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APPLES 20 CENTS EACH.

lamps flickered like irregular batting
or went out for hours at a time. And
our landlady ultimately raised the rent
because we had improved her property
by installing electricity!
1t was the burning question of heat
that next occupied US. A fire of olive
wood in a marble fireplace sounds ro-
mantle: it is, because. curiously enough.
Inconvenience always attends romance
No. the coal man does not sell Wood
and YOU have to go off on an entirely
new scent Everybody who has few
olive trees sells wood. They do not do
anything SO expensive and thoroush as
TO cut down a tree and cord it up: they
simply shave off the roots which have
a convenient way of growing up out of
the ground
Some DAYS after the word was sent out
that we required wood woman appear
ed, sturdy and putting. with what looked
to be about a quarter of cord of wood
of a knotty kind In huge basket. which
she carried on her head. and weighed out
and charged us for at SO much pound.
Olive tree roots wound lovingly around
big stones the size of a cobble, which had
grown up with them, even at a cent Il
pound, did not by any means furnish us
with cheap fuel, especially when most
of its smo dering heat was absorbed by
the chilly hearth or went SMOKEY up the
chimney
We turned to coal at twice the Ameri-
can price. something like So a ton for
what was called anthracite, but which
bore little resemblance to that whose
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his fellows until it seems necessary Tor
him tn set out on another buccaneering
expedition.
Tobacco in all its forms and matches.
both being government monopoites. are
conveniently found in the same shop. The
most ordinary tobacco costs between -
and 81 a kilo and You can take your
choice of a box Of forty mate hes at l
craftsmanship tipped with b imstone-nr
not more than 10 per cent Of them can
he counted upon 70 light
Italy adds salt 10 the same class l''-i-
ton for 1t is sold by the tnhaco0niST,
who weighs it ont to the houssk"eptr az
previously as gold 1Ist--by thu ounce IL
you insist upon the hest. This inab.s
that of France seem cheap ut : cents
a pound though for a certain well adj
vertised brand You may pay as much as
20 cents.
One day you may get desperate and
order some home delicacies from London
or Paris, where some ente' p'ising grocer
keeps them in stock for just such as
you Then when your supplies reach the
ocai railway station you still have the
local town tax or octroi dues to pay.
No matter how ms gniticant or dtminu-
tive the French town, there Is always a
tax at the barrier to he PAID on all prov
ender brought in; the customs belt ls
buckled tight around every community.
Connection IS not allowed to have any
thing to do with the adjusting Of prices.
How can this high Mediterranean cost
of living be reduced"
There is Just one way l began.
'tOf course" interrupted Richard. Live
In a first-class hotel and you will still
have cheap haircuts and cheap flowers
to even up the budget with
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by Mediterranean standards. meant an
egg which could be made to cover
week or even ten days since Its b'rth-
and the price 5 cents apiece Iurkish
eggs were foisted off on me. dubious
preserved variety with the content OF
their shells dwindled to nearly half their
original bulk. If the Turk. in the m'dst
of the Infatuated Balkans. finds time to
grow eggs and ship them i've days across
the waters Of the Mediterranean, TO ne
sold at 3 cents each, why cannot the
peasants Of the peaceful RIVIERA nack-
ground?
Eggs, quite musty. three. days over
from north Africa, were offered at ~
cents the egg If Arab hens can pick
up livelihood in the sand hills OF the
desert. why can not French and Italian
chickens be all-the-year-round producers
with greener opportunities?
Meat has trebled in price all over
southern Europe in the last dozen years.
Casting up the average price of beef.
1t comes to IS or more cents pound,
and even SO the best mutton Is INFINITELY
higher-perhaps 40 to As cents-While veal.
the staple meat of the Mediterranean
countries, is about the same. Italian
beefsteak is as tasteless and costly as
French chicken.
One does not realize how heavy pota-
toes are until you buy them at from
to cents a pound. Most smooth vege-
tables are sold by weight. as Is nearly
all fruit which mitigates against uniform
quality in an order and permits ex-
traordinary feats Of legerdemain with the
hand scales in use by the 'marchande de
quatre saisons.'
