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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
A Personal Touch.


There is nothing like the democracy
OF young fellows in western town.
and even though we did belong to
different parties l think l knew Norris
Brown in those days and believe
know him yet. and If he is as sized
him up you should keep your eye on
him. for he will go far. A capital
campaigncr, with fund of happy
humor and telling anecdotes. he is yet
man with stuff in him. one who will
dare much for a principle, one who in
tensely admires the La Toilette brand
of politics and one who belongs dis
tinctively to the new school. He is a
chap of rolly poly physique. but with
n good, strong face, rather luminous
brown eye, in which plays almost al
ways kindly twinkle; a square mouth.
with a rather whimsical upper lip. and
head and face that denote sturdi-
ness, readiness and strength-natural-
ly a likable man and unpremeditatedly
so, one who can say keen and cutting
things with a smile, fighter with the
face of n cherub. one who is not
ton, man ambitious. tactful, win
ming and with the 'smile that never
comes off, 1 hope I have not over
drawn the picture. There is always
danger Of that with one we have
known and liked And confess that
| like Brown more now since reading
his career than did in the days when
I In i'm, hot fr
years ago, and his whole upward path
has been Travelled since.
Here are three incidents of his life
that give some index to his character
The first was as a boy, when he rode
for several years to school, distance
Of eight miles, on one Of the farm
horses.
The second was when the farm boy
had become attorney general of his
state. 1t was a state that the rail-
roads had run for years until there
was an uprising and the legislature
passed law forcing the railroads to
pay their just portion of the taxes.
The roads got out an injunction in the
federal courts. and all their high priced
lcSui tdieHt dppcdiou- W uSHI tue suit.
On the other side was the young at
torney general practically alone. For
nearly year the case was contested,
and Brown won the victory.
The third event Is In the United
States senate, where the same figure,
though new in that august chamber,
has the courage to appear against
all the older members in a fight for
the publishers Of America In behalf of
lower duty on wood pulp and print
paper. The young man won his spurs
and before he was through had all the
high priests Of standpatism trying to
answer him.
For that fight the newspaper men Of
the country ought to love him, and for
! his income tax amendment the whole
0eolle should love him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

rents or fixed profits. Annuities arr
treated in like manner, while in the
case of corporations, partnerships. bust.
ness and professional men. and the
like, it is easy TO compute incomes
with tolerable accuracy and to collect
the tax before it reaches the pockets
of the individual recipients. In this
manner the stigma of a nation of
liars" has been wiped out through the
simple and effective expedient of Civ
ing the nation no chance to lie Lead
us not into temptation" Besides. the
present method of collection does not
hurt so much. One does not miss
what he never possessed
The advocates Of an income tax
argue that it is the most equitable and
just form of raising revenue for the
reason that it places the burden of
government on the shoulders of those
most able to bear it. They contend
that graduated income tax is also
justified for the reason that man
receiving 100000 per year can better
afford to part with 10 per cent of it, or
$4,000. than man receiving $1,000
can afford to part with per cent, or
$40. for the one with the large income
would still have left 100000. while he
with the smaller income would have
only $3.50. The old notion that men
spend according to their incomes is
largely exploded. There are certain
fixed amounts that each being has to
pay for the necessities Of life, and
above this the amount expended grad
ually lessons according to the tempcra-
ment of the spender.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
A Senator of the New School.

a SenaC0r OF the New School.
The man who introduced the income
tax amendment which is now going
to the various states for ratification is
a new member of the upper house, Sen.
ator Norris Brown of Nebraska About
all the general public knows of Sena.
tor Brown is that he is an anti-monop.
oliSt, that he ran for the senate ON au
anti-railroad platform. that he beat
Edward Rosewater of the Omaha Bee
for the place. shortly after which poor
Rosewater. like Horace Greeley. died
and that when attorney general OF
Nebraska Brown beat the railroads OF
n bunch of tax suits that Immediately
made him the idol of the other tax.
payers. This. | repeat. is the genera
knowledge of the man. BY looking
at the congressional directory OF
Who's Who" or some other publica
ton, read chiefly by those whose
names appear therein. the reader
might also learn that Mr.. Brown was
born In Iowa and graduated from the
Iowa State university in 1888, that
he afterward practiced law at Kear
ney. Neb.. that he was twice county
attorney. that he ran for congress and
was defeated. that he was assistant at
torney general and afterward attorney
general of Nebraska. that he is forty
six years old and some other biograph
ical dictionary facts in kind
So much for statistics. 1t just hap
mems that I used To know Norris Rrowr
when l was trying to run Il country
paper ut Kearney and he was trying
10 he Il lawyer. l hope he made
better out of his effort than 1 did al
| mine and believe he did. He mus
have done so or he would not now be
in thp senate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
higher, corn Is TO u higher.
new York Stock..

