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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14

up his piece, leaving only the stock
in his hand \ few timed goods were
edible, but all the rest was destroyed.
\ lot of hard woods, thousand feet
of chain cable and fairly good an
,chor might be considered as prizes
AS for the rest, it was foolishness, but
we hauled it up just the same until
nothing at all remained. Then we
shut off the donkey engine and put on
dry clothes. We had been quite hap
py for the eight months.
1t was now well along toward spring
The winter had been like summer. and
with the exception of few rains of
week or so we had enjoyed beauti-
full skies. The seals had thinned out
considerably, but We're now returning
in vast numbers ready for their an
nual domestic arrangements
Our Sundays we had mostly spent
4 VI
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new WAR CRAFT
Formidable Torpedo Boats De-
signed to Garry Maxim's
New Explosive.
NO BIG GUNS TO BE USED
Experts Say Maximite Will PropeI
Projectiles with Unerring Aim
at Seven Miles.

AS a result of the invention by Hud-
son Maxim of new and powerful ex-
plosive known as maximite, which can
be used as the propeling power for
torpedoes, the navy department is
drafting plans for a batteship which
will be a complete revolution in that
type Of warship, says a Washington
dispatch to the Kansas City Star
The torpedo now in use is propelled
by compressed air. but this has Il limit.
The maximite torpedo would have the
means within itself by reason of the
secret powder it will hold to generate
a gas as its propulsive power
The new ship instead of big guns
will have broadside batteries of tor
pedoes of the highest speed These
t0rpedoeS can be propelled at a speed
of sixty miles an hour, are unerring in
aim up to seven miles and cannot be
diverted from their course.
The great weight now utilized for
big guns, barbettes, superimposed tur-
rets and batteries will be put into addi-
tional armor plate, especially along the
water line. The new vessel will carry
only n secondary battery of long range
rapid fire guns for use in repelling tor
pedo boat attacks. 1t is believed with
its battery of torpedoes it VIII be able
to destroy and sink any war vessel
within range of it before the guns of
the enemy can be. made effective.
COuId Fire 30 Torpedocs.
Such a vessel of the size of the pres
ent battleship could be provided with Il
broadside of, say, fifty torpedOes, eff
fective at from 10000 to 1900 yards,
and with the increased armor it could
= fearlessly approach within two miles
of the greatest guns now known to any
navy. The discharge of Il broadside of
torpedoes at that distance would de-
moralize a whole feet of Dread
noughts. 1t is also pointed out by eX-
perts that If it should happen that the
new torpedo battleship should ever get
into close quarters it could, if so pro
vided, launch a submarine boat or two
and q sea fight would be Summarily
finished in favor of the new warship.
Naval experts say that the proposed
idea is worth putting into practice. The
ship could be built for about SS000,0O0,
which is S2,o00000 less than the cost
of a Dreadnought Its fighting value
would be twofold-first, ability to ap
proach the biggest warships now
afioat or to be built within the. next
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QGSped lCitb diSmdy at the mans coll
lapse.
many deep sea fish to he had, OF great
palatability, but small gameness. They
came like so many leaden weights. \
few of us had climbed some of the
hills in a half hearted curiosity, but
from their submits saw nothing to
tempt WEAKNESS. Practically we knew
nothing beyond the mile or so of beach
on which we lived.
Captain Selover had made a habit of
coming ashore at least once during the
| day. He had contented hiraself with
standing aloof, but l took pains to
seem to confer with him, so that the
men might suppose that 1, as mate.
was engaged in carrying out his di-
rections. The dread of him was my
most potent influence over them.
During the last few days of our
wrecking Captain Selover had omitted
his daily visit The fact made me I'M
easy, SO that at my first opportunity
l sculled myself out to the schooner.
l found him, moist eyed as usual, lean.
Ing against the mainmast doing moth.
| ing.
We've finished. SIR" said 1.
He looked at me-
"Will yoi come ashore and have 8
look, sir?" / inquired.
81 amt going ashore again." he NUT
tered thickly.
"Whatr' 1 cried.
II amt going ashore again. he re
peated obstinately, "and that's all there
is to It, It's too much of a strain OF
any man. Suit yourself. You run
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synopsis of Preceding Chapters.


