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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04
doOrna'

Vaiera'S new carpet to j vacant chair.
His eyes followed Naeria's disapprOv-
ing glance to the floor. where lis
shoes had left dusty footprints en-
three years OF her life. I'm very
sorry he said calmly. taking an order
book out of one pocket and Il fountain
pen from another. He looked eXpec-
family at Valera. and his eyes fingered
on her soft masses of brown hair and
ber tender blue eyes.
The tender blue eyes changed TO
steel gray when they encountered the
gaze of the spice man. and a food of
color invaded the cool cheeks to her
little ears. Valeria Bird had met that
same glance in the eyes of many men.
but never before mad she lost her COM
posture.
Overhead Aunt Susanna's heavy
bulk shook the ceiling as she hurried
to and fro IN her preparation for the
missionary society. Outside in the
grapevines late robins were feasting
on the luscious clusters. and their
sweet songs were reminiscent of ear
her springs when Valera had worn
pale blue gowns and held her proud
ilLtie ueHO dicDL IEOLD All SuiAOIS. re-
serving herself for some ideal being
one who was handsome and gifted
and whose name might be ''Montfort."
"Valeria Montfort" sounded even a
little better than Valeria Bird.
II want some cinnamon and mace"
she said at last. land a bottle of va.
nilIa and some nutmegs.''
The spice man closed his book and
arose to go. THANK you, ma'am." he
said, with hat in hand. TN deliver the
goods day after tomorrow. Good aft
ernoon."
Wait a minute and III pay you"
said Valeria, leaving the room.
When she returned the spice man
was crawling about the floor on his
hands and knees. examining the stripes
with strange intentness.
Have you lost something's? she
asked
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

tial contribution to science, we do not
understand The structure of these
| animals is already pretty well known,
and our menageries, museums and 9th
er institutions are well supplied with
| them. However, some additional scien-
tific knowledge may possibly result
from the slaughter, but from our knowl-
| edge of Roosevelt we do not believe
that the primary object of his expedi-
ton was of a scientific character. His
knowledge of science is very limited,
and he has never shown any especial
| interest in it, but he does delight to
hunt, to kill game. to see animals and
birds fall. shot with his unerring aim.
We once knew a person who declared
that" it gave him pleasure to see cattle
and hogs slaughtered and that he
never lost an opportunity to witness
the sight. So Roosevelt never loses
an opportunity to kill wild beast or
bird, and takes as much pleasure in
the slaughter, apparently, as some peo-
pie take in protecting and caring for
dumb creatures.
However much ROOSEVELT is praised
for his strenuousness. his energy, his
courage, it is not believed that this
hunting expedition will have any hui
manizing or civilizing influence upon
our youth. On the contrary, we be-
lieve that the influence will be dis
tinctly injurious, that it will tend to
counteract the influence of the so
cieties for the protection of animals,
and that it will tend to lessen the SEN
sibilities of young readers in regard to
sentient creatures below man with
which they come in contact. And the
habit of killing creatures merely for
pleasure tends to lessen regard for
human life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04
OLD MAN HARE.

The Actors Meeting With Gladstone
Outside the Theater.
John Hare. the eminent English
actormanager, said that the most de
lightful compliment he ever received
was from Mr.. Gladstone. 1t was a
double ended compliment. Whichever
way you took 1t it was satisfactory.
Mr.. Hare earned fame playing old
mems parts. his character as Mr.. Gold
by in "A Pair of Spectacles'' being a
good example. Added to this was a
horror of having his picture taken.
Mr.. Gladstone had never seen a pic
ture of the actor, but he knew him
well behind the scenes as well as be-
fore the footights. The premiers IA
vorite play was "a Pair of Specta-
cles," and he always went behind the
scenes to chat awhile with the actor.
The really old man and the made up
old man would sit there and talk in
the most delightful way for an hour
after the show.
One day the Earl of Rosebery had
Mr.. Gladstone to dinner, and he also
invited his friend John Hare. The
actor came in smooth shaved, looking
about thirty-fve. He was presented
to Mr.. Gladstone, and the prime min
lister shook his hand most cordially
and said:
my dear sir, 1 am very, very glad
to meet you. 1 know your father very.
very well. Splendid actor! Fine old
man"
1t took the whole evening for the
earl and Mr. Hara n copvipca him
that this son was really the father.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04
In Contamination.


