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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-05-29
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NCEVO ITINERARIO DEL "vAPOR JULIA"

Saiidas de San Juan cada 81 das para los pueros de
Maoons >anto Domingo, Santiago de Cuba Nuevitas Ha
bana Via Mayaguez Ponce Aguadiiia en- que su-
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-05-29

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
Wall Street Is Wise.

Even Wall street is beginning to sit
up and take notice OF the unfair deal
that the workingman of this country
is receiving from the protected mann
facturers.
The weekly market letter issued by
the New York stock brokerage firm
of Warren w. Erwin & Co. has this
to say of conditions prevailing under
our system of excessive protection:
q Because the cost of living, measured
in gold dollars, is now higher than at
any time since the war period and
because wages and salaries have not
In recent years, advanced even half IS
much as have the prices of the neces-
saries of life, it is essential, both for
labor and for industry, that wages and
salaries should be readjusted more
nearly to the cost of living. Strikes
and friction may be anticipated"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
The Argus Daily Short Story
Kief and Kauf-By Tom Carlton.
Copyrighted, 1910. by Associated Literary Press.

each other their JOYS and their sor-
rows. Kief said one day over the wire;
81 wish. Kauf, | could express sympa
thy as we'll as you. | feel it all, but /
can't get it out" Kief possessed GER
tain traits that Kauf appreciated. and
so the two, though they had never
met. became fast friends.
One day Kief was offered a leave
Kiefer had not been absent from duty
in three years. He had not wanted
to be. But with that bit of ribbon just
licked from the instrument before his
eyes be underwent a sudden change.
Suppose he had no friends to so to
and his instincts were not toward
hunting. he world accept the vacation
so tardily offered and make the most
of it. His books said that change
was good for n mans soul, and he
would come back refreshed In mind
and body. he loved the sand views Of
station -. for they siGnified home,
but the changeIess monotony of the
four sides had grown little Cypress
i've since the arrival of 10.
Before ticking back an acceptance to
the home office he let his finger fall
upon the instrument for a moment,
touching the hand of his friend. as it
were.
Hello. Kaufman be called. Are
you in for vacation too?"
"a week." came back the prompt an
swer. commencing on the odd"
THE 23d, why. mine ends on that
date. and it's two weeks. But | under
stand I've been here three years and
you only three months. and now it's
a dull time they're going to let You
control the section while I'm away aud
fhen I'm TO do the same for you. Zoo
bad. though. fer I'd thought we might
20 off together odd. isn't it: l fee,
you're the best frirud We got III he
world-about the only one. for that
matter-for we've wired no end OF
personal gossip and ambition. and our
tastes run about the same way. uud
yet I've never seen you and don't
know whether you're short or tall.
lean or fat. heather or a =. NJ. g. a
or whether your muStache is still TO
sprout or your white hair is dropping
out from old age. Queer world. ISn';
II. kauf? Rut say, | believe I'll run
down and spend my vacation win
you. There's no other pIace can
think OF. and we can see how each
other looks and talk and smoke anG"-
There was Il quick. protesting click.
Don't you do it. Kiefer What is Your
name anyway-thP whole of Il? Kiefer
is $3.50 unceremonious and blunt
RutNabOut the vacation. You mustn't
visit me now-mustn't. Why. it's I'm
possible. III haven't the accommo-
dations. and-and Fun so busy. and
There was call from the home Of
fee. and with hurried explanation TO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
The Canals on Mars.

When astronomers disagree laymen
ire suspended in doubt. That there
ire canals on Mars is solemnly AT
irmed by Professor Lowell and his
assistants, who have been making OBJ
iervetions in the clear air of Arizona
With one of the most powerful teles-
:opes the declaration is stoutly de-
aied by the Royal Astronomical So
,iety Of London, which says that there
ire no straight lines on the planet, no
water, no snow. Professor Lowell says
n rebuttal that he has actual photo
graphs showing the canals, yet the
operators of the big Mount Wilson
telescope in California have failed to
si1otogaph them, and fatty declare
they don't exist.
With the question involving discov-
ery of the north pole resolved in favor
81 Peary and against Cook, the ques-
-.ion of veracity between Professor
lowell and his associates on the one
hand and the Californians and Lon
Ioners on the other, ought to be settled
Iecisive1y in order that the average
nan may bring his thought down from
he clouds and center it on the cost
X living. 1t may be that the murky
atmosphere OF. London clouds the WIS.,
pn and that the eyesight of the Cali
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21

Hiefer of telegraph station II. But
ler's survey, was bored His station
was not busy one. and he longed fol
some one to talk TO. He called ur
Kaufman of a neighboring station,
whose acquaintance he had made over
the wire some time before.
''Kauf. are you busy?"
NO. Are your"
Yes. I'm busy holding my chair
down"
I'm reading novel"
who's it by?
Maria Fdgeworth."
Good gracious. You don't read
such stuff as that. do you9 l thought
Maria Edseworth wrote for women
and children"
After few moments this came: 81
don't read much fiction. When l do l
usually read Hardy, Hall Caine and
such authors"
What's your favorite athletic
gamer"
Basketball"
Don't you go in for footballP'
az never learned the game"
when we meet some. autumn I'll
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
A National shelter.

