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V THE AEGHJS, MONDAY, FElUUJAIiY 2, 1903. 1 THE AEG US. Published Dally and Weekly at 1634 Second Avenue. Bock Island, I1L Entered at tne Poitofflce aa Second-claw matter. BT THE J. W. POTTER CO. TERMS Dally, 10 cenu per week. Weekly, 11.00 per year in advance. All communication of political or argamen tatlye character, political or religious, muit bare real name attached for publication. No sacn article will be printed orer flcutlona signatures. Correspondence solicited from every town snip In Bock Island county. Monday, February 2. One fact is exceeding-ly apparent. The trusts are not afraid of Roose velt nor alarmed over his recom mendations. The effect of public clamor in securing- free coal involves the lesson that more tariff revision can be forced by the people yet t i ny up and huwliii"-. "The fellow who "saw it first" of course bobs up again. Augustus C. Carey, "f Coston, claims to have oj erated a wireless system of telegra phy on the Marconi plan a-s early as J sst. . If Chili Js disposed to part with her prize wai Hiips. if would hardly seem likely that she would disjMise of them to a power that is bullying the I'nited States into a fight over this fount ry's right to defend South American re publies. Aeeording to the opinion of many officers in the I'nited States navy Aiiierieans need not go into spasms at the possibility of our ships having to fight tin se nf Germany. An officer in the ISrimklt n navy yard has this to sv: "The German navy looks great in paper, but it is not as formidable as i.-, generally supposed. leaving aside an question as to the torpedo fleet. I. have found on examination that nearU ts per cent of the cruis ers, b.i 1 1 leships and other large ves sels are unable to go more than i(H) miles from home because of the ina bility to carry sutlicient steaming coal. This is not imagination. It is an epitome of official figures." An mint imidated member of the Kansas legislature has introduced ;t bill subjecting- all able bodied bache lors and spinsters to an annual tax of $25. No doubt this proposition will be denounced as impertinent and unjust. anil some may even go so far as to declare that it. violates the constitu lional provision against cruel and un just punishment. Uut may not the honorable member who proposes it plausibly contend that it i rather complimentary than censorious, inas much that implies that every ba'chelor might b a husband if he wanted to Ik-, and that every spinster has chosen to remain unmarried? If that line of argument is promptly adopted anil gallantly maintained, the author of the bill may at least escape prema ture baldness, even if he fails to aug ment the revenues of the state. A "ConservatfTe" Trust Bill. It is reported in Washing-ton that an understanding has been reached upon trust regulation legislation. A measure "which will contain nothing- drastic .r radical" is to be passed. The trust lobbies will not tight the bill, being satisfied that some sort of legislation mu.-t be enacted to pacify public clamor, but they will see fo it that it is not inimical to their inter ests. This report may be open to sus picion, but there are many circum stances which give it color. A bill for the regulation of trusts contain ing "nothing- drastic or radical" and satisfactory to the trust lobbies is certainly not what the public has the right to expect. It means that the new bill will be "safe" from a monop olistic standpoint and therefore val ueless as a remedy for existing evils. If it is ihe intention of congress to attempt to fool the people in this wax it must fail. What the public is interested in particularly is not legislation, but ef fects. If the new bill does not pro duce results the public will le very (prick to see through the scheme, and the consequences may not be satisfac tory either to Ihe trust lobby or its congressional marionettes. The country expects congress to make goixl and it will judge by re sults. There is no possibility of deceiving- the people by sham legisla tion on lh trust issue. Poor Mr- Morgan and the Tariff's. .1. I'ierpont Morgan believes in pro tection in some things Uut not in oth ers. He thinks it is right to put a high tax on the necessities of life but wrong to tux luxuries. He would place statuary, paintings and works of art in general on the free list but put high duties on wool, shoes, coal and other articles that come into gen eral use. Mr. Morgan recently spent' a large fortune abroad in art treasures. He arranged to ship them home, but found the duties were so high that it would cost another