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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-12
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-12

Nurses Graduate. - The graduating
class Of St Luke's hospital held their
commencement exercises last evening
at the Outing club Bishop Morrison,
president Of the hospital, presided, and
DR.. Allen, president of the medical
board, delivered the annual address.
He chose for his subject, The Model
Nurse"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-12

The police were after the first two
men principally. as it is said they are
bad characters. The actions of the
five men just before the passenger train
pulled out of the station led the police
TO watch them. AS the train started
westward, Lhe men started to board
II and the officers then ran out Of hid
ing and called TO them 10 surrender.
When they failed to do this, the police
opened fire on the fleeing men and
finally brought them to a halt and fore
ed those who were boarding the train
TO stop. They were all brought to the
station.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-12

Not Guilty; Fined More.-Two auto
mobile speeders, g. Herbert Smith,
Jr., and Henry Carstens, Jr., were
in police court yesterday morning
and each was called upon TO pay a
fine. Smith plead not guilty and his
bill amounted to S14.15, while Car
stems was let of with sl2.70.
Evening star., 1912-12-22
A General Utility Plant.

From the Ave Maria.
In 1880 the congress Of Mexico issued
an order that none of the state docu-
ments should be indited upon any ma
terial other than the paper made from
maguey. This is the national plant; and
some have insisted that the very word
Mexico was derived from the word
mex-tli, which means maguey.
The Mexicans do well to be grateful
to this product of their country, for 1t is
food and drink, house and raiment to
the Mexican. Its other name is agave. or
century plant, from the popular fallacy
that 1t blooms only once a century.
whereas it really blossoms every eight
years.
The stalk of the blossoms reaches to
the height of twenty-five feet and looks
like a giant candlestick, for ii carries
often as many as several thousand
blooms. Many fields of maguey miles in
length are to be found in Mexico, and
there is scarcely bit Of the plant which
cannot be used in some manner.
It makes splendid fodder for cows, por-
tions of it are baked and prove very
palatable to eat: it can be used to thatch
roofs, to burn as fuel, and Of II are man.
ufactured thread and paper The sharp
spike at the tip of the stalk can be made
into a needle: it's tall pole used for the
ridgepole of q peasant cottage, and the
favorite Mexican drink, pulque, is manu-
factured from the honey water to be OBJ
tanned by cutting a hollow In the stem
and fermenting the juice extracted.
Evening star., 1912-12-22
FISH THAT FELL UPWARD.
Brilliant Colors at Depth of 5000
Feet.
From the London Evening Standard.

From the London Evening Standard.
According to Sir John Murray, one OF
the greatest authorities on oceanography.
the bottom of the sea is a desert of pitch
black darkness, penetrating cod and
eternal silence. Worms. sea puddings and
coral polyps sluggishly crawl or sway I'm
the almost currentless depths. and only fwo
species of fish. both of them small. with
much head and little body. have been
found deeper than a mile and a quarter
down.
The range of fishes in the sea is as
though II We're divided into layers. one
above the other, and no fish can live
above or below his layer. Thus many OF
the deeper fish-three-quarter of a mile
below the surface-have been found float
ing at the top: they had swallowed fish
as large or larger than themselves. and
its buoyancy had lifted them out OF the
strata to which they were accustomed.
The physiology OF a bottom fish Is al
most impossible to know. because they
are built to resist a tremendous pressure
of water, and when this pressure Is re-
leased-as when they are brought to the
surface in a net-sometimes the fish has
burst; the organs are crushed beyond rec
ognition.
Similarly If fish of higher strata
attacks a bottom fish in the neutral zone
where both can live, and-as sometimes
happens-his teeth become entangled so
that he cannot let go and he is dragged
into deeper water, he strangles instantly.
for his breathing arrangements are of no
use to him under the pressure Of water
in the lower strata of the sea- AS a rule.
however the fish of the various depths
rarely feed on those above or below them.
There have been brought to light an as
tonishing number of forms of fish. and
especially of prawns of a brilliant red
color, living in the ocean at a depth OF
1900 feet. But, astonishing as ii MAY
seem, these brilliantly colored fish and
prawns. instead of being conspicuous in
the water at that depth, are almost in
visible, when almost any other color
could be easily seen.
Evening star., 1912-12-22
STRICT CURB ON SALOONS.
Birmingham, England, Magistrates
Approve Drastic Proposals.
Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, December II, 1912.
Further drastic proposals with refer
ence to licensing have been approved by
the Birmingham magistrates.
Recently they decided that women and
persons under sixteen should not be
served with drink before noon. and also
that the opening hour OF licensed prem
ises be altered from 6 to $50 am.
1t was resolved that the hours Of OPEN
ing Sundays should be between noon and
1:3O and and 9:3O pm, and, further
that the basis of the license duty should
be the quantity of intoxicating liquor
sold.
Another resolution was in favor Of the
abolition of grocers' licenses and the pro-
hibition OF the sale of beer In fagons.
A recommendation that clubs should be
on the same footing as licensed premises
as to police supervision and as to the
hours during which intoxicating liquors
may be supplied also was carried
Evening star., 1912-12-22
ODD WAYS OF SLEEPING.
Habits Differ Greatly Among Diff
ferent Peoples.
From the Evening Wisconsin.

