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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01
MILK BOSSY BY MACHINE.
Washington's Trousered Dairymaids
Return to Peach Packing.

Return to Peach Packing.
One of the model diaries in the state
OF Washington, located near North va
kima, has received shipment Of mod
ern milking machines, and fifty white
trousered girls are thrown out of en-
ployment.
The girls had been doing the milking
for several years, having displaced jap
anese, who were found to be unhygi-
enic. Each girl wore a tight fitting
pair OF trousers and a short sleeved
jacket to match, which garments were
boiled and starched each day by the
farm laundress.
Each COW is bathed in warm water
and soap twice daily, combed and
brushed. The floors Of the dairy barn
are scrubbed many times daily.
The newly acquired machines are de-
signed to draw the milk by a pumping
method, power for which is supplied
by a gasoline engine. 1t is claimed
one machine will be able to do the work
of ten girls. and do It in q more hygi-
enic way. The milking girls have don
ned skirts and are employed in pack
ing peaches and pears in the irrigated
orchards near by.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01

John G. Carlisle, learned lawyer,
great statesman and brilliant orator,
has Joined the innumerable hosts on
the farther shore. Struggling against
poverty from his earliest days, this
son OF old Kentucky rose to emil
hence in the history of his time. AS
a member of the house, as senator
and as cabinet minister, he won the
highest distinction. He was a demo-
crat of the old line, equipped for any
duty and service and worthy of any
honor that the republic could have
bestowed upon him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01

The Trf-City Press Club Special
Edition appears today as section of
The Argus. The edition in Identical
form is printed simultaneously in the
offices OF the Rock Island Union, the
Davenport Democrat, the Daily
Times, the Moline Dispatch and the
Moline Mail and Journal. The eight
pages devoted to the Press Club are
not sent out in supplemental form,
but are printed in each newspaper
Office with the regular run of today's
publication and made a part of the
same. The edition so published in
the three cities will have a circula-
ton Of $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01

Henry Wade Rogers, dean of the
Yale Law school. in an address to the
Missouri Bar association on the in
come tax amendment to the federal
constitution took issue with Governor
Hughes on the meaning Of the clause
"from whatever source derived" and
cited in the opinion of Senator Root
that the supreme court would not
construe the words as comforting the
authority on congress to tax state in
strumentalists. The weight of opin-
ion in the legal profession is against
the Hughes view, but the latter
counts for more than nearly all of
them in the aggregate for he will
likely be on the bench when the ques-
ton arises for judicial determination.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01
HurnOr and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
~ DUNCAN N. SMITH

PEhI PAhAGhAPHS.
nON'T be afraid Of doing more than
your share of the work; people
take that sort Of greediness with the
greatness complacency.
The worse q funny man feels the
funnier he Is.
Our idea Of retributive justice would
be to turn the insurance agents loose
on the book agents.
There are people credulous enough
to expect you TO really try 60 put your
theories into practice.
Every little while some woman dies
in the face OF tradition by springing a
good joke.
Lots OF girls know how to 60 fishing
and catch a diamond ring.
The best laid plans often hatch out
bungling failures.
Many a would be artist would feel
satisfied If be could draw q big salary.
When you insist on having your own
way and eventually get 1t. It often hap
pens that you don't in the least know
what TO do with It
Many a perfectly well man nnds be
has an I'll temper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01
Soaring Prices.


went into a butcher shop
To get a piece of steak. ..
The butcher handed me a look
That made my pocket ache
] tried TO get him 10 relent
And cut the price a bit.
But Just to charge me for this ttrno
He added more to II.
Oh. everything IL on the jump
Since flying is in style.
The butcher gives q pleasant look
And charges for his smile.
You have to mortgage house and lot,
Your auto and your mule.
To get enough TO fix the lunch
The kids must take 70 school
] went into a baker shop
To get a loaf OF bread.
] listened to the bakers charge.
And on the spot fell dead.
And as 1 slowly came to life
He said: III charge you more
Your Dill must be increased becauDo
You tainted In the store"
on. everything is on the ~. -
The prices In the air;
Arise and sail around the moon.
And you must meet them there.
You draw your little bank account.
The grocer says. 'Oh. gee.
That only pays for part OF II.
The rest goes Q. .. D." 3
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01
SZaZZ|zZzElI
|; - Used in the
' White House

