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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-29
THE MARKETS.

Chicago, Aug. 29.-Following are III
market quotations today:
Wheat.
September, 91H, 91R, S9h, S9A.
December. 971s, 973s, 953s, $50.
May, 104, 1041s, 1925, 1G2B.
Corn.
September, Co.'s, COZ, 59A, 1914.
December, 5S3s, 5S7s, 5S1s, 5SB.
May. 59%, 59h, So 591s.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-29
THE TRIP
First Squadron of 18th Cavalry
Takes Up March Again
After Brief Rest.
JOSLlN IS THE NEXT CAMP
Reach There This Afternoon ard
Spend the Night-kermit Roosevelt
to Go as Far as Sterling.

The first squadron of the Thirteenth
United States cavalry broke camp al
Rock Island arsenal at an early hour
this morning. and by o'clock was or
its way again on the cross country
march from Fort Riley to Fort She"-
dan. The roads are in bad shaps,
but the men expected to reach Joslia
this afternoon without difficulty. and
camp there for the night. The men
thoroughly enjoyed the rest of two
days at the arsenal, and were much
pleased with the opportunity to see
the three cities. Yesterday a large
number of the troopers secured leave
to go to the cities, and visited poinss
of interest
| Kermit Goes Farther.
Kermit Roosevelt, who is accom-
panying the troops. will continue with
them until the squadron reaches SteT
ling. and take the train to Chicago
where he is to join a hunting party
Sept l. He met the cavalry at Fa!'
field, Iowa, and has made the march
with the soldiers from there. He is
enjoying the novel outing immensely
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-29

20, C. & o. 31a, B. r. T. 435s, B2. & o.
1913, Atchison S6H, Locomotive 50
Sugar 113a, ST. Paul 1898, Copper
7O15, Republic Steel common 1875,
Southern Ry. 1914
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-29
New York Stocks.

New York. Aug. % Following are
the quotations on the market today:
Gas sc. L. p. 12G34. u. S. Steel pre-
ferred 943s, L. S. Steel common 81
Reading 93k. Rock Island preferred
A, Rock Island common 1873. South
ern Pacific "a, n. Y. Central 103. Mis-
souri, Pacific 661a, Great Northern
121a, Northern Pacific 40, l.. & n.
106A, Smelters 9478, c. F. l. "a, Can.
adam Pacific l6S3s, Penna 117%. Erie
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-29
Dewey Camp, r. N. A. Attention.

All members of Dewey camp are
requested to meet at the home of de
ceased neighbor. Mrs. Cecilia Leith-
ner. No. 1113 Eighth avenue, at $50
a. IN. tomorrow. BY order of,
HEDDA APPLEQUIST. Oracle
IDA NJ. BARKER, Recorder.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-29
LABOR DAY PLANS
Announcement is Made of For
nation and Line of March of
Parade and the Picnic.
MEET AT INDUSTRIAL HOME
Column Forms There at $50 and Be
gins March at 10-Celebration
at Suburban Island

j. w. Cayanaugh, who is to be maj
shall of the day Labor day, today is
sued an announcement of the program
for the day. The annual celebration
this year is TO be under the auspices
of the Rock Island Industrial Home
association, and the parade will be
held at 10 o'clock in the morning in
Rock Island. The picnic in the after.
noon will be at Suburban island.
Meet at the Home.
All unions have been ordered b.
the marshal to report To him at the
Industrial home building not later tn IN
$50 Monday. The parade will form
on Twentieth street and Second ave
nue.. and the line of march will be
west on Second avenue to Twelfth
street, south to Fourth avenue, east to
Twenty-third street. north to Third
avenue. west to Seventeenth stree
and disband
In Three Sections.
The parade will be in three divisions
as follows:
First Division: Chief Eckhart ana
squad of police, tri-city officials in car
riages. tri-city carpenters, and district
councils of painters, plasterers, stone
masons. stone cutters. plumbers. lath
ers, and all building trades.
Second Division: Brewery work
ers, cigar makers, tailors. leather
workers. teamsters on foot, butchers
printers. printing pressmen and fell
eral unions.
Third Division: Machinists, black
smiths. mOlders. sheet metal workers
pOlishers and stove mounters.
Unions coming out with a float viii
be placed in parade with body the,
represent.
Picnic ut Island.
| The picnic at Suburban island vii
begin at 100 and continue through
out the afternoon and evening. TIL
speaking will begin at 8 o'clock, shOr
addresses being made by Mayor VALID
Becker of Davenport. Mayor II. {
Schaffer of Rock Island, and Mayo
Andrew Olson of Moline The base
ball game will he called at 4 oclOc
and in addition there will be plenty q
lOther amusements. ]. w. Wilson :
president of the day and in charg
of the celebration at the park.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-29

