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Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-09

lt was the very sea that all the great navi1
gators had been seeking for twenty yearsI
and Vasco Nunez fell upon his knees for jon
as he returned thanks for beholding "th4
great maine sea heretofore unknown to tn
inhabitants of Europe, Aphrike and Asia"
FROM this mountainous height, the succesTi
full adventurer took possession of the country
IN the name of his observation-disclosures o4
Spain.
Three days later, they began the descent
OF the mountains the western side, anq
lasco, arriving at the seashore, marched int3
the water up to his knees, with sword ant
target in hand, and unfurling the banner q
Spain solemnly proclaimed that ocean and
all that pertaIned to it as the possession on
the Spanish sovereign, which he would del
fend against all Corners One of his company
OF Adventures was Francisco Pizarro, ths'
future conqueror OF Peru.
-Four years afterward, Vasco Nunez, afteri
almost incredible exertions, launched foulI
brgantines-the first European ships that ever
plowed the waves of the Pacifc-and set ouS
on cruise upon the sea he had discovered.
and of which he had been created the adeland
tado or admiral
These vessels had all been constructed upoH
the Atlantic side, and carried piecemeal across
the mountains and marshes of the isthmu9
to the place of embarkation, most difficulty
operation, which only a bold, daring man like
Balboa would have undertaken.
Ii he had remained unmoested it is fnorel
than likely that Nunez would have discovered
Peru, and anticipated the conquest of Pizarro
by more than twenty years, but the exploits
of the adventurous diseoyerer were nearly
over.
The governor of Darien, Don Pedro Aria5
de Avila, was jealous of the rising fame and
the energetic character of the successful exI
plorer, and determined to remove a rival sol
dangerous to his own influence. He accordA
ingly lured Balboa to Darien by false pro-
misses, had him seized and condemned to-
death as a rebel.
The sentence, to the grief of, all the inhabJ
itants of the isthmus, was carried into exc
cution in the public square of Acla, August
%, 1911
"Thus perished,2 says Irving, "in his forty
second year, in the prime and vigor Of HID
DAYS and the full career of his glory. one
of the most illustrious and deserving of the
Spanish discoverers-a victim to the basesA
and most perfdious envy"
One action will ever keep his name from
oblivion-he discovered the Pacific Ocean.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-09


THE first discoveries of America .S ala
not have the remotest suspicion thaS
4 they had found great continent.
ES5TSzISNI Columbus, Vespucci and the OaDots
ISEgESAi fully believed that the country was
a part of Asia-the wealthy mola,
or Cathay.
tt was not until nearly a quarter of cen
fury after that October morning wnen tne
island of San Salvador dawned upon the VS.
ion of the watching Genoese, that the dlscov-
erv of that vast ocean beyond-lylng cam;
snarxling and glorious in the sunllght-proveo
conclusvely that America was continent
The man whose good fortune, enterprise
and valor led him to make TINS femarkapie
discovery, was Vasco Nunez de Balboa, one
of the most fearless and aspiring OF that
hand of ocean chivalry" that followed the
footsteps of Columbus.
No more excellent type of the Spanish ad-
yenturer of the fifteenth and sixteenth cen I
turtles can be found than the ulscoVeIer VI Une
Pacific Ocean. 81,
Clad in his steel panoply, armed with cross,
hiIted sword, arquebuse OF crossbow, anu
mounted on prancing steed, after the 1asn-
ion of the cavaliers OF his time, Vasco Nu ue
nee is one of the most picturesque figures OF
that century, SO affluent and striking In his
toric characters. n,
His story presents lively picture Of the
daring enterprises, the extravagant eXplolts'
the thousand accidents by food and field that
rowing and romantic age :.
Like many another hero, Vaseo Nunez was
born in poor circumstances, although he bore
a patrician name. He was native. OF Heres
de los Cabaleros, in Southern Spain, where
he first saw the light in the year 1475
About all that we know Of his early life ia
that be served in the household of the dis,
tingushed knight, Don Puerto Carrero, Lord
of Moguer,. and that he was skilled swords
man and fencing master.
He set out early to try his fortunes in the
New World, and was one Of that band of ad-
venturers who accompanied Rodrigo, de Bas-
tidas, in his voyage of discovery to the West
ern seas.
For several years he was planter in His
PAMELA (St. Domingo) but his farming oper-
atoms do not seem TO have been remunera-
tive, and he became involved in embarrassing
debts. He now resolved to begin life anew in
a land still further west.
An expedition was about to sail, under Mar
tin Fernandez de Encisco, to the aid of the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-09

