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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

FOR SALE-A Moore alright heater,
ia fine condition; price so Phone
west Is71-L- Z. w. FOssell 73z Thfr-
ty-nftk street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for light
housekeeping at 217 Sixteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

:, .,.,,,,f, +, -, - 80. ---.,.,y5 -, -
tiuucd TO date covering any real cs-
tate IN the county. Prompt and &C
Curate service at reasonable rates.
Rock Island Title & Abstract com
pany. J. J. ingram, president; W. J,
Sweeney. secretary. 2oo-.US, second
fioor Peoples National bank build
ING. Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
KILL OFF THE RATS.

It's Mighty zig Job. but Black Death
L5oss on and Waits.
"The pneumonia plague is due to the
mar;not- The marnot lives in the
Lake BaikaI region Eill 1t on-and it
can easily be killed off-and the pneu-
monic plague will disappear forever"
The speaker. a bacteriologist Of the
University Of Pennsylvania. resumed:
The bubonIc plague is due to the
rat. Kill the rat Oh and the bGbonic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
The Other Way.

IF wert younger. said the rich
old nan. 81 believe / might win you
for my wife.
Yes" replied the cold beauty.
dreamily CONSIDERING his sixty wears.
'or. say. hheen or 0Teury years old
sr.~-Pblladelphia Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
SWEDISH MOVEMENT.

SWEDISH MOVEMENT-M Miss A Elm
arson, graduated Swedish masseuse,
gives treatment in private homes.
Phone west $751; Address SIS Thir-
ty-ninth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

sale al The Rock II
p. n, Friday, Jan, !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
FOR SALE-I.ANDS.

FOR SALE-Nine and a half acres land,
one mile southwest of Milan. W. r .
GingIeS, SIS Twenty-seCOnd street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

FOR sALE-Fine building lot 5ox1sO
feet, on Fifteenth street between
Eleventh and Twelfth avenues. In
Quire at 1l13 Fifteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
e.. nuouE Performances.

Wicwac-A4y wife is sufTragette.
She Is going Oh the lecture platform
Henpeckke Hun. Ny wife doesn't ncec
any platform philadelphia Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

FOR RENT-Modern steam heated fur
nished room at 1927 II Second avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
LODGE DIRECTORY.
plague VIII disappear. But to kill or
the ratT'
He made a gesture of DESPAIR


He made a gesture Of despair.
"A litter of rats" he said, numbers
thirteen. OF these six will be does. A
doe rat will have her first litter at the
age of three months and thereafter an
other litter every six weeks all through
the year, winter and summer alike.
Thus If every member Of these litters
survive the progeny Of one pair Of rats
in year would number $4,000.
They don't number that, Of course.
but they number something like 1t,
and If our millionaire philanthropists
don't help us to exterminate our para
sites-our rats and mice, our cats and
dogs-if they don't help us to. extermi-
nate all animals save those that are Of
direct value to us-why, some day an
other black death viii nearly, viii per-
haps completely, exterminate civiliEa-
tion."-Cincinnai Enquirer. 60
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
GASOLINE TANKS AND PUMPS.

BOWSER underground outfits from $40
and up 100000 in use). f. NJ King.
agent, 151lA Third avenue, Rock Is
land, Ill Phone west 1921. n. b
Bury your gasoline; it's safer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
In For III

First Small Boy We'd better be
good Second Small Boy-why? First
Small Boy heard doctor tell mother
to take plenty OF exercise Womaas
Home Companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

FOR EALE-A double barreled I2-gauge
breech loading hEmmerless shotgun.
Inquire after p. m. at All Fourth
street, city,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

FOR RENT - Two modern furnished
rooms at S2l Fourteenth and half
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

FOR RENT-Nicely furnished room; col
Twenty-fourth street. Phone l443-L
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
PIANIST.