From the Evening Wisconsin.
The American or the European, in or
der t get a good nights rest. ordinari-
ly requires soft pillow under his head,
but the Japanese stretches himself on a
rush mat on the floor, puts hard,
square block of wood under his head. and
does not sleep well If he does not have it.
In China they make q great to-do with
reference to their beds. These are very
low, scarcely rising from the floor but
are often carved exquisitely of wood.
Like the Japanese, the Chinese never
makes his bed any softer than is possi-
BILE by the use of rush mats.
1t is curious fact with reference TO
the sleeping habits of the various peoples
that while those in northern countries
do not appear to be able to sleep well un-
less they have lots of room in which to
stretch their legs, the inhabitants of the
tropics often curl themselves up like
monkeys at the lower angle OF suspend
ed hammock and sleep very soundly that
way.
The robust American will cover himself
with a pair of blankets and throw his
window open to the air even in the dead
of winter and sometimes ne VIII not
complain if there is bit OF snow on the
window sill in the morning But the
Russian, on the contrary, likes no sleep
ing place SO well as the top of the big
soapstone stove in his dwelling. Crawl
ing out on this blistering bed In the
r rning. he delights in taking a plunge
in a cold stream. even u he breaks
through the ice to do so.
In Lapland the native crawls. head ana
all, into bag made of reindeer skin and
sleeps warm and comfortable within 1t.
The East Indian, at the other end Of the
world, also has sleeping bag. but 1t is
more porous than the Laplanders. It's
pu. pose is to keep out the mosquitoes
rather than to keep it's occupants warm.
The American clngs to his feather pill
low. but he has long since discarded the
old feather bed in favor of the hair or
straw or felt mattress. The feather bed
has been relegated to the country.
Evening star., 1912-12-22
I'm the London Chronicle

From the London Chronicle.
If Stromboli is the lighthouse of the
Mediterranean, Samos possesses what a
native writer has described as the Light
house of the Levant.'' A moral and in
tellectual lighthouse, that is to say-the
college named Pythagoreum, after the
greatest of Samians. This college attracts
lands, and stands at the head Of a re-
markably creditable educational system.
Fourteen years ago Mr.. William Miller
noted that Samos had one school for
every thousand of the population. and
was far from content with that, there
being a strong movement for agricultural,
kindergarten and higher female educa-
ton Samos. as a rich island with no ma
tional debt, is not crippled by the rates
difficulty which tempers popular en-
thusiasm for education in some countries.
Evening star., 1912-12-22
Knights of the Bath.
From the London Chronicle.

From the London chronicle
The revival at the Abbey OF the cere.
monies in connection with the Most Hon
orable Order of the Bath reminds US that
until the reign of Charles III the creation
of a Knight of the Bath was a somewhat
trying ordeal. He was conducted to
chamber at the Tower of London. where
a bath was prepared. into which he was
plunged. He then resumed his clothes.
with a hermt's hood of russet cloth, and
thus attired kept his vigil until daybreak,
when he snatched brief rest. And I'm,
the morning, habited in costly robes. he
rode to the court, where he received the,
sword and spurs and was dubbed a
knight of the Bath by the king. For he
had taken a bath-a courageous act In
the fifteenth century.
Evening star., 1912-12-22
Turks Literary Progress.
m the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
Literature in Turkey has responded to
the liberty that followed the revolution.
Large numbers of translations and adap-
tations of European scientific and literary
works and books of popular nature are
now available. Text books for use In
Turkish schools are prepared to meet the
needs of a modernized curriculum. Stand
ard works of European literature are be-
ing translated into Turkish, and modern
popular novels, principally French. have
a large sale. American detective stories
are finding great favor among Turkish
youth. There is also a growing modern
Turkish literature which aims to foster
Turkish patriotism and love for the Ian
guage.
Evening star., 1912-12-22
BIRDS ARE COMEDIANS.
Mynahs Afford Lots of Fun at Lon
don Exhibition.
oreign Correspondence Of The Star.

