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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-29

money for secret service las, ." in
appropriation bill reduced the number
of men employed by the secret ser
vice under Chief Wilkie By nine,
those same nine men were placed on
the roll OF the Department of JUS
tice The secret service in the De
partmeut OF Justice was described as
consisting OF twenty-five men in ad-
dition 10 IN enine dropped from the
Treasury Department secret service.
Chief Wilkie stated that counter.
feiting during the recent financial
stringency had increased rapidly and
that there was much need of an in
crease to sl35.OO0 of the approprla'
tion from $4,000 Of last year.
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CHIEF WlLKIE QUESTIONED.
House Committee Learns That Secret
Service Men An. Increased.

oeTElcc Men RNe increased
Washington Jan 2S-What is de.
scribed as one OF the most thrilling
hearings OF this session took plaC
this afternoon In the rooms OF the
House Committee on Appropriations
when the subcommittee In charge of
the drafting OF the sundry civil ap,
propriatiou bill had Chief Wilkie OF
the secret service on the witness
stand to furnish information concern.
ing the conduct OF his office He was
freely questioned by the members
whose names have figured in the Sc.
cret Service controversy with the
president
Mr. Wilkie objected To the limita
tion of his service to counterfeit cases
but 1t Is believed that the subcom.
mittte will recommend a feature in
the forthcoming bill similar to one
last year
For more than three hours Mr.. vii.
kie was piled with questions in re.
gard To the secret service. The sig.
nificant fact was brought out at the
hearing that although the limitation
placed upon the expenditure % we
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-05
The Argus Daily Short Story
The Double Conspiracy-By Katherine Amory.
Copyrighted 1905 by Associated Literary

Ex-Jud%e Sherman and the Hon.
Samuel Morton bad been friends for
Years. They belonged 10 the same
church and the sam" party. lived with.
in sight of each other, and away bacI,
when Walter Morton was in knicker-
lockers and Edith Sherman wore her
hair in Il single braid down her back
the fathers limited To each other about
possible marriage. Their friendship
had often been tested but had stood
the strain.
1t was only natural sequence that
when Walter was twenty and Edith
eighteen Cupid should begin to play
his FRANKS. There was to be no mar
riage yet for two or three years. but
the fathers looked on and winked at
each other. Things were coming out
rs they had hoped for
They didn't see the shadow sitting
between them, but it was there. Nei
ther man had been too ambitious
politician. If such had been the case
the shadow would have come long be
fore Graft and politics mix, but
friendship stands aside.
But suddenly one day the trouble
came. Without notice committee
waited on the eX-iudge and asked him
to take the nomination for representa-
tive in congress. On the same day a
second committee waited on the hon
orable and asked him to do the same
thing.
Neither of the gentlemen had ever
expressed n wish to go to congress.
Why should political ambition sudden
ly flame up now. Probably because of
the spirit of rivalry inherent in every
human breast. Each heard of the hon
or rendered the other. Yet it was in
the most brotherly spirit that they met
again. During the first five minutes
each offered to stand aside for the
other. During the next ten each de-
cidcd that he ought to accept.
At the end Of half an hour there was
acrimony.
Then came the break. The men part
cd in wrath The party managers were
cute enough TO realize that with the
two opposed to each other the battle
would be lost. and finally the nomina-
ton went to another. But the harm
had beep done. The cX-iudge and the
honorable were out and saying hard
things of each other.
OF course the break reacted on the
lovers. They refused to be bound by
It, but the outlook was gloomy.
The ex-iudge said TO his daughter
when the matter was brought up:
Il always liked Walter. but | think
Won had best call this matter off and
TO marry u son of my enemy and
take any comfort. Who is the Hon
Samuel Morton, I'd like to know, &c
think himself the only man i'll this
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-05

Moses at the Fair, so that while MUNICH
ing the chopped straw of the Aldrich
tariff he fancied he was in clover. AS
the increases i'll tariff rates rose one
after another he rejoiced more and
more in his capacity of American Con-
sumner. He thought in his confused
sleep that the higher the protective
duties the more easily he could bear
the whole load of the trusts. In his
heated imagination the duties impart-
ed 'springiness' to his gait and better
enabled him to compete with lightly
weighted foreign rivals in the race for
industrial and commercial supremacy.
'At last the Consumer awoke, Sena-
tor Warren was still descanting on the
labor of the patient OK in producing
the hide which the preposterous Massa-
chusetts shoemaker wants to get free
of duty, and of the incessant toll of the
syndicated sheep in yielding two clips
4 year on government pasturages at 4
rental of about cent an acre. The
performance was occasionally varied
by protectionist carmagnole of Sena
tor Gallinger of New Hampshire, or by
a song of Senator Hepburn of Idaho
on trust ghosts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-05
The "kinu of Rome"

