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The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-03-04
PROHIBITION FUND
INCREASING DAILY

Little Rock, March 4.-Since the
last report the statewide prohibition
campaign fund has increased from
$3,1O0.23 to $4,046.38. There aIe now
SO contributing points in the state
and others are being added each week
Stuttgart still leads with $336.75 and
Prescott stands next with 1921. The
towns that contributed 500 or more
are Newport, Harrisburg, Little
Rock, Lonoke, Batesville, Jonesboro,
Walnut Ridge, Hope, Marked Tree,
Dewitt, Stamps, Heber Springs,
Camden and Fordyce
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-03-04
WEATHER FORECAST.

Unsettled weather with rain or
snow tonight or Tuesday; colder
Tuesday.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-03-04

Miss Christine Scull of Little Rock
and Miss Nancie Buckner of Kansas
City are the guests of Mrs. S. G..
Smith.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25
Suicide and the Weather.

Suicide is most frequent in summer.
when the air is clear and the sun
shines. In Europe the maximum Of
suicides Is reached in June and the
minimum in December Yet there are
fewer suicides in the torrid than in
the temperate zone. In the United
States, in all seasons. there are more
SUICIDES on sunny days than on cloudy
days. Some theorists reason that fine
weather aggrayates the mental depres-
sion Of the unhappy By its contrasting
sunshine. In dark weather there are
few suicides and fewer in time Of
war or following some great catas-
trophe- During the first three months
that follow a devastating earthquake
there are fewer deaths By suicide than
before the cataclysm.-Harper's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25
WILL AERoPLANEs END WARP

WILL AEROPLANES END WAR?
The recent war maneuvers in Eng
land we're brought TO an unforeseen end
by a peculiar and significant circum-
stance. The contending armies found
themselves face to face, after a series
OF movements which had been made
abortive for both sides, by opposing
corps OF aerop.ane scouts. Each
found It impossible to do anything
undetected by the men far overhead
in the swift flying machines.
II all the expedients known to mill
tary science were employed in the
maneuvers-and II is TO be presumed
that they were-the condition OF
affairs brought about by the use OF
Reroplanes would have been the same
had the warfare been real. Two ar
mics confronting each other and IN
able to move without detection by
the enemy would. in actual war. have
but one course open TO them. That
would be to close In on each other and
engage in a hand-to-hahd death 5trug-
g.e. II would be a revision TO saw
age warfare. The slaughter would be
something appalling, If the contend
ing forces were large.
Would the civilized world. in the
present advanced age. tolerate. this
kind Of fighting? Would a nation en-
ter upoA war under these circum-
stances unless for self-preservation ?
Probably not OF course, shot and
shell were not used in the english
maneuyers, but military authorities
are very doubtful Of the ability OF
any marksman. with any gun yet In.
vented. 70 hit aE aeroPlane swoop
lag about with the speed Of nearly
a hundred miles an hour far up in
the air
Does Il not seem possible. then
that the aeroplane mGy make war
fare so costly IN human life that the
world Will be forced practically &c
stop wars?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25
LAYING THE TABLECLOTH.
1t Was Almost a Work of Art In the
Sixteenth Century.

1t Was Almost a Work of Art In the
Sixteenth Century.
In the twelfth century tablecloths
were very large and were always laid
on the table double. For a long time
they were called "doubiers'' for that
reason. The cloth was first placed so
as TO touch the door on the side at
which the guests sat; then all that re-
manned was folded so that it just COW
cred the table
Charles V. had sixty-seven table
cloths which were from fifteen TO TWEEN
had enc cloth thirty-two yards long.
which had the arms Of France en-
broidered on il in silk. All these were
fringed.
In the sixteenth century ''doubliers''
were replaced by two tablecloths, one
of which was small and was laid just
as we lay ours today. The other. which
was put on over it. was large and of
beautifully figured linen. 1t was skill
fully folded in such a way that, as one
chonicler tells. lit resembled a wind
ing river. gently ruffied by a little
breeze. for among very many little
folds were here and there great bub-
bles"
1t must have required much art and
care to make dishes, plates. saltcel-
lars. sauce dishes and glasses stand
steadily in the midst OF this URdUlat-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25
The Field of Literature

