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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-17
SUBLIME FAITH.

Pa. what's an optimist?"
"A fellow who believes that story the
papers printed the other day about
reduction in food prices."-Toledo
Blade.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-17
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

The STAR extends the priyt-
lege OF these columns to the
public and invites signed COM
munications of not more than
one hundred words treating OF
topics of the hour.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-17

'EH6IkR$s|
lEDITORIAL
+(0HNG4TAtt

The most interesting feature of the
Roosevelt reception in New York on
June is will be the 300 members of the
Rough Riders regiment raised by
Roosevelt for the Spanish hAmerican
| War; the men to wear the uniforms
they wore in the Cuban campaign, and
have the mounts of Troop G, OF Brook
lyn. And no feature of the reception
will be as agreeable to Roosevelt as
these three hundred men from all parts
of the country, and no banquet he has
attended will be quite as delightful to
him as the Rough Riders regimental
dinner on Long Island at which he is
to be the guest of honor.
If it is true that the steamer Venus,
fitted out at New Orleans by agents of
President Madriz, of Nicaragua, and
permitted by our government to sail,
is now used to blockade the Atlantic
ports of Venezuela and stop our COM
merce, We may record another diplo-
matte triumph for our able State de-
partment at Washington. Large Amer
lean interests are seriously affected by
the blockade, the means for which
were so benevolently furnished to
Madriz by Secretary Knox.
George l.. Record makes the predic-
tion that Vivian M. Lewis will not be
the Republican candidate for Governor.
As Lewis is far and away ahead of the
field in the race for the nomination,
the prediction looks like a rash one
Nor can Record soberly count upon
Bradley, of Camden, or any other Re-
publican Regular yet mentioned. But
probably he means William Parmenter
Martin. And really, If 1t isn't Lewis, it
is likely to be Martin.
The passage of the earth through the
tail of the comet tomorrow night will
afford to Englishmen some diversion
from the subject of the kings funeral.
There are tens Of thousands of nervous
people in England, same as elsewhere.
who are looking forward to the transit
"iti PCi III pcu ililu0S- WHaI II6
kings funeral or anybody else's funeral
compared with an event that dimly
suggests to them the conversion of the
earth into vast charnel house.
The commerce court provision in the
railroad bill voted for in the House
differs from that which the Senate
adopted yesterday, and on that part
of the bill it will be necessary to effect
some compromise in conference when
the two bills as passed by Senate and
House are acted upon. There is still
the formidable doubt that any part of
the bill will survive the session.
On the whole, the yellow press" of
the country has been fairly decent in
its treatment of the subject of the
comet. They have not tried to play up
on the fears of the ignorant by pictur-
ing or speculating upon the possible
danger to the earth and humanity by
contact with the comets tail
1t was in 1909 that the prohibition
movement in the United States reached
its highest tide, and curiously enough
so did the consumption of malt and
spirituous liquors. There was consumed
one million more barrels of beer in
1909 than in 1908.
Senator Kean is reported at Wash
ington to say that he will be a candi-
date for reelection to the Senate, cur
rent rumors to the contrary notwith-
standing But statesmen are known to
develop.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-17


a life then.
that Then
ever
notb uany
Oh little heres
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a
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could b 0 a
brook
a diamond
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-17
Daddy s od-Might Stories
THE DISCONTINUED LOG

BY FARMER SMITH.
TVRA. la, Ia" sang little Billie Bubble merrily on
his way down the little brook.


his way down the little brook
"oh, dear; oh, dear me- said peevsh
voice in little Billie Bubbles Il don't how you
can be happy when lying miserable"
"Why, what's the matter with you, friend Eog2
asked little Billie Bubble Aren't you happy?''
Happy The very idea!' groaned the Log ''How
be happy when think of the bright. beautiful
days that gone forever? oh, dear; OH dear!'
'"Tell me all about it, said Billie Bubble, maybe
it will make you feel better" S.
WELL" began the Log, Il used to be such great
big beautiful tree. oh, such beautiful tree! Every
spring the birds would and build their among
my branches and we were all so happy When the little
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-17

Senator Kean is reported at Wash
ington to say that he will be a candi-
rent rumors to the contrary notwith-
standing. But statesmen are known to
change their minds as circumstances
develop.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-17
FASHIONS PENALTIES.

