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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-15

refusing to answer or even to remain
in the chamber When the day for a
vote finally arrived, it was generally
conceded that the bill would pass. Just
as the vote on final passage was about
to be ordered Senator Gray began a
three day speech against the measure
that gave time for marshaling the OPP
position, compelled Republican atten-
ton and helped in getting enough Re
publican senators to vote with the
Democrats to kill the bill. Gray is
generally credited with the death of
that obnoxious act, a fact for which
the south has never ceased to be CRATE
full.
In the senate Gray was generally
credited with being the spokesman OF
President Cleveland. German was the
Democratic leader, but German and
Cleveland were too diverse in charac.
ter and training to work together
Gray, ON the other hand, was in thor
ollgh accord with the president both
in character and policy and, moreover
was one of the ablest debaters in thc
body
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-15

former days! Fifty years from now
our children and their children will
probably pine for our virtues or mag
ined virtues. If they knew the present
as we know it But never mind. Pos
sibly they will be right and we wrong.
We are too close to these days to note
their eXcellencies. Our children in re-
Prospect may see and understand what
we overlooked
Judge Gray is of the old school of
Democrats to which belonged the
Bayards, the Tildens and the Cleve-
lands. His courtly manners, his kind
ly and dignified humor and his rigid
code of honor are characteristic of n
yet earlier day. But his industry, his
keen sense of justice, his American
ism, his grasp of fundamentals and
his ability to apply them to present
day problems-these belong to all time.
At present there are so many kinds
of Democrats that they cannot be re-
ferred to as a school, but as a univer-
sity. Yet the opposition has no occa-
sion to fly on the fence and emulate
tHC lOOStCi' AhSiO oiS "ioO SSfShh '
kinds of Republicans:
Rooseveltists. stand patters,> old guard are
they,
But Republicans all on election day.
If Democrats had shown the same
tendency, the history of the country
might have been different.
But what is the use of raiding the
political cemetery to dig up the cada
YER of a regret? We have enough to be
sorry for without that. Besides, regret
Is about the most useless, negative
and idiotic thing in the world. What is
the good of being a slave to the past
Why not forget it and play the busy
bee with the flower of today? We are
now fighting the campaign of 1908.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-15

been treated to a peculiar sight for the
last few days as they observed man
riding on the engine of train No. 90.
Standing on little platform surround
ed by sheet of canvas to break the
wind, he rode near the smokestack
back and forth to Portsmouth every
day. The company has been making
test of smoke burning apparatus
and trying to find out just how much
water and coal are consumed for each
mile of the trip and also recording the
speed of the engine made on varying
steam pressure. In the cab have been
two other men, known as inspectors,
taking a record of the work done by
the fireman in handling the fire of the
locomotive during round trips.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-15
WONDERFUL SUBMARINE.
Nays New Boat to Have Clever Life
Saving Device.

A contract with a company that
builds torpedo boats for the construc-
ton of a submarine boat was signed
by Secretary Metcalf the other day.
The vessel will be built at Bath, Me.
The inventors claim that the boat
will be the largest and swiftest of sub
marines and will have a steaming "a
dius of 5000 miles and a speed capac-
ity of 16 knots, two in excess of the
contract requirements.
An important feature of construction
will be the compartment forward,
where by an equalization of air and
water it is claimed a man may walk
out of the open door into the water,
permitting life saving when other
means of exit from the vessel are cut
off
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-15
He Could Run Putty.

A laborer in search of work was
asked by a builder to whom he ap-
piled if he could run putty.
He replied that he could and was
told to be at the works at o'clock
next morning. He arrived at the time
stated, and when asked il he were
ready stripped off his overcoat and dis
closed himself TO the astonished build
er clad in running costume and pumps.
What are you going to do in those
things?' inquired the employer.
run Putty" answered the man.
"But want you to run 1t down into
this hole" said the builder
''Oi don't care If 1t is down a drain,''
replied the man. "Throt him out. and
Oil run In."-London Telegraph.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-15
The JUMPING OFF Place.

