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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-18
KILL THEM YOUNG.
Do Not Tolerate Weeds In the Garden
of the Soul.

Do Not Tolerate Weeds In the Garden
of the Soul.
An old man was once walking with
a little boy. They came across four
shrubs. The old man said to the
youthful companion:
Pull up the last one"
He obeyed with ease.
"Now the next"
He obeyed. but it did not come so
easily.
And the third"
II took all his strength to move its
roots.
'Now the fourth"
In vain the lad put forth all his
strength. BE only made the leaves
tremble. He could not move the roots.
They had gone strongly into the earth.
and no effort could dislOdge them.
Then the wise old man said to the
ardent youth:
This, my SON. is just what happens
with our passions. When they are
young and weak one may by little
watchfulness over self and the help of
a little self denial easily tear them M.
but II we let them cast their roots
deep into our souls there is no human
power can uproot them. The almighty
hand Of the Creator alone can pluck
them out. For this reason, my child,
watch we'll over the first movement OF
your soul and study by acts of virtue
20 keep your passions well In check
ST Louis Globe-Democrat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-18

cry al Offices beyond the .irst zone
must be suitably packed Vegetab les
and fruits that do not decay quickly
will be accepted for mailing to any
zone If packed so as to prevent dam
age to other mail matter. Eggs will
be accepted for local delivery when
securely packed in a basket or other
cCLtainer. Eggs will be accepted for
mailing regardless of distance when
each egg is wrapped separately and
packed in a container
There is no restriction on sailed.
dried. smoked or cured meats and
other meat products, but fresh meat
IL: any form will be transported only
within the first zone
ParcSs containing perishsble arti-
cles must be marked "Perishable" aud
articles likely to spoil within the tine
Irasonab'y required for transportation
and delivery will not be accepted for
mailing.
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES.
Manufacturers or dealers intending
to transmit articles in considerable
quantities are asked to submit to the
postmaster for approval a specimen
parcel showing the manner OF packing
When sharp-pointed instruments are
offered for mailing the points must be
capped or incased. Blades must be
bound so tnat they will remain firmly
attached to each other or within theiI
herdles or sockets
Ink, powder. pepper. snuff or other
similar powders not explosive. or any
similar pulverized dry substance, no
/ poisonous. may be sent when inclosec
In cases made OF metal. wood or othel
material to render impossible the es
cape OF any OF the contents. Flour o
/ all kinds must be put up in such man
ner as 10 prevent the package break
( tug or cracking or the -four being scat
/ tered In the mails
QUEEN BEES AND NURSERY
STOCK
Queen beos, live insects and drieC
reptiles may be mailed in accordance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-18

with the regulations that now apply
TO ether classes of mail
Seeds of fruit, nursery stock and all
other plant products for propagation
may be mailed under the same condi-
tions.
CONFECTIONERY AND SOAP.
Candies. confectionery, yeast cakes,
SOAP in hard cakes, etc, must be in
closed in boxes and so wrapped as to
prevent injury to other mail matter
Sealed original packages of proprie-
tary articles, such as soaps. tobacco.
pills. tablets, etc, put up in fixed guam
titles = the manufacturer. and not in
themselves unavailable, will be accept
eG for mailing when properly wrapped.
MILLINERY.
Fragile articles, such as millinery,
toys. musical instruments, etc, and
articles consisting wholly or in part
of glass, or contained in glass, must be
securely packed and the parcel stamp
ed or labeled Fragile
UNAVAILABLE MATTER.
The following matter is declared
non-mailable by law:
Matter menifestly obscene, lewd or
. lascivious; articles intended for pre-
venting conception: articles intended
/ for indecent or immoral purposes: all
matter otherwise mailable by law, the
outside cover or wrapper of which
( bears any delineations or language OF
a libelous, scuTrilous, defamatory OF
/ threatening character All such mat
+ ter when deposited in a postofice CT
/ fond in the mails. shall be withdra WI
. and sent TO the division OF dead let
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-18
Regulations for Parcels Post