Oh. when we sit around and think
About the mighty deeds
We know we are about 20 do
II but our scheme succeeds
We almost feel they have been done
And we have nothing less
Than fame and money In the bank
And things that spell success.
It seems so easy In advance
To make the thing a 80
And pull down ducats from the air.
A bright and golden flow;
To have connect without a hitch o..
The details Of the dream
Before a pound OF coal Is put
Below to start the steam.
And thus we eft around and count
The profits OF the deal
And figure how 20 spend the spoil.
Whose Jingle we can feel.
The thing 50 plain in black and whits
Must go without hitch
And make US multimillionaires
or nearly quite as rich.
We may not ever start the work
Or get IL past our chair.
For when IL comes TO doing things
The dreamer isn't there.
The plan is pretty and cannot
In all the world be matched.
And so we sit around and count
The eggs before they're hatched-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04
BLAKE'S VISIONS.

The Curious HaIIueinations of the
Poet Painter.
William Blake, the contemporary of
Charles Lamb, was a man Of visions.
Blake dined with prophets and held
converse with archangels. A friend
Of Blake called on the poet-painter
land found him sitting. pencil in
hand, drawing a portrait with all
the seeming anxiety OF a man who is
conscious of having a fastidious sitter.
He looked and drew and drew and
looked, yet no living soul was visible.
Disturb me not said Blake in a
whisper. 4 have some one sitting to
me- Sitting to your exclaimed the
astonished visitor Where is he?
see no one But see him. answered
Blake haughtily. There he is His
name is Lot. You may read of him In
the Scriptures. He is sitting for his
portrait"
Blake's Authorizations, however, rare
ly took a malignant form. One of his
most beautiful visitors was of a fairy
funeral. Il was walking alone in my
garden" he said. There was a great
stiffness among the branches and flow
ers and more than common sweetness
in the air. I heard low and pleasant
sound and knew not whence 1t came.
AT last ! saw the broad leaf of
flower move, and underneath 1 saw a
procession Of creatures Of the size and
color of green and gray grasshoppers,
bearing a body laid out on a rose leaf,
which they buried with songs and then
disappeared. 1t was a fairy's funeral"
Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04
How Good News Spreads.

Il am 70 years old and travel most
Of the time" writes b. F. folsom
of ElizabethtOwn. Ky. Everywhere
I go 1 recommend Electric Bitters
because l owe my excellent health
and vitality to them. They effect a
cure every time" They never fail
to tone the stomach, regulate the kid
neys and bowels. stimulate the liver,
invigorate the nerves and purify the
blood. They work wonders for weak,
run down men and women, restoring
strength, vigor and health that's a
daily joy Try them. Only so cents.
Satisfaction is positively guaranteed
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04
March 4 in American
History

174S-Pulaski. Count Casinir, Ameri-
can Revolutionary soldier, born il
Podolia. Poland; died of battle
wounds near Savannah, 1919.
17S9-The United States constitution
went into effect.
1SS3-AIexander II Stephens. vice
president of the Confederate States
of America. died; born 1912.
O9-Inauguration of William Howard
Taft. twenty president of
the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets are safe, sure and reliable
and have been praised by thousands
of women who have been restored
to health through their gentle aid
and curative properties. Sold by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04
Nav MXsterN.

