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XTHE ARGUS, WEDNESDAY, MAHCII 5, 1902. THE AEGUS. Published Daily and Weekly at 1624 Second Avenue, Rock Inland. lit (Entered at the 1'ostofflce as Second-claos matter. BY THE J. W. FOTTrft CO. TERMS Daily, 10 cents per week. Weekly. 11.00 per year In advance. All coin tnunlcatlonsof political or argumen tative character, political or religious, must have real name attached for publication. No jch articles will be printed over fictitious signatures. Correspondence solicited from every town ship in Rock Island county. Wednesday, Msm-li 5. Call for l-mo-rt If Vnril Cut-nw and City-TownHliip Convention. The democratic voters of the c,ity of Rock Island. 111., are hereby notified that demo cratic caucuses will le held In each of the .several wards of the city. Thursday evening. March 13. at o'clock, for the purpose of placing In nomination one candidate in each ward tor the office of alderman, electing two ward committeemen for each precinct in t-ai-h ward, and electing ward delegates to t he city-township convention: and. further, for the transaction of such other business a may projerIy be presented lo the several aucuses. The caucuses In the several wards will be held at the following places: First Ward Beisu inker's barber shop. Fourth avenue and Fourth street. Second Want Naatis meat market. Twelfth street and Seventh avenue. Third Ward I w Sec ond avenue Fourth Ward Commercial hotel, corner Third avenue and Seventeenth street Fifth Ward- Hose house on Twenty-second street. ln-twcen Fifth and Sixth avenues. sixth Ward Hose house on Twentv-siith street. Seventh Ward 3112 Fifth avenue, opposite It ck Island clest. The democratic city-township convention wiil meet at Turner hall, in the city of Ruck Island. 111.. Saturday evening. March 15. I'm2, at H o'clock to place In nomination can didates for the following city and township offices: One supervisor. Three a-ssistant supervisors. t ne assessor. One collector. ( ne justice ot the peace, lo till vacancy. Also, to elect a chairman of the city-township committee, and to transact such other business as may properly come before the vonvention. The several wards of the city shall be en titled to representation in the city-township lonvenllon as follows: Xo. Delegates. First ward is Second ward 14 Third ward H Fourth ward II Fifth ward in Sixth ward 15 Seventh ward..; u Total 97 The basis of representation lieing one dele Kate for everv 2t votes, or major traction tnereof. cast for Bryan and Stevenson at the last presidential election. JA.MKS F. KiiAN. Chairman Democratic City-Township Com. W. H. McINTVKE. Secretary Democratic City -Township Com. For Collector. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the nomination as township collector, sub ject to the decision of the democratic city- township convention. DAVID BF.ISWIXGF.lt. It i s;;iirl tli:l- Pl-Trw. H.-vAi-i- ! t 1 rviulv wrarv if the strenuous Amer ican life lie- is hailinir. He is being worn out with kindness. There is :i rem a rk:i lle similarity in 1 lie reports of victory sent in by Lord Kitchener. They sill state that ih lioers lost hundreds; "our cnsn- :illis were small. and wind up with. 'fii'n. Dp Wet trot awn v." .In.) irinT from ihe- I nions announce ment column this mornin" there nre republican aspirants in Kock Island county who do not yet know- that the republican county convention is over. Or was the space contracted for by the year? And notwithstanding the position taken at Ihe time of his inauguration against the customary inaufriiral ball. I lovernorette Yates, accompanied by Mrs. Yates, attended the ball g-iven to Prince Henry in Chicago. Verily. the deeper that little Dick pups into politics the more wicked he becomes. One pood result of holding the re publican convention so early will be found in the fact that tbe various deputies about Ihe sheriff's office will cease to be annoyed by demands upon their time by the politicians. It has been a great hardship to the deputies to be in such great demand. to say nothing of the time the ordeal lias taken from their duties. A dispatch from I'rbnna says the