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The Bossier banner., 1912-11-14
WHAT THE PAPERS ARE SAYING.

WHAT THE PAPERS ARE SAYING.
New York Press: All men want to get
money; mighty few want to earn it.
New York World: At least the Nor
mons were faithful to the Grand Old Party.
st. Louis Republic: Opposing the De-
mocracy there will continue to be found
party of Capitalization and of privilege.
Lake Charles American-Press Yester-
days dispatches told of the death of
Chicago woman from excitement over the
election. This is the fate the gallant Lou
isiana voters have averted from the queens
of the home by defeating Amendment No.
IL.
Mansfield Enterprise: Some would-be
powers behind the throne are boosting WI.
Bryan for Secretary of State. If they hope
to make the Democratic party anything
more than a passing dream, Mr. Wilson
had better put John Sharp Williams or
some other level headed Democrat at the
head of the nation.
Baltimore Sun: In 1892 the Democratic
party was triumphantly elected to power on
the tariff issue. 1t had both braches Of
Congress, it had the Presidency. The
hopes of the peple ran high. At last they
were to have relief from vicious system
that not only took money out of the pockets
of every citizen, but also bred corruption
and dishonor in the country. And in that
moment, through the treachery of a few
men processing themselves Democrats,
men whom Democratic States had honored
and placed in high position, the hopes OF
the people were dashed to the ground and
the only thing done was the passage of a
measure which Grover Cleaveland himself
characterized as an act of party perfidy
and party dishonor.
Houston Post: On the day before cleo
ton Gov. Wilson committed himself and
the party to "a carefully considered course
of moderate yet courageous reform .
These are the words of wisdom and states
manship. They are words of soberness. Il
the Democrats in Congress will catch their
spirit the prosperity Of the United States
will not be disturbed. The tariff readjust.
ment will be wholesome and helpful to al
the people, and, above all things, the bank.
ing and currency system will be reformed
so as to make panics impossible. If We
falter in these two tasks, we may find our
selves at sea after the elections of 1914
Unless the incoming President can hold tt
the end of his term Congress democratic
in both branches, all his great purposes
will fail.
St. Louis Republic: In 1908 William H
Taft had plurality of more than 1850 ,OO'
votes. In 1912 he carried two States-two
What lay between?. The broken pledg
concerning the tariff and the practica
failure of Republican trust control. S.
the great question now before US is no
that of barbecuing the spoils of victory
1t is that of rendering in an hour of strate
gic Importance in our social, industrial an
political history such an account of our
selves as shall make all good citizens gla
the reigns were committed to us. This
time for good hard thinking and strenu
Gus work. If we fail to give that fac
,, recognition on the instant and meet tn
situation with a wise foresight we sha
have abundant leisure for regretful hind
sight in long series of empty to- -morrows
The Bossier banner., 1912-11-14
GEo. H. classify
Physician and Surgeon

Office rooms, third floor Commercial National
Bank building, Shreveport Will answer all
surgical, emergency, obstetrical and consultation
calls, any time and anywhere. Both telephones.
The Bossier banner., 1912-11-14

Out Of the 1000, 900 natives of Egypt
only COZ, 600 can read and write.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
COMES PRETTY HIGH.

The fact thai u will cost Rock
island county $4,000 or more Tor q
spCcia primary and election 10 NIL
the once Of county Judge in the event
that Judge r W Olmsted is chosen
TO the circuit bench at the coming
election tells but part OF the story.
and rather the small part OF &c.. too.
The time Of the voter is worth
money II will take. on the average.
IN hour or two for him 10 express
bis preference ~ the primary. and
the same period to go 20 the polls
az the election. In the country dis
friC,s 70 means half a day lost each
time II there are enough votes cast
20 give a fair expression Of the pop
var will % will cost the community
IN individual loss Of time and expense
ocnn"cted with travelling 70 and from
The polls az least twice as much as
the ordinary election costs. paid out
Of the public treasury. In other words,
Judge O,mstcd's election will mean an
extra tax unon the people OF the
county OF anywhere from $4,000 20
10000
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
BRYAN's ADVICE TIMELY

