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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-09

friction, 50 also Venus likewise has es-
capped a corresponding retardation of
sXial rotation and still rotates in %
hours 81 minutes. as has been held by
observers since the days Of Cassini.
1867. Accordingly IT follows that the
conditions on this planet are more like
those of the earth than any other body
OF our system. Mars rotates forty-one
minutes slower than the earth. while
Venus rotates thirty-five minutes fast
er. and as the former planet is about
as much outside Of the earth's orbit as
the latter Is inside there is seen TO be
a profound physical cause which has
operated to establish the period Of S3
hours q minutes, first inferred from
observations taken over two centuries
ago. The planet Venus therefore is
habitable. and probably inhabited by
some kind of intelligent beings"
According to mythology. Mars and
Vulcan got into quite a row over the
goddess Venus. It is a sad duty to
record that in these modern enlighten-
ed days two eminent astronomers are
differing about Venus. While Profess
sor See asserts in his big book his Arm
belief that Venus is habitable. or, in
fact, inhabited by sentient beings, Pro-
fessor PerciVal Lowell. he Of Mars
fame. makes assertions which II sup
ported will render Professor Sees po-
sfion Qpits untenable- According to
Professor Lowell. Mars 10 the only
planet outside OF our own that contains
the possibility of organized life. He
declares that Mercury and Venus are
in their dotsge as planets, being al
ready dead and dried up worlds: that
Mars Is rapidly reaching the stage
when life no longer will be possible on
its surface and that our own beloved
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-09

to bind in this way an alliance with
the master OF Europe. and the mar
riage with Marie Louise. then a girl Of
eighteen, was arranged In 1910. Bo-
naparte was then forty-one years old.
His power was at it's zenith. with no
cloud OF Elba or Waterloo or ST. Hele-
ma visible on the horizon.
The birth OF the child. whose name
was Napoleon Francois Charles Joseph
Bonaparte, brought rejoicing TO France.
Belief in the star" OF the emperor
was widespread. and the people thought
that the glory OF his house was to be
continuous. centered in his direct line.
Everywhere. IN Paris and in the prov
iiIces. the news OF the birth on March
20, 1911. called forth fetes and illumina-
tions and addresses OF loyalty. Volatile
Paris itself went almost mad with JOY.
The memoirs OF the people OF the time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-09

earth is next on the toboggan OF life,
almost ready, geologically speaking. to
take the swift slide that ends in life
less oblivion. beyond the hope OF phys
ical resurrection. only self conferred
ignorance sustains our self conceit that
we are something peculiar in natures
scheme" says Professor Lowell. Our
peculiarly consists in so thinking.
Jupiter, Saturn. Uranus and Neptune
are too young yet Ito sustain life ].
Venus and Mercury. though ostenta-
tiously open, are too old to have any
thing to reveal"
Professor Sees position is also held
by Professor Pickering, the famous
Harvard astronomer. There are many
physical reasons for thinking that II
any other planet besides the earth is
inhabited IT is probably Venus" says
the Cambridge man.
II is q pretty quarrel as II stands,
with issues and res sonings too vast and
too complicated to be understood of
the ordinary intellect. In IT are in
velVed matters Of the deepest religious
belief as well az questions of the ut
most earthly seriousness. If the earth's
life 10 within measurable distance of
annihila tion-reckoning time by geo.
logical eras. remember, not by our in
fnitesimal years-if Venus has preced-
ed US on the way to cosmical death, IL
Jupiter is az Professor Lowell asserts.
huge baby OF a world still in it's
swaddling clothes" with possibilities
Of developing life as we know II or in
some other form. VINO shall measure
the effects Of these theories on the
views which our remote descen dants
shall take OF life on this earth. in other
worlds and IN the hereafter?
WILLIAM HENDERSON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-09
ON THE SURFACE OF VENUS

