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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

When the Bulgars are a-bulging. and the
Balkans are a-balhing.
And the walloping Wallachiars are
brandishing their dirks.
And the merry Montenegrins are grandiI-
oquently talking.
And the ServianS are serving prussic
acid 10 the Turks,
And the Russians are a-rushing to the
theater of action.
And the roiiicking Roumanians are
rompng Ger the lea.
While the Austrians are smiling with a
deal of satisfaction
At the Observation-Disclosures who've
happened in 10 tea,
How / love to watch the war cloud as 1t
gets an extra head on
How / love to hear the trouble trou-
BILE. trouble" of the drums
And the wailings of the prophets for the
day of Armageddon.
It's so thrilling and romantic-and the
trouble never comes!
Though the powers are powwowing and
the kaisers are continuing,
Yet we know one party dassen't and the
other ones afraiS-
There'll be scores of ultimatums and O
bit of bargain driving
And then all will be as peaceful as a
temperance parade.
Arthur Guiterman In New York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Il. j. TOHER & CO.-Brokers, Daven-
port. Stocks, grains, provisions, cot
!, ton. Private wire to New York and
Chicago. Offices, 100 Main street Tel
sphone Ao7
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
LAUNDRIES.

>~~~~~~~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~>~~ ~>~~~~>~--~~~~~~~-~~->~
MOLINE FAMILY LAUNDRY will call
for and deliver clothes. Frysinger *
Co, 1I01 Fifteenth street, Moline. Old
phone east S54.
HOME LAUNDRY - Family washings
only; work called for and delivered.
Miss A. Couch, prop. 1919 Twelfth
street: old phone west 652-L-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
MISREPRESENTATION.

WANTED - BY a competent, reliable.
trustworthy colored maid, a place in
private family, to do light housework,
second work, or as nurse maid; kind
to children, generally useful and will
ing to learn. Call evenings, or Sun
day afternoon from 2 to 3. +. Will
Hams 92S Tenth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

MRS. L. w. MILLER, Masseuse. 1906
Fifth avenue; electric vibrator and
vapor baths, body and facial massage.
and maniourine: BODY massaee a spe.
cialty. New phone $3.50. Hours, 10
a. M. to 10 D. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

If YOU WANT to buy, sell, trade or
rent anything, engage help or secure
a, situation. the Mail and Journal is
the one paper in Moline that can do
it for you. Mail and Journal wants
are popular. and Mail and Journal
wants bring results One-half cent
per word is the price to all. alike.
cash in advance; two-cent stamps will
do Evening and Saturday Mail and
Journal. Moline, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
OSTEOPATHY.

z. L. DENNISTON, d. O.-Graduate of
the American School of Osteopathy,
Kirksville, Mo. Office hours, 8 to u
a. m. and l to and to p. IN. Of
flee in Safety building, rooms 20S and
209. Consultation and examination
free. Office phones, new 1858, old 997.
Residence phone 72S-Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
PATENTS.

PATENT AND TRADE MARK.-Ofice,
room IA, Mitchell & Lynde building,
Rock Island. James +. Murphy. as
sociate. branch of Moore &; Co., pat
ent attorneys, Washington. d. c., and
Chicago. Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
MAssAGE AND ELECrRoLYsIs.

fiuous hairs permanently removed
with electric needle. Treatment CIV
en- at homes unless otherwise desired.
Address Miss A. NJ. Kittridge, 1919
Perry street, Davenport, Iowa Old
phone 3l36.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

MONEY LOANED to salaried people and
others, without security; easy pay
ments; no publicity. Call and get our
terms and method of doing business.
Office hours. a. m. to 6 p. m. Tele-
phone north 2411. Victor Finance
company, room &c. McManus build
ing. Second and Main streets, Dayen-
mort.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
EDUCATIONAL.

VILLA DE CHANTAL---A home school
conducted for girls by the Sisters of
the Visitation. documentary and high
err branches and all polite accomplish
ments taught. Twentieth street and
Fifteenth avenue. Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

Headaches and Neuralgia from Colds.
Laxative Bromo Quinine, the world
wide cold and grip remedy, removes
cause. Call for full name. Look for
signature e. W. Grove 25c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
FLORISTS.

