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4 THE ARGUS. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 4. 1909. . THE ARGUS. Published Dally and Weekly at 1624 ftwmui q TAmiA. nivk Timi. til Ti?n. tered at the postorace aa second-class matter. BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. TERMS Dally, 10 cents per week. Weekly, fl per year in advance. All communications of argumentative , character, political or religious, must have real name attached for publica- Uon. No such articles will toe printed rer fictitious signatures. Correspondence solicited from every township in Rock Island county. TRADEsMcoirHCU. Thursday, Feb. 4, 1909. .No egg is good enough to be worth four cents. The unfeeling icemen hopes Febru ary will have below zero weather. What a peck of trouble a little state like Nevada is capable of making in a big family. Nevada had better take a neighborly suggestion from California and let go of the anti-Japanese war. Every man says Governor Stubbs of Kansas ought to read his bible his ballot and his newsnaner without as-! sistance I . sign tu Cheer up, there is one spring that all will hail with delight.! Moving day has already commenced in the White house. A new kind of flea has been discov ered in California. It has six teeth designed to pounce on airships. , . An exchange tells us that the kaiser's favorite maxim is "Forget it."' All right. Von Buelow isn't going to uu u"u lv U1S J- " President Roosevelt expects to re- turn from Africa with the hide of a rhinoceros The capital i3 full of ag - grieved statesmen wno tninK ne nas one already. A Minneapolis women is suing the Western Union. Telegraph company lor damages because when she tele graphed to her brother that "Pat," her husband, was drinking, and "to fUNIONl lAELJ come at once," the message was made the state of Missouri, asking that it to read "Pat is dying." and a horde go into partnership with the company, of relatives, notified by her brother.- fa Mt, QPcIares that the corn came from far and near and she had : 1 e Deul-on oeciares mat me com the expenses to pay. If Pat had had anything to say in the matter he would probably have permitted them to pay their own expenses. Approve the Commission Plan. As has heretofore been stated in The Argus the cities of Springfield. ( Peorla and' Rockford are all asitatin J " uiiuuiiaoiun pmu ui mumv.imi i-. crnment, the merits of which have . been conspicuously demonstrated In Des Moines and Galveston. . In Rock- ford the Star is earnestly championing . j . , iiauyiuiuB re-ueueaiobuoiU:evaded the law and carried on Us 1"lr,l,a7 , . 1 " f "10 "rtb,lsiness in an Wef&l manner. Nov(Dr. King's New Discovery; and I want ",um,M,u" V " ' v. iiij n , " : , , u " f , 1 , ". j . iu iuw. ..tjr anu.pc-.-uua.., meet me worhing oi ine new syeni That report appears In Tne Star of that city. The committee declares pm a Uu rnu5 uu., ""l,u" ... 1"une piou aicl power in restraining the great corpor- now its strongest friends. It not only atjon works successfully but has built up a 1 It "ia not beiieved that this petition new Des Moines. In other words it'will bo grantcd. nor that it was made "has created a civic pride and convert- wlth any Buch expectation. The ed every citizen into an upbuilder. shrewd lawyers of the oil trust have The streets are better cared for, the some uiterior purpose. We do not ex fire and police departments have been pect to see the company driven from improved, miles of sewers and sido- the state But SUCh a proposition as walks have, been built, the water sun- is madc by the counsel of the company ply has been increased and the city lf tOQ preposterous to be thought has been morally and physically bet- for & moment We expect to see tho tered. Singularly enough all this has , company ,' under a reorganized form, been done without increase in tax- continue to do business in Missouri, ation. This Is due to the fact that the, wkh restrictions imposed upon it, maic commisslon is composed of capable nC. ,t ronf0rm to the laws of the business men and that every dollar appropriated is. used -for the public good and not one peniiy stuck into the pockets of politicians or contractor. The Peoria committee declares Des Moines has. a. perfect form of govern ment and its adoption by the Illinois city is urgently recommended. Before this plan was adopted Drs Moines was poorly, governed. It coaid not get representative men to accept a seat in the council. Few permanent Improvements were made and the city was adding to its Indebtedness every year. Sloth and folly Beemed to be the watchword of the