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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-02
Life Story of
Tom johnson
Poor Boy to Millionaire.

~7HE career of Tom johnson is a
ctory OF how poor boy be
e came a millionaire. his life
work being characterized by
pluck and pathos. As boy he learn.
ed what hardship and poverty were.
Then by rapid rise he became a mil
honaire, only to sacrifice his fortune
in trying TO straighten out the fnan-
cial affairs OF his dead brother, who
had left a widow and four children.
Tom Loftin johnson was born in
Scott county, KY, on July IS, 1854.
The names Tom" and "LOftin'' he
selected for himself In his early
childhood his parents agreed that he
was a boy out OF common lines and
that he could decide for himself better
than they could decide for him.
Tom johnson went into the world
without the advantage OF a high
school or college education First he
was Il newsboy and as such learned
the value of d nickel and what it
meant to earn one. His first employ
ment was in a rolliEg mill. ana from
the furnace mouth ne went into a
railroad Office.
Starts Fortune In Indianapolis.
At eighteen he went to indianapolis.
where he lay the foundation Of a for
tune. Street railway manipulation at
uacted him. and. with the aid of some
wealth brought to him through mar
riage TO the daughter of prominent
man, he acquired control OF the street
railways of indianapolis.
in 1879, seeking new fields TO con
quer, be removed to Cleveland and
bought a small street railway line and
in q comparatively short time by his
extraordinary energy and ability he
had effected a consolidation of all the
street railroads in that city. Equita-
bic treatment of his employees and
the public spirit he displayed attract
ed attention to Johnson. and he be-
came one OF Clevelands most popular
citizens.
Johnson was a free trader and Sin
gle Taxer, and Henry Georges Prog
resS and Poverty" was his Bible. In
1888 he made his debut in politics and
narrowly missed election to congress
in a strong Republican district In
1890 and again I'm 1882 he was elected,
LhL " a. NEltatG4 III 1851 HIS tiGt--
ton as mayor of Cleveland for four
terms was only natural sequence.
4 large man. although not tall and
weighing considerably over 200 pounds,
his face full OF genial humor. he was
affable and courteous to all. His man
ner was democratic to the furthest
extreme. With fortune estimated
at upward of S5.0OO.OO0, he delighted
TO mingle with laboring men and dis
cuss the theories of single tax. popu-
ism and socialism and the conditions
affecting the workiD oman.
1t was in 1908 that johnson an
nounced that his fortune had been
wiped out by his efforts to save the
estate Of bis dead brother. Al He
gave up HIS magnificent residence and
his automobiles and cheerfully declar-
Ell his intention 70 begin life anew.
He was. however. stricken with a NOR
tai disease before he could recoup his
wealth.
his Friendship For Henry George.
When Tom JohnsoD FIRST raa6 Harry
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-02

1t is distressing to think that a num-
Der OF innocent babes OF today win de-
velop into United States senators.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-02

Every dog has his day. though some
OF them should be given thirty days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-02
THE ARGUS.

BY THe ]. W. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-02

With the development Of the age we
cradle neither grain nor babies any
longer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-02

Suffragettes hadn't thought OF horri-
flying the men by appearing In their
last years hats.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-02

Most every statesman and near
statesman now has presidential light
ming rod sticking out of his hat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14
Loves haQnetism.

Love begets love. 1t is a process OF
induction. Put a piece of iron in the
presence of an electrified body. and
that piece of iron for time becomes
electrified. 1t is changed into a TEN.
porary magnet in the mere presence
of a permanent magnet; and as long
as you leave the two side by side
they are both magnets alike. Remain
side by side with him who loved us
and gave himself for us, and you. too.
will become a permanent magnet, a
permanently attractive force; and.
like him you will draw all men unto
you; like him. you will be drawn unto
all men. That is the inevitable eff
feet of love. Any man who fulfus
that cause must have that effect pro
duced in him.-HenTy Drummond.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14
TWELVE DOLLARS A MINUTE
That Sum In Good American Coin Is
Paid Into the Golfers of Uncle Sam
by Peoria Distileries.

