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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-28

Lewis Single Binder straight 5 cent
cigar. Made of extra quality tobacco.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-28
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1t is there you get real sport. Colorado has thou
sands of miles of trout streams-full of vigorous
fighting fish.
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The Washington herald., 1909-02-14
BUYS SINKING FUND STOCK.
Finance Commission Saves CITY Of
Baltimore Many Thousands.

City Register Thomas. Of Baltimore.
bought for the finance commission from
the mayor and city council FOR. the various
sinking funds $S61.0o0 Of the burnt dis
trict 81 per cent 1854 loan and $500 OF
the conduit 81 per cent 1925 loan. The
amounts were taken from the stock in
the city treasury authorized 70 be issued.
but not yet sold.
Including the issue there remains
only $2Soo00 Of the burnt district 1874
loan and SSsSoOO water 81 per cent
1913 loan OF what is known as exempt
stock. or stock deductible under tax
alton by the city. StiH 10 be issued
At the close OF last year there was
urissUed but authorized Si.27l. coo Of the
burnt district. S5Se,eog Of the water and
S2s70ee OF the conduit loans. These stocks
are now taxable when returned as cant
tai Of a CORPORATION. so the finance COM
mission decided 10 invest the interest OF
the sinking funds in them instead OF sell
ing them to the public, as the corpora
tons would. IL was thought. eventually
get hold Of them.
Since that date the commission has
taken for the sinking funds amounts OF
these stocks aggregating S.55S.s0o, thus
saving about $4,000 a year in the way Of
lost taxes had The corporations got hold
Of the stocks. With the absorption Of
the balances named. there wiz be no
more nontaxable stock issued.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-14
CHEAPER PAPER COMING.
Prospect Favorable that II VIII Be
Made OF Cotton STALKS.

Made OF Cotton Stalks
From she Technical World Magazine
Can serviceable paper be made from
the now wasted stalks Of the cotton
pIant2 Can a marketable article be pro
dueed. at profit considerable enough to
invite the manufactures. from s raw ma
terial that heretofore bas been the source
only Of cost and trcubleg Can the annual
value Of the cotton crop OF the country
placed al S64o.Sl1, ,5SS in 1907. and supply
ing two-thirdS Of the worlds cotton-be
materially increased, not by further out
lay on the part Of the grower, but by
using the rough stalks. till now got rid
Of at a direct cest Of not a little money
and an indirect expense in time and Ia
bore
Since 1905 came in these questions have
all been answered in the affirmative BY
W H Croll. now at Atlanta. Ga. but
for many years closely identified with the
paper industry Of Indiana. The gist OF
the statements which he declares he is
now justified IN making (for he has
busted himself for some time working at
the experiments and perfecting the meth
DDS which at last have led TO his inven-
tom is, thar from the cotton stalk may
be made wrapping paper. print paper,
and book paper Of genuine worth
It has long been known that al woody
fiber is essentially alike. and all Of il
serviceable. IN varying degrees. for paper
manufacture One form has been prefer
red to another only because its reduction
and treatment was more convenient or
less expensive. In spite OF this academic
knowledge. however. any such invention
as Mr.. CroH announces IS Of real news
value 70 the world OF industry II the final
tests Of il. now about TO be made on q
large scale. demonstrate that he has pro-
ceeded beyond mere laboratory trials
into methods Of pratical commercial
value Il would not be easy 70 magnify
the importance Of any discovery by
which any huge waste is turned into a
by-prOduct yearly representing hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars value
The Washington herald., 1909-02-14
LAFAYETTE HOkE SAVED.
Chateau de ChnrHniac Nearly De-
stroyed by Fire Recently.