eighth should adopt plan for boule-
varding that section of the improve
mGnt soon to be inaugurated, which
would doubtless materially reduce the
cost and thus insure Il continuous boul-
evard as pretty as a city can boast of,
of lG blocks, or mile in length. Add
ed To this is the possibility of Moline
continuing the same system of street
improvement several blocks into that
city Try joining Rock Island at Forty
sixth street, which is also First street
in Moline
\ Hint to Fifth Avenue.
In this same connection the sugges-
ton is offered that what the property
holders on Seventh avenue between
Thirty eighth and Forty-sixth streets
affords an instructive example
for property holders along Fifth
avenue between Nineteenth and
.Twcnty-thrd streets to inspect.
Sooner or later, the distric:
last referred to must be improved. II
is at present one of the most dilapida
ted pieces of street in the city. With
asphalt pavement and a boulevard in
the center the transformation would be
made at reasonable cost from one OF
the most neglected streets To one OF
the most beautiful drives in the three
cities.
Enhances Property Values.
The price of property along Seventh
avenue in the section that has been
improved has already materially adj
vanced, and if the people along Fifth
avenue from Nineteenth to Twenty
third will take look at What has been
done. even in its incomplete state,
they will readily see how their OWL
th0roughfare may be not only made
one of the finest but their property
enhanced to 4 remarkable degree al
the same time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-29
Free Baby Day-Free

During evey Friday a sitting of your
baby and one cabinet picture will be
given to you, free. In lots of one dozen
or more, our 81 cabinets for SO; our So
cabinets for 81, etc, etc. Have some
good pictures of your baby.
SMITHS STUDIO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-29

children and your children's children
have taken up the pillow and the AK and
the pen from where it fell from YOUR
hands, and so it will 20 on and ON for
ever.
Greater Changes Yet.
There are greater transformations
yet to be made. New standards of liv
ing yet to be created; but let us hone
that throughout it all the sturdy. hon
est character of the early pioneers will
be perpetuated in the generations TO
come. Do you remember those old
|days?-a cabin here and a cabin there
la clearing here and a clearing there.
Do YOU remember how you came to it
in the flush and vigOr and hone of
young manhood and wOmanhood? The
trees, the prairies, the streams all glOri-
fled by the mate love in your hearts.
planted there-seeking a nest. There
were many. very many. long. long DAYS
that followed; days full of toll and DOS
sibly lOngings for the old home nest.
but gradually, slowly at first. the con-
dition changed Other settlers came {;
lothers. too, came whose presence put
a soft, mysterious light in the mothers
eye and sanctilied the nest. The so
cial life expanded, the church came.
the school came, the old log cabin was
Itenderly removed to make room for a
more pretentiOus nest: and so came
1, IL =
we now enjoy. This is a bare outline
of the picture, and | shall not attempt
TO trace it further. 1t is the history of
a life, each of you can fill it in and
give it color.
Were Well Guided.
at seems to me that the old settlers
of Rock Island county were very for
tunate indeed in having their steps
guided into this locality. The triangle
formed by the Mississippi and Illinois
rivers is as fair and good portion OF
| this old earth as the sun shines upon
In its diversified soils and climate, il
meets all the requirements of splendid
living Many of you have seen it in
| its growth and development. and all OF
you have contributed to this end Wei
You have labored long and well. Yor
have made the conditions Of life easier
| for your children and the children Of
men and women to come. You have
made your sacrifices. but you have
Iyour reward. not alone in the materia
lresults OF your labor and sacrifices, bu
in The development of that sturd,
character and purpose which charaC
lterizcs the pioneer. You developed A.;
country. but in doing it You develOper
yourselves Which, think you, is tn,
greater result? Clearly all that count:
in the final resolution of things is tn
individual. and all that weighs III tn
balance is manhood, wOmanhOOd, char
acter. Truly, this is the greater re
ward and that for which you shoul
land will be best remembered in tn
lyears to come.
And now, as you grow older an
reach the summit of life, and your step
lead you down into the shadow of tn
descent, you turn instinctiVely to thos
old companions and friends who strus
gled and tOiled with you in the ascen
and you dwell most tendeTly and lo'
ingly upon those associations whic
come to you yet while your faces wei
turned upward and to the light. Thi
it seems to me. epitomiZes the unde
lying impulse of an old settlers NEE
, ing. And it is such impulses as thes
r that make the world bigger and bette
, and endurable."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-29

the county court today by Judge r
w Olmsted. leaves all of the property
to the widow The instrument was
made March I this wear
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-29

All the news all the time-THE
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-29
Oats.

