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Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09

ricultural experiment stations and It
private farms far beyond the Arctic
circle. Special Agent ,Georgeson speaks
well of the grazing Alaska should
prove as fertile as Finland and can
support in the same ratio a population
OF 6,000,000 If Professor Crookes and
other pessi:nisls are right in predict
ing a worldwide wheat famine, the
territory will become "A vast Sranar?,
Ia possession of untold value.
Alaska is ii white mans country. AS
in Norway. the coast is kept compara-
lively warm by a sub-tropic current.
LII has progressive, electric lighted
Towns full Of educated people, We
bought no war in buying it; acquired
no indefensible claim to military dom-
ination over millions of aliens. Tho
1000 natives are wards. moi enemies.
If American colonial enterprise had
never left the continent what reasons
should we have for pride in our last
output on me Pacific?
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09
The Argus Daily Short Story
Jimmy Opportunity-By Harriet Lummis Smith.
Copyrighted, 1908, by Literary

self up to thoughts of unutterabIe
gloom.
He called one afternoon wearing an
expression of grim determination
which. if he had known it. put the con
sprators on their guard. He was ush-
cred into the family living room. and
Mrs. Reynolds entertained him till Car
roll came down. Jimmy made a few
inane comments on the weather. his
eyes devouring the pretty girlish Zig
ure seated demurely in the opposite
corner.
Its too fine a day for the house"
said Jimmy. Suppose we take lit
| tie walk"
] Really. Carroll. dear" said Mrs
Reynolds before Carroll could reply
lit won't do for you to leave the house
| Mrs. Baker is likely to want you any
| moment. We have dressmaker here.
/ Mr.. Fitzgerald" she continued. turn
ing to Jimmy with her most charming
smile.
Cant we sit on the piazza?" sug-
gested Jimmy. Carroll agreed to the
suggestion. But. as it proved. her
| small brother. Bob. was in possession
of the hammock. aud he remained for
two hours, enlivening the occasion by
describing the exploits of the bail
team.
An ear splitting whistle in the rear
Of the house relieved them at length
of Rob's company. Without delay
Jimmy plunged into the subject up
permost III his mind.
Carroll. there's something want
to say to you
Carrot. Mrs. Baker is ready for
you said Marie's voice behiud the
parlor shutters. That she had been
waiting there. biding her time. Jimmy
could not doubt. Then the gate click
ed. and Mr.. Reynolds came up the
walk. He settled himself in the chail
Carroll had vacated. aud he and Jimmy
talked politics till dinner time.
The young mau> refused an invita-
ton to remain to dinner. He went
away with lowering brow and 8
heavy heart. But at half past 8 thai
evening the telephone bell Nng. in
terrupting game of bridge going o,
in the den. Carroll. who was neares
to the insistent instrument. pushet
back her chair and went to answe
the summons.
"Hello-hello: oh. yes. this is Car
roll She turned pretty. flushed
face toward the three at the card table
please don't talk for minute.
can't hear"
The next minute she heard very dis
tinctly for the room had become abso
, lutely still. aud the voice at the othe
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09