CHAPTER 1.-The officers of the
United States ship Wolverine, cruising
in the Pacific. are mystified by
strange radiance which appears sud
denly on the face of the sea and van
iSheS as suddenly. The officers discuss
the strange disappearance. two years
previously. of the schooner Laughing
Lass. chartered by Dr. SchermerhOrn,
a scientist
CHAPTER 1.-THE Wolverine picks
up the Laughing Lass. with everything
shipshape save that there is no living
being aboard.
CHAPTER III.-Ensgn Edwards is
sent aboard the Laughing Lass with a
prize crew.
CHAPTER Iv-The Wolverine sees
the strange light again. In volcanic
mist the Laughing Lass drifts away
and is found again with no one on
board and her boats untouched.
CHAPTER VA second prize crew
is Sent aboard the schooner. The mys-
terious light is seen again, and the
Wolverine discovers "A volcano in full
eruption. The Laughing Lass vanishes
again
CHAPTER VI-The Wolverine picks
up dory belonging to the Laughing
Lass. 1t contains Ralph Slade, jour
nalist known to have been with Scher-
merNorn, and the corpse of the Wolver-
ines bo's'n's mate, who had gone with
Edwards. Slade is in very bad condi-
ton from fever. thirst and exhaustion
CHAPTER VII-Slade RECEIVERS an6
directs the Wolverines course toward
the volcanic island, on which he de-
Clares a man named barrow is maroon.
ed. Slade begins to tell his story tC
the officers of the Wolverine.
CHAPTER VIII-Slades story H
ships under the name Eagen. as mate
aboard the Laughing Lass, Captain Sci
over, commander, after the schooner
had been engaged by Schermerhorn fol-
two years. her destination being un
known. The doctor displays eXtraor
binary care in taking aboard a heav.
brass bound chest.
CHAPTER IX.-Slade makes the ac
quaintance of Handy Solomon, pratt
cal looking seaman with n steel hool
in place of a right hand, and his fou
mates. The crew show an unusual in
tcrest in book on alchemy. The Laugh
ing Lass leaves San Francisco.
CHAPTER X.-Slade discovers col
lection of arms in the captains cabin
Both Captain Selover and Darrow
Schermerhorn's assistant, are ignoran
of the schooners destination.
CHAPTER XII The crew believe
that the doctor is in search of treas
CHAPTER XII. - Captain Seiove
overawes the crew. Slade ana a negr
sailor overhear Schermerhorn tell Oar
row he has the secret of the transmuta
ton of metals locked up in his bras
bound chest The negro tells the crew
Captain Selover is Indifferent to tn
mems plotting, but gives Slade a re
volver
CHAPTER XIIL-Landing Is made o
an uncharted island, with a volcano /
partial action. The wreck of the Gold
en- Horn is discovered. barrow pick
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nve years; second, the specially formi-
dable class of torpedoes of unerrinG
aim and great velocity would be of far
greater destructive capacity than the
guns of a dozen of the present battle
ships.
1t is understood that if the govern
ment should adopt the view of Repre-
sentative Hobson, which was Endorsed
by the president, for an annual eX.
penditure of $5O,OOOOO0, or would make
one special appropriation of $50,000,00G
for the navy. the navy department viii
construct one torpedo battleship as an
experiment.
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out small valley in which he and the
professor are to stay.
CHAPTER Nv.