agricultural ilepartment of the I'ni verisity of Illinois is to test the fer tility of seed for Illinois farmers free of charge this year. The samples are to be sent to the institution with data about their raising and will be given a scientific test. Any farmer in the state can enter samples of his grain and find out what the prospects for a goI crop in the fields he has planted will be. Yeeterdai'a Republican Conrention. A county convention animated "by ih- intensity of factional bitterness that attended yesterday's repub lican gathering lias not been held in Ile.ck Island county before. While the strife over the question of in dorsement of a candidate for United States senator and that of sustaining the administration of (nv. Yates overshadowed all else, and left such a sting that the convention declared that hereafter conventions to select delegates to outside conventions and those to nominate county officers fchould henceforth be held separately, yet the rivalry for places on the county ticket was by no means en tirely secondary. The feeling en gendered over the outcome was not lo!t Kifrlit of in the turniii"; down of the state machine and the cold shoulder lhat the Yates emissaries received at every turn in the pro ceeding's or in the defeat of the Deere-Dawes move to put the conven tion on record on the senatorial in dorsement question. Although Moline was repulsed in its .leierminaiioti to overrule the con vention, not only in the matter of the ruling on the Dawes resolution from w hich t he . convention repealed ami vvliich it reversed, that citv was. too. prevente-ili from recordin-j- its actual preference for the shrievalty nomin ation. There is no room for doubt that the majority of delegates fXom Moline were for Kittilsen. Yet af ter the convention was over, the ad joining city that usually comes so well organized that i not ouiv knwws what it want.-: but gets it. went home with nothing that it came for but the indorsement of Mr. Magiil for representative that Kock Island rerulilv conceded, and when it cainelo summing up it found that it had cold ly ignored the Swedish element en tirely. not alone in the general com position of the ticket and all that hai gone into the proceedings, but in the direct defeat of I'd Kittilsen. The Moline chief of police has been for years a candidate for the nomination for sheriff, but tirst one thingand then another has turned up to disappoint him. As far back as the days when Parson Morgan ran to his defeat Kit tilsen yearned nnd was put aside Four years ago when the nomination was really within his grasp, he paid the political penalty of being away from home in the service of his coun try, and another Moline man received the coveted honor. Yesterday there' was no excuse for rejecting Kittilsen. and neither he nor any of his friends thought it could be accomplished. P.nt the trick was turned just the same, and in the interests of another Moline man. And the gallant I'd again went down. From the moment that M. M. Stur geon by his master stroke of coupling the odious metho-ls pursued by the Yates-I.orihier-Hopkins state ring of tli ping into ward xlitics with what the convention proposed to in the in dorsement of Dawes, swung the dele gates awav from what was in their minds to do express the preference for Dawes the Moline con tingent was off its feet. The .convention had failed to tlo the bidding of Mr. Deere, and therefore the M'dine delegation had a foreboii ing of ill. It was demoralized. It knew not. and judging from ihe treat ment of Kittilsen. cared not what it Jdid. The convention results in iheir gen eral nature, however, are piite us apt to occasion as nun li bitterness of feeling as the unexpected disposition of the shrievalty nomination as far as Moline is concerned, (ieogrnphi- caMv siM-nking me ticket is a failure The iipNr end of the county that came down with candidates for some of the most important nominations was cut oft" without even so much as a suggestion of recognition. The lower end. although given two places on the ticket, would cheerfully have parted with both for the shrievalty nomination that it cherished most and which