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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-11
Especial Correspondence. J

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-The south Is now
harvesting the most valuable cotton
crop in its history. The total crop Is
estimated to be something like 11,500,-
900 bales, which Is not a bumper crop
by any means. but the advanced prices
will make IL the most valuable in his
tory.
The combined value OF the cotton
staple and seed is estimated at about
1875, 900. This money will pour into
the southern states IN the next six
months.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-11
MACON TO REGULATE
TREATMENT OF MILK
Shows One-Half Size

MACON, Ga, OCT a-The city board
of health today put all dairymen sf Ma
con and BIB county on notice that afteP
January 1 they must meet every require
ment Of the rules and regulations per-
tanning to the sanitary care OF dairfes
and treatment Of milk. or their licenses
will be revoked Following the example
of other Georgia cities, the Macon board
of health is conducting a campaign for
clean milk.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-11

THE SWINE OR THE FLowERf
An mel / saw huge and loathsome sty.
Wherein a drove of wallowing swine
were barred,
Whose banquet shocked the nostril and
the eye;
Then spoke a voice, Behold the source
of lardp
! fed, and saw field that seemed at first
One glistening mass of roses pure and
white,
With dewy buds mid dark green foliage
nursed;
And, as fingered DER the lovely sight,
The summer breeze, that cooled that
Southern scene,
Whispered, Behold the source of
COTTOLENEI"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
Success of the Little Ballot.

AS the early returns in most coun-
ties of the state showed the vote on
the little ballot propositions to be
in favor of them all, little attention
was given to compilation Of figures,
and it will take the official count to
furnish information as to how heavily
the state did vote for these reforms.
That the vote will be very heavily
in their favor is clearly indicated by
the returns received Reports from
Chicago also tell of victory for the
little ballot
There is, in the heavy vote favor
able to these propositions in this coun-
ty and elsewhere, a satisfaction to
men of principle much greater than
can come from mere partisan victory
at the polls.
Illinois has taken the first long step
toward fundamental reform. 1t will
be a great victory for the people of
the state if the state constitution is
amended to provide for the initiative
and referendum. That in itself will
be a glorious achievement for the
state which would be made even great
er by the enactment Of corrupt prac-
tees act and by the pacing OF Jaw
upon the statute books for statewide
civil service.
The voters are to be congratulated
for their overwhelming Endorsement
in this city and county and throughout
the state of these little ballot" prop
ositions
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11

Apparently every new invention
brings with it some evil. 1.-THE British
Medical Journal points out that
among distinctively modern diseases
are the poisoning produced by the
fumes of calcium carbide of acct
lyme; the headache, dyspepsia. car
diac failures and sensory disturban-
ces traceab1e to the manufacture and
use of aniline dyes; the frothing of
the blood, known as cassion disease,
which follows too rapid decompres-
sion in workers at the foundations
Of bridges; the functional neurosis
known as telegraphers' cramp result
ting from the use of the Morse key,
and the numerous affections Of the
skin, lungs, digestive tract and eyes
due to Irritation by organic or in
organic dusts of industrial origin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11

