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Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03
Chairs.

Carlyle wins glory still with his re-
hections about clothes. Why has the
chair never tempted essayists to rival
''Sar:or Resartus?' 1t. too. may reflect
authority. 1t, too. changes with salary
and station. The swivel gives orders
10 the high desk stool. The straight
back chair of the stenographer differs
much in meaning from the ampler
l1iece of furniture which stands before
he roll top desk. In wheel chair the
HID may see the world. and after his
rilgrimaGe. now an aged man. he may
olect Il little air There are the chair
state and the electric chair of exc
/ 1tion. The empty chair is a meta
Ilor for all that is most tragic in our
| llreS What are abe dreams of the art
is stool and what of the milkmaid's
Ia1d which signify the more? How the
ffeking chair has been written about
Eald despised by the naughty traveller
Ifnm abroad and how firm it stands. 4
great American conquest in domestic
cmfort, Around the chair also and
III attitude in which we sit lie associ-
atoms OF mental state:
| Tle editor sat in his sanctum his counte-
IL nance furrowed with care,
| a mind at the bottom OF business, his
| IN feet at the top of chair.
& When does thought come best from
set of ease and when from the Sc
ve,er bench on which the schoolboy of
OIL was wont to sit? You get the idea.
Now so ahead with the immortal es-
say All you need are concentrated
thught and literary genius.-Collier's
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03
TRAIN HITS CROWDED CAR
Thirteen Hurt at Dcs MOines a. Trol-
lev Is Cut to kindling Mood.


ley Is Cut to kindling Mood.
Des Moines. Sept. 3.-Two persons
were seriously hurt last night and /
others injured when Il Rock Island
passenger train carrying state fair
visitors from the show grounds
struck Il packed Fort Des Moines
street car and crushed it to kindling
wood.
The car was carried 80 feet on the
eowcatcher of the engine and wreck
ed against the steel girders of the
bridge across the Des Moines river
The seriously injured are: Mrs. r. NJ
Rollins and Mrs. Ed Lawless of Des
Moines and Ora Edwards of Park
station.
Conductor Harry Badgley, of the
street car. declared that he had beer
given the right of way signal by the
fiagman at the crossing at First street
and the Rock Island tracks. When in
the middle of the track, the train
bore down upon the car.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03
MIR. Cooke Would Be a Worker.

Inc slowness of our judicial machin-
cry Is one of the greatest evils in our
country. 1t is an EVIL deplored alike
by the people and the bar associations.
There is but one supreme court in
the state of Illinois, and but seven
judges of that court
The volume of business being eno-
nous. the work of supreme Importance
and the number of judges limited. any
question as to the disposition or ca
pacity of candidate for severe labor
is second only TO his qualifications.
The election of George A. Cook;
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03
FISHERMEN WILL FIGHT
Blockade Spring Lake OutletEOp-
pose Construction of Dam.

Peoria, H., Sept. 3.-From 20 to
80 houseboats, launches and seine
boats, we'll manned by determined
let of Spring Lake and the leaders
declare that any effort on the part
of the Spring Lake Drainage District
company to continue its levee and
dam across this outlet will be the
signal for war. The Spring Lake
drainage District people are work
ing several dredges about three miles
above the outlet between the river
and the lake. in the construction of
levee. The fishermen assert that
this company is encroaching upon the
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03
Notice to Contractors.

Bids will be received at the office of
the mayor. George w. McCaskrin.
Sept. 10, 1909, for laying water mains
and sewers III Island View Heights
addition. Plans and specifications on
file at the office of the city engineer.
Contractors will be paid in, bonds-bear-
ing per cent interest.
All bids must be accompanied by a
certified check or cash payable 10 the
order of the president of the board of
local Improvements to an amount OF
10 per cent of the bid.
GEORGE w. McCASKRIN,
President of Board of Local Improve.
ments.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03
Satisfied.

OF course my opinions
Are right TO a dot.
! would not abide them
A day were they not.
I'd shift in a jiffy
Or less. 1 should say.
And get me some others
To have on display.
The reason I hold them
Is not that 1 may
Be counted contrary
And slightly astray.
I cling to them closely.
Because don't you see
That they are the only
Opinions for me?
or course there are others
Whose feelings are strong
For different opinions.
But they must be wrong.
Their views must pe ever
At fault. 1 opine.
Since they are so often
Cut'crossways TO mine.
How could it be different?
I've figured a sight
And settled the questions.
So l must be right.
Yet pig headed people
Look at them and scoff
And sometimes say boldly.
That | am way off.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03
A Hurry Up Call.

