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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-23
A POPULAR LAMENT.
Where Would Society Be If One Was
Judged for the Sins of Others?


Judged for the Sins of Others?
20, | tried one of those hair tonics
some time ago and it never did me a
bit of good"
That's what many people are saying
today when they refuse Herpicide a
trial.
1t would he as sensible to say Il
never travel on railroad because
often see collisions mentioned in the
papers"
Newbro's Herpicide is specially made
to destroy the germ that is living ON
the roots of your hair
That is why il is so exceedingly eff
ficacious-it is there for the sole pur-
pose of Kidding the hair of this parasitic
growth. after which the hair grows as
nature intended.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10
cents in stamps for sample to the Her,
picide company, Detroit. Mich. Two
sizes. 80 cents and 81. T. H. Thomas,
special agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-23

Here is curious couplct which illus
trates III one sentence the various val
ues of the combination "ough" and
shows how strikingiy inconsistent are
the spelling and pronunciation of some
English words. The lines may be sup
posed to be the words of an invalid
who had Il strong will and was deter
mined to live in spite of his ailment:
Though the tough cough and hiccough
ploughod me through.
Yet DER life's Tough my course I will
pursue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-23
PHONlNG AROUND THE TABLE
Novel Feature of Tin Wedding
Celebrations.

Celebration.
The merriest dinner party entertain
Ell in many seasons at the Chevy Chase
club took place there the other evening
when Mr. and Mrs. Nevil Monroe Hop
kins invited company Of fifty friends
TO celebrate the tenth anniversary of
their marriage. says II Washington spe-
cal dispatch to the New York Times.
The company. chiefly contemporaries
of the hosts and some younger friends,
was seated at one large table. but that
no one might miss an opportunity of
cOnversng with everybody else tele
phone was placed at each cover with
regular switchboard and trained
operator installed for the evening.
The repast began soon after s o'clock
with n cocktail drunk from little red
tin cups The pOinSettia blossoms dec
Grating the table We're in tin bowls and
loving cups made for the occasion and
all courses possible served from tin
plates.
An orchestra played in the musicians
gallery throughout the evening. but at
times was almost lost in the din made
by fifty odd musical instruments, all
Of tin, which We're souvenirs. Con
CALCULATIONS by wireless added to the
novelty and interest of the evening. as
also did the sudden appearance of sew
eral fake policemen, who came TO ell
force the Maryland license law. which
prohibits cocktails and champagne even
in tin cups
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-23
Properties of Chlorine.

Chlorine is greenish yellow gas
with a disagreeable smell. 1t is solu-
BILE in cold water, only slightly soluble
fabrics and is also strong disinfect-
ant. Both of these properties are said
to be due to its power of decomposing
hydrogen compounds, such as water.
combining with the hydrogen and liber-
ating oxygen, which in a nascent state
oxidizes coloring matter. rendering it
colorless. AS disinfectant it oxidizes
the germs of disease and is in conse-
quence largely used for this purpose.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-23
Appealed to the Heart.

LOnCfcllOw said many things better
than anybody else said them. He may
not have spoken to the highly intel
lectual message Of prophecy or in
depreciation such as was spoken by
Walt Whitman Or by Emerson. These
men appealed to the soul and Longfcl-
low to the heart. They were meta
physical. Longfellow was emotional.
Very serene was this poets life. For
forty-iivG years he lived in one house.
the old Cragie place on Brattle street.
in Cambridge, one of those very nu-
merous houses in New England where
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-23
By ROBERTUs LOVE. -
20 be a poet accepted and honor
ed throughout the world while

"O be a poet accepted and honor
ed throughout the world while
still living and writing is a fe-
licity which falls to the lot of
but few men. This felicity was Hen
~ WadswOrth LOngfellOw'S in a great
er measure than ever was meted out to
any other man on earth This poet
was born 100 years ago the nth day
OF February. He died twenty five years
ago the oath day OF March. For sew
enty-tive years he lived serene. studi-
Gus and noble life. For fifty years lp
was hOnOred beyond his own cOmmuni-
~. For forty years he was acknowl-
edged as poet. and for at least thirty
years he knew the satisfaction of being
proclaimed the greatest American
poet.
LOngfellow had even higher dis
tinction than this. During those thirty
years of his mature manhood and de-
Ginning age he was indiSputably the
most popular living writer of English
verse. In general acceptance he sur
passed TeuuySOn even in TennySOn's
own land. In the United States his
name was perhaps the first native
''hOuSehold word" LOugfellow, What
Il magic sound that name had when
we We're boys and girls. And TO our
parents it had had Il similar sound Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-23
No Infant Prodigy.

