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THE .:AHGUS. TUESDAY. JUNE 9, 1908. THE ARGUS. ' Published Dally and Weekly at 1624 Second avenue, liock Island, X1L En tered at the poatofllce as , second-class matter. '' ,. : - ' - BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. TERMS Dally, 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 ho printed over fictitious signatures. - Correspondence solicited from every township In Rock Island county. fgAtgsffaSg COUNCIL Tuesday, June 9, 1908. Will tho prohibitionists let Spring. eld pull off a corn exposition? The rumble ofNthe Taft band wagon even drowns out the boom of Can non. , . Taft being master of the situation is naturally in a position neither to give nor to offer a compromise to the "allies." On a wager of ?3a cadet of a mili tary school in Illinois ate a hoptoad alive. Are the higher educational in btitutions going back in a circle to the days of the worst hind of savagery asks the Baltimore American, indig nantly. - An Indiana man of 83 years of age is starting for Alaska on his 45th un successful pilgrimage for gold. His life, remarks the New York Herald, teaches young men two valuable les sons the nobility of perseverance and the elusiveness of riches. The New York Tribune insists that caution should be exercised in accept ing the story that the Coey balloon traveled more than 8iM miles in 11 hours. It says the maps make the distance between Quincy and Clear Lake a trifle more than 400 miles. Besides, nothing less thau a hurricane could have enabled an airship which merely drifted to move at the rate of 75 miles an hour. The most remark able feature of the aerial journey fioni Illinois, to South Dakota "was the direction taken by the Chicago, which was northwesterly. The ' " longest flights in the United States and Eu rope have invariably been to the east ward. N Past Presidents. The only living American ex-president celebrated; hi 71st birthday last month!" Crover Cleveland has been a private citizen for' 11 years. Benja min Harrison lived eight, years after his retirement, but Chester A. Arthur survived less than 20 months. -Hayes lived 12 years and Grant survived for 25 years. Filmorc 21, Madison and John Quincy Adams each 19, and Jefferson 17 years. in lMib tnere were three ex-presi- dents still living Filmore, Pierce and Buchanan but since 1875 there have never been more than two alive at the same time." -r: Advertising Did It. The expansion of the industries and commerce of the entire west, is abso lutely the work, of railroad builders and advertisers, said Gilson Willets in & recent article in Leslie's Weekly. At the union station, St. Paul, I watch ed 2,000 homcscekcrs embark, during a single day, on trains of the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific all bound for the Dakotas. The two railroads had induced those immi grants to take up land. In other words two railroads had advertised the Da kotas and caused 2,000 persona to go there and help build up that region Tho railroads get tho credit, and it is right that they should. But the pull of the mediums that can thus populate unsetted territory ought not to be overlooked. The daily newspapers are widely used by the railroads Willets names. - . Living Expenses. -- Is the cost of living cheaper or dearer? , . ' This is the national issue with which the masses of tho neonle are moreicon cemed than wlththc patter of politi cians or even tho important questions pertaining to civic affairs. Bradstreets, the great Amesican financial authority and the. London Economist, which is looked up to on the other side of the water; agree that there has been a decline in the cost of commodities and staple prices are now the lowest in three years. During the first fou months of 1908 according to the English publication there has been a decline in prices av eraging 7 per cent and a drop from the highest point, of last year to May of this year of .15 per cent. A fall of per cent from the top figures of last' year is shown by Bradstreet' index number ofNew York prices. ' But, while the commodities gener ally have lowered in price,- tho cost of the necessities of life is greater. Bread and meat In March, show ed as to the former an advance of 25 per cent overJtfarch, 1907, and as to . the latter a decline in the whofesali price of 2 per cent, which probably does not affect the retail price to the consumer. " V Prices of packed provisions, accord Ing to Bradstreet's figures, are down per cent from last year, fruits 30 pen cent, and leather, textiles, drugs, coali and oil something like 10 per cent Flour and canned vegetables are high er. Metals like iron, tin and copper, have fallen 30 to 50 per cent from a year ago,, but utensils made, of these materials do not figure expensively in the ordinary budget of Jiousehold 4 ex penses. - - . For a long time the tendency has been upward for living expenses, both for necessities and luxuries. The rea son is that the trusts, by means of their combination, and the tariff, elim inate domestic and foreign N;ompeti tion. , ' . ' : . The recent decline Is doubtless due to the necessity the business world is nder- of recovering from the recent panic. . Prices