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.THE AllGUS. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1905. (THE ARGUS. Published TJallr and Weekly at 1624 Second avenue. Rock Island, IU. En tered at the postofflce aa aecond-claM tatter. By THE J. W. POTTER CO. TERMS Daily. 10 cent per week. Weekly, f 1 per year In advance. All communication ef argumentative character, political or religious, muct have real name attached for publica tion. No such articles will b printed over fictitious signatures. Correspondence solicited from every township In Rock Island ceunty. Wednesday, Nov. 22, 1905. Nobody lias the temerity to raise the army canteen question in Russia. Tammany made a fatal mistake in counting the votes m close. The flnt navigators of the Panama canal will he the financiers: who float the (Hindu. If Ik unfortunate that Gas Addicks wan inn running for something in the recent election. The (ire which consume-d Slii.Ooii p.illnns of whisky wns anything hut xt'ii!y Maze A hachelor girl. Mi.ss (J race Steph en son. has l-('(jin editor of the Liuds horg. Kans.. News, which used to have thi line tv r wedding announcements, "They Ar- Happy Now." The new editor has chunked it to "They Are Happy Now." Mr. Roosevelt has one we ll-d vel oped hohhy and that is the collecting of old china. I'nder her supervision one of the nio.-t valuable collections in thl country has been plated on exhibition in the basement of the white house, and it is a pro ml day when she can add something of historic worth to the treasure. a The exhibit is made tip entirely of remnants of the dinner sets whicn form rly served the presi dential families. It U'gins with some rare gold trimmed plates ami cups and saucers which were the pride of Mar tha Washington's heart and continues down to the era of Mrs. Ida Saxon Mr-KInley. Trl-Clty Press Club Adopts the In itiative. The TrK'ity I'ress club at its regu lar monthly meeting last evening adop ted the initiative in the interests of the arsenal. particularly as it affects the wel fare of labor tinder the stress of exist ing conditions. This was accomplished through the medium of a resolution in structing the club's general coopera tive committee to memorialize congress protesting against the piece work sy.$ tetu at present ill vogue so far as :t operates against labor, and likewise the recently adopted policy of the ord nance department in turning Into th' hands of private contractors the nat ural and legitimate products of the ar senal as ,i military manufacturing in stitution, and furthermore to seek to correct the Impression created through the phraseology of the resolution adop ted h the American Federation of l.ihor condemning the arsenal as : "sweat shop." In its adopted actiou the press dub asks the indorsement of all bodies in the three cities whose ob ject is the protection and development of the arsenal in common with all en terprises and industries identified with the community. Relative to the piece work and contract systems as they pertain to lattor conditions at the arsenal, the press club acts in accord with the same spirit and principle, considerate of the welfare of labor, that if does in deprecating the effect of the res olution of the American Federation of lalor which 5-muies ut liock Island arsenal. None doubts the righteous ness and the right of the great labor bdy in convention at Pittsburg in crir icKing oppressive labor conditions un der federal supervision. Hit: the ex ception is taken first to thv application of a term whicU in its ordinary meaning and con ception, infers foul and dingy accom modations and surroundings, and sec ondly to the special r fereuce to this arsenal, and it. is on this account tha-: the general opinion prevails hi the three cities that the federation could not have ac.i-d advisedly on the phase of the subject as it. is applied here. Rock island arsenal is as far froru Wiug a sweat shop in Imth the incep tion and general understanding- of the term as it U possible to imagine, and while the rules of the ordnance depart men: as to the government of labor, may be. as they doubtless are. inimical to labor, and should le subject to refor mat on. the attack upon the character of tl;e arsenal itself will, it is feared, prove trore damaging to Ialnir in rcm cciyin: f " other evils than advauta geous. la the hands of the alert contractor the denunciatory resolution from the greatest representative body accomplish the defeat of the very objec it is sought most to attain the holding secure to the arsenal of the man ufacture of products that legitimately belong to it. Any effort to awaken congress or to arouse executive action