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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24
The Case of DIR. Hill

The retirement of Ambassador Hi
from the German court revives the
gossip that attended his appointment
He was serving as minister TO The
Netherlands when President Roose-
Welt named him 10 follow Chariemagne
Tower 10 Berlin. Ambassador Tower
is man OF great wealth and made
lavish use Of il al the German capital
The change was not relished by men
In high position.
Protest was made TO the president
that DR.. Hin could not maintain the
state due 70 an American ambassador
and the story was circulated that Mrs.
Hi ves in the habit OF doing her
own marketing on a bicycle. Emperor
Williams name vss mixed Up in ii
But when Official inquiry was made
nobody was found 70 stand sponsor
for the protests.
Ambassador Hill has been unusu.
ally successful IN the work OF the en-.
oassy but without doubt there has
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24
Enforced Indian Giving.

\ Chicago woman accepted valua-
bic engagement ring and other pres
ents from a sutton and then rejected
him. He sued. The judgment of the
court Is this:
1T is admitted that there was a con
tract to marry. The ring was given as
a silent public testimonial of the plain
tiff. Froemke, intended TO keep his
troth. The contract was broken by
the young lady. The promise 10 mar
~ formed the consideration for the
gift. The refusal to marry destroyed
the consideration. II is fraud 10 retain
the property and not fulfill the con
tract"
Judgment for $500 was entered. the
logic Of the court apparently being
that in these days of advanced prices
it is a necessary part of a suitor's
economy 10 know that he can get his
presents back If the object of his az
fections grows cold toward him.
In commercial age Il is well to be
commercial
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24
Husky Dons of Labrador.

All along the coast at every Eskimo
encampment and about the cabins OF
the Hveyeres are numbers of husky
dogs. In winter these animals pull
the sledges and form the sole means
Of travel or communication from set
Element TO settlement During the
summer they are not fed by their
owners. bl-t are left 70 seek their sss-
tenance as best they can; hence the
hungry hrutes range the land near the
coast and add to the problems of Lab
TadOr, as they permit no creature TO
live that they can pull down. If q
horse were TO be turned out TO grass
overnight only its bare bones would
be found in the morning. Even to hu.
man beings they are sometimes dan
gerous when night begins to fall. and
on occasion when hard driven by hun
ger they have been known TO attack
children in the day. Considering they
are hardly ever fed in the summer.
one only wonders that there are not
more I'll deeds to set TO their account
Wide World Magazine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24
SCIENTIFIC MYSTERIES.

The Problems of Mind, Life, Gravita-
ton and Electricity.
A most remarkable state. condition
or point in nature. the absolute zero
of temperature. has been reached to
within three degrees. This is con-
sidered to be great scientific achieve
ment. Hydrogen gas was solidified
into pure white ice, and this was en-
ployed In the process Of cooling he
lium, and all works of the hand of
man were surpassed. The temperature
sank lower and lower until q point
only three degrees from absolute was
reached, but the obdurate helium did
not even iQuefy.
The Imagination, however vivid, can
not encompass what this intense cold
implies. 1t may be the death OF the
activity Of matter-that is, state OF
rest so far as chemical reaction is con-
cerned. Thus if the true zero OF ma
ture can be reached it may obtain that
matter will put on new aspects and
hitherto unknown properties. or it may
expire, become chemically inert, total
ly devoid Of heat and lifeless.
Still even then the standing mystery
ever confronting man, always await
ing explanation. gravitation. win act.
Nothing known can affect the uni
versal attraction. forever directly as to
mass. whether hot or cold.
However. the three degrees may
never be overcome, or, indeed, they
may, for it is now thought that science
has no limits, the scientific mind being
capable of solving all problems-so
saith some mentologists.
The capital problem is first to dis
cover what mind is, then life, next
gravitation, next electricity. and reach
a climax in finding how it. is that case
GUS masses glow and issue light when
existing in frigid yoids at zero abso-
lutte.
There is no solution in Sight for any
of these perplexing problems and har-
assing. No progress whatever has been
made in finding what mind is. the rea-
son being doubtless that mind is I'M
able to think of itself. On trial it will
be soon discovered that one is unable
to set up a train OF reasoning regard
ing his own or another's mind. His
own implies an owner. but no fact as
TO who this owner is has ever been
discovered. Humans are not perfect
Edgar Lucien LaTkin in New York
American.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24
Stubb's Practical Views of Life's
Philosophy.

