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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-02

Bases on balls-Off Baker Z; Off
Isaacs, 4; off More. 8. Struck out
BY Baker, 2; by Isaacs, 4; by More,
G. Double play-Nye to Buelow to
Roman to Smith. Passed ball-H.
Smith. Stolen bases-Thiery (2),
Grogan, H. Smith, C. Smith. Hughes.
Time-2:00, Umpire-Goeckel.
Even Break at Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids. Iowa, Sept Peoria
Won the first game 4 to 8, and the
second went to Cedar Rapids, 10 to
0, the local batsmen having a picnic
with Saint and Donnelly. Cedar
Rapids made II scores in the fourth
inning, after which the game was
called by agreement. Score of first
game:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-02

And now comes the New York
Giants and seize Fred Beck, that
boy Bloomington reared and who was
sold to San Francisco during the sea-
son. New York also copied Mike
Simon from Cedar Rapids, whom it
had been reported was sold to Los
Angeles. Pitcher Keupper of Peoria
moves to the Boston Nationals By
draft
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-02

Two base hits-H. O'Brien. Lejeune.
Goodwin, Snyder, Backus. Three base
Corners. Home run
II. O'Brien. Bases on balls-Off
Most, 9; off Higgins, l. Strue' but
BY Most, 5. Double play-ahring to
T. O'Brien Stolen Derringer
CD, T. o'Brien, Fl. O'Brien. Stevens,
Goodwin. Sacrifice hits-Plass. Airing,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-02

Three base hit-Tennant. Sacrifice
hit-Berger. Double play-Cook to
Berger to Stark. Bases on balls-Off
Lakaff, 2; off Bhtrolff, /. Wild
Pitch-Bittrolff Base on dead ball
|-Lakaff Mcbride. Struck out-By
Lakaff, 6; by Bittrolff, g. Time of
game-1:40. Umpires-Genins and
Mcfarland.
Strange Game mt Clinton.
Clinton, Iowa, Sept Clinton tied
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-02
Had letter for Thirty Years.

| have suffered with letter for 80
years and have tried almost countless
remedies with little, if any, relief
Three boxes of Chamberlain's Salve
cured me. 1t was a torture. 1t breaks
out a little sometimes, but nothing to
what it used to do.-D. H. Beach, Mid
land City, Ala. Chamberlains Salve
is for sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-02

kewanee players who are to report
in the spring. Hill has signed Wag-
ner, Elliott Noe and Johnston. What
is Rock Island doing along the line
of getting ready for next year?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-02
VIII Send Money 10 Cuba.

The Postal Telegraph Cable COM
pany is now prepared to transfer
money by telegraph and cable to Cuba
and Porto Rico.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-02
A Sure. enough knoeker.

]. c. Goodwin of Reidsvire. N. c.,
says: "Bucklen's AMIGA Salve is sure
enough knocker for ulcers. A bad one
came on my leg last summer, but that
wonderful salve knocked it out in a,
few rounds. Not even scar remain
ed" Guaranteed for piles, sores, burns,
etc. % cents, nj all drug stores.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-02

The first round of the match play
is on this afternoon with the pairings
as follows:
Championship class-Miss Allen and
Mrs Lardner, Miss Mott and Miss E.
Mccullough, Miss Grace and Miss
Lardner, Mrs. MiXter and Miss Decker.
Glass A.-Miss Potter and Miss Vim
cent. Miss Wyman and Miss f. Craig,
Miss Craig and Miss Preston, Miss
Ficke and Mrs. r. Mccullough.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-02
LADIES ARE PLAYING
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
But 16 Complete Qualifying Round SO
But Two Flights Are Filled
in Arsenal Tourney.

yesterday afternoon the qualifying
rounds for the women's championship
golf tournament were played at the
Rock Island arsenal links There
were II entered but one failed to fin
ish. Three prizes were to have been
competed for with eight players in
each fight, but the smallness of the
field had rendered it necessary to
drop the consolation class.
Miss Elizabeth Allen of Davenport
was the medalist tying the low score
record for the year with 105. Miss
Elizabeth Mott. former champion. and
Miss Nancy Grace were next with los
each.
Yesterdays scores in the qualify
ing round follow:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-02
Dubuque Grabs Double Bill.

