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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30
Dec. 80 in American
History

1S51-Lajos G.cuisl Kossuth. Hunga-
rian patriot and exile. visited
Washington on invitation of con
greSS.
1S61-The banks in New York. Phila-
delphia and Boston suspended spe-
Gle payments.
1S65-Henry Winter Davis, Maryland
statesman and orator. died in Bal
timore: born 1917.
1903-The Iroquois theater burned in
Chicago: $50 lives Loaf.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30
HunOr and
PhilOsoph
.- 30
~ DUNCAN ~. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

THE wise girl nowadays makes 81
that the man she marries has tab
a course In domestic science becaU
help in the kitchen is so uncertain.
A woman accumuiates cake reciT
by the score and always uses the abo
so-much-of-everyth one that she }
evolved herself.
One Of the amusing things Of If
the way the other fellow economic.
It certainly is a jolt to a mans =
ity the first time he happens TO oy
hear his son refer to him as 1.-THE
man"
When a man is not in politics for
health. but still there. his wife al
her pretty clothes very comforting.
A vain, economical sort OF wife 4
=. eat drawback to n man who wa
to advertise his prosperity.
The girl has a hard task before
who sets out to make a dutiful =
band out of n prodigal and a sTO
thrift, but # is said that it has ~
done.
&c
If man could add the coctz,
of sixteen TO the experier II/2C
the world would be hi 10o
Most any Pir,. ....... 25c
bu'
motg .fn-law isas.
If you think tall
wife talk to her rehRNf
she wants to over tie he
phone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30
Life Lines
RY BASILEUs.
PURPOSE
Copyright 1910.

Your word spoken today will either
give pleasure or will give pain; if You
intend to be kind, then say your say;
but if your tongue is sharpened 10 give
pain. then YOU should refrain.
Nature gives a melody when the
-raindrops patter down, which bring
back to us in memory many pleasures
we have known.
You have pleasure when you please
auother-profits are shared by you to-
gether
You get all your pleasure and your
profit out of the work the world gives
you TO do; work is the wise way to
win.
This is one real truth. that man can
not go back 10 his youth where he
first met up with pleasures free from
worry and sorrow: he must now get
his sweets out of the bitter he meets
and hope for better day tomorrow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30

II you are suffering from DTIIousnes
const. patton, Indigestion, chronic head
ache, invest one cent in a postal care
send to Chamberlain Medicine Col
Des Moines, Iowa, with your naml
and address plainly on the back. ant
they sill forward you a free sample o.
Chamoerlain's stomach and liver tab
let's. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30

Ermine is so scarce this year that
King Georges coronation will be ser
iously handicapped. More suffering
for the common people. What is a
home without ermine?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30

! The automobile has its compensa-
tons. No one is any longer ashamed
TO wear clothes cleaned in gasoline
There is a certain distinction about
The smell, and a man fresh from the
of the sponge may be
given credit for owning a car.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30

Following the advance in pay of en-
gineers on western railroads comes
the announcement of an increase ag-
gregating 100000 to conductors and
other trainmen to the number of $780,
600 on 81 western roads. Now every
body ought to be happy, even to the
passengers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30
The Saving Grace.

Hope springs eternal in mans bi
II Il were not there springing
How could he ever stand the test ~
That daily tasks keep bringing? :
With Jars as thick along the way
As little pigs in clover
He'd take n look at life and say
"Oh. would that It were over"
He rises gayly with the lark
And in the market places
Until enveloped by the dark
The festive dollar chases. ~
And. though It may evade his opes.
He does not stop I'm sorroW
But hastens 10 his home End hopes
For better luck tomay row.
-
To emphasize ana * Of cheer
The sun may oease its. shining.
But in the clopAs that hover near
He sees Tho silver lining.
And IL. rSrchance. from out the gray
Hal ears the thunder rattle
mat is a summons to the fray
That means a winning battle.
II hope were not his ray OF cheer
In every kind OF weather
1t would be hard enough. fer
To hold himself together, 4
For. though misfortune b a chne
Discordsnt. never - T.
He always thir unat Just ahead
Ills forum. al be mended-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30