Mr Bryan give sage advice when
he SAYS the campaign can not be
hsltsd because brave leader has
temporarily fallen. Nor should the
followers of This leader make use OF
deplorab.c incident 70 aid their
cause. The entire American people
are hoping and praying for Colonel
Roosevclt's early recovery. But they
believe. with Nj Bryan, that n ma
MAC can no, be an arbiter in such a
crisis"
Schrank did not stand for a cause
He IS not the opponen; OF a cause He
did not represent 4 principle. a sect, a
faction or group. He represented
ipnacy and nothing more He has
endangered no cause. He simply
proves that dcment.a is on the in
crease, and, as DR. Frank Norbury. the
well known alienist, said in q lecture
recently. I'VE must awake 70 the fact
thct insanity Is in some form or other
icCr- asinG In every community"
TAe campaign must go on with
Srh--uk pleying no part Of it. Jus
tee Will take care OF him and God
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
INCREASED CATTLE PRODUC-
TInN

Farmer Sam Allerton, the Chicago
packer. has started a fund TO help
organize better methods OF cattle rails
ing in ordinary farming II II can be
made profitable for the farmers to
raise beef there vii, be no difficulty
over the meat supply. There's the
rub. So many beef raisers have come
out wrong on the enterprise Of late
years 70 has put large numbers Of
them out OF the business. Mr. AIlerton
understands the business himself.
With the silo for economical feed and
alfalfa for giving the young cattle
their growth there is no reason for
feeling doubtful OF the future in the
beef supply. but II is something Of an
undertaking to change the practices OF
the entire farming community over 20
the new methods Some neighbor.
hoods In Rock Island county are aI
ready becoming fairly well supplied
with the silo. which shows that the
change is making good Roadway here
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19

tempt to construct this building was
unsuccessful, as the slabs Of ice were
too thin and the building collapsed in
the first thaw. Subsequently large
blocks Of ice were cut and squared
with great care and laid on one an.
other by skillful masons. who cement
ed the joints with water, which imme-
diately froze. The building when CON-
pleted was fifty-six feet long. seven
teen and 4 half broad and twenty-One
high. 1t was Of but one story. The
facade contained a door surmounted
by an ornamental pediment and six
windows, the frames and panes Of
which were all Of ice. An elaborate
balustrade. adorned with statues. ran
along the top Of the facade. and an
other balustrade surrounded the build
ing at the level Of the ground. The side
entrances TO the Enclosure were fianked
with pillars supporting urns, the lat
ter containing orange trees. whose
branches. leaves and flowers We're all
Of ice. Hollow pyramids of ice on each
side Of the building contained lights
by night The grounds were further
adorned with a life size figure of an
elephant. with his mahOut on his back
A stream Of water was thrown from
the elephants trunk by day and Il
fame Of naDhtha by night.
A tent OF ice contained hot bath.
in which persons actually bathed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19

II isn't at all polite to call names.
but / have a letter today from wo-
man whose husband reminds me OF
only one thing, and l am horribly
tempted to be impolite by reverting TO
school girl manners and yelling
Piggy, piggy" after him.
The absolute seIfshness of the man
described in the following letter is
overwhelming - appalling - and he
probably doesn't even realize it:
Dear Miss Wooley: Ny husband
cut your recent article, in which you
talk about domestic troubles imperil
ing Jobs, out of the paper and put il
before me 10 read.
There are five in our family, beside
my brother-in-law. who boards with US
q do all my own washing. even TO
my husbands dress shirts-two every
week, with sometimes separate cuffs
all my ironing. The smallest number
OF dresses ! have for the children
amounts to 14-sometimes more.
81 do my own baking-l0 loaves OF
bread every week; all pie and cake
too
Il can all fruit, pickles and relishes
make jelly.
81 do all the sewing; coats for the
children, and bonnets, too.
Took care of the garden half tbs
summer, kept weeds out and planted
all the late corn, beans, etc.
DO all house cleaning. beat all the
rugs, clean paper. and all that is TO dc
at that time.
My husband said this summer that
I ought to cut the lawn. TOO, and last
winter he tried TO make me shovel the
ashes out of the furnace.
Il get up at $50, sun time, and get
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
DOES HE REALIZE?
the consumer realize:

Does the consumer realize:
That the present high tariff on sugar
is costing the American people two
cents per pound, or over s15O,000,000
annually. according to c. a. Spreckles,
president Of the Federal Sugar Rein
ing company, a concern independent OF
the trust?
That only s52,OOo,OOO Of this amount
is annually collected by the govern
ment as revenue and the balance is
tribute extorted by the tariff-favored
interests?
That practically no American labor
is employed in the beet sugar fields Of
the western states?
That the per capita consumption Of
the United States is 50 pounds, which
means an eXaction from each family
OF five persons OF $40 annually as a
result Of the tariff?
That when a merchant pays s1.7oO
for carload OF sugar $50 Of 1t is
tariff?
That the export price Of sugar is
now Loco per pound less than the do
nestle?
That through the removal Of the
duty between 1891 and 1894 the price
Of sugar was reduced pa cents per
pound. consumption Increased % per
cent the first year and ~ per cent dur
ing three years. in contrast 10 an aver
age annual increase under the present
tariff Of per cent?
Tho. he - al
lar is limited to 10 pounds under the
present tariff and would be extended
to % pounds under free sugar?
That the cost of production has no
relation to the selling price Of domes-
tic sugar, and that the domestic sugar
producer, in arriving at a selling price,
bases his price on the value of import
ed sugar. plus the duty, and not only
ADDS the duty, but adds the freight
from seaboard 20 distributing markets
as well?
That the people Of our western states
who are paying these high prices re-
ceive no benefit from the fact that this
domestic sugar, both beet and cane, is
being produced at a cost of around 8
cents per pound for graduated?
That the American farmer receives
no more for his beets. though the tariff
on sugar under the Payne-Aldrich law
Is $50 cents per pound. than the farm
er in Germany. where the tariff is only
50 cents per pound, receives for his?
That the tariff mainly operates TO en-
courage over-capitalizatiOn to the ad-
vantage of the domestic beet sugar
promoters?
That for years our tariff laws have
been drawn so as 70 protect the refin-
ers. The time has arrived when we
should have tariff laws framed so al
10 protect the more numerous consum.
ers"
That I'VE should look to those inter.
ests that should be OF service to the
people rather than 10 those special in
terests the people must serve"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
AW0MANyOBSEPWATONS


TO bed at $50, sometimes 10 O'Clock.
He gets up at o'clock, has his
breakfast. 7:30, sometimes later. He
works until $50 some evenings. Some
/ times he is through earlier, sometimes
little later.
He is out every night excepting
Friday and Saturday nights. and last
week he was out Saturday night, too.
HE has his vacation every summer
two weeks; never thinks of planning
any vacation for his family. 1t costs
TOO much
Finds fault if the gas bill is 60 cents
4 per month; says it ought TO be 80
cents Allows me cents apiece for
our meals.
Il manage to get my clothes and a
part OF the children's out Of the money
/ l get for board If am compelled TO
ask for more money, he most always
makes excuse by saying we have taxes
or water rent or something else to pay.
Now he tries to make out that I
impose on him because I lecture him
for going out so much az night. He
las lodges and singing society. He says
he is going for the benefit of his FAM
lily.
81 dress up when I have the clothes
70 dress with. but have to do the best
l can with what I have. Some days
don't get through until supper and
have no time to dress.
IF l say anything about having too
much to do, he will say he knows wo-
men who have u and IA children and
do all their own homework and go out
in the fields and help their husbands,
besides
When l was feeling so bad before
our last baby came, l complained. He
said he didn't see what allied me, the
women where he came from had their
babies out in the fields and in three
days were ready to go to work again
What do you think of a man like
that? I get very much discouraged
sometimes"
The letter gives every evidence of
being written by an intelligent, edu-
Gated, refined woman. What right has
any man to enslave an intelligent
American woman with ideas imported
from the lowest castles of human be-
ings in the old country?
Isn't it enough to make any woman
turn suffraeet?
Isn't it enough to make any man
shout for equal rights for women
and men?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19

will save his intended victim. But
it should be a cleaner campaign and
a more impersonal one. Those who
have undertaken its direction should
stick TO the facts, the issues. wilson,
Taft and Roosevelt are representative
OF our best citizenship. The one ques-
tion-and it can be decided without
indulging in harsh criticism and ex-
travagant denunciation-is, who OF
these gentlemen is the safest TO di-
rect the course OF the great ship o:
state?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19

