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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-05

Central Presbyterian, Second ave
nue., between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets; Rev. Marion Humphreys, pas
tor. Sunday school at $40 a. m. Serv-
ices at 10:45 q. IN. and at 1880 p. m
Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p. m
Aiken Street Union Chapel, South
Rock Island Junior Christian Endeav
or at 2:30 p m. Sunday school at 3 p
M Senior Christian Endeavor at p
m. Rev. Marion Humphreys, pastor.
South Park Chapel, Presbyterian
Elm street and Fifteenth avenue; Rev
w. S. Marquis, pastor. Sunday school
at 2:30 p. m.
Broadway Presbyterian, corner OF
Twenty-third street and Seventh ave
nue.; Rev. w. s. Marquis. pastor. Sun
day school at 9:15 a. m. Young PEG
pies meeting at Z p. m. Services
at 1O:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning
subject, 1.-The Call of God to His Peo-
pie" Evening subject, THE Practical
Value of Prayer
Bethel Presbyterian Chapel, corner
Twelfth street and Eleventh avenue.
Sunday school at 2:30 p. m.
United Presbyterian, Third avenue
and Fourteenth street. Sunday school
at $50 a. m Young Peoples society
at GAS p. m. Services at 10:45 a. m.
and 7:45 p. m. Rev. w. u. Allen of
Goldfield, Iowa, will preach at the morn
ing and evening services.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-05

Free Methodist church, Ninth ave-
nue. and Fifteenth street. Rev. c. NJ.
Stirdivant. pastor Sunday school at
9:45 a. m. Preaching at II a m. and
1880 p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday
evenings at 100.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-05

Y. M. c. A. building. corner Third
avenue and Nineteenth street. Boys
meeting at 2:15 p. m. Mems meeting
at $3.50 D. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-05

First Methodist, corner Fifth ave
nue. and Nineteenth street: Rev. r. b.
Williams, pastor. Sunday school at
$3.50 a. m. Junior league at 2:30. Ep-
worth league at $50 D. m Services
! at 10:45 a. m. and 1880 p. m. Morn
ing subject. "A Lesson From the Sculp-
tor" Evening services will be under
the auspices of the Brotherhood. Rev.
w. p. MacVey will preach the sermon.
Spencer Memorial Methodist church.
corner Forty-third street and Seventh
avenue: Rev. w. P. Mae Vey, pastor
Epworth League at $50 p. m. Serv
ices at 1915 a. m. and 1870 p. IN. Rev
r. B. Williams will preach at the ev-
ening service.
German Methodist, corner of Sixth
avenue and Fourteenth street; Rev. w.
&C. Schultze. pastor. Services at 10:45
a m. and 1880 p. m. Sunday school at
9: Is a. m.
Wyman A. NJ E. Mission, Thirteenth
street and Fifth avenue. S. r. Cottrell,
pastor Services at IL a. M, and 3 p.
M. and 1880 p m. Sunday school at
1880 m.
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
Twenty third street, between Seventh
and Ninth avenues. Services at 10:45
a. IN. Sunday school follows morning
service. Reading rooms in church edi-
flee open daily except Sunday from .
TO 5 p. m. Topic. Life
st. Joseph's Roman Catholic, corner
Second avenue and Fourteenth street.
Dean J. ]. Quinn, pastor. Mass at 8
and 1890 a. m. Vespers at 1870 p. m.
Sunday school at 2 p. m.
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic, Twen-
ty-eighth street and Fifth avenue.
Rev. ]. F. Lockney, pastor. Mass at
s and 1890 a. m. Sunday school at 2
D. III. Vespers at 1880 p. m.
ST Mary's German Catholic, corner
of Fourth avenue and Twenty second |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-05

Christ's Home Mission. 22O2 Third
avenue. Services at p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-05

West End Sunday school. 700 Sixth
street Sunday school at 2:30 p. m.
Prayer meeting Friday evenings at
1880 w. B. Barker, superintendent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-05

Salvation Army barracks. 1909 Sec
ond avenue. Services as follows: Holt
ness meeting at 1890 a. m. Christian
praise service at 5 p. m. Evening SER
vice at 8 o'clock. Services every ev-
ening at o'clock. Captain P. NJ. Jen-
sen and Lieutenant J. p James are the
officers in charge.
Free Swedish Mission, corner of
Eleventh street and Fifth avenue Sun
day school at $3.50 a. m. Services at
7:45 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednes-
day evening at s o'clock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-05