VI VI WHAT do you know about
NV No. not the ancient
goddess who wss long on
good looks ana short on clothes. II her
current pictu<ss be authentic. Nor yet
the famous iady from Milo. she CT the
perfect proportions, whose arms We're
stretched out so long across the CEN
turtles before she was found that the
limbs broke OF under their own weight
the planet Venus the bright star OF the
heavens. is the subject OF the query
with which this story begins.
Confess. now. you don't know much
about Venus. Unless you are an ANA
probably don't know much more about
a star and that II Is mentioned some
times In the patent medicine almanacs
as being the morning or the evening
star OF some day In particular. But
you need not feel ashamed. Most OF
your fellow citizens don't know much
more about Ven~s than you do.
Sisters and brothers. it tehooves Us to
read up on Venus. Professor Thomas
Jefferson Jackson See says there are or
may be folks on Venus waiting for Us 20
send them greetings or trying in their
NenCsian way TO comm unicate with US.
Peering through his big telescope. Pro-
fcssor See has noted on Venus cord.-
lions which make him think and &c
clare boldly that the planet is not only
habitabIe. but IS probably inhabited by
same s0rs OF ~teInEent beings Pro-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-09

the clerk notify the Central Union Tel.
eIhone company 10 appear before the
committee of the whole Thursday nigh.
relative 10 complaints regarding the
placing of poles and anchor wires.
Carried.
Adjourned on motion OF Alderman
LaVanway.
NJ. T. RUDGRE.J. Clerk.
l hereby certify the foregoing to Dc
a true and complete account Of the pro
ceedings Of the city council OF Rock
Island, Ill, al a meeting held Feb 10,
1911. ROY A. SEARS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-09
nth side of Fifteenth avenue. Ca

south side of Fifteenth avenue. Car
ried.
Alderman Schmid moved that the
ordinance committee take up the cleo
trical inspection ordinance at a meet
ing to be held Thursday night. Car
ried.
Alderman Stephens moved that the
TriCity Railway company be reuest-
ed to have Long View cars stop at
Twenty-eighth street and Eighteenth
avenue, and that the clerk notify COM
pany to place stop signs there. Car
ried
Alderman Borst moved that the pro
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-09

and light and finance committees and
aldermen of the Seventh ward NEE.
Thursday night to consider the pur-
chase of a site for a hose house on
Fourteenth avenue, east of Thirtieth
street Carried
Alderman LaVanway moved that the
clerk be directed TO notify Superiu-
tendent Huntoon of the Tri-City Rail.
way company to be present before the
committee Of the whole Thursday
night for the purpose of considering
improvements in the service of the
company. Carried
Alderman Holznammer moved that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-09

contain many references 70 the rejoic-
ings Of the city. Napoleon himself took
no pains TO conceal his happiness.
Elba and the downfall OF the Ma
poleonic hopes found Marie Louise and
her child hurrying back TO her fathers
court at Vienna II should be under
stood that the marriage Of the young
Austrian archducbess to Napoleon had
been a marriage OF convenience" on
her part She had no affection for the
man who had hUmbled her country and
who had been represented 10 her as a
deyOuring ogre almost up TO the time
OF her wedding. The hundred days"
which shook Europe after Eapoleon's
return TO France and before mis- hnal
downfall at Waterloo brought her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-09

posed construction of water main on
Forty-third street, Fourteenth to Eigh.
teenth avenue, be referred to the wa
terworks committee, board of local i'm
provements and aldermen of the ward.
Carried.
Alderman Borst moved that the pro-
posed construction of water main on
Forty-third street, north of Fourteenth
avenue, be referred to the waterworks
committee. the board of local improve
ments and the aldermen of the ward
Carried.
Alderman Frick moved that the fire
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-09

back to Paris. only 10 leave again and
finally for Austria, when her august
husband was sent into exile at "a
Helena. We had abdicated the throne
in favor or the king Of Rome. but the
powers paid little attention 70 the four.
year-old king. who never reigned.
Thereafter Napoleon n. lived "a the
Austrian court under the care OF his
grandfather until his death Of tuber-
culosis IN 1892. Tho title OF Duke Of
Reichstadt was created for him by the
Austrian emperor. His mother mar
Tiod again after the death OF Napoleon
l. in 1921. she seems 10 have cared 1T
tie for her son. interesting herself
mainly In the activities Of the court
lie was educated for a military career
and gave promiFe or exhibiting much 81
the genius which Coined for bis father
the opportunity Of displaying mis- othoi
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-09

fessor See has embodied or Undecided
his views on Venus IN a volume re-
Gently issued OF Researches on the
Evolution OF the Stellar Systems" This
Is asserted TO be the only great stand
ard treatise on eesmogony ever pub
Hshe6 and enc OF the most epoch max
ing works On astronomy that has ap-
psarsd since the age OF the Greeks"
So you see Il Is a great work. and Il IS
attracting much attention among the
wise men whose business il = 10 study
the heavens and tell US the latest news
from Mars and Jupiter and Saturn and
the other PLANETS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-09

