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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18
Earliest Use Of Mineral Ink.

In ancient times india ink. made
from lsmpblack and glue, was used
for writing on papyri, but inspection
Of the earliest velluIn or parchment
MSS. shows that iron gan inks were
introduced not later than the ninth
century. The reason for the change
was that, although a carbon ink is
more permanent, IL has no penetrating
power and can be sponged from the
vellum, whereas the iron Ink bites in
20 the hbers and resists the dsstruc-
tive action Of both air and light
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

Tourists in Italy leave a very
large amount of money in the coun-
try and the Italian railroads are saw
ed from heavy deficits by them. From
Italian emigrants in North and
South America It is estimated that
$3.50. 100000 year is now received
by the relatives at home. or is taken
back to Italy by those emigrants who
return Between the two sources of
income. the country fatrens as il new
er has before since Rome ruled the
world.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18
Why Kill OF the Magazines

Chicago Examiner: The senate
committee on post Offices and post
roads has surprised and alarmed the
readers and publishers of magazines
by lacking on to a postal appropria-
ton bill provision that quadruples
the postage rates on all sheets of a
periodical that contains any advertis-
ing matter
If the bill as it now stands should
become law, many, if not most of the
great literary and technichaI pub
locations of the country would be put
out Of business.
The cost OF handling any one of
the more popular magazines would
be increased from one to two or
three hundred thousand dollars q
year-which is, Of course, IN most
cases, enough to wipe the publica-
ton out Of existence.
This extraordinary rider" sad
died upon bill that has passed the
house, is the device Of g senate COM
mittee that includes such enemies OF
the .'muck-rake" as Boies Penrose.
Julius c. Burrows, Charles Dick and
Simon Guggenheim.
1t is said. therefore, that the rid
er" is a covert but deliberate at
tack upon those white-wings of re-
form whose useful but disagreeabIe
mission it is to flush the highways
Of politics and swab the cutters Of
graft.
OF course, no such purpose is
avowed. The pretense is, on the
contrary, that the public, which owns
the postofflce. is interested only in
reading matter" and not in adver-
tisements. and the advertising is a
kind of public nuisance that deserves
to be taxed to death.
Newspapers are not effected, but
everyone who receives a magaz:e
or weekly periodical through the
mails is vitality interested in the de-
feat of this bill, which is intended
to tax many periodicals out OF exis-
tence.
Indeed, it is almost an affront to
intelligence to point out that the
market value of advertising space de-
ponds wholly upon the fact that the
purchasing public has a use and an
appetite for advertisements; that the
people buy advertising periodicals
not to please the advertisers, but to
please themselves.
This senate committee is, there
fore, undertaking to deprive the
American people of something that
they demand very insistently and in
large quanuties-for their own con-
venience is buying goods.
Also, 1t is to be noted that-as
things now stand in the commercial
world, and whatever may be the con-
ditions in a future social order-the
advertising business is the nourish-
ing mother OF every other business
that is competitive.
Thus this stunning blow. aimed by
a standpat senate committee at the
business, is a crusher of
If IL reaches it's mark it will be-
stow a surprising new strength upon
every monopoly. II will operate as
the most effective conspiracy in re-
straint Of trade that has been devised
by the agents Of privilege in this gen.
GRAFTON.
The bill as 1t now stands will prob
ably pass the senate this week.
But the quadruple postal tax law
on periodicals should be killed in
in joint conference or
n the house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

After many years Of wearing
Hair that reached around the block
Cinnamon 20 last are tearing
From their heads the braided shock.
A the pi-tall. lons and picked.
To 10 nniah - realgued
You can bet you they are tickled
When they hear the scissors grind.
II was something II q scandal
Where the hoodlums were thick
How they used ~ for a handle
when they went 10 play q trick.
In their rude and bOirterous SHINING
How they grabbed the Digtsl queer
As they sent the owner spinning
On his unonending ear.
Then there was another singer.
on Els busy We hing day
II bis piEtaA fed the wrinEer
There was trouble right away.
And his loud and pisintive crying
Caused the listeners ears 20 swim.
A. p yellow peril trying
u MIC iIngH we're still in trim
Row he's had e ampu'atcd
From his wise and yellow pate.
Ard he goes about elated
AZ a crelture - 70 date.
Quite iiGEt Le1ded as feather
Slncs hos lost TINT dangling end
E. Se1i pull himself together
arc viii - - BARRIERS friend.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