E Quick. MIR. Druggist-Quick,-a
boI of Bucklens Arnica Salve-
Here's Il quarter-For the love of
Moses, hurry, Baby's burned him
sci. terribly-Johnnie cut his foot
win the Mamie's scalded- pa
cant walk from piles-Billie has
bois-and my corns ache. She got
it and soon cured all the family. It's
h greatest healer on earth. Sold
oy all druggists.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03
DESCENDING Scale.

"Got great mining scheme here. II
will only cost you $4,000 to get in on
the ground floor, and it will be worth
millions"
- Not for me-"
''Take $1,000 of 1t. then"
Cant afford it,"
"Let me put you down soy $10O,"
"N0"
Lend me a nickel"
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03

navigable waters of the state and it
is the company's purpose TO drain the
lake and make fertile soil. Not until
after the highest court has decided
in favor of the company will the fish
ermen and farmers adjacent to the
clare.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03
No Thrills.

How is the new chauffeurw
mot any good"
Cant he keep the machine goins?"
"Oh. yes"
And in repair?"
''He is all right there"
'Then what's the troublew
''He couldn't hit a post or a telegraph
pole, let alone a person."
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03

Chosen by a committee without au-
thority TO choose. except that dele
gated by o. F. Berry and Billy Meese,
it is difficult to discover where Milton
Mcclure gets his encouragement in his
belated entry into the canvass for
supreme court justice.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03

Z They say that the right of discovery
of North Pole land carries territorial
possession. Now watch Jim Hill. T..
H. Hartman and Pierp. Morgan fit out
expeditions for a dash to the north
ward
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03

Still it is difficult to discover what
the regularly accredited delegates had
to do with the Berry-made candidate
for the supreme court from this dis
trict
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03

Talk about the old days when the
dogs barked when the beggars
were coming to town. There was III
organ grinder on the streets this morn
ing that made dogs howl
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03

Pretty soon the ''line-o-type or two
writer's will be saying things funny
about Dr. Pole who discovered the
North Cook.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03

Another thing Dr. Cook has done -
he has beaten Bill Taft as tourist 20
the furthermost corners of the uni
verse.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03

There is still an undiscovered coun-
try from whose bourne no Traveller e'er
returns.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03

DIR. Cook ought 10 be getting wire
less from the jungles of Africa pretty
soon now.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03

A new trust has been formed to ie-
fend the cigaret. Comment is unneceS-
Sary
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03
Tactiess.

81 don't like her"
why"
'She is such hypocrite.
"Oh. well. we are all that more or
less
But she always gets found out"
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03
Reckless.

The cricket hasn't any voice.
But still Is blitbe and gay.
He has little puzZsaw
To cheer him on his way
He monkeys with it right along.
And that's what passes for song.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03
The Argus Daily Short Story
Her Scarecrow-By Clarissa Mackie.
Copyrighted. 1908. by Associated Literary Press.

said gratefully. He pulled the man of
straw from the post and tore away
the tattered garments.
Now he said. but she had rustled
away toward her basket. and lie heard
her piucking juicy ears i'll the distance.
When he came toward her with bis
gray clothes on his arm he forgave her
the smile that lurlled about her red
lips.
The truly great are modest" he
said, looking Quizzically at the torn
aud shrunken garments that were dis
tributed more or less effectively over
his large frame. And now how shalt
l thank YOU
BY making good your escape" she
said quickly. We don't want to make
Il failure of it now. Give me your
gray clothes. There-Tll put them in
the bottom OF my basket, and some
day when it's all over you may come
for them Now follow this row down
TO the open field. Cross that to the
orchard. ana i'll one corner among the
apple trees there is the shed where we
sort apples for market. In the loft
overhead there is clean straw where
you can sleep till night, when it will
lie safe for you to so on. Goodbye
| In an instant she was gone and he
was alone in the rustling corn. He
| heard the distant shout of a mans
voice and another voice in reply. Then
| he turned and went swiftly down the
green alley toward the orchard.
! November winds We're whistling
through The IifcIeSs stalks now gath
cred into great shocks over the stubbly
field. Aida walked slowly over the
brown earth. drinking in the tang of
/ the coming frost ana the zest OF tns
dying year.
, = Suddenly she came upon the place
where she had met the fleeing stranger
whom she had aided in the midsum
| mcr She looked ut the fantastic fig
iUre per, he'd on Il shock of corn. an,
| her lips parted in Joyous laugh.
'It is you-you have come backT'
she asked
The scarecrow man grinned. happily
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03
Sure Sian.

