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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-16
The Cause of Colds
Good Advice Regarding the
Prevention of Coughs
and Colds.

If people would only fortify and
of cases Of coughs, colds and pneu-
monia might be avoided. These
troubles are frequently due to weak
ness, which produces a catarrhal
condition of the mucous membrane
which is an internal skin of the body.
When this skin is weakened it be-
comes easily infected with germs
which cause many of the diseases
to which flesh is heir. Healthy mu-
cous membranes are essential safe
guards of the body's general health.
We have a remedy which we hon
estly believe to be unsurpassed in
excellence for the prevention of
coughs, colds and all catarrhal con-
ditions. 1t is the prescription of a
famous physician, who has an en-
viable reputation of 80 years of
cures gained through the use of this
formula. We promise to make no
charge for the medicine should it
fair to do as we claim. We urge
everybody who has need of such a
medicine to try Rexall Mucu-Tone.
II SldnoS W iedSou IhdC we COuIu
not afford to make such statements
and give our own personal guaran-
tee to this remedy if we were not
prepared to prove the reasonable
ness of our claim in every partic-
ular, and we see no reason why
any one should hesitate to accept
our offer and try it. We have two
sizes of Rexall Mucu-Tone, prices so
cents and $1.00. Sometimes a So
cent bottle is sufficient to give mark
ed relief AS general thing the
most chronic case is relieved with
an average of three large bottles
You can obtain Rexall remedies in
Rock Island only at our store-the
Rexall store. The Thomas Drug
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-16
Advertised List No. IS,

Following is a list of letters remain
ing uncalled for in the postoffice at
Rock Island for the week ending Nov.
r. 1910: Andrew Asbury, Mrs. James
Allen Mrs. A. Buckney, Miss Edith
Barnett, A ]. Barber, Y. z. Bliss, Mrs.
Ida Cantor. Mrs. Edith Case, Miss
Clara B Crone, Charley Dick, D. S.
Delaplain, Miss LYDIA Daehler, Miss
Ethel De Forest. Ted Evans. Mrs. d.
Ellers. NJ. J. Evans, John Fisher, Earl
Gardner. Mrs. Erie Green. Mrs. Clar-
ence Graft, Harry Graham, James
Hibbs. Cora Huessner, Mrs. Anna Ho-
fer, George Huessner, Agnes John
son, T. L. Johnson, Mrs. Colleen John
son, F. Kelso Reale Kirby, Bonnie c.
Litten, Degeyter Lucian, Anna Land
strom. Mrs. Mary Noffit, Mildred Nc
Donald. Mrs. Alberta Mack ]. P. Nor
risey, c. r. Nolen. John Memo, Frank
G. Newell, l.. A. Porter, Frank Powell,
Axel c. Peterson. Lewis II. Riker,
Vernon A. Reirson. Miss Lulu Sather
John Calvin Sampson, Mrs. Maggie
Stamper, S. Simpson, Mr.. Sherman.
Miss Hazel Smith, Fred Thomas, Mrs.
John Thulin. J. /. Woodruff. II. n.
Webb, Atchison Watkins, Miss Leona
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-16
COURT HOUSE RECORD
Real Estate Transfers.

Elizabeth Smith to Joseph Van
Lancker. lot 6, block 5, Park Ridge,
Moline, $1,000.
August Brandt to Magdalena Brandt.
undivided one-sixth, south half. north
east quarter, and southeast quarter,
northwest quarter, section So, 10, 2e,
$1.OO.
S. w. Spickler to Adie Dolan, south
west quarter, southwest quarter, sec
ton 5, IS, 5w, $4,000.
Daniel J. Shean to Adalene Beck, lot
2. block .. Woodin's Third addition,
Rock Island, 81 500.
Fred Simmons to Joseph Simmons,
north half lot 1, block so, village of
Andalusia, $50.
Chase & Wright to Arthur w Eff
land, lot 35, Sc. 80. 40, block 2,
Chase & Wright's addition, Moline,
$44O.
Guyer, White & Pope to Peter
Fontenoy. lot. %, block 124, plat of
New Shops addition, East Moline,
$685..
Esther E. Eells to George T. Har-
ris, lot IA, block 2, Smalley's first
South Rock Island,
$3.50.
Charles L. Kolls and Pauline A.
Kolls to John B. Koch, part outlot
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-16
PET SNAKE is DEAD;
WOMAN In RELAPSE
Mrs. Packard, Kewanee, Will Now
Get 19-Year-OId Rather for
Her Health.