dumb show, asks permission to go with the
other boy, who stands some distance off The
girl, or mother seems reluctant to con-
sent, until the leader gives the signal, when
she mods assent, and the boy, in great glee,'
joins his companion.
This is the syllable "let."
The leader now closes the door and calls
for the name of the flower following the di-
rections given for the first flower. He then
passes on to the representation of the third
flower.
When the three flowers have been repre-
sented, if the company have given the correct
mans of two of them, the leader and his help
ers take their places among the guessers.
The player who made the first correct guess
then becomes leader, with power to choose
his or her helpers. Should two of the play
ers make the same guess, the younger takes
the precedence; or, if they should be a girl
and boy, the latter gives place to the former.
The hostess must record the names of the
first correct guessers on each flower When
the game is ended, the one who has made the
most correct guesses is the winner, and should
be presented with a bouquet by the hostess
Those who have given no correct answers
should each be decorated with a grotesque
paper flower as "booby prize"
If only one of the flowers in any garland
are discovered, the same leader has the right,
to form another garland
| Every garland must contain three kinds of
| flowers, but no more.
The acting must be confined, as far as DOS
sble, to dumb show" 1t is admissible in
acting the syllable "um' and the letter aO'',
to make these, sounds, as there is no other
way of representing them.
This game gives an opportunity for fine
display of ingenuity and wit, and, when play3
ed with spirit, will be found very divertinpl
to old as well as young. IN
Costuming will, of course, add much to tho
representations, and it may be INDUCED in AZ 4
cording to the tastes and opportunities o{
the players.
/ append the names of few flowers thatl
lend themselves readily to the represeafa-
ton:
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-09
A Garland 81 H0Ne,az'

This continues the same length of time as
before when the leader closes the door and
waits moment for the arrangement OF the
The next opening of the door reveals a
girl busy with sewing OF fancy work.
One Of the boys goes up to her, and IN
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-09

allowed to audibly guess this syllable, how
ever, but must wait until the word is COM
pleted.
door again and calls out, "Second syllable"
All the helpers now enter whispering "Oh"
with varying facial expressions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
A Victim of Politics.

F. P. Glazier, formerly state treas
urer of Michigan, in the bankruptcy
proceedings, said: -.
81 should have attended to business
and let politics alone. That has been
the cause of my downfall. was mix
ed up in politics too much. Almost
every week | paid out money for pol
tiles"
The investigation into Glaciers books
showed that while he had the reputa-
ton of being an eminent financier and
a great banker, he knew no more of
the details of his business than a child
unborn. There was one item of SIS,
600 charged to him that he had forgot
ten all about. The state accounts and
his own private affairs were hopeless
ly mixed. For some years he had not
known whether he was afoot or horse
back, and the result was that the first
financial stringency drove him to the
wall.
Many a man poses as a great finan
cier when his sole stock in trade is 6
wise look and the confidence of the
people. These fellows sail along ir
prosperous times and their word is
taken for law, but when the gales come
they go down and are submerged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
The Democratic Party.

Alex Miller in the Washington Dem.
ocrat says:
Some foolish republicans talk about
the democratic party going out of bus.
mess. Did you ever hear anything as
ridiculous? And we do not say it by
way of whistling to keep our courage
up while marching through a grave
yard, but we say it because it seems
eminently the truth. Democracy is his.
torical and its principles will live while
the country lives. They are fundamen-
tai and correct. Therefore, there is no
sense in talk of abandoning the party
or in the talk of it going out of bust
ness. That is all the talk of people
who are not posted. Why, did you
ever hear of the democratic party in
the war of the rebellion? History says
IL was discredited at that time. 1t got
on the wrong side of the war question.
At least the republicans said it was
wrong, and they made enough people
believe it till they had not an office OF
road supervisor anywhere in America
The carpet baggers overran the south
till the negroes were in power in that
section. There was no democratic
party. We have heard old citizens tell
how they used to go to the polls when
they did not have printed ballot. but
had to cut their ballot out of some
democratic newspaper. and yet in 1874
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
Bryan and Defeat.
z IT 7 lit ~
manhood