that end of the county was deliberately cheated out -tif, af ter combinations had been made that seemed to assure success for Mr. l!y- nolds candidacy. The south division may naturally, considering the out come of the proceedings, charge bad faith against some of the other as pirants who were more successful. The sttnleiit of politics who survey the field carefully may well wonder how a convention dominated by the slightest political judgment could have made so many stupid blunders as characterized the proceeding; of vesterda v. A Tip From I'rlnce Henry. St. Iiuis Kepublicf When Prince Henry of Prussia stood on Hock Point, with the majestic spectacle of Lookout Mountain. Missionary Ridge. Orchard Knob and Racoon Mountain spread before his eyes, the Tennessee river stretching far below in the pic ture, he exclaimed. "This is magnifi cent! There is nothing in all K n rope that is finer!" And the prince was right in such an estimate of ihe scene. The aver age American, however, has never realized the truth which Henry per ceived at a first glance. He knows, of course, that Lookout Mountain is a fine thing to see. that Niagara Falls awes the lieholder with its sublimity of aspect, that Yellowstone Park anil the (irand Canon of the Colorado can not be contemplated with an unmov ed soul. Rut finer than anything in till Ku rope? The Kurope which he must manage to see even if he is compelled to leave unseen all the lieauties of his native land? The Kurope so raved about by snobbish traveled Ameri cans and so worshiped by them that they are never thereafter content at home? The Kurope so skillfully puffed in guide books written by the most artful of press agents for Kir ropean railway and steamer lines, hotels and tradesmen's shops? Can it lie that there is anything in the I'nited States of which one may truthfully say. "There is nothing in all Europe that is finer?' 1 Indeed there is. brothers, and Prince Henry is making the fact plain to you. Let's quit being blind to the liea ut if nl in our own land. We've been ridiculous long enemgh. The prince of Prussia has given us a tip to this effect. We should profit thereby. Other Infanta That Need Protection Ex-Congressman Phillips of Penn sylvania, a. republican member of the McKinlt-y industrial commission, has discovered other "infant industries" that need protection. He maintains that some of the infants that have been fed on bounty pap for the past half century and more the iron and steel industry for example have grown Ut be such giants that they not only wint more protection but they menace and ac tually kill every "infant" that dares to try to compete with them. "There is." he says, "certainly greater need for defending the be ginnings of competition from the ruthless attacks of giant combina tions in our own country than for similar defense against foreign com binations no greater and thousands of miles distant.". What is more. Mr. Phillips proves his case by ""citing specific instances the National Salt company and the Standard Oil trust for examples in which these giants have crushed small rivals by reducing prices to the killing point in certain localities while keeping them up everywhere else. They are also aided in their murderous work by discrimina t ing freight rates in defiance of law. The remedies proposed by Mr. Phil lips for Ihe protection of infant com M'tition are worthy the attention of congress. THE DAILY SHORT STORY. The Sergeant's Story Original. The -tli United Stntes Infantry xr&a !n garrison. It was mi-iuigLt. The relief had just come in to the guardhouse tired unJ Iniiuble, especially oae man. a recruit who had nut yet got used to guard duty. 1 "If I ever get a chance," lv said, 'Til pay off Ibiit little poppinjay. To think of uie, a grown man, I win under or ders fro.11 a snip like that!" "Who are you tnlkln' al-out?" nsked the sergeant of the .guard, with four service stripes on his sleeve. "Lieutenant Humble." "See lu re, man, if you want to shoot words jrt Lieutenant Rumble you'd better lire in heariu' of some one else besides Sergeant Conovcr. P'r'aps I haven't been face to face with death in company with Lieutenant