fortune. So he rented a warehouseman London where he will store -hi- treasures until con gress takes off the duties on the rich man's luxuries. There is no occasion for sympathy fur-Mr. Morgan. He is one of the sponsors for a- proseriptive tariff. He is willing to tax the many but complains when the same tax is saddled on the few. And just now Mr. Morgan is at tempting to convince the assessor that he has no taxable personal prop erty but on the contrary is heavilv in debt. What a. glorious thing it would be .to be 1'ierpont's creditor. NEWS IN OUTLINE. A. R. Van. .Nockep, . a shoe manu facturer of I-aCrosse.' Wis., is dead of pneumonia. Fire In the I'nited states assay of fice at New York vn quenched aft er doing $2.M'0 Uauiagv, but it put in peril for awhile over $4lt,000,000 la cash. Herr von Delbrueck. honorary Prus sian minister of state, is deud. The sultan of Maclu. P. I., Is dead of cholera. There is danger that Morgan will defeat the isthmian canal treaty lie cause he doesn't approve of some of its provisions. The melting of the snow has caused extensive floods and serious da wage In Scotland. The Hill of Tnra, so rich in his toria memories, will shortly be sold at auction in Dublin. Columbia defeated Yale in a "00 yards relay swimming face in the New York Athletic club tank Saturday night by ten yards. The strike ou the Netherlands rail ways has ended,, the company being de feated. A joint resolution has been intro duced In the house proposing an amend ment to th" constitution prohibiting polygamy. The Southern Pad tic has reached an agreement with its firemen on the ques tion of wages-.' The Denver and Uio Grnude railroad has voluntarily increased the wages of all machinists, boilermakers. black smiths, tin workers, inspectors, car re pairers and their helpers. Andrew Jullickson. a fanner of Sterling. Wis., was butted to death Saturday by .1. large dehorned bull. .The ice yacht races Saturday at Kal amazoo. Mich., were failures no race finished in the time limit. Mrs. Martruerite Allen, the oldest woman in the state of Washington. Is dead at the ae of 104 years. President Diaz has received the Hoer generals cordially and said that Mex ico wotdd weh-ome the Boer colonists. The house of Frank tJleffner. near Dixon. Ills., was wrecked by a dyna mite bomb, and wife and child in jured. EMBLEMATIC White man. what you doln' A-loadm' up cle gun An' stahtin' in foh battle Jos" de same as If 'twas fun? Nobber stop foh slnKin', Nebber stop foh play; Does you see de cullud people Actin' dat a-way? . De cullud man's complexion It Isn't out of place: Dar's got to be some black folks In dis here human race. When I looks into de paper An' reads dem solemn facts, I reckons we's In mournln' Foh de way de white folks acts. Washington Star. A Matter of Taste. "Are you fond of lobsters?" he asked. gunning his eye over the bill of fare. "Nothing I like better," answered the chorus girl, turning her eyes away and winking. Philadelphia North Ameri can. Off His Beat. The recent civil service, examination brings to mind an amusing story which was told in connection with one of the eerliest ' examinations for policemen. The question asked by the examining commission was, "How many ui'les to the moon?" Pat. a lusty sou of old Erin, whose right to a place on the force had never before been disputed, answered: "I don't know how many miles It is. but 1 know that it is far enough away to be outside my beat even .when if a full." New York Times. All the news all the time The Argus. DAILY SHORT STORY A Real Heroine. Original.! If the heroine of a story could "be transformed into a real person, her life would have In It an important element of happiness. Such cases, vice versa. have occurred that is. a woman who lias shown herself heroic has lived to an old age in the enjoyment of her honors. During the American Revolution a small palisade fort erected on the site of the present 'city of Wheeling was the center of a small settlement. The dwelling of Colonel Ebenezer Lane stwnl about 2tK) feet from the palisade, and In it- were kept. many of the supplies of the fort. One morning It -was Sept. 1, 1777 a man rode up to the place, threw himself from his horse and excitedly announced that one Simon Girty, with a large number of savages, was advanc ing to its capture. This man (Jirty was descended from the lowest order of people, his father having been un out law and his mother a disgrace to her sex. Simon had inherited the worst proclivities of both. Captured by the Indians when a loy. he bad become one of them, and their savage prac tices were as natural to him as