What became of NapOleon's son is n
question often asked, as little mention
is made in history of the young prince;
the desire of his fathers life. who was
born March 20. 1911. amid great re-
joicing in Paris and hailed as the king
of Rome" In January. 1914. Napoleon
embraced his wife and child for the
last time. and this really ended the
reign of the little king who never
saw his kingdom" He was reared in
the Austrian court under the name OF
the Duke of Reichstadt and grew to be
a handsome young fellow and quite a
brilliant scholar. He had one short
year of military life and then contract
ed pulmonary disease. from which he
died in his twenty-second year. He
worshiped the memory of his father
and always spent the anniversary of
his death July 30. in his own rooms
He is buried in the Carthusian mOnaS-
terry of Vienna, which is the Austria \
Westminster abbey.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-05

A transformer with long locks and
as distinguished looking as a spring
poet with a wife in Kansas blew into
Carmi. H., and charmed the maidens
OF that city. One of the maidens mar
ried him, and it was discovered II
hours afterward that he is bigamlst.
He skipped out, and wrote her from
st. Louis to join him. She took two
officers with her, and when they met
at St Louis he was arrested. He had
been in the habit of reciting Shakes
peare at church sOciables at Carmi.
and now his first wife has learned of
his duplicity, and has promised to be
on hand to prosecute him. Old mar
ried men will now sit up and take
notice when they are away from home
and mother.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-05
Survivors of Civil War.

According to an estimate prepared
by the record and pension office in
1890, reviewed in 1896 and again re-
viewed in 1850, by the military secre-
tary of the war department and ac-
cepted as the most accurate estimate
possible, the probable number of indi-
yidual soldiers alive at the end of the
civil war was 1,G52,173, excluding de-
serters.
In table one, which is an estimate of
the number of survivors in each year
after 1890, the survivors in 1909 are
put down at G55,S32
1t appears, then, that more than
three eighths of the union soldiers
alive in June, 1865, are living at this
moment, in 1909, A years later
The author of the report states that
calculations involved i'll the foregoing
estimate is based upon the experience
of insurance companies with a selected
class OF lives, and its rates of mOrtali-
ty are somewhat lower than those of
other tables that are based upon I'M
ed, however. that the veterans are
much better cared for than ordinary
citizens, in that they enjoy the benefi,
of liberal pension laws, preferment in
municipal, state and federal employ
ment, and the most sedulous care by
relief associations and in soldiers
homes. In this way their chances of
longevity are materially increased, so
that the life estimates resulting from
the experience of well conducted in
surance companies will probably appl.
to them.
The New York Sun in comment
says:
Nevertheless the calculation that in
1909 there are still 655,S surviving
out of total of 1852, 173 who were liv
ing in 1865, A years ago, seems buoy
ant. to say the least Ii is not easily
conceivable that the average age OF
the recruits enlisted in 1861 could
have been less than 20 years. 1t was
perhaps considerably more; but, ac-
cepting that basis, the average age of
the survivors today who enlisted in
1861 must be at least GS, and of the
survivors today who enlisted in 1864
at least Go. That is a mighty fine rec
ord for nearly 100000 out of a little
over 1,50C, 900 of men taken haphazard
in the first place and enrolled without
great severity of physical eXamina-
ton.
I'VE think we may regard the esti-
mates of this war department memoir
andum without any great amount of
hesitation. Let us add to the ,G52, 113
survivors in 1865 the 359,52S who are
known to have died during the four
years of hostilities and SO reach the
grand total of 2,011.701 for the honor
roll of the civil war"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-05
Crowded New York.

New York always was crowded. In
1887 it had about thirty first class no.
tells. Most of them were below City
Hall park The capacity Of these
houses was about 6,0OO. The average
number of visitors to the city at that
time was estimated to be 10000. 1t is
stated by an early historian that it was
not an unusual sight to see strangers
in the city wandering from house to
house. carrying their baggage with
them. seeking lodging for the night.
At that time there were only three no
tells conducted on the European plan.
Lodging at the latter was from $3.50
to $3.50 q week-New York Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-05
other men have? Right here lies the
crux of The whole matter"
SOFT SHELLED CRABS.
The Way They Get Rid of Their Hard
Outer Coats.

Many persons believe that the hard
shelled crab ard the soft shelled crab
are two different species. This is not
so. The shellfish thus distinguished
are merely two conditions of the same
species.
Once a year the crab sheds its hard
outer coat. much rs does snake, in
order to give itself room for greater
growth When it gets ready to make
the transformation it sides in close to
shore, where the water at low tide will
Just cover 1t, and where it Is compare
lively safe from its maritime enemies.
Then, when 1t is half buried i'll the
sand. its shell splits open behind. and
it painfully crawls out The new coat.
as soft as skin. is already we'll started.
But until IL shall have become fairly
hard the crab stays almost motionless
In the shoals. While it Is in this con-
dition its pinchcrs are useless, and it
falls an easy prey To the most insig-
nilicant enemy which happens upon it,
There is no particular time of year
chosen by the crab for the metamor
phoSiS. All through the twelve months
fisher lads and barefoot fishermen wad
ing with their baskets along the shore
at low tide gather the helpless crabs.
which fetch a high price in the mar
kcts In their soft state they are
worth from four to five times their
price when in their natural hard con-
Gition.-Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-05

The Taft corporation tax measure
has passed the United States senate
by a large majority. Why shouldn't 1t?
Instead of hitting the individual rich
it will be proportionately distributed
so as to carve into only an infinitesi-
mally small fraction of their incomes
The income tax would never nave
pascsed the United States senate, and
ANYTHING that that august body of plu-
focrats passes to hit the rich Will only
carry on Irritation from long dis
lance and never come any closer to the
mark
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-05
The Farmers Boy.