Married.
Yes. married"
why. 1 thought you went for the
doctor" @ ~ ,-.i.-
$50 I did"
And got married-instead! oh, my
goodness graciousy'
81 couldn't. help it"
Couldn't help getting married. Have
you lost your sensesf" ,,.s5.
81 went to sleep
ooh. my dear. boy" anxiously, what
is the matter with your"
81 got into the house OF a dominic
by mistake. A runaway couple, chased
by the girls father. came to the house
in a hurry, and they were married in
the dark"
What's their marriage got to do
with you?" --so
Nothing, except they, thought I was
the groom who, suppose, was to have
met the bride there, and before 1 got
fairly awake they married me-"
'Oh, dear; oh. dear, What a terri
BILE thing to happen"'
'Tf you saw my wife you wouldn't
think SOL
IT thought you said it was dark and
you couldn't see her"
"I struck a match just as she was
about to leave me-"
'Well, my son, it's nearly day. Go
to bed and get what sleep you can be-
fore you have to get up again. I'm
sorry for the poor girl who made the
mistake I hope she won't have much
trouble in getting her marriage with
you annulled and being remarked to
her rightful lover"
81 do. 1 hope she'll have lot Of
trouble doing it" -sy-,,y .s..
"Why?" ...f-. szs55ss.
I'm satisfied" ~
"Oh, go TO bedr 5~fs'@
The next day I went to see the
clergyman who had married me. and
he appointed a meeting between me
and my wife to take place in the room
where we were married the next day.
When we came together 1 found her
very angry.
This is simply ridiculous" she said.
my dear. l couldn't help it,"
"My dearr she repeated, shifting the
air ScOrnfully-
what was the matter with-with
your other hUsband?"
My other husband! Do you take
me for a bigamist?"
"Weu. the man you were to have
married instead of me-"
Don't call him man; he hadn't
the courage for such an affair. He
was afraid of father and showed the
white feather at the critical moment.
But you will help me, of course, to
annul this marriage"
mo. 1 won't"
"What do you mean"
I'm satisfied"
Satisfied? Well. I like that, You
don't mean that you have any idea Of
letting the matter stand as it is?"
why nOt?''
For the lands sake! Why. this is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
Nebraska's DEVELOPMENT.

Golfers Weekly is pinning a large
badge of plenty on the state of Ne
braska. 1t advances this information:
Nebraska in 1909 produced corn
more valuable than all the gold mined
in the United States and Alaska and
worth more than our total tobacco
crop. 1t produced wheat worth
more than the total sugar production
of the United States; live stock worth
more than the crude petroleum of the
whole United States; live stock, grain,
poultry, butter, eggs and fruit worth
more than the coal in the United
States, outside of Illinois; hay worth
more than all the gold and silver pro-
duced in Alaska; cereals worth more
than the product of all our copper
mines; grass and grain and live stock
worth more than all the iron ore.
This is according to the report of the
committee of the legislature and the
reports made to the bureau of labor
and industrial statistics. To be lit
tie more frivolous, if the eggs laid by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
KINGSTON ARISES FROM
EARTHQUAKES RUINS
Again Largest and Finest West In
dian City, Havana Excepted.

Kingston, the city which was wreck
ed by earthquake and ruined more
completely by fire in January, 1907,
again takes its place as the largest city
in the West Indies outside of Havana.
The work of restoration is almost
complete. and although a few vacant
sites remain unOccupied the principal
shopping ctnters and the residential
area have all been built up. The new
Kingston Is an immense Improvement
upon that which went to pieces in the
catastrophe. and there are still works
of public Improvement to be under
taken.
Almost without exception the new
store buildings are of REINFORCED con-
crete and are as nearly fireproof as To-
cal conditions have made 1T possible.
The principal streets are adorned by
colonnades. some of a very imposing
character.
Public gardens and open spaces adorn
the principal sections of the city, the
sites for these having been acquired by
the government at considerable cost.
much against the wish of the taXpay-
ers. The results have. however, more
than justified the expenditure, and
Kingston is today more of a tropical
town than it has ever been before
within modern times.
The government buildings and the
splendid structures of the Bank Of
Nova Scotia have served to alter en-
tirely the appearance of King street
from the sea northward. The harbor
front has been completely restored, and
there is now talk of a sea wall or es-
planade being constructed, not only TO
facilitate shipping. but also to serve as
a driveway or promenade. Plans are
also under consideration for the con-
struction of a new park to cover about
forty-fiye acres of land.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
CHINA LAND OF DUCKS.
ouaeEcs of National Tidhit Drown Roar
of Commerce.