to the evils of the contract system would be confronted with the resolu tion denouncing the arsenal as an unfii place for labor to be employed, and hence the operation of the resolution against the identical thing it is sought to accomplish. From the present view of the case the American Federation of Labor would have better reached the seat of the trouble had the scope of its resolu tion pertained to the general tendency of the ordnance department as is in force at every arsenal, specifying in stances, if such there are. of exception al discrimination against labor at Rock Island arsenal, than in its sweeping al legation as to the nature of the shops. It IS the hoe that, with the proper agitation which the press club has started, the influence of the private concern. Iwth as it affects the condi tions under which lalor is employed at the arsenal and the grasping from the government of the class of manufac ture that such plants as the arsenal were constructed at tremendous ex pense to manufacture, will be presentlv removefi and that a better understand ing may be reached as to the cause and effect of unfair conditions. Can Such Things lie? In 1S! gold standard advocates spoke in this vein. "Who wants to carry around a pock et full of silver dollar cart wheels, big. weighty and cumbersome? Who wants a dollar that will not pass as a dollar the world over, wherever he may chance to bvZ You think that the sil ver dollar you have iu your jmssession worth a dollar, don't you? But it isn't: it's worth only 2 cents. It's a dishonest dollar, but that's the kind of a dollar the silver men say shall be the standard. If they owe you $2o. they want to pay you in silver dollars, give you lu for 2. ." cents on the dollar. What we. want, and what we must have-, is money that will pass as currency the world over.' Remarking on this the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald calls attention to the fact that a gentleman who sought to purchase a ticket at a station on the Milwaukee roailroad offered in pay ment a $ gold piece which showed some wear. The agent declined to re ceive it and called the traveler's atten tion to an order directing him not to receive any gold coins which showed wear. The traveler the rettpon paid for his ticket with five silver dollars. This incident occurred a few weeks ago. several years after the people said they wanted gold money that would pass as currency the world over, and not cumbersome silver dollars worth 7,2 cents. . ' t FIELD OF LITERATURE. Messrs. A. C McClurg & Co. an nounce that Randall Parrish's long expected work. "Historic Illinois: A Romance of the Early Days." will be ready about the middle' of November. The scope of the work has developed much beyond the original plan, and the ttook will now be a large volume of some ruo pages, with eiver 50 illus trations. The work is a distinct con tribution to the annals of the west, for comparatively few realize that no state of the union surpasses Illinois in the romantic incidents of the early days. These are full of color, action, and ad venture, for above these peaceful plains and woods once waved the flag of four contending nations, while men of the white race and the red strove continually for mastery. Here came priest, and soldier, honest settler and fleeing outlaw, noble and peasant, cou reur de lxis. and Canadian voyageur. each bearing his part in the great struggle of two centuries. The con tinual conflict with savagery, the con spiracy of Pontiac. the wars of the revolution and of 1812. and all thei. fields of battle on Illinois soil; and there is scarcely a county without its romantic legends, its interesting tra ditions of the past. Our Failure in Japan. There is a widespread delusion that the rise of Japan means the beginning of American trade ascendency in the Orient. Official records, however, show that our exports to J:?pan have bet ii gradually declining, while those from Asia were vastly increasing. The re is also a delusion that to cure a weak stomach you must resort to dieting and thus starve yourself. I'p-to-daie people, however, know differ ent. They always keep a bottle ot Hostetter's Stomach Hitters in the house, ami at the first :gn of any ail ment of the s'omach. liver or kidneys take- a fe-w doses, with the' r-s;ilt that they are always healthy. This i a good plan tor every sick person to adopt. It cures headache, nervousness biliousness, constipation, fnlieesttcw. elyspepsia. sleepli-ssness. chills, colds. or n ataria. Don't fail t trv it. Every Ounce You Eat. Every ounce of f.iod yon eat that fails to digest does a pound of harm. It turns the entire inal into po:.