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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
CURRENT COMMENT

ed few days after the letter to Mr..
Moore was written and Feb. "a, 1912,
the last session of congress was too
new to have passed any important
measure. There had been no act of
the president which could have chang
ed Mr.. Roosevelt's views-save one.
Late in October, 1911, the attorney
general filed a suit against the steel
trust charging violation of the Sher-
man law. Among the acts charged
against the steel trust was its alb
company, its only competitor worthy
of the name.
Just four years before, Nov 4,
1907, President Roosevelt had prom:
ised this corporation immunity from
prosecution, even though they did alb
sorb their chief competitor
PROMPTLY ATTACKS TAFT.
Immediately Mr.. Roosevelt began
to write articles for the magazines
of which he is a contributing editor,
displaying the great Indignation
against President Taft and his admin
istration. Immediately there began
a series of conferences between
George w. Perkins and Mr.. Roosevelt
perkins being a director of the steel
ccrporation), the result of which was
that within three months Mr. Roose-
welt announced that he would accept
the nomination if rendered to him.
With funds furnished by George W.
Perkins, as Perkins has himself
sworn in the case of New York,
where the law compelled a statement,
Mr.. Roosevelt began an active can
vass, including a speaking tour in
every state in which he believed he
lad a chance to secure delegates.
And his denunciation of President
Taft during that speaking tour ex-
ceeded in malice, hatred and vitupera-
ton anything that an eX-president has
lever said of one of his successors or
fellow citizens. Everything that he
had previously said in praise of
, President Taft and his administra-
ton he contradicted. Over and over
he stultified himself, not alone in con-
nection with his references to Mr.
Taft, but in the case of all the sound
doctrines he had previously preached
regarding good government and clean
politics."
Verify, out of his own mouth both
Theodore Roosevelt condemned both
the reigning president and himself and
hence neither is fit to occupy the ex-
ecutive chair.
The answer to it all is win with
| Wilson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
A FIGHT FOR PRINCIPLE.

The Indianapolis News draws some
pertinent conclusions from the result
Of the New Jersey primary of a week
ago. Il tells Of the defeat Of James
smith, Jr, the democratic boss, who
was candidate for the senate. and
whom Wilson openly fought because
he was not in sympathy with funda-
mental democratic principles. And
Yet says the Indianapolis News.
we are asked TO believe that Wood.
row Wilson is the product and the
tool Of bosses. The very suggestion
OF such a thing is an impertinence
New Jersey answered the sander at
the polls. The man who dealt with
Quay, Penrose, Plat, Addicks and
the others; the man who is even now
supported by Perkins. Woodruff and
Flihn; the man who never fought
boss till he found he could nc long.
eT use him. can not. on this boss ares-
ten rise high enough to take a hori.
foni2l view OF Woodrow Wilson.
Smith assumed that, because VIII.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
POSTAL REGULATION OF THE
NEWSPAPERS.

Commencing today, newspapers as
vel as magazines and other publica-
tons using the mails come under the
regulation of a law adopted by the
last congress requiring them TO do
certain specified things, viz, file bien-
nially with the postmaster-generala and
the local postmaster a sworn state
ment of the names and addresses of
the owner, publisher, editor, manag-
lag editor, and business manager; II
a corporation, the names OF the hold
ers of more than one per cent Of the
stocks, bonds or other securities, and,
in the case of daily newspapers, a
statement of the average paid circula-
ton for the preceding six months.
! 1t is further provided that all edi-
torial or other reading matter appear.
/ ing in a newspaper or magazine for
( the publication of which pay is &C.
cepted must be marked Advertise.
ment," under penalty OF fine.
! The purpose of the Jaw is to &C.
/ quaint the public with the names OF
the owners of newspapers and all in
positions of authority in them so that
the public may judge of the selfishhess
or Urselfishness of the newspaper il;
its treatment of public questions, and
the provision for the labelling of paid
articles as advertisements is TO warn
the public that the opinion expressed
in the article is not the opinion OF
/ the newspaper
. The law effectively guards against
deception in seeking TO make it i'm
possible to cheat the confidence of the
reader No legitimate publisher will
object to the features that provide ad
vertising matter be designated and la
beled as such. though he will regard
It in some other important features in
/ quisitorial, and object to these.
/ Indeed, like all laws originating fol-
good design, abuses of the right Of
free press have crept in, have beer
deliberately put there for obvious
purposes, no doubt, and it is a grave
question, as The Argus has already
stated. if the law will stand the test
that is to be made as to it's constitu
tionality.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
THE BLACK BALL.

