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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26
For Safety in Mines.

Good discipline is held by many who
have made study of the subject to be
the NOSE effective preventive of acct
dents in coal mines. The chief of the
Pennsylvania department of mines in
his last report declares that to discip-
line. the strict observance of rules, is
doubtless due the freedom of the hard
coal mines from the great disasters
which have occurred in the soft coal
regions in the last two or three years.
In the Pennsylvania anthracite re-
gion the operators and state officials
have worked together, especially in re-
cent years, to make the methods of
mining and the rules for employees as
nearly perfect as possible. The chief
of the Pennsylvania department states
that every new appliance that prom
ises to promote safety is installed, and
the rules are followed, accidents are
practically impossible.
The greatest difficulty appears to be
to make many of the foreign mine
workers obey the regulations formula
ted for their safety. The management
of a mine posts the rules in all the diff
ferent languages spoken by the en-
plOyes - sometimes a dozen or more
languages at a single colliery-and the
bosses explain the rules to she men
who do not read easily. But the mine
workers soon become so careless of
mine dangers that they take all kinds
of unnecessary risks.
The workmen frequently violate the
law" says the department of mines re-
port, because they have become &C
customed to the dangers that surround
them and are consequently Indifferent
to the results that may follow their fail
ure to exercise care and discretion.
They make cartridges while the lights
are burning on their hats. thaw dyna-
mite on a shovel over a lamp, work I'M
der overhanging rock in imminent dan
ger of being crushed and manned, and
continue to load cars before setting
the necessary props or timbers."
These careless acts, of course, should
not be INDUCED in, and miners should
be educated to avoid them. Through
out the anthracite region schools are
being established where mine workers
may receive free instruction on the
mine laws and the rules for safety.
- AS much care should be observed and
as many safeguards provided in the BIZ
luminous coal mines of Illinois and the
west generally as in the anthracite
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26
BY MARION e. LELAND.
Cwritten Expressly for The Argus.

N"IlllSn Expressly LOT lie ATS u.s.
Washington, July 24.-Madam, have
you been to the dry goods store lately
the dry goods store in your own
town?
Have you noticed thai you must pay
from 10 to II cents these days for the
standard muslins that retailed for 8
and cents not SO long ago?
And do you know that ginghams
that sold last year for ~ cents yard
now cost S12?
These questions are addressed to the
women folks. In fact, this article is
dedicated to the women of Rock Is
land This is because the editor has
asked for a political letter from Wash
ington for the sole interest of his wo-
men readers.
Yes, the request was somewhat I'M
usual. The newspaper correspondents
who sit in the press galleries in the
United States capitol seldom, if ever,
prepare an article for the enlighten-
ment of the woman of the land. But
why not? Is 1t not true that they do
more buying than the men? And that
increased prices pinch the women
even more than the men?
Now, if you have noted that muslins
and ginghams and such are higher, do
you know the reason? Senator Aid
rich of Rhode Island and Senator Flint
of California stated on the floor of the
senate that the retailers were to blame
for the upward tendency of prices.
These senators were simply trying to
pass the responsibility from their
shoulders, where it belongs, to the
shoulders of the corner store, where it
does not belong. Your local retailer is
as blameless for increasing prices as
you are.
Then who is to blame? 1 can give
you the answer. The colored gentle
man in the woodpile is the Payne-Ald-
rich tariff law. The members of con-
gress who voted for this measure will
be explaining to your husbands before
long that they voted for protection.
But what they really voted for was
eXtortion.
Stockings Cost More Now.
Ginghams and laces are not the only
things that cost more because of the
passage of the "extortfon" bill. Take
stockings, for instance:
A year ago a popular seller was a
German knit cotton stocking with a
seamless foot, and Louis Hermesdorf
dyes. This stocking cost the merchant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26
The Argus Daily Short Story
A Romance-By Agnes G.. Brogan.
Copyrighted. 1870 by Associated ry PresA