Mice lot of broilers you have.
Mrs. Clifton. You'll begin to have
chicken dinners before long, I pres
sume?'
No; you see I've got big family
of daughters, and since that shan
tleclery style struck these parts
we've almost forgot what chicken
tastes like"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-17

9N:zHZEGW
WMmN

Does ever a circus clown, we won-
der,
Get laugh from those of his
kind,
Or do they simply think what In
thunder
Makes the foolish public so blind?"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-17

1t was in 1909 that the prohibition
movement in the United States reached
its highest tide, and curiously enough
so did the consumption of malt and
spirituous liquors. There was consumed
one million more barrels of beer in
1909 than in 190S
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-17

On the whole, the yellow press" of
the country has been fairly decent in
its treatment of the subject of the
comet They have not tried to play up
on the fears of the ignorant by pictur-
ing or specializing upon the possible
danger to the earth and humanity by
contact with the comets tail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-21
CORNELIUS SPARKS, STEALING RIDE
ON TRAIN, FALLS; GROUND To PIECES

fall OFF, but according to Moore, he
(Moore) could not tell Sparks anything
as he knew Ii all. He finished the
second bottle of whisky and by that
time, according to Moore. was intoxi-
Gated. After leaving the station at
Moline, the train went at a medium
rate and then several blocks east OF
the station, slowed for the Rock Is
land depot. At this time Sparks fell
to the ground.
Intended working Here.
Moore said in his testimony that
they had intended to stop at Rock
Island and seek employment. He
stated that Sparks was "a years of
age and single. He met Sparks at De-
troit several weeks ago and since then
had been with him continually.
The jury returned a verdict stating
that Sparks came to his death by fall
ing beneath a Rock Island passenger
train from the rods on which he was
riding and was run over.
The remains were buried at county
expense this afternoon. Moore stated
that Sparks had a brother and sister
in Chicago and the coroner will make
an effort to locate them to notify them
of the accident.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-21
Chicago Colored Man, Said by
Companion to Have Been In
toxicated, Loses Grip on
Reaching Local Yards.
REMAINS ARE SCATTERED
Boards Fast Passenger at Bureau,
Occupying Rods Under Coach
To Be Buried at the Expense
of the County.

Cornelius Sparks, colored, Of Chi
cago, was killed at 1870 this morning
when he fell from the rods of linn
tied passenger train of the Rock Is
land road and was run over by the
train, on which he was stealing a ride.
He, with a companion, Russell Moore
of Russell, KY, boarded the train at
Bureau. When the fast train slowed
up for the Rock Island station at
Thirty-first street and Fifth avenue,
Sparks fell to the tracks.
Moore, Immediately after the train
came to a stop. notified the engineer
of the train, who in turn reported to
the conductor and an officer of the
road. A search for the body was i'm
mediately started and Sparks remains
were found scattered along the track
for a distance of one-half mile The
upper part of his body was badly
crushed and the lower part was torn
to pieces. The remains were removed
to the Knox Undertaking rooms this
morning and Coroner J. F. Rose con-
Quoted an inquest there at 9 o'clock.
Moore, the companion of the dead man,
and the only person to testify before
the jury. His testimony told of the
travels of the pair.
Had Been Drinking.
He stated that they left Chicago yes
terday at noon, going TO Blue Island
on the street car. They then boarded
a freight train and went to Joliet
The brakeman found them and put
them to work. They worked their way
as far as Bureau. AT LaSalle Sparks,
according to Moore, had purchased a
pint bottle of whisky, which he dr. X.
He purchased another bottle at Bureau.
They left the freight train at Bureau
and crept onto the rods of the passen-
ger train. Sparks warned his COM
panion not to go to sleep, as he might
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-21
Kerier & CO. make rugs.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.

h0Ti0I q 20. ADdh0 TuSS.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For bus and express. Spencer & Trefz.
Mound City paints may cost a
trifle more, but! III & Ehleb.
Let William Johnson do your tin and
furnace work. 1916 Third avenue.
H. T. Siemon wants your tin and
furnace work. 1526-152s Fourth ave-
nue..
DR.. Cora Emery Reed has moved her
office and residence to 191S-1920 Fourth
avenue.
Paul & Hayward, tailors, suits and
fancy gowns, 4O91a Twentieth street.
Kno4 fats.
Night school at Browns Business
College begins next Monday, Sept
10Th. Office open every night this
week.
An eight-pound daughter arrived yes
terday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
George Donlin, 1922 Thirty-seventh
street
The regular Friday evening prom
enade dancing parties will be held
at the Watch Tower. select pat
ronage is solicited.
The Ladies' Altar society OF st. 10
seph's church will give a coffee and
social at the home of Mrs. James Nee
han, 929 Second avenue, tomorrow af-
ternoon and evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-21
OPIUM INDUSTRY DYING OUT.

