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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1909. THE ARGUS. ! Published Deity BJQd Weekly at 1624 tfleeoad avenue. Rock Island. I1L Ba rtered t the 'postoffloe as second-class 'matter. BY THEe. W. POTTER CO. I TERMS. -Dally, 10 cento per week, j Weekly, tl per year In advance. Ail communications of argumentative character, political or rllglous,TnuBt lhava real name attached for publica tion. Ko slloh artlolea will be printed over -fictitious signatures. Correspondence solicited from every township In Rock Island county. Friday, Dc ember 24, 1909. Christmas eve. Be good to the poor. A Merry Christmas to all. P. T. Baroum. told us ,the truth about ourselves, br.t it remained for ICook to rub it In, Doctors may say what they please about the "bacteria In a handshake." I The handshake is here to stay. i It is said that the Bcklmo equiva lent for "Uar" is shag-la-hoo-tl.- The l English word is shortor, but not so ;ugly. , Speaker Caniion is finding his posi tion embarrassing to him. It has em jbarrassed the country for a consider able time. Speaking of the color line, natives of the Solomon islands in the Pacific are killing white men who marry dusky women. Owing to the operations of the coal I barons, a five-pound box of coal will ;in a few years become a splendid 'Christmas present. new commission form of government. The city debt haa been reduced 18 000; all bills have been paid; the roads are reported in superior condi tion, although they have cost $0,000 less than in former years; the book keeping methods of the municipality have been better cared for at less ex pense. Gloucester and Haverhill are tht only two cities in Massachusetts which have as yet adopted the commission plan of government. The new Boston charter Is based, however, upon the same principle, namely, the election of only a few important officers, the power being concentrated in the hands of a small number of conspicuous of ficials. The voters at election time are thus able to see more clearly what they arc doing, and the candidates are made .-o conspicuous that the chances of a ras cal slipping into office are very slim. It will take the new king of Belgium la long time to accumulate as voluml 'nous and variegated a record as that !of his predecessor. How much of the $3,O00,0CO left by King Leopold wa3 tainted money the will doesn't say. Evidently it pa'9 to be a king if one has a good side line. After the latest revelations about !Dr. Cook, can you really blame Peary, who knew the facts, for warning the world at the outset to look out for him? Don't worry about Commander Peary proving bis claim to actual dis covery of the north pole, Admiral j of the country for two years. The ("Money Trust" Has Arrived. A speciaj New York dispatch to the Chicago Tribune announces the for mation of what Wall street itself re gards as a money trust. "So close has become the alliance of the amalgamations of the leading financial interests during the last three months-," says the dispatch, "that al most complete control of the country '3 financial affairs now is lodged In the hands of a few men who are acting in concert." These men are J. 'Pierpont Morgan, George F. Baker, chairman of the board of directors of the First National bank, James Stillman, chair man of the board of directors of the National City bank, William Rockefel ler, vice president of the Standard" Oil company, 11enry C Frick, capitalist, and William K. Vanderbllt, represent ative of his family's interest. These five men, Morgan at tho head of them, absolutely dominate th financial situation in the United States. With the exception of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., bonkers of great resources, and the Moore-Reid group of raitroa financiers, practically all the great finanoial and industrial institutions are under the control of the group of five through the system of Interlock ing boards of directors. There is not, of course, any definite concrete organization of this latest trust, no leral incorporation, no elect ed directors,' and no list of stockhold ers. In the descriptive term of Wall street it is "a community of interests." But the trust exists as a vital fact anQ its power is as great as it would be if a regularly incorporated company. The formation of such a trust, the bringing together into tho hands' of one giant intellectual force of the vari ous strings of capital banks, insur ance, railroads, public utilities, indus tries was a development Ions ago foreseen and frequently pointed to us j a peril confronting the American na- j tion. It is a most significant fact that the formation of this mighty trust fol lows immediately upon a financial panic which prostrated the industries That MAIL