LOngfellow was no infant prodigy.
He wrote practically 10 poetry worth
publishing until he was past thirty
years of age. He was thirty-two when
he wrote The Psalm of Life" which
first brought him fame He finished
"Evangelfne' AZ forty, that being his
first extended essay into poetic narra-
tive. Most of his ambitious work was
done after he passed the fOrtieth me-
ridian. Nearly all his verse was the
product of his mature life.
Until far into middle life the poet
was Professor" Longfellow. For near
of modern languages at Harvard. and
for several years in his earlier man
hood lie had held Il similar chair at
RowdOin. where in his nineteenth year
he was graduated. During his profess
Orship days he made two trips To Eu-
rope for the study of modern Ian
guages. Later he made two more trips
for the study of modern conditions and
just to see the world and broaden his
experiences.
Professor I.ongfellow was not mere
| ~ respected Ivy the young collegians
whom he instructed III literature and
| languages. They loved him Thomas
| Wentworth HigginSon. one OF those
| fortunate boys. tells in Il current mag
! aZine article how John Revere. grand
! son of the Paul Revere whose ride the
| poet made forever famous by his stir
| ring ballad. WAS once the leader OF a
| student revolt at Harvard. Several of
| the professors visited the rioters on
| the campus and sought to Interfere.
Go home and go To bed. old DoZy
| ProSy." was the greeting which one
| solemn professor received in addition
To being grabbed by Revere and others
| and forc.biy faced around toward his
home. Another professor had To run
the gauntlet Then Revere suddenly
exclaimed:
Boys here's Professor LOngfellow.
Well hear him. He always treats us
like gentlemen"
The rebellion ended then and there
| Colonel Hi@ginson says that I.ongfel
low was the first of the Harvard pro
fcSsorS to address the students witt
the title Mr." He treated them rs il
they belonged to his own circle of 20!
ished gentlemen. and the boys honorei
him accordingly. Professor Longfel
low was perhaps the most Travelled an6
cultured member Of the Harvard fac
ultS at the time His culture was uni
| Vprsal not merely American
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-23

Pete Persimm0n - Yeas. All reckon
All am fated to be bachelor All
lubed Il gal once. but she threw cold
watah on nah suit. Henry Ham
Well. OATS bettah den gettin' mahhied
en- habin' yo' wife throw hot watah on
yc' suit. OATS what mine does ebry
time | stay out after 10. - Chicago
News
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-23
The Passing of Love.

Love is not so irresistible factor rs
it was. and there is a tendency for the
members of either sex to retire to Op-
posite camps and snarl at each other.
says the Graphic. Circumstances are
removing the center of happiness from
the heart to the pocket
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-23
A Poet Who Won 4
The Hearts of
His Countrymen
serene and Noble Life of Henry Wads-
worth Longfellow, Born
a Century Ago.
The Understandable
Uplift r1anknd- Ripe Scholar. Who Won a World
wide Fame-Iiis Universal.
Merely American.

lucid with their intended meanings.
Lougfellow'C theory was that poetry
writing is the art Of expressing thought
rather than OF concealing thought. He
wrote to the great mass of the common
people. the average men and women of
the world. and they caught his mes
sage and were uplfted by it. They I'M
derstood it Verse in which select cir
Giles must delye and dig for n meaning
is not poetry. The poetic is always the
obvious. There is not line in Long
fellow which requires dissection TO as
certain what is the matter with it.
That is why ultra educated critics of Il
certain class dccry the poetry of Long
fellow. 1t presents no puzzles. The
poetry shines in its face.
1t may he granted that other poets
have been greater artists. Their tech
nique has surpassed Longfellow' 5.
Their message" has been more potent.
But not one of them since time began
has reached down or up into the great
throbbing heart of humanity and play
ed upon its varying chords with such
universal response as has LOngfellow.
This is not an unsupported statement.
The facts show ii.
Far Ahead OF the English Laureate.
In 1882 there was Published list of
a hundred tranSlations of LOngfellOw' S
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-23

remarkable as well as admirable.
There was nothing of the pcdant in
him. Yet the ancient and modern lam
Euuges We're at his tongues end. one
might say. and both by reading and
truyel he knew the world of the past
and the present. An unaffected nat
ural simplicity was, III fact. the pre-
vailing note in LongfellOw's life as in
his writings
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-23
The Understandable Poet.

