon,.

\ schoolboy was asked to give some
information in regard to the Cary Sis
tiers, the once famous New England
poets, and he said of them:
The Cary sisters were two poets
who lived in Massachusetts most of
the time. They went to New York,
where they made many fast friends
Their fastest friend was John G. Whit
tier"
At the time of the Longfellow cen
tennial, when the school children were
writing so much about him, one boy
sxSpie:
''Eangfellow's poems were mostly OF
his owhsaomposure, but he wrote Tails
of Waysfiee Inn where others did
the talking. He+Bas the poet lorryett
of our country and was a cracksrjack
when it came to real poetry. ''-Lippin.
colts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23

Mary. Nearly every body living has an
aunt or great-aunt or reat-great- great
er-aunt Mary. But she had no bust
ness fooling with my eyes
He sat sulkily silent. then grinned
with 4 thought that made him wonder
II he would not some day bear to the
realms OF the metaphysical the same
relation that Edison bears to things
physical.
young woman. | would not take
hopeless verdict upon my eyes from
any one oculist. Neither will have
them condemned by any one clairvoy-
ant. | demand q consultation. If
get the party together. will you go to
another clairvoyant this evening"" he
demanded.
Il would be so glad to find that the
first one was mistaken" she said fer
vently.
1t was very busy evening for Mr..
Kent. Finally he found n seereSs suf-
ficiently good natured and pliable to
fill his requirements.
Remember, you are to entirely free
I her mind from the idea. I'll send her
in third. You couldn't fail to know
her anyway. She's the prettiest one
in the bunch. It's cheap at $40. and if
she gets over her fear of black eyes,
by Jove, I'll send you another tenner
| tomorrow" And Nine. Ardetta, en-
| thusiaStic under the powerful stimulus
| promised TO do her best.
That night when the moon cast a
long path of light over the waves Il
couple sat far down the beach in a
| spot removed from the crowd.
She told me my name without my
| writing it, Minna said in awed tones.
.''She is simply wonderful, Said for
| me never TO have any confidence in
| fakes that made me write questions
and fold them on Il table; that they
had blank papers folded just like
them, and when they were toying with
the ones | wrote that they would sub
stitute the blank one and leave it on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23
Pythaooras,

Undoubtedly Pythagoras was one OF
the greatest men of all time. We know
to warrant us in giving him place in
the front rank of the worlds thinkers.
He was the first moral philosopher and
one of the earliest OF the world $
mathematicians. 1t would require too
much space to go into the details of the
celebrated theory of numbers" but
by numbers" Pythagoras meant moth
Ing more or less than mathematics.
as though he had said. THE first prin-
ciple of all things. physically speaking.
is mathematics" York Ameri-
can.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23

In assuming that China would be an
ally of Japan in war with this coun-
try. guessers may have fallen into
error 1t is at least significant, that
the Chinese government has COM
municated 10 the powers protest
against the provisions of treaties nego-
tiated between Japan and these gov
ernments which are held to be infringe
ments upon Chinese sovereignty that
China cannot permit The presidents
course in releasing the indemnity Ow
ing us by China since the powers oc-
cupation following the Boxer uprising
and when dismemberment threatened
was a clever sugaring of bread to
sweeten the Chinese disposition to-
ward the United States government
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23

Few of the worlds famous men have
grown old more gracefully than Ad-
miral George Dewey, who at three
score and ten is still. as Mark Twain
would say, only 20 years young.
Quite as hale and more vigorous than
the average. man in the prime of life,
the admiral is an example in these
headlong. Observation-Disclosures times OF
what it means to keep cool. One SEN
tence he uttered on a May<day morn
ing in Manila hay typifies his natAre-
"You may fire when ready. GridleS,'.
The admiral doesn't remember ever
having been nervous unless possibly
II was on Dec. &c. 1887. when he was
slightly disappointed at having arrived
in this busting old world too late for
the Christmas festivities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23