The regulations that cover in detail
the workings OF the new parcel post
system nave been approved by Post
master General Hitchcock, and the
pan phlets containing them are being
turned of at the government printing
Office on a rush order for the distribu-
ton tina; begins today. This new
branch CT the postal service will afford
tho American people the opportunity
e. send farm and factory products by
nail from and to any point in the
United States OF its possessions.
The minimum zone rate will be 3
cents for the first pound and cents
for each additional pound 70 any point
not exceeding 80 miles from the office
OF mailing. the local rate. which is 3
cents for the first pound and l cent
for each additional pound. applies to
all parcels the delivery OF which does
no, involve their transportation on
railway lines The rates increase for
each successive one OF the eight zones,
the maximum rate being II cents a
pound, which will carry a parcel across
the continent or to any OF our posses
sions Parcels will be limited TO IL
pounds in weight and six feet in
icrgth and girth combined
AVAILABLE PERlSHABLE
ARTICLES
, Rutte-, lard and perishable articles
. Furh as fish. fresh meats, dressed
. lcvls. vegetables. fruits. berries and
articles OF a similar nature that decay
quickly, when so packed or wrapped
~ 20 prevent damage 10 other mail
raaakar, will be accepted for local de
livery either az the once OF mailing
or on any rural route starting there
nom. When inclosed in an inner Gov
o. and a strong outer cover OF wood
2 metal, heavy corrugated pastebOard
or other suitable material. and
) Nrs pped So that nothing can escape
2 from the package. they will be accept
{ ell tor mailing 10 any ofhces within
{ the first zone. or within q radius OF
g. miles Butter. lard or any greasy
B or oily substance intended for dellv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-18
SHE TALKED AeouTlT.,

very good thing to do, especially
when it was her own doctor that she
talked with. She wanted to know about
Halls Hair Remover for falling hair,
dandruff, and for promoting growth Of
the hair. Now she is going to use II,
will have every confidence in it. No
coIoring of the hair, not in the least.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-18

Queen beos, live insects and dried
reptiles may be mailed in accordance
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-04-18
WEATHER FINE, SEEDING IS ON
FARMERS AWARE THAT EVERY
MOMENT is PRECIOUS.
Operations Prevalent Throughout
state-Red River Prospects
Good.

Fargo. - During the last week
the North Dakota farmers have seed
ed thousands of acres. The wealth
er has been ideal. the government
thermometer registering 80 degrees
throughout the day. Farmers, aware
that every moment is precious, have
put every available team in the field
and are rushing work in order to get
all their seeding done before the rain,
which prophets say is almost due, ow-
Ing to the extremely warm weather
The weather bureau predicts a con-
tinuation of the warm weather.
Reports from over the state indicate
that every effort is being made to get
In as much grain as possible each day
In anticipation of rain
Crop conditions were never better
In any section of the state, say re.
ports. Through the Red River val
ley crop prospects are said to be the
best in history. Similar conditions
prevail in the Golden valley on the
Montana state line in the western part
of the state.
The slope country. Just west Of the
Golden valley. is busy putting in the
crop. Gas tractor plows broke many
hundreds of acres in that section last
fall and the states grain acreage will
be materially increased this year as
result.
Seventy-five gas tractor outfits have
worked in the southwestern part of
the state, breaking land for two years.
Much OF this was planted to flax q
year ago and this land will be put into
diversified crops this season.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-04-18
EDDYs1oNE LIGHTHOUSE,
lts Massive Vertical Base chscks the
Widest Seas.


Widest Seas.
The Eddystone rocks form a very
dangerous reef, lying in the English
channel about fourteen miles from
Plymouth, and here, in 1896, Henry
Winstanley built the first lighthouse,
which lasted but eight years.
Winstanley's tower was swept away
by u tremendous storm, and every one
in it at the time, including the builder,
was drowned. Three years later Rud-
yerd's tower was built. only to be de-
stroyed by fire in 1866, and then came
John Smeaton's.
Modern lighthouses really date from
1853, when this third one was COM
pleted. SmeatOn's design was faulty,
but It served as model for lighthouse
construction in masonry. which has
been followed in its general features
ever since. This lighthouse stood for
over Il century, but 1t was not high
enough to keep the waves from dash
ing the lantern and SO was removed
and the present one built in 1882 by
James Douglass.
At the time of the completion Of the
new lighthouse two bells weighing two
tons each and struck by mechanical
power We're installed for fog signal
Ing purposes. Since that date an ex.
plosive guncotton fog signal has been
erected, the bells being removed. Prob
ably the most interesting thing about
the lighthouse now on the Eddystone
Is its solid vertical base. Heavy seas
striking the massive cylindrical struc-
ture are Immediately broken up and
rush around to the opposite side, spray
alone ascending to the height Of the
lantern gallery. On the other hand,
waves striking the old tower at its
foundation ran up the surface. which
presented a curved face to the waves,
and, unimpeded by any projection un-
til arriving ut the lantern gallery, were
partially broken up by the cornice and
then spent themselves in heavy spray
over the lantern. The shock to which
the cornice Of the gallery was exposed
was so great that stones were some
times lifted from their beds-Lookout.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-04-18
cIas Of Eight at HiIIsboro.


