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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-10-07
LIFTING the postoffice entirely out {

LIFTING the postoffice entirely out of
politics, a task advanced materially
during the administration of President
Roosevelt, has been pushed to next to
the last notch by the very recent order
of President Taft, bringing all assis-
tant postmasters under the operation
and protection of the civil service law.
|, This means that these officials, hereto
8 fore subject to appointment by the
politically-created postmasters, will
serve as long as they remain capable
: and efficient. 1t gives protection to
5000 men throughout the country who
are really the working brains of their
offices. While there are many of the
old time Wisconsin politicians who still
frown when civil service is mentioned,
the day Of political speils has passed
and in the future efficiency is to be
served and these thousands of assistant
pastmasters, the real working heads of
the various Offices, have at last been
brought under the shelter. They should
have been of the first to be protected
but the political pull has been too
strong. Politics and postoffices have
been inseparably linked in years past,
so firmly welded in fact that President
Roosevelt did not dare to cut the knot.
But these assistants have been busily
at work themselves and have created
so much sentiment for the change that
President Taft risked the displeasure
of the thousands of postmasters and
took this most commendable advance
step. In scores of Wisconsin cities,
the assistant postmaster has served as
the practical executive under number
of politically created postmasters by
reason of merit alone. He has been
retained by reason of efficiency alone.
But there has never been a moment of
time when he could be certain that his
tenure would continue and that his
years of labor and achievement would
count in his behalf. He was subject to
the within of his chief and this chief is
always local politician. The last step
in this matter will come when the post
masters themselves are named on
merit. The matter goes even farther
than the assistant himself, for it makes
it possible for the under employees to
rise to the very top by way of the
merit route and not have to depend on
political favor. 1t is an incentive for
the clerk or even the carrier to make a
good record, for the higher positions
are filled from their ranks and practi-
cally only from their number.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-10-07

Good seven room house with good
garden, city water, with good big els
tern, $1050 if taken at once. North &
Wentworth.
"A bargain.-An 80 acre farm near
Rhinelander, Wise, at $500 per acre
cash. Address A. c. Hauge, Room 2,
134 Grand Ave, Milwaukee, Wis. 1852
An agent of large manufacturing
firm will be at our store Friday and
Saturday, Oct. 7th and 9Th, with very
attractive line of new fall furs and
suits. Don't fail to get prices.-T. P.
Burns, GAINESVILLE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
The Argus Daily Short Story
The Two Rosettes-By Agnes G.. Brogan.
Copyrighted. 1910. by Associated Literary Press.

| his return and when he could look
into her eyes again.
Well, he was wounded at last and
lay suffering upon the battlefield, try
ing to endure silently the racking pain
until the doctor and nurses might come
to his relief.
He wondered duly if they would be
in time. and then the one girls face
seemed suddenly TO appear before
him, laughing from the depths Of her
bonnet. She had been gay and-happy
always, he remembered. Would 1t
grieve her now to learn that he would
never come back. Yet she must know
He aroused himself with great eff
fort and turned bindly toward a man
who lay half reclining upon the
ground.
There's a little keepsake in my
pocket" he said haltingly, land If all
should be up with me I'd like you to
send it to a girl in Hampton town
with a message"
The other young man leaned for
ward and with swift and gentle fin
gers drew forth the crumpled knot Of
forgetmenots. He stared at 1t unbe
lovingly for a moment and then
laughed 1t was not a pleasant laugh
10 hear A nurse working near by
looked up, startled at the sound, and
then waited, listening:
"See here" the man said presently.
"a girl in Hampton gave you this at
parting-promised to be faithful and
true, waiting for you at the end, Ell?
You see. I happen to know all about
it, for there were two true lover
knots upon that bonnet of hers. and
1 guess 1 can match you"
With an exclamation he threw a sec
ond rosette upon the ground, where
the incongruous bits OF blue and pink
so exactly alike lay between them.
The wounded lad grew white to the
lips. "You mean that She he whis-
pered. Then the little nurse approach
ed. With steady gray eyes she regard
ed the injured men and sank upon her
knees before the one whose strength
was fast failing.
well" she asked in a crisp, bust
nesslike manner, what can I do for
your
THE best thing you can do now,
nurse" he whispered hopelessly, els
just to let me die"
NONSENSE the girl replied. Would
you surrender so easily, generalT'
She smiled as she bestowed the name
upon him and was already at work
with her bandages. Her gaze fell ap-
parentIy for the first time upon the
rosettes, and she gave a start of sur
prise.
why, declare" she said-''to think
that I should find in this dreadful
place pieces of my own handiworky'
your work. cried the man who
had tossed them there.
81 will tell you about It" she ex-
planned, 'If you promise not to speak
one word" She looked anxiously
down at the pale face beneath her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11

