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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-26
Few Take Advantage.

So far few in this country have
taken advantage of the roads offer,
but with land worth from $3.50 to $500
per acre the time is bound to come,
and soon, when economy will demand
that all such waste lands as this shall
be made TO produce food for live stock
or human beings.
The agricultural department of the
Burlington road desires to cooperate
with farmers in all counties along its
lines in building permanent sys-
TEN of agriculture. Local organi a
tions will be fostered and even fnan-
Cially assisted where it is believed
such investment is warranted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-26
GIVEN CHANCE To
RENT R0AD'SLAND
Burlington Offers Life Lease to
Farmers Adjoining Right
of Way.
MAY GROW ALFALFA THERE
Object to Utilize Waste Tracts and
Serve as Object Lesson for
Better Methods.

An active interest in agricultural
development is beng taken by the
Burlington road. A department of
agriculture has been formed and one
of the first moves made has been to
send out to farmers whose land ad.
joins the company's right OF way.
notices that the unused tracts within
the roads fences will be rented out
to them for life fer the growing of
alfalfa and for no other purpose. Rock
Island county farmers have received
such notices.
The company proposes 10 charge So
per acre per year for the land. Where
the soil is suitable this is considered
a reasonable figure and one that
should make the lease profitable to
the farmer and at the same time give
the company an income from property
which heretofore has been not only
unproductive but a source of actual
expense. irasmuch as it is necessary
to NOV it at least once each season.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-26
Reasons for Selection.

Alfalfa has been selected as the
crop to be specified for several rea-
sons. One is that the company wishes
to encourage the growing of this for
age plant because il has been shown
to be the most profitable one the
farmer who has land suitable for its
cultivation can grow. Once alfalfa is
generally grown there will be more
wealth produced by the land in the
roads territory and consequently more
business to be handled Another rea-
son is that alfalfa. if properly grown,
requires reseeding but once in from
five TO ten years. Then il forms a sod
which prevents erosion and it is
slightly. There are few growing crops
more pleasing to the eye than a field
of alfalfa, which is green throughout
the growing season and bears a pretty
flavor. With well-kept strips of alfalfa
on each side of the track the appear
ance of the right of way would be
greatly improved
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-26
LIVERPOOL Cables.

Wheat opened = TO = up: closed
unchanged TO 4 up.
Corn opened - 20 . up; closed =
10 ! of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-26
Market Square Sales
November. 25. 1919

loads of new corn at .---..6 SEC
loads of oats at 45c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-26
Poultry.
Fish Market
NEW YORK STOCKS

New York. Nov 26.-Following are
the quotations on the New York stock
market To-Day:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-26
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
OPENING OF Market.

Hogs 10000; opened steady. left
over 400. Light 7.IGH go. mixed
1904 rs. heavy 1854 $50. rough 20
07-5O.
Cattle 11.GO1: strong
Sheen 90 nnM. steadN-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-26
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

Nov. 26.-Following are the whole
sale quotations on. the local market
| rnHar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-26
NC O'eloek Market.

Hogs sc higher than yesterdays av-
erage. Mixed 1851 $50. good 7.50H
7sJ. rough 7.25 N 40. light 7.i0a 10.
pigs 5.00T Go. bulk 7.5uG 10
Cattle steady. l0c higher. Beeves
6. 1893 80. COWS a.25H 80. stockers
5.2Jd7 .g5. Texans G-f"r 1-75. westerns
elsa $40. calves 9.O"T10.5U-
sheep steady. 3.751 30, lambs $50
N1.5O-
Close Of Market.
Hogs closed strong. sc higher than
early. sc to 1Oc higher than yester-
days average. Mixed. SI4Id 4-S3:
good. $500 go: rough. S7-25G 7-55:
light, S715G 40.
Cattle strong.
Sheep steady.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-26
Chicago Receipts.
Northwest Cars
Chicago Estimates Tomorrow.
Primary Movenent.

