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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-31

tails of the picnic have been placed
in the hands of the house committee
and good time is promised. They
will leave on a steamboat from the.
foot of Seventeenth street at o'clock
in the morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-31
Special Excursion Fares Via Grand
Trunk Railway System
Summer 1908

Corresponding fares to over 100
other places in Canada and New Eng
land. Tickets good 80 days. Liberal
stopover arrangements. st. Lawrence
river and rapids included at slightly
higher fares. Timetables, descriptive
literature, etc, can be obtained by
mail from George w. Vaux, A. G. p.
e T. A, 1876 Adams street, Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-31
RIVER BULLETIN.

Nearly stationary stages will prevail
in the Mississippi from below Dubuque
to Muscatine.
]. NJ. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-31
ANNUAL PICNIC Is PLANNED
Elks to Observe "Day in the Woods
Sept. 10.

The annual day in the woods" will
be celebrated this year by the Elks of
the city Sept. Is on which occasion
they will go to a point down the Mis-
sissippi river, probably Peterson's is
land where they will enjoy day of
sport and good fellowship. The de
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-31
wheat. SIC to 9Oc.

Forage = Timothy hay, s. to 50;
prairie, $3.50 to 50; clover, $40 to S11;
straw, $3.50.
Coal-Lump. per bushel, 14c; slack,
per bushel, &c to &c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-31
THE WEATH Err.

Partly cloudy and cooler, with prob
ably showers tonight and Tuesday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-20
Richmond. Va. j
About rat Parker.

Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,--.Iust few words In reply Il
"air. Reader" The good Book says
that the Lord once said. He that has
no sin let him cast the stone" but
have failed to find where stone was
cast. People in glass houses should
pull down their blinds. It Is Well
known fact that the man that sets
himself up as model for other men
is himself living fake.
] have known Pat Parker for years,
and have heard of many kind things
he has done for his fellow-man. No
one can say Of him that he claimed
to be otherwise than he really was.
On this block in which 1 live are two
model men, and no two can yell loud
.er at church on Sunday and beat
their wives harder on week day
than these same two. At club house
in this city they can be found any
night. and are looked upon as models.
Tell any one these facts and they
would say you lied. II this world had
more Pat Parkers and fewer models. 1t
would be better to live in. They say
that Pat Parker was a faker. What
II he was? I defy Mr.. Reader to tell
OF one underhand act that he was ever
guilty of doing. What this city needs
Is more doors and less sayers. Talk
ing Is cheap but 1t takes money to
Church Hill Julv IL 1908.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-20
rLEETING rAynI,.
How Soon Some OF the Peoples Idols

How Soon Some OF the Peoples Idols
Are JlrOitcn.
What a smasllng OF idols has beet,
gong or IN The sot IN recent montl's
man from Tennessee. Is the latest VIC
tim to be thrown upon the scrap heap
OF dethrohed and broken deities.
ss Was eps Woae
good stories were only excelled by the
qualityiof his anger when his motives
We're attacked or his veracity ques-
eau.ed e rsportsd his dsfeat ws5
trust. he loses HIS seat In a good cause
and has nothing to regret unless It
be the ungratefulness Of the people at
home who listened to the siren voices
Hoke Smith, OF Georgia, was another
idol OF his party to feel the blighting
smite of n changed public opinion. AS
ex-member OF a Democratic cabinet
the man WITH the unlovely Christian
name was supposed to be immune to
political hostility. but in an unguarded
moment he Incurred the enmity OF one
~ oe' Brown. and the rest came In
Then consider Senator Bailey. OF Tex
venting the voters of Ills party repu-
dating him: Senator .Jeff Davis. Of
away IN night when he undertook
to dictate to the voters, and former
ing the primaries OF kentucky for
United States Senator. was deserted BY
so many members OF the Legislature
that he was beaten. allowing n Repub-
lican to be sent in his place. With the
voters, not only OF the South. but OF
other parts OF the country az well.
taking affairs into their own hands
MS they are now doing. no mans place
at the public feeding trough Is secure.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-20
personal AND GENERAL.