Mike" was not his true name. 1t
had been bestowed by the clerks Mt
Station D" because of the never fail
ing good humor and ready wit which
characterized the stout. red haired,
postman. who had been in the service
of the United States government as
long as the men could remember. and
so generally was the name adopted
that Mike himself had almost forgot
ten the proper one.
The picture postals which found
their way into his bag were a source
of unfailing delight, and often Mike
could follow the travels of some favor
lite by merely reading the cards as
they were sent home.
As ne neared the stone house with
the white rosebush growing beside
the veranda the postman unconscious
" quickened his steps and searched
eagerly among the letters. for he
never liked TO disapoint Miss Isabel.
She was one of the few who had not
changed entirely in the process Of
growing up. Mike assembled the steps.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26

tie dlSappOlntcdly. We'll. she'll have
the good time all right" And so ii
seemed. judging from the many gala
Postals interspersed with thick letters
which were received daily at the stone
house.
Miss Isabel wrote constantly of pleas
ure trips with Cousin Robert and his
friend who later came to be desig-
mated as Roberts friend Billy" and
then when the long summer was draw
ing to an end the 0bliging Cousin Rob
ert's company seemed to be dispensed
with, for the postals read simply, Bill
~ and were here today"
Mike chucklcd as he handed one OF
these cards 10 the maid. She won't
be coming home in Il hurry" he said
confidentially. Put in this he was mis-
taken. for she came Smilingly to meet
him a few days aftcrward.
81 suppose l will have Il bundle of
letters for you soon" he remarked.
Il hope So" she answered Gayly.
He searched expectantly through his
pack next morning. and sure enough
there it was, Il will write you to-
night-yours, Billy" while a printed
verse stated the fact that absence
makes the heart grow fOnder."
They came thick and fast after that
letters, cards, a photograph or two
and bullying little packages, all address
ed in the same free. bold hand which
Mike learned to recognize instantly.
Isabel was always there as he came
down the street. apparently absorbed
in sewing or lowering about the rose
bush with q great pretense of examin-
ing its leaves. When Mike presented
his offering she would receive it with
the open delight OF 4 child.
Its from Billy" he would say arA
go away laughing at her confusion.
The old postman was vastly interested
in the unfolding love story. but there
came a time when the girl waited IN
vain. and he dreaded to meet her
questioning eyes. for Billy's letters had
ceased abruptly.
Mike pOndered deeply. The shrewd
eyes could read more than postal
cards, and he was sure that she had
been too fond of this Billy to send hin
away. Had the mother interfered or
his face darkened savagely-was the
fellow himself to blame?
One morning as Mike was preparing
to start out upon his rounds the IA
miliar bold handwriting flashed into
view as though in answer to his trou-
bled thoughts. The frecEled hand
trembled as he held the postal up 70
the Hight. 1t was the picture of a
great ocean steamer. and the message
upon the addressed side danced diZziIy
for moment before his eyes. Have
engaged passage for Oct. s. he read.
"Goodby forever, little Isabel Drew.
Billy"
And the old pcstman fought with the
greatest temptation of his Iife-to de-
stroy a part of Uncle Sans mail
When he saw the little white lady
leaning back YEARLY in her chair upon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26
The Fairgrounds Idea.

Mrs. Humphrey Ward, in a recent
plea for more play centers in London,
paid a tribute to our own provision
for this essential in the training of the
child, saying:
1.-The Americans have made wonder
full progress in the movement on be-
half of organized Fairgrounds. Up to
last year New York had expended upon
the movement SIS 100000 and Chicago
s1O,OO0,OOO."
Commenting on Mrs. Wards plea,
the New York World says:
Since 1898 there have been estab-
Iished here under the auspices of the
board of education more than 100 play
grounds. Small parks have been re-
stricted to that use and larger parks
drawn on to provide additional play
facilities until even the ancient ex-
clusiveness of Central park is men
aced.
within a little more than a decade
the progress in these lines has been
such as well to justify Mrs. Wards
epithet wonderful In recognizing and
applying the principle that the play
ground is equally important with the
school house in the training of children
we have given the world new idea
in public school education"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26
Our Railroads.