HENRY GAETHJE - Proprietor Chip
pianock nursery. Cut flowers and
designs of all kinds. I,ty store, 1907
Second avenue. Telephone ITO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

MONEY TO LOAN on real estate secur-
ity at lowest rates. Marion E. Swee-
ney, attorney, rooms 80 and 35. Mitch
ell & Lynde building, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
FIRE INSURANCE.
FIRE INSURANCE.
Charles T.. H@des@m
FIRE INSURANCE
AGENCY.
ESTABLISHED 1874.

American ms. Co. ....... Newark. N. J.
Continental ms New York
Agricultural ms Co.. New york
Farmers Ins. Co. York, Pa.
Williamsburg Ins. Co.. New York
New Hampshire ms. Co. N. Hampshire
Northern ms. Co. New York
Security ms. Co. New Haven, Conn.
ms. Co. State of Illinois. Rockford. Ill.
Connecticut Fire ms. Co. Connecticut
once. 1928 Third avenue Rates as
low as consistent with security.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
w.NTEp-MALE OR FEMALE.

WANTED-Amateur performers at the
Elite theater every Friday night; val
liable prizes given. Apply at box Of
flee any time during week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

A GLANCE in the glass gives joy after
using Satin Skin Cream and Face
Powder.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED - In private family. a few
boarders; excellent table. Old phone
TSe-k
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

All the news ell the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

FOR RENT-Five-room house at 1870
Nineteenth avenue; has good furnace,
well, cistern water in house, sewer,
large barn, large garden spot. and
some fruit. Inquire, of William Ker-
Ter, Kerler & Co. carpet cleaners.
1910 Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
MONEY TO LOAN.

LOANS ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY
at lowest rates. Ludolph & Reynolds,
lawyers. Buford block, corner Seven
teenth street and Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
FOR RENT-RooMs.

FOR RENT-Furnished front room with
tieth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
LOST AND FOUND.

LOST-A gentlemans cravenette with
pair of brown gloves in pocket. at
THrner hall Nov. 3. Another craven
cite left in its place. Finder call up
west 942-X.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

FOR RENT-Flat in Maucker building.
Inquire w. c. Maucker, 1920 Fourth
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

LOST-On Long View car or on Fourth
avenue and Twentieth street, q black
leather card case containing about
ST. A reward for return of same to
Argus Office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

FOR RENT-One siX-room fiat, all mod
ern except heat; rent. S13; also one
six-room house with water and sew
er, rent So; 524 and 52S Sixteenth
street. Inquire ut 800 Twenty-second
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

FOR RENT-Five rooms. upstairs: city
water and sewer. Inquire at 500
Ninth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

WANTED - Chimneys to build. repair
and clean. Mcdowell Bros. Old phone
north 3I67.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
FOR RENT-HOUSES.

FOR RENT = Ten room modern brick
house. best built house in city, three
blocks from Market square, newly
painted, grained, and papered; large
for .roomers or boarders. Phone 273-
l.. or call at $50 Twenty-third street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

FOR RENT-Both sides of a newly pa
pered double house of five and six
rooms; cement walks. and city water,
at the corner of Ninth. street and
Tenth avenue. Inquire at 1905 Ninth
street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

FOR RENT-A modern siX-room house
at 1927 Seventh avenue. Inquire 1903
Seventh avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

FOR RENT-Six-room cottage at 1921
Sixth avenue. Inquire at $50 Twelfth
street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

FOR RENT-Furnished or unfinished
rooms, with heat, at 62o Thirty
fourth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
wANrED-srALE HELP.

WANTED - Twenty laborers at the u
s. boat yard below Milan I'll. Wages,
SI,75 per day of eight hours
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

FOR RENT - A five-room cottage at
1854 Thirty street. Address
M. f. 90 care Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

FOR RENT - Five-room cottage in
South Rock Island. on street car line.
Inquire at Godfreys laundry. or at
T23 Twenty-second street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

FOR RENT-Six rooms in double house
at 519 Twenty-second street. Inquire
at SIG Twenty-third street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Galveston's Achievement,
From Success Magazine.