The October Strand Magazine
The StraAd for October contains an
excellent amount of good fiction by
such well known writer's as E. Tenn
pie Thurston, James Barr, H B. Mar
riott Watson. Claude z. Benson and
Post Wheeler. Among the articles is
an interesting description of Georgia
Knap's wonderful Electric Hotel"
which is now being built in Paris.
Elizabeth Lonergan contributes a well
illustrated article dealing with Chill
dren of the Diplomatic Set" and
George D. Abraham gives a thrilling
account Of "A Night Adventure on
the photographic" Wendell Phil
lips Dodge writes on Mrs. Fisker
Americas Intellectual Actress" and
there is a wonderful set OF pictures
drawn by Strand readers, each picture
being composed by q straight lines
only.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25

prOtectionistss never say, Look at
Italy"
Italy puts heavy duties on both
agricultural and manufactured i'm
ports. She pays her people exceeding
ly low wages. She charges them very
high prices for the necessities of life
They emigrate in great numbers.
To understand the situation clearly
we must go back to 1887, About that
time a violent revolution in the sys-
TEN of Italian customs was brought
about. A powerful political group of
textile manufacturers joined forces
for their own ends with a powerful
political group of large landowners.
Tariffs were heavily increased. But
not on everything. That powerful
band Of textile manufacturers took
good care that lesser manufacturers,
who made articles needed in the tex
tile factories, were not enabled to
put up their prices.
HAND IN HAND.
Hand in hand with the powerful
manufacturers the big landowners
came out for a slice of the tariff
pie" In order that they should be
sufficiently compensated for being in
politics, the landowners had a heavy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25
CURRENT COMMENT

tax placed on wheat. In Italy it is
only the big landowners who grow
wheat. Three out Of every four land
owners in Italy are possessors of
small properties, cultivating fruit for
wine. They have to buy consider
able part of the wheat they eat. So
it happened that where one large
wheat farmer got bigger profits, three
small fruit farmers got hit. That is
the way protection invariably works
out. What is one mans protection is
another mans poison.
Hark, however, this further result
Of the Italian tax on wheat: Millions
Of Italians never eat wheat bread,
except in cases of illness or on special
festivals. They make a bread maize
In this and in other respects the
standard of living of the Italian peo-
pie is very low, because prices are
too high.
An enormous fiscal and protective
tax was also put upon sugar. The
price rose SO high that Italian farm
ers watched their oranges, lemons,
peaches. and other products of a warm
and generous sun rot on their trees
in order that the 33 manufacturers
of the sugar syndicate might levy
upon consumers yearly tribute"
| HAMPERED BY PROTECTION.
Far and away the chief of the Ital-
ian industries are silk Keeling and
silk throwing. These Industries have
been seriously hampered by protec-
ton. And Italy is the home of the
s!lkworm.
One Of the chief troubles of Italy
IL that the general rise in prices has
so greatly lessened the purchasing
power Of the wages of the people
that the great mass of the small deal
ers and the workingmen and women
suffer bitterly.
II is calculated that while 10 Ital-
ians lose by protection, only one
staads any chance Of gaining. He
does not always gain, for the country
does not progress. The interests of
Italy are sacrificed to the one In 10.
In other words, excessive tariffs
increased the cost of living to the
Italian people Just as the Payne-Al-
drich law is increasing the cost of
living in the United States.
Is it any wonder that the protection
lists never ask us to look at Italy2"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25
FALC0NRY IN JAPAN.