As a rule the lawyers shake their
heads doubtfully when asked to give
an opinion upon the propTiety or the
constitutionality of President Taft's
proposed national incorporation Law
for the shelter of the good trusts.
There is shrewd criticism in the OBJ
servation of a prominent New York
attorney who guardedly observes: las
a matter of expediency it is said that
some corporations are too large for
state control, and. being national IN
their powers and functions, must
necessarily submit to a national juris-
diction.
The proposed remedy is like that
suggested by a lawyer who told his
client that the easiest way TO avoid
be to forge a release. If the corpora
tions are too large. it would be better
to see that they are made smaller, and
that no one is allowed to be OF such
size as TO control all the national mar
kets in any staple commodity
AS a matter of fact. the monster
combinations that exist in this country.
whether engaged in trading, transpor-
tation, banking. mining, insurance or
other fields of moncpolistic effort or Of
speculation are an appalling danger.
They stand in need of curb: not OF
protection. Admitted to shelter under
the federal arm. they would soon con-
troll the federal power, to their greater
aggrandizement and the more effectual
of the mass of the people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
Am anonymous ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2

An anonymous communication at
lacking direct primary legislation and
addressed to the members of the Hi
nois general assembly and others is
only another of the contemplate meth
DDS used by professional political
bosses" to deceive the members of
the legislature into believing there IS
no genuine sentiment throughout the
state of Illinois for direct plurality
primary. If the legislators have any
doubt as to how the people stand on
the primary law it is but necessary
for them to consult the people. They
are for it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21

''wELLY INQUIRED THE GIRL AT LAST.
tell you something about it Nothing
pleases me so much as a fine punt.
l think you'll like IL too
mo; don't think So I'm not much
on athletics anyway. Pictures and
music suit me better
I'm with you there. I'm fond of
both. play the violin Do you play
any instrument
THE harp"
81 love the harp But with the ex
ception Of street musicians I've gen
orally found the girls take to the harp
rather than men. I've always fancied
that the girl | should tie up to would
play the harp"
THAT so2 should like my partner
to play the violin"
There was slight pause. after
which Kief asked. Aren't you coming
up this way soon?"
Don't think I'll ever get off. If do
I'd like to go In the fall so that you
can show me how TO kick football.
You seem to be so bent on doing so.''
land you can instill into me a taste
for Maria Edgeworth and that sort of
feminine reading. That's the only
thing about you fancy ! won't like If
we ever meet"
"Oh, you'll find me manly enough.
Don't fear for that"
At this juncture Kauf said that
some one was coming. and the dia-
logue ceased.
This is a sample of the chats the
two operators had over the wire. but Il
very small one. They got to telling
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
ILLINOIS is $1,000 GAMER
Adjutant General Dickson Obtains
ReIinquishment of Militia Claim.

Washington, Jan. 21.-Claims of the
federal government against the state
Of Illinois amounting to $1,000 will
be relinquished as a result of repre-
sensations made to the war depart
ment by Adjutant General Frank S.
Dickson of the Illinois National Guard.
The claims involved government prop
erty supplied the Illinois militia.
The government claimed the state
owed it SIT, 900 for guns and equip
ment furnished the state troops under
the administration of the late Adiu-
tant General Scott. The state admin
istration wrote the amount of the &C
count several months ago and the goy-
eminent demanded that the property
be accounted for or the money pail
over.
General Dickson demonstrated to
the satisfaction of the war department
that the charge was an error
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
Jan. FL in American
History

1T43-Jchn Fitch. Inventor Of the
steamboat. born; died 1913.
1S13-General John Charles Fremont,
soldier. senator and explorer. born;
died 1880.
IS21-General Cabell Breckenridge, SEN
ator vice president and soldier.
born; died 1879.
lS23-John Gottlieb Ernest Heckcwel-
der. missionary to the Indians.
died; born 1TI3.
IS2+General Thomas Jonathan Jack
son "GStonewaii." born: died 1868,
T9O5-The United States assumed n
temporary protectorate Of the re-
public OF Santo Domingo.
19O7-Josiah Flynt Willard. who wrote
on sociological subjects over the
name Josiah Flynt. died; born 1869.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21