A very recent critic has called Long
fellow the poet of the obvious and
the humdrum." Other very recent crit
ics have declared that L0nGfcllow had
no originality; that he borrowed his
material from old world literature and
merely changed its form. The very re
cent critic first mentioned seems TO
think that LongfellOw could not have
been a great poet because he attended
church regularly every Sunday and en-
jOyed the sermons. This gentleman APP
parently believes that to be Il true poet
one must defy all human conventions.
as did Shelley and Byron-must be err
ratio and erOtic. LOngfellow lived 4
sober, decent, respectable life and won
q worldwide fame while he was living
it. Why? Because he interpreted what
you may call the obvious and the
humdrum," If you like. and he inter-
preted them in language both clear
and poetic He was the underestimate
bic poet.
OF course that small circle which sits
around study tables one night in the
week from year to year trying to dis
cover the ':hidden meanings I'm an I'M
poetic utterance of Robert Browning
each claiming the discovery of Il differ
ent meaning and dragging it 10 light
by the hair,of its head, then fighting
for it during the next fortnight. can
find nothing to thrill in the obvious
lines Of Lougfellow. Those lines are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-23

magic. Literature was dotted with
imperiShable names. but we common
people knew them only vaguely if at
all. Longfellow we knew not merely
as Il name, but as something vital and
actual
Was not The Psalm of Life" in all
our school readers? Did we not de-
claim Excelsior" at every public
school exhibition" when the other fell
low had not beaten lis to it, Did we
not read and rcvel i'll The Day Is
Done" The Old Clock on the Stairs" y
THE Ride Of Paul Revere" The Chill
dren'S Hour and other household IA
vorites? And Il little later did we not
weep Mt the woes of Evangeline and
Gabriel laugh ut the awkwardneSS of
old Miles StandiSh in sending proxy
to court the fair Priscilla Mullins, hop
along with Minnehaha in the singsonS
meter of "IIiawatha" and read with
maturcr relish the Tales of a Way
side Inn"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-23
Far Ahead of the English Laureate.

In 1892 there was Published list of
a hundred tramSlations of LongfellOw's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-10
GEORGE WASHINGTON
GOES DOWN TO DEFEAT
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
GREENSBORO, N. c., April 10.-The
good pitching of Lanford Of the Davidson
College team here yesterday was the cause
of the defeat of the George Washington
University team in the second game OF
their series, the contest ending with a score
of to 3. The visitors put up good game
in the field, and Coach Cummings was very
much pleased with the team work dis
played.
Hester was the first on the slab for the
Washington team and performed for SIX
and one-third innings. when he was sup
planted by Shea, who lasted but one-th1rd
of an inning, as he was pounded all over
the lot. Titus then took up the delivery
stunt and allowed but three hits.
Hester carried off the batting honors by
driving the leather over the left field fence
for a home run. He also connected for
corking single. For the home team Reid
led with three hits.
Brennan played a star game in left field
for the visitors. pulling down two hard
drives. Doyle and Titus also did good
work.
The Washington team plays at Chapel
Hill today with the University of North
Carolina.
Tho
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-10

Jockey Tod Sloan is at the track almost
every morning exercising horses to get in
practice again. If he is reinstated by the
French Jockey Club, as expected. Sloan
will at once apply for a license to ride on
the metropolitan tracks.
Black Domino wrenched her back in her
work and was withdrawn from the second
race On form she looked to hold that
event at her mercy.
Oreodons hackers should by no means be
discouraged at that youngsters showing,
for he should win race before the week Is
over. After being badly crowded right
in fourth place
Helen 3. had worked half mile in better
than 40 seconds for her race yesterday.
Her owner came over from New York espe-
cially to see her run.
Jockey A. Lee was yesterday suspended
by Starter Cassidy for the rest OF the meet
ing.
Lockers after successful long shots now
turn to the Shields stable. Reidmore, Bel
demo Lady Powell, 3ilfil and Black Mask
have all won a this meeting at liberal
prices.
ster made good impression by his reso-
lutte finish in the third event. At that he
narrowly missed fouling Marston by carry
ing the latter into the deep going.
The delay in sending Grumbling Soph to
the post caused many to back the FLY at
the last moment Racegoers are nothing IL
not superstitious
The veteran Toscan showed a lot of speed
in the final event, which Wag christened
the Veteran purse. with most has beens'
and back numbers In it. Lord Badge,
however who is almost old enough to vote,
made a show OF the other old fellows and
landed Ov'~"r Oliver and his friends good
stake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-10
Test Of Fire Extinguisher,