-on. This not only deprive s the bicd of the necessary tissue building material, but it poisons it. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is a perfect digestant. It digests the: food rearri!ess ef the cn!iiion of the stomach. Relieves belching, heart burn, sour stomach, indigestion, palpi tation of the heart, etc. Sold by all druggists. "Cure the cough auj save the life." standing for the highest and truest . Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup cures type evf labor, of Rock Island arsenal coughs and colds, down to the very as a "sweat shop," could be used to verge of cousua ntion. DAILY SHORT STORY THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA. Copyright. 1?3. by Homer Sprague. Just when Mr. Nickelby became a re formist he could not fix by exact date. He had always had a fellow feeling for his fellow men and batl always wished them to walk In straight paths, but he had arrived at middle age be fore this feeling began to He heavily on his mind. When he started out in the reforming business there were peo ple who called It a fad and referred to him as daffy, but no matter how good the cause there are people who will al ways speak 111 of it. Nickelby's family went to the coun try, and he occupied the house o" nights. One night at midnight he was awakened from his sound sleep by a hand being laid on his shoulder. He opened his eyes to see a stranger hov ering over him. "Mr. Nickelby," said the man, "I am a burglar. I have called to talk with you. I have taken the liberty of pre paring a little lunch downstairs, and I should like to have you join me." "This seems to be a gigantic piece of cheek," replied the reformist as he got slowly out of bed. "If I'd had one min ute's notice I'd have been ready to send a builet Into you!" "That's human inconsistency. For years you have been wanting to have a free, frank chat with a burglar and convince him of the error of bis ways and bring about a reformation. 1 come at last, and you are sorry that you did not meet me with a bullet." "But you have broken into my house!'" "But that is a part of my business. Having broken into your house as 1 have you cannot doubt that I ulu what I claim to be. Let us now go down to the lunch." Mr. Nh kelby didn't like it at all. He wanted all burglars to reform, but he wanted it done by programme. The lum-h didn't amount to much. Aside from four ham sandwiches brought ia by the burglar himself there were u lettle of wine taken from the cellar and a supply of cigars. The burglar motioned his host to a seat at the head of the table, passed him a sandwich and a glass of wine and then courte ously said: 'Now go ahead ami ask me any questions you will. It will be the first time I have ever submitted to an in terview." "This house Is defended by a burglar alarm, and I don't see how you en tered it." replied the reformist, who couldn't get over his feelings in the matter. "Easy as pie, my dear sir. I had only to cut the wire' outside the house. Do 3 0U wish to know why I became n burglar?" "You can t-tate the ease if. you wish, but tomorrow I'll raise hob with the police for not spotting you off before you got in here." "Don't do it. Statistics will show that there are just as many burglaries now as lefore a policeman was invent ed. You would only be throwing your tim away. At thirty years old I was a minister of a congregation In a coun try town. My salary was t?:XM a year and was behind half the time. I made; the change in order to make a living. I have made an average of $."i,000 a year as against you. Have yon any criticisms to make? Have you any thing as good to offer me if I will re form ?" "You'd get at least five years if ar restexl for breaking in here," sulkily replied the reformist. "Not a doubt of it. but I shan't be arrested. If I promise to mend my ways can you get me a job of driving an ice wagon at $'J per week?'' "You ought to reform because It Is wrong to be criminal. "Oh, had I? I ought to walk the streets looking for a job because I want to be sua honest man. How about every alderman In town? How about every merchant? How about the tens of thousands of men who are cheating and swindling and robbing; every day V Jo to a man who sells eoff ee. It Is bO per cent adulteration. Will he stop be cause you say it is wrong?" "But you are a burglar!" "It is a distinction without a differ ence. Instead of robbing the city I rob one residence. Instead of mixing half cotton with my wool I use false keys to enter a dwelling. You are in the cloth business. There are more tricks iu your trade than in mine. Are you willing to reform?" "If you had come to me and said you wanted to reform I should have