AS l walked up the garden path be-
tween the stiff rows of flaming holly
hooks l saw Gertrude's grandfather
sitting on the veranda. He greeted
me with his delightful air of old time
gallantry. and / changed my purpose
Of joining the gay throng in the old
fashioned drawing room and dropped
into a chair at his side. 1 was still
wearing my quaint little automobile
bonnet, and my face flushed with
pleasure at the admiring light in his
fine old eyes, but | was soon to learn
that it was not my face or my bonnet
which had evoked his approval, but
an awakened memory from the long
ago.
And then the old soldier told this
simple story:
The girl who had worn the flower
wreathed bonnet must have been beau
tiful indeed, with her rosy cheeks and
bright dark eyes and the black curls,
which bobbed coquettishly just above
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11

over-capitalized. Every railway bal
ance sheet begins with cost of prop
erty,' against which is set a figure
which purports to stand for the
investment No court, or commission,
or accountant, or financial writer
would for a moment consider that the
present balance sheet statement pur-
porting to give cost of property sug-
gests, even in a remote degree. a re-
liable estimate, either of money in
vested or of present value"
In other words, the commission is
constantly permitting the railroads to
increase rates upon a showing of fig
ures which the commission itself ad-
mits are unreliable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
Free Trade and Prices.

Public opinion compelled congress,
when it was considering the tariff bill,
to put the products of the Standard
Oil trust on the free list. Now, the
consumers of refined oil are having
their reward, for the trust has been
compelled to reduce the price. Oil in
barrels has now been cut in price
from 9A to 50 cents at the refinery
and refined oil in tanks has been re-
duced from 61a TO 5k cents a gallon.
The trust says in a late statement:
THE level of prices for refined oil
today in the United States is lower
than at any time during recent years,
and as a direct result of these prices
the consumption of refined oil in this
country is increasing"
That is a tariff lesson which he who
runs may read; and further, that the
lower the price of commodities, the
more is consumed, because the same
amount of wages will buy more. If
the Standard Oil trust did not have a
virtual monopoly of the pipe lines and
the means of distribution, the price of
refined oil would be lower still.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
audiences that will greet him has not
yet been advertised.

Governor to Boost County Ticket.
The chief of the commonwealth is
always welcome to any community
within his dominions. So Governor
Charles Deneen will be received with
Joy whenever the spirit may move
him to come to Rock Island. Es-
pecially will this be true when it is
recalled how many times he has dis
appointed the people in failing to
keep his appointments on public &C.
casions, stripped of partisan signtfi-
canoe. At such times the governor
of the state, regardless of his poll
tics, would always be accorded the
honor due his official station.
1t Is learned now, however, that
Governor Deneen is at last coming
to Rock Island. He is not under
the present order of things coming
entirely in his capacity as governor;
rather is he coming in the role Of
political dictator using the power Of
his great Office to whip the rank and
file of his party into line in the forth
coming county election. 1t is hardly
necessary to comment on the
effect of bringing so much pres
sure to bear on the republican voters
of the county, especially when it is
considered that just at this particu-
lar time in Rock Island county there
is nothing greater at stake
than some of the officers on
the county ticket Indeed, and
it is at the request of the county
committee that the governor is to
lend his presence in this corner of
the state. AS is known there is no
important strife on the state ticket,
no fight involving party lines for the
legislature, and Senator Landee has no
opposition for reelection in the sena-
torial district and so far Congressman
Mckinley has had things his own way
in the Fourteenth congressional dis
trict.
So that all there Is to attract the
governor politically speaking is the
county election. If he is to be pre-
vailed upon to interfere in matters
of strictly local nature in this re-
spect, remains to be seen.
In any event the action of the To-
cal politicians in aiming to get the
benefit of his influence would seem
to convey the impression that some
body is scared that something is go
ing to happen"
Nevertheless, let the governor
come, by all means.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
The Republican "BaIIyhoo. +"