; Having disposed of some OF the little
sugar trust grafters. the governnl ent
is at last reaching for the men
higher up" The secretary of the
American Sugar Refining company has
been indicted in New York in conncc-
ton with the import frauds. 1t was the
Gay before that the company stated
over the secretary's signature that
your board has no reason to believe
and does rot believe that any execu-
tive officer or director of this company
had any knowledge of or participation
in this fraudulent underweighing."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21

fornians is defective, and it may also
be that Professor Lowell's eye sees
what it wants to see. On the theory
that to the pure all things are pure all
lines on Mars are canals to Lowell.
Determination of the issue would not
make ii any easier for the insurgents
at Washington, but it would be of ire
mendous educational value.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21

Figures compiled by Secretary
Maggie indicate how relatively less Is
the danger of travel by water than
by rail. In the calendar year 1908
4i3,531, sos passengers were carried in
steam and other machine propelled
craft OF this number IS lost their
lives, but 154 OF these deaths were sui
cides, or due to carelessness of indi-
yiduals and other causes over which
the service has no control
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
Natural Inpression.


Where did Mrs. Speakup get her
idea of men?"
Why"
"She thinks they are all so quiet"
"She never meets them when they
are alone. and when she is there they
never have chance to do more than
nod their heads"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
Have you a weak throat7

Have You weak tHTOaLE II 20.
you cannot be too careful. You can
not begin treatment too early. Each
cold makes you more liable 10 anoth-
er and the last is always the harder
TO cure. II you will take Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy at the outset
you will be saved much trouble. Sold
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21

8 Improve the streets wherever neces-
sary- Keep up with the march OF prog
Tess. Don't be a laggard. The push
policy is what has counted for Rock
Islands advancement so far-let Us
hold on to it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21

Well, what do you think of thing
like this just percolating through the
columns of the Boston Transcript
why is Chicago Il?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
Maudio's Way.

Maud Muller on summer day
Concluded mas Ing didn't pay.
So she hung oGt q sign Of TIN
Some Summer Boarder- Taken IN
They nocked up through the dust ana
snudge-
Size made enough 20 land a Judge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21

Free Advice.
The man who Is wise
Is on 10 said guys
Who hand out advice that is free
He knows that the lot
OF this tommyrot
Is stale to the final degree
For goods that cut ice
Are marked with a price
AS on through LIES journey you pash.
And things that are worth
A place on the earth
Are not In the free sample class
The man with advice.
Right once and wrong twice,
Should keep for home uses his junk
To use on himself.
So put on the shelf
His Offering OF moth eaten bunk
A word to the wise
Is not a surprise.
But when II comes In by the skein
Just give him the wink
And say that you think
We may have a bit OF a rain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21

The other night steel trust officials
had a dinner in Pittsburg that cost
800 plate. On the same night 2,G00
mon were fed in the bread line in New
York. The facts carry their own com
ment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
HurnOr and
Philosophy
By DUNCAN N. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

EVERY single woman knows as much
about managing husband as a
childless woman knows about raising
children.
When you get something for nothing
you are indeed lucky if it proves to be
worth the price.
1t may not always be safe to tell the
truth when some difficulty comes up.
but yet safer than not TO tell It,
Love letters when they form serial
in daily paper are apt to be consid-
cred funny and have lots Of readers.
Poverty is a blessing that we are all
dead willing to see brighten by taking
its flight.
Clever people are they. indeed, who
make a strength out Of their weak
nesSes.
There are just common ordinary peo-
pie who don't like the favor of sin
gle thing unless it tastes like mone-.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21

~ORINTO, Nicaragua.-It is report
4 ed that President Madriz has &C
~ copied the offer of Rear Admiral
w. W. Kimball to exert his good
offices to further the negotiations for
peace between the forces of the gov
eminent and the followers of Estrada
Admiral Kimball is in command of the
American warships in Nicaraguan wa
tiers and has preserved a most dis
Greet course during all the trouble
here He has under his command
sufficient. force to protect the inter
ests of Americans, and If necessary to
compel compliance with what the
American government demands. but
has avoided all entanglements so far.
The admirars flagship has complete
wireless equipment that enables him
to keep in touch with all develop
ments on both coasts and with the
officials at Washington.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21

If We are to have dukes and counts
within 100 years, as Dr. Hirsch pre-
diets, most of us are glad we won't oe
here
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
Following pireetions.

what in the world IS that boy doing
oct in the plowed ground after this
rain? He will get SO stuck up he
never will get bis clothes clean"
Maybe he heard that the president
advised the boys to stick TO the farm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21

The 17-pound meteor which fell in
Kansas must have been the echo of
the bump the insurgents gave Cannon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
No Excusc.

