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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY ,26. 3910. THE ARGUS. -published Dally and Weekly at 1624 C: Second avenue. Rock Island. I1L En-i"-tered at the postoffice as second-class fj matter. J BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. ,4 TERMS. Dally, 10 cents per week. tWeekly, $1 per year in advance. All communications of argumentative voharacter, political or religious, must have real name attached for publica tion. No such articles will be printed over fictitious signatures. Correspondence solicited from every .township in Rock Island county. Wednesday, January 26, 1910. (g TRADES (ff) COUNCIL 20 j- If Secretary Knox succeeds in regu r: lating the Manchurian railway, he f might then turn his attention to the ? railroads a home. i v The campaign for Harmon for presi dent In 1912 has already been started yy Ohio democrats. That ought to mean harmony. The report that the Earl of Percy died as the result of injuries receive d i In a duel might be credited if the oth f. fcr iparty to the duel was an3-body but i.a nobleman. " Let the republican party wreck f itself on the stumbling block of Can " nonlsm if it will. But the entire coun try should not be put on the ragged ? dr thrnnp-h the snmp instrnmpntnlitv. - I - " " The home coming week for Rock jllsland, which idea the Eusiness Men's association is furthering, is a splendid , one, and in every way worthy of en r eouragement. It will prove mutually advantageous in connection with Rock inland's third annua! exposition. forests and factories. The highways t ony and practically without a voice in international compacts affecting us in terests. Within one year he had com pelled the abrogation of those treatise inimical to Its interests and when he will have completed his work he will have left the Dominion in a position with all the essential elements that i characterizes a nation. With a liber ally conceived scheme of railway ex tension, he was, in 12 years, able to transform a long trunk line meagerly equipped into a network of ramifying trunk lines, including three new sys tems tapping every portion-of the wheat areas of the west. With these splendid facilities he was able to open to the world fertile areas of land, which, if fully developed and culti vated, are capable of filling every mouth in Europe. He has striven with success to have the railroads fol- are the common property of the coun try, their benefits are shared by all, and they are needed by all ; they bene fit all, and all should contribute to them." He showed that there have been patented to the railroads 44,464.719 acres of public lands, and the govern ment has aided in the construction of 14,930 miles of railroads, and the bonds of railroads amounting to $51. 623,512 have been granted both princi pal and interest. Millions of acres of land and billions of dollars of cash have been given for other improve ments, all of them Important and necessary, but none more necessary than road improvement. Senator Bank head has shown "The shipping inter ests have had the rivers and harbors improved to expedite their business: the cities have been supplied, at a cost low the pettier and aid him in the of $30(,0O.0Od. with postofflces and J speedy disposal of his crop. He has custom houses; the railroads have re-i by means of the construction of that ceived large appropriations, and have great transcontinental line, the Grand made use of the credit of the govern- Trunk Pacific railway, which is now ment; millions collected from the peo-J in course of construction, opened a pie have been loaned to the banks j route that will bring Europe a thou- without interest, and iron masters sand miles nearer the western wheat MADAME PAUL RITTER have depended upon the government to construct great docks and dams for fields of Canada, and insured a va riety of alternative routes to secure facilitating the assembling of mate- and control the trade of the orient. rials at chean rates for makintr iron, i Bv A. C. Winton in Norman E. Mack s The tariff laws have been shaped to benefit the manufacturers, but none of them intended to benefit the great American farmer." The Improvement and extension i-f the rural delivery system, the bene fits which urban and rural commnni- 'tios both will receive, and the general i public good that results from good j roads make this a movement well worth studying, agitating and advo cating. - Secretary of Agriculture Wilson p makes himself ridiculous by attempt ing to shield the combine at the ex ;Vpense of the retailers, anent the cause ; of the reigning high prices on the " necessities of life. The trouble remains exactly -where it started with the T; favored and protected interests. The Russian wheat crop of 1909 s - the largest ever harvested by any coun- The Higher Saloon License Proposi tion. Why the Rock Island council should handle as if dealing with a delicate or extremely sensitive subject the propo-1 in a11 shipments made to China, and National Monthly for February. Our Trade lr the Orient. These things, then, are essential for the de velopment of American trade in the orient, advlseg Louis Brownlow in an anticle entitled "Our Chance in