council. All this has been changed and Des Moines now ia known from 'one end of the land tD the other as a perfectly managed -muni-1 clpality. - ' The Springfield- Register says: "The most tempting feature of "the commis sion form of government,' such as Edi tor Rinehart of De&'Molncs told the Charter Study club on Thursday night at the Y. Jfi. CI Is the" fact that it 'takes the city government out. of the clutches of partisan politicians. V; "Tho commission form, as. it U .called, may;" be;. objectionaBle from - some viewpoints, but it . has so , many - good points which overwhelm th bad, -'. "i ' ' t'JI ' it. Till I Il1 ir mere ne any oau. iuhiois Ehould demand .of the state legislature that a commission form statute similar to the Des M'oises plan be enacted. "Certainly no fair-minded man of any class or Dartv who is sincere i i n's expressions can object to the ea actment of such a. law. Illinois cittes need the law for the moral effect it will have, if for nothing else. "Springfield should in some manner, perhaps by petition through its local representatives in the legislature,'' give vigorous demand for the enactment of such a law." J The Illinois State Journal says: '.'It is interesting to note the seriousness with which Peoria is discussing the commission plan of municipal govern ment. Those in Peoria who criticise the commission form are telling how good Peoria is under the present sys tem. They tell that life and property are safe; that the social evil is regu lated; that street walking has been done away with; that the wine rooms have been abolished; that ths gamb ling saloons have been abolished, and that the gamblers have mostly left the city." To which the Peoria Journal an swers that under the present system Peoria has had administrations which enforced law and maintained order,' and has also had administrations which permitted vice to flonrish, and there is no telling when, under the old system, the reign of vice and the curse of maladministration are to be endured again. Says the Peoria Jour- na': "Under the Des Moines plan, should an unfit commissioner be placed at the ihcad of any one of th departments, there ,s the reca11 that is a notent remedy the hands of the people. "We have, witnessed here in Peorii 'the sight of a set of councilmen striv- 'ing their best to give awa- valuable ; ... . . . . ... 'iigiiis iu a tui iurai ion turn, was posed by nine-tenths of the people. I And the people were powerless to help themselves, wnen indignation meetings were held and aldermen requested to resign. t1mr eirnnln 1 1 1 rr Vi rirl r f tliA nnne rcrVt.- V I . 1 V. L 1 1 1 O IU . L 1 11 h O (1 1 1 1 X ! 1 1 1 I, on their way. "When the people Invaded the coun cil chamber and demanded that tho council do what was right, they were trcatod as tho h tnc wre in"vador3 and the acting mayor ordered the po- (lice to line the corridors while the aldermen insulted these people. We know that these things have happened ' unaer the 0id system, and we have no assurances that they may not happ?n again under the same system." Tho stantIard oll Comiany ln Miti. Houri. The lawyers of the Standard Oil company have prepared a petition 'o Pan" has largo interests in the state. 1 with contracts for the delivery of oil ' jn many states, and that if driven oat it will Involve enormous loss, in fact will be tantamount to the confiscation of millions of dollars. It. therefore, asks that .Missouri join the trust in a i "K,",-Cl l "icaitu, um noi !.e.r!?nitelyi be Permitted , i.. i. . . .1 -jieorgamze unuer a new plan, ana ro ; conauct us ousiness m accordance with the requirements of the state. This is a peculiar petition. Juut what it means it is difficult to se?. Heretofore thp romnanv has ohtrctf1 to any kind of 'reglllation or super- vision, and by trickery and fraud has all or a sudden, in response to the - Missouri ouster proceedings, the trust wants to enter into partnership with the state; in other wordS( the trust wants to adopt the mothods of social- , asrainst which the oil. steel and other magnatcs of the country have had SQ much to gay whenever tho state ha3 attempted to exercise its state. SPIRIT WIRELESS IDEA. Roman Catholic Priest's Views on Com munication with God. Reasonableness of prayer, as prove: through the "miracles" . of clairvo; ance acd hynotism, formed the key note of the eermon of the Rev. Father William Walsh at high mass the other day in the Church' of St. Taut the Apostle in New York city. It is prob able that never before were psychical subjects discussed so openly at a Ro man Catholic service. Father Walsh not