Consumption had me in its grasp;
and | had almost reached the jumping
off place when l was advised to try
DIR. Kings New Discovery; and |
want to say right now, it saved my
life. Improvement began with the first
bottle, and after taking one dozen bot
ties was a well and happy man
again. says George Moore of Grimes
land, n. c.. As remedy for coughs
and colds and healer of weak, sore
lungs and for preventing pneumonia
New Discovery is supreme. 80 cents
and 81 at all druggists. Trial bottle
free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-15
BY JAMES A. EpefRroN.

NUDGE GEORGE GRAY of Della
ware insists that there is moth
a ing in his presidential candidacy,
and in this most Democrats west
of the Alleghenies will agree with him.
The political Jove that hurls presi-
dental lightning may yet discover that
Delaware is on the map, though he
has shown Il lamentable ignorance of
geography so far. For long time he
could see nothing but Virginia; then he
got Ohio on the brain and may be Suf-
fering from that obsesslOn even at this
hour. He never could see the Pacific
coast or the Rocky mountains. OF late
years he has been utterly blind to the
sunny half of the country from Mis-
souri, to North Carolina and since the
war has refused to look at New Eng
land. With such n narrow vision and
pigheaded character it is hardly proba-
Bile that he will know that there is
such a state as Delaware. Yet he
might sb% his bolts at much worse
places, and. in the language of Tom
Reed. he probably will"
Judge Gray would make a creditable
leader for the conservatives. He is the
beau ideal of the safe and sane.
Throughout his entire life he has
fought radicalism in every form. OF
an old family. educated in the best
schools, correct in his life, intellectual,
fOrcible in debate and with n conspicu-
Gus and honorable record. he is a
typical statesman of the ancient school,
an eighteenth century character in a
twentieth century environment
The good old times-aIl times when old,
are good.
How we do sigh for the virtues of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-15

The best remedy known today for
all stomach troubles is Kodol, which
is guaranteed TO give prompt relief.
1t is a natural digestant; it digests
what You eat; it is pleasant to take.
Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-15
A Marked Man.

George Gray of Delaware, fourteen
years United States senator, four years
United States circuit judge, one of the
commissioners that signed the Spanish
American peace treaty, peace delegate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-15

10 quell a tumult in a convention and
quite another to do it in the United
States When Wall street is yelling on
one side and the people on the other,
lit takes pretty big man to be heard
above the roar
Judge Gray is neither so old nor so
frisky as Uncle Joe Cannon; he is not
so eloquent as Bryan; he is not so
globular as Taft, and he is not so full
Hughes. He never saved mattresses
and drank, buttermilk, like Fairbanks;
he never ran political machines. like
Cortelyou; he never defied the light
nings of Roosevelt, like Foraker, and
he never walked all over the railroads,
like Hoke Smith and La Toilette. Mel
Their has he conducted three cent fare
crusades, like Tom Johnson, nor re-
yersed brutal Republican majoritieS,
like Yon Yonson. He never sent
grafters to Jail, like Joe Folk, nor did
| things to the trusts, like Philander Knox
and Judson Harmon. Possibly it is for
these reasons that he does not regard
himself seriously as a presidential can
didate. Yet he did help to settle mo-
mentous labor strike, and he did rem
der service to industrial and interna-
tional peace. Moreover, he killed the
force bill, as before mentioned-liter-
ally talked it to death. These deeds
entitle him to respectful consideration
The man who does his work with as
little noise as possible; whose constant
concern is not to get into the limelight
and eXalt himself; who is willing sim
ply, quietly and honestly to stand for
the truth he sees, despite its effects on
his own fortunes, and with whom char
acter counts for more than place or
fame, is still, as he has ever been, the
salt of the earth. This does not mean
that he is to possess even semblance
of the spirit of the reactionary or arts
tocrat. The true man, who sees whole
and is public spirited, will be neither.
1t onlys means that he is not to be an
applause hunter, self advertiser and
a self seeker. The world, and Ameri-
ca especially, needs genuine men.
The prayer of this age should be that
of the poet:
God give US MEN.
Every forward step of the race has
been led by some man who was big
enough to forget himself and his petty
interests and prejudices and who was
clear sighted enough to see the truth
of a given situation. Such men are
moved not by desire for place, but by
love of God and man, by spiritual i'm
Ipulse, if you please. That is the sort
of divinely led leader this nation wants
right now. Outside of any question of
party or of this interest or that inter
est, we need a chief who is not think
ing so much of the galleries or of serv-
ing a class as he is of keeping true to
his own soul and the soul of things.
That Characterization may not fit
George Gray or any other candidate in
the field. Possibly 1t does not-at least
wholly. 1t requires really big man
to meet the requirements. But that
does not change the fact that America
needs such man, and needs him in
the year 1905
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-15
WHITE COAL IN KENTUCKY,
Deposit Found In Mountains of Nc
Lean County