AS We are seeking to promote tenn
perance and the Punishment of liquor
from our midst, and are doing so Gas
far as adding "anti-saloon" territory
is cOnCerned) it might be of interest
to look over some figures given by
secular paper, in regard to the rev.
enue derived by the government from
this traffic the past year; and from
where it came, writes S. H. Mcmillan
of Efingham, H., in the United Pres
byterian. We quote from the article
at the beginning. The four leading
distilleries of Peoria, according to a
rough estimate, pay into the Golfers Of
Uncle Sam every minute Of the day
and night, the year round, the sum of
So, in good, hard, American coin; &C
cOrding to figures made public by the
commissioner of internal revenue. Hi
nOis and Peoria still continue to lead
the list of states and cities in the mat
ter of internal revenue collections;
the nearest competitor to it being
New York, but is nine millions behind
it. There is no other revenue dis
trict in the world except New York
that anywhere nearly approaches Pc
Oria on import duties. The total col
lectiOns for the United States for the
year ending June 80, 1911, was $685.
$4,000, as against approximately
$290,000000 for the preceding year
This is the greatest year in the his
tory Of the government since the in
ternal revenue law was passed. The
previous "high-water' mark being in
1866, when $4,000, 900 was collected,
but this was in time of extraordinary
needs, and resulted from extraor-
binary legislation.
BY states the leaders stand as fol
lows: Illinois, $553,OOO0O0: New
Nork, S444,O0O,O0O; Indiana, 1891, 900,
Terre Haute being the center of the
distilling business IN Indiana. There
are four internal revenue districts in
Illinois, and the revenue offices give
the standing as follows: Peoria, $685.
99S,092; Chicago, $12642 COS; Pekin,
s1004S,0GS, and the district compris-
ing the balance of the state, $62S,619.
The detailed figures by collection dis
tricts is as follows: First Illinois,
$12,642,0O5; Fifth Illinois, $29,99S,O92;
Eighth Illinois, $tO,255, 600; Thirteenth
Illinois, $62S,619; Sixth Indiana, SILL
O4S06S; Seventh Indiana. $20,0S5,315;
Third Iowa, $573,919; Fourth Iowa,
s693,973; First Michigan, $6.033.491;
Fourth Michigan, $974O94 First Mis-.
souri,, $10,524.713; Sixth Missouri ST.
9e5.96; First Wisconsin. $S.2S3128;
Second Wisconsin, $1,199,325. These
states adjoining Illinois reported the
following sums: Indiana. $31133.-
32S.24; Iowa, 1,2G7,S93.29: Michigan,
$7007 $3.50; Missouri, $1247O.GSO.53
Nebraska, $2,773,3O866; Wisconsin,
$9,5S2, 45431.
These figures from the government
reports tell their own story and from
them you may draw your own conclu-
sions. The DEVILS business seems to
prosper, Notwithstanding the rersecu-
ton and the prosecutions that have
been brought against it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14
FATE AND THE FLETCHERS
Intervention That Made II Certain
Hour for Senator's Death Had
Not Struck.

Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Flor
Ida sought his berth one night on
sleeping car on the way south from
Washington. Pulling back the cur
tains of lower nine, he saw that his
bed was already occupied.
Hi, there" called the senator,
shaking the stranger by the shoulder.
The sleeper awoke and protested
angrily.
MY names Fletcher" explained
the statesman, "and this is my berth"
You've got nothing on me" an
swered the other my names Fetch
er, and this is my berth"
My full name is Duncan U. Fetch
err" the senator elaborated.
SOS mine" agreed the intruder.
"Ah. l see" said the senator, po-
litely There must have been a mis-
take in reserying the same berth for
two men of the same name. "PI go
into the next sleeping car
The stranger, by this time, was fully
awake, and proceeded to apologize,
and to offer to give up the berth. This
the senator would not do, but went
into the car ahead, and found a place
to sleep.
An hour later the train was wreck
ed. The car in which the stranger
occupied the lower nine fell through
a trestle, and that Fletcher was
killed The senator's car was not
damaged at all-Popular Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14
"ln All ThV WaVe "