only asserted a belief In the power of - spiritualistic mediums, but c:: cited examples of what he perspmally had met In Investigating Ihe realms cf the mysterious and much scoffed at "spirit world." " Father Walsh described the wonders of hypnotism fully and said tb.it If a human being had in him the power to subject another so entirely to-, the commands of his Intellect so much the greater, should be the Deity's abil ity" to, rule the souls and ; bodies of mankind. ;;Why is not prayer. reason able, argued the -priest, if wlnens '. telegraphy is? That ? widely a few I ,MW ao none would have credited a3 possible now Is considered y every one in t'.e light of an dbvious devel opment of civilization. . Reason, cf course, the sermon ob served, never would accept any occur rence nut 11 ft actually had been demon strated "as practical. The demonstra tion, too, must be a physical one af fecting, distinctly at least one of the five senses, But because the reason ing ability in a man decries a seem ingly mirapulous event Is no proof, said Father Walsh, that the rest of h'.s Intellectual system will cast it cut as untrue. Often a person will subcon sciously believe in something, such as superstition, which he would deny ab solutely if questioned upon it. The Rev. Father Walsh is one of the thirty priests, members of the congre gation of St. Paul, whose duty it is to travel about the United States as mis sionaries of the Catholic faith. The announced subject or the dis course was "Prayer Is It Reasonable?" By m:!uy examples of the consumma tion of the apparently impossible the preacher sought to convert the minds of his congregation to his view of the efficacy of prayer. In his opening phrases he mentioned those unbeliev ers who insist thnt communication with God is Impossible. "They sr.y that for a man to knee! and fix his thoughts upon" his Maker and thu3 establish spiritual communi cation with him Is opposed by every law cf the universe and that to have such a feat made possible would mean the -breaking of these laws," said the priest. "But Marconi's invention broke no natural laws, though it was at first considered a modern miracle. Why should there not be a . spiritual teleg raphy to make possible intercourse between God and his humblest sub jeet? Must we see the wires that in visibly connect the kingdom of heaven with the world of mankind to believe in them? "Clairvoyance and clairaudience are scoffed at as impossibilities. P.ut in my missionary wcrk I have encounter ed striking examples of these unseen powers. It was my fortune once to KA,.nH, n I n-tl. - 1, . 1. a certain clairvoyant, and I, after henring much of her ability, resolved to put her to a test. With a friend I attended a seance given by this me dium. My friend lived more than 2."0 miles away. As soon as he entered the room the woman said she could tell what was going on in his home. "She went on to describe in minut est detail all the persons and objects in the room. 'I can see them just as plainly as lr I were right among them,' she said. 'Just now they have broken a crucifix and are trying to mend It. The base of the crucifix was smashed in the fall. Tbey are trying to glue it to the cross.' "My friend wrote home and learned that exactly two weeks before our I visit to the r-lnlrvovnnr tlu rmHflv was broken and mended in the man ner described by her. Yet she was unaware even from 'what part of the country he came. All this only goes to prove-that if ordinary mortals have tms I)0Wer uow srcat must bo tbe power of God Father Walsh spoke of the wonder ful attainments of hypnotism in sub- i jecting one man to the will of.nnotlur. IIe snld ouo rannot reconcile "the Idci 0f a man hpins la compiete subjec- "on to the brain of a hypnotic spe- clnllst with the laws of the universe. Therefore, he added, hypnotism is not to be regarded as the breaking, but merely as a suspension, of such laws. The Jumping Off Place "Consumption had me in its grasp and I had almost reached the jumpin; off p,ace when I was advised to try to say right now, it saved my life Improvement began with the first bot tie, and after taking one dozen bottles i was a well and happy man again. says Gwrge Moore of Grimesland N ' r- ac J healer of weak, sore lungs and for preventing pneumonia New Discovery is supreme. 