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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-21

Just Piker.
"He is short in his accounts"
How much?"
Ten dollars"
awful. isn't itr'
isn't It? II 1t had been $4,000
we could have stood the blow"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-21
TERMs.-Dally. 10 cents per week

TERMs.-DalIy. 10 cents per week
Weekly. 81 per year in advance.
Complaints of delivery service should
be made to the circulation department.
which should also be notified in every
instance where It is desired to have
paper discontinued. ar carriers have no
authority in the premises
All communications OF argumentatiye
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
tiou- No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones in all departments: Central
Union. West 145 and 11l5; Union Elec-
trio. 5145.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-21

All the aows I'll the time.--Ths
argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-21
DEC. FL in American
History

1e20-The pilgrims landed on Piyn-
outh roci, AL founded the Ggst
permanent English settlement IL
New England.
less = James Edward Oelethorpe.
founder Of Georgia. born; died 1855.
iS21-Laura Bridgnan. tie noted blind
and deaf mute. horn: died 1891.
i933-Henry HaTlanG. American. au-
thor living in England. died: born
1861.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-21

A MAN never knows what disagree
able remarks his sister can make
until he becomes Interested in q girl
she doesn't like.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-21

Not His First.
us your new baby boy or a girlT
"Well." said the proud father slight
ly embarrassed. II forgot to ask"
at must be about your fifteenth
then"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-21
louhla DUTY

st only have one line In the play"
"And yon get wages for that7"
THAT and being sworn at"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-05
NICARAGUA.
XIl-THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY.
BY Frederic J.Haskin.

from the Pacific coast. 10 send their prod
ucts TO the Atlantic by water II is
most interesting fact thar although IN.
Nicaragua canal seems 10 be a defunct
project the shares of stock OF the COM
pany which undertook 10 build IL stli
have market value. some of then
changing hands In France only few
months ago
Whatever the disposition OF tho pending
treaty with Nicaragua and whatever tho
future OF that country. il is inevitable
that the United States must ever main
tain deep interest in the welfare or this
country and its sister republic Lying he
tween the United States and tho great ca
nal at Panama, the countries Of Central
America possess the power TO impose ir-
rltating III not harmful conditions upon
commerce. Closely allied with tho United
states and in sympathy with its purposes
toward them and toward the other coun-
tries which must use the Panama canal
the republics of Central America will
possess considerable influence over
ahairs at Panama, especially in case the
United States became involved in war
with any European power. That the coun-
tries OF Central America are deeply in
terested in the Monroe doctrine goes with
out saying. but they are sometimes for
getful OF the many benefits that have
been conferred upon them by the insist
ence OF the United States In maint aiming
that international principle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-05
Bad Men as Soldiers.


The fame OF the Rough Riders has
given many Americans an exaggerated
opinion Of the prowess in war OF the
typical bad men, Of the old frontier,
now practically wiped Off the map. Some
whose words have weight have insisted
ever since the Santiago campaign that the
fighting powers and the record of the
Rough Riders themselves have been ex-
aggerated.
But. however that may be. there is no
doubt that the military value of organiza
tons recruited from the typical gun fight
ers Of the wilder parts Of the west has
been grossly overrated. Because many
of the individuals in such commands are
dangerous antagonists if encountered in
their own environment and fought in
their own way, the habit has been to
Jump to the conclusion that regiment
of cowboys, prospectors, hunters and min
ing camp gamblers must be terrible
thing to face in battle.
The last fight of the American volun-
teers who went into Mexico. partly to
help the revolutionists. but more to have
the fun of fighting and roughing it. does
prowess Of bad men. At Tia Juana the
American adventurers under Jack Mosby
were not only defeated, which might not
be to their discredit with the weight of
numbers heavily on the Mexican side. but
they were chased over the boundary and
forced to surrender to the United States
troops on guard. when their casualties,
killed and wounded, were only about 2
per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-05
TO BRING MANILA CIGARS.
Philippine Exporters Want a Humi-
dor Shin for Their Goods.