The colonel is to tote Stimson, the
republican candidate for governor
of New York. around the state and will
plain English, the "ballyhoo" is the
Coney Island show circles call it. In
plain English, the "ballyhoo," as the
spectacle which attracts the crowds,
and Mr.. Roosevelt will no doubt fill
the bill When the colonel ran for
governor in 1898 the ''ballyhoo' con-
sisted of two rough riders in uniform
and it usually drew a crowd. Still il
is difficult to believe that the voters
of New York can be seduced from their
party allegiance by simply seeing the
colonel and hearing him express his
opinion in the classic English that he
often employs He may attract the
Hearst followers, who are mostly
socialists, but the "old guard" has al
ready seen and heard too much Roose-
welt ballyhooing, and will need greater
inducements to vote for Stimson than
the colonel can provide.
Whether the "ballyhoo" will play
the progressive or insurgent role, or
whether the actor will try the rapid
change act so as to suit all of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11

Seldom has a state government had
more difficult problem presented TIC
it to solve than that which has long
been before the officials of Wisconsin
in connection with John F. Dietz, the
outlaw of Cameron dam, who surrender
ed Saturday afternoon after a battle
and who is now in Jail charged with
murder. Entrenched in the lit
tie cabin near Winter, this man for
nearly 10 years has defied the state au-
thorities and others who sought to
GUST him in accordance with mandates
of the courts. He has been bes1eged
by deputies and some bloody conflicts
have taken place, but always he has
held out against the forces brought
against him. Even the recent shoot
ing of his daughter Myra in a fight
with deputy sheriffs did not cause him
to yield. On the contrary, as she lay
dangerously wounded and a prisoner
in the hands of his enemies, he reiter-
ated his defiance, and held at bay the
numerous deputies who surrounded his
cabin Attorney General Gilbert went
all the way to Winter as the special
envoy of Governor Davidson and plead
ed with Dietz to surrender, but his
overtures were rejected. G. ". Froe-
Itch of st. Paul, a mysterious "angel
of peace" who claimed to represent
only humanity made his way to the
beleaguered cabin recently. but Dietz
soon became convinced that Froelich
was there in the interests of Freder-
lex w. Weyerhaeuser, the lumber
magnate, and turned him away. The
picture shows Myra Dietz. the wound
ed daughter. and. below, the. outlaw
and his family grouped in front OF
their log cabin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
Deafness Cannot Be Cured.

by local applications, as they can
not reach the diseased portions of
the ear. There is only one way to
cure deafness and that is by consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of
the mucous lining of the eustachian
tube. When this tube is infiamed
you have rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing and when it is en-
tirely closed, deafness is the result,
and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to
it's normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out
of ten are caused by catarrh, which
Is nothing But an infiamed condi-
ton of the mucous surfaces.
We will give 500 for any case of
deafness (caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, rs cents.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
Bethany Home.

The people OF Rock Island are to
have their annual opportunity to con-
tribute to the benefit of Bethany
Home. Next Saturday has been des-
lgnated by the ladies to whose praise
worthy efforts the home has become
what it is, as the annual Bethany
Home tag day. The people have al
ways responded literally to this most
noble cause. They will do it again
this year. Who would not?
It is an easy and popular way of
allowing every one to give according
to his means and his disposition to
the children's home. What is more
inspiring; what should appeal more
eloquently to the better angels of
human nature?
Rock Island will eagerly await the
opportunity to Boost for Bethany
Home"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
Just a Campaign.