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Butler of Trinity Church. when Hon. Ste
phen A. Douglas was introduced. who de
llvered an address. This was concluded
about half-past / o'clock. when Mr.
Clarke Mills, the constructor of the
statue. was brought forward and pre-
sented to the assembly. He was enthu-
siastically cheered. The statue was then
uncovered and the artillery roared note
of the fact. The proceedings were then
pronounced concluded by the president OF
the Jackson Democratic Association.
The day was Exceedingly fine. and, all
the public Offices being closed, a large
concourse of people amounting to many
thousands. witnessed the ceremonies. The
appropriate address delivered by Mr.
Senator Dougas will be found in other
columns of this days paper" And there
it is. long address. telling ali that was
known of the ancestry, birth. birthplace
youth. struggles and political rise of Jack
son.
On the night of that long-aso Jackson
day it is interesting tc look at the pub
lie amusements which were dispensing
thrills to the people of Washington. At
the National Theater the Batemaa chill
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method of doubling up laundry charges
here in the south by charging for wash
ing and ironing separately. They are
SUPP osed to be two distinct accomplish
ments employing two separate sets OF
workers There is also another delicate
distinction between ironing with water
and ironing with starch and any way
it is explained turns. of course in the
laundress' favor.
The staple articles of food harbor the
biggest price surprises one will meet
along the enchanted southern coast.
lack of green grass permits the popula-
ton to throw off all responsibility OF
producing milk and butter. Milk often
comes from what is indefinitely called
up in the mouptains,' which may mean
from the Mediterranean to Lake Leman
and from the upper Rhone valley to
the Adriatic.
"You can get a haircut for 10 cents
In Spain and a shave for A. reiterated
Richard: you don't call that dear?"
But milk that is brought to your door
in a tin pail at is cents a quart certainly
Is.
Butter in Spain is chiefly Brought from
France and costs something like 60 cents
a pound. All butter along the Mediter-
ranean comes from the north of France
or the north of Italy, and for two con-
secutive winters we paid 80 cents a
pound
Ones greatest ingenuity is brought into
play when searching for that corner stone
of the cuisine. the daily egg. Keep q
hen warm and comfortable and she will
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yourself anywhere in sight of this tur-
quoise sea you get succession of shocks.
You dream of a villa by the Mediterra
mean; magic words of romance which have
lured many away from the security of a
comfortable hotel.
There are plenty of villas on all
hands. villas buried In sweet scented
gardens brushed by palm fronds. pic
turesque. shining white, with quaint
tiled roofs and rose powered terraces
amid orange and lemon groves. There
are palace villas of Italy. pseudo
Moorish villas of Spain and Riviera
villas combining the beauties Of ALL
and at rentals which on the surface
seem not at all expensive. Thus you
fall under their enchantment. But you
will have to work a good deal harder
at your housekeeping than you do at
home.
The writer recalls his first Mediter-
ranean villa-eight rooms. palms, fow-
ers, charming outlook. veritable
dream Of place. and oh. so cheap
until he got in. The landlady was
hurt first of all over a request for cleo
trio lighting. Electricity. which is
harnessed to every mountain stream,
should be plentiful and cheap on this
mountain-fringedc coast.
But electricity is very bad for your
eyes" she demurred; "gas is much
better" Was there gas? Yes. there
was; one jet each in the dining room
and kitchen" But in the other rooms
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THE JACKSON STATUE.
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vas in Washington on his way abroad for
this purpose when some friends here pIr-
suaded him to forego his visit and under
take this work. This he finally concluded
to do.
1.-The commission was consequently
awarded him. in due course. by the Jack
son Democratic Association of this city.
under whose auspices the statue was
erected, and the agreement was fulfilled
by Mr. Mills accordingly. Subsequently,
however, it was shown that $1,000 the
stipulated amount to be paid him. did not
cover the artists OUTLAWS in money, much
less compensate him for the time and
skill he had devoted to the work. and
Congress later on appropriated the sum
of $40. pH0 additional. One-half of this
latter amount paid directly to MIR
Mills and the other moiety was to be in
vested for the benefit Of his family, but
whether that intention was carried out Or
not appears to be a matter OF some
doubt.
