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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
TWAIN'S TYPEWRITER.
1t Made Him Want to Cuss. So Ne
Traded IL For a Saddle.

II Made Him Want to Cuss, So 40
Traded II For a Saddle.
1t was in 1874. during famous trip
to Boston with DR.. Twitchell, that
Mark Twain saw for the first time
what was then a brand new invention:
or it may have been during a subse-
quent visit a week or two later. At all
events. writes Albert Bigelow Paine,
he had the machine and was practcing
on it on Dec. 0. 1874. for he wrote two
letters on it that day. one to Howells
and the other TO Orion Clemens. In
the latter he says:
IL am trying to get the hang of this
new tangled writing machine. but am
not making a shining success Of 1t.
However. this is the first attempt
ever have made. and yet / perceive
that l shall soon easily acquire a fine
facility in its use. saw the thing in
Boston the other day and was greatly
taken with it,
He goes on to explain the new won
der. and on the whole his first attempt
is very creditable performance. With
his usual enthusiasm over an innova-
ton he believes it Is going to be a
great help TO him and proclaims its ad.
vantages.
This is the letter to Howells:
You needn't answer this. l am only
| practicing to get three-another slipuI
there-only practicing to get the hang
of the thing. l notice miss fire and
| get in good many unnecessary letters
and punctuation marks. I am simply
using you for a target to bang at
Blame my cat. but this thing requires
| genius in order to work it just rightr'
In an article written long after he
tells how he was with Nasty when he
first saw the machine in Boston through
n window and how they went in to see
II perform. In the same article he
states that he was the first person in
the world to apply the type machine tc
literature ard that the story Of TON
Sawyer" was probably the first type
copied manuscript.
The new enthusiasm ran its course
and died. The typewriter was not per
feet in those days, as 1t is now. and the
keys did not always respond readily
He declared it was running his morals
that 1t made him want to swear" He
offered it to HoweIls because. he said
Howells had no morals anyway. How
ellis hesitated. so Clemens traded the
machine 10 Bliss for a sidesaddle. But
perhaps Bliss also became afraid of the
influence. for in due time he brought
# back. Howels, again tempted. hest
| tated and this time was lost. What
eventually became of the machine 1:
not history.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
They Shoot. but Never Steal.


Montenegrins pride themselves on
the possession Of two great virtues
patriotism and honesty. Their love of
country has been demonstrated in their
history, and their honesty is witnessed
to by their laws. One remarkable law
of the Black Mountain Kingdom di-
reefs that any man finding a purse or
jewelry upon the road shall place the
same upon the nearest stone. 20 that
the loser will have only to retrace his
steps to recover his property. That
law is never violated. 4 Montenegro
thinks nothing of shooting man with
whom he disaCrees, but would shrink
in horror from the idea of stealing the
veriest trife. Montenegrin law is more
severe upon the thief than the homi-
eide
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01

public baths are luxurious. They are
built around courts where, after the
bath You may have your coffee under
great trees surrounded by beds of
beautiful flowers. 1t IS apt to bother
Americans bit 10 find that the bath
rubbers for both men and women are
strapping Swedish girls. businessliie
and unabashed. But this is only one
manifestation OF the advanced activi-
ties Of woman in Sweden. You find
her occupying all sorts OF positions.
You see her boldly swinging Off street
cars without waiting for them to stop.
-Harpers Weekly.
The best education in the world Is
that got by struggling to make Q lfs-
lnG Phillips
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
a Oueer ToD.,1

who is the Nestor Of the bar herer
Il don't believe We have one. I've
never heard OF any such thing here
abouts."
What! No Nestor Of the bar? Say.
what kind o. town IS this T'-Chicage
Record-Eerald
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01

Bathing in Sweden is a business.
Even the hotel bathrooms are extraor-
dinary-regular suits Of rooms. one for
the bath proper. one for shower baths
of various sorts and one for drying
room. wherein you find enormous tow
els as hire rs American sheets The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
OTscoxeFed.