Mclean county, Ky, is the scene of
the latest discovery of natural freaks
in the finding Of vein of white coal.
1t was discovered on the farm of a
man who lives near Wrightsburg and
who proposes to form company and
open a slope mine. A minister of
Madisonville has returned from con
Quoting revival services in the noun
tains with several specimens Of the
mineral.
1t is of white color and very light
leaving neither SCOT nor cinders after
burning, and makes red ashes resem.
bling those of a wood fire.
Odd Railroad Test.
People along the eastern division of
the Boston and Maine railroad be-
tween Boston! and. Portsmouth have
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-15
What is Pe-l.u-na?'
Is it a Catarrh Remedy, or q Tonic,
or is it Both? J

tonic Others refer to Peruna
remedy .
right Il to call Peruna
tarrh remedy than TO call its tonci
reply H. and catarrh remedy Indeed
eastua catarTh remedy that not also tonic
order relieve remedy must
membranes the catarrh but
general tonic action on the nervous syssm u -
Catah who strong weakened cod
something strengthen the
arteries and raise the vital fo
medical Tho wonderful efficacy
recognized and growing In it, hold
profession When joined with CUBEBs and C0PAIBA
medical formed in Peuna which constitutes specific
medical
upon This action reinforced By renowned toni COLLIN
CANADENS C0RYDALs F0RH0SA and CEDR0N SEED
remedy oah ss and locations
in the body.
standpoint beyond
every
When practical experience confirms theory
result Is Q truth that cannot be shaken.
Drug Manufacturing Company,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-15
A Kansas 0iri's Advice.

A Lincoln county girl writes this ad.
vice to the Kansas City Star: why
do young men do 50 much loafing? Go
to work. Push ahead! ] am but a
young girl. but ! clothe myself and
have money In the bank. lay up
more money every year than any
young man within three miles OF my
home. When they get = dollar they
20 to a dance and 30 home a dollar
out. ! advise all girls to cut clear OF
LOADING boys. Stand by the boy who
works. and never put your arm
Though the handle of q jug"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-15
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Essentials

Of the happy homes Of to-day Is vas.
fund OF information rs TO the best methods
Of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge Of the worlds
best products.
Products Of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
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One Of the products of that class, Of
known component parts, an Ethical
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World as valuable ard wholesome family
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effects always buy the genuine, manu-.
facturcd by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-15
Bees In Block Of Stone.

While workmsn were saving through
n block of Bath stone at Exeter. Eng
land. they cut into n cavity In which
was found cluster Of two or three
dozen live bees.
The incident occurred ut the works
Of Messrs. Coiiard 4 Sons. monu
mental sculptors. There was not much
sign Of life In the bees Mt hrst. but
when air was admitted they gradually
revived and after a few hours several
OF them were able to ny.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-15
Rough on the Candidate.

There's n candidate outside. want
In TO see you" said tho hired man.
Hang tho candidaie!' exclaimed
tn. farmer.
And the hired man went out muiter.
Ing:
u hain't iynchcd man In mighty
long time. but Of b. Amt too much for
IN. III folicr Instructions" !"-AtialtA
Constitution.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-15
Beware Of Olntments for cata.rb
that Contain Mercury,

- mercury -ili surely destroy the ssass Of srnsi
md sompls;sr defsase tho shois lsssm shes
saterins = lhrosxh the mueoas suffseeA sash
sfsieies should never be us~d stespt % pfsscris
stii do u ten fold to the GOD you posslbIy de-
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;ary. and 10 tshsa iatefasy. sstins directly 1soa
Inc hiGSi aai Mucous suffsess OF ths systsm. Ia
tsasihs- IL 10 tsEsa iatsrasiIy ssa made ia faisis
1hio. tyr J Cheaey q 90. Testitnsaisls trSe-
-: by pfuxxists. Price. sc. rsf bs.tiis.
Tsks nsirs fsuaiiy rus fos eoas;ipsuoa-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-15

