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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-21

credited to Nicaragua.
The pleasant relations Minister
Knowles enjoyed with the isoumanian
government enabled him before leav-
ing Ruumania to arrange with the
officials Of that country to send to the
United States IA large quantity OF
Danube sturgeon fry: also several
large cans Of The fry of steriet. another
very valuable Danube fish. which l.;
considered the most delicious OF all
European fish.
Minister Knowles says he is inter
csted in the Introduction of these two
important food fish to American wa
ters because his investigations con
vince him they will thrive i'm the
United States. The steriet. he says,
is very prolific and hardy and will. If
properly protected until we'll started.
take the place of not only shad. which
IS getting scarcer every year. but the
other fish that are growing less plen-
tifu.
These two Danube fish are particu-
larly valuable because they are not q
season fish like the shad. but run in
the waters of their habitat throughout
the year. The Danube sturgeon grows
to enormous size and weight. and GOO
to 500 pound fish are frequently caught
An 800 pound fish will give about $50
pounds of caviare, and fresh caviare
sells in New York and the European
cities for from 81 to $40 pound.
The caviare from the Danube stur-
geon is considered the finest In the
world Both the sturgeon and the ster-
let are most abundant In the Rouma-
:.ian part of the Danube. and I'm east
ern and southeastern Roumania they
are the principal food of the people.
Through the arrangements made by
.:inister Knowles there will be shipped
FROM Roumania n large number OF
twenty gallon cans containing millions
Of young sturgeon and sterlet. Withou:
any expense to the United States these
cans of fish will be delivered at
Bremen or Hamburg to a representa-
tive of the United States fish conf
mission, who will take charge of them
and bring them on ore OF the fast ex-
press steamers to New York. The
young fish will then be sent to the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-21
TEST OF FOOD FISH
Danube Sturgeon to be Imported for Home WatersNaive
Variety Nearly Gone.
MRS. PHILANDER G. KNOX.
Wife of the Secretary of State.

Commissioner Bowers of the United
States fish commission ut Washington
has announced that there is strong
probability that the famous Danube
sturgeon will be successfully intro
duced n, the waters of the United
States
Until few years ago the rivers and
bays of the middle Atlantic states con-
tanned great quantities of sturgeon.
but because of inadequate laws for
their protection and the ruthless man
fish has been practically exterminated
The fish commission has made dill
gent efforts to save the sturgeon and
has had its experts Oh the Della ware.
where the sturgeon was once most
abundant and other waters where they
were formerly found in an effort TO
catch male and a female in order
that the eggs might be taken and
Matched. Notwithstanding their ear
nest efforts and the expenditure of not
less than 81 600 year for three years
for that purpose they were unsuccess-
full
The announcement of Commissioner
Bowers that it is probable American
waters may again TEEN with sturgeon
has been made possible by the coop
GRAFTON of Horace G. Knowles. until
recently the American minister to Rou-
mania ServiD and Bulgaria now ac-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-21
LAFAYETTE WOMAN HUNG
Marvellous Results of the Great Dis
cOvery.

Marvellous Results of the Great Dis
cOvery.
When the Root Juice scientist was
at Lafayette, Ind, Mrs. Tom Sheldon
of that city called on him and said:
Il actually hung to the neck of my
husband and pleaded with him to try
Root Juice. SO much was being said
about the many cures the remedy was
making that | felt it might do him
some good. He had suffered for years
with his stomach and kidneys and Sc
we're headache. Every change of the
weather his back hurt him intensely
and of late years the lightest food
would ferment in his stomach and
bowels and the formation of gas
would cause him to bloat very much.
He had tried so many things that he
had lest heart but | finally persuaded
him to get bottle of Root Juice The
first bottle made him feel SO much
better that he went back to the drug
store and got three more bottles. At
ter using four bottles of the truly
wonderful medicine his health seems
perfect. | never saw such a change
in man in my life. He told me that
he would not take a fortune for what
Root Juice has done for him." The
remedy creates much excitement in
every city in which it is introduced.
One of the demonstrations was at FIT.
Wayne, Ind, recently and nearly ev-
cry day the newspapers at that point
reported marvellous good that was be-
/ ing derived from the use of the rem
edy by numerous citizens. The in
structors have hundreds of testimon-
ials from people who have been cured
lby the, great remedy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-21
ORIENTAL PARAGONS.
Japan's Four and Twenty Models of
filal Piety.