VERY HEAVY Postoffice Is Experiencing' the Heaviest Work in Its His tory at Present. EXTRA HELP IS NECESSARY Express Wagons Used in Making De liveries Today and Tomorrow Many Registry Stamps Used. The Rock Island postoffice is ex periencing the heaviest work in sev eral years. The Christmas parcels and letters commenced coming early and the amount has been steadily increasing in the past week. People began to shop .early this year and so their packages were mailed early. Most of the outgoing Christines mail has been sent from the local office and the Incoming mall is requiring almost the entire time of the clerks. This will be the case till Christmas and possibly two days following Christmas when it will cease as sud denly as it began. Yesterday, sev eral of the carriers were assisted by a helper and each carried a double load. Even at that it was impossible for some of the carriers to complete more than two trips in the time al lotted for the day's work. Today a number of express wagons were pressed Into service and with the aid of the vehicles the carriers were able to deliver all of the mail which was on hand. The wagons will be used tomorrow for one delivery. Are Reg-tat erlng; Mall. Postmaster II. A. J. McDonald stat ed yesterday afternoon that the re ceipts from the sale of registry stamps were larger this year than ev er before. The people who send val uable presents through the mail at this rush season are evidently learn ing the value of registering their mail. Schley. He'll be there with the goods when the time comes. The newspaper is a medium lndlc pensible to advertisers because of its wide and repeating circulation. As a i promoter of trade and profit newspaper ' advertising is no longer an open ques- tion that is, when done in a practical and intelligent manner, and through mediums of general and established circulation. This kind of advertising pays because it is effective, and for that reason cheaper. And Still They Come. The Hamburg-American liner Presi dent Grant, famed as the "prosperity ship" because of bringing in a record money of the country have beeu panic Senator La Follette charged to Wall street, to the Morgan and Stand ard Oil groups of financiers. They precipitated the panic, La Follette charged and justly, we believe with the avowed purpose of insuring against the election of another man such as Roosevelt to the presidency, and with the purpose of so depressing the stock market as to enable them -to secure control of great organizations with vast resources. If we had a different financial sys tem, one that would make impossible j inflation of money, we would have no i pyramiding of values and no financial crashes. We have such a system be cause the great minds that have been scheming to secure control of the number of steerage passengers, warp ed Into its Hobcken pier last week with decks fairly alive with alien travelers. Altogether steerage was Just cno short of 3,000, two persons having died on the trip over. This was said to be the biggest load ever landed here. In the populous steerage were many Austriana, Hun garians, Poles, Russians, and a few Italians and Scandinavians. It is said by several of the aliens who spoke English that almost h'alf the total num ber came from Austria, principally Ga licia. The oppressed of the old world are still fleeing to "the land of tho ' free and the home of the brave" with high hopes that they will find here profitable employment and liberty of conscience. If they come with a purpose to be good, Industrious citizens, they will be welcome. v adroitly inserting in the laws the pegs on which they could hang monopoly. They will not have finished their work until they have caused the crea tion of a central bank, controlling every other bank in the country, and acquired control of the central bank. This accomplished, they will have put the apex on their pyramid and will dominate absolutely the capital of the nation. FIELD OF LITERATURE THE GREATEST OF THESE. I met one sineine by the way. Her raiment was not that of gloom 'lis Chanty," I heard folk say. T asked as one pronouncing doom. "Where Is thy robe of hodden gray?" She answered: "I bring: laughter And love and liirht and songr. And cheer that follows after To linger ever long." "But Charity." I said. "Is grim: She treads with stately, solemn pace; Her eyes with heavy teara are dim How, then, aro rosea In thy face And roses on thy bonnet-brim?" She said: "Nay, I'm gladness And melody and mirth. To banish want anil sadness And beautify the earth!" "Pale Charity tastes tears of salt," I urged; "she speaks in sorrow's voice, And ever re','to rind the fault!" "Nay," antfc-red she, "I cry, 'Rejoice!' Unto the lame and blind and halt! "For know you I am never From merriment apart; My feet are timing ever The music of my heart." Wilbur D. Nesblt. BIG TUBERCULOSIS GIFT President I-3y Whitney Announces Fund From Pliilanthropist. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 24. Ely Whitney, president of the New Haven General Hospital society, has an nounced a gift of $300,000 for the treatment of tuberculosis. The sum presented is believed' to be the largest amount ever given to any general hos pital for the treatment of a particular disease. It is understood that the aim of the hospital in accepting the gift and be ginning the treatment will be to apply currant methods for relieving and cur ing a disease rather than to pursua original research work In seeking new cures. For the present the name of the donor of the gift will not be made public Many persons find themselves af fected with a persistent cough after an attack of Influenza. As this cough can be promptly cured by the use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, it should not be allowbd to run on until ?t becomes troublesome. Sold by all druggists. Practical Temperance Work. It Is announced that employes of the railroads controlled by James J. Hill who are known to Indulge in the drink ing habit, must either drop it or leave the service of these roads. This man date is in accordance with the course that has been adopted by many of the great transportation lines of the coun try. Human, life is too precious a com modity to be entrusted to men whose nerves may be shaken or whose brains ;inay be fuddled by alcohol. Railway fwrecks, even when they do not involve slaughter and maiming, are costly af fairs. For these reasons common carriers re steadily Increasing the stringency (f their rules against the use of in toxicants by the men whose wages they pay. There seems to be no par ticular sentiment about this policy. It J-not enforced In the name of a higher morality, but as a measure of cold, plain; business sense. Nevertheless, ithere a ample ground1 for thinking jthat its extension Is one of the most potent factors now operating to stamp out intemperance and promote sobriety jln the United .States. Commission Form of Government in Gloucester. Mayor Henry A. Parsons and th3 jelly commissioners hare Issued a state ment to raa voters, reviewing tna first year of work! to Gloucester tinder the The Red Book Magazine for Janu ary. -The leading story in The Red Book ;Magazine for January is a sin gularly human and appealing talo by Hamlin Garland told in the manner that long since established Mr. Gar land in the front rank of America's really great fiction writers. Its title is "A Short LJ.no Romance." A sec ond story turning upon an Internation al marriage is "The Wreath," a power ful specimen of dramatic writing by Gouverneur Morri3, whose stories, within the pest few years have od him well deserved popularity. A melodrama of Broadway Is Horace Hazeltine's story, "The EpiBode of the Prince's Pearls," and "The Price of Memory." by Mrs. Jacques Fntrelle will go straight to the heart of all "young married couples." A story of unusual power and self-sacrifice is "The Higher Duty," by I. A. R. Wylie, and fishermen will be attracted by James J. Carroll's, "an Understudy to Tantalus." Other well known writers who contribute of their best work tor The Red Book . Magazine for January are W. M. Raine, A. Harold BTowh, R. A. Bowen, Michael Williams and Yed Jackson. The latest New York plays are forcefully discussed by Louis V. De Foe, and the issue opens, as usual, with a notable collection of art portrait studies. Stungfor t15 Years by Indigestion's pangs trying many doctors and $200 worth of medicine in vain. B. F. Ayscue of Ingleside, N. C, at last used Dr. King's New Life Pills, and writes they wholly cured him. They cure constipation, biliousness, sick headache, stomach, liver, kidney and bowel troubles. 25 cents, at all druggists. , . Central Trust & Savings Bank BOCK ISLAND. II. E. CASTEEL, President. SI. S. HBAGI, Vice-President. II. B. SIMMON, Cashier. THE FIRS I LESSON In Jlfe should be to learn to save a part of what you earn. Remem ber, it is not how much you earn; it's what you save that counts. If you are one of the men with a good income that lives up to it, there's danger ahead 'unless you stop it. Remember there are lots of things might happen over night when it would be very convenient to lay your hands on some ready money. Make up your mind to day to open a savings account at our bank today. 