MADAM SOREKAA -- Fifty years ex-
perience. just arrived: advice given
In business. love and family analrs;
tlun guaranteed; three test questions
answered free. private parlors, 4ls
west THIRD street. Davenport. Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

FOR SALE-One bobsled and one set
of runners. Inquire at Bartlett Bros.
1880 Sixth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
CHIRoPRACTIC.

SPINAL ADJUST
MENTS given in your home, private,
by expert adjuster, Address p. o,
Box ass. Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

HENRY ETHJE-Propristor Chip
piannock nursery, Cut flowers and
designs OF al Ainds. City store. 1907
Second avenue. Phone ITO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
For sALE-c1TY PROPERTY.

FOR SALE-Seven-room house, all mod
ern, on Seventeenth street Inquire
929 Seventeenth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

FOR SALE - New modern s1K-room
house at 1413 Forty-frst street;
cheap if taken at once.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
MISCELLANEOUS.
REMNANTS, BUTTONS, rLEAr1Nes.

= EsNNhN - bN 1T ON8f TLEA 4 NUE.
PLEATING. BUTTON a
NOVELTY CO.-Phone 7ss; 2s0 So
Felt penuRnts, naEs. monoErams Pill
low covers, etc; accordeon and knife
pleatings, from &c yard and up. Buttons
covered In plain and coloEed ivory
rims, from lOc dozen up. DrsSs forma
bulidlnE. Enkns aSS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
COLLECTIONS.

MADE-Hard accounts
and claims collected. William NJ
Walker. lawyer, al Peoples Bank
buildiRE,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
LIVE STOCK.

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CONkEY Salt-sm will rid yeur
stock OF worms work OF disease and
money back 81 it doesn't. come In
and get a trial pail Owatonna Flour
and Feed company. 2Gl0 Thirdavsnue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

FOR sALE-Eight-room modern house
at 9O2 Twenty street; corner
lot, 62h x150; on easy terms I5luire
ON premises
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
For RENT-ROOMs

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for light
housekeeping at 307 Third street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
INSURANCE.

WE WILL BOND YOU-Executors' ad-
miuistrators', guardians trustees
or any kind OF judicial bonds. lodges
and society officers. city, state or L.
: government officials. contractors.
positions OF trust. In fact, any kind
% bond you want except bail bonds.
Terms reasonable HAYES q Cleavc-
land. resident managers. Fidelity &
Deposit company OF Maryland.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

WANTED-Young man to drive deliv-
cry wagon at H. Tremann's Sons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
wANTED-MALE HELP.

WANTED - First class toolmakers.
Rock Island Mfg. company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

Observation-Disclosures; apply to H. An
drews. South Rock Island. Phone
2l47.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

FOR RENT-MOderu nine-room house
Inquire SOl Third avenue.
FOR RENT-OT sale. six room cottage.
Inquire 1901 Thlrtieth street
FOR RENT - Six-room modern house.
Inquire S32 Twenty street \
FOR RENT - Five-room modern cot
taEe. Inquire G2T Seventeenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

FOR SALE Good built eight-room
house; City water, gas and sewer; cor
FER lot, 52x15o; 1901 Thirty fifth
street. Rock Island, Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

FOR RENT - Furnished front room,
modern, at $50 Nineteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

FOR EALE-A grocery store, doing a
good cash business. in good locality;
party leaving city. Address e. Johns
genera delivery. Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

FOR SALE - Eight-acre farm, with
eight-room house, big barn, shed, Ice
house. two wells, good cellars under
house, 500 grape plants, so fruit trees;
good place for chicken raising; one
half mile south of Eighteenth avenue
on Twenty seventh street Inquire at
1901 Thirty fifth street, Rock Island.
Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

WANTED - Big. husky laborers, at
once. Republic Iron & Steel COM
pany, Second street Moline.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-31
MCLEVY INVITES MAYOR WILSON TO
 A JOINT DEBATE