A Cunning Scheme That Was Spoiled
by Quick Thinking.
Two young men In a French village
were called on 10 draw for conscrip-
ton. One only was wanted to complete
the number. and Of the two who were
TO draw one was the son Of a rich
farmer and the other the child of a
poor widow.
The farmer ingratiated himself with
the superintendent of the ballot and
promised him q present If be could
find means 10 prevent his son from
going In the army. In order TO &C
complish this the official put into the
urn two black balls instead of one
white and one black ball. When the
young men came. he said:
There are two balls, one black and
one white. in the urn. He who draws
the black one must serve. Your turn
is first" pointing to the widows son.
The latter. suspecting that all was
not fair. approached the urn and drew
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01

PEARL.
Sanosho deity searched me for the
precious pearl, and he got it, too, and
held it for a moment gloating over its
milky satin beauty. Tihojo relaxed
his hold and also gazed.
THAT moments admiration gave me
a chance to break loose. | tensed my
muscles and then sprang up over
throwing the astonished Tihojo; l fol
lowed this movement with two light
ming jabs-One to the right and the
other to the left-and sent the smaller
man sprawling to the ground. Tihojo
lay as If stunned, but Sanosho man
aged to raise himself to his elbow and
as | made a dash at him to recover
the pearl he smiled triumphantly and,
raising one arm. tossed the precious
pearl into the middle of the pond.
Realizing that my efforts to recover
the gem would be futile unless l had
help. | turned and left them lying
there. knowing that they would lose
no time or effort to reclaim it before
/ could return with help.
Il walked all the way back to To
kyo. losing my way several times. 1t
took me some time to find the persons
who might assist me to recover the
pearl, and it was late in the day when
we finally reached the willow fringed
pond. There was. Of course. no sign of
jinrikisha or runners.
I'VE sent a diver into its shallow
depths without success. 1t was a hope
less task from the beginning for us. 1t
is probabl that Sanosho measured the
distance and could calculate where the
pearl fell into the water If he did he
could at least confine his search to I'll
smaller radius than that afforded by
our ignorance
so after awhile called the men off
the job and paid them"
What will be your next mover
asked Jessup thoughtfully.
GO home if l don't hear anything
within another fortnight | simply
Yannot understand the situation. Some
how l have an uncomfortable feeling
that there is more behind the theft of
the pearl than appears in the mere
robbery. / never told you how / came
By it,
1T belonged among the family Jew.
els Of a prince in the mikado's house
hold. The prince was in financial diff.
! culties and offered the gem for private
purchase. My firm in New York was
ready to snap up such an opportunity
and my cable to them brought back the
reply, Purchase at once; draw on u.s.
THE purchase was concluded with a
great deal of secrecy on the part of the
prince, who told me that his wife was
| very i'll and that the purchase money
| for the pearl was to be used to defray
| the expenses of a costly operation that
| would save the life of his wife. Thi:
the proud japanese told me with tears
| in his black eyes.
Il have learned in the last week that
| the wife Of the prince has just under
| gone the operation and that she is now
safely on the road to recovery. l wrot'
| him letter of congratuIation on thi
fact, but have not heard a word in re
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
WOOL TARIFF RoBs WOMEN.

