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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
A HARMLESS WAY TO
DARKEN THE HAIR
A Little Sage and Sulphur
Makes Gray Hair Vanish-A
Remedy forAII HairTroubleS,

Who does not know the value of Sage
and Sulphur for keeping the hair dark,
soft and glossy and in good condition ?
As a meter of fact, Sulphur is a
natural element of hair, and deficiency
of it in the hair is held by many scalp
specialists to be connected with loss of
color and vitality of the hair. Un-
questionably, there is no better remedy
for hair and scalp troubles, especially
premature grayness, than Sage and
Sulphur, If properly prepared.
The Wyeth Chemical Company OF
New York put out an ideal preparation
of this kind, called Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Hair Remedy, in which Sage anc
Sulphur are combined with other valu.
able remedies for keeping the hair anC
scalp in clean, healthy condition.
II your hair is losing its color OF
constantly coming out, or if you ar
troubled with dandruff or dry, itchy
scalp, get a fifty cent bottle of Wyeth'!
Sage and Sulphur from your druggist
use it according TO the simple directions
and see what difference a few days
treatment will make in the appearance
of your hair.
All druggists sell it, under guarante,
that the money will be refunded If tn,
remedy is not exactly as represented
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
MASQUERADE To
RAISE THE COIN
Rock Island Ball Club Directors
Decide on That Sort of
Function.
TO BE HELD IN TWO HALLS
Well Founded Rumor Abroad That
Pete Lister Is to BE Leader of
Islanders.

Rock Island baseball directors at a
special meeting yesterday afternoon
decided on two big masquerade balls
TO be held the evening of Feb. q at
Turner and Armory halls for the pur-
pose of. raising funds for Sc
curing money for the baseball
club. The admission that will be
charged for those who attend will be
put into the sinking fund of the club,
along with the money being raised by
popular subscription. Tickets will be
distributed at various places through
out the city early next week, and the
sale will be pushed The scheme is a
good one, and besides bringing in
funds TO the baseball treasury, will
give those who desire to furnish base.
ball for Rock Island, something in ad,
dition to baseball for their money.
LISTER TO MANAGE:
A well founded rumor is abroad that
Pete Lister, former Islander first sack
CT, now signed with one Of the teams
in an eastern league, is to be the man
ager Of the team for the season 1912
Last fall Pete was looked upon as one
OF the most likely candidates for the
position, and since the club decided
that IT would be necessary to have {
playing manager in order to cut dowr
expenses 10 the lowest possible min
imum, Pete has been under considera
ti0n.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
HIGH TEAM WINS
MONMOUTH CAME
Takes Maple City Team Into
Camp After Grueling
Uphill Fight.
FINAL COUNT is 81 TO 35
Reeves, Freshman Star, Gets Into the
Contest Near Finish and Wins
for the Locals.

The Rock Island high school basket
ball five journeyed to Monmouth last
night and after one of the hardest
games they have played this season
defeated the high school five of that
city in the last few minutes of play
by the score of 81 to 35. With but
four minutes to play, Coach Corneal
sent Reeves, who has played so bril-
liantly in the recent basketball tour
ney at the high school, in at forward,
shifting Captain Behnamann to guard,
and the team took a final squirt,
Reeves throwing three field baskets
in quick succession and winning the
game for his team.
MONMOUTH TAKES LEAD.
The Monmouth boys took the lead
at the start and at the close of the
first session led by two points, IA to
u. They continued to play brilliant
| ly and at the time that Reeves en-
tered the contest they were II points
! ahead of the local five. Though
Reeves did the scoring, it was not
without the excellent teamwork of the
other players who kept the ball in
Rock Islands end of the floor. The
Monmouth team resorted to rough
playing and in all % fouls were called
against them by the referee, three OF
which were class B fouls. Neussili
played a good game at forward, throw
ing five field baskets, while four by
Captain Behnamann, the three by
Reeves and one registered by Ire
mann completed the locals count o.
81. For the Monmouth team Dickens
one of the forwards, was easily the
star. He threw 10 field baskets anC
two foul throws, which netted % o.
the points tailed by his team. The
lineups and summary follow:
Rock Island-Forwards, Behnamann
: Neussili and Reeves; center, Ire
mann; guards, Kittilsen, Chalk ant
Behnamann.
onmouth-Forwards, Dickens AM
Stedman; center, Rumbug; guards
Captain Runkin and Bonnu.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
IN THE THREE-EYE