4 Per Cent Paid on Deposits j a FzmM res: i "And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not least among the princes of Juda," Matthew II, 6. "O, little town of Bethlehoim, how etill we see thee lie" The song brings bacK the silent peace of Christmases gone byt Brings bacK the olden mystery, and seta the heart a-thrill With fancies of the snow-draped firs that nodded on the hill. With, memories of ruddy lights that night would find aglow Which from the cottage windows flung their banners on the snow. "Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by" The stars above the little town were very far and high; They marched triumphantly from lands whereof a boy might dream To other lands that bechoned him with dawn's enchanting gleam But under all the silent stars that marched from east to west The little town the little town contented, was at rest. "Yet in thy darh. streets shineth the ever- r lasting light" The mellow blaze of memory still leaps serenely bright And through its wondrous necromance the bare trees it illumes All pinK and white are radiant with snowy apple blooms Whose petals, when the winter winds the branches sway and lift. Float dreamily away, away, to pile in drift on drift. "The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight" Are met in every little town seen in the Christmas light. For none of us but muses now, when this old song is sung. Of all the blessings that were his when head and heart were young. And, miser-lirve, he counts his store of treasures, for of them He builds anew at Christmas time his "town of Bethlehem." The Argus Daily Short Story An Alpine Climber. By Clara A. Burton. Copyrighted. 1909. by Associated Literary Press. "An odd New Year's, but a grand one," thought Marcin . Wells as she paused for a moment on a spur of the Alps and gazed down upon what seemed the world outspread before her. Five years she had been traveling now into many remote parts of the world studying, investigating, explor ing a strong, self confident and cour ageous girl from tbe first, and gaining experience and new ambitions with her progress until now, at tbe end of only five. years, she was. gaining a rep- TOLD ET3I TO SWING HER GENTLY TO AND FRO. ntation as a mountain climber, a stu dent explorer, a writer of travels. But . there was no exultation in her eyes as t bey looked out across tbe world; dwarfed by height and distance. With tbe conquering of obstacles was coming a broader, more earnest purpose in life that was above per sonality, and, moreover, over tbls day was a shadow that made even tbe conquering of tbe great heights of am bition seem trivial and small. ' Even as they started op tbe moun tain they had passed a white faced guide witb a story of his party being caught by - a snowslide and carried over a preelptee. He was the only one saved and bad been swept many rods down tbe mountain side and saved himself only at tbe very brink of tbe preciDioA by cutting the con necting rope. . Tbe severed bit of cord still dangled from his waist, overlooked aiid for gotten in the horror of the catastrophe. And among tbe party were friends and acquaintances of Marcia Wells met with on her travels. They bad started to climb the very mountain sbo was going up. and by rapid progress she had hoped to meet them some where near the top. And now all that was left was tbe guide, stumbling and slipping dowo the mountain, white faced, hatless and disheveled. They bad listened to his story, their own faces whitening, but nothing could be done, so Marcia Wells bad said s!ie would go on and climb the mountain an planned. They were now more than two-thirds of the way up. und Marcia Wells was standing upon a narrow shelf of the spur, so narrow that only her heels held, with her toes projecting over, but fcer face was calm and her nerves steady. Many times had she been in such places before. On either side were the guides, grasping the rope which se cured them together and holding It taut to assist her in rounding tbe al most sheer wall of the spur. But for a long time she stood there gazing, then slowly. Inch by inch, for that was the only way. she continued to edge her way across. "Tbe signorina would better have taken tbe other route," the adrance guide said anxiously, "and even now It will be easier to go back. This way is shunned even by the more reckless of the guides." "it is the way the other party went." Marcia answered briefly. Maybe it was a mistake on their part, but It Is too late to change that now. They started this way and were Intending to scale the sheer wall beyond, the guide told us. It must have been near here that the slide struck them. Doubt less, from his story, tbey all perished, but until we have absolute proof to the contrary there Is a chance fthey did not. It is for us to find out. AhT Tbe exclamation was a startled cue. and she raised a curved palm above her eyes in quick inquiry and gazed long and earnestly into the depths be low. "Ilenrl." she called quickly, "you and Fritz tignteu the rope and bold It firmly against tbe wall of the rock. 1 am going to lean