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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29
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ARE YOU GUILTY.

AXE 1OU HI
It is a fact that people seem 10 be
growing more and more inconsiderate
Of one another.
We may call it thoughtlessness, but
the effect is the same. Besides, there
is no good excuse for being thought
less. The gentleman and the gentle
woman are always thoughtful for 9TH
ers- Only the idiot has any excuse for
thoughtlessness.
A mana welI-dressed man, on the
surface appearing TO be a gentleman
stood over a woman in the street car
this morning. Occasionally he
coughed. And he coughed down into
the woman's face. The woman was in
distress, held her handkerchief before
her face and finally left her seat.
Still the man didn't seem to under
stand how disgustingly annoying he
was.
People who live close to one an
other ought, above all things to try
to annoy each other as little as pos
sible. A little self-denial and a lit
tie thoughtfulness will accomplish
this in most cases. But few take the
trouble TO exercise any unselfshness
at all.
A family moved into the lower
fat of a two-family house recently.
They had come from another city
and the excitement of moving
brought a serious Illness to the deli
cate wife.
On the floor above woman play
ed a piano all day long. Each note
smote on the sick woman's ears and
meant another agony to her. The
doctor asked the woman to stop
playing. She refused, saying that
she paid her rent and had right to
use her piano in her own place.
The woman kept on playing. The
patient grew worse. And the next
call the doctor made he told the.
piano-player that she would either
cease her noise or he would swear out
a warrant against her. ! don't know
whether he could have had her pun
ished or not, but the threat proved
effective.
I know of another case where a
young married couple, prominent in
church work, with a name for be-
ing good Christians, annoyed a sick
woman living in the fiat below. with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29
- ABOUT OLD MAIDS ,~

not by accident either. And they will
compare pretty favorably with mar
ried women, as YOU know. They are
the best educated and most highly cul-
tivated women in the community.
They constitute our Intellectual aris-
tOcracy. They earn their keep and at
the same time they cultivate their
minds. They can stand comparison
with those married women whose hus-
bands dress them gaudily. for exhibit
ton, and put them where they can put
on airs over their betters, their single
sisters-and other good women.
Il IS high time for the newspaper
fellows, and for other men, too, to
stop their cheap sneering at old maids.
They are the salt of the earth, and
men and women that know them know
their worth. ard rate them according
". They know that as rule they are
good and true. generous and self-sac-
rifcing: they know that many of them
Unselfshly wear themselves out in the
service Of others.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

vile. Judge Ben B. Lindsey, the
Denver reformer. has this TO say of
the coming of Gaby and the publicity
given her remarks:
1T seems useless to attempt to
head on the publicity given a woman
like Gaby Deslys.
The poisoning of the public mind
is like an individual. We must re-
cognfze the poison. II 1t is the bust
ness Of the press TO give publicity to
the views of this woman about mar
rage and the home and permit her
to make light OF the most sacred
things In life, 1t Is at least refresh
ing to know that something is to be
done to furnish an antidote.
The publicity given to the silly
CAB Of this creature is an indictment
Of the good taste of the American
people. The woman is a silly fool
going through a butoerfly existence
that will be, as it ought to be. con-
sumed by the fires that attract IT.
"But there isn't any question that
her influence is vile-bad. Her CAB
and gossip is taken seriously by many
young women. Enough of them are
going TO hell as it is through just
such rot.
Theatrical managers, who thus
commercialize the vanity, loudness
and vulgarities Of a bad woman,
ought TO be tarred, feathered and
drummed out of town. What I would
like TO say about the people who at
tend her exhibitions would not be fit
to print
"Gaby Deslys belongs to the same
class as the Astors and the Beulah
Binfords. 1t is time that decency has
an inning and It would be a refresh
ing thing II the appearance OF such
women met with a shower of decayed
vegetables instead of a shower of
gold and gush.
There ought to be a provision in
the immigration laws that would per
nit Gaby being detained at Ellis is
land and promptly deported or sent
TO the pest house. She belongs there
more than to the stage and the news
papers"
Judge Lindsey has spoken many
truths heretofore, but nothing more
timely than the remarks quoted
above. Public approval of a woman
OF the type IN question is detri-
mental to growing womanhood.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