New York. Aug. 1G.-Following are
the quotations on the stock market
today: Do,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
Favored by Roosevelt.

of law and of democratic government
worth remembering.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

Northwestern receipts--Minneapoi
today 81. last week 144, last year AL
Duluth, today ). last week u, last year
Is.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

Liverpool opening cables-Wheat l "a
to pa d. higher. corn "a higher.
Liverpool closing - Wheat liz d.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23

5or.e Vaudeville Jokelets Wheh Age
Cannot Wither.

oor.e Vaudeville Jokelets Wheh Age
Cannot Wither.
Vaudeville is known as the Laugh
trust but not for the reason ono
might think. II gets the phrase be-
cause there are certain definite
number Of devices in lts category C'
acts that control the laughs of its
audiences. The same old things are
always good for a laugh in vaudeville.
According to the Bohemian. new
device, a new bit of business" a new
Joke are all regarded as dangerous
by the performers. The following Ia
BILE details some of the times at which
vaudeville audience regularly
laughs:
When a comedian walks with
mincing step and speaks in a falsetto
voice.
When a German comedian opens his
coat and discloses a green waistcoat.
WAen a comedy acrobat falls down
repeatedly.
When a performer asks the orches-
ira leader If he is a married man.
When a black face comedian says
something about chicken.
When a performer starts to rise
from a chair and the drummer pulls
resined piece of cord so that the
performer thinks his clothes have
ripped.
When the drummer suddenly beats
the drum during a comedians song
and the latter stops and looks in his
direction.
When a tramp comedian turns
around and discloses a purple patch
or several pearl buttons or target
sewed on the seat of his trousers.
When the funny member of the
troupe of instrumentalists interrupts
the progress of melody BY sounding
discordant note on his trombone.
When clown of a team of aero
bats poises himself to do a presumably
difficult feat and suddenly changes
his mind and walks away without do.
ing it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23
.SH|P WRECKED
IN SOUTH PACIFIC
Delirious After Days in Open
Boat Shipwrecked Woman
Kills Four Children
MOTHER ENDS OWN LIFE AT SEA
Five Survivors Of Bark Errol Tell In.
coherent Tales Of Fearful Suffering
Family Sees Captain Perish
Grew Drifts for Two Weeks.

Victoria. 3. C.--Two weeks at sea
in an open boat without food or drink,
five of the crew of the Norwegian
bark Enrol, which was wrecked on
Middleton reef in the South Pacific
on June s, were rescued by the
steamer Tafu and landed at Sydney,
Australia, according to dispatches re-
ceived by the Makura, of the Canadi.
an-Australian line.
There would have been ten survi-
vors, but Mrs. Anderson wife of the
captain of the bark. thought she over.
heard her famishing companions bar.
gaining among themselves as to which
one of the children should be eaten
| first, and threw them one by one into
| the sea from coral reef on which
the castaways had landed for rest
After watching them drown she threw
/ herself after them before the men in
! the boat knew what she was about
Few more tragic tales of the sea
/ have ever been received In this port
than the account of the wreck of the
| Enrol. Meagre particulars had been
received by cable of the disaster, but
to-day's dispatches tell a touching
story of how Mrs. Anderson and her
children saw Captain Anderson drown
! before their eyes. together with the
! second mate and several seamen,
when the bark went down.
| The Oldest OF Mrs. Andersons chill
dren was eight, the youngest a babe
Of eleven months. Their sufferings
! before the mother. probably in a de-
lirium, killed them, are admitted by
the five survivors to have been inde.
scribable
When the Tafu picked up the FIVE
survivors they were at deaths door,
and even when the Makura left sgd.
ney 1t was not certain that the reason
lost as a result of their dreadful pri.
vations.
The survivors brought to Sydney,
too weak aid emaciated to speak
were all that remained of twenty-five
persons on the Enroll. The bark
struck the reef on June IS and for
two weeks they were without food
and water. There had been a cache
of provisions and lifeboat maintained
from 1870 to 1892 for shipwrecked sea.
men, but the cache was never re.
splenished and the lifeooat was gone
Had the boat been there the loss OF
life might have been avoided, as the
party would have been able to reach
Norfolk Island
In Sydney it was found difficult to
get definite or coherent statements
from the survivors of the party. They
were unable to speak plainly. The
most they could do was to tell piece
meal some of the most dreadful things
impressed on their minds.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23
WEDs; BRIDE is INSANE.
An Oregon Rancher's PitlfuI Mistake
in Marriage.