No estin.Ltes today. account darl
ness
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-26

Vim. d. McJunkin Advertising Agency. Chicago
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-20
FEEL BULLY! TAKE
+. CASCARETS TONIGHT,
Dime q box-Cently cleanss
your liver and sluggish
bowels while you sleep.

Sick headache. biliousness, dissiness
coated tongue, foul taste and foul
brcath-.-always trace them 10 torpid
liver. delayed. fermentins food in The
bowels or sour. gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogsed in the intcs-
tines. instead Of being cast out Of the
system. Is rcabsorbed into the blood.
When this poison reaches the delicate
brain tissue Il causes congestion and
that dull. throbbins. sickcning head.
ache.
Salts. cathartic pills. oil and purss.
tive waters force passaeewsy for day
or two-yes-but they don't take the
poisons out. and have no effect upon the
liver or stomach.
Csscarets immediately cleanse and
regulate the stomach, remove the sour,
undisested and fermenting food and
foul gases. take the excess bile from the
liver and carry out Of the system eli the
congtipated waste matter and poisons in
Tie bowels.
A Csscaret tonight will surely
straishten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep--a lO-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear. stomach sweet and your Liver and
bowels clean and regular for months.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-20

Al Suits will le delivered time for Easter within City
Scores y that clever adaptations imported md odUn. q
ne lmm embrace neh silks contrasting color others finished
q. hned to match the coats the latter which lined with bnenns In
to - '~ " wv W. "1e
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-20
Boys Suits
and Refers

Russian and Sailor
Blouses for boys
IN to 10 years.
Norfolk or double.
breasted models for
boys J to 10 year,.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-20

old, Of No. n7 East Twelfth street
pleaded guilty burglary At No. Fast
one Hundred and Ninth street; first Of
Tense; Elmira RefOrmatory.
Bedros Apelian. twenty years old, of
NO. , Second avenue; pleaded guilty
recelfng stolen property; first offenee:
Elmf a Reformatory.
Frederick Random, twenty-six years
old. Of NO. 5O7 West street: Dietrich
Rhode. twenty-four years old. Of No.
oo' West street. and Ernest Kronieid.
thlrty-one years old, VI No. 5O7 West
street; each pleaded guilty receiving
stolen property: hrst Offenders: peni-
tentiary one year each.
Moses n. Cheek, thirty-one years old,
negro. OF No. ~ West frifty-third
street. tried and convicted shooting his
wife at their home; hrst offsnse; State
Prison for from two years TO three
years and six months.
William B. Trefry. twenty years old.
of Halifax. n. s.; pleaded guilty forging
order for 5000 on Royal Bank Of Can
ad,; first offenss: state Prison for from
four years to seven years and six
months
~ JUDGE SWAMI.
Peter santiliy, thirty.two years old.
Of No. 4 Franklin street: pleaded guilty
Of burglary at No. 2<ss First avenue
fourth offense; State prison for i've
years.
Lawrence McDonoush. thirty-two
years old. OF No. 1904 Crotona avenue
pleaded guilty assaultins Mrs. Mary
speers Of No. 1871 Crugsr avenue with
an iron bar; frst ofRsnss; penitentiary
for six months.
Howard Williams. twenty.nins years
old. OF No. $40 West Sixty.hrst street
pleaded guilty carrying . revolver; hrst
ofense sentence suspended.
eY JU0oE MULoUeGN.
Edward Bandsett. nineteen years Old,
OF 80. a6i2 Boulevard. Jersey City;
tied and convicted stealing an automo-
bile; first offense; State prison for
from one year to nine years and six
months
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-20
~ JUooe MULoUeeN,
Looking for Young Judges.

