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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27
Tariff Diplomacy.

One Of the most serious problems
that confronts the Taft administra-
ton is to steer a safe way through the
tangle of the Payne-Aldrich tariff
schedule so as to avoid serious trade
complications. To this end the good
Offices of the department of state have
been brought to bear in aid of the
treasury department There will be
diplomatic negotiations to smooth
over the difficulties sure to arise in the
application of maximum and minimum
rates.
We learn from the Washington cor
respondence of the New York Tribune
that Secretary Knox has intrusted the
details of this important and delicate
work to Solicitor Hoyt- No one will
envy Mr.. Hoyt his job. Should he be
able to so sweeten the dose of tariff
discrimination against foreign trade rs
to prevent counter-discriminat
against American exports it will be q
case of remarkable witchery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

Here's yo' mail, Miss Willie" called
Uncle Tobe's voice through the open
window, and a black hand was thrust
in with a package of letters. She took
them and glanced over the postmarks
carefully. Most of them were from
girl friends, several were circulars,
and one was from Leadville, Colo. She
selected this and examined it curious
Iy. She had no correspondents in Col
orado or. indeed, in any part of the
west.
Inside were a check and a short let
ter with the printed address of Lead
vile banking house. The letter ran.
Willie Smith. Talbottom, Ga:
We are requested to forward you the
inclosed check for ten thousand dollars
(S10, OO0)! Please acknowledge receipt a1Vi
wALDRoN & co.
She stared at it moment, then hur-
riedly examined the check. Yes, it
was for $4,000 made in favor of VIII
lie Smith.
The first idea that came into Miss
Smiths head was that there had been
g mistake. Then it occurred to her
that some one had died and left her a
legacy. She held the check in her
hand, trying to think of what relative
could have remembered her in making
a will. Her mother had brother who
had left home as a boy and nothing
had been heard from him so far as
Miss Smith knew. Possibly he might
have prospered, and, dying, left her
this legacy. But would he not have
more likely left it to her mother?
Then it occurred 10 her that some
young man who had loved her had
died and left her this money-some one
whom she had refused-to heap Goals
of fire on her head. The idea was very
romantic, but she could not remember
any one she had refused.
She went over in her mind every
young man who had been attentive to
her. There was Farmer Jones' son
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27
Advertised List No. So

For Week ending Dec25T 1909:
Mrs. w. E. Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. w. Blandy, Charlie Barrett, James
Baxter, Edward Caswell, Sam Camp,
William Dugan, Hal Denton, HurreIl
Doty, lime Elliott, Miss Ruby Fuhr,
Miss Gertrude" Grump, R. A. Greable,
Mrs. A A. Hendricks, John H. Harris,
L. H. Johnson, Rev. D. Jacobs, Mrs.
Catherine Kirkpatrick, Frank H Lee,
Miss Myrtle Lindsay, Mrs. E. Lamber-
son, Mrs. Mary r. Lamb, Mrs. W. T.
Lamont, Mrs. Rebecca Lamb, Louie
and Egra Minnier, Mrs. James L..
Marker, G. T. Maskell, Mrs. Beulah
Mobrey, Fay Morrissey. Able Mckay,
Dr. H. E. Mitchell, Richard Naber,
Miss Ethel O'Day, Miss Ruth Prime
Will Rockwell, Mrs. Louie Reese,
Frank Shea 90. Mrs. A. L. Sturges,
c. A Taylor, Harry Tamme, Tri-City
Employment agency, Mrs. Carrie Ira
vilion, Charles Thompson, Mrs Martha
Thompson, E. o. Valberg, Joshua Wal
den. J. A. Weishar, George Williams
Forest Young.
Foreign-Helene Burke, Miss Agda
LIindell
HUGH A. J. MCDONALD,
Postmaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

committee he was elected governor
of his state. He died soon after
taking Office.
An investigation OF the Ballinger-
Pinchot controversy now seems as
sured. If the investigation is honest
and straightforward, it will be a source
of strength to the administration CT
Mr. Taft.
But if the investigating committee
Is packed with men friendly to the adj
ministration and hostile to Pinchot.
as was the Lilley investigating com
'mittee packed against Lilley-it Will
place the Taft administration far, far
beyond redemption.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27
HUGH A. J. MCDONALD,
Postm aSter.
rheumatism Cured in Three Days.