Kewanee, III, Nov. 16.-Spotted
Dandy, the 11-foot India boa constric-
tor brought to the home of Mrs. Ada
Packard last month because of her
declaration that she would die unless
her great desire for a snake was graft
fed, is dead.
Mrs. Packard, who had improved
since she had acquired the snake as a
pet. Immediately suffered a relapse, at
tributed by her 10 the strange influence
upon her condition by the proximity
of the serpent. So sudden was her de
cline yesterday that at her request ar
engagements were at once made to
bring a 19-year-old rattlesnake here
from Massachusetts to replace Spotted
Dandy.
Relatives in New England wrote her
that they could get this RATHER, which
was captured a short time ago.
Mrs. Packard has been suffering
with rheumatism and handled the ser
pent with bare hands. She believes
that by so doing her ailment was i'm
parted to the snake.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-16
81. southwest fractional quarter sec

! 81, southwest fractional quarter sec
ton 35-1S-2W, $4,000.
Sarah A Wolstencroft to Victor
| inc Styvaert, part lot 4, block 3,
| Acme addition, Moline. S5S7.50.
Ethel Lyon to Alfred Kermis, lot
| II, east so feet lot II. Belcher &
Sigworth's addition, Port Byron, 81.
r. s. WOODBURY. to Rufus Walker,
lots 5, 6, 7, s, block 2. r. S. Wood
burns Twenty-ninth street addition,
Moline, $3.50.
Gregoir Carpenter to Bessie
Johnson, lot 3, block 1S1, East Mo-
line, $3.50.
Roy G. Marshall to Edward and
Minnie L. Barnett, part lots 3 and 4,
block 3, Island View heights addf-
ton. Rock Island. s2.5OO.
David w Hunt to W. E. Tolles,
part lot 20. Ridgeview, Moline,
$500.
Leopold Foeke to William H.
Ticken, west SO feet, lot 4, block 2,
Daebelliehn addition, Moline, ST.
$50.
William H. Ticken to Anna Foeke,
part lot 4, block 2, Daebelliehn's ad-
dition, Moline
Mary A. Golden to z. A. Stephen
son, part lot /, block e NJ. a.
Golden's second addition, Barstow.
SIS.
Dora Plambeck to Hattie PLAN
beck, lot 3, block 8, third Wheelock
Fifteenth street addition, Moline,
$500.
Clyde L. Vandeburgh to Olive NJ.
Child, $4,000, part blocks II. Is. 10,
20, 81. %, Marshalls addition, Cor
dova, $4,000.
f. H. Guyer to John w. Webb and
A T Stone, lots 13, Is, block 10,
Buford & Guyer's addition, Rock
Island $40.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-16
REMEMBER POOR
IN HOLIDAY PLAN
Include the Unfortunate Little
Ones in Program You Are
Making for Your Own.
HUNDREDS IN THE CITY
Argus Santa Claus Fund Shows You
Way in Which You Can Aid
With Little or No Effort.

Doubtless by now you have made
some of your plans for Christmas
giving. You're going to remember
all of your dear ones. If you have
children, you're to make 1t the hap
piest Christmas that they ever have
had. If you haven't children, you're
going to bestow your generosity upon
the children of relative or a friend.
At any rate, you are not going to
forget that once you were a child
and that Santa Claus was kind to
you.
You know the children of your
relatives and Of your intimate
friends, but did you ever stop to
think how many little ones there
are in your city who have never felt
the real childhood joys of Santa
Claus time? There are hundreds of
them-some of them orphans; others
whose parents are barely able to
keep their mouths fed and their bod
les warm during the winter months.
If you are a parent you have had
occasion to realize what Christmas
means to a child You know what
it's going to mean to yours the COM
ing Christmas. Did you ever wit
ness the pathetic spectacle of the
child of your poor neighbor standing
outside your comfortable home and
gazing longingly through your win
dows at the gift-laden Christmas
tree that you have provided for the
young of your household?
Way Made Easy for YOu.
The Argus year ago inaugurated
plan whereby you can Join with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-16

Zies. Foreign: George P. K1eftogran-
in. Merchandise: Mrs. Harry p
Lyon. HUGH A. J. MCDONALD.
Postmaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-16
ANOTHER HUSKING RECORD
Bureau County Man Cribs zoos
Bushels of Corn in 10 Days.

Another corn picking record has
come to light in Bureau county.
where most of the sensational per-
formances in this line appear to take
place. Elmer Williams, aged 81.
claims to have picked zoos bushels
of corn in Is days, or at the average
rate OF 1854 bushels per day. 1t
is said that he had no idea OF max
ing a record. being merely concerned
in getting good wages during the
corn picking season.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-16

Many school children suffer from
constipation, which is often the cause
Of seeming stupidity at lessons.
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets are an ideal medicine to give
a child, for they are mild and gentle in
their effect, and will cure even chronic
constipation. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-16
is GRANDFATHER AT SO
Sterling, ILL.,, Man Achieves Family
Distinction at Early Age.

