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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-09-19
1000 WHITES
ARCTIC COAST
Descendants of "Lief the
Lucky" Who Migrated
From Iceland. -

foundland and the old country was
cut off,
When communication was restored
the people of the second settlement
were missing. Their graveyards.
buildings and other adjuncts Of their
standardization were found. The
theory was formed that the people had
drifted to a settlement further west
across the narrow straits, where they
intermingled with Eskimo, whom they
took along with them to the island on
which their descendants make their
Headquarters.
They still use the bone needles that
were invented by their forefatEers.
and many Of their methods Of life are
similar to those Of their progenitors.
Different environment, more rigor
GUS climate and lack of vegetation.
however. have changed many of their
usuages.
A Migratory People.
They are a migratory people, never
remaining longer than few weeks in
the same place. When they moved
Stefansson and his associates moved
with them. They never live on the
coast itself, and it was for this reason
that Amundsen failed to discover
them when he sailed past their island.
In the winter time they settle on the
ice in the center of a bay and hunt
seal.
In the summer they go to the center
of the island, where they eat the carl
bou which there abound in thousands
Once in great time they capture one
Of the rare specimens Of barren land
bear.
Their houses are made of snow, with
roof Of driftwood which on rare oc-
casions is found on the coast. The
stray fragments of wood are highly
priced.
Furs> furnish. their clothing. Their
shoes are cut to come we'll up to the
thighs. Here it is met by kind Of
underskirt which reaches to the waist.
The coat is fashioned in almost pre-
cisely the same manner as the full
dress coat worn at inaugural balls by
their civilized brothers. It cuts off at
sharp angle just above the waist line
and long tail divided into two pieces
hangs down behind. The whole outfit
is strapped together by means Of
thongs and buttons made from raw
hide and bone.
In one place on the island Professor
Stefansson discovered a conical stone
house which bears a striking resem-
blanee to the houses built in Greenland
and Newfoundland by the Norsemen
who first inhabited those places.
None Of the natives had ever seen a
sulphur match or rifle. One tribe ex-
pressed surprise when Stefansson killed
a caribou with rifle at a distance of
more than 1000 yards. They told him
Of wonderful man who had once
lived in that country who had a bow
and arrow that would shoot over a
mountain and kill a deer or a bear on
the other side.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-09-19
Legend of a Flood.

time ago devastated the WOflQ. InlS
legend, anthropologists say, is uni
versal among savage tribes and there
fore cannot be regarded as proof tina:
this particular tribe is descended from
Christian forefathers.
Professor Stefansson accounts fo1
their existence by the fact that in the
year 9S2 Greenland was discovered
and settled by 5000 Icelanders. One
thousand of these people sailed from
Norway and missed Greenland, but
landed on the coast of Newfoundland,
where they established colony, built
fourteen churches, two monasteries, a
nunnery and other structures, the
ruins Of which are still standing. ~
These people crossed to the coast of
America for timber. There were no
Eskimos at this time, either on Green
land or Newfoundland. The Norsemen
settled in two colonies, one on the
north and one on the south side of
Newfoundland.
In the fourteenth century Eskimo
came from the north and exterminated
the north settlement. Their record
was complete till 1441, when the black
plague scourged Europe and for two
centuries communication between New.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-09-19
LOST TRIBE OF
FOUND ON THE
Discovery Of Great Impor-
lance Is That Made by
Prof. Stefanss0n.

N ANKING next in Importance
X from an ethnologist standpoint
~ to the discovery of the lost
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03

straw against the face Of the sun and
focus his eyes on the straw. He can
look at the straw, with its background
Of dazzling sun, and without discom-
fort But the moment he looks at the
fiery ball of the sun itself. subcon-
sciOusly the lens of the eye comes to
its proper focus, with the result that a
burning" sun spot appears on the re-
tina of the eye, and it is said that a
few seconds of such looking would
burn out the retina as il by fire itself
In the subconscious adaptabiIity of
the eye lens to adapt itself to different
distances lies its value to the human
sight. The man with a camera adjusts
the focus of his lenses by sliding them
forward and back. The lenses of the
human eye. by changing their curva.
lures. allow of one looking at fine
print six inches from his nose and in
fraction of a second to look up and
away, probably fifty miles to a noun.
tain peak that in an instant is in true
camera focus.-Pittsburgh Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03
sWATTING NOT A FAD.

