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TBLE, AliGUS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 100G. THE ARGUS. Published Dally and Weekly at 1624 Second avenue. Rock Island, 111. En tered at the postofflce a second-class matter. By THE J. W. POTTER CO. TEKMS Daily. 10 cents per week. Weekly, $1 per year In advance. All communications of argumentative character, political or religious, must have real name attached for publica tion. No-such articles will be printed over fictitious signatures. Correspondence solicited from every township In Kock Island county. Wednesday, March 28, 1906. Having been beaten In the beef trust cases, who can blame the attorney general for being Moody? The grade of lieutenant general is to be abolished, but not until after Cor bin has got through with it. Chaplain Hale of the United States senate, in the course of his prayer a few mornings ago, quoted the admoni tion: "I say unto you here, love your enemies." The vice president and Sen ator Flatt of New York were the only Iersons present, and it is said that each thinks the chaplain meant the oi her. Charles M. Schwab Is credited with a desire to have himself elected to the United States senate from Nevada. New York could hardly object to such an arrangement, as that city is bill poorly represented by the three sen ators It now has namely, Piatt. De pew, and Clark, of Montana and Fifth avenue. Senators Spooner and Knox are com ing to be regarded as the Damon and Pythias of the senate. The rate ques tion has brought them close together. One day last week Alger came sudden ly out of the cloakroom and ran against Dolliver. "Where's Spooner?" asked Alger. "Do you want to find him?" said Dolliver. "Sure," replied Alger. "Well, find Knox then and you'll have Spooner." St. Louis Republic: Adlai Stephen son and Shelby Cullom do not belong to the same church in politics, but they both come from somewhere about the same neighborhood and both will go back in June to sing "My Old Ken tucky Home" and see how the mint and the colt crop are coming along. The only grudge, by the way, which the national democracy holds against Kentucky, is that, along with many high-grade democratic statesmen, it has furnished more than enough of big republicans to Illinois and other states that ought to be all the time democratic. "dqaare Dear Funds Coming to Light. It will be remembered that during the last national campaign, President Roosevelt became intensely furious over the chatge made by Judge Parker that the great corporations were being systematically assessed and were con tributing enormous amounts to the re publican national committee. In fact one day, despite the advice of his party friends the president Issued a long letter to the American people in which he denounced in bitter terms the charge declaring that all he asked and proposed to give in the campaign or In the office of president was "a square deal." At the same time. Chairman Tom Taggart of the democratic national committee issued a dare to Chairman Cortelyou of the republican national committee to publish the complete list of contributors to the campaign funds of the two parties in 194. Mr. Cortel you ignored the challenge at the time and still ignores it. The insurance investigations In New York have brought out reasonable evi dence so far in support of Judge Park er's contention, and it looks as if there was considerable more to come, and that Chairman Cortelyou and Treas urer Bliss of the national republican committee would have to give it. A Policy Holder's Protest. The necessity or unflagging vigilance yet on the part of policy holders over the management of life insurance com panies, notwithstanding the overhaul ing that has been recently made or bcgv.n, is strikingly suggested by the protest of Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the International policy holders' committee of the New York Life, against certain alleged expenditures of that company's funds by its officers in an effort to gain proxies to secure their reelection. If, as alleged, a pos tal bill of $20,000 and printing and other bills amounting to several times that sum have been paid by them for such purpose, it would be a breach of trust not less offensive in character nor less prejudicial to the interests of the policy holders than many of the capital abuses, the official exposure of which Las recently so aroused their re sentment and received such notable public condemnation. It goes without saying that the re tention of any official or set of officials in the custody of these insurance funds and management of the companies te, not one of the objects of the relation of high trust Involved in them. That relation necessarily creates an im mense power and opportunity for per sonal advantage in the hands of those to whom such funds are confided. But to pervert the trust to the end of maintaining the power is a misappro