Dad. you don't seem to think N.
OF Jenkins"
mo. He is n notorious tax dodg
You wouldn't want to have
speak to him."
"You might ask him how he does
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30

favor war between America and
Japanese .newspa per correspondents
by way of adjudication OF the threat
ened international disturbance. That
would afford a most happy solution.
1t would be interesting as well as thrill
ling and tragic, and best OF all blood
less
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30
Borrowed Plv

Borrowed PlU
age.
Jenkins "
always looks we
dressed. and
don't see b o
she manages It.
why 20
jenkins b n
such n small sa
airy"
"Y @ 8. but I
has Il swell ST
ter-in-law who
just his wiz
size"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30

San Francisco believes a Panama
canal exposition in 1915 would be the
best advertisement that city has had
since the shake-up of April is, 1906.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30

: Is the fact that many of the high
flyers in finance are purchasing aero
planes an evidence that riches take
wings?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30

A smained ankle viii usually disable
the injured person for three or four
weeks. This IS due to lack of proper
treatment. Wien Chamberlain's lini.
ment Is apple, cure may be effected
in three or four days. This linimen.
is une of the best and most remark
able preparations in use Sold by all
druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30

I try TO read the riddle. life.
As slowly runs the cup.
/ ask my parents and my wife.
And then ! give ~ uD.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30
CAPITAL BILL is SIGNED

NipNfiHti -1silAGS signature
Sitting ON Stool in Restaurant.
Guthrie. Okla, Dec. Ex-Governor
Charles \. Haskell affixed his sigma
ture to the state capital bill while sit
ting on stool in railway eating
house in this city last night. The bill.
which was passed at recent special
session of the Legislature, locates the
capital at Oklahoma City.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30

+ Whisky is baggage in Kentucky; a
court decision says so. But our SYM
patty goes out to any thoughtless bag
gage smasher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30

Ho Would Have Remembered.
Il heard n compliment on you"
"What was itE"
81 forget"
PITY it wasn't about yourself"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30
Wise Woman.

"Tnat woman has a mind OF I
own"
"Indeedw
Eyes. and there IS a remarka,
thing about it,"
what is it,"
"She keeps it to herself"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30
Then the thrash . Cana.

Then the thrash . Cana.
"He is a farmer"
"a farmer! How IS thaty"
"He sowed discord."
did heT"
RAISED n disturbance"
"YesT'
"And reaped n rumpus."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30
Had Evidence.

"Are you unsteady inclined?
Feel Of that muscle"
Great"
got it winding the photograph"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30
THE ARGUS.

sPubfished Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, III. IEn-
tered at the postef1ce as second-class
matterl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30
OF Course.

OF Course.
what Is a blessing anyway"
"a blessingT
eyes"
Most anything nice that the othe
fellow has"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30
Evidently.

81 intend 10 marry an old man"
"Ah. 1 see. \ short married life an
a merry one"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30

ETERMS.-DaiIy. 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
! All communications OF argumentatfve
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
don. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
: Correspondence solicited from every
township In Rock Island county.
Awp RslNzzQs>
&TRA6Es I IsEaa coGNcIEp 20
Friday, December 80, 1910.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30

THE wise girl nowadays makes 81
that the man she marrieS has tai
a course In domestic science becau
help in the kitchen is SO uncertain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30

A woman accumulates cake recil
by the score and always uses the abo
so-much-of-everyth one that she
evolved herself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30

One Of the amusing things Of If
the way the other fellow economic,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30

Friday, December 80, 1910.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-30

1t certainly is a jolt to a mans =
ity the first time he happens to OF
hear his son refer to him as "the
man"
The Columbus journal., 1910-07-27
He Saved the Patent Office.

