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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

Ind their rights even as part Of an
Sarmy. The move was trying one for
all, and they had been some time set
tied in their new quarters before the
garrison resumed its wanted good hui
NOR.
AS soon as the furniture was in po-
sition and the trunks, boxes and bar
were two captains and four lieuten-
ants, all married-got together to fire
blank cartridges or empty words at
the major. They began by calling him
a brute, a monster, a devil, but finally
simmered down to applying no more
disagreeable name to him than Grusty
old bachelor. Then the meeting resolv-
ed itself into a committee of the whole
to express its dissatisfaction at the
treatment 1t had received and take
measures against its recurrence.
There was one dissenting voice in the
clatter of tongues. Mrs. Captain Fer
gusOn, good natured. motherly wO-
man. avowed that the major was right
that an army encountered with wom-
en- and children would be better equip
ped with blank cartridges; that the
army was no place for them, and, be-
ing an encumbrance, they should bear
patiently any scOlding the commander
chose to give them.
A couple OF months after the hegira
niece of Mrs. Ferguson-Miss Gwen
dolin Brayling, young lady of nine
teen-came out from the east to visit
her aunt. When the major heard of
her arrival he shifted the air ominous-
". The ladies whom Mrs. Ferguson
had reproved for their structures on the
major at once took notice, wondering
how the new impedimenta-as they
had come to facetiously style Miss
Brayling-would affect the major.
Did you ask permission to have her
Gomez" asked Mrs. Lieutenant Hark-
ness of Mrs. Ferguson.
81 did not" replied Mrs. Ferguson.
81 shall take care of her in every re-
spect. She shall be no encumbrance
| upon the garrison"
| He'll get even with you" eXclaim-
ed Mrs. Captain Wetherby, shaking her
head ominously-
To this Mrs Ferguson did not deign
a reply.
Miss Brayling had scarcely had time
| to make the Acquaintance of the Ia
/ dies of the garrison before she was
/ privately warned by them to keep her.
self at as safe a distance as possible
| from the commander
! 'What'll he do to meT' she asked.
"What'Il he do: Why. what a ques-
lion. Don't yOn know that he con,
elders women a drawback to the com
rland? II there was an article Ia the
regulations" to cover the case he'C
convene board of survey to condemn
every one of Us and make a bonfire
Of u.s."
What an awful man"
Now, it happened that Captain Fer
guson soon after Miss Brayling's ar
rival was promoted TO be major ant
assigned to the command of Fort q.
100 miles south OF Fort J. He had ~
sooner left the fort, his wife. children
and niece In an ambulance and his ef
fects In an army wagon, than Majo
Macdonald was heard to say, "Tber'
go FIVE clingers and one soldier
There was not lady at Fort J. wh'
did not e1yy Mrs. Ferguson tn
change. but all had 1t least the salts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL

Five times within practically a
year the democratic house has pass
ed bill revising the wooden schedule.
These bills were blocked by the presi-
dent, with the result that the people
will continue to pay ninety million
dollars annual tribute to the wooden
trust. The cotton bills passed by the
house, had the senate and the presi-
dent concurred in them, would have
brought down the peoples annual bur-
den approximately $8S,000,000.
1.-The measure passed by the demo.
Gratis to reduce the tariff on metals
proposed a cut from 33 per cent to %
per cent, and had this bill become a
law the people would have saved $780,
10000 next year When the president
vetoed this bill he gave as his reason
his belief that the iron and steel in
dustry needed protection. In the mind
of our amiable president the steel
trust is still one of our Infant indus
tries"
TNsUREs SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION.
THE chemical bill passed by the
house not only provided for substan-
tial reduction OF the rates, but also
corrected numerous defects in CLASH
! fication. Had this measure been made
into law the people would have profit
! ed to the extent of $17,000,000.
"The bill to place sugar on the free
/ list was passed in Difference to a very
general and insistent demand on the
/ part of consumers, and had the presi.
dent not interposed his veto an an
nual burden of s115,O0O,000 would
have been lifted from the shoulders
+ Of the consumers Of the nation"
: That the tariff record of the demo,
cratic house will appeal TO all the vot.
ers Of the country is the confident be-
lief Of the democrats in congress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
Aug. 81 in American
History. >

