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,THE iVRGUS, SATURDAY. OCTOBKIi ?. iooo. '4 V T1TK ARGUS. Published Dally and Weekly at 1624 Second avenue. Rock Island, I1L En tered at the postoffice as second-class matter.) BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. TERMS. Dally. 10 cents per week. All communications of Argumentative character, political or religious, must have real nnme attached for publica tion. No such articles will be printed over fictitious signatures. Correspondence solicited from every township in Rock Island county. Saturday, October 2, 1909. . . - - .. . c- ,.: ., f; ,1 if i ne mg lair is on - f ihhisih iu. is the pride of Iliinois.'and everybody who can do so should attend the com ing week. Hero is a new and profitable field for the trust companies. They can guarantee, for a suilicient fee, all north poll- discoveries to be genuine. : The commission form of municipal - government and the primary election law are going hand in hand as the prime favorites of the people of Illi nois. France is sacrificing some of its bravest sons that the rest of us some day may fly in safety. Many a hero will have to pay the penalty before flying is perfected. People may question Peary's disposi tion, but none will doubt his achieve ment, or the fact that he deserves all the glory that his country and the world of science can bestow. President Taft declared in a speech at Seattle that he would recommend the passage of a ship subsidy bill in his next message to congress. The president promises to be a very tract able executive for the interests before his term closes. A Louisiana lumber dealer, trusting to the accuracy or weatner bureau iore casts, took out insurance by telegraph and so got $20.0C0 to cover his losses in the recent storm. The incident il lustrates the practical value of the weather bureau, but it is not really very notable, for larger sums than thai are probably saved in the aggregate almost every day through careful ob servance of weather predictions and prudent action, upon them. The New Voi-k leader. Judge William J. Oaynor has been nrminated for mayor of New York by the Tammany democracy, lie has been on the supreme bench of his state since 1893 and the odd part of it is that he was first nominated by the republicans and independent dem ocrats. He became famous in his fight against election frauds in New York city in which Tammany was the greatest offender. He declined the democratic. nomination for governor and also for mayor of Brooklyn, but will accept the honor for the greater city. He is a man of stainless reputation and high ability and is 5 8 years of age. He is a faithful party man but will be nobody's figurehead and the nomination wuuiu uu uunui iu cmy party. A Beautiful I'ecogiiition of the Wo- men of the Nat inn. The picture of Martha Washington may be placed on one of the postage stamps of the present series. A number of women prominent in the society of the Daughters of the American Revolution have requested the postoffice department to take such action. It is suggested that the pro posed issue of the 12-cent stamp of fers an opportunity to do this. The suggestion is supported on the ground that it would be an appro priate recognition of half of the peo ple of the United States, not to men tion its merits from an aesthetic point of view. The director of the bureau of en graving and printing has been ashed to prepare a model, representing Martha Washington's head, in addi tion to one bearing the head of George Washington. Both will have careful attention from Postmaster General Hitchcock on his return from his vacation. A Dead Indian. -.. A solemn moment has come in the affairs. of advertising, remarks Print er's Ink. One w ho has served adver tising interests longer and more faithfully than any other individual, in rain and shine, panic and pros perity, has now gone from us. , We refer to the cigar store Indian. The last cigar store Indian, it appears, has been driven out of Rrooklyn oy the march of progress; but it dees not behoove us to wax sarcastic at1 his expense so long as some of the methods for which he stood still sur vive. There is little difference be tween the cigar dealer who depended for trade on the silent eloquence of his Indian and the merchant in any other line of business who thinks that the sign above his store door and the letterhead on his stationery are adequate persuaders. . The' largest retail cigar business m me worm was num. up on newsna- per advertising. me Diggesi reran- ers in every line are, these who make the largest use of live dailies to