priation as gross and as dangerous as any of the abuses of the McCurdys and the Alexanders. The very act implies lnister design. What makes the alleged new devel opments more noteworthy is the fact that the trustees and officials involved represent a reorganization in the man agement of the company which pur ports to be a reaction against proved long standing abuses. The protest which is responsibly made by a re spectable policy holders' interest, what ever the motive back of it may be. raises a specific and vital question of fact which it will not do to evade or ignore. And the fact, if it be as alleg ed, will be a sure sign to policy hold ers and the public that the houseclean ing in the big life companies has not yet been anywhere near as thorough as it ought to be. Cannon is Very Sensitive. It is said that Speaker Cannon is sensitive to criticism upon his auto cratic rule, and the attacks upon his course hurt him. A serious phase of the house situation is that the people of the United States are becoming fully as critical of it as some of the restive house members. The country observes that insurrection on the speaker's own side has become chronic. And it is further interesting to note that the rules for the new Russian duma were evidently modeled on those of our house. The czar's government is anxious to keep the new parliament under good control, and it knew where to look for points. Whnt the Blind See. "I can always tell wbeu people are looking at uae." said a blind man. "In deed, nearly all blind persons can tell when people are looking at them. I have always about me a soft golden glow of light. When people whom I like came into my. presence this glow becomes paler, lovelier. When those I dislike are about the glow Is darkened and besmirched. I can tell what kind of characters people have by the toucn of their hands. There Is Individuality in the touch. A man's touch shows me whether he is alert or sluggish, cold or passionate, kind or cruel." The La'uKhinK Owl. One of the most fantastic of birds is the laughing owl of Florida and some other southern parts. He sits well up in a tree at night and emits a series of loud, strange ha-ha's that sound like half human laughter. The sound is sufficiently terrifying to a nervous canirer unacquainted with the habit of the bird, though less grewsome than the unearthly call of the Chesapeake loon heard at all hours of the night along the shores of that bay. New York Telegram. Falrr Stories. Mr. Bacon When a woman tells a fairy story she always begins like this: "Once upon a time." Mrs. Bacon Yes. and when a man tells a fairy story he always begins like this: "There now, dear, don't be angry with me; you see, it was like this." Yonkers Statesman. Neutrality. Neutrality is no favorite with Trov! dence. for we are so formed that it Is scarcely possible for us to stand neuter In our hearts, although we may deem it prudent to appear so in our actions. Coltou. COD LIVER OIL, It almost makes you sick to think of it, but it isn't nearly as bad as it used to be. The improved method of refining it makes it much easier to take, and when made into Scott's Emulsion almost every one can take it. Most children like it and all children that are not robust are benefited by it. When the doctor says "Take cod liver oil," he generally means Scott's Emulsion; askhim if he doesn't. They know it is more easily digested and better than the plain oil. SCOTT & BOWXE, 409 Pearl Street, New York, DR. J. W. DO RAN, DENTIST. Office, 180914 Second Avenue, over Home Tea Company. . 1 Hours. S a. m. to 9 p. m.; Sun-' days, 9 a. m. to 12 m. New phone 51 CO. DAILY SHORT STORY THE GERM OF LOVE. Original. "I tell you, doctor, we have no knowl edge of the point where the imagina tion gives place to the germ or the germ gives place to the Imagination. "And I toil you, doctor, the imagina tiou has nothing to do with It. The germ produces the disease." "Io you admit that men and women have gone mad for love?" "No. They have gone mad while in love. They would have eventually gone mad auyway." "I will produce love by means of the imagination Dr. Finch, who made this daring proposition, sat thinking, while hi3 companion. Dr. Ilargrave, poured out a gin of wine and lighted a fresh cigar. Presently Finch said "Your Alice is now about fourteen I believe. My Dick is fifteen. For tuy part, a match between them, when old er, would be acceptable. How do you feel about It?" "I should not object," "Very well. We will give the chil dren lessons in germs ami their effects. then administer to each a dose, telling them that It is an infection of love, aft er which they shall be kept for a time In propinquity with each other." "Agreed." A week later each one of the chil dren was given a dose of some sweet smelling liquid the principal odor was of violet and told that it would infect them with love. Then they were pack ed off together to a farm owned by