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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

lighted with the suggestion, and to his
greater delight his father approved.
keep after that old swindler until
he pays up Peter Paulding growled.
II have made good to the bank myself.
and I'll keep after him and get it II I
have to sue his executors. Follow him
to the north pole II he wants to 20
there"
Dick nodded and withdrew, and when
the ocean liner carried Hiram Pettis to
Europe Dick was fellow passenger.
As In duty bound, he reminded Pettis
every morning Of his just debt. The
rest of the day he spent on deck with
Eleanor, and each day he grew more
firmly convinced that breaking into
business was an entirely delightful
process.
During the return trip some three
months later he mustered up courage
to propose TO Eleanor
81 suppose that it will be hard to
she said when they came back to earth
again. Il don't know how we ever
shall be able to do 1t. Dick"
Leave that to me-" he said conf
IDENTIFY. You forget that I am a bust
ness man now, and these little prob
lens in diplomacy are the things l
have to meet. Do You think that we
want house or an apartment In some
hotel? We may have to take to a flut,
for that matter, in case dad proves
nasty"
las long as it is with you, dear" was
the tender reply, and again earth fad
ed into visions of paradise.
a week later Dick came into hts ia
theirs bank and laid upon the desk. a
package of thousand dollar bills.
"Why didn't Pettis, give you q
check?" demanded the elder Paulding.
"You said that might make some
slight concessions and left the amount
to my judgment" reminded Dick. II
told him that If he would pay you
would not gioat overthe fact and that
you would not even mention the mat
ter again. He is paying in specie SO
that the check will not remind him Of
his surrender
II see," was the grim comment.
Anything else y
Only that l am to be married next
month"; was the calm response. You
see, Eleanor-Miss Pettis-and came
to know each other very well and
well, you can't know Eleanor without
loving her. want you to meet her"
Apparently the prediction was q
truthful one, for Peter Paulding re-
garded his daughter-in-law elect with
approval, and the marriage was quick
ly arranged.
Dick wondered when among the pres
ents he saw sealed envelope on which
was written the Injunction that 1t was
not to be opened until after the wed
ding.
Not until they were comfortably in
CONTINUED on Page Seyeu)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06


they described only the number of
dead. They merely indicated the
earthquake in Italy had caused loss
of life beyond any calamity in GEN.
turtles.
9 The number of dead is as nothing to
the indescribable terror of the surviv-
orss = 100000 people, nerve-racked to
the point of madness. Only those who
have passed through an earthquake
can really appreciate. the difference
between death and life in those hellish
moments when the earth trembles and
conyulses beneath you in series of
waves, and then, with violent spasm,
throws you square on your face on the
pavement; and when you try to get
up. and run somewhere to escape the
death that is all around you, you are
unable to find a single quiet spot to
place your foot, and you fall bacl,
.terror-stricken and lay waiting on the
,quivering ground for ii. to open and
swallow you.
( Even the air you breathe and the
sky overhead are in harmony with the
weird, unnatural, hooking earth mo-
tons. The air is sickeningly close
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

There is likely to be bitter contest
over the win of Claus Spreckles, the
sugar king of San Francisco. He left
$50,000,000, but he cut out two sons,
John D..and Adolph. He declared that
he had literally provided for them
during his life. John D. is sc years
old and Adolph 81 The others are
Claus A, 80 years; Mrs. Ferris, 3S
years, and Rudolph, Sc years. John D.
and Adolph do not take kindly to the
statement of their late father that
they have had out of the estate all
they are entitled to, so they are going
to smash the will and try and come by
their own.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06
John Bigelow on Our Protective
Tariff.