cre ate and direct demand. Must Have Primary Iaw. The entire state of Illinois should bestir itself as never before in the demand upon the Illinois general as sembly for the enactment of a const! tulipnal primary law at the special session to be held in November. The state of Illinois is in distress in this matter. We do not feel it now because there are few elections this fall. Xt xt spring, however, there will be elections held ail over the state. Xext fall the congressional and other very vital elections will be held. In' nearly every county in the state the old political gangs who lost much of their power because of the recent pri nij'.ry law, are waiting, vulture-like to seize the political machinery and take from tiie people the power which the primary law gave them to make their own nominations. The issue is ital. It is stupendous. There is danger ahead. Illinois must prepare in self de fense to offset the influence of tin organizing forces of professional pol iticians which are planning to - pre vent the enactment of a primary law by the special session. lilailviseil Marriages. Judge Thompson thinks that per sons who wed in haste should r pent at their leisure, lie has refused to giant a divorce to a young woman who married a young man after only four weeks of acquaintance, and whom she now alles-es ceased work as soon as they were married and lived a "high life" with her money which he is alleged to have lavished upon another woman. Perhaps the young woman innocently confided in the alleged mean man. but while sympa thy naturally is plenty for a young woman thus misled, she is seriously to blame for not studying more close ly and minutely the character of the man she was to accept as her com panion for life. Ill-advised marriages are all too frequent in this day of fast living and reckless rushing after pleasure. Marriage is looked upon too lightly. This truth is written in the blood of the innocents. It is heralded day after day from our divorce courts. It is an awful condition and largely attributable to the evil pointed out by Judge Thompson in sending this unfortunate woman back to repent at leisure and to produce more spe cific evidence. Divorces should be made more dif ficult to obtain. When the bond? of matrimony are welded more firmly and the fact riveted in the mindt of those prepariug for matrimony that divorce is a great evil, that mar riage is for life and not a tempo rary arrangement to be broken at will, then many unhappy marriages--will be avoided, the number cf hap py marriages will be greater, the lives of men. women and children wiP be made more joyful, prosperous and honorable. The Klections of This Fall. Ten states will vote for governor.' or minor state officers"" next month yet in none of those states except Maryland and Virginia is any espec ial interest being displayed. Of the three states which will choose governors, Massachusetts maj elect the republican candidate Rhode Island will possibly be carrier by the republicans, both these re sults Jeing the effect of tariff leg islation, if they so occur, but in Vir ginia the vote will be close, with the chances in favor of the democrats. Maryland's election will be for comptroller, but the proposition for an amendment to its state constitu tion will attract much larger inter est than will the division on that of ficer. yRhode Island, in state canvasses, has been as uncertain for the past 10 or 12 years as Connecticut was a little earlier. Several democratic governors have been elected by that slrte in recent times. In 1!)9, how ever, the republicans appear to be in fairjy robust form. Taft carried Rhode Island in 1908 by 19.000. and Pcthier, the republican candidate for governor, won it by 7,000. HIGH TARIFF FORCES GERMANS TO CUT MEAT CONSUMPTION (Continued from Pag-e One.) Chemnitz alone dogs were slaughter ed in 1906. an increase of SS over 190.". and during the same period 1.070 horses, an increase of S7 over 1 90.