81 was reading about a flying ma
chine with forty horsepower. What
does that horsepower mean?'
ut means that the engine exerts as
much strength as though forty horses
were pulling tbe craft"
Eyes. but how could they ever get
up in the skies to do it?''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04
stuhborn as MuIes

are liver and bowels sometimes;
seem to balk without cause. Then
there's trouble-loss of appetite. in
digestion. nervousness, dependency.
headache. But such troubles fly be-
fore DR.. Kings New Life Pills, the
worlds best stomach and liver RENEE
dy. So easy. 25 cents at all druggist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04
As Usual

"Do you believe in spanking chill
dren?
Certainly"
"Always?"
"No."
"When?''
when they are other peoples chil.
dren."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

1t is just a year today since Presi-
dent Taft was inaugurated. Can you
point to any great good that has been
accomplished in the 12-month?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

The commission bill is sadly handi-
capped by the recall requirement,
which was destined to put a crimp
In it, but we can probably use it very
satisfactorily at that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04
Casual Observation.

"She is getting quite a reputation as
a painter"
What is her specialtyE"
"She is good on landscapes"
al never saw her but once, and 1
thought she was pretty poor on face
scapes."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04
OF coursr.

'what Is good for a cross babyP
"Good for itT'
Eyes"
Sensible mother"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

Boost and the world boosts will
you, knock and you knock alone. b.
q booster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

A laughing matter is almost any
thing you care to make so.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

AS n general proposition those peo-
pie who are really able TO be charitable
can't see the good of so being.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

A New Hampshire man, who just
died at the age of 10, smoked for 90
years. A real smoke consumer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

There may be no use in a crouch,
but often there is a lot of abuse latent
in its vicinity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

Having ones own way isn't so Sim
pie a matter as it seems to be for the
reason that it frequently is impossible
to admit and believe that the appoint
ed way is what one wanted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04
HumOr and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
8I DUNCAN m. SMITH

THE under dog gets the sympathy
and nothing else. Perhaps that's
the reason he is the under dog.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04
Have None.

"And there is another way I'm which
women always have the best or men,
"Is there still anotherP
yes"
what is it,
They never get their pockets pick
ed"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04
A STRANGE PLANT.
Tho Drinking Orchid and Its Fruitless
Search For Water.

1.-The strangest orchids 1 ever saw
said a naturalist. live on the edge of
a lagoon on the Rio de la Plata
live l say, for surely no animal is
more alive than they, and among them
first realized the pathos of a plants
immobility. the cruelty of it's roots
that bind it forever to one spot
These orchids had each at the cen
ter or axis long stem a half inch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

Roosevelt on the Nile is not SO in
teresting as Roosevelt at Oyster Bay.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

Perhaps II husbands exercised to-
ward their families more largely the
freedom OF purse their wives wouldn't
exercise quite so much the freedom OF
speech.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

Being a gutter isn't very meritori-
Gus, but IT saves a deal Of hardship.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1874
Second avenue. Rock Island. Ill ZEN
tered at the postof1ce as second-class
matter.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

Anyway, people
who are inconsist-
ent don't have to
put themselves in
accord with the
rest Of the world.
The trouble with
q lot OF us is that
we are edo m
willing 10 let bad
enough alone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04
Had His Reasons.

do you look on all Of the world as
a stage?"
II do"
"And Why"
There are so many bad actors"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

Being conservative is only another
way Of saying being deadly dull and
satisfied with self
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

Stupid.
"IIe boasts Of his family tree"
YES"
''WOnder what Il ISL"
"A pumpkin vine"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

Boost for a Greater Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

BY THE ). w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

If some interested persons did not
render themselves extremely disagree
able to careless, good natured people
the world would go Infinitely harder
with these same people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04
DANGEROUS

Dangerous,
"Afr. Jones is busy"
Mercy
"whatT
isn't the firm taking awful
chancesT"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-04