FOreign correspondence OF The Star.
LONDON. December II, 1912
Those purple patches of nature-tke
tropical birds-are now being shown in
bewildering variety by the Cage Bird So
ciety.
The comedians of the exhibition are
three hill mynahs. the property of w. A.
Shepherd. The mynah is a gawky black
bird with a tangerine beak, and. as it
generally talks In Hindustani. the visitors
rarely understand the insulting things
1t is saying about them.
What it cannot express In words, it
whistles. These three birds are placed in
a row in separate cages. and every few
minutes the bird on the left breaks into
a loud whistling Of just this much of the
old tune:
''Merrily danced the Quaker's wife,"
And the bird on the extreme right takes
up the next lines:
"And merrily danced the Quaker"
Meanwhile the bird in the middle breaks
into a sort Of epileptic one-step along its
perch.
Evening star., 1912-12-22
CENSOR GIVEN POWER
OVER ACTORS MAKEUP
Lord Chamberlain Causes
Changes in Facial PecuIiari-
ties of Cast Members.
'eign Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON. December IA, 1912.
HAS the censor power to ban an actor 8
make-up?'
Apparently the censor has this power,
for the lord chamberlain has given an or
der to George Gray that he must change
the makeup Of some of the characters in
1.-The Peoples King which he is giving
at the Chelsea Palace. This order was
the sequel to the appearance on the house
Of commons notice paper of question
to the home secretary by Robert Har-
court, NJ P.
Question Propounded.
Mr. Harcourt will ask Mr.. Mckenna
whether his attention has been directed
to descriptions and photographs in the
press Of play entitled THE People S
King" at the Chelsea Palace. wherein
the King Of Brydonia dismisses from Of
fee certain ministers named Bertram.
IasqueIe Louis Geroque, Johanne
Brunette and others, which personages
are stated to be easily recognizable as
certain living public characters whose
names are given; whether he is aware
that official evidence was rendered to the
joint committee on stage plays by the
lord chamberlain's department that the
representation on the stage of political
Endorsement on every license; whether he
can state why this rule has been broken
and what steps have been taken to en-
force ito
Evening star., 1912-12-22
BAN ON MUD SPLASHING.
Chief of Paris Police Issues Instruc-
tions to His Men.
correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondents OF The Star.
PARIS. December H. 1912.
Parisians are to be protected against
the mud splashing nuisance.
NJ. Toumy. the chief of the municipal
police, has issued a circular to the mem
bers of the force in which they are in
structed that in future mud splashing by
vehicles will be ground for action by the
aggrieved person.
In the case of a complaint by shop
keeper against his shop front being
splashed by a passing vehicle, the driver
Will be prosecuted, while in the case of
persons having their clothes soied by the
flying mud the police have instructions
to collect evidence for a subsequent civil
action.
Evening star., 1912-12-22
RAILROADS.
The Southern Railway.
PRE,fTER CARRIER OF THE SOUTH.

PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOUTH.
N B.-Following schedule figures published
only as information, and not guaranteed:
TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON:
For Atlanta Montgomery. Mobile. New Or
leans S so a M and 1O:45 p. m. daily Dining cars.
For Chattanooga and Memphis. via Ashevilie,
1O:45 pm. daily.
and 4:35 pm. daily. Dining cars.
$50 m. and :35 p. IN. daily: and for unontown,
Demopolis. Meridian. $50 q. m. daily Dining cars.
For Roanoke. Bristol. Knoxville. Chattanooga.
Birmingham Meridian. Vicksburg. New Orleans,
10 10 p IN daily. Dining car.
For Roanoke. Knoxville. Chattanooga Nash-
vlie Memphis, 4:10 am daily. Sleeping car
may be occupied after 1000 p. m Dining car
For Asheville. $50 a IN, 5:o5 pm. ana lo;4o
m. daily. Dining cars.
Augusta Savannah, Brunswick, Jacksonville and
Florida points. 5 :55 pm. daily. Dining car
Tourist car for California. daily, EACEPT
SUNDAY. ABS pm.
For Danville docan. 7:3O am. daily.
For Harrisonburg. $50 m. daily tparlor carl;
8 :35 pm tparlor car, and 4:0o pm. week days.
For Charlottesville uocap. 7:S0 am. and 4:oo
p IN. daily.
For Warrenton. $3.50 an, HOO am. 4:05
L. S. BROWN General Agent.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO LINES.
natl indianapolis and ST. Louis.
$40 pm. daily-Pullman to Cincinnati and
Chicago -
l1:lO pm, daily - Sleepers TO Virginia Hot
Springs Cincinnati and Louisville
5l3 Pa. ave, 1899 ST., aud Union station.
Evening star., 1912-12-22
First Ignores, Then Consents.