of luxuries must be cut or the people will not buy luxuries. The prices of necessities are . raised, and the prices of luxuries will also be aised as soon as trade has been suffi ciently revived. ' Fortunes in Waste. Rubbish waste and useless stuff that men threw away and paid to have Airt ed off to the dump, was the' basil of one of the greatest fortunes in England and the stepping block to a peerage. iajiu niaMiitiii, wuu uieu me oilier uuy, had a career which was one of the r i ifnni i j i .i 1 1 i most remarkable romances the world of invention and manufacture has ever known! As a young man he was a spinner in Yorkshire, who had master ed his trade and owned some mills For nearly 10 years all the profit from his mills went into experimental ma chinery for the utilization of the waste of his factories. Then came the start ling announcement that he had produc ed a machine which at small cost turn- d the rubbish into beautiful fabrics The result is that today waste silk pours into thd great Manningham mills from all parts of the world, to come forth worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. In nature there is no waste. It is only because of man's limitations that the world is littered with what seems to him rubbish. Some day a ray of genius falls upon the dead heap of waste and turns It into gold. GOOD TIMES MOVE. Drummers to Hold Prosperity Congress In New York. Comptroller Herman A. Metz of New York, president of the commercial travelers interstate prosperity con gress, which Is to be held in New York ity on Aug. 14 aud 1.1. has already rt ceived letters aud telegrams promising support from leading bushiest men iu all parts of the United States. The avowed object of the congress Is to carry on the "let us alone" idea and infuse a spirit of optimism and good cheer into the business men of the country.' . ' ' :;.",'' The con pt roller was enthusiastic the other day over the prospect and Ihj- ieves the congress will work wonders toward restoring confidence in the fu ture of the country. "Prositerity abounds in this great land today to a degree unprecedented." said the comptroller, "despite all the calamity hojvvlers , from here to the river Styx to the contrary, and the commercial travelers, who are always on the move, can do more to spread optimism through the land than any other liody of men in the country. "When over 3XU00 traveling men get out on the road and talk of good times and financial sunshine there will be n renewal of business against which even, that logy. the presidential year, cannot prevail." When asked what had been done In the way of calling the attention of American business men to the pro posed conference he comptroller sa'd: "We nave aauressea our can more particularly to the territory commer cially and industrially tributary to New York and within the zone Ixmndedby Philadelphia. Pittsburg. Buffalo and Portland, Me., n section In which agri cultural and Industrial conditions are fundamentally sound. "I am certain that the message of optimistic contidence that will go out from the commercial travelers' inter .state prosperity congrpss will lie an Im portant factor In bringing about n re vival of prosperity. We have had many messages of good cheer from all over the United States "The fact that a few rich men have lost money, that a few capitalists find themselves possessed of fewer millions than a year ago as measured in the terms of stock exchange quotations, means nothing to the rank and file of our population. "Trade has" been checked simply through the paralysis of credit inci- deutal to this Stock Exchange depres sion, but the growing demand that pro ceeds from IK) per cent of our popula tion still exists and. will have to be supplied, aud now Is the time to pre pare ourselves for a revival of that de mand, that will only be more Insistent because for the past few months It has beeu denied.' " ; . v "The railways have promised to co operate with us to the utmost extent of their abilities. We recognize the j Important part the transportation Inter-1 ests must bear In the restoration of j prosperity. I believe the commercial ; travelers are attempting something; which uo other class dares undertake. i We all realize that It is a tough propo-1 sitioh to-overcome the feeling which has overtaken the business people since last November." - .. ,; . S. C. Mead,; secretary of the Mer-1 chants' association of New York, has! written to Mr. Metz to say: . "It gives us much pleasure to advise you that the association will be de lighted to place Its facilities at the dis posal of the convention, offering for the holding of the convention the use of our auditorium, our largest room.? - William Iloge, secr.etary of the pro perity congress, who has had the or-; ganlzmg of -, the association in nana. said that the individual councils, of the United Commercial Travelers' associa tion, whose headquarters are at Colum bus, O., and those of the Commercial Travelers' .Protective association, with headquarters in St Iouis. had taken up the project aud were doing all that could be done to help the good cause aloug. V . William McCarroiL president of the New .York Board of Trade aud Trans portation