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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31

II is rather pleasing TO note that
when the final test came % republi-
can insurgents in congress voted with
the democrats for the passage of the
Underwood bill cutting down the duty
on iron and steel Insurgency would
not amount to much If 1t supported no
reform that did not originate in the
republican party.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31
Same Old Way.

Same Old Way.
When Adam first made love.to Eve,
Although without a chart
To guide him in romantic walks
And tell him when to start,
He did as we'll as has been done
By peasant or by prince
Or any one on down the line
Who has been at 1t since.
He stammered quite a bit at first
And acted like a Ounce
And said she was the only girl.
Which was the truth for once.
Then he made clear to her how much
He liked her winning ways
Exactly in the same old way
The boys do nowadays.
He promised he would love. protect
And cherish her for life
And do a lot Of other things
II she would be his wife.
He said without her by his side
The sun for him would set
In very much the sort of words
The fellows tell them yet.
We have improved on many things
Since Mr.. Adams day;
Inventions have so multiplied
That work Is almost play:
We have advanced in arts and crafts
And furnishing fiat,
But making love is still the same
We can't improve on that.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31

A telegram from away up in Ottawa,
Canada, says that It was part Of the
arrangement Of the McNamaras' con-
fession that they would be pardoned
within two years 1t would be a sad
commentary on the execution of the
law should this occur.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31

When the president of the United
States. as a candidate for renomina-
ton and reelection, finds it necessary
to get busy in his own state, 1t is
pretty significant sign of the times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31

The self constituted Legislative
Voters League of Illinois is again
passing out judgment on the mem
bers of the Illinois Legislature. The
legislative voters league is about as
useful in the censorship OF Illinois
legislative politics as the Taft tariff
board is in the so-called scientific re-
vision
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31
Names child WeIfare pax.

Springfield, Jan. sI-Governor
Deneen has issued at Springfield 9
proclamation naming Saturday, Feb.
II, as child welfare day. The gov
ernor's pronunciamento, q copy of
which will be received today by the
officers of the National Mothers con-
gress in Chicago, follows in part:
The necessity for public supervision
of the education and training OF the
citizen has long been recognized by
the state in the maintenance Of the
public school ] Join In the recon-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31

Have you a weak throat? II so, you
cannot be too careful. You cannot
begin treatment too early. Each cold
makes you more liable to another and
the last is always the harder to cure.
II you will take Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy at the outset you will be
saved much trouble. Sold by ali drug
Sists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31
Butter and Its Spreading Interest.

Butter-this is q subject which
spreads q consuming interest through
every home in the land. At present,
with butter at SO cents a pound. a
serious household problem is pre-
scented. How shall II be met?
In New York a Housewives league
has been organized and -has-urged q
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31

Somebody ought TO tell the governor
OF Illinois TO hurry up the invoice of
his political wishes, for the primary
and election are to be held in this year
1912
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31

II Detective Burns has a confession
in the Lorimer case, II is time to trot
II out and give Ct to the committee for
all II is worth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31

The strenuous one from Oyster
Bay reiterates that he has no use
for it-but would take II in a pinch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31
Jan. 81 in American
history

1752-Gouverneur Morris, statesman in
the Revolution, born; died 1916.
1s3O-Hon. James Gillespie Blaine,
statesman and presidential candi-
date, born; died 1893.
1S95-Judge Ebenezer lockwood Hoar.
noted jurist. died; born 1916.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31
Steady Diet,

For months the presidential tangie.
From out whose maze will walk thu
winner,
Must be hashed up from every angle
And served for breakfast, lunch and
dinner
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31

Sydney, Australia-A general strike
of all trades unionists has been or
dered III Brisbane, Queenstown, in sup
port of the street car employees who
demand that they be allowed to wear
union buttons
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31
The Reason.

