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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26

forests and factories. The highways
are the common property of the coun-
try, their benefits are shared by all,
and they are needed by all; they bene-
fit all, and all should contribute 10
them"
He showed that there have been
patented to the railroads A, AGA, 719
acres of public lands, and the govern
ment has aided in the construction
of 1890 miles of railroads. and the
bonds of railroads amounting to SOL
623,512 have been granted both princi-
pal and interest. Millions of acres Of
land and billions of dollars of cash
have been given for other improve
ments, all of them important and
necessary, but none more necessary
than road Improvement. Senator Bank
head has shown The shipping inter
ests have had the rivers and harbors
improved to expedite their business:
the cities have been supplied. at a cost
of $3G0,000.0GO. with postoffices and
custom houses; the railroads have re-
ceived large appropriations. and have
made use of the credit of the govern
ment; millions collected from the peo-
pie have been loaned to the banks
without interest, and iron masters
have depended upon the government
to construct great docks and dams for
facilitating the assembling of mate
rails at cheap rates for making iron.
The tariff laws have been shaped 10
benefit the manufacturers, but none
of them intended to benefit the
great American farmer"
The improvement and extension If
the rural delivery system. the bene-
fits which urban and rural communi-
ties both will receive. and the general
public good that results from good
roads make this a movement well
worth studying, agitating and advo-
eating
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26

this his twelfth adversary or the cir
cumstance of that adversary's fighting
to avenge his brother or some super
stition no one knew, but Mennerzek
showed an extreme distaste for killing
the boy. intending to pink him. But
the youth fought so desperately that
the count was finally obliged to run
him through to save his own life. The
youth did not die. but it was said that
he would never recover from his
wound
All these facts and encounters were
the talk of Vienna. and never was
there so much interest manifested in
any function as 'the immortars" ban
quet celebrating his retirement from
the field in which he had so long held
the most conspicuous place. For two
months the committee examined Gre
dentiuls. Among the applicants was
one woman, She had been out only
once, but claimed that for II woman to
fight duel with man was equivalent
to the record of 1.-THE immortal" him
self. She declined to appear before
the committee. but sent a certificate
of physician who had attended hei
after her encounter In which she had
been wounded. The committee, all of
whom were gallant gentlemen, unani-
mously voted to admit the applicant.
When the evening for the banquet
arrived Count Mennerzek received his
guests In an anteroom communicating
with the banquet hall. He looked
about as If for some one and said;
But l have been told that l am to
entertain lady. l don't see her.
'She wrote. count" said one of the
invitation committee. that since a
woman would be out Of place among
SO many men she would merely APP
pear for a few minutes after coffee
is served"
The host led the way into the ban
quet room and stood ut his seat at the
head Of the table flanked by man on
his right who had fought the next
greatest number of duels-thirteen-
and on his left by one who had fought
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26

The Russian wheat crop of 1909 s
the largest ever harvested by any coun-
\ try. Our own wheat yield last year
Is next to the largest in the history
of American agriculture. that if 1901.
Once before, in 1904, when the crop
was a partial failure in this country,
did Russ;a's yield surpass ours. The
1909 Russian crop was 7S3.000.000
bushels or 1C0, 900. 0G0. 600 bushels more
than the previous best record of that
country The wheat acreage in Rus
STA increased from 100000 acres IN
1885 to over G5.00O.CC9 acres for last
year. Rye is the chief bread grain Of
the country, wheat being the money
crop" about one-fourth of the whole
being exported.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26
Hun1Or and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
8Y DUNCAN n. srsITR