China Reports Few Poppy Fields Left
In Entire Empire.
The growth of the poppy from which
is made the opium that has paralyzed
the development of the Chinese race
has been almost stopped in two prov
inces of Manchuria, Heilungchiang anu
Kirin.
There now exist only a few poppy
fields in out of the way places where
formerly thousands of acres we're cult
waited. Since the government forbade
poppy cultivation there has been a
great reduction in the number OF opium
smoking dives and a great increase In
applications for assistance in breaking
or the opium habit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-21
RHEUMATISM
PURIFYING THE BLOOD
TIE ONLY PERMANENT CURE

No case of Rheumatism was ever
cured except by a thorough purifca-
ton of the blood just as long as the
blood remains charged with ferment-
ing uric acid poison, the painful dis
ease will continue. The pains and
aches of Rheumatism are simply su-
perfcial effects of the impurities in
the circulation, and sometimes may
be temporarily relieved by the appli-
cation of plasters, liniments, hot
cloths, etc. But the person who tribes
with this dangerous disease by de-
pending on local treatment alone, is
certain to pay for the mistake with
constant suffering later on. S. S. S.
cures Rheumatism in the only way it
is possible to cure the disease. 1t
goes down into the blood, and re-
moves the uric acid from the circula-
ton, so that the nerves, bones, mus
Giles and joints are fabricated and fed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-21
Dress Accessories

IT'S the little things of dress that
l. count so much---the hat, the
gloves, veilings, handbag, stockings, shoes,
etc-not necessarily expensive, but should be
fully and in good mark the well gowned
woman
The is among the important without
correctly fitting effect of otherwise
perfect marred and really spoiled We especial
graceful lines of the models of the
Regis Kabo the P. N. any of which will
produce figure for the present modes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-21

Chemist ito poor womanI-You must
take this medicine three times a day
after meals.
Patient-But. sir. seldom get meals
these ard times.
Chemist passing on to the next Gus
tomer)-Then take it before them
London King.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-21
HAEMER NAMED CHAIRMAN
County Convention of Socialists Held
at Turner Hall.

The county convention of the So
cialist party was held Monday even
ing in Turner hall, members OF the
socialist city central committee of
Moline and Rock Island to the num-
Der of 20 gathering in the hall. A
county committee was organized and
L. F. Haemer Of Moline elected
chairman and Charles Mass of this
city, secretary. The meeting then
adjourned to meet Oct. z, in the Art
gallery, Moline.
A branch of the socialist party. to
be known as the Swedish socialist
branch, will be organized Friday ev-
ening in Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-21
City Chat
THE FIGURE FOR BATH SUIT.

Your bathing suit" her husband cried,
81 really cannot bear it.
l do not see at all how you
Can have the face to wear it,
She tossed her head. and then INDUCED
In something like a Singer.
II may not have the face" she said;
But, oh, I've got the figger."
New York Telegram.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-21
Remarkable Values in Fall
Housefurnishings

EXTRA HEAVY galvanized metal
coal buckets, large size ......10C
ONE PIECE corrugated stove pipe
elbows, inch size ........1OC
HEAVY SMOOTH STEEL stove
pipe ..-.......... ..-...... sc
GALVANIZED IRON COAL SHOW
ELS. with long handle, the 1hc
kind Zoe
BLACK LUSTA ENAMEL for stove
pipe, CRATES, ranges, etc., large
tins 19c
sLAW OR KRAUT CUTTERS with
adjustable steel knives .25&
MAsoN's QUART FRUIT JARS.
equipped with rubbers and porCa-
lain lined lids, dozen 39&
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-21

blood, the pains and aches cease, all
Inflammation disappears, stiffened
muscles are made plant, and every
troublesome symptom of Rheumatism
is permanently corrected. Book on
Rheumatism and any medical advice
free to all who write.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co., Atlanta, Ga.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-21
The Celebrated P. N. Corsets
Rock leland, III.

For than IL years we have had the exclusive
sale In this city for the Justly famous p N Corsets
for the entire IL of the best dressed
women of the tricties have but the P. N
they could not be induced to change
other make While vast changes and improvements
have been made from year to year in the NODES
shapes and materials used yet the superior excellence
os P. Corsetry always has been upheld.
To make lot of p. N. wearers and to please
all of old p N. patrons, we'll show for the balance
Of this week, Thursday. Friday and Saturday. many
p. N. Corset bargains far out OF the usual
THE FAMOUS p. N. CoRsETs for plump strut
figures with graduated steel 'front.' always $780,
1Nr tnree Gays ~; .; s. y150
bic steel model for full figures all this week AZ
p. NJ DOLLAR CoRSETS for medium figures, bal.
of for each Observation-Disclosures. 7S&
We ought to make lot Of new p. N. patrons this
week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-21
Each Day Enarges Our Fall Showing of the Newest Fashions
In Women's Outer Garments.
SILK DRESSES AND COSTUMES