Y YANKEE CLEANER looks
clean, smells clean, is clean,
does clean. 1t is invaluable
FOR multitude of usages about the
home-it does array with household
drudgery = it's simply canned
cleanliness" - absolutely pure
will not injure the hands - no
trouble at all to use.
Yankee Cleaner cleans wood
work, silver, brass, cut glass,
marble, mirrors, windows, enam.
eled ware bath tubs, wash basins,
refrigerators, tinware, etc
You'll always be glad if'y6u Just
Try this little wonder. If Yankee.
Cleaner does not do all we claim
and prove entirely satisfactory,
dealer is authorized to refund
money paid.
For Yankee Cleaner Ask Your
Dealer
Most all good local dealers ham
die Yankee Cleaner - YOURS
doesn't happen to, he can easily
get 1t for YOU.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01
The Present Low Water and the Flu
ture OF River Traffic.

ture OF River Traffic.
When a reporter as long ago as
1880 asked Captain Sam Van SAINT Of
st. Paul and Captain John KilIeen of
Dubuque what caused the low water.
they answered him in this fashion:
"The floods of last year were of such
terrible force that they scooped great
holes in the river bottom, so that a
great deal of water is needed this
year to fill up the holes" And the
reporter printed the story as the tes-
timony of old river men.
There is no agreement regarding
the cause of low water. The engi-
neers and metereologists ascribe it to
the small precipitation; the foresters
to deforestation. Whatever the
cause, the fact stands that the pres
ent stage all along the upper Mis-
sissippi is the lowest record since
1864.
With the exception of the small
packets between Rock Island and down
river points navigation above st.
Louis is suspended. The Diamond
drawn. Many small packets are at
anchor and even launches keeping in
the channels have difficulties innum-
cradle. The monetary loss resulting
from low water is enormous. With
navigation almost at a standstill, the
capital invested in river craft is not
earning even the depreciation charge.
In the calendar year 1909 the total
tonnage on the Mississippi river be-
tween the falls of st. Anthony and
the Missouri was approximately L.
$1,000 tons and the ton miles 131, -
290,261. The tonnage Included logs,
lumber, freight and United States
material. There were operated IL
raft boats, % packets, SO tow boats,
II ferry boats, 147 pleasure boats
and &c government boats, in all 259
vessels, with gross tonnage of about
26,103 tons. In addition there were
800 unregistered barges of various
sizes for transporting freight and
construction material.
The report of Major Keller Of this
city, in charge of the improvement
of the Mississippi, shows that there
was expended to June 80, 1910, on
the six-foot channel project total Of
$1,350,631, apportioned as follows:
st. Paul to foot of Lake Pepin, So
487.S1; Lake Pepin to Winona,
1929, 1888; Winona to Wisconsin
river, S141, 4S9.61; Wisconsin river
to Savanna, $147,367.69; Savanna to
Rock Island rapids, no expenditure;
Rock Island rapids, $251,435; Rock
Island to Burlington, $73 ,036.52;
Burlington to Montrose, SIS, 526.25;
Keokuk to Hannibal, $70,18O.46;
Des Moines rapids, no expenditure;
Hannibal to Missouri river, $117,-
2S6.39; maintenance during con-
struction, $20S.90; expended for
floating plant and boat yards, not yet
distributed, S4O2,447,91.
The total estimate for the compile
ton of the six-foot channel project
is S2O,0OO,0OO.
Major Keller asks for an. appro-
priation of 100000 for work on
the upper Mississippi for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1912. The only
salvation of upper Mississippi traffic
is to be found in a permanent chan
mel so proportioned that there will
be reasonable stage of water
throughout the open season.
To this end the government should
pledge itself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01
Curious.

"She seems pleased over something"
eyes. she does"
81 wonder what IT isY'
''She has just succeeded IN rendering
herself exceedingly obnoxious 20 her
next door neighbor."
"Ah, / see. Finds disagreeableness
agreeable, suppose"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01
Mecca of the euddhists.