Rumble and p'r'aps it wasn't his pluck that ken' me up when I was ready to drop with fear of eold murder." ' "t'ivc us that. Conovcr,' said a voice from a farther corner of the guard room. "It's thl?." said the sergeant 'Ve was pushin' the Spaniards in towards Santiago and spi-eadin ourselves out to git round cm. Our regiment was movin" to the right, and our company was ordered to the front. The captain sent Lieutenant. Humble just reported from West IVdnt and more of a baby faced chap than he is now ahead to report 011 the topography of the coun try and keep a sharp lookout for the th, which was cumin' from the oppo- site direction to join us. I was with him and eight men. besides a telygruph operator with his machine. Well, we'd got live or six miles from the regiment and was steppin' into a pocket between two hills covered with timber when of a sudden we heard voices behind, beside' and before us calliii" hi the dirty Spanish lingo to sur render. Since there was hundreds of 'em and only ten of us we satisfied "em. An officer stcpjied up to the lieu tenant and jabbered Spanish at him for awhile. Then another officer eonie up and said in broken English: 'What's your name?' "Humble.' -Rank?' " 'Lieutenant. " 'The citizen?' "By this time the lieutenant had seen the Spaniards eyln the telygraph ma chine under the ami of the 'cit' and suspected some sneakln business. 'An engineer, he said, lylu like a man. " 'Xo, he isn't. He's a telygraph op erator. Now, Lieutenant Rumble, send a message to your colonel that the way Is clear and to come right on.' " I can't do that,' said the lieuten ant. " 'Very well. You nnd your men can stand up there in line while we put a volley into you. "The lieutenant didn't weaken a bit, but some of the men did. and the tely graph operator eald, 'I'll send the mes sage.' ' 'That'll do.' said the Spaniard. "The operator connected with the wires, the lieutenant abused him for a coward, and Jest as all was ready th-J 'cit' began to cry like a woman, and, turnin' round, he wrung his hands, bawlin': " I can't do it. and I won't!' " "'That's the stuff for you!' said Bumble, smilin'. I knowed you could not do it.' "'Get into line, you pigsT said the Spaniard, ragin', and, givln one after the other a shore, ho made us stand tout-bin elbows. Then, callin with his jabberin' tongue, a platoon come out of the woods, we standin' with our backs to 'em. " 'Will you do Itr said the Spaniard to the 'cit.' "'Yes, if the lieutenant will order me.' " 'Xo, yon won't even If I order you. You're only foolln to gain time. Fire awax. il&sov 1 "'You little villain' said the Span iard. 'It's you that's saerlflcin your men needlessly. We'll get him out of the way, and then the rest of you'll come to your senses. "The men stepped aside, nil but one, and the Ilrln' party was gittiu' ready with their pieces" "Hold on, Conovcr. Who was the all but oueV " "Never you mind that. I'm not tell in' my own story. I'm tellin' the lieu tenant's. The lieutenant turned and faced "em. I'll never forget the beau tiful expression on his face. All his rollicUin was gone; for it was himself alone he had to brace up now, aud he seemed bent only on dyin without showln himself the coward most any man would before such a death. "'What're you thuikin about, lieu tenant' I asked, rubbiu the tears out of uiy eyes. "My mother,' he said, soleninlike. "Then I hoard sennet hi u' familiar r'r'r'r'r'r'r aud I seen the Spaniards mowed down like wheat before a reap In" machine. The th had come up and unbeknownst to 'em had planted a (Iat 1 i ik gnu on one of the hills that made the pocket and was iiourin death like water out of a steam tire engine. The firin. party sunk down where they stood. One of the Spanish otlicers was killed, the other wounded as he run away. Little Humble ordered us to fall In. and, seizin our rifles, lyin cn the ground, we turned to ami sent our bullets along with the tlatlin's. re ce'vln' a shower ourselves, the lieuten ant givin the orders as if he was in a sham battle on the plaiu at West Point. "Xovv.. you sjialneen." continued Con over, turning to the man who had ex pressed his contempt for