WASHINGTON. March eo.-Attor.
ney-Generai McRsynolds. who - weigh.
Ing the qualifications Of the many ap.
plicants for vacant Federal Judssships
Informed callers to-day that an appii.
cant less than sixty years Old had 4
better chance. The rule was followed
by President Taft and Attorney Gen.
eral Wickersham
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-20

LONDON, March "a chemist al
Southampton has examined eight OF
the vital organs Of Miss Frances Les.
lie the American actress who died sud.
denly on the Oceanic last week, with.
out discovering any trace Of poison.
The body 10 being embalmsd and will
be sent to New York.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-20
TEN SENT TOPRESON
FOR VARYING CRIMES: .
, ONE FREED BY COURT
From One to Nine Years Pen.
atty Imposed on Youth Who
Stole Automobile.

Eleven prisoners. convicted by trial or
c"nfesslon. were arralsned yesterday In
General Sessions for sentence. The dis
position of each follows:
~ JUDGE MALONE.
Richard J. McEntiee, nineteen years
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-06-26

Kansas normal officials have been
instructed to help school districts in
adj possible ways, upon request of
local school boards.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-06-26

Despite the fact that the Liberty Bell Is one
of the most treasured of national relics, 1t is not
originally an American product, but foreign i'm
portaton; and imported from England, too where
1t was first cast according to the order given IN
October 1851, by the superintendent of the state
house of the Province of Pennsylvania-now indie
pendence Hall.
Thomas Lester of White Chapel London, cast
the bell, and by August, 1882 it arrived in Phia-
delphla and erected on trusses in the state
house yard. While being toed and tested early
in September of the same year it was cracked by
the clapper, though by no unusually powerful
stroke. Concerning this accident, Isaac Morris
wrote, March 10, 1853;
Though the news of new bell cracking Is
not very agreeable to us, we concluded to seno II
back by Captain Budden who had brought 1t from
London last August, but he could not take 1t on
board, upon which two ingenious workmen under
took to cast it here, and am just now informed
they have this day opened the mould and have
got good bell which, confess, pleases me very
much, that we should first venture upon and sue
coed in the greatest bell cast, for aught know
in English America. The mould was finished In
a very mastery manner and the letters am
told, are better than (on) the old one. When we
broke up the metal our judges here generally
agreed it was too high and brittle and cast sew
eral little bells out of it to try the sound and
strength and fixed upon a mixture of an ounce
and a half of copper to the pound of the old bell
and in this proportion we now have It,
Herman Pass, from the Island of Malta, and
Jacob Stow son of Charles Stow, the doorkeep-
err OF the assembly were the two ingenious work
men referred to in the above letter After the
second casting of the bell 1t was again hung and
tested in the spring of 1853. More defects were
soon found, however. The American casters,
Pass and Stow, who were not bell founders by
trade at ALL had put too much copper in the metal
so that it's sound was impaired Disappointed
with that failure and also nettled at the gbes OF
their townsmen concerning it, they asked permits
sion to cast the bell second time Thomas Les
ter, the original maker of 1t, also offered his
services, but the authorities decided to allow
Pass and Stow to proceed again, and thus the
third and present casting was made, and again
the bell raised this time In the state house
steepe itself That operation was completed by
the end of August of 1853, when the American
casters were paid $50 1Ss sd. for their laoors
Then began its chimes. August q, 1888, when
It called the assembly together, ringing out the
old ringing in the new; sounding its melodies for
innumerable public and private events during
more than four-score of years
The first individual for whom 1t rang was Frank
lin; sent home to England" to ask redress for
tie grievances of the colonies in February, 1851
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-06-26