From the Lcndsn Globe
A house OF international interest ssso~
ciated with France. Great Britain. and
the United States has jast escaped de-
struction By FIRE X was the Chateau de
Chavaniac CHaute-Loire) where Laisy-
cite was born on September s, 17gz- The
fire broke out in the kitchen. but the
timely aid ef the villagers prevented the
danger from spreading Tradition as
cribes the first manor house 10 the four
teenth century. but this was destroyed
by FIRE al the end Of the seventeenth,
and as no drawings Of it are extant.
nothing Is known SIS TO its style The
present mansion was built in 17m and re-
stored nearly century later
The most important part Of the cha
teau IS the hail. over 100 feet in length.
used both as dining hall and for recep-
tions II Is adorned with family por-
traits and busts Of celebrities. including
washington. Franklin, J. J. Rousseau.
MontesGuieu, and Eoltaire. Opening upon
the hall is the generals study. with his
books and b0okplates. with the motto,
Cur non? Fer the most part the books
concern the war Of independence and the
French revolution. The salon contains
portraits cf the Marshal de Lafayette,
painted about 1421. and Of the general, by
AIRY Sche6er. in 1919
Tradition sscribes the generals birth
chamber 70 room on the first floor Of
the tower on the right Of the north side
Of the Chateau Of Chavaniac- This room.
with its green carpet and upholstery, has
but one window. and IS the museum.
Here is 70 be seen the slab taken from
one Of the dungeons OF the BasJiie. upon
which are cut the portraits Of Louis
/ XVI. de Bailly. ands Lafayette, with the
/ inscription. @Ex initiate Hbertas. anno
I primo. l7Sg Two small cannon cast
I from bolts from the Bastile and some
/ shot with similar associations also find
a place There are also to be seen the
/ saddle OF the horse in blue velvet which
/ lafayette rode IN the troublous times Of
/ 1880, the bed upon which he died. and the
great vase presented 10 the general by
/ the national guard
The Washington herald., 1909-02-14

pire. They represent savings aggTegat-
ing 1885,. .000.000 marks. or about $.Zl3,-
Go0,000.
a feature OF the German savings
banks is that they are guaranteed by the
municipalities This guarantee is a sort
OF bulwark against the depressions of
panic, hard times, or war These banks
pay from 81 TO I per cent interest. In all
the history Of German municipal savings
banks there has been only one failure,
and that was when the officers looted the
institution
The Washington herald., 1909-02-14

miles Of excavation between Avenue g
and the Bay Ridge terminal yard, and a
greater part Of The material has been
used in building two and a half miles Of
embankment between Avenue 6 and New
Lots read
VIII DePreSs Line.
The MsHhattsn Beach line VIII be de-
pressed and VIII pass under the roadbed
Of the Atlantic avenue division at Man
haitian Crossing.
A big pier. % feet long and s. feet
vide, has been built AT he foot OF sixty
fourth street. the northern boundary Of
the Long Island freight yard -Four ferry
slips viii be built alongside the pier, with
float bridges for the GreenvilIe car ferry.
The water in the adjoining basin IS TWEEN
ty-four feet deep at mean low tide.
The Rockaway Beach division. which
bears of from the Atlantic avenue eiec-
trified divisial at Wo0dhaven. runs a.
grade through the s0utherly part Of
Queens and crosses Jamaica Bay on q
trestie, VIII be raised % solid embark
ment and connected with the Long Island
City division BY means Of the Glendale
cutoff This win enable electric trains
70 run from the Manhattan station Of the
Pennsylvania read through the East
River tunnels and direct To the Rock
away beaches.
VIII Strafzhten Tracks.
The route Of the main lire Of the
Long Island Railroad between Jamaica
and Long Island City viii be straiEhten-
ed by means OF the Maple Grove cuton
and the road viii be electrified and rur
over an embaRkment and through opeI
cuts for its entire length. This viii elm.
mate many dangerous grade crossings Il
newly developed sections Of Queens. tn,
! present roadbed VIII be widened 10 per
NIT the laying Of four tracks next year
I Eventually six tracks VIII be laid III,
( building 0f the SUnnyside yards in Ions
Island City. where freight and passengei
cars VIII be stored and the motive power
/ OF through trains changed from steam
10 electricity, VIII be practically com
pleted by the end Of 1893
Work OF the new terminal station Al
I Jamaica VIII be started this year. and
viii be completed IN 1910 II is d worl
F Ct great magnitude. The terminal build
I ings viii be located some distance wes
I OF the present station in order 10 provid,
access TO all divisions Of the road.
/ The Oyster Bay branch viii be doubl
tracked before the summer tine tabb
+ goes into effect.
An appropriation has been made 70
1 the electridcati0n OF the Long Bescl
/ division and work win be begun thi
/ spring
new station to cost about S35,Oa0 Il
now being built at long Beach. Othe
stations are 10 be built at Bellrnse. River
head. Floral Park. and Plandome. nea
/ Manbasset.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-14
PHONE COMPANY REPORT.
Showing Of Year 1905 Very Salts
factory 10 Stockholders.