Tibet lies between the latitude Of
Rome and Cairo. yet. owing to the
fact that it is nearly all one series of
lofty tablelands, its climate IS purely
arctic. There is hardly any rain, and
biting dry winds send dust or dry
snowstorms forever raging across its
inhospitable uplands.
Lassa, it's capital, is the Mecca Of
the Buddhist world, and pious Bud
dhists gain much merit by making the
pilgrimage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01
Aug. l in American
History

1S01-Jonathan Edwards. distinguish
ed metaphysician. died; born 1745.
190S-One hundred square miles OF for
est in British Columbia swept by
a confagraion started by bush
fires; loss 100000; many deaths.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01

Australians rapidly are turning the
rabbit pest to commercial account
During 1909 the exports OF marsurial
skins, mostly rabbit skins, from Sgd
cey to the United States amounted to
$685. 92, which was nearly double the
value of 1908 exports.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01

If your liver is sluggish and out
of tone and you feel dull, bilious. con-
stipated, take a dose of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to-
night before retiring and. you will
feel all right in the morning. Sold
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01
Rememhera Her.

''He doesn't amount TO very much"
"But he is good to his mother"
ais he?"
"Oh. every week he goes around TO
see her and borrows a few dollars to
tide him over till pay day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01

When the digestion is an right. the
action of the bowels regular. there
is a natural, craving and relish for
food. When this is lacking you may
know that you need a dose Of Cham
berlain's Stomach and LiverTablets.
They strengthen the digestive organs.
improve the appetite and regulate the
bowels. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01
Bliss of Ianoranca.

"a race has been discovered in Afri-
ca that cannot count over four"
"They must be happy"
"Why?
"If a man had a nickel he wouldn't
know but what he was a millionaire"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01

Crippen had just gotten through
the fog when he felt the Dew drop.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01
Pertinent.

'T received 500 for a poem this
morning"
what did you doT'
"Pinched myself to see II ! were
awake"
Were your
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01
Out of Sinht.

do you notice the high cost Of liv-
ingY
~ did at irst. but haven't lately"
'Why not"
Got so high ! can't see IL" -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01

Sarah Bernhard is great-grand-
mother. Great Scott!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01
Sun Work.

Sun Work.
What colors are in vogue at ths
summer resortsY
"ColorsT
Eyes"
"Oh. an shades Of tam"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01
The Best Hour of Life

il when you do some great deed or dis
cover some wonderful fact This hour
came to J. r. Pitt of Rocky Mt, N. c.,
when he was suffering intensely, as he
says, from the worst cold I ever had,
then proved to my great satisfaction,
what wonderful cold and cough cure
DR.. Kings New Discovery is. For,
after taking one bottle, was entirely
cured. You can't say anything too
good of medicine like that" It's the
surest and best remedy for diseased
lungs, hemorrhages, lagrippe, asthma,
Lay fever, and throat or lung trouble.
sc cents, 81. Trial bottle free Guar
anteed by all druggists.
Be sure and take a bottle Of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy with you when start
ing on your trip this summer. 1t
cannot be obtained on board the
trains or steamers. Changes of wa
ter and climate often cause sudden
attacks of diarrhoea and it is best to
be prepared. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01
Generally.

Generally.
what is meant By the court Of last
rescrt?"
Court of last resort?'
"Yes"
"Your wife. OF course"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01

Saving Grace.
He couldn't build a railroad
Nor soive a problem tough.
He couldn't write a poem.
Ssst he could run a blufY,
And WASN'T Sn7s ezoSSh7
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01

July left no regrets.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-01
THE ARGUS.

sY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-29
The Boy.