The bell echoed the hopes Of the peoples hearts
and it's meodious Bon Voyage" sounded over the
Delaware as he sailed away.
When the planning and splitting mills were
closed and the manufacture of iron and steel proc
ucts was prohibited by acts of parliament IN
Pennsylvania and the kings arrow was affixed
upon pine trees and the trade of the colonies in
all parts of the world restrained the bell was
again tolled to assemble the people in the STATE
house yard to protest against such outrages
Thus did the bell long before the Revolution
become the beloved symbol of truth and freedom
reinforcing with pugnacious and violent peals, the
CRY of determined citizens, in the largest political
meeting held up to that time in the state house
yard that none of the ship "Polly's detestabe
tea" that had just been brought into the port
should be funneled down their throats with par
lament duty mixed with it."
When the port of Boston was closed in May
1774, and the heart of the country was growing
heavier with its affection, the bell was once more
carefully muffled and tolled in solemn and pro-
phetic manner both to announce the closing of
the port and. little later, to call meeting TO
relieve suffering in Boston on account OF the
restriction of its trade.
AS the conflict with England approached the
bell was rung more and more; its use became
matter of course and then, on April rs, 177b'
Just after the reports came to Philadelphia of the
Battle of Lexington, it rang wildly to assemble
5000 people in the state house yard and to in
spire their souls to a resolution pledging their
all to the cause of liberty.
1t rang also to assemble the Continental con-
gress to it's Dolly sessions, both at Carpenter
hall and Independence hall and, finally its crown
ing achievement the wild, defiant and joyful
ringing that more than all the previous reverbera-
lions it made, gave it the sacred name of The
Liberty Bell" occurred on July land not the
4th, as is generally beeved), after the Declare
ton of independence had been adopted.
This greatest of its jubilees called the citizens
together in the yard to hear read in the stentorian
tones of John Nixon the first public proclamation
of the Declaration and never did the old wooden
rafters of the state house steeple rock and trem'
BILE with more sympathetic vibration than at this
time.
When returned to the old state house steeple
again one of its first to ring upon the
announcement of the surrender of Lord Cornwall
lis, in October. 1871, and in the following month
TO toll in welcoming Washington to the city. A
year and half later it helped to proclaim the
treaty of peace with Great Britain, and in Decem'
Der 1799 it was muffled for the first time in many
years, though not to mourn for lost liberty or
over tyrannioal deeds, but to lend its almost
hushed music to the funeral solemnties of Wash
inR1on himself
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-06-26

should be permitted to travel any more appears to
be about DUE and just now, when the anniversary
OF the nations independence is upon us, is rea
sonable time for discussion Of the matter.
Wilfred Jordan, curator of the independence
Hall Museum, measured the second crack before
the bells last journey and then measured 1t again
after its return. He found that 1t had increased
In length to a slight degree.
No one knows just when this second crack
occurred and opinions differ; but compared to
the old crack 1t is of recent origin and is dis
tinctly visible. Mr.. Jordan, however, was the first
to call attention to long and almost invisible
extension of the second crack and finds that it
now reaches onethird way around the bell, from
the end of the old original fracture, which was
chiseled out in 1876 in an attempt to make the
bell sound properly.
Putting end to the bells pilgrmages would
in no sense at all be due to a disinclination OF
the people or councils of Philadelphia to allow the
west to view and possess the sacred relic even
for short time. Indeed Philadelphia would be
only too glad to send it, for since the bell has
already helped by its travels to lessen the Sec
tiona feelings between the north and south, so 1t
would help unite the citizens of our republic who
live on the Atlantic seaboard with those who live
on the Pacific.
Little do either sections realize how intimately
the bell is connected with the contamination OF
our nation, early political ideals and with the
fondest of its impulses in Colonial days This old
bronze relic not only helped to proclaim indie
pendence, but for years before 1875 rang loud to
celebrate the hopes of the people and rang low
| to ntone their woes!
Upon its sides is this inscription:
| And proclaim liberty throughout all the land
unto all the inhabitants thereof."-Lev. rs, 10.
strange Providence indeed wrote that inscription
! on its crown many years before its throbbing
| Changers and melodious eloQuence had aught at
! all to do with liberty!
Announcing proclamations of war and treaties
| of peace welcoming the arrival and bidding God
speed to departing notabes; proclaiming some
accession of the English royal family to the
throne and the secession therefrom of the Ameri-
can colonies! Its more customary USE however,
was to call the members of the assembly OF Penn
| sylvania together at the morning and afternoon
sessions and to announce the opening Of the
courts,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-06-26
Catching Flies Pays Well.