the table and take mine in their hand
under the edge of the table and read
1t. That's exactly what that first wo-
man must have done I've lost faith
in her entirely. and. Jimmy. boy. she
said that the only person ! need avoid
and he suspicious of was Il blond man
with Il Nandyke beard"
Young Mr.. Kent stroked his beard
less chin. Thank heaven | haven't q
blond Nandyke." he said piously. Did
she tell you anything about-er-me:"
he asked cautiously.
Not exactly, but she said that my
real affinity was-was a man / had
known since childhood"
Now, that" said Mr. Kent, with
great qualification, suits me exactly.
I'd rather be called an affinity any day
than blighting sorrow" He ioyfully
possessed himself of the girls hands,
and she had evidently lost all fear of
treachery.
Afterward. with her head resting
comfortably against his tweed shout
der. she spoke musingly. She said
that the greatest trial of her life was
that there We're so many fakes that
brought discredit upon her glorious
profession"
Never you mind, little girl; I'm
not so easily imposed upon, and you'll
have me with you all through life to
help pick out the real article" and the
treacherous Mr.. Kent lifted her face
until he could look adoringly into it.
The moon, as il by special contract.
came from under a cloud at just the
right moment, and she saw his express
sion.
Jimmy 1 don't believe any one else
ever had such wonderfully honest
eyes," she said happily.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23
Prints Jubilee Edition.

A 24-page jubilee edition, marking
it's 25th anniversary, has been gotten
out by the Catholic Messenger. The
paper, which is published by F. B.
Sharon in Davenport, devotes much
space to write-up of Rock Island and
Davenport industries. II SHOWS able
editing and taste in the composing de-
Dartment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23
Uniformity in Food Laws.

One paragraph of the presidents
message to congress contains sugges-
zion that must pe acted upon by the
legislatures of The different states, if
any beneficial result is to come from
the enforcement of the pure food law
passed by the last congress, says the
Omaha Bee. Since the enactment of
die measure there has been mich dis
quite and discussion concerning some of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23
How piohtheria ,s Contracted.

One often hears the expression, my
child caught severe cold which de.
veloped into diphtheria," when the
truth was that the cold had simply left
the little one particularly susceptible
to the wandering diphtheria germ
Vixen Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
given it quickly cures the cold and
lessons the danger of diphtheria OF
any other germ disease being contract
ed. For sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23

Adding to the list of slain on Ameri-
can railways the 22.S40 men killed in
the coal mines in II years. the totals
reveal a criminal disregard of human
safety on the part of corporations
which is one of the most shameful ex-
hibits of civilization.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23

The Japanese express satisfaction at
our naval display. One good word de-
serves another. We congratulated their
briliancy and their fleet when they
walloped the Russians
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23

For any of the ordinary diseases Of
the skin Chamberlain's Salve is excel
lent. 1t not only aIlays the itching
and smarting but effects a cure. For
sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23
Here's GOOD Advice.

o. S. Woolever, one of the best
known merchants of LIE Raysville, n
Y, says: eff you are ever troubled
with piles, apply Bucklen's AFRICA
Salve. 1t cured me of them for good
20 years ago." Guaranteed for sores
wounds, burns or abrasions. rs cents
at all drug stores.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23

Let the little ones remember that if
there is no snow for Santa Claus he
will get an automobile; he'll be sure
to see every good child somehow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23

DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills
afford quick relief for all forms of kid
ney and bladder trouble. A weeks
treatment, % cents. Sold by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23

Incidentally, OF course. it will be
found eXpedient TO build another At
lantic fleet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23

If you have any Christmas shopping
yet 10 do you'll have to hurry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23
SEVEN MEN CONTROL rs
PER CENT OF RAILROADS
Continued from Page one.)

