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Newark post., 1912-09-25
The Nut Crop in Delaware

TIE nut crop of Delaware has become
a factor, commercially speaking, in lower
Delaware, within the past few years, and
the prospect this season is for record
breaking yield. All these trees are laden
with nuts and the nut growers should get
a good sum from the sale of them.
The large English walnut trees on the
farm of John II. Herring, near Milford,
will net him gooa money if the prices
which prevailed last fail are realized.
Wiiour Hammond, another Milford farm
er, has about twenty acres planted in
nuts, all of which have been attended to
and which give promise of returning good
money. His orchards comprise English
walnuts, chinquapins, chestnut, Japanese
walnuts, which grow in large clusters,
pecans, butter nuts, and others just as
prolific. Clarence Emory has large field
or nuts in which every tree is loaded.
Not only are the cultivated groves well
loaded with fruit bat the large woods in
that vicinity are equally well set as their
more fortunate neighbors.
Newark post., 1912-09-25
Modem Fire Fight
r ing Appliances

Steam railway locomotives as
fire fighters have provide so etfica-
ciuos on the Pennsylvania Rail
road that that company has equip
ed 612 engines with special appar-
atus for use in case of fire. This
fact came out to-day III a notice Is
sued by the company.
The special fire fighting appar-
atus consists of pumps and hose at
tached to switching engines regu-
larly used in switching cars. The
crews of these engines are system
atically trained as fire fighters to
put out promptly any fires that
might occur in the hundreds OF
cars out of reac Of city fire depart
metns.
tn eyards are divided into dis
tricts, numbered as are fire alarm
boxse in cities. When a fire is dis
covered, the nearest switch tower
is notified and alarm whistles are
blown throughout the yard limits.
By a code Of signals, engineers of
locomotives within the yard can tell
from the whistls just wher ethe fire
is.
Each ngine is uncoupled from its
draft Of cars as son as the latter
can placed where they will not OBJ
struct main tracks. Yard masters
and train directors give necessary
orders to provide a clear track to
tes no cicneee kSakc pseci al fac
provide clear track to the scene
of the fire. Almost before the To-
comotives are uncoupled, signals
are set indicating the routes by
Newark post., 1912-09-25

which to reach the fire, and by the
time they arrive their crews have
pumps unlimbered ready to work
and hose ready to unreel. In the
fire organization the Assistant
Yard Master acts as chief, and
gives general directions both in fire
fighting and in drills. The conduc-
tor of each train crew acts as fore
man Of that crew, the f1agman looks
after unreeling and connecting the
hose, and the two brakemen act as
nozzlemen and direct the stream.
At afire which occurred near the
gas tank under a passenger car,
the first engine was coupled up
ready to act within two minutes
after the alarm was sounded, while
within seven minutes nine engines
wer con the scene.
The locomotives equipped for fire
fighting service are divided as fol-
lows on the lines East of Pittsburg
and Erie: New Jersey Division,
PIG; Eastern Pennsylvania Dlvl
sion, 10; Western Pennsylvania
Division, 131; Northern Division,
II: Erie Division and Northern
Central Railway, 35; Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington Rail.
road, 30; and Philadelphia Termi-
nal Division, 73.
Indicative Of the effectiveness OF
locomotives as fire engines is the
fact that in the past four years l53
fires on Pennsylvania Railroad
property have been extniguished
by them.
Newark post., 1912-09-25
Honor Revolutionary Hero

One of the most stirring tales Of
the American Revolution is that Of
the march of Gen. Nicholas HerEi-
mer and his volunteer troops to the
relief of the hesieged Fort Stanwix
on the New York frontier. Four
teen bronze tablets. set in huge boul-
ders. have been erected this summer
to mark the forty miles Of that
memorable march, and the spot
where the patriot leader fell, NOR
tally wounded, at the moment OF
victory.
Newark post., 1912-09-25
Marshes Along Elk River

The marshes along Elk River
were alive with gunners during the
week Of the rail and reed bird sea-
son. Most of the Elktonians have
had fairy good luck but no favor
able tides have as yet occurred.
Reginald Constable and William
Lang made the highest score for
rail on the opening day, bagging
40. Reed birds are quite plentiful,
and rail fairly So. Gunners have
had good luck with squirrels, the
season for which also opened on
September 2.
Newark post., 1912-09-25
Christmas Seals For 1912