In a competitive test with one of the
city's finest chemical engines yesterday ar
ternoon a newly invented fire extinguisher.
known as the Fire King Nozzle" COM
pletely surpassed the former as a FIRE
fighter. The test was given on a vacant lot
in the rear of No. 8 engine house, 9th street
and North Carolina avenue southeast, and
was witnessed by several hundred persons.
including Chief Belt of the local fire depart
ment. officials of the Army and Navy De-
partments, insurance companies. business
men and other officials of the fire depart
ment.
Two frame buildings, 10 feet high. 10 feet
long and 8 feet wide, were constructed On
the los for the test. They were filled with
dry wood boxes and straw and after being
saturated with twenty gallons of OIL were
ignite When the buildings were fairly
caught Chief Belt, who acted as judge and
timekeeper, gave the word 60" The in
ventor OF the extinguIsher. Henry Sieben of
Kansas City Mo-. with his extinguisher in
his arms, fought one Of the burning build
ings and Private Lockwood of No. l en-
CINE company fought the other with the
ap paratus of the chemical engine In forty
seconds Mr.. Sieben had extinguished his
building. and, according to the official time
the chemical company was FIVE minutes IN
iisposlng of it's blaze. The extinguisher is
made up OF peculiarly shaped nozzle into
which is placed a cartridge containing
chemicals. When the water Is force1
Through the nozzle the chemicals mix v1fh
1t. furnishing liquid that rapidly extfa-
cuisines Ore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-10
MANY BALL PLAYERS
HAVE MECHANICS

Few il any Of the ball players in the
American League are without one or more
nicknames. In fact the public know many
Of the players better by their nicknames
than they do their Christian names. LaJoie
is spoken Of more often as Larry. King or
Nap than by the original. It's just the
same with all the other stars.
Some Of the nicknames handed the play
ers are very funny. and it's hard to discover
their origin. There are at present quite a
few doctors and dentists in the league, who
write prescriptions and pull teeth during
the off season. OF course. all such players
go by the name of DOC" There are also
a few players who travel under the name
of DOC. who know nothing aboue medi-
cine or dentistry.
During his early years in the big league
"I3iT' Donovan OF Detroit had g. world OF
speed ana poor control. He was dubbed
.Wiid BILL" and the name still hangs with
him. although he II one of the steadiest
players In the league.
The fans are always interested In nick
names. and hero are a few Of the funny
ones handed the stars on the different
American League teams:
Washington-Hughes. Long Toni Pat
ten. Case; Falksnberg. FAX" Stahl,
Jake; Schlafiy. Larry and "Schlaf;" Cross.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-10
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LEAGUES SCHEDULE