He walked the streets of the staid old town
His step was boyish, his face was fair;
The rays from above came glinting down,
And tOyed with the locks of his sun-strown hair.
His look and his walk and voice expressed
The themes and thoughts of boys unrest;
His heart held kindlings Of future fame
But where was the match to light the flame?
journey to greatness mocked his SOUL
But where was the path to the brilliant goa7
He was a boy with humble name,
Unhelped by kinsmans wealth or fame.
II must win my spurs, his proud heart cried,
And earn the horse upon which to ride.
| must pierce the forest of glory" he said,
'And hew path upon which to tread"
SO walked Ulysses in days of yore,
On lthaca's far famed island shore;
SO Caesar fonded, a weak armed boy
His mimic sword as dangerous toy;
So in the ..orscan's humble town,
Trudged young Napoleon up and down;
So with his humble hatchet of truth,
Walked Washington as a callow youth;
SO Grant, unfollowed by cleaning ranks,
Along the Ohio's shifting banks
So wanders today some lonely boy,
Whom God is waiting to yet employ,
When youthful apprenticeship is through,
In something great He would have him de
will Carleton
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-29
Tall Men Ideal Of Women
Of England.
Answers Obtained in Ideal Man
Competition"---SiX Footers Are
FavOriteS.

Tall men will still continue to be favorites in the
'fdea man competition" There can be no doubt that
the five feet ten inches to six feet stature the most
favored among English women
The general idea of the appearance of the ideal man
is clearly Defined but there few competitors who
do not depend upon some peculiar attribute. For
ample, one says:
''He must be sportsmanike yet not aggressively so
He must be well read and he must tolerate learning
in women.
He must be of upright bearing and walk we'll
Last, but not least, he must be tariff reformer
"He must have socalistic tendencies
Five thousand dollars year would be minimum
income, and he must be politician, with power to lead
attract and command men,
''You ask for the ideal man. VIII youaccept mine
as being described in Psalm xv 20? Even he that
eadeth an uncOrrupt life and doeth the thing that is
right and speaketh the truth from his heart He that
hath used deceit in his tongue, done evil to his
neighbor, and hath not slandered his neighbor He
that setteth not by himself but is lowH in his own
eyes and maketh much of them that fear the Lord.
He that sweareth unto his neighbor and dsappointeth
him not though it twere to his hindrance. He that
hath not given his money upon usury, nor taken re-
ward against the innocent.
''He must be priest in charge of parish of about
three thousand people, all OF whom should look to him
as a father and friend
'He should smoke good cigars and drink moderately
weddings excepted and be, in fact everything that
is opposite to Mr.. Lloyd George.
The reason for the choice of tall man as her ideal
is explained by one reader thus:
He must be tall (siX feet at east for in big the
protective instinct is more highly developed He must
also be Of the highest principals, so that | may
be able to look up to him in both waysfor protection
and for moral guidance"
Another reader who gives reason for her choice,
says, among other things:
''IIe must not be handsome for women always
jealous of handsome men, and he must be capable OF
saying tender things; every woman likes them though
she may say No"
Jealousy seems to many competitors to be quite a
desirable attribute in the ideal man.
''He is wee bit jealous
He must be capable of jealousy until the truth is
explained to him, then he must believe absolutely
Must take complete charge of me and allow no
other man to have anything to do with me-
Two much-demdnded qualities are those of chvalry
and humor The following extracts are typical;
"He should have hegreatest respect for all women,
whether of high or low degree.
"Above all, he must be good son "a good son
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-29
Millions in Peanuts.

The person who buys mic kefs wsa'th OF peanuts to
muHeh at the ball game, to feed to the squirrels IN the
park to gladden. the hearts OF 1e kedies at home,
scarcely realizes that he has contributed to any INDUS
try that last year farmed 81 100000 crop, and which
placed en the market in various forms reached the
enormous sum of $36, 600, 600. Bat it is fact
This little seductive nut resolution to 'eat Just
one" is soon forgotten whose birthplace is America,
was, until comparatively recently, unapresatsd either
as to the money in them or as really nutritious
product Today the peanut plays an Important part In
pleasure from the swell dinner party to the everfe-
sent democracy OF the circus, ball game or picnic.
After all, what is ball game, picnic, or clrcus
without the peanut accompaniment
By far the largest part of the crop is consumed from
the peanut stand the little whistle-sgn of the rOaser
being the sign for the average youngster to suggest
dad or ma tAA. some of them would be very accept
able and the paternsl parents Willingness times
out of ten--to invest Yet there are millions of BUSH
els that go to the fattening of hogs throughout the
South the feeding of poultry while the vines often
cured as hay feed thousands of head ef cattle, and
old mother earth nourshee by the roots OF the
plant when furnishes nitrogen to it from the air.
The result of all this is that scientists claim that the
peanut which in the past not very highly regarded
is the only food staple that will at once nUlr man,
beast BIRDS fields 1t is the most nutritious Of the
tire nut family rish is tissue building properties,
tanning glucose and carbohydratssand IS the cheap
est. Beyond the shadow of a doubt it Is first from
both diatdry and economic standpoint
The fact of the matter is the peanut IN about every
way is in class by itself regards price, average
number in pound, edible part, waste, and fat. They
average about $50 to pound at cost of l0 cents the
edible portion is 1916 waste 264, and the amount of
fat is placed at 80 percent These are remarkable fig
when stops to consider them and brought out
more clearly when compared with the small Texas pc
can its nearest competitor whieh sells for over third
more averages but 216 to pound has waste of 81.
percent edible part but 3S2 and contains 6S percent
OF fat.
The farming of peanuts during the past five yeas
net longer than ths-has become an established indus
try of this country At present about tyeXth of the
crop comes from Virginia and most of the balance from
Tennessee Georgia, West Virginia and the Carolnas
although most OF the Southern states contribute some.
AS the peanut industry has increased so has the use
of all nuts grown nightly article of food during
the last decade, and the entire family now forms
most important part of the diet of the physical cstur
st and vegetarian
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-29

