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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
THE CORN OF THE WORLD.

The steady spread and development
Of Indian maize into a world crop has
been the agricultural marvel of our
age. The corn of the bible, the corn of
Great Britain, is our wheat, not our
king CROP" But all the world has
come to know and bless the generous
grain. Though upward of sc per cent
Of the $500, 100000 to 3,750,000, 900
bushels, which constitute the worlds
yield, is grown in this country. Argen-
tina, Hungary and Italy, yet the cult
walton of corn has been gradually diff
fused around the globe.
Next to our western hemisphere and
Europe the most important areas are
now planted in southern and south
eastern Asia, chiefly in British India,
French Indo-China, and the Philip
pines. In 1910 the Philippine crop
amounted to 14,276,s46 bushels. The
culture Of corn is now general In AZ
RIGA; 1t Is the Egyptian fellah's staff
of life, and is even produced for ex-
port In the Union of South Africa,
where the product is known as meal
ies." In Mexico, the torilla, prepared
from the grain, is the chief food of
the masses. Canada and Cuba raise
corn, and 1t is grown in small way in
Australia and New Zealand. Save in
Ireland, it is rarely used as human food
throughout northern Europe.
Outside OF the United States the cul-
tivation of corn is most extensive in
southern Europe - centralized in a
group of states comprising Austria,
Hungary, Roumania, the Balkan states,
and Bessarabia in southwest Russia
where the product ranges from $780,
0O0,0 to 6O0.000,O 900 bushels annually
Corn is not only our king crop; 1t is
also an uncertain and variable one
Last year, for instance, there was a
great decline in the world yield. The
aggregate product Of the four leading
countries was more tnan $4,000, 0OC
bushels less than the crops of 1910, and
10000, 900 short of the returns fol
1909 The yield in 1911 in the United
States was about 355, 900, 900, and in
Argentine about 14S, 100000 bushels
less than In 1910. There were relative
shortages in Hungary and Italy JUS
why this should be so. our agricultural
statisticians have not made clear, anC
there has been no sinister rumor of ar
international combination to restrain
the acreage planted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
Heart(and
HOfnG
Problems
r1Rs THUr1PSM|

Dear Mrs. Thompsoh-O At the
place where I work there is boy
who tries to flirt with me, but / am
keeping company with another young
man who Is jealous of me. Shall l
keep on going with the latter or
change to the former? (2) l am al
ways laughing. People call me "smi-
ler' and l often get seedlings for
laughing so much. How can l over
come this? (3) l have brother, 20
years old who goes with an Irish girl
2S. don't like her and the girls tease
me and tell me she is an old maid.
Mother does not like her either. How
can stop him from going with her?
HILDA.
ID Your own feeling should decide
for you. (2) Laugh while you can.
The day will come, as it does for all,
when you will not feel like laughing.
90 The fact that she is Irish should
make no difference. There are fine
girls among all nationalities. How
ever, he's too young for her, and, in
fact, too young to marry any one. The
best course for you and your mother
to pursue is to pay no attention to
him. Opposition and interference in
such matters always causes harm in
stead of good. If he is let alone he
may tire of her.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-Please tel
me how to remove warts. BILL.
Drop a little vinegar on the war;
and cover it Immediately with baking
soda. Put on as much as will stay or
and let it remain for ten minutes. Re
peat several times day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
CURRENT COMMENT

