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THE ABOTS, SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1904. .UMET Baking Powder "Calumet" means "A Pipe of Peace." Calumet BaKing Powder means peace in every household. Food prepared With Calvmet HaXlng Voider is pure and healthful, and free from tcchell salts, lime.alam and ammonia. $6.00 To St. Louis and Return June 13. Special excursion tickets will be boW by the Burlington Route June 13, and will be good for the return trip at any time within seven days. They will be accepted in coaches and chair cars, on any Burlington train to or from St. Louis. Thia i- your opportunity t see the World's Fair at small cost before the hotels and rooming houses become crowded and while the exposition is still bright and gorgeous. Ask me for a World's. F air map, guide and pamphlet f infor mation, it is free. M . J. YOUNG, "Phones, old It80, new R. Ticket Agent. Chicago Dental Company Office 1607!. Second Av, Painless Extracting and removal of nerves done by us, and the best and most careful treatment given to all cases. Read This: We have a patent thin elastic plate with natural jjrums that tit in all cases and when others fail. We use no cheap material in ourolllee for our work is all guaranteed to he equal to the hijrhest priced dentists and to he first class In every respect. Notice our prices belOW, they are always the same: defining Free, lament fillings 25 Gold riatimnn filling .50 Bilw fillings 50 Gold fillings, $1 and up 1.00 Gold Crowns 22k. $4 to $5 4.00 Thin elastic plates 10.00 Best red Rubber plates 9.00 Others 5.00 Office 1G07 Second Avenue, Over Spidel's Drug Store. Dr. S. C. Marshall. John Volk 6c Co., Contractors and Builders. Dealers in single snd double strength Blinds and Mouldings. Yi neereti and Hardwood Flouring of all kinds. Dealer in single and double strength Window tilass. Pattahod Plate, Beveled Plate and Art GIa. 311 and 3C9 EIGHTEENTH STREET. ROCK ISLAND, : : : ILLINOIS. INTSlANCK Charles E. Hodgson, Fire Insurance Agency. Established 1874. American Ins. Co Newark, N. J. Continental New York Agrieultural New York Traders' Ins. Co Chicago, 111. Union Ins. Co Philadelphia, Pa. Rockford Ins. Co Rockford, DL Security Ins. Co New Haven, Conn. Irs. Co. State of Illinois.. Rockford, HL Office, room 3. Buf ord block. Bates as low as consistent with resurity. J. M. BUFORD- General Insurance Agent. ta The oid fire and time-tried companies represented. Kates ss low as any reliable company an afford. YOCR PATRONAGE IS BOLJCTTED. O a THE DELUDED WORKMAN Slow to Realize the Evils of Republican Policies. fDoN'T Be Fooled Genuine ROCKY MOUNTAIN TEA I pat up in white packages, manufactured exclusively by the tfodison Medicine C.. Madison. Wis. feeu at 35 cents a package. All other are rank i-aitation ord substitute. lnnt 'ik yoar hea.th b taking (hen. THfcOLM'flsi: makes sick neple Well. Keeps yoa Was). AU Honest healers asB tte Oenitrta. MOLUSTEB DRUO CO. Madisan. fWs. Up Agin" a Good Thing a nun is when he commences to patronize the American Steam Laundry. Tho best laundry I ever struck is what, those who indulp in a little slan would say. But cntrc nous if you want your linci. as faultless as when you first bought it, in color and finish, we will guar antee to do it to your satisfaction every time. Careful handling and artistic work are among our up-to-daio methods. American Steam Laundry Twelfth Htree-t and Fifth A rant a, fhona IS 36. LACK OF WOBK IH TEXTLLf TBADE The Worsted Industry. Which Is Hlgrhly Proirrn-il. Safen Most Am Caaoiwerable Argument In FaTor of Tariff Reform. The artisans and workingmen of the country are fast discovering that the protective tariff does not protect them from wage reductions, and in many coses from no work at all. This scorns to be especially true in that hotbed of protection, the state of Pennsylvania, for the Public Ledger good Republic an authority recently announced that: "With thousands out of employment by an almost total stagnation in tbe Industry and in the looms of a large number of mills working on half and three-quarters time, worsted yarn spin ners in this city propose to combine to cut down the operatives' wages to the basis of those paid in New England for similar work. This means a reduction of L per cent in the earnings of 20,000 spinners." Besides the worsted operatives above mentioned, it is reported that 60.000 other textile workers are Idle, all work ing in protected industries. Worsted yarn is protected by a tariff duty of 30 or 40 cents a pound, according to qual ity, and an additional duty of 40 per cent ad valorem. This enormous pro tection of course prevents the impor tation of foreign yarus, except a small amount of Saxony wool, especially pre pared for ladies to knit with, so the whole home market is preserved for the wool yarn manufacturers, and the profits are very large, there being no competition. Yet this protection has resulted in "an almost complete stagna tion of the