out far enough to see over tbafbulge yonder, and the rope must sustain me." Both of tbe guides whitened. "It may be death." gasped Henri la remonstrance. "It Is dangerous as yoo are now, and if you lean out your beeli may slip, and then and tbeo yon will go down and drag us with you. It may be death." "It may be life for the ten persons tbe snow carried over. I do not know, but thereis tbe edge of something dark just over tbe bulge of rock, and I thought I saw It stir. - Yon may hold your knives ready, and If 1 fail. you can cut tiie rope quickly and nave yourselves. Nqwr Tbey pressed the rope sharply against tbe rock wall behind and braced them selves as tirmlyvis possible to hold It from slipping or swaying. Marcia. without eveu looking at them again, leaned out. and out. and out. uotllonly tbe rope sustalted her weight, ber heels resting ngal ist tbe narrow shelf keeping her In position. Then, lifter what seemed au endless susiiense to the men at the end of the rope, her hand motioned for them to draw her back to ber footing. "Yes. It is tbe party." she said as she regained ber balance, "and some of. them are alive. We must go down to them." "But the rope Is not long enough," both guides protested In a breath, "nnd we cannot" "Yes. I think we can." Marcia said, "or at least we can try. There are several fissures large euougli for our heels to grasp. One of us will stay here, another be let down, to a fissure as far as tbe rope will reach, and so on. There are three of you guides and myself. Four lengths of tbe rope will reach down to the party, I think. You have plenty of strong twine, and that can be used to draw the rope up from shelf to shelf as the party are rescued." "A girl could never draw a heavy body up this wall," fearfully, "and and if the rope should slip away and be lost" "We will take that risk. And I shall be strong enough to draw them up. 1 have done such things before. Now, Henri." as she worked ber way along the shelf to bis side and motioned for the other guides to follow, "you will stay here and lower the rest of ns to tbe next fissure, then fasten tbe twine to the rope and let it down for Frits to lower Gaspard and myself to tbe next fissure; then Gaspard-will lower me, and I will fasten tbe rope to some rock projection, or If 1 cannot find one I will drill a hole In the rock and drive in a spike. "Then I will go down hand over hand and see if any of the party are able to belp themselves. "If they are, 1 will climb back to my fissure and draw them up, or per haps some of them will be able to belp me. If not. I will have to go down to fasten each one separately, then climb l f n ,1 JS.. h. I m n uucn uuu uisw uiui uy. j "And. now, mind, all of yoo," ber voice ringing sharp, "there must not be a baud to tremble or an eye to waver. On each of us the lives of all will depend." "Perhaps one of us men would bet ter go down to tbe lowest fissure," hes itated DenrL "No; I will go myself. I can do the work better. 1 think, and my muscles have been trained for and by such work. It may be the entire party are alive and we can save them all." They started to follow the plan the girl had laid down. Marcia, having assumed tbe leadership, naturally took It upon herself to be tbe first one low ered. The rope having been fastened about her waist, she was lowered to the fis sure below. The distance was not great, but only a steady pair of eyes, swinging, as she did. over a giddy height, could have enabled ber to maintain her equanimity. Having reached tbe fissure, she un bound tbe rope. It was drawn up. and Fritz was next lowered, then Gaspard. When the three were ready to go a step lower Marcia. still taking the lead, was lowered to the next fissure, and Gaspard followed. It was now Marcia's part to do the rest alone. But this step was more dangerous than tbe others, for there was but one pair of arms to bear her weight, aud the distance was greater than either of the two former descents. The brave girl made a loop at the end of the rope, and, instead of having it placed about her waist, took It in ber bands that she might drop what ever distance the rope would not reach. And so. swinging by her two bands. she was lowered to tbe rope's full length. There still remained six feet between her and a rocky projection on which there was a surface as many feet square. Sbe called to Gaspard to move three feet to the left. lie did so. and she called again to him to move two feet farther in tbe same direction. Theu she told him to swing her gently to and fro from the cliff. When di rectly over the proper place sbe let go nnd safely landed on tho rock. Tying tbe end of the rope around a point of rock, she completed her jour ney. It was only after a day and nigbt and another day of such hardihood and