One piece dresses in Messaline Crepe de Me-
teor, Cashmere Sole, Eolians and plain and Per-
sian effects in Marqusette and chiffon cloth A
handsome collection of the newest modes OF dress
fashion in the colorings for morning after
noon evening To direct sharp attention
to those We mention, Handsome New Sill Dresses
$1,000. Made of fine all silk messaline, front of
skirt has panel of embroidery, waist and sleeves
have embroidery hnish-yoke is Of lace-colors are
Copenhagen, brown. white, light blue, pink smoke,
navy and rose-also black-most unusual value
at Observation-Disclosures. $500
OTHER SILK DRESSES representing the latest
thoughts of the best dress artists, SO to $50
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-21
ELM TREES SUPPLIED
Any Size and Quantity for FAN
Planting.

I ~ N'H17O ~@1AS1 NtHH-~AtHSJ AOA y VIZ
Planting.
We have contracted for 1000 Elm
trees and can supply any size and
quantity for this falls planting. A
phone or card will have one of our
representatives call on you and will
help you make your selections and
give you estimates. Trees guaran-
teed to grow for one year. ALI
planting and trimming of trees done
under the supervision or e. P. Zim-
norman, landscape architect. Your
business respectively solicited Elm
Tree Co., 1919 Seventeenth street,
Rock Island. Ill. Phone, West 440-L.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-21

with nourish-
Ing elements
instead of being
continually IL
ritated and in
famed with the
sharp, uratic
| m p u r ity.
When S. S. S.
has lie an S ed
and nuH6Ad fha
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-21
kaiser Eraneis .losenh,s cuest-

Kaiser Francis Joseph's Guest.
Vienna, Sept. 21.-Emperor William
arrived here yesterday and for two
days will be the guest OF Emperor
Francis Joseph az Schoenbrunn.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20

IS quite safe to say that Gouveneur
Morris is doing the best work in short
stories in America today All the
other tales in the book are good and
far above the best offered by other
writer's of the day. The book is pref
aced by an authors note which is
quoted entire.
Certain persons have told me (foI
nothing) the White Muscats of Alex
andria" resembles a tale in the
Arabian Nights" And so it does.
Most damningly And this is printed
in the hope Of saving other persons
postage"
TIE average reader turns at once
70 White Muscats" and reads it first
IT is the only tale in the book with d
sad ending. but it is a strong story
and one that will stand rereading
often. The author has the fine faculty
Of working on the emotions of a reader
until he is in the depths of despair
and gloom, when by the twist of an
expire ssion at the very last he changes
the obvious climax into JOY and
laughter and gayety. "Ma'am?" is a
fine example of this trick and THE
Monitor and the Merrimac," The Me
lavish The Parrot" and "On the
Spot; or The Idler's House Party are
others old time Bohemian clubmeu
Of san Francisco will enjoy the climax
or The Parrot, for II VIII bring back
to memory 'Colorel Cremoni" and his
bear story, where he died like a man.
sir,'
There is a certain whimsicality about
all OF CfouVerneur Morris stories which
is. perhaps, a sort of fashion of the
day; for sure it is that many of our
young writer's have traces of il. Tt is
reminiscent of Frank r. Stockton with.
if one can imagine so impossible
,fr-+n e I1s1 A "A
rich without the broadest of the stock
ton humor and without the poetic gen
tleness of Aldrich. For reading aloud
these tales are unsurpassed and can
not be recommended too highly. The
book is wen printed and bound.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20
Notes ard GOSSIP OF Writers