50 cents and $1 at all druggists. Trial bottle free. Central Trust Savings Bank ROCK ISLAND, U.L. H. E. CASTEEL, Pres. M. S. HEAGY, Vice Pres. H. B. SIMMON, Cashier. "EVERY LITTLE BIT" ADDED TO WHAT YOU'VE GOT . MAKES JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. That's a good Eong to keep humming. Suppose you had Baved one dollar out of every five you have made in the last five years. It would be quite a sum wouldn't it? Well, don't let another five years go by without saving something from your in c;6mfi. Open a savings account . at our bank, now 1- A dollar starts a savings account. - ,. . 4 Interest Paid on ; Deposits. THE SULTAN f fW - This is the latest portrait of tho ed a parliament to his subjects. The Argus Daily Short Story WHERE THE HEART IS BY GRANT OWEN. Copyrighted, 19U8, by Associated Literary Press. The hansom rolled slowly up the avenue iliroiic.li the iiiellnw sunshine or tne liiili.ii) summer afternoon. Its sole occupant, a very broad shcuidercd ycun;r man, leaned back on the cush ions and smoked a contemplative ciga rette, abstractedly watching through half closed eyes the stream t.f trade whirling past. . lie Vv'as n g: d natnred. Indolent looking yeum: man, one of the kind who very evidently enjoyed being at case, let i:i ibe dnrii eyes was a cer tain light of determination, a certain hint of latent power that made one quite Inclined to forgive I1I3 apparent lazinci. Suddenly, the .young man sat erect. He leaned far fovwurd, peering intent ly at a figure 11 the crowded side walk. He warded it 'steadfastly for i a moment, while his Indolence fell from him like a useless cloak, ar.d his eyes cpencd wider and wider. Impatiently he" flicked the cigarette to the pavement and stood up to open the trnp above his head. "Hi'." he cr lied, U the cabby. "I say, there, pr.ll up to the curb and set me down, will you? And be quick about it." The hansom swerved sharply and drew up at the curb. The young man scrambled out, quite forgetful cf his usual slow dl.mity in his h.iste. lie thrust up a bill to the cabby, and with out waiting for his change lie went briskly up the avenue in purruit of the figure he had jurt seen. lie elbowed Ids way along, now side stepping some group which blocked his headlong progress, now all bnt breaking Into a run iu his eagerness. Ahead of hlui lie taught fleeting ;,iimp.ses of a large hat with a blue feather that seemed to serve as a ueo- cssary incentive to his hurrying step3. When he had almost reached it the blue feather turned a corner into a quiet side street, and the young man in hot pursuit followed after. Here the sidewalks, being less crowd ed, gave III 111 better opportunity for speed. In a moment lie had overtaken tho blue feather a::d touched its wear er lightly on the arm. . She turned, and her eyes rested on him with a sudden eager light iu them. Ted!" cried the girl happily. "Tod. of all the people in the world!" "You have led me a frightful chase, Patty." he panted, with mock severity. ;"ir ;h.' laughed. "How?" "1 was la a hansom on the avenue, and I saw you passing," lie explained. "I pulled up and gate chase afoot." "What are you doing here?" she de mandetl. although her eyes told plainly that she knew very weil tho answer to her question. "And why are you here, anyway? Surely you are not up here with horses this time of year. I didn't suppose there was any power on earth thnt could drag a Northcroft from Vir ginia at this season." , "A little clipping from a morning pa per early in the week 13 responsible for my -appearance," said he.V'It stated that you and your mother had just returned from abroad." "Oh, really!" she mocked. "I suppose I should feel vastly flattered to be uble to bring you up here. Think of It! The wild turkey shooting must be something wonderful now, to say noth ing of the Kedfields hunt. They're rid ing just now. of course." "Yes, they're riding.", said he. "But somehow It's pretty tame sport when you're not along, Patty." . She looked at him suddenly, and a fakit rod, crept Into her cheeks. "Oh, pshawf' she laughed., "You Yirginians certainly know . how to pay compli ments, don't you?" She said It lightly enough, but her voice was not altogether steady. The veung man's sudden and unlookcd fur OF TURKEY Turkish ruler. He has recently grant U!iu.Va:i;-e seemed eerUd her somewhat to have discon- "We Virginians," ho repeated thought- fully. "Then you don't count yourself one of us any longer, Patty? "Well. I fear I'm a bit wcuied from the old place." she confessed. "You see. since lather ned and we came bad; here to live with my mother's pe:q.!c I've been made to feel that I, or a part of me at least, belongs up here. Father was the Virginian, you know." The young man stiffened. "You've changed, Patty," be said flatly and with something like disappointment in his voice. "You used to say that you were Yirgiiiian to the backbone that