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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29
The Argus Daily Short Story
WidoWer Judd's Housekeeper-By Anne Heiman.f
copyrighted by led Literary Press.

Mrs. Piatt sat on her front porch,
busy in braidlng Il mat She was one
Of these women one likes to have
about. There was certain comfort.
Ing presence in her large figure and
comedy face. Although the face when
at rest was somewhat sad, yet it was
one of those beaming faces that seem
full of love for the whole world-that
Is, for all whom she admitted into her
world. For those outside of its bounds
she had no use Just now her thoughts
| were busy with her neighbor. in whose
| direction she sent her glanceS.
Peters getting his supper early"
| she unused. ITS pretty lonely for him,
but l hope he won't be inveiged into
taking Serena Lamb for housekeeper.
/ never was one to promote gossip, but
all Clifton knows that her reputation
| for dressing far outdoes her skill in
| housekeeping. If l thought Just
| then she turned her head and caught
! sight of Mrs. Lamb walking up the
| path.
| TOO bad TO see that nice home going
to rack and ruin" Mrs. Lamb began
after settling herself in the rocker. II
hear it's fairly swarming with mice,
Peter only uses two rooms. Isn't it 8
wonder he amt picked out Il house
keeper afore this?"
| 1--WE an idea said Mrs. Platt, en-
deavoring To speak unconcernedly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29

that he'll probably ask YOU
Me- interrupted Mrs. Lamb in an
astonished tone. me. And with such
a famous cook rs you next door! Trust
a man to get a cook when he's free to
pick and choose. Sarah wasn't much
on the cooking, and guess he'll want
4 change"
David and i spent twenty-five hap
by years in this house, sighed Mrs.
Platt. It'd come hard for me to leave
it,
"And l couldn't possibly leave my
place." protested Mrs. Lamb. land
the garden doing so nicely too. You'd
oughter see my Strawberries, Emeline.
Peter says they are the finest he ever
saw. I'd bring you over a saucerful,
but as Peter was going on so about
your getting SO stout / thought i
wouldn't encourage your appetite any.
Well" looking keenly at her friend to
assure herself that the blow had struck
home II must be getting on"
Serena Jared forth slowly along the
grassy lane 'Emeline don't care
shucks for Peter judd" she shrewdly
conjectured. David Platt's money is
more to her than any living man. But
she'd take the place for no other reason
than to keep me out of it, AS If any
one would look at her twice when In,
around" and she glowed with a fine
satisfaction as she compared herself
To Mrs Platt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29

Peoria will have TO get along with
out the state fair and may arrange an
exposition of its own if it pleases. But
the Peorians had Springfield frighten-
ed for while. In the wind-up the bill
providing for the removal of the fair
lacked only dozen votes of having
the constitutional majority The fact
that Springfield is the capital and near
the geographical center, and the fur
Their fact that the state has something
like million dollars already invested
in buildings and grounds for exposition
purposes, combined to make it unwise
to remove the fair. But had it been
an original measure Peoria would have
Won in walk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29
The crop reports from Kansas t

The crop reports from Kansas that
count are the reports that you hear
goes up from all over the state for
more freight cars to move the wheat
to market. A wheat shortage in May
has never been looked upon as a
very serious matter in the great Sun
flower state. The time for the bears
to hunt their holes IS when the Kan
sas farmers begin to talk about
turning in the cattle on the south
quarter" and blowing up the wheat
on the upland so" for corn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29