Tho Established, the United Free and the
Free Churches OF Scotland have taken steps
to place their theological colleges under one
management.
The net enrolment OF the United Society
OF Christian 1:ndcavor is now 7O.4o4 soce-
ties. a gain OF 1906. with about $4,000 mem
bers during the last year.
Although 10000 native Christians have
years there have been over 100000 added
to the Protestant mission churches
In the last year the people OF Canada
paid over $4,000. 900 for lie insurance. while
the whole world gave little over S2:,ooo,-
600 for foreign mission work
The starhsh. Melted, commits suicide, It
dissolves into many pieces. which escape
through the meshes OF the net. Then a
growing into a pepfect startish. ~ 80
noted Belgian bacteriologlst Dr. Leon
Bertrand, claims that he has discovered a
much mi Oh, l more powerful serum as cure for
bactericidal. not an antitoxic agent
Two monster whales have just been killed
on the Eden Coast of New South Wales.
thereby furnishing reminder that tho
staple industry of the Australian continent.
So. many peanuts are eaten in this coun-
for the demand ana about 5000 Worth Q. Of
settles In 1906 and over $4,000 worth in
1907. Tho west coast OF Africa produces
quantities OF peanuts. NJ 81 = 81 8. a
The British laval authorities have girdled
the Isle OF Wight with a telephone service,
the Needles. the wireless teegraphy station
at Culver Clltf and other points having been
put In direct communication with the signal
station. at Portland dooltyard. e
Owing to the steadily eliminating guam
tlty of WOOL grown In the district and the
poor prices obtained in recent years the
annual wool fair. which has heen held un-
!nterruptedly for over a century at Hemel
Hampstead. Eng, has been abandoned,
: Of the 100000 schoolboys to whom lord
Roherts's letter on the harm ful y etfccts OF
smoking have been read BY the Rev, j. NJ,
Dryerye during his antismoking lectures,
10000 have pledged themselves not Ia
'l'''l',e ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-20
CITIZEN .T1A!.FT,s VACATION.
Has Earned i, but Nation win N

Has Earned 1t, but Nation Will Not
Pay Hin. q Salary During Absence.
Mr.. Taft quits public once with a
record Of excep tionally varied and use
full achievement. 0e has been o Judge
both on the Ohio bench ana on the
Federal bench, and was for a time ono
of the leading officers In the Federal
Department Of Justice. He has been
q pioneer. IN adjusting the relations Il
this country to its dependencies. He
philippines and, helped to bring order
nal zone. He restored tranquility IN
Cuba, and has acted in many difficult
situations as "a negotiator and pacl-
flcator, His experience In President
lRooseyelt's Cabinet has extended far
beyond tho mere. administration Of the
army. He has been Entrusted with
he failed to e9mpreheend the situation
prime Of lie. instructed in all the de-
touch with ali the policies. domestic
so successfully pursuing, MI. Tart does
not havosto ask the voters ia take OH
trust his qualifications for the chief
magistracy. Ie! has proved his fitness
by the most Sexactlng tests and he can
now confidently rest from his ofI1cinl
lnbors while the country makes IS is
choice between him and his opponent,
between the progressive and capable
party which he leads and the divided
and Incapable Demo cracy.--New York
Tribune. 3aa5$6 ~ 5f.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-20
Observation-Disclosures,
Admirable Dignity OF the Estimate
Bryan, Places Upon 1t.

Bryan Places Upon 1t.
1t Is gratifying to read Mr.. Bryan's
views OF the presidency and the
part tho President should take In
the governmental organizations. They
betoken not only a sense OF the fit
ness of things and sound interpreta-
tion of the constitutional spirit. but
they indicate recognition OF the prac-
tical expediency Of making the Vice
President an active member of the adj
family. The Yice-Presi-
dent Is supposed to be In the very ma
ture OF things party. factor and he Is
supposed also to be something else
than ninny; therefore his wisdom
and knowledge Of affairs" should be
OF some value to the administration.
But the point OF expediency is prob.
ably, after all. the one primarily to be
considered. The Vice-Presldent ought
to be in touch always with the !ques-
tons pending before the administra-
ton. II by some sudden trick OF fate.
he should be hurled into the presidency
he should go into the higher office
familiar with the presidential problems
and affairs. BY all means lie should be
sufficiently equipped to carry on the
work. in his own way, perhaps. but
certain degree OF continuity and con-
misunderstanding Couricr-Journal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-20
professora, Salaries.