Tourists in China are always sur
prised by the number of ducks they
see. There are more ducks in China
than in all the rest of the world.
Their voices are q familiar sound in
every town and country spot of the
seacoast and the interior of the vast
empire. Even in the large cities ducks
abound. They dodge between the
coolies legs. They fit squawking out
of the way of the horses. Their indig-
nant quack will not unseldom drown
the roar of urban commerce.
Children herd ducks on every road,
on every pond, on every farm, on ev-
cry lake, on every river. There is no
back yard without its duck house.
There is no boat, little or great. with
out its duck quarters.
All over the land there are great
duck Matching establishments, many
of them of a capacity huge CROUCH TO
produce $4,000 young ducks every
year Duck among the Chinese is a
staple delicacy and is sailed and smok-
ed like ham or beef.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11

Nebraska hens in 1909 were placed in
double row, end to end, they would
be three times as long as the railroad
mileage built in the United States in
1908. If the permanent school fund of
Nebraska were converted into dollar
bills and laid end to end, the line
would reach from Omaha to Salt Lake
city, but it probably would not be left
very long. Less than half of the till
able land in Nebraska is under cultiva-
ton, and 40 years ago, the region
which is now Nebraska was frequently
designated upon the maps Of school
biographies as part of The Great
American Desert"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
Quick Relief for rheumatism.

George w. Rooms, Lawton, Mich,
says: CDR. Detchon's Relief for
rheumatism has given my wife
wonderful benefit for rheumatism.
She could not lift hand or foot, had
to be lifted for two months. She
began the use of the remedy and
improved rapidly. On Monday she
could not move and on Wednesday
she got up, dressed herself and walk
ed out for breakfast" Sold by Otto
Grotjan. 1901 Second avenue, Rock
Island and Gust Schlegel, 20 West
Second street. Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
The Defeat of Beveridge and the
Election of Kern.

The election of democratic major.
1ty in the Indiana Legislature forecasts
the certain defeat of Senator Albert
Beveridge.
There is no occasion for despair in
the heart of any progressive democrat
or progressive republican.
John w. Kern, whom the Legislature
will choose as the successor of Bev-
eridge, Is even more democratic. No
interest ever will succeed In putting
its collar on his neck He will be of
much more service to the people in a
seat in the United States senate than
he would in the vice presidents chair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11

as tree. The disguise was ordered
from theatrical scenic painter. When
Jensen is inclesedfin the thing he looks
like scrub oak. He expects to be
able to stalk wild geeseE and get close
up to them by means of the painted
tree. g "a
Jensen says he got the idea from
Shakespeare's account of{how soldiers
attacking the army of Macbeth ap-
preached while concealed under tree
branches, carried in th>ir. hands and
fulfilled the prediction that ''BirnaE
wood would come to ,Dunsinane."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11

Champ Clark will be the next speak
or Of congress and thereby realize the
ambition OF his life. He has said that
he would rather be speaker of con-
Gross than king of England and his
Hesire seems near at hand. Champ
scs been instrumental in shearing the
speaker OF some of his power and pre-
rogative, but he believes that enough
remains to make the Office an honor
and also a great possibility for his
coUntrys good.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
HunOr and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
by DUNCAN n. SMITH

WHEN a woman has partaken OF
Eight refreshments" served at 8
p. m. at her club she can't understand
why her husband wants something
besides bread and butter and canned
pears for dinner.
No man knows when he will be with
out friends and without money, and the
fellow who has the best time doesn't
care.
The wise man carries two kinds OF
cigars, one kind that he himself
smokes and the other that he gives to
| people who bore him.
II is like a man TO buy his wife a
dress and select a blond dress for a
| brunette woman.
Salesladies are apt 70 prefer male
customers because they are such easy.
marks.
The small boys ambition has shifted
from baseball TO aviation.
Some OF our most upright legisla-l
tors are those who never felt the tug
of a bride pulling them into oblique
courses.
Look out for the woman who feels Il
her duty to tell you the mean things
that Mrs. Brown said about you.
It takes a great mind TO prefer criti-
cism to praise.
Any man can advise another how to
build a house, but no man can build.
one that Will suit himself a week.
Face a problem firmly and you can
sometimes stare it out OF countenRnce.
He who is gifted with a strong sense
Of his own importance is never at a
loss for grievance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11