flag is not wholly new to railroad war
fare.
Morgan Heads biggest System.
OF all the railroad systems. yet the
system perhaps less spoken of by the
average layman, the Morgan system is
greatest, and led by the greatest in
fiuence possessed by any single man
in the railroad field
No one knows how widely and deep
ly the Morgan interests penetrate into
half the systems of the country. AS
financier and as railroad operator Mr.
Morgan has stood for peace. There
is not a head of a railroad system i'll
the country who has not dealt with
Morgan somewhere in the evolution of
that system. Morgan control has been
estimated variously as felt in 90 to 40
lines of railroad. With some show of
authority the guess has been made
that he controls the destinies of $4,000
miles of Morgan railroads, divided
among 90 companies and systems.
Yet J. P. Morgan is not railroad
man at all, but national banker. His
power in the railroad world came to
him incidental to the reorganization OF
the many lines in which he has been
Interested He has been associated
with Hill in the Hill lines. He is cred
tied with tremendous influence in the
understanding which came to exist be-
/, tween the Pennsylvania and the Van
derbilt systems. 1t was Morgan who,
when fight was inevitable, blocked the
Hartman forces in their assault upon
the Northern Pacific. He was propiti-
ated where he could and where the
policy was possible; where peace was
out of the question he has stood like
Gibraltar
But wherever the Morgan interests
lie in the railroads of the country. one
may search almost in vain to find his
name in the directorates He is the
power behind the scene. AS i director
in the New York Central his name is
as prominent as anywhere else in the
railroad world
AS suggesting the Morgan system,
however. the following tabulatiOn may
be accepted as approximately under
| Morgan control:
NJilcc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23
Bought ut bankrupt Sale.

Nine years ago Hartman, the Wall
street broker, bought the Union Pa
cific railroad at bankrupt sale, paying
S54 100000 in cash and S2S,000,000 in
securities for the 1919 miles of road
between the Missouri river and Ogden.
Utah. Today the Hartman system OF
railroads approXimates 21000 miles, III
which chairman is the supreme influ-
ence.
Six years ago the Hartman inter
ests acquired the Southern Pacific
railroad, with its 5000 odd miles, and
his Union Pacific line has extended
from its small beginning under Harri-
man to $500 miles. Purchase of the
Central railway of Georgia has added
1000 miles to the system and the Har-
rman hold on the $500 miles of the
Illinois Central leaves the Hartman
system at the top of the great railway
holdings ia United States territory
Morgan, one-of the greatest powers
in the railroad field. scarcely is known
to his own lines; the name "Harri
man" echoes from every bridge and
culvert over which trains of the sys
tenn thunder. Inscrutable, resistless
remorseless-this is the Hartman OF
the Hartman system. Men who know
him say that he would not have il
otherwise if he could
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23
Hartman Holds cI,OOo Miles.

Nine years in building from modest
Wall street broker into the railway
king of the United States seems TO be
the self-made history of Hartman
Today he is the accepted single force
In the railway systems of the country.
When far. less railway mileage than
is conceded him, still he might be rec
ognized as the dominating force i'll
railroading. He is Hartman for Har-
riman, according to Hartman ambi-
tons; and the man, his ambitions, and
the ends he seeks are sufficient to have
marked him anywhere
President Roosevelt has lifted Har-
riman into the famous 'Ananias club.
The interstate commerce commission
has grilled him on both sides. and yet
may not be done with him. His stock
Juggling in the famous Alton deal has
been the wonder of the stock jugglers
and the uneasiness of the federal
courts. His fight for the Illinois Cen.
ual road, with the consequent enmity
Of Fish, has been one Of the classics
of railway aggressions. Just what
Hartman yet may be-few may at
temnt an answer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23

If you shopped early, shop again
Christmas bargains are ripe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23
THE ARGUS,

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill tEn-
tered at the postofhce rs second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23

When you're languid, when you're
lazy.
When you're loose, flank and lean,
A pitiful object you soon will be
Unless you take Rocky Mountain
Tea
Harper House pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23

DeWitt's Little Early Riser Pills are
sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23

BY THE j. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-23

flag is not wholly new to railroad war
The Nome daily nugget., 1907-08-01
ANOTHER WHO RAISED
 FIRST FLAG