clean man; good and kind and just
to his family and all those with
whom he comes in contact, and an
old fashioned man with a great conf
dence in the common people. l found
that he took the responsibility of his
public position more seriously than
most men. When he became speaker
the responsibility seemed to age him
10 years He told me once, and not
never to have advanced from the po-
sition at which he started in life, that
Of a poor boy carrying stones from
the rocky hillsides of his fathers farm
in Kentucky, than to ever take pub
lie act that might work an injury on
the American people.
PREDICTED LONG AGO.
The exact philosophy, however, on
which as a newspaper correspondent
l predicted in my Washington dis
patches in 1909 that Champ Clark
would be- the democratic standard
bearer in 1912, was, as it appeared
three years ago to Wallace Bassford,
the speakers secretary, and your cor
respondent:
HOW 1T LOOKED THEN.
| l. That as a result of Mr. Clark's
able leadership as minority leader, the
house of representatives of the Sixty
second congress would be democratic.
2. That in the event of a demo
cratic house, Champ Clark would be
speaker without opposition, on the
theory that no army ever turned its
back on a victorious general.
3. That as speaker, Mr.. Clark would
liberalize the rules of the house, and
transfer the appointing of committees
from himself to a committee of mem
bers of the house, thus restoring the
control of the house to the representa-
tives of the people; in other words
that he would make good"
4. That he would insist upon and
fight for the proposition that every
pledge made to win the house should
be carried out.
5. That this doctrine would be II
such striking contrast to Aldrichisu
and Cannonism, placing, as 1t would
the control of legislation in the hands
of all the members of the house in
stead of those of a few special inter
est servers, that Speaker Clark woult
deservedly loom large on the horizon
as a friend of the masses and a con
sequent strong presidential possibility
6. That discussion of the Missouri
an as a presidential possibility would
in our opinion, bring to light a fac
that is now gradually but surely be
coming apparent to all, that Cham
Clark is the only democrat of pres
dental size that all factions of tn
party will follow to the polls and sup
port.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
CHINESE sIGNBoARDs.

Quaint Inscriptions That Appear Over
tho Shops In Picking.
In bis book, Meeting the Sum-" W.
Simpson gives some amusing examples
OF signboards to be seen above shops
In Peking-"Shop OF Heaven Sent
Luck" THE Shop Of Celestial Princi-
pies" 1.-The Nine Felicities Prolonged"
Mutton Shop of Morning Twilight"
THE Ten Virtues All Complete"
FLOWERS Rise to the Milky Way"
'In these signs" says Mr.. Simpson,
I'VE can see that the Chinaman can
combine the soul of a poet with the
pocket of a shopman. Carlyle quotes a
Chinese signboard. No Cheating Here,
but could not find anything like it In
the list Good and Just According to
Heaven ought to satisfy the ideal mo-
lions OF the author of 'Sartor Resar-
tus.' The Honest Pen Shop Of Ii i'm
plies that other pen shops are not hon.
est.
1.-The Steel Shop Of the Pockmarked
Wang suggests that any popularity OF
a shopman may be used to impress the
memory of the customers. A charcoal
shop calls itself The Fountain OF
Beauty and a place for the sale OF
coal INDUCES in the title of Heavenly
Embroidery An oil and wine estab
lishment is the 'Neighborhood of Chief
Beauty a description the realization
| OF which 1t is hard to conceive any
where in Picking. The Thrice Right
eous' is a pretension one would scarce
| ly expect from an opium shop"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
NEVER MIND THE sMAsHUP, GET THEREp