The finger tips OF that virgin science,
comparative college economics, have
again, been kissed by the investigators
working for the Carnegie, foundation.
1.-The Financial Status Of the Professor
in America and in Germany is thu
theme of that institutions second bull.
letin. and the statistics therein arrayed
baptize the new field OF research with
the good old family name. ''the dismal
scien ce."a The scenes unrolled do not
conduce to gaietygor pride. About a
third Of all American colleges report
that their full professors receive m
average salary Of less than $1,000 n
year, whilea scant half confess 70
paying between $1,000. and $4,000.
Elaborate computations, based on fair
~ complete evidence, show that an
American teacher who has gone
college, taking q POSTCARD uare
course and prepared himself for the
profession OF teaching may hope. to, obs
tain at the age Of twenty-elght q
salary Of sl,a50,S at. thlrty-one a SALARY.
Of $3.50, at thirty-three salary Of
$2.26O and at thlrtN-hye--at which q Re
tho able man will have Eained NE
prof ssorship--a salary. of $3.50 81
German colleague, having survived tne
long ordeala Of the I'rivatdo cent, re-
ce r an income whose purchasing
power is about s. per cent, GREATER
Now York Tribune.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-20
CHURCH OF ROME.
Now Bears New Relation to the United
4 n 2lHiHa. .------ n ----.-.-

y States.
Any change in the relations OF the
head of the Roman Catholic Church
toward the body OF the faithful In
this country Is regarded with interest,
and that is the feeling with which
is received the latest pontincal docu-
ment detaching from the Jurisdiction
of the Propaganda not only the United
States, but Canada, Great Britain and
Holland. The Propaganda Is q com.
mittee of cardinals whose special duty
1t Is to supervise missions. SO the most
these countries are no longer to be re-
garded as in the missionary class. but
are put on the same basis as those Of
Catholic Europe.
Apparently. this adds dignity to the
American branch of the church, but
just what effect 1t will have upon the
duties of those who exercise authority
to themselves. :. One high dignitary
says the decree does not, In his opinion.
give any additional power to the United
States. and thinks the change Is really
a technical one, that is of more prac-
tical interest and Importance to the
bishops than to- those in their spiritual
charge. It may increase their work.
vailed. every matter that was referred
to Rome went directly to the Propa-
ganda, whereas, under the change,
every question Will go to separate
or committee OF cards
nails, according to the particular Issue
which It involves.
At the other end OF the relation the
effect will evidently be to tighten the
duties of the Propaganda and Increase
those OF the other committees, though
the former has long opposed the
change.-Boston Transcript.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-20

modern teachings with regard to soil-
itilling md crop productions IRE IN
many places curtniling AND retnrdins
tile natural development of the State.
For section whose wealth $50 close
Ily related TO tile soil, this backward
,less Is distinctly not creditable. Other
States, with fewer natural blessings,
have outstripped It's by better knowl-
edge and closer application.
Thus young men WHO qualify them
selves rs expert agriculturists do not
merely assure Themselves OF remunera-
tive employment In a highly honorable
calling. They may also feel tint they
are contributing very directly and
foreibly to tho ,pbuilding OF their
State.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-20
Imports tor Mormontsr nj.

Taking advantage OF the fact that
this Is presidential year and the knowl-
dare to take action adverse to them,
the hormons are ltuuulng the ports
of entry with converts, a majority Of
whom are young girls, brought here
by missionary elders sent to Europe
for the purpose Of making converts
to the Mormon faith.
Germany made It 50 uncomfortable
for these eldera that they no longer
dare TO work In that country and con-
fine their attentionto the Scandinavian
Peninsula and Scotland, The belief
that there girls are being brought here
for the purpose Of plural marriages Is
borne out by tho fact that+n few have
returned With dreadful tales OF their
treatment. but once Girl gets into
she is practically sub
prevent her making complaint when
she shows Indications Of rebellion
Boston Traveller. IA. 4.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-20
hurch Hill, July 10. 1908.
yytlely Kno,yn Farmer.

The Secretary OF Agriculture, famil-
iarly known rs ."rAma Jim. Is prob
ably the most expert farmer In the
world. He is no pure theorist. He is
practical to a degree. He has been.
spending the money allotted him freely
In the more than elevens years during
which he has held office, and he has
done more than any man who ever sal
In the Cabinet to increase the natural
resources OF the country. It Is we'll
cultural products of this country have
boentvalued at an average OF moro than
$1,000 900. 900, and this year they will
probably exceed ss.000,0O0, 000-flgures
utterly incomprohensible. What has
Wilson done to secure such fame? He
has made 1t possible for farmers to
grow more grain or vegetables on the
same space Of ground. lie has shown
how to care for cattle and chickens and
how to get the best results and prevent
diseases. 1t is no less than the truth.
that the farmers OF this country. from
being a rather plod4,ng sort OF people,
have become scientific workers in their
fields, They are averaging perhaps
SO nm acre more profit from tmelr
farms than they received thirty years
ago-Philndclphia Inquirer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-20
placlssburg. Va. July is, lot
Parker WAS Kind.

