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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-17

sheltered IN an innocent looking paste
board cylinder until such time as Il Ia
sent out to spread it's glortes on the
evening skies
Safe Movement Growing.
Now as to the spreading efforts for q
safe and sane Fourth that will stop our
horrible slaughter OF the innooents.
Fifteen or twenty years ago it would
not have been possible for any body Of
city fathers to have undertaken to
have suppressed the noise OF the chill
dren on the Fourth OF July. The ohii-
dren would have been UP IN arms In
no time, and even the parents would
have declined Co stand for such an in
novation.
Gradually, however. the work OF the
daily newspapers in exploiting the
horrible chapters of accidents has had
It's effect. People begansto see TO what
an extent the annual sacrifice OF life
and limb had grown. and they COM
menced TO be impressed by the fact
that It was a sacrifice that was abso-
lutely unnecessary. The explosion of
SO many tons of powder made a great
noise. but II did not rebound one iota
to the honor Of the brave men to whose
patriotism we owe our national exist
ence.
The only sad thing about the sane
Fourth Is the feeling that viii be ex-
hfbited toward parents by Young
America "Old frumps' win be about
the miidest term.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-17
JEFF DAVIS PRAISED.
Captain de Leon Declares Confsderaey
President Was Lincoin's Superior.

Captain de Leon Declares Confederacy
President Was Lincoin's Superior.
That jefferson Davis, president of
the Confederacy, was superior to Abra-
ham Lincoln In every respect and that
had the positions of Lincoln and Davis
been reversed Davis would have
crushed Lincoln in one week" were the
assertions made by Captain P. NJ. de
Leon In a speech before the United
Daughters of the Confederacy at
Washington at exercises In honor of
Davis birthday. Captain de Leon said
that In his opinion Davis had never re-
ceived proper recognition for his tai
ents and work.
''sIr. Davis" said Captain de Leon,
"has been made a scapegoat for the
hate Of some radicals. He has been
held up by some lying historians of the
north as an arch traitor. an agitator
and a cruel man. No fouler words
were ever spoken. and no man ever
waged war On as high a plane OF hu-
manfty as did Davis. The American
world bows down to Lincoln, but he
was not the man he Is said to have
been"
Captain de Leon was an officer in the
Confederate navy and later was consul
at Guayaquil, Ecuador. He resigned
from the consular service following a
controversy with President Roosevelt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-17

American civic association at it's con.
vention in the city of Washington
This association has a Fly fighting
committee, which gave a most inter
esting report, followed by a series OF
moving pictures giving the history OF
the fly from the egg to maturity.
The danger of the fly is a subject that
comes home to every family, especially
every family where there are children.
Not until whole communities are
aroused, however, can this nuisance
be abated The good housewife be
comes thoroughly aroused and very
active If she is unfortunate enough to
discover bedbugs, cockroaches or little
red ants intruding in the home. When
| the orderly, clearly housewives of our
city are convinced that the housefly IS
a far more filthy, more dangerous, as
well as more subtle enemy and will
/ feel it is a disgrace to have flies In
their homes, they will follow the fol
! lowing admira Bile instruction or rules
which the American Civic association
has given to the public in a recent
bulletin.
LIS Uul4SIII ID 81 SOOu lIdI
gest we cut it out and put it in con-
venient place for reference when our
fly season comes:
Flies breed in horse manure, de-
caying vegetables, dead animals. and
all kinds of filth.
Not less than 95 per cent of the
pests are bred in the stable.
''All stables should have a manure
bin with a door at the side and a wire
screen on the top, that the larvae de-
posted in the manure before 1t was
placed in the bin will be screened when
Matched and as flies seek light and
come to the top of the bin, they can be
easily killed by burning paper or some
other device.
The fly has thirst only equaled by
his hunger; place a dish of poisoned
water in the stable and the greater
part of the flies Matched will be killed.
Files are natural scavengers, full
filling the same functions that some
bacteria do, but become an intolerable
nuisance and danger when entering
human dwellings and by contamination
of food.
THE presence Of flies is direct evil
dence of careless housekeeping and of
the existence of filth in some form
about the premises and are more dan
gerous than the good housekeeper's
terror found in the bedrooms.
Remember that wherever absolute
cleanliness prevails there viii be no
flies. Look after the garbage cans.
See that they are cleaned, sprinkIed
with lime or kerosene oil and closely
covered.
Remove all manure from the sta
bles every three or four days, and
when removed keep in a tight pit or
vault so that flies cannot breed in il.
'Lye. chloride OF lime, or blue yitriol
water. carbolic acid. or any kind OF dis
infeetant may be used.
Keep flies away from the kitchen.
Keep flies out of the dying room and
away from the sick, especially from
those i'll of contagious disease.
Screen all food. Apply this rule
not only to food prepared at home. but
to foodstuffs offered for sale, and es-
pecially fruits. salads and all of the
things which do not require to be
cooked
Prevent consumptives from expec-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-17