You can't help IT If your neighbors
are foolish, but can help guying them
about it.
Dogs and children know where to go
when they need help.
Good Judgment is more TO be de
sired than a pull with the police.
In order to break in you have to do
as much and do II a little bit better
than the fellows do who are in.
BY keeping stin you give the other
fellow a chance to show his weakness.
The admonitfon of the mother who
occasionally gently but firmly exer-
cises her left slipper with her right
hand is apt TO be needed.
Even a bright business man some
times fails to flumine dark financial
outlook.
The lame man stands a chance 70
win the race II he limps long enough.
The fellow with the crouch has a
bunch that he's the only sane person
in the world.
The man who soldiers on his job
isn't thinking about renewing his con-
tract
Keep your eve on the man who SAYS
nothing. he may wake up any minute.
Don't boast about your own speed
until you have seen the other fellow
tried out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29
CFrom the Quincy JournalD

(From the Quincy Journal)
This country is full of cheap penny
a-liners and other cheap chaps. who
think that 1t is smart to sneer at Old
Maids. These Smart Alexis don't stop
to think that every 'old maid" is some
body's daughter, somebody's sister,
body's cousin or somebody's aunt.
These same Smart Alecks are, also
always making sneering remarks about
mothers-in-law. They don't stop 70
think that every mother-in-law IS some
body's mother. She couldn't be a
mother-in-iaw if she were not. Why
make mean remarks about the mother
in-law?
These sneers about old maids and
mothersin-law are thoroughly con
temptib!e.
These cheap Smart Alexis don't
have any sueers for old bachelors.
Why not? If any one deserves to be
jibed and sneered at it is an old bach
elor who is able to support a wife and
children, but who is too stingy and too
selfish TO do it. Why don't these fell
lows keep themselves busy sneering at
the old bachelors?
One thing can be said about the old
maids. They are sweet and pure and
virtuous-and that's more than you
can say about many of the old bach
elors
The reason that women are old
maids is not because they can't marry;
not because they have not been able
TO marry. Anything in skirts can mar
~. II you don't believe it, open your
eyes and look around you.
And here's another thought. Old
maids earn their way. and that's more
than can be said of lots OF married
women. OF course, the great majority
of married women do earn their way;
but a substantial fraction Of them do
not as we all know-perhaps a fourth
or a fifth of them. If a good many
married women had TO earn the
clothes they wear they would go
dressed in rags.
II doesn't take much Of a woman to
make an animated clothes rack OF
herself-if she has a husband that is
able and willing 10 buy fine clothes
and hang them on her. And yet, such
women are very proud OF themselves;
ness the old maids and other good
women that pay their way.
Women have very good reasons for
lot marrying. Some Of them have
other persons to support-fathers and
mothers. or brothers and sisters. and
they gioriously and nobly stand by and
DO their duty. Some have disappoint-
nents in love. and others. being able
and willing TO make their own way,
are a little bit particular as TO whom
they marry.
Our experience with old maids has
led Us TO believe that, as a rule. they
are excellent women; that they are
industrious. capable, self-sacrifcing
and generous And generally they
have the best Of dispositions
School ma'ams are old maids and,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29
Hurr1or and
Philosophy
~ DUNCAN ~. SMITH
AUTUMN.

A UTUMN comes and paints its pie
~ lures
On the wood and on the hill.
Bits OF bright and dashing color
AS an artists child might spill.
Brilliant streaks OF red and yellow,
Dtngy brown and sober gray
Where the silent. somber valleys
Into mistland stretch away.
Ended Is the reaper's labor
For the grain. now gathered in.
Stored against the winters coming,
Fills the wide and grooming bin.
Only where the corn was waving
Stands the shock as yet uniform.
Waiting for the merry husker
In the cool and frosty morn.
Birds OF passage, with their children.
Bid the summer nest Eoodby
As they follow south the sunshine,
Seeking out a friendly sky,
And the crows alone foregather
In the stately cotton tree.
Mourning the departed summer
In q somber minor key.
On the far and dim horizon
Lies a gray and dreamy haze,
And the sun has lost the luster
That 1t had In summer days.
IT'S a sad and solemn season.
And the man. we must confess,
Who first called It melancholy
Made very dandy guess.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