1S64-General George y. Mcclellan or
New Jersey and George y. Peudie-
ton of Ohio nominated for president
and vice president by the Demo
cratic convention at Chicago. The
Republican candidates were Abra-
ham Lincoln second terED and An
drew Johnson.
1879-General John b. Hood. Confed-
crate leader, died; born 1891.
1856 Earthquake over a wide area of
the country east Of the Mississippi
river. II caused s5OOO.O0O proper
ty loss In Char.cstown. ). G. Sixty
one lives were lost
191l-Peter Il. Sweeney. last survivor
Of the Tweed machine" in New
YORK. died in that city. Sweeney
was called the brains Of Tammauy
Han at the height OF its power.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
GOVERNMENT SHOULD ADOPT
RULES.

RULES.
In the matter of the regulation OF
the commerce of the Panama canal,
there should be a settled policy en-
acted and adopted before the water is
turned into the ditch.
II would be better to adopt even the
most limited privileges than the most
liberal as comparing the rights of the
ship owners of the United States with
those or foreign countries. 1t is al
ways easier to amend your dealings
and make them more liberal with a
foreign nation than it is to in any way
recover the rights to which your own
country is entitled which have been
surrendered. In the matter of diplo-
matte relations with other countries,
precedents cut very large figure.
A supposed right once having been
obtained by any foreign country, it ap-
pears that it is impossible to elimi-
nate it except by treaty between both
countries interested. Under these cir
cumstances we cannot afford to open
! the canal without any fixed regula-
lions expecting to make regulat:o-5,
restricting the rights of foreign gov
ernments later on.
Having once thrown down the bars,
! f. will hardly be possible 10 after
wards enforce any restrictions. The
/ Panama canal is being built at the
expense OF the people of the united
States, 1t belongs absolutely to them
and those rights which have not al
ready been granted by treaties should
be held as the absolute right and pro-
perry Of the government OF the United
States, and the lid should be raised
very cautiously and very deliberately.
The United States cannot afford to
put four or five hundred million dol
lars into the Panama canal and then
throw il open so that the foreign ma.
lions of the world will have greater
advantages therein than the people
who have paid for doing the Job and
who are the absolute owners OF the
property. Therefore there should be
no delay in fixing the control of this
great work, for the sooner the rules
are made, and the longer they stand
on the books before being called into
question. the easier it will be to en-
force them.
Let the matter be settled promptly
and let there be no misunderstanding
what the rights of the home nation
are. and what privileges will be &C
corded to foreign nations when the
canal is thrown open for service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
HumoI. and
Philosophy
PEACEFUL OCCUPATION.
~ DUNCAN ~. .SSsrn

I'D like to have a country store
= And sell the neighbors soap
And chewing candy. boots and shoes
And yards OF oloIhesline rope
And tea and coffee. needles. pins
And pepper sauce ara milk
And matches, stoves -vd rubber heels
And toweling and silk
I'd liks to run a country store
And keep a line Of socks
And hankerchiefs and frying pans
And knives and fovks and clocks
And crackers. nuts and sealing wax.
Bananas, beans and cheese
And cistern pumps and buttonhooks
And honey from the bees.
I'd like to have q stock Of prunes
And needles. pins and thread
And pens and pencils. paper pads
And IMMINENT and bread
And pocketknives and garden tools,
Elastics. hooks and eyes
And marmalade and breakfast food
And juicy homemade pies.
I'd like to run q country store
And Zee the neighbors come
To purchase for the girl dress
And buy the boy a drum,
And we would sit around the stove
And run the congress down
And talk about the graft and crime
They suffer from IN town.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