-,." N-vNinier Atai-k Kynteni. The working people of Germany are far from satisfied with high pro tection. Not only the socialists are attacking the system, but many prom inent newspapers. Here is an ex tract from the- Berliner Tageblatt, one of the leading P.erlin newspa pers: "If it is desired to place the fi- nances of the German emnire on a sound basis one must get a clear view of the causes of the perpetual deficit, and remove those causes, in- stead of always inventing new taxes from every corner and laying over -Var- Rubber tires now lead all otaer fresh burdens on the shoulders of manufactured anicles in the constimp the Herman people. of the best rubber gum. "There can be no doubt that the reason of the evil lies in our mis- taken financial policy. "Our customs duties and indirect pace with the increasing demand. Wild Seemed to think it mighty funny," un taxes have necessitated a gigantic rubber harvests cannot increase fnsn J swered t he speaker's coinpauion. army of officials, have increased the price of everything and hae added enormously to the expenses of the empire, rue states, the municipalities kbu me communes by the necessity of 'paying more for all materials requir- cd. At the same time, only a sraan portion of these duties, which are paid by the German people in the increased price of their necessaries of life, flows into the treasury. Hlaiut-K WioOi-ful I'riNlm-tliHi. "A much greater part goes into the pockets of a few great landown ers and manufacturers, and the great est part of all disappears in waste ful production. "Huron Rheinbaban remarked last year that England is paying off her debt while we are increasing ours, but it must be remembered that Kngland could net attempt to pay off its debt until it had adopted free trade, and that her period of protection was also that of a perpet ual increase of its debt. Germany could obtain far more revenue from brandy, wine, beer and tobacco, if it were not that the nec essaries of life, bread, meat, eggs, butter, in fact, everything, are made so dear by the customs duties." FAIR IS OPENED Fifty-Seventh Annual State Ex hibition Swings Gates First Time. CEREMONIES NEXT WEEK 1'iegriiiii Starts Monday With Free Admission of School Children Politicians Coining. Springfield. 111., Oct. 2. The 57ih annual Illinois state fair opened yes terday. There was no ceremony to mark the beginning of the in days', show, but 25.000 persons - passe.l through the pates to witness a ' large number of exhibits in all departments. The fair proper opens Monday,, when school children from all parts of the ttate will be admitted free and the speed program will begin. J might'; of stock in the Coliseum will begin cm Monday. Displays have been designed espe cially for value as instructive agencies. State institutions and departments of the state schools and government ar represented. One of the features of the big fair is a display by the Illinois pure food commission in the dairy juilding. The object of the commis sion's display is to educate consumers to read labels on prepared food prod ucts, and with this in view exhibits 'n nost striking form are shown of co n non violations of the pure food law. Show I.IMIO (imnr Uinta. . The state game farm has on exhibit t.flOO game bird?. The state board if health has a tuberculosis disnlaw There are exhibits of hand work of in- nates in the state school for blind children at Jacksonville, the stare r?- ormatory at Pontiac. the state home "or girls at Geneva and the echoed for 'eeble minded at Lincoln. The stafe'j uiblic school department also has an oxhibit of a model one room country -.chool. , The state agricultural school las displays in the dome and dairy buildings, and will conduct milk tests laily of fancy dairy cattle shown it he fair. Politicians are planning for a "round-up" of central Illinois congress men at the fair next Wednesday, when Governor Deneen will speak to a joint gathering of commercial clubs from 31oomington, Peoria. Galesburg ami ither cities. RUBBER SCARCER; PRICE JUMPS FAST Xow Amounts to More Than One Third Weight in Silver and Is "'. . Still Increasing. . , Akron, Ohio, Oct. 2. A shortage if rubber throughout the world is rei! ins an alarming condition in the att:o mohilc industry, especially in the tir manufacturing branch. Two general advances in tire prices have been made within the past SO days. Today an ounce of rubber when washed and prepared for manufacturing is worrh one-third as much as an ounce of pu.'e silver and the price continas to vi va nee. In February. 19;S. Para rubber gum sold a. low as cents a pound. Siuoe that time it has been steadily advanc ing through the influence of rc.iewt'd business' demand and the efforts of nib'jer gathering syndicates, un'il it bin rcac!ed the record price t,t $2.1 3 per pound, with very lillie to '.e hud even at t!.at rgtre. Meat of the rubber ur"d in hih grade tires is harvested wild up the Amazon river or gathered from plan tations in Ceylon, as the gum rro.n other countries lacks the required quality. The present shortage is par- l,a"Jr aunoutta iu me uemann irom t,re makers wnose output this year amounts to nearly $50,000,000, with a probable production of $50,000.00') next The average increase in the yield .f crude rubber per annum is about U per cent, which is insufficient to keep enough and the world will eventually i he compelled to look toward rubber plantations for a good share of the future supply required for high grade automobile tires. " -, GLENN H. f 2 1 i - "- The l-'atnoiis .American Aviator, Afiainst Whom Wright I!i-otli-rs Have Hi-ought liijuiii t ixn Suit to Restrain Flights on ('round of Infringement of Patent. The Argus Daily Short Story Gordon's Proposal Copyrig-nrea, ItOS, by "'lll.