Hillsboro-HillsbOro lodge of per.
fection held it's spring reunion, clos.
ing with the presentation of the four.
teenth degree in full form, and the
work was most attractively put on.
The class numbered eight and they
gave very close attention to the cere.
monial. The organization here of the
Scottish Rite has always achieved a
reputation for the earnestness of the
workers. After the ceremonies were
over an excellent banquet was spread
which feature also seemed to be thor
oughly enjoyed.
Honor Polish Woman's Memory.
The women of Poland have just cell
ebrated the semi-centennial of Pauline
Kuezalaska, who started the woman's s
rights movement in that country. She
taught poor girls In her home and
founded committee on sewing, which
grew into the Society of Women's
Work. This became the Woman's Mu-
tual Aid society, and she finally col
lected her women in the Woman Land
Owners association and the Associa-
tion of Bookkeepers and kindred or
ganizations. She organized the first
woman's congress at the jubilee cele-
bration of Orseskowa and in 1895 OBJ
tained 1000 signatures for the munich
oA suffrage for women in Polish cities.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-04-18
EXPERIMENT TREES.
Mccunnber and Gronna are Sure the
Farmers Bill viii Pass.

Washington.-Both Senator Nc
Cumber and Senator Gronna are con-
tident the senate will pass the McCum-
per bill appropriating 100000 for the
establishment of an experiment sta
ton at Mandan. Senator McCumber
introduced this bill in the sixty-tirst
congress and again in the sixty.second
congress. and has been pressing it
from time to time since. Owing to
the fact that the committee on agri-
culture was without permanent
chairman for some time following the
death OF the late Senator Dolliver of
iowa, no action was taken on the
measure until few days ago, when
senator Gronna, who is a member of
the committee, cooperating with his
colleague, secured favorable report
The idea of Senator McCumber in
introducing this bill originally was
that 1t would be splendid thing il
the government established an expert
ment station In North Dakota pri-
marily for the purpose of experiment.
ing with trees, shrubs, fruits and ber-
ries. The state is among the few
which are classed as "treeless,' and
the senator believes that experts OF
the government can determine, if
proper facilities are afforded, what
trees, shrubs, etc., will do best in the
soil and climate, not only of North
Dakota, but other "treeless" states
The senator predicts that great bene-
fit will accrue to North Dakota and
other states following the establish
ment of the Mandan experiment sta
ton.
The North Dakota authorities, of
course, will cooperate heartily with
the federal experts in the work of
experimentation.
'The people of North Dakota would
be glad to plant trees If they knew
what to plant" said Senator Gronna
to the committee on agriculture. 1--WE
would gladly conserve our trees if
we had any to conserve"
In reply to the objection that the
proposal to establish the station at
Mandan was a new departure, Sena-
tor GrOnna said that it was not nee
essarily a bad thing to establish a
precedent. However, he allayed the
fears Of his committee colleagues by
reminding them that similar appro-
priation could not be demanded for
many other states since the same con-
ditions prevail only in very few. He
said he was afraid if the matter were
left entirely to the discretion of the
secretary of agriculture or his agents
probably long time would pass be-
fore anything was done, because, In
the very nature Of things, they could
not begin to know conditions like the
men who have lived for many years
in the northwestern country.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-04-18
A HARD WINTER.
When tho Mercury Fell to Six Fest
Nine Inches Below Zero.