German Lutheran, corner Twentieth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-05
Handkerchief

THOSE Handkerchiefs soiled and
mussed in the Holiday displays
and trims in windows and around the
store at just about half price:--6c ones
for &c; lOc ones for SC, the l21c
and l5c ones for. &c; the zoe, Csc
and 35c ones for 124c, 1Sc and
1Sc; the soc and &c cnes for 34c.
Not large lots of these, as the Christ
mas shoppers found our qualities and
patterns so choice that they insisted on
taking good many that we had ex-
pected would 5e lett to 60 in with these
after Christmas lots.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-05
A Print Flyer

"a L 1 11II l. ~ 81
MONDAY and while they last 1000
yards mill lengths Simpsons best
silver gray dress prints. per yard. 4tc.
Mill lengths genuine Lonsdale cam
brics. worth l5c, Monday per yd. 94c.
Mill lengths 42-inch bleached pillow
case muslin. Monday and until sod.
yard 1Oc.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
GIVE THEM OUR MARKETS.
Only Way to ouiet Discomfort in the
Philippines.

fntnDptues.
From the New Yogk Jounal q Commcrre
The market which the Philippines lost
when they passed from the hands Of
Spain under our control must be re-
stored unless We are willing to see them
continue 10 be a source Of expense 10
ourselves and constant breeding ground
for political disturbance. There would
be far less apprehension of trouble with
other nations regarding the islands If
conditions We're made such that they
would rather continue under our manage
ment than under that of some other
foreign p,wer. From a military stand
point TIE danger IN the Philippines is
not their exposed position so much as Il
IS the attitude Of large bodies of natives
dissatisfied with the commercial and IN
dustrial outlook. Improve that outlook
and we can gradually and conservatively
remove the internal difficulties which sur
round the insular government. Continue
the present conditions and there will be
permanently large party of malcon-
tents willing to listen TO plans for calling
in outside interference when opportunity
fayors, and for offering as much resist
ancc to American administration in the
meantime as possible.
The only way to place the Philippine
problem definitely on the road to set
tlement IS to give the islands access to
American markets. This is perfectly
weH recognized in Washington. yet
there are obscure influences constantly
asserting themselves against the move
ment toward better treatment for the
Philippines. Notwithstanding the ex-
tensive and serious efforts that have been
made by the War Department to demon
strate the absence Of any danger to
American sugar-growers from the admis-
sion of Philippine sugar on a more favor
able basis. other departments seem dis
posed 20 reiteTate statements that have
been again and again dispT0ved For
instance, the Bureau Of Manufactures In
recent number OF the consular and
trade reports. calls attention 10 Che posi-
biuties OF making the islands produce
tcn-f0ld their present output Of sugar"
through the application of capital and
better machinery. This is precisely what
the over sensitive d6mestc beet t-growers
have been maintaining. and the appear
ance of such statements in a government
report, after all that has been said, is
only one example of the way in which the
administration is divided against itself on
the Philippine question. 1t seems to be
more than difficult to secure a consistent
and courageous attitude on the subject
Unwillingness TO meet the commercial
facts in the case means only the con-
tinued failure Of our colonial experiment
In the East. Secretary Taft may be able
to keep the legislative assembly in hand
for its first meeting. but the real prob
lem must be dealt with by Congress
when the Philippine tariff question is
ngain referred TO it, as it viii be, next
winter
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
Americas Great Electrical Power.