"Why do women hate to keep Sc
cretsT'
'They don't consider themselves
storage warehouses"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31

Last day of January-and no thaw
in sight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31

Can you beat eggs at So cents a
dozen?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31

that Feb. II be observed
by the citizens of the state of ILL.,
nois as child welfare day and that il
be characterized by exercises, ad-
dresses and other suitable means fo-
the advancement of child welfare"
The proclamation was issued in rec
ignition of the movement in the in
terest of children started by the Ma
tional Mothers congress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31

''who win do the washing in China 2"
"Under the new republic they will
all be too proud to be laundrymen."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31
Their Quarrel.

"Mrs. Green and Mrs. Black seem
rather frigid to each other. What's
the trouble?''
"Mrs. Green says its Mrs. Blacks
tongue"
"Been scolding the Black childrenT
"They seem to thrive on it, but Mrs
Green says she just won't stand the
mean things Mrs. Black says about
Fido."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31
Humor and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

MANY people spend more time hunt
ing cross cuts to success than it
would take to insure 1t by going all
the way round by the road.
Youth is the hope of the race but the
despair of the old folks.
We are likely to regard company
manners in much the same way as we
do the makeup of theatrical people
One mans success is often several
mems failures.
Some persons get lot of satisfaction
out of the good that they are going
to do.
The only young man at a house party
has a harder time than solitary kit
ten in houseful of children.
1t would lower our esteem of angels
crowns if we saw them offered at a
bargain sale.
1t Is mistake to say that worry
does no good. 1t has saved many a per-
son from ennui.
The vanity Of the world never seems
quite so apparent as when one discov-
ers that ones overcoat is becoming
shiny.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31
Loan AssoeIatIons In cain.

Springfield. Jan. S1.-The state
auditor of public accounts in his an
nual report on building and loan as
socistions issued says there were In
Illinois during the year 1911, 5es
associations. q net gain for the year
Of rs. Forty new associations were
Incorporated and 10 associations
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and weekly at 1875
Second avenue. Rock Island. Ill len
tered ut the postofnce as seeond-class
matter.I
Rock Island Member Of the Associated
Press.
BY THE ). w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31
Complacent.

Complacent.
Didn't the bank failure shock you?"
mo; am something of a philoso-
pher."
Did you have any money in it?'
mo, but l believe my divorced wife's
second husband did"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31

"Willie, you mustn't throw stones at
people"
"Why not?"
Because it is wrong"
"'Tain't either. / don't live in no
glass house"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31
Had to Take IL.

Had to Take IL.
at isn't safe to walk in the middle
Of the street"
Eyes; had a hint to that effect"
ibid you get the number of the ma
chine?r
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31

does no good. 1t has saved many a per-
son from ennui
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31

1t would lower our esteem Of angels
crowns if we saw them offered at a
bargain sale
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31
TERMs.-DaIly. 10 cents per vsei

TERMS.-DaIly. 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 Il Is desired to have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority in the premises
All communications OF argumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for pubhca-
ton No such articles win be printed
over fictitious signatures
Telephones In all departments: Central
Union, West 145 and l145; Union Elec-
trio. 5l45.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31

The only young man at house party
has a harder time than a solitary kit
ten in a houseful of children.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31
The Pretty Girl,

The Pretty Girl.
'That insolent man wants to firt
with me-"
Hes perfectly quiet. How do you
known
Because he's a man"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-31

Wednesday, January 81, 1912.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-16
Chess. and the Game Of Life.

An Indian philosopher thus describes
chess: 1T is a representative con-
test, a bloodless combat, an image not
only of actual military operation, but
of that greater warfare, which every
SON of the earth, from the cradle to
the grave, is continually waging-the
battle Of life" One sees clearly that,
even going back to its birth, the par
allelism between chess and men ex-
lists, for does anybody know just when,
where and how the first man appeared
on earth? Also, is 1t not a fact that
mans attributes and nature have re-
NAMED unchanged throughout cen
turtles, and that chess was played
much in the same way, each chess
mar moving in its allotted mi
even five thousand years ago?
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-16
Sense of Smell.