TT fsn't always IL woman who gets the
things she is going Ia do and those
she is not going TO do so badly mixed
that she can't fell them apart
Money may not buy everything. but
who would want everything anyway.
Some people are always right. but
they aren't the most desirable people
to live with. either.
There are people who give such an
impression of being made ut home that
it is positively excruciating.
II we had to live up to everything we
say the longevity OF the race would be
greatly increased.
A good cook is any old kind that you
can nail down in the kitchen In these
days.
There are people so stupid that even
If Mother Nature had endowed them
with a fair share of common sense
they doubtless would be too awkward
to use it.
Occasionally we see a man who is 20
consistently silent that we can't dodge
the conclusion that he draws a salary
for it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
makes himself ridiculous by attempt
ing to shield the combine at the ex-
pense Of the retailers. anent the cause
of the reigning high prices on the
necessities of life The trouble remains
exactly where it started-with the
favored and protected interests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26

Vagaries OF cold.-You can never
be quite sure where cold is going to
hit you. In the fall and winter 1t
may settle in the bowels, producing
severe pain. Do not be alarmed nor
torment yourself with fears of appen-
dicitis. At the first sign Of a cramp
take Perry Davis Painkiller In warm
sweetened water and relief comes at
once. There is but one Painkiller.
Perry Davis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26
Jan. 20 in American
History

ISyg-AuGUstUS II. Garland. ex-attor-
ney general of the United States,
died: born 1888.
1907-Rev. Henry Martyr Field, clergy
man and author. former editor OF
the New York Evangelist. died;
born 1922
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26

The home coming week for Rock
Island, which idea the Business Mems
association is furthering, is a splendid
one, and in every way worthy of en-
eouragement. 1t will prove mutually
advantageous in connection with Rock
Islands third annual exposition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26

s. The report that the Earl of Percy
died as the result of injuries received
in duel might be credited if the 9th
er party to the duel was anybody but
a nobleman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26

ony and practically without voice N
International compacts affecting its in
terests. Within one year he had COM
PEELED the abrogation of those treatlse
inimical to its interests and when he
will have completed his work he VIII
have left the Dominion in position
with all the essential elements that
characterizes a nation. With liber-
ally conceived scheme of railway eX-
tension, he was, in II years, able to
transform a long trunk line meagerly
equipped into a network of ramifyins
trunk lines, including three new sys-
TENS tapping every portion OF the
wheat areas of the west. With these
splendid facilities he was able to open
to the world fertile areas of land,
which, if fully developed and culti-
waited, are capable of filling every
mouth in Europe. He has striven
with success to have the railroads fol-
low the settler and aid him in the
speedy disposal of his crop. He has
by means of the construction of that
great transcontinental line, the Grand
Trunk Pacific railway, which is now
in course of construction, opened
route that will bring Europe thou
sand miles nearer the western wheat
fields of Canada. and insured a va
riety of alternative routes to secure
and control the trade of the orient
BY A c. Winton in Norman E. Mack's
National Monthly for February.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26
Eorethounht.

~ SNffSN 49,
II we were wise
And planned our way
With purpose clear
From day 90 day
And In a path
Thought out would &C
We might have some
Results to show.
II we would steer
Our tiny boat.
Nor let IL with
The current float
Nor have It zigzag
Here and there.
We might attain
A haven fair.
II we could scheme
And get away
With some results
From day TO day
We wouldn't be,
AS l have said.
So like a chick
without a head
We would not be,
With some bright plan.
Just where we were
When we began.
No: we'd improve
Our humble lot
II we were wise.
Which we are not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26

Let the republican party wreck
itself on the stumbling block of Can
nonism If it will But the entire coun-
try should not be put on the ragged
edge through the same instrumentality.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26

HdVo you weak thrOatE II so,
you cannot be too careful. You can
not begin treatment too early. Each
cold makes you more liable 10 anotk.
er and the last is always the harde.
20 cure. II you Will take Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy at the outset
you will be saved my >-A-.ble. Sold
hv All A~..>--s-~-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26
Greatly Favored.

Money should not count in our
courts. There should be one law for
the rich and the poor"
But the poor have the advantage
now. so what are you kicking about2"
Il can't see it,
isn't there two laws for the poor
to every one for the rich?''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26
Wednesday, January 20, 1910.