ing steam engines. and the newest, fitted
with modern turbine engines. are quiet.
All the big New York power stations now
complete and running were built and
mostly equipped just before the introduc-
ton Of steam turbines Most of the en-
gines therefore, are high pressure, up
right reciprocating machines of 1000 or
S,00O horsepower, coupled direct to the
dynamos. When half a dozen of these
machines are at work at once the result
is not unlike what you might imagine 1t
would be We're a thousand giants beating
muffied kettledrums. Some time, how
ever, noise will be nearly eliminated from
all the bic electric stations, since the new
turbine engines make little more racket
than so many clocks. At the present
time Chicago has one Of the biggest steam
turbine power stations in the world. 1t is
on Fisk street; II is almost as quiet as a
church, and its present capacity Is nearly
5000 horsepower. Every one of New
4ork's big stations has some turbines;
Waterside. No. 2. and the new ones now
building for the Pennsylvania, the Cen
trail, and the New Haven railroads have
nothing but turbines
Has "a TeIautOgraph.
The New York system operator" can
see the entire generating room, 275 feet
long. 10 feet wide. and 100 feet high. He
IS surrounded by electric buttons and
switches pneumatic tubes and telephones.
and he numbers she telautograph among
his apparatus. He is informed from the
substations, over the systems private
telephone lines whenever there is a
change in demand anywhere. and by the
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
DynamoS of United States as Strong as 26,OOOOOO to
3OO0OO0O HOrSeS-HeadS the List of Nations

velops 100000 horsepower. and is being
made larger, The elevated power station
at Seventy-fifth street and the East River
turned 1900 horsepower into electrical
Juice" when opened the Metropolitan
(surface) Railroad powerhouse, at Ninety
sixth street 75,000 horsepower. and both Of
these are being enlarged The Kings
bridge station is another big one, The
Brooklyn Edison Company has a $1,000
horsepower station: the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company another OF approx
mately the same power; the New YORK
CentraIs two stations, one on the Hud-
son and one on the East River. each VAL
produce $4,000; the Pennsylvania new
electric installations. one in New Jersey.
near the Hudson, and one in Long Island
City-the latter 10 supply the electric cur
rent to the Pennsy's Long Island system
will be monsters. while the Edison Water
side Station No ?, now partly in opera
ton, next door to No. !, viii make 100 600
eventually, and SO on.
New York Great Center,
Altogether, electrical energy Of a least
Il million horsepower, and perhaps more,
according to CommeTord Martin. is pro-
dUced within twenty miles OF the New
York City Hall This is between L and
Is per cent Of the entire country's electri-
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

within economical transmission distance
Of the big city But while only a begin
ming has been made as yet In Harvesting
the waterfalls with electricity to do mans
work in this country. the beginning is al
most startling IN its magnitude.
The water electric deYelOpment-25OO 900
horsepower-at Niagara is not only the
largest Of its type anywhere, but It is
much greater IN proportion TO the sur
rounding population even than in New
York. California leads the world in the
long distance transmission Of hydro-elec-
tric power. One Of the most remarkable
of the California installations-the Kern
River plant No. IN the Sierras-has just
been opened. 1t produces ZOO horse
power. which Is sent III miles, at pres
sure OF $500 volts, to Los Angeles. This
is the longest transmission of so much
power at such high pressure in the world.
Ultimately $1,000 horsepower is TO be pro-
duced.
Again, in Northern California $1,000
horsepower or more is being generated
day and night away up in the Sierra
range, at the three centers, Folsom, Col
gate. and Electra, for use at distant
points Some OF this current is carried
over mountains, across valleys, and over
and under rivers 10 San Francisco TWEEN
ty-three miles away. 1t is distributed
over sixteen counties and the water
wheels run under very high heads
mostly from 1000 10 1900 feet.
Only one other higher head has been de-
veloped anywhere. This is at tie foot Of
Pixies Peak, where a head of 200 feet,
between one-third and One-half mile yer
teal faH. is utilized at the Pixies Peak
hydro-electric plant. The power house is
situated close by the lower terminus Of
the Pixies Peak cog railroad, and the steel
pipes conveying water 10 the wheels have
10 be built of greater strength than the
strongest steam boilers. as the pressure
Just before the water IS delivered is 90
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
EQUAL RIGHTS IN CHINA.
End TO the Monopoly Of Trade Es-
tRblished by Russia.