Few things are easier TO do or more
commonly done than finding fault: and it
has been considered quite the thing to
harshly criticize this work. Indeed. it
has been the habit of some would-be wits
to allude to 1t as being pretty much
everything that a work of art should not
be. But notwithstanding all adverse
opinions. the group is yet not without
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solely his own work. and that. finally,
the difficult task Of casting it in bronze
was entirely performed by him-all the
ingenious appliances necessary therefor
being of his own i.ivcction and constrE---
ton Ii is doubtful IL the history art
in any country presents in all these re-
spects q parallel to this case
Last spring the Rambler sought to OBJ
tain some information about the four old
field pieces which stand guard at the
jackson statue and wrote accordingly to
Col Spencer Cosby. then the officer In
charge of public buildings and grounds
In the District of Columbia. Col Cosby
replied that nine years ago his Office
had made an effort to ascertain the his
tory of these cannon. but had been I'M
able to learn anything definite about
them either from the records of his Office
or from those of the War Department.
On one of the guns, that at the south
west corner of the pedestal, is the fol-
lowing inscription:
Surrendered to Gen. Jackson with the
fortress San Carlos De Bar. Pensacola.
May %, 1918. A steady fire from the fort
was overcome in one day by the skill and
eal.antry Of James Gadsden and Rich
ard X. Call, aids: Col George Gibson.
@. R.; Maj George w. Peters, Capt
Young, Lieuts. Sands. Scallon. Spencer
and Minton. United States Artillery
Capt McKeever, United States Navy, and
the brave soldiers under their command
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AMID ERERE THE PEOPLE RAISE PRICES INSTEAD OF SUPPLIES

cents a pound. and this is not as they are
served in a Broadway restaurant nut
souirrning around in a state OF nature oi
the uuavside of little fishing town 81 $40
souls.
Once having parted YOU from 'our
money. the guiieiess fisherman. pictnr-
esquely attired in blue Jersey WIN
red nhrypian cap on his head. retires
to his favorite cafe or plays BONES with
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praises were sung by Phoebe Snow. 1t
looked and burned like shale. but the
mistral had already begun to bow
through the mimosa trees Of our garden.
Gould we get a ton of the stuff?' Every
one looked dubious and suspected that
we were endeavoring to introduce some
cornering trust custom from America.
After much negotiation a cheerful ma
tive arrived with donkey and a basket
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and extra big French ones as high as ~
cents apiece, which rather breaks the
New York city record and Is not dong
badly in a commercial way Tor niue
Mediterrean winter resort OF popnia-
ton Of not more than couple OF thou
sand.
Ordinary bread in the country. and the
towns too. may be had. discreetiy re n
forced with chalk In Its makeup. Tor >
cents pound, or perhaps 1t VIII hH ran
chestnut -four, which Is not $" bad
something that gives weight Is usually
added if only an excess Of water FANCY
bread small bread. pain de luxe. rises
In price according to the distinction OF
the neighporhood and its clientele. Three
cents for tiny breakfast roll is not I'M
usual.
Investigate the matter Of fresh fish,
You are living on the shores OF the
Mediterranean, full of excellent ana
bountiful supplies OF fish. but fish is not
only a luxury but rarity. and when
it can be bought at all its price is ofteh
greatly in excess Of what you would pay
for the same thing in the markets OF
London. Paris and Berlin. This Is not
for the usual reason that the fish Is
shipped away from where it is caught
but from the fact THAI the fisher people
will not go out and catch an adequate
supply of the fish that are swimming
about before their front doors until II
occurs to them that they need little
pocket money. Then they put on the
market HOLSTERS at s1.25 kilo, say 70
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"Oh. but you had much better use a
candle" she overwhelmingly smiled.
erably more than gas, though we
finally ca>,e to using them after all,
when. after paying dear ourselves for
the eiectric installation and electricity
at double Manhattan prices, we touho
that whenever that peculiar north wind
of the Mediterranean blew our electric
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not that these people are trying to stick
the stranger who is invading their places
In the sun: they are no really pFactlcins
any get-rich-quick schemes on the tour
list, as many imagine: they are simply
loath to bestir themselves and disturb
their routine more than can possibly be
avoided.