If Secretary Knox succeeds in regu-
lating the Manchurian railway, he
might then turn his attention to the
railroads a home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26

The February NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. )
Magazine for February has as a from
tispiece a striking picture in colors Of
a modern locomotive running I great
speed. 1t is one Of several accompany
ing an article which describes the life
of a modern engineer by the artist,
William Harnden Foster. Theodore
Roosevelt's article shows his remarka-
BILE capacity for observation and for
picturesque and vivid description. 1t
is not a haphazard record of travel,
but MI Roosevelt has carried out the
project as he saw it before starting
to associate each species of the large
game with the region in which it flour
isnes He reproduces the panorama
of the life as he has seen it. This
present article pictures "a Buffalo
Hunt by the Kamiti'-the buffalo be-
ing one of the most dangerous of Afri-
can wild animals Mr.. Hewlett's
serial. Rest Harrow has caught the
attention of readers from the very
first, and the strange drama of Sanchia
and Senhouse is unfolded with won
derful literary skill The Progressive
Pacific Coast exactly describes the
subject of Henry T. Finck's notable
article. which is the tremendous de-
velopment of that region as it appears
today to Mr.. Finck who has been IA
miliar with the northwest since early
youth. The article on Frederic Rem
ington: A Painter OF American Life"
by Royal Cortissoz. was written be-
fore Mr. Remington's death. and in
deed he assisted in the selection of the
pictures which abundantly illustrate
the article. Edith Wharton had
watched the poetic development Of
George Cabot Lodge from his early
youth. and she writes a most sympa-
thetic account of his personality and
his poetry, and the bright promise of
his career SO recently ended by death
Walter Pritchard Eaton writes of the
relations of Great Acting and the
Modern Drama" The short stories
are: The Hermit of Bubbling
Water" by Frederic Palmer-aLother
adventure of Danbury Rodd, Aviator;
Hostages to Fortune" by Atkinson
Kimball and a humorous story, THE
Lamb in Sleeps Clothing" by Nelson
Lloyd The new Boston Art museum
is described by Philip L. Hale in the
Field Of Art.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26
la kns,4 LIi. Nninhhor..

nc NHGW us NoIBUDoFG-
81 want 10 lind way Of living with
out work"
II didn't think you were that lazy"
Lazy nothing"
why do you want #. Them
ITO caTithlizn and make billion OF
So"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26

s The campaign for Harmon for presi-
dent in 1912 has already been started
by Ohio democrats. That ought to
mean harmony.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26
Sad.

"It is terrible"
"What is?''
His wife has to take IN scrubbinR
10 support him"
Does sheT
YES"
at certainly is. presume be has
had to resign from his club. for no
man can belong on such a beggarly
pittance as that"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26
Rheumatism Cured In a Dav.

DR.. Detchon's Relief for Rheuma-
tism and Neuralgia radically sures in
one to three days. Its action upon the
system is remarkable and mysterious
1t removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. 70 cents
and 81. Sold by Otto Grotjan. 1901
Second avenue, Rock Island: Gust
Schlegel & Son, 22O West Second
street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26

"She doesn't know which OF the two
men TO marry"
That should be very easily decid-
ed"
SHOULD it,"
Certainly"
"HowT"
"Look in Bradstreet's."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26
m Suxpepsz.

''How docs he like his new work -
"Oh. fairly we'll"
II understand he is fred with enthu-
Eiasm.'
oh. no. not yet. but you never can
TELL what n boss will do"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26

Chamberlain Cough Remedy is
not a common. everyday cough mix
ture. 1t is a meritorlous remedy for
all the troublesome and dangerous
complications resulting from cold in
the head, throat. chest or lungs. Sold
by all druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26
snunded Reasonable.

"Ma. what Is the Finnish dlet7"
1.-THE finish diet? Tint must be the
desert"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26
No Wonder.

