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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07

shall. AS Tory maiden 1 could new
Wife
What, Hope! Not going to dine at
your auntsT' asked her Uncle Oba-
diah sternly as he entered the kitchen.
Il would rather not, Uncle Oba-
diah." pleaded Hope.
What silly excuse have you nowT
Hopes blue eyes lifted reluctantly
until they met his honest gray ones.
Suddenly her face broke into smile,
and she kissed him on his rUddy
cheek.
''Please don't ask me to go. uncle"
she pleaded.
Obadiah broke into chuckle. Very
well, Hope, my dear"
Obadiah made a few changes in his
dress, and, with a grave kiss on the
| lips of his beloved niece and adopted
daughter. he went away. He listened
to Hopes political opinions much as
he would have looked upon the gam
Dol of playful kitten. Nevertheless.
be was grieved end incensed at the
] RlII ODSIlnuCN thCLh- 11C
believed that 1t was a veil to hide her
GOODNESS for Tenny Baldwin.
! Hope bolted the back door after his
| departure and then sat down to her
delayed dinner.
All at once she paused and listened.
Up through the orchard came the
sound of horses feet and In another
moment they were plainly heard in the
back dooryard. There came a rap
upon the kitchen door
Hope went to the window. A horse
man was there, a man wrapped in a
long dark cloak with a dark cooked hat
on his powdered wig.
Good day, fair MISTRESS" he smiled
down at her. "WiH you give me q
drink of water and please tell me If
am on the right road to the camp OF
the American army?"
Hope courtesied and brought the wa
ter in a large glass goblet. AS he
lquaffed 1t gratefully she thought rap
idly. This man was not Of the Amer
leans; that she could guess by his all
of nobility and grace of manner. He
must be a Britisher-perhaps a titled
officer who did not consider 1t beneath
his rank to spy upon the movement
of the enemy.
Il am a Tory" Hope repeated to hel
self, but somehow the words that mu:
set him on the right road to the en'
my's path would not come to her lip
The only thing she could think Of {
that moment was that this strange
was Tenny Baldwin's enemy.
: Il cannot direct you, sir" she sal
with pale lips.
. THAT is too bad, for l am tired ar
hungry" he said. with a winnin
! smile. 81 wonder if your larder is qui
empty?
mo, indeed. sir; you are quite we
! come to the best we have" assure
Hope. feeling traitorous indeed to e
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07

form, without a touch or
Of violence.
"The fact that the despoiler of the
liberty and property Of his fellows I'M
furls no banner, fires no shot, sounds
no boisterous alarm, renders him only
the more dangerous to his intended
and unsuspecting victims. That Sc
curity Of life and property which was
ordained by the constitution, and has
been preserved and protected by the
laws of the land, is an infinitely bigger
and broader thing than mere immunity
from the wrath OF the bandit or the
activities of the footpad or the COM
mon craftsman.
The supremacy Of the law is con-
stantly menaced by the presence of
two classes Of criminals. One is the
comparatively harmless and vulgar
criminal who seeks to relieve his i'm
mediate needs by violence. The other
class is made up of more ambitious, in
satiate and usually intellectual per
sons who seek the same end-the prop
erty Of others-by a cunning evasion of
the law, or by debauching those who
are entrusted with the making or the
enforcement OF the law.
The latter is infinitely more dan
gerous, both on account of the prince
ly proportions Of his purloined booty
and the methods he has employed to
obtain it,"
How dare a congressman Of the
United States raise his voice so We
hemently against the trusts and the
trust ideals!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07
Opportunity.


Leap years not of any service
If you do not make the leap.
Listen, ladies, and this wisdom
Place on ice, SO it will keep.
II you do not pop the question
How are you to ever guess
II the answer to the riddle
Would be NO" or would be "YesT'
Many bashful men are waiting
At your feet their heads to throw.
Had they had the nerve to do so
They had asked you years ago.
When the postman slowly passes,
Leaving nothing at their door,
They are very much downhearted,
Not to say trif1e sore.
Men are ofttimes modest pansies,
Who could never make the sign
That's involved in proposal
OF the most approved design,
But If one to them was handed
By lady quite sedate
They would jump at it as fishes
Make a rush to nibble bait.
Anyway without a trial
You can never hope to win
One who sits with heart eXpectant,
Waiting to be gathered in
Heave your baited hook out MAYNARD
Very likely you will score.
You should make at least an effort.
That's what we have leap year for.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07