From the New York Tribune
We have apparently reached the end
Of the long struggle for the equal rights
Of ali nations to enter those open doors
Of China lOr which the three nations OF
America, Great Britain. -nd Japan have
so earnestly contended. Dispatches from
the American Legation at Pekin express
assurance that the Chinese imperial
maritime customs service is at last to be
extended to the Russo Chinese frontier,
thus ending the anomalous monopoly OF
free-trade privilege which Russia has SO
long insisted upon arrogating to herself
and placing all nations upon equal terms
in their commercial intercourse with
China. Already since July that Gus
toms service has been in operation at
Japan's leased port of Tairen-the former
Tali-en-Wan, or Dalny-and on the Chino
Korean frontier. and it would have been
established there much sooner had it
rot been for RUssia's reluctance 10 ae-
quiesce in similar treatment Of her own
frontier. and. Of course. for Japan's nat
ural and proper refusal TO let custom
houses be set up against her until they
were also set up against Russia
Years ago. it viii be remembered. Rus
sia curuy rejected all proposals for the
extension of the Chinese customs serv-
ice 10 her Siberian frontier. and even
sought TO bind China by treaty to leave
that region open 10 the entry of Russian
goods free Of duty or at lower rates than
were charged against the sea-borne COM
merce Of the rest OF the world. That
was one Of the mea-c ~ which Russia
sought TO eXpel and exclude American
and other commerce from North eastern
China and 10 secure for herself a trade
monopoly Of that profitable field in a6-
vance OF her intended political annexa-
ton Of 1t, and that was one Of the cir
cumstances which alienated much OF the
sympathy of the world from Russia in her
conflict with Japan. Russia sought to
secure for herself special advantages
over all other nations in the use of Chi
mas open door Japan then demanded
aad now establishes equality for all.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
The Spread of HaIIucinations.

From the New York Evening Post
The dreaming of dreams and the see
Ing of visions is getting TO be looked on
by some as a mark of distinction in the
dreamer and the visionary. There seems
10 be a reversion 70 that sentiment Of
primitive times when the seer was also
the prophet and the leader. Hauucina-
tiOns OF various kinds have become the
property of the educated as well as OF
the ignorant. Consequently, too much
attention cannot be given by psycholo-
gists to their causes. JOseph's brethren
may have been wrong when they mocked
az his dreams; but their attitude is that
which every scientific man should as
sumo in the present recrudescence OF
superstition concerning the pseudo-super-
natural.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
"sLICE DAT MELONy

Dey amt no time FER alkin' bout de trouble what's
ter be-
Bout de ole mule a-kickn out de cyart;
De only song singin'-en de sweetes' one ter me-
Is Slice dat melon ter de heart!'-
(3Iy. my
Slice lat melon ter de hearth
Hits worl' O. tIibulaton fun /: daytime ter de
night
But you got ter take yo task en- play 20 part;
En- de only song dats maxim tribulation take his
flight,
Is Slice dat melon ter de heartg'
t1iy myl
Slice dat melon ter de hearth
ATLANTA Constitution.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
Ey FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

great CONSERVATION among the people OF
their own home towns. Every paper in
the country had a story of a murder or
suicide or some other tragedy each day
which had happened Ia Parkersburg or
Milan. The PaTkersburg man was in
duced to quit by public sentiment. while
the angry citizens Of Milan forced their
famous romanticist 10 leave town.
4 young man OF a prominent family
in city OF the Ohio left school and went
into the newspaper business. His name
was Jake. There was a hardened gang
of takers doing police news at that time
and they had q large organization Of law
yers and physicians who would stand
for" the fakes. They recognized in Jacob
a promising youth with a lively magma
ton, and after teaching him the rudi-
ments Of the ethics of the game as they
plsyed 1t. they set him to lnyenting
stories while they amused themselves.
Jake did nObly for week OF two.
Then his young Imagination began TO
give down under the strain. He mad Te-
course to some facts. His father had
been Confederate soldier, Texas
Ranger. lie had heard the war stories
over and over agin. So he wrote a
story Of a man who fell in a faint on the
street, and was taken 10 a doctors Office.
The doctor found that there was a foreign
substance pressing on the mans heart.
he cut in, found it was a bullet, re-
moved II, and the man revived The
story then told how the bullet which was
Tie cause Of the trouble had been shot
into the mans side by a Federal gun
in some civil war battle. when the old
fellow was serving with the Texas
Rangers. Jake wrote it for his paper.
and the other morning papers used it too,
according to agreement Vixen the after
noon reporters went around next morning
tie doctor. a wise one, gave them ad-
ditiOnA details
Jake went home, and his father, a re-
tired lawyer, Of great age. was much
excited Jacob" he said did you SEQ
the article in the papers about the old
Ranger" Jake confessed that he had
glanced at if. Jacob" continued the old
gentleman. Jacob 1 knew him well
was standing by his side when he was
shot I am going down TO the doctors
house TO see him" The son persuaded
the father not to go, but 1t was Jake's
last fake.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
An AIInrinr Thoucht