Dubuque Grabs Double Bill.
Dubuque, Iowa, Sept 2-Blooming-
ton was an easy proposition in both
games for Dubuque. In the first Hig
gins was pounded all over the lot,
losing, IL to 5, while in the second
both visiting pitchers were wild and
were hit with men on bases. Snyder
and Metzel were fined and benched
for kicking on decisions. Score of
first game.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-02

All the news all the time = THE
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-02

Stolen bases-Howard. Bewer. Oren-
dorff. Two base hit-Malicot. Bases
on balls-Off Gilbert, 4; off Malicot,
2. Struck out-By Gilbert, Z; by Mali
cot, A. Hit by pitched ball-By Gil
bert, 3. Umpire-Jacobs.
Second game:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-02

Langford Batters Up Jeanette.
New York. Sept. 2.-.Sam Langford,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-02

All the news all the time THE
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-02

Cedar Rapids Will be reinforced
next season by the addition of four
The Delta independent., 1908-06-19
TO EAT MAcARoMI.
First Swallow Reel and Then Take
Chances With the Strings.

Didst ever eat macaroni Itn lian style
Say. 1t is great. They serve it on a
platter that would he two feet square
If it wasn't round 1t greatly resem-
bes Mediis;i's head on a platter. 1t
looks like snakes. but 1t isn't. You
eat 1t with fork. spoon. knife. fingers.
face. chopsticks or scissors, us you pre-
fer
In the real Italian style 1t comes in
strings. Macaroni originally was in
vented to be fed through keyhole.
The strings are of indeterminate length.
ANY good Italian could start masti-
eating piece the other end of which
was on top of the Masonic temple and
finish within seventy-three seconds. A
boa constructor could eat a string of
macaroni-if he were long enough.
It's an art. That's all there is to 1t.
But that isn't all there is to it. Some
people say it is an acquired art. 9th
ers insist that you must he to the man
ner born. Some say the Italians have
reels inside and there may be some
thing in this. for they eat as though
feeding a machine by machinery.
No one has ever dared to measure
the length of single strip of maca-
roni. Like the population and circum-
ference of the world. 1t has to be esti-
mated. Estimates differ. but all admit
that it is long enough. except the dyed
in the wool Italians.
dish of macaroni. Italian style. con-
sists of one of these strings festooned
in imitation of the Gordian knot. Some
cut the Gordian knot: others absorb it.
The absorption process may not be the
most elegant. but it surely is the most
general.
Gentle reader. If you are ever led up
to u platter of macaroni. Italian style.
and find all the exits closed. grit your
teeth and go at the thing with firm de-
termination and timber fork. Gently
decoy the left end of the string on
your fork and begin to wind. Rotate
the fork vigorously for some four min
utes in the right hand and then trans
fer to the left Then when the wad
has assumed the size of a ten cent
spool of darning cotton open your
mouth with your fingers and punch
it in.
A convenient way for the amateur to
consume the dish is to get some kind
friend to find the end of the string.
Once having discovered this. distin-
guish it with bit of red silk ribbon.
Then look for the other end. If not
found within fifteen minutes ask the
walters assistance.
When the end is reached your pace
of engulfing the string will have in
creased. so that probably the end will
slip into you unnoticed But do not
let this worry you. You have found
the end even If you have lost it. Look
at yonr plate! 1t is empty! Aha. At
last you have accomplished the gentle
art Of absorbing macaroni - Chicago
Record Herald
The Delta independent., 1908-06-19
WILL KEEP FAITH.
Republican Party Has Not Lost Patriot
ism or Craftsmanship.

Mr.. Chairman, greater economic
changes have occurred in this country
In the last thirty years than have oc-
cured since English civilization was
planted on this continent These
changes have brought great problems
for solution. They cannot be worked
out in a day or month. They are so
vast, so complicated and so vitality af-
feet the material and political welfare
of the nation that haste must be made
slowly, and they call not alone for the
most exalted wisdom, but they also de-
mand the exercise of the highest states
manship and loftiest patriotism.
The great burden of responsibility for
the conduct of the affairs of this nation
has rested upon the Republican party
practically all the time for half cen
tury, and that half century of Ameri-
can history Is the grandest page in the
history of any nation In the world
Each changing condition has been
met by that party under the leadership
of Abraham Lincoln, Charles Sumner.
Edwin NJ. Stanton, Ulysses s. Grant.
James G. Blaine, James A. Garfield
John Sherman and William Mckinley
anu Otner great leauerS ana tney nave
been met squarely and settled in the
ways conducive to the best interests of
the American people.
The old party has not lost either Its
patriotism or its craftsmanship. 1t is
still the one single. active. vital. NOV
ing force in American politics that has
conference sufficient among its members
to nable 1t to carry out its pledges to
the people when the responsibility of
government rests upon it. 1t Will in
Its next national convention mark out
its programme for the ensuing four
years. Its platform will be one upon
which every patriotic American who
loves his country and would advance
its interests can stand. 1t will pledge
justice to capital and labor, and 1t will
do it without demagogy and without
attempt to set one class against anoth-
er. 1t will promise a revision of the
tariff along protective lines, but re
vision that will mean thorough ex-
animation into every rate and sched-
ule. 1t will indorse the administration
Of Theodore Roosevelt and pledge IT.
self to maintain and continue Its poll
cies. and. as in the past, 1t will keep
faith with the American people.-Con-
gresham Madison of Kansas in House
of Representatives.
The Delta independent., 1908-06-19
THE sINuous EEL
II Will Bite Long After II Has Been
Decapitated.