Sterling, Ill, Nov. 16.-CHfford S.
Vandemark of this city became
grandfather yesterday. although he is
only 80 years old. He obtained the
proud position through the birth to
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Pitts of Mendoza,
of a, daughter. Mrs. Pitts is a daugh-
ter of Mr.. Vanoemark, and is II years
old. The youthful grandfather is a
restaurant proprietor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-16
Colds Cause Headache.

Laxative Bromo Quinine, the world
wide cold and grip remedy, removes
cause. Gail for full name. Look for
signature. Z. W. Grove. % cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-16

your neighbOrs in assuring a happy
Christmas for the poor children of
the city. 1t was a success a year
ago, and should be even a greater
one the coming Christmas, for the
work will be more Systematically
carried on, those directing it profit
ing by the experiences of the first
trial of the undertaking in the city
You have two courses to follow.
Either you can fill out the blank
that is printed daily in The Argus.
indicating how many children you
desire personally to play Santa Claus
to, the names to be cOnfidentially
supplied you by The Argus, or you
have the alternative of sending your
check, or leaving your contribution
at The Argus Office, where you will
receive receipt for the same
Where checks are mailed they should
be made out to 1.-The Argus Santa
Claus Fund" The contributions are
banked to the credit of the fund
Christmas week the money is turn
ed over to a committee headed by
Miss Dina Ramser, police matron,
anu uuuOuplGuIy the bCSJ pOSJCu per
son in the city as to the condition
OF the poor classes. Miss Ramser,
with the assistance of the visiting
nurse and others whom she may
chose to designate, will buy the gifts
and personally look after their dis
tributiOn.
Contributions Already Coming In.
Already a number of contributions
of money have been received. Sever
81 have requested that names of poor
children be furnished them, and they
will be accommodated in plenty of
time to allow them to provide for
the little folks as they see fit.
The Argus would like to see every
family in the city able TO DO so par
ticipate this year in the Christmas
giving TO the poor children of Rock
Island. You are privileged to sub
scribe any amount you chose-from
a penny to $1,000. You can rest
assured that the money will be wise
ly expended.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-16

The old, old story, told times with
out number, and repeated over and
over again for the last sc years, but
it is always a welcome story to those
in search of health-There is nothing
in the world that cures coughs and
colds as quickly as ChamberIain's
Cough Remedy. Sold by all druggists
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26

Immediately adjoining. The disposition is thus
fam shaped and greater length is obtained for
the strings of the lowest octave. This is the So
called overstrung scale, the combination OF
which with the solid steel or iron frame is the
distinguishing feature of the American piano
forte, feature that has been extensively adopt
ed in all European countries.
The principle exemplifed in the overstrung
scale, like the other features of construction
the invention of which has been discussed, had
long been in the air before it was successfully
applied The device was employed in clavi-
chords of the eighteenth century and 1t seems
likely that the idea was fermenting simultane-
ously in the minds of the American inventor of
the solid iron frame for a square pianoforte
Alpheus Babcock, and Theobald Boehm, the
German who revolutionized the flute by his new
boring and system of keys Cabinet and square
pianofortes are now made in London after
Boehm's design in 1885, but overstrung squares
were exhibited in New York two years before,
and the patent of Babcock for "cross- -stringing
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26

Tbe changes which have taken place in the
stringing Of pianofortes have beeh qul'e do
radical and extensive as those IN the cohsd w
ton of the frame which they were chiehS III
strumental in bringing about Ihe makers VI
tho rianoforte's precursors were diligent in the
search for metals which might ennobe the
wry tinkng tone of their Instruments AS
the old organ builders sometimes miXed preciou'
metals in the composition of their pipes SO the
makers of clavichord and harpsichord wire
sometimes turned to silver and gold In the
catalogue of the court orchestra Of Philip ii,
1000 mention is made of a clavichord of ebony,
with cover of cypress, keys of ivory ana Strings
nf gold Experiments were made with gut, SILK
and latten
.Gold and silver compounded says Dr. Rum
tault, and rendered elastic would unoouDteoiy
produce beautiful tones. gold string or wire
will sound stronger than silver one; thoSe oi
brass and steel give feeber sounds than those
of gold and silver. Silk strings were made OF
the single threads of the silkworm, sufficient
number of them being taken to form chord OF
the required thickness; these We're smeared
over with the white of eggs, which was rem
dered consistent by passing the threads through
heated oil The string was exceedingly UNIFORM
in it's thickness, but produced a tone which the
performer called tubby-
The earliest panofortes were strung with
brase wire for the lower tones and steel for the
upper. Seven eight thcknesses of strings
were used in the clayichords, spinets and
barnsichords of the seventeenth century, but
the Cristofori pianoforte discloses but three
Iiameters The evidence adduced by this IN
ttrurnent however, is not unimpeachable IN tils
respect. since Signor Ponsicchi may have found
it necessary, or thought it wise, to alter the
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26