When a woman purchases SO worth
of wooden dress goods. S4.s7 of that
$40 represents the actual value Of the
goods and the remaining 1913 Of the
$40 the amount OF the ;STiff. In other
words. should the same purchase be
made in England, where there is no
tariff on woo-ens, the woman would
receive the same amount and quality
OF dress goods for S4.S7 that she pays
$40 for in this country.
This is because Of the PEyne-Al-
drich ad valorem tariff OF los per cent
on this class of goods.
What do you prudent womeh think
of this?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01

son was a candidate for the presiden-
cy, he would not dare to make
trouble in New Jersey. There are
eminent politicians who would have
beeh dumb in such a crisis. But not
so the governor of New Jersey He
fought Smith openly, and beat him.
The people of the state rallied to his
leadership. and the result is that to-
day the governor and the people alike
stand higher than ever in public. re
gard
Governor Wilson is a democratic
democrat. His devotion to principle
Is obvious. He is the kind of mar
the nation needs as president in the
present crisis. Republicans, as well
as democrats. see this truth. The
issue is greater than a party issue
1t involves the whole people.
The people 10 win must win with
Wilson
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

It would take a sleuth Of the first
water to detect any beauty in the mod
ern fashions.
The trouble with present conditions Is
that there are too many fools in circu-
lation.
One of the most comforting reflec-
lions about present styles is the
thought that they couldn't be worse.
You can't convince the family of a
woman who has always denied herself
useless pretty things on the score of
family economy that she cares any
thing about them.
The person who looks like thirty
cents sometimes feels like sixty.
Besides, IL is a good thing for a girl
TO know how to cook. for she might
want to teach her husband.
Race suicide isn't overworking itself
in the poorer districts
1t takes a smart man TO make money
by being stupid
Many a man has found that the
reformation dated from immediately
after marriage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01


A Cincinnati woman and London
woman declare that they have ideal
husbands and wouldn't have 'em diff
ferent for anything in the world.
It's certainly refreshing to hear
something like that once in While.
Not that there are so few perfect hus-
bands-at least, we might say, salts
factory husbands in the eyes of their
particular wives-but that we hear
such a lot of complaint about hus.
bands who are not perfect.
There are good husbands all about
us. You and ! know a lot of them.
Their wives are appreciative, too;
love them and do all in their power
to make these good men comfortable
and happy and prosperous. But the
same rule prevails here as in the
general routine of life.
We speak little of the good, but
much of the bad.
When the air is sweet and clean
We breathe IT in gratefully and are
glad. But we take it as matter OF
course. It's when the air is foul OF
ill-smelling that We raise rumpus
and let the world know about it. So
when a woman has a faulty husband
she is more apt to talk about his fail
ings that a woman with a good hus
band is apt to talk about his virtues
The latter simply takes a good hus
band as a matter of course, just as
the man with a good wife adores hel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
The Argus Daily Story
Moon Lotus-By Clarissa Mackie.
Copyrighted. 1912. by Associated Literary Bureau

81 have lost the pearl" declared
Lane Wendell moodily. but l am
hanging around Tokyo hoping that l
may get some trace of it. Jessup,
there's little fortune tied up in that
gem"
so 1 should judge" returned Jessup
sympathetically. How did you lose
itT'
ones fellow men. My purchase must
have been printed in the newspapers
from one end of Japan to the other
for everyone appeard to know about
it and consequently 1t wasn't surprising
that my jinrikisha men should guess
that it might be concealed upon my
person on the day that 1 went forth
to view the festival of cherry bios
SONS. They were said TO be remark
ably beautiful in a small village about
ten miles from Tokyo, and it was with
that point in view that l set out one
fine day with two strong runners In
attendance-one to relieve the other
between the shafts.
I'VE never reached the village. for
the rascal led us by devious ways
through a lonely countryside and tC
the banks of little pond where
dropping willows quite concealed US
If that precaution was necessary In a
locality where we had not seen a
| house or a human being for miles OF
our journey.
"If our honorable master will conde
scend to alight upon the shores Of this
exquisite lake we will serve the de
licious meal our master ordered us tC
bring said Sanosho. the most milo
eyed of the pair.
"Quite unsuspecting I got out Of the
car and sat down beneath the willows
when Immediately the two fell upoI
me and while Tihojo held me will
hands and knees like steel, the gentl,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
Prussie Acid In Plants.

The remarkable fact that consider
able quantities Of free prussic acid are
accumulated in the living tissues of
certain plants was observed by the late
DR. NJ. Treub. and there appears to be
little doubt that this poisonous acid is
actually utilized as food material by
these plants. Some interesting de-
tails concerning the occurrence and
function OF prUssic acid in the cherry
laurel are given by. Peche. who con-
cludes from his observations that the
prussic acid found in the leaves and
other organs IS produced as a direct
result of carbon assimilation in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
WASHING OUT A WOUND.
Tinoture of Iodine Is About the Safes
Antiseptic to Use.