Eels are peculiar even among fishes.
strange and mysterious race. the
difficulty of killing them is not the
least of their pecuiarities Very many
of us have been annoyed by the ordi-
nary eel that has seized our worm and
then tangled up our line in its slimy
coils. You may cut off the head of an
eel-in the manner recommended by
the S. p. G. A.-and leave its body full
of sQuirms and wrigges. for the eel
is hateful and uncanny creature. |
have been told that the true method is
first to cut Off the eel's tnil and that
after this the severance of the head
brings all life and movement to an
end. AS to this | cannot say, for |
only heard this recently and have not
since had to deal with a sinuous eel
a correspondent has cited an instance
of conger left apparently dead for
twenty-four hours on the beach, which
then bit three fingers from the hand of
small boy who came to handle it. /
can well believe this. | shall not easily
forget the eerie shock which had on
certain occasion in Wales. had
caught a large eel ON night line set
for pike. We had severed his head and
left him for some hours on the bank.
leaving n good hook in his gullet. In
the evening he was presented to a
small boy. who bore him off in triumph
rs supper dish. Half an hour later
the boys mother appeared. with some
concern and indignation. to relate that
the head had bitten the boy severely
l,, t,,t,, =
hook. And this was no conger, The
occurrence seemed to me like the hor-
ror in one of Kipling's most weird sto-
ries of uncanny horror. Whether these
posthumous wounds by eels betoken
the remnants of life in their severed
portions or mere mechanical flicker
of the nervous system only the biolo-
gist could say. And perhaps he would
be only making a guess.-St. James
Gazette.
The Delta independent., 1908-06-19
Ono Law For All.

Joseph G. Cannon is of the rugged
type of Americans coming down from
the days Of Abraham Lincoln and re-
fuses to be awed or swayed by threats.
In a recent address he said:
Speaking for myself, l had rather
quit public life now and at the age OF
seventy quit forever, true to the civili-
zation we have developed. true to the
distribution of powers to. the, leglsla-
tive. the executive and the judiciary.
which are a check upon each other.
than to retain public Office at n sacri-
flee to my own self respect. While God
gives me life to live Will not by any
act take from any citizen, be he rich
or poor. union man or nonunion man.
farmer or mechanic, shoemaker or pa
permaker. doctor or lawyer. any right
which is given to another. / will not
vote for any law which will make fair
for one and foul for another"
The Delta independent., 1908-06-19
Queer Plants.

The searcher for curiosltes among
plants finds much to interest him In
Kew gardens. There are prlmroses
which blister the hand If stroked, leaves
divided into two sections which snap
together and imprison any insect which
alights upon them. plants which live
absolutely on air. without any root In
the ground, walking plants, sleeping
plants and plants which grow whiskers
And all these marvels can be seen by
any visitor for nothing. - London
Graphic.
The Delta independent., 1908-06-19
THE SOVEREIGN POWER.
Where President Roosevelt Stands on
State Rights.

Stdte NlSntS.
Gentlemen, just word on what has
been called the twilight land be-
tween the powers of the federal and
state governments.
My primary aim in the legislation
that l have advocated for the regula-
ton of the great corporations has been
to provide some effective popular SOW
ereign for each corporation. ! do not
wish to keep this twilight land one OF
large and vague boundaries by judicial
decision that in n given case the state
cannot act and then a few years later
by other decisions that in practically
similar cases the nation cannot act
either.
/ am trying to find out where one or
the other can act, SO there shall always
be some sovereign power that on behalf
Of the people can hold every big corpo-
ration. every big individual. to an ac-
counta ability so that its or his acts shall
Ike beneficial to the people as a whole.
In matters that relate only to the peo-
pie within the state. of course. the
state is to be sovereign. and 1t should
have the power to net. II the matter Is
such that the state itself cannot act.
then wish on behalf of all the states
that the national government should
act.-President Roosevelt at Governors
Conference.
The Delta independent., 1908-06-19
A Courtroom Anecdote.