NhNEh MIMI Lhh ohAShOfb Uni 4hbAhs
funds with him which another was
trying to get hold of. He offered to
pay me thousand rubles to take him
out. Thinking him to be one who had
committed a robbery, informed the
police of the matter, describing the
man infinitely and pretending to sus-
pect him Of being a revolutionist up
TO some villainy. They failed to find
him. at which was not disappointed.
My companions and myself were still
watching and waiting, when one morn
ing not long before my train left 1
thought l heard a distant faint boom.
Being engaged at that kind of business
myself, ny attention was arrested, but
there are many causes for such explo-
sions in cities, and | soon forgot this
one. AT the starting time pulled my
train ont and on reaching the outskirts
of the city saw ahead of me a switch
turned to throw me off the track.
was obliged to stop A man came
from behind shed, threw the switch
as 1 reached It, and l started on. As
j passed the switch the man climbed
up into the cab with me.
IL wish you" he said, ito drive this
engine for all she is worth
Feeling that my load was lightened,
i looked back and saw my train stand
ing on the track behind me. Some one,
doubtless a confederate. of the man in
the cab with me, had uncoupled it.
"Who are you?" / asked, looking at
the man beside me.
Never mind who | am" he said
pulling a revolver from under his coat
and cooking It, "Get all the speed you
can out OF this engine"
remembered to have heard his voice
before, and In few moments ! knew
though he was disguised. that he was
the man who had offered me 1,00C
rubles TO let him ride with me. Evi
IDENTIFY he was running away with the
funds, as he had intended, and was US
ing my engine for the purpose without
my consent. / was unarmed, and there
was nothing to do but obey him.
increased the speed.
What occupied my mind was how Il
make capital with the government on
of the episode. couldn't see any wa!
to prevent his escape. but it occurred
to me that the conductor of the traiI
had left would telegraph ahead tn
fact that | had run away from him
This led me to glance at the telegraph
wires beside the road, and l notices
that they were sagging. I felt sur
they had been cut. Then / began q
realize that my passengers fight wa
deep laid scheme. He had not onl.
a confederate who had detached tn
train. but one who had cut the wires
He was the coolest chap ! ever met
but be was as determined as he wa
cool / knew by his eye that th
slightest disobedience on my par
would be followed by a bullet crast
ing through my brain.
Being OF his kind myself. l detel
mined to have an understanding wit
him. TEL me-" | said. what 20
wish to accomplish and l viii do N
part in accomplishing It for you"
81 wish to catch the boat at OdesS
far Cnnstantinnnla."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30

In a restaurant In the lower part of
New York q number of Russian exiles
were dining and talking. One Of them
told the following experiences:
Ten years ago we revolutionists
were sometimes as much puzzled at
one another's movements as the gov
eminent was puzzled at both. In the
frst place the deepest plotters among
Us were pretending to be serving the
government. Some were known to
their revolutionary intimates to be
playing this game, while some were
not. / was a locomotive engineer and
was supposed to be working for the
chief of police. I was to receive re-
ward for information leading, to the
capture Of any one either taimpering
with the roadbed before the expected
transit over it Of a high government
official or the arrest OF any political
attempting to escape by the road
| Several Of US were at the time con-
spring to kill prominent government
official In Moscow. and we were 60
One Of our number was watching him
with view to determining his habits.
Another had the bomb In charge with
which we intended to do the work.
while 1 was running the engine haul
ing q passenger train between Moscow
and Odessa by which we might get
the assassin out Of Russia.
One day young man came into the
yard where l was oiling my locomotive
and asked me If l would carry hin
out of Moscow some day on my engine
l asked him why he wished to go with
me instead of in a coach. and he con
fessed that he desired to carry some
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
April.

SHt
April Is uncertain. tickle.
Every brand It has In pickle.
When you think 1t will be good
That's the moment to touch wood,
For the smile that seems so bright
May be tears before the night
II you take 1t altogether
It is surely sandwich weather.
Forth you go to take a stroll
With no trouble on your soul
And, to match the season, clad
In the garments known as glad"
Could there be a finer day
Furnished out of hand for payf
But it's mighty safe to bet
That you come homo dripping wet.
Oh, the standard April drizzle
Very seldom Is a fizzle!
Though you cannot in the morning
See above a single warning,
Fer the eventime the mud
May recall that ancient food,
For tho ftful rains and gusty
Make q month that's seldom dusty.
We can bear 1t, for we know
That it makes the flowers grow,
Starts the crops and garden sass
And gives color to the grass.
So We like you, April. but
We can only say, Tut, TUT"
And your little moods abide
When you show your seamy side.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30

himself to the shouting throng and
make a few remarks.
But there was none of that here in
Rock Island yesterday, or in Moline,
or in Davenport. With the exception
Of the two lone newspaper men, out on
assignment to see what happened,
there was no one on hand to salute
the traveller passing through.
The public was Indifferent to the
Rooseveltian presence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30