The interest of the municipal cam paign increased today when Jasper McLevy, Socialist candidate for mayor. hurled his hat into the ring inviting Mayor Wilson to a joint debate. MT. McIIevy's def is as follows:
 Dear Sir: At the rallies you have addressed in this campaign you have maintained that you have given Bridgeport an efficient and business administration, and if reelected to off1ce you promise a continuation of the policies you have pursued for the past two years. You have further stated that efficiency has been the first consideration during your term, and that political considerations were of minor importance while you have been Mayor of Bridgeport. Now MT. Mayor as the candidate for Mayor on the Socialist eticket,-I maintain that you have not given Bridgeport the admin 1stratIon you claim. I also insist that your administration has played poIi- tics much if not more than any in Bridgeport's history. This am will ing-to prove, if given an opportunity. My attRntion has been called to the fact 88t-z;both you and are to ad- dress les in the Twelfth district on the ssNing of Saturday, Nov. 1. Therefores MT. Wilson, I take this op- portunity of challenging you to a joint debate at that time on the following quest1on:, 'ReSoIVedt That the present administration has given Bridgeport an efficient and sound business ad-
 ninistration, with the interests of our citizens as a whole of the first and highest consideration You. to take the affirmative and I the negative
 GOT you can arrange the subject in any manner that you see fit, so that you can best defend your administra- ton during the past two years. If you decide to accept this offer you can phone 1961-12) and the town chair man of. the Socialist party will at once take the matter of arrangemen ments up with you or your representatives.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-31
MURPHY
 SUMMONED TO THE
 JOHN DOE HEARING

New York, Oct. 31-Charles F. Mur- phy, leader of Tammany Hall, was among the witnesses cited to appear at the so-called John Doe proceedings in to the charges of corruption against Tammany made by John A. Hennessy in recent speeches in behalf of the Fusion ticket in the mayoralty cam paign. The hearing, set for late this afternoon before Chief Magistrate Mo Adoo, will concern mainly the aI- legations as to campaign contribu- tions. It has not been decided wheth- CT it would be public.
 Every person whose name has been mentioned by MT. Hennessy,'' said the district attorney, today .tis apt to be called. MT. Hennessys little black book will also be put in evidence The investigation will be thorough
 Hennessy, it is understood, has giv-s en the diAtrict attorney a list of about 50 names. Among them, it was said, were those of Arthur A. Mclean, treasurer of the Democratic State Commission and a prominent New York hotel keeper. They will be ask ed about contributions which Hen messy says were made for campaign purposes but never officially reported
 A statement was expected, late to- day, from Stephen J. Stilwe1, the con- vict-former state Senator, excerpts been banded about during the cam paign. In a statement issued late last night he said he had never made charges against Murphy and he added that this evening he would issue a sworn statement as to just what oc- cured at his conferences with Hen messy and others.
 'I have no confession to make in volvlng any man or men in public office,'' he insisted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-31
Three Drowned, 22
 Rescued By Liner

Hamburg. Ger. Oct. s1-Twenty- two out of the 25 men forming the crew of the French bark Patrie were, yesterday, rescued by the Hamburg American liner Kron Prinzessin Cecilie from the Patrie, the vessel which was found burning and disabled in mid Atlantic Wireless despatches from the German steamship now on the voyage from Mexico to Hamburg, say she sighted the flaming bark flying signals of distress. The German cap tain launched boats and took off the crew but three of the sailors had been washed overheard and Crowned be- fore the arrival of the liner.
 The Patrie was a vessel of 306 tons displacement and hailed from Fecamp, France.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-31
PROFITABLE FARMING
 IN NEW ENGLAND
(By George French.)

