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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15
The Argus Daily Short Story
A Supposed Son.-By Ainsworth Rhodes
Copyrighted by Associated Literary Presa

Two medical men, Drs. Fisher ana
Gardner, were disputtng the question
as to whether a fathers or moth
er's love for child or the child's love
for its parent arises from consanguin-
ity or association. DR.. Fisher main
tanned that there is a natural affection
between parent and offspring that can
not possibly exist without that con-
sanguinity. DR.. Gardner claimed that
a father might love son whom he
supposed to be his own as well as his
real issue. He also claimed that
child would love his supposed father
and mother as well as those who had
begotten him. In support of this posi-
ton he told the following story:
More than twenty years ago a
charming young lady belonging to
family that 1 attended regularly was
married. The match was all for love,
no other consideration entering into
the contract. That / may not reveal
a professional confidence 1 will call
the couple Mr.. and Mrs. Ward. 1
knew Mrs. Ward well, though had no
acquaintance with her husband pre-
vious to her marriage. She was a SEN
sftive, high strung woman, and l fan
cied that unless her husband was a
very suave and self controlled man
they would be likely to have trouble
in getting over that difficult period
which comes when newly married peo-
pie shift from romance to reality. My
fears were realized. The husband
proved as FESTIVE as the wife. They
uTI1rraled and three months q fteT- their
marriage separated.
Mrs. Ward very soon begged her
husband to forget the past and return
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

When Teddy Goes to Williams House
IColonel Theodore Roosevelt expects Il
be Emperor Williams guest at Berlin or
May IL, Is. II and ISL
When Teddy goes to Williams house and
hangs his hat up there
Twill be memorable day-a day be
yond compare
II Caesar ever could have had Napoleon
for his guest
The world would have sat up, indeed, and
shown some interest.
But no more than 1t Will display when
Teddy strikes Berlin
And, ringing Williams doorbell, hears
that monarch say. Come inr'
When Teddy goes to Williams house and
they sit down alone
To talk things over, what a pair will then
and there be shown,
We may be sure that they will not when
they have got together
Be satisfied to talk about their watches
or the weather.
All, what q fortune would be his who
might contrive TO get
A faithful motion picture OF the two wher
they have met!
When Teddy goes to Williams house they
viii not sit and yawn
And twirl their thumbs and wish thai
there was somethings going on.
There will not be moment when the IN
tereSt VIII cease,
For each may. be depended on TO plainly
speak his piece.
They'll take up every subject, and they'll
do II to turn,
And all the rulers may expect their pre-
cious ears to burn
S. E. Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15
Billions for Insurance.

Everybody. knows that ubiquitous In
dividual, the life insurance agent. He
may be imported or indigenous, but he
is everywhere and the sun never sets
on his activities. He was particularly
busy in the United States during the
year 1909. Representing $50 compa-
mics he wrote $1,6SS ,020, 49S in policies,
some two hundred millions in excess
of the record for 1903.
The policyholders were somewhat
busy at the same time. It takes some
hustling for the generality Of them to
meet their premiums, but they worked
nobly, paying in s564,S5, 696, gain Of
SIS, 100000 over what they paid in
1908. Interest and other payments
swelled the income Of the companies
to S747,194,985. During the year the
companies disbursed to policy holders
$3.50 .663 ,O53, and laid by for the fu-
ture protection of policy holders"
$242, 348,374. Statistics as to how much
went to yellow dog funds are lack
ing. but probably will come out in
course Of future legislative investiga-
tons.
The assets of the $50 companies at
the close of 1909 amounted to 1884,
los ,542, an increase OF $685., 200, 900
during the year. The surplus on pol
icy holders accounts increased nearly
sec, 600 900 to $544,41o,426. The fig
ures which are taken from tabulation
by one of the leading insurance papers
of the United States, give some idea
of the enormous growth of the life in
surance. business. Taking the ordinary
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15
Democrats Win for Labor.