Let the town grow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-12
DEATH OR SIBERIA? TRIAL OF THESE TWO
PATRIOTS WILL Be WATCHEO,BY THE WORLD
and England Asked for
Public Trial of Nicholas Tchai-
kowsky and Madame Breshkow-
skaya, "Grandmother of the
Revolutionists" Both Well
Known i'm United States.
by Harry G. Farmer.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. ~
Death or Siberia, each meaning
the same to them, faces the two
most famous reformers of Russia
-"revolutionaries," the govern
ment calls them.
In February Nicholas Tschai-
kowsky, first leader of the cause
of the Russian people, and Nine.
Catherine Breshkowskaya, the
well beloved grandmother of the
revolutionists," will together face
a tribunal which, it is feared has
already judged their case.
The eyes of all the world will
watch the progress of this case,
and breathlessly await the manner
of justice that Russia will mete
out to these kindly old champions
of the common people. The charge
is that they belong to revolution
airy organizations.
A petition is on file in Premier
Stolypin's office signed by hun
dreds of prominent Americans,
asking that the two be given a
public trial Gin accordance with
the time-honored principles of JUS
tice in all nations"
Nine. Breshkowskaya and
are both we'll known
in the United States and England.
The latter resided in each country
for long periods. He left Russia
more than 40 years ago, to escape
the prosecutions of the govern
ment. Until 1907 he remained
away. Then the influence of an
longing to visit his
native home, to touch for perhaps
the last time the hand of the en-
shaved peasantry, for whom he had
struggled so long, drove him at
last to tread once more on Rus
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-12
Puget Park Club
Is For Municipal
Ownership Of Cars

Municipal ownership of the
street car system in Tacoma is
becoming a live issue.
The city council will consider
the ordinance tonight to submit
the question to the people at
the people at the spring election
and the improvement clubs are be-
ginning to take the matter up as
the only way OF getting relief from
the present injustice of the street
railway trust.
At the Puget Park Improvement
club meeting last night the club
went on record unanimously in
favor of municipal ownership of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-12
OREGON LABOR MEN
OUT IN FAVOR Of
DIRECT ELECTIONS

PORTLAND. Ore, Jan. Ii
Proportional representation, leg
islative and councilmanic, was en-
Enthusiastically approved at Vested
day session of the federation of
labor. That the plan be framed
as a law and voted ON at the 1910
election is the subject of a resolu
ton to be put for formal adop.
ton before the session.
The scheme includes the direct
elections of state officials who
will be equally representative IT
all classes. Labor by this means,
1t was advocated, will have repSs-
sentation sufficient in the state
senate and house of delegates IT,
secure the passage of numerous
laws named as necessary for pro-
lection of popular rights. Among
these laws were named the non
exemption of timber lands from
taxation, boiler inspection act,
state ownership of railroads, reg.
ulation of swinging scaffold width.
taxation not assessed unless vot ed
at popular election and many
others.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-12
PATHETIC STORY OF
AGED WOMAN TOLD
in CITY COURT

Although a sufferer from
heart trouble and unable to prop
erly care for herself, the aged
woman has Hteadfastly refused
the assistance of relatives, fear
ing to leave her little ranch for
even a few hours.
Humane fficer Van Voris
founOd that the stock on the
place was starving, although
there was plenty of feed in the
barn. Judge Arntson explained
to Mrs. Smith that it would be
impossible for any person to Sc
cure title to the land she occu-
pies, and will require her to fur
nish a bond of $500 from one
of her daughters as a guarantee
that the stock will be properly
cared for,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-12
NICHOLAS TsCHAIKoWsKY