Obadiah Lampson's great kitchen
smelled of frying bacon. His pretty
niece and housekeeper, Hope Marshall,
was bending over the fire peering into
steaming kettle of corn dumplings
At one end Of the room was a square
table covered with a homespun cloth
and set with blue and white china.
The windows were wide open, for it
was August and the weather was
warm. There were the buzzing of bees
in the honeysuckle vines outside and
the song of birds from the nearby or
chard.
As Hope leaned against the window
sash listening to the bees and birds a
quick step sounded on the pebbled
path and there came into view Mary
Baldwin, Tenny's mother. The color
deepened in Hopes cheeks She had
heard of Tenny's visit home the night
before.
well, Hope, my girl" said Mrs.
Baldwin briskly as she entered the
room and sank down in a rush bot
COmeu CudlT mean the OpSu uVoi, uiA-
ner well under way?"
Yes, Aunt Mary. Won't you stay
and eat some of my corn dumplings?''
Not today, thank you. l came to
say that Tenny is home for a few
hours, and we want you to come over
and eat dinner with us. 1 saw Oba-
diah down in the field and babe him
come too
I'm afraid Cousin Tenny wouldn't
enjoy IT," said Hope coldly. "He
knows my sympathies are not with
the Continentals."
Dame Baldwin ruffled Immediately.
mot in sympathy, indeed, mink" she
cried "What are you but the obedi'
ent niece of a Whig?"
81 am Tory" was Hopes obstinate
reply.
Then 1t pleases me as well that you
do not come, for my boy is growing
too fond of you, Mistress Hope Mar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07
HuInor and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
~ DUNCAN ~. .yNsTs

THE man who comes to the conclu-
sion that there's no use trying to
understand a woman anyway has
about solved the problem.
1t isn't what she hears, but what she
can't find out, that gives a woman
such an earache
A fighting chance is Of no use what
ever to lazy man.
A woman can get her husbands at
tention lot easier than she can get
his intention.
Sometimes a girl takes a long shot
when she gets a new brand of powder.
The most genteel way of acquiring
wealth is to inherit it.
A woman likes her husband to have
poise, not avoirdupois; to have balance
bank balance.
1t is a lot easier to miss a good op.
portunity than to miss trouble.
It is hard to define courage. 1t is
easier for some persons to fight than
it is to endure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07
1s1aACharles pickens-1e1e.

Beautiful tributes are being writ
ten to honor the sacred memory of !
Charles Dickens, but there is such in
spiration in his life and works mere
words fail TO express the good his life
has wrought, to signify his greatness
OF 10 measure the purity and sweet
ness which Dickens works have i'm
parted TO this weary world. They
will continue to do good all through
the ages. They will be an illuminat-
ing and guiding influence for human
ity such as will make each successive
centennial of his birth bring only
ADDED appreciation of his life.
Today, the centenary anniversary
Of Dickens birth, should cause US to
offer prayers of gratitude for the
mother who gave him to the world.
Appropriate to this thought are the
following words written by Leigh
| Mitchell Hodges:
/ o mother, who in Portsea held him
close,
On his first natal day, a hundred
years ago;
Wondering with that wonder which
Is known
Only to mothers-did your torn
heart know
Even a little of the good and gain
\ Born to us through your pain?
h J think God gives all mothers sight
Beyond what Time will let them see,
And though they cannot tell of II,
They know within what is to be.
If, in your journeying, you still can
i see
This sun-leashed star of toll, and
how his hand
Has waved away old cares and plant
Il ed laughter
In the heart-soil Of every wakened
! land
II you can know this world loves
your boy
Full is your cup OF 10y.
l think God gives some beings power
To clearly read mems hearts and
souls,
That they may sift the false from
true
And help US thus to our right goals.
He asked no special colors for the
painting
OF those lov'd pictures which
adorn our hearts,
But took the common run OF men
and children,
Just as they we're and made them
play their parts
Just as such parts will always here
be played
Hence his work cannot fade,
4 Nor is he dead, Last night I wen
with him
To hear the frail sweet voice of Tin,
J. Tim
d Say-as through Dickens God ha
surely done
God bless US every onel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07
Charles Dickens. centenary is be