Jimmy Fitzgerald was downcast.
Every body was against him. he told
himself. and IN that sweeping general
ization he included even Carroll. For
IL il had not been for Carroll'S con
uivance. her tame submission To tue
maneuyerS of interfering relatives. the
words which had trembled on his lips
for three dragging mouths would have
been spoken long ago.
From the standpoint of a disinter-
ested spectator Jimmy WAS ready to
admire the cleverneSs which so far
had circumvcnlcd him. Good team
work." be denomnatcd it, The in
genious air with which GRANDMOTHER
reynolds would appear to claim Car
rolls assistance in regard TO dropped
stitch in her knitting just when jim
my was bringing matters TO eli
max and Carroll was turning most
becoming pink was only equaled by the
chiIdlike innocence with which Car
rolls small brother would rush bawl-
ing into the library with a bloody
handkerchief held TO his nose. inter
rupting au eloquent outbrea6 begin
ming Since the first hour saw you =
In Jimmy's estimation this was all
| the harder TO bear because he WAS 50
perfectly eligible. Character aud pros
poets alike We're beyond question. The
most serious accusation that could be
| brought against the match was that
| both of them were young. Carroll
sister. Marie. was of the opinion that
an engagement would be absurd. aud
Jimmy thought be knew why. II
| George FreeIuan. Maric's latest ad
| mirer. bad been rs eager to propose as
Jimmy WIS. the hitter young man fei'
positive that no obstacles would be put
in his way.
| With dupieity foreign to his usu
| ally frank nature Jimmy lost no op
portun;ty of expressing to Freeman thu
| admiration with which Marie INSPIRED
| him. If the older sister were once en-
| gagged or. better still. married. Jimm,
i believed there would be hope for him
i Meanwhile the family opposition
4 showed itself in a system of espionag
II Wuitu hept JiihlDH - SiS"t "'o"o' -"
II spoken. IL be suggested wal e1tne
Il Mrs. Reynolds declared that Carroli'
cold would not permit her to yentur
H out or Marie invited herself to accoul
pany them: IL the theater. Il cbapero
was necessary. Whole, ,souled cooper
Il alton on Carrolrs part would have re
Il lieved the situation. but the girl kney
! so well what Jimmy wanted that he
modesty shrank from giving him any
thing but the most negative assistance
Il Accordingly Jimmy decided that sh'
too, was against him and gave hin
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09
The PAYNE Tariff Law.

The Payne-Aldrich tariff bill thence-
forth TO be called the Payne tariff law,
is the result of months of work by con.
gresS during the extraordinary session,
called by the president March 1, 1909.
During the framing of this measure
its provisions, as they were proposed
and discussed and. one after another.
|agreed upon. were widely commented
upon by the press and discussed by
the people from every point of view.
There is no doubt that the general feel
ing i'll regard to the law, not only
among democrats, but among republi-
cans, is one of marked dissatisfaction
Only the extreme standpat or reaction
airy element, represented preeminently
by Aldrich, is satisfied with the bill
And even this small fraction (small,
but largely represented in congress), is
not satisfied, for it did not get all that
IL desired. Yet it secured upward re-
vision on many of the products of the
principal benefciaries of the tariff and
went far beyond the country's expecta-
tions in securing favors for all the
trusts of the country.
Taft, who has been aiming to secure
a better tariff. has deemed it necessary
to come out in statement giving his
views of the new act. He admits tnat
the act is not a complete compliance
with promises made strictly interpre-
ted" yet, that it is fulfillment free
from criticism in respect to the sub
ject matter involving many schedules
and thousands of articles" President
Taft makes the best apologetic defense
of the disappointing bill that he possi-
statement conveys an idea of the bill
which is somewhat misleading. for
while the bill is so arranged and word
ed as to conceal many of its features
and to confuse the public in regard to
the general percentage of revision up
ward. yet it is indubitable that the
Payne law will be found, on the whole,
| to be very decided revision upward
and to contain an increase of duties
| above the Dingley bill on many of the
|
| The Argus cannot go into an analysis
of the tariff law at present 1t will be
sufficiently proved, if it has not been
already to the satisfaction of almost
everybody, that the Payne tariff law
Is a vicious measure. that behind il
have been the selfish, greedy combin
ations, and that its enactment will
prove a distinct injury to the great
mass of consumers. President Taft
should have vetoed the bill and ther
should have called another extraordin
ary session of congress to frame an
other measure, in which case the pres
ent DinSley law would have remained
In force until a better law could be
enacted.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09
souare deal in the hereafter. :.

a square deal in the hereafter
This is fact none will deny. When
Pat Sheedy "cashes in the chips" of
good and had deeds, he, like all the
, rest of us, is assured of a square
DEAL" as he calls it, and the measure of
our reward may be far less than We in
our worldly Imagination, as we peer
into the strange and mysterious eter-
nifty. expect. Ii depends on how We
play the game" with ourselves and
our fellow men here in this trial life
While Pat Sheedy's unique ideas
about eternity may have some weight,
The is hardly to be accepted as so able
an authority on theology as upon the
subject of gambling. Upon the latter
subject ne is qualified to speak with
profound wisdom.
Take any road but the crooked one"
says he. Gambling is no profession
for any man. 1t is the only one of
which you can say the higher you go
the lower you get -
Such words from so undubitable and
undisputed an authority as Pat Sheedy
should bear weight to those hosts of
young men who are entering gambling
careers. 1t doesn't pay morally or ma
terially.
Pat Sheedy's dying reminder is
timely.
THE higher you go the lower you
get"
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09
His Rivals.