-il ;it(liii .Mel'arl;!!!;!." reia.i rueu lavy MetiUnii. "is lie limit. Heii.-iMi't courage eiituigh to propnsc-." "Ill!!ii ! iii v:mf to m.-irry hjiii thai you are so :ii.jus .-iliout il ':" "No: I haven't eherry lips juul dim ples" "Never mind the inventory. Proihi-:-I i;i v." sln replitil. "Ail rixbt. sis. lint ji'H never lu'.ppen unless veil propose. in the pies-enee t his divinity meaning you he Ss re-diu-ed to a pu!p." 'i lie sliiii: to ihis teasing was in its truth. Cordon was devol ion ilse.'f. yet ;t was a silent adoration. He seeificd unable t.i utter a word iu her preseme. he hail gieu hitti uiaiiy opportunities in that uiie.v pla iua hie way a- woman tias. and oiue or twice Ik.' had floun dered and stammered with oli'nrl until ill vexation she had retorted so whilM--iiailv that she bad silenced liin: eom- pletely. "Ob. he's just loo rulit-u l.iii-i. great big thing like him. stammering and blushing ii!e a seheeihor. It fairly makes me asiia in-!." she grumlilea. A woman's motives are ililiieiilt to t.-ithom. l'.ess. in an tuiusual lit of uracha'.sness. had allcw-d (oirdoii to eseorl tier to a ball. fSbe was juslly vain of lier eseorl'.s .ii)ie;ir:inee as she snuggled beside him in the depths of the carriage. Hut by the time they had arrived her manner had changed visibly, so much so that she almost ignored him alter the conventional first dance. He had (angled his lcei hopelessly in her train and missed step uiltil she was nearly beside her self with mortification. There was ample excuse for his be wilderment. She was inloxieaiingly lovely, with her draperies floating, cloudlike, about her hare shoulders, and the flush of exercise tint ing -tier face like a rose. Davy's comment was. "Gordon looks as if he would like to eat her." . Bess was so provoked at this that she ' intended to punish (Jordon by flirting .outrageously. 'P.esides, . if I could 'make him cross, be might pluck up n fraction of courage." she t bought. It vexed her still more because she felt that he understood her motive. So did Davy, and he would not fail to tease her on the morrow. Carelessly tossing Gordon her bou ipiet iu passing, she walked off with Gerald Stone for an ice. Queer duck, that Gordon. Doesn't appear to have much to saj"," remark ed Gerald insinuatingly. Here the eternal feminine came to the surface. "Oh. 1 don't know."" Her tone was resentful in the ex treme. The next instant she said sweetly. "Here's just the nook for a nuiet chat. Let us sit here awhile. The ice can wait: so can Gordon. He'd hold my bouquet all night." laughingly. An hour later Gordon sat abstract edly pulling at the petals of the roses. He had hoped that the flowers might convey to her that which he found so dhnciilt to say. ' lu upon his musing dribbled the con versation of two acquaintances. "So Gerald Stone has won Bessie Moulton? 1 thought Gordou was to be the man. but he lacked courage. He ! deserves to lose her. He should know , a woman despises a faint heart," said a voice be knew. "1 wonder how she would like It if ! she knew that Gerald boasted to me of ! his conquest V He told as a great joke '. that be had left Gordon to moon over her bouquet. Said they were going to slip away and let him hunt for her when he had tired of the flowers. "It's contemptible. I wouldn't have thought it of Bessie Monlton!" was the rent v us thev sauntered down the room. The sturdy independence of Gordon Scotch ancestry rose within him. II e j - CURTISS COPRlSHT FACtIT. WAtn.' El Clara H. Holmes. Associated Literary Free. an ached his card to the flowers and .rrt I hem in the cloakroom: then, with a determined step, he left the house. Bess loitered In her frivolous chat with the man she detested, dawdled ever her ice and finally sauntered back to the dancing hall, apparently oblivi ons to the tact that she had promised this twosten to Gorlon. She expected hi ni to be waiting for her. When he was not to be sci-n she was perturbed. (."nine on. Ie2's take this twostep." said Gerald, with great familiarity. "No. thanks." Imtlv resenting his tone. "You have had more t ban enough