Charles Dickens centenary is be-
Ing celebrated in various appropriate
ways this week in all sections of the
English speaking world. He was
born 100 years ago today in a suburb
Of Portsmouth. England. The humor,
no less than the pathos. that charac-
tsrized his literary work has endear-
ed him to the people wherever the
English language is read. The end
less discussions over his standing in
literature seem only TO have proved
the stability OF his fame. His sym
Uathy with the poor and the influence
Of his writings in correcting injustice
and multiform social wrongs gave
him a standing unique among the
lovelists OF his century.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07
England and Germany are again

England and Germany are again
on the verge OF war through the
newspapers, but /: is hoped it will
not go beyond diplomacy. With the
present state OF perfection in death
dealing apparatus a war between two
such enormously rich and modern
nations, would devastate the earth
worse than any plague OF all history.
While such a war may not be prob
able and still II may. yet with the
mania for building engines of war
which now holds most OF the powers,
there is constant danger OF some gun
going on half cooked and precipitat-
ing a crisis that cannot be controlled.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07
All the Comforts of Home.

"Going to the club tonight, Jones?"
mo. This is my night at home"
81 see. Going to spend it in the
bosom of your family"
Family nothing! My wife will be
busy in the library writing a club
paper; John will have his glee club in
the front parlor; Jennie will have a
caller in the back parlor; Fan will
have a chatting dish party in the dining
room, but this is the maids night out,
so will have the kitchen to myself"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07

Since the Chicago convention so
signally refused to tie up to the col
onel, the Taft forces have taken cour-
age and now intimate that T. r. will
declare in favor Of Taft and stop the
chaps who are laying fuses for a
stampede. A little Jolt like that in
Chicago will have no effect on a man
who was fattened out by q steam roll
Ter In New York less than two years
ago and then has the nerve TO expect
the people to help him break his word.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07

Mayor Shank OF Indianapolis, the
lower cost of living man, is going to
run for governor. He should try for
president instead. He means some
thing and that Is more than may be
truthfully said Of most of the candi-
dates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07

Governors Stubs of Kansas and
Lass of New Hampshire are coming
to Illinois to boost Roosevelt for the
republican presidential nomination.
Just as If the republicans of Illinois
were incapable Of determining their
own preferences on the subject.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07

General James b. Weaver, who
died at Des Moines yesterday at the
age of so, played an important part
In the history Of his time. Famed as
a populist and greenbacker. twice a
candidate for the presidency, a gall
liant soldier in the civil strife, he was
man OF brave heart and earnest
conviction. the courage of whom was
conceded by all who knew him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07

And now the national administra-
ton is getting ready for determined
military action-perhaps invasion
should fresh trouble break out in
Mexico. Charley Taft's holdings in
the neighboring republic are again
in peril, apparently.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07

The Governor Harmon people are
basing their contentious pretty large
ly on the governors track record, and
IL certainly looks pretty good. In
1910 he carried Ohio for reelection by
a majority Of 10000, with five mem
bers of Taft's cabinet vigorously
stumping the state against him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07

An attack of the grip is often fol-
lowed by a persistent cough, which
to many proves great annoyance.
Chamherlain's Cough Remedy has
been extensively used and with good
success for the relief and cure of
this cough. Many cases have been
cured after all other remedies had
failed. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07
Main Business,

Had any leap year proposals."
"One from my landlady. She pro-
poses that l pay in advance for this
season."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07
Feb. z in American
History

ident Of the United States, born;
died 1874.
1s76-Admiral Silas Horton String
ham, Q. S. N. distinguished IN all
the wars from 1912 to 1851, died;
born 1889.
1904-The most destructive fire in the
history of Baltimore laid in ruins
40 acres in the heart of the city;
loss. $4,000 0O0
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07
Reminder.

When winter winds about him sweep
The fat man smiles in fiendish gle..
He thinks of summer and how cheap
And nice the price OF ice will be-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07
An Ordinary Case.