When the house, by vote OF 1SI
naval appropriation bill providing that
the two new battfeships authorized In
the measure should be constructed In
accordance with the provisions Of the
eight-hour law, democrats won a point
for which they have agitated for years.
1t Is not believed the senate will
have the courage to kill the eight-hour
law provision. The necessity for the
amendment, which was introduced by
Representative John ]. Fitzgerald of
New York, democrat, brought to
light peculiar situation.
Congress passed a supposed eight
hour bill in 1892. At that time Major
Mckinley, who was then member of
the house, characterized the measure
as 1ong-deferred payment Of prom
Use or pledge made by the republican
party to the labor men of the -coun-
try. Despite the passage Of the eight
hour bill, however, way was found
to prevent its application to the con-
struction of battleships. By a some
what extraordinary opinion of the at
toruey general 1t was held that war
vessel was not public work.
1.-THE effect OF this amendment" ex-
planned Representative Fitzgerald,
will be to require all contracts for
the construction of vessels authorized
In this bill to contain provision that
the vessels shall be built In accoro.
ance with the eight-hour law. Since
have been member of this house,
some IL years, repeated efforts have
been made to enact law making an
eight-hour day the legal day for all
work done for the government under
contract. Such a bill has never come
before the house for action. The abil-
ity of men to turn out moro in eight
hours than in nine hours is easily I'M
derstood by those who have given care
full attentiaon to the question. There
is a maximum capacity to the ability Of
every mechanic and laborer to work.
Working eight hours, day after day,
the mechanic does not become stale,
but commences each days work thor
oughly refreshed and able to maintain
his highest speed the entire day. Not
only sthe output of his labor greater,
but it is a better product in every
way.
"The report of the industrial COM
mission some years ago disclosed the
fact that a number of manufacturing
had voluntarily reduced
the number of hours from ten to nine,
and that under no circumstances
would they go back to the ten hour
day, because the output was not only
hui eo4fSfa,Otnrx
than under the ten hour day. The
government should not only set the
example, but should accelerate the
to have a universal eight
hour day by insisting that all work
done for it under contract should be
by men employed eight hours"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

| as the only person at ALI likely u
know. Everard came to me. and
told him the story as I have told it to
you.
Here was a crisis in the young
mans life. If he accepted his inherit
ance his reputed father must know
posed upon by his wife and that the
boy he loved so wen was not his own
son. A fortune of 100000 was the
price that he would receive for permit
| ting this blow to- fall upon those he
loved. True, the means he would re-
ceive would enable him to lavish luxu-
ries on them. But they were comfort
ably situated, having neither poverty
nor riches. Everard asked my advice
as to what he should do In the prem
ises, but I declined to give it, leaving
him free to act upon his conscience
and his wishes. He told me he would
think on the matter.
When 1 saw him again and asked
him what was his decision he told me
that not a million would tempt him
either to risk trouble between his ia
Their and mother, to wound his father
flesh and blood or even to let his sis
ters know that he was not their broth
er.
1 asked him what he would do with
the estate that belonged to him, and
he told me he had made arrangements
on condition of absolute secrecy to
turn 1t over for the endowment of a
charitable institution.
And so it was that this young man
declined a fortune rather than give
pain to the woman whom he loved as
his mother or the man who supposed
he was his father. The baby who two
decades before had reunited husband
and wife and been the indirect cause
from which had sprung a happy, low
ing family now turned aside riches
rather than wound any one Of those
he loved so well.
Whence came the love that induced
this sacrifice If not from association?
The real father and mother had no
place in the child's brain or affections.
The supposed father. loved and was
loved as truly as If the boy were a
reproduction of himself.
When DR.. Gardner had finished his
story Dr. Fisher thought for a few mo-
ments, then said:
81 think, doctor, that you have rath-
er given an illustration Of a noble
character than proved your case.
grant you that association has a great
influence. 1 grant that In this case
the supposed father loved the boy he
thought to be his own with a stronger
love than, he might have loved a son
of whom he was the real parent. But
his own son might have been a mis-
creant, while his supposed one would
make almost any one love him. It is
possible that If, in addition to his no
bility of character, there had been the
additional tie between the two their
affection for each other might have
been even greater than it was"
81 grant all you say, doctor" replied
the other, "but I nevertheless hold that
between cOnsanguinity and association,
especially among those naturally fitted
to love, the latter is far stronger than
the former"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15
Hur11or and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
D. DUNCAN n. SMITH