Catching flies is affording Shreve-
port Ua) man profitable and indie
pendent living. He sells them to the
city board of health. His name is
Bartsch, and his net revenue from the
fly industry for the first two days of a
recent week was $2420. When the
health board began offering premiums
for the flies, dead or alive, Bartsch
purchased about 100 traps and placed
them in fy-ridden sections of the city.
Then he began making inroads on the
health boards exchequer, and SO we'll
did he operate that he bore the market
price down from so cents to 20 cents a
quart, for it is by that measure that
the board purchases. Bartsch is still
working, and he will work as long as
the treasury holds out He finds fly
catching pays.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-06-26
BEGAN YOUNG.
Had "Coffee Nerves" From Youth.

when very young I began using
coffee and continued up to the last six
months" writes a Texas girl.
Il had been exceedingly nervous,
thin and very sallow. After quitting
coffee and drinking Postum about a
month my nervousness disappeared
and has never returned. This is the
more remarkable as l am a primary
teacher and have kept right on with
my work.
my complexion now is clear and
rosy, my skin soft and smooth. AS a
good complexion was something had
greatly desired, ! feel amply repaid
even though this were the only benefit
derived from drinking Postum.
Before beginning it's use had suf-
fered greatly from indigestion and
headache; these troubles are now un-
known.
81 changed from coffee to Postum
without the slightest Inconvenience,
did not even have headache. Have
known coffee drinkers, who were
visiting me, to use Postum a week
without being aware that they were
not drinking coffee"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek. Mich. Write for booklet The
Road to MELVILLE"
Postum comes in two forms.
Regular Unjust be boiled).
Instant Postum doesn't require boil
ing but is prepared instantly by stir
ring level teaspoonful in an ordinary
cup of hot water, which makes ii
ri0ht for most nprsonc
A big cup requires more and some
people who like strong things put in
a heaping spoonful and temper 1t
with large supply of cream.
Experiment until you know the
amount that pleases your palate and
have it served that way in the future.
There's q Reason" for Postum
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-06-26
uninue Suicide.

A safe was used by a man nam
ed Jacob Rabinowitz, f1fty-four years
old, of Philadelphia, Penn, to COM
nit suicide, a few days ago. FIRST he
lacked up an 500 pound safe with a
block of wood. Placing his head be-
meath it he drew a strap as tightly as
he could around his neck. Then he
knocked the block from under the
safe and the heavy weight fell upon
his head. He was found by his wife,
but died before a physician arrived.
He had been Respondent for several
weeks because he lost lawsuit.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-06-26
To Identify the corpse.

In the blanks which life insurance
companies provide their medical exam
liners for use in recording the data Of
the examination of the applicant for
insurance, they provide a space for
personal marks which may be used to
identify the insured after death. A
western company recently received a
report from an examining physician
with the following in the Identification
blank: HE has a strong Cornish &C
cent. "-Lippincott's
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-06-26
BRIEF BITS q NEWS
PICKED UP FROM EVERYWHERE
interesting Items Gathered From All
Parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben
eft of Our Readers.
Washington.

By a new ruling of the immigration
Department officials at mainland ports
are authorized to reject aliens COM
ing from insular possessions unless
II should appear at the time OF entry
thereto they were not members OF the
excluded classes or likely to become
public charges.
The Administrative Currency bill
has been made public by Representa-
tive Glass, chairman of the house
committee on banking and currency.
II will be introduced in the house
and senate alter President Wilson has
delivered in person his address to
congress.
The majority members Of the SEN
ate finance committee have adopted
an amendment to the tariff bill which
gives the president authority to make
retaliatory rates against nations
which discriminate against products
of the United States
Secretary Garrison has asked con-
gress for an additional appropriation
to care for the veterans at the Get
tysburg celebration
The supreme court has DECIDED that
the federal government was not finan-
eially responsible for the flooding of
more than one hundred plantations on
the Mississippi as a result of levee
construction. Efforts were made to
hold the government responsible for
the value of the lands flooded, in all
about $7,000,000. =
President Wilson will insist on a
settlement of the currency question
at the present special session. He
will send a message to congress about
June "a.