DlHDD EEaEAAtdt At@S VI LILY =
Philosophy.
J. c. Stubs, vice president and
traffic director Of the Hartman rail-
road lines, in announcing his retire
ment from active participation in bus
mess, utters some philosophical cpl
grams that are well worth reading.
though some may dissent when it
comes 10 the statement that they
should be needed il all instances.
With a refinement and modification of
Oslerism, which is instructive, Mr..
Stubs declares that no man should be
allowed to work after he is 60 years
old and he says he is going forth to
enjoy some Of the goods things Of life
from which he has been precluded by
the demands of a strenuous business
life. He intimates that he viii go
'back to the farm" to spend the lat
ter days Of his life in enjoying the
beauties Of nature. Here are some Of
his good sayings:
81 am going to retire because I want
to live.
The world belongs to the young
man.
When man passes his sixtieth
milestone his judgment may be ma
ture. but he has no more fight LETT
in him.
Obstacles create character, just as
the resistance CT the air currents
make the kite fly.
Even a horse is turned out to gras SIS
after - OF its 20 years have passed
When ! was 20 I thought ] had the
world by the tail. It's different now.
we put 10 cents in the collection
box at church and pay 81 for a thea
ter ticket II isn't treating the min
listers right.
Thinking in bed killed Hartman.
He worked all day and thougnJ our
his problems at night.
- man must be possessed bv his
work and then be able 20 manage it.
81 have been TOO busy to make
money for myself.
II am tired and I am coing to loaf
I have seen only one and I know oniv
one side Of life-the industrial deveI-
opment Of this country through rail-
roads The world is beautiful. and I
am going to try to realize and eniov
some CT the beauty before I die. There
isn't anything in the world that isn't
altogether lovely. Even the so-called
dark and bad spots are only nature
gone to seed"
And there is a great deal Of truth
in these statements that is wei worth
remembering.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24
American.
EeIIed the Boundary.

Artificial boundaries" are generally
invisible But a highly artificial one
forces itself upon the notice Of the
traveller by rail between the Lake or
Lugano and Lake Maggiore. The from
tier between Italy and Switzerland is
followed for n considerable portion of
the journey, and It is marked by a
lofty barrier of wire netting hung with
bells for the purpose Of preventing
smugglers from getting into Italy
without attracting the attention OF
armed defenders Of Italian revenue
In extreme contrast with this is the
natural boundary between Italy and
France provided by Mont Blanc, which
in spite of it's naturalness is so vague
that It is still undetermined, though
scarcely worth dlsputing, whether the
summit of the mountain is Franco
italian or all French.-London Chron-
icle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24
BOOKS IN OLD ROME.
Trained Slave copyists Turned Thorn
Out Quick and Cheap.

Trained Slave Copyists Turned Thorn
Out Quick and Cheap.
There were in Augustan Rome es-
tabished publishing houses which not
only turned out large numbers of
books. bat many editions of them and
at an Incredibly small price That
their arrangements were businesslike
may be inferred from the testimony
Of Horace. Ee relates that when an
author failed to please the metropolis
the publishers shipped the entire edi-
ton of his works to the provinces, an
If he still failed as writer they made
arrangements TO bring them back again
and sell them as paper to the pastry
and spice shops.
One great firm in Rome had over
1000 trained slave copyists. and their
work was swift and cheap. for Mar
tial writes that they had ready an edi-
ton Of q thousand copies Of his "Epi-
grams" in just one hour. to be sold at
10 cents copy. The exceedingly
large reading public which all this in
dicates must have been many years in
growing, and one may assume that
Rome had long been city of readers.
Atticus. the publisher of Cicero. had a
great many modern methods in the
conduct Of his business. and the fact
that Caesars Commentaries" were
very quickly dispatched TO the out
posts Of civilization shows that the
machinery Of distribution was also
we'll organized. Thus we may con
clude that the advertising and public
ity department was in good shape
Bookman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24
a Tramp's Story.

you say you were once the editor
of a newspapers"
Yes, lady. and it was a very bright
little sheet, II / do saJSt."
How does it happen, then. that you
are forced to ask at back doors for
mealsE"
ut is merely a case of the irony Of
fate l had a printer who was near
sighted. and one afternoon when he
made up the paper he got wedding
notice and a murder trial mixed, so
that after describing the costume Of
the bride it said the condemned man
almost collapsed when sentence was
pronounced. Chicago Record Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24
A Wav TO Do IL.