There has always been a great deal of fun made of New England on ac- count of it's F'abandoned farms The truth is that there has never been abandoned farms in New England in the sense charged by our critics. There are farms in all sections of the coun try that have been abandoned, just as there are grocery and drug stores that have been Abandoned. There have been more farms thus abandon ed in New England than in some of the newer sections of the country, and more than in some of the sections where the soil is more uniform and the topograph of the country more generally adapted for cultivation, for obvious reasons. But there are no more than in some of the Western states that have not these legitimate reasons for failures on the land. There is one Western state that has a record of the loss of more than 300 towns. I would not think of claiming that that state is decadent. It is not. Those towns were not wisely placed. It was the best thing that could hap pen that they should die. I do not believe that there are 300 abandon ed farms in any New England state, and, of the number, am sure a per fectIy good reason can be found for the desertion of every one. Because a New England farm does not happen to be worked is no conclusive evil dence that it has been abandoned as a part of sectional degeneracy or fail ure. It is. in a good proportion of instances, evidence that the owner has attained good sense, and has discov- cred that some other location is better for him.
 But we need not deny that there have been many farms deserted in New England, as every person who rides through any of the states can see for himself that it is true. Also he can see that those farms are now being rapidly taken up and made pro ductive by the new New Eng1anders who are coming from Europe. Every manufacturing town and city in New England is now encircled by small farms that have been brought up
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-31
AT EMPIRE THEATRE.

Today and tomorrow Li1lie Lang try in His Neighbor's Wife will be the attraction at the Empire theatre. This is another of the Famous Play CT film pictures with an actress of international fame in the principal role Miss Iangtry was an interna- tionaI beauty a generation ago. To newspaper readers she was known as The Jersey Lily who counted among her admirers reigning mon archs long before she made her ini- tiaI appearance on the stage.
 His Neighbor' Wife is an eIab- i oration by J. F. Porter of an eigh- teen minute vaudeville sketch writ ten for Mrs. Langtry in which she appeared some time ago. It simply teens with human interest and is another triumph for Famous Player films
 His Neighbours Wife, is remark able for the wealth of scenic setting with which it is presented as well as for the prominence of the players who produce it. Irma La Pierre, who will be remem bered for her good work as Anna, Moore in Way Down East" plays the neighbor's wife, Advertisement
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-31
SUFF LEADER GETS ON
 FEDERAL COMMISSION

Washington, Oct. S1-Women in gov ernmental affairs scored another vic tory, today, when Mrs. Crystal East man Benedict, a leading suffragists of Wisconsin and New York, was added to the etaff of the new federal in dustrial commission which is about to take up a study of the causes for unrest in the. United States. Mrs. Benedict was engaged because of her knowledge of the legal side of in dustrial disputes
 Mrs J. Borden Hartman, of New r ork, the only woman member of the commission, has announced her inten- ton of living in Washington during the winter in order to be in close 2 touch with the work. She has been appointed by Chairman Frank Walsh to act in his place as resident com
 missioner whenever he is compelled to be absent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-31

of transportation scheme out of con ditions that seemed at first wholly inn possible, and had been always tactIy reckoned as impossible.
 It is now strictly up t, the man who tries to work the land of New England whether or not success fol- lows. The other conditions are all favorable. The price of New Eng land land is ridicuIously low, but is slowly mounting. In time a farm in New England, which is immensely more valuable, will cost as much as farm in the Middle West. Now ic does not cost half as much, and in
 many cases not a quarter as much. The time is not distant when specU- 1ative interests will buy up New Eng land farm lands, and hold them for the raise that must come, much as speculative interests have bought up all the available water powers in New England. Before the spcculztors get busy the men whc would like to own good farms, and make good HvfnEs and accumulate comfortable bank ac- counts, should get busy and buy uB nrivileges for indeDeDdence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-31
ORGAN MUSIC IN AMERICA
Civilian c. Carl, Mus. Doc, Organist of The First Presbyterian Church, New York City ,and Director of the GuiImant Organ schooI.)