Oats.
September, soy, SOS, sos, 5OH.
December, 47A, AIS, 47as, 471a.
May, 49A, 493s, 4S7s, 4S7s.
Pork.
September, 1860. 1865, 1850, 15.47.
October, 1915. 1915, 1862. 1862.
Lard.
September, S95. 900. $50, $50.
October, 900, 912, 9.O2, 9.O2.
Ribs.
September. S.47. $50. S.47, S.52
October, $50. S.G5, S.57, S.57.
Receipts today-HOgs. 10000: 1O@
15c lower. Left over. $500. Estimate
hog receipts Friday, 10000. Light
6.O5@6.55: mixed, 5.75mG45: heavy
5.45@6.3O; rough, 5.45@5.79.
Cattle. $500. Market steady: beevct
42O@7.SO, COWS 1.$O@5.40. stocker'
. .GO@5.7O.
Sheep $4,000. Market 10000 lower
and western 3.0005.55. lamb;
and western 5.0O@735.
Receipts of grain: Wheat 166 cars
corn 1874 cars. oats 217 cars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-29
MISS CARSE TO BE S0L0IST
With Petersens Band at the Tower
Concert Tomorrow Evening

Miss Gertrude Carse of this city will
no Tho eoloict ot the concert given by
potoreon,s hand at the Tower tumor-
row evening. The programs for the
afternoon and evening follow:
AFTERNOON
March-"King Radium" -. Chambers
Ovorture-"Franz Schubert" Suppe
Selection from ",The Fortune Teller
Herbert
selection from Eel CAPTAIN. Sousa
Phonograph".
Burton
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-29

All the news all the time-THF
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-29
Property to Widow.

The will of the late John Wolfrum
of this city, admitted to probate in
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-20
st. Nlck's Native Land.

The city of Amsterdam, as you may
know, claims St. Nicholas as its pa
tron saint, and throughout all Holland
his birthday, December 6, is celebrat-
ed as st. Nicholas day. During the
first week of December the shops are
gaily decorated and everyone turns
out to visit them At the candy stores
large quantities of st. Nicholas cake
are on sale. This is a crisp ginger
bread, made in the form Of little men
and women, and may be bought In
different sizes. Vrijers, or sweet
hearts, is another name for them.
After dinner on St. Nicholas eve
the children of the household sing
songs of praise to their dear old saint,
and very often, right as they are In
the midst Of song, candies and nuts
and other goodies come down to them
through the chimney! Then they go
to bed and early in the morning find
their stockings and their queer lit
tie wooden shoes-which had been
left by the grate-crammed full OF
presents, just as American children
find their presents on every Christ
mas morning.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-20
CHRISTMAS TREE FAIRY,
Pretty Ornament for tho Top Of the
Tree.

A pretty ornament for the browning
branch of the Christmas tree is a doll
fairy representing the Spirit of Yule.
Crepe paper printed in a holly design
is used to make her long robes, the
girdle is made of silver tinsel, and a
wreath of miniature artificial holly,
with star made of silver paper In
the center, crowns her flowing hair.
Long, graceful wings are made OF
wired gauze edged with silver tinsel,
and slender wand, which is wired
to the right hand, is made of length
of picture wire covered with silver
paper and surmounted by silver
star. If desired a silver heart, made
of paper, may be wired to the left
hand. to signify peace and good
will"
To keep the fairy securely in place
the apex Of the tree should be stiffen-
ed with wire and the limbs of the doll
fastened to it with the same material,
the robes being drawn over it 10 a. to
conceal the fastenings.
II, however. a lowering effect is pre-
ferred, q wire hoop covered with Sill
yer tinsel may be affixed to the top
Of the tree and the fairy suspended
from it by an invisible wire passed
around her waist Silver bells may
also be attached to the hoop, from the
top of which should radiate festoons
of silver tinsel, these being looped to
the lower branches.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-20
Sam Smal!'s Hypnotism
Didn't Work.