association and a member of the public service commission, said that be Vas heartily in favor of the proposed prosperity congress. V "Conditions are much better west or the Afleghunies." said Mr." McCarroIL "thau they are iu the east, trincipally, I believe, because it is farther from the financial center than the country east of the Allegbanies. We need something more Nthau talk to restore confidence and revive trade, but 1 am very hopeful that everything will boom again after the presidential nomina tions are made:" v 'The prosperity congress movement was started under the joint auspices of the United Commercial Travelers, with 18.000 members, and the Travelers' Protective association with 38.000 members. Mr, Metz was a "drummer" on the road for several years, belong ing to the T. V. A., and it was because of this fact that lie: was Invited to be come head of the movement. xThe programme of the two days' con vention Is as follows: Friday. Aug. 14 Public convention, to be addressed by leading Itizeus and prominent national oflicials. Saturday. Aug. 13 Banquet, amateur sports and ball, at tho Manhattan Beach hotel. An'Awful Mishap. Two passengers ou an Atlantic liner. one au American and tho other an Eng Iishinan,.did not exchange the farewell courtesies when the steamer reached her pier usual between voyagers who have occupied adjoining staterooms and hobnobbed' during au ocean voy age. A plausible explanation wa3 vouchsafed by the American. During the voyage the Englishman persisted In v fraternizing with the Americau in a most obtrusive and au noylug manner. ' Within two days of Boston the Englishman one morning hunted up the American aud found him iu apparent despondency, gazing sea ward from the hurricane deck. "Confounded blue this morning, old chap. What's the matter?'' And the Britisher slapped his companion oa the back. " ' ' " "Matter enough," growled the Amer ican. "Ship's- lost. Captain don't know which way to steer.' Forgotto wind the eoniiass last night." The Englishman listened with mouth agape, then -rushed - off to. tell his friends of the consequential mishap, Evidently the gullible Britisher was "pushed along" for some time until be found everybody guying him. Osmon'.s is the passage of a liquid or a gas through a membrane. Some times medicines are administered in this way. But bow far we are from understanding the details of this sub ject as related to the human body Is indicated by some experiments of Pro fessor Louis Kahlenberg. All attempts to introduce lithium salts into the sys tern by absorption through the skin have failed, and yet the same salts make their way readily through the mucous membrane. ' When the feet are soaked in, a solution of hydrochloric or sulphuric acid, au alkaline reaction Quickly takes place Internally. But citric acid refuses to act the same way, although both of the acids have a sim ilar effect when taken through the di gestive tract. Sulphuric acid, then has quite a different physiological ef feet when it enters through the skin Instead of through the mouth. Living membranes act differently with regard to osmosis from dead ones, aud the same membranes which behave alike with regard to some substances behave very differently from one another with regard to other substances. 100 New Suit Patterns (Just .Arrived) t Late in coming, so must be sold this month. $55, $30 and $28 values at $25, $20 $18. (See our Windows) . B eal Tailor , ing Co., Illinois Theater u!ldln. Humor 07:0 Philosophy By DUNCAN M. SMITH - PERT PARAGSAPHS. , .. Sometimes when a man has- no ground for divorce he , endeavors to rent bis neighbor's. When you smile at trouble, it some times takes that as an invitation. The wrinkles in our faces are rarely taused by the. bard work we do. - An ounce of prevention may be wortb pound of cure, but a pound of cure i worth a small fortune. Some people would rather be ' contrary than right any day. A girl's Idea of a good time is all play and a dish of ice cream. There la no question that the citizen who sleeps out loud Is an undesirable associate. , "i It is a good thing to work hard, but a bard thing to work good. Some people are dissatisfied the mo ment they find themselves completely satisfied. There would be no fun in It if we were .all on the same side of the ques tion. Some people are such good" material that they Just can't help making fools of themselves. . , , A June Spasm. TIs good to be alive In June, When all the world Is new. When fields are in their emerald garb And skies above are blue; The threshold of the harvest time, . When, with her cheeks aglow. Old Mother Earth expectant waits ' Her bounty to bestow. The cherry trees Inviting stand. With ripened fruit aflame. And in their summer setting bright Look good enough to frame. The sod is soft as velvet way And yielding to the tread. While modest Httlo yellow flowers Look from their lowly bed. The air Is fragrant with the breath From fields of clover bloom. And every' gentle broeze is rich With nature's sweet perfume. The bees their simple measure hum Around the sheltered hive. And, sizing up the case all roundi Tis well to be alive. Day of the Airship. - When the airship arrives and every family has a neat, serviceable family carryall -tbo-yoa 1 -proWfmnay 4e soJv- eZPliy a' universal "'TSiJgval fori" to the tropics during the winter months. What is to hindertho man who only needs a stout heart and l." cents' worth of gasoline to travel where he will from packing up his family at the first approach of winter and going where they can live on bananas aud other things to be bad for-the picking? There is no reason why man should not migrate as the birds do as soon as the airship begins to live up to the ad vertisement. He can take his loved ones and flit to some sunny spot below the snow line and then write back ag gravating postal cards asking the coal man what he is going to do about it.v Knocking a Weapon. ' HIT 4. 