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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

was very attractive. His friends spoke
of him as child of nature. And above
all he possessed the gift of apprecia-
ton of beauty wherever he found it,
An elderly woman keeps the art shop,
and the moment Seymour entered she
smiled welcome. Though he never
had bought any of her wares. she knew
he took them into his heart Others
would come, look and say. VERY
pretty" but Seymour would gaze en-
raptured
''Ah, senora," he exclaimed. how 1
wish l could afford TO send this shep-
herdess to one l love and one who
loves mel"
You may have it at what it cost
me. senore." was the reply, land pay
me when you can"
He shook his head mournfully.
~ have Il plan to propose to you
she said after some thoght. This
morning my man Tony, who is usually
care itself, dropped a statuette of
little girl called Christmas Morning
because the artist has portrayed hat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

but not long enough for that pain in
your heart to settle down To the
pOcket-boCk.
Do your planning of practical char
tiles early. Do it now. Consider the
distress, the poverty, the want right
here in Rock Island, and be a Santa
Claus to one or more children whose
poverty makes Christmas a mockery
to them.
Plan charity and act. Let the heart
and the pocket-book cooperate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15
Dec. IS in American
History

1S14-The famous Hartford convention
tanti-warl met ut Hartford. Conn.
1S73-Lcuis AgasSiz. celebrated nat
uralist. director Of the museum OF
zoology at Cambridge. died; born
1907.
1S9O-Sittinc Bull. the notorious Sioux
chief who boosted of leading the
Custer massacre, killed in = fight
with the Indian police in South Da-
kOta.
19OS-DonaId @. Mitchell ok MARVEL.
noted essayist and novelist. died n.
EdgewoOd. Conn; born 1870.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15
Banks On Sure Thing Now.

"I'lI never be without DR.. Kings New
Life Pills again." writes \. Schingeck,
647 Elm street, Buffalo, n. Y. They
cured ne of chronic constipation when
all others failed" Unequaled for bill
iousness. jaundice. Indigestion. head
ache. chills. malaria and debility 25c
al all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

Secretary of State Knox is eminent
ly right in holding that Italy's refusal
to surrender prisoners for trial in this
country does not Justify retaliation in
kind. Such methods are beneath the
dignity of such a country as America.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

Stealing a red-hot stove has long
figured as the limit" of predatory
daring, if not an impossible feat. But
something closely akin 10 it is re-
ported from Hoboken, \. J., where
a man is under arrest charged with
having carried off a stove in which
a fire was burning. And TO make
the affair seem holder the stove was
taken from a police station.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

1t will be well to adhere to that
time-honored custom of consulting The
Argus advertising columns before
sailing forth on that Christmas shop
ping expedition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

A Caution.
"How is your best girlE"
"Just boss"
BE warned in time"
"Nhat do you meanf"
THAT kind Of girl may be all right,
but that kind OF wife IS n different
thing"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

King George is offended with Win
ston Churchill and won't let him ap-
proach the royal presence. And Vet
as home secretary, Winston has rath-
er more influence than George on
British affairs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15
Some Ditch.

The mighty ditch VIII soon be done
There will be no reniEging
Beneath the sultry southern sun
Proceeds the festive digging.
Soon 90 a gratifying head
VIII come this work romantic,
For the Pacific then will wed
The charming. coy Atlantic.
Taft took IL on himself one day
To Panama 10 travel.
And there ne saw them melt away.
Those miles or sand and gravel.
The strong and sturdy shovel line
The dirt was deity tossing.
And he felt certain by that sign
That ships would soon be crossing.
1t isn't any pury task
To make that wide depression.
If Pill or any one should ask.
How goes the grand procession -
They had TO set the Yankee pace
In digging and I'm spending
Before the president could place
His finger on the ending.
Soon through its banks will waters flow
And ships and stately barges
Cnfrctted back and forth will go
Except. OF course. by charges
There will be passage 20 and fro
For war or trade or junket.
And just about a year ago
Or so who would have thunk itY
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

President Taft is handing out his
Christmas presents early and they
seem appropriate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15


I
of
Of the
whe
of
hundred
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15
Matter of Opinion.