What meaneth this clamor and clatterf
And what in the world Is the mattor1
Have people gone daffy
To get at the taffy
That's on the political platterf -
Just list to the ear splitting clamor
From every lung loosened wind TANNER
II really is awful
And should not be lawful.
The way men are using the hammer.
This pulling and hauling ana lighting.
Advancing. retreating, backbiting.
Is strictly and truly
Most rude and unruly.
Or so It appears at this writing.
Each brash and unlovable sinner
Is certain that he is a winner.
But some OF the starters
VIII end up as martyrs
And will not be there at the dinner
This politics game is a terror.
BY means that are fouler or fairer
The voters are bound Up a
To be at the roundup ~
Unless am greatly in error.
OF craftsmanship hardly pretenseA
The thing is TO FIX up their fences.
To take any chances
To get the finances 81.
And have some left after expenses.
But what is the difference. I wonder.
Who floats and who has 20 go underf
The people they tickle
Don't profit a nickel:
The bosses take care Of the plumber.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11

Some men have said We passed a
good tariff law" said Senator Cum
Minis recently. Il don't think so. Lead
ers OF the senate and house deliberate
ly repudiated the republican platform
and revised the tariff in the interest
Of the manufacturers and big corpora
tons and not in the interest Of the
American public. Whenever the Amer
lean people have opportunity to pass
Judgment on the tariff bill they will
consign the men who made 1t to eter-
nal infamy"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11

GIT IS YOU WANT. LITTLE NURSE"
the two rosettes which were placed
upon either side of the bonnet. They
were fashioned of forgetmenots-these
rosettes-with a rosebud center in
each, and when her youthful lover
babe her farewell as he went to an
swer his countrys call it was the for
getmenot rosette which he begged as
keepsake to carry away to war.
when look upon it shall seem to
see your face" he said. And the girl
chung to him.
Bring it safely back to me-" she
besought him. ''I shall always be
waiting for you
1t was this promise which gave him
courage through all the privation and
unspeakable horror of war. Far away
in a peaceful little village the pne girl
would ALWAYS be waiting honolulu for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
Lisbon, Portugars Capital.

Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, OF
the stirring events in which city, so
much has been published in the news
papers the last few days. had a pop
ulation in 1900 OF 357 900, now prob
ably over 100000.
The city is situated on the north
shore of the estuary of the Tagus,
seven miles from the ocean. The es-
tuary here is about ~ miles wide,
but Immediately above the city it
widens into a large lake from to
miles wide. forming one of the best
harbors of Europe with deep water
both in the lake and through the en-
trance which is defended by forttf-
cations. The city stretches along the
coast for five. miles.
The old part of the city has num-
Der OF Roman and Moorish remains
and IT'S streets are narrow and
crooked, steep and ill-paved. The new
part Of the city to the west is reg
ularly laid out with wide streets
crossing at right angles and trav-
ersed by numerous street railways.
Lisbon has q medical school, schools
OF anu leifASo(-
ton, academies of art and music, sew
eral museums, scientific academies
and a national public library of over
100000 volumes, 10000 manuscripts
and q large collection Of coins.
The city has an excellent sewerage
system and is one of the cleanest in
Europe. Two aqueducts supply Lis
bon with an abundance of pure water.
In the city are manufactured jew
elry. musical instruments, wooden,
cotton and silk fabrics, gloves, hats,
shoes. paper, soap and chemicals.
There are IRON foundries, machine
shops and sugar refineries.
Lisbon's trade is chiefly with Eng
and Brazil and Portugals African
colonies.
Lisbon under other names has long
existed. 1t was founded by the
Phoenicians and was a fourishing
capital of Lusitania when first visited
by the Romans. 1t was taken by the
Moors in TIC and held by them till
|1147 when it was recaptured by AL
fonso l. with an army of crusaders.
During the centuries of Portuguese
exploration the city rose to high
position of commercial Importance.
On Nov, 1. 1775. Lisbon was visited
bv the famous earthquake which laid
most of the city in ruins and killed
from 10000 to 10000 persons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
The People Are For 1t.

