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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
MARK TWAIN'S CHILDREN.
A Case Where Attempted Punishment
Proved a Hopeless Failure.


Ordinary punislfments answered very
well for Susy. She was Il thinker and
would reason out the purpose of them,
apply the lesson and achieve the re-
form required. But it was much less
easy TO devise puniShmentS that would
reform Clara. This was because she
was 4 philosopher who was always
turning her attention to finding some
thing good and satisfactory and enter
tanning in everything that came her
way. Consequently it was sometimes
pretty discouraging to the troubled
mother TO find that after all her pains
and thought in inventing what she
meant to be q severe and reform com
polling punishment the child had ell
tirely missed the seventies through he-
native disposition to get interest and
pleasure out of them as novelties. The
mother. in her anxiety to find q pen
atty that would take sharp hold and
do its work effectively, at last resorted.
with n sore heart and with Il reproach-
full conscience, to that punishment
which the inCOrrigible criminal in the
punitive miseres which the warden in
tlicts upon him for his solitary
confinement in the dark chamber. The
grieved and worried mother shut Clara
up in very small clothes closet and
went away and left her therefor fif-
| teen minutes. 1t was all that the moth
or heart could endure. Then she came
| softly back and liStened-liStened for
| the sObs. but there weren't any; there
were mufiied and inarticulate sounds,
| but they could not be construed into
sobs. The mother waited half an hour
| longer. BY that time she was suffering
SO intensely with sorrow and compass
sion for the little prisoner that she was
not able to wait any longer for the dis
| treSsed sounds which she had counted
upon TO inform her when there had
been punishment enough and the re-
form accomplished. She opened the
closet to set the prisoner free and take
her back into her loving favor and for
| giveness. but the result was not the
one expected. The captive had manu-
featured a fairy cavern out OF the
closet. and friendly fairies out Of the
clothes hanging from the hooks and
was having a most sinful and unre
pentant good time and requested per
mission 20 spend the rest of the day
there.-From Mark Twain's Autobiog
raphy in North American Review.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
MONKEYS AS REASONERS.
Professor Watson Studying Sirnians
Tells Story of Their Intelligence.

Professor Watson Studying Simians
Tells Story of Their intelligence.
Two monkeys are the companions of
Professor John r. Watson of the Uni
versity OF Chicago in his hermit life on
an island in the gulf of Mexico. says
a Chicago special to the New York
Times
The professor is following in the
footsteps of Professor Garner by ear
nest study of the habits of his two
pets and has reached the final decision
that the simians have reasoning power.
Professor Watson submits a story OF
simian intelligence to prove his belief.
The professor is on one of the Dry
Tortugas. off Florida One of his mon
keys is a large one. He threw ba-
mana into the animals cage The big
monkey rushed. but was struck with
Il stone which fell from the top of the
cage. After that the larger monkey
would make the smaller get the fruit
and then would take It, This monkey.
the professor believes, connected the
falling of the stone with the banana
and forced its smaller companion tC
brave the danger.
Professor Watson says in letter tc
n fellow professor that he Is seeking
| to learn the slmian language.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
A GOOD LAWN.
The Best Way to Prepare the Ground
and Sow the Seed.


A good lawn may be made either by
laying sod or growing seed. If turf
Is used, the lawn Is sometimes ready
for use in less time than when seed is
used, but practically the difference Is
very slight. Fewer lawns are made
from turf every year. The turf or soil
is nearly always obtained from near
by field. 1t abOuDds in coarse grasses
and pernicious weeds. The former
may be got rid of after considerable
trouble, but the latter rarely ever. Sod
laid lawns are nearly always uneven,
seamy and varied in color and texture.
Their cost, too, is much in excess Of
seeding the lawn down.
A lawn produced from Il mixture of
good, new, recleaned seeds of the finer
grasses and clOverS is superior in quail
ity and texture to the best sod obtain
able. To obtain the best results from
sowing. the ground should be carefully
dug over-not too deep, six to eight
inches will be enOugh-and nicely lev
eled off; then SOW on broadcast a good
fertilizer, 600 pounds to the acre, or
square feet. Rake this in and roll il
or flatten it with the back of spade;
then SOW seventy pounds of some good
lawn seed to the acre, or one pound
to every 10 by II feet. Sow half this
quantity walking one way and half
walking at right angles to it, so as TO
get even distribution. Do not SOW III
windy weather, and be sure to rake
the seed in, and after sowing roll it
well or beat it fiat with the spade.
Those seeds that are deeply buried
will not terminate, and those that are
exposed will be scorched by the sun.
blown or washed away or taken by
the birds. Whenever necessary TO SOW
in summer it is better to mix with rye
or oats to protect the tender shoots
from the hot suu.-Suburban Life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
To Bury His Feet In China.

