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THE AllflUS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1009. 1 THE ARGUS. - Published Daily and Weekly at 1614 Pecond avenue. Rock Island, UL En tered at the postoffloe aa second-class Mtter.l Y THE J. W. POTTER CO. - week, I TERMS. Dally, 10 centa per Weekly, $1 per year in advance. All communications of argumentative character, political or religious, must have real name attached for puMica tion. No such articles will he printed War fictitious signatures. Correspondence solicited from every township in Rock Island county. Wednesday; September 15, 1909. Here's wishing President Taft a pleasant iournev all around the 13.000- mile circle he is just entering upon. I Why curl up in despair at the sight of a yellow leaf when (he swimming is still good? asks the Quincy Journal. The New York World says that in time, perhaps, the expression "I'm from Missouri" may be superceded by "Produce your Eskimos." Judging from the social festivities ie planned in honor of Taft, the president is not liKciy to uie or Hunger or thirst during his transcontinental trip. rriends of KmgMenelik complain ; that he is the most henpecked mon-J j arch in the world. They fail to men- i tion the name of the runner-up. and in the Philippines and set about -' straightening the affairs of its own - President Taft will be in Chicago household, it has been lured into for ' tomorrow. In view of (he big trip esn adventures and is paying the fcar- ahead of him. he will act the part of fur penalties of waster resources and prudence if he puts his spending niou-! civil discontent, as it is being steadily ey in his sock while in the windy city. Otherwise, he may be "broke" right at the start. From Candidate Cooke's acceptance speech: "The arguments for a bi-partisan bench are more numerous and of more weight than those for bi-partisan appointive boards. The supreme court deals finally with the most sacred f rights of the people and declares final ly what the law is by which we must all be governed. That court must be above suspicion and beyond cause for I criticism. It would be exceedingly un I fortunate to have its composition over- f whelniitigly partisan." The Grand Old Man. Colonel William R. Morrison. the grand old man of Illinois, yesterday , celebrated his 83th birthday anniver-' sary at his old homt; in Waterloo, I which was his birthplace and has been j I his residence ever since. He was in ? public life for many years and his ca-1 reer was marked with probity and i honor. He served in the Mexican war under General Zachary Taylor, and I I was stumping the state of Illinois for ? Douglas in 1S52. He w as in the state legislature in 1854, and during the civil , war was colonel of the 40th infantry. He was a member of the memorable electoral commission of 187G and.voted for Tildeu for president. In congress he was the author of the Morrison tariff bill, which was a meas- ure oi Horizontal reuuciion. lie nas been the choice of the democracy of Illinois for the senate and the presi dency and he would have adorned eith- - ; i i ... - uwn i: Mil ii liitit-nt'iiiit-'iii-i. nun lu- tegrity. ; McCIure Asks Xo licpiihlican Votes. : No reoilblican lHHd to worrv over a -leciiug uihi ne mignr. oe expected 10 -; vote for Milton McClurc for party ; reasons. " McCIure is not asking republican votes. s He says this himself. Itpll IllIK frnul 1ff"liirr'2 uti...w1i .f ; ; acceptance, printed in the Quincy 'Whig Sept. 4: i "No man should be elected judge because he is a democrat or because -he is a republican. Let the 'merits of the candidates for judicial office, particularly, be compared with--out reference to politics. " , r . . And read this from McClure's letter ; accepting the nomination, printed in ; the Chicago Record-Herald Sept. 7: " J , . 1. . . 1 1 ..,.1. . . i . . t. : . i , : i nudii a six. iiu vuici to c:aM ins uai- lot for me solely because I am a re publican. " If these deliberate public statements by Milton McCIure, as a candidate for ' clearly and definitely release all re .ptiblican voters from any party obliga tions to support Mr. McCIure, thi n tne !; English language has no meaning. In accordance with Mr. McClure's ' publicly expressed wish, all the repub lican voters in the Fourth judicial dis trict are absolutely at liberty to dis regard their party affiliation in this judicial election. Still Vigorous. t Thoughtless pe6ple sometimes are inclined to lament the decline of hu man physical vigor, says the Cleveland -Plaio Dealer. They claim to believe that the race of Americans, for in- ' stance, has grown weak and flabby .since the days of the pioneers. They argue that between the frontiersman and his ..grandson, who perhaps sells ribbon behind a department store counter, there lies the difference be tween a race of stalwart men and a rdce of weaklings. , To such shallow reasoners the