Many unthinking persons have been
inclined TO look upon the campaign
against the fly as a fad of the over
fastidious. while those most familiar
with the question insist that flies are
a menace TO health and spread dis
ease at an alarming rate. A fly, we
are told. lays something like six mil
lion eggs, II It has fair chance. II
you will recall this fact when you
see the flies reviving under the benefi-
cent heat OF the sun, which we are
welcoming during these wet summer
days, you will lose no opportunity TO
cut of this particular fly family at
once. Kill the first flies that appear
and by all means cleanse and keep
covered the garbage can and arrange
70 have its contents carried off fire..
quently, during the heated term es-
pecially.
Flies make business for the doctors,
nurses and hospitals and if you wish
70 avoid calling upon any or this class
70 serve in your home rnen you will
adopt the motto, Swat the fly" They
carry filth and disease to your food
and to the receptacles in which your
food is cooked and served. The man
who has rechristeued this creature
the typhoid fly evidently knew his
business and also the chief features
of the fly's business also.
The latter's chief mission in the
world is 70 spread disease and If al
lowed to multiply and enter your
khome it will surely accomplish its
mission. Now is the time TO put II
out OF business for the summer. In.
less you are interested in keeping il
on the Job. you will join the army
OF fly swatters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03

watertight. The ship was rushed at
top speed through a sea in which its
officers knew there were ice foes and
icebergs.
The world will accept the judgment
OF the senate committee regardless of
whatever statement may be made by
the British board of trade as the result
OF the investigation II is making. The
board is in a position where it must
either seek to vindicate itself or con-
denim itself, for the owners OF the Tit
anic are taking refuge behild the OBJ
solete and insufficient regulations 1t
still adheres 20 as an excuse for their
shortcomings. From the nature of
questions being asked in the board in
vestigation, the conclusion is war
ranted that 1t is seeking to justify
I itself.
/ But, as the chairman Of the senate
/ committee says, I'VE shall leave to the
honest judgment of England it's chas
/ tisement Of the board Of trade, 10
whose laxity of regulation and hasty
inspection the world is largely in,
debted for this awful fatality"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03
CAPITAL COMMENT

that comes up just exactly as Aldrich
would have voted, had he been per-
mitted to remain in the senate, is J.
H. Gallinger of New Hampshire, famil-
iarly known as "Old Doctor Gallinger."
Gallinger has ideas on other subjects
than Lorimer and high tariff, and
among these is the eight hour day.
Listen to him:
Il happen to be one senator, who,
during a very important part Of my
life, was able to work 16 hours a day,
and if any man or any government
had told me that | should not work
longer than eight hours, l would have
considered that man or that govern
ment an enemy of mine"
How such speeches must please the
steel trust, which works its men IL
hours a day, seven days a week, and
365 days a year!
STILL PROTECTING" HIM.
To a listener in the gallery in the
/ senate these days, while the steel tar
! if bill is under discussion, the phrase
that comes up most frequently from
the floor below is protecting the Amer
lean workman" The reactionary SEN
ators, still clinging to the foolish no.
ton that the people have not awaken
ed to the falsity of the idiotic argument
that tariff helps the workman, con-
tinue to harp about the prosperity that
goes to the workingman when the tar
if is high.
These senators can't get it through
their heads that it has been demon
strated, time and again, that the tar
if trusts do not divide their loot with
their workmen. The millions they
lgouge out Of the consumers pockets go
straight into their own, with no regard
whatever for the workman. They can't
comprehend that steel and wool trust
workmen are still working for SIS and
Sc a week, while the tariff protected
/ mill owners are piling up their untold
millions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03

EVEN MAYOR MAY NOT KNOW.
A certain mayor Of a certain large
city intimated in an address a few
days ago that the modern woman
hasn't enough to do to keep her out Of
mischief. The life Of the modern
woman is vapid and empty, as evil
dence in the society columns Of the
newspapers, he contended, and some
thing must be done to return to her
the responsibilities and burdens that
our grandmothers gloried in.
As to our grandmothers glorying in
their burdens-maybe they did, but
most of them didn't live long enough
TO do much glorying. The grind of be-
ing a woman in those days didn't con-
duce to longevity. Look in the old
graveyards, when you get a chance,
and you will discover that most of our
grandmothers and great grandmothers
passed beyond to a wellearned rest,
somewhere between 80 and 40 years OF
age And they were old, bent-over
and pain racked when they should
have been in the prime of life.
The average wife of this country
does her own homework. Doing ones
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03
The Rocking of Lake Erie.