No candidate was ever more unani-
mously the choice of his party than
was Bryan the choice of the democrat
Bryan himself declared that he would
gladly lead if the party so willed, and
that he would as gladly follow the
leadership of another if the party will
ed to that effect. In response to de-
mand for Bryans nomination from one
end of the land to the other, the Den
yer convention did the bidding of the
rank and file. There was no one else
who was even formidable as a candi-
date Governor Johnson was spoken
!, of, but there was little or no popular
demand for him as the nominee as
compared to the overwhelming demand
for the nomination of Bryan. If it was
a mistake to have nominated Bryan
again, it was democracy's mistake and
not Bryan's.
However, any man who uses his
grain can see at a glance that no man
the democracy could have nominated
could have made a better fight than
Bryan, and no man the democracy
could have nominated would have re
ceived anywhere near as many votes.
And today the democrat who criti
cises democracy for having nominated
Bryan, or criticises Bryan for having
been his party'S choice, merely EN-
phasiZes his lack of harmony with his
party and shows himself not in accord
with the will and wishes of the rank
and file.
Bryan made wonderful fight. His
party fought bravely with him and fol-
him. 1t was neither Bryan's mistake
that he was nominated nor the party's
mistake that it nominated Bryan, but
the nations mistake that it failed to
elect w. ]. Bryan president.
And there isn't democrat worthy
of the name but that knows down in
the bottom of his heart that this is a
fact.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
"There was very particular reason

"There was q very particular reason
why l shouldn't miss it, he went on
placidly, ignoring her tone. Il wanted
to finish out what | was saying to you
night before last On the Gregorys'
piazza when that idiot of a Benson
came out and interrupted us"
A wave Of color surged into the girls
check Her nose went up in the air
fraction of an inch.
Under the circumstances" said she,
considering the fact that have just
rescued you from a rather trying sit
uation, it seems to me no gentleman
would take advantage"
GoCdhuc moved closer TO her.
"No gentleman would have missed
his appointment with yon this morn
ing" said he. Therefore / am no
gentleman. Following out the same
| course OF logic. the fact that I am no
gentleman absolves me from playing
! the gentleman's part of silence just
now I will take the tiller. Helen"
He took ii. The girl began hastily
trimming the sheet
| AZ am going to finish out that pro-
posal," he declared. eff you won't
| listen to me | shall refuse TO be
| saved. l shall return to the power
boat and trust myself to the mercies
Of these treachercus waters he end
ed. looking tragically at the quiet sea
| about them.
besides which" he went on, 'kind-
ly re.lcmber that have had no break
! fast VIII rnI1 IiStaO ~
The girl turned TO him with flushed
face. but her eyes were shining.
you certainly must have that break
fast" she chuckled. Go ahead. i am
all attention"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
Carmack's Great Speech of the South

The late Edward w. Carmack of
and former United States senator, and
who at the time he was shot down in
the streets of Nashville by Il couple
of hot heads, father and son, whom
he declined to permit to bulldoZe him.
was editor of the Nashville Tennes-
When his seat in the lower house of
congress was contested by Josiah
Patterson, during the second session
of the 55th congress, Carmack deliy-
cred Il speech which was reprinted
throughout the country. 1t was one
of the few speeches to which the late
Thomas B. Reed listened with any
show of enjoyment. Here is the
tperoration:
Il speak, sir, for my native state
for my native south. 1t is land that
has known SORROWS; land that has
broken the ashen crust and moistenei
it with her tears; land SCARED and
riven by the plowshare of war and
[ beloved with the graves of her dead
but land of legend, land of song. d
land of hallowed and heroic memories
To that land every drop of my blood
every fiber of my being, every pulsa
ton of my heart, is consecrated for
ever | was born of her womb, | wa:
nurtured at her breast, and when my
last hour shall come | pray God that
may be pillowed upon her bosom
and rocked to sleep within her tender
and encircling arms"
1t was this speech which saved his
seat in the house, and tragic as wa.
his end, his prayer was fulfilled.
| He died like hero, mourned by the
entire south, a martyr to courageou!
manhood
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