Although it is still long way 10
Christmas, the designs for thc l9l2
Red Cross seals are already made.
They show Il picture of Santa Claus
framed in wreath Of holly. About
thirtv-two million seals were sold
last wear: and in the four years
since the happy idea was adopted.
the income from this humble source
has been almost a million dollars.
all of which has been devoted to the
fght against tuberculosis.
Newark post., 1912-09-25
Elkton Gun Club Meet

H. Linn Worthington, the noted
trap shot of Rising Sun, will di-
rect the first annual tournament
of the Elkton Gun Club, to be held
on its grounds on Tuesday, Octob-
er 3. There will be ten regular
events of Is targets each. Oh 40 en-
trance fee in each event which in
cludes cost Of targets. Entrance
for the Squier Money Back System,
$1.OO. The Rising Sun, Chesa
peake City and Elkton Club will
compete in ten men County
team race at five cent targets for
each man. Entrance $1.OO.
"Friends are wealth to the poor,
strength to the weak and medicine to the
sick
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07
YEAR For GOVERNORS.

This has been an exciting year for
governors in the United States.
Seven of them were the agency
which led Colonel Roosevelt to run
for president.
The governor of New Jersey has been
elected president of the United States.
The governor of Indiana has been
elected vice president of the United
States.
The governor Of California ran sec
ond in the national race for vice pres
ident
The governor of Ohio was a con-
testant for the presidential nomina-
ton at Baltimore. and is among those
mentioned for cabinet honors.
The governor of Kansas made a
spectacular campaign for United
States senator, but lost
The governor of Massachusetts was
reelected for a third term-an unpar-
elelled honor for a democrat in that
state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07
CARE OF THE BIRDS

New York, Dec. 4.-Editor The Ar
gus: You have done a great service
to the public by publishing, in a re-
cent issue of your paper, the editorial
entitled Conserving the Birds" direUL-
ing the attention of your readers to
the enormous and steadily increasing
damage done by insects to crops and
other vegetation. 1t is well thus to
point out the importance of the part
played by birds in keeping down in
sect pests, and the fact that the num-
bers of such birds are steadily de-
creasing because in some states they
are slaughtered annually by the tens
OF thousands as game"
Permit me to remind your readers
that a certain and complete remedy
for these dangerous and intolerable
conditions exists in the form of a
bill for the federal protection of all
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07

tips ana the end of the tongue are most
sensitive. Fer instance. a burn on the
fingers is much more painful than one
on the back would be, while one on the
tongue would be more painful still.
Deep wounds are not painful. as
rule. save as regards the surface In
jury. OF pains not caused by external
injuries neuralgia of the fifth nerve,
the one which supplies the skin OF the
head aud face, is the most intense. 1t
has frequently driven people mad for
the time being, and sufferers have been
known to cut and even burn the flesh
in desperate attempts to relieve it. The
rupture of the branches of the dental
nerve in tooth drawing also causes
agony so intense that it has been stated
that no human being could endure it
for more than two seconds at a time
Parsons Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07
THE MINORITY PRESIDENT

in the popular vote, over all candi-
dates.
In this respect, he is in the same
position as John Quincy Adams, Zach
airy Taylor, James Buchanan, Abra-
were in a notable or considerable de-
gree. 1t has been seldom that any
president has had a majority over all
his competitors outside of the time
of the great republican preponderance
in recent years; and there have been
even two presidents within the mem
DRY of living men who actually had a
lower popular vote than the princi,
pal candidate that failed of election
Hayes and Harrison.
Mr.. Wilson will not be a minority
candidate" in that sense, and it is in
that sense only that the term ought to
be used. 1t would be better, as re,
CARDS the public impression or under.
standing of it, to say that he will be
a plurality president" although in
that respect the vote which he polied
is higher in its percentage of the
whole than has ever been given to any
of the presidents, with but one ex
ception, who have been thus elected
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07