Didn't Work.
1T HE late Sam Small had his faults"
said an Albanian, but he did not
dodge the penalty of them. When he
went wrong, he owned up like man.
and if punishment was due, he took It.
'That was the doctrine Sam Small
preached. He hated dodgers. He
used to laugh bitterly at the plea of
hypnotic influence that used to DO
put up by nearly every murderer.
Il once heard him ridiculing hyp.
notism. He said that he bought pref
ty heavily one year for Christmas. and
when the bill came in for turkey and
mince meat. candy. ducks. chickens,
plum pudding, fruit cake and so on.
he thought to himself that here was a
case for hypnotism to be tried.
"He went first to hypnotize the
grocer. Approaching the man, he
looked him squarely in the eye. at the
same time repeating. slowly and i'm
pressively:
"*My bill is paid
"A change came over the grocer's
face. His color faded, his eyes grew
dull, his expression blank And in a
strange, mechanical voice he NUT.
tered:
"tYou're liar"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-20
Brief
Christmas
Tales |

it Was a Sure Proof
of Lunacy.
DUFUS L. GRIsWOLD, the Cleve>
4 land educator who holds that it is
wrong to let children believe in
Santa Claus, was arguing about his
strange views at a dinner.
why lie to children?" he asked.
"Why let them believe in myth ?
Whenever I hear mention of that
loathed name of Santa Claus, I think
of lunatjc. Some years ago I at
tended a: trial. A witness was be.
ing examined as to the sanity Of
" one Of the inmates.
"'You hold that this inmate Ia In.
sane, do your a lawyer asked.
ct d. was the firm reply.
"'Why are you so sure%
"'The man. the witness said, goes
about asserting that he Is Santa
Claus y
"'And,'. said the lawyer, you hold.
do you, that when a man goes about
asserting that he is Santa Claus, it's
q clear proof Of his insanity
"I do
"tWhy?'
Because said the witness. in a
loud, indignant voice, I happen to be
Santa Claus myself
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-20
Christmas Night.
Copyright, 1877.

The captain smiled and twirled hia
mustache. -. "~>.x:-:..-: /
Even If you should lose your life,
Calhoun he said. you'd have the sat-
isfaction Of knowing that. you had
died for your country j. !
"'Wot satisfaction could dat be to
me, sab, when de power g feelin' It
wuz gomez
Then patriotism means nothing to
you? :.,s-.
muffin, sab. I wouldn't put nah
life in de scales agin any government
dat eber existed, for no government
could replace de loss O. me-
Calhoun, if all soldiers were like
you, the worlds governments would
all go to pieces.
ION de contrary, sab, dey'd last
forever; for if all soldiers wuz like
me, den dere couldn't neber be no
fghtin'.'''
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-20
Sample Of American
Christmas Push.


(IR THOMAS Upton had been
4 complimented by New York re.
porter on the cup he had just offered.
II ought to offer cup" said the
genial Briton, Ito the retail shop-keep-
or who does the biggest Christmas
trade. The size of your Christmas
trade amazes me-its size. and the
dexterity with which 1t is handled.
IT heard the other day of great
Christmas bargain sale in Quincy. To
one of the bargain counters man
was rash enough to venture. He
struggled heroically little while
among the press, then, with loud
cry, he sank.
"'Help, help!' he shouted from the
floor. Help! My leg is broken
'The clerk, dextrous in the handling
Of Christmas crowds, got him. .
"'And you'll find our Christmas
splints and curtches, SIR he said. on
third floor back, fifth aisle to left.,"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-20
In the Interest OF
Peace on Earth"

Peace on Earth"
n LFRED H. LOVE, the president OF
II Universal Peace Union, told one
day in Philadelphia peace story.
"At this Christmas season." he said,
"men talk sincerely about loving one
another, about the universal brother
hood of man, and in the same breath
they assert that 1t is right to burn
and MAIN and kill in war. They are
not so logical as a young colored re-
cruit who served in the Philippines
This young man, at the end Of his
initial engagement, was hailed bafore
his captain.
$50 you ran at the first fire. did
you? said the captain, scornfully,
eyes, sab; an I'd "a run sooner.
sab, if I'd knowed it wuz comm.
"'Have you no regard for Saur
reputation, Calhoun?
"'Mah reputation hain't nuflr to
me. sab, 'londside o. nah life
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-20
Christmas Is a Good
Day for a Cold.

Christmas Is Good
Day for Cold.
BISHOP OLMSTED Of Colorado WA
y making Christmas address to
some Denver children.
Eat heartily on Christmas day"
the bishop said, smiling. DO fun
justice to turkey, to cranberry sauce.
to plum pudding, to all the FOOD
things. But don't give way to glut-
tony. Don't gloat over your Christ
mas dainties like Bala boy I used
to know. This boy said one Christ
mas morning:
"sMy, l wish had cold!'
"'Why?' asked his brother.
"Cause mother says to feed a cold
and if l had one to-day, wouldn't I
feed it. thought
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-20
Had Earned Her
Christmas Gift.