The $50 mile trough of Lake Erie lies
approximately in the direction Of the
west to southwest winds which prevail
in that part of the country Thus the
lake offers an excellent opportunity for
studying the effects Of the wind upon
a large body Of inclosed water, and
very interesting these effects some
times prove. Rhythmic gusts produce
a rocking motion and great blows from
the west or southwest sweep the liquid
body of the lake eastward and some
times cause a rise OF eight feet or
more at Buffalo in the course of q few
hours. AS soon as the maximum force
Of the gale has passed the water
swings back. Continued BOOKINGS are
observed on days when the strength Of
the wind ductUates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03

ana MS ratner peIow taking q nap, as
II was afterward found Next day the
Active was found on the rocks, with
her stern stove in, the master drown
ed in his bunk and the boy dead at
the wheel with a bullet hole in his
head
This discovery caused a great sensa-
ton, and there appeared to be no mo-
tives for any one to kill the boy, and
as it was known that the shot must
have been fred by a third person. the
whole affair was a mystery and re-
manned thus for years, when a man in
a distant state confessed on his death
bed that it was he who fred the shot
that killed the helmsman Of the Ac-
tive
The man said that he had fired at a
hawk, which was circling low. and did
not see the schooner. which suddenly
came into range, owing TO an interven-
ing clump Of bushes. Then he was
Mortified to see the boy at the schoon.
er's wheel throw up his hands and fall
TO the deck, while the vessel preached
to and was driven ashore by the wind
and tide The gunner. who was after
gulls and ducks. fed without waiting
to investigate the result OF his unfOr.
tunate shot, fearing that if he reported
the matter 10 the authorities he might
although innocent Of any criminal in.
tent. be imprisoned. -Washington Post
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03
ROOSEVELT QUOTING LINCOLN.

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, in a
speech at Gettysburg, Memorial day,
quoted from Lincoln's second inau-
gural address: With malice toward
none and with charity for all.
Such words, breathing good will and
the spirit of humanity, sound strange
from the lips of Theodore Roose-
welt, for he is the very embodi-
ment of uncharitableness, unkindness
and malice toward everybody who
puts himself in opposition TO the
coloners wishes and interests. From
he time that he took the stump
some years ago in presidential cleo
ton TO the present time he has been
accustomed to indulge in bitter de-
uunciation of his political opponents.
He applied to Bryan about every
lad epithet that he could think of.
He denounced him as a windy dema-
gogue and the principles of the plat
form which he represented as a far
rago of sinister nonsense which the
populistic-demOcratic politicians AT
Chicago chose to set up as embodying
the principles of their party"
Not only in his speeches, but in his
official messages during his presi-
dency, Roosevelt used harsh language
in denouncing theories and ideas
which he has since adopted and in
denouncing the representatives of
these theories and ideas. Even Presi-
dent Taft, one of the most amiable
OF men, with a personality that at
tracts 10 him those who differ widely
from him politically, has been char
acterized by Roosevelt since he threw
his hat into the ring in terms that
can be fifty applied only to an habit
ual trickster, falsifier and a corrupt
political demagogue. Such words as
Lincoln uttered, used by a man Of
the type of Roosevelt, are as sounding
brass and a tinkling cymbal.
The present contest has brought
? out more clearly than had been before
the disingenuous character, crooked
disposition and thoroughly selfish
nature of Theodore Roosevelt. Hi
friendship for Taft lasted. no longe
. than the time he could make use o
Taft for his own personal advance
ment. 1t is not improbable that h,
= brought about Taft's nomination will
, the expectation that, if elected, hi
administration would be weak on,
= and would facilitate his own renom
, ination and return to Office.
This is the man who is so popula
: among republicans that the more san
leaders of the party are shaking il
their boots lest there be a stamped
in his favor at the Chicago conven
ton. The republicans are now be
tween the devil and the deep sea, an
D the course which the party has pun
= sued the last few years in favorin
r plutocracy and in advancing priyileg
q ed interests at the expense of the pee
: pie. is responsible for the party
O present predicament. II is at tn
: mercy of a dangerous demagogue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03
AMERICAS VERDICT IN THE IT,
TANIC DISASTER.