Roseburg, Ore.-One week after
her wedding day Mrs. Ole Peterson
of Deer Creek, was committed to the
insane asylum by County Judge Wona.
cost at her own request.
81 am insane" she said take me
to the asylum where / can do no
harm"
Peterson met the woman for the
first time at Cottage Grove, where he
had gone on business trip. Her fa-
ther, he said, urged him to marry her
and Peterson, lonely rancher, was
glad to do so, as he was favorably i'm
pressed with her.
AS soon as the couple arrived at
Peterson's ranch, however, the woman
manifested violent insanity, and after
living in terror for few days, Peter
son was forced in self-protection to
appeal to the authorizes to arrest her.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23
A Poor Salesman.

Carey Johnson Ludlam, the South
ern philologist, in the course of a
lecture on "Neologisms, in Charles
ton, said:
Another neologism is salesman
ship The advertising columns Of
the magazines have for several
months abounded in this word.
Schools of craftsmanship books on
'salesmanship, secrets of salesman
ship'-why, one reads of nothing else"
The aged acholar smiled.
and speaking of schools of sales.
manship' he said, Il hope that the
salesman who accosted me on my
way here this evening will take in one
Of them an eight or nine years
course. I'm sure he needs it.
This salesman, a shabby young
man, laid his hand on my arm and
said
Say, friend, lemme sell ye box
of this here patent cement
81 shook off his filthy paw.
Cement | sneered, annoyed at
his familiarity, what do l want with
cement?
why cried the man in apparent
surprise, 'ain't ye broke? Ye look
IL ,"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23
How Il Came True.

you can't make me believe" Un-
Gle Abner Jarvis was saying, that
there isn't something in fortune-tell-
ing" His auditors were grouped
round the stove in the corner grocery
store. Ever have any experience
with it?" asked one of them.
That's what | was going to tell
you" resumed Uncle Abner. Once
when l was at the county fair / saw
little tent with a sign on the out
side of it that said Madame Some
body-or-other would tell your fortune
for twenty-five cents. I stepped inside,
Just for fun.
"a woman with thick veil over
her face was sitting in chair on q
raised platform. / gave her quar-
ter, and she looked at my hand. One
Of the things she told me was that
was going to have a large party at
my house in less than month, and
that it would be followed by calam.
ity.
81 laughed at that. Thinks l to
myself, we hain't had any parties of
any kind to our house for two years.
and I don't reckon we'll have one
quite as soon as that
But it did come true. In about two
| weeks my wife's Aunt Jane came to
visit us, and If you think she amt
large party you ought to see her.
| She weighs two hundred and eighty
seven pounds"
But how about the calamity" in.
| quired the man who was sitting on
the nail keg, after a long pause.
| We'll" said Uncle Abner, slowly,
"she broke down our spare bed the
| first night she slept in it,"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23
Automatic Guns Cannot be Used.
Superior Court Makes an Important Decision

The hunting season is not far
away and sportsmen sill be inter
ested n a decision of the Superior
court in regard to the Use OF auto.
matte guns.
In another county a man was
arrested for using an automatic gun
which had been prohibited by an
act of the legislature of 1907. The
common pleas judge who heard the
case, decided that the act was TN
constitutional as it discriminated
against the makers of automatic
guns.
The case was carried to the Su
perior court, and that tribunal de-
cided that the act was not uucou.
stitutlonal, and that the law pro-
hibiting hunting with an automatic
gun was good one, and should be
enforced.
The automatic gun is one that
cocks itself by the recoil or kick, "
thus requiring only the continual
pulling of the trigger to keep up a
steady fire.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23
Plan for Big Power Dam.