Wife-What would you do George.
IL you were left widower: Hub-Oh
/ suppose the same as you would II
you were left a widow. Wife You
horrid wretch. And yon foId me Won
conid never care for anybody else
Boston Transcript
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01

Sweet potatoes. $1.10 bushel.
Feed and Fuel.
Forage-Timothy hay, SIS to $19.
Wheat, S5c to soc.
Wild hay, S14 to SIS.
Oats, 33c to Csc.
Straw, IS.
Corn, CSC to zoe.
Rye, per bushel, 75c to soc.
Coal-Lump. per bushel. 15c; slack
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01

LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
Oct. Following are the whole
sale quotations on the local market
today:
Butter-Creamery, sic.
Eggs, 24c to CSC.
Potatoes. SOC to CSC busheI
Cabbage, SIC head.
Onions, soc busheI.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
DAVENPORT.
Fair tonight Wednesday. Rising

low, fair weather is indicated for this
vicinity tonight and Wednesday, with
rising temperature.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
BOARD OF TRADE TRANSACTIONS.

9ONhD OF ] hHOE hNNONN lOlNS
Wheat.
December. 9O1a, 90%, 9Oas, 909s
May. %, 955s, 95, 95i4.
Corn.
December. 525s. %, 522s, 522s.
May, 52Ss, 521a. 5l7s. 517s.
July, 50, 52as, 52is, 52ls.
Oats.
December. 3l7s. 317s. 312, 31&.
May, 34ls, S45s. "a, "a
Pork.
October. 1910. 1850, 1910, 1850.
January. 1880. 1850, 1880. 1S.47.
May, 1900, 1915. 1900, 1910.
Lard.
October, 1l.O5. Ills. HOP. Ills.
Janaury, 1857, 1860, 1857, 1900.
Ribs!
October. 1860. 1862, 1857, 1860.
January. 9.s2. 9.S7, $50, 9.s7.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01

Cattle $500; steady.
Sheep $4,000; slow.
Nine O'clock Market.
Hogs sc up. Light S.30q S.95, bulk
s.4Od SIS. mixed S3Od9.OO, heavy $40
dS.25. good S.3OG $50, rough S.1Od
$50. Workers S.S5dS95.
Cattle slow, steady Beeves $3.50
100. stockers 4.4Od7.7O, Texans 40
d61O. COWS 2.9OG7SO. westerns $50
a 80, calves S.00d11.25.
Sheep weak. 3.30Q4.4O, natives 4.65
q6.S5, lambs 9.4564.S5, westerns ASS
G72O.
Close Of Market.
Hogs strong Light s.3OGS95, bulk
s.4OGs.s5. mixed s.3OG 900, heavy $40
dS.90, rough S.1OdS30.
Cattle strong; top HOO.
: Sheep weak; top 40
Lambs weak; top 7.2O.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
TOday's Market Quotations

CBy wire from L. w. Wagner & Co.
Grain. Provisions, Stocks and Cotton.
Local Offices at Rock Island house, Rock
Island, H. Chicago office, 9S-99-l00,
Board OF Trade. Local telephones. No.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
THE GRAIN MARKET.
CHICAGO Cash Grain.

Wheat-No. . r 1919 1O4, No. T 90
a 100, No. 9Ode2l4. No. h seq
90, No. ms 1924 1884,, No. 2 ms Ssd
80. No. MS sea 50, No. ? SSd91i4.
No. 3 $ S5dS9, No. 4 s 1881.
Corn-No. G7i4 dGe. No 2 " 6SA
GGe2a. No. y G7i4G69h4, No. 3 G6l4
d6si4 No. 3 W 6S]a 60. No. 8 y 81
@69ia, No. 66dG7h.. So. W CO.. a
6s. No. 4 66d6S
Oats-No. 3liaG31A. No. W S3js
q 34. No. W S1td32, No. 4 " S11a,
standard 32la qS3i..
Liverpool Cables.
Wheat opened . TO y up; closed II
10 ] up.
Corn opened y up; closed = up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
Wagner's Summary