been admitted to the bar, two were
without any real Legal attachments,
and the fourth, though good lawyer.
was better politician. From this
starting point Judge O. A. Harker, dean
iof the law school at the University of
Illinois, traces the efforts to divorce
judicial elections from politics in Hi
nois' during the course of an address
delivered before the recent meeting of
the State Historical society.
| Illinois made about as bad start
with its judiciary as it did with its
financial system, says the Chicago Ev-
ening Post Under the first state con-
stitution the supreme court-which
was incidentally the superior and the
general assembly. Thus places upon
it came to be about as coldly a matter
lof political patronage as game warden
ljobs are now, and thus was possible
la bench like that which Dean Harker
describes.
This state of affairs was most dis
tasteful to the people, and the consti
tuition of 1S4S put an end to it. When
1--we contemplate the awesome record
lof the present assembly and the influ
fences which have controlled it, we
fought to rejoice at this reform, and
Dean Harker does not hesitate to cal
lit "the greatest of all efforts which
have been made to divorce politics
from judicial elections" He finds
moreover, that Illinois has developed
lstrongly and consistently a sentiment
in favor of such separation, and re
cites the following facts as illustration
of this healthful tendency:
1.-The people have never taken kind
lily to mixing matters political witt
matters judicial. Evidence II that may
be found in the fact that during the
lentire period when the constitution o.
1S4S was in force two of the three
lsupreme court judges were democrats
although for the most of that period
the state was largely republican. I'm
lder the constitution of 1870, from tina
ldate to 1888, although the state wa:
largely republican, five of the sever
judges were democrats.
For a period of 81 years Judge AL
fred NJ. Craig, democrat, was the judg,
from the Fifth district, although tina
district was largely republican. Ii
1883 David ]. Baker, a republican, wa!
elected from the First district in the
face of an aggregate democratic ma
ljority of the counties of the district il
the presidential election immediatel.
preceding of over 5000. His election
followed 4 heated democratic conven
ton in which five or six prominen
democrats of southern Illinois sough
the nomination. The nomination wa
lsought and made on strictly politica
lines
The efforts of the people to keel
politics out of the courts have beef
given expression and leadership b.
the Illinois bar. 1t found emphasis il
the election of the late Justice Guy c
Scott six years ago, and the indication
are that it would have found added en-
lphasis three years from now by hi
PREDICTION had he been spared.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29
HoW's This?

We offer 500 reward for any case
of catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known F,
j. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm
WALDING, KINNING & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter.
'nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system
Testimonials sent free. Price, IS cents
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
patton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29


Bliss
burgh afterwards spending
compelling
schoobut all
o
paid for contributions,
with leaf but he had confidence that his
which
travels such The Flying Dutchman Ulysses and The Wandering
Canal visiting
the edorsl half
books three Jointly with the
Copyright goS by VIM Mack
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29
,HumOr and
Philosophy
~ DUNCAN n. SMITH
IN SELF PROTECTION.

Some men there are
Who shed delight
When from afar
They heave in sight
Their laugh is clear
And ringing out
And quite sincere,
You cannot doubt.
They lend a hand, D.
A smile or pelf-
In fact. expand
With cash itself.
They do their part
At every turn
With gracious art
And unconcern.
'Twould really seem
That such as these
Would win esteem :
And ever please.
But / have found
1t more than hard
To travel round
With one for pard.
The troubles in
Their talking plant
Through thick and thin
They rant and rant
Their tongue runs clear :
without a balk.
They never hear g
When you would talk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29
Whooplnu Couch,

'In February our daughter had the
whooping cough. Mr.. Lane of Hart
land, recommended Chamberlain 5
Cough Remedy and said it gave his
customers the best of satisfaction. We
found it as he said, and can recon-
mend it to anyone having children
troubled with whooping cough" says
Mrs A. Goss of Durand, Mich. For
sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29

Persons who are about to emigrate
to some other cline through fear
that congress will pass an income tax
may remove their wraps and linger
while longer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29

Hailstones weighing 10 pounds
eacn are reported to have fallen in
Texas recently. OF course the ice
companies managed to get possession
of most of them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29

The New York woman who nearly
sailed away carelessly leaving behind
100000 worth of real jewels, had
been married only very few days
before
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29
COMPLIMENTARY.

"Thfs picture is priceless" said the
maiden \Iady. exhibiting a time worn
painting. at is by one of the old
masters"
Magnificent" exclaimed the visitor.
who didn't know art from shoe shin
ing, but wanted to say something nice.
Were you acquainted with the art
ist:"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29

Queen Wilhelmina is buying Amer
lean shoes for her baby. Are the
Dutch standpatters going to submit
silently to this outrage against the
Holland wooden shoe makers?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29

And then again it was not inap-
propriate to elect strawberry blonde
United States senator from Illinois at
this particular season of the year
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29

1t is easy to drive a man to drink.
The only danger is he may run himself
to death In his haste to get there.
The man who keeps things from his
wife is due to answer present when
trouble calls the roll.
1t is difficult for a man to under
stand why. in regard to woman's
dress, the less there is to It the more
it costs.
When a woman is always saying
Never mind" to her children she
should feel no surprise when they
don't.
When you can't remember what you
want it Is better to forget that you
want it.
The reason some married men al.
ways look dazed Is because they are
Of an inquiring turn Of mind and are
trying to figure out how it happened
Most people are willing to work; the
trouble arises only with those who are
arrogant enough to want to dictate
terms.
There is only one man that a woman
doesn't know how to reform. and she
married him.
1t is said that 1t costs nothing to b
polite. but In some instances 1t haa
been known to cost a violent effort.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29

So Billy Lorimer's election to the
United States senate is the result of a
secret political agreement with his
own party. How amazing,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

There are people who can get every
angle of subject except the right
side up view Of it.
Sometimes it is easier than Il II
profitable to be good.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29

Lorimer's election is a strong argu
ment for the water way, take it as you
please.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29

he wants, Senator Lorimer should hand
1t to him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29
Practice on Them.
Lucky.