Anybody can launch national par.
ty. but to keep 1, ahoat requires
aucsse.-Philadelp Ledger.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-15

The true test Of greatness Is IN
ability to wear the sane size ha' eo'
tinuously
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-15

SORE EYES. weak. inflamcd, rcd, wa,cry
and swollen eyes, usc PErTIT'S EYE
SALNE, DC. All druggists or Howard
bros, Buffalo. n. Y.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-15

A well.in:ormed physician 10 frs-
quently ill.informed.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-15

Mrs.. Windows Soothing sySup.
FOR ehidten teethins sof,sns the Gurzs. ,sauess 10
eamma.ou. ALIAS pain. vtad colo Ae sotus.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-15
AIiks.

Working for = living 10 like Shake
spcarc's plays-aiways praised. but
avoided a. much a. POSSIBLE.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-15

important TO Naoshs<s.
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORiA . safe and surc remedy for
infants and children. and SEQ that II
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-15
Had Heard Later.

"shaw's new play is said to bc the
last word on marriage"
impossible" replied tho married
man. 1T Isn't even the latest word"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-15
XIII the Elies Now

before they multiply. A DAISY FLY
KILLER Kills thousands. Lasts the Sra.
son. Ask your dealer, or scnd coc TO u
somcrs. lt9 Dc kaib Ave. Brooklyn. y. Y.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-15
Garfield Digestive Tablets

From your druggist. or the Garfield
Tea Co. brooklyn. n. Y. 2sc per bot
Ito. Samples upon request.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-15

tcopyright. by Joseph b. Bowies)
The Colorado statesman., 1908-09-19
KITCHEN DONT'S.

Don't rinse laces in blued water
under mistaken notion that it will
improve the color. 1t won't Rinse
in skinned milk, which will give a
soft, creamy tint.
Don't fill an oil or any other kind of
stove or lamp when it is lighted. This
seems superfluous advice, but with
the coming of hot weather cannot be
too often repeated.
Don't leave a gas stove with any
thing which may boil over-milk or
soup-and eXtinguish the flame. Be-
sides the loss of gas, there is danger
of an explosion. Don't turn off the
gas at the main, unless the taps are
all off as we'll
Don't light the kitchen fire unless
there is water in the boiler. If not,
the rush of cold water is liable to
crack the boiler.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-09-19

through the autumn. To render these
hats a little less summery looking,
however, while they still preserve
their picturesque effects, they are
draped with silk or colored chiffon in
stead of net and null, and they may be
trimmed with ribbon, silk choux, or
plumes instead of the floral garniture
which has been so fashionable during
the summer
The illustration shows a hat of this
description made of dull finished chif-
fon taffeta in brown. The hat is pre-
cisely the same shape which has been
so popular during the summer. The
crown is covered with the silk, while
the draperies of the same, as is also
the large and dashing trimming at the
side. a plating of the silk is used
around the edge of the hat and be-
meath this there is a ruffle of coffee
colored lace. The hat is faced with
shirred mousseline de sole in brown of
the shade of the silk. A touch of color
might well be added to this hat If it
were meant TO be worn with a gown
all of one shade the same color in
brown. But If the gown is to be of
contrasting shades of color then it will
not be necessary to have any bright
touches in the hat.
With a brown gown, for instance,
which has light waistcoat and coral
color trimmings the all brown hat
would be more effective than one
with touch of coral in its trimmings.
If the hat is to be worn with a tan
gown trimmed with brown the all
brown would also be more effective.
For general wear, with a variety of
different costumes, there is nothing
more useful than a hat all in brown
either of different shades or in mono
tone. But if the hat is to be worn
with rather dull brown costume, it
is best to give it touch of brightness,
unless brown is singularly becoming
to the wearer.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-09-19
Mendina SILK Stockings.

Silk stockings are an expensive lux
ury The first cost is considerable,
and they do not stand hard wear
When the first stitch breaks their
beauty is much impaired, if not ac-
tually destroyed. That one tiny break
rapidly runs down the length of the
stocking, and if not quickly mended
the open strip speedily widens and the
case is hopeless. The usual way of
mending is to sew the raveled edges
together with over and over stitch.
This may stop further raveling, but
even with the greatest care there
will be rough seam, very conspicu-
Gus on the plain part of the stocking,
and most unsightly on any part. A bet
ter way, which only requires patience,
is to pick up the stitches and crochet
the edges together with fine needle
and fine silk of the same color. This
seam then will never be noticed by
anyone but the wearer.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-09-19
BEST CARE OF WELLS.
Can Be cleansed Easily Even When
Badly Soiled.