MAKING mistakes is a thing upon
which nobody has patent, yet
some OF our friends act as If we were
infringing whenever we chance to be
In error.
We all want TO see the world happy
according to our own private recipe.
The trouble with the square deal il
It doesn't come round often enough.
The best people I'm the world are
those who think you are the brainiezt
and best looking person they know.
People who work their tongues most
are seldom those who have much to do
with their hands or heads.
1t is not possible for the recipient to
take a compliment for just what IT Is
worth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15
The Little Annoyance.

ANNO -iNtAC FtNAhS eh~os
Nursing a FIRE that is suilry
May be the finest OF sport
Who for excitemont was crazy
Wouldn't put UP with that sort
Waiting around while you Bhiver
Just for a flicker of fame
As an amusement. We venture.
IL most decidedly tame
Hope, we are told, springs eternal
Here II is put to the test,
watching the smoldering embers
Doing so far from their best,
Blowing and polxing and scraplnB,
Giving the damper a turn, r.
Knowing that coaxing is useless
When II is set not to burn
Such a provoker OF temper,
Such an incentive for talk
How one enriches the language
Tempting the furnace TO balkI
Men who arc weak IN their grammar.
Shy in their phrasing as well.
Eloquent grow and loquacious
When they are under it's spell
Nothing to do but do nothing
While It is taking its time,
Nothing to do but think daggers
STEPPED to the handle in crime,
Useless to frowp or to whistle,
Useless to stir at the CRATE
Men OF experience only
Wrap In a blanket and wait
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15
Saved from the Grave.

at had about given up hope, after
nearly four years of suffering from
a severe lung trouble" writes Mrs.
NJ. L. Dix, of GAINESVILLE, Tenn. "Of-
ten the pain in my chest would be
almost unbearable and I could not
do any work, but DR.. Kings New Dis
covery has made me feel like a new
person. It's the best medicine made
for the throat and lungs" Obstinate
coughs, stubborn colds, hay fever,
grip, asthma, Group, bronchitis and
hemorrhages, hoarseness and whoop-
ing cough, yield quickly to this won
derful medicine. Try it. Fifty cents
and S1.0O. Trial bottles free. Guar
anteed by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15
N1L1gYX ERQ7V UZAQA

wanted anything so much as she
wants me. and am so favOrably dis
posed toward her that if you care TO
make the investment 1 shall be quite
willing to leave the terms entirely to
you and her"
Naturally she got him. No wide
awake business man is going to over
look a chance to get such a fine sam
pie of nerve in the family.-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15
How Long He TarrIed.

'Have you been waiting for ma
long?" he said.
waiting for you longI 1 should say
/ have"
mot so awfuIly longT
Indeed l have"
'Well, how long"
1.-THE rent has fallen due since :
have been waiting"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

It must be discouraging to the presi-
dent to see how little effect in Indi-
ana is produced by his repeated and
hearty commentators of the Payne
Aldfich tariff. Would it not be just
as well for him to leave the defense
Of an act of congress to the congress
men who enacted it?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15
April IS in American
History

1632-George Calvert Oord Baltimore).
protector of the colony Of Mary
land, died; born 1882.
1S14-John Lothrop Motley, historian
and diplomat, born; died 1877.
1S61-Lincoln's first call for volunteers.
1S65-Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth pres
ident of the United States. died in
Washington; born in Hardin coun-
ty, KY, Feb. II, 1909.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

The necessities of death are no less
sacred than the necessities of life. In
Cincinnati a new coffin combine has
been formed with a capital of half a
million. Thus are we pursued by the
relentless trusts from the cradle to
the grave
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

1t. does not cost anything to answer
the questions Of the census enumera
tor. Help him out and doit cheerfully,
and see that no member OF the family
Is omitted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15
Stood on His Ri1hts

The Lawyer (who is drafting Mr..
Snarler's last will and testament)-Oh.
but If 1 may make a suggestion, don't
you Mr.. SnarleF-Hang it all, who's
dying-you or me, eh?-London Tit
Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15
Material Evidence.