1- II t i. 1 lit. II A- jxpeui u Kin anyuuiig uu mat gun?" , "Nothing but time." "Pshalv, vou will do well If you kill Itlme wifi ft!" It's Headed This Way. I wish that May In garb of green Would ever stay A smiling queen. For then might we With Hps that smile So gladsome be ! Most all the while. But May, sweet May, Is bound to pass; Bhe will not stay. The winsome lacs. Comes in her stead It makes us sigh Hot, screaming, red Fourth of July. ' Of Course. "Why does a woman always want to be In style r, . "Give it up." 'But it is so easy." "Well?" "Because.lt la unfashionable not to." : - ' .- - Born That Way. "What makes you act so foolish?1 asked the exasperated lady. "Conies natural," . solemnly replied the offending-youth. . . , - No Defeat, Though. "lie met his Lu at a bathing beach." "Good swimmer?" "In-the sea all of the time.". "Then he met his water Lu." Never Was There. "I am sure of one thing." "What's that?" , "There's plenty of room at the top. "How do you know?" Real Old-Fashioned Baked Beans Any woman will tell you. that when she bakes beans she bakes them in the oven. Soaks v them over night parboils them in two waters then puts them in the oven to bake. There they stay all day and -i . a a . " ; all night. That's the old-fashioned way and HEINZ Baked Beans are baked by similar methods, only in ovens that are a little larger and more convenient. - -; - , You never ate baked beans so good as HEINZ so clean -and wholesome for after they are done to a rich, oolden brnwn thmimri w and through, they are sealed in tins without solder, and thoroughly Sliergus Daily Short Story "Seizing the Opportunity." By J. Ludlum Lec. Copyrighted. 1908, by Associated Literary Press. The A Idol's week end party was In full swing. Tlie girls, iu dainty mus lins or smartly tailored liuen suits, were strolling about, with the men in white flannels, making a charming picture on the green lawn ami shod owy piazza. v ' Mrs. Alder was swinging. In the hammoi.'k, pushing herself back and forth with her daintily shod foot, while iu a cozy armchair by her idi sat Fred Marshall peacefully smoking his pipe. "It strikes my verdant youn.? brain." he began, "that's it's about time those two people were married, settled down and lived happily afterward." --He pointed to a couple In the swing ing seat under the maple tree. "Marriedr echoed Mrs. Alder. ' "Married is the exact and, I believe, correct word," reassured Fred. "You shouldtmderstand the significance of the word, my dear Dolly. You're mar ried yourself If I'm not .mistaken." -".'Why, Billy Richards would never dare to ask a stunning girl like Mar tha Vandercook to marry him. The Idea is preposterous!" said Dolly Al der as she cave, herself a vigorous push. Want to bet on it?" asked Fred. My dear boy, it would be like rob bing the , blind. Billy Richards is a sort of tame cat to Martha. Yon can generally find him purring to himself in some corner, and iu case she wants him lie's very apt to stretch himself and come at her bidding, but marriage never!" "I'll grant you there's something of the feline in him," said Fred. "He's "THAB'S THK STOVE, 8IRti AtD HERB'S TBS glow and sure, but when he sees his opportunity hell Jump at it, all right and probably land his mouse. ' I'll tell you what, he continued I u wager you six perfectly good pairs of gloves against a pint of half roasted peanut3 that they marry within six months,' suggested Fred. "Well,, of course, in these hard times I cannot afford to throw away six pairs of gloves." soliloquized Dolly, "but, frankty,. I-feel, as If I were taking money from a child. Ilowever, the bet Is on." , Harry Alder came from the house at this moment and went to th rail of the piazza, scanned the various groups of men and girls and at last cried out to Billy and Martha In their cozy corner. "I say, Billy llichards. It's time you had a bit of exercise, and I .wish yon Mi Baked Besiims Three Kinds With Tomato Saacc; Plaim Perk and Beans (Boston Style) ; Vegdariu withaat Perk, sometimes " sterilized to bring the beans to your table as pure as when baked. Wouldn't you prefer beans baked this way to beans boiled in soldered cans? Then tell your grocer to give you HEINZ Baked Beans. - Sold by .all grocers loc, 15c, 20c, ' v. . " according to size. - or H. J. HEINZ CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. would run the launch around t the public 'dock and fcet the tank filled with gasoline fur our afternoon fishing trip." he