industry," with no work for many of the operatives and a reduction of wages even to those working on half time. That is the terrible condition to which these poor, deluded disciples of pro tection have been brought in one of the highest protected Industries, and the condition has existed for some time. It must also be remembered that the cost of living has vastly advanced under this protective tariff system, so that even those workingmen who are fully employed and who have been fortunate enough not to have their wages re duced have all they can do to make both ends meet. The Protective Tariff league, which is an organization of the protected trusts and manufacturers, defines in its constitution its object to be "to protect American labor by a tariff on imports which shall adequately secure American industrial products against the competition of foreign labor." This Bepublican organization, which controls president and congress, has succeeded perfectly in shutting out competition us far as .woolen yarns are concerned, but both the league and the Bepublican party, who enacted the Dingley tariff law, have miserably failed "to protect American labor" In that Industry. The facts are that in Philadelphia and elsewhere tbe markets and stores are crowded with customers who have so little to spend that they are obliged to buy the cheapest clothing and the poorest provisions, and this poverty may be mostly traced to tariff monop oly. The cheap wool clothing Is nine tenths cotton and mercerized cotton or imitation wool. Hence, the worsted spinner Is out of work, for only the well to do can buy the "all wool and a yard wide" production. In other protected industries similar conditions exist. High tariff produces over-production, fosters trusts and combina tions, which boom things for a while and then the inevitable breakdown comes. The workingman will have to 6tudy these matters necessity may compel him to do so. If he does he will soon discover that a tariff which will pro duce enough revenue to support the government, honestly and economically administered, with trust productions that are selling cheaper abroad than at home placed on the free list, will reduce the cost of living and make more stable wages and secure employ ment all the year around. That is the Democratic position, and j the greed of the protected Interests j and monopolists Is proving that con- I tentiou is best for the American con sumer and of more lasting benefit to the honest manufacturer. The Bepub lican cry that Democratic success would injure the business of the coun try Is but partisan rubbish, and the history of the country shows it to be so. The universal prosperity of low tariff periods, when other causes did not Interfere and when the government was honestly administered, is an un answerable proof for a reasonable tariff. ' Rorbefort' ( krear. Bochefort. that most individual mem ber of the cheese family, gains its distinction and its flavor by ripening six months in a cave in the mountains near tlu little village of Bochefort. In southern France. Part of process which It undergoes is tbe pricking full of lit tle holes. Into which the air of the cave penetrates. This air remains of the same temperature the year round. Only sheep's milk is used for making Bochefort. THE GAMBLING MANIA. How It Flaunted Itself at One Time In the French Capital. Some of the old stories told of the faming tables can hardly be believed nowadays, though they are related in such a cool, matter of fact style by writers of the time as to show that in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the practice formed a part of high class social existence. Captain Gronow relates that, having been ap pointed to the staff of General Ticton. who was then starting for Brussels (1813), he obtained $1,000 from the ar my agents, "which," he continues. "I took with me to a gambling house in St. James' squnre. where I managed, by some wonderful accident, to win 000." With this sum he subsequently provided his necessary outfit. When the allies marched into Paris after the battle of Waterloo. Gronow found the Palais Boyal a hotbed of gambling "the very heart of French dissipation." "There were tables for all classes. The workman might play with 20 sous or the gentleman with 10,000 francs. The law did not prevent any class from Indulging in a vice that assisted to fill the coffers of the munici pality of Paris." The English visitors were not slow to participate In the play, one officer of the guards obtaining leave of absence and never quitting the Palais Boyal till the time came for his return to the regiment. Large fortunes were often lost at gambling in those days, the losers dis appearing never more to be heard of. Lord Thanet. for instance, who had an income of $250,000 a year, lost every farthing at play and, concludes Gro now. "I do not remember any instance where those who spent their time in this den did not lose all they possessed." FLOWERS IN MEXICO. So Plentiful That