The tenth part of a grain of musk
will continue for years to fill a room
with its odoriferous particles, and at
the end of that time it will not be ap-
preciably diminished in weight.
A cubic inch of air arising from the
fame of a Bunsen burner has been
found to contain no fewer than four
hundred and e~ighty-nine million dust
particles.
A drop of blood that might be sus-
pended from the point of a needle con-
tains about a million of red corpuscles.
Yet, although matter is so marvel
ously d~iVisible, the olfactory nerves
are infinitely more sensitive. Much
yet remains to be investigated with
reference to these nerves which dis
criminate with such apparently mi
r%aculous accuracy.-Harper's Weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-16
YOUTH, TIME OF ANOMALIES
sprlngtlme Of Life Is Full Of Contra.
dlctions, But Is Great Flood
Of Energy.

How shall I describe Youth, the time
Of contradictions and anomalies? The
nercest radicalism, the most logged
conservatisms, irreparable gayety,
bitter melancholy-all Of these moods
are equally part OF that showery
springtime Of life. One thing, at
least, II clearly is, a great, rich rush
and flood of energy. II is as II the
store Of life had been accommodating
through the slow, placid years of child
hood, and suddenly the dam had
broken and the waters rushed out, fu-
rious and uncontrolled, before set
Ting down into the Quieter chan
nels of middle life. The youth is sud-
denly seized with a poignant con
sciousness Of being alive, which is quite
wanting to the naive unquestioning ex-
lstence Of the child. He finds him.
self overpoweringly urged toward self
expression. Just as the baby, born
into a great, blooming, buzzing confu-
sion,' and attracted by every move
ment, every color, every sound, kicks
madly In response in all directions,
and only gradually gets his move
ments co-ordlnated with the orderly
and precise movements Of his elders
so the youth suddenly born into a
confusion of ideas and appeals and
traditions responds In the most cha
otto way to this new spiritual world,
and only gradually learns to find his
way about in 1t, and get his thoughts
and feelings into some kind Of order
Atlantic Monthly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-16
Dressed Chicken.

She wanted to surprise her husband
with a chicken dinner, but after she
had gone out into their little chicken
run and captured a toothsome-looking
young rooster there, she lost her nerve.
She simply couldn't bear to hand it
the axe. There was a small bottle of
chloroform in the house, however, so
she decided to prepare his r~oostership
for the oven via the anaesthesia route
He succumbed quickly, but to her
horror he recovered consciousness as
soon as she had finished plucking
him. Stricken with remorse then, she
clother his naked form in a hastily
made suit of white flannel, that fitted
him like a regular varsity made gar
ment. Then she turned him out into
the chicken run again.
Editors insist upon happy endings
OF stories nowadays, so the remainder
of this tale is better left untold. Suf-
fcient to say that although fine feath-
ers make fine birds, white flannel new
er made this rooster himself again.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-16
Blackberry Winter.

Blackberry winter arrived Sun
day on schedule time and with about
the usual drop for this inevitable
period of spring. The day was u.s.
hered in with lowering clouds and a
raw northwest wind, which increased
in velocity. as the day advanced. A
chill drizzle also fell at intervals,
and the temperature dropped steadi-
}y until it reached a minimum of AZ
degrees. Monday was still cool and
Tuesday but little warmer. Yester-
day slowly rising temperature and
bright sunshine heralded the real
coming of spring.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-16
lnconsiderate Knot.

The d~rydocking of the schooner For
ester, which put in at San Francisco
the other day in distress, revealed the
fact that the leak, the source Of the
s~chooner's distress, was merely a
knothole, The knot in one of the bot
tom planks had fallen out, leaving a
hole an inch wide by one and one
half inches long. To keep out the wa
ter that came through this knothole
the Forester's pumps were kept going
night and day and the vessel arrived
with ten feet of water in it's hold. The
desertion of its hole by this faithless
knot imperiled the lives Of the schoon-
er's crew and involved owners and
underwriters in an expense of more
than $1,000, The hole has been
plugged up, and as this is all that
allied the Forester the schooner will
proceed on its voyage as soon as the
cargo has been reloaded.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-16
EVELYN THAW IN ROLE
OF A DEVOTED MOTHER
Baby Boy Her Chief SOIicitude
Now, and She Wants to
Quit Thaw Forever.