Dr. Finch, where they were put under the care of the farmer and his wife. Alice, who took far more interest in the disense than Dick, had purloined the bottle from which her father had given her the infecting dose and pro posed to experiment with it on her own account. On the evening of her arrival at the farm she poured some of it Into a basin and watched the pigeons drink It. When the next day she was assured l3 the farmer's wife that the pigeons had paired, she was much pleased. Dick told her that he had been given a dose, and she was interested to know how the disease would first appear. But Dick found some farmer boys, who piloted him to the trout grounds and the swimming hole, and for the first two or three days Alice saw nothing of him. When he got back to the farmhouse he had forgotten all about the love germs. Not so Alice. She watched eagerly for the first symptom of the infection, feeling her pulse and looking at her tongue a dozen times a day. In her letters Lome, which she was told to mail once a week, she said that sho "didn't think the potion could have been strong enough, because she didn't feel any different from when she left home." Her father showed the letter to his friend Finch in triumph, but the confident Finch told him to wait. Soon after this a letter came from Dick to his father, in which he mentioned the fact that Alice had said that he needed more of the infecting dose, and she was cramming it into him. A mouth passed, and the doctors were beginning to consider the expert ment a failure, when a letter came from Alice which changed the situa tion. "I've got the disease," she said, "and I feel so funny. I like it. Dick's got it too. I got it first, then Dick came down with It. I wonder which will get well first. It Is the nicest disease I ever had. Nothing at all like that nasty old measles. Dick wrote In a different vein. "Alice says that I'm Infected," he said, "but I don't know. I don't feel exactly ns she does, but I suppose she's right about It." Drs. Finch and Ilargrave met on the str?et soon after the arrival of these letters, and Finch crowed over his op pouent, though he consoled him on the ground that their friendship would be continued by the union of their chil dren. The next day each received a tele gram from the farmer to come at once. Fearing that their children had been thrown under a mowing machine, they met on the first train to start for the farm. Hiring a wagon nt the station, they were driving down the road when they met Alice walking beside a red faced, freckled country gawk about twenty years old in a woolen shirt, no coat and his hair sticking through holes In his hat. "The germs have worked, papa," she exclaimed. "I've given Hank a dose, and he's got it too. He says he's got it awful." "Get In here," said the father nn grily and evidently unmindful of the scientific features of the case. Alice obeyed the order, and Hank was left standing in the road. Dr. Finch lean ed back in his seat, put his handker chief to his face and roared with- laugh ter. But when they reached the farm house the tables were turned. There sat Dick beside a homely young wom an of eighteen in a calico dress and sunlxmnet. "I'm glad you've come, pop," he said. "I'm tired o this business. Alice says I've got a lore fever and so does Miss Shakers, but I don't believe it." Dr. Finch, whose laughter had died away, looked at Dr. Ilargrave. "Our next experiment will be under the care of a trained nurse," said the former. "And this one will not be reported in the medical journals," replied the lat ter. The two doctors guarded their secret carefully, fearing a knowledge of It might injure their practice. But the children having let It out at school, their oHlees were thronged with pa tients clamoring for love gerira. - . SUilNEIl CUILDS. 'call for Democratic County Convention In accordance with a resolution adopted at a meeting by the democrat- lie countv central committee, held in !the Rock Island house on March 24. 190C, the democratic voters of Rock Island county are requested to send delegates to the county convention to( be held in the city of Rock Island, 111., at the Rock Island house parlors, on the 3rd day of May. A. D. 190C, at 1:S.) o'clock p. m., for the purpose of nom-j inating one candidate for county judge, one candidate for county clerk, ono candidate for sheriff, one candidate for county treasurer and one candidate for county superintendent of schools, to be voted for in the county of Rock Island at the general election held on the Cth day of November, A. D. 1 90d. ' and to also select the proper number of delegates to the state, congressional and senatorial conventions, and such other business as may seem expedient. The representation will be one dele gat for every 25 votes and one for ev ery major fraction of that number, based on the presidential vote of 1S!M. as follows: ROCK ISLAND. First ward, first precinct 