There is little the public did not al
ready know in the report OF the SEN
ate committee that investigated the
Titanic disaster. But it puts the facts
in the case in concrete form for use
in whatever new maritime legislation
may be needed and places the blame
for the catastrophe. with its terrible
loss OF life. where it unQuestionably
belongs. Further than this. il is the
verdict Oft American nation.
Recklessness and laundering are. in
brief. the indictments brought against
the owners. builders, officers and crew
OF the Titanic. And they are amply
Backed by indisputable facts. There
-vere not enough hfeboats. The crew
was not trained in handling them.
They were sent away from the sinking
ship only partly filled. The bulkheads.
supposed 10 be watertight, were not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03
AW0MANyO OBSERVATIONS


own housework, with three children
tthe average American family is no
joke. II you don't believe it, try it.
And while We have modern houses and
modern conveniences to help the
housewife, remember that her duties
are just as arduous as her grand
mothers, though they have changed in
form.
once upon a time a woman was
privileged TO let her shape go to seed
usually after the second child.
She could wear any old kind Of cal
leo dress-utility and cheapness were
the only consideration-all day long
For dressup she put on a white apron.
Also, she twisted her hair into con-
venient knot, and left it that way all
day.
She wasn't expected to retain youth
or charm, and If she made any effort
to continue good-looking she was Sc
verely censured.
But today the wife must be up and
doing If she is to retain her husband S
regard.
The calico gown for all day no
longer serves. Madame must be re-
| specially dressed at least in the af-
ternoon and evening. She must man
age to look quite like lady while she
does the chores Of a housemaid, a
nursemaid and, quite often, a wash,
woman.
She must always be smiling and grs
cious, and good companion; smooth
Of brow, white of hand, symmetrical
Of form, quite up-to-date in her dress
an intelligent mother, an efficient
housewife, perfectly at home in parlol
or kitchen; wife, affinity and soul
mate; financier and mollifier; pride
to the heart and the eye: possibly help
ing to earn the family income, which
is becoming more and more a common
task; and yet the modern woman
hasn't anything to do!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03

special inspectors assigned by the navy
department TO test that particular con-
signment of meat. The naval inspec-
tors described this meat, which was
intended for American sailors and sol,
diers. as filthy and diseased"
Solicitor George P. McCabe, the
Wilson underling who drove DR.. Wiley
out of the government service, grew
wrathy and indignant when Mr.. Nelson
made his charges.
But the Philadelphia discovery
shows that Nelson knew what he was
talking about.
OLD DOCTOR GALLINGER.
Among the United States senators
who will vote to retain Lorimer in his
seat, and who will vote against the
/ income tax and the tariff reduction
bills, and who will vote on everything
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03
A CURIOUS ACCIDENT.

Il Caused the Wreck, Long Shrouded
In Mystery, of Schooner.
The queer accidents that have hap.
pened to Maine vessels would I'll q
volume. and some of them would not
be believed An old coaster captain
recalled the mysterious wreck Of the
little schooner Active in Fox island
thoroughfares some years ago. 1t was
in the fall Of the year, and the Active
was going through the narrow pas
sage between the islands. She carried
only two men. the master, Captain
Ray. and his sixteen-year-old son.
When last seen under sail the Active
was shipshape. the boy at the wheel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03

Proving anew the proverbial thrift
of the French is the fact that a loan
OF SAL 100000 advertised TO be sold
by popular subscription. was over
subscribed so times. In other words,
there was in French banks, and
stockings at the moment and avail
able for investment, the enormous
sum Of $3.50. 900 900. When this news
gets to him. J. Pierpont Morgan may
decide 10 move TO France.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03
June 3 in American
History.
-Thomas Hntchinson. ro,