When In the war Of 1872 the British.
who had taken Washington. trained
their guns upon the patent office. DE-.
Thornton. throwing himself directly
before the guns. cried:
"Are you Englishmen or GOths and
Vandals? This Is the patent Ofiice-a
depository Of the ingenuity and inven-
tons Of the American nation. in which
the whole civilized world Is Interested.
Would you destroy it? Then let the
charge pass through my body"
And the building was spared. Tween
ty-fOur years afterward. however. 1t
was destroyed by fire. together with
everything I'm II.
The Columbus journal., 1910-07-27

hundred foolish forms of aping upon
new soil the feudal excrescences that
Europe was centuries in developing,
exhaust resources. The we'll to do
fling their coins about until the very
sleeping car porters buy automobiles
and break the speed laws driving
home from work.
Lowell before the war thought that
America was to be q land Of Small
estates" In EmersOn's Concord" it
was a land Of plain living aud high
thinking. 1t has been q land Of thrift
and mainly ofsteady habits. Weneed
to get back to the ways Of our wisest.
simplest men. Extravagance robs the
future. Waste is unpatriotic. Debt
assumed for No good cause is disgrace.
For public and private economy the
time TO begin is right now.-The
Union.
The Columbus journal., 1910-07-27
ROOSEVELT As ORATOR:
AN ENGLISH ANALYSIS

nounced by the falsetto. is large and
hearty, never illnatured, never very
subtle. 1t consists largely of dressing
up familiar maxims in some quaint
and arresting form of words.
Those who only read Mr.. Roose-
velt's speeches can not understand the
ir spell. He says nothing which is
not familiar" they complain. "What
is the secret which compels audiences
to listen to him and to come away loud
in his praise?" The secret is personal
ity, which really means vitality,
Astounding, Overlooking life and vigor,
setting in motion . current Of energy
which it is impossible to resist. Mr..
Roosevelt is . hypnotist. He "puts
the 'Auence" on every one who comes
into touch with him. He makes an
ordinary remark with such force Of
emphasis that you are carried away.
"What a profound thought" you muir
muir. why has that never occurred
to me befores" Yet upon reflection
you cannot for the life Of you explain
where the profandity came in.
This English writer remarks that
the public speakers Of his own country
scarcely ever make . downright state
ment." They would think it indecor.
ous." But to the colonel the real plea.
sure Of speaking is in the chance it
gives him to relieve his mind.
At Cairo he was asked to leave out
his reference to the murder of the
prime minister. NO." he answered,
chat is just what l want to say. If
you do not care about it let US call the
engagement off,"
There spoke the essential Roosevelt
not the politician, but the preacher.
His object in speaking is to do good.
To give advice. to stifien healthy in
stincts. to strengthen public opinion
against meanness aud cruelty, to induce
every man and every woman to make
the best Of themselves-those are the
essential Roosevelt aims. His style
smacks more Of the pulpit than the
platform. IF ] had been q
Methodist" he once declared, Il should
have applied for a license as a lay
preacher" Since then he has Obtain
ed license to presch-but from
greater body than the Methodist con
ference. He is preacher in general to
the whole civilized world.
The Columbus journal., 1910-07-27
Vet He Meant Well.

Just as the train was leaving the
Fifty-eishth street elevated station q
man who had got OF there hurried
along the platform and spoke to pas
senger sitting by an open window in
the smoking car.
"Quick!' he cried. please hand me
that package. left It on the seat
when got out just now"
"Sure." said the passenger. picking
up the bundle and tossing it out Of the
window.
'Thanks!'
Hey. there! What are you doing
that fort" demanded the wrathful. red
faced man sitting next to him.
'Why. he"-
"You double dyed idiot. that package
belonged to me! It was SIS worth Of
laces and ribbons I was taking home
to my wife-
Over the scene that followed let Us
draw q veil.-ChicagO Tribune.
The Columbus journal., 1910-07-27
Hair Monstrositiss.

French theater managers In the
eighteenth century had worse evils
than picture hats to contend against.
Marie AntOinette. who was short even
according to French standards, set the
fashion of high cOiffures. and ultra
fashionable women prided themselves
on measuring four feet from their
chins to the tops Of their heads.
These structures took about six hours
to erect. the hairdresser mounting a
ladder in the process. Some cOiffures
were almost as broad as they were
long, with wings sticking out about
eight inches on each side Of the head.
For the ''frigate" couture the hair was
rippled in a huge pile to represent the
waves Of an angry sea and surmOunt-
ed by a fully rugged ship. As con-
sequence Of these mOnstrosities dis
turbances In theaters occurred almost
daily until an ordinance was issued
against the admission Of women with
high cOiffures to the floor Of the house.
Chicago News.
The Columbus journal., 1910-07-27