The preliminary canvass Of the
situation in Rock Island as regards
the submission to the people of the
proposition to adopt the commission
form of municipal government. af-
fords an index to public sentiment.
OF the people so far seen the number
favoring it are at low estimate two
to one.
Rock Island will record itself in
favor Of giving the new order of
things test. The people believe it
Is worth trying, and what the people
say goes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
Make Your
Liver Work!

Lazy, sluggish livers are cess-pools
in the human system. Poisonous
waste accumulates-then IS carried, by
the blood, to every part of the body,
causing serious illness-sometime
deathi
Liver trouble is indicated by a yell
fowish skin-dropsical condition of
the abdomen-chills, followed by
fever and profuse perspiration-nau-
sea, vonliting-heavily coated tongue,
and scanty urine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
Oct. IL in American
History

1S46-Terribie hurricane at Havana;
three French and fourteen Span
ish men-of-war and sixty-three
merchantmen wrecked in the har-
Dor
1S65-President Andrew Johnson or
dered the release Of all captive Of
f1cials of the former Confederacy
except jefferson Davis.
1903-Colonel Richard Henry Savage,
soldier. author. traveller and scien-
fist. died: born 1916
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
No Change of Program.

''what tune was that you were play
ing?'
why. that was The Sweet BY and
By Don't you remember that old IA
miIiar ARR
Eyes. / know that was what you
called it when you played It yester-
day, but 1 didn't know but what you
were calling It something else today
for change"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
Matter of KnowIedas

"Say7"
''WeH?''
whats the difference between
spinster and a bachelor girl7"
"Spinster and bachelor girlT"
'Uh-huh."
"a bachelor girl thinks she has some
chance in the matrimonial game"
"Yesr'
"And a spinster knows she is out OF
It entirely"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
INFANT MORTALITY HEAVY
Over One-Third Of Deaths in Iowa
in September PreventabIe.

Des Moines, Iowa, Oct 11.-Over
one-third of all the deaths recorded
in Iowa during the month of Sep
TENDER occurred among infants, ac-
cording to a mortality report issued
by the state board of health. Ex1
actly 432 infants died during the
month, over half of which resulted
from preventable diseases.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11

commission must rule whether the
railroads should be allowed to increase
present rates. The commission itself
is authority for the statement that no
reliance can be placed in these figures.
The annual report of the commission
for 1908 says:
As to Observation-Disclosures.
mo one at the present time ca1 say
whether the railroads are under or
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11
HuInOr and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
By DVNcAM n. .ynfITH


DON'T fret about your neighbours af-
fairs Maybe he is as competent
to manage them as you are
If you can't do what you like, like
what you do-if you can.
The man with the hearty laugh IL
always in demand. but the market for
Srouches is glutted-
Some persons spend So much time
worrying over things they can't help
that they have no time to give to
things they might make better.
Many a man is reached by ridicuie
whom even sarcasm or a club can't
get
Beware the wrath of the patient
drudge.
The people who pin their faith to
signs always remember the times
when the signs come true, but con-
veniently forget the fall-downs.
why does a man always get a warm
spell II he is addressed as my good
manT
For ice cream, candy, peanuts and
pink lemonade the county fair has the
circus beaten to a frazzle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11

Roosevelt beat Jim Sherman for
chairman Of the New York republican
convention, but If Jim will keep cool
and watch he will behold the most in
spring collapse of political furniture
IN November that New York eyes ever
gazed upon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11

Champ Clark will have no opposi-
ton for the speakership. The prospect
Of beholding him driving pair Of Mis-
souri, mules down Pennsylvania avenue
has unified the democratic member
ship Of the house Of representatives.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11

placa

ia like 10 own a country place
And while my life away
Far from the madding human race
And watch the chickens lay.
I'd wander in that calm retreat
And never fret nor fear.
Besides, I wouldn't have 20 eat
The eggs OF yesteryear.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-11

7 have no defense to make OF the
Payne law because it needs none"
says Mr.. Cannon. We move to amend
by substituting admits Of for
needs"