The annual report OF the Bell Tele-
phone Company Of Pennsylvania. cover
ing also the operations of the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Company
and its subsidiary. the Maryland Tele-
phone Company for the year ended De-
cember 81. 1893. Just issued. shows a total
surplus or that date Of S3.27S S56.06-
Figures comparing the results OF 19os
with those OF 1S97. as presented in last
years report. would be misleading be-
cause Of the greater territory operated
this last year. Hence such figures are
not presented by the company
In the following statement the results
for 1877 have been compiled from the
books Of the several companies and repre-
sent operations il the territory covered
by the 1S0s figures IN this report:
The Washington herald., 1909-02-14
AMERICAN ICE FINANCES.
Company VIII Have s90a.OOO After
Paying It's Obligations.

The syndicate which underworld the
100000 general TO . year 5 per cent
convertible bonds OF the American Ice
Company viii get them at s.
This means that the company viii re-
ceive in cash S2.4se.ooo. OF this amount
$4,000 viii be paid out on account of the
bonds which matured since the close OF
the last fiscal year on October 81. These
are now part Of the approximate s.. so. =
o00 floating debt. Real estate mortgage
to the amount OF $250.O00 viii be paid Of.
Also, sundry liabilities. totaling about
.0ce, VIII be iiquidated The sum OF
these items Is $,460,0O0 Other expendi-
lures to be made Immediately out Of the
proceeds Of the bond sales viii involve
about S190,0o0. Thus the company viii
retain about 100000 for working capital
This. according to President Wesley NJ.
Oler. is enough TO enable IT to harvest a
heavy crop Of ice at any time without
recourse TO borrowing It means a con-
siderable saving IN The way OF eiizni-
mating interest on floating debt This
item alone. during the last fiscal year
amounted to $73.72S-practicaily half the
annual interest on the entire new bond
issue
The Washington herald., 1909-02-14
WESTERN MARYLAND RUMOR.
Why Reading System May Absorb
George GOuId's Property.

George GOuid's Property.
The Wall Street Journal comments as
follows on the report that the Reading
Railroad may take over the Western
Maryland system: IF the Western Mary
land should go 20 the Reading or TO any
other company in the East It would
doubtless mean that the working out Of
the Gould situation at Pfttsburg would
not require that road as an outlet TO
Eastern tidewater.
The Western Maryland Is land poor.
Il went heavily into coal properties, all
Of them very valuable, and that brought
on trouble. The Western Maryland sys-
TEN seems to belong logically 10 the
Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal and the
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Between PittsburE and the Western
terminus OF the Western Maryland is a
gap OF only about 200 miles 70 be bridged
IN order To give the Gould roads their
outlet to the Atlantic Seabosrd.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-14
B. & o. Financing Finished.

The Baltimore and Ohio bond sale. it is
understood. cleans up its financing for
the present. unless money should be
needed TO acquire other property It is
possible that the Baltimore and Ohio
viii secure all or part Of The Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton system. but moth
ing definite has yet developed on that
matter Should this deal be consEm-
mated it is probable further financing
would be necessary.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-14
PROPERTY MARKET
IN FAIR CONDITION
Sales of the Week Measure
Up to the Average.
BUILDING OPERATIONS ACTIVE

sruItipiicatiOn Of Rows in Northern
Part of the City Goes on with
Great Rapidity-Cottnge Houses Are
Also Being BuiIt-PrincipIe Trans
actions of the Week Enumerated.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-14

The blue paper upon which 'Tnagiclans'
write in white with steel pen dipped in
water is prepared by rubbing il with
finely powdered peTsulphate Of IRON and
ferrOcyanide Of potassium
The Washington herald., 1909-02-14
PENNSY RUSHES JOB.
New York Terminal Will Be
InclOSed This Year.
MEN WORK NIGHT AND DAY
More Than 1000 LabOrers Employed
In Thirty-Hrst Street Cut-subur-
Pushed on Record TIme-BuiIding
New station at Long Beach.