Tinoture of Iodine Is About the Safest
Antiseptie to Use.
Carbolc acid. one OF the most valu-
able antiseptics known to surgeons. is
at the same time one of the most dan
gerOus. 1t is used daily. almost hour
ly, by operators In the hospitals. The
layman who understands its perils
may wash wounds out with it safely.
but the best surgeons say that mex
perienced persons had better let Ii
alone.
No wound should ever be bound up
with bandages soaked in even the
mildest solution of carbolic acid. for
the skin absorbs it readily. and poison
ing is apt to follow prolonged use. An
eminent New York surgeon had a case
a few weeks ago OF child whose fin
ger had turned black after being
dressed too long with . per cent So
luton of carbolic acid. and when he
called this papers attention TO the
case he was expecting TO be obliged
to cut off the finger.
The most commonly used antiseptiC
II uiCutOTN 4" mercury corrosive
sublimatc,. 'o.t this is one OF the dead
Hest poisons known and as it has no
color or odOr is easily mistaken for
water. To avoid this II is customary
to color solutions OF il. Colored tab.
lets are made especially for making
solutions of any given strength Dr.
Albert s. Morrow in The immediate
Care of the Injured" says il should be
used as a wet dressing on wounds in
a solution OF 1000 of $4,000, the lat.
ter made by dissolving one ~ grain
tablet in 2lg quarts Of water AS a
wash for wound it may be used In 6
1.1OO0 solution lone IA grain tablet Il
n pint of water.
Iodine is another antiseptic that ID
highly recommended II Is used com.
monty on dirty wounds, where there
is danger of infection and a doctors
services are not Immediately avail
able. In such cases the tincture OF
iodine is used pure and is applied by
dipping a wad of cotton or antiseptiC
gauze in IL and swabbing out the
wound. being careful TO penetrate this
thoroughly.-New York World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
AW0MANyO DISSERTATIONS


in his heart but hardly ever thinks of
it unless some emergency arises to
make him realize all she is to him.
Referring again to the fact that we
hear so little about the good and so
much about the bad. There are men
and women all about us who love and
marry and grow richer through the
years in that wonderful emotion which
Yields two lives into one. 1t is some
thing absolutely commonplace. Moth
ing much is said or thought about it.
But we read daily of so-called love
that is an insult to the real spirit
which animates the great majority.
In one recent morning paper the
front page contained accounts of four
disastrous happening said to be the
results of love affairs.
A woman threw acid in a mans
face because she loved him and he had
refused to return her love and marry
her. The mans eyesight is ruined
and his face disfigured for life.
A man, spurned by girl whom he
protested to love, blew up with dyna-
mite the house in which she lived
A lovesick woman, with a lovesick
man, drove to death over a cliff. He
wanted some other woman. She
wanted him. Neither could be salts
! fed, so they died together.
| A woman refused to marry a man.
He planned for months to kill her and
finally succeeded.
Love? Bah. Even the most ardent
love is patient and long-suffering If
/ it's real love. 1t doesn't destroy. 1t
has no vengeance to wreck upon the
! beloved.
The other thing is plain selfishness.
Even the rejected lover who kills him
self is selfish. He can't have what he
wants, so instead of giving a useful
/ life 10 society, he takes even that
away and possibly plants a lifelong
! sorrow in the soul of the woman in,
volved.
Such acts only go to prove that the
woman or man who refused that kind
of loving had heart of wisdom. Mis-
cry would surely follow marriage to
such a temperament.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01

date for or accept a nomination for
the presidency
Sept %, 1910, at Saratoga Springs,
n. Y, Colonel Roosevelt Endorsed in
the most cordial terms the administra-
ton of President Taft, the Payne tar
if bill and all the meritorious meas
uTes enacted during the administra-
ton of President Taft, saying: We
came here feeling that We have a
right to appeal to the people from the
standpoint alike of national and state
achievement. During the last IS
months long list of laws embodying
legislation most heartily to be COM
mended as combining wisdom with
progress has been enacted by congress
and approved by President Taft.
'In an article written over his own
signature in the Outlook he had COM
mended the Payne tariff bill as bet
ter than any of his predecessors
SUDDENLY CHANGES HIS MIND.
I'm June, 1911, and again on Aug IS,
1911, the former president stated over
his signature that he would not be a
candidate for the nomination.
what happened between that date
in August, 1911, and that other date
in February, 1912, on the latter of
which Mr.. Roosevelt announced his
candidacy, to cause him to change
his mind?
at could not have been any legis,
lstive matter, for congress adjourn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
Power of the sose.roseope.