Here is n courtroom story which a
southern correspondent sends us about
a southern judge:
The Jedge-Is yo' name Emmanuel
Baxter?
Immannel-Yassah.
The .Jedge-Well. you are charged by
Officer Tucker with stealing a side Of
bacon at Walters store last night.
Immanuel-Ah wants ter file alibi.
The Jedge-What for?
Immanuel-Ah don't know. sab; Mis-
tab Reg'n 'nald James-he's cold law
yeh-he done tol' me ter say dat.
The Jedge-Oh. see. But why
didn't you steal a ham? They're bet
ter than sides.
Emmanuel - They wasn't no hams
down dah.
The Jedge-Thirty days.-Cleveland
Lender
The Delta independent., 1908-06-19
LOST THE CASE.
A Simple Test to Which the Defendant
Objected


Objected.
An English solicitor was defending
fruit broker in an action brought in
n London court for the recovery of
500. the price paid for a consignment
of figs which the plaintiff declared to
be unfit for human food. The defense
alleged that, although moderately dis
colored by salt water, as the plaintiff
knew when he bought them, the figs
were perfectly wholesome. The figs
were in court.
The plaintiff. coster. who conducted
his own case, was skillfully cross ex-
amined The trial was obviously going
against him. and once or twice he re-
torted so hotly that the judge threat
ened to commit him for contempt
At length the coster grew desperate
and. turning to the opposing counsel.
hoarse and perspiring. he said:
Look here, guv'nor. you say them
figs are good to eat, and l say they
amt That's all there is between us,
amt It? Now. s'elp me, II you'll eat
two of them figs and you amt sick
Immediately afterward I'll lose my
case"
The judge at once saw the propriety
Of this suggestion and asked the law
yer what he proposed to do.
Your honor is trying this case. not
l." was the reply.
mo, no. The offer is made to you,"
said the Judge.
A hurried consultation took place.
Counsel suggested that 1t was the So
ment The solicitor refused. The bro
ker himself was then asked If he would
risk 1t.
what will happen to me If don't?"
said he.
you'll lose the case" replied both
his legal advisers.
"Then," said he hurriedly. lose the
case, lose the case" And so he did.
The Delta independent., 1908-06-19
viii Bear tn. srunt Of Revision.

Our tariff schedules are constructed
on the plan of preserving the market
for manufacturers to domestic indus
tries not only by tariff on competing
imports, but also by the absence OF the
tariff on one Of the most important
elements of expense entering into man
ufacturIng In the form Of raw mate
rials. For this reason the schedule OF
manufactured articles will bear the
brunt OF revision not only because 1t
affects investments amounting TO fully
$4,000, 100000 in manufactures, but
also because 1t bears directly upon the
income of employees. including officers
and wage earnings. amounting to fully
$4,000, O00. 900 year.-Wall Street Jour
nal.
The Delta independent., 1908-06-19
Obesity Saved England. Liberty.

The mode in which that bulwark Of
Engand's constitution. the habeas cor
pus act, became a law is very remark
able. So grave a historian as Bishop
Burrat relates that 1t was carried by
an "odd artifice." Lords Grey and
Norris were named to be tellers. Lord
Norris. being man subject to vapors,
was not at all times attentive to what
he was doing; SO. a very fat lord COM
ing in, Lord Grey counted him for ten.
as n jest at first. but seeing that Lord
Norris had not observed 1t he wept In
with his misreckoning Of ten. SO 1t was
reported to the house and declared that
they who were for the bill were In the
majority.-London Chronicle.
The Delta independent., 1908-06-19
Three Great Rivers.

The three rivers which may be re.
garded from a commercial point Of
view as the most important In the af-
fairs Of the world are those on which
the three greatest cities are situated.
The Thames. on which London. with
its G.OOO,OOO of people. is located. has a
length of 215 miles. The Hudson. at
the mouth of which is New York. with
100000 of people. is about $50 miles
long while the Seine. ON which Paris
stands, with her 100000 inhabitants.
is 497 miles long.-New York Tribune.
The Delta independent., 1908-06-19
There Was q Difference.

