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: 4 ; 7 r . THE ARGUS, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1908. . ... ' - , I: u THE ARGUS, " Publtahod Dally and Weekly at 1(24 econd avenue. Bock Island, HL En tered at the postofflca aa second-class matter. ' BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. comes a publicly , proclaimed liar, a conquest . or . nature, laenuiying me scoundrel and a coward, against whom north pole, climbing the sky, prying the government should proceed forth- open electrical forces, mapping out the with with all. the power at Its com- subliminal, cimlnisning gin, disease, mand. TERMS Dally, 10 cents per week. Weekly, $1 per year In advance. All communications ot argumentative character, political or religious, must hare real ' name attached for publica tion: No such articles will fee printed over fictitious signatures. Correspondence ollclted from every township In Rock Island county. - ejTAsgr'jy)cOUHCrL Thursday, December 17, 1908. , ( .. , SHOP EARLY. Bay your Chrlatraaa present , arly early .la the day. That will be your blga-eat l of the holiday to the workers behlad the eonatera and on the delivery , wagons. ; Yon" can tell Santa Claus by the smell of burning whiskers. Castro refnses to resign. This ought to square him with Piatt and Depew. Several able gentlemen in Washing ton are trying their best to look lik cabinet material whenever Taft is around. Buttinski Roosevelt has been told a few things the past two days that he never dreamed any would dare shoot at his imperial majesty. It is officially denied that there is any tin truEt. All that is needed to confirm the denial is the consent of the stand patters to reduce the tariZ on tin. war, poverty, ignorance always In the advance will be that gracious figure of the sinless one, who showed love aa the rule of life. One perfect man The most humiliating thrust humil iating both to the American people and. to their present executive wa3 ardent and gentle the race will never 1 J J, n 1 T 1 & i . nM Trim ' iuui uauueu ivuuseven uy uciavuu.uic ui mm. Smith of the Indianapolis News, in re ply to the White house screed about the newspapers who have criticised the conduct of public ' affairs. Smith simply said that it was impossible for him to answer Roosevelt without de scending to the use of Ropseveltian language, and that would be beneath the ethics of reputable journalism. Humor ens Philosophy By DUNCAN M. SMITH PERT PARAGRAPHS. Without going into the merits of the case President Roosevelt in his atti tude upon newspaper editors apropos of the Panama canal . inquiry, fur nished the world with a sample of bigotry, egotism, demagogism and blackguardism never before exhibited by an American executive. He has be littled his great office and disgraced the American people who will be hear tily glad of the spell relief even though is be but temporary when ho disappears into the wilds of Africa. It looks as If the country had the whole Taft family on. its hands. Yes terday at the office of Brother Henry W. Taft in New York, with the advice and consent of William H. Taft of the whole United States, it was decided to sidetrack Congressman Burton of Ohio both for the office of senator and the post of secretary of the treasury, and to send Brother Charles P. Taft to the United States senate from Ohio instead of either Foraker or Burton, And Teddy is in the thick of the plot. PITCHER MURPHY'S REQUEST Ball Player Wanted to Hear "Face to Face" Sung as He Died. 'Say, ' Will, one last favor. Sing Face to Face for me before I" And . . . . . .i 1. ...... . as lus closest irienu euueu iue cuus P. H. Murphy, a baseball pitcher, fell dead In the arms of William F. La- hiff at his home in Leominster, Mass. lie was twenty-four years old anu died from pneumonia. Murphy started in baseball In his home town, Keeoe, N. H., having such a man as Hannifan, later of the New York Giants, for a teammate In 1902. Murphy was with Bridgeport when he jumped to the Allentown (Pa.) outlaw league team and showed up so well that when thing3 had shaped them selves so he could come back Into or ganized baseball the St. Louis Nation als paid $2,400 for him to Bridgeport In 1907. When he regained consciousness just before he died he asked his chum to sing his favorite song, and as the re frain died away be expired. Sending Money Home. American dollars will furnish Christ mas cheer ir. many humble homes in Europe this year Since December 1 in 17 days, several million dollars in foreign money orders have been issued by the New York postoffice. The ag gregate is considerably in excess oT the figure of last year, though not up to the records of some previous years. It is expected that the total, including large sums that will be carried by the steamships sailing this week, will amount to more than $C,000,000. There was a time when Ireland re ceived by far. the largest proportion of these Christmas gifts from its sons Time is rassing rapidly in which to and daughters who had taken up new do Christmas shopping. The sooner it homes on this side of the Atlantic. Is done the more time is left to fill the in the last few years, however, it has bole-put in the purse against the day I been closely pressed for first place by "The town is filled with detectives,' says a San Francisco dispatch. At thi distance it seems to explain a great deal of the grafting which has af fected Frisco. Be cheerful at any cost to the house or 'company. , ....... When the new wife finds out that John likes corned beef and cabbage better than he likes angel cake one more Illusion has gone to swell the vanished myriads. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM RING FOR EVERYONE, ESPECIAL LY AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, AND WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE THEM RING FOR YOU. j . . : V . ' - of Teal merriment. The most joyous moments of some people are those in which they are finding fault with others for not doinj or doing that in their wisdom should not be done. Now Joseph Pulitzer, old and blind, is the latest victim to be forced into! named. the Ananias club by President Roose velt, and sent there too with a certifi cate as the chief offender. Italy. A aingle ship sailing, from New York last week carried nearly $100,000 in money orders sent by Italians living here to relatives and friends in Italy. Large sums are sent to the United Kingdom, Germany, Hungary and Rus sia, with Denmark, Austria, Sweden Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands and Switzerland following in the Makes Brave Men Cowards. ' It has been proved that the compara tively harmless bombarding, so far as wounds are concerned, of a besieged town is terribly demoralizing to the bravest men. When a shell bursts near a group of twenty men it may kill one and wound two, while the remaining seventeen escape without a scratch. It will be found, however, that many of these are never the same men again. No matter how Iron nerved they were before they are now irresolute and timid, and all their faculties are weak ened. Very often they are jeered at by their comrades because of this change, but this is utterly unjust. In fact, their brain and spinal Cord have been In jured by being violently shaken against the walls of their bony cavities. The same thing occurs in railway colli sions. People who were robust become quite feeble and nervous, though they may not have received a scratch. This curious state in the case of soldiers Is well recognized by doctors under the name of the mental injuries of explo sives. The injuries are really quite as physical as a shattered leg, for they consist of a kind of bruising of the very delicate tissue of the spinal ccrd and brain. President Roosevelt seems to think that he and J. Pierpont Morgan and William Nelson Cromwell are the United States. It is a harmless delu sion if it btops with the thought. Watterson Fires Shot. Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, breezily A Roman Fortune Teller. A fortune teller of a lower order who lives in a dirty and obscure house is constantly applied to by jeal-; ous lovers. A girl who has a hated rival sends the latter under the veil of order I friendship to consult the fortune teller. who is prepared beforehand to fright en her from her pursuit of the man she loves. While the hag mixes the cards and the girl watches three knocks arc heard at the door. The man who systematically blows his own horn uses his lungs to such an extent that he Is apt to get chesty. Don't kick. Get some one else to do It It will conserve your own reputa tion and be just as effective. A good, substantial excuse is always desirable,- but is apt to be expensive. Don't speak harshly of your enemies. They expect you to knock them, and if you have them guessing they will cease activities for a time. To keep on good terms with some neighbors you have to be deaf as a post and. blind as a bat and stand for all the ghastly jokes that they spring. Speak gently to an angry man. He will waut to kill you anyway, so it doesn't matter If you do Incense him further. It takes a lot of confidence in your appetite to cause you to order scram bled eggs at a restaurant. , The man who makes a good .living hasn't much to com plain of unless somebody else gets it. lhe days are eo short that lots of us don't find time In which to earn a much needed rest. s Do veu need monev? If vou are the head of a family, you know what is expected from you at Christmas-r-all the little gifts for the children for ... ... . . . i . n1r t,om inn Yml vm.htf.i. ra rnjfcicTor nrni npr-aniL villi whiil iu uiaac i-..u. vw. w want the Joy Bells to ring. So if you need money for this or any other purpose call here and let us supply that nted. At least allow us to show you our reasonable plan of loan ing money for we want you to remember that it is just as much our Inter est to make you a proposition that you can meet when due, as it is for you to have such a proposition. We take a lien on your furniture, piano, horses, wagons, cows, and such property to secure us, as a matter of form we do not want the property and ask you to remember that we are "money loaners only and not second hand dealers. Our rates and square methods of doing business are known to many of your friends and neighbors, yet you know nothing of their dealings with us our business is confidential. If you cannot call, write us a line or phone us and we'll send to see you. Any amount from $10 up any time from one month to one year. No loan no charge ani if we make you a loan we furnish you a written statement of what you agree to pay and showing what you will save if you pay sooner than you originally agree. Do you want anything fairer? FIDELITY L0M1 CO., . . Mitchell A. Lynde Block, Room 38. "Office hours 8 a. m. to 6 p. m., and Saturday evening. Telephone west 514. New Telephone 6011. OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS. v.