According to st. Louis newspapers,
Manager Roger Bresnahan OF the St
Louis Cardinals is planning to use
Hickory" Johnson in his Outfeld next
season. That is, providing Hickory"
shows the necessary speed. Johnson
caught for the decatur club last sea
son and is the man who made three
home runs and a double in a game at
the Decatur league park. Last fall,
johnson was drafted by the New York
Giants, but when Kinsella became a
Cardinal scout, the big backstop was
turned over 20 Bresnahan's aggrega-
ton. Says the St Louis Times: IF
there is any speed left I'm a pair of
legs that has spent four seasons
doubled up behind the plate. Elmer
Johnson may qualify with the Car
dinals as an outfielder next season.
Elmer, writing from Warren, Ohio. the
same village that harbors Leon X.
Ames during the Off season, informs
Us that he is 2G years old. feet 10
inches in height. and about 1S5 pounds
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
VILLAGERS WIN
over LOCAL FIVE
Association Quintet Returns
With Numerous Excuses
for It's Defeat.
PRESENT PATCHED TEAM
Darkness Prevails in Gymnasium,
Bring Oblivion to Clevettites
Score % to IL.

Lights family Pickering in the
darkness of the gymnasium of Col
umbus Junction, Iowa, cast just
enough illumination over the spot to
let Rock Island Y. NJ. c. A. basket
ball five know that a game was in
progress and that they were up
against the real thing in said game.
That is one of the reasons, say the
players today. for their defeat last
night by the lopsided score of 80 to
l.. Another reason was the referee.
Still another, the fact that only one
of the regulars played on the local
team and he did not play in his usual
position. But anyway, the Rock
Island quintet of ball tossers mot
murky spot and was only aware that
basket had been made when the
referee footed his whistle.
LINEUP OF TEAM.
Clevett, physical director, had tC
step into the breach and play las;
light and he starred for the Island
ers. That is, he was the biggest
point maker, corraling of the Il
points. Young, who usually plays a
guard, played forward and his hun
ming mate was Nichols. Dean anC
Mcneil played at guard. Irving
Wright was the lone Islander t.
gain renown. He distinguished him
self by blowing on his umpire
whistle four times to call fouls.
HAD To TURN CRANK.
The local players allege that tn
janitor of the place had TO turn
crank in order to keep the light oOz
ing from the eight scattered lamps
The suits in which the Junctionist
appeared were the same color a
those of the locals but it was onl
through noting the herculean size c
the Iowans that the Islanders wer
able TO distinguish the team players
The locals arrived at 7:15 this morr
ing, three hours behind schedule
That peeved them somewhat, sort {
adding insult to defeat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
FAIR EXCHANGE.
A New Back for an Old One-How 1t
Is Done in Rock Island.


The back aches at times with a
dull, indescribable feeling, making
you weary and restless; piercing
pains shoot across the region of the
Kidneys, and again the loins are so
lame to stoop is agony. No use to
rub or apply a plaster to the back
in this condition. You cannot reach
the cause. Exchange the bad back
for new and stronger one. Follow the
example of this Rock Island citizen.
j. E. Pierce, S13 Third avenue,
Rock Island, ILL.,, says: Il suffered
from kidney complaint for a long
time and was often in a bad way.
My back ached almost constantly,
felt stiff and lame and was bothered
by a frequent desire to pass the kid
ney seeretions. l had often heard OF
Doan's Kidney Pills and deciding tc
try them, | procured box at the
Harper house pharmacy. My exper.
fence with this remedy has been sc
satisfactory that ! am glad to recon
mend it to other kidney sufferers.
/ consider Doan's Kidney Pills a fine
kidney medicine"
For sale by all dealers. Price 81
cents. Foster-Milburn company, Buff
faIo, N Y, sole agents for the Unit
ed States
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
Tortured for IS Years

by a cure-defying stomach trouble
that baffied doctors and resisted all
remedies he tried, John w. Modders
Of Moddersville, Mich, seemed
doomed He had to sell his farm and
give up work. His neighbors said
"he can't live much longer" What
ever l ate distressed me-" he wrote
till I tried Electric Bitters, which
worked such wonders for me that
can now eat things I could not take
for years. It's surely a grand rem.
edy for stomach trouble" Just as
good for the liver and kidneys. Ev'
cry bottle guaranteed. Only SO cents
at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
BR0NDELL TELLS
OF WATERLOO co
Claims That His Opponent,
Brown, Was Is Pounds
Above Welterweight.
SAYS HE WAS STRANGLED
Collins Writes That He Wants to
Wrestle Either Nicholson or
Brondell Soon.