\ John Bigelow of New York, former
minister to France, but best known by
the numerous able works he has writ
ten, who is now past four-score years
and ten, has issued a pamphlet devoted
to a discussion of the tariff on i'm
ports. The work of the famous publ
cist is full of force and strength and
1t reveals close acquaintance with the
subject discussed
Mr.. Bigelow looks upon the protec-
tive tariff as the chief cause of the
great -disparitfes in the distribution of
wealth which SO distinguish the time,
and his effort is to show why the tariff
should be abolished and how much
better 1t would be for the nation and.
states to gather their public revenue
from system of taxation of corporate
privileges which will gradually bring
them into or under public ownership.
This is his view of what we have:
The tariff has built up an. aristoc-
racy already quite as numerous as
were the refractory slave owners in
the south. 1t has built 1t up, too by
privileges quite as unjust, and as ex-
clusiyely for moneys worth, but a
lnoNsaAd times more lucrative to its
Deneficiaries, than slavery ever was.
Inc consequences are that it has d.
vioed our people again into two classes
-one, OF the people who have more
wealth than they know what to do
with, or how to give away. and another
OF bread-winners who, if they lose a
days wages even by Illness, have to
Ego in debt for their next days ex
penses. The increased cost of living
compels an increase OF wages from
time to time, but always the cost OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

living increases faster, until now the
food of the proletariat has reached
famine prices in most of our large cit
les and is daily increasing. With food
enough produced in the United States
Ito nourish twice its population, the
leverage wage-earner can lay up moth
ing, can provide few privileges for his
family, and practically no recreations
Skin for skin, yea. all that man hath
Twill a man give for his life Is il
strange that there is friction between
labor and capital with us?"
And what we should have instead is
thus exemplified:
Philippe Bunau-Varilla has inform.
ed me that in France all charters for
surface railways given to private com.
panies provide for the extinction OF
those charters on the expiration OF
100 years from their issue. The. CAPT,
tai of shares and bonds is to be re-
imbursed at par to the share and bond
holders within that period. For this
the company provides an adequate
sinking fund out of it's profits, year by
year. In about 40 years by this pro-
cess the republic of France will be-
come the sole proprietor of all the "a.
900 miles of railroad in its territory
without paying farthing for them,
except to Joan the corporation it's right
of way and protect it in it's USE
Altogether a more powerful arraign-
ment of our existing industrial and
economic order has not appeared than
that which comes from this nonagen-
arian
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

3 Quincy Herald: Whether the world
is growing better or not, the trusts
know that it is growing easier. Com
pers, Mitchell and Morrison get Jail
sentences, but trust magnates are
only fined and that is set aside by the
higher courts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06
Cities Known to Americans.

Many of the cities destroyed by the
earthquakes in Italy were we'll known
to many Americans, as they were at
tractive to American tourists on the
continent because of their rich histor-
ical interest.
The lost city of Reggie, called Reg
gio di Calabria, has a history dating
back 1900 years, and was handsome
and prosperous place.
1t was originally an Eubocan colony,
and was peopled in 1913 B. c. by fugi-
tive Messenians. 1t rose to great pros
perity in the old days, but suffered
from war, and in 3S7 b. C. was cap
tured by Dionysius of Syracuse and
destroyed
1t was again captured in 270 by the
Romans and underwent many vicissi-
tudes of conquest in the middle ages.
Totila, the Goth, captured it in $40 A.
ID. 1.-The Saracans did likewise in 91S:
the Pisans in 1905; Robert Guiscard
in 1000, and the Turks in 1852, and
again in 1897.
After the great earthquake in 1888
the town was almost entirely rebuilt,
and it presented a more modern as
pect than some of the other towns.
and had wide streets which were stud
ded with numerous villas. 1t had a
beautiful cathedral which dated from
the 18th century. and it possessed nu-
merous other handsome buildings,
among them the Capello del Sacra-
mento. highly decorated with colored
marble; the Strada della Caserme, and
adjacent to it the Civic museum, which
contained a fine collection of terra
cottas, lamps, statuettes and vases, in
Guiding a few very antique specimens
with curious ornamentation.
Above the cathedral and back of it
stood the Castillo. In the plaza adj
joining the railway station there was
a fine statue of Garibaldi.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