body at least tive feet away and the
face averted.
Don't hold a skyrocket in the hand.
Skyrockets' sticks should be planted in
the ground firmly.
Don't set off one piece OF fireworks
in other fireworks vicinity. Many &C
cidents have been due to this sort of
oareIessness The danger OF an explo-
sion from flying sparks can only be
avoided by keeping under cover the
stock OF fireworks not IN use.
Don't bring q roman candle closer
than three feet OF the face. In setting
IL or IL Is safe to hold It in the hand
but the hand should be extended at
arms length. for the sparks from a
roman candle are apt to burn holes In
the clothing. II not to do more serious
damage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-17

Stand 30 that the wind VIII blow the
sparks away from you.
Don't cease to whtrl O roman candle
till you are sure that all its balls have
gone of. Even then don't look into
the extinguished candle. Such an act
would be as foolish as to hook into the
muzzle of gun.
Don't lean the stick Of a skyroclzet
toward any house or building. for the
falling sparks might cause fire. See
that the stick Is SO pointed that the
sparks Will come in contact with moth
ing inhammable when the rocket de-
sends.
In the United States the fireworks IN
dustry seems to be the only one which
is busy all the year In preparing some
thing that is to be consumed in a SIN
gle day. The retail trade necessary to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-17

country. 1t is well worth the careful
perusal Of every parent:
Don't use toy pistols OF any kind.
Don't use matches in setting Off fire.
works. The good sized fame that
matches give is apt to ignite. instead
of the fuse, the paper or even the ex-
pIosive powder itself OF q cannon
cracker or OF q slzyroclIet. and hence
a premature explosion Besides. match
es break. and their lighted or smolder-
ing ends, dropping here and there. per-
haps among q litter Of fireworks, may
do untold harm. Use punk instead Of
matches always.
Don't bend directly over a cannon
cracker in lighting II, for If its fuse
should be short and It should 80 OF
too soon the explosion might blind you
In lighting a cannon cracker keep the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-17

Don't hurry back to a nrecracker or
a skyrocket to see II It has net gone
out. Let at least three minutes pass
before returning and then keep the
face avertsd and shield 1t with the
hand.
Don't hold q cannon cracker or even
the smallest drecracfssr In the hand to
light 1t. The custom Of lighting crack
ers in the hand and then tossing them
In the air to explode is a dangerous
custom, for all fuses are uncertain, and
the premature explosion of even a
small cracker Is a serious matter.
Don't stand near a pinwheel. To
light 1t hold the punk at arms length
and then jump away before the sparks
begin to fy.
Don't set off roman candles without
taking note of the winds direction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-17

manage thfs enormous output does not
become active until q few days before
the dawn of Independence day. and be-
fore midnight OF that anniversary the
business reiapses into somnolenoe. On
the following day the doEen or more
fireworks factories In the United
States begin to prepare the stock for
the next year.
It IL now that inventive genius Ia
racked for ideas that Will win during
the few moments that they glow and
illuminate the heavens. All the changes
that can be rung upon the old time
foundation of shooting stars, revolving
wheels and showers Of colored FIRE are
made effective. If there has been a
new president. q new war, a popular
subject Of interest Of any kind, the
counterfeit presentment Is ingeniously
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-17
THE SPIRIT OF OUR SIRES

Who honers naest the nations natal cay
Not he who cracks our ears with noisy
clanor
Not he who talks. with aothtzx much ts
say.
Assuming highest heavea-and the
grammar,
But he who strives this hour 70 make men
free
Who fights the wrong as ala his sires
before him.
Who feels the passion OF equality.
He honors most the starry banner DER
him
Each age has it's own CRISIS. They met
And made the nation and the world their
debtors
They started a new age. Are we. their
heirs.
Content 70 handy words and praise our
betterse
Fave we Inherited alone their names
And not their love OF freedom and their
spirit?
shar1e on our praises. Liberty procIains
Her call for men Are we too duh to
hear TIT
J. A EDGERTON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-17
ht Have a "Ouiet' Fourth but For Young America
ALWAYS SAFE AND SANE