As basis for a broad education
agriculture eXcels. The only schooling
that % per cent of our farmers has re
ceived has been at the little country
school. But that school has not been
the only source of their education. On
the broad fields and in well stocked
barns the farmer has received prac-
teal education. His country school
training. however, has been of value,
but not of the value it would be if con
Quoted scientifically and in the full
light of modern knowledge.
If early in life farmers sons were in
structed in the schools in the elements
of agriculture with as much care as
they are instructed in tie elements of
mathematics and languages, the results
would be marvellous. The fathers Were
brought up ignorant of the terms used
in agricultural chemistry, and some Of
them detest the new tangled" ideas
Science, however, is progressing. Sci
ence is the truth. Truth alone can
make farmers free. 1t can free them
from drudgery that heretofore had to
be undergone. 1t can free them from
much of the worry and uncertainty
that now is theirs, ~and it can free them
from seeing their sons leave the farm
for the doubtful life of the cities.
Closing an address on this subject
Neefore the Illinois Farmers institute.
l .Haavernor Hoard said:
on rn;n ons of dollars are being spent
schools for '' ts colleges and secondary
enfranchisement of peor Un ana menta'
and cities. and the COUNT tn tne Towns
} not as virile and, vigorous an en'l is
} as it was 80 years ago. How can at &c
farmer lay hold on knowledge? How
! can he stand up abreast of other class
es in society unless he has some fai
Y chance for education in his youth a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-05
Midsummer Days Dream.

I'VE are the stuff that dreams are
Philadelphia Record. had gone over to
Washington from the Manufacturers
club with the resolutions commencing
Senators Penrose and Oliver for their
support of Chairman Aldrich and with
the purpose of suggesting more up
ward revisions of the tariff. Before
proceeding to the senate on his mission
he was shaved by the barber at the
New Willard with one of Elder Shoots
German razors (price, So. He wore a
.natty worsted suit duty of 100 per
cent?, and a brier-rose bud duty 20
per cent? mOdestly peeped from the
proper buttonhole. AS he entered the
senate gallery the scent of the bar
ber's bay rum duty 200 per cent? still
fingered on his mustache.
1T was one of the days last week
when Senator Warren of Wyoming was
hurting statistics at the devoted heads
of American tanners and shoe manu-
WIN dlc 81 a.
to demand free hides when the Grand
Lama of Protection from Rhode Island
is daily issuing heightened tariff sched-
ules. Whether it was because of the
heat 0f the day or the soporific effect
of Senator Warren's interminable
speech, our Consumer from Philadel-
i sma tell asleep on one of the cush-
efectr,s seats of the gallery while an
ON soothed his fevered brow
~, cam he reviewed the his
tory OF the tarim fro,,, tt 'iie iii'
infant industries wer.. ne time "heh
duties of 5 and 10 per e Cen, by
present day, when nothing les .h the
duties ranging from As to 100 per CO...
can crafty the rapacious NAV of tn.
giants of monopoly created by the tar
1ff. Once more the fairies had bee,
ordered by Titania to feed the dreame
when he awoke with apricots.' wit
Florida pineapples Increased duty. 2
per cent?, with Myrobolan plums g
per cent?, with Mazzard cherries g
per cent?, and with grape fruit (45 pc
cent ad valorem) The fairness ha
also adjusted to his nose a pair of tn
famous green spectacles purchased b
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-05
SHE SPRASG OFF HER CHAIR AND TOOK A
SUDDEN INTERLST IL LIFE.

SUDDEN INTEREST IN LIFE.
family except Edith kept out of the
way. Just how or when things would
mend was worrying the brains of the
lovers not n little when the puzzle was
solved in n most unexpected way. The
Hon. Morton invited his son into the
library to say to him:
walter. you do not seem to have
given Edith up yet?'
NO sir" was the firm reply.
I'm sure you can never get the con-
sent of the judge
I'VE shall wait and hope"
I'm, ! don't know but what have
Il better plan. | have nothing against
the girl. but | would like tn get square
with her father. I'm sure that he's
waiting to refuse you her hand It
was just such IL ease when l married
your mother. and what did l do? Got
her to elope with me-"
But. father. you don't mean
Put | do. The father don't want
you to marry the daughter Therefore
marry her"
And 1t might have been on the same
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-05

district to represent it in the house?
Think of the impudence of it,
And when Walter came home from
college and spoke Of his marriage rs If
the break had nothing to do with the
lovers the honorable. his father. was
prompt to say:
Edith is Il nice girl and Il sweet girl.
but she must have inherited more or
less of her fathers disposition He was
insolent to me. my boy-insOlent to
your father! After due thought l be
lieve you will give Edith up
After due thought Walter decided
not To do any such thing. He was not
prohibited from chilling. though all the