An American eagle scared DER the
business district IN Chicago yesterday,
looping the loop in most artistic and
graceful fashion, and now the papers
of that city are as much agitated as
they were when Harry Atwood sailed
in on his cross-country fly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

No one has ever questioned the rare
personal qualities of President Taft.
He is a big man, physically, mentally
and morally, so must greater than his
rattleheaded predecessor that there is
no comparison-but he keeps bad COM
pauy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

Now that those Reno divorces are
invalid it viii be in order to worry
along with the ills some men may
think they have, instead Of flying at
those they know not of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

Consider Taft. LaFollette. Bristow,
Stubs. Fisher. all republicans. and all
progressives. How the party has
changed since the days of Ruther-
ford B. Hayes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

Don't waste your money buying
plasters when you can get q bottle OF
Chamberlain's nniment for % cents. 4
piece of flannel dampened With this
hniment is superior 10 any plaster for
lame back, pains in the side and
chest, and much cheaper. Sold BY ali
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29
R,bv Sold for s. in west.

Howe. Neb., Sept. 29-After they
had been prevented from giving away
a baby. man and woman who gave
the names Of Jeff Lee and wife. sold
the child TO Homer Howell. a young
farmer living near this place, for So.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29
Sept. 20 in American
History

1s13-American troops under Genera:
William Henry Harrison recap
tured Detroit.
1S73-Admiral John Ancrum Wlnslow.
L. s. y. hero Of the Ke1rsarge-
Alabama eight died; born 1911.
l9lO-Kebecca Harding Davis. novelist
and writer. died 1t Mount Klsco.
y. Il horn 1870.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29
Iudre Iindser,s Views.

Caby Deslys, the actress who was
responsible for King Manuel of Por-
tyE2l being kicked OF his throne. IS
here IN America TO appear in yaude-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

It is to be noted that winona, MINI,
rs not included In the presidents pres
ent itinerary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

President Taft was shown the Wa
terloo way, all right.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

The Canadian voter has shown Mr.
Taft that the veto right is not an ex
elusive privilege.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

Graspers' Way.
II don't see why on earth Graspers
took Browns advice
You don'tl"
''No. He might have known it was
all moonshine."
'Graspers would take the smallpox
If. he could get it for nothing"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29
Couldn't Afford IL.

Couldn't Afford II.
"Iow was your hay fever this
year,"
Didn't have any,"
"Why not?"
''dy husband failed in business"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

The Salesman's Viewpoint.
This, sir, is a very valuable article"
-'What is It good for?''
''Why, 1t sells on sight,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

Nothing to Be Jealous About.
Eve must have led a happy life.
When Adam scratched his face
1t never came to her there was
A woman in the case.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

II seems difficult TO determine
whether Kimmel is an impostor or a
strong drink
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

Italy wants her slice OF Turkey lit
tie early, and may get fooled.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29
Brutal Advice

Brutal Advice
Miss P5ssee-Can you ten me Of
good way % Keep my nalr from fall.
ing out? Miss Pert-Yes; put Il on
tizbtar.-Baltimore American.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29
With The Bio Gro,

With the Big Crowd.
"Is he a bull or a bear on the mar
ketT
Just a goat"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

as this d musical neighborhood?"
"Musical?"
Eyes. We are found of peace and
quiet and music"
Guess it will suit you, then, as far
as music goes, for the woman next
door has a piano player. the one on the
other side has graphophone, heres
q member of a brass band across the
way, a vocalist a little farther down
and the man in the alley has a TOM
cat in first class condition"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

Advertising is the antithesis of ad
versity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

DR.. A c. Lowry. of Ironton, o.,
representative in the Legislature
from Lawrence county. is 8 physi-
clan and was held in the highest es-
teen in Ironfon and at the capital
before the graft investigation dis
closures He was indicted on a
charge OF having solicited a $500
bride in connection with bill TO
limit the working day for women
TO nine hours. He is soon TO be
tried
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

Ferdinand Pinney Earle, Of mani
fold AFFINITY fame. couldn't get
lodging Whe. he took his newest
wife, who was Miss Dorothea FL
bert Stewart, Of Nottingham. Eng
land. to his castle at Monroe. y. Y,
after their return from Europe
The castle had been leased for the
summer and fall tc Kellogg Dur
land. the writer. and Mrs. Dur
land just couldn't find room for
the Earles when they showed up.
They're back in New York now.
waiting for the lease TO expire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29
THE ARGUS.