In the place of a robbed, misgoverned
and devastated city. the commission gov
eminent of Galveston has for six years
so directed and managed municipal at
fairs and property as to have virtually
paid off the city's Indebtedness. brought
its credit to a premium, paved, Lighted
and severed its streets. brought all its
up to a grand business eff
cheney, given it a clean, honest, equitable
and human government, and made 1t one
of the cleaneSt, most healthful, prosper
GUS and law-abiding cities In America
Besides that-as Galveston city constitutes
nine-tenths of Galveston county in popu-
lation and In value of taxable property
the city has virtually built around Itself
the now famous sea wall and is. by it
self, raising two-thirds Of its area from
eighteen inches to ten feet SO as to put 1t
above any future storm waters. And II
has done all this on a constantly decreas-
ing tax rate!
Who are the men that have done this?
Just plain, everyday American citizens;
a banker. a cattle dealer. a real estate
agent and q wholesale grocer as commits
s.oners. The first mayor-president-who
died In of1ce-was a lawyer. the present
one is a retired cotton merchant. OF vary
ing national descents. OF ages from COM
paratively young man to a man of ma
ture years: OF means from wealth to
moderate-just a good average of the
everyday, respectable and self-respect-
ing human being-that's all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
XYoe11Me KyEMug, LooK1Mo WEsr From 10Th 3TREEr

those that would make the building alb
solutely safe. Steel and terra Gotta hOl-
low tile. that is the combination. The
frame, the covering. the floors, the par
titions, all Of them are unburnable. The
window frames and trimmings are of
metal, too, and cannot take fire. The
amount Of furniture that is combustible
is so small that it is not to be considered.
If by any chance a flame did start It
would not get out of the room where it
started. 1t would have nothing to feed
upon."
For esthetic and hygienic reasons there
ought to be, l suppose, some limit OF
height, though legally firmly believe that
man has the right to go as high as ne
l,leases above the ground and as far be-
low it as he wishes, provided he does not
jeopardize his neighbors' property. Then
again, why should that neighbor be per-
mitted to so build as to prevent the other
man from getting the full value Of his
law that we may be excused from dis
GUESSING here. The principal fault found
with skyscrapers Is that they make veri-
table chasms of the narrow streets of a
city. And the community and neiglsbors
certainly have some reason for conf
plant on that score. Why not do as has
been suggested in these columns before
and pass regulations that would secure
the maximum of light, sunshine and air
to the streets? Arrange it so that build
ings can be carried up certain height,
six or seven stories. on narrow streets,
eight or nine on wider streets, on the
street line, then recess or step back so
many feet and go up another prescribed
number of stories on that line and then
another recess and up again. Each block
would then have a pyramidal form. The
streets would not be mere canyons" and
these different lodges would give certain
esthetic uniformity to the streets and be-
sides be Of practical advantage in fighting
neighboring fires.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
sKYscRAPER PROBLEM.
Nothing sto Burn, Therefore, No
Danger.

Tie most notable event Of the month
seems to have been the hullabaloo raised
by President Babb of the New York
board of underwriters. The gentleman
made plea for the restriction Of the
height of buildings In New York city and
incidentally remarked that 1t was only
question of time when there would be "a
devastating fire that would leap from
skyscraper to skyscraper. hundreds of
.eet above the heads Of the firemen. Sucn
disaster was inevitable Fire ex-
perience has taught us that high build
ings nursed the hottest fires and
a loss of from one to two billion dollars
would be the result
Some of the older buildings, the sky
scrapers Of New York and Chicago, were
made comparatively fireproOf only in so
all else there Is little difference between
them and the most ordinary building. OF
course, with them, as with the San Fran
cisco and Baltimore skyscrapers, there
is a possibility of grave danger. But in
the newer ones. built along scientific lines,
fireproof in design as well as in materials,
but little damage could be done. Even
in the old ones there Is far greater safety
than there Is in the lower ordinary"
buildings. and the skyscraper districts of
New York and of Chicago are about the
safest places in those cities.
Architect Flagg, the designer of tn.
forty-seven stored Singer Tower. put the
matter succinctly in recent interview.
~ think" said he, that Mr.. Babb. il.
some respects, Is right. There are high
buildings which are not fireproof. There
are those which have altogether too much
wood In them. And that kind is dam
gerous. But IL skyscraper has nothing
about it which can burn-why. naturally.
it can't burn. In designing the Singer
building l was unrestricted as to the
materials should specify. and selected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
The Automobile in Business.