From the 81. Louis ReDublic.
How would you like to be the receiver
OF the ice trust?
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

proper use of his mulufarious signaling
devices he keeps the entire system wen
in hand, producing all the current needed
all the time and avoiding the production
of a surplus as much as possible. Nat
urally he must keep posted on the
weather. for naturally the demand varies
according 10 the varying natural light
Thus heavy cloud, q shower. or a fog
viii increase the demand immensely. while
a general clearing up will cut Il down.
The system operator therefore not only
keeps an anxious lookout from his win
d0ws but also studies the barometer and
maintains frequent communication with
the local weather Office. which often no.
tifies him when a heavy cloud is coming
from the West long before its arrival.
Increase Of demand IS always more
rapid than any decrease. since. while
heavy cloud. or a fog. or a storm will
cause tens of thousands Of hands all over
the big city 10 reach w instantly and
almost automatically and turn on tie
current the lights are turned off more
gradually when il is clearing. At the
first warning of a coming cloud the oper-
ator signals the chief engineer of the
boiler room to get ready for an increased
call for steam by firing up such boilers
as may be banked. or. even cold When
the cloud actually comes the system oper-
ator presses a button and the hoarse
roar Of gigantic steam whistle domi-
mates the turmoil made by the engines.
The number of blasts indicates to the en-
gineer that he must give attention to
some particular steam-clectric unit. each
Of which has a number; later. lamp sig
rals on the engine Itself tell the engineer
what 10 do
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

Sometimes a news faker wastes the ma
terial for a Poe or Verne story IN a short
paragraph. For instance. the Texas bal
loon tale. A little girl at a Galveston eel
ebration caught hold Of the strings TO a
large bundle Of toy balloons. The peddler
let go, and, as her weight was so much
less than his. the balloons went up in the
air, carrying the child. The crowd
shouted 10 her 10 hold on. A strong wind
blew the balloons out 10 sea. The life
savers manned their boat and r0wed out
under the balloons. keeping UP with the
wind. Then came Dead Shot Pete Hs
lnlimberel his Winchester and punctured
one balloon at time, letting the girl
gradually and gently down into the wait
ing boat
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

Capt Honeybrain is the name Of a
mythical scientist in Virginia, the ac-
counts of whose inventions have more
than once caused the mail Of The Rich
mond Dispatch 70 overflow. They
arc written by country gentleman who
does not give his name a specimen Is
the solemn announcement OF Capt. Honey
brains beefsteak plant The great SCI
enlist found that tomatoes growing in
certain soil had a very meatv taste. He
resolved 10 Investigate IT, Taking the
tomato and the egg plant as the basis for
his experiment, be worked through a
term Of years. hybridizing. fertilizing, till
ing until at last the beefsteak plant had
been created. Not only did the fruit have
the exact taste Of beef. but It resembled
il In texture. and was chemically the ex-
act counterpart Of the flesh Of cattle BY
varying slightly the methods OF culture.
lie could produce porterhouse. sirloin.
round, or any sort Of steak Hundreds Of
people wrote TO inquire about this won
derful vegetable.
TO-mOrrOy-Strayys in the Trade
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
Power of FaIIing Wnter.

New York receives no current from any
hydro-electric power plants. although 1t
has been estimated that it would be feast
bic to develop $4,000 water horsepower
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

Fakes are not all fabricated by fly city
reporters. The greatest fal1er Of them all
when he is a faker. is the country CORE
spondent, The city reporter must exercise
some care. His tales may be investigated
by his own city editor. and they are GER
tain to be looked into by other city edl-
tors. lie must lay grounds for his fake.
or hs viii be caught. But the man In 2
small village who corners the correspond
ence for ali the city papers may prevari-
cate to hts hearts content So fanclful
were the creations Of one Minnesota coun-
try correspondent that he was induced TO
go TO the city and enter the field of fc-
ton. Hc has been writing very successful
stories From the Tall Timber" signed
The Lesueur Liar" A Parkersburg (W.
Va correspondent. and another at Milan.
in Tennessee, few years ago created
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

To-mOrrow-Straws in the Trade
Winds.