stood ready to -to' "Yes: go on. You would have stood ready to give me a dollar and your best advice, and within a week I would have been a starving man. lt won't do, old fellow. It's all sawdust. We are nil out for the dough, including your self, and none of us is going to give up u good thing for the sake of free soup and a bed under a stairway. Cut It out and save your wind. Now, then, I have packed up a bundle in the hall. It ontalns a few pieces of silver, two suits of your clothes and a few other things. They are my perquisites, and If you object It will be the worse for you "I may come again at the end of three months. If I do I hope to henr that you have gone out of the cloth business and are selling toothpicks and giving full measure for the money. Perhaps I may be so situated as to of fer you a dollar a day to drive an ex press wagon. "Another glass of wine? No? Have a smoke? No again? Well. I'll bird you good night and be going. I stand ready to reform at any time, but I've got to hava shoes for my feet and something for my stomach to work on in the new prvfeasioa." jt. QUAD. , Taka Dr. Bun's PIIU for Constipation. KmI ths Insido of this wrapper. OEM For. BULL'S cotiiM svatie For Oonghs, Colda, Hoarse toes, Bronchitis, Asthma, Croup. Influenza, Whooping Cough, Incipient Consump tion, and for ths relief cf consumptive patients ia ad vanced stages of the disease. t AS PREPARED BY THS S. Dr. J. .W. Boll, Baltimore. UL&. Itot Sals by aU Dm relit Trice 25 Cents. I Directions inside.) On. i ; ill and pneumonia are always ushered In by a sudden chill. The "next step 13 marked by a gradually rising? fever. The next ly sore throat, hoarseness, running" nose, headache, cough, pain ful breathingand expectoration. Then you are at the critical turn. It calls for action, al?o care in selecting the remedy to take; because delay and experimenting mean death by pneu monia or weakened lungs. The right remedy, the best remedy, the safest remedy, the surest cure is without doubt the famous, world-renowned ULL'S Gouge. Syrup Its many cures are truly remark able, but they are all due to the super-excellent formula by which it is made. Dr. Bull's Ceiugh Syrup soothes, heals and cure3 like no other remedy 'can or does. Iiead how this celebrated remedy Is praised by all who use it. Every tes timonial is absolutely genuine. "My husband had a severe cold and feared he would get pneumonia. 1 bought a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup and after giving him a few doses he was greatly relieved, and after tak ing a bottle of the syrup the cough had completely stopped. I have also been cured of severe coughs and colds by the wonderful Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup" Mrs. Frederick Haberjan, 2015 W. Hagert St., Philadelphia, Pa. The New Jewelry Store 1 Sample Sent Free to all readers. We want you to have ab mMute eonlldenee in Dr. Hull's Couch Svrup. and to that end will cheerfully send you a free sample. Rend no money, simply w rite a postal card or letter and give the name o this raier. Address A. C. Meyer A Co.. Ualtimore. Md. TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. Ask for Dr. Bull's Couph Syrup. Insist on huving it- It will cuw you. JSear in mind there ia no renieely 'lietteror just as Rood" a Dr. Bull's Couuh Syrup which lathe best. Do not experiment with something else: It is dangerous to health. UsoDr IiuIi'sCourIi fcrrup; it always cures. Sold ly ll drug gists. Price, 2ic.. 60c. and ti.iw a bottle. ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE. COUNTY COURT. Rock Island county court, Judge E. E. Parmenter presiding: Probate. Estate of Addie I). Craw foril. Proof of publishing and ixiytins; notice to creditors fild and approved. Estate of William IV Dower. Final report filed. Hearing thereon set for Dec. 15. 1J5. at ! o'c loc k a. m. Order ed to notify heirs by publication. Estate of Henry Curtis. Proof of mailing appraiser's notice to all par tics interested in property, to be as sessed for the purpose eif fixing the statu inheritance tax. filed. Apprafc;- The Simple Life is best. To live naturally; vvejrk during the clay, keep your temper, eat three meals and take a Beech sm's Pill regularly, as required. There is no medicine for the sim ple life, or the strenuous, like Beecham's jer's report of value ef estate for the purpose of assessing the state inheri- 'tanee tax filed and approved. Estate of James Shirkey. Proof of death filed. Will presented for pro bate. Petition for probate of will filed. Hearing on petition for probate set for Dec. 11. 