Matter of Opinion.
1--WE were rivals in love"
Indeed, And did he get the best OF
youE"
well. that depends upon how you
look at IT,"
How is that?''
81 got the girl"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

You can buy fifty Red Cross stamps
for so cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

Diaz, president of Mexico, gets $50
600 a year, and just now he is earning
every cent of it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

The man who spends his last nickel
rs if he had n million behind 1t gets
all that's coming to him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15
HuTnOr and
Philosophy
7y DUNCAN n. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

THE small boy who starts in being
good two months before pays a
high price for what he gets on Christ
mas day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

You may not be able to avoid the
rush, but you can still shop early.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15
A spo'ained anki

A smained ankle viii usually disable
the injured person for three or four
weeks. This is due to lack Of proper
treatment. When Chamberlain's lini.
ment is applied a cure may be effected
in three or four days This liniment
is Ude Of the best and most remark.
able preparations in use. Sold by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

pa"
yes. my son"
"What is an enthusiast"
zone who reads all the literature that
the press agent Of a concern sends out
and believes it,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

Meantime don't fail to do your New
Year resolving early.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weakly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island. Ill IEn-
tered at the postonlce as second-class
matter.I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

A mischief maker is a person who
collects gossip and distributes it where
II will do the most harm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

When a woman always tells you
what her possessions cost you may
know she can't get over the wonder Of
having money TO spend.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15
On the Quiet.

He ventured into several lines.
This all wise easy mark.
But he did not believe in signs,
And so he kept Il dark.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

Somebody's.
did you say
those clothes were
cut to measuref"
Sure"
Whose m q as
ureT
= y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

The man who spends his last nickel
as if he had n million behind 1t gets
all that's coming to him.
mischief maker is a person who
collects gossip and distributes 1t where
It will do the most harm.
When a woman always tells you
what her possessions cost you may
know she can't get over the wonder OF
having money TO spend.
It is most exasperating 10 have the
goldman sending in his bill to jostle
that OF the iceman.
The really womnnly woman is afraid
10 stay alone after dusk. 1t is a much
more refined way OF making ones hus-
band stay in nights than to start n
roughhouse when he is out late.
Some folks get most Of their enjoy
ment out of being disagreeable.
Always praise your rivals work and
so get a reputation for fairness and
generosity.
Ability to paddle your own canoe
was never responsible for any failures
on your part.
When a marriage occurs the neigh
bors are greatly entertained among
themselves in discussing which got the
better of the bargain.
The most forlorn child IS the one
whose mother practices all the help
hints on raising children.
When a man boasts that at his place
things go his way men think he must
be a man Of force. but women know
he is henpecked at home.
Some men can keep up their courage
by whistling, but others require brass
band.
Just a Talker.
"Shall we let Edith in on this
schemef"
"Oh. yes"
as she interested?"
Mercy. yes, She has talked an
awful lot about it."
Take her name of, then. She prob
ably has done all she Will do about It."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

TERMS.-Deily, 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All communications OF argumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

BY THE }. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

It IS most exasperating TO have the
goldman sending in his bill TO jostle
that OF the iceman
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-15

The really womnnly woman is afraid
10 stay alone after dusk. 1t is a much
more refined way OF making ones hus-
band stay in nights than to start
roughhouse when he is out late.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-29
Road Maintenance in England.

The question Of economy and the use
Of better materials for road construction
IS coming TO the front in Great Britain
irresistibly. The advent OF the motor car
and the heavy, self-propelled vehicle has
upset all previous calculations, as well
as the expectation Of obtaining a better
surface at a greatly reduced cost.
In nearly every county IN England the
cost Of road maintenance has risen during
the last decade. In forty-one counties
the average increase has been 40 per cent.
Yorkshire (EasD shows the lowest in
crease. per cent, while the highest is
found in Surrey with 1873 per cent. In
Middlesex. where the Increase has been
kept down to per cent. the success is
attributed 10 the use OF the toughest
basalt and the painting Of the roads
each year with liquid bituminous cover
ing Between 1890 and 1909 the total cost
OF the roads showed an increase Of 100
per cent, the cost per mile averaging
from s4S2 TO ssh, OF about 50 per cent.
Northamptonshire has reported that
road tarrtng or spraying resulted IN a
saving of 20 10 % per cent Of the cost of
road maintenance. and. taking the average
cost of tar spraying at Sls5 per mile, that
IL pays 60 tar roads costing $50 TO 81 .OO0
Der mile per annum for maintenance.
Netting more satisfactory than tar has
bean found. Both ways of employing II
are admirable In the proper circum-
tances. To relay a road to a consider
able depth with good material previously
impregnated with tar Is the only thorough
method, and where traffic Is moderate
Will not require repetition for five or
six years. The plan Of spreading hot tar
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-29

From the London Globe.
Although the tunnels which now con-
meet Switzerland with Italy have greatly
decreased the Importance Of the ST. Ber-
nard and other passes, especially during
the eight months Of snow, 1t is still
deemed advisable to employ st. Bernard
dogs It is no longer customary. how
ever. TO send out the dogs alone with
baskets of food and drink; man always
accompanies them. These dogs are not
really OF the famous old st. Bernard
breed That originated I'm the fourteenth
century through cross between a snep-
herd dog from Wales and Scandinavian
dog whose parents were a Great Dane
and a Pyrenean mastiff. The last pure
descendant OF this tribe was buried I'M
der an avalanche in 1876.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-29
GEMS FAMED FOR HEALING.
Precious stones, Perhaps, Not such
Fakes as skeptics Assert.