n. B. Langley, Madison, Wis, says:
Il was almost helpless with rheuma-
tism for about five months. Had it in
my neck so could not turn my head,
and all through my body / tried three
doctors and many remedies without
any relief whatever until l procured
DR.. Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism.
In a few hours the pain was relieved
and in three days the rheumatism was
completely cured and 1 was at work"
Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901 Second
avenue, Rock Island; Gust Schlegel
& Son. 40 West Second street, Daven-
port.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

ALT, who had courted her for awhile,
but as soon as that Merriam girl had
come with her pretty baby face he
had gone off after her Then there
was Tom Edwards, who had kissed
her at the husking party, but finding
a red ear entitled him to kiss the girl
he was with at the time, and if he
hadn't it would have been a slight
Deacon Holmes had seen her home
from church several evenings, but he
was old enough to be her father No;
there wasn't person who had ever
shown enough interest in her to war
rant ever giving or leaving her cent
But why" she said at last, do, L
stand here wondering when by going
to the bank / can find out all about
it. It's like getting letter that you
don't know who wrote and studying
the address and postmarks instead of
opening the letter and looking at the
signature"
Putting on her hat. she called for old
Chloe, who came in from the kitchen
and, seeing her mistress preparing to
20 out said:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27
GREAT PAINTER
PASSES AWAY
Frederic Remington, Famous
the World Over, Dies from
Operation.
ILLNESS WAS VERY SHORT
Death Occurs at RidgefieId, Conn.,,
but interment Is in York
State.

Ridgefeld, Conn, Dec. 27-Fred-
eric Remington, the artist, died at his
residence yesterday from heart fall
ure and shock superinduced by an
operation for appendicitis performed
last Thursday.
Mr.. Remington had been in good
health until a week ago, when he
complained that he was slightly in
disposed. 1t was not until Wednes-
day that he had suffered pain to any
extent, and physicians were called.
That night a New York specialist
was called and the next day an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis was perform
ed
The patient seemed to be prog
ressing favorably Friday and yester-
day, but this morning a change set
in, and death came about $50.
Interment In New York
Mr.. Remington arrived last May
to make this his permanent place of
residence. He was in his 4Sth year.
The body will be taken to Canton,
n. Y, tomorrow The funeral ser
vice will be held in the Universalist
church there at o'clock Tuesday
afternoon.
Mr.. Remington married Miss Eva
Cation of GloyervilIe, n. Y, who sur
wives him.
ReminStOn's Career
Frederic Remington, artist. auth
or and sculptor, was born in Can
ton, n. Y, Oct. 4, 1861. His first
start in life after receiving a COM
mon school education was as clerk in
an express office. Hearing many
stories of the far west, he earned
and saved his money and soon was
on a ranch. taking his turn as COW
boy in rounding up the cattle.
Indians were a menace to life as
we'll as property and Remington
made a study of their habits. In ad-
dition to many hours passed in the
saddle he found time to perfect him
self in drawing and painting, course
of which he had taken in the Yale
Art school and Art Students league
and pictured the redskins as they liv-
ed. He first made drawings with
pencil, and later took up painting.
Interested in the Military
He was also interested in" military,
and of the many animals the horse
was his favorite. In 1897 and 1898
he treated of scenes of the Spanish
American war.
The keynote of Remington's life
was naturalness and the omnia and
omega of his art was sincerity. He
lived as he liked and painted as his
humor dictated. He was content to
let posterity judge. He had no itch
ings for fame and posterity and hated
to see his name anywhere but at the
bottom of a canvas of his own crea-
ton.
He was an associate member of the
National Academy of Design.
Reproductions of his paintings
hang in many homes, while among
his leading works in sculpture were
The Broncho Buster" and 1.-THE
Wounded Bunkie." He was author
of Pony Tracks," Crooked Trails"
Frontier Sketches" and John Err
mine of the Yellowstone"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27
Hur1or and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
By DUNCAN n. SMITH