The house committee did the Cor
rect thing in knocking out without
delay the Canadian annexation bug
aboo. It was a flimsy attempt to
prejudice a wise and Just Measure
and deserved TO be summarily dis
rnsnd Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

Mr.. jerome in his defense of Rob-
in, the alleged New York bank
wrecker. is somewhat handicapped
by the fact that the trial has been
before a Judge whom he had de-
nounced as half baked" and that
his clients fate was in the hands Of
II men whom he had referred to as
a ''ragtime jury
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18
Feb Is in American
History

I795-Georee Pen bOdy. fuancier and
philanthFopist. born: DIED 1863.
IsG4--General Il. T.. Lee assumed com
mand OF all Confederate armies.
1sIG-Chsrlotte s Cushman. trageci-
enne. died; horn 1916.
1s9s-Frances r. willard. temperance
advocate. died: born 1879
I902-Albe-t Bferstadt noted land.
scape painter. died: born SIX
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

Diaz is to use armed and armored
railroad trains against the insurgents
in Mexico. The plan ought to work
all right If he can just get somebody
10 "shoo" the insurgents on 10 the rail
road track.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18
Hn knaM Them.

He Knew Them.
"I,et me sell you a secondhand auto"
what Is the matter with it,"
Nothing"
"Quit kidding. II isn't a secondhand
auto IL there il nothing the matter
with II. You had better look again. IL
II probably a wheelbarrow or some
thing of that sort"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18
Ana ard Youth.

W. D. Hewells said OF old age at
one OF his Sunday afternoons:
Age f. naodester than youth. I've
often noticed that when tell q moth.
e. that her daughter is the image Of
Whist she was herself at nineteen the
mother is delighted, but the daughter
looks startled
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18
HuTaOr and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
Sy DUNCAN ~. SMITH

WHILE his acQuaintances might not
20 so far as TO desire an opportu-
nifty to send flowers 10 the house OF the
kicker. they would gladly give him n
farewell banquet
Banana peels and fey pavemeuts
have no tcrrors for the man who can
On rainy day.
After q man has courted n girl he
thinks he knows all about women. but
81 doesn't take his wife more than a
month to show him his error.
There f. no accounting for luck One
man viii break his leg the next day
after taking out an accident policy,
while another will carry a policy TWEEN
ty-fve years and never even crack a
smile.
The small boy sits on the stairs sun
day nights and thinks he will never
be such a fool as the swell out in the
front parlor.
II pride goes before n fail there is no
question that humility overtakes 10
rapidly afterward.
Don't lie to your lawyer. He can do
a better job for you.
And II you lie 10 your doctor the I'M
dertaker may settle between you.
Don't lie 20 your wife. She won't be-
lieve you. so what's the user
Some men have no more tact than
20 praise a pretty girl 70 the mother OF
a painfully plain one.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

The Springfield Record wants a
courteous. cheerful but convincing
campaign under the new ommission
system. Would that it might be so
everywhere
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18
schools of journalism.

A great deal OF fun has been poked
at the schools Of journalism main
tanned IL = number of the leading uni
versities. Old time journalists use the
old time argument that . newspaper
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

Some OF the vested interests when
they were contributing to the nation
al campaign fund did not think that
President Taft would take the re-
publican platform so seriously.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

jefferson City. Mo-. has but one rail.
road. If Il were not for this and the
Telegraph line. the St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch suggests that it would be a still
more ideal place for 4 state capitol.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

King George should appoint those
new lords right away, so that any
who lack wives might have time TO
get them for the coronation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

Study well the candidates u7der the
commission form OF municipal gov
eminent and then act according to
YOUR own best judgment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18
Double earreIed.

Double earreled.
"Spoil the child"
spoil himT'
Eyes"
What forY'
ITO get even with this generation
and the next"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18
Saturday February 1s, 1911.