.An Expensive Sport, Requiring Serv-
ing Man to Every Bird.
In the east falconry is still the sport
of kings. Taiko Sauna, the most in
genious of warriors, brought the sport
to Japan with him from Korea and
some Of the imperial hawks Of today,
they say, are descended from his hedg-
Hngs.
1t is a costly sport, perhaps the en-
peror's greatest extravaganza At his
orders and at his expense men learned
in falconry have compiled history Of
the art in the eastern world which fills
a hundred volumes and the hawking
establishment entails heavy outlays.
There is a serving man 10 every
hawk and q number of others who as
pire to enter the service Of the i'm
perial bird. One gets an idea how care
fully these men are trained by seeing
the aspirant servants stand for hours
at time with outstretched hand, hold
ing a glass Of water filed to the brim.
1t is only when they can do this. with
out fatigue and without spilling a drop
of the water. that they are intrusted
with one Of the precious birds, for If
the wrist should give ever so little
under the hawk he is startled and
spreads his wings. which. according to
japanese ideas. is very unsightly and
interrupts his training as well as ends
the career of the aspirant serving man.
But, though the wild ducks never es-
cape, what is still more remarkable is
that they are never MANNED or man
gled The hawks. whose claws and
talons are kept wonderfully manicured
and inspected every day by the chief
hawker. strike their quarry a stunning
blow and invariably bring them down
to be retrieved, but not a drop OF
blood is shed.-Metropolitan Magazine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25
OBSERVATIONS


mo wonder the children are nerv-
ous," said grandmother. Its no
place for babies. Children ought to
have their regular going-to-bed time
and a good nights sleep, II they are
to grow up strong and healthy. But
nowadays mothers are keeping their
children up all hours, just because
its more convenient l call it plain
selhshness.
1T seems to me-" she went on, in
her gentle voice, that a mother and
father could find more real fun at
home with the babies than taking
them to a place like that. Now
know when my children were little,
their father Just enjoyed playing with
them before they were pat to bed
and somehow We always had happy
evenings together at home. 1t seemed
the incest place to US, and the chill
dren thought so, too, as they grew up
But these days everybody seems
to try to get away from home just as
much as they can. Why, you'd think
home was some kind of q prison
place! A man comes home and eats
his dinner and wants to get right out
again. and If he doesn't, his wife
wants to go out and he. must go with
her. And IL somebody isn't home tC
take care Of the children, they take
them along.
Now l never took my children Wis
ting, because l didn't want them tc
be bother to other people, though
l taught them from the beginning tc
respect other peoples belongings. tt
| different now. Children aren't laugh
to respect anything, including theil
parents.
81 don't like to see children pun
ished, but l know some that are jus
aching for good, old-fashioned spank
ing, l have seen children visiting
whose mothers allowed them to d.
anything they pleased-damage tn
furniture, break bric-a-brac, and so on
without even noticing. One little DO,
deliberately broke a valuable vase be
longing to a friend of mine. His moth
er simply said: TOO bad" withou
any idea of offering TO replace tn
vase.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25

MISSING THE SWEETEST HOURS.
The other evening l had occasion
TO wait some time for car at a corner
opposite a brightly-lighted picture the
atre. It is a busy corner, situated in
one Of the residence sections of the
city, and the crowds that passed IN
and out Of the theatre were repre-
sentative Of that solid middle class"
which is said TO be the bulwark of a
nation
Now nobody is to be condemned for
going to a moving picture show. The
shows are entertaining and often edu-
cational, and the entrance fee is small.
In their way, they are something Of
a blessing. But what amazed me was
the number Of babies and very small
children who were taken into this
particular show by their parents
while / waited there. The children
were too young to enjoy the pictures,
and its to be presumed that theiI
parents took them along rather than
stay at home with them or leave them
in the care of others.
OF course mother and father need
a little recreation now and then; but
Is it wise, or in the path of theiI
duty, 10 take it at the expense Of
these little ones who should be al
home and tucked in their little beds
instead Of breathing in the initiated
atmosphere of room crowded witt
human beings, and keeping strained
eyes open upon a Pickering screen?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25
Stepmothers.

StepmOInSTS.
The statement was made by a physi-
clan at an inquest in London that all
stepmothers are instinctively cruel TO
stepchildren.
A false accusation
The American who reads IT win re-
call at once the boyhood Of Abraham
Lincoln He had a stepmother- Night
after night she used TO take him upon
her knee in the rude frontier cabin and
teach him TO read By the pickering
light Of FIRE log. She It was who, in
spite Of the opposition of the father,
scrimped and saved that Abe might go
to school. No natural mother ever sur
passed her as the guardian angel Of a
child.
Sally Bush Lincoln was not unique.
There were other kind stepmothers
In her tine, and there are kind step
mothers today. the English doctor to
the contrary OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Globe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25
THE SCIENCE OF SIMPLE LIV-
INC