1 First ward, second precinct - Second ward, first precinct Second ward, second precinct Third ward, first precinct Third ward, second precinct 1 Third ward, third precinct '" Fourth ward, first precinct -5 Fourth ward, second precinct 2 B'ifth ward, first precinct Fifth ward, second precinct 3 Sixth ward, first precinct 3 Sixth ward, second precinct 2 Seventh ward, first precinct 2 Seventh ward, second precinct 1 Seventh ward, third precinct 1 MO LINE. First ward, first precinct 1 First ward, second precinct I Second ward, first precinct 1 Second ward, second precinct 1 Third ward, first precinct 1 Third ward, second precinct 1 Fourth ward, first precinct t Fourth ward, second precinct 1 Fifth ward, first precinct 1 Fifth ward, second precinct 1 Sixth ward, first precinct 1 Sixth ward, second precinct 1 Seventh ward, first precinct 1 Seventh ward, second precinct 1 COUNTRY. Andalusia 1 Black Hawk 3 Bowling 1 Buffalo Prairie 3 Canoe Creek 1 Coal Valley i Coe 2 Cordova 2 Drury Hdgington. No. 1 3 Edgington. No. 2 2 Hampton, No. 1 2 Hampton, No. 2 1 Hampton, No. 3 1 Rural 1 South Moline, No. 1 l South Moline, No. 2 1 Port Byron 2 South Rock Island'... 7, Zuma Total 00 JOHN P. SEXTON. Chairman. George P. Stauduhar. Secretary. Patting yourself on the back Is a dif ficult task seldom done gracefully. PUNY CHILDREN. Wordsi of Interest to Every Mother in Rock Island. "Surely mothers are not to blame for that which they cannot help," said our well known druggist, H. O. Rolfs, during a recent' interview, "but when we see so many thin, pale-faced and puny children on our streets we cannot help feeling that mothers are to blame. and we wish we could tell every moth er in Rock Island what Vinol will du for her children." Vinol is not a patent medicine, but it contains in a highly concentrated form all the strength-creating and body-building elements of cod liver oil, acutally taken from fresh cods' livers, without grease or oil. It does not upset the stomach like old-fash ioned cod liver oil and emulsions, and its taste is so delicious that children love it. Vinol strengthens the most delicate stomach, makes rich, red blood, builds strong bone structure, creates hard, firm flesh tissue and rosy-cheeked, sturdy children are the inevitable re sult. Mrs. Jennie Perse of Mansfield, Ohio, says that her little boy had overstud- ied and was so run down that he was a mere shadow. Vinol made him a strong, well boy in a remarkably short time. H. O. Rolfs says, "For. both chil dren and adults Vinol is the greatest strength creator, body-builder, and health-restorer we have ever sold, and 1 we will gladly refund the money paid for it in every case where it fails to give satisfaction."- H. O. Rolfs, Har per House pharmacy. The Cossack Fulfills all the demand of tnen who are particular about their col lars. It has style, comfort and du rability. Height, front 2 In., back 1 in. Made in 54 sues. Geo. P. Ide & Co., makers, Troy, N. Y. ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE. COUNTY COURT. Rock Island county court. Judge E. E. Parmenter presiding. Probate. Estate of Samuel Goode. Report of distribution filed ,and approved. Ad ministiator discharged and estate closed. Estate of Carl Ructz. Appraise ment bill and widow's award filed and approved. In re guardianship of Sarah E., ami Julia S. Mcllvain. Guardian's final re port filed and approved. Receipt ami release of ward, Julia S. Mcllvain filed and approved. Guardian discharged and, guardianship closed. Estate 'of Christine Ziegler. Proof of publishing and potting notice to creditors filed and approved. Estate of Gustav Hinienneister. Ap praisement bill and widow's award filed and approved. Estate of Charles Wright. Assign ment from May A. Alexander, daughter of deceased t: Sarah J. Pahl filed. Proof of notice to heirs of final report and hearing on same filed. Hearing on .said final report and same approv ed. Proof of heirship made and order of final distribution entered according to said proof. Real Estate Transfers. Andrew Billstrom to Carl F. Petei son, part lot 2, Suess sub. div., Moline, $450. Guycr, White &. Pope to Emma John son, lot 2' block 121, New Shops add.. East Moline, $300. Atkinson & Oloff. trustees, to Ange lina Tegelor, w lot 3, block 2, How ard's add.. Rock Island, $1. Edward Bauersfield to Henry Flue- Plain Words to Mothers Is your child peevish, nervous, fretful, restless? Is it continually disturbing you at night? Is it troubled with sour stomach, diarrha-a, fits and spasms, cold hands or feet, un certain appetite, flushed cheeks, blue circles under the eyes? These indicate worms, and neglect to cure might result fatally. Give a few tablets of KIckapoo Worm Killer the safest, n:r?st medicine for children and the worms will pass away at once It is a pleasant candy tablet, and absolutely harmless. In cases where there are no worms, but the child is suffering from a generally run-down