From the United States Tobacco Journal.
There seems to have been a perfectly
sincere though very misinformed I'M
preston among the people in Manila that
the entire cigar trade in the United States
was trying to knock the Manila product.
Better informed people in the manu-
featuring end here are beginning to see
that the only thing which knocked the
Manila cigar in the United States was
the cigar itself, or rather the condition
in which it reached the smoker.
First. when the bars were let down
and the initial shipments were I'M
loaded at New York and San Fran
cisco. these consisted largely Of old
stocks which had been gathered from
the unsold discards Of practically
every factory, not inviting smokes
even when put aboard the big ocean
freighters
But after close contact with bilge
and brine, the odor Of sea water and
steamship damp, after being held for
cation Of the free entry clauses Of the
Payne act. they came on sale in such
state that no Manilan would ever
have recognized them as forming
part Of the cigars so popular at home.
Efforts made by American importers
to recondition such shipments have
not been successful for reasons which
will be understood by any cigar leaf
handler, and particularly by those
conversant with the very peculiarly
sensitive character Of Philippine leaf.
This tobacco is highly odorous and is
naturally of a sweet, smooth taste. but
when subject to resweating 1T develops
acidity. thus making the product un-
palatable.
Now those who have the welfare of
the Manila cigar industry at heart are
figuring upon the possibility of pro-
tecting cigar cases en- route. And
here comes the great suggestion. 1t is
on the cards that an attempt will be
made to induce the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company to place on the Manila
route a humidor ship which will bring
over cigars in good condition. II the
plan is feasible 1t may prove a big
boost to the Manila cigar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-05
LOAN SOCIETY.
SERIOUS, BUT NOT ALARMING.
The Geologic State Of the Country
About the Panama Canal.

From the Scientific American.
The volcanic nature Of the geological
formation Of the range Of hills through
which the great Culebra cut is being ex-
cavated is causing our army engineers
at the isthmus a great deal OF trouble
and Is adding a considerable sum to the
cost of the Panama canal. When the
French. under De Lesseps. some twenty
Ave years ago commenced to .bite their
way into the Culebra divide. they were
at once confronted with the delay and
expense involved In the sliding of the
hillside into the excavated cut. The ma
terial which moved down was composed
mainly of the mass of clay which over
laid the surface of the Slopes and 1t
was the belief Of the French. as 1t was
also the belief of our American ensi-
neers at a later date, that when cutting
had been carried down to the firmer.
underlying rock there would be no fur
Their trouble from this source.
Unfortunately, the rock has proved to
be so badly fissured and generally OF
such an unstable character that 1t has
refused to hold the angle of slope at
which the canal is being cut. Az the
Of material, many acres in extent. have
started to slide. generally upon some
underlying stratum, where friction was
unequal to the task Of holding the super.
incumbent weight against the pull or
gravity. The Culebra cut extends for a
distance Of about nine miles. and at
present over q score of slides are in mo-
ton, more than one-half OF these being
Of considerable size. Over one-fourth OF
the total length Of the cut shows evidence
of instability. and is either moving or
liable to move before the work is done.
The largest of the slides, If We take
account Of it's area, Is the one at Cuca-
racha, which already has total surface
area OF about fifty acres. This is the
slide which caused the French so much
trouble. Since American occupation over
two million cubic yards have been re-
moved. and there is q possibility that
handled before the slope has reached an
angle Of repose. Near Gold Hill are two
other slides. with a total area OF about
thirty acres from which three million
cubic yards have already been taken. and
where at least another two million CUBIC
yards must be removed.
AS the cut Is carried down to its final
depth, conditions will. Of course, be sag-
gravated. Other slides will start. and ex-
listing slides will reach farther up the
slopes of the hillside. 1t is impossible to
predict to what magnitude the present
movements may ultimately attain as the
is, Of course, some possibility that por-
tons of the cut which are now stable
will ultimately give way. BY the present
methods Of excavation and removal by
steam shovel and work train. the cost or
getting rid OF the slides is about 80 cents
a cubic yard. Col. Goethals, in estimating
the cost of completing the canal, made
liberal allowance-if we remember rightly,
about Sc, 600 OO0-for the removal OF slides.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-05
LONGEVITY OF WOMEN.
Their Vital Tenacity Is Mystery
Not Solved by Science.