'In all thy ways acknowledge him q"
In all thy ways In thy worship. In
thy study of his word In thy inter
course with his people. In thy traffic
with the world In thy business and
in thy recreation. At thy meals. In
thy correspondence In thy reading
In thy dress. What. IN these petty
matters? Yes; in all thy ways,
Thinkest thou that God will have no
word for thee on such topics? Be I'M
deceived. Thou shalt find a revela-
ton of the will of God for every one
of thy paths. There is no need for
thee ever to let go his hand. Not a
single hair of thy head receives its
ailment without him. Why, then
should a single step be taken without
him?-Rev. George Bowen.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14
Physical Condition of prunkards

AS a rule male drunkards live long
er than female. Seventy-fve per cent
of all chronic alcoholics" have fatty
degeneration Of the liver. Many have
brown atrophy of the heart. The kid
neys are never normal Fifty per
cent Of the drunkards have gastritis.
By the coating of the tongue and the
character of the tremor or length of a
spree can be accurately determined
The drunkard often secs things" bu,
rarely has his sense of smell impair
ed Patients who drink absinthe are
particularly liable to commissions. ac-
cording to the report of DR.. Lambert,
of Bellevue hospital, New York, who
has made a special study of thou
sands of drunkards during his connec-
ton with that famous institution.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14
Proved.

There's no question about it," said
Scribbleigh. England is the place
for an author to live in who wishes to
write perfect English. We become
merely the expression of our envir-
onment, after all, and | wish to do my
work in an atmosphere in which the
language | use for the expression OF
my ideas is spoken in all its prestine
purity. Do you not agree with me,
Lord MiggletOn?"
by Jowye, you're bally right, old
top" replied his ordship-Harper'
Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

Porcupines are good climbers, and
when unable to get enough aSrlAS
wtnd-blown to the ground, swarm a
tree and cut down the finest bearing
limbs as quickly and neatly as a beav-
er can sever the trunk of a young
hemlock Besides that, when other
food is scarce they nibble the bark
off young apple trees, and can destroy
a newly planted orchard in a short
time. They also are a great enemy to
the young spruce, but why they cut
them is a mystery, as it is not found
that they even eat the tenderest
shoots.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14
Youth and Ace.

THE difference between youth and
age was never so well put" said Rev.
C. W. Penlow, in an address at an
Ocean Grove beach meeting. "as by
a playwright who wrote:
Youth, which is forgiven every
thing, forgiyes itself nothing. Age,
which forgives itself everything, is for
given nothing"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

A Berlin musician declares that rag.
time is driving America crazy. This
is ungrateful, whom Parsifal made 3
tour OF the country to the tune OF a
fortune. Ragtime musicians may argue
in turn that II was only a crazy ma
ton which would go mad over Par
sifal. for everything in this uncertain
world depends on the point of view
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14
Real Thinus.

What the world needs today is less
80 called religion, and more real right.
eousness, less sO-called science and
more real conscience less creed and
ritual and outward ceremonial and
more real Christianity.-Rev. H. H.
Van Meter, Congregationalist, Chi.
cago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

A Chicago man who has been lead
ing a double life has been sentenced
TO the penitentiary Wouldn't II be
better TO have him deliver lectures
explaining how he managed to sup
port two families?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14
Client Innuendo,

That woman always speaks kindly
of others"
YES" replied Miss Cayenne but
she always does it in such a way as
to imply that she is making some ter
rible mental reservations"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14
Lighthouse Of He'll.