'Do you believe In the faith cureT'
'1mplicity."
"You think it is good, do your"
81 know It."
"You've seen many cures. SUI
pose"
"Wen, ] know a man that makes
$1,000 a year at it."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

The fact that federal investiga-
ton of the means taken to keep hose
up has been ordered does not nece3.
sarily indicate that the Order Of the
Garter is under suspicion
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

and the industrial business together,
the insurance in force IN the compa-
MES operating under the legal reserve
laws amounts to s15,473. 800, 466.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

New York has convicted police
magistrate Of having accepted br:be
of $I8.66. The &c cents shows that he
was a sticl1er for form.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

; Clifford Pinchot could get several
dollars word for it If he would be
willing to =wrfte-out the story of that
interview.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15
Do not let the census
man pass youby.

If a man is contented, he is pretty
well OFF without an auto and a man.
sion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

1--WE all should lay by something for
a rainy day"
SHOULD weT'
Certainly"
''Then I am all to the good"
''Einei How much have you gotT
Scum shoes, a slicker and a bottle
of liniment"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

( The census enumerator Is supposed
to enlist the name of every human
being In Rock Island. Get the whole
fanilyfin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

Some sfepttcs are afraid it VIII take
something more Immediately applica-
bic than praying to save Pittsburg.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

Help the census man. and thereby
help In giving Rock Island its just
and proper population.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

Do not forget any of the little ones
even to the tiniest tot in the house
when the census man calls.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15
All He Wanted.

All He Wanted.
al got an order for a poem today"
when are you going to write itY"
81 amt going to write It."
"But j thought you said you had an
order for itT'
Eyes, but got my pay in advance"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

A lie always has a certain amount
Of weight with those who wish to be
lieve tt.-Rice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

Another thing about the cheap up.
per berth It will not be necessary
to reserve arIower so far ahead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

Prompt-relief in an cases OF throat
ans lung trouble If you use Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. Pleasant to
take, soothing and healing in effect.
Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15
Professional Rrnlianox.

'He Is brilliant man"
Eyes. ! wonder what his occupation
IS"
Putting electric lights In theaters."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15
How He E.It.

How He Felt.
cit is awful" said the landlady
~how everything has gone up"
cit is" said the sympathetic board
er.
"An of the necessities OF life."
''Too bad prunes hadn't gone mp
with them"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

To Be Recommended.
''why do ftp
do what:"
TRY to convince a woman"
cit is good mental gymnastics. don't
you think2"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

Query.
"Why don't we eat meat?"
because we can't afford it
"We1, there's one thing that ia like
to know"
what Is ftp
"Who does afford it?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15
Your tongue is coated.

Your tongue is coated.
Your breath is foul.
Headaches come and 90.
These symptoms show that your
stomach is the trouble. To remove
the cause is the FIRST thing and Cham
berlain's Stomach ana Liver Tablets
will do that. Easy to take and moat
effective. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15
Ever New.

date.
The go-by from moderns don't get.
To chat with or eat with or swing on the
gate
She's always in fashion. you bet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island. Ill LEn-
tered at the postofnos az second-eiass
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

BY THE ). w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

TERMS.-DaiIy. 10 cents per week
Weekly. 81 per year In advance.
All communications OF argumentative
character, political or religious- must
have real name attached for pubiica-
ton No such articles Wit be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township In Rock Island county.
pEb EENzne>
GTRApEs IssaS COUNCIL go
Thursday, April IL, 1910.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

We all want TO see the world happy
according to our own private recipe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-15

Easy.
81 am 50 afraid
of burglars"
Then refuse 20
ADMIT them, sd
~"
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-05-12
WISE WORDS.

