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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12
Hard on the President.

That a physical standard is being
set for occupants of the White house
and that a president must have stay
ing qualities to be able acceptably to
hold the office is a conclusion from the
present trip of President Taft about
the country.
The Boston Traveller says:
Among the cruel and unusual pun
ishments prohibited by the constitu-
ton should be placed the presidential
swing around the circle. A Boston
business man who saw Taft as he
appeared at the Symphony hall meet
ing fresh from his Beverly vacation,
healthy and happy, had occasion. in
making his annual business trip in the
west, to cross the presidential trail in
the northwest, in Texas, and finally In
New Orleans. This observer was
shocked to see the progressively bad
physical effect of this trip on the pres
ident, who is described as being each
day more careworn and harassed, look
ing apparently 40 to so pounds lighter.
and so hoarse that even violent eff
fort to shout produced a squeak a
little above a whisper and inaudible
even to those only few feet away.
"The nation needs to see its presi-
dent and the president his people ev-
cry SO often, but the strenuous meth
DDS of sightseeing. handshaking and
gormandizing which have characteriz-
ed this trip, not at all the fault of the
presidential party, but due to the eager
ness and loyalty of the people whom
he visited, are unnecessary and UNI
civilized.
9To put in jeopardy the health of
the nations ruler in such cause Is
paying too big price for the fun
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12
The AHabIe Stranger.


He blew into the city
With nothing on his mind.
But with some toys the Ike OF which
You very seldom ind
He seemed TO come from NOWHERE
But straightway settled down
And started In to show them
The way to run town l..
He cut a swath tremendous
Was first In everything.
The natives backed up slowly
And let him have full swing.
Before they got their bearings
To analyze his case
He was the self appointed
Grand mogul OF the place
You know how such things happen.
Some people have a way
OF being head mechanic
In less than half a day
OF coming to a city -
And reaching for the best
Before they learn the language
And know which way Is west
This fellow that speak of.
He lasted half a year
Before they took his measure
And sent him to the rear.
That didn't jar his whiskers
Or make him sad and blue.
He packed his bag and baggage
And ducked for pastures new
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12
AM ERICAN NATIONAL
GAINING STRENGTH
Stockholders Just Add $4,000 to
Surplus-RecognitiO Through
West.

The American National Insurance
company, organized in this city few
years ago, despite its youth, already
is coming to be regarded as one of
the strongest institutions in the fire
field in the west The stockholders,
it is announced, have just paid in an
additional $4,000, which has been
credited to the surplus, bringing the
assets to S45O,0OO. The reinsurance
reserve is $4,000 and the surplus
to policyholders $275, 900. H. H.
Cleaveland is president of the COM
pany, F.. c. Denkman, vice president,
l. S. White, treasurer and NJ. P. Wore,
secretary. All are local people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12
An Honest Doctor

remarked to his patient who had been
cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound after his efforts had
failed. Mrs. Weber, do not believe
in patent medicines, but will say that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the best medicine ever dis
covered for women. Continue to use
it." This is another link in the long
chain of evidence to prove the reliabil-
ity of this standard medicine for
women.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12
The Terrible Itching, Burning, Disfie
urement, Humiliation OF
ECZEMA
BanIshed or No Pay.

Back, Neck, Face, one Mass of Sores.
Cured by DR.. Taylor's Remedy.
Gentlemen:-I have suffered from
burning, itching Eczema for six years,
which tortured me so that l could not
endure any ulderclothing on. My
back, neck and face were one mass of
eruptions, and l was SO unsightly that
/ was ashamed to go out. About two
months ago 1 commenced using DR..
Taylor's Remedy and today am cured.
hope this testimonial will come under
the notice of other sufferers from this
terrible disease, so that they also m ~
get relief.
Hattie d. G. Wikel.
1926 Ridge Avenue, Phila.
Sold by Rolls Harper House phar-
macy, Rock Island, III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12
just Workinq Her.

al wouldn't have that saphead for
son-in-law."
Neither would l."
But he is keeping company with
our daughter"
Yes. and am encouraging IT,"
But what can you expect OF such q
course?"
'Just what is happening. The girl
has no use for the man her parents
pick out for her"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12
He Wantnd to Know.