In Turkey it often happens thai
marriages are arranged affairs ar
ranged bs the parents of the man and
the woman Such was the case. says
pemetra Naka in Harem!ik. with
Hall Rey and his bride They had
never seen each other and at first II
did not look as if the match woult
be a good one. since the lady was
buried deep in German PHILOSOPHERS
in which the gentleman had little in
tereSt
BY the time had parted from Hall,
Bey'S iapcec | WAS so filled up with
high ideals that | kept thinking. Poor
Halil Bey"'
The next morning found Halii
Fey in the garden. very impatient T.
| hear all about his 6aucee.
Tell me-" he cried out as soon a.
we had shaken hands. lis she beauii
fnl?"
Very | answered. but. my po"r
| BOY. she is crazy over Kant and
| Schopenhauer."
'"Who are tley?" he beloved. thuu-
der in his voice and fire in his eyes
| Tell me quick. and | will draw every
| drop of blood from their veins
Il have no doubt" | said. that in
| Il fist to fist encounter you would have
| the best of them. but they are bot
dead and gone. aud only their msera
BILE books are left to fight against"
| oh" he laughed. lis that all.
| think I can take care of that.
| As events turned out. he did.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09
Alaska "a Great Country.

The visit of Colonel William l.. Dis
tin, surveyor-geperal and secretary of
Alaska, has stimulated local interest i'll
this great and wealthy northern poss-
ession of the United States. Numbers
of Rock Island people have made visits
to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition
THIS summer, also serving to acquaint
people with the prosperity and the
wonderful future of the rich northwest.
In his New York day speech at the
exposition Governor Hughes carried n
tribute from the east to the far north
west of the continental United States.
Alaska was bought from Russia in
1867 for reasons of International poll
ties rather than in the expectation of
immediate commercial benefit, like
Jeffersons Louisiana purchase two
thirds of a century earlier. In 1874
people were still branding it worthless
in almost the same terms applied ii
1874 by Webster and others TO barren
Oregon Each new northwest in turn
Ohio. Michigan, Minnesota. Oregon
Alaska-have suffered such detraction
Alaska cost about $1,000, ,000.A General
Greely, writing in the Geographic mag
azine, computes that since the pur
chase its exports alone have totaled
27,000,000. Its furs were 80 per cent
lof all its products up to 1880. Since
| 1900 its fisheries have been seven
times, its minerals IS times as import
ant as fur. OF gold $500,O0O,00O ma,
sun await the miners; of many Other
minerals found there no one knows
how much.
Inc greatest source of future vain,
remains undeveloped. Alaska is a
large as Germany, France. Japan uo,
land and Denmark. Almost anyth;p,
THAT will grow in New York will groy
in Alaska, and the commoner norther
staple crops thrive at all the six az
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09
George "A. Cooks for supreme Judr,

Edwardsville Intelligencer: There
Is solid satisfaction, as well as senti-
ment in the nomination by the dem
ocrats of the Fourth district of George
A Cooke of Aledo as their candidate
Tor the supreme bench to succeed the
tate Judge Guy c. Scott. The senti-
ment lies in the fact that they were
both from the same region, the same
community, and were law partners.
associated together for some time in
bond which led each to respect and
appreciate the other.
The solid satisfaction is expressible
IN many ways, having largely to do
with Mr.. Cookies personality his
qualities and attainments. He halls
from Mercer county, up i'll the north
western portion of the state, where
the Mississippi, after its westerwa.d
turn around Rock Island county
sweeps southwark once more. Geo
graphically, the democratic candi
date is located most acceptably Ia
preserve the locative balance that Is
considered desirable by so many.
AS man Mr.. Cooke possesses the
regard. the esteem and the admira
tion of his associates, neighbors and
acquaintances. Clean cut, honest and
frank in his communication with those
about him, ne is of the moral fiber es
sentially necessary for Judge, nc
matter what the legal lore a man poss
esses. George A. Cooke. besides hay
ing the judicial temperament. has with
it knowledge of law. not only the
essentials of pleading and practice
but he has Il grasp of fundamentals. a
knowledge of constitutional holdings
OF the basic principles underlying the
code
Thus well equipped there is nc
question but that Mr.. Cookies neigh
oors and friends of the Fourth dis
e.ct VIII embrace the opportunity or
oep'. ~ to elevate him to the highes
judicial position in the state nv
cookies services in town county an,
dlstrlct. as well as his work as secro
tary of the democratic state COMMIT,
tee of Illinois. entitled him to the con
pliment of the unanimous nominatio
without opposition, which was tende
ed him. The people of his district b
electing him will render service +;
the entire state.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09