'IIolp-' - cTicd. needing toward his
distress sinai
The girl laughed a~ai1.
"What ON C"rth Hr" you doing out
here so early II the Eicr;iin%?" she said
mcckincly. Are you aware that it is
but tritio past 1892"
~ an pursuing vow" said he, cor,
rathor. vas TrrTuirG ycu rEtil this
this uncomfortable engine went back
on me-
"And WI were YOU pursuing me?"
81 wants! that sail Won promised
me this m:rning."
Il waited fer YOU until long after O."
Goodhue griuned sheapishly. II
ovarsient." he confessed lamely. "Then
when / got down to the pier and found
you gone / started out in the power
boat-wthout any breakfast"
what noble self sacrifice!'' she
Knocked.
And I'd have caught You, too, but
| for that engine IT ALWAYS breaks
| down when you want it most. low
| ever. you've seen my plight and come
alongside, ard that's the main thing
after all We can have that sail now
can't we?"
do you think she deserves it?''
| "Frankly. / don't. but I'm going Il
trust to your generosity
She looked at him doubtfully for {:
moment "Of COURSE" she said a.
length, Il can't desert you like this
helpless as you are upon the high seas
Come aboard. I'll tow you back. YoJ
must be very hungry by this time
Goodhuc caught up the boat hook
pulled the power boat alongside the
| knock bout and scrambled over hel
| rail. In moment the painter was
fast, ard, towing the helpless craft be
hind her the knockabout was headed
shoreward.
The girl held the tiller. Goodhue
sat down beside her.
Il was particularly anxious to come
out sailing with you this morning.
said he.
$50 1t would SEEM she observed
dryN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
The Cuban Election.

Cuba is also having a presidential
election today. There are two candi-
dates in the field and both are gem
erals. That makes it general cleo
ton. General Jose Miguel Gomez is
the candidate of the liberals, and Gen
eral Mario Garcia Menocal of the con-
servatives. There are several propo-
sitions of public policy and future
legislation involved in the election
and some of them are not easily com.
pretended in this country.
The question of American annexa-
ton is not one of the issues of the
campaign. All parties are opposed to
that, at least nominally. =
The principal issue is the question
of whether by the lowering of the
tariff barriers closer commercial rela
tons shall >be established with the
United States or notH Generally
speaking, it may be said, that the
sugar planters favor the closest pos
sible relations with the United States
for this is their chief market. They
now enjoy a concession of 30 per ceni
from the regular tariff rates through
the Cuban treaty and would be only
too glad to have the concession made
larger or the duty abolished alto
gether. The sugar planters are close
ly identified with the conservative
party.
The tobacco growers, who. in {
large measure, side with the liberia
party. are opposed to the establish
ment of closer relations with the
| United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
BiIiousness and Constipation.

For years | was troubled with bill
iousress and constipation, which made
life miserable for me- My appetite
failed me. | lost my usual force and
vitality. Pepsin preparations and ca
tharJcs only made matters worse.
do not know where | should have
been today had | not tried Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
The tablets relieve the i'll feeling at
once, strengthen the digestive func-
lions. helping the system to do its
work naturally-Mrs. Rosa Potts,
Birmingham. Ala. These tablets are
for sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
Ruined Business.


81 was in high school at Dayton. o.,
at the same time as Orville Wright
now famed as inventor of the aero
plane" remarked Ernest +. Crummel
recently at Cleveland. o. I'VE We're
not in the same class. but l remember
one essay that Wright prepared for
one of the literary programmes. 1t
was about airships. and Wright read
from his paper that the time would
come when men would navigate the
air. He read on so enthusiastically
that the other students all laughed
good naturally at him for writing
along such foolish lines. They all told
him man would be crazy to try to
ride an airship. But. as everybody
knows today, Wright's youthful enthu-
siasm has carried him along to success
and fame in just that very direction"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
Single, but Happy.