TERMS-Daily. 10 cents per week
Weekly. 81 per year in advance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

Friday, September %, 1911.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-29

You can't help IT if your neighbors
are foolish, but can help guying them
about it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-28
A suend of Mount Omi,

Mount Omi on the border between western China and Tibet has the long est staircase in the world. On top of .he mountain there stands a Buddhist temple, around which gather some of the htliest traditions of that religion and hich is made Mecca to the Chinese To facilitate the ascent of It's slippery sides some 10000 steps nave been cut In the mountain, form ing a singre flight, up which the pill grim tolls. Because of It's inaccess- sility few Europeans have ever visited the spot, but number of travellers have aSceuded the stairway and are @ositive that it is nc legendary myth. There is a legend that 'u earlier tines tlc I,ilgrim vas forced to ascend the mountain without artificial aids until the moul1S conceived the plan of re- 1uiring every pilgrim who would gain especial benefit of his journey to cut a single step.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-28
K R-EE CA ' 'T'ARRH CURE
hemedf Tested for 30 Years-Cure, through the Blo0d-Foui Breath, h hbaWking and Splitting Done
 Away By Its Use.


 veliow iiowA,ns, ,d Splitting, Foul discharges of inc in+anaaTr, matter, permanently cured by talk R rrhhternaliy Botanic Blood Balm (B. B P ' mbon ubbomsands of sufferers have tried B. B. to stav neie e all else failed and were cured bnt t1,tAhRH II ah IS NOT ONLY DANGEROUS of bones 1 sauSes S,; alterations, death and decay of nuaes. n. Kills ambition, often causes loss biitrp M tappG5I6e idider and reaches to general de tti tantiior iaiocF and insanity It needs at tanin p, at once Cure it by taking Bo ,adic radicoI Blood Balm B B. B It is a quick, thn hha'sai Ss,i,+ permanent cure, because it rids caf,svb eaf system of the poison germs that cause ''"Isn Is R P At the same time Blood Balm wi wi+b D. ords b.l purifies the blood. does away sends m,,d every symptom of catarrh. B. B. B blood dirnat ranslihs flood of warm. rich pure ,s11s narts dffeet to the paralyzed nerves and War,,+h par.s d1fected by catarrhal poison, giving needed .a 1ndn ona ana n strength just where 1t is nHHGcf 1aS!fhs fSre of catarrh in ali it's forms LARGE BOTTLE. wJtb e directinns for nome Mnifnn cure e;oos SAMPLES SENT FREE by Wrltlng Blood Balm Co.,, Atlanta, Ga Describe your trouble and free medical advice given. Sold by seawells Pharmacy
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-28
4 STUDY IN FIGURES.
Calculations Necessary to Produce the
 Nautical Almanac.

Calculations Necessary to Produce the Nautical Almanac.
 It may safely be said that no one outside the publishing office has read the entire Nautical Almanac from be, ginning to end, but each figure of tine printed almanac is in the office ex. amined twice and read three times,
 The total number of figures eNTee + a million; but. great as that number K It is tItfling compared with the nua Der of figures employed In the calclila tons, as the almanac figures repre- sent "bare- results only. The moo for instance requires for its catru lation more than million and a hali of figures. and similarly with other branches of the work. such as the sun. the planets. etc. Contrary to the general opinion. practically every fig nre In the book f., fresh from year to year
 The tables from which nearly all the work is calculated have been original ly constructed from the labors of the astronomical observer and to large extent from tue observations of tho sun. moon and planets made at the Royal observatory. Greenwich. Tele scopes and other astronomical appli- ances are conspicuously absent, as the work of the staff is purely mathemati- .al and not observntional.--Lond Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-28
Some Consolation.