China" in "Success Magazine'' for February. That American wares be represented in China by American agents wh.i carefully study the needs of the mar ket, who have the support of sympa thetic home houses, and who will use their Yankee Ingenuity in creating new demands in accordance with Chi nese tastes. That American manufac turers exercise the strictest scrutiny IF ! a Jtf . ..k-Ai A v. r 'TV .V - r r . . f ' jo? S-v h 4 CO'VOIGHr CLINeOINST WASH Wife of the Minister from Switzerland. This Is Her First Season in Washington. sition to raise the saloon license. Is beyond ordinary human conception, especially when the contemplated ad vance docs not exceed at the most $250 per annum. There are aldermen in the council, however, who appear to hesitate at the suggestion of even $100 increase. see that the goods shipped correspond in every detail with the sample upon which the order was based. Thit goods shipped from America to the Orient be packed with a view to stand ing the rough handling which is al ways the fate of every package ship ped across the sea, that these goods I may arrive in China In perfect condi tion, as do the wares shipped by the wh it h. r,n en- n,nnSinn horo British, the Germans and the Japanese. there has been agitation of the liquor question for an out and out $1,000 license, as the best for the city and j the best for the saloons themselves fo- that matter. That was The Argus The European and Japanese business men. without exception, observe scrup- j ulously every one of these essential l rennirempnts Th AmsrlMns are th only negligent ones. If these simple The Argus Daily Short Story His Retirement By F. A. Mitchel. Copyrighted, 1910, by Associated Literary Fres. Count Andreas Mennerzek. a Hunga rian who had fought many duels, aft er having safely come out of his fif teenth encounter determined to retire from the field. On doing this he re solved to give a banquet to those only who could prove that they had partici pated in at least five duels1. Selecting three of his friends, all of whom were entitled under the cbndltion to an in vitation, he asked them to examine the credentials of those who claimed the right to be present. As I have said, the count proposed to retire after his fifteenth encounter. try. Our own wheat yield last year position when the subiect was before end Priniary requirements be observed Some said that nt his twelfth he had Be2K to xne jargest in me nisiorj the cmincn and before the people and of American agriculture, that if 1901. notwithstanding that the proposition Once before, in 1901. when the crop has been repeatedly beaten bv the was a partial failure in this country. counciI and once bv the peop!e. tn did Russia's yield surpass ours. The Ume wiU com9 it ls veril bel;evrfl "llfiO Pncctnn rrrr caa "O A Art A'lA . . ..... - ' wiifn it win oe uemonsiraiea inai mis bushels or lCO.oaD.0C-3.0iH) bushels more would have been the wiaest and mos. than the previous best record of that : effective means of dealing with th, - country. The wheat acreage in Rus-! gajoc,, traffic. sia' increased from 42.00WO acres n j ' n is rot necpssarv .to go furthsr 18D5 to over C5.000.C00 acres for last ; awav than Moline to witness the suc- year. Kye is the chief bread grain of ! oePsfu, operation of the system of the country, wheat being the "money j regruIatj0n and restriction in munlcipil crop," about one-fourth of the whole : control of the saloon. Moline has both being' exposed. ja $1,000 license and a restricting ordl i nance, both of which measures The j Argus has all along contended for in (Rock Isiand. and Moline experiences 'little or no difficulty in the absolute : control of the saloons. They behave because they have to and there 5s too . Mining Laws. Not only should there be more rigid laws thrown about the 70,000 coal miners of Illinois to render safer the conditions under which they work, but j much at stake to risk any other course the present laws should be enforced, j Yet the Rock Island council hesitates New laws and old laws are no good .unless enforced. It ought not to ic quire a Cherry mine disaster every once In a while to remind those in authority of the necessity of enforcing the Americans will forge ahead of al competitors by reason that peculiar in genuity and sharp wit which has been so aptly Illustrated in the case of the oil and tobacco concerns. The February Scribner's. Scribner's Magazine for February has as a fron tispiece a striking picture in colors of a modern locomotive running -t great speed. It is one of several accompany ing an article which describes the life of a modern engineer, by the artist, William Harnden Fo3ter. Theodore Roosevelt's article shows his remarka ble capacity for observation and for picturesque and vivid description. It is not a haphazard record of travel, but Mr. Roosevelt ht; carried out the project as he saw it before starting to associate each species of the large game with the region in which it flour isnes. He reproduces the panorama of the life as he has seen it. This A Buffalo Jan. 26 in American History isu; Augustus II. Garland, ex-attor-roy general of the United States, died: bora 1S3.3. 