A warning was carried to Grays dress
ing room at the Chelsea Palace. but the
popular actor did not change the make
up of his ministers by single wrinkle.
This was before the order from the lord
chamberlain arrived, however.
Later Mr. Gray issued the following
statement:
''It having been suggested in parliament
that the characters of the corrupt min
listers in The Peoples King have some
facial resemblance to certain cabinet min
listers, the lord chamberlain has desired
that the makeup be modified, and Mr..
Gray has consented"
Evening star., 1912-12-22
To Take Up Infant Mortality.

The children's bureau has completed
the preliminary work for it's first field
inquiry, which is to be launched imme-
diately after Christmas. 1t will take up
the subject first mentioned in the law
creating the bureau-namely. infant NOR
tality, or the deaths Of babies under one
year Of age.
Evening star., 1912-12-22
Selling Red Gross Stamps
Brings interesting Incidents

1F the full sum of human intelligence
were attributed to you. how well
could you bear up under the ascrip-
ton? If you were expected to deferential-
ly listen to narrowing experiences or the
ins and outs of none too interesting lives.
would your patience be inexhaustible?
In Washington there are young women
who have been tried along such lines and
have not been found wanting. Selling
Red Cross stamps. energizinG for sweet
charity may be their stimulus to forti-
tude in occupying their anomalous posi-
tions. If not. then the truly interesting
incidents that once and awhile happen
TO them may be considered abundant
recompense for those times when they
must dispense unfailing knowledge or
sincere sympathy.
many of these enlivening happenings one
of the Red Cross young women, sehins
stamps in a downtown department store
where multitudeS pass through dail!
noticed that a little boy or about nfe or
six had been standing near her table TOT
long time, looking at her intently ali
the while. Thinking he might desire
some stamps yet feel too bashful TO come
near. she asked him what he wanted.
Now il happened on that particular day
the young lady in question was wearing
her loveliest French chapeau. of softest
face and nodding blue plumes
u
AS soon as she addressed the little boy
he seemed to gain confidence and re-
piled to her very quietly, II just like to
look at you. l thought you were a great
big doll
Remembering that children are the
most unpreiudiced and non-calculating
critics. the remark was received with all
Of the naivete with which 1t was sent
This same young lady has been selling
stamps for three years and has turned
i'm more than $500 "A season. During this
time her observations of human nature
have prompted conclusions about CHRIST
mas shoppers that throw sideliehts on the
characters of men, woman and chiidren'
rich and poor. Illustrating one OF her re-
Elections she said:
1.-The other day most unattractiVe
| child was ambling through the store
with a large boy Of about fifteen They
stopped before my table and asked what
these things were. pointing to the stamps.
l then proceeded to explain to them the
charity which the Red Cross stamps aid
The young hoy, pulling penny from his
pocket, in a most mannish and suaVe man
ner said, with the air of philanthropic
bank president that he would take one
Then / told him how 1t must be used
only on the back of letter because
they were not regular stamps. only orna-
mental ones. To which he replied, oh.
l like that sort of thing.
Turning to the big boy at his side he
bestowed the lone stamp upon him
Then he offered me bag of cakes and
asked me to take a whole lot because u
was so kind to him He had appeared to
be a very unnterestng child, incapable
of any altrustic feeling, yet right here
he showed a real unselfish Christmas
spirit / always find that the most un-
Evening star., 1912-12-22
"rhat,s a fine watch you've got. Is it a