Humble, "if ever I hear you makin' any such re marks again about Lieutenant Bumble I'll crack your jaw!" I A. MITCIIEL. DAILY RULES THAT INSURE GOOD DIGESTION We can realize the most favorable chances of preserving for a long time health and strength, especially by maintaining a fair baTance in the ceii sumptioii of the nutritivt substance f an animal and of a vegetable na ture, by varying our alimentary re gime, anil by avoiding both insutVic 1 ucv and excess of nourishment. The Mesh of an ox. according to all :i nt horit ies on alimena t ion. f all the kinds of nniscuh'r tissue, is tiiat which possesses the greatest nutri le power, which represents the most renovating plastic ailment which furiisles the most tasty and appetizing broth, and wiiiih can be used more on 1 an I y w ilh profit 1 tin 11 I NOT A MEDICINE it The drug way is a .poor one to build up vitality. It means i'alse stimulation, with the heavy reckoning f wasted tis sues, burned-tip strength to pay liter. The natural way is the best way. Tt mav be slower if vour di sease is - . . -. . - deep rooted, but it is sure. is the natural wav no drugs, Liquozone l frnel Manv people rv gainfifteen pounds in weight S, J its use. Try a bottle and Una r.f Oit-jo rnijri1 We will tend von live days' treatment of Liqu ozone on receipt of 10c. in stamps or silver to pay part rostape. You can satisfy yourself by actual trial. Kindly mention this jaier. Address, THE LIQUID OZOHE CO., 223 Ktozb Strcef, Uqauoec U 50c. i'pyk- - ?i-Lh---X- - 0 Exhibition and SaJe , For a. Few D?a.ys Only All level's of Oriental lings are invitenl to call at our store ami inspect the greatest collection f these gooels ever shown in this city. Among the collection are many antii-nes, some with curious history interwoven with their make or past usage, other rugs have artistic merit and high ouality peculiar to the district or country where made; others are with Oriental designs brought out in soft tones that never tire the eye, ami harmonize most fully with our modern furnishings. Uut the only way to appreciate fully is to come in and see for your self. This sale is in charge of Mr. .1. I. Taininosian, formerly of Ar nien'ra, who will gladlv show ami explain to you fully all aliout the rugs. lie will also repair any damageel Oriental rugs you may have that needs repairing, while here, at moderate charges. Fvirniture end CaLrpet Co, 324 to 328 BRADY STREET. Dta.venport. Iowa. . 0 4 anv other article of focdjnf its class. Inci'H-ntally. 1-f it be noted, that salted meat is much les nutritious than fresh. It lias ;een ascertained chemically that brine extracts from the muscular tissue much of its nu tritive principle. D.illoii places next after beef, as i) ing most v alii:ib!c as mil rimeiil. iii::tt.ii an i v.-nUon; then the li.'s'i i,f fowls, the various k'nds 'of gain- birds, and lastly, tisTi. The opinions of modern I'rench scientists may be noted and read with interest. According to these authorities, fish is only slightly nutri tive. bu easily digestible. Its, 'ex clusive use would soon produce a diminution of muscular force, pale ness of the tissues ami all signs of an elimination insufficient in 'i! lity. These interesting rule:-; for a daily good digestion arc oifereji by the wi.-e editor of the Public Health .lour 11a 1: Fish is nore digestible than t he white men t of fowl. The tlesh ot shell lish crust accanx is hard of digestion lioast meat is more digestible 1 ban Do.lcei. Eggs very slightly cooked and dairy prt.duce are more dig'csl ihlc than white' meats. Of vegetables ihe sncen'.c'ils are the most digt .-lil.le. New bread is heavier tl.in stale bread. The a'lments in which the cook' art g'ves a liitiici or semi fluid form are. i'i general, more digestible. The more readily an ailine-m is di sidved by the juices of the stomach the- e-asier Its digest ior-. Ad:k 1, these- facts the remark . Dalion. 