Several months ago Sank Loo. a Chi
naman of Springfield, ILL.,, was knocked
off an interurban car west of Spring
field by collision. Both his legs were
run over and the feet taken Off The
Chinaman instead of having them
buried haC them taken with him 10 st
Johns hospital and later had Under.
taker Charles T. Bisch embalm the
members. says the Cincinnati Enquirer
He invested in cork feet The other
night he left for his home in China, he
having obtained 5000 damages from
the interurban railroad for the loss OF
his feet He had the feet expressed
1t is the Chinese custom in the event
Of Chinaman losing any part of hi:
anatomy that it be buried in China.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

gerated compliments are always mis-
placed. The hosts duty is to make DIS
guests feel as comfortable as possible,
encouraging the timid and shy. lt is
contrary to good taste to address ana
to fix the attention Of guest when lie
Is eating. Even If the host Is not ac-
customed to eat much he must always
try not to finish before others. Should
any dish be forbidden to him by his
medical attendant he certainly must
not partake of it, but must at the same
time excuse himself before his guests
1t is absolutely necessary to avoid ev-
cry movement or gesture which is apt
to create disgust.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
Believer In Cheerful Funerals.

The Rev Frederick Spur. one of the
best known Baptist pastors in London,
startled the mourners at the funeral
of one of the deacons of his church the
other day by officiating in gray suit
of clothes, says London special cable
dispatch to the New York Sun When
questioned on the subject the pastor
declared himself believer in cheerful
funerals. He said: Il am heartily sick
of the paganism connected with Chris
tian funerals. The deacon was eighty
two years OF age. He had been good
Christian all his life and died of old
age. and so at his funeral l wore n
gray suit, and we sang the Easter
hymn"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
The "Coney" of the Bible,

There is Il queer little rock animal
found in thousands in all parts of Cape
Colony, South Africa, and called by the
Dutch ''daaSje" pronounced in Eng
lish "dassie'). This little creature has
many other names, such as the coney.
daman, rock badger and rock rabbit.
1t is found also in Syria and IS really
the ''COney" of the Bible, for one of the
psalms contains this verse, The high
hills are a refuge for the wild goats
and the rocks for the confess" while in
the book of Proverbs we read. The co
MES are but a feeble folk. yet make
they their houses in the rocks" The
South African daasje is a pretty gray
furry creature, merry and sun loving
and when taken young makes a charm
ing pet.-Amy Sutherland in st. Mich
olas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
MASTODON BONES IN A CREEK
Odd Discovery of Men Working In
Gravel Pit on Indiana Farm.

Gravel Pit on Indiana Farm.
Workmen operating gravel suction
pump the other evening in the bed of
Back creek, on the farm of Ancil
Winslow, two miles north of Fair
mount, Ind, were startled to see the
tooth of some large animal shoot from
the end of the discharge pipe, says
the Paramount correspondent of the
Indianapolis Star. The tooth weighed
fourteen pounds. Within q short time
a bone four feet long and twenty inch
es in diameter came to the top of the
water, followed by broken pieces of
other mammoth bones.
Further investigation disclosed the
fact that the supposedly petritied tree
trunk which had been blocking the
progress of the pump during the great
er part of the day was nothing else
than the skeleton of a mastodon, and
it will be necessary to remove the big
pile of bones or abandon the gravel pit.
1t is believed that the greater part
of the skeleton remains intact sixteen
feet below the surface of the ground.
AS the bones brought to the surface
seem to indicate Il good state of pres
ervation, care will be used in extract
ing the remainder of the bone pile.
Two years ago similar skeleton was
found six miles east of Paramount by
the Smith brothers, who were the ten
| ants of the Gift farm. which resulted
in the filing of lawsuit for posses
| sion of the bones. directed against the
| tenants, who claimed the skeleton 10y
| right of discovery, by the landowner.
who contended that IT was his prop
| erty, under the classification of miner
ais. Tive case was in the Grant county
| courts for more than a year. and the
| skeleton was finally sold to a New
| York museum for $1,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

After Baron Kurok, now on the Pa
cific homeward bound, gets back TO
Toxic and enlightens the Japanese war
riors and statesmen about what he has
seen in the United States. including
Rock Island arsenal, the tone and tenn
per of the people of the Flowery king
dom may cool down somewhat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

And now comes a scientist who
bankers for fame and declares that
hell is located in the sun. According
TO Billy Sunday. hell is situated in the
be preaching.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
omeone asked Interstate Commerce

Someone asked Interstate Commerce
Commissioner Cockrcll. the former
Missouri senator, the other day if he
expected to take a vacation this sum
mer Take a vacation? Who around
here has time to take vacation
When we get somewhere near the bot
tom of these complaints, I'll perhaps
begin to think about my vacation, but
not until them was the reply of the
venerable MiSSourian.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

Jesse r. Grant of California is in St
Louis in search of the democratic
presidential nomination. Jessc's claim
to greatness is based upon two excuses
one that he is son of his father
who was also president and the other
Is that Bryan does not represent sane
democracy. Jesse stands about q.
much show of being president as Bob
Lincoln or Harry Garfield
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
Tho Drawback.