story. of Commander Peary and Dr. Cook's triumph, of the Wright brothers' re peated victories over the most intract able of elements, of the intrepid ac tions of Captain Chandler, of Lieuten- ant Lahni and other young amy ofli-, icers active in aeronautics, must come as something of a shock. Their philos- ophy makes no place for such every-1 day heroes. Their theory is hopelessly shattered. I The truth is, these and hundreds of other examples show that the human race, American with the rest has lost little In daring. In ability and willing-,11 ness to endure physical" hardship, in Spartan courage to face death for a cause. The old vigor persists, asking but tho opportunity to burst forth into splendid achievement Peary, Cook, tho Wrights, Chandler and others of their kind give the lie to those who believe the race is decadent. The Colonial Delusion. It has been more than 11 years since a United States licet under Admiral Dewey took forcible possession of tho ! and nearly that length of time since our government, by treaty and by purchase, was ceded the islands by Spain and began the process of "benevolent assimilation." By taking these islands from Spain the United Stales adopted the colonial plan of governing a people without their consent, a principle antagonistic to democratic ideas and to our form made ours for such purposes as coll grcss sees tit, but in the 10 years no administration has yet dared to ren- der an accurate account of the outlay I tno.l aw....w,..k .... U.. !-. .I quests For the first time since Spain parted with its possessions in the West Indies drawn deeper into the Morocco cam paign. It is spending millions of money and sacrificing thousands of its citizens in fighting for possession of a strip of Moorish country which it has held as a colony. Germany spent tens of millions fight ing the savage tribesmen of southwest Africa, and when the semblance of peace was restored was able to count only a few hundred German settlers in the whole extent of the colony. France has not yet stopped to reckon the cost of penetrating (he Soudan and beating the Moors of the west coast into subjection. Everywhere the story of colonial ex tension repeats the same details of the wholesale waste of blood and taxes. It was a sad day for our country .when the colonial delusion took pos session oT the federal administration and our legislators. ' HOYT'S NEW POST. Former Solicitor General Now Coun selor of the State Department. A new and most important govern ment office, that of counselor of the state dcMiartment. was tilled recently j by the appointment to this post of Henry Iloyt. ex-solicitor general, i bo new counselor of the department will deal with all the large legal questions HENRY HOTT. and will hare especial supervision over the negotiations of treaties. The im portant Japanese treaty Is to be eu tered into within the next two years, and Mr. Hoyt will devote "himself largely to the framing of this measure. After completing his public school education In Wilkesbarre. Pa., where he was born fifty-three years ago, Mr. Hoyt entered Yale university and graduated with honors. He then at tended the University of Pennsylvania, where he took up the study of law. ne practiced in Pittsburg for somo time and in 18S3. through his father. ex-Governor II. M. Hoyt. was made assistant cashier of the United States Natioual batik in New York. In lSSU he went to Philadelphia as treasurer f rhe Investment company, but re- :gued later and resumed his law ractice. Mr. Hoyt entered the office of Judge Shiras in 1S90 and later became a part ner of Colonel Dechcrt In 1807 he was appointed assistant attorney gen eral of the United States and later became solicitor general. His father -ns governor of Pennsylvania in Both President Taft and Secretary Knox are delighted that they have been able to secure the services of Mr. Hoyt for the position to give the new office a proper dignity from the start ' Quite a Mistake. A" lady visitor at Blackpool was bathing and was on the jiolut of fc-if. ..."Tt" f.s" M drowning wneu a boatman, wlio is a local .wag. went to Ikt assistance. L; ter In the tiny lie culled where (she w:is Kljivln"- ii nil ;n tv n r-eiitlcman who. 