Lucky.
Through mountains and forests and mead
ows that smile
The river runs down to the sea,
Flows down to the ocean
With little connection
AS far as person can see,
But who is complaining about 1t, pray.
Or saying that this is fault?
Because II it ran from the ocean away
The stream would be favored with salt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29

Senator Lorimer is a republican
with the aid of democrats.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29
Removal Rule Adopted.

DIR. Joseph A Vance of Chicago
moved substitute for suggestion of
the committee on policy. 1t provided
that members removing from one
charge to another and failing to sig
nifty within II months the church with
which they wish to be affiliated shall
be taken into the jurisdiction of the
church designated by the pastor of the
church they have left. This resolution
was sturdily fought by members of
the polity committee on the ground
that they had not been able to make
a report. However. approval of the
resolution was practically unanimous.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29
The Courts and Politics.

OF the first four justices of the SUI
preme court of Illinois, one had never
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29
Uninterestinq,

Uninteresting.
There goes the professor"
professor of whatT'
Live and dead languages"
Huh: thought he might be a prize
fighter"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29
TOO PARTICULAR
Presbyterian Assembly Gusts
/, Missionaries on Strange
. Ground.
HAD OBJECTED TO TENNIS
Decided to Hold Next Meeting at At
lantic City-NO Charity" for
Minister'S

Denver, May 29.-The general as
sembly of the Presbyterian church to-
day practically dismissed from service
Alexander and James Waite. both
missionaries in northern China, be-
cause they. complained when their
brother missionaries played tennis and
INDUCED in worldly fathletic pastimes
with their charges. Atlantic City was
selected for next years assembly.
Do Not Want Charity.
Denver, May 29.-Presbyterian min
listers do not want charity They made
this clear in the general assembly yes
.terday when by an almost unanimous
vote the commissioners defeated a res
olution prepared by DR.. J. Gray Bolton
of Philadelphia providing for graded
pension scheme for superannuated min
listers.
The trouble over the pensioning of
ministers has been one of long stand
ing, causing friction between the board
of ministerial reief and the board for
ministerial sustention DR.. Bolton s
resolution carried with it motion to
refer the whole matter of joint action
of these boards to special commit
tee.
Word "Charity" Not Liked.
Dr. Bolton made frequent use of the
words charity" and humiliation" and
to these terms the commissioners as a
whole took exception, He was of the
opinion that ministers do not want
charity after they become unable to
perform further service, and therefore
, they should be given pensions based
on the term of service.
DR.. Howard Agnew Johnston of Col
lorado Springs rebuked those using the
term charity and said the minister
who receives aid when he has given
| his best efforts to the church is not
an object of charity, but rather richly
deserving of the support of the church
/ He said the plan first suggested thai
the SustentiOn board look to wealthy
laymen for contributions to the funC
| for such relief was the most unbusi
'ness-like proposition he heard eX
pounded from committee of bushes:
linen. He was unanimously supported
in a resolution that recommended the
objects of sustention to the churcI
| and urged individual gifts. Here the
matter ended
| Removal RrIe Admitted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29

Mr.. Cullom will be kept busy watch
ing his new colleague.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29
THE ARGUS.

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29

Copyright 1905, by VIM. {. Mack.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