further end of the key. A slow pressure A. .
key lifted the hammer head 70 within -
distance Of the string: a blow impeues
hammer away from the key with its
spine and against the string, from which i. :,
by it's own weight This device was iuous-.
in that the blow necessary TO the producto,
tone had to be so strong that very ssf, ~.
ing was impossible. Then came the a.
which in various forms and modifcatior.
remained in use till now. The kew rai.,-
hopper which exerts a thrust against the ~
mer shank with an energy cOrrespondi,.
that exerted by the finger Of the player :,
hammer is thrown against the string and r, :.
recoil is caught by check which preyen,, ..
rebounding and holds it in readiness for
tition.
The fact that the hammer does not ness
travel over the entire distance from its rsa..
place to the string makes extremely ~,
repetitions of the blow possible As the :.
acts upon the hopper it also raises a damn
wood lined with felt. which in it's normal 70.
ton lies against the string from above ~
release of the key brings this darnper bae. ;
its place of rest and checks the vibrations =.
the string, thus preventing the discordant e,,
fusion of tones which would be heard II tb..
were permitted to die by the gradual cessas,.
of the vibrations When It is desired that r.
tones shall continue through a series q.
arpeggios or a repeated harmony al the dan
pers are raised simultaneously by means ~
pedal the one to the rigLt-the damper ued,,
commonly spoken of as the loud pedal thong
its use for the purpose Of increasing the voluna
of tone is the cheapest to which il can be vv,
The left pedal shifts the action sidewise 50 tba,
the hammers strike only one Of the double AMI
two of the triple UnisOns, leaving the Other,
untouched to vibrate sympathetcaIIy. This il
the action Of the left pedal in the grand piaDe
forte: in the upright it moves the hammer a..
ton nearer 10 the strings so that the hamns
describes a smaller are in reaching the stringV
and it's force is Iessened; in the obsolete SONAR.
it interposed a strip Of felt between the ham.
mers and the strings and thus softened tbs
tone
The soft pedal movement OF the grand does
more than diminish the volume Of tone tbs
tone emitted by the strings which have not fet
the impact of the hammer but vibrate symua
theticalIy-that is to say. in response to al
mOspheric waves sent forth by their unisons-s
of an aeoIian sweetness and lends a color o.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26

strnging so far as diameters were concerned.
when he restored it in 1875 In the modern in
strumcnt all the strings are of steel, though
those for the lowest twenty tones dakng the
Steinway Grand as modeD consist of steel
core wrapped about closely Qike the G-string
OF a violin) with wire of a compound metal to
give them greater weight and compensate for
their disproportionate vibrating length IRE
spective Of this covering, eighteen different sizes
of wire are used, the development during the
last century having been not only along the
lines of elasticity tenacity and tension, but also
diameter. The lowest eight bass tones are
produced by single strings, covered; the next
five by double uniSonS covered; the next seven
by triple unisons covered, and the remaining
sixty-eisht by triple unisons Of simple wire
In all 243 strings are employed to produce the
Lightweight tones of the concert grand. The
average strain on each string may be set down
in round numbers at 1I6 pounds 1t was much
higher before agreement reached some
fifteen years ago among the principal piano
forte manufacturers of the United States to
adopt a lower pitch than the old London Phil
harmonic, which had long been standard and
which many makers gave up grudgingly be
cause of n belief that it more brilliant than
the French didpGS0E normal Before the change
a Steinway Concert Grand endured strain of
nearly 10000 pounds; now the pull is the
equivalent CT $1,000 pounds.
The Cristofori pianoforte has a compass of
four ard one-l1alf octaves, from the
ond leger line below the bass staff to T in the
fourth space above the treble. Very early the
Keys were extended downward to F, on the
fourth !eger line below the bass staff so as
TO give the instrument five octayes. At the time
Of Haydn and Mozart five and five and half
octaVes were iE use, Clement having added the
half octave in 1893. The pianoforte which
Broadwocd, the English manufacturer, sent as
p gift to Beethoven in 1917 had compass of
sig octaves but SIX and half had already been
reached in 1911, and the practical extreme of
seven octaycs il 1886 1 say the practical ex-
treroe'' because the three notes which have been
added since are of no artistic value This. 1
Venture 70 say, viii Eet be disputed by any
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26