1&i5. at ft o'clock a. m. Estate of Frederick Valentine. Proof of notice to heirs cf final report and settlement filed. Pills Sold Everywhere. In boxes 10c. and 25a Reel Estate Transfers. Mitchell & Lynde, by heirs, to State Bank of Rock Island, lot ', black A. Old Town, Rock Island. fltWUMto. James M. Huford to William Brandt, lot 4. block 12. Bufotd & (.tiyer's add.. Kcjck Island. $2fio. We do not ask you to buy our jewelry. We do ask you to see them. Our desire is that you should believe in our jewelry store. It deserves your confidence. When we get itt you'll buy you can not help it. One of the first surprises will be the low prices. Another surprise is the extent of the stocks. Still another will be the exclusiveness of the lines. When you are shopping around, don't be coaxed into the notion that a bit of sample shown in another place of necessity im plies rarity, exclusiveness, sup3riority. They all talk that way. You'll find the same things in scores of places, and anybody else can get them just as well. Then, again, another pleasant reflection, after a purchase here, will be that the price of what you bought has not been placarded in windows and on counters. If you are a bit artistic and fastidious you will enjoy browsing along our counters. We started in to give Reick Island a real jewelry store, and it is not Invidious to tell you the weil known truth, that the greatest s ore is here N'o backward step ev erything fresh, clean, novel, almost every day adds some new charm and you'll enjoy the sparkling, radiant, scintillating galaxy of diamonds and crystal, twinkling and fizglgging-like ricoehetting pyrotechnics. 1707 2- AVE Rock Island, III. The ko1 luck banks hnvo arrived, but In justice to those who c:ini too late lor thi-se souvenirs, they wilt only lie ivt-n with purchase's ami repairlnft the amount of purchase not eonsideretl. OOCKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Cheap Southwest November 21. December 5 and 19. Ixwest ever made! Three-fourths of the regular one-way rate. That buys a round trip ticket, with three weeks' return limit and choice of routes If you go "Itock Island." Sold only on above dates. There are home-getting opportunities and investment opportunities in the Southwest today that will be gone to morrow. Seize them now. Send for free, illustrated literature concerning the local ity that interests you and list of opiortunltles. F. H. Flummer. C. P. A. Rock Islacnd Illinois. Saved by Dynamite. Sometimes, a flaming city is saved by dynamiting a space that the fire cannot cross. Sometimes, a cough hangs on so long, you feel as if noth ing but elynamite would cure it. Z. T. Gray, of Calhoun, Ga., writes: "My wife had a very aggravated cough, which kept her awake nights. Two physicians could not help her; so she took Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, and finally cured her." Strictly scientific cure for bronchitis and la grippe. At Hartz & I'ullemeyer's drug store, price 50 cents and $1 ; guaranteed. Trial bottle free. cocxxxxxxxxocxoooooo 3GCOOOCKXXXXe&OOOCXXXra ivniesoT waiiFaper to go at low prices not because there is anything wrong with it. The patterns are good, the colors harmonious; but we must clean our shelves for the new season's stock. Our prices for hanging are as low as the lowest and good workmanship will permit. PARIDON WALL PAPER CO., PRACTICAL WALL PAPER HANGERS. OOOOCXXXXXXXXXXXXJOO f-'i"i"i"i-i-'i-'i"i"i-4-'i"i-ri--ri'-i--r-r-r m i i i i m i.i.ini.,inH,H..iMHH..H..I..I..I,lIllI ri ilHI;i : v x--x n h-h-m-h ! THANKSGIVING SPECIALS!; ON THANKSGIVING DAY YOUR DINING ROOM SHOULD LOOK ITS BEST. ON THAT DAY EVERY HOUSEWIFE TAKES ESPE CIAL PRIDE IN MAKING EVERYTHING SHOW TO THE BEST ADVANTAGE. IT WILL SURPRISE YOU HOW YOU CAN BRIGHTEN UP YOUR DINING ROOM BY THE ADDITION OF ONE OF OUR HANDSOME TABLES, OR SOME NEW CHAIRS, OR A PRETTY BUFFET OR SIDEBOARD. YOU WILL BE PARTICULARLY FORTUNATE, BOTH AS TO VARIETY OF SELECTION AND PRICES, IF YOU WILL COME HERE FIRST. BESIDES, YOU WILL SAVE TIME, TOO. SEE THESE THREE SPECIALS: pr- ) -He'-" tr" f-vwMisW faru--BT" t - tkt I ' ' mm! DINING CHAIRS. A fin'? I-oi seated Dining Chair, solid quart er-awed oak, genuine leather upholstered seat, for set of six 13.50 If . BUFFETS AND SIDEBOARDS. A carload of Buffets Just received; the largest and finest line that has ever been shown in the tri-cit-ies: a beautiful Buffet for S18.00 WA- '-S'-t,- r- EXTENISION TABLES. We are showing a fine line? of round Extension Tables, in golden ejak. fumed oak and all the other different finishes; a fine, large, solid golden oak round Extenaion Table for 14.75 EMANN (St SALZMANN 9 CORNER SECOND AVENUE AND SIXTEENTH STREET, ROCK ISLAND, ILU i-Hri-WrM!1! I I I I I I' I I'M1 11 I'M I I I M-l-M I I 1 I