of my company for one evening." she added lightly lest she betray her an - noyanee as to Gordon. An hour or so later she called Ger - aid to her side. "I claim a woman's prerogative 1 ha ve changed my mind. You nmv take me home." As he bowed his thanks he thought of r his Loast to Van Asyltine and Bill! 1 0(1 tied." '1 suspect it was he who tat- Bess kept up a running fire of non sense ail the way home, effectually ex- hiding pontiment. Gordon waited in the shadow of the 'roes until they arrived. He meant to issure himself that he was not being misled and that he was doing her no injustice. "Not dignified, this, but I must make sure. I do not blame her for it. but ho might have been more kind about him than I could have shot a child. ;i I cjrtainly subjected her ta ridi- Had the chauce come from a distance rule, and then, when she showed me of a hundred yards I would have shot her favor so plainly and I was such a him down and carried his antlers tongue lied fool that I couldn"t take home in triumph, but once having advantage of it. she must have thought looked into those eyes it would have -oil. j do not know what she could heen nothing less than murder. I have think but that I was a fool!" he mut- hunted deer since then, but I find the !oied bitterly. i sport affords me little pleasure. When- lle watched Geraid .'issisther from ever I draw a bead the picture of the carriage with what looked to his those mute, appealing eyes comes te jeahms ees like an embrace, and as fore me. and. though it has not pre he turned to enter the house he gave vented me from pulling the trigger. I her I be flowers, she tossed them into have always frit glad somehow when (!u shruLbtry disdainfully. "I don't j my bullet failed to find its mark." want the withered tilings." she said. I ,t r Gord.m gathered one rose from the' "arsoness n a child subject to apparenllv despised bouquet and plae- C,wu' is a sure l'aon of the ail ed it in a book, as if be had need of Vrh f disease. If Chamher a token by which to remember this ,ain's CoiSh. Remedy is given at once one night. r rvon after the oroupy cough has In the meantime Bess, in her room ' "geared, it will prevent the altack. was pressing his card to her lips with Contains no poison. Sold by all druggists. i fo; .-.-.v;-iv-- i -. "...' ' ' ' f.-'r - -- -lfM Pi TJ?TT I Nearly all women suffer at times from female auments. Some women suffer mnro aphpW ori I S ST con.stantl7 than others. But whether you have I little pain or whether rnn rutTat i should take Wine of Cardui and get relief. Cardui js a safe, natural medicine, for women, prenared RcMnf t'finnii-o- i. 1 . Igredients. It acts easily 6ive etxengrui and tone to TAKE WfllF fciaJ -Vnr . f i nil rnurf li ill Tiie Woman's Tonic "rJSZTZ WaIIac f Sanger, Tex, tried Cartel SK writes : JfS-?we mf fr m Ihan I can describe. Last Bpring I JUST;?? fenmle iiiflammatioa and consulted a doctorf but to SSiSi fcx Cardm, and Inside of three days, I was able to do mjfcouiCTrork. Smca then my trouble h&a never returned." Try it. AT ALT, DPTrn OTnppa r tears and Inarticulate murmnnnjjs. Two years later Cordon McFarland sat In his office writing. It was after business hours, but he bad remained to think out certain points in quiet and solitude. Turning in his chair, he picked up the telephone receiver. "I will call Jones and find out what he knows about this business," he soliloquized. He was on the point of calling "Hello, central:" when the sound of his own name arrested his attention. "That's the nuisance of a party line." he nmuered. He had no intention of listening, but bow could he help it w hen he beard his own name In that well remembered voice? "Oh. Gordon McFarland? Well, if you'll never, never breathe it I'll tell you. He took me to a ball, and. yes, Grace, he left me to set home as Lest 1 con id. "No; certainly I don't think be was to blame. It must have been some of Davy's mischief. "Yes. of course Davy denied It, but I know it was. Gordon would not have done it unless he thought he was jusll Cod. "What's that? Did I really care? Well. yes. 1 did, and I don't care If you do know it. "No. no; we weren't engaged. He was so bashful. What's that? Encourage him? I I did. I tried to make him jealous of that abominable Gerald Stone, and and I succeeded. That's how it all happened. "Yes. that's so. It Isn't the thing to talk secrets over a phone. Those hor rid operators always do listen. Well good by! Come over iu the morning is-M Fourth street, you remember. Good night!" Gordon called in hurriedly before she coulvl hang up. "Hello. Bessie!" j "Well, what is it. Grace?" ' "This is not Grace, Bessie." j "Gordon McFarland!" The exclama I tiou was one of dismayed surprise, j "Yes. 1 have recovered from my bash fulness. Will you marry me now. Bessie?" "Indeed I will not! You're just too awful! Yon listened!" "I couldn't help it. and I'm glad I didn't try. Don't you hang up that re ceiver or I'll le there within ten min utes." he threatened. "Then I'll hang it up. If you want an answer to that question come and get it." Av,6 he heard the receiver clang as it reached the hook. The Deer's Eyes. A Canadian hunter tells this inci dent of how he once came face to face j with bis quarry and haunt the Heart j to lire: "It wasn't a case of -buck fe j ver.