the first time we nave ever met
Except on the night of our wed
ding"
Wedding! Do you call that a real
wedding? Why. it wouldn't stand in
law. That is. so my lawyer says.
though one of US might make the 9TH
err lot of treble"
Did he say that?"
Yes. l believe he said something
Ike r.
well, I'm going to make the trouble
won't give you up"
''Nonsenser'
I saw that she was pleased. her
lover had lost her by u want of pluck;
L determined to win her by bragga-
docio.
Perhaps you think your intended
husband will fight for you. I'm ready
to die rather than give you up to him."
''Oh. no. he wouldn't fight on any
account. But father! You'll find him
terrible. He'll grind. you to powder"
II will have every. drop Of blood in
his body" -4-
''If Billy, had only talked. or, rather,
acted that wayr' she said sadly.
But he didn't
what put it into your head that you
wanted this--this so called marriage
to stand?"
ION seeing you I swore that you
should remain my wife,
why. it was only. by the light Of a
match"
at was enough"
And you're going" she said after
a pause. Ito fight my application for
an annulmentf"
Eyes, and I'll fight every. one who
presumes TO help you"
But you certainly don't want wife
whom you haven't. seen but ONCE
Twice"
Between whom and you there has
been no courtship, no love passages.
one whom you don't know anything
about. - 1 may be a Jezebel."e
And may bean ogre" f
She laughed.
Zone thing TEfnsist upon"
you insist upon? What right have
"a husbands right"
''Well, declared
81 don't wish you to see again the
man you were to have married"
you don't, Ell? Well, you may com
mand me In that, for 1 don't wish to
see him. .....
"That's lucky. We shall not have
to quarrel about it; but, seriously.
there is a saying. Act In haste and
repent lat leisure Now. suppose we
both drop the matter for the present
1 think it likely that some legal action
should be taken If a separation is to
be effected, and It will require time
to determine what that action should
be- Meanwhile I ask the same privi-
leges as the man you were to have
married and no more. would IKE
to call upon you"
1 could see that this view Of the
case was a relief to her. She granted
me the permission desired, and when
we separated by a few grotesque re-
marks on the. situation I got her to
laughing.
It turned out that so far as her In
tended marriage was concerned the
episode with me that prevented 1t was
n godsend. The man was worthless.
and her father knew it. When he dis
covered my accidental part and how
1t had saved his daughter from a mis-
alliance he became very friendly with
me. He had a keen sense of humor
which I fed. The result was that he
took a fancy TO me. took me into his
business. and 1 eventually became his
son-in-law both In fact as well as in
law.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
cAMPANlLE NEARLY REBUILT.
Bells of st.4MarI<,s tof Peal Again In
fAnnther tYrar

Bells of st.4Mart,s tot Peal Again In
Another Year.
The new campaniie atsVenice that is
TO replace the old one destroyed in
1902 is hearings completion, and it is
hoped that for, Christmas, 1911. the
bells of st. Marks will. peal gain from
its top and their echoes will sound
over the lagoons. !. So far the new
tower has reached a height'of 100 feet.
and the building OF the bell turret
which from the base to the cusp is
seventy-two feet high, has just been
started.
The rebuilding of the campanile be-
gan in 1904, since when a hundred
men have worked for 1900 days and
used 1 100000 bricks. 81
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
Nov. IL in American
History

162U-TLe My ucW,. compact signed
in Cape Cod harboT.
1S11-General Ben McCulloch, distin-
guished Confederate commander,
born; killed in battle at Pea Ridge,
Ark, 1862.
1SSo-Lucretia Mott, reformer and phi
lanthropist, died; born 1893.
19Q6-Esther Damon, last widow pen
sioner on the roll of the war of the
Revolution. died: born 1914.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
On Getting.

Get money. runs the saying
Yes, honest. II you may
At once. without delaying.
But get II anyway.
But in the getting frantic
Be sure you do not make
The byplay or the antio
That keeps a man awake.
It's pleasant to have plenty,
To make things come across,
So you may flip a twenty
- And never feel the loss,
= But If the stuff r. tainted
II isn't, you will learn.
z AS rosy as It's painted
To have the cash TO burn
= a conscience than can slumber
In hours 70 close the eyes
You easily may number
AS something of a prize.
; One that IS ever ready
Your shady ways 20 rap
Is not a comfort steady
When you would take a nap
Get money. that's the ticket.
But have a little care
When from the bush you pick IL
That you are on the square.
Thus peace that is abiding
IT brings instead Of strife
When you are gently sliding
The shady side OF life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
Friends No Longer.