In speaking of his defeat at Water
loo Thursday evening, Harry Bron-
dell, who is to meet George Nichol-
son next Thursday evening at the
Illinois theatre, claims that he was
the victim of a man who has no
right to claim the welterweight class.
He declares that Brown won the
match all right enough. but that his
weight is some ) pounds more than
welterweight. Further, he declares
that while Brown had a scissors hold
on his arm, he put his knee on his
throat and it was by choking off his
( (Brondell's) breath that he won the
! first fall in % minutes. The second
| fall went to Brown in eight minutes.
/ Hereafter when Brondell signs for
q match he intends to have an iron
clad contract in regard to weight and
/ he intends TO know whether the ref
cree knows something about wres-
Ting.
BOTH WORK HARD.
But even though he was defeated
/ by Brown. he is still confident of
victory over the Greek demon. He
intends to work all the harder this
week and to be in first class condi-
ton next week. He was in good con-
dition Thursday night. Nicholson is
founding away in the same old way
lie takes a five mile run in the
morning, plays several games OF
handball and works with some heavy
wrestlers on the padded convas. He
will leave no stone unturned to make
the best condition the night of the
match.
COLLINS TO COME BACK.
Nick Collins, defeated by Nichol
sen a little more than q week ago
!, says that he would like to come
down from Chicago to meet eithel
one of the principals for next week
match. He is particularly anxious
to grapple again with the demon anC
is confident that he is the Greek
superior at 145 pounds. He is read!
to come down at any time. He il
willing to take both Nicholson ant
, Brondell on the same night and t
throw each of them once in 80 min
Utes. In case the match next weel
is a draw, some such arrangement
will be made. But if either is re
turned undisputed winner, Collin
will be matched with him for bout
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

in weight when feeling particularly
fit. Johnson earned a trial in the big
league by batting 800 and fielding
.9S1 for the Decatur club of the
Three-Eye league last season. Such
hitting as this-he made his record
across a string OF III games-makes
him a likely candidate for the Car
dinals outfield. He has always been
a catcher. but Roger may turn him
into a fielder. Dick Kinsella, erst.
while Giant scout, and the man who
recommended Johnson to Bresnahan
says Johnson is a natural hitter, but
that he will need one or two seasons
more in the minors before being ripe
Tor picking as a big league catcher
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

ed last year. 1t was also decided that
the season would start May /, with
the northern clubs playing in the
south and close Sept. Is Wausau
was admitted to the circuit, having
bought the Fond du Lac players and
franchise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
At High School

There is to be a change in the
singing arrangement at the high
school. After this students may
have their choice whether they
wish to come to the singing per-
iods on Monday and Thursday, from
1870 to p. m. If they wish to come
they must enroll and the attendance
Will be taken. If they do not wish
to take this, they should not enroll
and will stay in their session room
at the singing time and study.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

The basket and free hand drawing
classes will start next week with Miss
Dean in charge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

Joe Coulter, captain of Coulter's
Angels. has arranged a game with the
second team of st. Ambrose college of
Davenport, to be played at the school
gymnasium on Feb. 8.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

The senior class play com nittee,
consisting of Instructors H. L. How
ard Mrs. Cora l.. Eastman and Miss
Jennie Sturgeon, and Students Verne
Pratt and Gladys Schoop met Thurs
day and selected a play entitled
Diamonds and Hearts" Miss Iva
Pearce, instructor in elocution at Au-
gustana college, will direct the prepar-
alton of the seniors in the play. The
date for presenting it was not set.
The Theadelphic Literary society
will meet Thursday, Feb. 8, and hold
its semi-annual election of officers
and hear a program. The present
officers have rendered very efficient
service this semester. The program
will be:
Piano Solo-Elvira Youngert.
Life of a Painter-Elta Tallman
Recitation-Helen Pollard.
Violin Solo-Mary Morrison.
A Painters Picture-Helen He'd
/ burg
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