chicago. Oct. l.-Monday was a re-
splendent day all over North America.
Moisture was trifiing. 1t was an excel
lent day for farm work Temperature
in many sections were down to frost
point, but frost damage to corn is pos
sibly only in limited sections. News
papers fail TO contain aew ideas. Tame
ending of September grains is regard
ed as sign that good bulges are still
out of the question. The Balkan war
scare raised a few smiles, and the ma
jority are imbedded in the idea that
beyond 2-cent rally nothing else in
sight. New corn rarely moves freely
before late in November. There may
be an cary movement this year, but
many figure a fierce demand and be-
lieve December and May corn will
hold current levels, returning from
breaks. The smallest corn crop esti-
mates al offer equal TO the 1910 record,
crop of 2,ss0,0OO,000 Contract oats
are 80 to "a. Cash men say the oats
will keep coming and small rallies viii
be about all. Decatur again reports
that in most sections OF Illinois the
frost will not hurt corn. Also wheat
practically all sown in central Illinois
and coming up. Ground in good con-
dition.
New York, Oct. Last nights loan
crowd showed the market full of stock
with very limited borrowing demand.
Private cables report market opened
weak and erratic on Balkan news
now more quiet Private cable report
smalgamated copper just sold at 9OH
Cotton spot increased demand prices
easier, sales estimated 5000. Futures
easy at 3:1s p. m. quiet.
Democratic state convention at Sy.
racuse today.
Pennsylvania lines IN August show
net increase of 100000 over August,
1911. Further recession of prices in
cotton followed Hutton report of con.
dition OF 6s.7 for Sept. "a, and in corn
by Lyle report of 1850, zoo, 900 bushels
for the seven surplus states.
Hearings Ia governments suit
| against United States steel corpora,
tloh VIII De resumed al Pitts0urg TO
day
Decision OF the arbitration board in
engineer railroad dispute expected
soon.
American stocks In London weak al
IL lower.
Liverpool, Eng, Oct Wheat mar.
ket al opening was affected by the
| unfavorable political situation, and
prices were y TO II higher, and later
there was some pressure in the near
months which declined y on general
ly favorable weather in the United
Kingdom and large arrivals. The dis.
tsnt months we're fairly supported
l and after opening further advanced
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

RIVER FORECAST.
A falling tendency in the Missis-
sippi will continue from below Du-
buque TO MusCatine
M. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
Primary Movement.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
OPENING Of Market.

Hogs 10000; shade up; left over 3
1892 Light S.3O@S.95. mixed S.25@
S.971z, heavy s.1O@S.9O, rough S.1Oq
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-02-02
Texas Ridge.

c. o. Carlson and wife were Ken
drick visitors Monday.
V. A. Randall and wife were
Deary visitors Saturday.
Mace Mccoy was a Kendrick
visitor the first of the week.
A large crowd attended the party
at D. B. Osterhouts Friday night.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Merton L.
Pierce, Sunday January % II ID.
son.
Mrs. L. H. Nicholes left last week
for Lenville, where she will visit her
sister.
Miss Katie Davis who is attending
School in Deary, spent Saturday and
Sunday at home.
The annual meeting of the Ivy
Mutual Telephone Company was held
at the Elwood school house Saturday
the 81. While the meeting was not
largely attended, the usual routine OIL
business was transacted and the fol
lowing officers elected: Presiden
Henry Morris, Vice-president, D
B. Ousterhout, Treasurer c. O. Carl
son, Secretary R. H. Darr; the ole
board of directors succeeding them
selves.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-02-02
Brood Sows In Winter.

The brood SOW Is the farmers pro-
ductive Investment on which he can
draw for future dividends. Like other
productive property, the sow will
make better returns If she is properly
cared for. If on pasture with shade
and water she can care for herself
pretty well in the summer season, but
she must depend upon her owner for
every comfort and her daily food In
the winter. The size Of the filters, as
we'll as the vigor of the spring pigs,
will depend upon the winter care Of
the sows to very large extent, and
animal comfort means success. If the
SOW is not perfectly comfortable at
all times she will not do her best. II
she roots up the ground. tears up her
pen or eats pigs or chickens 1t simply
shows that she wants something
which she does not have and without
which she will not do 80 well. Her
comfort, then, Is q prime necessity.
and this should have the owners care.
full attention. especially during the
winter season.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-02-02
FARM WORK HORSES.
Many Animals Injured by Feeding Too
Much Hay