''The duties Of citizens are not full
filled as long as there is a single hovel
in a city; a man, woman or child
sweated, or hungry. uncared for child
in their midst"
Dear Mrs. Thompson am girl
% years old and am madly in love
with a young man a few years young
er than myself. l am told that he uses
an assumed name, yet he never shows
any indication of wrong-doing. What
would it be best for me to do?
SULTANA.
Drop the whole affair, as the young
man is probably too young to think of
marriage, and also too young for you.
Dear Mrs. Thompson am a girl
16 years OF age and have been ill-treat.
ed at home. How much longer must
give my wages to my parents? Am
too young to bother about boys:
Should go with boys older than my
self or younger? have light complex
ion, brown hair and brown eyes. Am
good looking?
A WILLING WORKER.
II your parents need your money
you should take pleasure in giving 4
to them. Evidently you do bother too
much about the boys for girl of you
age. With your mothers approval II
would be proper for you to occasional
ly accompany a young man two o.
three years older than yourself to 6
party or place of amusement. AS
have told others, 1t is the features ant
not the complexion that determine
whether face is pretty or not. YOU
| mirror can give Won this infOrma finn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
THE CoLONEL's LOCAL FRIENDS
STILL LIVE.

When Colonel Theodore Roosevelt,
twice president of the United States
and an aspirant for another term-and
then some-passed through Rock Is
land in the quiet hours Of yesterday
morn. the strenuous one was snoozing.
So were his friends in Rock Island.
Other than two newspaper men. there
was no one on hand at the station TO
greet him There was no beating on
the windows OF the sleeping car IN
which Colonel Roosevelt was repos-
lng-no demand from any source that
he come forth TO the rear platform
and make q few remarks. No demon.
stration OF any sort, for there was none
OF the colonies friends on hand TO
dcmonstrate-not IN Rock Island OF
any OF the three cities.
There have been times when the am
bit.1us one was pulled from his couch
Ht 6 O'Clock in the morning 70 show
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30

The joint resolution passed by con-
gress prohibiting the shipment of
arms and ammunition TO Mexico by
people Of the United States. should
meet with the approval Of all parties.
II is time that we had peace in Next
co. and under those circumstances we
can not AFFORD TO furnish either side to
the controversy with arms and ammu-
milton to keep up the miserable revol-
utions, wars, massacres and murders
that have continued so long in that
poorly governed country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30

The newspaper exchanges are so
filled with political news that the real
valuable and legitimate news of the
country is almost crowded out of the
columns OF most Of them. 1t is very
fortunate that the invention Of the
typesetting machine, which enables
most papers to give two or three times
as much reading matter as they used
20 give. occurred and was perfected be-
fore il was necessary in a daily news
paper to report the doings of four or
FIVE thousand candidates that are run
ming for office IN the state of Illinois
at this time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
Hurnor and
Philosophy
~ DUNCAN ~. .sRfffA
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

SOME people are so eager to tell the
news that sometimes they can't re-
sist the temptation to make it.
The man who is unable to take his
own part soon ceases to have any part
to take.
The man who wants to lose weight
is recommended to take care Of the
baby nights.
The man who pays for poor service
and gets good is the first one to make
a howl about the exactions of labor.
You can't get back at a fellow who
has no permanent abode.
The man who knows where to begin
and when to quit isn't asking odds Of
any one.
People who don't know what to do
always get out their little hammers
and go to work on those who do
Sometimes loves young dream gets
cold feet and can't thaw out.
The fellow who does what he can't
is both a paradox and nuisance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
Mathematical

MathomatIcdI.
young Bullion seems to be popu.
lar"
"Sure; he makes love in the fourth
dimension"
Scientific as all that"
His fortune has four figures to it."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30

Houser. La Follette's campaign
manager. says that Roosevelt led the
senator TO believe that he favored him.
and that when It appeared the pro-
gressive movement would win Roose-
welt threw his hat into the ring. Well,
what OF that? It's a story Of the perso-
nal equation Of "the double cross.
And that's American politics.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30

Colonel Roosevelt and his followers
have begun with one accord to yell
fraud" whenever the returns come in
against the coloners candidacy. 1t
will take a good deal more than sim
ply the yell OF fraud TO pull the col
onel through on this occasion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
Muddled.