Senator chauncey N. Depew, in Leslie's Weekly.
It is difficult to estimate the value Of the
automobile wagon for delivering goods in
great cities and their suburbs. Storekeep-
ers have felt 1t in the enlargement Of their
business and the reduction of cost. Work.
ngmen and women have felt it in increase
of employment. and the consumer in
cheaper goods and quicker delivery. The
rural delivery carrier extends his area and
more outlying homes are brought within
reach of this benefcent adjunct to the
post office. The motor cab enables the
woman shopper and the man of business
to cover just about three times the amount
of territory in comfort that was formerly
accomplished with effort and fatigue. On
the health side / know from experience
that the ozone which is driven into the
lungs by riding In an open car at a fair
speed Is q specific cure for insomnia and
nervous troubles. Sanity and leveI-head-
edness. together with healthy living. have
come to those who have found 1t possible
to live in the country and motor to their
business places in the city and return to
their homes. To the American tourist on
the continent and in the British Isles the
automobile has given an intimate knowl-
edge Of the civilization, habits and con-
dition Of the people, Of the art treasures
in wayside village churches. or history
and scenery never possible before, except
to the foot traveller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Cosmopolitan Shanghai.
From Success Magazine.


It is the most truly cosmopolitan city
in the world; for Paris. after all. ia main
ly French; London, after all. Is main
ly English; New York. after all, is mainly
American. Shanghai has its French
hotels. it's imposing German Club. its
English Country Club. its race track. its
Russian bank. its Japanese mercantile
houses. its American post office. 1t Is
ruled by a council of Englishmen, Ger
mans and Americans. 1t Is 9oliced by
English hobbies, Irishmen. Sikhs from In
road OF a sunny spring afternoon, where
the latest thing in motor cars weaves
through the Line of smart carriages. you
may see Spaniard elbowing Filipino.
Portuguese jostling Parsee. Austrian
chatting with Bavarian: and they all talk
gamble, drink and buy In pidg1n English.
This settlement of 5000 Europeans,
living apart from that public opinion
which comoels the maintenance of So
cial standard in every European country,
and Indifferent to that local public ocin-
ion which keeps I'D certain curious
standard among the Chinese themselves.
seems to have practically no standard al
ALL The problem of every decent Ameri-
can or Englishman who finds himself es-
tablished in business Is whether he dare
them into circles so degraded that fami-
lies disintegrate and children grow up
under disheartening influences. The heavy
drinking of the China coast ports Is pro-
verbal, yet the drinking seems little
more than an incident in city where
the social atmosphere Is tainted and al
together unwholesome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Planting Grounds.

From Suburban Life.
It seems to me that there ought always
to be a certain standard to work to in
planning a garden. And usually there is
such a standard, though the gardener
may not be conscious Of it. Every one
who owns even the smallest, most con-
ventional suburban lot has in mind some
effect which he wishes to produce. One
wishes wild, natural, "woodsy' garden,
another leans toward the romantic; here
Is a disciple of the art of the Japanese
there is devotee of the classic, who will
have, nothing but Greek statuary, and
the refined, pure lines of the architectu-
raj garden-and SO on down the list each
having individual fads and whims as diff
ferent as possible one from the other
But whatever the fad or within may be-
fancy we are all OF one mind when 1t
comes to the question of size. We all
wan. spacious grounds-and lacking ac-
tual size, l think we are all ready to take
advantage of any tricks which will give
the wished-for appearance. 1t is quite
possible to magnify the apparent size of
a place without adding a fraction of an
acre to ones possessions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