Railroad statistics for the United
States for the latest year of full ac-
counting, ending June so, 1909, show:
Single-tracked mileage, 236,S68 miles.
Enough for nine tracks around the
earth, with abundant extra sections for
switches.
Number of persons on pay rolls,
1,5O2,S2 Enough, with their families,
to make a city twice the size of Chi
cago
Number Of persons killed during
the year, S,772. Enough to wipe out 4
city nearly double the population Of
CarIinville.
Number of persons injured, 96,626.
Enough to make a hospital city larger
than Springfield and Quincy COM
bined.
Number of passengers carried, more
than S91 100000. Enough to repopulate
one Asia or two Europes and leave a
comfortable surplus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26

The Davenport Democrat will soon
have 55th birthday anniversary. The
period since 1855 is bridged by one
management, D. n. Richardson of the
Richardson brothers having bought the
Democratic Banner in that year and
changed its name to the Iowa State
Democrat. His brother, J. ]. Richard
son, became associated with him a
couple of years later, and is the princi-
pal proprietor at the present time, hav-
ing the record among Iowa publishers
for continuous charge of the same pa
per The ownership of the paper was
Incorporated into The Democrat COM
pany in 1881. Members of the COM
pany at the present time are ]. J. Rich
ardson, NJ. n. Richardson, ]. B. Rich
ardson, w. T. Jefferson, Mrs. Joe r.
Lane, Mrs. Wilson McClelland, Mrs. d.
n. Richardson. Its longtime editor, D.
n. Richardson, had relinguished the
chair long before his death in 1898, to
devote himself II travel and literary
work, and was succeeded by B. F. Til
linghast, In whose absence in Florida
Ralph w. Cram is acting editor and
Hugh Harrison city editor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26
Finer Grade.

a smooth spoken gent dropped into a
quiet village from nowhere, but as he
sluDg around such a lovely line Of con-
versation nobody asked for references.
Soon he was running the band and the
baseball team and leading a class IN
Sunday school.
Everybody said, He is a brick"
Some months later be departed with
a neat roll slowed away in his jeans.
The villagers had for theirs a hobby lot
of stock. that was beautifully en-
graved. in a rubber plantation. The
months came and went. The sun rose.
cavorted across the sky and set many
times. but the promised dividends
never came. But still they were loyal.
They rose up as a man and reafirmed
their belief in him, ouly putting It
stronger.
HE is a gold brick" was what they
said.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26
HUrTlOr and
Philosophy
By DUNCAN m. SMITH
WORKING 1T OUT.

ENACTS are very stubborn things.
Il Though we try to pull the strings
That will bend them TO our will.
They are facts. not fancies. still.
We may warp them just a bit
30 they will our purpose ut.
But they slip back IN their tracks
When we get right down 10 tack8.
II they were but thus and so
We might stand a better show
And could make things come our way
In the game we try to play.
But they do not bulge an inch,
Though we stretch them at a pinch.
They recoil within our hand
Like a fragile rubber band
It is very sad indeed.
Though some other facts we need.
There they stand through thick and thin
With a most annoying grin.
And # useless is to kick
On a hard. unfeeling brick
Or to claim that east Is west
II that suits our purpose best
We must look them In the face,
Though they do not suit our case
And may cause our props to fall
They are there, and that n all
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26

If we assume the truth of the senator's
statements, to what conclusions do we
arrive? If Governor Deneen did what
Senator LOrimer said he did, WIS the
governor prompted by any other mo-
tive than that of conserving the public
veal and running the junior senator?
Let US see.
If the revelations concerning the
election of Senator Lorimer are be-
lieved by the people, the representa-
t.ves who voted for him will be retired
from public life. Their successors, if
the Lorimer mess is sufficiently muck
rdked, will be friendly to the governor,
and he will control the next Illinois leg
islature. And if Governor Deneen con-
trolls the legislature, the legislature
will do his bidding. Then, in that
event. what will happen to that $780,
100000 waterway money?
Is Governor Deneen playing the
sQuid? Is he trying to put the water
way project temporarily in the back
ground by stirring up the Lorimer in
cecency so that be may, later on, have
the spending of the immense sum of
money voted for deep waterways?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26
Is Deneen Playing souid?