Ther Are Used For Great Pahllc Decorations. As a people the Mexicans are very fond of flowers, and every village, town and city has its place where flowers are sold, and many of the larger places have extensive flowep markets. Often the flowers brought to the market are wild specimens found in the woods and the fields, but all are beautiful. In many of the smaller towns and villages the public parks and the sidewalks of the streets are used as places for the sale of flowers. Everywhere they may be bought at surprisingly low prices. So plentiful are flowers they are used for great public decorations. Some times whole parks and the fronts of buildings for many streets are covered with floral decorations on a feast day. The Mexican love of flowers has been inherited from a long line of flower loving ancestors. More than a thou sand years ago the chief feature of worship among tlie Toltecs was the great floral offering which was made to the fair god once a year and which lasted for a whole Mexican week. Dur ing this festival one of the features was a great floral procession, which traversed the priucipal streets of the city to the sound of musical instru ments. Every one in the procession carried flowers to lay upon the altar of the god or to place upon the steps or walls of his temple. In this procession were princes, nobles, priests and com moners. This floral festival was an expression of the love of nature for which the Toltecs were noted. Until they came into contact with the Az tecs later on in history they were pure ly nature worshipers, and flowers and fruits formed the chief part of their offerings. So the Mexican comes by his love of flowers honestly. IntermarrjTna; Anions Rooks. Among the odd habits of rooks Is tho way that members of the same rookery have of intermarrying generation after generation. The males always choose their wives from their near neighbors, and if one should be so bold as to bring home to his rookery a bride from a distance the other rooks will invari ably refuse to receive her and will force the pair to build some way off. In the neighborhood of big rookeries outlying nests of this kind may always be found. " -I - I Y9UNG FOLK w is A TOOTHPICK BOMB. It Will DIot Yonr Little Tor Demon ;ih In the Air. Here is the way to make a simple apparatus out of which you can get a lot of sport: Select five toothpicks. They must be as long as you can find and quite straight and without any im perfections. Lay two crosswise on the table. Lay a third one on top of these two in such a way that it will divide the cross formed by the first two into equal parts. Then adjust the two remaining tooth picks across the ends of the others in such a way that the complete arrange- THE WAT TO MAKE THE APPARATUS. ments shall be in the form as shown in Fig. A of the picture, where the toothpicks are depicted as resting across the foot of an inverted tumbler. Now you must make tho figure of the little demon. Make the head of knead ed breadcrumbs or of wax. The body is made of a small cork. The limbs are made of toothpicks or matches whittled into the shapes shown in Fig. C. Fig. B shows the completed body. Having adjusted tho toothpick ap paratus on the foot of the tumbler, bal ance the little figure on the end of the middle toothpick, as shown in the pic ture. Now light a match and set fire to one end of the apparatus. When the fire burns to the point where the toothpicks are braced against each other the whole thing will fly apart with the effect of a little infernal machine and the figure will go hurtling into the air. If you do not Join your little demon together too tightly it will fly to pieces, too, when the crash comes, as shown in Fig. D. REAL BRAVERY. DelRlam Marrlaaes. In Belgium it is the custom to give certificates of marriages in the form of little books, which also contain a sum mary of the marriage laws and among a mass of other miscellaneous informa tion directions for tbe feeding and care of infants. There are also places for entering the names and birthdays of the children of the marringe, the au thorities considerately affording space for twelve such entries. A Boy Who Did Not Cry Foe Every Binp and Brnlae He Got. When Morton was a little boy his fa ther and mother paid little attention to his bumps and bruises, and so he learn ed uot to mind them himself. One day, when he was five years old, he was playing with his dearest friend. Wilfred, across the street. Morton was at the head of the back stairs a long. steep flight and somehow he lost his balance and down he tumbled from top to bottom. Hearing the noise and tbe screams of the other children, Wilfred's mother and a neighbor who was there, together with Ann, the kitchen girl, rushed to the spot. Morton reached the foot of the stairs, and, turning to look at the way by which he had come, he said cheerily: "That was quite a fall, wasn't itr" On an earlier occasion Morton dis played even greater bravery and en durance. He was on a visit