Charters permitting the erection
of large power dam in the Sus-
quehanna River near Towanda are
understood to be ready to be placed
i'll Governor Stuart's hands Tor his
signature. They have been ap-
proved by the State Water Com
mission and Secretary of State Nc
Afee, after several weeks eXaml-
nation, and NJ. T.. Lilley, of To-
wanda, states that the dam viii
certainly be built.
The project was planned by
Meikleham & Dinsmore, New York
bankers and brokers, and when 1t
is completed there will be a lake Of
1900 acres surface near Towanda.
Nearly all the land rights have
been secured, and an engineering
corps is now at work surveying.
The dam is expected to be conf
pleted in three years and to furnish
power for Towanda, Athens, Sayre
and a number of others.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23

sects, and, consequently, are not :,
be killed by arsenical poisous. To
destroy them use contact appgr,.
tions, such as oil emulsions or soar
solutions or decoctions. | thir[
they are killed by ten per cent ker
osene emulsion, or by a solution Of
whale oil soap, using one pound in
six gallons of water.
The young ones, as you have
doubtless observed, are wingless
but run quickly. In this action
they differ from the plant lice. The
old ones will jump and fly before
the spray liquid, and unless a lsryc
volume of spray is used it NAV not
strike them, but if a cluster of poa.
zles is used in throwing the snrav
they will be hit and brought to the
ground, where they will try to rub
the spray liquid from their wiugs
If this be not very strong. thew
may succeed in freeing themselves
from it and return to the leaves
However, it it be strong enough j,
will kill them; but sometimes. 70
get rid of such pests, very strong
sprays are needed.
"If the liquid of the first spray
should not be strong enough To
kill them, it is good plan to have
at hand a solution of double
strength, and go over the groud
(but not the leaves) with this
strong solution, doing this after The
Hoppers are down on the ground
This will kill them before thev re.
turn to the leaves. l think that 4
much stronger solution than Que
pound of whale oil soap to six sal.
Ions of water, or a kerosene emul.
sion of greater strength than ten
per cent. is liable to injure apple
foliage, and thus l would not rec.
ommend stronger applications than
l have mentioned, especially after
the pests are on the ground"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23

Washington death was due to
cute laryngitis; Adams, Madison
nd Monroe, practically to old age;
efferson, chronic diarrhoea; John
'uincy Adams, paralysis; Jackson,
-opsy; Van Buren,, catarrhal affec-
ons OF the throat and lungs; VIM.
'enry Harrison, pleurisy; Tyler,
use of death not given by biogra-
lers; Polk, cholera; Taylor, cholera
orbus, combined with a severe
Id; Fillmore, paralysis; Pierce,
"opsy; Buchanan, rheumatic gout;
incoln, Garfield and Mckinley, as
ssinated; Johnson, paralysis;
rant, cancer at the root OF the
ngue Hayes, neuralgia of the
art; Arthur, heart trouble, and
njamin Harrison, pneumonia.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23
The Geological Press Bulletin

of the Division of Zoology, Penn
sylvania Department of Agricul.
ture. Timely Topics of Plants and
Pests Discussed Weekly. BY H. A.
Surface, State Zoologist.
BARK BEETLES IN TREES.
Specimen twigs of fruit trees
reached the Division Of Zoology of
the Department of Agriculture,
Harrisburg, from c III b r d 6 e
Springs, Pa, which the sender
supposed were infested with San
lose scale. State Zoologist Surface,
in acknowledging their receipt,
gave the following information as
to the cause of their badly.appear-
ing conditions:
1--WE find that the pear twigs are
infested with scolytids or bark bee
ties, which are boring in the dead
wood beneath the bark. They have
not caused the death of these twigs,
but they are there because the twigs
are dead and afford favorable places
for the beetles to live. 1t is proba-
BILE that the pear twigs died by
blight, and that the beetles came
later. There is nothing % do but
to cut out the dead and dying parts
and burn them promptly. For all
cases of blight cut out and burn the
blighted parts"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23
Fool Treatment for Burns.