daring ns was told at the Inns and chalets for many a long year that tho work was finished. Even he guides, fired by the exam ple of Marcia and perhaps also by solicitude for the other guides of their party, seempd to be unconscious of fear aud hunger and weariness. When at tbe end of the second day they reached the foot of tbe mountain tbe rescuers were almost as exhaust ed as tbe party they had saved, and from the palms of Marcia Wells" hands nearly all the skiu had been worn by tbe rope. But three days later, although her hands were still bandaged, she said goodby to tbe rest of the party ar.tl started off to begin the new year tu quest of another mountain to climb. $ Humor and $ Q Pltilosophy J X TXr "DVHCAJI M. SMITH X Alone in Saw Mill at Midnight, unmipdful of dampness, drafts, storms or cold, W. J. Atkins worked ag night watchman, at Banner Springs, Tenn. Such exposure gave him a severe cold that settled on his lungs. At last he had to give up fcls work. He tried many remedies, but aI failed, till,, be used Dr. King's New Discovery. "Af ter using one bottle," he writes, "I went back to work as well as ever." Severe colds, stubborn coughs, inflam ed throats and sore lungs, hemorrhage), croup and whooping cough get quick relief and prompt cure from this glo rious medicine. CO cents and f 1. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by all druggists. All the news all the time The Argus. PERT PARAGRAPHS. rpilE ability to influence tuings about you doesn't come frot;) nejlectln; your own affairs nor Interfering l'n those of your neighbors. WhiiolFooie of us arlooklnc for a imoctb track up i be bill of propregs. oth ers have igstie their on'j way and prompted most t the claims. Every skillful liar know that there Is a pty. etiological mo ment wbeti Qo must tell tbg truth or see fabrications glimmering. Getting into trouble isn't tha anerli. ty of any one. but cettlnff out of It a lawyer's sneclaltv. and he cbarce. according to the depths of tbe troublt and tbe pressing need of getting clear. Pressure upon tbe pocketbook is re- sponsible for many of the astounding things that often startle us. It always might have been worse to the superficial, disinterested observer. After all. the way we behave is the best evidence of what we really think and ere. It would be pleasant Indeed to his frier ds if when a violent man loses his temper the loss should prove total and Irreparable. Nobody Is of any value to bis friends who doesn't sometimes get angry with ' them and prod them up a little. Unless you run the risk of being mis understood you will never say or do anything of much value to yourself or those about you. : r. - ; Couldn't Hslp It. " ; ' The shades of nirht wr falling. ' Are you surprised at that? For gravity was culling. And so they tumbled flat. t ' Tbe village street was twisty At least It seemed to be . Because the night was misty, ' So one could hardly see. , . ! ' And so the perfect stranger . Who bore the queer device . Brought up against a manger -' And didn't cut much ice. Her Profession. ""What a markedly homely woman!" "Yes. but isn't 6he swellT "I should say so. Sbe must be the wife of a millionaire." "No; sbe is a business woman who Is coining money." "In what business?" "Making women beautiful.' It Looks Like That. Tar "Yes, my son." "What is a trust?" "A trust?" "Yes; that you read so much about" "Anything that is doing business, but not operating in your favor." Quite a Delicacy. "You are charged witb stealing on overcoat. Have you anything to say for yourself?" "Judge, my family was starving." "Might 1 ask you bow your wife cooks an overcoat so as to make it palatable for tbe children?" Playing Safe. "Why are you so discreet?" "Discreet!" "Yes." "Because." "Because what, you idiot?" "Then I won't have to be brave." Modest Spending. "Going to spend the winter in Flor ida?" "No." "Why not?" "The winter Is all I have to spend." Gathering Material. "I expect to make some money." "How?" "Itnislng bees." "Oh, in the sweet by and by." Alto Expands It. "What Is the effect of cold?" "It contracts." "Give me au example." "Cold contracts a cool bill." D'dn't Match. "Yon don't seem to like Siegfried.' "He gets on my nerves." "How does he do that?" "By his prize nerve." Easier Way. 'T "My son. don't you know that It Is the early bird that catches the worm?" "Huh! I can buy a whole can of worms for a nickel." More Practical. "What are you dolng-bulld'ng cas tles in the air?" "No; saving my money to buy a Ey ing machine." When the Desert Looks Good, "now is the scenery along tbe line? "Fine for wedding trips." A sprained ankle will usually disa ble tho injured person for three or four weeks. This is due to lack of proper treatment. 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