Mrs. Rinks-The people in the next
suit 70 ours are awfuly annoying.
They actually pound on the wall every
time our Mamie sings. 1 wish we
knew OF some way TO drive them out
Of the fat.
why not have Mamie keep on sing
ing?"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

been lingering feeling OF hostility to
him because the German court has
been deprived Of the free display Of
American money is profted by dur
ing the occupancy OF his predecessor
1t viii be a particularly courageous
president who will hereafter name
any but a man of great wealth to an
important foreign post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

President William Howard Taft has
challenged Charlie" Evans. the west
ern golf open champion to a match
TO be played next Friday az the
Chevy Chase links. If the match
comes off. wonder # Evans will be
obliged to follow the example Of the
opponents of Emperor William in
craftsmanship contests and permit tine
distinguished rival to win in fear of
lese majestic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24
Matter Of Direction.

m0G1oE OF OiTCCISoFts
What Is your progressf
Where are you tendingr
- Are you advancing.
Outposts extending7
II you are moving
Where is the showingf
What's the direction,
Coming or going7
No one is standing
Still for a second.
Backward OF forward
Progress Is reckoned.
Is your completed
Work on inspection.
Or are there other
Worlds for subjectioni
Only with constant
Toillng and spinning.
Making and mending.
Cometh the winning.
Minds that are listless,
Hearts calmly beating,
Hands that are weary,
Mark the retreatlng.
Only the patient.
StraininR and striving,
Minds at attention.
Make for arriving.
Valleys upturninB.
Mountains o'erthrowing.
What's your direction.
Coming or going?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

Putting no stock in the prejudioed
testimony of the national bankers Of
Oklahoma concerning the SpDeration
of tho bank deposit guaranty Law
there, the Colorado Legislature has re
deemed its promise to the people and
enacted such a law. This is the sec
ond of the democratic platform pledges
fulfilled at the present session.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

Senator Works says it's up to the
people Of Arizona whether or not they
shall have the initiative, referendum
and recall. He didn't say anything
new or startling, but that doesnt de-
tract from its good effect. Every lit
tie helps.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24
April "a in American
History

1764-Thomas Adds Emmett, dist1n-
guished Irish American, brother Of
the I'll starred Robert Emmett, born:
died in New York city 1927.
1962-Federal fleet under Farragut
passed the Confederate forts at
New Orleans.
1S9S-President Mckinley called for
$4,000 volunteers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

Golfers asks IF the people paid
for the kilograms to Hines. Shurtleff,
Lee O'Neil Browne. and others from
Lorimer. why should not the people
know their contents?" That would
hold good In any private business
- mere the stockholders received a
square deal The inquiry is well
made
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

You may have an unlimited roper
toire of good stories, but it doesn't pay
to tell them unless you have time to
listen to those that they remind the
other fellow Of.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24
Exclaimed.

did you know hOmely men are In
variabiy happyY'
"HappyT
eyes"
"No; didn't know It, Why is itT'
Because on the face OF 1t you can
see that their wives are easily pleas
ed"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

Roosevelt says he will make no
more speaking tours for the present
Has the demand ceased?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

The longed-for day of the good old
goodsbox and the sharp pocket knife
is about here. The fruit trees are in
bloom and the first lawn mower has
clicked ere now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

Douglas, Ariz., is now figuring on
whether the gate receipts paid the
expenses of the real war pictures.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24
HurI1or and
Philosophy
ny DUNCAN ~. .SeSgTH
PERI PARAGRAPHS.

HAvING a new dress and a new
gown at the same time is sufficient
to render any woman charming.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

So many OF US have to be so horribly
uninteresting in order to stay good.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24
Tho Difference,

The Difference.
"Here's where it is better to have
photograph ia the house than a wO
man"
"Where?"
"In this. You don't have to buy the
photograph a new hat every time the
wind changes"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

II a woman's imagination had 10
keep pace with her tongue she would
soon be too dizzy 20 talk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

II we abolish the cat, who will
abolish the rat?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24
Human Nature

Human Nature.
az don't mind working"
"You don'tT
mo"
"Then what under the sun are you
always growing about IL for"
because l have to work"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

There is probably a wrong side to
everything. but it never seems to con-
Germ US.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

HAvING a new dress and a new
gown at the same time is sufficient
to render any woman charming.
So many OF US have to be so horribly
uninteresting in order to stay good.
If a woman's imagination had 10
keep pace with her tongue she would
sooIf be too dizzy 10 talk.
There is probably a wrong side to
everything. but it never seems to con-
Germ US.
One way to know when you are not
going to have unexpected company Is
to have your house irreproachable and
your dinner good.
The woman who never had any chill
dren is the only one who knows what
to do with them in any emergency.
The man whom you only think yor
fool is the one who fools you every
time.
Only the man who has q better suit
at home feels comfortable IN the shah
best suit in town.
If you know how much salary a man
draws you can make pretty safe
guess on what his wife spends.
You can't be exclusive and popular
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24
Your tongue is coated.
Your breath is foul.