and misery. l advise all suffering
women to take Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. - MRS. EMMA
WHEATON, Vienna, w. Va.
Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
full drugs. and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseasesof any similar medi-
cine in the country. and thousands of
voluntary testimonials are on, file in
the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, from women who have been
cured from almost every form of
female complaints, inflammation. ul-
ceration, displacements. .fibroid tumors,
Irregularities. periodic pains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every such suffering woman owes it to
herself to give Lydia f. Pinkham's
vegetable Compound trial.
III you would like special advice
ABOUT your case write q conffden-
Glal letter to Mrs. Pinkham, al
Lynn. Mass. Her advice is free
,. and always helpful.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09
Those people who really don't mind
are pretty apt to be those who can't.
Take a1esson. a

No odds how modest forlorn
May be a fellow creature
He can to those who will observe
Be something of teacher:
Yes. even from humble mule.
The haw mule or the gee one.
A hint of conduct may be learned
And that is not to be one.
Not by examples that are set,
Marked cut for one to follow,
May one perfection's goal attain:
The end is often hollow.
But seeing what one may avoid
And taking notice ample
Produces more concrete results
Than following the sample.
So when you see a gentleman
Bombastic. loud and silly
Who makes a riot of the night
That should be calm and stily.
You know without a book or chart.
Without directions printed
That there are things you should NOT do
Though not word is hinted.
So learn a lesson from the mule,
If one. perchance is handy.
And be as different as you can
To marbles win. or candy;
And if mule yoI do not find
His talents coarse displaying
Some man will make substitute
Who does lot of braying.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09
Their Size.

Lawyer Ito deaf witneSsl-Do you
know the plaintiffs pigs?
Witness Eh2
Lawyer Craising bis voice)-Do-yon
-Lnow-paintitf's pigs?
Witness-Ies.
Lawyer-How long have you known
them?
WitneSs-Eh?
Lawyer douder stilD How long have
you known them?
WitneSs--Fed 'em all last spring.
Lawyer-Were they all about size?
Witness-Eh?
lawyer (riSeS on his feet petulantly
and shakes his forefinger at the con
,iusion of each word mt the Witness
y-all--of-a-siZe?
WitneSS-SOme ov 'em wOr. and
some ov 'cm Exchange.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09
Scared With a Hot Iron.

or scalded by overturned kettle-cut
with knife-bruised by slammed
door-injured by gun or in any other
way-the thing needed at once is
Bucklen's Arnica Salve to subdue in
fiammation and kill the pain. It's
earths supreme healer, infallible for
boils, ulcers, fever sores, eczema and
piles. 25c at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09