When DR.. Randall Davidson, arch
bishop Of Canterbury. was curate,
one day at Dartford he took Sunday
school class In neighboring parish.
The subject was King Solomon, and
after the lesson he proceeded to cate
chise the children.
"Tell me. boys" he said. "what was
the difference between Solomon and
other men!" No answer Come.
come" said the future archbishop
WAS there any difference. for In
stance. between King Solomon and my
selfY"
tiny hand went up and tiny
voice replied. "Please. sir. Solomon was
wiseW-London NJ. A. Z.
The Delta independent., 1908-06-19
Peculiar Qualifications.

SIN choosing his men," said the Sab.
bath school superintendent, "Gideon
did not select those who laid aside
their arms and threw themselves down
to drink. He took those who watched
with one eye and drank with the 9TH
er."-Herald and Presbyter.
The Delta independent., 1908-06-19
Protection Benefits.

Shrinkage in government receipts so
far since July / last has been $22 OOO.-
900, but expenditures have Increased
more than twice that amount. II the
Dingley tariff had not been a record
breaker for income prior to the rich
mans panic the federal treasury would
lie in u bad shape today.-Lswiston
Journal.
The Delta independent., 1908-06-19
A MonoIouue.

Tommy-Pop. what Is the difference
between dialogue and monoIogue? !?
Tommy's Pop-When two women talk.
my son. It's dialogue; when n woman
carries on conversation with her hus.
band it's monologue.-Ph Philadelphia
Record.
The Delta independent., 1908-06-19
Why She Couldn't.

"Oh. ] couldn't love him."
"Why not?"
"He wears a wig. The very idcaw
Then the dear creature removed two
rats. some puffs. a coronet. braid. a
pompadour. switch and sat down to
peruse a novelist. Louis Republic.
The Delta independent., 1908-06-19
Iika n Don.

"Your husband says he works like a
dog" snid one woman.
"Yes; it's very similar" answered
the other. "He comes in with muddy
feet. makes himself comfortable by the
fire and waits to be fed"- Washington
Star.
The Delta independent., 1908-06-19

When used as cloak religion is a
mlsft on most people. - st. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-02-28
COLLISION IN OLDER CASE
Prosecuting Attorney Tries TO Get
Libel Action Dismissed,
but FaiIa

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27-The trial of
r. A. Crothers and F'remon Older, pro
prietor and managing editor respectively
OF the San Francisco Bulletin, on the charge
of criminally llbeling William S. Tevis,
took a somewhat sensational turn today.
When court convened the district attor-
ney, William Hoff Cook. asked that the
ten jurors already secured and the panel of
twenty-five talesmen be sent out of the
court room in order that he might make
statement. When the Jurors and talesmen
had left the room Judge Cook stated he
had reasons to believe that the case was
instituted for the sole purpose of exploiting
the respective merits of rival water sys-
TENS and that he wished to institute an
inquiry as to whether or not there was
collusion between E p f. Troy, the at
torney who swore to the complaint, and the
defendant.
Prosecutor Cook then called Troy to the
witness stand and elected from him that
he had sworn to the complaint at the re-
quest Of Daniel Murphy, a member of the
water supply committee of the Board of
Supervisors for the purpose of exploiting
the water question and bringing it before
the people. He denied that there had been
any collusion with the defendants Assist
ant District Attorney Cook then said he
was in no position to present the case in
proper legal form and that It was not
brought in good faith Therefore he moved
its dismissal. This was vigorously opposed
by counsel for the defense.
Judge w. s. Dooling OF San Benito
county, sitting for Judge Dunno, denied the
motion and ordered the case to proceed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-02-28
GOVERNMENT SEEKS MONOPOLY Y
Principal Bill In Commons is Measure
to Regain Control of Liquor
Traffic.

LONDON, Feb. 27.-Chancellor of the Elk
chequer Asquith introduced the licensing
bill in the House of Commons this after
noon. This is the principal government
measure for the present session and in
wolves vast money and labor interests. The
capital invested in licensed property In
this country is not less than 81 200. 10000
in which over 100000 people are employed
in the traffic The chancellor, in pre-
senting the bill, declared that in his opin-
ion OF the development, all effective re-
form in this field must aim at the attain
ment Of two principal points. namely, pro-
gressive reduction of the excessive facili-
ties now allowed for the retail sale of in
toxicating liquors. and the gradual COM
plete recovery by the state. with due re-
gard for existing interests, of it's dominion
over its property in a monopoly which II
had improvidently allowed to slip from
its control
In cities, II is proposed to allow one sa-
loon for every $50 persons and in the
country districts one saloon for every 400
persons. This regulation, It is estimated
will wipe out I'm the nelghborhood OF 1900
licenses, about one-third of the present
total.