"Td like to have yer tell me one
thing, Bill"
wat is IT, Mixer
whats this here thing what they
calls temperament"
Temperament
That's it-temperament"
Temperament is wat you has wit
you to trot out and display wen youse
In a big crouch and wants to make
the udder fellow come over"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12

1t is reported that Mrs. Russell
Sage will follow Mr.. Rockefeller's
contribution of 100000 to fight
the hookworm, with 100000 to
fight tuberculosis, and that Mr.. Car
negie viii devote like amount to
medical research with the purpose
of overcoming the most recently dis
covered disease-pellagra- Such en-
ployment of money would quickly
temper the popular criticism Of
American multi-millionaires.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12

The United States court at Los
Angeles has disposed Of the absurd
contention advanced by the govern
ment that native Syrian is to be
barred from United States citizenship
as being a Monaghan. This should
settle the same argument as applied
to Turks In other parts of the coan-
try
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12

The first criticism one naturally
makes of any plan Aldrich suggests
is that it is an Aldrich product.
Where lemons have been so plentiful,
there is natural suspicion of the ex-
istence OF more in the same place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12

Advertising enables merchant to
sell his goods to desirable people, and
to protect his employees against un-
certainty of employment. 1t gives to
the public the economies and perfec-
ton OF product that can only result
from enterprise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12
Liaht Employment.

81 understand you are going 10 mar
~ the bankers daughter"
"She has given her consent"
"Will you work in the bank after
you are married2"
work in the bank7"
what do you expect to do for q
Iiving?''
'Travel for my health"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12

Waterway conventions in various
parts of the country open up various
channels of opinion, but they all
seem to converge in Cannon's last
ditch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12

A "Votes for Women" banner at
the summit Of Pixies Peak is some
thing. But the New York World in
quires what female explorer win plant
one on the north pole.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12
Not Crowded.

what is a vacuum
81 know, professor, but It has SLIP
ped my mind Just at this moment"
You have 1t In your head, but can't
get it out"
"Yes; that's the idea"
"Are you really sure there is room
for anything else thereT"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12

The French seem to be losing their
interest in sensational affairs. The
highest price that was paid for seat
at the SteinheiI trial was only 5000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12

The Rockford Star says that while
Uncle Joe Cannon shores he is safe
as long as he doesn't talk in his
sleep.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12
100000 Cases of PeIIaara.

San Antonio, Tex, Nov. 12.-Phy-
sicians attending the medical asso-
citation of the southwest here
declared variously that there we're
100000 cases of pellagra in the
United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12

Joy riding may be thing Of beauty,
but It is seen in all its ugliness the
next morning when the fines are im-
posed
Trouble generally 1ies IN forty d.
rections when a closed incident ID
opened by mistake.
It is a very simple matter to turn
the head of a crank when the right
woman comes along.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12

The refinement of cruelty: Fatten-
Ing the Turkey for Thanksgiving din
liner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12

Group is most prevalent during the
dry cold weather of the early winter
months. Parents of young children
should be prepared for it. All that Is
needed Is a bottle Of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy. Many mothers are
never without It in their homes and
It has never disappointed them. Sold
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12

Get rid Of every disorderly element
and keep the town clean.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12
HurnOr and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
Dr. DUNCAN NJ .yNfIrH

THE man who loses his head general
ly finds himself in a crowd that "a
quite willing to use it as a football.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and weekly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island. Ill. IEn-
tered at the postdfnce as second-class
latter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12

Worry is the motive power of dis
tease. Cut it out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12
Deliberate Eater.

what are his Office hoursP
"From 8 IN the morning TIL nc
night" replied the accommodating rs
sistant
Every dayT'
sure"
But can never catch him In"
"Well. he usually takes about seven
hours n day for lunch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12

He pIurned himself upon his blood
And on his ancestry.
But found thaNmoney would not grow
Upon a family tree.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12

He is generally
a good marks
man who is con-
tinually throwing
bouquets at him.
self.
Being able 10
take a hintshould
be supplemented
by the ability to
drop it.
A diplomat IA
one whocan make
the Detifiona- g.
a favor think be
Is doing the asker
a favor by turn
ing him down.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12
At Last.

Yes; flying machines viii be great
for printers"
"Why printers? They are sthlo
and sober race OF men, never induig-
ing IN anything save flights OF fancy
But what a fine thing It Will %
when they have to follow copy out OF
the window"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12

Bring in the interurbans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12
TERMs.-Daily, 10 cents per wee,

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12

TERMS-Daily, 10 cents per week
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumentative
character, political or religious, must
have real name attached for publica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12
Must BE.