world astounding abilities. II r. 70
corded Of Napoleon H. that he showed
facility in the acquisition % languages.
resembling his mother In this respect
Rostand paints him as being kept In
ignorance Of his fathers fate and as
being cajolsd by means OF pretty wo-
men and otherwise into failure 70 real
ize his Inheritance Of greatness. But
the young man e credited by all OBJ
servers with more than ordinary intsIli.
gence, and u - probable that Rostard
drew on his poetic Imagination.
Besides the king Of Rome the Erous
Bo1aparte had two other cons. both
iuegitimate. This - stated on the AZ
thority Of Constant. bis chief valet De
chsmbre- VICTOR CAPELLO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-09


NJ
Chapman marking
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-09
We hundred

NE hundred years ago. In
& March. 1871. the intsrsst>0f
the civilized world was CEN
tered In an atom OF humani-
ty. a male child. who began then q ca
reer which seemed destined to become
& fame Of glory, but which ended TWEEN
ty-one years later in pathetic illness.
disappointment and disillusion. The
infant was the son OF the great Ma
poleon-
The world knows much Of the great
ef Napoleon It has studied the bizarre
career Of the third man OF the name
who strove 20 emulate the career Of his
uncle without that uncle's brain and
will But IL knows little of Napoleon
H. and cares less. For a brief time,
eleven years ago. there was q revival Of
interest In the pitiabie career of the
son OF the greatest Of the Bonspartes
due to the embodiment OF the closing
scenes Of his short life In Rostand's
play, '-LAigion" (''Ths Eaglet"), play
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-09
MUNICIPAL MATTERS

City council room, Rock Island,
ILL.,, Feb. 10, 1911.-The city coun-
Gil met in regular session at o'clock
p. m, Mayor McCaskrin presiding
and all the aldermen present except
Utke.
The minutes of the regular meet
ing Feb. s, and the special meeting
Feb. IL, were read and approved.
Alderman LaVanway submitted IN
ordinance. which was Immediately
considered and adopted by unani-
nous vote, allowing the labor pay
roll for week ending Feb. II as fol-
lows.
Weekly pay roll for week ending
Feb. II, 1911:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-09

Professor Sees standing in the SCI
entinc world Is high. SO high that his
work he's commanded the most respect
fuI attention among astronomers and
other learned folk He - a master of
arts. q mssts- OF literature. a master
OF science and q doctor of philosophy,
and he has charge OF the United States
naval observatory at Mare island. Cali
fornia- When therefore, he speaks
about Venus it is with the voice Of
great authority He says:
And just as the earth never rotated
very rapidly and has not been appre-
ci2hIv RETARDED by the effects OF tidal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-09

Sewer account ZfoV
| Park account ............ 2o2O
Total S3O9.06
The clerk read a petition from
property holders asking the vacation
of the alley in block 4. G. Elmer
BIakesley's Twelfth street addition.
Referred to the street and alley COM
mittee and the aldermen of the ward
! to report.
/ The mayor submitted a report Of
| the special police committee fund
raised by subscriptions and the base
/ ball game, showing a total of sS44
on hand. In connection with the re-
port, the mayor recommended that
the present patrol, ambulance, horses
harness, etc, be sold, and that an
auto patrol and ambulance be pur-
chased at once and that specifica-
tons be drawn ard bids asked for
1 Immediately.
! Alderman McNealy moved that the
report and recommendation be re-
ferred to the finance and police COM
mittee' to report. Carried.
! Alderman LaVanway moved that
| the ordinance committee and city
attorney be directed to prepare an
ordinance for consideration next
Monday, REMEMBERING the voting pre-
cincts in the city. Carried.
/ Alderman Holzhammer moved that
the council dispose of the appointment
of election judges and clerks at the
next meeting. Carried.
Alderman LaVanway offered a reso-
luton that an exigency exists by rea-
son of lack OF funds for the payment
of due. current and anticipated bills
and salaries and the maintenance of
the fire department, health de-
partment, and other departments
of the city, and that as the
appropriations are based on the anti
cipated collection of taxes aggregat-
ing s91, 0O1.5 that the finance COM
mittee, the mayor and city clerk be
authorized to secure a loan, to be
known as loan No. 2, in the sum of
$4,000, against the unCollected taxes,
and to be paid after all prior loans
have been paid and fully satisfied.
Adopted by unanimous vote.
AIdedman LaVanway moved that
the mayor and clerk be authorized to
issue a voucher in the sum of $50, to
William LindstrOm for his services on
The Thirty-eighth street paving i'm
provement. Adopted by unanimous
vote.
Alderman Prick moved that a spe-
cial committee be named 10 confer
with attorneys for the Tri-City Con
struction company and Mr.. Edwards,
and the city engineer and city attor-
ney, and report. Alderman LaTan
way moved as a substitute that the
finance committee be directed to take
the matter up. The substitute pre-
vailed.
Alderman Schmid moved the adop-
ton of the ordinance vacating that
part of First avenue. formerly Water
street, located between Second ave
nue.. formerly Illinois street, and
Third avenue, formerly Orleans
street. Adopted by unanimous vote.
Alderman McNealy moved that the
beard of local improvements be di-
rected 10 proceed with the Waterman
improvement on Forty-fifth street and
Fifteenth avenue, it being understood
that the city will assume half of the
assessment against property on the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16
PAY TWICE A MONTH.
Railroad Employees at Leon Get Two
Pay Days After Jan. list.