Mile. Nictorine confides to the JAM
tors wife that her mistress, who is old
and feeble, has promised to remember
her in her will If she takes good care
of her till she dies. The janitor's wife
shrugs her shoulders.
The worst of that Is. my dear, that
the better you take care of her the
longer you'll have to wait for your
legacy."-Paris Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
The Jams Loss,

When the Japanese were fighting il
Russia their reported losses were So
small as to excite the suspicion that
all the facts had not been told The
stubborn valor of the Russian troops
was overcome by the desperate cour.
age of the little brown men, but still
Mukden and Lao Yang were not pic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

The Texas legislature has passed a
law requiring sheets in the beds o.
hotels 10 be at least nine feet long
Most people were of the opinion that
the beds in Texas weren't furnished
with sheets at all
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
Both Out and In,

The Needy One-I say, old man,
could you lend me a dollar for a day
or two? The Other One-My dear fell
low, the dollar 1 lend is out at present,
and I've several names down for it
when 1t comes back-Harper's Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

We are all to go crazy within 500
years, according to DR.. Kellogg. So?
hardly thought the national game would
last as long as that!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill. tEn-
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.J
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
Boost for Rock Island.

Now day by day for a time we're 10
be favored with pictures of the intro
pid officer who brought Rockefeller
into court
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

When there is the slightest indicl
ton of Indigestion, heart burn. flatu
lence or any form of stomach trouble
take a little kodol occasionally anl
you will get prompt relief. Sold by
all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

BY THE j. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

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 daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-15
ROOSEVELT WILL NOT
 CHANGE HIS ATTITUDE
NEITHER WILL HE ENTER ON RADICAL ATTACK ON RAIL-
 ROADS.

This Reported from Washington as Au-
 thOritatiye-FOr FOrty-eight Hours
 the White House and Treasury De-
 pertinent Have Been Flooded With Appeals to Take Some Action to Avert the 'Threatened Disaster" in the Financial and Railroad World i Administration Does Not Hold Itself
 Responsible - President May Issue
 Statement After Conference With Railroad Presidents.
 Washington, March 14.-For more than fortyeight hours the white house and treasury department have been flooded with appeals for President Roosevelt and Secretary Cortelyou to take some action to avert the threat ened disaster in the financial and rail- road world It can he stated authori- tatively, however. that President Roosevelt will not change his attitude toward the railroads though it is ad- mitted that the administration has no intention of entering on an extreemly radical attack on the railway corpora tio2s.
 While it is known that the visit of J. P. Morgan to the White house last Monday night to induce the president to issue a reassuring statement to the country in regard to the administra- tions attitude toward the railroads, and the apparent failure of the fnan- cier's appeal has had much to do with the paniclSy conditions that swept over Wall street to-day, President Roosevelt has repeatedly said that he is not an enemy of the railroads and that those that obey the laws have nothing to fear from the government. While it has not been definitely decided, the president may issue a statement outlining his at titude after he has conferred with Pres idents McCrea, Newman, Mellen and Hughitt on the railroad situation. The conference with four railroad magnates, which was granted by the president at the earnest request of Mir. Morgan, will be held the early part of next week It is general understood by those close to the president that the railway officials will urge MT Roose- welt to take some steps to "allay the public anxiety now threatening to ob- struct railroad investments and con struction and as to the relations be- tween the railroads and the govern ment."
 Since Mir. Morgan's hurried trip to the White house, the. president has held numerous conferences with Chairman Knapp and members of the interstate commerce commission in order that he may be in a better position to present the administration side of the ques- ton when he meets the railroad presi- l dents next week.
 The administration is firmly convinc. ed that the great unrest in financial cir- ! cles has been brought on by the argu- ments advanced by the railroad inter- ests in trying to prevent hostile legis- lation' in the various states and not by the attitude that the federal govern
 m ent has taken to enforce the laws reg ulating the common carriers. E. H
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-15
VIOLENT DECLINE IN
 THE PRICES OF STOCKS
TRADING REACHES STAGE OF DE- MOBILIZATION BORDERING
 ON ACTUAL PANIC.