Browns wife is coming home"
SIS sher'
"Yes"
did he tell you?"
NO but he is looking for somebody
to wash Dishes
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03

The reason why some girls don't
marry is because they hate to dissp-
point some men and please some girls.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03
Two Pests Gone.

I had fine alarm clock.
threw It at a cat.
Both were DESTROYED. Say. have You heard
OF such good luck as that"
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03
In Theory.

We talk about our boyhood days
And wish they would return
And yearn for them TO come again
With an exceeding yearn.
But do we try our level best
To realize the dream
BY turning grindstone half a day
To see how ii would seem?
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03
Good Guess.

"She is the most cbarmingiy clever
woman that ever met"
II See.''
What"
"She has routed some Of your enc
mics"
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03

HumOr and
Philosophy
~ DUNCAN NJ SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

WE generally know just what
others should do under given cir
cunlstances. though we may be a biz
hazy as TO how we should act our
selves.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03

The quickest and surest way to
make an enemy of man is to Outdo
him in anything.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03

The person who has no time for gos-
sip hasn't had time TO be born.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-09-03
THE ARGUS.

ny THE J. w. POTTER CO.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-11

A writer in the Atlantic monthly
makes this assertion:
II the truth were told most young Aaeriean men
Frs not especially interesting. The young men among
them are not good c1nversaiionalists Our cev,res,
men are mouologists pure and simple The7 1ccrr-,
ndmi7oy- They are BON orators along modified
lines They are Inevitable story teilers. Non, NJ
this IS Conversation: and women like Conversation
like its ooartoaies. which az least pretend uttI.
interest when their turn c1rres in the game"
Here is a wall which comes close 20
being q timely though peevlsh common
tary on the truth. This being the age
Of specialists. it is to be expected that
every one viii eventually become lon
sided. The Inevitable tendency ~ sna-
ciallzing, added 20 the keenness ~ com
petition, is bound to keep every mans
nose toierably close to his own part,cu-
lar grindstone
Unfortunately. the American te,5or,,,
10 talk shop" on every occasion. added
10 the necessity for every one being
expert IN some special line. making soma
one thing always paramount IN. his rni,5
has gradually penetrated into the draw
ing-roomS and the clubs, until generalities
Of conversation become impossible The
situation is such that after one indi,,id,,si
delivers himself OF his monologue the naxt
man, always awaiting impatientlv for .
cue, starts upon his. and so It goes tho
rounds. Small wonder then. as the A.
iaHtic Monthly puts it, the women with
their versatility Of interest are dis
gusted with the situation
Men sooner or later form themselves
into lotteries where mutual interest is
maintained. The enthusiast on automo-
biles soon wearies Of lecturing about the
merits Of his machine 10 dved-in-tba-
wool golf player or tennis crank He
seeks the society Of other motorists
where all can talk on the same subject
and perhaps even all talk at once.
1t is difficult FOR a woman to listen
politely to a dissertation on the stock
market fluctuations when she finds bar-
SELF In masculine society. and while
women are generous IN giving every man
credit Tor being master OF his own par
ucular speciality. they pine for some in
dication that he will relax and give at
tention to them The men themselves.
some Of them, realize the state Of arnirs
but they are helpless. Their attempts TO
The Washington herald., 1909-08-11
cRoUcHY ALLEY VS.. sunny STREET

Do you want 20 know the secret Of the happiness o,
hfeG
Taste the nectar that is flowing in this world o, toll
and strict
Would you learn to smile at trouble and to keen
your temper Eweetf
Then move out Of Grouchy alley and reside on
Sunny street.
You can laugh at every tinl. ard yO,u Ills viii fly
away:
You can Tevel in your gladness every hour o. tho
day
And Jour heart will echo snatohe, Of the songs you,
If yoau move non Grouohy alley out on happy
Sunny street
Why be lingering In shadows. when the sunshine
eYer sar
Bids you cOme out where the blossoms and the hsra
songs greet the air?
You can walk in paths Of pleasure with erpsctant,
If youl Danish Grouchy alley Sor the Joys Of Sunny
street.
Oh, yoan learn the peace o loias as you never dd
before.
And youu strike mine OF treasure from life, over.
flowing store;
And success win ever guide you. and yOuu never
II you'll Just leave Grouchy alley Tor del,rbts,l
sunny street.
50 look up and face your trials With a confidence
supreme!
Happiness VIII DO your portion-nOt a vuEuo ard
Y0uu experience tho tullnoss Of the happy If.
complete
Just by leaving Grouchy alley for tho JON Of Sunny
street.
Los Angeles Express.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-11