- The Argus Daily Short Story THEIR CAUSE FOR THANKS-BY CHARLOTTE CARRUTHERS. Copyrighted, 1908, by Associated Literary Press. "Ttiof to o h.wl r.tn t, takes Colonel Harvey of Harper's L .um..n ;k ' , r,., ., E,,,if. ,T , , witch. "It means that you are not be- Washington Post into camp when he The fortune teller continues to lav calls attention o the fact that prior the canls spveral , fc t -v y-i si -, nl n (nn 4- V 4.1. - bitterest enemies of Mr. Bryam. Now With both branches of congress that the election is over they come out fighting him in the last months of his I with fulsome flattery of the one man two-term administration, the president I they maliciously traduced. Colonel ought .to feel exceedingly proud of his I Watterson ends a lengthy, editorial in reputation as a broad-minded Ameri- this wise: can executive. The rioting strikers of the New Jer Bey potteries plead that the advance in wages promised on the election of Cleveland r.nd Bryan. The two wore Taft has not been given them. This plea does not justify" violence, but it suggests the impolicy of mixing busi ness with politics. The girl Is told that the man she loves has no intention of marrying her and hi advised to have ecourse to all sorts of magic, for which she pays a considerable sum. V'he rival who has sent her also pays the witch, who thus earns a double ,'ee. The objects sold by the witch as charms are many and various. One is a bit of rag, another Is a purse con taining salt, a bit of hay. some barlev and some nails. These c harms are said the same clothes; rode the same to lose their rower after a month or horse, "but seemed to face in opposite I two. when they must be replaced. directions. What does this prove? It I Chambers' Journal. Die doesn't see why his "wife should object to being left alone 'whenever he wants to leave her alone. He "didn't take a contract to keep her enter tained, not If he knows it, even If he did happen to marry her. ' The old Whigs went down under Webster and Clay. Maybe they talked too much and too well. The modern democrats have gone down under A Michigan man has been sent to jail for SO days for swindling tho United States out of two cents. Now compute th3 number of two cents con tained in $29,000,000 and multiply them by 30 days each. No wonder Standard Oil men have put up a fight! William Howard Taft will be the only president with a middle name since Chester A. Arthur. All but seven of our 26 presidents have been blessed with but a single baptismal name. Cleveland was christened .Stephen him '0 cl,mb"and straddle! urover uieveiena, dui nis nrst name was never used., , proves that the last century constitu tional govarnment laid in personal liberty was the dominating principle,! and that in this century the almighty dollar, seeking markets, is the domi nating principle. The old Whigs won two elections GO years. The modern democrats have won two in 50 years. In Tyler the Whigs lost the. fruits of one of their victories. In Cleveland the democrats lost the fruits of both their victories. If either Colonel Harvey, or Mr. Mc Lean wishes to take a few lessons in wisdom they each will find a soft knee, at once ample and paternal, for Taking an Advantage. "Your family seem to enjoy going to Europe." "Yes," answered Mr. Cumrox. "Mother and the girls have observed that I am weak on getting the value if foreign money. Things are ordered Vid paid for before I have time to make an Intelligent inquiries as to tho sxpense. wasmngton star. What Threatens. i Oh. little Mary, plain of face, With eyes of faded blue. Some day Bome large. Impulsive man Will fall in love with you. Will swear you are the very miss His empty heart to fill, t . t The one and only girl for him. Or let us hope he will. Borne moment when you least expect A lover he will stray Across your path and after that Refuse to go away. Tour very presence, he'll declare. Will cause his heart to thrill And make him for the first time live, Or let us hope he will. s The Prince of Peace. Collier's: All the old troublous questions of the origin and destination of the Galilee carpenter have passed. All the medieval worriment In dis criminating between human and divine Not one of the justices of the su preme court who has attained the re tiring age of 70 neither Fuller, nor Harlan, nor Brewer, nor Peckham has any notion of accommodating President ha one f hfi nn,7,fin lnmi1rv ,nto v 1 . .3 ! 