end of the wire was clear and penetrat-
ing
This is Jimmy. Carroll. There's
something Eve been trying to say to
you for three months. And I'm going
to say it now"
why. don't see
swell. it doesn't matter whether ycu
see or not Just listen. Ever since
met you on Phil Reynolds yacht
year ago I've loved you from the
| very first hour"
"Oh. hushI"
I'm not going to hush. | think about
you every minute while I'm awake
and dream about y"I whom I'm asleep.
I'm not any good any more. and
shant be till | lind out whether you
| care for me or not And if you don't
I'm going to the Philippines or some
where"
Don't talk SO loud.
81 don't care who hears me. I've
kept it to myself just as long as can.
Carroll. darling, cant you care for me
a littIe?'
Ssh. Come tomorrow.
"I'H come tomorrow fast enough If
you tell me what ] want to hear.
Haven't been coming day after day
| for months without getting chance
| to tell you that love the very ground
you walk on? And now I've got it I'm
I, going to wait till you say yes or no.
IL you can't love me might as we'll
Abruptly the voice ceased. Carroll
| waited expectantIy Then terrible
suspicion flashed through her mind
| which iii moment had become a GER
tainty. Tremulously she accused the
operator, You've cut me off" :
| what number do you want? re-
piled that young woman.
| "Oh. | don't know. ! haven't any
idea. Oh. why did you cut Inc off just
them
| The trio at the card table were star
ing at her strangely. How absurdly
you are acting, Carroll" exclaimed
Marie sharply. "Come and finish the
| game"
Yes. come and finish the game. Car
roll" said her father. THE other mat
ter can be settled another time,
hope
We've got 'em on the run. Miss Car
roll" chuckled George Freeman. who
happened to be Carroll's partner.
Slowly the girl moved toward hel
place. What would Jimmy think
Perhaps he would believe that she hai
deliberately hung up the receiver. pre-
| fprrinrr this WOW of riyinr him his an
swer. And he had spoken of the Phil
ippines. She grew a little dizzy ant
groped for her chair.
Just at that moment the telephone
rang again. and Carroll bounded to
ward il. her agility in surprising con
trast TO her late uncertainty and fee
blepess.
Hello. Hellor'
Hello. Jimmy will mean
do"
A long pause. 81 suppose it's to-
late for me TO come up this evening.
suggested Jimmy tentatively.
''Of course not. Only hurry" Sh
hung up the receiver and turned &
radiant face. Again Marie looked sus
picious.
THAT must have been a very i'm
portant conversation" she said scath
incly. Il hope it's settled now"
Carroll answered her with dignit,
in which there was no suggestion o
the downtrodden younger sister
ut is" she replied. Jimmy and
are engaged"
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09
Hurnor and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
1x DUNCAN 81. .sa1ITH

TT you don't want adverse criticism
don't put yourself in the way of
receiving it. for that sort of thing is
neither timid nor shrinking.
1t might seem reasonable to suppose
that the people who point out your
duty to you are the ones to help you
10 do it, but that's mere supposition.
And it sometimes happens that the
things you did not say are more to be
regretted than the things you did say.
The impossible happens occasional
ly. aud then everybody murmurs "Of
course
Those people who really don't mind
are pretty apt to be those who can't.
Re patient. 1t may not be effective.
but it at least is not so expensive as
some other things might be.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09

Ten thousand dollars for her two
dogs. $4,000 for her husband. is the
way Connecticut woman willed her
worldly wealth. Surely this hubby
must feel that everything is going 10
the bow-wows.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09

The Chicago Record-Herald hands
cut this hot one: Rioters i'm Mexico
are shouting Down with Diaz!" I'm
Gle joe Cannon and Nelson w Aid
rich appear to be about the only rulers
whose jobs are secure.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09
Pat Sheedy.

Pat Sheedy is famous gambler. A
New York dispatch says he is dying.
In an interview he gives some unique
advice. He says he is not afraid OF
DEATH because he knows he will "get
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09

The man who climbed up cornstalk
on the Fourth of July and has been
climbing down ever since without
reaching the ground because the corn
grew too fast for him, is again doing
business in Kansas.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09

Senator Cummins has announced
that a tariff war is on-which is ii
pretty good sign that Senator Cum
minis does not approve of the late re-
publican makeshift
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09

+. Pinkham'S Vege-
table Compound.
Eleven years ago l
was a walking
shadow. had been
under the doctors s
carebutgotnorelief.
My husband per-
suaded me to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vege ia BILE Com
pound and itwOrked
like a charm. 1t re-
lieypd all my painS
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09

Fatal Mistake.
"What was he discharged for"
"Insubordination."
"What did he do!'
He told the boss favorite joke in
company before the boss got around to
it,"
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09
An Economical Vacation.

Round trip tickets at figures but
slightly in excess of one way fares to
a hundred or more resorts in Canada
and New England, also to New York
city and Jersey coast resorts will be
placed on sale on various dates after
June |, 1909.
Full particulars of dates of sale,
limits, stopovers and descriptive lit
erature can be obtained by writing
w. S. Cookson, A. G. p. A, Grand
Trunk Railway system, 135 Adams
street, Chicago, II.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-09
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
second avenue. Rock Island. Ill. IEn-
tered at the postofHee as second-class
asatter.l