participate IN "smsH talk" are some
times ludicrous, and usually piuful fall
ures
Hence it Is that the salon has Ian
guished and become extinct. Where for
merly clever women used to attract bril-
liant men TO their homes. ana when wit
and conversation were the sole means OF
entertainment. they now have 10 hire
paid performers 70 amuse their male
guests. who. II the truth were to be told.
would often much rather not be the
recipients Of the attention.
Small talk and repartee are beginning
to be looked down upon as inanltles. and
real. live topics engage the minds OF
men; but unless we cease to specialize
and begin to show an interest in other
affairs besides our own, conversation VIII
continue to be one-sided and masculine
guests the despair OF hostesses.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-11
WILIIAMLOEB, JR. .HASEISWAY
No Compromise with Guilty Ones and
Smuggling stops.
From Van Norden Magazine


Shortly after William Loeb. IT.. was in
Quoted into Office as collector OF the port
Of New York the whole service took on
q new aspect the force became more
alert, and through then vigilance some
pretty fragrant instances Of smuggling
came 70 light A trunk had been mys-
teriously spirited from a liner 70 Us pier
One OF the two inspectors watching the
vessel and her pier spotted It and I'm
m ediately reported It 70 their supe-iors
who sent Il TO the seizure room. Then
followed the Indictment and arrest of the
owners OF the trunk. a dresSmaking firm
0t Baltimore. Meanwhile the Eve so
called sleeper trunEs filed with expen-
siye dressmaking refinery were seized
Their appraised value was 5000 A
lawyer representing the gang engaged in
these smuggling operations promptly
called on the collector with all the asgur-
ance IN the world that an oTer OF go
0oo, covering duties and penalties. would
be accepted in settlement and the snug
glers granted immunity from criminal
prosecution. Compromise with crimi-
nails! Not much said Loeb. 7 am
going 70 stop THIS smuggling game. and
The most effective way to do Il is TO
send hose who engage in II 10 prison
II you have got anything 10 say IN behalf
or these smugglers, you should see the
United States district attorney. In whose
hands Is the prosecution Of the matter"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-11

The Toledo Times, following the exam
pie OF the Boston Herald. has quit han
ding a comic supplement. Thus is an
other potential sign given OF returning
newspaper self-respect.
1.-THE Times frankly con5esses It cannot
stomach the comic any longer said the
Toledo publication. in abandoning the
abominable thing. In most OF the comics
the amusing IS lacking. Any sane man
viii admit they are devoid OF all the IN
fuence a newspaper should WELD"
Editorially commenting upon this sub
jeot. Newspaperdom says:
The Sunday comic appears to be about played
cut Certainly most Of it is fat and Improbable
In NeWsaperdom's opinion the average sunday
comic is a serious reflection on the intelligence o.;
publisher and public
No high-minded publisher takes the
least pride in handling the so-called Sun
day comic. He abhors Il. He knows that
It IS blot upon his newspaper: that #
Is inartistic, name void Of real humor.
pernicious in its influence upon the young.
and utterly indefenslble. Then why does
he handle Il? Because an unwholesome.
abnormal appetite has been created for
that sort Of thing and. sacrificing prin-
ciple and ideals. he feels he must cater
70 1t for the additional pennies It will
bring him.
With similar reasoning and the suppress
sion Of honest scruples certain big news
papers printed obscene advertising IN
their classified columns until estopped By
law. backed by an outraged public SEN
timent
The Sunday comic, except IN a few
cases. as everybody ought to know. is
not the product OF any one newspaper.
but a machine-made supplement cheaply
and crudely turned ont in large GUAM
titles by two or three specially equipped
plants and supplied simultaneously In
bulk at job-lot prices to such newspapers
as are willing 10 forfeit their self-re-
spect by using them.
Not the least journalistic originality
inventive creation, or enterprise. IS g.
voived In the equation. Il IS q sc--.caole
business az best-an appeal 10 the I'M
thinking-in which large and small news
papers. sinking their ideals and snencing
their scruples. meet upon common ground
for gain.
The Washington Herald believes. with
Newspaperdom. that the Sunday comic is
about played out" II never possessed
a rational excuse for being. An insane
outgrowth Of yellow Journalism. Il ought
TO have been suppressed long ago and
barred from the mails.
a newspaper that puts out and stands
sponsor for tho average comic supplement-
IS not entitled TO the support Of any self
respecting community.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-11
Inventive Progress.