Ola Glory floats Ger mead and main
And never rnsal1es q noise.
IT'S always safe and always san0
So cheer the banner. boyBi
The rocket whistles through the air
And oraclries In the sky.
Its falling stick may SINCE your hair
Or sink into your eye
The giant cracker makes q sound
AS 'twere a cannonade
And strsws It's victims on the ground
OF they are net afraid.
The pesiry pistol pops ana pops =
TIL all around the land
The eager undertAkers' shops
Are muchiy In demand
Old Glory floats serene ana st3n
Ger town and mead and main.
Then cheer the banner with n WIN
IT'S always safe ana sane.
T. GAPP. JR
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-17

house, complain to the proprietor that
the premises are not clean"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-29

When Representative Brown was
practicing law ut Newton he fell out
with the district judge over some triVi'
al matter. One day the court wanted
him as a witness in case and sent
the sheriff after him.
"Just tell the Judge to go to -,
said Brown when the sheriff told MIN
to come to court.
"Al right" said the sheriff.
The latter wheeled around and start
ed toward. the courthouse. Brown
turned and looked at him. The longer
he looked the more convinced was ne
he had made mistake. SO he started
after the Sheriff. But the sheriff was
too fast for him and reached the court
room unmolested.
May II please the court" said the
sheriff, mir. Brown told me to tell
the court to 20 to ----."
Just then Brown rushed through the
door to the courtroom, and before any
thing could be said or done by the
Judge Brown remarked:
May 1t please your honor, | havl
changed my mind You needn't SO
Ill testify
The incident caused so much merri
ment That the staid old judge forgot
the insult and ordered Brown TO The
witness stand to testify.-Kansas City
Journal. s.4
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-29

Joseph Jefferson and Wilton Lack.
aye were one season In the same com
pany. 1t was the custom of Mr.. Jeffer.
son to take curtain calls and make a
speech to the audience He liked IT,
the audience liked Ii. and everybody
but Luckaye liked It, I4ackaye cou-
tended that no actor should step out Of
his part and make n curtain speech
One night Mr.. Jefferson made his
speech and afterward happened to
pass Lackaye as heT was going to his
dressing rooms.
"Well, Wilton" Jefferson said, how
did do tonightY"
oh" Lackaye replied. ut was the
same old story. You went out there
and made the usual blunder."
"Blunder?n Jefferson exclaimed
"What bIunder did ! make?"
why" Lackaye replied, "you said.
AS look into your faces feel that
should like to shake hands with each
and every one"
WHAT'S wrong with that?" Jeffer
son demanded
Wrong with it?" Lackaye retorted
Its absurd. John Drew's face Is
the only one ever saw that you could
shake hands with. Saturday Evening
Post.
| Willing.
Bertie-I would kiss you IL Isthoughi
no one would see me- MayAShall
! close my eyes1 - ...
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-29

~rhe small boy said Robert Edes
son, rs an invention Of Satan. At
least that Is what my friend JaclEon
thinks. Poor lack ID the devoted
slave of L fair damsel cursed with a
strict father and an imp of Il brother.
The other night dad came into the
'parior about $50 with 4 good night
expression on his face and tactfully
asked what they had been 7alking
about to keep them 50 Interested 50
tate.
Oh said Jack careiessy. we were
discussing our kith and kin
Just then the imp's head popped
from behind the piano.
.Yeth. dad he lisped exanperat-
ingly. i heard 'em. He said, -'kin ]
kifh yons'' and she said, you kim
young's Magazine.
\ Labrador.
Labrador has d total area OF about
100000 square miles, and much ofUt 4
spIendidlx wooded, .
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-29
A Beautiful Hope For You.

Every day is new beginning.
Every morn is the world made new.
Ye who are weary OF sorrow and SHINING,
Here is a beautiful hope for you,
A hope for me and a, hope for YOU.
All the past things are past and over.
The tasks are done, and tine tears are
shed.
Yesterday errors let yesterday cover.
Yesterdays wounds which snarted and
BLEED
Are healed with the healing which night
hath shed
Every day is a fresh beginning
listen. my soul, to the glad refrain
And spite of old sorrow and older shining
And puzzles foreeasted and possible pain
Take heart with theday and begin again
Only tie new days are our own.
Today 9 ours, and today alone.
-SGsan Coolidge.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-29
BEE KING STUNG.
We'd on Two Hours Acquaintance.
Now Gets Divorce.