DERFECTION is not of this world.
Even the man who gets the best OF
everything spoils the harmony by be-
ing selfish and egotistical.
A man will do anything for his wife
that he wants to do.
Money makes some men and breaks
others.
If you want to earn the I'll will of
man show him where he has made a
mistake
The more a clever worker knows the
less that individual appears TO know.
The trouble about a lie as factor
in anything is that you never are able
to gauge it's effect and so never knyw
where you are at.
There are two kinds of presena,
viewed from the point OF the give \
One is an evidence of your taste; tb
other is the estimation in which yoS
hold the taste of the recipient.
One reason why a man can't feel
very sorry for his creditors is because
his own case is so urgent that IL takes
all OF his energies.
The man who pays his wife's milli-
merry bills without IA murmur either hag
money or a sense of resignation COM
mensurate with the necessity.
Autumn Leaves.
The autumn leaves are falling
We notice with regret.
The eerie winds are calling.
The cold rain makes them wet
Old winters hanging over.
At which our spirit grieves.
And we not in clover
When autumn leaves red autumn leavea
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27
Looking Ones Best.

It's a woman's delight to look her
best, but pimples, skin eruptions. sores
and boils robs life OF JOY. Listen!
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures them;
makes the skin soft and velvety. 1t
glorif1es the face. Cures pimples, sore
eyes, cold sores, cracked lips, chapped
hands Try it. Infallible for piles. 25
cents, at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27
MISSISSIPPI TO BE LIFT
ED BODILY FROM ITS BED
Continued from Page Two.)

ICOnInutu ITOIu IdBe IWU'J
mel, with slips and retaining walls at
$3,5O0,OOO. to which must be added
100000 for bridges
The Mississippi at st. Paul is a third
of a mile in width. The new channel
will be of less width but of greater
depth.
1t is believed that plans can be COM
pleted in time to commence work in
the spring. At the same time st. Paul
will obtain new S1,000,00O passenger
station which will probably occupy a
site in the center of the bed the river
now occupies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27
The Con Man Anyhow.

1.-THE farmer is the hope of the
country"
do you think so?'
Eyes; he raises all the wheat, don't
hep
That's so, and with it buys a lot of
gold bricks too"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

If you are suffering from bilious
ness, constipation, Indigestion, chronic
headache, invest one cent in a postal
card, sent to Chamberlain Medicine
Co., Des Moines, Iowa, with your name
and address plainly on the back, and
hey will forward you a free sample
of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27
Stuna for IS Years

by indigestion's pangs - trying many
doctors and 5000 worth of medicine in
vain. B. F. Ayscue Of Ingleside, N. c.,
at last used DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
and writes they wholly cured him.
They cure constipation, biliousness.
sick headache, stomach, liver, kidney
and bowel troubles. 25 cents, ar all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

A Texan woman wants a divorce be-
cause her husband is too tall to suit
her. Generally the women who be-
come dissatisfied with their husbands
do so because they are too short.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

King Leopold left private fortune
which is estimated at 500, 600, 900, not
withstanding the fact that he never
went around complaining that wealth
was a burden.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

A more ideal Christmas than 1909
will send down into history is not
within the memory of the Oldest in
'habitant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27
Warning

''Never call a man "a liar"
"Unless he is one"
mot in that case"
"Why not"
Because he knows it himself and
may have a way Of resenting the re-
ceiving of superhuous information"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

Since the baby fat decision in Chi
cago one heartless landlord has given
notice that the rent will be raised on
account of the father wearing out the
floor while walking with the youngsUer
at night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27
Evidence.