1 I ivooBeveiL uy seuuiug m Uis reiSut- ,he miraculous. No loueer 1 mankind 'tiofi. ' Perhaps the president might ac- stIrred ove thfi, non.eSRontia! Thonr- cuiupnau ouiucmiiig ujr u1)p.j...B w tuc jes of Him fade away, dogmas on His veneraoie justices ms warning leai, nature lose their charm. His gentle ness has conauered. His influence ron- The tariff testimony being taken at Unues ani widens. Slowlv hrichten- ii a . t : : i I . j " wasuiugiou is ono cuuuiiuous wan inff the eleam that touched Him: fromUhe beneficiaries that they are widens through the world. His siririt inot getting enough from the consumer, moves on the face of civilization, and : Up to this time mere nas been no con- makes it kindlier everv eeneratlon. fldence In the work 'of the commission, Tne touch 0f His hand is on the erief- ' or that tnare win ne any sucn tning aa stricken. Nurse, physician and nun ,reai revimuu. iu oemm oi u.oae who are the messengers Of Hia teaching roust pay tue DUis. n is an a repuDll- Tne vestal 3 Duriled' out. hut never ran bluff to appease the public. tne flres of His spirit, which answer leach other from ? The strenuous one In the White mountain-tdD across the continents house, reserves the right to butt into And deep in the heart of the people everything that goes on In the coun- they make family life sweeter and ease try, whether it pertains to a, ward cau- the bitterness of failure and ignorance ;cu of a meeting of a mothers'- club, and all life's incompleteness. That and to give without solicitation his wonder-working personality was never own views' on every subject under dis- so potent as today so " Insistent and ;cusslon. But woe betide the one who tenderly, sure. .Under ' a tnousand I on rrrtxtt nn flnv npfia afnn Tho injlt. fnntio nyMAo A AmAn mAn Vidual so offending Immediately be-1 Him, And however far we. go in the! NOTE THE FINE FIT of the overcoats and suits tailor ed by us. They are superior to the ordinary factory made gar ments as a gold dollar is to a plated penny. Order a winter suit or overcoat -now and you'll be well clothed right up to spring. We tailor our clothing so It retains its shape and shape liness right to the end. E. F. DORN, ' 1812 Second Avtniit, ; With praises he will overwhelm Your modest maiden heart, -Will promise death, and death alone. You two can ever part. Will write a sonnet to your eyes With ferver If not skill . .. To prove they are the brightest yet. Or let us hope he will. And, little Mary.' plain of face, Adorned with charms so few, Toil'll half' believe as he protests . The things, he says are true. And when you have been hitched for life Your dreamtngrs to fulfill You'll ever after happy live. Or let us. hope you will. . , r - Not Grammatical. "Willie, what are the parts of speech 7" "Let's see. Pointing with pride, call ing the enemy horse thieves and prom ising the earth." "No, no. You are thinking of a po litical speech." Too Bad. "Some people are so disagreeable." "Indeed?" "Indeed, yes." "As how?" , "WelL I never get a dollar but some- I body up and duns me for It." Baffled. We are told to hitch our cart to a star. A sentiment truly grand, . But what 1b a fellow to do, I say, If he can't get a star to stand t . Answered. "Our president wants to know why; the boys leave the farm." "That Is easy enough." WliJ, then?" ' 'Because.they have car fare." jQuite Musical. "Do you play any?" "Just hand me down "music. "Hand you what?" 1 "A phonograph rolL." " ,' -" I When Dick Waring suddenly mar ried pretty Linda Mills, to whom he had just become engaged, Uncle nen ry Waring danced wrathfully on the hearth rug and uttered direful predic tions. "I don't blame you for wanting tc marry Linda," he said angrily, "but you should have waited another year before taking a wife and setting up housekeeping. To my certain knowl edge, Dick, you haven't got ?300 out side of your salary, and" "I have my two hands," interrupted Dick, with a dramatic gesture, "and I assure you. Uncle Henry, my wife shall not suffer." "Folderol!' snorted Uncle Henry. "Your wife has two hands also, and I'll warrant she finds a use for them In a thousand ways you never thought of. Why, if you were to meet with an accident or have a long illness what would you do?" I would go to work then, Mr. War ing," said Linda, with spirit. "We will manage very nicely, Un cle Henry," said Dick haughtily. "I am sorry you feel angry alxmt It; but, as I have explained to you. after Linda's aunt died she was practically homeless, and I persuaded her to mar ry me at once. It's my fault." "That doesn't better the matter, you young Idiot!" retorted the choleric old gentleman. "Linda could support her self by her music for a year or two till you'could earn enough to support a wife. As It Is, you will suffer pov erty and deprivation and be sick of. each other before a year rolls round!" Having delivered himself of this sentiment, Mr. Waring glared angrily, at his adopted on, and Dick, Inherit ing the same family characteristic to a degree, glared back at him. Then, tucking his little wife's hand in his arm, he left the commodious and comfortable abode of his boyhoou and sought a