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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
-FOUR DELEGATES
AT ROAD MEETING
Will Attend Chicago Gathering
to Bring Transcontinental
Highway Here.
MEANS MUCH TO THE CITY
Thousands of Tourists Would Come
Through Here in Automobiles
Exposition Year.

President n. E. Casteel of the Rock
Island club today announced the ap-
pointment Of II. II. Cleaveland, z. H.
Guyer, DR.. Louis Ostrom and W. A
Rosenfield as delegates from this city
TO the good roads convention which
will be held in Chicago next
Tuesday. Mr.. Rosenfield is already
in Chicago and can be depended upon
20 attend the meeting. and it is hoped
that the other three gentlemen will BE
able to go.
They are TO use what influence they
can bring 10 bear in an effort to have
this city included on the transcontin-
entail road from New York to the Pa
cifc coast. As contemplated, the road
will strike the Mississippi river either
al Clinton or this city. The former is
slightly the shorter route. but the local
delegates will attempt to show that the
latter is really the better one.
The road would be boon 10 the tri-
cities. as II would result in many auto
parties coming here from Chicago and
points along the line to spend the
weekend. Then, too. II would mean
the passage through the city of thous-
ands Of autos in 1915 when the great
Panama exposition will be on in San
Francisco.
MOLINE II INTERESTED.
Moline will also have a delegation at
the meeting, which viii include not
only the business interests, but also
men from the three big auto manufac-
turing concerns of Moline and East
Moline. The two delegations will work
together.
Davenport is not interested, as that
city is apt 70 be on the route either
way. for II the road goes TO Clinton, II
will probably come from there TO Dav,
export to strike the river TO river
road through Iowa.
Iessrs. Martin. Stewart, Miller
and GoTham Of Geneseo met will
Mayor Schriyer yesterday and advis
ed him that Geneseo will send a large
delegation to Chicago TO boost the
southern route. Joe Lane and Judge
French OF Davenport will work fol
the southern route Mayor Schrive'
invites all who are interested 10 at
tend the meeting and boost for it.
Tuesday Registration Day.
Next Tuesday is registration day fol
the voters who desire to vote at The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
Woman BE- Fined.

Mabel Brown was fined SO and costs
this morning on a charge of disorderly
conduct She was arrested last night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

Columbus. Ohio = Saving the
bars of the window of their room on
the fourth floor of one of the build
ings at the Columbus state hospital,
Frank Oneil. a penitentiary prison.
err, serving a life term for murder.
and Charles Klein, who has served
several terms for counterfeiting, es-
capped Friday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

Stopen oficiating. Burial will take
place in st. Mary's cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

Tuesday Registration Day.
Next Tuesday is registration day for
the vcjers who desire to vote at the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-12-05

oped from early ages. when caves,
rocks and later mounds of earth and
wood furnished the dwelling place for
the family. Undeveloped were the in
stincts which prompted primeval man
to seek a place OF shelter for his own
little circle of human beings. They
were. however, the beginning of the
highest and strongest social institution
In the world, that of family life and
the private home. Now conditions
have changed, people have developed,
and the home must be something more
than a place of shelter. II is still the
keystone of the nation. the place
where those qualities which make for
good citizenship are developed, and
therefore it is worthy of all the
thought, all the intelligent planning
and the noblest feelings that can be
brought to It, The true home should
reflect the character of the people who
inhabit il, and above all else it should
be Of such a nature as TO bring out
the best there Is in each individual
beneath its roof. And home in the
true sense of the word can and does
do this.
Things Not to Do.
Some Of the most glarlng faults In
home furnishing are the commonest.
those committed thoughtlessly or per-
haps, to be more exact, those prompt.
ed by the dictates of fashion. 1t is so
much easier very often to put into our
homes and wear on our persons, even
to put into our manner those things
which fashion says are right rather
than to adopt those things which suit
our own individuality. environment
and needs.
Just because fashion states that a
certain kind of wall paper, certain
color In carpets or certain styles In
furniture are the --latest" and new
est" Is no reason in the world why
they should be put into your homes
unless they will be suitable there. Yet
very many times the decree goes forth
and is followed blindly, with the re-
suit that beauty. harmony and repose
are qualities totally ignored In many
homes. Some one has said: The
world is full of beautiful things II one
has money TO buy them. The world is
also full Of ugly thlngs-things false
in art. in truth and beauty. They are
things made TO sell with only this idea
behind them" So do not be tempted
by the too common expression. 1T Is
the very latest style" when buying
furnishings for your home or wearing
apparel for yourself unless the very
latest thing" has beauty and suitable
ity to recommend H.
To have something like every one
else is also another fault made In
house furnishing That is one reason
why so many country houses try 70
reproduce ON cheaper scale the city
home and why there are so many I'M
attractive homes In smaller towns and
country places. Ignorance Of OF in
difference 10 color and color harmony
Is another cause for lack OF beauty In
furnishing.
Again, pictures. furniture. ornaments
and everything else are brought into
our home without a thought Of arti-
tles already there. The new and the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-12-05
OUR TEACHERS DEPARTMENT
Conducted by Prof Charles ID. Lewis
Opened School Houses to Wider Use