the recent international housing congress
in London was chat Berlin has no slums.
A short investigation into the accuracy
of the statement seems to show that 1t Is
essentially true, and that the further
statement, that the city will have none. is
also true. Such slums as Berlin does have
are almost a negligible quantity. when
compared with all the people and all the
houses in the city, and every bad build
ing that was found was also found to be
under. condemnation, to be DESTROYED as
soon as homes could be obtained for tn
people displaced. Homes are being found
rapidly, so the condition Is being changed
for the better. with considerable rapidly
The Statement. that Berlin will have nc
slums at any future time is based on the
fact that it's building bylaws are of such
nature as to make Sums impossible
Berlin does not allow building at the viii
Of the builder, and then endeavor to pre-
vent insanitary conditions through main
tenance laws. This is her great lesson t.
American cities. most of whose building
laws are insufficient, unintelligible and
poorly enforced, and whose maintenance
laws are little better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
City on the Gridirou Plan.
arities and the Commons.

From Charities and the Commons.
The gridiron city. with its uncompro-
missing right angles and its streets desig-
mated by numerals or letters Of the al
phabet. prevails In the new states, but
unless II Is built upon a level prairie
floor its appearance of smooth regularity
must exist only upon the accommodating
maps. Wherever there Is a steep hill. a
deep ravine or the incurve Of a river
shore there must be dead ends and
broken sections that all the misapplied
wealth Of the town can hardly overcome
except IN the most valuable and impor-
tant districts. Witness Omaha and cities
OF it's kind built on steep bluffs that rise
In successive ridges like the waves Of the
sea. Parallel with these waves, some of
the streets may extend with compare
lively few Interruptions: but the others.
that should cross them. are lost again
and again In tho trough Of the waterless
sea between the wave crestS. Until the
engineer shall have reduced the whole
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

city site to medium grade and to the
monotonous regularity of a dancing floor
the streets must appear and reappear in
fragments on the successive hilltOps. The
costly process of making deep cuts and
mighty fills that is constantly going on
leaves the houses that were already built
perched high on. lofty banks or sub
merged in great square holes. The rail-
roads. as well the rivers and the ra-
vines. pay but little regard to the con-
ventions of the map. They strike for
the center of the town by the shortest
and most level way. just as the highways
really ought to have done but do not,
and as a result they give merry jest to
the previously regular city plan and
break it up into many disjointed frag-
ments. like a sectional puzzle picture
that the cat has played with.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Conquering Temptation.

From My Journal.
To conquer Temptation you must live it
down alone. as you must die alone, and
no vicarious gift Of strength can take the
place of mans own will.
Dziennik narodowy. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1899-1923, 1908-09-01
SYN BRYANA CHCE SIE ZE-
MIC.

Lincoln, Neb., I wrzesnla. -
Sensacye wolala tn pogloska, re
syn Bryana, nominate demokra-
tycznego ma urzad prezydenta
Stanow, ma zamiar sic zenlc z
panna Berger, Z Milwaukee, Wis.
Matka mlodego Bryana oswald
czyla, ze jezeli Stub bedzie mial
mieisce, to dopiero "a kilka lat,
poniewaz syn jej liczy dopiero
lat dziewietnaScie, oraz ME ukon-
cyl jeszcze szko}.
MIody Bryan poznal panne
Berger ma uniwersytecle w Ne
brasce, gdzie obydwoje razem po-
bierali nauki.
Ojciec panny ma bye bogaty
lest uwazany "a milionera.
Dziennik narodowy. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1899-1923, 1908-09-01
ZEZNANIE w SNIE HYPNO-
TYCZNYM.

New York, I wrzesnia. - Me
zmierne zaciekawienie wywoiala
tn wiadomoSc o tenn, re pani
Charlotte Hitchcock oskarzona o
zamordowanie meza w snie hyp-
notycznym opowiedziala szczego-
1y zbrodni. Oskarzona znaj jdowa-
la sic pod obserwacya lekarska, w
celu zbadania jej stanu umysio-
wego. DR.. Ira T. Van Geison,
cz}onek wydziafu zdrowia, zahy-
pnotyzowaf oskarzona i wydobyl
niej przyznanie sic do zbrodni.
DR.. Geison doSwiadczenie to po-
wt6rzy wo obecnosci komisyi So
dowej.