The Cunarder Umbria, once queen NJ
the seas. has become a more or less IN
significant marine dowager. and will soon
De sold to the highest bidder as anti
quated. Roger Sommer. a new conner in
aviation. has just pasted a few minutes
TO Wilbur Wrights worlds record for
time IN the air. Gen. Allen, Chief Signal
ohlcer Of the army. Is inspecting wireless
telephones with an eye TO Incorporating
them in the apparatus Of the Signal
Corps.
And so it goes The old hymn. speak
ing in the ethical sense. saws: Change
and decay in all around I see" In the
material things, however. there IS
change, indeed, but with it much i'm
provement
II was Morse who, when he placed his
first message in the hand OF the child
Of his genius, the telegraph system. die
tated the devout words: What hath God
wrought" 1t was Thomas Edison who
a year or two ago, when he was asked
what he thought OF flying machines. said:
II I hadn't found out so many things
myself, I could give definite opinion.
AS It is, all I can say is, wait and see"
There also was the spirit Of devoutness.
akin to Morses.
To-day the world. faced by one after
another fundamental discovery. is busy
asking "wnl It work2 VIII It be prac-
tIcable? Can We use e? How much mon
ey can we make with it?" We could
hardly expect in this censorlous and
feult-hnding world. TO eliminate the com
mercial Instinct from our findings in as
laudable a way as our forbears did. But
even so, a trace of the devout sand
WICKED in between successive revelations
would add a pleasant flavor to the whole
and flavor that would do well for the
digestive apparatus. which. after ai, has
the task OF assimiating the fruits OF
inventions.
It would seem that honest credullty Is
on the wane-the sort Of credulty that
accepts achievements in their infancy
without waiting for them TO be self-sup- |
porting. A certain degree Of credulity /
on the part Of the public Is necessary TO
an inventors existence, and IN the pres
ent trend Of mind the man who harbors
new Ideas in any Of the lines IN which
the immutable energy OF the universe IS
turned to the public service has a thank |
less Job on his hands. In that respect
the United States has much to learn
from her older sisters across the pond.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-11
LETTERING THE STREETS.
Cleanup" Campaigns Teach the
Individual Civic Pride.

AhNAh l0NAA AlNlc ErlGE.
From the Baltimore News
Coming downtown this morning. man
on street Car-apparenty a prosperous
business man-sat reading a Newspaper.
and os he read a sheet he calmly threw
Il out Of the window, whence II BILE y
away 20 litter up the street The idea OF
individual responsibility for the appear
ance Il a city was evidently the last
thought in this mans mind He had
finished with part OF the paper. and
adopted the easiest method Of getting I'D
OF it,
It costs the city great many thou
sands OF dollars annually 10 have trash
picked Up IN the streets. and vet II Is not
possible % keep them as clean as they
ought 90 be. But suppose ever. person
was as thoughtless or Indifferent as the
man on the car; what an unkempt ap-
pearaEce the city would have. and what
an enormous expense IL would be 10 cope
with the situation
One az the most effective wavs 10 TIM
prove city conditions IN regard 20 cIeanU-
ness is % bring the lesson home 10 each
Individual that part OF the responsibility
FOR keeping things tidied UP rests upon
him he is a member OF q great house
hold. each one OF whom must realize that
his UnGdiness can counteract the pains
and the work OF two OF three others.
This IS one reason why cleanup cam
pdiEns are worth wni'e. they impress on
the Individual hat De must help along the
good work
The Washington herald., 1909-08-11
A TaIl Corn story.

From The Kansas City Journal
This Is the tallest corn story of tho
season, and IS being told among the
travelling men over the State. It IS said
10 have been IN letter written home
by an Eastern visitor: Most OF the
Kansas streets are paved grains OF corn
being used for cobblestones, while the
cobs are followed out for sewer pipe.
The hUsk, when taken or whole and
stood on end, makes q nice tent for the
children 10 play IN. II sounds queer 20
near the feed men tell the driver 20 take
a dozen grains OF horse feed over 10
Jackson's livery stable. II Il were no.
Tor soft deep soil here I don't SEQ how
they would ever harvest the corn. rs
the stalks would grow up as high IN
the or ar the Methodist Church steeple
However, when the ears get too heavy
Their weight presses the stalk down IN
the ground on an average OF nlnety-two
ieet and thus brings the ear near enough
to the ground to be chopped or with
an AK"