get a man who is willing 20 sacrifice
himeslf for what he believes, think
he is the man we want. IL you'll
prove that last statement as to why
you're leaving Hamilton, | will favor
your appointment by the Board
That was how Mr.. Ward became
the hired man OF all the people in the
city, not simply the hired man, the
minister OF one variety Of the good
people, the professor OF few select
ed youth, but the community hired
man, on the job of serving folk in
getting their moneys worth in
acquaintance and understanding, in
wholesome recreation and the Joy
OF democracy.
And at the end Of two years the
peoples school buildings all over
Rochester, some of them equipped
with gymnasium, library, games. mo-
ton picture machines, were being us
ed as common citizens common coun-
ell chambers, centers Of neighborhood;
and It was being demonstrated that
people Of all creeds, parties and in
comes are Just folks, and enjoy get
ting together as they used to in the
little red schoolhouse back home.
The American institution had devel-
oped the Social Center.
ut was at about this time that Gov
ernor Charles f. Hughes spoke at a
citizens banque. in Rochester and
said of Mr.. Wards work:
"I am more interested in what you
are doing and ia what 1t stands for
than in anything else in the world.
You are buttressing the foundation
Of democracy
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-12-05

In the August American Magazine
appears an article about Edmund J.
Ward, creator OF the school social cen.
ter idea which has spread TO many
states. Following is an extract from
the article:
"The Rochester School Board had
in hand an appropriation Of five thou
sand dollars to pay tho expense Of
beginning the wider use Of the pub
lie school building and grounds, for
blind man could see that all that
half-idle, conveniently located public
property should be put to some larger
use, and they were looking for q
man TO take charge.
"Mr. Ward had been director Of the
toughest recreation field in Buffalo
and President Of the Directors Asso-
citation there, acting pastor OF the
Church OF the Covenant In Wash
lngton, organizer OF the Mems Club
In Silver Greek; had seen eight years
OF football and other athletics; had
won highest oratorical honors at col
lege and thrown the champion heavy
weight of Cornell. He spoke Of some
OF these experiences. Then-he re-
membered. I'D walk across the con-
tinent to work OIL that job he said,
but I can't take Il; I'm black-listed.'
And he told why he was off the facul-
ty at Hamilton.
THAT would be the end Of the
story II the president Of the School
Board hadn't been George M. Forbes.
DIR. Forbes looked at Mr.. Ward. Then
he said. you've had the training.
You see the possibilities. II in addi-
ton to these qualifications we can
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-12-05
SCHOOLS CLOSE
TO MOTHER EARTH
What Corn and Potato Clubs Do
For the Boys.
GROWTH OF THE MOVEMENT.