\ naughty ahd baidhoaded liz
10 man should ever tell.
Particularly if the truth
VIII serve his case as we'll
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21

Talent IS that which is in n mnn's
power: geHfGs is that in whose power
a man is.-Loweil.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21

Wonder if the statesmen at Spring
held who want caucuses and conveu-
tons realize this is the twentieth cell
fury?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
Minht Find L Useful.

'AIost absentminded man even
knew. Went to town one day and for
got to bring his wife home"
Doctor"
YES"
Gould that brand of absentminded.
ness be acquired?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
Accommodating.

II am only n weak woman"
Then you should like me-"
"Why?"
Because I am strong for you"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
Exclaimed.

Explained.
"What is meant by habitT
Habit"
YES"
"Well. habit''-
$50 on
1T Is doing what you don't want
to do because you just can't feel com
forta bic unless you do It."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
Hard Luck.

10 dreams over cone true?'
"Yes: nightmares sometimes do"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21

Is States Attorney Magill also Of
that host Of wise men who realize it
pays to advertise?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
stories and articles of universal inter
est are to be found in the FEBRUARY
issue of this really unique magazine.

stories ana arICl0S vi uHlFSIo oA AAASSA
est are to be found in the February
issue of this really unique magazine.
The February Strand.-The Strand
Magazine for February contains two
serial stories, five short stories ana
six striking articles, besides several
pages of those ''Curiosities" with which
Strand readers have become so famiI-
lar during the last few years. A. E.
w. Mason's exciting story, The Muir
der at the villa Rose" is continued
and increases in interest as the COM
pIications grow. NJ. Hanaud is a de-
tective well able to cross swords with
the immortal Holmes. Among the
short stories is one by H. G. Wells en-
titled My First Aeroplane." 1t is
supposedly written by an ancient
flyer who is recalling an incident
of his early youth-''far back in the
spring of 1912" 1t is humorous story
ably illustrated by the we'll known
Punch artist, Tom Browne. Other
good fiction is supplied by Aubrey Hop
wood. Frank Savile, c. H. Bovill, c. G.
Andrews and E. Nesbit. The articles
are unique as usual They include
My "reminiscences" by Leslie Ward,
who has caricatured every celebrity OF
the last quarter of a century under the
signature of Spy" my Favorite Pa
tionces." by Professor Dalton, the well
known authority on card games; THE
Child and the Camera by Louis Lang
fer. illustrated with a score of beau
tiful child studies printed in color, and
IF Our Fashions Were Theirs"
curious article, which shows a num-
Der of famous pictures with the char
acters in modern dress. Professor
John J. Ward supplies nature" arti-
Gle and a dozen well known auction
GERS write of THE Most Striking Auc-
ton Room Incident l Remember" AL
together the February Strand is more
than ordinarily attractive.
The Red Book Magazine.-A short
story that grips the readers attention
with its first line and does not loosen
its grip until the end is The Man
Hunter" a tale of the Royal North
west Mounted Police that James o.
Curwood has written for the February
Red Book Magazine. 1t possesses in
its 5 pages more drama than common
ly goes into a four-act play and is done
with a literary felicity that sets II
apart from the run of the months fic
ton In striking contrast the same is
sue contains a delicately tender tale
Of love by Sophia Chandler, entitled
Their Romance" A tale of the west
that sounds a deeply human note is
Love of Service by Birdsall Briscoe.
Another story of elemental force is
The Redemption of Hogan" by Wal
ter A. Frost Among other very well
known writer's of lively fiction whose
latest stories are published in the Red
Book Magazine for February are Ed
ward Hungerford, Mary Inlay Taylor,
George Hyde Preston, Alden Arthur
Knipe, Hubert Footner, Clara f.
Laughlin, Edith Rickert and Susan
Glaspell. Louis V De Foe writes of
the newest metropolitan plays, and the
issue is opened with % exquisitely
printed portrait studies of many wo-
men whose beauty illumines the Amer
lean stage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
Compul.orv.

ais he looking FOR jobT'
no. but he VIII take one II HIS wife
finds out one was offered to him."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and weekly at 1924
second avenue, Rock Island Ill TEn-
tered at the postofice as second-class
matter.I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
Makina Il Riaht.

Speaking Of hard winters. Miss
screwcurls. do you remember that aw-
full winter we had I'm the siSties?"
"Sir?"
''Oh. mean in 1890. not I'm 1900"