An ordinary case.
HAS your son been to college"
ooh, yes"
"What is he going to be?"
"Nothing."
"Nothing?"
"Yes. The college course didn't take.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07
Did He7

"Are you going home tonight"
swat till l telephone and find out
whether my wife is at home"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07
Wednesday, February z, 1912.

A Connecticut man al II years of
age has never spoken a cross word to
his wife with whom he has lived so
years. That man has not lived in
vain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07
Estimated.

"He talks too much"
"Oh, don't know. 1t probably is the
least harmful thing he does. so why
not keep him at it?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07
M a Hit.

"He has started out to be writer Of
funny stories.'
"And is he successful?'
81 guess so. His friends are ali
laughing at him."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07
Opposites,

Mother thinks she has a hard tine
Of it,
"In what way?"
"She is on her feet all day"
"That is nothing. Father is on bis
ear all day."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07
sharpened His Appetite.

Il thought you didn't care for eggs"
I'm crazy about them"
"Since whenw
"Sinee we can't afford them"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07
Naturally.

81 like to see cheerful loser"
'I'd rather see one than be one"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07

'Townshlp high schools.
%#Parts of four districts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07

All the news all the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07

Copyright. 1911. BY W. G. Chapman.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-21
MEXICAN COMMANDER
ALLEGED CONSP|RATOR
Plot Said to Have Been
Hatched in NogaIes-Ref-
ugees Rescued.

State Department reports show that an
engagement has occurred between the
federals and Juchitecos Indians, near
Juchitan. in southern Mexico, in which
the federals had the advantage
OF the one hundred and twenty-six ref
ugees who boarded the Buford at Salina
Cruz twenty-seven are said to have come
from Chiapas. Conditions in Oaxaca and
senada remains quiet.
The commander of the federal forces
stationed at Nogales is reported to have
been arrested at Hormosillo. charged
with completely in revolutionary plot in
stigated by political exiles in Nogales,
Ariz. Some twenty-three officials and pri-
vate citizens were arrested in Magdalena
on a similar charge.
Merely a Family Row.
The following is an extract from a LET
ter received by President Taft from ]. ].
Fitzgerrell. an American business man
residing I'm Mexico:
From my point of view there is no
more cause for intervention in the family
row now going on in Mexico than there
was during our civil war, which lasted
four years The American government
realizes this fact. and has spoken in plain
language, saying there will be no inter-
vention.' yet a portion Of the press, both
in the United States and in Mexico, are
continually finding double meaning for
the language used. reading between the
lines meaning just the opposite to what
was said.
"A large portion of the American press
and the panicstricken Americans who
have lately left Mexico are doing Mexico
and the foreigners living in Mexico a
great injustice by publishing columns of
reading matter urging Intervention, cnd
spreading tales OF hairs breadth escapes
and bloodcurdling stories from panic.
stricken people. who feel they must tell
some tale to account for leaving Mexico
Course of the Press Condemned.
In Mexico these statements are taken
| advantage of by enemies of the govern.
ment and certain designing people who
have private reasons for desiring to Gre
ate an anti-American sentiment, embar.
rass the government and cause distrust OF
| the foreigner from business as well as
a social point Of view.
This action of the press Is entirely un-
| just and is not square deal to the busi-
ness man or to his family. It is to be
hoped there is to be found some way ia
fix the responsibility on the perpetrators
of such false reports. both in Mexico and
/ in the United States.
| 'One of the present results of the agi.
| tation for Intervention by the press in
spite OF the official denials has been the
| organization OF volunteer military com
| panies for service in the army in case ol
intervention and not for service against
| the rebels in the field nor against the
government This is pointed out simply
/ to show the far-reaching effects of this
/ foolish talk OF American intervention
| From this it is easy TO see the suspicion
i that may be attached TO the operations
of Americans throughout the republic"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-21
DEBATING WOOL TARIFF
Republican Members of Sem
ate Committee Getting
Ready to Vote.