Rockford, H., Feb. 3.-The Wis
ccnsin-Illinois baseball league yes
terday adopted playing schedule of
lao games, IA more than were play
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
SPORTING
EXzEz
NOTES


Keokuk baseball club will occupy a
new home in 1912, which will be the
finest in the Central association, was
the announcement made here at the
annual meeting of the keokuk Base
ball Grounds association, which owns
$4,000 site. The new officers
are: f. p. McManus, president; A.
f. tombstone, vice president, and
Louis Sterne, secretary-treasurer
These officers and B. c. Taber and
Wells NJ. Irwin form the board of
directors.
| Chicago, Feb. 3-H. Chandler
Egan, holder of the national golf
| title in 1904 and 1905 and western
champion for four seasons, will de-
part today for Medford, Oregon, to
take charge of his apple orchard.
The Exmoor star yesterday announc-
ed he intended to remain in the
northwest for several years and that
he was out of championship golf
events. He expects to continue play
ing the game at times, however, as
Medford boasts a nine-hole course
With R. A. Bond of the ExmooI
Country club as his opponent, Egar
yesterday played his farewell game
}. at the Indoor Golf school, II South
Wabash avenue. They played ovel
= the Exmoor course and Egan re
turned a card of 20, going out in 81
I and returning in similar figures.
Cleveland, Feb. 3.-Henry Gehr
ing of Cleveland and Mike Yokel o
Salt Lake City have been matched t,
wrestle for the middleweight cham
pionship here the night of Feb. p
Gehring now holds the title. In Sal
Lake City a year ago the men strug
gled for hours without either secuT
ing a fall. They will wrestle for
purse of 81 500 to be split rs and 2
per cent. 1t is said the men coul
wrestle for $4,000 in Salt Lake Cit
were ii not that Gehring refuses I
4 go to the mat there because of tn
Z altitude.
New York, Feb. 3.-Bombardie
Wells, the heavyweight champion {
England, will sail for the Unite
States on March 2 Wells jumpe
into prominence when he defeate
"Porky" Flynn, the American pug
list. His hackers hope to arrang
for a match with Jack Johnson viii
he is in this country. Wells We
matched to fight Johnson in Londo
last year, but the battle was proven
ed owing to strong public disal
L proval.
iii Rockford, H., Feb. 3.-The Wi
ccnsin-Illinois baseball league We
terday adopted playing schedule
Ii140 games, IA more than were pla
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-07
Vest Pockef. EssaYS
Dogs The St. Bernard By George Fitch
Aushor Of eAt Good s.a.h.

~ HE St. Bernard is the noblest of
all dogs He is not only huge and
handsome with an irreproaehable
character but is much more. He Is a
whole life-saving station in himself
The st. Bernard was originally de-
signed by the monks of st. Demands
monastery of Switzerland, long before
railroads and interurbans were invented
The monastery was located at the top Of
a mountain pass where it began to snow
in July and quit the last of June.
transportation facilities were only
sketchy and often the traveller in at
tempting to wade over the pass got
buried in snow to his neck or farther,
and was dug out in a beautiful state of
preservation the next spring. To prevent
these delays the monks trained the St.
Bernard dog to roam the mountainside
after each heavy snow storm and pros
Pect for travellers. Armed with small
barrel OF stimulants slung from his neck,
the faithful animal, guided by his IN
eIIlhg nose, rooted out the traveller, ana
pointing to the barrel as best he could,
said with his tail; Have one on me-
Ihen ne escorted the cheerful victim to
the monastery and filed his application
lot another Carnegie medal
In consequence of this beautiful Gus
tom, travel over the pass became so
enormous that the monks were compelled
to decline to rescue any traveller more
than once a day. Vast numbers OF dogs
we're kept constantly employed, while
the breeding of these animals for use
IN Maine, Kansas and other regions,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-07
HOOK MAY NOT
BE THE JUDGE
Presidents Cabinet Consid-
ers Supreme Court
Amendment.