Adapting food to the pecuniary re-
sources and living conditions of q fam
lily implies more than buying what
one can pay for and the same kind OF
things ones neighbors use, says c. +.
Langworthy. chief OF nutrition tlvesti-
cation. United States department of
agriculture. Students OF economics
find that while the proportion OF total
income spent for rent. clothing, etc,
remains about the same. regardless OF
the total size OF the income, the pro-
portion for food grows less as the In
come increases. According 10 avail
able statistics. g family with an an
nual income OF $1,000 spends $3.50 Cor
onequarter of the total income) for
food. while a family with an income
Of $1,000 spends $3.50 Tor about one
third for food. This does not neces-
sarily imply that the family with the
larger resources is more adequately
nourished than the other. though with
out doubt II is more daintily fed. the
extra mohey being used not TO supply
actual bodily needs, but 70 crafty
the tastes OF the family. and TO adapt
the diet to financial and social oppor-
tunities.
OF course, the qualification Of tastes
IN such ways is not a matter OF mere
sensual indulgence: but, on the bther
hand. rightly employed. may have q
decided value in raising the standard
OF comfort In family life.
Yet, whatever the tacome, Il Is bet
ter from every point OF view to live
simply rather than otherwise. For
the man Of large income, simple liv.
ing may mean the purchase Of out-of-
season foods, and specially selected
supplies which are high in price, and
great care In preparing foods; but It
should not mean the supersbundance
Gad wastefulness OF too generous liv-
iDg. For the family OF moderate IN
come right living should mean simple
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25
Hurnor and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
~ DUNCAN ~. snsrn

WHEN he comes soft soaping around
with an ak to grind just suggest
to him that he get a motor attachment
for his jaw and do the whole Job him.
self.
The man who can't see the point of
his own joke is often too close to it.
A girl isn't apt to get so mad at a
young man that she will refuse tickets
TO grand opera from him.
The friends Of your youth are always
wondering what makes the old chap
look so ancient.
One-haf OF the world knows how
the whole thing would go if it had the
giving of orders.
The man who doesn't know enough
to be polite in his family doesn't know
enough.
Some men have to be rapid or their
evil deeds would catch up with them
and overwhelm them.
Most people tell the truth when
somebody tries to get them TO lie.
A clever man isn't necessarily dis
honest, but a dishonest man pretty
nearly has to be clever.
The only thing that some men won't
take is chance at hard work.
A fool and his money are sometime:
a hot proposition.
When a mans business goes up hi'
financial reputation is likely to come
down.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25

rates protect"
the common peo-
pie?
Italy is one of
the most highly
protected coun-
tries of Europe.
1t is famous as a
country flowing
with milk and
honey"
Yet they never
talk about Italy,
40 the upward re-
visionists.
While in Italy
three years ago
compiling a hand
book on its tariff
system the writer
learned at first
hand some of the
reasons why our
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25

Tyne. The Turbinia, small vessel,
hundred feet in length. made her trial
trip Nov. 4, 1894. The system rapidly
developed owing to increased speed OF
the vessels fitted with turbine engines
and the economy effected in coal. I'm
provemeIts we're made in their con-
struction. and today the turbine ship is
popular the world over
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25
Running a Paper.

Running Paper
It's lots OF fun to run a paper
AS you're aware by now,
For any one can cut the caper
Who has a bullying brow.
A pen and ink, some type and presses,
Fresh items gathered near and far,
A mailing list with good addresses,
An ONCE boy, and there you are.
II Mrs. Jones should have a pension
For wearing last years hat
You mustn't make a single mention
OF anything like that.
But IL her daughter has a steady
AS soft and sweet as mush.
For their engagement date make ready
With several yards of gush.
Keep all the politicians guessing
And living in the air
BY very cautiously expressing
Opinions here and there,
And when one thinks he has you going
And safely on his side
That's where you make a careless show
ing
To prove his guess Is wide
And as for profits, never mind 1t.
The dollar is a tickle friend.
You may and then you may not find It.
But what's the difference in the end?
You miss the fun and get the worry,
Forget the weak and pet the strong,
If you are always in a hurry
To see the profits come along.
Behind the Times.
"Looks like a dark horse on both
tickets"
THAT seems so behind the times"
'What would you haveW
"a red automobile"
Sarcast
ais this your umbrellaT
Eyes
sit looks like mine"
Yes; I've often noticed that yours
looks like mine"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25
Cheerinc Her Up.