Editor OF The Times-Dispatchi
Silt was with surprise ana IN.
dignation that ! read the article print,
signed Render No one with a spark
OF pity or the milk OF human Kindness
in his makeup would have written suc'.
an article. Parker was a friend or
mine, and I only wish I had more iiKe
has not? He would give his last cent
to help a follow who was down and
out" wonder II Reader" would.
Just an incident to show the Kind OF
man Parker was: a few years ago
Parker and the writer while watkins ~, Is
.'newsie" shiyerlng with the cold. and
wearing broken shoes. who asked US to
buy paper. Parker looked at the
little fellow. and. taking him into q
clothing store, bought him shoes and
clothing, and giving him money, sent
linn away.
A man who would dc an act Of this
kind could not be wholly rad. Read
err never knew Pa. Parker. Every one
who remembers him -rmembcrs his
He may have played" but he was no
hypocrite. and played Square. some
OF his friends may have been "of the
fraye1 edges, OF society" hi. they were
tircr to him than any friends "Read-
er" Ray have. A man WIN would write
q letter of this kind assailing the
character OF man who is dead and
unable TO defend himself cannot have
many friends unless they arc of the
same calibrc as himself. Parker was
too proud to let any OF ,ls know Of his
condition.. We would have been only
too glad to assist him. Ills end may
have been sad. but how many OF us
can tell how ours will be? My hat OFF
to Parker. He was a man, square.
truthful and honest. incapable OF doing
a dirty, low or mean act.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-20
Voice Of the People
study Agricnjturc.

Editor of Tile Tlincs- Dlspntci:
Sill came to this inbtttutlon In
September lest, with tho determination
to bulld, up the department. Of ssri-
rate with tho department OF engineer
Ing, which now Inns 100 men. 1t may
not be known to you that tho Gull for
trained agrlculturnlists IL many times
hard for US TO induce young men to
study agriculture, and yet such induces
ments are offered for thcd IN the
Junior year. 1t is ha:d for ils TO hold
500 and $1,000 and IN some cnses So
400 llas been offered for our men.
For agricultural tcachers. tho de-
mund Is enormous, and yet IN spite OF
ill these thingg. It is almost inipossi-
study agriculture. Our total number
III this department Will not aggregate
sevcnty-five men. Since last year we
have doubled tho teaching force and
have otherwve s tire, 1 az,
improve the agricultural equipment
md plant before another year. nrd
can como toSyou In good faitl, and
say that we arc preparcd 70 make
Ists--scientificnlly trained mon who
can compete In any field.
Under these circumstances WHO
to you to ask that you use your IN
fluence to aid US IN buildinS UP ~ t ,.i
State more exalted view OF this
calling, and that you will endcnvor to
persuade young mon to study agrlcul-
turo. we want and should hnvc the
best. The calling now demands tho
best, and you VIII be doing no man an
injury, however great his talents, y
you advise him to study scientific az
[riculture.
In order to TT all classes and to
meet the needs Of the country boy WHO
is unable to prepare himself for the
college course, we have organized an
apprentice course in agriculture that
will take boy, even after the. COM
pletlon OF arithmetic, and give him
training that will prepare nii1 Tor
practical life on the farm, or re nin
to go on withth course in scientific
agriculture as he prefers
Very truly yours,
r. y. BARR1NGER.
I President
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-20
PRAYING FOR RAIN.

