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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

sparingly of the lamb and the tasteless
salad and sought final solace in his
after dinner cigar.
That evening Bettina found him
somewhat unresponsive. In vain she
played and sang his favorite songs in
her little lifting voice. In vain she
prattled of her downtown bargains. In
vain she petted him and praised him.
Albert met all of her advances stolidly,
and the next morning found her at her
Aunt Betsey's in tears.
"He has ceased to love me-" she de-
clared.
"What did you give him for dinner
last night?" Aunt Betsey demanded.
Bettina faltered out her menu.
Aunt Betsey shifted.
"No wonder he was disagreeable."
she said. ANY mans affection would
be frozen out by cold meat and cold
salad and warmed over coffee"
"Albert's love ought to be superior to
such things" Bettina said. He used
always to quote things like "A jug of
wine, loaf of bread and thou beside
me, singing in the wilderness and last
night all of my singing couldn't make
him smile"
But Aunt Betsey was severely on the
defensive.
"a jug Of wine and loaf of bread
may be all right in hot climates" she
admitted, "but yesterday 1t was snow.
ing, and Albert came In chilled, and
you ought to have had something fiji
to eat"
"Well, thank goodness my love isn't
dependent on food" said Bettina lofti
".
what did you have for lunch yester
day." Aunt Betsey probed. "You told
me you went to Maiilard's."
I'VE had grape fruit and crab and
quail. and salad and an ice. Every.
thing was delicious. Mary Luttrell in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02
EngIand's Navy the Best.

England not only possesses the big
|2est and most powerful warships, hut
Also has afloat the fastest feet OF
|Gestroyers in the world They also
make the claim that they are more
nearly ready for war than any other
patton. The claim that Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is wonderful remedy
for ailments of the stomach. liver, kid
|neys and bowels is clearly proven by
its record OF cures made during the
Ipast 81 years, but it will be more
clearly proven to you. individually, if
you will only try one bottle as soon
as you notice any symptoms of sick
headache. loss of appetite, dyspepsia
Indigestion, costiveness, biliousncss
kidney troubles. sleeplessness, female
ills, general weakness or malaria, few
er and ague. Insist on having Hostel
ter's. and don't accept any substitute.
All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02
The Scotch Pride.

'"The pride OF the Scotchman in his
native land is well known. of course.
says former attache TO our embassy
in London, land many stories have
been told of his ingenious appropria-
tion of the wit and wisdom of other
nationalities. Perhaps no more anus
ing instance of this gift of transfer
ence has ever been recounted than one
that occurred at dinner given in the
British capital by members Of the
Highland society.
shakespeare, Milton and many 9th
er geniuses of past and present times
We're found to have the saving strain
of Scottish ancestry. the proof offered
In each case being entirely satisfac-
tory to the company.
FINALLY there arose a man whl
struck n still more daring note.
There's the Emperor Macrinus,
said he, and the great philosopher
MacrobiUs when you come to clear Ell.
dence,' he added calmly But way
has nobody mentioned Alexander th5
Great. who, l take it, was one of the
MacEdons-was he not|" = st. Pau
Pioneer Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02
Bryan ard the Tariff

This paragraph from the Philadel-
phia RECORD deserves quotation.
LET the democrats of the country
soberly ask themselves, before going
to Denver and while it is yet time,
what figure they would cut before the
country and the world with a ludicrous
travesty of Jeffersonian democracy en-
bodied in William j. Bryan What
prospect would they have of digging
out tariff reform from the isms and
fads with which he would overload it,
and of making it the vital issue of the
next campaign"
1t might, be said that the entrance
of Mr.. Bryan upon public life in ma
tional way was his speech against the
robber barons of protection in the
house of representatives. And he is
man not in the habit of changing
his views. Mr.. Bryan at that time
stood with w. l.. Wilson and Grover
Cleveland. Though when another is
sue arose Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Cleve
land parted.
However, it is fair to ask about the
Record. 1t used to be owned by Viii
liam M. Singerly, was nominally dem
ocratic. defended the national honor
in 1896, became bankrupt and it's pro
prietor under most distressing circum
stances committed suicide.
Today it is owned by the proprietor
fof republican paper in Philadelphia
high protectionist paper, and is ap
Iparently being used for the purpose
iof disrupting the democratic party a.
far as possible.
| No editor in the United States VIII
understands what the ownership O
1.-THE Philadelphia Record is. will seri
Iously take anything it says concern
ing democratic candidate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

crca t,re. and was tired" he fo!Set
his hards about the oval of her face
kiss me- he said softly.
And when that rite was performed
he asked. "Can we have the candles
and the flowers tomorrow
But Bettina shook, her head.
'They cost too much" she said, land
you need the hearty food more. But on
Sundays we will make a feast of, TO-
nance to Offset the six days Of COM
mon sense"
Albert sighed.
IF were only rich," he said.
"You are rich." his wife told him,
with her eyes sparkling.
"How?" he questioned.
Because YOU. have me-" said pretty
Bettina saucily.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02
Republican fractional Strife the
Democratic Opportunity.