Quincy Herald: There's a creature
in the ocean called squid. When at
tackled or pursued it gives out a secre-
ton that dirties the water in it's neigh,
borhood and quietly makes it's escape.
Can it be possible that Governor
Deneen has learned a lesson from
this willy inhabitant o the oceans
depths? Is he cannily befogging the
issues in Illinois politics so as TO ad-
vance some of his pet projects later
on?
Senator Lorimer's defense in the SEN
ate was an attack upon Governor De-
neen and the Chicago Tribune He
charged that the governor and the
Chicago newspaper manufactured the
stories of wholesale bribery of legisla-
sers who cast their votes for Lorimer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26
Washington Dispatch to the
Women: Men Must Not Read

1925 dozen pair and sold for % cents
pair.
Last year a certain American stock
ing, not so well dyed. nor so we'll made,
cost the merchant $1.75 a dozen pairs
Today the American stocking costs
the merchant 1925 a dozen and sells
for % cents. Do you see the point?
The tariff has raised the price of it's
German rival 10 cents a pair, and it is
no longer on sale. The greedy Ameri-
can gets a monopoly on stockings
Then he Immediately raises his price
for an inferior article that you used to
pay for a good article.
Higher prices and cheaper qualities!
That is the short definition of Aldrich-
ism.
Figures Tell the story.
Here is a table supplied by leading
wholesale dry goods establishment
which tells its own story:
Mems, womens and children's hos
iery:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26

"They tell me that in some restau-
rants they serve rabbit for chicken"
THAT is true"
"And squirrel for rabbit"
every likely"
land what is the substitute for
squirrel|'
There is none. But never fear but
something will be found should they
become popular as an article Of diet"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26
PERT, PARAGRAPHS.

1t would be all right TO make haste
slowly if that were the way haste is
made.
We are getting older every day. but
so are the rest OF human creatures, -
what's the difference?
The reason why there are so many
persons dead sure that they know how
10 run the world is because they never
have chance TO prove themselves
wrong.
We have 10 do some things because
we want 10 and lot OF others be-
cause our better half wants TO.
We are always waiting TO get fan
opportunity instead of going out and
making one out of hand.
You can't tell much by its shabbi-
ness how much money a purse has
carried in its time.
There are n lot Of people who are
much more expert at taking an order
than they are about delivering the
goods.
We like to have our own way. but 81
does look uniovely TO sec others in
sisiing in season and out Of season up-
on having theirs.
Next TO having n very excellent rep
utation comes having one that makes
people afraid Of you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26
July 20 in American
History

1ISS-NeW IorN ratified the Uni q.
States constitution. being the e!ev-
enth of the thirteen states TO &C
cept ii as the law of the land.
1S63-John Jordan Critteuden. the
Kentucky statesman. an ardent
southern supporter of Lincoln's
administration. died near Frank
fort: born 1877.
1893 General George W. Morgan. Mex-
lean and civil war veteran. died;
horn Ig2n
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26

coal mines of the east. AS John Mitch
ell said in his address at Carlinville
the ether day, it is the duty of the
public to insist upon the conservation
of the lives of coal miners and other
wOrkmen engaged in hazardous occupa-
tions; and it is the duty of the state
to provide for the safeguarding of life,
and of employers of labor to cheerfully
and generously aid in adopting every
regulation and appliance that will con-
serve human life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26

County option in Indiana has closed
SOS saloons, and many of these have
been closed a year and half But the
federal revenue from whisky in the
indianapolis collection district was sew
eral hundred thousand dollars greater
IN the fiscal year just closed than in
the previous year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26

Governor Mann of Virginia says that,
emitting arid lands and swamps, there
are still 100000 acres of arabic land
idle in that state today. In a state so
close to the large cities this is a re-
markable showing and indicates that
Virginians, like many others, are not
utilizing their opportunities agricultur-
ally.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26
Work "a Hours a Day.