rIom the Mc1lcat RECORD.
Women are called the weaker sex. but
the fact is that when tested by the length
of their life and by their power 10 endure
suffering and to resist disease they are
physically superior TO men.
An English statistician has calculated
that of two children, a boy and a girl,
born on the same day. the boy will have
only IL chances against IL OF living one
year, while the girl will have 81 chances
against IL. From 8 TO Is there appears
to be but little difference, but from Is
to 10 the boy viii have $50 chances and
the girl 277 chances OF living against 4
Of death.
This advantage in favor OF the female
increases, especially from - TO 75. when
the man will have only three chances OF
lie against one Of death, while the wom-
ans chances will be much greater.
Inc report OF the United States census
bureau on the vital statistics OF this coun-
try Tor the year 1890 shows that for every
fve-year period from birth up TO 20 years
OF age the death rate Is much greater
among males than among females. From
40 to 50 the death rate is about equal be-
tween the sexes. but from 81 to 90 .nere
are about five women living to four men:
from no to 100 there are two women to
one man. and after 100 the proportion OF
women Is still much greater.
The fact that woman lives a more
protected life. avoids the stresses and
strains that favor senility, may be a
factor. but II can hardly be the only fac
tor in her superior tenacity OF life," the
writer says. She lives a more protected
life than man because she is differently
constituted.
IL thousand able-boded men ana
a Thousand able-bodied women be uni
formed, armed and equipped for battle
and ordered on long and weary march
TO the front more men would probably
reach their destination, while more won-
en- would be found exhausted but more
men round dead on the roadside Owing
to their peculiar psyche physical organi-
cation women heed the warnings OF
fatigue and avoid the fatal crash, while
man. with his iron will. after complete
exhaustion. resolves to take another step
II he dies In the attempt.
80. after making all due allowances
Tor the greater mortality of man in war
and from accidents from dangerous oc-
equations and from masculine excesses.
there are good reasons for believing that
nothing short OF a constitutional differ
ence can account for the greater tenacfty
OF lie In women. Woman is a physioloe-
ical mlser--she accumulates energy with
out expanding II: while man is n phvsi
ILLOGICAL prodigal--he expends more en-
ergy than he accumulates."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-05
Southern RAILWAY.

N. B.-Following schedule figures published only
information. and are not guaranteed.
For Atlanta. birmingham. Mobile, New Or
leans, Asheville. 900 am. and :45 p. m daily;
9:oc a.m. daily for Chattanooga and Memphis
Dining cars.
For Roanoke. Kncxvillc. Chattanooga Birming
ham. New Orleans. 1910 p. m. daily. Dining cars.
For Roanoke. Knoxville. Chattanooga Mem
phs. Nashville, 4:1O a. daily sleeping car
open after 10 p.m.). Dining cars.
For Charlotte. Spartanburg. Atlanta. Annis-
ton, Birmingham, Ais pm. daily. Dining cars.
Tourist cars for California Monday. "Wednesday.
Thursday. Friday. Saturday. 4:15 pm.
For Greensboro. Durham. Raleigh Charlotte.
Columbia. Charleston. Aiken. Augusta. Savau-
nah. Jacksonville and Florida points, $40 pm.
daily Dining cars.
Local for Hsrrisonburg. $3.50 am. daily. 3:35
Pm. and 30 pm. week days: for Danvili s;,
7:30 am. daily and for Charlottesville, 1880
am. and 4:30 pm. daily; for Warrenton. 4:30
pm. daily and 4:55 pm. week days. Frequent
trains to and from Bluemont.
l. 8. BROWN. General Agent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-05
PASSING OF EAST INDIAMEN.
Profits of Early Cruises-Cause Of
the Decline.
From the Marine Journal.