The United States senate with its
two-thirds republican majority has
backed up the house of representatives
in refusing to follow the recommends
ton of President Roosevelt for four
new battleships. Only nineteen repub-
lican senators voted for this most ar
dent recommendation of a republican
president. That the republican lead
ers in both houses of congress are OPP
posed to most of the new legislation
recommended by the president, shows
the decentralization and fractional diff
ference that prevail in the counsels of
the G. o. P. There has been nothing
like it since Mr. Cleveland and con-
gress disagreed over the financial is
sue. But President Cleveland was
able to force through his coinage mea-
sure by the help of republican votes,
while President Roosevelt was only
backed by four democratic senators
for his battleship program. The Roose-
welt sun seems to be setting in cloud
of mistrust. and disapproval of his
policies by the leaders of his party.
| President Roosevelt's latest message
again recommending most important
legislation is received by congress
with cool disdain, and Speaker Cannon
referred it to that cemetery of Roose-
welt IDEAS, the committee on the judi
| ciary. John Sharp Williams, the DEM
| ocratic leader. protested and declared
it was the first time that presidents
message was referred to one standing
committee when it contained provi-
sions that properly could only be re-
ferred to the respective committees
having jurisdiction. In the senate but
| little attention was paid to the reading
of the message, nearly all the republic
| an senators retiring to the cloak
rooms.
This factional fight in the republican
party is the democratic opportunity
The wheel of political fortune is evi.
IDENTITY shifting, and the panic of last
year has shown the voters that the
republican party is not the advance
agent of prosperity, and that tariff pro-
lection does not ensure the smiles of
! fortune, or full dinner pail
From all former political experience
this is democratic year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

Bay, about which he had heard such
fearsome tales. had been damned by
the American commander and safely
PASSED in the dark hours between mid
night and dawn. Every man was at
his post each man eager for the fray.
The ships were cleared for action and
aboard each was that perfect state OF
preparedness which had been the aim
OF long years of discipline and train
ing
1t only remained for the quiet man
on the Olympic;s bridge to speak the
words which have become immortal.
Then the battle was on.
Though long since passed the age OF
retirement, the act of congress, which
put Dewey to the rank of admiral pro-
vided that he should remain on the
navy's active list until such time as he
might of his own accord retire. Ev-
cry day finds him at his desk at the
Navy Department, and, as president
of the General Board, he still renders
valuable service to the government.
The residents of Washington all know
him by sight, and when he goes abroad
he is kept busy acknowledging their
greetings. Every visitor to Washing
ton wants to see him, and the admiral
receives scores. of them nearly every
IGay at his office.
81 verify believe" and the admiral's
face grew serious, that the hand OF
God was in our war with Spain. Why
just think of it, In the two battles
Manila Bay and Santiago, the Spanish
navy was practically wiped from the
| seas, and the Spaniards had regarded
their navy as superior to our own
And just one American life was los'
i'll the two battles! They won't be
lieve it hundred years from now
When the story is related a century
hence people will say, oh, well, those
Yankees always were given to telling
/ big tales
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02
Dewey's Achievement.

Ten years ago yesterday Admiral
Dewey annihilated the Asiatic fleet
OF the Spanish navy and captured the
Philippines. 1t was great achieve
ment for Dewey. but whether or not
the consequences will prove advan-
tageous to the American nation, time
alone will tell.
Ten ships of war there were that
flew the flag of Spain. Dewey had
Elk. The strength, the prowess of the
enemy, only the test would tell Much
had been heard of their ability to
fight.
The mines at the mouth of Manila
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

The first rift in the lutte came whe-
Albert arrived home one stormy night
and found his bride in Il fetching pink
gown. with her shining hair puffed into
halo of gold, with pink candle shades
on the corners of the dining table, with
pink roses in the center and with moth
ing thereon to eat but a third days
cold roast and leftover salad.
Albert. having kissed his wife enthu-
siastically and having changed his of
fee coat for more formal one. peered
at the platter obviously.
II am desperately hungry" he said,
land there isn't much meat left"
Il am not bit hungry" Bettina
stated. Il was shopping downtown
and I had such a lunch"
Il had a sandwich" was ,AlbertS
brief comment, and after that he ate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02
A CONVENTION PRIMER
Important Information Concerning Past and
Coming National Political Conventions.
THE FIRST REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS

FIRST KEPUBLTCAN CONVENTIONS. ii
Republican convention heidi
At Philadelphia June H. 1885, the anniversary Of the battle of
Bunker HILL this being the of preliminary
venon held Psburg Washngtons birthday Feb 22 1856
Who nominated
John c. Fremont of California for president and William L.
Dayton of New Jersey for vice president both being unanimously
chosen after informal ballot.
Was a platform adopted?
Yes, devoted largely to the subject of slavery
these candidates elected?
No. they defeated by Buchanan and Breckenridge nomi
the Democratic convention held Cincinnati June 1855
When and where Lincoln nominated?
the convention of the party held Chicago May
1860
Who named for vice PRESIDENT
Hannibal Hamlin of Maine
Whom did Lincoln defeat?
Douglas Breckenridge and Bell, Lincoln having 100 electoral
votes, Douglas 10, Breckenridge y and Bell 80.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02
Nothinu There.

The girl had got the young mans
purse and was about to look into it.
Don't open it, he said warningly.
"Why not?" she asked lis the;4
anything in here should not see:"
''There might be-
That's Just why I want to open it"
"Yes. but you mustn't
II will" And she began to open !,
slowly.
You ought to be afraid to do that
he said reprovingly.
She tossed her head. 81 am afraid 0:
nothing she exclaimed defiantly.
81 know it," he sighed. land wheT
you see it inside that purse You'll :;
scared to death. London It'll Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02
What Did He Mean7

"Some wise man said all men are
liars
HE didn't say anything about wo-
men. though"
'No. They probably told him he was
handsome and he believed them"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02
His Affinity.

"All desc scandlus things / heah,
exclaims the oIds black nanny en-
phaticaliy, IAN enough to make pus-
sou wonder what de world am comm
to-
whats up now. auntieT
Everything am up. Cullud folks
gettin' most as bad as da white folks"
'What they been doing now"
"Gittin' affinities an things like that"
"Who has been doin this-yOur old
MANI
mo. sir; he knows better That good
To- nothin' niger, Jim"
land who is his affinityF"
"a watermelon-ha haw
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

The st. Louis Times emphasizes the
advantage of improved waterways by
showing what Montreal has done. The
Canadian city is 1000 miles from the
open sea, but has dredged 30-foot
channel where the depth was formerly
10 feet, and now has 10 miles of
|wharves to which most of the ship
ping of the Dominion comes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

A plaster cast of the diplodoccus,
a prehistoric reptile, which is one of
the treasures of the Carnegie musuem
in Pittsburg. is to be sent to the en-
peror of Germany. His majesty should
be assured that, despite certain stor-
les, the snakes seen by the Pittsburg
spirits are not quite the size of this
16x70 foot creature.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

Secretary Cortelyou has called on
the national banks to pay back $45.-
100000 more of the government de-
posits. At the rate the surplus is dis
appearing it will soon be question of
more bonds, or more taxes, for the APP
preparations now being made for the
next fiscal year show this standpat
republican congress to be more extra
VACANT than other congresses before it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

A prominent doctor in Hungary has
discovered that almost all modern all
ments are due to the habit of sitting.
He suggests that clerks and typewrit-
ers should stand at their work. but
should recline at full length on the
floor for a few minutes every two
hours. This would make business life
much more picturesque.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

King Edward took a half dozen
American rocking chairs. along with
him to Biarrtiz. Sitting in one of
them, with his feet in two others, on
the hotel piazza, swaying gently back
and forth with one7of those Sc cigars
caressed between his lips. he ought
to get little comfort, even if he is
a king
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

The democrats in congress are still
demanding the consideration of the
campaign publicity bill; bill to put
wood pulp and print paper on the free
list, and the antiinjunction bill
These measures are insisted upon by
Mr.. Williams, the democratic leader,
as all part of the presidents legislative
program
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

Republican congressman are still
standing pat for the trusts, the univer-
cal protest of the newspaper publish
ers about the tariff protecting the pa
per combine notwithstanding
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

The Washington Times states that
powerful forces hold Speaker Cannon
responsible for the do-nothing con-
gress, and have determined to GUST
him.. The only way to defeat Cannon
is to elect democratic congress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02
Russia's Poverty.

In the May McClure's, George Ken
nan, in his article upon Poverty and
Discomfort in Russia" shows, by Ia
BILE prepared by the Free Economics
society of st. Petersburg, the extreme
ly low point to which thta misgovern-
ed country has fallen. The table also
shows the United States in compar-
atively affluent place in the lead.
Annual income per capita estimate
r,,o do Ma,r . 1Qn7.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02
Valued Same as Gold.