jefferson County Issds With lite Mag
nifiosnt Gardening lsnd-How Viii
liam Frey Grew Eighty eight Bushels
Of Potatoes on One fourth Of an Acre
Gradually the thinking school people
are beginning TO see and understand
that II the parents will not 60 to
the school the school must 60 to the
home and make itself felt Nothing
has helped more In this movement
than the boys corn and potato clubs
In this and many other states. The
tremendous growth Of the movement
Is due largely to a rational use Of the
children's enthusiasm and desire To
DO SOMETHING THEMSELVES
PLEASURE IN ACHIEVEMENT
COMES FROM DOING 1T YOUR
SELF, and pleasure In achievement l.
the largest factor In human life.
william and Walter Frey live about
eight miles from Louisville in a splen
did farming and gardening section OF
Jefferson county. When your reporter
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-12-05

I'VE have sometimes" says Maria
Montessori, had to do with children
who disturbed the others and were
deaf to our admonitions. First, we
would have them specially observed
by the doctor. but often they were
found to be quite normal. We would
then place little table in the corner
Of the room ana seat the child at it.
with his face to the others. giving
him whatever he wanted to play with.
This isolation would almost always
succeed in claiming the child; the
sight OF his companions would be a
most efficacious object lesson in be-
haviour. Moreover, the isolated child
would be the object of special care,
as though he were i'll. myself,
on entering, would first go straight
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-12-05

You see, erghty-erght bushels on Ia
little piece is the same as III barre
to the acre. OF course did somc
things the neighbors didn't do. becaus,
! did all Of my work from the direc
tons the government sent me. Every
body plows manure under when they
break the ground in the spring. but !
used my two big wagon loads Of rotted
manure for top dressin' after my pa
tatoes were in the ground.
THE folks that came over here safe
my potatoes were darker green than
any of the others in the neighborhood
an we all saw that the vines were
mighty heavy an fine. l went over the
patch three times with a fourteen tooth
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-12-05
Home Course
In Domestic
Science
XIV.-Principles Of
Home Decoration.
BY EDITH G. CHARLTON.
In Charge Of Domestic Economy. lows
State College.
Copyright 1910. by American Press
AssoetAfion.

T<HE subject Of home decoration
and furnishing is so large and
comes so closely to the individ-
ual life Of the family that an
outsider hesitates to make even the
simplest suggestions. And yet just be-
cause the subject is large and impor.
tant and because It is, on the whole,
20 little understood by the average per.
son Is one very good reason why In
struction is needed along certain lines.
All that I shall attempt, however, In
these articles on house furnishing will
be some Of the very first principles,
Just a few hints for the women who
are not sure of their own opinions on
such matters, whose experience has
been limited and whose opportunities
for getting really good things are very
few.
There was u time in the history of
our country when the family was con.
tent with the home which simply af.
forded shelter. That was the primitive
object Of the home. an instinct devel.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-12-05

cultivator, an l was careful not to lei
II cut deeper than two inches. After
that gave II two workin's with Nv.
tooth cultivator.
Eyes, my potatoes will get the frs,
prize this year In this county. tn
make the quarter of an acre pa,
mighty well. because It's $50 In gold
Walter Frey, the younger brother
has an acre Of corn in the contest. bur
Il had not been -husked when your cor
respondent visited the farm early H.
November. The ground showed thai
careful work had been done during tn,
summer, and the eighteen huge shocks
that stood upon the acre gave promise
Of large yield.
II planted the Boone County White
that the state furnished us boys" be-
said in answer TO my questions, but !
only got about half a stand Of corn. ~
had to use some of eur own Boone
County for replanting the acre. or
course bad stand is a mighty poor
start In a corn contest Next time AN
goin' TO test the seed so as to be sure
about my stand.
yes, l used lot OF manure on thai
acre. Before I plowed II this spring !
scattered four big loads Of manure so !
could turn II under.
II was goin' to do more plowin' an
eultiyatn' than anybody around her,
this year. but big windstorm tangle.!
II 90 had 10 quit early. did cultiva',
Il four times an didn't stir the ground
more than two inches deep. The dire,
tons for corn makes that a might,
strong point"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-12-05
The Doctor in the School