1007 Rev. Henry Martyn Field, clergy man and author, former editor of the New York Evangelist, died; born 1S22. the laws for the protection of miners. . .Among the many bills which now ! 6lumber In tbe legislature are those j .the purpose of which is the enactment : of .laws remedying those conditions In Illinois coal mines which make possi- i bhe a repetition of th Cherry horror. These bills provide' for such simplo ; but important changes as fire proofing the shafts and mule stables and other-1 .wise minimizing the dangers of fire and explosion. ' With thp Cherry disaster in mind it j ls strange the members of the legis- j lature do not aggressively urge pas- j cage of this needed legislation. i , Should another such disaster occur ; now because of neglect of passa-ge and j sir Wilfred Laurier. In the remark enforcement of such laws as these 'able development and growth of west demanded and needed, a dilatory legis. j era Canada one finds it difficult to lature would have to share responsi- overlook two important personages bllity. I who eaw the possibilities of the west j-earB ago and to whom the Dominion As to Good Itoads. I of Canada owes much for the splendid Z lt is authoritatively stated that of j 'orations y Prepared to mak? nesitrrii Lctunua a. pupuiuus huu prus to imnnfp a license of "S750. standing I mmnrrntlv in thf same fear of the ner- ! Present article pictures sor.al and political consequences that ! Hunt b' tne Kamlti" the buffalo be- I ing one or me most aaugeruus ui Ain ! can wild animals. Mr. Hewlett's i serial. "Rest Harrow," has -caught tho I attention of readers from the very first, and the strange drama of Sanchia j and' Senhouse is unfolded with won iderful literary skill. "The Progressive ir did when the redisricting ordinances were under consideration. FIELD OF LITERATURE all the civilized cc r tries on earth the United States has ' oorest roada. 1 Some roads arc i . in some places, but thej are exceptions. Some states have made progress. The federal gov ernment has done some little good along this line, but it is appalling how this subject of such vital importance to every man, woman and child has been neglected, while colossal sums of money and unlimited time and official attention have been given to the up building of private fortunes and pro motion of corporate movements which bring great public benefits In some ways of course, but which are not so nearly related to the general interests ;bf all thcpeople as are good roads. J A republican congTess is contem " plating passage of legislation to give tprivate interests vast ship subsidies! 'if congress should vote such grafting 'subsidies and appropriate money for the benefit of private ship building Interest while neglecting the roads of the country, the people would be al tmost justified in mobbing the capitol. -Senator Bankhead of Alabama told the United States senate recently that: "Good roads are avenues of progress, he best proof of intelligence; thoy fald the social and religious advance ment of the people; they increase the lvalue of products; they save time, ?abor and money; they are the Initial sources of commerce, which swell In ;great streams and flow everywhere, distributing the products of out fields, pcrous portion of the Dominion. Hold ing diverse political views, yet, the policies advocated by these two men, the late Right Hon. Sir John A. Mac Donald and the present prime minis ter, the Right Hon. Sir Wilfred Laur ier have so dovetailed into each other as to create an impression in one's mind that these two great master minds had anticipated each other's achievements with a clear vision cf the goal towards which each aspired. The late Sir John MacDonald lived to see the completion of the confedera tion of all the provinces, the finishing touches to that national highway, the Canadian Pacific railway and the na tional policy of protection. He real ized as no other man did, that the unification of Canada, the strengthen ing of the commeroe of the country and direct communication between th extreme east and west of the Domin ion was absolutely necessary before Canada could utilize the unlimited re sources lying dormant In the western provinces of the Dominion! With the successful carrying out of these pro jects, however, he had merely touchod the fringe, as It were, of those bound less prairies of the west. They eay when grcal men arise they have a mission to perform and do not dlsap pear until It is fulfilled. If health and Btrength permits. Sir Wilfred Laurier will, in all probability, live to eee the culmination of those policies he has so ably advocated. On his advent to power he found Canada a crown col- Pacific Coast'' exactly describes the subject of Henry T. Finck's notable article, which is the tremendous de velopment of that region as it appears today to Mr. Finck who has been fa miliar with the northwest since early youth. The article on "Frederic Rem ington: A Painter of American Life." by Royal Cortlssoz. was written be fore Mr. Remington's death, and in deed he assisted in the selection of the pictures which abundantly Illustrate the article. Edith Wharton had watched the poetic development of George Cabot I-iodge from his ear'y youth,, and she writes a most sympa thetic account of his personality and his