my dear. congratulate me-"
what has happened!'
slack Darlington has asked me to
be bis wife"
''oh. I'm not going to congratulate
you on that account. He was almost
the worst husband l ever had-"-Chi-
cago Record Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25

Judge c. J. Searle was discreetly
silent in the republican county com
mittee meeting yesterday. He declin-
ed even in that holy presence to say
whether he was an elephant or a bull
moose
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25

ing sea and among those bubbles"
and puffy folds However, the fashion
had only a short existence, and toward
the latter part of the century a single
cloth laid fat and touching the floor on
all sides Of the table came into general
use.-New York Tribune
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25

Kansas City-Slxteen steers weigh
ing 1880 pounds were sold at the
stock yards by a farmer of Liberty.
No. at 1880 a hundred, the highest
price ever paid west Of Chicago
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25

foods economically purchased, we'll
cooked and well served; these things
after all are Of more Importance than
out-of-season food and fancy quality.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25

Kaiser Wilhelm is credited with say
ing that his son will be the last Of
the emperors. Whom shall we get
then TO preside over our ball games?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25

zones seems to have had his head
turned lately"
We'll, I've always thought there was
something crooked about him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25
A Woman of Course.

81 have changed my mind"
why
81 didn't like the style of it. / prefer
another sort of mind
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25

What does the colonel mean, when
he says by George?" Does he refer
to George Washington or George w.
Perkins?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25

DR.. Wiley asks US to be merciful
TO the oyster. Surely. he can't be
referring to any one Of the presiden-
tial candidates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25
uIhat IL Rnnuira.

"Our Jimmy has lots of friends"
when did his father increase his
allowanceY
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25

James N. Cox, congressman ana
journalist, Is democrsey's candidate
for governor OF Ohio. His followers
are confident OF victory, for what used
70 be the militant republican organi-
ration Of the state has been torn to
pieces. Many OF the old republican
leaders have gone over 10 the pro-
gressiyes. Cox is opposed by Arthur
l. Garford, progressive. a wealthy
automobile manufacturer OF Eiyria,
and General r. B. Brown Of Zanes-
vile, a veteran OF the Civil war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25

The late Countess Nogi was a Vas
sar graduate. But she was first Of all
a Japanese wife, says the New York
World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25

The first steam turbine fitted vessel
was constructed by the Hon. C. A.
Parsons at his works at Newcastle-on-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25
Would Starvs.

you should always speak in a low
voice"
What forT
1T is a mark of refinement"
You couldn't get anything to eat at
our boarding house if you spoke that
way"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25
BY CLYDE n. rAvENNER,

Especial Correspondence OF The Argus.)
Cordova, H., Sept. 24.-Why do
protectionists never point to Italy as
an illustration of how excessive tariff
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25

"Now, please don't find fault
'How can Il"
''That sounds nice"
mo thanks to me. There's none here
to find"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25
Sept. Is In American
History.

1TT0-Ethan Allen. leader Of the IA
mons Green Mountain boys" cap
tured by the British while engaged
In an attempt 20 capture Montreal.
1so2-GeneraI John Pope. who fought
in the Mexican and civil wars. died;
born 1892
0oJ-Opeuing of the Hudson-Fulton
celebration In New York city.
"'E says TO nae. Why don't yer It
Inn II i'm. I says What's the
u1e OF my '!ttin' 'inf Ed 1t me back
again. London Taller
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25
Carried Weiuht,

Carried Weight.
THAT was the heaviest storm / ever
saw"
How much did it weigh?'
81 don't know, but it had things its
own way"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25

The man who can't see the point of
his own joke is often too close to it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25
Win with Wilson.

Wednesday, September IS, 1912.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-25

A girl isn't apt to get so mad at a
young man that she will refuse tickets
to grand opera from him.