New York. Feb 1s.-The Pennsylvania
Railroad is carrying out its SEQ 600 i'm
pTovement scheme in planning to accom-
plish more in the way Of actual con-
struetIoa this year than in 1907 and 1908
combined The concrete lining Of the un-
der river tunnels viii be completed, the
tracks laid. and the electrical equipment
installed. The remainder OF the steel
framework Of the big Manhattan termi-
nal station viii be set in place and the
masonry work finished
Gaps in the solid stone embankment
that run straight across the Hackensack
meadows to tie Bergen Hiu portal OF the
North River tunnels. viii be filed with
steel bridges. and millions win be spent
on Long Island In removing grade cross
ings. electrifyinR existing steam lines.
laying additional tracks. establishing
short cuts. building new terminals and
freight yards. and replacing old stations
with new
working Day and Night.
More than 200 men are working day
and night on the union station Of the
Pennsylvania road al Seventh avenue
and Thirty-frst street The outside walls
and granite columns are up on three
sides Of the structure and the interior
work Is being pushed rapidly.
The streets and avenues that were torn
up while the blasting Of the underground
terminal was IN progress have nearly al
been restored to their normal condition
Seventh avenue viii soon be repaved and
opened 70 its fun width. Eighth avenue
Is now open 10 travel, and Ninth ave
nue. will be cleared up by the coming
summer.
The contract for electrical work in
cludes over a mile Of trucking subways
and pipe galleries beneath the floor Of
the underground station and severa
miles Of cOnduits for electric light tele-
graph. and telephone wires
Thirty-six bridges have been completed
in the line Of the Bay Ridge improve
nent in Brooklyn The grading Of the
Bay Ridge freight terminal Is more thar
half done. and viii be entirely finished
by fall Nearly 100000 cubic yards Of
earth have been removed from the siS
The Washington herald., 1909-02-14

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The Washington herald., 1909-02-14

Continued on Page ,, Column ?.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-14
south's Progress Net Noted.

"The South has suffered. and Is stin
suffering. from what the public demands
as news A disorderiy performance pro-
vides a long story ard IS read every
where. The progress Of the South along
educational lines. health lines. and gen
ersi betterment IS not news. and. there
fore. 50 far as the nation Is concerned, It
passes almost u2noted.
What have thus far said supplies
excellent reason for this advance upon
Continued on Page 2, Column 4
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
RUSSIAN CAFTAN MUCH LIKED
PRACTICAL Fashion Has Been Eagerly
Taken Up and Made a Sea
sons Mode.

one of the newest and most p1acti
cal OF fashions that are being adopted
is the Russian caftan, coat-like gar
ment which is similar to that worn by
Iolstoy, the great Russian author in
pictures, with which we are familiar
The coat has a round or square
NECK slightly bloused bodice part
and a straight bottom edge that ends
just above the knees. It is confined
at the waist line by satin belt. or
10 make it more realistic, a silk cord,
The edges of the coat are bound
with satin; for winter garment, bands
OF 1ur Will be used. The fastening is
OF ornamental or perfectly plain but.
tons and satin cord or braided hut.
tonoholes.
lnls style may be developed to the
extreme but in its simpler form il
more dignified.
The style promises to be a popular
one Tor smart fall and winter cos.
fumes. Frocks Of wooden fabric. with
olouses of net and silk and a caftan
OF the material trimmed with satin in
a harmonizipg tone, or, what is safer
yet black, will be in good tasto for
the Well-dressed woman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
CAUSES OF TYPHOID.

Aatumnal typhoid still has a way Of
appearing at customary seasons In
wei nigh every region of the country
Inc health authorities in New York
ma 1t this year rather worse than
usual 1t appears In the dwellings OF
the well-to-do as freely as in the
Snacks of the poor. Sanitation does
not prevent it, that is, not what we
generally call sanitation. It is an in.
testlnal disease, conveyed by drink
OF 1000. The old theories of bad air,
sewer gas and damp houses have not
now much standing. 1t is feared
'nat some Of the later theories do not
explain all the points about autumn
TYPHOID. The housefly does not. The
condition Of the water supply, as be-
ing different in summer and winter,
GOES not A plausible explanation is
tnat the profuse Precipitation with
which In summer the body eliminates
a Aarge amount of disease breeding
mater, 1s reduced to a minimum al
most instantly when the cool days
oegm. The kidneys and bowels, I'M
accustomed to the task, are burdened
wltn dangerous materials and unable
10 perform the task of elimination. It
Is at least common knowledge that
typhoid Is most prevalent when the
cool weather sets in.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
Balloon on Railroad Track.