In anticipation Of vote in the Senate
finance committee Thursday on the House
wool bill republican members OF the COM
mittee held a meeting today. Several
wool men were heard by the members
and there was an informal discussion Of
what position the republicans will take
at the full committee meeting. Later
several of the republicans declared that
no definite conclusion was reached.
Senator Smoot has drafted a wool bill,
based on the report Of the tariff board.
and has offered it as q substitute for the
democratic House bill.
Not Satisfactory.
It Is not altogether satisfactory to
the other republicans on the finance
committee, and Is not IN accord. with
the ideas OF the republican insurgents
in the Senate. The Smoot bill is
higher than the Hill republican sub
stitute. which the House republicans
supported when the wool bill OF the
democrats was before the House, and
that House bill has some friends on
the Senate end Of the Capitol.
The Hill bill was based on a rate
Of Is cents q pound for secured wool:
the Smoot bill Is based on 20 cents.
with cents for interest allowance and
cents for securing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-21
FALL KILLS A|RMAN
Fred ]. Southard, an Amateur,
Drops Hundred Feet.
CROSSES ENGLISH CHANNEL
H. Cromberz, Belgian Aviator,
Makes Unbroken Round Trip.
FOUR ONLY ARE SUCCESSFUL
Reliability Flight, Starting From
Strasburg on May 12, Ends at
Constance, Baden.
CROSSES ENGLISH CHANNEL
FOUR ONLY ARE SUCCESSFUL

KENIA, Ohio, May 21.-Fred ]. South
ard of Minneapolis. Mimi. an amateur
aviator. fell 100 feet at the Wright avia-
ton field near Osborn early today and
was killed instantly. Southard who was
forty years old. had just bought the
aeroplane from the Wright brothers
He obtained the keys to the hangar,
after he had been refused permission TO
take the aeroplane out without further
experience. He fell just six minutes after
he had begun the first fight alone His
body was badly crushed.
Belgian in Long Flight.
DOVER. England. May 21.-H. Crom-
berz. a well known Belgian airman,
crossed the English channel from Neiu-
port Belgium, whence he started early
this morning
When the aviator appeared over the
little fishing port of St. Margaret's, near
here. he dropped from his monoplane a
visiting card on which was written: 81
regret to be obliged to return to Nieu.
port. Belgium, without breaking my
journey"
sweep over the surrounding country and
started to return across the channel, TAX.
ing the direction of Calais, France.
End Reliability Flight.
CONSTANCE. Baden. May 21.-Three
of the eight officers and the only civilian
who started May IL from Strasburg on a
reliability flight. each carrying a pas
senger in his aeroplane. completed the
task set them by arriving here today.
The civilian, whose name is Hirth, uni
formly accomplished the best performance
every day. The bulk of the competitors
were eliminated on the first day of the
competition while crossing the Vosges
mountains in the face of a gale
A Zeppelin dirigible balloon accompanied
the airmen along most of the stages The
route from Strasburg was by way of
Metz. Mayence, Darmstadt, Frankfort,
Karlsruhe and Freiburg over the Black
Forest to this city.
Pensions for Aviators.
BERLIN, May 21.-The reichstag today
passed the first and second readings of
q pension bill for military aviators
which ranks accidents occurring to them
while flying on the same level as casu-
alties incurred in time OF war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-21
M0REY ON STAND AGAIN
Testifies Regarding Charge
That Havemeyer Prepared
to Crush Competition.

NEW YORK. May Chichester s. Morey
Of Denver. chief agent Of Henry o. Have
meyer in acquiring control of beet sugar
companies In Colorado, continued today
his testimony before a special examiner
in the governments dissolution suit
against the so-called sugar trust.
A copy Of telegram sent by Mr.. Have
meyer to Samuel c. Hooker. his personal
agent, was introduced by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Knapp to support the
charge that Mr.. Havemeyer had prepared
to crush, by competition, the Independent
beet sugar plant Of the Greeley Sugar
Company, then building. The telegram
was addressed to Hooker at Denver, and
read: Go to Greeley and secure a good
site on options"
Site Is Procured.
Mr.. Morey testified that the site was
procured and not long after this Mr.
Havemeyer bought an interest in the
Greeley company. A letter from Hooker
to Havemeyer, written November %, 1902
then was introduced. 1t suggested that
Mr.. Havemeyer rent the site for pastur-
age for a year and said that per cent
net return could be realized II this were
done.
TT is probably as favorable an oppor-
tunity as can be obtained at the present
time, the letter concluded