The man or institution who under
takes to abridge the ten command
ments cuts out for himself pretty
big job.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

Her Little Sister.
"Are you a good fellow. Mr.. Knight
IyT"
81 hope so, dear"
Honest"
Honest"
GOOD for a box OF chocolatesT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

A lot OF extemporaneous after din
ner speeches are now inserted in
cook books. Great scheme. The
more you talk the less you eat. and
you may also spoil the appetites of
others. This. combined with DR..
Tanners SO-day fast, will soon bring
the naughty food trust to its knees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

Proof
"He IS awfully stupid"
WHAT JonesT
"Sure"
How do you known / have heard
him called smart"
But 1 have heard him explaining
things to a woman"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

reason for her voluntary confession
she said she was induced to make IL
on account OF guilty conscience
entered a plea of not guilty for my
client and called IN two experts in chi
Biography to pass upon the writing
The body OF the check was in one
hand. while the signatures we're in an
other Ny experts stated that the
writing In the body was something
similar 70 that Of my client. but they
pronounced the signatures 10 have
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

Senator Root has definite ideas up
on whatever he is talking about and
artists looking for hay effects viii
not find them In his speeches.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

Explains Her Failures
~Brown has such disappointed
look"
yes: II is on account OF his wife"
won't she take his adviceT
That Is the trouble. She always
does"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18
Got In Practice.

eyes. he is a great orator"
Comes natural, suppose"
"No, It Is acquired. He got 1t break
ing his wife OF the idea OF being a
suffragette."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

Chance For t.
He stood at the gate. and he waited for
one
Who was coming to pay him debt.
For ALI that know. and II doubtless n So
He IL patiently waiting there yet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

An attack OF the grip is often fol.
lowed BY a persistent cough, which
to many proves great annoyance.
Chsmberlain's Cough Remedy has
been extensively used and with good
success for the relief and cure OF
this cough. Many cases have been
cured after all other remedies had
failso. SOLD n al druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

Banana peels and fey pavemeuts
have no tcrrors for the man who can
successfully negotiate a clay hillside
On a rainy day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18

After q man has courted n girl he
thinks he knows all about women. but
81 doesn't take his wife more than a
month to show him his error.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18
THE ARGUS.

BY THE J. W. POTTER CO.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-26
ic in action, quick in results. Wilk
inson & Co.
couldn,. ESCAPE

He was one OF those tin:id. tiny
toned chaps who become enamored by
mistake. and live In perpetual fear OF
pending engagement ring. He him.
self had become enamored of sweet
and soulful maiden. whose languish.
Ing expression tore him between de.
light and fear
At the conclusion OF his first cali.
she asked:
When are you coming again.
dear?"
He setzeo the wrong hat from the
rack In his confusion
''Er--what about some time next
week." he hazarded
A look of disappointment came into
the fair ones eyes.
Next week." she said. Yes, tina,
will do lovely. Come round tomorrow
night, dear, end we'll decide definite
ly upon the day. Answers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-26

Eeen cultivated with this Institutions
officers and employees, the previously
prepared bogus check would be dated
and filed in for All the way from ST.
900 or $1,000 up to $4,000 and sent to
the bank on which it purported to be
drawn for certifcation. 1t is no slight
testimonial to the artists skill that
learn was never refused.
Thus certified the check would be
deposited By Schutzberger, Weiss or
both, with the local bank and few
Gays later most of the entire account
would be chec-ied out and the one or
twain who had handled the transac-
ton would disappear Counting Oh
the fact that most bank depositors
do not balance their accounts with
their banks until the end of tho
month, the gangs practice was to
realize on its bogus checks early in
the month, SO that ample time was al
lowed for a getaway before discov-
cry OF the swindle.
earliest seems to have made assum-
ing the police theory to be sound-iust
one mistake. He cashed the original
checks, secured for copying purposes,
through his own saloon To give the
artist time to reproduce them 1t was
necessary for him to hold them Sc
long that he ultimately attracted at
tenticn. Otherwise he would probably
not have been suspected even yet ana
the game-the police are perhaps
right in thinking it an odd coincidence
that 1t seems to have stopped since
Carlesi's arrest-might have been
going on yet as gaily as ever.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-26
is official trial flight Johannisthal