advanced thought, the men Of political
activities, the men of large business
affairs, and the masses of the people rs
we'll, endow our people with attributes
that place them far in the front of
others in the present civilization. On
our own continent our influence is
paramount in business, and our ex.
ample, politically, has been followed
by all nations, from the Canadian line
to Cape Horn, as far as CHASING them.
selves as republics is concerned.-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Columbus journal., 1910-07-27

flict Of warning interests and irrecon.
cilable advantages will be bound to.
gether in . federal compact 50 simple.
50 basic in its assumptions, that We
shall at last have attained to q true
democracy. an immediate application
ofthe social authority to the ordering
of life wherein the community spirit
will sway the vast sweep of America, As
it scarcely swayed even the city state
of Athens. Then we shall have q
governmental machinery worthy of our
democratic social organization and Of
the traditions Of our diplomacy. For
nowhere has the peculiar American
peDchant for coming to the point pro.
duced more startling results than in
our foreign policy. So simple mat.
ter as to, say what you want and to
say what you say has completely nom
plussed the diplomatic world, masters
Of shift and artists in evasion. The
triumphs Of shirt sleeve diplomacy"
have taken away its name of contempt.
The article Of the plain truth, the in
volved subtlety Of u blunt demand.
the elusive double entenere couche d
in an ultimatum Of 50 many words
there is our secret, the directness that
misleads, and the simplicity that be-
fuddies.-Dsvid Martin Key in Har-
per's Weekly.
The Columbus journal., 1910-07-27
~All 1hinos Come"

The magnate looked up impatiently
from his work.
"Well. my good man." he snapped at
the diffident rural person who stood
twiriing his rusty hat. what can do
for you:"
81 guess ye don't remember me.
HANK" faltered the caller. But you
an me use ter 60 swimmin' together
In tn Of town. Then you got q job
in tn bank. an I got job in tn gro
Gerry store"
This IS all very interesting. and l
seem to remember your face. But
come to the point-my time IS valu-
able"
Yes, Hank. You got better offer
and left the old village. I stayed plug
ging along In tn grocery store"
well. wellY'
"Well, Hank, when you left you
owed $73.62 on q grocery bin. Here's
where you pay up%-Cleveland Leader.
The Columbus journal., 1910-07-27
CLYDE eiteh's joke.

"Clyde Fitch was IN indefatigable
worker" said an actor who has played
in many Of the Fitch comedies. when
he had a play on the stocks he would
labor over It day and night. often
scarcely pausing for his meals and
getting very little sleep: consequent
" his health suffered He would work
until on the verge Of nervous break
down. and then his physician would
step in and force him to knock of.
During one Of these periods Of en-
forced idleness he was lounging in the
Players club one day when Harry B.
Smith, the prolific comic opera iibret-
fist, strolled In.
"'What are you doing now? asked
Smith.
~ am in my doctors hands, replied
Fitch. He tells me I'm in bad way
and has absolutely forbidden me to do
any brain work.
"That's tough said Smith. How
do you manage to put In the time?
"Oh. I'm writing the librettO Of q
musical comedy" replied Fitch. with
one Of his cynical smiles. New York
Times.
The Columbus journal., 1910-07-27