"Yes: be is a bright fellow"
where IS the evidenceT
His wife believes everything DC
says"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-15
Csoygion Wins Success
 Ln the Magazine Field

ter than mine. and would think, we'll 1t must be they just don't know baiI and MT. Ball laughed good humogediy,
 Tn The West.
 While in the west much of my time was spent on ranches on from any thing else. or anybody that one could care for, I put much of that time in reading over and over again the old Engiish classics. principally because had nothing else to read. That was how began to be interested really in wrftingN or at least thinking of wishing to be. But don't think that unless the street car which hit me in September. 1908. putting me physi- cally out of business. had been on to it's usual job. I'd ever have taken up writing as 6 work =.
 After that-there was hardly any thing else for me to do. My mother at that time was on The Georgian and through her interest in the matter and Buford Goodwin's kindness, I was per- mittej to begin my first shot from the box in the way of book reviews on March Is 1907. This work I really took up at no pay. so that might secure books to read In my bottled-up condition.
 T was with The Georgian for a year. Current literature and other eclectic journals of that critical type began to quote my reviewssI I woke from my sleeping sickness at the switch and said to myself. Where do come in on the money game of this?
 q then began a campaign of en- larging my work.
 sS'T tried writing some 'iction., based on experiences in the west and else- where and spent eight or nine million dollars in stamps sending and getting back by manuscripts. My first killing to amount to anything was With a Prosperity Train in Georgia publish ed in Worlds Work of July, 1908. I began to see. daylight from that on. In this way: followed up this work of feature writing and techni- cal writing for The Engineering and Mining Journal. The Mining World The Electrical World. The Electrical Review, Western Electrician, Popular Electricity, Scientific American and Popular Mechanics.
 T have only had satisfactory recog- milton. .--since the publication T my article Prohibition fn Georgia Tn the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-15
STAGE FRIGHT IN ORATORS

Some interesting facts bearing on this subject were noted in c recent ad- dress made in Belfast, Ireland, by Sir John Byers, to which editorial refer
 ence Is made in the British Medical
 Journal. The speaker first quoted Lord Dufferin as making the following
 statement in a>speech delivered in the same town:
 .No great orator has ever lived who
 did not feel very nervous before rts- ing to his feet have often seen the
 legs of one of the most effective and of Lords. to whom that assembly never
 failed to listen. shake like an aspen
 leaf during the delivery of the first
 few sentences of his speech: and
 should the young speaker feel his tongue grow twice too big in his
 mouth, and curl itself inextricably round one of his canine teeth. he may that he possesses one at least of the characteristic qualities of . great
 speaker"
 The writer goes on to say:
 Tord Dufferin himself was always nervous about speaking, and in his later years the thought of having to speak lay heavy on his mind before hand. In this respect he resembled John Bright, whose sister, Mrs. Lucas.
 
 ways nervous when rising to speak. and his friends knew beforehand from his preoccupied manner when he was likely to deliver one of his great ora tions. Lord Dufferin went on to insist that no very good speech was ever
 made without a considerable amount of preparation. at all events. until long practice~had so cultivated the speak CTS faculty as to render the art of thinking aloud with fervor and pre- cision, second nature. Even so. he l said, he had heard @ Lord Chancellor break down and a Prime Minister lose the thread of his discourse. He ex- mean learning speech by heart. but
 the saturation of the mind with a knowledge of the subject and then the construction, not necessarily in writ ing, but in the mind. of a we'll knit keleton of the argument or exposi-
 tion; finally when out walking or in
 the solitude of one's own room, the language in which the ideas may most fitly be clothed should be considered "A crowded street. said Lord Dufferin, Is not a bad arena for this exercise. as 1t accustoms you to abstract your thoughts from outward objects. and will repder you proof against the dis eouraging smile of an over-critical op- ponent. Should you wish to go a step farther. and embody in sound the thoughts that burn within you, you
 can always fall back upon the wander
 ing stars for an audience. very dis
 tinguished member of the House of
 Commons communicated to me years
 ago in the hunting field the plan which
 he adopted, and certainly in his case
 the result was extraordinarily effec-
 tive. He said that when about to make
 an important oration he used to write
 down what he intended to say as rap
 idly as he could on successive sheets
 of paper. which he threw into the fire
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-15

would ever be made if the government should become opressive unless some provision be inserted so that the method of amendment should not be entirely dependent upon Congress and in re.ponse to shis argument oouyer, s the existing provision for Q national Tn view of this might not Congress reach the conclusion that q legal application by the legislatures of the states to amend the constitu- tion, a thing which can only be &C., compiished through national conven- ton. was founded upon distrust of the Congress and q desire to have amend ments proposed and ratified by con- ventions fresh from the people and as free as possible from the power of constituted authority. federal Or state. and. having the clear constitutional power submit the amendments pro- posed by. the national convention to state conventions for ratification. In that event. may not Congress fix the qualifications of members of such state conventions and prescribe by whose votes they shall be chosen.
 These matters might not he of great importance if 1t were certain that the legislature could name the amendments to be proposed and that the national convention could deal with no other amendment, but 1t will be seen that the constitution joes not au- thorize the state Legislature to pro- pose the amendment. They are author call a national convention and this convention itself proposes the amend- ment. Once the convention has been legally called 1t would seem that 1t may propose as many amendments to the constitution as 1t desires and that 1t would not be bound to pro- pose an amendment offered by the legislature of the states of by any one else.
 It Is not probable that the demo- cratic party desires e national con vention, at this time. with power to propose as many amendments to the constitution as 1t sees fit. and to have such amendments ratified by the leg isiatures or by state conventions .as the one or the other mode of rati- ficatiou may be. proposed by the con- gress." and hence 1t seems to me that the methods adopted by the legisla- ture in furtherance of the cause of popular elections of Senators is one of serious importance. Shall state act ivity on the question be along the line of memoflaiizing Congress in such way as to avoid the effect of a legal application for national con- vention, resulting if possible in an tnducement to Congress to submit amendments to the several legisla- lures in the manner uniformly follow ed up to this time. or shall legal application for a national convention be made.
 I am not familiar with the resolu- tion introduced in the Legislature of Alabama on this subject but under stand it to be an application of the kind which. if successful, calls for national convention. The question may well be weighed by Alabamians in Judicial manner. especially since we have here already. in practice. a sell ection of Senators by popular vote.
 Clanton August 10,1sos.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-15