Headaches come and go.
These symptoms show that your
stomach is the trouble. To remove
the cause is the first thing and Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
will 90 that. Easy 10 take and most
effective. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24


First Experience.
And so you
want to marry
my daughter?"
Yes"
Have you any
references p
mo; i We
never been mar
ried before"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

Only . L4aIs Apparent.
"Whats the matterY'
81 am lost in thought"
"You astonish meH
at IL a fact, though"
Curious how little It takes 70 throw
you or your balance"
Fresh In Her Mind.
"I can't remember the dates In an
cient history"
Look in the book" Fg
"Too much bother"
ASK your Aunt Sarah, then She
ought to remember"
His Idea.
"John, did you see Mrs. swelIer'S
new hatT'
Eyes"
''What do you suppose IL costr'
well, IT is ugly enough TO have cost
S1OO"
Cured.
81 sleep well now"
81 heard you had got your debts
paid"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

The woman who never had any chill
dren is the only one who knows what
to do with them in any emergency.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

He wanted TO be left sIons
Nor In the waltz would he attend her,
For he had troubles OF his own
His fate hung there by one susDender
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24
THE ARGUS.

BY the ). W. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

You can't be exclusive and popular
too.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

The man whom you only think yoC
fool is the one who fools you every
time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-24

Only the man who has q better suit
at home feels comfortable IN the shah
biest suit in town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-12
MAY YET MAKE TRADE.
Taylor and Comislxey Open Negotia-
1ions Once More.

Chicago, July 1.-THE proposed
deal between the Chicago Americans
and the Boston Americans, which was
first reported when the Chicagoans
were making their initial trip through
the east. is up again for disposal. 1t
was said yesterday that John l. Tay-
Tor. owner of the Boston team, would
reach here before the close of the
present series and attempt to trade
some of his men for two or more in
dividuals now wearing Chicago uni
forms.
Reports have it that Taylor wants
Pitcher Scott and Catcher Payne, for
whom, with another player thrown in,
he Is willing to give Catcher Carrigan
and Pitcher Cicotte, and possibly In
fielder Wagner. Taylor is coming west
at the request of President Comiskey
of the Chicago Americans, who is said
to have wired the eastern magnate ~e-
questing resumption of negotiations
which were broken off when Taylor
demanded that Walsh, Lord, Mcintyre
and a few others figure in the trade
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-12
MAY BOYCOTT JAIL.
Wants Its Prisoners Bet
ter Fed and Bathed.

Because they are Improperly fed
and denied soap with which to wash
their face and hands, It is claimed
that the government will boycott the
Shawnee county Jail in the future.
None of the federal prisoners are now
in the Topeka jail and it is reported
that all federal prisoner will be trans
ferred from this district to the jails
in Leavenworth. Wichita and Fort
Scott.
when the federal grand jury was
here in April. it visited the Topeka
holdover and reported that the Jail
was in a sanitary condition. But its
report went no further. It is now
claimed that the government has TAX
en- exception to the persistent twice-a-
day bean diet and that hereafter fed
eraI prisoners will be kept in Topeka
only in the greatest emergencies and
that for as short a time as possible.
Further than this it is claimed that
prisoners at the jail are provided with
either the cheapest brands of soap or
no soap at all. To be sure, this does
not always call for Indignation on the
part of the prisoner. but in the case
of the government, it is a bit different.
Uncle Sam is anxious that even the
persons who violate his laws shall
have clean faces and hands and an oc-
casional bath and clean linen.
Another feature which seems to
D66E6 Uncle samuel IS the TACT IldL
his prisoners receive but two meals
day while stopping in Topeka. For
this service the government is charged
60 cents a day for each prisoner by
the sheriff's office. 1t is said that the
meals are furnished under contract
and that the provender is not always
the best Further than this, it is al
legged that too many bears are on the
bill of fare and that the prisoners
grow to dread the twice day dinner
call.
Then again a federal prisoner who
was recently released from the Shaw
nee jail made startling statements to
the effect that liquor is struggled to
the prisoners by the long list of trus
ties This statement was emphatical-
" denied by the sheriff, but the pris-
oner was certain he counted twelve
bottles of whisky in possession of his
comrades in a single day. Many emp
ty bottles under the Jail windows sub
stantiated the prisoners declarations.
At the present time there is not
federal prisoner in the Shawnee coun-
ty Jail Neither has there been any
here since the liquor report was re-
ceived.
Under all circumstances federal Of
ficials are loath to discuss the govern
ment's business. For this reason, none
of the officials in Topeka are willing
to verify the report, and declared
they did not know how the story
originated.