to law of acoustics which teaches that when
strings have the same length and tension, but
differ in weight Chat is, thickness), their yibra-
tions in inverse proportion to their weight
Two other canoTS of the stretched string
also Of ,aIf3ity, one of which teaches that
ST in angthGned 1t vibrateS more slowly, as
it Is -.,. lied more rapidly, the tension
maifiins the same: in the former case the tone
produced is graver dover is the popular defni-
tom; in the latter more acute (higher) than the
fundamental. According to the second canon
the tighter a string is drawn the higher the
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26

pianofortes" (his meaning is vague and the
original record is IosU taken out in 1890.
In 1859 Henry Engelhard Steinway, grand
father of the present president of the corpora
ton of Steinway & Sons combined an over
strung scale with solid metal frame thus TAX
ing the last really radical step in the develop
ment of the American pianoforte- What has
been done since is in the way of development of
the system in details.
The mechanism by means of which the ham
mer is made to strike the string and set it to
vibrating is marvel of ingenuity It's simplest
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
FORTE.

wonderful charm to the music. II is the desire
to combine this tint with seniority that temvts
pianists to the abuse Of the instrument dis
cussed in connection with the difficulty Of keep
ing pianofortes in tune before the introduction
of the metal frame. On some pianofOrtes thers
is third pedal between the other two, called
the Tone Sustaining Pedal, the action Of which
is 10 withhold the dampers from the string OF
strings struck just before the depression Of the
pedal
The actions which have been il use for man7
decades are notifications OF three models The
English perfected by Broadwood, the Frena
repetition invented by Sebastian Erard and ths
Viennese invented and perfected in Vienna
These models have been modified il particulars
but not in principles by different manufactures
to suit the requirements of their instruments
The action of Steinway & Sons, Of which dia-
gram is presented here, is a modification Of ths
Erard mechanism
A comparison Of some Of the details Of The
CristofOri pianoforte in the CrOsbyBrown co.,
lection at the Metropolitan Museum Of Art in
New York, and a modern Concert Grand made
by Steinway & Sons will help TO Illustrate The
tremendous progress made in the art Of plane
forte construction from the time Of the inVel-
ton of the instrument till now. The StenWay
Concert Grand pianoforte is feet and "
inches long and feet wide. The weight Of
its metal plate is $50 pounds. which probably
more than the weight of the Cristofori instrl-
ment in its entirety. The total weight of the
Steinway is 1.O4O pounds. 1t has compass Of
seven and quarter octaves, eighty-eight keys
against the Cristofori's four and a half oetayes
ffty-four keys. it's range extending nineteeH
keys above the top note Of the CristofOri IL
strument and fifteen below the bottom note
The longest string Of the Steinway is six fee;
seven and one-haf inches in length. its shortes:
two inches; the longest string OF the CristOtOh
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26

form was that shown in the tangent of the
cavchord-by depressing the key a short
tongue of metal was thrust against the string.
The key was a simple lever, and the metal
tongue the tangent, had to be held against the
string as long it desired that the tone
should sound. The next step in the way of i'm
provement to hitch the handle of a small
hammer to rail with leather hinges and to
replace the tangent with bit of wire with a
leather button at the end, placed upright on the
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26

tone; the looser the slower its vibrations and
the lower the tone, the length remaining equal
All three canons find their application in the
Stringing of planofOrtes. The old rule, still
prevailing in some houses, like that of Erard, in
Paris and their imtators, is to dispose the
strings parallel with each other. The majority
of manufacturers the world over, however have
taken a leaf out of the book of American prac-
tice and carry the overspun bass strings of the
lowest octave across d number Of the strings
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
T11E pJ4NOFORTE AND ITS MUSIC
Changes in Snging of PianooresPrecio"s Metals
tension of Compass-Lacs Regarding Tense St7nss-1he
O1,ersrung Scac-Hammer <icton ana fed@s-
The Pianoforte and Modern
Grand Compared
Copyright. 1910. by II. f. krehbiei.)

honest maker, but commercial considerations
have led to their preservation. B6sendorfer, in
Vienna, however has made Imperial Con-
cert Grand with compass of eight octaves,
from sub-contra F. in the eighth space below
the bass staff, to E in dHississimo, in the
eleventh space above the treble.
Pianoforte strings increase in thickness as
the tones proceed down the scale In obedience