to him, caressing him like an infant,
and would then turn to the others
and interest myeslf in their work us
though they had been men. ! do not
know what happened in their souls,
but certain it is that the CONVEX
sion of the isolated children was
always definite and deep. They took
pride in knowing how to work and
to behave with dignity and for the
most part they preserved a tender
affection for the teacher and for me. y
A system which embodies such a
capital of human effort could not be
unimportant. The attention of the
ultra-modern educational world is
largely centered upon it and no stu
dent of childhood can afford to over
look 1.-THE Christian Herald.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-12-05

old are combined without questioning
whether one suits the other or not,
and In consequence both are spoiled.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-12-05

visited them on Saturday. I'd OF No
vember, he found them busy STORMS
second crop" potatoes for the winter
market
william Frey. the elder brother. grew
one fourth Of an acre Of potatoes this
season. He harvested eighty.eighi
bushels Of splendid tubers on the plot
When he was asked about the crop
and Its cultivation. he said;
Eyes. that yield was some better than
most Of the neighbors around herr
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-12-05
|gbort. gsrmons|
SUNDAY Dalf.Hour|
THEME: THE WILL OF GOD.
~ Or. SPENCER 8. ROCHE.

Text: Hebrews s:67: when Hs
oometh Into the world, He saith,
Sacrifice and offering thou wouIdst
not. but . body dIdst thou prepans
FOR me; In whole burnt offerings and
sacrifice for sin thou hsdst no pIess-
ure; then said !, 10. am come I'm
the roll Of the book u 10 written Of
mel TO do Thy will. o God"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-18
DRINK HABIT is CONDEMNED
Sir Victor HorsIey, Distinguished
English Medical Authority, De-
nounces Pernicious Custom.

Sir Victor HorsIey the distinguish.
cd English medical authority. recently
addressed in Liverpool, England.
meeting Of medical practitioners and
others, arranged by The United King.
dom alliance. at which the lord
mayor presided
Sir Victor's subject was A Social
Hasis of Teetotalism" and in the
course Of his address he condemned
the custom Of standing drinks" and
OF providing alcohol at public and pri.
vate banquets and dinner parties. He
recalled the fact that his late majesty
the king was the first OF the rulers OF
the British empire 10 break through
the custom Of alcoholic drinking. when
he gave leave for his health to be
drunk in water Sir Victor went on
to suggest that if medical practition.
ers were to be active and patriotic
citizens. they ought all to be total alb.
stainers, because the social reforms
that were Of interest today were only
to be carried as soon as they succeed.
ed in getting rid of the national Gus.
tom Of drinking alcohol
The scientific view was that even
small dOses-what was called the diet
etc use Of alcohol-had an injurious
effect 1t acted upon the higher and
most intellectual part of the brain
by weakening initiation and loosening
control Of the judgment and the
tongue. 1t was a common remark at
dinner parties that people did not
begin to talk until the wine had gone
round. Mr.. Justice Bargrave Deane.
in his evidence before the divorce
commission, had expressed the opin-
ion that the worst evil was not the re-
suit Of drunkenness, but the result of
small quantities Of alcohol. In num-
Der of cases he believed that as med
zeal practitioners they could all say
the same thing Of their own knowl-
edge. The way to get the nation to
give up this alcohol drinking custom
was surely by securing a diminution
of the opportunities of getting alcohol
The last license bill having been
thrown out of the house of lords, the
only other alternatiye-the high IL
cense system-fortrnately for the
community, had been carried in the
budget, and local option was another
method which might be applied.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-18
LIGHTING BY SUGAR

The suggestion has been put for
ward that there is every possibility
that, in the near future, sugar will
play an important part in the pro-
vision Of a new method of artificial
lighting. Experiments have shown
that when disks Of loaf sugar are
placed on a lathe and rapidly rotated
while a hammer plays lightly against
them, there is an almost continuous
radiation Of artificial light. At pres
ent the practical value of the discov-
cry Is nil, but it is quite within the
bounds Of possibility that discoveries
will soon be made that will render
its practical application certainty.
The cause Of the phenomena is not
at present correctly understood, but
it is probably due to some change in
the formation Of the sugar crystals.
Cases where the act Of cTystallization
is accompanied by flashes of light are
not unknown and probably this is due
to some similar cause. At any rate,
this appears to be the only feasible
explanation, as 1t has been proved
that the light Is not caused by the
heating of the sugar during the ex-
pertinent
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-18