Organ playing is coming to the front, and thorough, competent orga- nistS are in demand for both the church and in recitals. It is easier to be a superficial player on the or gan than on any other instrument, and more difficult for the average lis tener to detect this superfictality.
 If any organ student wants to suc- ceed, the keystone of the situation is work. This must be his motto and he should not finch from it as long as life lasts. Why are so few of the young men and women who come to the musical centres of learn ing each year, both in Europe and America, heard from? And how small the number of those possessed with talent who ever attain a pron1i- nent place in the musical world. There must be cause, and it is real ly solved In the study of the organ course of systematic detail work should be adopted from the start, with the smae care of a thorough knowl- edge of the foundation principles ad- hered to as in other branches of the art.
 My experience has demonstrated that the gaining of independence be- tween hands and feet is in large measure lost sight of, while the. mat ter of touch is frequently left to the discretion of the student himself. The art of registration and the ability to perform a certain number of pieces to the neglect of the alI-important foundation principles are too often first attended to. Surely a builder would not think of erecting a house without a firm foundation Why should the organist :? In the study of the piano, violin, voice, etc, much time is constantly spent on the tech nique of each. Why not on the or gan? It is equally important. I con sider, first of all, that the true Iegato touch should be mastered, and that it should be clear and even in quality. Independence between hands and feet must be insisted upon and studies giv- en to insure it. Then let the student progress, doing a large amount of trio and etude work, leading up to Bach, Handel Mendelssohn and the other master writers. Phrasing, accentua- tion, the use of the balance swell ped als, etc, should all receive their due share of attention when the time ar rives for their application.
 Mastery of Theory
 Nor is this all. The theory of mus ic, including form analysis, history, organ, tuning, as well as harmony, counterpoint, extempore playing and orchestration, must be mastered and included in the course Organ con struction should be understood and musical literature not neglected. Ev- cry detail of service playing, accom- panying and conducting must be shown. The matter of registration is kept too prominetly in the mind of the student during, the first year, when the time should be employed in acquiring firm touch--the close, knit-bound- legato, so difficult to at tain.
 Again, there must be concentration More thought should be used. The mind should be centered upon the work. Otherwise, with the manifold mechanical appliances in Q modern organ, the player will lose sight of the most important points in the en- deavor to gaiJo ean eraI @ffect. It is
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-31

quite right to produce effects, but this cannot be done legitinately and with artistic finish until the groundwork has first been mastered. Students ire quentIy apply for a few finishing lessons.'' only to find themselves de- void of the first principles which gov ern organ playing; thus they are ob- Ifged to make a fresh start and do what should have been gone over years before Sufficient time must be given to practice, and the instruc- tor should always indicate. as nearly as possible, how to employ it to the best advantage.
 Technique Only the Beginning
 Once having mastered the technique of the instrument, which means not only in gaining the facility of hands and feet, but in the control of the many mechanical appliances found on modern organs, the actual advance ment begins. The organist in these days must have complete mastery over himself, and not only be able to play them usic set before him, but to manage the instrument as well. When one considers the lack of uni formity in construction, the various methods of grouping, concave radiat- ing pedaIboards, electric, tubular, and tracker actions, it is of vital import ance that the organist should, first of all, be able to control himself, and this IS only pOSS1D1e when a SOun0 training has been accomplished. This attended to, the instrument can be studied, repertoire gained, and the art of organ playing more fully per fected. The student should hear all the orch hestraI music possible. This will give the sense of tone and color contrasts and balance otherwise inn possible to obtain. The ofganist must be keen listener and search for the best in everything, then apply it in his work.
 Volumes could be written about the Musical Services in our churches. Or gan recitals to precede the evening service, are common occurrences. Or atorios and Cantatas follow each oth- CT in bewi1dering succession. During the height of the season in New York, one has the opportunity hearing se- 1ections from a dozen Oratorios in single Sunday. Often the entire work is sung, and with an orchestra in ad- dition to the organ. What advan- tage to the organ student. It means much for the future development of music in our land, and makes one proud to be a part of it.