From the LAdy's Pictorial Review.
Stones Of healing. as they used to be
called, may not have been quite such
fakes as skeptical moderns think. Pre-
cious stones were prepared incidentally
by first, powdering. that is by grinding;
second. calcination. by fire of corrosion;
third, publication; fourth. liquidation;
fifth. distlllatioB or volatilization. that is
dissolved In spirits OF wine and distilled;
sixth. stipulation. solution mixed with
citron, barberries, sugar. and water.
Powder Of emeralds in doses of thirty TO
forty grains was considered an astringent
II stanehed blood and strengthened the
eyes. Powdered topaz and rOsewater pre-
vented bleeding and was good for diges-
ton: II was sold by apotheearies as an
antidote 10 madness. and. taken in time
cured asthma and induced sleep. Powder
OF rubies was usually taken in doses
of thirty to forty grains ito strengthen
the vitals and restore lost strength"
and also prevented infection. Sapphires
are highly electric; there was powder OF
sapphire and oil Of sapphire. Powder OF
sapphire healed boils and sores, and was
also good for the eyes. Pearls were
given IN consumption; cured quartan,
ague. strengthened the nerves. Pearls
were sometimes taken in doses OF six
grains in water, ''or dissolved in vene-
gar, barberry juice. or lemons"
Poison was the terror OF the Middle
Ages It is natural. therefore, TO find
many remedies among gems-the jacinth.
the sapphire, the diamond. the corneiian.
the ruby the agate, the tosdstone, the
bezoar stone were all used as antidotes
to poison.
The Lee Penny was a famous stone Of
healing set in a coin brought back from
the Crlsades by one Of the Lockharts
OF Lee. In the reign OF Charles I. the
Laird Of Lee lent the penny to the in
habitants OF Newcastle. where the plague
was raging receiving as pledge so, 900.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-29
Not a Vote Cast There.

Fr1m the Rochester Herzld.
1t remained for a school-teacher at
Brownsville, Pa, 10 experiment in ballot
frauds of a character to make the per-
formances of the McNlchol gang In Phil
adelphia assume the aspect Of bungling
amateurs. This fellow, John Burke by
name, is on trial for fraud in the pri-
maries held I'm 1909 His district returned
go votes, and the papers Of the election
board were returned to the authorities
signed I'm due form by the election Off
GERS. When the ballot box was brought
into court the other day no key could
be found for It, so the box was broken
open. It was empty.
Inquiry developed the fact that there
was not a vote cast in Burke's district:
that no election officers served with him
at the polls. Those whose names were
on the poll books were brought in as
witnesses and testified that they did not
vote at the primaries al ali.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-29
NOW THE GREEN DOG.
Highly Tractable Toys from Europe
for American Women.

Highly Traetable Toys from Europe
for American Women.
From the New York World
The arrogant pug and becurled poodle.
the pedigreed Pom" and bat-eared bull
until now the companions OF women's
walks and drives. must hang diminished
heads. a pup whose form betrays no
racial peculiarities. whose ancestral line
is hopeless blur OF mesalliances-a nut
carved out Of unresponsive wood-has
come to be mammals darling" 10 be
Rugged and handled till his painted skin
wears of and makes mamma S coat look
like Irish sealskin.
The green dog. like predecessors in the
world Of pets, is an importation. He has
Travelled in America in so many trunks
Of the returning society bellies that the
customs inspectors are getting used 20
him. The green dog thus far has sue
ceeded in defying the tariff. He is a
native OF Brussels. where he adorned the
Inflated exposition. IN the Old Town
Tavern, known for its cooking. lie Chen
Vert stood. His eyeballs blazed at inter-
walls.
Women OF Europe adopted them as
the plaything OF the moment Now on
all incoming steamers the green dog is
legalized stOwaway amid glttering
gowns and Partisan fal-ials
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-29
AFTER THE HOBBLE. WHAT
Its Successor Cannot he Devised on
More Restricted Lines.