We'd on Two Hours Acquaintance,
Now Gets Divorce.
TO show the courts disapproyal or
marrying on two hours acquaintance
Judge Monroe or Los Angeles, Cal,
announced that he would withhold the
decree Of annulment OF the marriage
Of w. 4. Marten and Emma y. Mar
ten for ninety days.
Marten. who lives in Pomona. was
member Of the board of supervisors
that built the present courthouse. has
III big fortune and is known as the
"millionaire bee king. In August,
1910, he subscribed for matrimonial
paper. One Of the advertisements
struck his fancy. 1t read:
Am farmers daughter, aged thir-
ty-seven. American. Presbyterian, kind
hearted and loving, five feet six,
weigh 1870, perfectly healthy, fond OF
home life, can do any kind OF house
work, school education, light blue
eyes, dark hair. fair complexion, sin
eera and will marry soon If suited"
This was Emma j. Bernard OF
Washington, NJ j. In October Marten
sent her a ticket and SD for her ex.
| penses TO California, Two hours aftei
| she arrived they were married.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-29
LOS ANGELES DOCTOR
ON $500 MILE TRIP.
Answering "Hurry" Call to Rome to
Attend the "Prestiest Girl"

DR.. James J. Choate Of Los Angeles,
who is making bury" call To Rome
at the cable request OF Mrs. A. 5.
Browning, a wealthy Los Angeles wo-
man, sailed from New York on the
Mauretania on May "A. DR.. Choate
got the message on May II. He was
ready 10 leave on the 1880 a. H. train
May ~. His only luggage is u grip
containing Sunday suit and four
shirts among other garments. lie
reached New York May -. On May
20 he will land in London
lie viii arrive in Paris the same day
and that night catch the symptom ex-
press, which will land him i'll Milan
the following morning 1t is twelve
hours from there to Rome. aud if he
makes all the connections lie win have
consumed fifteen days from The time
he left Los Angeles. The distance is
approximately 1850 miles,
About the prettiest little girl In Los
Angeles is sick in Rome calling for
me, and a doctor always responds TO
the call of duty" said the doctor. THE
girl is Mildred Browning. and her fam
lily have been my patients for twelve
years. Her father is a retired business
mau and an invalid himself He is in
Los Angeles now. They are wealthy
and sensible citizens, When Mildred
was graduated few months ago from
the Marlborough school at Hle top Of
her class her mother gave her trip
abroad as reward.
mildred and her mother left Cali.
fornia in the middle of March US mem.
bers of an annual touring party direct
ed by a Mrs. White. a Los Angeles
woman they sailed from New York
about Apri! !. and al! the news we
had from them was Of the happiest
nature until the cablegram fhe other
day telling us OF the Illness.
Il don't know what the trouble rs,
but suspect Roman fever or course.
have never treated this special form
| Of fever. but feet that ! can help The
girl all right Anyway, I'm hurrying
there as fast as the trains and boats
will take me"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-29
HOW TO KEEP COOL
: Wiley Of U. s, Agricultural
Bureau Says It Is Merely
Mater Of Mind.

Washington May 1SDr Harvey
w. Wiley, the Indiana scientise at
the head CT the government bureau
Of chemstery, has given out the fol-
lowing rules OF conduct 10 govern
people IN hot weather:
It's easy enough to keep cool All
lihis swe$ering and suffering with
the heat here in Washington is abso-
lutely unnecessary.
just don't thing about the heat.
Keep your mind on other things.
Ii is only the idle and rnoccupief
who suffer from the heat
People who are busy and keep their
| minds on their work don't have time
| TO think or complain about the
weather.
| Suffering from the heat IL to a
| great extenta mental condition
Ayiod all persons who wan. "a
know rs it net enough for YOU?
| Keep your mind off the heat all
the time. Don't think about it for a
single minute.
The more people worry the hotter
tey get. II they would only 60 along
ir"t as they do when the thermome-
ter IL down to normal they would
hava no trouble.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-29
HEROINE IS DYING
KATE SHELLY WHOSE DEE1
WAS RECORDED IN SONG
AND STORY. ~
When Ten Years Old He Travelled
Several Miles Over Broken !,
Bridges to Save Time. "a