The moment you cut loose from the
protection of a hotel and strike out for
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gratefully cackle over a daily egg thus
properly encouraged. Is she encouraged
here? Not when she is housed In tree
top and given an Icy eel ar for run.
One of the pecuiiarities Of the food
question in this region is that you must
look for it in unlikely places. My hunt
for eggs in a minor Riviera resort led
me to the local florist, who hung out a
sign reading: "Oeufs du Jour This.
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Where They Send Out Seeds.

THE conductors of the rubber-necs
/ wagons passing through the grounds
of the Department of Agriculture and In
front of the old red brick main building
always cry out through megaphone:
This is the place where they send out
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~ately graduated scale. Of prices
which so far as the size of the sticks
went could only be detected by an ex-
perienced eye. We calculated that the
wood for Spanish winter might
amount to as much as $500, and de-
cided that a friend of ours was right
who said that the time to visit warm
countries was in summer.
There is. by the way. an ingenious
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Pears may cost 30 cents a pound and
peaches double and the latter are all
descendants of the Amsden peach brought
back from the Philadelphia centennial
in 1876 by Mediterrean fruit grower
Ordinary grapes of the hillside cost 10
cents pound.
Oranges can be as high as cents in
sight of their home trees. Rugged apples
of Spain command and 6 cents each
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y SSING through
Lafayette Square
on the morning of
Jackson day, jan
uary S. the ninety
ninth anniversary
of the battle OF
New Orleans, the
Rambler saw a
man with white
hair. st % o p e d
shoulders and a
stout old cane,
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sat on the roSe-bowered terrace VI d
villa on a winters day overlooking the
turquoise sea which has been response
,Ie for more poetry, romance and fic-
titious cheapness of living than any
ether portion of the touristable world
still you can get a haircut here
rheaper than anywhere else in sight OF
blue water" answered Richard thought
fully
You can so buy the cheapest priced
flowers in the world almost anywher"
along its spectacular coast line" the writ
er retorted. but why should most things
between BARRIERS shop and bouquet
be more costly in southern Europe than
elsewhere?
Il is barely twenty-five years since
the Riviera has become the winter re
sort of COSMOPOLITAN society with eX-
pensive and fashionable tastes. Before
that time the easy-going. unworking
natives of these southern shores were
lutte content to live heatless, lightless
and waterless in houses designed some
centuries back: to live on little olive
oil from few olive trees in their back
Yards. some red wine from a tiny vine
yard on terraced hillside. fish that
played at their feet as they waded in
the Mediterranean and some ropes of
nacaronl.
4 y
History repeats itself. Down swooped
northern hordes driven before wintry
blasts and rudely disturbed them from
their biissful. slumberous existence,
from sitting on the sunny or the shady
side OF a wall according to season arous-
ing them to the tiresoGe and distastefui
iuty of providing for a stream Of
strangers who were a so coming to take
heir places in the sun. Being a socia-
ole race they would not have minded
he company so much had it not been so
HxiRent
Living in Mediterranean countries
means going without. 1t has taken the
native population some time to ad-
lust this simple phase of economics to
the bewildering standard of foreign
bred clientele who will so without moth
Ing that money will buy. who demand
comforts that southern Europe regards
as fairy tale Injuries and who are con-
tinually prodding the unwilling southron
20 wake up and minister to their needs
The simple. child.ike dweller by the
Mediterranean is meeting the situation
with an unsupported business acumen by
raising prices instead Of supplies. It is
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PTIMISTS who are
still looking Tor
that fairy pot OF
gold at the end OF
the rainbow which
-tretches across the
Atlantic and Is Ia
heled Cheap Liv-
ing Abroad VII
find 1t faded out at
its Mediterranean
end. the writer
remarked as ne
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.tural Investigations and procuring
agricultural statistics.
Under the provisions Of this law
90 goo packages Of seeds wer. bought
and distributed. This was the begin
ming of the Department of Agriculture.