Single, but Happy.
"Why are You always sc cheerful
and happy, Mr. Bachelor"
Because l can always drive away
fit of the blues
yes, but howf"
"By thinking Of all the women /
have made happy"
you: Happy. indeed! How have
you made them happy?"
"Never married a single one of
them"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
GETTING ReadY.

GeItth9 READY.
The winds begin to whistle.
! do not like their tune.
They seem to say that winter
Is coming pretty soon.
The autumn leaves like racers
Are scurrving about.
So as defensive measures
I'll block some whiskers out.
Girls in the office litter
And chat about the crop,
The men say things sarcastic
And words like spinach drop,
The barber Is Disguised.
But what care / for that?
On comforts solid platform
You'll find me standing pat.
When nature took the trouble
To mold my classic form
She hung fringe of whiskers
To keep my features warm.
Should ! be so pFesumptuous,
So silly or so smart
To paint. as 'twere. the lily
Or try to slur her art?
No; nature knew her business,
And that alfalfa crop
Her cunning fingers planted
No right have l to chop.
She went to all the trouble
To put them there. and so
I'm going to be n hero
And let my whiskers grow.
p. S.--If my wife will let me.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

Your opinion is highly valued by
your acquaintances or is scorned by
them according to whether it approx
mates theirs or is opposed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
Rifle Proof RreastpIate.

A new steel breastplate for infantry
soldiers was recently invented by
Herr Keil of Munich, Germany. Th'
military authorities of the Bavarian
army will shortly test it at the Munic'
shooting range with a German army
ri1e
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

San Francisco is again in sorrow-
and again in disgrace. The sky will
never be completely clear until Abe
Ruef is put where he cannot. disturb
anybody, and that cannot be- accom-
plished while the technical side of the
law makes travesty of justice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
Plan to Lessen Sewer Gas.

Winnipeg is trying to lessen the
city's supply of sewer gas by leading
pipes from the sewers through the
street lamps. which, when lighted, de-
stroy vast quantities Of the noxious
gas each night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

after the overwhelming, stupendous de-
feat OF 1872, when the party Greeley
lied, congress went democratic, and in
1876 Tilden was elected, though not
seated. And then you talk to us of
going out of business. What rot"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

A Pennsylvania girl has sued 2 mar
ried man for $4,000 because he d. ! not
get a divorce and marry her, as he
had promised to do. The mans only
let him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

Turkey is trying to get even with
Austria by refusing TO wear the red
fez that is made in the latter coun-
try. Austria may conclude to retaliate
against the Turkish cigaret.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

The New York World says: "Adlai's
AK cut deep into the Deneen vote in
Illinois. 1t was probably aided by the
Yates battle AK
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

Treasurer Sheldon has spent the re-
publican campaign fund. What is there
to prevent him from publicly account
ing for II?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

There are women who are mad II
they don't look well even when they
are sick enough to keep the whole
neighborhood in ferment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

If it be true that a buried lake lies
in the way of the Panama canal, it
will have to be dug up and hung on
the fence to dry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
The DaY After.

30 explanations or resort
To chickering's can square the debt,
30 cut it short and be a sport
And pay up that election bet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

Holding membership card In a
charity workers union isn't equivalent
to a guaranty of salvation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

1t has been decided by a United
States court that the tobacco trust is
a trust. Some of the neighbors had
suspected as much.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
Humor ane Philosophy
By DUNCAN NJ. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

One reason why life is such strug.
gle is because it takes so much of our
strength and time getting rid of the
things we don't want.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

Mr.. Hartman, is is said, is to take
in the New York Central next. Any
railroad that is holding out may as
well surrender
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

When the tariff finds itself in the
hands of its friends during the extra
session it will smilingly cast care to
the winds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14
Bills.

While DER the land this questions heard
(which Bill will get in on the third?"
To me this question is the worst,
''What bills will get on the first?"
~. W. Mitchell. Jr.. in New York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-14

The-greed of gold is hardening to the
heart and when satiated is softening
to the brain of the second generation.