Efingham Democrat: 1.-The duty of
the hour in Illinois is to prevent Gov
ernor Deneen from organizing the leg
islature. We hope democrats and re-
publfcans will unite in the legislature
to accomplish his defeat. Teach him
to cohfine himself to his legitimate
executive powers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

but one woman, and he mentally decid.
ed that Eleanor Pettis was the one wo.
man worth while thinking Of at ALL
For her sake he took up his social
duties. Hypocritically he pretended to
himself that it was merely for the sake
of being able to meet Pettis without
seeming to seek him.
So it came about that he held only
brief conversations with the old man
about the collection and extended chats
with Eleanor about themselves. She
had become interested in the matter
Of the loan, and with most unfilial but
feminine prejudice she sided with the
younger man.
1t was she who told him of the pro-
jected trip abroad and suggested that
perhaps the interests Of the bank re-
CURED that he follow. Dick was de
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

Some persons do not like the new
IS gold pieces, but, owing to common
weakness in what is known as the
artistic temperament" very few car
ry their aversion to the point of refus-
ing the coins.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

A Chinanan at Los Angeles starved
to death with $4,000 in his pocket
He knew the little money he had
wouldn't buy him square meal there
and leave him enough to enable him
to go to China.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06
Humor aue Philosophy
By DUNCAN NJ. SMITH
DON'T WORRY, FOR

You will put yourself at the mercy
OF all the. cheap philosophers and vend-
ers Of fresh fads in the universe II
you do.
You will get burrows in your marble
brow and, hOllows in your dimpled
Cheeks and sickly pallor over your
speaking conference.-the is, if you
are woman. If you are a man it
will affect your wife most, in which
case she may get an affinity.
II you are woman the beauty ex-
pert, In case you persist in worrying,
will get all your matinee money, all
your silk stocking money, all your mil
linery money. all your empire gown
money, and after that what's the use
in living?
Your relations-in-law will look you
over with cruel arrogance and decide
that yon must have an evil conscience.
q weak will, dark past and somber
future and wonder what hypnotic pow
er you used to break into the family
anyhow.
Moreover, some people will say that
you are idle and slipshod If you in
dulge in the worry habit. They will
insist that anybody that has real work
to do and real difficulties to meet can
have no time for idle worry. OF course
they will misjudge you, but you know
how people are.
There isn't any money in it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

Standard Oil company may be indicted
again, which of course makes Pious
John ID. smile. For the king is fond
of Jest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

Miss Roosevelt's coming-out party
was one of the most brilliant social
events of the White house- But the
Houston Post thinks the general public
will find much more satisfaction in
her daddy's going out affair on
March 4.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

Of his mothers set He had made ath-
letics his hobby. and he had noticed
women only at the track events. Then
they formed merely a mass of brilliant
color In the stands. and he thought Of
them only in the plural
For the frst time he now thought Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06
Couldn't Fool Him.

sWhat are them things on the boat
that look like big doughnuts?" asked
the inquiring person who was taking
his first voyage.
"Those are life preservers," explained
the polite guide.
"Them life preservers?"
''Indeed they are"
"Say, you needn't try to string me
because I. never saw a boat before.
I've seen life preservers, though. Uncle
Bin used to bring them around when
we lived In Kansas, and they come n
Q bottle"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

The Rockefeller Bible class needs
more funds to carry on its work. We
sincerely hope that some wealthy man
will hear of this and contribute.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

There is one thing about this boreal
blast. 1t knocks any pretenses of an
ice famine when summer comes again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

1t is the coolest we've had since the
week of the Rock Island exposition,
anyway.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island. ILL., lEn-
sered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

The springs on the water wagon
seem to hold out well.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06
Guessing II Wrong.

Guessing II Wrong.
We live in hopes
That some bright day
Wen make our schemes
Immensely pay
And gather fame
AS boys in glee
Get treasures from
The walnut tree.
To port e'er long
Our ship must sail
With treasure loaded
To the rail,
With staff sufficient.
If you please,
To let us live
A life of ease.
In politics,
Elusive game.
An Office comes
To give US. fame,
The compensation
With it SO
Immense we cannot
Spend the dough.
We live in hopes,
Though well aware
Fulfiiiment cometh
In hot air,
But still it's lots
Ofssport to view
"A future that
Will not come true.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