are psrt-lingers IN rneir faces and
tells that for them hope is not yet
gone. They have not given up the
struggle for existence and, better STILL
they have learned that there is more
10 living than mere bread winning.
Sometimes there is the unmistak-
able stamp of the country on some
youth, barely out of his teens, who
slips in TO search for a home paper.
For its newspapers chiefly that they
read, both young and old, the harden
ed and those yet soft in the ways Of
life.
And then again there 10 worldly wis
dom in the faces of some, men who,
in their restlessness, have perhaps
wandered into the region where
there amt no ten commandments and
a man can raise a thirst" They find
the newspaper instinctively, read
through the world politics and the
small talk of empire contained in 1t,
and are gone again. These are the
transient and ever-moying.
Contrasted with them are the home
guard that are fast slipping into IN.
activity-old men, mostly. For them
ties in the routine OF existence are
ebbing and yet they hold TO a favorite
newspaper or magazine and in 1t find
their only pleasure.
Thus they come and go through the
doors OF the reading room, types shak
en- at random from the dice box Of ma
ture. seeking always food for the mind
oven where that for the body Is lack
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Some men think IT is such a short
time between housecleanings.
When you have earned a right to
live you discover that it isn't pa tent
right.
There are people who always are in
a terrible hurry to get nowhere and do
nothing.
Many a wealthy man turns out to be
a poor devil.
The most progressive of us are in
clined to be reactionary when our pref
udices are bumped into.
II some irritating people would keep
still long enough TO permit US to for
get them they would do much to pro
mote our happiness.
The oil of fiattery lubricates self es-
TEEN. but IL is so apt to promote ego
tism that it really needs a physicians
prescription 10 administer it.
If the weather man took orders he'd
find plenty of people willing to order
from him.
One reason why II is hard TO name
the baby is that 1t Is difficult to dnd
a name he'll answer to.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

their vetoes to
the tariff meas
ures passed by
the democratic
house at the ses-
sion of congress
just closed, the
people wouldhav
been benefited TO
the amount of
$65O,O0O,OOO annu-
ally.
T h s estimate
was made by
Chairman Under
wood, of the
house ways and
means committee,
on the closing day
Of the session.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
THICs IN THE LUMBER BUSI
NEEA.

One OF the witnesses in the lumber
trust investigation in Seattle declares
that one company was ruined by the
organization because II sold TO an ''un-
ethical" firm.
This matter OF ethics land by the
way ethics is a word that nobody
seems to know what it means) is get.
ting TO be OF some importance when
the matter Of selling lumber has got
20 be carried on in accordance with a
code of ethics adopted by a wicked
trust that is maintained for the pur.
pose of controlling the lumber bust
ness.
We have head of ethics of the medi'
cal and legal professions, but we did
lot know that it had finally attached
itself TO the lumber business, but il
appears from this testimony that II
has and that it is cutting a very i'm
pcrtant figure
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

Over in Patterson, n. j.. man 10S
years OF age recently won a blushing
maiden OF 70. This would appear to
indicate that Cupid remains with us
long after the friends OF our youth
have passed away.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

Great Britain doth protest too
much. The United States is perfectly
able to attend TO its own business,
and II Woodrow Wilson is elected
president he will see to it that it is at
tended TO,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

The famous DR.. Butler said OF the
strawberry that doubtless God could
have made a better berry. but doubt
less God never did" Yet a western
governor. following Luther Burbank's
experiments, is seeking to improve on
perfection by grating strawberry
plants on raspberry bushes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

The Roosevelt press bureau is be
ginning TO send out notices on de-
tense OF Perkins or rather an excuse
on the high financier's interest in his
friend, the strenuous one. Which fact
demonstrates that the Roosevelt-Per
kins alliance needs explaining.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

A cistern cleaner with a machine
recovered a diamond ring which had
been dropped in the Ohio river at
l.awrenceburg, Ind. II all OF the els
terms in the city OF Rock Island were
thoroughly cleaned by the use OF i'm
proved oistern cleaning machines, no
body can say what might come up
from the bottom
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

II you are not aware that Rock Is
land is booming, take a walk through
the business section Of Second ave-
nue. or out through the districts Of
the city where the new buildings are
going up. Structures of every kind
and description.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

The old congressman and senators
have broken away from Washington
and out Of the capitol building like
lot of school boys released from
school at the end OF the season when
the fishing is good and the water is
fine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
POTTER KILLED BY DOCTOR

Coroner Finds Chinese Medicine Fatal
to New York Sculptor.
Seattle, Wash, Aug. 31.-Treat-
ment for a skin disease by a Chinese
physician was responsible for the
death here yesterday of Louis Potter,
the New York sculptor, according to
statement today by Coroner J. C.
Snyder. DR., Snyder sold Potter had
token six bottles of black fluid. the
nature of which he had not yet deter
mined.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