The busiest little things ever made
are DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Every
pill is a sugar coated globule of
health, that changes weakness into
strength, languor into energy. brain
flag into mental power; curing con-
stipation, headache, chills. dyspepsia.
w alaria. % cents at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26
Tuesday, July 20, 1910.

The information comes from Indiana
that the hot weather-aided and abet-
ted by buttermilk diet-has had the eff
'ect of thawing out former Vice-Prest
dent Fairbanks and that he is about to
warm up to the political situation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26

ct suppose you are the head Of your
own houseT'
You bet. 1 am president Of the
matrimonial firm"
And your wife"
Huh. She's only the cashier"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26

looking admiringiy at the picture of a
very blue lake surrounded by very
green trees. Upon the opposite side Of
the card he read:
Dear Mother-Cousin Robert and his
friend met me at the station. 1 am hat
ing a fine time. ISABEL.
$50 eha's auav-" AiL4 na"sad n it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26
Figures Tell the story.
WOmen's Clothes Cost More.

Women's clothes cost more this year
than they did last as a result of the
Payne-Aldrich bill. A woman's ready
made suit costs SO more than it did for
pattern of the same quality The
woman who bought pattern and made
her own spring suit had to pay, 81 a
yard for common blue serge that she
bought last year at IS cents, or for
broadcloth $3.50 a yard for what was
formerly S1.25.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26
Difference In Feeling.

"When / grow up to be a man."
Said little. Willie Jones.
am gong To be a president
feel II IN my bones"
when you grow up TO be a man."
SAID little Tommy Brown.
81 think 1 feel u in my bones
That tney viii turn you down"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26
Insurnnountahle Ohieetion.

Insurmountable Objection.
"How do you like your new bossFN
"AIl right but for one thing"
"What's that?"
"He is the boss"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26
Prices in General Soar. {.

Nor are these things an exception.
Take wooden bla-kets-take woolens
of any kind; take mems, ladies' and
children's gloves-but why more ex-
amples? If you have been shopping,
you know the story better than the
writer.
But on one thing, at least, the Wash
ington correspondent, if he knows his
business, can put you straight. Your
local retailers, American women, are
not the responsible parties. 1t is true
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26

1t would be all right 10 make haste
slowly if that were the way haste Is
made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26
THE ARGUS.

BY The ). w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26

CONTINUED on Page Eighty
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-26

We are getting older every day. bu
so are the rest OF human creatures, ~
what's the difference?
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1910-06-10
~sHELBYVlLLE NOTES..

The County Teachers Institute open
ed Monday with a good attendance.
Quite a number Of e recruits is
found among them.
The Street Carnival has been at
tracing large crowds day and night
during last week. The usual Gold
Plantation Negro Minstrel fake fol
lows.
Mrs. X. J.. Bills, of Chicago, who was
visiting her brothers CDR. Joncs)
family, left last week for Nashville,
where she goes to witness the graduG'
ton of her son, Mr.. Andrew Stith, of
Fisk University, of class 10.
A social entertainment was given
last Monday night by a number Of so
ciety young men out at Turner Col
lege complimentary to Misses Ruby
Coleman, of Chicago, and Dora A.
Jones. A number Of young ladies from
the city were present, and quite an
enjoyable time was had.
Miss Dora Jones left with Miss Cole
man this week to spend a few weeks
visiting in Chicago. They stopped
over in Nashville to attend the com.
mencement at Fisk.
Miss Mamie B. Benson, Of Turner
Normal, is visiting friends and rela
tives in Pulaski, and will be absent a
couple Of weeks.
DR.. ]. A. Jones. preached at the First
Baptist Church last Sunday morning
He made announcement of a big edu
cational mass-meeting and rally to take
place on the campus in the interest