Men often make bad breaks just
before they go broke.
And If a worm does turn, what
does it benefit him?
Don't be too anxious to grasp an
opportunity that is sizzling hot.
A woman would cry more If it
didn't give her nose a vermillion hue.
A practical joke is never funny
when it's on the first person singular.
But the things you try to keep dark
will come to light sooner or later.
We all have a soft spot in our
heads at birth-and some of US never
lose it.
Most men who paint the town red
make the air blue,
A man of letters may be jealous If
his wife gets few.
Even real estate men occasionally
build castles in the air.
The man who doesn't count the
cost is apt to feel cheap sooner or
later.
Some things may go without say
ing, but woman's tongue isn't in
that class. o.
When a financier begins by chloro-
forming his conscience the rest is
dead easy. '"
What has become of the old-fash-
Toned girl who, when a love affair
went wrong, pinned away and died?
A man feels like kicking himself
when a homely woman attempts to
flirt with him. u.s.. D.
A spinster may imagine that mar
riages are arranged in heaven, but
married woman knows better.
One reason why there's plenty of
room DIT the topis the fact that every
body wants to get in on the ground
The one proof of mans superiority
over woman is the fact that he never
wears his clothes buttoned down the
back,-From Pointed Paragraphs"
in the Chicago News. b., 's.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-05-12
DANGER IN RADIUNf.
A Comparison of Successes and Casu-
alties Due 10 Its Use.

dilitS but W us 1oes
It seems now fairly well concluded
that the range of efficacy in radium
therapeusis is exceedingly small,
while its dangers are grave and gen.
orally irreparable. It is likely we
shall have to conclude that radium
has done more harm than good to
suffering humankind.
We recognize that there are still
enthusiasts. The council of the Royal
British Radium Institute includes Sir
Frederick Treves, physician TO King
Edward; Sir William Ramsay and
Joseph John Thompson, professor of
physics at the Royal Institution, and
Sir Frederick in February last held
the view that the utility Of radium is
likely to be very great.
q have SEEM" he says, "moles re-
moved by it. I have watched 1t cure
a birthmark the size of gooseberry
on a baby's head an angioma on a
girls eyelid as big as a plum; port
wine stains can be removed by it;
even Jumps under the skin yield to 1t
four weeks treatment dispersed one
as large as a hens egg rodent ulcers
of certain type may also be success
fully treated. At the same time al
though we know that radium does
these things we know little else about
it,"
What we do know very definitely
is an amazing list of casualties fol-
lowing upon such experimentation;
by comparison with which the thera-
peutic triumphs here cited by Sir
Frederick should justly be termed
contemplate.
Amazing claims are made in
France for radium efficacy. In Feb
ruary last Degrais, of Paris, declared
1--WE are no longer in a period Of eX-
pectancy; we are now in a period Of
confirmation" At the Paris Radium
Institute siyty-four out of eighty-six
cases of surface cancer have been re-
ported cured all kinds of cutaneous
affections have been treated success
fully, it is said, and chronic rheuma-
tism and tuberculosis have yielded to
radium treatment. Cum grano sails,
we advise.
On the other hand the list of disas-
tiers due to the use of radium and Of
its congener the X-ray is simply APP
palling. Dr. John II. Edwards, presi-
dent of the British Electrotherapeu-
tic Society, has Tor had in 1900 a
cancerous growth caused by constant
exposure. His left arm has had to be
amputated
Another victim was Clarence Daily,
who submitted to repeated amputa-
lions of fingers and finally of the
arms, but who finally died. Radig-
net, of Paris, died from the effects OF
his experiments; so did Blacker, of
London; DR.. Louis Weigel, of Roches-
ter, and Wolfram c. Fuchs, Of Chica-
go.-From the Dietetic and HYGIENE
Gazette.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-05-12
A LINGERING Death.

An English soldier supposed to
have been killed in India was en-
tered on the books OF his company:
"Died on the oath Of june etc.
A few days afterward it turned out
that he was still alive, and the hon.
est sergeant made the following en-
try:
Died by mistake"
At length there came letter from
the minister Of war announcing the
death of the man at the hospital,
when the sergeant recorded the fact
as follows:
"Re.died by order or the ministry.
Louisville Herald.