SaPdH -FOUR ana twenty mooetS OF
FiIiaI Piety.
Fflial piety, as IS we'll known. is the
special virtue of China and Japan.
From 1t springs loyalty to the emperor,
who is regarded as 1.-The father and
mother Of his people" There are no
greater favorites with the japanese
than the -four and twenty paragons
of filial piety," whose acts of virtue
are the subjects of Chinese legend
One of the paragons had a cruel
stepmother. who was very fond of
fish. Never repining at her cruel treat
ment Of him, he lay down on the fro
zen surface Of a lake. The warmth of
his body melted a hole in the ice. at
which two carp came up to breathe.
These he caught and took home to his
stepmother.
Another paragon, who was of the
female sex. chung to the jaws of n IT,
ger that was about to devour her ia
Their until the latter escaped
The drollest of all these stories is
that of Rorashi. This paragon. though
seventy years old. used to dress in ba-
by's clothes and crawl about ON the
floor. his object being to delude his
parents. who were really over ninety
years Of age. into the idea that they
could not be so very old, after all. as
they had such an exceedingly infantile
son.-Sunday Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-21
A DAINTY KITCHEN SINK.

The kitchen sink can be kept as clean and
dainty as tea cup-and why should it not be-;
a splc-and-span housewife insists that her
sink shall be as clean as the china washed in it.
The problem is simple; merely rinse the
sink thoroughly with warm water and Gold
Dust. after each dish-wasl,ing. Make this suts
In the dish-pan. and thus remove the last par
ticle OF grease from that Inuch-used utensil
Goid Dust has the peculiar quality OF dis
solving and Cutting grease. 1t is. therefore.
valuable. not only for keeping the sirlS and
pans sweet and clean. but for keeping the sink
trap" and pipes clear
These VIII never become clogged with grease
" Cold Dust anu plenty OF bot water be used
for washing the sink each morning and
evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-21

made. and the people reJoined. I'VE
know" When the royal preacher said.
IF you know you do not need me to
tell you" And again an abrupt close
to the services.
The third week the people were more
wary and replied. "Some of us know.
and some do not know" And now
they expected to trap the man. but he
was wiser than they thought. Let
those who know tell those who do not
know" came his utterance. and the
people were trapped instead.-Boston
Post
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-21

Cases subdivision, section 2, II, 2w,
$500.
John Holland to Emmaline Beck
with, lot 25, block 2, village of Carbon
Cliff, $780,
Rudolph J. Volkmann to Peter II.
Vessel, south "a feet lot ,, north 1G
feet lot 6. block 3. Waterman's place,
Moline. $3.50.
H. L. Thedo to Ralph A. Douglass.
lot s, block 5, Acme addition, Moline,
$3.50.
Herman w. Nelson to G. A. Shall
berg. tract in section SO, is, 1w, $3.50
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-21
cauaht Them LAM Around.

A Moslem ruler spoke to his people
one Friday from the pulpit In the mar
ket place.
People. what shall preach to you
about today?" I've do not know"
they replied. swell. If you don't know
l shall not tell you" And down he
came from the pulpit. There was no
sermon that Sabbath.
The next week the old inquiry was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-21
The Worlds Best Climate.

is not entirely free from disease, on
the high elevations fevers prevail
while on the lower levels malaria is
encountered to a greater or less .ex-
tent, according to altitude. To over
come climatic affections lassitude, ma
laria, jaundice, biliousness, fever and
ague, and general debility, the most
effective remedy is Electric Bitters
the great alternative for every form
of bodily weakness, nervousness and
insomnia. Sold under guarantee al
all druggists. Price soc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-21
RECORD OF COURT HOUSE
Real Estate Transfers.