cried, with a merry twinkle in liis blue eyes. "And. by the way. Martha, would you mind poiug along and scciug that he buys gasoline -and not other spirituous liquors around there? Billy's been awfully absent minded of late." Billy stretched himself, .and then Martha and lie went down and loos ened the little launch Barbara from her moorings and were soon on tholr way around the point to the public dock. Martha made a picture at the wheel while Biily busied himself with the little engine. . , , "Billy Richards," sn'd Martha, mean while steering the little launch In and out between the larger boats that lay lu , the bay, "the longer I know vou the more stupid you seem to grow." "Martha, my dear gitl." answered Billy, "men with great minds gret thinkers are seldom great tajkers. ar.d I'd have you to know thnt becnese don t say. things Is no sign that I do not think them." Billy's. chest seemed to expand with this statement. Martha turned and looked at him Incredulously. "It may be that I have done you aa Injustice! Billy," she said, "but as recall the past seven years I look in rain for any sreat thoughts, deeds or speeches of yours. Surely great men Bay . something sometimes." She let go of the steering w!i?pl and rr.rned to see the effect of her sting ing sarcasm. It was a bad move, for they had reared the dock, and the Barbara struck hard, throwing Martha down on ber knees. . " Here was Billy's chance to sr.y some thing rather pertinent, but .he let It pass, with the host of other lost oppor tunities. Billy was a wiser man than any of them thought The boatman made them fast to the float, and Billy helped Martha out" as he gave orders to have the tank filled. lie then followed Martha up the run way which connected the lloat wit") the land." The tide was very low, aud the sandy bottom was eacily visible through the clear, ehallow water. Martha stared down at some large black object in the sand. Billy stared too. - "Why; it's n stove, Martha!" exclaim ed Billy. "Now, if we only had that up here on dry laud we could go to- house keeping right away. Eh, girlie, couldn't we?" When soup and gravy are smooth and rich and delightfully flavored, you may rest assured they were thickened with v Two of America's most famous cooks, 4 Janet M. Hi I and Alice Gary say that Kinfcsford's Oswego is invhluable for improving and palatability of the finest stands first, highest best; the. uniformly excellent corn starch on the market Read what these two ' cooks say in - , Original Recipes and Cooking Helps Sent free on request. "V - Grocers, pound packages, 10c- T. KKSCFesa & sea. Oswego, n. t. RATTOUU. STARCH CtWrMT, hconut Martha clutched the ran. "Is this a proposal, BillyT she asked in odd tones. "I guess it is, dear at least" "aid Billy as he put his sunburned hand over hers, "I've been trying to ask you for the past seven years, and now I've done it all of a sudden, with the kiteh-. en furniture thrown in. What's my was eagerly waiting for tho answer wuen.n tail coiorea man aress-. ed in black frock coat, white tie and . a i . - i . i . a m. i .t. - vest ana siik uui luucueu mux ou uiw shoulder. ' "Thar's the stove, sir,!, and here's the parson," and with a low, sweep ing bow, hat in hand, he bent his old back before them. Tho situation was irresistible, and all three, regardless of race, creed or color, joined in a. hearty laugh. ' "I'm afraid the odds are very much against me," parried Martha. "It would seem that the only way out. of it is for me Jo say 'Yes.' Let's "go home and tell Dolly." . As a rule, FIHy was not considered a charitable mail, biit he turned to the old colored preacher who had helped to shape his destiny and handed him a crisp yellow backed bill. "Treat the congregation to popcorn and lemonade, won't you?" he said as , he followed Martha down the runway.'," They were .swim rounding the polpt and In great glee they landed at the Alders' float The house party await ed them on the piazza. Billy helped' Martha across the lawn, over many Imaginary stones and up the steps.'. His face had taken on a boyish look., while Martha was more beautiful than ever. ". . . . :. "I wish I had a lemonade," sighed Taul Westover. "All right," said their host "What will you have. Fred?" "" ' ' i Fred glanced first at the young coo-, pie, who had Just stepped on tha porch, then slowlyturjied and looked'., at his hostess. Dolly Alder. . , "I believe I'll take a pint of peanuts. If you don't mind." A Foe to Malaria. That most animals have some spe cific function to perform is well known. Now scientists claim that a . species of fish exists In Australian waters which feeds on the larvae of mosqui toes and so reduces the prospects of, malaria. It belongs to a family of car nivorous or flesh eating fish which is -frequently found in the temperate and iropic zones and usually hi shallow, water. Very small in size, being onlyf Kbout one and a half to .two inches ln length, it has, in the male, yellow and v black striped fins, while the eye is of a bright blue. The fins during certain. ; seasons of the year acquire great brll -llancy. Waterman, Corn Starch the delicacy dishes. It most . ... 'm- Sixty-six r fl years , C II ' of II. "- i- '- - -.