A surprise meeting took place be.
tween balloon and a train on the
P. L. M. line near Chalons-sur-Saone
in France, which might have proved
disastrous to the aeronauts. The train.
which carried passengers, was an.
preaching the station of Romaneche.
and had luckily begun to slow down,
when the balloon Anjou, which had
started for Ruell with two Partisan
aeronauts on board, landed on the
track. The train was brought to a
stop at once, and this gave the bal.
loonists time to let their airship
bound up again and land in q less
dangerous spot,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
New Type of Gown

Pretty semi-evening gowns. called
ABROAD casino gowns, are being worn
with but slight decolletage and trans
parent guimpes of tulle or moueso1iro
The materials used on gowns of this
type are embroideries, laces or creme
de chimes, for satin seems to be some,
Wnat passe. Many of them are
trimmed with deep silk fringe, and
as the guimpe is always coIlarIoss
beautiful dog collars of jeweled vel.
vet or jet are worn, so that the gown
may be becoming with a hat
somehow a collarless gown and a
picture hat are not always a nrat+v
combination.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13

| club address. And had they not quar-
relied and broken their engagement
the evening before? So, ruthlessly
tossing the violets into the street, he
laid his folded handkerchief in the
bottom of the box and deposited the
kitten on the improvised cushion. aft.
err having brushed the frozen partf-
cles from it's furry coat.
The car he took was pretty well
filled. At the next crossing it stopped
for passenger-a young lady muf-
fed in furs. Harding Strengthened with
gasp. Edith herself!
Miss Loring was half way down the
aisle before she saw him. She stopped
inVoluntarily, and her head, too, went
back. But when she saw the box gin
gerly balanced on his knees a smile
broke about her lips and her cheeks
grew pink
Good evening, Mr.. Harding" she
said with surprising cordially, consid-
ering the manner of their parting.
He began to beam-then grew sud-
denly frigid. What if, through unto
ward accident, she discovered the con-
tents of the box? A grown man lug
gins home disreputable stray kitten!
She was a woman of the world-she
would see only the ridiculous side of
the situation.
She had taken the seat opposite. At
first she had an expectant air; but he
sat like a most and tho cpo;1a IoF4 l.
lips. Slowly the color ebbed from her
cheeks and her eyes flashed.
Presently as the car stopped to
leave a passenger, sound arose in
the sudden silence that brought Hard
ing's heart into his throat-a pro-
longed, piteous wall!
Good gracious! What's that?"
cried a demonstrating woman beside
him.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
A HUNGARIAN Pompeii.

A dispatch from Budapest an,
nounces that Hungarian archaeolo-
gist, M. Duday, in certain excavations
which he was experimenting near
zsibo, in Pennsylvania, has discovered
the site of the ancient Roman city OF
Porolissum, and is enabled to recon
struct the town. The houses have re-
sisted the ravages Of time, being sub
stantially built of brick and adjoining
one another. The rooms are very
small, but regular in form. M. Duday
has also come upon the ancient thea
ter, OF great dimensions, which should
give some idea of the size of the town.
Inc archaeologist considers that Poro-
l'ssum had population of 10000,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
Latest Cotton Plant Pest

Among the new enemies of the cot
ton crop in some sections of this state
is a striped bug, about half an inch
long, and which is believed to belong
to the lightning bug family. By some
he is called the "sharpshooter.o his
mission seeming to be to sting the
youngest bolls he can find and from
the effects of which the boil withers
and dies in three or, four days. Sam
Piles of this bug have been sent here
for Identification, but nobody ever saw
one Of them before and little satisfac-
ton has been given the anxious in
quirers.
So numerous and SO destructive
have these bugs become that State
Entomologist Harmed of the Agricul.
tural and Mechanical college, Director
Fox Of the Delta experiment farm
and an expert entomologist from
Washington are even now in Claiborne
county studying his habits and watch
ing his operations, SO as to be able to
determine just what he is and what
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13

Premier katsura of Japan in an ad-
dress before a club of bankers at
Tokyo outlined the policy of the gov
eminent in a manner which should al
Lay the apprehensions of timorous
souls who see in every move in that
direction a threat of war with the
United States. The premier set forth
plans for developing the resources of
the empire and avoiding unnecessary
expenditure. This peaceful program
contained nothing to which objection
can be taken anywhere. On the con-
trary. the plans deserve the warmest
approval. Japan has had enough of
war for the present, and sees that her
highest interests will be served
by promoting prosperity at home
and strengthening friendly relations
abroad.