Its Successor Cannot he Devised on
More Restricted Lines.
From the Omaha Bee.
This is the season when women's
thoughts turn TO fashion. and some OF
the uninitiated are wondering what that
imperious dame has in store for them as
the successor OF the hobble skirt. With
all the cynicism INDUCED al the expense
OF the hobble skirt It has some elements
to commend it. For instance, fl fits more
closely than some other patterns and.
therefore. requires less cloth This Is
quite an item in these times Of high
prices, or ought 10 be. and by the men,
az least, must be appreciated. But there
Is an additional feature OF the hobble
skirt which suggests sanity. and that is
that il does not collect loose objects
along the street as old the flowing train.
One thing seems certain, the successor
20 this device win not be created upon
any more restricted lines The change
must be In the other direction The
gamut Of volume has been about COM
pleted. IL has been run from one ex-
IRENE to the other and can 80 no further
in the direction Of present STYLES.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-29
Growth of the Socialist Vote

A generation or so ago, while socialism
had its adherents as a theory, no effort
was made TO reduce the Thought" to
politics. Under the circumstances, what
does it mean that THE Socialist vote" was
almost doubled at the recent election 4?
These are the facts:
Two years ago the Socialists of Cali
fornia cast 1876 ballots. This year their
vote was about 10000.
The Socialist vote has grown in In
diana in the same period from 1916 to
10000 and In Wisconsin from 5000 to
10000
In New York the party mustered IS, i5l
votes in 1905 Last election it was 5000
These figures give an idea OF what
probably is going on everywhere. The
total is not imposing. OF course. when
compared with the country at large. It
was big enough, however. 10 put one
Socialist in Congress. 1t elected several
TO State legislatures including Maryland
It placed that party in control OF one Of
the leading cities OF the country. IN
short. it registers more power than the
Prohibition party has been able to achieve
In thirty years.
The vote itself does not enlist attention
to any great degree; 1t is its phenomenal
growth. This growth is not due pri-
marily TO socialism. which never has
commended itself much 10 American
thought. II lies rather IN existing con-
ditions. The explanation must be looked
for in the election results as a whole,
brought about by the depletion OF the
public domain, by the gradual growth Of
big business. by the pinch OF increased
cost Of living, by special privilege in all
Of its forms.
/ The easy comfortable conditions Of a
generation ago have vanished. Content
ment has given away TO protest And
this is where socialism comes in. There
was no overturn OF party: there was
merely a division OF principles. and that
/ is what brought out a stronger Socialist
vote. as it also brought out a strong
vote Of protest.
This country is committed to a pro-
gramme Of progress and has begun 10
carry out this programme by electing.
with one or two exceptions, every pro-
gressive candidate offered TO its choice.
The Socialist vote was a thinking vote.
Whether they were right or wrong, we
ara not AT all considering. We are mere
/ " quoting facts. Socialists cast their
votes mainly for ideas. In its very es-
sence 1t is a protest against existing or
der, plain, radical, and potent Men may
disagree with them entirely. vet 10 re-
buke unbearable conditions they may in
manner enroll in the Socialist ranks.
This is shown by the fact that the So
clalist vote was strongest in those sec
tons where protest against patent evils
was most forceful.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-29
POLITICAL VIEWS.
Protest Agninst Coddling.

From the New York Globe.
The Rev. Dr. Bum, OF Queens. is a
preacher after '"Teddys" own heart. No
mollycoddle hel Bruises. wounds, broken
bones cannot keep Bum from the pulpit
Last week he fell down the church steps
and broke his ribs This was Friday. By
Sunday an Esculapian mason had plas-
tered him up, and he was on hand at IL
a. m. to welcome his congregation as
usual But for chance remark let slip
after the sermon no one would have
known of his battered condition.
This is real, old-fashioned devotion to
duty. The doctors have so bedeyiled the
average mans nerve with threats Of
blood poisoning. microbic infection, &C..
that very pin prick is disinfected or
cauterized and done up" In elaborate
bandages: every cold sprayed and
drugged and nursed into the semblance OF
serious disease. The individual who
viii lead a revolt against this almost
hypochOndriac tendency cannot fan 10
make a lasting place for his name.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-29
ROYAL CORRESPONDENCE.
POpe's Daily Mail Averages $4,000
Pieces.

From the London Globe.
If one were asked to speculate as TO the
sovereign whose daily mail bag was the
greatest one would hazard the Kaiser.
But no. Then most will say it ought to
be. On unimpeachable authority. we
learn that the Pope is the recipient OF
the greatest number OF missives. The
mail OF his holiness consists on the aver
age Of 23.o00 letters, newspapers, &c. To
go through this mass thirty-fve secre-
taries are kept employed.
The President OF the United States re-
ceives nearly 1000 letters daily and about
400 journals and books The Kaiser S
mail consists of 4000 letters, and fire.
quentiy the same number Of books and
papers. Our King, we learn, is favored
with 1000 letters a day and over 1000
newspapers and books. The Gar is not
OverwOrked in this respect for a sOver-
eign, his mail being given AT $50 letters,
SC, per day The kings Of Italy and
Spain have TO deal with about 500 letters
each. Queen Wilhelmina is still more IA
YoTed, with $50 letters. &c But Presi-
dent Failleres is still more fortunate, for
We are told that he receives few letters
and hardly any papers.