William c. Maucker to Edward y.
Graves, IS feet of south 60 feet lot 81,
.Webb's subdivision outlot IL, section
3-17-2w. $1.275.
e. III. Mitchell TO Harriet ID. kim
man. east 22.4 feet lot II, west 10 feet
lot u, block II, o. Childs' addition,
Moline, 81.
David r. Hoover to Peter A. Moody
lot 10, block 3, Healy's First addition,
Moline. $3.50
Eta Artz to T. F. LaVelle, lot 6, c.
g. Dack's subdivision lots Z and s,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-21
A Californian's Luck.

"The luckiest day of my life was
when | bought box of Bucklen's Al
MICA Salve," writes Charles F. Budahn
of Tracy, California. 1.-TWO 25c boxes
cured me of an annoying case of itch
ing piles. which had troubled me foi
years and that yielded to no other
treatment" Sold under guarantee al
all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-21
MRS. CHARLES NAGEL

Wife of The Secretary OF Commerce and Labor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-21
| CAN SAVE YOU
MONEY ON GRO
CERES

NEklES
Don't take my word for !
it-make me prove it.
Send me q trial order
and if the goods are not
satisfactory, I'll send a
wagon for them and re-
) fund your money.
z Oil sardines, good quality of
3 domestic sardines
in oil, six cans 25c
Z Mustard sardines, good quality
5 of domestic sardines in mus
= tard dressing, six cans =. 25c
& Milk, Pet brand, unsweetened
9 sterilized evaporated milk, use
s undiluted or slightly di-
q luted, six cans Die
g Noodles superior quality, pack
3 ed in dust proof cartons, have
2 handy for soups, stewS or
q side dishes, package =. Sc
s. Olives, fine large olive in Ma
son jar. Jar included
y per quart ~. soc
g Piccallilli, a nice sweet relish
81 in Mason jar Jar included
& per quart ....-....... zoe
z Pickles, sour, medium sized,
8 firm cucumber pickles, put up
in a good quality. of vine-s
g gar at per gallon ..,... 20c
g Sultana raisins, small Califor-.
& MIA Sultana raisins, nice for
g pies at two pounds for :. 15c
x Nectarines, extra fancy. fruit.
8 nice for pies, pound -. 1Oc
e Canned tomatoes, peas and
g baked beans
81 three cans ............ 25c
q We receive from the country
8 every morning our supply of
g pure fresh milk and offer.
8 it to you at per quart -. &C
8 Buttermilk at per gallon 1Oc
B F. K. Kuschmann,
8 2,O7. 18th Ave. RotI, phones.
SYcooooooocooooooooocccoo
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04
Will Make Actress.

From Everybody's Magazine.
1t was the opening day of the kinder
garten. The teacher began by asking
each child what it had learned 10 oo'
James, what can you DOR
please, ma am, can sharpen pencils.
THAT'S very nice. William, what can
you do?'
81 can throw ball."
That's splendid Mary, what can you
dor"
II can undwess myself" was the proud
response.
your mother, Mary. Rachel, what can
YOU"
II can undwess myself" interrupted
Mary.
Eyes Mary. that's very nice. but you
mustn't interrupt. Rachel-
IT can undwess myself" piped Mary.
$50 YOU have said twice before. Mary.
IF You interrupt me again, you will have
to be punished. Now, Rachel, what can
you dor
II take care of my baby brother some
times, and
THAT'S lovely. Rachel. Charles. what
can you do?"
II can undwess myself" persisted Mary
coyly before Charles had time TO an
swer. So the teacher gently led Mary to
the cloak room to mediate on her disobe-
dience Shortly afterward the doctor
called to see If all the children were well.
Yes" the teacher assured him, I'VE
are all we'll and happy this NOR o.,
all but one little girl. think tt cta
be something the matter with he sNe.
Will you look at 1t, please? Ma auiq
hero moment
Mary futtered into the roor /. ;pus
her clothes. Waving her arms s4 -lid
with childish gles
"See, can undwess myselfr'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04