The proper feeding of farm animals
is yearly commanding more and more
attention. Long since it has been
shown that the usual methods of feed
ing are not only extravagant, but that
they do not always meet best the ami
mails requirements. Too large pro-
portion of our farm animals are poorly
fed, although they have all they can
eat.
The experiment station of Oregon in
a recent bulletin reports: Farm horses
as a general rule are fed entirely too
much hay. This is a positive injury
to the animal and often lessons to
considerable degree his working eff
cheney.
|. 1t should be remembered that every
time horse initiates his lungs the
stomach is displaced, and if this organ
be kept constantly full of bulky food
it imposes extra work upon the respi-
ratory system. Heaves, SO common
among farm horses, is almost wholly
due to feeding too large quantities Of
hay. Collie and other forms Of indi-
gestion are often due to feeding too
large amounts of bulky food. Aside
from it's physical injury to the horse,
the feeding of excessive amounts Of
hay is a waste that should be con-
served.
A horse weighing 1000 pounds will
do more work and keep in better
health on fifteen pounds Of hay per
day than he will on twenty pounds
per day In fact, fifteen pounds of
hay per day is sufficiently bulky food
for horse Of that size. A horse
weighing 1900 to 1900 pounds does
not need more than twenty pounds OF
hay per day. The balance Of his nu-
trients should be in the form Of grain
Feed the 1000 pound horse ten
pounds Of good hay at night and five
pounds in the morning and he will
perform more labor with greater ease
than he would If hay is kept before
him all the while.
If two or more teams are maintain
ed upon the farm feed one team az
suggested and the other the usua
way and note carefully the result. II
making the test, however, teams
should be divided as to size, age ant
individuality as nearly equal as posi-
BILE. Whenever practicable weigl
rather than guess the amount Of ha.
fed.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-02-02

I CAN Save you from five
l to eight dollars on every
suit you buy. A cordial in
vitation is extended to every
man and young man in this
vicinity to take advantage OF
this opportunity to select a
fabric of his choice and have
his suit cut and made to mea-
sure according to his own
ideas by EDWARD E. STRAUSS
& Co, l will be pleased to
take your measurements now
and make. delivery any time
you say.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-02-02
A FEEDING Suausstlen.

A good deal Of risk would be avoided
by the judicious use Of little hay or
alfalfa in the cattle sheds each morn
ing before the animals go on to the
stock fields, and after they have clean
ed up the best Of the grain and fodder
in the fields the hay, with some grain.
is necessary. 1t is all right to rough
them through, but don't be too rough.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-02-02
ECONOMY OF THE COW.

Under every condition where it
has become necessary to produce
human food economically the
dairy cow has become the main
stay, because she more than any
other animal is able to trans
form field crops into the largest
quantity Of human food.
The ultimate object of all live
stock and farm labor is to pro-
duce food for the masses of hu-
manity from the field crops. The
different farm animals will pro-
duce from 100 pounds of dry
matter in the form of field crops
about the following:
The sheep from 100 pounds of
dry matter will recover about 2.5
pounds of edible dry matter for
human food.
The steer from 100 pounds of
dry matter will recover about
81 pounds of edible dry matter
for human food.
The hog from 100 pounds of
dry matter will recover about
sixteen pounds of edible dry mat
ter for human food.
The dairy cow from 100 pounds
of dry matter will recover about
eighteen pounds Of edible dry
matter for human food.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-10
WHAT IS CHAMPAGNE?

It is not so long since the govern ment had a serious time determining what whiskey was. Dr. Wiley found that it was more things than could be put on the label or that could be readily classified In time the gov efnment got whiskey under control for purposes of honest taxation, much to the vexation of those who had made it otherwise.
 The federal authorities recently seized six cases of wine made in San dusky, Ohio. on the ground that to label any American-made wine cham pagne is a violation of the pure food and drug act; and an assistant district attorney from St. Louis is now on his way east to learn what champagne is. He has no easy task upon his hands, and it might be much easier to dis cover what champagne isn't.
 It has been said that most of the imported champagne is American cider which has journeyed to France. been given a larger per cent of alcohol, a new sparkle and a new bead and sold for genuine champagne on its return to America.
 Since there is not half enough champagne produced to supply the de- mand of France alone. it is safe to conclude that champagne in America is something else masquerading under a genuine label.
 If this district attorney takes time enough he may get champagne defined and classified so it is possible to tax it.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-10
IDEAS OF A PLAIN MAN