meeting of the directors of the East
Washington Sunday School Base Ball
League was held last night at the Ninth
Street Christian Church and the schedule
for the season was adopted.
1t was stated that the Douglas Memorial
team had Withdrawn from the league, leav-
ing but four teams They are Rhode Island
Avenue Methodist Ninth Street Christian.
Waugh and the First Methodist Protestant.
The schedule comprises forty-eight games.
each team playing every other team eight
times. The season will open April 20 and
will close June - No postponed games
will be played until the end OF the season.
The league has secured the grounds at
18th and D streets northeast. and the work
of putting them IN condition for the open
ing of the season will start at once. 1T was
decided TO endeavor to secure the services or
Dutch Newman for umpire The sport,
ing goods firm of A. G. Spalding has offered
a pennant for the team winning the cham
pionship.
has not been announced. but the other three
teams will line up as follows:
Rhode Island Avenue-R Champion,
and Dexter. pitchers: Wilson. first base;
Palmer, second base; Brooks. chort stop;
Boernstein, third base; Steward, left field;
lie Mat, center field; Souder, right field:
Niece, Ball and Hall may DE substituted
for three Of the above players.
First Methodist Protestant-C. Clemens,
first base Captain: Johnson, third base;
Coleman second base; Harris. hort stop;
Stecker left field; Mckenzie, right field;
Campbell center field; Cook, center field;
Quigley, Merrick. Barry and kidwell, pitch
ers; Rountree and Hoffman, catchers: Will
son, utility.
Waugh-Bradley and Dutton. catchers:
Schorn, Fries and Gordon. pitchers; Dam
pier and Clarvo, first base; Evans. second
base: Sasscer, third base: Parsley, short
stop: Keyser, center field; Cropley. left
field; Richards, right field; Dodge, utility.
The Schedule.
Apr,, %. Waugh vs. Ninth Chr; 80, First N. P.
NAV /. Ninth Chr VS.. Waugh; 2, Waugh 70. r.
l. NJ; 8, First NJ. P. vs.. Ninth Chr; I, X l. n.
VS. First NJ P; s. Ninth Chr. vs. First NJ r; z.
Waugh vs. Ninth Chr s, First , NJ E FL vs. Wsnsh;
H.: ii. waugh vs.. First n. r; 10. First n ;, p:
vs. R. l. M; IA, H. I. NJ vs.. Ninth Chr 10; First
NJ p Vs. waugh; 49, r. l. n. VS.. First NJ r.; II.
Ninth Chr VS.. r. l. n. 1S Waugh vs. Ninth Gnr;'
e. Waugh vs. Ninth Chr 21 Nipth shF waugh ss h. W
r. l. NJ. a. Ninth Chr; vs.; First NJ p F.; y.
p; %, Waugh First NJ. p; ~, First NJ Z. VS..
June l. Ninth Chr. vs.. Waugh; g. Waqga A, Is e.
R. T. NJ; g. Ninth Chr. Va. R. l. NJ; 7. Waugh vs.
Ninth Chr; 8, R. I. NJ. vs.. First n p TO- Ninth
Chr vs.. Waugh II, Waugh vs; First NJ r; ~,
FIRST NJ. P. VS.. R. 1. ~; Is. Ninth a9u Chr ".
waugh e Waugh Vi t. Nv waugh. ns f is Waugh
l. NJ vs. First NJ. P: 81 Ninth Chr. vs. First NJ
P: %, Ninth Chr. vs.. K. l. NJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-10
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS G. CAFES

Lave, Jones Charley: Hickman. Cheer
ful HEX Anderson. Long John Kitsor
Kit" Altizer. "Tize"
Chicago "sully:" Altrock. Nick;
Hart. Hub" White. Doc" Donah ae.
NY" Robe. Whitley Dougherty. pan
O'Nei Tip" Walsh. Big Ed" TOWN.
Jay" Hahn. Eddie: Comiskey. ''Commy."
Detroit-SGhmidt. .'smitty:' Payne. Doe"
Donovan, wild BILL Mullin. George; Eu
banks, Honest john" Donahue, RED"
Siever. Ed; Schacffer. Germany" or cary
Charlie; Coughlin. Bill" Mcintyre, Mat.
ty; cobb, "Ty;' Crawford. Sam.
"Rowdy Jack Buelow. Fritz: Glade, Fred:
Petty, Barney" Powell Jack; Howell
AIRY" Jones. Tom: Niles. Harry; wal
lace Rhody and Bobby: Delehanty, Jim:
hill. Hemp" Pickering. Ollie and Pick.
New York-McGuire. "Old Jim" Kleinow
Jack; Ortiz. Al and "Curveless Wonder"
Hogg, Peggy" CHESHIRE. Jack; Clarkson.
Walter: Chase. Hal: Williams. Jimmy; lei.
berfeld. KID Moriarity. George; Conroy.
Connie" Keller Wee Willie;" Delehsn.
ty, Frank: La Porte. Frank.
Cleveland-Lajoie. Larry. Nap, King and
many others; Clarke, Mig Bemis, Harry:
Rhoades. Dusty" Hess. Otto: Bernhard.
BIZ; Liebhardt. Cupid Glen and Iron Man:
Berger, Heine: Ehman Buff; Turner. Terry:
stovall. Brother George" Bradley. Biil:
Flick Elmer and Gene" Bay, ''Deerfoot:"
Congalton. COMFY" Birmingham. .Dode:"
O'Brien. Peter: Wakefield. Wake"
Observation-Disclosures. Doc" Schrecken-
COST "Schreck:" Waddell. "Rube;" Vickers
Doc" Plank Eddie; Bender, Chief" Da.
Wis, Harry; Murphy, Danny; Knight, Jack:
Cross. Monte: Hartsell. 'Topsy;" Seybold,
Socks
Boston-Criger. Lew: Armbruster. Rus
ter" Young, "Cy:" Dineen, big Bfn:'
Winters, George; Harris Fat" Grimshaw
Grim Ferris. 'Hobe:" Parent, Freddy:
Collins, Jim: Hoey. "Hoss;" Freeman.
Buck"