There were also several cannons and
mOrtars of ice, which were loaded with
bullets Of ice and iron and discharged.
The interior Of the building was COM
pletely furnished with tables, chairs,
statues, looking glasses. n clock. a com
plete tea service. etc, all made OF ice
and painted 20 initiate the real objects.
A bedchamber contained state bed
with curtains. dressing table with a
mirror, pillows. bcdc.othes. slippers and
nightcaps, all made of ice. There
were ice candles. burning naphtha and,
most wonderful of all. an ice fireplace
containing burning ice logs-i. e, blocks
Of ice smeared with naphtha and then
kindled.-Scientific American.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
The Argus Daily Story
The Blue Ticket-By Glarissa Mackie.
Copyrighted 1912. by Associated Literary Bureau

link Probe. galloping in from the
Twin Star ranch, halted his horse in
front of the Red Spider Opera House
and mopped his heated brow as he read
the announcement on the DIuboard.
I'll be durned"' he calculated. with
a supplement- of verbal pyrotechnics
calculated TO scorch the offending bill
poster a soft little voice whipped
him around in the saddle TO stare down
at a pale. pretty little girl who was
watching him with anxious blue eyes,
Hello there, little gal. lest you
keep from under this here critters
heels" warned Jink, pulling his horse
away from the child's vicinity. Now.
there. What was it you was asking
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

The man who is content with what
be has seldom Pounds libraries.
A poor politician doesn't get the fat
Office.
The persons who know the most say
the least about II.
An old maid frequently has way"
with children. but who ever heard OF
a bachelor who could put a cross baby
To sleep?
man thinks himself a gay young
blade at the age at which he con
sidered his father a gray old fossil.
Don't try TO teach an old dog new
tricks. He is tricky enough as it is.
YOu can never tell how your wife Is
going 10 take her neighbours new
millinery.
Never take q chance especially a
chance Of row with a man bigger
than you are.
There are lots Of people who don't
know which side their bread is but.
TERED on. but whats the difference 70
long as it doesn't fall on the carpet:
Z The popular man is the one who
knows just when and how to tell the
truth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19

Nordica, the singer who for 10 years
has been maintaining suit against
the Southern railway for $4,000
damages for injuries in an accident.
has settled and dismissed the suit.
This would seem to indicate that the
famous diva is really going to retire.
Otherwise she would not dream or
oancelling so valuable an advertising
asset.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19

Need Not Have Been Impatient.
where has Saunders gomez
"To Europe"
.What for?"
1.-THE winter
He needn't TO have gone to all that
trouble. He could have found plenty
of winter here if he had waited long
enough"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
Plenty CT Stability,

4 western mining prospector was
paving his first visit to New York.
What do you think Of IT, asked the
proud Gothamite, as he pointed out the
skyscrapers.
WAL" replied the miner. at looks
like a permanent camp al right--suc-
ceSS AaGAzine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
Common Notion.

He bought his suit at great bar
gain"
But he paid three times what it
was worth"
IL know. but he got il on credit"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
Oct. 10 IN american
History.
I4IotO y.

IG3U-First general ru.TI ~ Massacnu-
Setts assembled nj Boston
1T3j-John Adams. second president 81
the United States. born: died 1876
lTsI-Io-d Coruwallis surrendered 70
George Washington at Yorktown.
Va
lSG4-Battie Of Cedar Greek. Va. ia
nous for "Sheridans ride"
1909 The Portola festival. celebrating
the discovery In l7G9 Of the hay OF
San Francisco. opened
All the news all the time-1ne Argux,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
s1--1A@A-------=-=-=H -a ----
Mommsen's Popularity.