Think of q sledge hammer. . steam
roller, . slow moving. stone walling
batsman;" then, think of q combina-
ton of all three" and you have some
idea of Mr.. Roosevelt's oratory, says
Zone Who Has Heard Him" in the
London Daily Mail. An orator must
first of all make himself heard. No
body ever found fault with Mr.. Roose-
welt on this score, We are told.
He speaks slowly and very clearly.
Every word, every syllable even, is
separate and distinct. His one gesture
is tremendous. He raises his right
arm. He holds it threateniDgly above
his head. 1t trembles with emphasis.
1t grips the hearers tight. They watch
it as one watches thunder cloud ready
to burst or a great tree about to fall.
Then with a pistonlike movement he
brings it down. The clenched right
fist thuds into the left palm. His
point is rammed home. The tension
is relaxed.
The kaiser was greatly taken by this
characteristic attitude of his guest.
He told his intimates with great glee
how he had sent Mr.. Roosevelt q
photograph in which the ex-president
on horseback was expounding some
thesis with uplifted arm, while the
kaiser was bending forward in the
saddle to listen. Upon the back of
the photograph his imperial majesty
had playfnIly written: The general
in chief Of the German armies agreeing
with ex. President Roosevelt"
Then for a change oratory must be
we'll varied-Mr. Roosevelt will turn
to humor. His features, which have
been almost convulsed with strenuous.
ness. relax and grow mild. His teeth
are no longer terrible. A smile-I had
almost said a grin-broadens out his
cheeks aud jaws. His eyes CLEAN
with enjoyment. Up CUES bis voice
up. up. into falsetto. The audience
lean forward not to miss the joke.
The point comes on the high G. In
the perfect stiffness even . whisper
could be heard. It is almost in q
whisper that he ends. Then, IS q roar
Of laughter checks him, he stands tri-
umphant, smiling benevolentIy watch
ing the effect he has made.
His humor, which is always an-
The Columbus journal., 1910-07-27
TWO COLONIES IN LIMELIGHT.

TWO COLONIES IN LIMELIGHT
There are two Of them-a republi
can colonel and q democratic colonel
the first standing for success; the Sc
cOnd for failure. Not q decade ago
or about that time. the Democrat.
colonel was the most CONSPICUOUS per-
sonality in the republic, though q cap
tain without victory. Since 1901
the republican colonel, like anothe,
Coriolanus has been "every man him.
self"
1t is amusing to note the view each
party takes of its own colonel. II the
republican camp they do not seem ia
know exactly what their colonel is 60
ing to do, but all alike, regular and
insurgent. are agreed that he is think.
ing of and will work for the exaltation
of the G. O.P.
On the other hand, in the democrat
ic camp there is a feeling, amounting
to incipient alarm if not demoralizing
panic, that their colonel is bull in q
china shop. This impression is not
confined to the sane" contingents,
but pervades the ranks of the cranks
as we'll. And even enthusiastic Bryan
men of 1908 are asking the portentous
question: is our colonel for us; and if
SO, what does he mean?'
Only a while ago the democratic
colonel issued general order that
Judson Harmon should not be a candi-
date for the democratic nomination for
president of the United States. The
Ohio democracy rebuked Colonel Bry-
an for that impertinence, which
amounted to insOlence, and did it with
emphasis, if not with resentment.
And at this writing the democracy
of Indians, with fear and trembling, is
debating the question. as Bryan a
republican asset" Until now the
Indiana democracy was ready to swim
the Wabash to hear the peerless One"
make a speech; hut in the impending
the consensus of hoosier de-
mocracy is that The Matches" keep
out of the state.
An uncrowned king is a sad spects-
Star.
The Columbus journal., 1910-07-27
FEDERAL COURTS FEARED.

1t is true that the criminal breads
the federal court, when he may have
little fear Of the state courts. Several
reasons contribute to the fear of one
tribunal of justice and the lack of fear
which in many cases borders on con.
tempt, of the other. The federal
court, particularly in criminal cases, is
more likely to deal impartial justice,
and the criminal breads justice. The
federal jurors are drawn from "at
large; it is possible that none who sits
on the case will come from the crimi.
nails county. That fact minimizes the
influence of the criminal, his family.
friends and his lawyers upon the jury.
1t is more dangerous for a lawyer
to attempt to influence a prospective
juror drawn from at large. The fed.
eral court does not give the criminal
every advantage as in the state court.
The federal prosecuting officers are
better paid than the state solicitors,
and in almost all cases are ADLER law
yers with more experience. They are
furnished with means with which to
secure evidence that is not given the
states solicitors. The federal judges
are Independent Of politics and "Eulls."
They take a broader view than most
state judges, and have greater power.
They give less heed to technicalities.
When convicted in federal court the
criminal can not readily dodge the
sentence. He can not count upon
trifling with the law.-Columbia Is.
c. State.