its official trial flight Johannisthal.
Germany: The aviation week brings
out some strange craft. Newport, r. l.
Colonel Coffin, commanding officer of
the District of Narragansett Bay
holds the annual coast artillery target
practice at Ft.5AdaIns and TT. Wether-
ill--shows the firing of the Pinch
barbetts mounted guns; the 6-inch
disappearing guns; firing 10-in. dis
appearing gun; the strange Pinch
mortars and the 3-inch rapid fire guns
Quebec, Canada; Former Governor
General of Canada, Lord Grey and his
family leave for England. Osterund.
Sweden: The King and Queen visit
the city. Brooklyn, N. Y: A terrible
explosion in the Brownsville section
wrecks tenement, killing one and
injuring several more. And many 9TH
ers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-26
WEST kEOKUK
GOLD NINE SOUGHT
Woman Has Visions OF Hidden Mine
and Employs Several Men to
Make Search for the
Opening.
THE STORY is DENIED
Rumor is interesting One and Many
Residents Of the West End Are
Excited Over the
Incident.

Is there gold mine in West Keo-
kuk?
For several days there have been
rumors in that end of the city that
resident has either discovered traces
of gold In the vicinity, or has had a
vision which tells OF gold mine be-
ing hidden under the surface and only
awaiting to be scratched to turn its
finder into a millionaire.
The story goes about as follows:
A West Keokuk woman has visions
that there is a gold mine in the west
end. one already tunheled out and
ready to roll out its wealth, but the
exact location cannot be found. Her
visions are clear about the gold being
in the mine, but when it comes to To-
eating the hidden entrance to the
mine, the vision Is blurred and the
key to the secret is lost The story
further states that this woman has
several men at work prospecting and
attempting to find the mine mouth
which Is at present covered over. II
the clogged entrance can be found and
Lie Obcsi hSt4OAo lClllObCns lHG NShlth
of Midas and Croesus combined with
that of John D. Rockefeller and Jim
Hirst will be found
This lost gold mine is said to have
been worked by the Indians long be-
fore Marquette landed and showed the
savages their first glimpse of motor
boat. The Indians inherited the mine
from the mound builders who ran the
brick yards in this section in ancient
times and the mound builders stole
the mine from the hoo hoos when
they were chased out of the country,
after having eaten up the woogle
woogs, who are said to have been the
first inhabitants of the globe after It
cooled off.
Although billions and tittletrillions
of gold had been taken from the mine
during the past 263,o00,0oT years, it
is still said to be checked full of the
precious metal and the high cost ri
living will be solved if the mine can
be found.
The Gate City tried to run down the
rumor of this mine on Friday. but ran
I'D against snag at the very start
The woman who is said to have the
visions and employed the men to
search for the mine, vigorously de
MED that there was anything in the
story, but nevertheless. there are a
number of West Keokuk men who are
talking about the peculiar case and a
number Of them have become con-
WINGED that there is something in the
story.
So, do not be surprised if you hear
some day that a real live, up to date
gold mine has been found in West
Keokuk
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-26
ADJUSTMENTS.
Dodqe's Theatre.

Another big bill at Dodge's Monday
night. These Pathe Weekly pictures
are creating remarkable interest.
They are not only entertaining but in
structive. In order to accommodate
the large audiences that are going to
the cid reliable picture house three
night. Don't miss the Three Mus.
keteers. The Pathe Weekly illustra-
lions will include: Washington, D. c.:
The corner stone Of the Masonic TEN
pie is laid with impressiv ceremony,
the trowel being used being the
same one used by Washington to lay
the corner stone of the q. s. Capitol.
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France: The new
flmy dirigible "Adjutant Rcau' makes
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-26
A Household Medicine