Christmas Gift.
IT HERE are Christmas gifts and
Christmas gifts" said Bishop Foss.
"but the only acceptable ones are
those given with pure motive. In
a crockery shop, during the holidays.
I once saw the proprietor hand q
plainly-dressed young woman a two.
dollar bill. She looked at the bill.
and said bitterly:
els that all? And durin' the past
year amt I broken IS tumblers, 20
cups, nine meat platters, four saucer,.
u plates and 13 Of the mistress best
tureens?'
There, there said the shopman.
soothingly; here's another dollar for
you. And don't forget me, you know,
he ended with wink"
The daily tribune., 1907-03-27
GAS MANTLEs ONLY ASHES.
Invention Due to the Experiments Of
Vienna Chemist.

The gas mantle is nothing but ashes
and 1t is wonderful how science makes
its particles cling together as long as
they do.
The gas mantle was invented by a
chemist of Vienna. He noticed the
intense light given out by q small
quantity of thorium thrown into a
stove in his laboratory. He realized
the Importance Of the discovery and
In 1880 began q series of experiments
to utilize this remarkable quality Of
the element in intensifying light He
found that pure thorium would not
cohere well enough to be of use, and
he then began searching for COM
bination of elements that would an
swer.
In 1887 he produced his FIRST man.
ties. but they were so delicate that
they could not be transported. and
were delivered by hand. A boy was
trusted to carry two, one in each
hand. for delivery about the streets Of
Vienna. In the early eos he found
that good mantle could be made
from a combination of the two SUBJ
stances, thorium oxide and cerium OK.
ide, and that coating of collodion
would give sufficient firmness to al.
low 1t to be transported. Since then
gas mantles have gone into general
use In nearly all parts of the world.
and thousands Of factories are pro,
ducing them.
The daily tribune., 1907-03-27
Safes for Wales.

The number Of combination safes
In use In Wales is limited. Many
causes have contributed to this re-
suit In the first place burglary Is
not common. and "cracksmen" are
practically unknown. Then, the dan.
ger from fires cannot be great when
practically all the buildings are built
Of stone or brick. Police protec-
uon and fire prevention leave little
TO be desired along that line. Last
H, the conservative methods and the
economical bent OF business men Of
al classes make them satisfied with
lock. and key safes. some OF very
ancient patterns. Notwithstanding
these facts. there 10 an opening for
combination safes on account of the
number OF new enterprises estab.
lished annually, for safe dealers re-
port that they frequently take orders
for such safes. Ordinarily such safes
are made to order. and the cheaper
price of American safes should give
them an advantage with such pur-
chasers.
The daily tribune., 1907-03-27
wAMTEp TO KNOW Hls DOOM.
SRambunetious Brudder" Began to
Get SLIGHTLY Uneasy.

DuT1ng tie recent revival In Eben-
ezer chapel. certain somniferousiy
inclined member Of the congregation
fell into doxe whfle earnest but
long-winded Brother Quackenboss WAS
leading In prayer. ard upon being
rndely aroused BY the vicious bite OF
horseny on his bald head and tore
getting for the mon7ont the sOlemnity
OF his surroundings, audibly etacula.
ted. as he resonantly slapped the
offender. "Ding-bust de fiies!" where
upon Brother Quackenboss, who had
nearly run down. gladly grasped the
situation, and without appreciable hes
itation droned on:
And, fuddermo'. Lawd-uh, we would
pray thee to fuhgive our wcll-meanin,
but rambunctous brudder for his
odofiferous remark! puhvide Kim wild
de eye Of de eagle-uh, dat he may spy
his sin afar of; give him de legs-uh
of de kangaroo-uh, dat he may 'scape
at de 'proach Of temptation-uk, nail
his yeahs-uh to de trunk OF de gospel
tree-uh, dat he may listen to nutbfn
but de whisperin's of troof-uh; glue
his tongue-uh, to de roof Of his mouf-
uh. da. he may say only de Yea!
yeal' and Nay! nay!' Of de Scrip
ters-uh; 'noint him, Lawd-uh. wild de
kur'seen lie O. salvation-uh. and sot
him uh-fiah wild lightnin' fun on high
uh; and"
"Well-uh, dess looky yuh minute,
Brudder Quackenboss!" bit grimly
interrupted the victim OF the TRADE,
who had begun to squirm under the
castigation. "I doesn't want to be
ambiguous, or nothin' dat-uh way, but
I'd dess like to arspiciously ak, sab.
in view OF de exterminatin' circum-
stances dat de flies sho'ly is bad. dess
what sawt O. heenyus c'lamity yo'd
uh-felt called to ak de Lawd to po'
down upon me II I'd uh-happened to
say damn instidder ding as l come
pow'ful nigh doin'?"-Judge.