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4 THE AEGUS TUJEsDAY, FEBRUaK Y 2 1904 TUB -AJ1GUS. Pabllined Dally and Weekly at 1S4 Sec ond avenue, Kock Island, 111. (Entered at fie poatoffice aa second-class matter. nv THE J. W. POTTER CO. TERMS Dally. 10 cenU per week. Weekly, l per year in advance. All communications of argumentative character, political or religions, mut hare real name attached tor publication. No ucn articles will be printed over fictitious signatures. Correspondence solicited from every towa attlp In Rock Island county. Tuesday, Feruar3' J. 1904 It I'.rnrlier II;nt new paper in v i-v -i I ' inallv h.-ive ;.!!. relief auiong;the people of the coun try jnit at a time when corruption was assuming must menacing propor tions throughout the country. 'The people believed that the law would Le nble to cope with the cor ruprionists. and hence ere the people glaii of the conviction and sentence of Ames. Is it -urpriing. then, witli the his tory of corruption of Minneapolis in view, and such well authenticated stories Mill in mind, as were publish ed relative to the shame .f Minneapo lis, that the people should legin to believe there is soniet hing wrong with the machinery of justice, when an of ficial convicted on the evidence which ci.-nvictel Ames, is freed by the su prtnie court? Is it a wonder that cor rnpticn defies the courts ;ind the laws? Ames practically acknow ledffed hN guilt. He fled from Minnea polis. lie wa wretched. When drairsred back to -Viniieiipolis his attorneys made a hopeless fight for him. advancinif as a Just resort the plea of "ins;i nity." Aloe, was convicted. Kvidence of ;i m;st s-nalioiia! 'haracier va miIh establishes ajinitted. if was a revelation to know he Mid nit i ! how Imi.'I and bad air! corrupt oth- thc bir"---t trust of them -;-r- in Illinois now realist- what 1 lie !,-;i!crs .f the republican party are seeking ot'ire for for themselves. The voters and the people are not conidei ed except il be to "Work fhelit" f ' i- their suffrage. The lii-iix crat it- -tatc eutr;i! coin- n i 1 1 vvi.l meet at the Shcriiuin hu-e in Chicago tomorrow af IM urn ii al '' o'clock In take a 'hi k at I lif po!itical situalion anil fi Hie lime and place fr holding the .-.tale c ii v en t'u mi. I'eoria and Spring licld vvovH like ! have the yalher- iuir. uei in a!! probability it ! cither one of 1 he-c cities. cials become. The court ha- found the indict n:ent faulty This inii-t oe accepted in a Ifgal sense, perhaps. a justifying Allies relea-e. but if is loo bad that a man who ha- ci. m mil ted such a grave offen-e against the public should be iclensc;! on a mere technical tangle. Tlie-e constant failures of Ihe law to sustain itself in cases win-re offi cials are inanife-tly corrupt an ! crim inal, i- weakening; the potency of the American system if law. The courts-, the people, the legisla tors of the fand mii-t look to this matter. The law i being rendered notoriously inadeiate by the manip ulation of -the technicalit .v. DAILY SHORT STORY The Value of Bluff. will Uepuhlican ICakeoff From Panama. Vv'heji the inside hisiory of the seces sion or Panama is given to the world it will make interesting reading for those ardent friends of the strenuous occu pant of the White House, who. they claim. hal no knowledge of the eon sniraev that hatched a rebellion to or- I iepre- .-u I a t i V I- Cooper, of Wiscon sin. receutlv received a telegram from the president of a dancing class ii in i tin- woods ir Vi'oiisiu asking wheth er the president wears a 1 urne l-dovv n ci l.ar vvttli his evening c!otlies. " don't know." IN-presentai ive Cooper tier when . needed. The regular corre- vifed hack, "rind out." came back ' loiiilent at Washington of the Chicago a telegram in replv. "for if he dues we can't 'siippi.rt hi in. A !nvv-ii in New York bv a woman who -ick- to avoid a contract for the paviiu-iit of s?uu f..c an edition of .(.'reside!; I I Ji 1 ev el I " works, .-iir 1J": I b the author, bronchi out the fact lliat the president has received 1. -Oiiil In ii. -iliics i. n tliis -elieiue. Thi i he It'-i .iMiiiou I'ullctm observes. ;joc.- t-i i eiimii-1 ra i e the truth of i he lioiuel v adage t li.lt a sucker is born eicrv minute. The ( oiiiiih ner: In the court that o'isini-sed Senator iJictrich on a lech uiealitv a mhiii man who broke into a po-l office and stole :; pennies and worth of stamps was sentenced to three veat-s in the federal penitential-, while an einplovc in the Omaha posi office who. stole -.'