That stops coughs quickly and cures
colds is Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound. Mrs. Anna Pelzer, 1926 JEFF.
ferson St, So. Omaha, Neb., says:
II can recommend Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound as sure cure for
coughs and colds. 1t cured my daugh-
ter of bad cold and my neighbor,
Mrs. Benson, cured herself and her
whole family with Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound. Everyone IN our
neighborhood speaks highly of IT."
Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-26
Ego Strain.

or all the misfortunes that could be.
fail human being. the loss of sight
is probably the greatest, and yet no
organ OF the body is go constantly
abused as the eye The trouble is
That the possessor OF the normal eye
does not take into consideration that
IN all near work. as in reading, writ
ing, sewing. etc. the eye is actively
engaged as well as the hands and
brain. and that the eye only is at rest
when looking into space or when
closed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-26
coaahina at Nlaht

Means a loss OF sleep which is bad
for everyone. Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound stops the cough at
once. relieves the tickling and dry.
ness in the throat and heals the In.
famed membranes Prevents cold
developing into bronchitis Or pneu.
monia. Keep always in the house
Refuse substitutes. Wilkinson C Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-26
Differing Terms for Coins.

''''S - S''hS WI SOtIiSs
The language OF money differs In
Inherent parts OF the United States.
On the Pacific coat the usual term
ior a quarter dollar Is two bits. In
the rural communities Of New York
and New .ngiand the people still talk
OF shillings. referring to the old colo
NAL coin Of twelv and half cents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-26
saekache, Headache, Nervousness

and rheumatism. both In men and
women. mean kidney trouble. Do not
allow it TO progress beyond the reach
of medicine but stop it promptly with
Foley Kidney Pills. They regulate
the action of the urinary organs. Ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-26
True Today az Ever.

1t remains true that the sense OF
fairness is the distinguishing charac-
teristic Of the American people.--Ai-
bany Journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-09
RETURNS COMING IN
From Smaller Towns for State Road
Work Done During 1911.

Returns have already been received
at the office of the State highway com
missioner from about 200 of the small
er towns that have done State road
work during the year 1911, The total
number of these towns not in the con
/ tract class. that is. towns doing less
than $1,000 worth of work is 425.
The zoo towns already mentioned
have actually completed their work
and sent in their returns. At least $50
more have completed their work. but
have not yet sent in their returns.
Towns in this class are all supposed to
have their returns made to the State
Highway department by the 18th OF
November and it is probable that near
~ all OF these will do so.
The work in these towns is FUZZY up
TO the standard of last year and in
number of cases it is even better.
Some however, have not done so much
work as last year on account OF
more difficult class of work. The bulk
of the roads built in these towns not
in the contract class is gravel CON
3trueton in some form or another.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-09
Makes a Bad Cough Vanish
Quick|y--or Money Back
.The Quickest, 6urest Cough Remedy
You Ever Used. Family Supply TOE
500. Saves You So.

You have never used anything which
takes hold Of a bad cough and conquers 1t
SO quickly as Pinex Cough Syrup. Gives
almost instant relief and usually stops the
most obstinate, deep-seated cough IN "a
hours Guaranteed to give prompt and
positive results even In Group and whoop-
Ing cough.
pinex is a special and highly concen-
trated compound OF Norway White Pine
extract, rich in guaiacol and other healing
pine elements. A 80 cent bottle makes q
pint--a family supply-of the best cough
relnciy that money can buy. at q saving Of
Sc. Simply mix with homemade sugar
syrup or strained honey, In pint bottle,
and Il is ready foruse. Easily prepared in
bininutes-directions in package.
Children like Pinex Cough Syrup-it
tastes good, and Is 8 prompt, safe remedy
for old or young. Stimulates the appetite
and Ia slightly laxative-both good fea-
lures. A handy household medicine for
boerseness, asthma, bronchitis. etc, and
unusually effective for incipient lung
troubles Used in more homes in the o.
s. and Canada than any other cough
remedy.
Pinex has often been initiated, but never
successfully, for nothing else will produce
the same results. The genuine is guaran.
teed to give absolute satisfaction or money
refunded. Certificate of guarantee Is
wrapped In each package Your druggist
has Pinex or will gladly get it for you. II
not, send to The Pinex Co., Ft. Wayne
Ind.