"a good goer? Well. you bet your life
it's a good goer. Why, it can do an hour
in half the time!"-MlWaukee Sentinel.
II tell you." said the globe trotter.
"trayel is a great thing. If there is any
thing in a man travel will bring it out"
YES" said his pale, newly landed
friend, especially ocean travel. Ladies'
Home journal.
Evening star., 1912-12-22
promising exterior hides the most char
liable and thoughtful heart

promising exterior hides the most char
liable and thoughtful heart"
Further illustrating that looks are
deceiving, she said that aristocratic men.
elegantly dressed. women with diamonds
TO their knuckles. buy five cents worth Of
stamps. while little children empty their
pocketbooks OF all its pennies. Only the
other day. she said. little boy came up
to the table with his mother. Mother
how many stamps shall buy?" he said
"As many you have pennies for she
told him. and he turned his pocketbook
upside down and gave forty-five.
At one of the other stores. where tho
table is directly near the door on the first
floor, the little boy who leaves the even
ing paper stopped to examine the pictures
hung above the Red Cross table. There
was one. of the tubercular children
taken at the hospital which the Red
Cross stamps help TO support. Seeing
some little colored children I'm the group.
the paper boy asked: What are them
smokes doing?' The stamp girl told him
that they were sick
Then spying the stamps. he asked what
they were for. She told him they were
TO sell TO help the sick children in the pic
ture. Digging a penny from his pocket,
he put Ii on the table and started to take
that the stamps were cent each and he
could only have one for his penny. Crest
fallen for only minute, he took tho
stamp and stuck IL on one OF his papers.
Starting out the door, he turned and said
as parting shot:
The next paper I sell is going to bring
cents
What do you think of that" said the
stamp girl Embryonic fnancier. I
should say" remarked a patron OF the
Even at this late day. when stamps
have been long on the market and ad-
vertised extensively. there are still some
who do not know their purpose. SO tho
habit of explaining their use to each pur-
chaser. During the time consumed in the
sale all sorts of information are vouch-
safed or requested.
X
Sometimes the stamp girls are asked if
they know Mrs. So-and-So When they
reply no then It naturally ensues that
they must be told all about Mrs. So-and-
So, and it generally follows that she was
lost in the San Francisco earthquake but
has since come east and entirely disap-
peared. Or in buying the stamps 1t may
be that the person purchasing has had.
some relative or friend die with tubercu-
losis. Then II is that sympathy. in such
cases so easily excitable. must be offered
Seeing all classes. listening to the agree
able and the peevish does not make these
young ladies cynical. Ii rather tends to
encourage them TO interpret their eNper-
fences as little lessons of charity and out
les for the expression of the Christmas
spirit, which. being I'm the public eye, ne
cessitates their exhibiting il more often
than the stay-at-homes or the retiring
workers.
Evening star., 1912-12-22
LOAN COMPANIES.

AND ADDRESS OF EVERY
man and woman now carrying a loan on piano
or furniture. Write me condentially amount
borrowed and how much you pay monthly. I
will tell you how to obtain more money and
reduce the size Of your payments. Advice
costs you nothing. Write today to "ADs
WISER" Box 173 Star once.
Evening star., 1912-12-22

FOR SALE-A CHRISTMAS BARGAIN IN PET
worth. Owner has left city and viii! sacrifice
his new. modern home for 81 500. This house
Is an attractive well built brick - it, wide;
hot water heat. gas and electric lights: first
class plumbing and fixtures; has and
bath, large lot and rorchcs The location is
extra good. facing small park and convenient
10 cars and school. Better see this at once.
No. 1910 9Th ST. Key my. door 23s
Evening star., 1912-12-22
LOAN COMPANIES.
THE OLD RELIABLE
WASHINGTONL OANCO.,
6lo F St. NV.

You Can Borrow Our Cash.
II you have household goods, piano or other
security. will loan you from $500 to $4,000
on terms that will please you, ana at cost
that Is fair and reasonable.
Even II you have loan. call and see US, a.
the chances are can loan you more money At
a cheaper rate and on easier terms. No honest
person refused. No indorser necessary: Neither
do you need to have finely furnished home to
get money here We will loan you money or
your own name; give you plenty Of time to pay
/, back in small weekly or monthly payments
tion IL worth to you.
Loans made in Congress Heights. Anac1stia,
mont Heights Cedar Heights. Burrviile. Ben
ming Brookland. Langdon. Mt. Rainier, Brent
wood. Tenleytown. Takoma Park and an other
as in Washington.
Why not see us. write us, phone Main 3O31
today? Office open s to 6. All applications Will
receive olr Immediate attention.
Evening star., 1912-12-22

FOR SALE-ON CLIFTON ST. col. HGTS.: 3
STORY BRICK. ROOMS DEEP: BED
ROOMS. BATHS; STEAM HEAT: ELEC-
TRIO LIGHT. LOT IL BY l43 To LIFT.
ALLEY. IN PERFECT ORDER.
4. W. BLACkWO0D. 1901 G. ST.