.U-.".l was let off with a line i f '.'.uoo r S-.".i less than Ihe ji in. (.lit i t his stealings. -Anl vet then- are ill who complain because theic i an a ia lent growth of popu i:i r lii-; in -I of the courts. :iiinisiei-s of (lie porte. aftcr havini; eeide.i that Tui ke.v should not oe represented at the St. I.cuis e po - t ion. v-ie in tl lien, ill In ehanire their i;'eii-ion when the fiindni: faels were s 1 1 1 iu i 1 1 cd : Since the es I a bli h me ill of iliree; I ea 11 1 - Ii i i sr-v;e,- lietwei-u New York and Turkisli H,rt freight rale- l ave been reduced I roin ?V.7 :; to .vf. a ton: the value of Tuikili imports In the I niled Slates have in, -teased from SI.lnm.iioo to s. liooi'uu ;, ear. an i the I idled States is Iiimim from Turke than P'.i!tMi.tuii ;, car. i.irii-i more .niueis i i ii:iuos, ioa. VVisei.nsin ant! ihe northwest are prospect intr in the s, pthein state- more thi-- winter than for several season. Since earl.v iu the fall no lis. than a half ilocti parties have organised am! made e i iir-ioiis to Mississippi ;,,,,( Louisiana. par::cs have started lit from ami the adjoining town-, spent from two to thrve .Timlin; localities in ihe is now a project to in- fat-mer in a big can- Chronii le in a special telegram on Dee. said: "One of the sensational charges Sen ator Ooruian is prepared to make here after in that a coterie of New York men subscribed a war fund to the Panama revolutionists amounting to .MMi.ittm with the understanding that they wuii Id be rep? id tenfold from the ? m mi.ikmi I'anainu expected to receive and the $ 4i , , which ostensibly will be appropriated for the I-t ench ottiiia nr. Senator iormau is sa'al lo know the names of the men who ad vanced this motiey. "lie will charge in connection with this disclosure that the fund was sub scribed only after definite and positive assurances were conveyed to the sub scribers by responsiMe persons con nected with the administration that substantial aid would be extended to the revolutionists and the republic of 1'nuam.i would not only be recognized by this government, but that its inde- lendence would be guaranteed as well. Several Democratic senators will charge in addition that the lobbyists and promoters, who are expected to re ceive a large share of the S1mnni,(mh). have agreed to make a substantial con tribution to the next Republican cam paign fund. The Democratic senators' believe the story. One of their number said in discussing it that he had leen informed that the amount set aside for political purposes was $.". mo.t. "If that is true." he said, "no wonder ihe president's political friends are not worrying about the hostility of Wall street." nni llun-r rroa-rtt y. fo. TT, ITS j no PfsiT e Hit iS IT' , i s 111 Hixo.i. Ill and have w ecks in l ie,' south. 'I here i ti'li-l in Itherii i;.ng movement in the south, t anneii vegetnb'es ale sent to the south from Maine a:d other far distant states, and it is e'aime; that the same prod uct iii.I v lie .row ii am' canned in the south at a -z sniii. The Illinois vcimi.i; people nave galliere.l up a i:e;il of interesting data on this miIi- i jeet. ;:ui lilimis farmers who own1 lai:-l worth from lou to si.-.u an acre, arc -ci'ioiisiv ( n-iiici in the ipicstiotii l scllinir it am! n: ! I : :i t mi.. . ).! I You can fool part of the tiple all the time, all of the people part of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time." Johnstown (Pa.) Democrat. f.irr. "ii tl: ith. :iettr Than Gold. "I was tro'ibled for several v ca rs with chronic indigestion and nervous debility." writes I-. .1. Ilreen. of Lan caster. N. II. "No remedy lielpeu me until began using I'iectric Hitters. Law Technically" Invalid. In Ma.v of !a-l v ca r former Mavor nu-s. , r Minneapolis, .intra! figure in the "shame of Minneapolis." was convict,-,: of a t-pl inir m u-.v to pro tect 'aw breakers mn! was sentence.! ;.i six vears in the pen i t e II t ;a r.v . The puh'ic was hi that lin.e fami'iar with the seai: iaio'is st;.te of affairs which hai -h.ikeu M i n m t a m ii is to its very foundations and caused the nation to 'Vomer at the corrupt ion which had pu? ii-. at gr-at Minnesota city in sir. ice. Hit criim ,.f a corrupt ring had ti'lel the u.aga.ines an:! daily paper-, revelations were made. People could i,.i: ..!;. believe that men could le so corrupt. I'linf was gi',-n