The patent office handled this work
from 1893 to 1862. the year OF the
creation of the Department OF Ayr
culture. Up to 1902 the work OF col
Letting and distributing seeds was car
ried on by a group Of employees In the
Department of Agriculture known "a
the seed division, when this division
and various other affiliated hut
hitherto INDEPENDENT branches % de-
partmental work were brought to-
gether to form the bureau of plant in
duStry.
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The official distribution of seeds by
the United States government was be-
gun in 1899 or perhaps the year after.
In 1889, through the efforts of Henry
L. Ellsworth, then commissioner of
patents, Congress appropriated $1,000
for the purpose of collecting and dis
tributing seeds. prosecuting agricul-
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When the Department of Agriculture
was created one of the important func-
tons OF il was to distribute seeds
The act OF Congress creating the de-
partment recited that There shall be
at the seat of government a Depart
ment of Agriculture, the general de-
sign and duties of which shall be to
acquire and diffuse among the people
Of the United States useful informa-
ton on subjects connected with aGri-
culture In the most general and COM
prehensiye sense of that word. and TO
procure. propagate and distribute
among the people new and valuable
seeds and plants
The origin of the practice of distrib-
uting seeds through members of Con-
gress has been told by MIR. Galloway as
follows:
There can be no doubt that the pur-
pose of the earlier legislation for the
purchase and distribution OF seeds was
to introduce into this country new and
improved varieties of vegetables.
fruits. lowering plants and new crops
In order to increase the horticultural
and agricultural products of tn. Unit
ed States. and for many years attempts
were made to contine the distribution to
new varieties of We etabes. grains. sor
seeds has undoubtedly left decided inn
preston upon the agriculture Of this
country. As the demand for the new
seeds ard plants introduced by the de-
partrnent Increased. however such dc
mand very naturally found eNpressien
in requests made to senators, representa-
tives ard delegates in Congress-. and tie
number OF these requests soon heeail.,,
SO great that It was lmnfacticabie 10 AZ
.neih VIII strictiN tteW a. W "t -,
ne ~ as.es ~ si .lil ~ -,
larser iuatlIties OF se@s 10
uneiopsu, ~ m,,'. - ,, ~
=. h;o,, 49,, - ~ i.,,ral, sc,,t
" WHICH 'iies were if'i
In 1894 action was taken by the de-
nartment TO determine the distribution
IS .,,,,,o,, -, s.,r,,.r -, varieties Of seeds.
Vi co'ii'ioii " ~.
but congress "ouiu hot aPpioH ~
plan. Congress In 1s96 changed the
Wording of the former acts under which
sa,ds h,5 hoo, sent out appropriatinE
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United States and cabinet: senate
and House of Representatives of the
United States and their officers judges
of the Supreme Court; judges of other
courts; the commanderin-ch of the
army and oldest commodore in the
navy of the United States; officers OF
the army and navy; corporate au-
thorities of the cities of Washington,
Georgetown and Alexandria. the Jack
son Democratic Association; other or
sanlZed societies of the city of Wash
lngton and other places
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-01
LOCAL MAN FOR
new CHAIRMAN
Louis Funkenstein Selected as
Head of Democratic Sena-
torial Committee.

Louis Funkenstein of this city was
this afternoon selected chairman of
the democratic senatorial committee
at a meeting held at the Rock Island
house at > O'Clock. He succeeds A.
NJ. Thornton, Oquawka. who for II
years has been a member of the com
mittee. acting in the capacity as chair
man most Of that time Alr. Thorn
ton was given a vote of thanks for
the efficient service he has rendered
tho PARTY.
Ernest clearinghouse. Aledo. was
selected as secretary and the third
member OF the committee Of W. c.
Ivens Stronghurst, who takes Mr.
Thcrnton's place. This is the frs
time in many years that the chairman
ship of the committee has been placed
in Rock Island county. and local mem
bers of the party are naturally pleas
ed over the honor that has come 70
Mr.. Funksnstein.
This evening at s O'Clock there Will
be a meeting at the Rock Island house
of the democratic county central COM
mittee 1t is important that candi-
dates for office, as well as those inter
ested in the party, be present. as cam
paign plans are TO be mapped out.