'T think all the clubs In town are
being renovated"
"Is that so?"
Must be-"
what makes you think soT'
"Saw a big crowd Of men going home
at the dinner hour tonight"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

At present the preponderance of evil
dence is against the presumption that
two new canals have been discovered
on Mars. Most of the astronomers are
ready to testify that they have not
seen them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

A sprained ankle will usually disa-
BILE the injured person for three or
four weeks. This is due to lack of
proper treatment When Chamberlain's
Liniment is applied. cure may be II
fected in three or four days. This lini,.
ment is one of the best and most re-
markable preparations in use Sold by
all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

The largest known species Of orchids
grows in Ceylon. The leaves measure
up to 10 feet in length, and a single
plant will have as many as 5000 bios
SONS in one year
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27
Commendable.

"He thinks be knows so much"
about it,"
What is itT'
'He Keeps it to himself"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

Obvious.
"Confound you. What are you stand
ing on my corns forT"
"Have TO stand somewhere, and you
didn't provide anybody else's corns for
me to stand on"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27
Innumerable.

81 presume you have many ties that
bind you to your profession"
"Tiesw said the actor
yes"
well. have counted a lot OF them
in my time"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27
Evidences.

"Do you think women are as smart
as menT'
'They are more resourceful."
"Are they"
"a man couldn't possibly build a
woman's hat without scafolding."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27
New Years next.

The belt line must be an accom-
lplishment of 1910. Make up your mind
to that.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27
Easy For Them.

Those women are Ginning each
other all the time"
Yes; they seem to like it."
"I don't see how they can do IT,"
"Well. they both have double chlns."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island. Ill. IEn-
tered at the postofice as second-class
matterl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

!"What is the average MANI" s.
1.-The average MANI"
yes"
TIE fellow you are always a notch
or two above"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27
How She Found q.

what are you doingT'
Cooking
Don't you find IL rather flatr'
Quite the contrary. I find II very
spicy"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

Gets Them Cheaper Way.
Where do you buy your umbrel-
las?"
"Oh. you hattererw
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

BY THE j. w. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

The more a clever worker knows the
less that individual appears TO know.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

TERMS.-Daily, 10 cents per week
Weekly. 81 Fer year in advance.
ALI communications of argumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

The trouble about a lie as a factor
in anything is that you never are able
to gauge it's effect and so never knyw
where you are at.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

If you want to earn the I'll will Of a
man show him where he has made a
mistake.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

One reason why a man can't feel
very sorry for his creditors is because
his own case is so urgent that 1t takes
all OF his energies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

Money makes some men and breaks
others.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

DERFECTION is not of this world.
Even the man who gets the best OF
everything spoils the harmony by be-
ing selfish and egotistical.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

A man will do anything for his wife
that he wants to do.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-27

The man who pays his wife's MILL
merry bills without a murmur either hag
money or sense of resignation COM
mensurate with the necessity.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-11-18
c, BREWER & CO.
LIMITED.

A<ANAA LIZ
QUEEN STREET Honolulu, T. H.
AGENTS FOR
Hawaiian Agricultural Company, Ono
mea Sugar Company, Honomu Sugar
Company, Waikiki Sugar Company
Pepeekeo Sugar Co., Kapapala Ranch
Thomas Pineapple Co.
e. f. Bishop. President.
Geo. H. Robertson. V-Pres. & Mgr.
w. w. North. Treas & Secy.
George r Carter. ....,. Auditor
P. @. Jones ............. Director
G. H. Cooke ............. Director
]. r. Gait ...............Di Director
r. A. Cooke. ............ Director
All of the above named constitute
the Board of Directors.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-11-18

Acting Governor r. A. Mott-Smith
will be at the Executive building in
the forenoon and at the Board of
Health office in the afternoon during
his occupancy of the gubernatorial
clair.
There is SO much work in the
BOARD of Health, 1 do not propose
to neglect it at ALL" Mr. Mott-Smith
remarked to a Star reporter
Among a dozen or so of important
matters pending in the Board, he
mentioned the projected hospital at
Kalihi, saying:
1--WE cannot get the new law on
leprosy properly in force until the
hospital is built.
CT have seen some misstatements
in the papers away from here regard
ing the conditions at the Molokai
Settlement, and some exaggerated
statements. The difficulty is that, no
matter how plausible any statement
you make, an Inherent horror of lep-
rosy shuts up the mind of the person
addressed. 1t is no use telling some
people who are not familiar with the
conditions that there are marble
baths and all the comforts at Molo-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-11-18
RESOLUTION.