This Christmas plum pudding was
perfect of its kind 80 years ago, and
age has not dimmed its ability to please
the most fastidious palate. 1t should be
made days, or even weeks. in advance.
then set aside to ripen. Put into large
mixing pan one pound finely chopped
beef suet. removing all the strings, one
pound seeded raisins, one pound cur
rants weighed after cleaning, one pound
finely grated bread crumbs. two chop
ped apples, two ounces minced orange
and lemon peel, the same amount fine
ly sliced citron, one ounce chopped al
monds, three ounces well sifted -four,
teaspoonful each ground ginger, CHINA
mon, salt and grated nutmeg, and a
half teaspoonful cloves. Mix very thor
oughly. then add four we'll beaten eggs
mixed with half pound brown sugar.
Beat well, add two wine glasses grape
juice, and half cup Of milk and COM
bine with the dry mixture. If too dry,
add little more milk, and If too moist,
few bread crumbs. Beat 10 or Is
minutes with a wooden spoon or the
hand Have ready a pudding bag OF
heavy cotton or linen, wiring dry,
dredge with -four, pour the mixture in
the center of the cloth, and drawing
the ends together. tie securely, leaving
sufficient room for the pudding to swell
Have ready a large pot of rapidly
boiling water with a tin lid or saucer
on the bottom, to prevent the bag strik.
ing. Move the bag about several times
to make sure that 1t is evenly satura'
ted, then cover closely. and let boil fol
five hours without allowing the water
to stop boiling for a moment. If nee
essary, add little boiling water from
the tea kettle from time to time. When
done, remove the bag from the pot and
let dry few moments before taking
from the bag. This, in case it is made
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07

migratory birds, which will become
before congress during the present
session. If the members of both
houses are made aware that their con-
stituents are strongly in favor of this
bill, it certainly will be passed. If it
be passed, the federal government
may be relied upon TO see that it is
enforced.
1t is, therefore, the plain and i'm
perative duty of all persons who de-
sire to have our insectivorous birds
protected, in order that they may con-
tinue their immensely valuable ser
vices to the farmer and the consum-
er, to write at once TO their senaS
tors and representatives and urge the
prompt enactment into a law of the
federal migratory bird bird.
Yours veny truly,
w. T. HORNADAY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07
philadelphia Bulletin }

iFnllddelphla BuIletn.)
The New York Tribune" and 9TH
er newspapers in headlining the latest
of the popular vote at the
presidential election, say that will
son will be a minority president"
This is true enough in way, but it is
not quite true in the sense in which
their employment of the term minor
ity" is often taken when used.
1t is a fact that the vote of both
Roosevelt and Taft not to speak of
the vote for Debs and Chain, consti-
tute heavy majority. against Will
son, but Wilson polled by far the high
est vote among all the candidates, or
more than 100000 in excess of
Roosevelt and about 100000 in ex-
cess of Taft.
Nevertheless, by continually harping
on the term minority president" the
impression is made on a part of the
public mind that the president-elect
has a lower vote than either of the
other principals, or that there is some,
thing altogether exceptional in the
fact that he will go to the White
house without having a clear majority
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07
THE DIFFERENCE.

There were $1,000 contributors to
the democratic national campaign
fund of $l,1OO,OOO; few individual CON
tributions of as much as 10000
It now appears that of progressive
national committee fund of SG6S.S69.
Perkins and Munsey alone gave over
one-third, and A. others gave more than
another third in sums of from 81 .O0S
to $4,000 each.
The contrast is striking. But many
may be called to fight at Armageddon,
and few may appear on the field in sub.
s antial form. II costs money to bat
tie for the Lord.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07
!m@esiddel@
! DLlEznARTH1EZNT
cONDOcTIp 81
Mrs Alice, 6itchen Kirk