In the way of annals of quiet neigh
borhood-the picture of cool sequest-
cred vale of life'-Mrs. Gaskell's story of
Crawford is perfection itself; and as long
as there are hearts who, like Miss Matty,
love peace and friendliness, it must en-
dure. Upon this story does Mrs. Gas
kells reputation as a writer rest, and
1t is a foundation so constructed of pure
and simple thought: of lessons of pa
thence and endurance and self-sacrifces
which surely find their rewards, even In
this world; so free from word or line
that an author on his deathbed would
wish blotted out, that many a more am
bilious writer, many a greater genius,
could well envy 1t. Amid the "fitful
fever" which for so many of us Is life,
amid the unrestfulness and the unfulfilled
strivings of most of what we call litera-
ture, Crawford" is like quiet glade in
odorous woods in which to rest while
and take heart again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-29

The rousing song Dixie" has been
voted the most popular Of all popular
songs, and the Chicago Tribune ex-
plains it thus:
1T did not require the decision of an
official of the congressional library to
determine that Dixie is the most pop
ular air in the United States. No one
who has ever attended a national con-
vention or heard elsewhere a pot
pourri of airs patriotic played by a
band has had any doubt on that sub
ject.
Some have wondered that song
so closely associated with the south
during the rebellion should win pop
ular favor in all sections of the coun-
try, but reason aside from the swing
ing charm of the tune is not far to
seek. Dixie and My Maryland bear
the same relation to our national ex-
istence as did the Jacobite airs to the
Hanoverian dynasty. There is always
sympathy for lost cause and there is
over the fate of the Stuarts and that
of the confederacy the same glamour
of romance which attaches to every
fight fought and lost. But, where Ran
dalls song breathes hate, Emmett's
represents only the care-free darky's
love for the southern land
THE painstaking digger in the big
library at Washington has placed the
crown of popularity upon the song
evoked from Dan Emmett's squeaky
fiddle in New York boarding house,
and there will be no dissent from the
decision The south now sings Amer
lea as Justify as the north proclaims
its love for the land OBJ cotton"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-29
RaIlinger on the GriddIe.


After nine months of as troubled
/ and turbulent service as was ever ex-
| perienced by a member of the presi-
/ dents cabinet, Richard Ballinger, sec
rotary of the department of the inter
ior viii submit his record TO a com
mittee which will investigate the
! charges against him and make report
of it's findings. Secretary BalIinger
should welcome the opportunity TO lay
his case before an impartial commits
sion, for. if innocent, he should find no
. difficulty in completely vindicating
himself and in satisfying the clamOr
OF those who have made his period of
official service one of extreme dis
comfort If, on the other hand, the
charges are substantiated he should
lose no time in turning over his port
folio to another appointee of President
Taft
Richard Ballinger has been thorn
in the side of the present administra-
ton from its very beginning. Golfers
Weekly. in particular. has made an
active fight on the cabinet member,
putting its evidence in such simple and
concrete form that the charges can be
easily denied if untrue. Nevertheless,
they are facts which. if unrefuted,
stand out boldly and refuse to be Gov
cred by vigorous applications by the
whitewash brush. The charges briefly
are that Richard Ballinger, as commls-
sioner of the land Office and now as
secretary of the interior, has used his
Office as g means of giving the strong
Guggenheim interests firm grip on
the coal fields of Alaska. L. r. CLAWS,
a discharged employe of the land COM
missioner's office, has been stirring up
the trouble and has been producing
evidence of the manner in which Sec
rotary Ballinger has used his official
positions TO legaliZe the claims which
the Guggenheims are making to Alaska
coal fields. Formerly as an attorney
he represented the interests who have
been receiving valuable favors at his |
hands since his elevation to official |
positions.
The Ballinger investigation is the |
best thing for all parties to the con- |
troversy and the people of the United |
States 1t is not particularly elevating /
to pick up a magazine and week after
week read startling charges of wrong |
doing on the part of one of the highest |
officials of the federal government. /
The charges are specified and should .
easily be denied if untrue. The at /
tempt of the president to whitewash .
Ballinger has not been effective and .
has rather weakened the executive |
with the people. BY all means let a
thorough, impartial and honorable in
vestigation be made. and let the pub
lie, and particularly Golfers. abide Ly
the decision. IF Balltnger is guilty. he
should go forthwith and no longer en-
cumber and embarrass the present adj
If he is innocent. he
should be exOnerated with as much
publicity as has been accorded the
sensational charges against him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-29
The Argus Daily Short Story
When Billy Went Plainly Wayne S. Borough.
Copyrighted. 1909. Associated Literary Press