'seeing the lady iu dilllculties, had of- fercj 'J0 to any one who would rescue the lady. This conversation took place: ' " Boatman I am the man who saved D0 udy. sir. and I thought I'd call a!1;1 soc a bout the 20. The Gentleman- -e-s, I know, but ,rhcn 1 nuul the offer 1 tbouht It wns n,-v wIfc. wno was in lanSer- "nd turnpd m,t " wa8 my Wlfe 3 . . .,.. '.,.. vr,.n I Ilia 11 O U O W Ui J luvn. oU how much do I owe yon? Loudon Tit Bits. MARTYR OF PEARY'S TRIP. Cornell Professor Only Man to Lose His Life on Journey. Professor Koss Gilmore Marvin of Cornell, the only man to lose his life during the Peary expedition to the 'north pole, was the first assistant to Commander Peary and chief sc ientist i of the expedition. He was drowned j on April 10 forty-live miles north of Cape Columbia while in command of the supporting party. Professor Marvin was a young man less than thirty years old. lie was born in Elmiia. N. V. When he was less than ten years old bis father, lid ward Marvin, then city overseer of the iwor. died, leaving a widow and live children, of whom Uoss was (he young est. Boss Marvin after a course in the Elniira high school worked hii way through Cornell university, taking up classics and later a course iu civil en gineering. He displayed a retentive in inil and an indomitable courage and spirit. t Uoss Marvin's courage and scholar ship attracted the attention of the fac ulty, and when Commander Peary In arranging his expedition to the arctic four years ago asked Cornell to lend hiin a vigorous ''ma n to c-otlcct scien tific data there was no hesitancy in selecting Marvin, who was able, ready and willing for the adventure. After his return in I'.HV. be remained on the instructing staff of Cornell uni versity, and. realizing the value to the scientific world of the work being done by arctic expeditious, that institution had generously granted him leave of absence to accompany Commander Peary ouce more and coutinue the val uable work already under way. MAY MAKE PEARY ADMIRAL Advance In Naval Rank Urged by Polar Explorer's Friends. Commander Holier! E. Peary's dis covery of the north polo has aroused his friends to urge that he be pro moted to the rank of rear admiral. Commander Peary is not an officer of the line of the navy, but n civil en gineer' with the rank of commander. Not only is there no vacancy in the list of rear admirals, but CoinmandeL Peary is far dow n in the list of preced ence and would have to pass through the rank of captain before he could be made an admiral. It is. of course, possible that cou- gress will see fit to create an addition al rear admiral and confer the rank and title on Commander Peary, but it is generally lieiieved that if this addl tional distinction is conferred on him it will be only by executive action. 'IT IS THE SHORTEST. Island Off the Coast of Korea Bears the Littlest Name. The new list of names adopted by the United States geographic board contains the shortest geographical name on record, it being U. which is an island east of (juelpart island, on the southern coast of Korea. It used to be "in the olden days" that thr river Po, in Italj, bad the distinction of having the shortest geographical name on record, but it will be seen that U goes it one better. CENTRAL TRUST & SAV INGS BANK. rock Island, ill. .1. E. CASTEEL, Pres.; M. 8. HEAGY, V. Pres.; U. 15. 8IMMOJ4, CMhJer. STOP THE LEAKS Nickel and dime spending keeps many people poor. Little leaks go unheeded and thus the income leaks away. Stop the leaks now by opening a savings account at our bank. Don't carry it around with you, as it will be sure to go for something you might do with out. Try the saving plan for a year. One dollar will start it. CENTRAL TRUST & SAV INGS BANK. 4 Per Cent Paid on Deposit CAPT. ARCHIBALD W. BUTT Jf' Military Aid to President Taft, Whom Swing Through The Argus Daily Short Story An Impromtu Wedding -By Hope Daring-. Ctopyrisntea. 1809, y Associated Literary Press. Ail ni'.lomoluie steppe. I lietore r.os Olives, the country home of the linii Icrs. irs. Joyce Hunter rose and went .ut on the veranda to meet the young couple who were ascending the steps. "Iid you enjoy your ride, Carol, sweetheart ':" "t'h. 1l was divine! Paradise can Vie no fairer than San Cabril valley i.l, early April. The fragrance of the .irange groves is overpoweriug. and their femes are wrea'.licd with roses. Why, I lifvcr dieauicd tbiTe were so mr'tiy roses in allJtii?' world'. The mesa i.-. a tlame of red-gold poppies, the .rosy iniet of the apricot orchard slopes up to the gray green of the olive WOimI aid- .Ioyte. what is it V "What is it. Joyce";" repated KonaM Strang. Carol's coinpuiiioii. "It is not l he iwietry .er.r dear little brown eyed maid h;uj been tall.ui;-.". SUE TOltE or-EN THR KNVEIiOrl? AND IiEAt ALOUD. Carol, there is a telegram from your Uncle James."' "A telegram!" cried both Carol and llo'aml, iu one breath. "A telegram, my children. I kuow it is from him. as he sent one to Har ry, asking that if you were absent fr nil I.os Olives it might be forward ed to you. He 'must have scut it as soon as he received the letters telling of your engagement." Carol sank down upon one of the porch chairs. Her fingers trembled as they unwound the mass of chiffon in which her head and neck had been swathed. "No; Joyce," she cried, a - her hostess turned away. "There is no use bring ing, the message. I know that it for bids my marriage to IJonald, so I will not read it." Ronald Strang straightened his broad shoulders. "Let us read the tiling and have it over with. What if he does