He was q frugal Scot and when the collection plate came round dropped In q form in mistake for the humble copper, Speedily discovering his mis- take. however. he stepped softly down tue alsie and requested the o6f gath erer to give him back the coin, which request was politely but firmly re fused. X shade of disappointment tit' ted over the northeruar's face as he walked slowly back to his pew
 "Aweel," he said. its q loss, but there's some sma' consolation in re- fectin' it's a bad one. It might have got me into trouble anywhere eise.'- London Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-28
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
 Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable phy sicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney &, O., Toledo, O., contains no mer- cury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Tn buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Go. Testimonials free.
 Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle.
 Take Halls Family Pills for consti- patton.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-28
He Studied 1t.

H. Rider Haggardi in "A win,e, pr, grimage" tells this anecdote:
 "When ! vas soaring human boy, nv father t"ak me up the Rhine by boat with the hoph and expectation that my mind woui d be improved by contcmplatiua its lively and historic hanks Weary'as f this feast very soon. slipped d9Wn to the cabin to enjoy one more cohs2nlal, that of Rob. ,pson Crusoe But nome family trai, tor betrayed me, and protesting even with tears that 1 ha ea Views. was dragged to the deck again. I havs nald thalcrs' shouted my justly in dienant parent as he hauled me up fbe steamer stairs, for you to study the Rhine scenery, and. whether you like if or oot young man. study It yee shaI,'"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-28
THE ELECTROSCOPE.
.strument by Which the Presence of
 CInr4r;oi4N-

.Etrument by Which the Presence of
 Electricity is Detected,
 '1,he electroseope is an instrument for for its acticn on the principle that bodies charged with like electricity re- pst. while those charged with unlike electricity attract each other. The ordi- Eary pith ball suspended on sils thread is the simplest form oi the in. ftruHent.
 The most common type of electro srOpe Is that devised by Bennett in fT97 and known as tue gold leaf elrc- rcscope. It consists of two strips of goid leaf or thin aluminium foll su5- pended from the lower extremity of q conductor within a glass bottle or jar. The upper end of the conductor ter inmates in ball or plate ln case the 'nstrument Is to I>e used as a condens- mg electroscope. If body charged r..th positivc electricity Is brought neai the knob of the electroscope the nega- tive electricity will be attracted to the knob and the positive repelled to the seaves, which diverge. If now the in ger is touched to the knob the positive electricity is drawn off and tbe ledvea collapse, while the negative electricity w held bound. Removing the che rged body. the leaves will diyerge again, charged with negative electricity. In tnis case the instrument can be used to determine the nature of a charge of ' body brought near 1t, as with posi- i've charge the leaves will collapse and with a negative charge spread farther spart-Exchange
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-28
yOrR NEIGHBOR'S EXPERIENCE

How you may profit by it. Take Foley Kidney Pills. Mrs. B. G. Whiting 36o Willow St., Akron, O., says: For some time I had very serious case of kidney trouble and l suffered with backaches and dizzy headaches. I had specks floating befroe my eyes and felt all tired out and miserable. I saw Foley Kidney Pills advertised and got a bottle and took them accord ing to direction and results showed almost at once. The pain and dizzy headaches left me, my eye-sight be- came clear and to-day can Say I am we'll woman, thanks to Foley Kidney Pills"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-28
Dickens and His Wife.

Commenting on the unhappy rela tons between Dickens and his wife Goldwin Smith wrote In one of his iaS' papers: "It was common case. Dick ems had married at a low level. aad his wife had not risen with him; otherwis' there was no fault on her side fh' matrimonial history of writers o' works of imagination has often beer unhappy, Their imagination turns tht woman into an angel, and then they find that she Is a woman"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-28
Two Is Compapy,

Have you ever io1,ed before?' asked the coy maid.
 Yes" yawned the worldly younH man. "but-never before chaperon two small brothers and pet b1.lldos. And then she suggested trip dow' News