on the same day on which it is to be
bag until Christmas morning, then put
into pot of boiling water and cook for
an hour before serving Turn out on
hot platter, decorate with greens,
tucking little bunch of holly on the
very top. pour little brandy around
it and set on fire Just before bringing
into the dining room.
p Serve with hard sauce composed of
well beaten butter and powdered sugar
with any flavoring preferred, or with a
French sabylon sauce.
CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING NO. L.
One cup Of suet finely chopped, two
cups bread crumbs, one cup vinegar,
one cup seedless raisins, one cup cur
rants. one cup nuts, chopped we'll one
half cup citron. one cup sour milk, one
teaspoon soda dissolved in the milk,
one teaspoon cloves, two teaspoons Gin
namon, one-half of grated nutmeg, four
eggs well beaten. Flour your fruit we'll
from one pint -four and add the rest to
the pudding. Boil or steam four hours.
CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING No.2.
Three cups sifted -four, one cup seed
ed or seedless raisins, one-half cup
| thinly sliced citron, one cup sugar, one
| cup chopped walnuts, two tablespoons
olive oil, one-half teaspoon each of Gin
namon, cloves, nutmeg and grated lem
On peel, one teaspoon soda, one tea
spoon salt, four eggs thoroughly beat
! en-, sour milk to make a thick batter
/ Steam four hours. Serve with lemon
sauce made with one cup of sugar dis
solved in one pint of hot water. When
the water comes to boil, stir slowly
into 1t a tablespoon of whole wheat
-four, rubbed smooth In one-half cup of
cold water. Let boil 10 minutes, stir
in lump of butter, a sprinkle of nut
meg, and pour It over a thinly sliced
lemon. Serve cool.
| CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING NO. s.
Three cups grated bread crumbs, two
cups chopped suet, three cups seedless
raisins, chopped, one-half cup each cur,
rants and citron, one cup sugar one
half teaspoon each salt, nutmeg and
cinnamon, five eggs, beaten, two level
teaspoons -four, made into a thin bat
ter with milk Steam four hours.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07
THE RING OF REAL MANHOOD.

III hlNU UT hbhb MAN nOOD.
Beaten for governor of Washington,
Bob Hedges says:
81 can be a miner again, or / can
furl tops'ls of Cape Horn once more.
If I must. can sweep the streets, I'll
take the best thing that, offers, for
there are four fine boys at home who
must be fed, clothed, educated and
set in the right way of life, and it is
necessary that they should have a bet
ter chance than their father had"
Clearly, politics hasn't made an i'd
Ter or a sycophant of Bob Hedges.
Like other fathers he's thinking about
his boys who have to be fed and
clothed and educated, and he wants
them to have better chance than he
had, though he seems to have made the
best he could of the chances afforded
him.
But it is the spirit of Bob Hedges
that establishes kinship with him. -
must, l can sweep the streets" Mon
ey earned sweeping the streets is
money honestly earned and any honest
labor is honorable.
II would sound mighty good on ears
tired of the paternalistic twaddle
about pensions for ex-presidents if Mr.
Taft or Mr.. Roosevelt should say that
if necessary to their support they would
raise chickens. Some such statement
as that would bring a glow of strength
and feeling of pride and a buoyancy
to spirit that would be worth a thous-
and reams of Fourth of July orations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07

and on his ewn native soil, particularly
in football and on the cinder path"
Here is a confession that proves
Thorpe DOESN'T know what schools are
for and what is the duty of the true
collegian. Any five-year-old-kid can
tell him the answer of the first. which
is to make the team" or the eleven"
or to do something or other out. of the
common in an athletic way for the
glory Of his school. And the duty of
the man who has done something big
in this way is to exploit himself as
much as possible: bring in his rela-
tives, too, in pEint and picture and
make himself as talked-of as a dan
Ger who was mistress of a king or a
murderer who glories in his ghoulish-
ness.
More than this, by seeking seclu-
sion Thorpe has assailed a large share
Of the rest OF mankind and womankind
who live TO get their names in the
papers. Big business men sometimes
deeds in finance and the social world
and il the average person supposes
that the sole function of female secre,
taries to prominent women is TO keep
tab on their engagements. he has NO
knowledge Of the ways they work the
press. the pictures that are always
ready for print, the tales of madame's
d6ings that are offered the newspapers
Thorpe's attitude is an indictment oil
the great motto. Of the day: BE
| known
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07

struck with the beautiful. ivory-like
finish OF a number of them. What
are they made Off" she asked admir-
ingly. "Garfsh skin. madam" answer
ed the salesman. "Gartsh leather, we
find, is very little known about out
side Of the trade. and yet it has come
to be OF Importance. 1t not only can
be worked up to the polish. but 1t is
wonderfully hard. They say certain
tribes OF Indians knew its secret and
that among them it was used as ar
NOR. the tradition being that breast
plate OF it would resist any tomahawk
or arrow. II can be made now so that
1t will turn the edge of a knife or a
spear"-New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07
THE RETURN OF THE SAVAGE.