Word has been sent out by the Of
ticials of the Burlington road from
the headquarters that the railroad
company would try the system of
paying it's employees twice each
month beginning on the first pay day
OF the new year. This twice-a-month
system of paying wages to the rail-
road employees is now in force on
the Missouri lines of the Burlington
system, that state by legislation hav-
ing compelled all railroads doing
business in Missouri to pay it's en-
ployes twice month. This necessi-
tated the employment Of quite a
number of extra clerks, but the rail-
road officials have found it so salts
factory to themselves and the men
employed on the Missouri lines have
been SO we'll pleased that the rail-
road company has decided to pay all
OF its employees twice a month When
it was first announced that the men
employed on the Missouri lines were
to be paid twice a month, employees
IN Illinois and Iowa began to make
requests Of the company that the
system be tried both in Illinois and
Iowa, although there is no law in
either Illinois or Iowa which requires
payments to be made twice a month.
There having been so many requests
for this change, the officials have de-
cided to acquiesce in the request of
the men and have ordered those in
charge of the bookkeeping of the
railroad company to so arrange mat
tiers that the new system can be put
in force at the opening of the year.
No doubt the news of the change in
the system of wage paying on the
Burlington will be very pleasing to
the men, many of whom have always
contended that they should get their
wages paid more often than they had
been getting them in the past.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16
Forced into Exile.

VIM. Upchurch of Glen Oak, Okla,
was an exile from home. Mountain
air, he thought, would cure a fright
full lung-racking cough that had de-
fled all remedies for two years. At
ter six months he returned, death
logging his steps. "Then I began to
use DR.. Kings New Discovery" he
writes, "and after taking six bottles
l am we'll as ever" 1t saves thou
sands yearly from desperate lung
diseases. 1nfallible for coughs and
colds, it dispels hoarseness and sore
throat. Cures grip, bronchitis, hem
orrhages, asthma, Group, whooping
cough soc and $1.00, trial bottle
free, guaranteed by Van Werden &,
Kopp.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16
The Poor Country Publisher.

We are in receipt of a circular let
ter from Woodwork Clum, Of the
Davenport Commercial Club, in
which he takes slam at Horace
Barnes, of the Abba Republican. 1t
seems that prior letter was sent to
Horace and he wrote across the top
of the letter, advertising 5 cents
per inch fiat" And this seems to
have stirred up the animals, as Wood
worth Clum comes back at him and
says: This is one of the things
that is the matter with Iowa. We
do not quite understand what Wood
worth Clum has in mind. BY the
way, get onto the name, "Woodworth
Clum.' Do you expect much from
him? Is the matter with Iowa that
the Republicans rates are 15 cents
or is it because the papers do not ad-
vertise Iowa enough? Heavens to
Betsey and seven hands round, have
not the newspapers of Iowa lain
awake nights to boost Iowa and that
without money and without price.
What has Horace Barnes done that is
wrong? Why in the devil should the
poor country publishers be forever
and day imposed on to boost Des
Moines or Davenport, or this town or
that? Not a mail comes to Washing
ton that does not contain lot of free
boosting for somebody or other who
does not care a cuss for the country
editor except that he may have We
hicle to get to the public. What is
the use? Why not ask the doctors
to contribute free srvices or the law
yers to try cases for glory or the
preachers to preach for nothing?
Why not just as we'll go out and ask
the farmers to furnish free flour and
free corn meal and free potatoes as to
continually harp at the editors for
free advertising and say it is for the
glory of the great state of Iowa.
Thunder and lightning and the cats
got out, isn't Iowa big enough and
rich enough to pay it's way? Maybe
Horace Barnes was too snippish to-
wards the greater Iowa Committee of
Davenport, but Woodwork Clum has
his nerve also; but do you expect
much from a man with such a name?
We would as soon expect a man nam
ed Pete or Bill to be dancing mas
ter as to expect man with such
name to get the proper focus on
earthly things. We believe Wood
worth has too fancy a name to get
anywhere. Isn't heaven his home?
Washington Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16
HAIR HINTS.
Worthy the Attention of People Who
Wish to Preserve the Hair.