- such as a novice might esperi ence. for 1 had been a hunter for many j years and had killed a good many j deer. This was a particularly fine J lan k that I had followed for three I days. A strong man can run any deer to earth in time, and at last I had my ' prey tired out. From the top of a hill I sighted him a few miles away. lie had given np the fight and had stretched himself out on the snow. As I stalked him he changed his position and took shelter behind a bowlder, and. using the same bowlder for a shelter. I came suddenly face to face vi:li him. lie didn't attempt to run away, but stood there looking at me with the most piteous pair of eyes I ever saw. "Shoot? I could have no more shot on the female organs and tLe wfc0ie SyStem. J 3 '1 Humor and , Pliilosophy . - S OUACMA Pt: 'SMITH TIMELY HINT. To Fpeuk of It sooner. So careless in us to overlook HI You'll forgive ua. Won't you'.' TliOt'a a dear. In the bui-y Rush of life We eometimes grow careleM And neglect Our obvious And most Important duties. Of com:e It nllpi't-d our mind. That koi'm Without saying. We do not offer That As un excuse; ' Just as mi explanation. There la no excuse Knr hin ii A palpaU oversight. True, We have heeri so busy 'jetting a living-, I'reiMt-niK for vacation, jiviMi ailvlce To the ueulher man. Rejoins the tariff bill. Worliintt Iji the Harden, I.i"i:ini; ct uirsIilpH Ami performing other Jniperai'ivH duties Th.it v.e have ovei looked And Healer-ted tltuis of nirrnerit. However. lietter late than never. Ho Here goes! Kveryborly listen And heed thin word of wisdom. TIj this: Huy your Christmas presents early. Very Nifty. Wo nolir-e new style of humor that has broken loose lu the eastern fim inakiug magazines. It Is so deep and suhtle that not every render can tum ble to it at lirst, but after they do we presume their sides shake with laugh ter. We hope it will become popular, as we could write It all day with our eyes shut. Here i the Idea: Tea is usually served iu u teacup. A debt may be paid with money. Pants are woru by men. To ride on a railroad train buy a ticket and j,et aboard. Ice put iu water will cool the same. When hungry, oai. Isn't it too cute for anything? Learning Young. "Ma. what is a pippin?" "A kind of fruit." "It ain't either." "What makes you think so? "Pa saw one the other day when we were out waiting.- and there wasn't any fruit store near. "That'll cost your pa a new dress." Worse Still. Preserve me from the candid man. But. oh. let me keep shady When somewhere In the neighborhood Appears the candid lady! Felt Heavier. "Strange that a pound of lead should weigh no more than a pound of feath ers. "Doesn't It?" "Certainly not." "Have souie one hit you with a poanJ of each and see." Quite Appropriate. "What Is the going to name ber twins?" "She is thinking of calliug them both William." "What's the Idea?" "Aren't they a double Bill?" A Spur. Must at this point the explorer got cold feet." "I suppose he stopped right there." "No; he pushed on. Cold feet are normal iu north ole discoverers." Useful Information. "Ho insulted a pugilist and made a great discovery." "Whnt was it?" "That he had a, solar plexus." Easy. If bound to sret some trouble liy either hoo or crook Tou always know before you start Vou won't have far to loolt. PERT PARAGRAPHS. ilere generosity pays no debts. Ability to forget an Injury is better than ability to pay it off. A clever perc a Is one who Is able to muke an explanation that doesn't ei pla I a anything. Ixits of people become Ktrong a r meil Individ uals Bi'irply ly keeping op their predilection to knock. Deing artistic is )uite sufficient In the estimation of some of our best people. The man who ft ashamed of his own great iiniortano- should ! dealt wilt kindly, for hu is the posor of ex clusive Ur.owlvdge. Advice Is Hour-thins: that. everybody gives and nottody t;i!u. Slosf teopl --;mi keep 'a secret cf their own- making.