that official- had stooped to basot of design- and crimes. So. when it became known that Ames had leeii convicted and sentenced, there was. a feeling of which !id n:e more good than all the medicines I ever ii-oil. They have also kept my wife- in excellent health for veal's. She f-a.v 1'lectric Hitters are just splendid fi r female troubles; that thev are a grand tonic and invig orator f.ir weak, ruu-tlown women. No either medicine can take its place in our. family." Try it. Only .in cent-. Satisfaction guaranteed by Harts. A riiemev cr. Waning. WarBlaa IV.ware of substitutes offered by unscrupulous dealers in place of Fo ley's Honey and Tar, Foley's Kidney Cure and F.anner Salve. Dishonest dealers for a little extra profit will try to palm off worthless prepara tions in place of these valuable medi cines that have stood thcutest of years and thus jeopardize the lives of their victims. For sale by all druggists. Original. When I was a boy. I had a great de sire for a military education, but. as I had not the influence needed in those days to secure one. I went to work in a bank. The president, a civil war vet eran, noticing that I had military tastes, talked to me a great deal about his campaigns. "What a commander needs," he said, "is resource a keen sight to me his requirements in things about him. I knew a general who once, seeing a man fishing on a cotton bale, 'was struck with its buoyancy and con ceived the idea of making a Moating bridge of the bales." I had been iu the bank two years when through the failure of another bank a run was started on ours. I was then eighteen years old, but precocious. When the bank had stood u two days' run. it was evident it could not pull through a third. The night before that dreaded third day the directors met at the bank. I was perched on a high stool where I could hear them talk, but heard no feasible plan for the morrow. It occurred to me to try a bluff game. I would not have dared to proiose it to the managers and would have been laughed at if I had. Putting on my hat I went outside and. pushing iny way through the crowd, gained the street, where I hailed a cab. As I got in I instructed the coachman to drive off at a gallop. He did so. and we were watched by the crowd, many of whom knew I was an employee of the con cern. The driver pulled up after we had gone alHiut a mile and asked for in structions. We were standing in front of a coal yard, and in the oftiee was a light. I got out of the carriage, went to the otiiiv and found a man working over his hooks. "Have you any nut coalV" I asked. "Yes." "Any sacks?" "Yes." "I want five sacks of nut coal." j "All right. I'll send it in the morn-j ing. What address?" "I want it now." "Now? This is no time to do busi ness." I argued with him till he consented to fill five gunny sacks with nut coal, which I directed him to charge to the president of the bank - for I had no money and. taking three sacks into the carriage, leaving the other two on the Im)X with the driver. I directed him to drive back to the bank. When I reached it I called to a policeman, who was there to keep the crowd in order, asking him to guard the treasure. lie called others, and in a few minutes three men in uniform surrounded the carriage. Then we lugged the five sacks of coal into the bank. When I had dumped the last sack on the floor I went into the president's room, where the meeting was still in session, and risked him for -tl to pay the hackmnn. He looked at me surprised and asked where I had been, whereupon I told him the story. I never saw such a change in a man's face in my life. "You little brick!" he exclaimed, taking me by the hand. "You may save this bank, and if you do Drive right away again and bring five more sacks. Here is a ten dollar bill. Want any more? No? Well, go ahead, and the I-ord be with you." I found the coal office where I had been closed and had to get a coal dealer out of his bed for the next lot. but I secured them and took five more bags back to the bank, reaching it about " o"clck iu the morning. More rtian half the crowd had gone by this time, hav ing had confidence restored by the first five bags of coal. After I had got the second lot inside, the director adjourn ed the meeting and. led by the presi dent, went out chatting merrily, wear ing every apcarauce of having got in gold enough to last a month. The next morning the bank opened as usual, but people who had leen