CHAPTER Nv.
r. 1ERCY BARROW, unexpected
U made his first visit to us the
Ill very next evening. He saun-
o tered in with a Mexican corn
husk cigarette between his lips, carry
ing q lantern, blew the light out and
sat down with a careless greeting, as
though he had seen us only the day
before
"Hullo, boys" said he, been busy?''
How are We, SIR" replied Handy
Solomon. Good Lord, mates, look at
thatr
Our eyes followed the direction of
his forefinger. Against the dark blue
of the evening sky to northward glow
ed faint phOsphorescence, arch shap-
ed, from which shot, with pulsating
regularity, long shafts of light. They
again half dozen times; then the
whole illumination disappeared with
the suddenness of gas turned out.
"NOw, 1 wonder what that might
| be-" marveled Thrackles.
Northern lights" hazarded Pulz.
Give seen them almost like that in
| the Bering seas
Northern lights your eyer sneered
| Handy Solomon. You may have seer
them in the Boring seas, but never
this far south and in August, and yor
can kiss the book on that"
what do you think, sir?" Thrackle:
inquired of the assistant.
Devils fire." replied Percy Oar
row briefly. 'The islands a littl,
| queer I've noticed it before"
"Debbil fire." repeated the niger
barrow turned directly to him.
YES, devils fire, and devils, too, TO
all 1 know, and certainly vampires
Did you ever hear of vampires, doc
tor?''
"No," growled the niger
"Well, they are women, wonderful
| beautiful women. A man on lon;
voyage would just smack his lips t
see them. They have shiny gray eye
and lips red as raspberries. When yol
meet them they will talk with you an,
! go home with you. And then whel
) you're asleep they teac a. little hole il
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your neck with their sharp claws. and
they suck the blood with their red
lips. When they aren't women they
take the shape of big bats like birds"
He turned to me with so beautifully
casual an air that l wanted to clap
him on the back with the joy of it.
by the way, Eagen, have you no.
ticed those big bats the last few even
ings over by the cliff? l can't make
out in the dusk whether they are
vampires or just plain bats" He di-
rected his remarks again to the mig
ger. Next time you see any of those
big bats, doctor, just you notice close.
If they have just plain black eyes
they're all right; but if. they have
gray eyes, with red rims around 'em.
they're vampires l wish you'd let
me know If you do find out. It's in
teresting."
Don get me near no bats" growled
the niger.
where's Selover?' inquired Oar
row.
HE stays aboard 1 fastened to say
Wants to keep an eye on the ship"
That's laudable. What have you
been doing?"
We've been cleaning ship. just
finished yesterday evening"
"What next"
I'VE We're thinking of wrecking the
Golden Horn
"Quite right Well, if you want any
help with your engines or anything OF
the sort, call me-"
He arose and began to light his Ian
| tern.
81 hope as how you're getting on wei
| there above, sir?" ventured Handy
Solomon insinuatingly.
Very well, 1 thank YOU" replied
Percy barrow dryly. "Remembe
those vampires, DOCTOR"
| He swung the lantern and departed
without further speech. We followed
the spark of it until it disappeared il
the arroyo.
Behind us beloved the sea. Owe
against us in the sky was the dull
threatening glow of the volcano. Abou
us were mysterious noises of cryin;
birds, barking seals. rustling or rush
ing winds. / felt the thronging ghost
of all the old worlds superstition swirl
ing madly behind US in the eddies tina
twisted the smoke of our fire
We wrecked the Golden Horn. Fol-
ward was a rusted out donkey engine
which we took TO pieces and put to
gether again. 1t was no mean jot
for n tho rI1pnir1n ha5 !,
cleaned smooth and with the eXcer
ton of a documentary knowledge o
the part of Pull and Perdosa we wer
ignorant. In fact we should not hav
succeeded at all had it not been fo
/ Percy barrow and his lantern. TIL
first evening we took him over to tn
cliffs edge he laughed aloud.
''Jove, boys, how could you guess
all wrongF' he wondered
With a few brief words he set u
right, Pull, PerdoSa and | listening il
tently, the others Indifferent in til
hopelessness of being able to compr,
bend. OF course we went wron
again In our next days experiment.
but barrow was down two or thre
''iCS q "CSh anu Siduudily we euSc
toward practical result.
His explanations consumed but
few moments. After they We're fiji
ished we adjourned to the fire.
, Thus we came gradually to bette
, acquaintance with the doctors assis
ant. In many respects he rename
always puzzle to me. Certainly I'll
1 men never knew how to take him II
was evidently not only unafrcid {
them, but genuinely Indifferent
them .-------------
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Ito be Continued).
Keeping Open House.