See where the Withdrawing groe
shop appears, there where the red
waves of wretchedness swell; it
burns on the edge of tempestuous
years, the horrible lighthouse of hell
Mcdonald Clarke.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

Lots of actresses have to go to the
trouble of marrying before they can
use the advertisement of the divorce
court to make business thrive again
Such Is the irksomeness of red tape.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

For the benefit of the gentlemen
who are doing most of the talking
about the preservation of natural re-
sources. it might be well to drop the
hint that conversation is not con-
servation
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14
a Question of Art

Was that play you speak of highly
artistic and poetical?" asked the girl
who poses.
80 don't believe 1t could have
been" replied the girl who is frank
"I understood and enjoyed every
word of it"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

The roller towel will be no longer
on the roIl-call if the crusade started
against 1t is carried to a triumphant
conclusion In fact. the roller towel
will be wiped out
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14
Distinction.

Senator Lotsmaun-Who IS this Nc
Chunkerson that wants a cOnsulship,
and what claim has he on me for
political Job?
Private Secretary-He says he's the
only man who hasn't been mentioned
as candidate for governor Of Hill
nois.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

Beauty varies with the point of
skirt becomes fashionable, womankind
will arise and proclaim 1t a thing OF
beauty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

A New York maiden starved herself
to become beautiful, but carried it so
far that she died The report fails
to state whether she succeeded in i'm
proving her looks
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

Philadelphia pastor wants to or
ganize a church for women only II
wouldn't be a success. Every church
must have three or four bald-headed
deacons
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

This Is one of the highest COM
pliments ever paid to the level-head-
ed, common sense of Americans
who cut off about two hundred mil
lion pounds of coffee when they
found by actual experiment Gin the
majority of cases. that the subtle
drug caffeine, in coffee, worked dis
comfort and varying forms of dis
ease.
Some people haven't the charac-
ter to stop a habit when they know
it is killing them, but it is easy
to shift from coffee to Postum, for,
when made according to directions,
it comes to table cup of beverage,
seal brown color, which turns to
rich golden brown when cream is
added, and the taste is very like
the milder grades of Old Govt Java.
Postum is a veritable food-drink
and highly nourishing, containing
all the parts Of wheat carefully pre-
pared to which is added about ten
per cent of New Orleans molasses,
and that is absolutely all that
Postum is made of.
Thousands of visitors to the pure
food factories see the ingredients
and how prepared. Every nook
and corner is open for every visit
or to carefully inspect. Crowds
come daily and seem to enjoy 1t.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14
Brinus Out Weaknesses

"Alcohol has the effect of bringing
out many other brain weaknesses be
sides insanity. that without it might
have lain dormant. T. S. Clous
ton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

There will be no art in masculine
fashions until men discard trousers. D.
says a British artist Then, as tar as
we are concerned, there will be no
MT in masculine fashions.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

he long Boston" is a variant of
the waltz comprising a stroll and a
hug The man who predicts its popu-
larity states the case mildly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

China is disarming Its new army,
lest It Join the revolution China is
one of those countries in which it is
dangerous to be safe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

The editor of a fashion magazine
says "a perfect fit IS fatal to a stout
woman Still the list OF fatalities
grow.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

man who found a ten-dollar bin
on the street in New York gave it to
a policeman 1t is unnecessary to
mention the fact that he wasn't a
New Yorker
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

That Massachusetts citizen who got
a deer license when he wished to
marry was a bad speller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

Earnest research may yet disclose a
restaurant baked apple that has had
all its core removed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

Nine thousand tons of Christmas
toys recently arrived from Hamburg
Have you got the price of your share
of EN- yet?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

No chance. Of course, that the poor
consumeress will do her Christmas
rhopping without a terrible lot OF
urging.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

Weather prophets tell US that we
are in for a hard winter, but none Of
the coal men show symptoms OF dying
8 grief
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

DO not marry poet" says one
woman. But suppose he doesn't show
any symptoms before marriage?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