And now, the colonel is preparing
10 pass up some serious accusations
to Loeb again. Good old Loeb! He
has pulled the colonel out of many
a tight hole by shouldering the blame.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

An eastern newspaper has an edi-
torial Of the Taft Backbone" Such
discovery. IL verified, is surely
worth a irst-page position with a
"scare-head."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
Politics Even In That

Politics Even In That.
THAT young Sapp hasn't brains
enough to last him over Sunday"
That's pretty bad"
~ don't think the fool killer can be
on his job"
Maybe the fool killer is looking aft
er his political fences in order to hold
his job
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

Governor Thomas Marshall says
that under our tariff laws the con
sumer always has been the goat. Tom
has way OF saying things that
makes people take notice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
SEEKERS AFTER kNowLrDGr.

They come. no one knows whence.
and they sit for h time in the reading
iCom OF the public library Tramps
they might be called, unfortunates.
victims OF occupationsl yagaries
down and outs" perhaps. only there
g. difference. For something-a
curiosity about the life OF which they
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
The Ubiquitous Collector.

The Ubiquitous Collector.
"What are you doing"
Building castles in the air"
For your own occupancy"
"Yes."
"Look out that some of these fresh
aviators don't try to collect rent from
you"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
Wouldn't Have Ii.

Wouldn't Have 1t.
al am going to keep my promise this
time
That's good"
"You seem pleased"
81 am, for now you can't be trying
to give 1t to me-"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

Lippit OF Rhode Island is on Taft's
board OF strategy. The Terre Haute
Star. progressive. says that name has
the sound Of a rabbit on the run"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

Eddysyille, Ky-Cal Miracle of
Bell county was electrocuted in the
penitenrisTy here for the murder of
man and woman in Bell county on
Sunday, Aug. %, 1911
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
Stealing Sleep.

Teacher Cresding aioudl-''The weary
sentinel leaned on his gun and stole
q few minutes sleep"
II bet / know where ne stole that
from
Where Dot;"
From his nap sack."-London Til,
Ritz.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
Win with Wilson.


The first OF the state elections in
the fall campaign occurs in Vermont
Tuesday. the Maine election coming a
week from Monday. Sept. 8.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
His MethoC

His Method.
''The Bluffeurs are swell people,
aren't they?"
"Well, they ought to be.''
"Why?"
'Buffeur owes more money than any
other man in town"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
Essential.

Essential.
'T wonder why women have more
faith than men?"
Its provision of nature"
"How is that?''
"If woman marries at all she has
to marry a man"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
Substitute.

Substitute.
We do not miss the comet
That into space has sped
We have d million autos
To flash their tails ahead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
BY CLYDE h. TANENNER.

Especial Correspondence of The Argus) /
Washington, Aug. 29.-Had the SEN
ate and the president not interposed !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

I'D have you know l am nobody's
fool"
You'd better be careful then. You
are liable to be attached any minute"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
How Tragic!

How Tragic!
Marriage is a perfect farce"
"Where?"
son the stage"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

TERMs-Ten cents per week. by car
rier. in Rock Island
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made TO the circulation department
which should also be notified IN every
instance where IT 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 publ:ca-
tlon. No suck articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones In all departments: Cen
tral Union. West I45. 1l45 and 2IIB;
Union Electric. 5I45.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily at 1924 Second ave-
nue., Rock Island. Ill entered at the
postofice as second-class matter)
Rock Island Member of the Associated
Press.
BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

There are people who always are in
a terrible hurry to get nowhere and do
nothing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

Some men think It is such a short
time between housecleanings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31

Many a wealthy man turns out to be
poor devil.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-18

Edward Finzell, Finzell road from
National road to Pennsylvania line, $55.
D. d. Meese. Wilhelm road from Ma
tional road to Pennsylvania line, $65.
Grant Deibler, Pocahontas road from
National road to Pennsylvania line, S65.
Calvin Wilson, Frostburg road from
Wilson's lane to National road, $780,
Joseph H. Green, Frostburg road from
Wilson's land to District No II, $40.
Samuel " Weimer, Lowery road to
Pennsylvania line, $40.
Oscar Mckenzie, road from Moore S
to Johnson's, $50.
DISTRICT NO. 10
James L. Harvey, road from Jerry
Tasker's corner to Schell. W. Va, SIS.
George W. Moon, road from Lost
Land Run to Deer Park road, $50.
Robert E. Paugh, road from Jerry
Tasker's corner TO George Moons sheep
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-18