March issue of Putnam's Magazine. Although at that time my books showed the acceptance of twenty seven articles by twenty-seven dif- ferent publications in this country. T am continually doing work for the technical journals mentioned above I have an article, Review of Fossil s1 issue of The Engineering and Min ing Journal.
 T have had within the past six months articles in Scientific American Mining World. Human Life. House and Garden, Putnam's Magazine, Leslie,s Weekly. Burr McIntosh's Monthly--ali the technical journals (signed, extend ed articles on southern development are deposits, etc.) Taylor Trotwood. World Today. Book News Monthly.
 For the future. I have in hand all tho magazine work can handle for at least ten months ahead, in Put nam's Magazine. McClure's Magazine. The Independent. Taylor-Trotwood. Leslie's Weekly.
 Tour in south.
 'My recent tour through the south ern states for a northern publication gave me e new stock of subject mat ter. The south is. rich in work for the magazine writer. I gave me a new and a broader outlook, and in the people met I saw what made me be- lieve again in those familiar lines of Stanton's:
 ~ "'This old world that we're Twin in is mighty hard to beat"
 Editorial Comment.
 Commenting on MT. Balls prohibi- tion articles. the editor of Leslie's Weekly of August 5. writes:
 "On another page in this issue of Leslie's Weekly will be found an i'm teresting article entitled. Is Prohibit ton in Mississippi Farce? This ar- ticle is intended to present the situa- ion in the state named exactly as 1t Is. s. Mays Ball, a well-known southern newspaper and magazine writer. was asked by us to investigate the ques- tion with fair consideration for both sides
 While we assume no responsibility for Mir. Balls statements. we print the facts as he gives them, in the inter- est of full and impartial investiga- tion of a matter that has become of paramount importance in the south ani throughout the country. Every fair minded citizen should be willing to have the facts concerning the practi- cal workings of prohibition set forth without bias or prejudice. Mir. Ball assures us that he has done this in the article referred to, and that he will do the same in any subsequent papers that he may contribute"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-15
A Wond v orker
 For The Complexion
4 Skin Beautifer and A Skin Remedy All In One That Produces
 Remarkable Results.
auarantsed safs and satisfaotory.

Many women believe that cold cream ts remedy for most any skin trouble, such as roughness. tan. chap and 50 Oh. The osssr asSs IS that 1t is merely an oily cleanser paramne. It contains no beautifying in- gredientg whatever.
 Here Is skin preparation that not only does all that cold cream Is supposed to do. but infinitely more.
 It makes wrinkles disappear by nour- fshtnS the skin tissues; 1t makes liver moles. pimples. blotches. freckles. red ssPots ana olackheads, sunburn and tap
 This astonishing preparation is Dr. Hebra's Viola Cream. No other skin preparation is necessary when using 1t. It positively has no equal anywhere. It gives the skin a luxurious. healthy tint. Is remarkable. It is a skin beautif1er and
 It removes all impurities from the skin-pores, and undoes the damage caused by harmful cosmetics. x,,s, Moia @ Cream Is safe and certain and drug stores for 50 cents jar or will s, De sent eharges prepaid, on receipt of price provided you mention the name of the druggist who could not supply
 -, A trial paekage of Viola Cream by the c. c. Bittner Co, Toledo Ohio, for 10 cents to cover postage, packing.
 Beware of cheap soaps, all disguised with perfume. They Feat orr beauty. Use safe. beautlfying soap. Wash using Viola Cream. You'll be Surprised at the result which this combination will produce. Viola Skin Soap is sold at 25c a cake by all druggists or sent pre- paid on receipt ofNprice by The e. 0 BittneF Co.,. Toledo. Ohia.
 Far Sale by AL DrugEIsts in Montgomery.