'Cheese contains 1 he nutri tions elements of the milk in con densed but somewhat in iigest ihle form." Nevertheless, y-m will eat a little cheese after dinner: for. as l'.rilla: Savarin hath it. "A dinner without cheese is like a beautiful woman with .inly one eye." Of the- vegetable tribe-, lentils, beans al'il peas ai- the1 ?:iosi nourishing. Fruit, when periectly ripe, is the most easy of digestion, because- t!i--juice of fruit e-oiisisis of pure grape sugar (glutose-) and water, in l it is in the form of grape sugar thftt ail starchy food is finally absorbed into th- system. It may be' said that the starch e-f the- fruit, lrtving be-en rl reedy e-iianged into glue-ose by 1 lie pro-t-ss of ripeMiing. retiiri s no di gestion after it is alrea ly in ".he stale ia which this eitiin n: of nutrition is imincilia tely. absorbed into the system. r-?"y..'--. la no alcohol in a month by out ior yuuisxiii. Offer kH1 ' r.iu-'rXtJX.:i .-' -t-5 a-.vn . . w ,1,-1 -. 0 1- TJ AIE 0 MBMR Illinois ASSEMBLY AFFLICTED WITH CATARRH OF THE THROAT AND LUNGS. Y E ti TfOX. JOHN J. FURLON'i, Member y e.f the Thirty-fifth General As J stmbly of the State of Illinois", writes of Peruna as follows : lTil Os-exxl St., Chicago, 111. Tho Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O. Gentlemen"-" I csn safely rec ommend Peruna as a remedy that will cure all catarrhal troubles. "It was of great bsnefitto me as it cured me of catarrh of the threat end lungs permanently and in a very short time. 1 am glad to add my endorsement to that of others." JOHN J. FURLONG. ' Cures Made by reruns are rerinanent Cures. A patient cured by Teruna is no more liable to catarrh than if he had never had it. Cured of Catarrh of the Entire System. Mr. William Flood, care Fifth Avenue Hotel, Louisville, Ky says : "Youx Pe runa has completely eured me of that distressing disease, catarrh, which af-le-eted my head, nose, bronchial tubes, tad, in fact, my whole system. i i i wit r' 1 1 ii !! i wi imm K-'K gv s 1 t DURING MARCH AND APRIL The Rater from TrisCities Wiil Be $31.00 TO CALIFORNIA $30.00 TO OREGON VIA ROCK ISLAND ROUTE. Oexily Tourist Cqlt To LOS ANGELES, SAN JOSE AND SAN FRANCISCO Via EL, PASO SHORT LINE (Personally Conduciol on Tue.-ehiys and Thursdays.) Personally Conducted Tourist Cars to California ami Oregon via Colorado and Scenic Line, AVedneselays, Thursdays and Frielays. RATE FOR DOUBLE BERTH Low One Way Rate to Other Western Points. For tickets, reservation, etc.. call on or telephone- C, 1J. I. & P. 11. 11. Agents at Davenport, Kock Island or Moline. tyrtii. -'j 5 III tl L "Is 0! 1 1 &t'X liSf ttel -H IJr r -i--:-IN - An Abundance of Hot Water mm 1 i i B 'v&i It J- rfk . ( . . 0 nmvm til IDEAL Eoilers and r PERUNA. 'For nine years I Ixmght everything thr.t was advertised as a sure cure for my complaint, but it so happened that I tliu not buy Peruna until nine mouths ago. "After using your splendid remedy ac cording to your directions I si: a today a well man. I find Peruna to bo the great est family medicine ever discovered. I shall always keep a bottle of it on hund. "I can candidly state that had it not been for Peruna I would have given up my position, being too weak to do my work. For eighteen years life was a burden." Mr. William Flood. Congressman J. A. Harham, of Santa Rosa, California, writes: "At the solicitation of a friend I used your Peruna, and can cheerfully recom mend it as an excellent remedy for all catarrhal troubles. It is indeed a won derful medicine." J. A. Barham. If you do not derive prompt and satis factory results from tho use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and be will le pleaseel to give you his valuable ad vice gratis. Address Pr. ITartman, President of The Ilartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. mm ' m " Mill l i I I fi'ii III llfli ran lir fl'"" I 1 We Have Just litte'd up a line reception room in connection with our office, where; any lady can call and make a pur chase of liquors for table or medicinal use. The Pvirest Wines, Whiskies and Brandies THE UP-TO-DATE RETAIL LiaiJOK. ST0HE Corner Seventeenth street and Thinl avenue. For domestic .use, bathing:, stock-fodder purposes, tJ.t,. . r p . . , Original in hiel-1 Co'oiu- etc, is aiioraed wnere tnia Museum. ctucaci-. Hot-V7ater or Steam System is used, and at a cost of but a few cents per day for fuel. Channon, Perry 6c Co ASIS&ICAN KaeJiatcrs 7 -