THOMAS Hutchinson, royal gov
ernor OF Massachusetts 1770-i,
died; OOrn in Boston I'LL.
1SOS-JeffersOn Davis, statesman, pres
ident OF the Confederate States Of
America 1919. born; died 1889.
1S60-One hundred and fifty people
killed by a tornado which swept
over Illinois and Iowa.
lSGl-Stephen Arnold Douglas. noted
Democratic contemporary of Abra-
ham Lincoll before the war. died;
born 1913.
1SSG-President Grover Cleveland was
married in the White House TO Miss
Frances Folsom of Buffalo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03
Hurnor and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
~ DUNCAN ~. SMITH

IF large iceberg would sail in and
settle down on some hot pavement
and go to work at wrecking the ice
trust it would probably be met with
hearty popular applause.
Some people are always on the mend
who need to throw the whole thing up
and strike for a new outfit
A man who is in a position to do as
he pleases usually has been so disci
plined getting there that he no longer
desires to please himself.
Heroes are made of the stuff that
can stand toll and soil and sweat and
CRIME and grind or there'd be no
heroes.
Some girls think it essential to be
able to lead man to propose, while
others think it quite as desirable to be
able to lead him not to propose.
We won't need any three ring circus
this season if the candidates for cleo
ton keep up their vaudeville.
Never try to show the man who has
a reputation of never knowing when
he is licked.
There's no accounting for tastes.
Some men go out after the golf cham
pionship, while others with no such
vaulting ambition are content to make
the best Welsh rabbit.
You never can tell what any man
will do, but be careful that it isn't you
It is easier to criticise than to make
good. Still, some men have been known
to make good at criticism.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03
Rain In Spring.

Rain In Spring.
Gee whizz!
Suppose the crops do need 1t
In their biz!
In these merry days
Are the crops the only things
To raise?
We feel a sight
Like raising something quite
Different when We get
Wet
When in our best
Sunday vest.
A little rain
Is safe and sane.
II have II we must
Give us enough to lay
The dust.
Let's have a few
Light showers or a dew
Occasionally,
But a steady downpour
Makes us sore.
Do the crops
Need big drops
All the day and quite
The best part of the night?
They ought to grow
On a shower or so
Once in awhile.
They should smile
With wetneSs once a week,
But when they seek
A constant flood
1t riles our blood.
Say,
Crops are a nuisance
Anyway.
Why doesn't some inventor arise
And advise
Us how to give
Them the shake and yet liver
But where would be the gain?
The rain
Would come anyway
And spoil our May.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03
BY THE J. w. POTTER co.

TERMs.-Daily. 10 cents per week.
Weekly. 81 per year in advance
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made 10 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 pubJ:ca-
tlon. No such articles viii be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones in all departments: Cen
trail Union. West I45. I145 and 2l45i
Union Electric, 5l45.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03

Bacon-Did you ever notice how long
q woman is in coming to a point? Eg-
bert-Well. do you mean when she is
telling story or sharpening lead pen
ciI?-YOnkers Statesman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03
CONVEX LENS OF THE EYE.
A Burning Glass That Adjusts the
Sight to Varying Distances.

One Of the manifold wonders of the
human eye is the convex lens with
which the focal distances of sight are
made instantly and without mental eff
fort This lens in the eye is a literal
burning glass" as the small boy styles
the glass lens with which he focuses
the suns rays and sets fire to a piece
of paper. Just in this sense, too. is the
lens Of the eye a literal burning glass
as may be shown by the simplest of
experiments
Let the person at midday hold q
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03

congress by Con-
gresham Nelson
that the depart
ment of agricul-
ture was letting
up" in the meat in
spection standard,
came the discovery
at P hila d Up hia
that $4,000 pounds
of "e m b aim e d.
beef had been put
aboard the cruiser
Prairie, which was
about to proceed
to Cuba to help
quell the new rev.
olution there. This
tainted food was
detected, not by
the regular gov
eminent meat in
spectors, but b!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03

New Workers should not be fret
full over the strike Of the walters.
They should think of what the con-
sequences would be II the bartenders
struck