Washington, D. c., Feb. Follow
ing an hours session Of the four law
yers in president Tafts cabinet today,
II became known that the proposed
nomination Of judge William c. Cook
or Kansas City, to the supreme court,
mad been held up and probably would
not De sent TO the senate today, as
president Taft had intended.
According to Kansans at the white
house today, the latest protests
against judge Hook have grown out OF
an Oklahoma case in which an attempt
was made TO secure dining car and
sleeping car privileges for negroes.
The United States court, judge Hook
concurring, decided that il was op-
uonaI with the railroad to furnish the
cars Tor negroes. Representative An
tnony OF Kansas, told president Taft
To-Day that many negroes in his state
mad withdrawn their protests against
judge Hook
Although friends Of Judge Hook
were not ready today to admit that
the latest protests will prevent his
nomination, it was said the president
has opened up the whole question
again ana that secretary of commerce
and labor Nagel and senator Suther-
land OF Utah, are against being con-
sldered- Mr. Nagel was not present
at the cabinet meeting today. 1t is
wen known that he has a strong advo-
cate IN attorney general Wickersham
and other members OF the presidents
official family.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-07
The HeraId's Daily
Short Story

there all white and gold cleaning
from the shadowy furs-' never De any
body else2'
A dead man stirred in his grave.
NO" she said again
Its a good thing to be born lucky,
said q shabby dressed girl enVlously
TO her companion. passing to watch the
actress emerge from her motor and
climb the steps Of her house, her
staring eyes took it all in-Satln ana
furs the sparkle OF precious stones,
and the breath Of viOlets. She did not
speak very loud, but the actress seemed
to hear, for she turned her head sud
denly and looked at the girl. a com
prehensiVe glance that took IN o9th
her and the young man with her, MS
rough hand tucked beneath the girl s
worn jacket
Everybody calls me lucky. 1t seems, -
she said to her companion, with little
Impatient tilt of her shoulders.
We'll. aren't your" asked the man
A dead man stirred in his grave
Yes she said.
When she reached her room that
night she went to her window and
drew the blind and looked out Be
meath her the lights glimmered; above
her shone the stars. The lights stared
up and the stars stared down at her
in yellow friendship. Still aloneE
they seemed 10 say, still aloneE And
one star, holder than the rest asked
.'why?"
The lucky girl stared back at the
star, and in her eyes were tears and
on her lips were words-fhot rebellious
tears, hot rebellious words. But she
chOlked them back and pulling the blind
TO- turned back to the empty room
A dead man stirred in his grave.
And in the little country church
yard a big white moon shOne palely
down upon a grass mound marked with
an unOstentatio granite cross, round
which a scented plant wound protect
ing arms. Flowers of rose and mauve.
Whitened by the night dropped
fragrant faces against the grass grow
ing over q grave. thought it held one
body, hid two hearts
The lucky girl smiled in her sleep.
A dead man had come suddenly out
Of q graEa TO hold her
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-07
BIZ FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

Gus that Dickens was indirectly re
spOusfble for the current slang use OF
the number "23. The hero or Inc
Tale of Two cities" vicariously sacrl-
fees his life at the guilloune OF tne
French terror and as his head Ialls
into the basket. the ghoulish knitting
women count. Twenty w men
the play THE only Way was aoapt eu
from this novel a few years ago ms
word atvventv-three" signified the emo
~, the NAV and the drop Of the cur
tain. To the stage hands It meant lhaI
IN vas over for the time being ana
from the region back Of the proscenlI I'm
arch. the slang spread over an the
United States
whatever the critics have said or
may say, whatever may be the result
of the controversy over the copyrights,
whatever may be the result OF the sale
of Dickens stamps, Whatever literary
men may say tonight at dinners In his
honor the fact remains that Charles
John Huffam Dickens, born on the eth
Of February, 1912, at 3SI Mile End Ter
race. Commercial Road. LandpOrt, Port
sea, England, viii live forever
Dickens, the Reporter.
His Immortality VIII be that OF
great reporter, one who wrote OF the
things he saw in a world that too sell
dom looks at itself His faults were
many. perhaps, and obvious. He ex-
aggerates, his pathos verges on the
ridiculous, he Is insular he outrages
the probable and cultivates puz-
cling vein of the mystic But MS viz
tues are so many and so wide that trey
cannot be brought into the compass OF
any catalog They find their exempli-
ficatiOn in an ever-tncreaslng most OF
readers who forgive him his faults and
love him in spite Of them, or perhaps
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