Mr. George Barr McCutcheOn has left
Chicago and is now staying in New
York, where he expects to make his
permanent home. He recently made
an automobile trip in New England,
during which he made an extended
visit at Kennebunkport Me.
Colonel William H. Crook, whose
Through Five Administrations" edited
by Margarita Spalding Gerry, author of
"The Toy Shop is just appearing, tells
many interesting things about Lincoln.
He was his bodyguard until his assas-
sination and when he was drafted for
army service the president kept him,
declaring that he could not spare him.
MI Louis Joseph Vance, author OF
"'rhe Brass Bowl" Fortune Hunter
etc, is in the Bermudas. Mr. Vance
has chosen for his winter home 2 Sc
cluded region of the islands but little
known to tourists where he will be
able to indulge his whims IS a sailor.
William Morton Fullerton, the Paris
correspondent of the London Times, ar
rived in New York recently. Twenty
years ago he was we'll known as lit
erary critic in this country. and during
his Paris sojourn he has made occa-
sional contributions to the American
magazines, the last of which was an
article in Scribners on "Mr. Roosevelt
and France" Fullerton writes French
with as much ease as he does English
and his "Terres Franchises" has been
crowned by the French academy. He
has published two books In English
'In Cairo" and Patriotism and Sci
ence."
Mr. Zane Grey, author of The Heri-
tage of the Desert is a descendant on
his mothers side of the Zane family
that settled in the Ohio valley in 1863,
and so comes naturally by his love of
the wilderness. There is also trace
of Indian blood in his veins, for one of
his ancestors Isaac Zane. was held
prisoner for 13 years by the Wyan-
dottes, being eventually saved by the
chiefs daughter, whom he married.
Another ancestress. Betty Zane, saved
Fort Henry by running the gauntlet of
fire with her apron full of gunpowder
in order to help out her countrymen,
who had run short of ammunition.
Those who refuse to believe that
Dickens invented the peculiar names OF
his characters will be confirmed in their
opinion by reading this extract from
Middlesex voting list: Frances Mario
way Heaven, William Paradise, Alfred
Sma ggersg gales, T h o m IS Benjamin
Bumpus, Thomas Stickalorum, Paris
Needlestftcher and Fitzherbert Albert
Bugby Lord. The last is especially
good One can see the romantic mother
determined to call her boy Fitzherbert,
"just to show some good feeling to that
poor lady" and to call him Albert for
s.the dear queens handsome husband,
Mr.. Lord" And one can hear the pro-
sale Mr. Lords rejoinder: He's goihe
to be called .Bugby' after his grand
fatherr' So he was 'Bugby" all his
school days. And what may not fate
have done with him in scorn of the
F'itzherbert and the Albert?
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20

The Tragedy OF Nan and Other Plays by
John Maseded: Mitchell Kennerley New York.
DANTE by Heloise Durant Rose; Mitchell
Kennerley New York
''Ths Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest" BY Cap
Books Of Friendship. by Samuel McCord
crotbers Macmillan company; NsE York o,a
Wright; Macmillan company. New York.
The Great White North" BY Helen 3.
'''fhe unforseen.' by Mary Stewart Cutting
Doubleday, Page & Co. New York.
The Confessions Of a Rebellious Wife"
The Prodigal Pro Tenn by Frederick orin
Bartlett: Small. MAYNARD & Co. Boston
Maynard & Co. Boston.
siAt the New Theater and Others, by Walter
Prichard Eaton; Small. Maynard & Co, Boston.
Mary Ware in Texas by Annie Fellows
Johnston: L. G. Page & Co, Boston .,,-,
l.. c. Page & Co.. Boston.
Panama and the Canal Today" by Forbes
Lindsay; L. @. Page & Co. Boston.
mann; l. c. Page Co. Boston.
The Art of the Munich Galleries. by Flor
ence Jean Anseu and Frank Roy Fraprie; L. G.
.7seven Little wise Men" by Frances Marga-
ret the Boy I Who A won by By Fannie E. ostran-
der: l.. G. Page Co., Boston
The Automobile by Ro5ert Bob, sloss; outing
''Courtship Under Contract by James Henry
Lowell Eager; Health Culture, New York
lock- The Maes@s1 F9sr sompsny y New FrSRa Lille
simply Women by Marcel Provost; Macau-
lay company, New York.
The Flying Mercury by Eleanor NJ. Ingram;
Bobbs-SIerrill company. Indianapolis.
''Son of the Wind" by Lucia Chamberlain
Bobhs- Merrill company, indianapolis
Young Duck Shooters in Camp" by Frank f.
Kellogg; Frederick A. Stokes company, New
York.
Masters of the wheatland" by Harold
Bindloss; Frederick A. Stokes company, New
York.
Dimock Frederick A. Stokes company. New
York.
Charles Scrbner's Sons. New York
The Love Affairs OF Lord Byron by Fran
els Gribble: Charles Scribner'S Sons. New York.
"Sketches by Boz" by Charles Dickens;
Charles Scribner's Sons. New York.
''Oliyer Twist, = by Charles Dickens Cnaries
Scribueris Sous New York.
American Notes and Pictures from Italy, F" by
Charles Dickens; Charles Scribners Sons. New
York.
..Ulrich Won Hutten.' by David starr Jordan;
Amer can Unitarian association Boston
THE Call of the Nation by David Starr Jor-
dan: American Unitarian association. Boston