there was no place on earth like it." "That was before I bad seen the other places," paid she. I fee." said he. with a certain odd constraint, "of course. Bit by bit he drew out of her an ac count of her travels and experiences during the past three years. He lis tened thoughtfully, but with clouding brows. ' ' "Of course." he observed at length, "ycu'd find it all very dull back there. Vhe old life wouldn't appeal to you tow. There'd be no fun for you to go Jurkey shooting, as you used to do. or to ride to tlie hounds down the valley and over to Clark's. "You wouldn't care about Tim Fair field's geldings, nor would you be won dering where iu the country we could find a hunter that could top six rail fence and make a decent landing." ' To his surprise, a look " almost of paia came into tbe girl's eyes. She held out her hand to step him. "Don't:" she said. "Don't! I can't bear it." NorthcrofP caught his breath sharp ly. "Eh? What's this?" he cried, rather dazed by this unexpected turn of things. He looked nt her mere closely. He saw that her eyes were incist. She turned her head, nharply from him and angrily brushed something from her cheek.- "I I suppose I'm ungrateful and unnppreciative and all that sort of thing." she confessed lamely, "but. Ted, honestly, those very things you've jnst been saying I didn't care fcr are the very things I cure fcr the mcst. I'm I'm honi:-?ick, Tc-d; that's the trouble just plain, honest, old fash ioned homesick. I'm tired of all this. I was never fitted fcr it. "TMs life iqi here the life they sny is eminently proper and fit, for me I simply can't stand. If you only knew how I longed to be hack there not for a t!ay, as we go now and then occa sionally but forever, you'd never chide tne again. You'd pity nie instead. I try not to show it for mother's pate, but sometimes I can't help it. I sup pose it is ray father's bleed .in m.v l v, c Powder Absolutely Puie The only baking powder t made from Royal Grape Cream of 'Tartar. Yj yclns. To him Virginia and paradise were synonyms." Northcroft straightened himself. When he was thoroughly aroused he was a decidedly handsome man.1 ' nia brows were drawn together in a little frown; there were lines about j the corners of his mouth. He was enjoying the unaccustomed luxury of thinking deeply. , Presently lie turned to her. There was a great light in his eyes. "Patty." lie asked, "do you know why I came up here?" She rbocl: 1i-m- ! "!. . . . "I came," said he, "Tsecause ever since you left I have not had a mo ment's peace. You have dominated every thought, every action, every mo ment of my life. I couldn't stand it any longer. When I learned you were back from abroad I came up here to see you, to find you a changed and dif ferent Patty, and by so doing to quiet forever nil the old uneasiness and un rest. I thought you'd laugh at the old life and make light of It that probably you would have outgrown it and for gotten It. Do you mean what you have just said?" he ended suddenly. "Every word of it," she said, with emphasis. "Dearie," he said gently, "why don't you come back to it? Why don't you marry me? We'll live on the old place where the Northcrofts have lived ever since Jamestown was built. We'll ride with the Redfield crowd, and we'll have a stableful of timber toppers that can't bo equaled in seven counties. We'll" A light touch on his arm interrupted him. She was looking at him with ra diant eyes. ( "Ted, I will," she said firmly. "When can we go?" "Tomorrow, the day after any time," said he. "Tomorrow? Oh, that's ages in the future. Today. Ted, today. We'll be married this afternoon and start back tonight. Call a cab. We "must drive up to the house and tell mother." Tha Workman and His Tools. It Is related in "Voice and Violin that "a well known orchestral conduct or was once ifttich annoyed by the con stnnt tuning of a violin, which contin- jUed long after tho musicians were at . their desks. whereuion he remarked rather sharply to a novice: 'My dear ( fellow, do please stop all that tuning! jYou ought to be able to play In tune wnon rue sxnngs are noi exactly cor- rect.' " This calls to mind two occurrences in Washington. On one occasion a cer tain foreman of binding in the govern ineiit printing office was compelled to call a bookbinder's attention to n iKior piece of workmanship. The binder nu'.de some reference to his oor tools, whereupon the foreman made the epi grammatic remark that "a good work man can do good work with any kind of tools." Not long f go the newspapers had a story of a certain old darky whose education was fcadly. neglected.