New York, May 15.-Bewitched
by the charms of a red-cheeked.
raver haired tot, Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw, it 70 reported. is straining
every resource to collect SIS 5000 on
checks signed by her husband. After
this, it is declared. she hopes to quit
Thaw entirely.
With the beautiful baby boy.
whose constant companion she has
been ever since his birth in Europe
twenty-one months ago, and with
SIS 900 capital, she hopes to cut
loose forever from Thaw, abandon
ing the $4,000 a year she long has re-
csived from him. Her ambition is
to seek upon the stage the independ-
ent life and freedom for personal
effort denied her by the terms Of
the contract under which she has re-
ceived money from the Thaws.
She will not be a witness in the
habeas corpus proceedings before
Justice Keogh in White Plains next
month if she carries out the purpose
she has announced to friends. If
she we're called it would involve ex-
p~loitation Of the infant to whom she
is tenderly attached. and whose
young life already has had more
than it's share of mystery.
The caild was born in Hamburg,
Germany. a little less than a year
after the last test of Thaw's sanity
in White Plains in July and August,
1909. Thaw enjoyed a large degree
Of personal freedom at that time.
All who have e the little fellow
from the time Of his birth are en-
thusiastic about his baby beauty.
They say he has bright. snappy
black eyes and curly raven hair. a
f1awless rosy complexion and every
charm that babyhood car claim.
When Evelyn Thaw aAd her baby
first returned to New York about a
year ago they lived in Harlem, but
recently have been in an upper
Broadway apartment. The baby is
in charge Of a negro nanny.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-16
FAMOUS LEAPS OF BYARD
Hoof Prints Near Newmarket That
Mark Jumps Of the Legendary
Blind Horse.

Near Newmarket, in Lincolnshire,
England, there are three marks Of a
horses hoofs, and each mark is sevenl
yards distant from the other. Every
nan who farms the field Is careful toI
keep these marks from being grass
grown or plowed up For they are the
famous marks of Byard's leap, which
is recounted in the following story:
There was once a witch Of Newt
market who bewitched the cattle and
crops of her neighbors and did all sorts
S0s mischief, and at last one farmer
went to a wise man and asked HIM
what to do to overcome the witch.
tie a naked dagger around your
waist" said the wise man Then
drive your horses into a pond at night
and throw a stone into the pond
Mount the horse that lifts his head up
first and gallop OF to the witch's hut
and bid her out to ride with you"
Byard, a blind horse, was the first
to raise his head when the farmer
threw the stone, so the farmer mount
ed him and galloped to the witch's
hut.
"Out and ride with me! Out and
ride with mel"
And out came the witch. She jump
ed at the horse, and Byard made his
first leap, and got away. She jumped
again, and Byard made his second
leap and got away. At the third leap
she sprang behind the farmer and
wound her skinny arms about his
waist. But the dagger cut her left
arm, and she lost all her power, and
was never able to trouble anybody
again.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-16
MARVELLOUS PICTURE.
THE Shadow Of the Cross"
May Be Seen Three
More Days.

II you have not seen the wonder
fuI oil painting by Henry Hammond
ALL, now being exhibited here in the
room Just back Of the County Supt.
of Schools office, by all means do so.
The picture is shown here for the
benefit Of the u. d. C. The paint
ing is called "The Shadow of the
Cross and the name is truly well
chosen, for in the light one sees
nothing but a beautiful painting OF
the Christ" but when all the lights
are out and one is in the dark, the
painting seems to take on a strange
moonlight brightness and over the
right shoulder the deep shadow Of
a cross comes plainly into view.
Strange as it may seem. but when
the lights are turned on again, all
traces of the cross are gone and
again one finds himself looking
at the marvellous beauty of Mr..
Ahl's painting. The picture will be
here for the balance Of this week.
and may be seer each day from 800
to $50 and from 700 60 1000 p. m.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-16
Purely Personal