Carroll, Iowa. May rs, Kate Shell
ley, lowa's heroine, VINO saved
Northwestern passenger train, on
which We're 200 persons. from gong
into an open bridge near Eoone,
thirty years ago. lies at the point Of
death in a local hospital Members
OF the family were called to the bed
side today
Wac 16-Years-oid Heroine. 80.
On the might of July 6, 1881 Miss
Shelly performed the exploit thar
ma 3e her a heroine OF schocl.reader
classics, She Travelled several miles
from Aer home near Moingona, BOONE
County across wrecked bridges and
trembling trostles aud warned, TAO
approaching traia OF the ruined track
aud washcai bridges. on when y
helper engine and crew had already
gone TO dcsruc ion. she was then
/ Dt''F tf , Nt'f = Va oEG
The passengers Of the train raised
purse for aet tfat stormy nigp;
night: AMI later tae Northwestern
gere her lie naa& oyer all its lines.
The next year the Iowa egisture
Ire.e Ell 81 her @ith $50oo, with whicn
size purchased q home near Boone.
Becomes Sta c Servant.
In 1907 ard again IN 1903 Miss Shell
ley aeld position Ct bin clerk OF the
Iowa legislature. Later she was APP
pointed a nurse at the skate asylum
for he in@ane at Cherokee, Iowa.
The eS9lc;! Of Kate Shelley was
thcme for numeroas poema and songs.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-29
His Good Resolution.

In a little Irish village there lives n
certain worthy who never could pass
public house without calling in just
to ak the time"
One night, however. he made up his
mind to pass by for once. 1t was a
very hard job for him. and at inter
walls he stood still and said. Stand
firm, resolution. stand firm"
After q hard struggle he gaitaed a
little bridge just beyond the inn. aud
hating there, was heard TO say: BE
gorra, resolution, but yer did sUand
firm that time lie desmve a reward
80 ye do, and. begorra, LII just 80 back
and trate ye.r
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-29
e---- The -
Scrap Book
Still In Suspenss.

Private Donahue and Private Leahy
were the best friends, but when Pri-
vate Donahne became Sergeant Doua-
hue, Private Leahy saw the. fail.ngs "
his former companion with amazing
elearness.
Sergeant" he said one day aftcc
long fixed gazing at his Superior in
rank, IF a private shtepped Fup to a
sergeant and.called him consated lit
tie monkey, phwat wud happenin
He'd be put IN the gyardh9nse,"
said the sergeant.
HE wud?"
He wud."
But il ME private only knew the
sergeant was u consated little monkey
and said niver a wurrd wud be be put
in the gyardhQuse for thatr inquired
Private Leahy.
"Ay coorse he wud not" said the
sergeant loftily.
We'll, thin. for the present wen
rave it go at that said Private Lea
by.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-29
TRIP FOR PAULINE.


White House Cow viii Be Among AZ
fractions at Milwaukee Show.
Pauline Wayne, the White House
COW, is 10 have Il trip II Is not 4 Trip
abroad won in 4 newspaper voting
contest nor YET transfer such as the
suite department, rnder whose win
dows she srazcs gives It's officers.
Pauline Wayne Is going home 10 min
gle again with the common herd, 50
to speak. ana compete for prizes on
her native heath.
President Taft hestated not n mo
ment when the proposal was made TO
lt... The idea of getting tie ufi~io'
Three Poor Gums.
Don't talk to me about what Is In a
name"
why not?"
81 employed, on the urgent request
Of an interested friend three brothers
named Gum From one could never
get a report, another was promptly
fred. aud the third kicked because
objected to bis being loaded - Balli'
more American.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-29

The odds and ends of boiled ham
peppers. Mlnce the ham. Cut the
peppers Ia two. remove the seeds ana
chop them true Then butter q baking
pan. put layer ut the nam In the
bottom, add layer OF the peppers,
sprinkle with fine breadcfumbs. turn
In little beef stock or not water fia.
yored with beef extract, salt and pep
per; put In more nam, peppers. etc.
and continue until the dish Is full.
Sprinkle the top with buttered crumbs.
bake covered for about half AN hour
and then brown the top.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-29
|HOT WAVE BROKEN
HOTTEST DAY ON RECORD
BREAKING SERIES ENDS
IN STORM.
Mercury Reached SO In Cairo Yesters
day--Wires Torn Down and
Trains From North De- Y
layed Many Hours. N

Another record breaking day for
heat ended last night about 10 o'clack
when the cool wave came from tha
northwest much To the relief OF swelt-
ering humanity The mercury reach
ed 96 yesterday the hottest of the
series of hot days, which, according
to the records Of local office of the
weather bureau broke all records for
May at this point. The minimnm
temperature yesterday was II and at
I D. m. ii was 81
There has been an accumulated ex-
cess of temperature at Cairo since
Jan lSt, Of about $50 degrees: and
the rainfall has been deficient partic>
ularly during the present month
Storms passed over the state be,
tween st. Louis and Cairo which
de trcyed wires and broke off the
Bulletins wire service at midnight,
The Noble and Ohio train due here
from the south at l45 u. IN. was re-
ported nine hours late,