One of the purest satisfactions is do- ing good by stealth. Not that it is not also pleasurable 10 be generous and get thanks for it. but there is a far finer flavor to the kind deed that is never known.
 This is the secret treasure of the heart As the eastern nabobs had un- derground chambers where they could go and gloat over their chests of gold, thrust their arms into bags of rubies and let diamonds trickle through their fingers; so all those good turns we have done to others in secret are our private hoard where we can enjoy the delights of owenrship with a good con science.
 Unfortunately society is So constitut- ed that we all have to act with 9 pro priety we do not always feel and hence we are most of the time oppressed by the knowledge that We are not really as good as people think we are. Fly pocrisy is forced upon us to a certain degree.
 It is a most excellent antidote for the self contempt that arises from this, to have always on hand a goodness mo- body suspects.
 Don't talk of it. Don't tell it. Hold it as the one secret that shall keep you from hating yourself. Whoever said Let thine aims be in
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-10
WHO DISCOVERED TAFT?

Too many Americans think Roose- welt not only discovered Taft, but made him and they will be surprised to know that President Harrison recog- nized his ability and made him solici- tor general of the United States when he was only 8 years old; and. because of his conduct of this office he was made a United States circuit judge in 1892.
 When President Mckinley called for the broadest minded man in America TO head the Philippine commission, Judge Day of Canton, Ohio. told him "Bilr Taft was the man for the place, and he resigned judgeship to per- form this patriotic duty for the gov ernment, Colonel Roosevelt, at a later day declared, at great personal sacri- fee, when he declined an appointment upon the bench of the supreme court of the United States because he felt he was needed to promote government in 1erests in the Philippines, of which he was the first governor.
 William Howard Taft came to Roosevelt as one of the most dependa- ble and able men in the Mckinley ad- ministration and after seven years of service and association with the Col onel. impressed him so well he would commend no other man as his success sor in 1903,
 No man could speak higher of an- other than Roosevelt has repeatedly done of "Bill" Taft, and he said. of all the men in this union he was the man emlnently fit in the point of uprightness and character, of fearless and aggressive honesty. and of fitness for championing the rights of the peo- pie as a whole to be president"
 President Taft stood appreciated and praised through four administrations and has three times declined an ap- pointment upon the supreme court bench that he might periodically serve his country.
 His fearless and aggressive honesty and fitness for championing the rights af the people" is the cause of all his opposition today.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-10
SUNDAY MORNING TALK
SACRIFICE AND REWARD.

Fritz Kreisler, one of the greatest ot living violinists, has lately given an account of his career in which he says, "The life of the artist is a life of con- tinual sacrifice. Mine commenced when l was a boy and my career was mapped out. Then I was continually prevented from following out the boy ish impulses that drove me to the healthy outdoor exercises common to the age"
 He goes on to say that he was never allowed to skate lest he should fall and break an arm or to play ball lest he should injure a finger. Compelled to give up many of the pleasures his companions knew he must spend un- told hours in practicing. To his boy ish fancy the violin was by no means always the symbol of delight.
 As Kreisler stands before an audi ence today, however, a master or one of the most difficult and beautiful in struments in the world, it is evident that the discipline of those youthful hours has been justified. If the boy made 8 sacrifice it was not a useless one. Grace and ease and conscious mastery are his reward One cannot believe that any very poignant re- gret remains in the players mind over those mornings years ago when he did not go skating
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-10
WHAT THE PoPiULlsTs STAND
 FOB.

The year 1912 is Sto see populism re- vived. The call is out for the conven- tion. which is to be held at St. Louis next week. beginning on Tuesday. The dear old peoples party of thirty years ago is to reorganize and shout and hold its banners aloft and to call on the people to support itsIprinciples, which are:
 1. Congress shall issue all money and regulate the valueaand the volume.
 2. The public land for actual set. tiers.
 3. The government to control the railroads and those public utilities which by their nature are monopo- lies.
 {. The initiative, referendum and recall.
 s. Protection of labor.
 This was radical doctrine once, but it is tame now. What is being advo- cated now is to restore the rights of the people by doing away with all courts and authority and demand that only the plain people shall live in houses and have butter on their bread
 The populists are warned that the bull moose is abroad and that this voracious animal has already stolen the platforms of the democrats, the socialists, the anarchists. the Industrial Workers of the World and the Ca- mora" and asked What chance has a mere populist when the bull moose is abroad 2"