NICHOLAS TSCHAIKOWSKY.
sian soil. After staying there but
long enough to rekindle the
flames of his youths friendship,
he prepared to depart, and was at
the railway station on his way to
England when the clutches of the
SCAR fastened upon him once
again.
Without explanation as to the
cause for his arrest, the aged pat
riot was thrown into the fortress
of Saint Peter and Paul, and there
he lay for over eleven months,
denied legal help, or communica-
ton with his friends. At last the
storm of protests from America
and Great Britain overwhelmed
the Russian government and
Tschaikowsky was released on a
$4,000 bail deposited by Ameri-
can and English friends.
A few months later he was
again arrested, and again confined
in the bastile of st. Petersburg.
where also lay his fellow patriot,
Nine. Breshkowskaya.
She, the daughter of a Russian
nobleman, left home and husband
and friends that she might give
her whole life to her country's
poverty stricken people. She
taught them to read and write,
she nursed them when. they were
i'll, blessed them when they were
in sorrow, and fed them when they
were starved. Beyond all this
she taught them that they were
men and women, and that they
should be free men and women.
For this she was sent to Siberia.
Fifteen years of bitter cold, and
almost uncomfortable hardships of
Siberia could not silence her voice
nor bind her hands when she re-
turned. She pleaded her country
mems cause in America and in
England; she went again into the
darkest of Russia to lead once
more the revolutionist party.
Again she was arrested, and this
time placed in dungeon of grim
old Saint Peter and Paul, where
for two years she has waited and
hoped for a trial.
1t will be a public trial, for out
side pressure Is too great for
the Russian government to resist.
The car and his advisers may be
INSCRIPTIONS, but they are begin
ming to understand the meaning
of world sentiment and they
fear it.
There will also be much display
as to the fairness" with which
the prisoners are being tried. But
all Russia believes that the sem
fences of both have been settled
upon even now by the czar and
his advisers, as is the case in all
important trials.
Any other verdict than acquit-
tai will mean death to the two
gray-haired prisoners - the dun
geon in Siberia will as surely end
their frail, weakened lives as
would the scaffold.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-12

the street car lines. The club
voted, however, to build new lines
or at least to start on the pro-
gram rather than to buy the old
system. This is the plan contem-
plated in the ordinance prepared
by Councilman Giblett.
1 AT the Twelfth Street Improve
ment CLUB, B. A. Crowl, chairman
of the special street railway COM
mittee, who has had charge of the
matter of street railway negotia-
tons, last night suggested that
probably the only way out of the
present traction difficulties ulti-
mately would be municipal owner
shin.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-12
FALLS 7 STORIES
in AN ELEVATOR

to the top of the shaft. Then
1t suddenly shot downward.
Fedderson saw he could not
stop it and sat down on his chair
and helped to support his weight
with his arms. In a couple of
seconds the machine hit the bot
tom and he was thrown through
the door into the basement.
The wire cables snapped at the
same time and cables and iron
weights came down with a crash.
One of the cables hit him on the
face and he was partly stunned.
Otherwise he seemed to be not
seriously hurt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-12
CITY RECEIPTS.
SHOW GAIN

The city treasurer took in ST.
525,O24 more money in 1909 than
in the previous year, according II
his annual report finished yester-
day.
There was big gain in electric
lights receipts and in money paid
for public improvements. The
light and power bills grew more
than $47,7S2 and the public i'm
provements paid for were ST.
.032,S46.
There is in the treasury now
S746,500.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-12
TROOPS CALLED OUT To
PREVENT A MOB Of 300
FROM LyNCH|NG NEGRO

More than 800 men gathered
yesterday and planned to attack
the Jail.
The mob was formed at Harris
burg and by the time the deter
mined men reached here the sher-
iff had surrounded the Jail with
enough deputies to hold it until
the troops arrived.
Clark was murdered upon Il
train between this city and Burn
side Saturday night. He was sc,
upon by negroes, who made short
work of him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-12
ELkS WILL HEAR
fine ORCHESTRA

After the regular meeting of
the Elks' lodge tonight, the mem
bers will listen to a musical en-
tertainment by the Bistolfi orches-
ira, a Chicago organization which
is touring the country and play
ing for the various Elks lodges.
The musicians are said to furnish
a unique entertainment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-12
WOMAN ARRESTED FOR NEG
LECTING HER CATTLE
TELLS HOW SHE LIVES IN
FEAR OF NEIGHBORS.

Brought before Police Judge
Arntson yesterday on a charge of
starving her cattle, Mrs. Ca.har-
Inc Won Smith, an aged German
woman living at Lake Steilacoom,
revealed pathetic story of her
solitary eistence in terror of her
neighbors, whom she thought
were prosecuting her. The aged
woman is occupying strip of
unsurveyed government land ad-
joining the ranch of her son, and
imagines that neighbors are con-
spring to secure the property.