If your veil is very much soiled it
will not be a difficult matter to bring
it back to its original newness. Make
a strong lather of white soap, and
simmer the veil in it for about a quar-
ter of an hour.
Rinse it in cold water carefully with
a little liquid bluing. You can also
add perfume to this water. Pass the
veil through a thin gum arabic water,
or water in which rice has been boiled,
and clear it by shaking. Pin evenly
on linen cloth. When dry lay be-
tween piece of thin muslin and
iron on wrong side.
To wash your black veil, pass it
through hot water in which a small
quantity of OK gall has been mixed, to-
gether with some perfume. Squeeze,
but do not rub it. Rinse in cold water,
putting bluing in the last rinse.
Stiffen by dipping in a very thin
glue water, made by pouring water on
glue. Squeeze and shake out and dry
and iron on the wrong side, the same
as the white veil
The Colorado statesman., 1908-09-19

shapes, especially those with high
crowns and brims which are little
dropping, are quite appropriate for
wear in town after midsummer is past,
and for best occasions will be worn
The Colorado statesman., 1908-09-19
Pouched Bodices Return.

There are indications of the return
of the pouching bodice. In Paris a
number of the new bodice models
show the front pouched, ever so slight
ly, to be sure, but still pouched, and
at the Goodwood races number of
corsages of that order were noted.
The slightly pouched front is be.
coming to most figures, tending to con-
ceal both redundances and deficiencies,
and then, too. there is more room and
ease across the chest. In short, the
pouched front is comfortable as well
as becoming, when the fullness is only
slight and is drawn toward the center
of the figure.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-09-19

front stitched to within few inches
of the bust line, and the back has two
wide tucks, stitched from shoulder to
waist line. The skirt is two-piece
circular model with an inverted box
plait at the center-back seam, and
fitted to the waist line by darts over
each hip.
For a miss of Is years the skirt re-
quires four yards of material 20 inches
wide. 33s yards 81 inches wide. ga
yards 36 inches wide, or two yards AZ
inches wide.
For a miss of Is years the skirt re-
quires 61a yards of material 20 inches
wide, 31a yards 36 inches wide, 3A
yards AZ inches wide, or 21s yards "a
inches wide.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-09-19
A Novel Bread Knife.

Among the exhibits at the James.
town exposition was a powerful paper
cutter-such as is used to clamp down
magazines and trim the edges. And
one domestically inclined visitor, her
mind more on her home and her kitch-
en- than on the Graphic Arts, remarked
as she looked at it: John, l do wish
you'd buy me that cutter; it would
come in so handy for cuttin' bread at
harvest time"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-09-19
MISSES SHIRT-WAIsT SUITS.
An Attractive School Gown for the
Young Girl.

Nothing is more serviceable for the
young girl not yet out of the school
room than a jaunty shirt-waist cos.
tune which answers all requirements
for everyday wear and which is u.s.
ually so becoming to the undeveloped
figure. Tobacco-brown mohair has
been, used for the one illustrated,
which is trimmed with collar and cuffs
of tan-colored taffeta silk, and
fastened with buttons of similar silk.
The waist is tucked either side of the
The Colorado statesman., 1908-09-19
A Well ordered Dinner Table.

The most elegant and attractive din
ner tables are seldom the most elabor-
ate ones. Linen which has the gloss
of good laundering, china and silver
which shine from perfect care and a
few flowers or jardiniere of ferns
in the center make a more impressive
dinner table than the more elaborate
ones ornamented with lace and rib
boes and expensive centerpieces.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-09-19
To Reduce Waist Measure.

Deep breathing will help reduce the
waist measure and enlarge the bust.
The stretching exercises, too, are
splendid as waist depleters. Raise the
arms high above the head; then, hold.
ing the knees straight, try to touch the
floor with the fingertips. Stand erect.
place hands on hips, bend from waist
as far as possible to the right, then to
the left.