Everybody is welcome when we feel
good; and we feel that way only when
our digestive organs are working
properly. DR.. Kings New Life Pills
regulate the action of stomach, liver
and bowels so perfectly one can't helT
feeling good when he uses these pills
% cents at all druggists.
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Bert Barber of Elton, Wis, says:
81 have only taken four doses of your
Kidney and Bladder pills and they
have done more for me than any 9TH
er medicine has ever done" Mr.. Bar
Der refers to DeWitt's Kidney and
Bladder pills. They are sold by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14

DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve is especially good for piles
Sold by all druggists.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-05-14
GOVERNOR A. B. CUMMINS.

wisconsin. One phase of their work
has been driving the railroads out of
politics and sending the little railroad
politicians scurrying into private life.
AS a matter of course, this has not en-
deared them to the corporations. In
deed, from that quarter they are about
the best hated men in the United
States. Their course has made them
short on passes and paid puffs, but has
kept them long on the affections of the
people.
Cummins has gone almost as far as
La Toilette in attacking the railroads
and has gone further in opposing the
stand pat attitude on the tariff.
So persistent did he grow in fighting
this fetch that tariff revision came to
be known as ''the Iowa idea" The
specific proposition referred to by this
phase Is that American made goods
should be bought as cheaply at home
as abroad. In other words, if a watch
manufactured in this country is sold
for $40 in Europe it is not fair to
charge the dear people at home $25 for
identically the same watch. Americans
are just as good as foreigners. At
least this is "the Iowa idea"
Albert Baird Cummins is a fighter,
and yet he is so diplomatic and gra-
cious that he hardly appears the part.
He doesn't hurl hard names at his op-
ponents, but hard facts. But despite
his genial ways he is a swift and force
full hitter. He knows how to win a
battle after it seems lost. That is one
Of the secrets of great generalship. Nor
is the application Of the principle con-
fined to politics and war. The young
man who knows how to win a girl
after she has got away from him is
usually the one "who lives happily
ever afterward." The same rule holds
good in business and pretty much
everywhere else. ....-...
Both Cummins and La Toilette are
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By JAMES A. EDGERTON.

~ H1O is not the only state on the
n political map. There is Iowa.
w Until a year ago Iowa had two
cabinet officers and even now
can boast the luxury of two presiden-
tial candidates. She furnishes one of
the ''bosses" of the United States sen
ate in William 3. Allison and one Of
the orators that can move anything
less difficult than a freight train in
Jonathan p. Dolliver. The Hawkeye
delegation in congress is noted far and
wide for various qualities, though
trust busting is not one Of its strong
points. Hepburn, Hull, Lacey and
cousins are mighty men "for the par
ty," and others Of their colleagues pull
q strong oar for the "stand pat'' crew.
Yet none of these esttmable gentlemen
is the man of the hour in Iowa. The
individual who claims that distinction
lis of very different type. The faith
full usually refer to him as "this man
Cummins," which phrase shows that
he has them both fighting and guess
ing. They say he is 't'bad party
man." which will suggest to many
people that he is a good American
Since he has been governor, and even
before, Cummins has fought the Re-
publican stand patters and trust advo-
Gates to a standstill, and his fellow
Republicans Of Iowa have stood be-
hind him and yelled: "Good boy! Hit
'em again" This sort Of rude action
on the part of the rank and file has
been very disquieting to grand old
side steppers like Allison and purvey-
Ors of ancient anecdotes like Shaw.
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the thought and life of the nation mat
tiers much.
Like every other trust fighter in this
age, Governor Cummins has had to
make his way practically alone. The
so called leaders have been against
!! him. Your average politician is afraid,
if not Of his own shadow, at least of
the shadow Of a corporation. To para
phrase Shakespeare Cor is it Bacon? D.,
'"Thus policy makes towards of US all"
The friend of the rights of man need
| expect no support except that of the
people, and they are usually so fooled
or misled that he is compelled to teach
| them before he can gain their adher-
ence.
Sample Of His Courage.
When the Iowa legislature, at the
| behest of James J. Hill, passed a bill
to allow a consolidation Of two chief
railroads., which provided for practi-
cally limitless issue Of stocks and
| bonds, Governor Cummins was urged
from all quarters to sign it. Practical
~ all the leaders Of his party, his per-
sonal friends and associates and lead
ing railroad attorneys from all parts of
the country pleaded with him to let
the measure become a law and prom
ised him all the kingdoms of the earth,
or at least Of this portion of the earth,
If he would comply. It took courage to
deliver veto message under such cir
cumstances, yet the veto message was
forthcoming
To understand the extreme signif-
canoe of this break with his former
friends, with the machine and with
the railroads It must be remembered
that Cummins himself had been cor
poration attorney. AS the leading law
yer of Des Moines he was naturally
called on to assist the companies in
the trial Of their cases. This, however,
had not the slightest influence when
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Cumrnins. Iowa Trust lighter
Presidential Candidate Beloved by the People, but Hated
by Railroad Corporations diplomatic and Genial
Swift and ForceflI Hitter Who Knows How
to Win Battle That Seems Lost