and suffocating, and SO deathly quiet
as to make everything you see, and
feel, and hear and think of, uncanny
and supernatural. The clouds hover
over the earth in ominous formations,
and above the strange stiffness there
is distant rumbling that is so awe
inspiring in its suppressed thunder as
TO freeze your blood.
In such time only unnatural men
are brave. The strongest and most
unbelieving fall to their knees in the
street, in the presence of companions
who have never seen them pray, and
beg for mercy. The fear that siezes
the survivor is such as to drain him
of his last iota of personal confidence
The earth, the one thing man has al
ways depended on to keep it's place,
is moving SO mysteriously jerky it is
impossible to walk, and an unseen
hand-a higher power than earth man
is moving it.
Believe 1t End of World.
If he speaks the truth. 80 out of 100
survivors of severe quake will tell
you that during the period the earth
actually vibrated he had one convic-
ton which stood out in his mind over
ala realization of his utter inability
to save himself and that his safety de-
pended wholly on the compassion of
the Omnipotent. Most survivors de-
scribe their sensations simply by say
ing they believed the end of the world
was at hand.
The stiffness that follows the cessa-
ton of the earth's vibrations is scarce
ly less terrifying than the surging up
and down of the ground, and the &C
companying Notwithstanding roar. AS
terrifying as were the experiences of
Americans in the San Francisco earth
quake - shared by the writer how
much more SO must have been those of
the superstitious Sicilians, where ev-
cry sign is considered a good or an ill
omen, and the dread of a sudden and
expected visitation of an unseen hand
is the one that rules and terrifies the
poor Italian from birth to death.
1t is impossible to explain some of
the queer things persons that have
passed through earthquakes do after
the immediate danger has passed.
Many become half-hysterical, and lay
awake nights for weeks and months,
ready to spring out of bed at the slight.
est noise
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

: That was a real low trick of the
weather.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06
A Professional,

FTofeSsIondI.
"What are you doing now?"
~ am a detective
"What have you detectedT
"Nothing. Do you think want to
lose my reputation
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

Some women get squint eyed and
lantern jawed by porting so closely
over the beauty hints In the culture
columns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

By the way-cold enough for you?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

BY THE ). W. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06
FIGURES TELL LITTLE OF
STORY OF EARTHQUAKES

CONTINUED from Page one,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

Continued on Page seven.)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-23
THE ACADEMY OF FIFTY.
Object and York of Organizations
Seeking National Charters.

The application recently made TO Congress by
Senator Lodge for national charters for the Ma
tional Institute Of Arts and Letters and for the
Academy of Arts and Letters having led to in
ouiries regarding the organizations q statement
was issued last night by the executive committee
OF the Academy OF Arts and Letters showing its
inception and aims. According to the statement
it was organized in 1904 by the National Institute
of Arts and Letters which in turn had been or
ganized by the American Social Science Associa-
tion in 1898.
The membership Of the institute is go. including
representatives from all sections OF the country,
while the membership OF the academy is limited to
1ftv and is chosen from of the institute. The
first seven members. chosen by ballet, were VIII
lam Dean Howells. Samuel l. Clemens, Edmund
Clarence Stedman, John Hay, representing Htera-
ture; Augustus Saint-Gaudens and John La Fargo,
representing art, and Edward MacDowell. repre-
senting music
The Academy OF Fifty has recently effected
permanent organization and las elected the fol-
lowing executive committee: President. William
Dean HoweIs; chancellor. William NJ. Sloane; per-
rnanent secretary Robert Underwood Johnson
The officers of the institute are: President, VIII
lam NJ Sloane: vice presidents, Henry van Dyke.
John W. Alexander Arthur Whiting. Brander
Matthews and Hamlin Garland; treasurer Hanu-
ton W Mabie secretary. Mr.. Johnson
The two bodies have been planned without ref
erence to any other institution the statement
adds but in general purpose they may be said 10
resemble the National Academy of Sciences. which
has national charter. and in return for this SEMI
official status is by the terms Of its Incorporation
obligated to investigate any scientific subject at
tbs request Of the head Of the government"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-23
PEACE AT MANHATTAN
Mss Garden announces Concessions
by DIR. Hdmnerstein.