poetry, and the bright promise of his career so recently ended by death. Walter Prltchard Eaton writes of the relations of "Great Acting and the Modern Drama." The short stories are: "The Hermit of Bubbling Water." by Frederic Palmer another adventure of Danbury Rodd, Aviator; "Hostages to Fortune," by Atkinson Kimball, and a humorous story, "The Lamb In Sheep's Clothing," by Nelson Lloyd. The new Boston Art museum is described by Philip L. Halo in the Field of Art. shown a lack of nerve, which was re peater and grew upon him in his sub sequent encounters, and that the ren son why he Intended to retire was that he dare not continue in the field. His twelfth meeting was with a mere boy barely eighteen years old. The chal lenge was sent with a statement that the count had killed the challenger's brother. Whether It was the youth of lll-IIP; 14 mi,, 1 L. k mm Vagaries of a cold. You can never be quite sure where a cold ls going to hit you. In the fall and winter it may settle In the bowels, producing severe pain. Do not be alarmed nor torment yourself with fears of appen dicitis. At the first sign of a cramp take Perry Davis' Painkiller in warm sweetened water and relief comes at once. There is but one Painkiller, Perry Davis.' For Headaches Caused by sick stomach, ill regulated bile, sluggish bowels, nervous Btrain or overwork, the safest and surest remedy is BEECHAM'S PILLS la-bM IS, awl 23. rVEKY MAN ROSR. this his twelfth adversary or the cir cumstance of that adversary's fighting to avenge bis brother or some super stition no one knew, but Mennerzek showed nn extreme distaste for killing the boy. intending to pink him. But the youth fought so desperately that the count was finally obliged to run him through to save his own life. The youth did not die. but it was said that he would never recover from his wound. All these facts and encounters were the talk of Vienna, and never was there so much Interest manifested in any function ns "the Immortal's" ban quet celebratlug his retirement from the field in which he had so long held the most conspicuous place. For two months the committee examined cre dentials. Among tho applicants was one woman. She h.nd been out only once, but claimed that for a woman to fight a duel with a man was equivalent to the record of "the Immortal" him self. She declined to appear before the committee, but sent a certificate of n physician who bad attended bet after her encouutor in which she had been wounded. The committee, all of whom were gallant gentlemen, unani mously voted to admit the applicant. When the evening for tho banquet arrfved Count Mennerzek received Ids guests In an anteroom communicating with the banquet hall. He looked about as if for some one and said; "But I have been told that I am to entertain a lady. I don't Bee her." "She wrote, count." said one of the invitation committee, "that since a woman would be out of place among so many men she would merely ap pear for a few minutes after coffee is served." The host led the way into the ban quet room and stood nt his seat nt the head of the table flanked by a man on his right who had fought the ueit greatest number of duels thirteen and en his left by ene who had fought the next number eloven. The others were arranged In accordance with their records. One seat was not oc cupied that at the end of the table opposite the count. It was reserved for the lady. For three hours there was the hum of conversation, naturally about the encounters of the conversers, while the popping of corks represented those contests wherein pistols or rifles had been used. In several cases men met men who had been adversaries. It was singular to hear them discuss In a friendly way combats In which they had tried to kill each other. Then there were those who had fought and hnd never been reconciled. Despite the Injunction of the host that every man should be every other man's friend some of these glared at one an other as though they would like to go out again and settle their quarrel. One couple attempted to leave the room for such a purpose, but found them selves locked In. Tn count bad fore seen that the meeting of so many men who had so often fought might kindle anew some smoldering flame and had taken the necessary precautions. Coffee had leen brought on and had been drunk and still the one guest In whom was felt more Interest than Jn nil the rest together did not appear. Mennerzek. whose spirits were at the highest, called out to the committee man who had told him the lady would join them at coffee to know why she did not appear. "I told her. count." was the reply. "that I could not name the exact time coffee would be served, but I thought it would be at 12 o'clock. She will be here at that hour." There was something in this fight ing woman connected with the witch ing hour of night that added to the zest of her expected entrance. A clock resting on n mantel over n broad fire place marked the hour, and many were the glances cast at It by the revelers. When the hands were near the hour of 12 every face was turned toward the door nt which the guest would enter. The count, who sat facing the entrance, gave an order that the door should be unlocked. This was done, and the