"He seems to be somewhat confused
in his mind"
"He doesn't know whether he is
afoot or horseback"
"Oh, worse than that. He doesn't
know whether he is in a submarine or
a flying machine"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
March SO IN American
History.

1sc5-The United States army trans
port General Lyon burned en- route
from Wilmington. n. C.. TO For
tress Monroe and 500 lives lost
1s70-Fifteentb amendment TO the
United States constitution adoFt=d.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30

Clever Manage
ment.
Don't you have
a visit from a lot
of relatives?'
I'VE never have
them"
you can't be
popular with
them"
I've are popu.
lar enough. but
we manage tc
have a severe at.
tack of something
that is catching
about the time
they are DUE"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30

Whenever Roosevelt is beaten
there's something wrong with the pri-
maries. In North Dakota 1t was the
democrats, and in New York it was
fraud and corruption. Ha, ha.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30

Uncle Ike" Stephenson has been
"vindicated." The little sum Of $1o7,-
900 has received the official o. X. of
the senate as a proper campaign fund.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30

Mayor Schriver OF Rock Island Is
having a mighty busy time, and he is
inclined to throw IN plenty Of the
strenuous" is the way the Decatur Re
view puts Il.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30

Rock Island is sdn on the map, al
though unenviably conspicuous Just
now. The only fear is that a portion
Of It may be washed on.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
Early EnaIish.

BachelOr-l confess can't Under
stand what your baby's saying. Bene-
dicK-It Is a queer language. isn't II?
BachelOr-Yes; sort OF early English
London Answers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
An Attraction.

81 bear your new minister is very
efficient"
'-Oh. yes"
How about his wife? Is she doing
anything to bring people 20 church,"
Indeed she Is. Wears different
gown every Washington
Her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
Not a Safe Plat ..

"Going to the racesT'
"No. / haven't any money"
"Then you couldn't lose any"
"You don't know me. \ man with
my genius for losing money would End
a way"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
Wanted to Miss Il.

WdHIUu 70 WIIbS ISs
'oThis hotel seems to have all the
comforts of home"
TOO many of them"
"But how can you overdo a good
thing?'
There is that blamed monograph"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
An Opportunitv.

MI SRpoi
oh. April. you've a splendid chance
To be a model sane and sweet,
For, tossing out a backward glance,
You see so little there to beat!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
Query.

Query.
81 am afraid Of nothing"
Huh. I'll bet you are afraid OF me"
And do you consider yourself moth
hg%
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and weekly st 1879
Second avenue. Rock Islana. III IEn-
tered At the postofaee as secSnd-class
natter.J
Rock Island Member of <He Associates
PreaA
BY THE j. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
Disseminated Against.

their votes. How can men do such
thing "
THAT is what I wonder. / never
could get more than a cigar for mine"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
Cettinu Close

Getting Close.
The tally man who must prepare
The revolution score
Bsds Mexico 10 please beware
Or this VIII be real war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
OF courss

OF Course.
Ignorance is bliss"
81 know a lot Of happy people, then"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30

TERAs.-Dally. 10 cents per week
weekly. 81 per year IN advance
Complaints OF delivery service should
be- made 10 the circulation department
which sho aid also be notified in every
instance where It is desired to have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority in the premises
AZ communications OF e-gumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for puolica-
ton No such articles will be printed
over fictitious Signatures
telephones IN all departments: Contra
Union. West 1876 and l145: Union Eleo'
trio 5lIs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30

SOME people are so eager to tell the
news that sometimes they can't re-
sist the temptation to make it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30

The man who is unable to take his
own part soon ceases to have any part
to take.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30

The man who knows where to begin
and when to quit isn't asking odds of
any one.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30

The man who wants to lose weight
is recommended to take care Of the
baby nights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30

People who don't know what to do
always get out their little hammers
and go to work on those who do.