"Jones doesn't speak to Brown now"
els that a fact?"
"True as preaching"
"Money mattersT'
'No. babies"
"How is that?"
Browns baby can climb up and say
'Goov"
"Well?"
"The Jones' baby. the same age, can
Just creep"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11

There Is some excuse for poor tele-
phone service in Georgia, where the
public insists upon hanging negroes to
the poles The other day at Monte
yuma the body of black got tangled
up IN the wires and a great deal of
annoyance was caused before the
source of the trouble" was located.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11

The old. old story, told times with
out number, and repeated over and
over again for the last Sc years, but
it is always a welcome story to those
in search of health-There is nothing
in the world that cures coughs and
colds as quickly as Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11

Merely because he tried to find the
south pole and admitted he had failed,
Lieutenant Shiraz, a japanese explor-
er. is advised by the newspapers of his
country to commit suicide. Now If Doc
Cook were Jap-but we shudder to
think Of Il
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
British Explore New Island.

Bathurst island has just been ex'
plored by a British government ex-
petition. 1t is situated some fifty
miles from Port Darwin. northern
Australia, and has an area of 1856
square miles. 1t is uninhabited. but
it is we'll watered with fresh running
streams and has a fertile soil capable
of growing rice, rubber, cattle and
tobacco.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11

The perverseness of human nature
was illustrated in more than one in
stance in Tuesdays election. At Au-
burn, Wash, two corpses of men who
had died of alcoholism were placed on
exhibition on election day as an object
lesson and yet the town insisted on
voting wet by a large majority.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
Shall Women Voter

II they did, millions would vote D
Kings New Life Pills the true remed
for women. For banishing dull. fai
ged feelings, backache or headache,
constipation. dispelling colds, impart.
ing appetite and toning up the system.
they're unequaled. Easy, safe. sure.
Csc at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11

The Chicago Tribune tells ofsa slay-
sr burglar who is doomed to hang
by finger prints" That will be a new
experience in the execution 1ine-but
think Of the horror Of It
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11

Lame back comes on suddenly and
is extremely painful. It is caused by
lief is afforded by applying Chamber
lain's Liniment. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11

The way the vote on the prohibition
amendment showed up In ST. Louis
returns, there are entire wards In that
city without single temperance fam
lly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
No Linpuist.

Glow are you coming on with your
new autoT'
Pretty fair
Understand IT -etT'
''Not altogether i speaks a simple
sputtering language. and ! haven't sep
arated all of the words as yet"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11

Wonder If Teddy does wish down In
the bottom of his heart that he was
now where he was last year at this
time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11

Did you notice that Brother Charles
Is going along on that Panama trip
boo, with the unoptrusive-
~" although the people are paying
The bill of expense?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
second avenue. Rock Island. Ill LEn-
tered at the postofice as second-class
matter.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11

There is a great rush for member
ship in the Ananias club. It seems to
be an avenue to success.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
Nothinu Doino.

Temptation never fools with me
much
'Indeed."
"No"
"Are you 20 stern and unreleDting7"
'Not at all. throw up my hands
at once and il goes on it's way"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
Exceptiob,

The whole is greater than a part.
On that we ring the bell.
II may be true in books and art.
It's not so in a we'll
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11

The party in power in America
knows how the king out of power in
Portugal feels.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
The Waiter.

Why7
''Can you sing"
eyes"
"But you never do"
''No."
''why not?'
'Tf were TO do so all the other sing
ers would be silenced"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
Modern Ways.

"Win you marry me?"
LET me see. / can't tell Just now"
"Why not:"
81 must first look at my date book
Thanks, no; | shaD't be able TO do so
this year. but perhaps may be able to
do so next
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11

Electric Locomotives In Minority.
OF the 1923 locomotives built by one
firm last year 1871 were electrics.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-11
HUNTER DISGUISED AS TREE.

IIIinoisan Follows "5irnam Wood"
Suggestion In Macbeth"
Harold Jensen. a University of Ih-
nois student, will hunt geese disgui &ed