/ his eyes had begun to grow troubled
and full of apprehension. At length
he stopped and looked back. but it was
too late now. Several OF the cowboys
were near their mustangs. and as he
turned they swung into their saddles
and dashed up the street. In a few
moments be was in their midst. strug
Cling aud protesting, his eyes big with
terror of what he felt was coming.
Don't you give it TO me. gentlemen
he pleaded I'm plain now. and it
would not be right. l amt danced in
six months and amt tasted a drop.
Don't you make me now"
Look at that. Billy" said O'Neil,
holding up Il bottle between Billy's
eyes and the sun. Don't that look
good? Just see how it smiles. It's the
very best in town, and we've got more
bottles waiting. There's n dozen
glasses for you, Billy; all you can
drink. Think how it'll feel running
down your throat and remember how
it smells. Lordy! l feel like drinking
the whole thing myself. But here,
Billy"
He reached out the bottle suddenly.
hungrily toward it. His eyes were
shining, his lips trembling. his whole
form in Il culver, but even then. with
an almost superhuman effort, he forced
his arms back to his side.
Don't, O'Neilr' he implored. Don't,
don't, don'tr' His voice rose quaver-
ingly. You know how tits with me
Please don't. I don't want it."
It'll do you good" intexibly. You're
getting thin from going without it so
long, and it's better to enjoy the stuff
trickling down your throat slow than
to hive it poured down in bottles full.
You know what we say goes, Billy,
and you must drink the whole thing"
Billy dropped upon his knees.
Don't" he repeated duly: 81 don't
want it. If 1 smell / can't stop then.
You and mes been good friends,
O'Neil, and I've danced and-and
drunk a lot for you. Let me off this
time. ,And-;sud if you don't mind. I'd
like to say why"
'iQh, let the poor devil make his con-
fession, O'Neil." interposed one of the
cowboys good naturally. You know
how It's with Patterpat. II he smells,
as he says. he won stop easy It'll
be two months before he sobers up.
Let him start in right"
Billy shot the speaker a grateful look.
It's like this he said. with a pa
thetic eagerness in his voice. six
months ago l happened TO be up in the
country, and l saved girls life. She
was caught by a bear, and-and l sup
pose / acted some brave. Anyhow
she and her folks thought so and took
me in. Since then I've been up there,
and i amt tasted Il drop and I've been
feeling that mebbe could make some
thing of myself sometime, like
used TO think "a long while ago"
There was little catch in his voice.
then he went on in lower tones: Me
and the girl was to be married. !
came down today for a ring and IL
course. They believe in me up there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-29

O'NeiH stepped to the door of the
saloon. holding his glass SO he could
see the colors of the sunlight through
the liquor. The street was compare
lively deserted. for when cowboys were
in town it was customary for the in
habitants to betake TO needed duties
indoors. The color of the liquor prov
ing satisfactory, O'Neirs hand dropped
from its significant position on his hip
pocket. and his eyes swept the street.
Hike here, you fellersr he yelled
suddenly "Yonders Billy Patterpat
turning the corner Let's cover the
street and corral him and then make
him dance"
Huh drawled another cowboy,
who was leaning against the counter.
emptying glasses and tlinging them at
whoever he thought might not be able
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-29
New Year Resolutions,

Fathers sworn off drinking rum.
Fathers very wise, l think.
Since he never cared for rum;
Whisky is hts favorite drink.
Mothers sworn off playing bridge.
QualTns OF cOaSs 'aEce? Not bit.
She's won all the ard clubs dough.
Now she thinks it's time to quit.
Sister says she'll firt no more.
Very proper. you'H allow.
Sisters thirty five at least
And, besides. she s married now.
jTandpa's sworn on swapping lies.
Which seems strange unless you know
What the circumstances are
Grandpa died a week ago.
,s1s vid II. Morehead in New York Times