The ice cave at DEBORAH, Iowa, is
one Of natures wonders. The only
other caves of a similar character Of
note are one located in Kentucky and
another in Russia. Scientists have
advanced several theories as to the
formation of ice IN the DEBORAH cave
during the summer time. 1t IS a
known fact, however, that ice forms
in the summer and disappears in win
ter That the amount of moisture in
the ground has its bearing has also
been proved by the disappearance of
ice in times Of continued extreme
drouth. When this condition arises.
though the ice may disappear, the
cave viii be cool and damp. When
conditions are normal ice begins
forming in the spring and increases
to the thickness of three to four
inches. The cave is located in the
side of a bluff on the north side Of
the city and fully 100 feet above the
Upper Iowa river. Its location is pic
turesQue and the citizens of DEBORAH
have constructed a fine drive that cX-
tends for a half mile along the face
of the bluff At one time a specula-
tive citizen thought to make money
out Of the cave by closing the en-
trance with a door and charging ad-
mission The door stopped the cir
culation of air, the ice melted, and
the Spectator had his expense for
notling
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-18
SMALL DOSES ARE INJURIOUS
Control Is Promoted by Total
Abstinence From Alcohol.

The immediate effects of small doses
of alcohol on the nervous system have
only been demonstrated comparatively
recently, says an English temperance
publication. Prof. Victor Horsley has
lectured on the action of alcohol on
the brain and nervous system, and has
quoted the experiments of Kraepelin,
who found the reaction time ii. e., the
time between observing a signal and
indicating that it had been Observed
distinctly diminished by alcohol al
though not consciously so to the per
son affected. These have been con-
firmed by DR.. Kellogg and others. Dr.
Schmidt and DR.. Furer have published
elaborate tables of numerous expert
ments en- the action of alcohol upon
mental operations, such as learning
b. heart, associations, requiring chief
ly automatic movements, were at first
rendered easier, yet these were soon
done with increasing difficulty, while
the higher associations We're, from the
first, enfeebled.
The increase of automatic actions
is no proof Of stimulation. All such
actions are performed more readily
when the attention is not fixed upon
them. 1t is as would be the case
were q narcotic to affect a horse and
his rider, but to affect the rider first.
As the grasp of the reins relaxed
the horse might start off more quickly
and more erratically, depending upon
surrounding circumstances, because
free from the check and control of his
master. As the influence extended
gradually to him his movements would
become increasingly sluggish. The
excitement of the drinker is the re
suit of surrounding stimuli, not
checked by the Judgment and will,
which are at once enfeebled Hence,
it is maintained that temperance, j. e.,
self-control, is promoted by total alb
stinence from drugs such as alcohol,
which weakens it.
Other functions of the nervous sys-
tenn have been proved to be impaired
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-18
ROPES OF HUMAN HAIR

We are constantly getting some Of
our cherished ideas shattered by re-
search. One of the stories which was
not always accepted as an axiom re-
lates to the ladies of Carthage, who,
we were taught cut off their hair Of
fered their tresses in the temples OF
the gods and then turned them into
ropes for the warships when their
country was threatened. The news
now comes from Antwerp, through
French source, that manufacturer
in that cit,- has turned his attention
to this method of rope making. He
asserts that human hair possesses
great durability, strand can lift just
three-quarters Of a ton, and another
advantage is that such a rope does
not stretch. The Amsterdam manu-
facturer's idea is to use his hair ropes
for aeropIanes in place of wire stays.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-18
BAY OF FUNDY BORE"

The Bay of Fundy bore" or tidal
wave, is tidal phenomenon well
worthy Of note, as it is the longest in
the world. 1t is caused by the sea
forcing the water up the funnel
shaped bay and into the Petitcodiac
river, where the water assumes the
form of white crested wave, or
bore" 1t occurs every time the tide
comes in, and is from three to eight
feet IL height The bore" is seen to
best advantage at the time of full
moon, and is very interesting sight.