Whenever a burn or scald happens,
some busy, well-intentioned butter-in
pours over smear of ''carron oil" or
buries the wound in grave of wheat
flour, just about the worst thing pos.
sible, because flour in twenty.four
hours will be fermenting with yeast
or deadly inhammatory germs, and it
is simply hell for sartin on patient
and doctor cleaning this sticky mess
off big, wet, shrieking scald. Truth
to tell, in big scalds this cannot be
done. and such poor scalded devils
have to be kept for days in a bathtub
of antiseptic, even-tempered water.
Piteous
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23

movement, and an admirer of its ulti.
mate exponent began looking for q
model on which to exercise his plastic
art. His search was rewarded in a
photograph which he found in posses
sion of Prof Charles Eliot Norton.
His first study was expressed in a
plaque, his second in a medal and his
third, which pleased him best, in the
design which will appear on the coin.
Each study idealized somewhat the
preceding one. while preserving the
essentials of strength and simple earn
estness which characterized Lincoln's
countenance.
''If you look carefully at the cain,"
Mr.. Brenner said, you will see that
| have made him smiling. | wanted
to show the sunshine as we'll as the
goodness of his life. My intention
has been to present a situation in
which Lincoln might have appeared
at his best. Finally l imagined him
as talking to a child. That Is the face
on the coin. A man or woman Is nat.
ural when speaking to a child. When
adults converse they are usually on
guard, but in talking to children faces
relax and are at their best. l am glad
the head appears on the cent, the
piece of money most familiar to the
masses. 1t was Lincoln who said that
God must love the common people be.
cause he had made so many of them.
I had rather have the head on the
cent than on the $40 gold-piece."
The Indian head, in use for more
than a generation on the cent and now
discontinued, shares the fate of its
predecessor, the eagle, for the reason
that 1t is easily counterfeited. Early
in the present year the government
decided on a change, but even then il
proposed to place the head of Lin.
coin on a silver coin, probably the
half-dollar. Mr.. Brenner submitted
his designs at Washington. The head
was then assigned to the cent.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23
England After South Pole.

The report that Commando
Peary and Captain Bartlett have
decided on an expedition to the
south pole has created great STIR
in geographical circles in London
Although Captain Robert r.
Scott's expedition was decided up.
OIL before the arrival of the news oil
Peary's exploits, it admittedly was
pressed forward with the intention
to forestall a possible American
expedition and because of quIcE-
ened interest in polar exploration
evidenced by the projected German
and Belgian expeditions to tue
antarctic.
Lieutenant Earnest II. ShacEie'
ton was approached to join Captain
Scott, but his engagements pre-
vented him from going.
Captain Scott's expedition sltH
depends upon the raising OF tue
$500, 900 required. A consideraoie
portion of this already has been
promised, and the report tha1
Commander Peary is going for tne
south pole will hasten the sHo-
scription of the remainder. Lhe
government will undoubtedly ASSIST
the enterprise financially.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23
THE APPLE TREE LEAF-HOPPER

A large nursery has been having
serious trouble this year with leaf
hoppers, and the proprietors wrote
to State Zoologist Surface for infor-
nation, their letter having been
worded as follows:
1--WE are being troubled more
and more each year with what we
have always called the Leaf Hop
per, that comes on our young APP
pie trees in the nursery. 1t is a
very small, green fly, and when
you walk between the rows of trees
the flies will come out in clouds.
They suck the juices from the
leaves and curl them. Can you give
the correct name of the insects and
the methods to use in order to keep
them in check ?"
Professor Surface wrote in reply:
The insects which you describe
as injuring your apple trees by
sucking the juices from the leaves
and curling them, are doubtless the
Apple-tree Leai-Hopper. These,
as you recognize, are suctorial in
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23
WILD BEASTS KILL ELOPERS.
Mexican Had Carried OF Two Girls
and Their Fathers Money.

Tuxtla, Gutierrez, Mexco.-Sisto
Gonzales, well known in this section,
has eloped with two daughters of Jose
Flores, wealthy haciendado, induc-
ing the girls to steal large sum of
money belonging to their father, How
he induced two sisters to elope with
him is a mystery.
The father, accompanied by several
policemen, hurried on the trail of he
trio. Quite distance from this place,
near Villa Flores, they found the
bodies of the young man and of both
girls horribly mangled by wild beasts
and scarcely recognizable except for
their clothes. A purse containing all
the money stolen was found in near
by tree.