Declines Range From One to Twenty
 five Points-Reading and Union Pa-
 cifc the Heaviest HIt-WOrst Period
 of the Day Shortly Before the ClOA-
 ing of the Mnrket--New Low Records
 for the Year and in Some Instances
 for Several Years-Trouble Credited
 in Part to the Attitude of the Na-
 tiOnaI Administration Toward Rail-
 road COrpOrations-The RumOrs of
 Trouble Between Hartman and
 Kuhn, Loeb Co.,, Denied.
 New York, March 14-Under the ef- feet of 25 per cent money and the gen. eral pessimistic sentiment developed as a result of the recent heavy decline, trading on the stock market to-day reached a stage of demoralization bor- dering on actual panic. The worst period of the day was shortly before the closing of the stock exchange ses- sion, although there was an extremely violent falling off in prices between 12 and 1 o'clock New low records for the year, and in some instances for sew eral years, were established in the ac- tive speculative issues under precipi- tate selling, with the market apparent ly without buying orders other than those of the bears to cover their short contracts and realize their profits.
 Tue closing quotations showed the following declines for the day in lead ing shares: Amalgamated Copper 1T S-4, American Smelting 16 Is, St. Paul IS 1-4, Consolidated Gas z, Delaware and Hudson 191-4, General Electric 91-2, Great Northern 1-2, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Saulte Ste Marie 67-8, Missouri Pacific IA, National Lead 12 3-4, New York Central 6, Norfolk and Western ' IA, Northern Pacific 8, Pennsylvania railroad 61-2, Reading 20 3-4, Southern Pacific S4, Twin City Rapid Transit 5, Union Pacific 20 S-4y United States Steel 31-S and United States Steel preferred 4.
 In most instances even these figures do not represent the extreme declines, as Reading closed 2 points above the lowest and Union Pacific 41-2 above the lowest of the day. The total sales were 2,719,9e6, the largest total on any day in the recent trading. The an- nouncement of government relief for the money situation was not received until after the close of the stock ex- change.
 Other than high money and the gen. erally bearlsh feeling there was noth- ing to account for the markets 'weak- ness, unless it was the nervousness of stock market traders as to the attitude of the national administration toward the railroad corporations. Just before the midday break rumor was circu- lated, and was given considerable cre- dence, to the effect that banker who had just returned from Washington had reported to his friends that the president had declared that his views as to the railroads had not changed, and that he saw no reason to change them at this time. For several days
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-15
WOMEN APPEAR FOR BILLS.
HEARING BEFORE LEGISLATIVE
 COMMITTEE IN HARTFORD.

One Measure Giving Them the Right
 10 Vote in Presidential Elections and Another COnferring Municipal SuHrage-Mrs. EIizabeth Bacon of Hartford, Mrs. F. J. Warren of CoI-
 Iinsville and Mrs. J. Y. Sunderland
 Speak.
 Hartford, March 14,A largely att tended hearing was held in the hall of the house this afternoon before a committee on woman suffrage and a number of speakers appeared in favor of the two bills before the committee, one conferring on women the right to vote in presidential elections and the other concerning the granting of mu- nicipal suffrage to women. Mrs. Eliza beth D. Bacon of Hartford made the opening speech in favor of the bills, and then introduced in turn the other speakers, Mrs. Bacon spoke for about an hour during which she stated that she knew of at least 800 women who were in favor of granting the right of suffrage to women and she saw no reason why this right should not be extended to them. Mrs. E. J. warren of Collinsville made a strong plea for the bills, saying that women were the equal of men in intelligence and ought therefore to have the same right of suf- frage that the male portion of the pop ulation enjoys Mrs. J. T. Sunderland, wife of Unitarian clergyman, also ap- peared favoring the bills. Matthew E. O'Brien, of Bridgeport, prohibition candidate for governor in the last state election spoke for the measure. In opening he said that he supposed the Fairfield county bar would take eXcep- Ition to what he said. but he intended to have his say for all that. He thought that as women made up one- hall of the population they should be allowed a vote. He argued that women had been given in 1877 the right to hold property and to become tax payers and he thought it an inherent IlEilL llldt all pti i6Ollo OL eSC III IilS United States should have the privilege of voting. There were 6O,OO0 male vot- CTS who did not take advantage of their privilege in the last election. He did not think that if women had the right to vote that they would stay away from the polls. Mrs. Susan s. Fessen- den of Boston also made lengthy speech in favor of the bills, in the course of which she said that she re- gretted that that commanding figure who had for years advocated woman