FROM the Marine Journal
In the beginning Of the eighteenth GEN.
tury the largest ships owned by the
East India Company were under 800 tons.
though their burden was one-third great
er. By ITO the size of these ships had in
creased. and in 17sS the Marley and 9th
ers OF over LOO tons were built
Commands OF these vessels were very
valuable and were often bought and sold.
A master through pay, commissions, ton
mage space allowed for trade and so on
might make as much as $4,000 on a sim
gle voyage. In 1914 the company's mon
opoly OF the Indian trade was taken away
and in 1898 by the terms of the charter
the China trade was also taken from IL
and the ships sold. In place of IL many
private frms sprang UP and built new
ships, and these modern 1ndiamen did
nearly all the trooping, and previous To
the opening OF the Suez canal. when the
Peninsula and Occidental was the only
steam passenger line to India, all but the
rich and those in a hurry went out around
the cape.
Passengers engaged a stateroom or part
or one, provided their own bedding, wash
ing arrangements and furniture. Seamen
slept in hammocks which were piped up
into the nettings. thereby giving more air
space in the forecastle.
The midshipmen also slept In ham
mocks and the third mate "bunked'' with
them and was in charge. The second
mate and surgeon shared q stateroom
and the first mate and commander had
individual rooms Al ships were built OF
wood in those days. and for merchantmen
they were heavily armed.
A one Thousand ship would have a
crew Of seventy all told, including. be-
sides the sailors. butchers. cooks and
cuddy servants. The watch on deck
would number twenty-five seamen. be-
sides midshipmen and the officers. The
midshipmen were of better class social
ly than the general run OF merchant Of
ficers, and IL was from these that the
mates were chosen as a rule
These ships were frigate built. copper
fastened throughout and vessel of l.1oo
tons In 1850 cost about s20o.O09. They
made wonderful passages, as with their
large crews they could make and shorten
sail quickly. SO that sail was never re-
duced until absolutely necessary. al
though legitimately ii was considered
bad seamanship to lose a sail or spar
other than a studding sail boom through
carrying on" too long An average pas
sage was ninety days. but often such
runs as seventy to eighty days from
pilot to pilot" We're made.
The opening OF the Suez canal sounded
the knell of the East 1ndiamen. Freights
went down, and by 1871 not a passenger
went around by way or the Cape or
Good Hope
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-05
Met ready's Reply.
From the London Chronicle

A scapegrace baron pawned the cor
onet he had worn at the coronation of
Queen Victoria. Having a slight ac-
ouaintance with Macready, he wrote
to the actor offering to sell the pawn
ticket. and suggested that the redeem
ed item Of headgear would be an in
teresting theatrical property" Ma
cready replied with CHARACTERISTIC
sarcasm that II the thing had been
owned by q nobleman Of mark who had
got into Strengthened circumstances he
would have favorably considered the
application. But he did not think his
stock OF "properties'' would be i'm
proved by the addition Of q gilded COR
onet that had been worn by q num-
skull and pawned by . profigate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-05
Diminution of French Birth Rate.


The Journal Officiel has just published
the French vital statistics for 1910. The
most striking fact is that the excess OF
births over deaths Is only 7o.5s1 as
against Si.O61 in the previous year. In
England and Austria Hungary the excess
is about 10000. This result is a conse-
uuence of the extraordinary fall in the
births. which have dropped from 1.Oo.ols
in 1859 10 9s4,O 900 In 1868. $4,000 in 1857
and T7435S In 1910. IL the total populs
ton remains stationary il is because the
death rate also has considerably dimin-
ished. The actual figures are 70S77I. the
lowest ever observed. But DIR. Bertillon.
the celebrated statistician. Justly re-
marks that this result Is due partly 10
the dimnution In births. since IL lis the
infants that furnish the largest part -
the morality statistics. Thanks TO the
progress of hygiene and of care for the
children, infant mortality has fallen
from II per cent in 1905 TO IL per cent at
the present tina
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-05
SUMNER RESORTS, COTTAGES HOTELS& TRAVEL
SUMNER RESORTS.
WEST VIRGINIA.
SANITARIUMS.
RAILROADS.
Chesapeake Beach Railwa,

Chesapeake Beach Railway.
Schedule of excursion trains to and from
CHESAPEAKE BEACH effective July 1. 1911.
Subject TO change without notice.
MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS. INCLUSIVE.
Going-Ieave District Line $3.50. 1890. IL $50
an. 2:30. $40. 7:45 pm
Returning-Leave the Beach 6:35 am, 1880.
2:10. 600 500. 1000 pm.
SATURDAYS.
Going-Leave District Line $50. 1890. II so
am, 200. 300 $40. I:45 pm.
Returning-Lesve the Beach 6:35 am, 1880.
2:1O, 900. 500 900 1000 pm.
SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS.
Going-Ieave District Line $50. 1890. II 80
am. 200. 800 400 7:45 pm.
Returning-Leave the Beach 700 AM. 1870,
o:l0 500 300. 900. 1000 pm.
PAUL Y. WATERS. General Manager.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-05
Seaboard Air Lime Ry.