Tokio.
 WRITE of the Japanese girl of today,
 not of Yum Yum, Mime. Chrysanthe- A mum or Miss Lnerryblossom. the dainty plaything of the past. but of the live wideawake. up-to-date, pushing maiden of 1909. You may see her acting as cashier in the big stores she sells you your tickets in the offices of the railway stations she aids in the management Of the hotels at which you stay; and, If you become i'll, she administers your medi- cines as the trained nurse of the hos pitals. She Is fast taking her place in the ranks of every industry. and as stenographer and typewriter is now found in many of the native factories banks and other financial establishments
 Three Million School Girls.
 There are more than 6,OoO0o0 children in the public schools of Japan and at least S,OOO.OOO of them are girls. They are required to wear a school uniform, and morning and afternoon the streets are filled with this female educational army, going along singly or hand in hand, with their books wrapped up in bundles. on their way to and from school. The girls wear skirts of dark red plum color, above which show out the upper parts of their ldmonos, that take the place of our shirt waists. Most of them carry paper umbrellas and many walk on wooden shoes. When it rains they have sandals about three inches high, and as they hold up their skirts they show a bit of bare skin above their white foot mittens.
 These girls are of all ages, from little tots of 5, who are going to the kinder gartens, up to young ladies of IS or more on their way to the high schools normal schools and academies. The compulsory school age is from to IA, during which the girls have until now been compelled to attend for period of four years. This time has been extended to six years and the tendency is to make it still longer. The school hours begin at 8 and last until 2, and there is a recess of 15 minutes at the close of each hour for the children to go out in the open and exercise. Every school has its gymnasium and every girl is required to spend three hours each week in athletic exercises under the di- rection of well trained instructors The result has already been a great improve ment in the physique of the children, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

may be said to belong to the topmost layer of the upper crust of the creme de la creme of Japan.
 I would like to take some of the Amer ican girls, who are reading this letter on a visit to these peeresses at school. We shall take our jinrikishas and, pulled by our human steeds in their scanty trous- CTS and butterbowl hats. go through the streets of Tokio and climb the hill on which the school stands. It is back of the foreign office and not far from the palace. There are beautiful gardens about it. and its great buildings of brick and stone are surrounded by quaint pines, trained in Japanese fashion; by brown leafed naples, and the ferns, flowers and other conceits of these artistic landscape gardeners There is no campus, but there are large yards for exercising, and there is great gymnasium, where hundred or so ~ f the girls go through all the evo- lutions of modern athletics. We are met at the door by one of the professors for we have letter of introduction from the foreign office, and this exclusive school is thrown open to us. Tne pro1essor speaks English and he explains as we go.
 We first visit some of the class rooms. As we go through the halls we meet many students They are of all ages, from tots iA the kindergarten to young lady seniors and all are dressed In the common school costume of Japan. All though they may be the daughters Of princes and nobles who in most cases are rich, they all dress the same way and wear the same costume. No frills or fur bellows are to be seen anywhere, the only difference being in the arrangement of the hair. The faces however. are aristo- cratic and refined Most of the girls come of long lines of high ancestry, and many of them are beautiful.
 How polite they are! They bend almost double as they pass the professor, and there is no sign of rudeness to be seen anywhere.
 In the Gymnasium
 During our stay we visit the gymna- sium. Here 100 of these Japanese maid ems are marching back and forth at the direction of the teacher. She raises her hands and their POO bare arms come up In the air. She makes a motion and thax
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
College Girls Of Japan
By FRANK G. CARPENTER.

l 1t will result in making the uncorseted Japanese girl one of the best developed of her sex.
 The studies of the elementary schools are just the same as those of the United States, save that morals and the Japanese language are added. In most of the schools English is taught. and in not few cooking, sewing and other branches of domestic science.
 Girls High Schools.
 Japan has now a large number of girls high schools, although as a rule the most of the children drop out at the end of the ordinary grades In the high schools ad- vanced mathematics, such as algebra and geometry, are taught and also botany physics. chemistry, biology and hygiene. They have a special training in the Japan ese language and composition and also in morals.
 In the normal schools the curriculum is still more advanced. These schools for teachers, and there 16 in the country devoted exclusively to women. The stu dents go out to practice teaching in the various public schools, and when they graduate are given positions as teachers. In these normal schools there are courses of gymnastics, mathematics, physics and chemistry of two years each, and there is special course of domestic economy of three years. Some of the more bril-
 
 at the expense of the government. When they return they are required to teach in the government schools for six years. Among such students is Miss Takeda- who was sent to Wellesley college and Miss Tetsu Yatsui, who has been educated at the Cambridge Training college in Eng land. Upon Miss Yatsuis return she was sent to Siam by the government to found a Noble's school there and she Is now on her way here to teach in the Peeresses' school. number of other Japanese teachers of these normal schools have studied in America, the favorite college for such education being Wellesley. Where the Peeresses Are Educated.
 I have recently visited many of these schools. and within the past week have gone through the great school estab- lished by the Empress for the daughters of the peers and princes of Japan. This was opened 15 years ago, and it now has 600 pupils The school is under the direct supervision of the imperial household and is not in any way connected with the ed ucational department which manages the other schools. It Is remarkable in thar 1t is made up largely of the daughters of the highest classes, and In that it in cludes several princesses belonging to branches of the royal family. Its girls