there the night before mingled with the crowd, sprending the report that ten sacks of gold had gone in and that the bank was all right. Many left the line leading to the cashier's window, and before noon there were not a dozen people waiting to draw their accounts. The bank was saved. After 3 o'clock I was sent for to go into the president's office. Most of the directors were there, and every man iu turn insisted ujion shaking hands- with me. Then the president made me the following address: "Young map. you were cut out for a general, and a general you shall be; at least, you shall have the fitting for one. A man. or. rather, a loy. who can stop a run on a bank with nut coal woitid know enough in war to make a iv treat leaving Quaker guns in posi tion and camptiros burning. We're go ing to get you a i-icU't's apoiut inciii to West Point if every man of us lias t;i leave the business 1:11 the work's actoui- plished. You can go back lo your desk now. and as long as von stav here your salary is double what it has been." The congressman of the district was applied to in my behalf, and as he had promised the next year'.s appointment to another he agreed to make me alter nate. The appointee fa'dinl on his en trance examination, and I. who mean while had left ihe bank and studied hard, passed mine. I was graduated alxtitt the middle of my class, but I had the reputation of being one of the "cheekiest" cadets at the "Point." Then I fought Indians, went to "uba atid later to the Philippine. I have played many bluff games to fool my enemy, most of them having been successful. I have learned from this experience that what my men need to enable them to win is Confidence and what my en emy needs to enable n to defeat him Is the belief that I'm gointc to do it. BEAUTY OF SKIN PURITY OF BLOOD Ancient and Modern Ideas on These Interesting Subjects. UP-TO-DATE METHODS For Purifying and Beautifying the Skin, Scalp, Hair and Hands. Socrates called beauty a short-liYed tyranny, Plato a privilege of nature, Theocritus, a delightful prejudice, Theophrastus a silent cheat, Carneades a solitary kingdom, Homer a glorious gift of nature, -Ovid a favor of the gods. Aristotle affirmed that beanty was better than all the letters of rec ommendation in the world, and yet none of these distinguished authorities has left us even a hint of how beauty Is to be perpetuated, or the ravages of age and disease defied. Time soon blends ;the lily and the rose into the pallor of age, disease dots the fair face with cutaneous disfigurations and crimsons the Roman nose with unsight ly Hushes, moth, if not rust, corrupts the glory of eyes, teeth, and lips yet beautiful. by defacing the complexion, and fills the sensitive soul with agony. If such be the unhappy condition of one afflicted with slight skin blemishes, what must be the feelings of those in whom torturing humors have . for years run riot, covering the ekin with scales and sores and charging the blood with poisonous elements to be come a part of the system until death? It is in the treatment of torturing, disfiguring humors and affections of the skin, scalp and blood, with loss of hair, that the. Cuticura. remedies have achieved their greatest success. Orig inal in composition, scientifically com pounded, absolutely pure, unchange able in any climate, always ready, and agreeable to the. most delicate and sen sitive, they pre-ent to young and old the most successful curatives of mod ern times. AMTJSEMEVTS. HiiiiiaiiftiiiTiiWWlrrTTirir--rjrtTii ijifriui. DlStCTION CH.nlLUM.klNUTACoi(ANV. Friday, Feb 5. I'eiurn .f the big hit Fred V.. Wright's magnificent produc tion of the prettiest of all pas toral plav s. "York Stcvte Folks" Presented lv the rigi-ia! cast: Hay L. Kovce. .lames L.tckave. Harry Croso-. . Kandolph Ctirrie. Kioanur Sidmar.. Kate ,l:uks; n aid "0 others. Pric. .iic, aie 01 seals i. m. pens and si. tin. Wednesday at liaSRfiTMiiiMi.isi it hi blRlCTION CHAMBERLIN,KlNSrAConPANV. Wednesday, Feb. 3. SLin T. Jack's o w s Birlesqvie Co. lleadel bv MAI'.KI. 1! AZKl.Tt X. the queen nf i c: r: cs( i ic. Pre scit;ing two new !". 