Drought has fallen upon the State Of
heavy and parching, and in
the country many eyes are turned
anSiously toward the skies. It is an
untimely dryness. and. in sense, an
unreasonable one: for in these sum-
mer months there has been no lack Of
rainfall. Since March list, so the
records show. there has been a con-
siderable excess OF moisture over the
normal, and June gave rain enough to
soak the ground thoroughly. But af-
ter that has come force heat and blaz-
ing sunshine. day after day, to burn
the juices from the earth and from
the roots OF the growing crops; and
the soil has grown scared and dry as a
bone. Now every scorched corn-hlll in
the State Is crying aloud for water.
Men and women prayed for rain In
many churches in Virginia yesterday,
and prayed earnestly and in faith. It
is a pleasant thing. in an age of nat
ural law and Of science, OF charts and
weather-kites, Of bureaus, Instruments,
and predictions, that PEG.
pie should still ask relief from drought
in simpleness upon their knees.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-20
4 NEW syAk,-r,ITE cUnE.

| In Old Virginia, where the corn grows
Ion the hillside and the moonshinel
turks In the valley to turn the corr
/ into a well-tried and never falling
liquid remedy for snalte-bits, the cf.
| forts Of scientists to evolve a curative
serum have attracted only languid at
tention. However, now that the claim
is set UP that the real thing has Il,
length been discovered, 1t may be In
teresting TO note the method OF its
evolution.
When the investigators took the
matter up the first question that arose
was this: "Is 1t true that n poisonous
snake is not poisoned by having It's
own poison injected into Its flesh?'
The experiment was tried land an anrl
native answer was the result. Tho
results of further experiments are
worth quoting. more fully:
1t was found that horse could be
injected with dose Of snake poison
of half the quantity necessary to cause
death, and that 1t recovered In few
days. Tho question was now put. rs
the horse SO treated rendered Immune
to snake poison, as the snake Is which
receives small doses OF poison into It's
blood from Its own poison gland?" Ac-
3cordingly the experiment was made.
The horse was given n full dose OF
snake poison and did not suffer any
Inconvenience. The next question was
this: IF something has been formed
In the lorse's blood by this process,
which Is an antidote to snake poison.
should 1t not be possible. by removing
some OF the horses blood and injecting
a small quantity of 1t into a smaller
animal to protect that animal from
snake bite?" The experiment was ac-
cordingly made. Rabbits and dogs re-
immune horse. An hour after they
received full doses Of snake npison.
They suffered no Inconvenience at all.
The next question was: "Will tile anti
dote act on an animal after 1t has
already been bitten by snnkc?" Tho
experiment was made Rabbits were
injected with snake poison. After a
quarter OF an hour. they were at the
point of death. A dose OF the immune
horses blood was now injected into
each--in ten minutes they had COM
pletely recovered and were feeding.
The serum. or whatever the concoc-
ton may be called, is now being used
wherever and whenever it can be OBJ
tained in time, and has so far proven a
sure antidote for snake bite. The present
trouble appears to be that there is but
little of 1t to be had, and in ninety
nine icases in hundred 1t is not in
reach when most needed. So far as
we are informed there is not a drop
of this new-fangled serum within a
hundred miles. maybe a thousand miles.
of Virginia. Therefore 1t is some con-
ISOLATION to reflect that the old-timc
Serum the pure juice of the corn. the
original mountain dew is still plen-
tiful, notwithstanding the Byrd law,
and is still curing snake bites at the
old stands.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-20
Not Like America,

I'VE have not often IN our history
reached the convention season III a
presidential Year without Anding the
atmosphore charged with the spirit of
Year there is remarkably little oontro-
Yersy of a deep-seated nature. Tile
parties are not In sharp array against
one another, sectional foellng has al
troubles within The great parties are
far less serious than they have often
been !. In the past,- lew of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-20
5sc1ENTIFIc FARMING ron y1R-

SCIENTIFIC FARMING ron yIR-
GINA.
The Times-Dispatch cordially COM
'mends the attention of its readers TO
the interesting letter from the presi-
dent of the Virginia Polytechnic In
.stitnte, printed elsewhere on this page.
While the institute is both the agrl-
cultural and the mechanical college OF
the State. the engineering department
at B1acksburg has come very largely
TO overshadow the agricultural depart
nent. so that the first enrolls 400 stu
dents. as against seventy-fve for the
latter. This Is altogether dlspropor-
tionate both to the functions of the
college and to the present-day needs
OF Virginia. DR.. Barringer points out
that the demand for trained agricultu-
srists far exceeds the supply; that cx-
4oellent positions await all students In
this department upon graduation, and
even before. and that the call for ag-
aTicultural teachers is enormous,
In strengthening it's department. OF
agriculture ana beginning campaign
for students. the Polytechnic Institute
80 doing a big and wise work. II needs
20 expert eye to $50 that Virginia to-
day ~ suffering for wantof scientific
farming. Antiquated methods, lack OF
technical lsuowledge and ignorance q!