Have your own brush and comb at
home and at hair dressers.
Never use brush or comb in pub
lie places, they are usually covered
with dandruff germs.
Wash your hair brush once week
with soap and warm water to which
is added a disinfectant.
Shampoo the hair once a weekwith
pure soap and water.
Use PARTISAN SAGE every day,
rubbing thoroughly into scalp.
PARTISAN SAGE is guaranteed
by Van Werden & Kopp to destroy
dandruff germs and abolish dandruff
or money back.
To stop hair from falling and scalp
from itching, or money back.
To put life and beauty into dull
faded hair, or money back. Price SO
cents
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16

Accidents will happen, but the best
regulated families keep DR.. Thomas
Electric Oil for such emergencies. It
subdues the pain and heals the hurts.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16

Women are vain, but men are
much more so and with far less rea-
son,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16
Afraid of Ghosts

Many people are afraid of ghosts. Few people
the Germ is fact If the germ could be maenifed
to size equal to its terrors it would appear more
terrible than any fre-breathin& DRAGON. Germs
can't be avoided. They are in the air we BREATHE
the water we drink. ~
o the system &ives it free scope to establish it.
self and develop. When there is a deficiency OF
vital force, languor restlessness, sallow cheek,
4 hollow eye, when the appetite is poor and the
sleep is broken, it is time to guard against the
En- Medical Discovery. 1t increases the vital pow
system of clos&ins impurities enriches the blood,
aoh and orSans Of digestion and nutrition in worki
that the fern finds no weak or tainted spot in v
= Golden Medical Discovery'' contains no alec
habit forming dFufs. All ito ingredients printed
wrapper. II 10 NOT ! secret nOstruin but I med
ooAros1r1oN and with 4 regard Of 70 ,es,. Of =,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16

that was beginning to break down
under it. The paper contained an an
nouncement that the lot on which |
knew had stood the Ilisley house had
been purchased and the foundations
taken out to make way for new ones.
A space had been walled up, evidently
by amateur masons, and covered with
an arched brick roof. the entrance to
which was an iron door. The door be-
ing forced, it's latch was found to have
been wedged by the earthquake so
that it could not be opened. There had
been entrance from without through
cellar door,
Inside this Enclosure. which was fur
nished, were found five skeletons-three
men and two women. On table lay
a note addressed ITO Those Who Shall
Find Our Bodies" stating that they
were pinned in by what they supposed
to be an earthquake and were starving
to death. The only information as to
the cause of their being there were the
words. "Our secret dies with u.s."
have alluded to this as an explana-
ton. 1t was an explanation that threw
me into far greater state Of curiosity
than before. am consumed day and
night with q desire to know what
could have been tho object OF this -
cfst cot1riA ..t t.fs,5ss
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-10-06

Nels Nelson was down from
Lac Vleux Desert, "Wednesday on
business connected with his broth
ers estate.
, GINSING ROOTS-For Sale,
1 year old plants, for fall planting
order now; prices reasonable; call
ON Frank Smazel. I3-4t
John Singer of Watersmeet and
Stew art Mcconnell of Milwaukee,
we're town visitors Thursday.
Miss Alma Evans student in
our High school, visited her pa
rents at Hackley last Sunday.
F. w. Singler of Watersmeet
transacted business in our town
the first of this week for several
days.
Dave Gertz departed Thursday
for Saltwater, Mimi, to spend
couple of weeks looking over farm
land and may purchase farm be-
fore returning home.
DR.. R. A. Woerfe1, dentist,
will be at Hack1ey October il,
18th and 18th.