if he had been born an Indian. Such was the man who was advancing nt the bead of several hundred red men to murder the men, women and children within the palisade. The place was made ready for "defense, and Colonel Lane's house, occupying a favorable position for resistance, was made a part of the inelosure to le defended. There were but a dozen men to protect the women and children who were hud dled together in the palisade, expecting the worst possible fate. The party came up. and Girty de manded the surrender of the fort, which was of course refused. Then commenced a lire from besieged and besiegers which was kept up till night, when it ceased. At midnight the negro cook Sam. seeing a flicker of light through a crevice in the palisade, looked for the cause and saw an Indian outside attempting to lire the palisade. Sam shot the man dead and averted the danger. The next morning the attack was re newed with a hollow log bound with chains for a cannon, but the log burst at the first discharge and killed several of the besiegers. Enraged at the fail ure, Girty attempted to carry the fort by storm, but the rifles within were true, and he lost many men without accomplishing his object. It was now discovered .that the sup ply of powder in the fort was alout exhausted. There was a keg in the Iuine house, but to procure It some one must go nearly 2"0 feet and return with it exposed to the tire of the In dians. The commander called for a volunteer to make the attempt, an at tempt that would almost surely result In death. Every man In the fort volun teered. Among the women was a delicate girl, Elizabeth I-ane she was ' nick named Patty who had recently re turned from school in Philadelphia. From the refining influences of a school in what was then the lirst city in the land she had leen transported to a wilderness and now was confronted with savage warfare. There is but one position in which we can imagine such a girl under such circumstances, and that is pale and trembling, eagerly scrutinizing the expressions of those defending her to learn if there is any hope. Patty Lane was the very coun terpart of this. She stepped forward as a volunteer, a volunteer to run a gantlet of bullets that would bring al most certain death. Not only did she volunteer, but pleaded to Ik? allowed to go. arguing that the men were all needed for the defense of the lives of the women and children: that not a man's life should be risked in this way, but the life' of a woman, who was wot fit for hardier service. If she were killed, she would not be missed. It was not only the offer that was surprising, but the Spartan arguments by which it was supported. The men nil knew that they were true. Reluc tantly the commander gave his con sent. Tatty, kneeling for a moment In prayer, arose and. sallying forth, with the fleetness of a fawn cleared the space between the fort and the house before the savages noticed her or had recovered from their surprise. Not a shot was fired at her. Placing the pow der in a tablecloth and tying it about her waist, she started on her return trip. This return was a very different mat ter from the going. The savages had been warned and were on the alert. Besides, the bundle she carried was sure evidence that she was transport ing some article contraband of war. Tatty ran as rapidly as she could im peded by her burden. Scarcely , had she started when a bullet sang by her, then another and another. It was like shooting a bird on the wing. The few seconds during which she was ex posed to fire were terribly long to those who were watching her from the fort. There was every chance that she would not make the goal. Half, three-quarters, seven-eighths of the distance was covered, yet she ran. Was she struck and ready to fall the moment she ar rived, or was she still unscathed? There was no time to answer, for with the fleetness of a bird she covered the last dozen yards and lauded her pre cious burden behind the palisades. Then it was discovered that not a bullet had touched her. Armed with the ammunition she brought, the whites fought on till suc cor arrived, and the lives of all were saved. Patty Lane passed a lifetime as a her oine. She lived to be a very old wom an in her home on the banks of the Ohio river near the place where she bad shown the mettle there was in her and adored by all who knew. her. GKACD ELLERTON COOKE. Bound Hand oot With muscles drawn and throbbing with pain, and joints swollen, stiff and tender, the rheumatic patient is as helpless and dependent as though bound baud and foot. 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