The almost uncanny power of the
spectroscope. which has made it such
a powerful instrument of research, is
the following: II any element such as
iron, copper, sodium and the like is heat
ed sufficiently to be vaporized and the
light of this heated vapor is analysed
By the spectroscope. it does not give a
continuous spectrum. but only very
narrow portions Of the colors. so that
in reality the view presented is that OF
series of bright lines OF the various
colors. Each chemical element has its
own characteristic set of lines.-Cen-
fury.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01

one Of the balls, which he Immediately
swallowed without looking at it.
why" said the superintendent,
shave you done that? How are we
to know whether you have drawn a
black or a white ball?"
''Oh. that's very easy to discover"
was the reply. Let the other now
draw. If | have the black. he must
necessarily draw the white one"
There was no help for 1t. and the
farmers son. putting his hand into
the urn. drew the remaining ball.
which. to the satisfaction of the spec
tators. was a black one.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01

The statistiCian has found a new
subject for interesting elaboration.
There have been, II is said. 5000, 900
picnics in the United States during
the present year. Now, it may be in
order to have somebody state how
many times the sandwiches, il placed
end TO end. would go around the
world. and how many WashingtC0
monuments could be built with the
chicken bones.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
Hurnor and
Philosophy
SONG OF THE ROAD.
~ DVNcAJW ~. .sMsTn

I LOVE the open road that down
= The river winds away
And reaches on from town to town
Through fields with flowers gay,
That offers here and there a nook
Beneath shady tree
Where proper folk ne'er think to look
Nor prying eye may see.
love the high and open sky;
love it when it's gray.
! love the swallows as they fly,
The fishes when they play
love the crashing thunderstorm
When meath a stack content,
All snugg!ed up. serene and warm,
! watch 1t till it's spent.
love the wind that comes and goes
With soft and slumb'rous sigh
And hutters hollyhock and rose
Whene'er it passes by.
1t kisses tramp and money king
Alike in open day
The praises of the road / sing
And tramp upon my way
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01

dent art S repre-
sentative in the
campaign says:
IF Pre- S i dent
Taft should be de-
feated in Novem-
Der the result will
be directly trace
able 10 the prose
lullol OF the steel
corporation. This
assertion is as cas-
lily proved as that
two and two make
four. Here are the
facts. Judge for
yourself.
ON the night of
his election in
1904 Pre- S i d e n t
Roosevelt issued a
formal statement
saying, Under no
| again be a candi-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
Maintenance of q Micrnh.-

A country schooIteacher was cashing
her monthly check at the bank. The
teller apologized for the filthy condition
of the bills. saying. 81 hope you're not
afraid of microbes"
Not a bit of it." the schoolmarm
replied I'm sure no microbe could
live on my salaFy."-Lippincotts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01

When 1t is considered that the corn
crop will be over 2,900,00O,000 bush
els, and the wheat crop over 100000
900, it will be seen that the great agri-
cultural states are going to be ia a
position very soon TO think they need
many things. and. better still, in a
position to buy them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01

The municipality of Fargo, n. D.,
10 said TO have cleared $4,000 in the
last year, and it is added that it will
divide the profit with the taxpayers.
All the other cities of the couatry
will not insist upon knowing how it
was done. Profits on municipal bust
ness are possible, but not usual.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01

green leaf cells when exposed to light
and that it is not merely product or
the hydrolysis of glucoSides. Pecbe
found evidence that while part of the
prussic acid enters Into the building
up of gIucosIdes some of 1t is trans
ported in a liable form. probably In
loose combination with a tannin, and
is stored up in various tissues as q re-
serve food-Eature