Have aay trouble heating your
house this winter"
"No"
What are you burningT
Money"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26

:. TERMS-Daily. 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
= All communications of argumentative
character. political or religious, must
have real name attached for publica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
s Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26
But She Masn'L

But She WASN'T
Figures don't lie
"Oh. don't theyT'
mo"
But that girls figure says she IS
symmetrical"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26
THE ARGUS.

published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island, Ill IEn-
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26

Our Trade in the Orient. - These
velopment of American trade in the
orient, advises Louis Brownlow in an
article entitled Our Chance in China
in Success Magazine" for February.
That American wares be represented
in China by American agents who
carefully study the needs of the mar
ket, who have the support of sympa-
thetic home houses. and who will use
their Yankee ingenuity in creating
new demands in accordance with Chi
nese tastes. That American manufac
turers exercise the strictest scrutiny
in all shipments made to China. and
see that the goods shipped correspond
in every detail with the sample upon
which the order was based. That
goods shipped from America to the
Orient be packed with view to stand
ing the rough handling which is 81
ways the fate of every package ship
ped across the sea, that these goods
may arrive in China in perfect condi-
ton. as do the wares shipped by the
British the Germans and the Japanese.
The European and Japanese business
men. without exception. observe scrup-
ulously every one of these essential
requirements. The Americans are the
only negligent ones. If these simple
and primary requirements be observed
the Americans will forge ahead OF all
by reason that peculiar in
genuity and sharp wit which has been
so aptly illustrated in the case of the
oil and tobacco concerns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26

To Make the Decision.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-26

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-19
HANCOCK.

Bernice Eaton is on the sick list.
Zera Ellsworth is again quite poorly.
Mrs. Alice Norton is quite IL with la
grippe.
Mrs. Ransom Durham is victim Of
la grippe.
Mrs. Frank McGiveny Of Churchville
is under the doctors care.
Mrs. Riley is with her daughter Mrs.
Dana Marsh, for a short time.
The w. C. T. Z. will hold their next
meeting with Mrs. A. D. Martin.
Numerous are the traps and many are
the cats that get caught therein.
The village school will begin Monday,
with Mrs, Lizzie Shampeney as teacher
LLOYD Church has moved from the
Granville camp into the Robinson house
in Churehiylle
Misses Bessie and Mamie Hubbard
have been in Bethel for a few days
visiting friends.
Fred Andrews has moved into the ten
ement in the Gleason house, lately yacat-
ed by James Freelan
The ladies OF the w G. r. Y. viii
give harvest supper at the town hal
Saturday evening, to which all are cor
daily invited Fee, l5ej children, l0c
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-19

and It will always reflect credit upon
those intelligent enough to write IT, TO
appreciate its meaning aid produce It.
The encouraging thing IN a produe-
ton 81 4 good play like a Gentleman
from Mississippi is the quick response
TO every honorable suggestion, and TO
every biting comment on official cor
rrption. "The plays the thing wherein
III catch the conscience OF the king.
That was said truly three hundred years
ago when Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.
The PLAYS the thing to-day to catch
the conscience Of the people, to awaken
the people to keen realization Of ma
atlonal truths, national ideals, and when
necessary. Of national dish0u0r.
PLAYS OF this kind, let us hope, viii
be produced more and more frequently
and rewarded with ever growing sue
cess. The day win come when capable
managers and actors will be ashamed to
use their power aimlessly and purpose
lesslv. Comedy, pure and simple, we
shall always have with US, but it will
be a comedy with a purpose, the comedy
Of Moliere or Sophocles. We shall
always have love stories on the stage,
for young people must have their senti-
mental provender But these love
stories can be woven into plays on Sc
ricus purpose, as in the case of "A
Gentleman from Mississippi" That Is
good play, and that is why it is men
toned in this column. We propose new
er to mention here book, or a play,
unless we can advise our readers earnest
IL to read the book, or see the play,
or unless we feel bound to advise the
police to suppress the book or suppress
the play.
You win probably have to engage
your seats well in advance, for "A Gem
! tlenan from Mississippi" and We are
glad Of it. II the public wants good
plavs with purpose, it must deserve
them by approaching them.
a Gentleman from Mississippi will
be presented at the Barre opera house
/ Tuesday, November p.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-19