j. H. Sanders, Aurora road from
Gortner to West Virginia line. $125;
Mansfield road by j. H. Sanders, SIS;
$140.
Sunnyside road
to Red House, $25.
Lewis Soldiers, the Nine road from
Sunnyside school house to West Vir-
ginia line, $25,
0. S. Rider, Dewitt and Ashby road,
$50.
William r. Mason, road from Gortner
to top Of mountain, S75; and from Pike
to top Of mountain at Bowman's place,
$35; $l10.
H. U. Miller, road from Mason s
school house to Northwestern Pike,
thence to the West Virginia line, $50.
H. c. Fowler, Horse Shoe Run road
to Red House, $40.
DISTRICT No. 8.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-18
to Kelso's, $50, sos.

to Kelso's, $50. $55.
James E. Mooreland. road from North
western Pike to hurry Whites house
B. F. Harvey's, so; and from Kearney
to German, $50; $110.
Frank Harvey, Alternately road from
top Of mountain to Wilson road, $50.
J. w. Biggs, Wilson & Cooper road,
$40; road from Wood place to DobbIn,
w. Va, $50; Mason road from Clements
to Henry, w. Va, $50; and from Henry
to Pat. Flynn's, $50; $3.50.
James Aronholt, Bayard county
road, $50.
A. D. Harvey, Wilson road to Will
son, West Va, SIS.
William Cosner, road from Fairview
church to road from Wilson place to
Dobbin, $40.
Charles j. Funk, Beckman and Pope
road, SIS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-18

pen, $50
Abel Dewitt, road from Sand Flat to
Deer Park, $125, read from Mrs. Py-
SELLS to Broad Ford, $40; S165.
|. 4. Paugh, road from Dodge school
house at Ben Paugh's to the Deer Park
road, $40.
P. j. Lohr, road from Delawder's
school house to Deer Park, $50; Alta
mont and Wilson road to top of Back
bone mountain, SIS; and road from Ply
sell farm to Altamont road, $50; SIPS
| j w. Kimmell, Pond Run road from
his place 20 the Naylor farm, $25.
/ Alfred McRcbie, road from Wilson to
Eagle Rock road, $40; and and from AT
RIGA school house to Lost Land Run, s.;
old Post Office road SIS; $40
Perry Paugh, road from Paugh school
house to Lost Land Run, $40.
/ j. r. hope, Paradise road, $40.
James e. Llsh, road from Kelso's
gate at top OF mountain TO the White
church, also all other roads in District
/ No. 10 south OF railroad not mentioned,
1920.
DISTRICT NO. II.
] Archibald Broadwater, Homecoming
road from Browns lane to Little Saw
age, SIS.
U. S Jackson, Homecoming road from
d16 Savage 70 strickland S church'
q7V Ii.,. W c.,,
o, nun "eif' Ioau from otflc a5E
T Iancaeter road fror, P,.9,y,, % lsno
by Lancaster's to WjIhelm's, SIS.
E. 0. Robson. Ridge road from Ian
I casters land to Mcrril's post Office. $40:
road from Z. o. Robeson's to Garlitz's
grist mill. $40; $50.
j. l. Robson, Frostburg road to Dis
trict line No. 9. $50.
Cornelius Smith. Westernport and
Barton road from Jesse MichaePs to
Homecoming road near Lavton's. SIS.
/ David Warwick, Lonaconing road from
j. Warwick to Barton road, S25.
John W. Clark. road from Barton
road 10 Jacob Suicilland's. 500.
4 Jonas Weitzal. Point road from Pom
! lar Lie. bridge to tairview church. SD.
II. Il. Warwick. Barton road from
! Alleganv county line toA. Fazenbaker's
$50.
George W. Broadwater. Homecoming
road from line Of District No. 9 to j.
Walnic<'s. $50
John Merrill. road from line of Dis
uict No. to Mer-ill's bridge. $50. road
from Gcegg's School house to w. War
nick $, $40; $50.
c. A. Green. Laurel Run road from
AlIegarv county line to Stricklard's
church, $50.
DISTRICT NO -
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