1905 AM. DAILY-"Seaboard Fast Mall"
Through coaches and Pullman seepers 10 Savan-
nah and Jacksonville Parlor car Jacksonville
to Tampa Through sleeper to Atlanta. Dining
car.
8:35 PM DAILY-"Florida- Cuba Special"
Pullman steel electric lighted sleepers to Savan:
nah. Jacksonville. Tnmpa. st; Augustine and
knights Key flor Havana). Through coaches
TO Jacksonville.
s:16 I'm. DAILY-"Atlanta Birmingham Spe-
cial" Through Pullman steel electric lighted
eleepers and observation car to Atlanta Birm-
lngham and. Memphis. Through coaches to
Birmingham. Dining car.
Ticket ONCE. 141s New York ave. NV.
e. A. HARDWOOD. eta. @. z. PHILLIPS Dr.. A.
Q. B. RYAN. G. 2. A.. Portsmouth,. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-05
Atlantic Coast Lime.

''The Standard Railroad OF the South.
not guaranteed.
40 m. daily-"Coast Line Mail" Through
sleeping cars and coaches to Jacksonville.
4:1O pm. daily-"West Indian Limited"
Through sleeping cars to Charleston. Augusta,
Savannah, Jacksonville Port Tampa. Fla flor
Havana) and knights Key flor Havana Through
coaches to jacksonville. UNExCELLED DIN
ING CAR SERVICE.
$40 pm. daily-.'Palmetto Limited"-Through
sleepers- to Charleston, Wilmington. Through
Ticket Once. i41e NEW YORK AVE.
GEO. p. JAMES. D. p. A.. Washington, d. c.
C. WHITE. G. P. A.; w. G. CRAIG. p. T.
NJ Wilmington. n. C..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-05
Baltimore and. Ohio r. n

HV&0u ~ 0NHuNuS OuHHV H\o H\e
LEAVE UNION STATION,
ROYAL BLUE LINE,
EVERY OTHER HOUR on THE ODD HOUR'
TO PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK.
NEW YORK TERMINALS. LIBERTY ST. AND
W. I'D STREET.
200. 1000 (Royal Special. hoursl. 300
Royal SpeciaD. III. 90 am. 100. 300 (Royal
Limited. 8 hours), 800. $500 pm. and az Is
night. s2.52 am. Diners and Parlor Cars on day
trains. sleepers on '12.15 night open at 1000
PM
Philadelphia and Atlantic City. 100. 300
eli 90 am, 81 90. 800. 1900 pm.
TO BALTIMORE.
EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR"
Week days. TOO m. to 1000 PM
s2s2 1900 t6.3o, 100. s7.20, IS 90. ss30.
1900 1890. 1000, '11.0O am. 1920 noon.
taos. 100. il.15. 1900. 900. t3.20. $3.50,
- 90, s44S 800 1893. $40 1000. $3.50,
f7o0. 800 ts 90 5000. 80 10 s11.3O. .12 Isn't.
WESTWARD.
CHICAGO. sa.10 am. Il %. $50 pm.
CINCINNATI. ST. LOUIS and LOUISVILLE.
-. IN I'M. -. 10 pm. 80. 10 night.
PITTSBURG. s9.1O am. S.25 1910 Pun.
s12. 40 night sleeper ready 1000 p.m.l.
CLEVELAND. a. 10 pm. COLUMBUS '53op. N.
WHEELING. s9.1O am, $3.50 pm.
Schedules Of local trains at ticket ofices.
'DaiIy. Except Sunday SUNDAYS only.
TELEPHONES at following Ticket omce::
1417 G st NV. Main 1901: $40 Pennsylvania
ave-. Main 27s: Unbn Station. Main 1880.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-05

There are those who believe that the
day will dawn when at least q small in
teroceanic canal
Already Discuss will be constructed
across Nicaragua,
AAseiVSeo'IA0 SoAioA' utilizing the San
Juan river and Lake Nicaraga as part OF
the waterway. Such an enterprise would
certainly prove benefit to the people of
Nicaragua, giving q large portion of the
western part of the interior direct water
connections with the Atlantic ocean.
While it is scarcely probable that the
generation now living will see such a ca
nal constructed, II Is possible that the
rapids In the San Juan river which now
obstruct navigation and the bars at the
mouth of the river at GYeytown will be
cleared out, so that IL will be possible
for the people of Leons Managua and
Granada, each less than twenty-five miles