Ointment and had the utsJ Bood
nights sleep in three months. / used
about two lots of Cuticura Soap and
Ointment when you could not see
a mark on my face or neck. Will
gladly recommend the Cuticura REM
edies TO anybody. VIM. Silver, 346
West 3sth ST., New York, Mar. /, 1910.
In another letter Mr.. Silver says,
my case was Of about two years
standing. After using Cuticura Soap
and Ointment for about three days l
saw a decided improvement and was
entirely cured in two months"
For the prevention and treatment Of
itching, burning. scaling eruptions and
the promotion of permanent skin and
hair health, Cuticura Soap and .Cuticura
Ointment are absolutely unrivaled IN
purity. efficacy and economy. A single
cake Of Cuticura Soap and box Of Cuti-
cura Ointment are often sufficient.
Sold throughout the civilized world. Potter
Drug 4 Chem Corp. Sole PFops,e Boston. Mass,
Ge~Mailed free. latest Cutieura book, Guide 70
the Treatment OF the skin
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-19
THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY
CHICAGO
PLAINFIELD.


Mrs. Edward Richardson is seriously
i'll at the home Of her sister, Mrs. Gard
ner Noble
Mrs. Clara Cloak went to New York
Wednesday for a few weeks visit with
her daughter, Mrs Harold Varcoe
Miss Amy Fisk of Orleans visited her
brother, Rev. p B. Fisk, Monday and
Tuesday.
Mrs. Frank Cave of Barre visited
friends in town the first Of the week.
Mrs. Clarence Reams of Montpelier
spent Tuesday with her sister, Mrs. 0.
L. Martin.
Mrs. Charley Parks OF B~Te was in
town Tuesday on business
Rev and Mrs. A. NJ. Hewitt went to
Berlin Tuesday for ten days visit
with Mr.. Hewitt's parents.
Miss Matte Riser returned to Mont
peIier Wednesday, after a few days stay
in town.
Mrs. Rosa Huntoon is having some
repairs made in her house. Hans Fred
rickson is doing the work.
Mrs Nelson Morse Of Randolph Is
spending few days in town with
friends and relatives.
Mrs. George Benjamin OF Montpelier
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs, George
Bodies, part of this week.
VIII Martin OF Boston was in town
! Thursday and Friday visiting at the
home of his brother, D. j. Martin.
Rev. and Mrs. Perrin B. Fisk and
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Bartlett were in
Montpelier Wednesday, the guests Of
/ Miss Amy Fisk at the chicken-pie sup
per at Bethany church.
4 Fred Prouty Of Burlington was a
/ business visitor in town Friday.
Mrs Laura Felch OF Woodbury. visited
! friends in town Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. Frank Marsh OF East Calais was
in town Friday
All schools in town closed Friday for
weeks vacation.
/ Mr.. and Mrs George Whitcher returned
Friday from several weeks visit IN yari-
GUS parts OF the West.
There will be no services at the Meth
odist church Sunday, as Mr.. Hewitt IS
out of town.
Several from town were IN Barre Fri
day evening to attend the concert given
by Sousa's band
| Charley Wheeler has finished work in
Mr.. Worthen's livery stable and now has
charge Of Fred Laird's farm at the mills.
Miss Iona Fits and Miss Estella Red
mond have gone to their homes in Brad
ford and Island Pond for a weeks yaca-
ton.
The pupils of the South district school
gave an entertainment Friday evening
The proceeds are to be used to purchase
a clock.
Miss Evelyn Perry has finished her
term OF school in Marshfeld and is home
for two weeks vacation.