On his eightieth birthday Theodor
Mommsen, the historian, received a
visit from a great delegation of stu
dents, who marched out to his home,
but he could not he induced to leave
his work to greet them. They see me
every day at the university" he said.
why do they want to disturb me
nOw?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19

The Boston Judge who announced
a worlds baseball series score in
court the other day and then said
he didn't know what II meant, should
either join the Ananias club or gain
admission to an old ladies' home
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
Convenient.

who are your folks going to vote
for, Tommy"
Amt going to vote for anybody"
Amt going TO vote for anybody?
How is that
We'll. pa is for Taft. ma for Wilson.
brother Jack is for Teddy and sis for
Debs. SO they are going to pair of
and go on picnic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
No Substitute For Cash.
- am looking for the man of the

- sm looking for the man OF the
house"
- am his wife"
Are you authorized to pay bills"
IL have all the authority in the
world"
Then you are the person want to
see"
But | have no money"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19

There must be good deal OF salts
faction in going 70 war over the Bal.
kans when both sides know that the
settlement will be made without re-
gard 10 the results OF the war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
Humor and
Philosophy
MODERN MUSIC.

THERE'S music in the air
u When children are around.
They make the old piano hum
AS on the keys they pound.
They raise their voices high.
They shout in childish glee,
And ragtime fills the air
With modern melody.
The songs OF long ago
They do not MARBLE now.
They sing the tune that sounds
More like a family row.
The simple childish tunes
Those airs are heard no more,
For they are out of date
Since ragtime has the floor.
They rattle and they bang:
With noise they fill the air.
They prance around the room
And holler, It's a besrT'
No interlude is there
AS every finger flies.
One song Is on the way
Before the other dies.
There's music in the air
In fact. a perfect flood
And this you must admit:
II sort Of stirs the blood.
But. whether we approve
Or whether We deplore,
There's ragtime in the air
When children have the floor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19

a Chicago packer says the path of a
successful business man is strewn
with tacks The path OF the meat
trust seems strewn with increased
prices.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19

building
held 1915
10
military members Of his stan turned the first
members Of the commission wonderfully
pressed the
to be pleasure Of associates
and make good Joshua
ed land when they
FranCiscans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19

The republicans are divided into
three and not two factions. There is
the Taft republican. the Roosevelt re-
publican and the Wilson republican.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
Expressive Name.

"What is a broker?'
"One who breaks things. suppose"
But what does broker break"
His customers"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
ART IN ICE.

Wonderful Palace That Was Built by
Czarina Ammo of Russia.
The use OF ice for architectural pur-
poses is an art that has been carried
TO a high state of perfection in north
ern countries, and some almost incred-
ible feats have been accomplished in
this curious branch Of industry.
Probably the most remarkable build
ing constructed wholly Of ice was the
palace built on the Neva by Czarina
Anne OF Russia in 1879. The first at.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19

That fellow IS ii positive joke"
Relative OF your wife's or holding
a better job than u?"-DetrOit Free
Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
Annual SUFFERING.

1t is a thing that puts US out
With autumn and its ways
The parodies we get about
The melancholy days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19

The high cost OF living shouldn't
bother members OF the New York and
Boston teams.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
Saturday, October 10, 1912.

The way 70 save on your coal bills
is simple enough. Move TO Africa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
ev THE J W. POTTER CO.

TEPMS-Tsn cents per week. by car
rier. IN Rock L. and.
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made TO the circulation department
which should also Re notified in every
instance where IL Is desired TO have
paper discontinued. as carriers nave no
suthority in the premises
All communications OF arFumentative
character. peIitica1 or religious. must
have real name attached for publca-
ton No suck articles viii be printed
over fictitious sigEatureo.
Telephones in ell departments: Cen.
tral Union. Vest I45. II45 and 2145;
Union Electric. Bl45.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19

Hard on Them.
"She was engaged TO six men before
she found one that she could really tie
to-"
Did she feel hard toward any of
those that she rejectedT'
NO. she invited them all to her wed
ding"
How they must have enjoyed spend
Ing money for wedding presents"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily at l62l Second ave-
nue.. Rock Island. IL Entered at the
postof1ce as second class matter.)
Rock Island 1Iember of the As.oeiEted
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19

The persons who know the most say
the least about it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19

The man who is content with what
be has seldom Pounds libraries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19

All the news all the time-Ine Argus.