American complacency received a
serious setback from an unexpected
quarter the other day. For years it
has proclaimed the beauty and wisdom
Of its treatment of the Indian and has
laid special emphasis on the fact that
II II did, in earlier, unregenerate days.
put the whisky bottle in the hands of
the red man. it has now given him the
spelling book. We have taken the
Indian says Uncle Sam, and edu-
Gated him. We have taught him the
slories OF our way of living: the fine
points Of our mode of thought; the ad-
yantages of coming out from his stoi-
cism and seclusion."
But have We? II the action Of
Thorpe. the Indian athlete at Carlisle.
can be taken as typical in any way. the
whole fabric falls to the ground. II IL
Is only individual, then our system OF
education has proved a failure in his
case.
Thorpe is the man who did such won
derful things in an athletic way. and
20 many of them, at the olympic games
In Sweden. He is an all-round athlete
the most famous Of his day and, all
things considered. one Of the most re-
markab!e this land has produced. Yet
he quits his career in school just in
the zenith Of it, because of His utter
R5horrence OF the public gaze and the
large amount of notoriety he has re-
ce,ved for his various stunts in the
Gthle ic world at the Olympic games
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07
Humor and
Philosophy
~ DUNCAN ~. SMITH
FINS.

EVERYTHING mnst have an end.
IL Same as a beginning.
There's q close. you may depend.
To the longest inning.
Artist, draw a headstone here.
No: you need not shed a tear.
Random rimes. however pglnk
Or however clever.
Take it from your old friend Dunk.
Can't run on forever.
Some day there must come a stop
To the most prolific crop.
Writing poems to the trade.
If the trades a glutton,
L.. I'm very much afraid,
Much like cutting mutton
Or like saving wood. Wen say;
Better yet, like baling hay.
It's a grind. you may depend.
Ask some gifted writer
Who you call your dearest friend
II the task is lighter
Than the Job OF throwing coal
In some ever hungry hole.
Not without regret we come
To the final winding.
But the Joy bells are not dumb
At the thought of grinding
Out no more the gibe or song
Reader. gentle one, so long!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07
EXQUISITE PAIN.

The Fifth and Dental Nerves Are thu
Most Asonizing Thrillers.
Which part of the human body is the
most sensitive to pain7
A sharp definition must be drawn
here between irritation and pain. Irri-
tation is not pain, but only 8 frequent
cause OF It Thus a crumb lodged IN
the larynx near the vocal cords pro-
duces violent irritation and prolonged
coughing. which often result Ii actual
pain So. too. a hy or speck of dust in
the eye sets up violent irritation and
Inflammation. followed by acute pain
OF the surface of the body the finger
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07
Her Method.

Have you seen Mayme today?"
mot today"
Thursday is Clara's birthday"
"WellY'
''Mayme is getting up a surprise on
her"
81 knew Mayme would get even with
Clara for saying she couldn't sing"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07

South Bend. Ind.-Two indictments
charging Roy A. Winchester, promi-
nent South Bend real estate man, with
forgery and obtaining money under
false pretenses have just been return
ed by the grand jury.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07

Seekers after political appointments
would do well to recall the remark Of
the late John J. Ingalls, that he is a
mighty poor politician that won't prom
Use his friends anything they want"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07

A St. Louis pastor evidently wants to
rob the members OF the Ananias club
Of their honors. He says that the Unit
ed States has become a nation Of pro
fessional liars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07
Mora Than One Way.

More IMAM One way.
81 need a new party gown, but hate
to ask my husband for it"
'I'll tell you what to do"
"Say on"
"Ten him the cost of living is so
high that you owe the grocer a large
sum-"
That's no lie. Say on"
And that the grocer's wife is to be
at the next party and If she sees you
looking shabby-you know"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07

There Is some method. after all. in
the madness of the London suffragists.
The acid they are putting in the nr---
boxes may dispose OF their dressmak-
ers' bills.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07
Able Executor

Able Executor.
HAS your club president executive
ability?"
Fine"
THAT'S good
Indeed it is. Why, she has cut of
the heads OF every aspirant for her po-
sition for the last three years"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-07
She kneMl

Dentist to old lady who wants tooth
puIled)-Do you want gas, madam
Old Lady-Well, 7 should say so.
don't propose to stay in the dark with
you or any ether man.