home of his own. Uncle Henry, left alone, polished his eyeglasses vigorously and looked up at the picture of Dick's father which hung above the chimneypiece. I'ie done the best I could for him. Jimmy," he murmured huskily. "He'll have to paddle his own canoe now." The next day he wrote to Dick and offered the two young people a home with him. Linda could assume charge of the household, and Dick might take his old place as the favored son. Dick made no reply for a week, and then he merely scribbled a few lines to say that they had furnished a little house at 5 Clement street, where they hoped Uncle Henry would come and see them. But Uncle Henry did not go. ' . '" A year later Linda Waring was put ting the final touches to her dluner table. It was Thanksgiving day, ' and Dick was home for the' holiday. She could see his dark head bent over a book In the next room. Presently Linda crept In and sat down on the floor beside his chair. "What Is the matter, Dicky?" she asked softly. "Something is bothering you." . , "It's Uncle Henry." confessed Dick frankly. "I bare felt beastly mean for the last twelve months aince we have been estranged. He has been like. a father to me, and well, I'm ashamed of myself." lie reddened under her loving gaze. . ; VVhjr didn't pjajBayspjaeh. be rnre,' dear?" asked Linda affer a little imose. "lou know l spoke to you about asking Uncle nenry to spend last Christmas with us. but you said bo would not come, so I gave It up." I was a fool, Linda," said Dick forcibly. "Tlme and again I've felt that I must be friends with him once more, and after, the bank closed, I would take a walk, Intending to stop In and see him. but the minute I got within sight of the house all this cursed Waring obstinacy would rise up and send me past the house like a shot." "If that Is the case," said Linda. arising and bending over him, "I shall put on my things and run around and drag Uncle Henry here by main force. I have laltf a plate for him and" "It Is our place to go to him, Linda," said Dick soberly. "Let us go to gether." "But my lovely dinner!" protested Lfnda, with a wistful glance toward the kitchen. "Let us take it with us. I want Un cle Henry to taste your pumpkin pies," replied her husband, jumping to Ills feet ' In half an hour the toothsome din ner was snugly packed In two baskets, and the Warlngs turned their backs on 5 Clement street and boarded a trolley car. When they reached the Waring man sion Dick ran up the steps like a boy and pressed the bell buttou. After a long wait the door opened, and the displeased countenance of Mary Michens, the cook, was. thrust forth. "Good evening, Mrs. Michens," said Dick pleasantly. "Is my Uncle Henry at home?" 'He Is not!" replied Mrs. Michens sourly. "Queer doings I call It when a lady has cooked as fine a Thanks giving dinner as ever I see for him to set before It a minute and then jump up and order It all to be packed in baskets! And him and William has went away with It and me a-promising my Eister she should have a taste of that turkey and all!" Dick hesitated. "Perhaps he has gone to see us," he said in a low tone to Linda. "In that case he will be back before long, v Let us wait, for him." ; Within. an hour, Mr. Henry Waring entered his house, very dejected and. slightly irritable. "Take the baskets away, William. You and Mary Mich ens can divide the contents between". you. Take your evening off, both of you. I wish to be alone!" . .. 1 Whereupon. Uncle Henry flung open', the library door and stumbled upon his nephew and Linda sitting before the cozy fire..' - . "So here you are!" said Uncle Hen ry, blowing his" nose violently. -' "Jus been around to. your, place nobody, home." " - -. ' Somehow no one could explain afterward Uncle Henry found him self sitting -on the couch with an arm around each one. "You were right about some things, Uncle Henry," said Dick humbly, fI can see that If I had waited a year Linda would not have had to work so hard. Most of the burden of econo mizing has fallen to her share. Show! him your hands, Linda!" , i "Won't!" said Linda saucily. "Bnt we managed to get along somehow,! Uncle Henry. It took lots of love, but' we were well provided with that com modity. And now we have brought our dinner! . Shall we eat It together?"'' ' "By all means," said Uncle Henry' briskly. "The servants are all away;' and we can have the place to our-' selves." ' - "If you like. Uncle Henry, Linda and, I will break up and come and live, with you," said Dick slowly. "Yott are sure you won't mind having a wo man in your bachelor paradise?" Uncle Henry looked from Linda's sweet face to Dick s stronger and more manly and with a deep content in his eyes. "Folderol!" said Uncle Henry, with vehemence. It Is a Wonder. Chamberlain's Liniment is one.i 'ot! the most reqiarkaole preparations y-t produced for the relief of rheumatic, vains, and for lame b&cK, sprains and oruises. Th quick relief . from pln which it affords in case of rheumatism ' is at e worth many times its rcct. Price, 25 cants; large size 50 cents. For sale by all druggists. 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