1 1 avair;: ia " " i" p Original by I lea ui i PIMU- l.iv dev'Mc : lii; Pictiin s Women. Sam T. .lack's i i 1 11 -t rated cent s. DlKtCTION Cl1AriaERUN,K:NTJt. COMPANY Tuesday, Feb. 2. I-: i. iii!':it of the t'istin: A incrica n ac 1 r. ruished LOW RATES TO New Orleans, La., Pensacola, Fla., AM) Mobile, Ala., VIA Big Four Route ACCOUNT "Mardi Gras." Feb Ii to l.i inclusive, return limit Feb. -. except that tickcls may be ex tended to leave not later than March .". I'.'Ui. Tickets wiil be sold via Chat tanooga or Nashville with privilege of stop-over in cither direction south of Ohio river. For tickets and further information call mi or address. A I.I.I IN F. NVH. T. P. A.. Peoria. 111. CKr!xrIes B. Ha.nford, Accompanied by Miss Marie Drofnah, in a magnificent production of ihe great historical tragedy. "RICHARD III." A notable cast and production under Ihe direction of F. Lawrence Walker Free 10: 4.-.. Price: li-t suspended. Carriages at I.jC. i)c $1.01) and Sl.r.O. E V"' to: I i in- r I .... . jT-v -r, r tt- ' !.ilT.-,m I c kMrC INSTITUTE. Turns Snck Titno ia Its rj.'tfftf." Priiit C'initl .'or 1 adieu. i Loir. Iui -Kn lis hom auu fi-l . -t.. i' , . . , T.' ,.- il t ril IMJ HATfO.. 2;i f.nrnyi i M.. :.. - nrk. N.J. LAKuJi OWiM UOTXLES AT L'iiLOlblS. k'or sale by T. II. Thomas, druggist. EE "ra V at Direction Cham3erlin. Kindt. Coi-ipanv. Thursday, Feb. 4. Jule WaJters' Pleasing l'iay "JUST STRUCK TOWJV." y Lawrence l'usscll. See the funny Swede Sir See the rei'i-jtic Hood scene, See destruction of the mill. See country street fair. See light in the mansion. Piles "-'5e, o5c and oUc. JOHN VOLK & CO.. Contractors ana Builders. Also manufacturers of Sash, Doors, Illinds and Mouldings, Ve neered and Hard Wood Flooring1 of All Kinds. Dealers f Single and Double Strength Window ("lass. Polished Plate. JJeve'ed Plate and Art Olass. 311 AND 320 KIGHTEKNTII STREET, KOCK ISLAND. We Are At !t Z Sviits Worth $12. ! $15.50 acrid $15 N ow 9.49 -AT t V The New Clothing Store ...T..'... .?..T..... JU Iriayes 1714 Second Avenie. t TALK IT OVER WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR and if she happens ) be a patron of our store, she vill soon give you n::ny reasons for our ia-t increasing trade. We aim lo please our atrons. not only by givvng thein priies juishcd down to the lowest 'Mich, but we also aim to give them the best quality of goods. It's alwa.vs best to get the best, opecially when it is something lo cat. We will be pleased with a trial order, and we sire s.ne you will be. Look at These Prices. Hest Granulated Sugar, 22 lbs 9 liars Santa Claus Soap Egg-O-See and Vigor, 3 packages Quaker Oats, per package Standard Tomatoes, 3 cans Standard Corn, 3 cans New York gallon apples Fancy Japan Tea, per pound Klondike Coffee, per pound Urazil Coffee, per pound 3 lb. can (ireen Gages Pure Catsup, bid ties 1.00 .25c 25c 8c ..25c 25c 25c 30c 10c 12!c 10c 25c American Peauty on the market, per sack Other brands as low in proportion. Fancy Dairy Uutter, per pound Gallon Peaches, per gallon Seeded Kaisins, 3 lbs. for 2 large cakes Ivory Soap 2 cakes Sa polio for Navel Oranges, per dozen 3 lb. can ext ra f.incy sliced Pineapples Toothpicks, 3 large boxes , Pure Maple Syrup, quart bottle Flour, best 1.15 20c 25c 25c 15c 15c 25c 10c 25c Remember the 'Place, fiear 7otoJificc Economy Grocery Co. 1515 Second Ave. t V,- Rock Island I Now Is The Time.... f z - t 9 iu paper you rooms. We havt & larjfe assortment of both theap and high grade papers, which we are sellinj at the lowest prices in the city. We also have a large and complete force oi workmen. AJ1 kinds of painting and papering promptly attended to and atisfation guaran ted. PAR.IDON (EL SON. Thenea Old Onion tl3; new 213. 419 Seventeenth Bt i G 0000OO00O000vXC0wOO CGXOOCX5CCOOX30GOC t CUTIIDERT F. rue. I 75he 8 18 8 Largest ' Carpet and IN TffE TRI-CITIES ffl ouse Wo make no iillo ioast, no claims that we cannot stand hack of, or that our stock doos not warrant. TIuj four immense floors of our laro building is tilled -with a stock of Fir nitvire. Carpets. Rugs, Stoves, etc.. ttiat is unsurpassed, a stock from which a man who has a few dollars to spend can make as suitable a selection as the man who lias hundreds to invest. All we ak is to come and look. , R.OCKEHS. Over a hundred different styles of rockers to se lect from. We have them in all woods. i 2s We have an elegant line of Victor Extension Ta bles, and Dining tables at a wide range of prices. o DiningChairs g We takf' especial o pride inourstock of dining chairs 0 and dining room O furniture. May 5 we show j'ou our 9 stock? fTI m ATI M ANN i r AXL MA Largest, leading and lowest priced Furniture Dealers in J3he tri-cities. 1525-27-29-51 Second Avenue, R.ock Islamd, 111.