Since the appearance in the Nugget of the story of the first American flag raised in Alaska, some men in Nome have remarked that the first man to raise the American flag at Sitka after the disappearance of the Russian was John McKinnon, who was we'll known to several who reside here now.
 MT. McKinnon, who spent his latter years in Juneau, was always recog- nized there as the man who had the only claim to the honor, and was al- ways chosen to be the standard bear CT at all public functions.
 Tom Ashby knew McKinnon well and says that a better soul never lived Manager McMahon of the Topkok ditch, another of Alaska's real old timers, perhaps, enjoyed a closer inti- macy with McKinnon than any body else.
 Nothing but good can be heard of the man who raised the flag McKinnon has now been dead for some years.
The Nome daily nugget., 1907-08-01
ROCKING OUT GRAVEL
 FROM UNDER LAVA BEDS
Donahue and Partners Find Old River Channel Spruce Trees Found with Lava Burned
 Into Them.--Wood We'll Preserved

it being 95 feet ircehs in depth. The first 63 feet were found to be solid lava, followed by 15 feet of sand and muck. Directly underneath the sand came six feet of chicken feed" gravel, then two feet of sand, four feet of gravel, and lastly six inches of sand.
 In the first 16 feet of sand encoun- tered, great deal of immense timber was found, part of it containing chunks of lava that had burned themselves into the logs. The wood was spruce and was so we'll preserved that it was used in the thawing boiler for fuel. One log which was found was 20 inches in dia- meter and was still protected by its bark, which was well preserved. In the last six inches of sand many twigs and small pieces of wood were found.
The Nome daily nugget., 1907-08-01
NOME IN
 MOVING
 PICTURES

E. B. Dobbs, of the Dobhs Alaska Moving Picture company. will leave on the steamer Victoria for the out side, taking with him several hundred feet of films, for moving pictures, which were taken here last winter. Mir. Seattle and Chicago, and will endeavor to have his films placed on one of the large theater circuits. He will then proceed to New York for the purpose of visiting the Edison works where the moving picture machines and duplicate films are made. He will return to Nome in about six weeks.
The Nome daily nugget., 1907-08-01

The gold is coarse. some pieces being valued as high as 30 cents.
 The ground is too high to secure wa ter for sluicing, but the partners have been making very good cleanups with a rocker. The bedrock is dipping nice- ly and this fact, with 12-foot wall they have encountered leads them to believe that they are now on the rim of the old channel.
 Though Donohue and Henry are on the right limit of the present stream it is their opinion that they are on the left limit of the ancient channel, it appearing to them as if it had crossed the river at point about half mile above them. They did not bore direct ly into the lava, as the Fox boys are now doing, but sunk a shaft first, it be-
The Nome daily nugget., 1907-08-01
DRILL FOR STEWART RIVER.

Paddy Cummings, the weIl-known mining man, is moving drill to the head of Stewart river, where he will prospect the benches. It Is reported that excellent indications of pay have been found, but owing to the loose nature of the gravel 1t is almost jmpos- sible to get shaft to bedrock with out timbering. As several high divides have to be crossed, timber in that sec- tion of the country is necessarily ex- .pensive A number of holes will be sunk with the drill.
 Andy Anderson and several other well-known mining men are also inter- ested in that section of the country
The Nome daily nugget., 1907-08-01

Scraper teams. R. L. H. Marshall
The Nome daily nugget., 1907-08-01

Jack Donohue and Frank Henry, 'lava operators" of the Inmachuk river district, have uncovered a good body of pay dirt in an open cut on the hillside just below the lava beds. Their camp is located on the right limit of the riv- CT, on Filchuk creek, the claim being known as the Lava bench.
 Last winter a long tunnel was run under the lava, and though small pros- poets were secured, nothing unusual was picked up before they were forc- ed to quit this spring. Going out on the hillside near their tunnel an open cut was started. Almost from the very tundra a fair prospect was secured, and after going in or 10 feet, 25 and 50-cent pans became a common thing.