withhold his consent? Carol, surely you will not give me up at the com mand of an uncle and a guardian?" The girl threw out her hands with a despairing gesture. "When papa was dying I promised him that I would never disobey l.'ncle James." "The old tyrant! What reason can he give for refusing us his blessing? I know I am not worthy of yon. Xo man is. I am a decent sort as men go. I love you to distraction, and I've plen ty of money to give you everything you want.' ' "You don't know Uncle James. For one thing he will say you are a Cali fornlan. Then I have known you only since my arrival here to visit Joyce, two months ago. He will declare that I am too young and sflly. There is no .use talking. lUuiald. If I ever marrv 9 J ii ''Ji ft I ' i COPYRIGHT HARRIS A (WINS WASH. He Will Accompany on the Coining the States. yen It must be before I rend the tele i r.uii." There was a moimnt's silence. Tl i::hid of each one of the trio was grap pling with the same question. It was P.i nald w ho spoke first. "You blessed archangel! lio you me-m tomorrow? You will never re rret it, 'ard." "Tomorrow!" and Jovce Hunter t threw ba k h"r head. Tomorrow may be t co late. The dragon uncle may ar rive before then. It must be tonight. Here conies Harry, my own "liege lord ami master born.' and be is the best lv.i'.'.d at arrangements." Care! began to sob. "Yes. I love you. konald. but 1 I want a wedding. It may be my only chance." "You precious lamb!" Mrs. Hunter smoothed Carol's disordered sunny hair with one hand while she" -beckoned t" her husband with the other. "You shall have a wedding, a full grown one. Let me see. It is .". o'clock, and we c-in't have the wedding liter than !). i-'i hours is rather a short time, but things grow rapidly dn California. Ard that telegram sitall not be read until the wedding is over."' That was a busy afternoon not only for the inmates of I.os olives, but a'so for all who lived in the other hr.If d 'zeti country houses near by. Tele phones and automobiles were pressed into service. Joyce asked her neigh bors to give her their llowors and their time. t lend her their servants, the contents or their refrigerators- and nnv ftucr thing tuat tney inigtit have wniciii .. .. . could be utilized for a wedding. The call was met gladly. It was not only that the colony had many things in common, but the merry little eastern .irl had won all hearts. It would be delightful to have her safely married to oue .of; their number. ; "Pray , don't ask-mo to waste my breath telling you why," Joyce gasp ed. . "Lxplauation will come in due time... A little lower. Curie. Now, Mac vice, i-t-niemlier that pie ise. you are Sanitary security and bathing comfort are yours when your bath room fixtures sanitary and ;-our plumbing modern. StaUdzva laths and lavatories are sanitary, durable and beautiful our plumjing work modern and our prices reasonable. Wc se ll these famci's fixtures and combine with their hstallation the workmanship wich has made oui reputation. Repair work iven prompt and expert attention. AHMvers & Cornpan OPPOSITE HARPER HOUSE. H w ( to' run Ttito ' Los" ""AUgeTes atHmnng out the Ue Alexander Hunt, who 1 to perform the ceremony; ten yards' of Xo. 7 . white satin ribbon, a corkscrew1 and a freezer full of ice cream." 1 The arrangements were completed.' Just as the clock in the hall struck 5) some one struck tip a wedding march, and the bridal couple descend- j cd the stairs. The front parlor was a bower of white, golden centered , ; Cherokee roses. Long sprays of them "VCTEX the man who is fertile In ex made an arch on that side of the room peAdients demands that he (be fur where the clergyman stood waiting, nisherf jvith a horde of alavesyto put and - tne carpet was strewn with snowy petals for Carol's white satin slippers to tread upon. The bride was arrayed in a dainty white frock that had come home from the dressmaker only the day before. F'ae wore her mother's pearls on her neck and arms; orange blossoms In her belt and Mrs. Laukard's wedding veil. The girl's face was pale, but her eyes were clear and steady. The young couple had no attendants. Harry gave the bride away, and Joyce hovered near, satisfaction and anxiety curiously blended upon his face. As soon as congratulations were over the wedding dinner was served. The menu was not along the conven tional lines of wedding dinners, but its excellency was surprising to tne mas-' culine part of the company. "The nsh the Gardeners sent up from San liego for our Sunday dinner is excellent, is it not?" Mrs. Duke asked of her next door neighbor. "Indeed it is. Was it not fortunate that both Carrie and I planned to have fruit salad for dinner tonight?" The dinner was hurried a little as (lie newly wedded pair were to motor into town. That would enable them to take a boat the next morning for Santa Catalina island., where their honevmooii was to be spent. While . Carol and lionald were upstairs . changing their clothes the Hunters I told the story of the telegram. I ' Here. Carol! You must read your 1 uncle's message before you start; you really must, clear." Joyce cried as the bride descended the stairs, arrayed in her navy blue traveling suit, j -Very well. Nothing matters now," I Carol said with a fond look at lionald. She tore open the envelope and read aloud: New York. April i. My coiiFont ami Mes on for the wedding? sing. Shall I come JAMES WHITE. Fron Industry In France. It is in Prance that the frog was lirst. generally used for food, and it is in that country that the industry of frog farming has been most largely developed. . The green frog exists abundantly throughout Prance wher ever there are marshes, ponds or sedgy margins of rivers or bays that con tain freth or slightly bra-kish water. The best outfit fur frog raising is c ue cr more shallow ponds' or reser voirs filled with grasses and other wa ter plants-.' It should be so situated that the water can be partially drawn off so its to facilitate the labor of catching. If, as is often the case, the noi'd alrcadv atMiunds in frogs they are simply protected and left for a year or two to propagate. If food docs m t prove abundant the owner throws l;i live earthworms, as the frog is a carnivorous animal and prefers 1 the food, whether worms, larvae or insects, fresh and in normal living con ! dition. If no frogs exist iu the water I they are planted, either living or in i the form of eggs, which hatch when I the water becomes warm. In April. I Popular Mechanics. A Hurry Up Call! Quick! Mr. Druggist Quick! a box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve i Here's a quarter For the love of Moses, hurry! Uaby's burned him self, terribly Johnnie cut his foot with the axe Mamie's scalded Pa can't walk from piles Hillie has 1 boils and my corns ache. She got it and soon cured all the family It's 1 the greatest healer on earth. Sold ( by all druggists. Humor and Philosophy, PERT paragraphs: them intopractlce. t Faith in ydfirself is ono of.'the best permanent inyestments that' you can make. Many a wm an fractures, the pea.ee of 2b er family, while, she Is prTeservng fruit. Probably th world can wag without us, but most of us would vote not to per mit it to so strain itself. The things that we don't know aren't apt to prove active In fluences In our lives anyway. make bread has the color of her that isn't in her A girl's ability to nothing to do with eyes or the dimple chin. Sometimes sympathy helps and some times it saves its pocketbook. We all have a lot of useless experi ence that we go alout with vaiuljr en deavoring to turn into an asset. Annual Call. "'ou there On the job. 'J Oyster, dear? Bcpiemoer, You notice. Is here. And you Are in styl For awhile. So wo smlla As we order A few In a. stew let "I Or a fry ' To supply , The bxuninff. Intense yearning; . That ico cream And summer drinks Couldn't satisfy. Wc don't Know why You're not good "..'. In July, June and May. But , It's your way. There may be reason!. P;rhaps If th man . Who named the seasons Had slipped in au "r" On the sly ' And called them Mary. Jrune And Jurly AVe might be eating yotl Clear Through for twelve ' Months in the year. But still "We're thankful for the nine. , Fine Business. Who said "Oysters?" We Don't Believe This Happened. "Now," said the lady who gossips, "I am going to tell you something. But you must remember that it was told to me in confidence, and you mustn't repeat it." Perhaps," suggested Miss Sweet, "It would be better for you not to tell me." "Why not?" was thequcry in aston ishment. "If a lady of your self command can't keep from divulging it I shouldn't llk to trust myself with it." They Do Fall Off Bicycles. Willie Say, pa, is the earth round like a ball? Pa-Yes. Willie. "Willie And does people live on th other side of it? Ta Certainly, my son. Willie Why don't they fall off? , See? "ITcar him praise himself." "That's all right. He is a benefactor of his race." "How do you make that out?" "If he were to bribe any one to do it for him he would bo causing hi brother to no wrong." The Reasor) Why. Mrs., Golightly If you want to go on the stage, my dear, why don't you get a divorce from old Money burn as a means to the eud? Mrs. Moneyburn Because unfortu nately that would be an end to th means. The Uncertain Futurs. He My darling, I always feel ltk taking off my shoes when I enter your sacred presence. "Well, I would rather you did it uow than after we are married." With Her Eyes Open. "But she married with her eyes open, did she not?' "Well, she knows who were at het wedding and how they were dressed.'' Sure Reminder. "I hadn't seen him for twenty yearn" "Did you know him?" "Right away." "How much money did he owe your Excellent Reason. "You naughty boy, why did you flgtt Willie ?". -'Cause I can lick him." '