Mrs. Beatrice Eckles, of Spring
field, is visiting Mrs. Jno. l.. Thur
mond.
M. B. Hancock, of Bluefield, w.
We, is here on a short visit to his
brother, Mr.. 7. R. Hancock, whom
he had not seen in thirty years. Mr..
Hancock is a Confederate veteran
and attended the reunion at Macon,
Ga.
Clifton o. Adcock. of Sapulpa,
Okla. who had been on a visit of
several weeks to his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Adcock, lear Church
Hill. left Monday night for his home
in the West.
Messrs. ]. C. Johnson and E. c.
Radford have returned from a busi-
ness trip to Florida.
Ben McReynolds has returned
from college to spend his vacation
with his parents.
Miss Marie Hille returned last
night from a lengthy visit to rela
tives in Texas and Oklahoma,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. 5. King and Miss
Leone lille returned here last night
from an automobile trip from Nash
vile and Mammoth Cave.
Edgar Major, Jr.. who has been
cashier at the local L. & N. office for
quite a while, has been transferred
to Birmingham, Ala. where he will
hold a similar position with the COM
pany. Will Owen, day ticket agent.
succeeds Mr.. Major as cashier and
Mr.. Felstead. of Henderson. now
has charge of the ticket Office during
the day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-16
ORIGIN OF A POPULAR DOG
Ancestors Of the Scottish Terrier Were
Used by the "Todhunters" Of
the Highlands.

In ancient times each district in the
Highlands had its "todhunter," whose
duty 1t was to see carefully that the
then flourishing firm Of fox, otter and
company did not do a too flourishing
business in lamb or poultry. Some
times these todhunters were Of "the
laird's men," sometimes they were
farmers and grazers: but always they
were local dignitaries. There was hon.
or and considerable profit In their OF.
fee. and in time 1t came to be more
or less hereditary. Their duty was
simple. They waged q war Of exter-
mination against the vermin, which,
however, was q very different matter
from the good old English sport Of
fox hunting.
In the rough country horse and
hound would have been worse than
useless, and reynard made his den
In such rocky ground that he could
not be dug out. The sole solution was
a dog small enough to follow the fox,
or otter, or badger, or wildcat into hts
lair; strong enough to bring him out
dead or alive; and game enough to do
both. A dog developed from this ne
cessity, and that dog was the ancestor
OF the present-day Scottish terrier
Outing.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-16
Reunion in California.

From Berkeley. California. comes
news of a pleasant reunion of former
we'll known Evansville and Kentucky
people at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Boyle. when in honor of Judge
Winfree and daughter. Miss Lulu.
of Hopkinsville, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Pat Cunningham. formerly of Evans
vile, now of Martinez. CAL, Mr.. and
Mrs. Boyle gave a family reunion
dinner at which forty-nine members
of the Winfree family. formerly of
Casky. and Hopkinsville, KY. were
among the guests. Evansville Cou-
rier.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-16
From The The HOgwallOw Ken
tuCkian.

With the assistance of the Wild
Onion school teachers dictionary
Raj Barlow has written a love letter
to a girl near Bounding Billows. He
said all the sweet things he could
find in the book, and then sealed his
letter with sorghum molasses.
The editor of the Tickville Tidings
has got discouraged in his efforts to
bring about a change in the way af-
fairs are run in China by writing
editorials on the subject every week
He admits that the editorials are
forceful and believes that the main
reason is because the Tidings is not
widely read by the inhabitants of
China.
Fletcher Henstep startedout Thurs.
day morning for a trip to Rye Straw.
He will let his horse take its time in
covering the distance of five miles.
He said the horse could easily make
it in two days but he will not rush
him, as he wants to drive him in a
funeral procession this summer.
Cricket Hicks. who succeeds in
catching a good many mud turtles
around the ponds every summer, has
arranged a device whereby he can
slip up on them while they are not
looking. This device is a large,
square shield made out of a green
quilt stretched on poles. and upon
the discovery Of a turtle on a log
Cricket sets it up behind the turtle
and slips up on him.