Let the BUYER Know.

There are many merchants who believe that money
spent in advertising is like charity, because everybody
in their territory knows them and the goods they SELL
Yet we venture the assertion that large percentage
of the business the maiorder houses draw from rural
communities is due to the fact that the purchaser does
not know he can get the goods as advantageously from
his home merchants. The country merchant can ad
vertise with the prcportionate success in his
county paper that the department store gains by ad
versiHg in the city papers by simply telling the people
what he has in stock and what he is charging for it.
Wheeling CIV. Va News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-29
Advertising is Necessary.

'The business who doesn't believe in advertising
says the Reading Times, belongs in the same category
with the farmer who doesn't believe in fertlizHg the
but constantly diminishing crops from the piece Of
ground without restoring to it the fegiving elements
of which he robs it; but there time when
petely exhausted the land refuses to respond to agr
ulatng influence of publicity furnishes apt parallel
gradual failure ending in complete paralysis of its
functions Advertising like fertilizing, is mighty
cheap in proportion to the money value Of the growth
it promotes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-29

The great speechmakers just now
are The CoURIER's adverti~ersd
They are talking from the band
stand. Read them.
The local advertisers in The
COURIER are presenting tbe finest
spectatzlSsr play ever produced in
then f7ds.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-29
Now. Who Else Would!

1t was in scnool. The children
were studying the statioEer's
table.
Twenty-fosr sheets. one quiHe.
Twenty qsires. one ream.
The teacher asked: WHO can
tell Re what statioAer is?"
TIVE little boys raised their
hands
john, said the tescheA
"A stationer is a man who
keeps a station. said John
doubefsly.
Frank tell me what you think.
Il think a ssstioner is E hotel
keeper, he declared confidently.
WHY do you think so, Frank"
asked the teacher curiously.
Because don't know and one
else who weuld have twenty-four
sheets.
''The early bird will get the
worm, ;"
OF that there is no question:
But If that worm should chance
TO tsrn
He'd get the Indigestion.
Dreaming, he lay beneath the
stars
TIL the crimson of the dawning
Bat when the sun got in its work
RE crawled beneath the awning
Two years ago When James &.
Watson and Jane A. Hemnaen-
way were fight lg for political
lives, they appealed, it is said,
to enc ARbert j. Beverage 10
arouse his frienls in their behalf
and also to act Tally enter the
campaign in thi. state. But Al
bert j. was too Dusy making his
special train" trip over the
country and having a good
time" to think al )Dt Watson and
Aemmenway. he could not have
saved Watson and Hemmenway
he can not even save himself
this year but he might have
tried The fact that be would
not even try is one of the things
that naturally is not forgiven by
the two eminent regulars and
their friends.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-07-29

Bill Cox whs has just returned
fIon Washington tell the story
how he and his hired hand wese
charged Seven dollars for wa
termelon ip Washington hash
foundry. All Of these big yarns
are simple tales told to astonish
the natives.