BE 1T RESOLVED by the Board OF
Supervisors of the City and County
OF Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, that
the sum of Fifteen Thousand Seven
Hundred ($15.700. 00) Dollars be and
the same is hereby appropriated out
of the General Fund for the construc-
ton of the Kahana Road in the dis
trict of Koolauloa, City and County Of
Honolulu.
Introduced by Supervisor ]. c. Quinn
Date of Introduction, Nov. 2, 1909.
Approved this 18th day of Novem-
Der, A. D. 1909.
JOSEPH ]. FERN,
Mayor.
1Ots-Nov Is, 16, IT, IS, 10, 20, p,
90, "a and &c.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-11-18
HEALTH HANDBOOK

This is not a Household Physician,
or Every Man His Own Doctor book,
but a work setting in clear and appro-
plate order the whole body of health
and sanitary legislation of the Ter
iitory of Hawaii.
President Mott-Smith of the Board
of Health the Acting Governor, is
making compilation OF laws govern
ing the jurisdiction of that body and
that of the county governments. A
former volume of the kind, made in
1902 by the present Attorney General,
c. R. Hemenway, and himself, has
fallen quite out of date owing to
amendments of laws, judicial decisions,
etc.
The work under way will include all
of the Territorial laws relating di-
rectly or indirectly to the public health
Enact1hents bearing on the subject
though referring to the functions OF
other departments of government, will
not be missing.
Health and sanitation ordinances OF
the City and County of Honolulu will
be inserted.
All Of these scattered pieces of le-
gislation will be assembled in an ap-
pendiX, the body of the book to be
occupied by the Rules and Regulations
of the Board of Health which, by the
way, are undergoing a thorough revi-
sion to adapt them both to new condi-
! lions and to the existing statutory law
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-11-18
RESOLUTION 21o.

Honolulu, T. H., Nov. 16, 1909.
RESOLVED, by the Board of Super
visors ( the City and County of Ho'
nolulu, Territory of Hawaii, that the
sum of FIFTEEN DUNDRED DOL
LARS ($1500 00) be and the same Is
hereby appropriated from the Road
Tax Special Deposit against the dts-
trict of Eva and Waianae for the
purchase of Mules and Harness.
Presented by Supervisor
j. c. QUINN.
The foregoing Resolution was, at
Regular Meeting of the Board of
Supervisors of the City and County of
Honolulu, held on Tuesday, Novem-
Der 16, 1909, ordered pass to print
on the following vote of the said
Board:
Ayes: AHA, Ayiett, Cox, Kane,
Logan, Mcclellan, Quinn. Total, 7.
Noes: None.
D. KALAUOKALANI, JR.,
Clerk, City and County of Honolulu.
5ts-Nov, II, IS, 10, 20, 20,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-11-18
GROUP QUICKLY CURED.

A few doses of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy brings surprising results when
a child shows symptom of Group. There
is no cause FOX alarm when this me-
'dicine is in the house, as it rarely takes
more than three or four doses to bring
about a complete cure. 1t has never
failed even in the most severe and dan
gerous cases. For sale by all dealers
Benson Smith & Co., agents for Ha-
wall.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-11-18
Claus Spreckels. VIM. @. Irwin
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HONOLULU t. H.
BANKERS

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NEW YORK-American Exchange Ma
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PARIS-Credit Lyonnais.
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VICTORIA AND vANCOUVER-Bank
OF British North America
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING
AND EXCHANGE BUSINESS.
Deposits Received, Loans Made on
Approved Security, Commercial and
Travellers Credits issued. Bills of Ex-
change Bought and Sold.
COLLECTING PROMPTLY AC-
COUNTED FOR.