conversation gradually drop ped off until the clock struck 12. when it ceased entirely. A few minutes after 12 the dcor was thrown opon by a servant, and th? lady stepped Into the apartment. Every man rose. The woman who was entitled p place amor? these duelists was about twenty-five years old, of medium bejgut. a willowy figure and very d:irl: hair and eyes. She wore a clonk, which she handed to the servant who had admitted her. It was evident that she had been beautiful and that her beauty had been lost by sorrow, for her face bore unmistakable signs of having suffered. She advanced to the vacant chair at the end of the table opposite the host, eud as she seated herself the others resumed their chairs Meanwhile the expression on the count's face changed to one of scjjiu and eager cariosity. lie wns the first naturally the first since he was the last to speak. "Your face is familiar to me. madam. May I ask where I have met yon?" The answer came hy cold: "On the field. It's to my encounter with you that I cm entitled to the honor of a piace nuioug you here." "Pardon me: I hare never fought a woman." "You fought oue you thought to be a !eardles8 boy. I was that boy." The count started. A slight pallor overspread his face. The woman con tinued: "The duel yoa fought before that, count, was with my husband the day after our marriage. I offered my for tune to any man who would kill you. Ono tried to oblige me, bat lost hi life In doing so. Then I felt that It was my own time to act. Personating the brother of this man who tried to avenge me. I challenged you and was carried off the field, as It was sup posed, mortally wounded." There was pause. The clock on the mantel ticked loudly In the other wise silent room. Then the woman continued: "As you sec, I-recovered. I was plan ning further effort to punish you for your many crimes when I heard that you were about to retire from the duel ing field. I secured an invitation here In order that you might grace your re tirement with one more victim. I have a proposition." The count continued to stare at bis only woman guest, but did not speak. "Gentlemen," continued the lady. "I have no formal challenge for our host. I simply request that we be furnished with pistols and that some one of your number will give us a signal. We can do so as we sit and with a large num ber of expert witnesses to see fair Play." No one spoke, for a few moments: then the man on the host's right said: "Gentlemen, you hear the lady's prop osition. It seems to me that we are in honor bound to accord her the oppor tunity she asks provided our host con sents to her terms." "I will not fight a woman." said the count, almost with a groan. "You thall fight a woman." said the lady, "or I will post you as a coward all over the capital." AH looked toward the count. It seemed that he read the hand of fate In the coming of this woman whose life he had wrecked. He sat Irreso lute, as if trying to make up bis mind what to do, whether to sacrifice her or himself. There were too many wit nesses for him to act any other part than that of a man. He could not kill a woman before them, especially one he had so injured. If he did not kill her she would kill him. He must ac cept one or the other of these alterna tives. "Come, count," said his friend on his right, "what is your decision?" "Bring the pistols." he replied in a Bcarcely audible voice. A smile of triumph lighted the face of his adversary. One of the guests who was to stand as second in an affair to come off In the early morning had a case of duel ing pistols within reach. They were brought. The count appointed one of bis guests to act for him, and the lady appointed another to act for ber. But such action was superfluous. The count knew that he was doomed and it mattered not whether he was or was not properly served. As for the lady, she cared not for her life provided she could kill the man who had slain her husband almost at the very bridal. The pistols having been examined, one was banded to the count, the other to the lady. One of the guests rose from his chair, holding a hand kerchief in his hand. "Are you toady?" he asked. "Ready," said the lady in a firm voice. The count gave the speaker a look to signify that be was ready. The handkerchief fluttered to the table. A single shot rang out. The count fell, dead. His weapon had not ben discharged. X Humor and a 0 Philosophy 5 X 9r WjirCAJt M. SMITH A PERT PARAGRAPHS. JT Isn't always n woman who gets the things Khe is going t do udJ thm she Is not going to do no badly mixed tluit the can't tell tbeni apart. Money may not buy everything, but who would waut everything anyway?. Some people are always right, but they aren't the most desirable people to iive with, either. There are people who give sucb an Iirprosslon of being made nt home that It Is positively excruciating. If we had to live up to everything we ay the longevity of the race would be greatly Increased. A good cook Is any old kind that you caiLnail down in the Itltcben In these days. There are people so stupid that even If Mother Nature bad endowed them with a fair share of common sense they doubtless would be too awkward to use it. 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