B. G. Stewart. a merchant of Cedar
View, Miss, says: 81 tell my custom
ers when they buy box of DR.. Kings
New Life Pills they get the worth of
that much gold in weight, If afflicted
with constipation, malaria or bilious
ness Sold under guarantee at all
druggists. 25 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

Finding that they can't beat Bryan's
nomination by the democrats at Den
ver the Wall street organs, republican
and democrat, are getting up sec
ond election term" movement for
Roosevelt as the only republican who
can defeat Bryan. But even Teddy
can't do that.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

Inesota, who made two addresses in
Rock Island and one in Moline yes
Iterday, all of them non-partisan. is a
man of delightful personality, of pleas
ing address, and, withal, "a highly tai
ented, well read; well balanced citi-
zen, of whom the people of Minnesota
may well be proud
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

For stomach troubles, biliousness
and constipation try Chamberlain S
Stomach and Liver Tablets. Many re-
rarkable cures have been effected by
them. Price, 25 cents. Samples free.
For sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02
Humor aue Philosophy
By DUNCAN N. SMITH
MOVING PICTURE MEN.

With what dispatch
The actors go
Who grace the motion
Picture show,
Did they perform
AS in the plays
In life they'd all
Get thirty days.
They skip around
Like human frogs.
Men automatic
Run by cogs.
Like windmills saw
The startled air.
Still don't get much
or anywhere.
A nervous bunch
Indeed are those
Who for the moving
Pictures pose.
Spectators notice
At a glance
That each one has
St. Vitus' dance
The plot may not
BE very deep.
The moral may
Be old and cheap
BIZ. still we get
A splendid share
OF action for
Our nickel there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

over but the shouting, but then 1.-The
allies" claim Taft will not be nominal
ed, so there you republicans are, still
UP in the air.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

The presidents latest bill is a de-
mand for immediate action in revis-
ing the tariff at the hands of the con-
gress elected next fall" This is gen.
uine casuistical hocus pocus for you
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

Who are ''the demagogues, the sinis-
ter. foolish socialists" of whom the
president speaks? Let him name
them! Else we may say, ct tn brute!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

Tama Qowa) Democrat: Quite a
number of our republican exchanges
are running Governor Johnson of Min
nesota for the nomination to be made
at Denver. Our friends, the enemy.
are very anxious that we make no
mistake in our, nominees this year.
They do want us to win!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02
The. Spring Mierobe.

hate to go TO work today.
! hear the waters swishing.
] feel I'm going to shirk today.
/ want TO go a-fishing.
want to see the ripple bright
Upon the restless river.
Where sunbeam pencils stipple light
And catch each tiny culver.
Eot lazily caress me-
know place they'll bluffiy blow
And bodily possess me.
= hate to go to work today
] feel the wild a-calling.
know I'm going TO shirk today.
The epring is me enthralling.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

The wise men will now tell us how
the frost hurt, or didn't hurt. the
crops. But the only sure way to tell
is to wait till the peaches are ripe.
If they are ripe the frost did not hurt
them. If they are not ripe the frost
did
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02
/ appears, according to the. com

plant of some of the stockholders of
the steel trust, that bonuses are be-
ing paid to the officials over and above
their very large salaries. Another
good reason why the tariff which pro-
tects the trusts should be abolished
or diminished.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

Secretary Wilson says that the pub
lie cannot tell fresh eggs from stale.
Fortunately the grocers always put a
label on the basket.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

What's the use of talking about the
weather, when. as the little boy said,
"it don't do no good nohow?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

With paper costing $40 more a ton,
it comes mighty hard for even repub.
lican papers to apologize for Joe
Cannon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island. Ill IEn-
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matterI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02
In Their Kind.

"What have you got thereT
"Just n bundle of dry statistics"
"Oh-fgures on the prohibition vote"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

The schoolboy learns baseball Ian
guage more easily than Latin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

sY THE J. W. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

Congress is inert and verbose = il
talks much and does little.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

Mr.. KEENAN, believes the famine this
year will be as great as last and that
as long as the bureaucracy continues
and the promised constitutional liber-
ty is deferred, conditions will steadily
grow worse.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

We can safely
presume that the
fashion OF being
a presidential
candidate is
only u fad that
Will not live
with many Of
them the sum-
nIer through.
The Inan who
h a s MT any
friends isn't call
ed upon to lend
his last dollar
anyway.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-02

1t also appears that the death rate
in Russia-37.3 per thousands high
err than any other civilized state, also
that health is more neglected than in
any other European country:
France. 49,. .one doctor to every 1,S0G
Great Britain one doctor to every 10r
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