Miss Mary Garden, who is billed to appear in
"Salome' at its second performance in America
next week made public yesterday some correspond
ence which she said had passed between herself
and Mr.. Hamnlersteir. to whom she is under con-
tract In this correspondence Miss Garden said
she had had the advice of Samuel Untermyer. Mr.
Hammerstein she averred. she had allowed to
'monopolize the public prints at which he is a
past grand master of the art"
The last Of the batch of letters to Mr.. Hammer
stein which Miss Garden herself succeeded in hav-
ing dispatched to the public prints reads follows:
hereby accept the notifications of our exist
ing agreement set forth in your letter OF TINS
cate CJanuary 21). 1t is. Of course, understood
produced by You in any opera house or theatre
eontroine SnTit and When von prodce for the
nIst time In this country, and In which take
part are included in our present arrangement
and that as to all such operas Well as those
mentioned in our old contract and The Juggler.'
any such operas during Is! the term Of our
nent or any renewal term unless sing and play
not to substitute any in any role without my
express consent given IN writing over my own
assent to the other notifications set forth in
option to renew the contract for the season Of
Your letter and this reply. in conjunction with
the Old contract, will accordingly be regarded as
constituting the existing agreement between US
Permit me, in this connection to assure you
mat 1t was with the deepest pain and regret that
/ felt compelled to take the action that was
forced upon me in the protection of what re
gaTded as an invasion Of my rights and that IN
returning do so with the kindliest feelings or
affection and regard for you.
Mr.. Hammerstein at the Manhattan Opera
House last night when Miss Garden appeared in
"Thais," but declined to discuss Miss Gardens
ton or to express opinion to who is entitled
to supremacy for skill in securing space in the
newspapers.
AT the Manhattan last night 1t announced
that Miss Lima Cavalier would appear in "Tosca'
on Monday evening. Mr. Zenatelo will sing the
part of Mario Cavardossi. A performance Of Pei
leas ct Melisande." with Mr. Dalmores and Miss
Garden in the titular parts. originally an
nounced
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-23
WHAT rs GOING ON TO-DAY.

FIRE. admission the Metropolitan museum on Ar.
FREE he AMERICAN Museum of Natural History ana 'he
Geological Garden ,,.. A..
Meeting Of Cornell university "'
torla 10 a. m ..- $1,000 rya.., Man
,pncbeon Of the Adephi College Aluhnn@' Ho'el Man
haitian, i p m - e.-.z.. I'm,
Mrs Annie Ts srne for Political Educstion. Hudson
Rbeetre No lss west 44th strest IL a m:
..r,,,,,t. Isle play students Norma! SoHese'
Sis sstb i street and PARK avenue. ESQ p M
...h ann,varsary Ct the National Society OF New
-Four Ensand women. De!monlcos' 20 , m
.nuaI Cornell dinner. waidorf-Astoris. p m
Annual dinner Of the Delaware Vaii'' '''''' --O'''
.,ns1 ainner of the Alumni OF the College Of the
f>S' S-itv of New York. Hotel Astor p m
,r,r,I simmer of the Columbia County Association
annual S atRns YORK * Waidorf. evening
Dinner Of the Boot ana Shoe Travellers Association
- a,nner of the Arctic Club of America. Hotel
MaFeeI "Tbs Bosanisns' to Gustav Mahier Hotel
Asso1 ana ball Of the Eccentric Association Of
Firenaen G5end cept 5sIo Fa Of sdaeatoh D. M
Fee puefie sehool l. Henry and esthsElns streets
s ses@Sf ssRS
street and Asterdem avense -wii IAN Msee
Psa 10th street ana Fifth avenue FRACTURES
p1Isiocatlons sprains and suroeetonI DR.. Theron
.. km Money yuT Value and Coined Money Pro-
fessor Walter CLARK PUBLIC LiST 1 MIA No; 0os
We worid Professor Christian Gauss; Museum
# NatnTs b H PsTsSosy 6 Of Professor
fsvsfte 3 Mendel; Cooper Union. IniTa avenue t
and sth street Gsyssrs' rs 2Ss East 42d
street, electro Magnetism" Professor John
pSsc ssasS ana as s.
Pemersnei Bronx Church House LIS s1Tsef an h
Fulton 19s s,h h strses ana washing
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