When tho Mercury Fell to Six Fest
Nine Inches Below Zero.
They We're talking about hard Win
| ters The man on the cracker barrel
said he remembered u winter when the
mercury fell to six feet nine inches be-
low zero. and consequently he had new
er seen any weather since then that he
could call real cold.
"Oh. you pshaw!' said the man with;
the ginger whiskers. "Six feet nine
inches. Oh, you pshaw!
"Meaning that put you in mind Of
Ananiasy" said the man on the cracker
barrel
The man with the ginger whiskers
simply said: six feet nine inches! Oh,
you pShaw"'
'"Then listen," said the man on the
cracker barrel. 1T was the winter
when no snow fell Nothing fell but
the thermometer that winter. We kept
our thermometer hanging ON a cherry
tree in the yard to give 1t a chance.
One morning the weather had been 80
cold the mercury went down below zero
as far as it could and let the thermom-
eter have the credit of showing 1t, but
it couldn't do its duty by the weather
by pausing there, so it busted the bulb
at the bottom and kept on falling. The
thermometer was six feet above the
ground. We dug the mercury out in
the spring, nine inches below the sur
face. So until you can trot out some
weather that is six feet and nine inches
below, don't talk to me about coidv'
The man on the cracker barrel lit his
pipe and went out. and the man with
the ginger whiskers just said. "Oh. he
pshaw"-New York Press.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-04-18
SHOW AT DEVILS LAKE.
Many Fine Pedigreed Horses Are
Shown

Devils sLake-Apparently unmindful
Of snow and rain, hundreds Of farm
ers Of the lake region gathered at
Devils Lake. to see the first big horse
fair and show ever attempted in this
section of the state.
So many high-bred animals were
brought to the show that it was found
necessary to increase the classes to
include all the entries. While there
were not enough silver trophy cups
for all classes, arrangements were
made to make the prizes satisfactory.
The show was conducted without q
hitch and the program delighted the
visitors, who went home more thor.
oughly convinced than ever that the
best horses in the country can be
raised in the lake region
Professor w. B. Richards Of the
Fargo Agricultural college acted az
Judge.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-04-18
Shot Woman in Jealous RAGE.

Lansford.-George Wilson, farmer
living six miles southwest of Lans.
ford. shot his sister-in-law, Miss
Crows, 20 years old. The victim is
expected to live. Wilson, who is
married. followed the girl upstairs
and fired directly at her, the bullet
taking effect In her shoulder. He then
asked his wife for poison and left the
house. taking two guns with him. A
posse. looking for him. found his body.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-04-18
Tho Dead Revived

In scientific weekly we read the
headline, "Can the Dead Be Revivedy'
They are revived every performance at
the Metropolitan Opera House. 1t is
most encouraging symptom to see
corpses arise from the stage after the
curtain falls and bow their apprecia-
ton of the applause.-Musical Courier.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-04-18
Back In the Good Old Bowl p.x..

Back In the Good Old Bowl Days.
A man Of apparent means brought
two boys into barber shop for hair
cut. While waiting for the completion
Of the job, he said:
II never sat in barber's chair when
was a kid. My brother used to go
over to the engine house and borrow
the horse clippers. Then my mother
would put bowl on my head and cut
around it. Until l was twelve years
old, always looked like a window
washers brush."-Chicago Post.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-04-18
podaina the Question.

young man." said the Maine mer.
chant, what are your habits as to
intoxicating beverages?" Excuse me-
replied the applicant for employment.
"but under the circumstances mightn't
We just as we'll avoid talking poll.
tics s?"-Washington Star.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-04-18
Sarcastic.

Hawkshaw Holmes-I wish to be
vaccinated. Doctor-What's your bust
ness? Hawkshaw Holmes-Tm a de-
tective. Doctor-Stand out Of line,
please, and give somebody else .
chance. There is no danger Of your
ever catching anything.-Bost0n Globe.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-04-18
Makinu LIN hAr Mind

do you love another?" he asked
sadly after she had refused to marry
him." I'm not quite sure" she an
swered with bored politeness. "Fa-
ther hasn't got his commercial rat
ing yet"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-04-18
GRONNA ORLAFOLLE1TTS; E;
North Dakota Senator viii Preser