smashers of precedents. Each was
elected to third term in the govern
orship. If their policies were to be
carried out. such a course seemed alb
solutely necessary, and they would not
sacrifice vital good to the state out Of
sentimental regard for a custom.
Needless to say, both are ardent advo-
Gates Of another term for Theodore
Roosevelt or were until he so peremp-
torily declined. Now that he is out of
it Cummins and La Toilette each
thinks he is the anointed one to carry
out 'my policies and to advance them
notch or two farther than did their
founder.
Cummins was not born a politician.
In fact, he started wrong several times
and backed out before he found his
true vocation. In his boyhood he be-
came carpenter to half pay his way;
then he was a civil engineer and ad-
vanced to point where he was offered
the job of chief engineer on what is
now the Santa Fe system. He declined,
however, and began the study Of law.
Politics followed as a matter of course.
He had found himself.
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Beloved by the People.

'"This man Cummins" has done al
most precisely the work in Iowa that
"'this man La Follette' has done in
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Chief of All Quests.

The greatest search any man has to
make is that for himself. The sad
truth is that most persons fail in this
greatest Of all quests, and if they do
succeed in discovering their souls they
never comprehend more than a small
fraction Of the exterior. While finding
out all about the star, the microbe and
the atom why not learn a little Of that
which most intimately concerns us?
TO Albert B. Cummins it doubtless
matters little whether or not he is
ever president of the United States.
But that he found his own work and
is doing it so thoroughly as to affect
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American Society Of Equity Director,

No: 1925, Schmidt District, Will meet the first
Friday of every month at the Schmidt
district school house No. 3, at p. m.
ED. BENSEMAN, Pres. H. F. HOLTHUs, Sec
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No: 1913. Bogus Brook, will meet the second
and fourth Friday of each month at Emil
Jopp's house. A. SCHMATz. Sec.
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No. 374, Berry District, will meet the first
Friday of every month at the Berry school
house. district "a, at 1880 p. m.
o. D. ORNE, Pres La. HATCH. Sec.
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No. 4703, Greenbush, will meet the second and
fourth Saturday OF each month at the Aug.
Rines house. in school district 5, at p. m.
S. E.. TILLEY, Pres. E. c. STARK, Sec.
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No. 4734. Woodland Brook, will meet the first
and third Saturday of each month at the
Woodland Brook school house at s p. m.
ALBERT RIEBE, Pres. FRANK MAGNUSON Sec
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No 1904, Blue Hill, will meet the first and third
Saturday Of every month at the Wheeler school
house at p. m.
JAMES DUGAN. Pres. FRED STEHL, Sec,
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No. 1891, Baldwin District, will meet the second
and fourth Saturday of every month at the
Baldwin town hall, at p. M
CHAS. JUDKINS, Pres. H. B. FISK, Sec.
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No. 4211, Oxbow, will meet the first and third
Tuesday of each month at the Gates school
house in Dist No. 81, at p. m.
GEO. TOMLINSON, Pres. E. RADEKE, Sec.
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No. 4243, Green Lake, will meet the second and
fourth Monday Of each month at M. B. A. hall,
Wyanett, at 8 p. m.
AUGUST JOHNSON, Pres. E. NYsTROM. Sec.
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No. 5057, West Branch, will meet the first and
third Saturday OF each month at the school
houst. Dist. No. 4, at p. m.
ARCHIE TAYLOR, Pres, J. L. WETsEL, Sec
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No. ALI, Zimmerman, will meet the first and
third Saturday of each month in Woodman
hall at 1870 p. m.
II. B. PRATT, Pres. GEORGE JAMES, Sec.
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he came to make up his mind as rep-
resentative Of the sovereign people Of
Iowa. When he was !? ed by the roads
he was hired as a lawyer to act in GER
tain specific cases. That had absolute
ly nothing to do with his duty as an
official in other specific instances. It
would be we'll if all lawyers could see
clearly this important distinction.