- He was employed in a cigar store on Pcnn sylvanla avenue. One day after finishing his chores the proprietor and several others saw hiin sitting on a box with a newspaper, ap parently reading. The proprietor, knowing that h could not read, said to him: "Why, Abe, wncre did you learn to read? I didn't tnow you could read and, by the way, Abe, you've got the paper upide down." "Dat's all right, boss, dat's all right. A good reader can read mos any ways." ' Foreheads. ; Stand, before .1 mirror and look .at your forehead. Does it slope back? If so it denotes a fondness for art and a talent for music or painting or both. If your foreluad is high it Is n good uigii. particularly if it is well devel oped about the eyebrows. Should these have a perceptible bulpe you are a calm, coo!, deliberate thinker. You will probably be successful in business if, with bulging eyebrows, you have a short, narrow forehead. Kreadth of forehead indicates broad luindedness. Of course a broad fore head may be part of a weak face, and v weak face with a broad forehead is not so tavorable as a strong face and a narrow forehead. If your eyebrows bulge and your forehend slopes' gradually back yon are highly sensitive and you are a poet. Loudon Answers. 1 Suffering and Dollars Saved. E. S. Loper of Marilla, N. Y., says: "I am a carpenter and have had many severe cuts healer by Bucklen's Ar nica Salve. It has saved me suffering and dollars. It is by far the best heal ing salve I have ever found." Heals burns, sores, ulcers, fever sores, eczema and piles. 25 cents at all druggists. 9i Humor and Philosophy By DUNCAN M. SMITH A CONSTANT FRIEND. The man without a dollar ' May lead a blameless life. Be pleasant to his children And tender with his wife. Be willing1 with another His pittance small to share. But that is not sufficient To get him anywhere. It will not buy a ticket On any railroad train. Tis not permission written To come ln out the rain. Though it may on occasions Procure a smile or so. ' That Is, as you have noticed. As far as It will go. A dollar in the pocket And several in the bank Make more of an impression Than slitter, gilt and rank. The gentleman who only Can view It from arar May have some friends; but. gracious. He don't know where they are. The great almighty dollar. A full one hundred cents. That pays for bread and taffy. For taxes, tolls and rents, Is for the happy owner A true and constant friend And one ln storm and sunshine On which he can depend. See? "What's the difference between a cat and a mouse?" "None." "Why?" "The mouse agrees with the cat." Constitutional Right. "How old are you, madam?" asked the lawyer. "None of your business." "The court will oblige you to an swer." "Do I have to tell, judge?" "I am afraid you must." "I refuse, aud I think I am backed up by the law." "What law do you refer to?" asked the court. "The law that no man Is obliged to testify against himself. I guess that applies to women too." ,'You needn't answer." said the judge. - Just as Good. ' "I wish that I knew how to make money." "I can't say that I am with you' there." "Why?" T know something less strenuous." "What is it?" "How to get next to the man wba makes money." What the Girl Thought. "Some men never marry. "No; they are too wise." "Is that it? I thought" "What?" "That It was the girls that were too wise." Nimble Enough. "He has brought In a load of bronchos." "Are they any good?" "No; they are a lot of runaways." They ought to be quick assets." Mean. "Most men are fools." "Yes; you have plenty of company.1 Alas, Poor Maid! Maud Muller on a summer's day Passed up the job and acted gay. The judge said Maud had made a atil And handed thirty days to her. PERT PARAGRAPHS. It Is a pleasure to be in the society of some rxwple. The frank admiration that they have for themselves Is con tagious. The consciences of some people need the lubricant of flattery copiously ap plied to keep them ln good running or- , der. .. , If yoa can persuade them that yot have no money, you won't be troubled much. If you make a catspaw of another, don't be surprised if It ends ln your petting clawed. It Isn't always the one that makes the loud est outcry who Is the worst hurt. Take yourself . as seriously as you please, but never allow your friends that lib erty. . ''. JfrtO T TO jmq Did you 'ever notice how delicate and 'fragile good resolutions are? ". If your friends bother' you overmuch. tern your enemies loose upon them. We have a summer girl and a wlnte girl and doubtless will , have soon a J between seasons girL . May she prove 1 as charming as her predecessors. - ;