condition will act as a gentle but sure ly no other medicine. Read BENNETT'S BASEBALL GOOD'S ARE THE BEST MADE WE CARRY THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE WEST. We carry THE D. SL M. GOODS, SPALDING'S GOODS, VICTOR GOODS, REACH GOODS. We carry FIVE LEAGUE BALLS, A FULL STOCK OF FISH ING SUPPLIES. BENNETT'S SPORTIXft GOODS STOItE, Rock Island, 111. Play Ball Cured by Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. This dangerous throat disease has often led to more serious aud fatal diseases through neg lect to cure It ia its first stages with DR. BULL'S COUGH SYRUP T have ust rottn over a severe ease of bron chitis, which I contracted from riding on the surface ears which were so crowded, compelling me to stand on the platform. I was unable to speak for several days, and I owe my complete recovery solely to Dr. Bull's Comrh 8ynip." Jessie Schulze. l'2o7 Lexington Ave.. Mew York. sample; sent free to all readers. We want you to have absolute confidence in Dr. Bull's Coign Syrup and. to that end. will send you a sumi'le free, if you will write for it and mention this pajer. Address A. C. MEYEK fc CO.. Baltimore. Md. ' TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. The substitute which a dealer may try to sell you on the merits of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is simply a very cheaply put up cough mixture that pay him a hotter proltt. Jon sider your health. Uet only tuo old reliable ir. liuu'u Cough Syrup. I':ico, 'i 000. ti.uu. gel, lots 3, ID, 1C, 17, IS, and 10. Schu bert & Fluegel's 2nd add.. Rock Is land, $1. Moline Water Power company to Ellen C. Meegan, lots 11 and 1J. block W, Moline Water Power company's Sth add.. Moline, $1,500. Eliza J. Dewrose to Charles E. White part lot 2, ana lots 3, 4, 5, and G. block 1. Healey's sub. div., sec. 3. IS, lw, $1,000. Babcock & Jackson to Mary Alice Wilcher, lot S, block 2, Barth & Bab cock's or Twentieth street add.. Rock Island, $1,000. Charlotte A. McNaughton to Ray mond J. Ricketts, und. y2 part vy2 ne tonic, cleansing and sweetening, the system, and Ieaviig benefits obtaii.ej what a prominent Chicago woman says of it: ' My Juuj;lJtr Jxniiiw complained so frcquPntly of pain in llm stomai.u and mtwm null- mi.i ii.ih timi 1 n...,.i.. tndiumiion. would ottii cry und tavt atMjut hen iriiv pMiL- and J became atttrnifd. 1 linally jrave ln-r KickttKo Worm KliW-r U.li.k lnL'tieii.li,lit huvewurim, and I wxm tuuml thic wkn llir real ln.ul.1. t-ur Mm. ,iujn nlieiuiHu-d or AO wurmii, from 3 xi Lr to in u.ctun I he mtMicine ncted prui.llv. und mill so K' nlly tlmt h- liud no serious trouWn in Kettnii; rid ,t Uk ui. Ii-r l.ehh Unpruvt d julckl.Y,the now iwiiia un ultot. U.er dlnVrvt l -tnld. Ft.M nan had noa-ni or pain tnr." Mr. Jimx Ihwi.1. KT4 Columbia St.. iii. cntfo.t hupluin, LadR-M- Auxiliary vt Krotherljood ol Itailway Train men. Kickapoo Worm Killer is also a wonderfully efficient remedy for all stomach and intestinal trouble of adults. It cures by aiding Nature, not by merely stimulating. We will give medical advice conevrninj; vou and your children, and samples of Kickapoo Worm Killer free, Regular box, 25 cents, druggists or by mail. KICKAPOO MEDICINE CO., Clintonville, Conn. The Best and STOCK of WALL PAPER IN THE THREE CITIES. A. W. CRAM.PTON; Successor to R. Crampton &. Co., 1719 Second Avenue, Rock Island. Having decided to continue the handling of wall paprr. I have made extensive purchases direct from manufacturers and jobbers and am now in a position to show a very complete line of choice designs and new colorings in MODERN HOME a Best values all grades of wall W i.' a. i r it. . j - in: sioik in uiB cut. Lompeieni cute all orders and satisfaction guaranteed. We Frame A Complete Line of Mould ing to Select From. PXXXXXX5COOOCeCrGOOOOOOOC STEAM 1 tet osooeeooooocGoooooocxxx mm V and part eVj nw and part sw and part w2 so sec. 3, 10, .lw, $2,150. William Schaarmann to David Som mer.'lots 3 and 4, Schaarmann's add.. Rock Island, $1,900. Harvey I. Mack, guardian, to Julia S. Mcllvain. part lot 12, block 2, Barth & Babcock's add.. Rock Island. $1. Daphne L. Heald to E. II. Guycr. lot 4, block 74, East Moline. $1. Henry L. Baker to Edward W. Clus key, lots 3 and 4. block 7, Columbia Park add., Rock Island. $2,000. Croup instantly relieved. Dr. Thom as' Eclectric Oil. Perfectly safe. Nev er fails. At any drug store. Latest, Cheapest DECORATIONS. paper, best selected and most nrtis 1 wornmcn nave ucfn engaged to exo- Pictures, MEAT Is probably the best heat for us humans because It's equable, con stant, easily regulated. But wheth er you use caloric 'l that form or keep warm by meant of the circu lation of hot water through dis tribnting pipes, we can keepthlngg going even tf something goe wrong.. Steam heating plants In stalled and attended to; every thing In the plumbing line made right. 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