A Few Jersey milliner has invented
a hat that can be converted into an
umbrella Some of them could be
made into awnings
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

Scientists still hope to discover the
origin OF life, says a German profess
sor 1t will be Just like them to de-
eide that 1t is a germ
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

With all the things that woman has
to reform she is still mighty sweet
and attractive
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

A Chicago man wants a divorce be
cause his wife said Jerry" in her
sleep. In the vernacular Of the sport
ing page, he got jerry to something.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

Our notion of the meanest man is
the New York thief who stole bride
grOom's best pair of trousers
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

It's a mistake to try to Judge
mans hat by the head that is I'M
der It
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

leg 80 inches around for a woman
Guess her weight.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

A noted physician says that ragtime
music is bound to drive us crazy. by
the St Vitus dance route. probably.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

Some men have a well-seated preju-
dice against giving up their place to
woman in a crowded car
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

Here we see the cause for the at
tacks on us and the Brazilian
sneers at Americans who prefer to
use a healthful. homemade break
fast drink and incidentally keep the
money in America, rather than
send the millions to Brazil and pay
for an article that chemists class
among the drugs and not among
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14
Makes the Heart Sore.

Touch the goblet no more; it will
make thy heart sore, to its very core.
--Longfellow.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

Almost any young widow can teach
Q man how to fall in love-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

Beware of the autumn cold. It is
easy to catch. but hard to lose.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

A man isn't necessarily an artist
because he draws comparisons.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

Let US continue to quote from his
article.
Notwithstanding the enormous
increase in population during the
past three years, coffee shows an
appalllng decrease in cOnsumption."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

Then follows a tiresome lot Of
statistics which wind up by show
ing a decrease of consumption in
two years Of, in round figures, two
hundred million pounds.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

Some persons seem to have ex-
cess vitality enough to use coffee,
tobacco and whiskey for years and
apparently be none the worse, but
the number is small, and when a
sensible man or woman finds an ar
ticle acts harmfully they exercise
some degree Of intelligence by
dropping it.
We quote again from the article:
"These figures are paralyzing
but correct, being taken from
Leech's statistics, recognized as
the most reliable"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

Turkey is being made a goat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

Then the article proceeds to de-
nounce Postum and works into a
fine frenzy, because we have pub
lished facts regarding the effect Of
coffee on some people.
The narrowing tale goes on.
where a few years ago every
body drank coffee, several cups a
day, now we find in every walk in
life people who imagine they can
not drink it. (The underscoring is
0urs.) Burly blacksmiths, carpen-
tiers, laborers and athletes have dis
continued or cut down the use Of
coffee; as there is not a person
who reads this and will not be able
to find the same conditions existing
among his own circle Of acquaint-
ances, is it not well for the Brazil
fans to sit up and take notice?"
Isn't it curious these bur
ly" strong men should pick out cof-
fee to imagine" about? Why not
Imagine" that regular doses of
whiskey are harmful, or daily slugs
of morphine?
II imagination" makes the caf-
feline in coffee clog the liver, de-
press the heart, and steadily tear
down the nervous system. bringing
on one or more of the dozens of
types of diseases which follow
broken-down nervous systems,
many people don't know it.
But it remained for the man who
has coffee morphine or whiskey
to sell to have the supreme nerve
to say: you only imagine your
disorders. Keep on buying from
me-"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14
the foods.

Will the reader please remem-
Der, we never announce that coffee
hurts all people,"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-14

Where a few years ago every
body drank coffee, several cups a
day, now we find in every walk in
life people who imagine they can
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-10-04
TO THE MINE

J. II. Clayton who owns some val
liable mining ground III the Athens
district is planning to take out mill
run for tset of the ore. 1t panns
free and shows a healthy streak OF
gold This ground is situated about
five miles west OF this city. Consid-
cradle prospecting is going on in the
neighborhood and the Clayton hold
ings are regarded as among the best
on the hill