North Dakota Senator VIII Present
Colleague at Chicago, Convention.
Madison, Wis. United States
Senator A. ]. Gronna Of North Da-
kota is picked to present Senator La
Follette's name for the presidential
nomination at the Chicago convention.
1t is declared that Gronna Is the most
available selection. From the start,
the La Toilette managers had decided
that some western man, preferably q
senator, should nominate the Wiscon-
ain man.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-04-18
"Most Unkindcat Cut of ALL"

: Science has no~ said its nastiest
about the Thames water. 1t has been
discovered that typhoid bacilli will
not live in it. Can it be as bad as all
that Where's the whiskey-London
Sketch.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-04-18
Not Satisfactory,

A thirst for revenge is another kind
which won't afford much satisfaction
ito the man who spends most of his
time trying to satisfy it. Atchison
Sicba.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-04-18
Advanoina.

He only is advancing in life whose
heart is getting softer, whose blood
warmer, whose brain quicker. Whose
spirit 10 entering into living peace.-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-02
HOW DO THEY LIVE7

in view of increased prices Of the
necessities of life (we note the inti-
nation given in the market division Of
yesterday mornings Tribune that the
price of beef is to be raised to custo'
mcrs in this city,, we often wonder how
some families live when the head
of the family is not able TO get steady
work, and even when he does got work
is paid mlscrably small rate of wages.
1t Is mystery too dense for the ordi'
nary comprehension.
But we think that the champion ex.
ample Of living on the minimum wage,
with the maximum of mouths to feed
and bodies to clothe. is reached in a
case reported from a tenement in
Brooklyn. In that tenement there lives
family Of thirteen, who depend
wholly upon the earnings Of the father,
who is paid So week, and the wages
of a son. who draws So week. Here
is Sl3 a week, the only income of that
family Of thirteen. The rent of the
tenement is SIG a month. That rent
takes considerably moro than ope.fourth
of the earnings of the two bread win
ners. In reply to the question. Can a
family of that size live on this income Z
the conclusive reply is that they do
They have got to. Since that is all
they have to live on, there is nothing
else to do except to live on it.
II would be interesting to have in
this case description of just what it
is that that family of thirteen lives on
in the way of food, what the cost Of
that food is, and what sort of cloth
ing they buy, and what each gar
ment costs. Surely there must be some
way for the poor people in Brooklyn to
get cheap food and cheap clothing,
otherwise the living of this family on
the wage named would seem to be i'm
possible, We trust that somebody in
New York will investigate this case,
and inform the public generally lust
how this family lives on S13 a week,
paying $l6 month for rent The In.
formation would be of the highest pos
sible economic value to poor people all
over the United States; and that in.
formation should certainly be generally
disseminated.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-02
THE LODGE RESOLUTION.

We see in a late number Of the Out
look that the editor of that paper con.
siders the Lodge resolution with regard
to the occupation Of barbors or other
places on the American hemisphere by
any foreign corporation or association
which might menace the United States,
as undesirable, to be "simply restate.
ment Of the Monroe doctrine.'' But
as Senator Lodge himself in the debate
on it expressly disclaimed any connec-,
tiou between his resolution and the
Monroe doctrine, and as the resolution
is in fact based on proposition en-
tirely contrary to the basis of the Mon
roe dictrine, it is hard to see a reason
for the opinion expressed by the editor
of the Outlook
The Monroe doctrine was designed as
a protection against aggression upon
weak American nations on the part Of
any foreign nation, and especially on
the part Of Spain, to recouquer her lost
Spanish colonies; and against any cf-
fort especially of any European nation
to obtain political ascendency III any
of the American countries. 1t was an
aItruistic declaration for the protec-
tion Of the weaker nations of the
Americas, and was a practical pledge
that the United States would help
these governments to resist the ag-
erosion indicated in the declaration of
the doctrine.
The Lodge resolution, on the con-
trary, was an invasion of tho rights of
the governments Of the Americas, and
was placed squarely upon the PROPOSE
tiou that the aggression binted at in
the resolution was, or might be harmful
TO the interests of the United States.
The Monroe doctrine was noble and
altruistic; the Lodge resolution is tim
orous and selfish. No greater contrast
could he possible in the declaration of
any public policy, than the contrast
shown between the Monroe doctrine
and the Lodge resolution. Those who
soc in it. as the editor of the Outlook
secs, n "simple restatement of the
Monroe doctrine,'' must be politically
blind.