to an uncle with bis father and1 mother, and they had been for a drive in his uncle's car riage. The small boy wanted a longer ride, and the coachman, who had taken a fancy to the lad. said that he might ride round to the stable and that he would bring him home when he came. So Morton jumped in again, happy enough. The coachman gave the door a bang. Alas, one of the little bands chanced to be right in the way of that door! Nobody saw it, but they heard a sudden cry of pain. When they turn ed the little fellow's lip was quivering, but not even a whimper did he make. "That was my thumb!" he remarked, holding it up to view. Of course everybody was sorry, for they all knew how such an injury hurts; but, although it was enough to cause the loss of the nail, there was never any further ado about it. Youth's Companion. The V?rdlet. Miaa Breezy-Well. Mr. Harkawav. now that you have inspected me thor oughly, what have you to sav? Mr H AH I can say. Miss Brew. Is" came. I saw. you conquered "Brook lyn Life. Always Something; W ro n s; . Clerk Please, sir. can I have a week's vacation? Employer What's wrong with you now? Clerk I'm going to get married. Employer Now, you were away a week with influenza and ten days wfth a sprained ankle. I de clare, there's always something going wrong with you. Jones. Bills to Salt firm ma tan res. "How much will it cost me to get a divorce?" asked the man. "That depends," replied the lawyer absentmindedly. "How much have you got?" Philadelphia Ledger. Advantage Mntnal. "Does her family approve of bar am bition to go upon the operatic stage? "I'm er yes and no that is. they approve of her going away to sing?" Detroit Free Press. Wonld Have the Fnn Afterward. His Mother Tommy, if yon fight with" little Willie Walters today I shall put you to bed for two hours. Tommy Put me to bed now. ma. Ask only the well about their health. Bacon. Willie's Question. Where do you go when you go to sleep? That's what I want to know: There's loads; of things I can't find out. But nothina -bothers me bo. Nurse puts me to bed In my little room And takes away the light. I cuddle down In the blankets warm And shut my eyes up tight. Then off I go to the funniest place. Where everything seems queer. Though sometimes It Is not-Xunny at all. Just like the way it Is here. "There's mountains made of candy there. Big fields covered with flowers. And lovely ponies and birds and trees, A hundred times nicer than ours. Often, dear mamma. I see you there. And sometimes papa, too. And last night the baby came back from heaven And played like he used to do. 80 all of this day I've been trying to how I wish I could know Whereabouts that wonderful country Is Where sleepy little boys go. Independent. Indian Mansea, Qnaskh . blue heron. Deedeeaskh A bine Jay. TJnk-Wnnk porcupine. M itches A ruffed grouse. Key ska wis A barred owL Umquenauln A mooae. Cpweeaia A Canada lynx. Skooktnm A trout. Sekagadagee A Canada Kuaseekno A sheldrake Bambler. Wood A with a red hot in his stomach In the manufacture of Stearns' Electric Rat and Roach Paste, a peculiar chemical is used that when swallowed by rats or mice feels like a rad hot stove in I the stomach and begins to burn them up; crazed by this feeling after having eaten Stearns' Electric Rat and Roach Paste they rush madly out of the bouse in search of water and gasping for air. In a few moments all is over and their bodies are burned up and Stearns' Electric Paste has once more proven that it is sure death to rats and mice. It also kills cock roaches, water bugs and all other vermin. CHIP. AHTFF Your money will be ref untied if aunnaa I tC stearna- Electric st and Roach Paste does not do all that Is olaimcd tor it. 2 oz. box, 25c; Hotel size VS&SSS. $1.00 Said it all datlara or at eiprttt praaiif aa rtctlpt si pact. STEARNS' ELECTRIC PASTE CO. Tribune llttildUe, CIUC.AJSO, ILJL. It SOLD BY T,. H. THOMAS. The Best Traiiv For Busy Men To Chicago is the St. Paul's No. 4. Leave Rock Island at 4:.r8 p. m. via the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul R.y. Supper served in cafe car. Arrive Union Passenger station, in the heart of Chi cago, t):55 p. in. This gives you the en tire day in which to transact your business, returning on THE SOUTH WEST LIMITED, leaving Chicago at 0:05 p. m. 'i Apply To S. B. STODDARD Ticket Agt. The Road For You Is the one most travelers n se H. I). MACK. Gcn'l Agent A. T. & S. F. R'y. Scenery and service will please you. Chair cars are restful. The Pullmans are new. Everybody likes Harvey's dining cat meals. ROCK ISLAND, ILL. Take the California limited via Santa Fe for Los Angeles and 'Frisco. rLBeerisOoodforYou CKLl The malt is a food; the hops a tonic. The alcohol only SyZ per cent is an aid to digestion; a healthful stimulant. Schlitz Beer is brewed with the extreme of cleanliness cooled in filtered air and every bottle is sterilized. It is one of the best things in the world for you. 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