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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-22
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ed to Moline and the Lester family
has moved into the CLAM place va
Gated by them.
About SIC was taken in at the sup
per at the Methodist church Wednes-
day evening of last week.
Edward Mohr recently broke two
ribs while at work at the new harves-
ter building being built at East Mo-
line.
Bert Propst of Davenport visited his
mother, Mrs. c. ]. Propst. Sunday. =.
Mrs. Mary Cook had as a guest
Sunday her granddaughter, Miss Del
Ia Cook of Rock Island.
Mr. and Mrs. James Mckinley of
Moline visited in Hampton Sunday.
At the town hall Saturday evening,
Jan. %, under the management of the
Ladies' Aid society, there will be con-
Quoted. "A Trip Around the World"
beginning at 1880. Booths represent
ing different countries will be found
along the way where the traveller OBJ
tains good things to eat. The tickets
will entitle the holders to stop along
the way and partake of edibles at the
booths. The start will be from New
York and stops will be made in Hol-
land, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico,
Gypsy Camp, Boston. The side shows
will be, Greatest babboon in captiv-
ity, admission, cent; first grounding
captured in Muscatine, cent; famous
art gallery, admission 2 cents.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. McNabney of
Moline visited relatives here Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-22
ORION

Henry Streed left Monday evening
for Wheatland, Wyo., after a two
months visit with relatives in Orion
and vicinity.
E. L. Streed and family arrived in
Orion Saturday evening. Mr.. and
Mrs. Streed came from Reynolds
where they had been attending the
funeral of Mrs. Streed's niece, Mrs.
Fassett, who was killed recently by
an interurban car.
Mrs. E. T. Anderson of Rock Island
entertained the embroidery club at
her home Saturday. Those who were
present from Orion were Mesdames
Gust Anderson, John Peterson, Char
ley Asplund, D. c. Cedarburg, Charles
Samuelson and Herbert Boutwell,.
E. L. Streed and children, Ivan and
Myldrid will go to Sherrard Tuesday
evening where they will give an en-
tertainment.
Mrs. Thompson and her sister, Mrs.
Rusk, are sick.
Miss Gladys Cox who has been
teaching the 18th and Sth grades in
the Orion schools has resigned, de-
parting for her home in Galesburg
Friday evening where her marriage.
will take place in the near future.
Mrs. H. Porter and children return
ed from Atkinson Sunday evening af-
ter few days visit with relatives
Albert Swanson now has the Orion
mill in running order since rebuild
ing, and is equipped in first class
shape for grinding ear corn, shelled
corn and oats for feed, and cornmeal
and graham for table use. The mill
will be running every day for the next
10 days ald thereafter will run on
Tuesday and Friday of each week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Boutwell, and
Mrs. Anna Nelson returned home
Monday from Reynolds where they
had been attending tie funeral of
Mrs. Fassett.
Mrs. Asher of Galesburg arrived in
cancy in the Orion schools caused by
Miss Cox's resignation.
The report stating Mrs Fassett and
daughter of Reynolds were killed in
an interurban wreck was a mistake.
An aunt of Mrs. Fassett gives the
facts thus: Mrs. Fassett and her
daughter Pearl were leaving home and
expected to go on this interurban car.
AS it approached them Mrs. Fassett
stepped forward to signal the motor
man to stop. The car was closer than
! she had thought and before she could
step back again the car ran against
her throwing her to the ground, strik
! ing her head in such a way as tt
sever one side of her face entirely
The injuries were so severe as tc
cause almost instant death. The
daughter was not injured in any way
Hans Sholt who has been quite sick
| for the last three weeks is able to be
| out again.
| Mrs. Adolph Peterson who has beer
suffering from paralysis, is recovering
SO rapidly that the nurse expects Il
have her up and around in a shor
time.
number of Mrs. Gaberia1s friends
/ pleasantly surprised her at her hom'
Thursday afternoon, the occasion be
ing her 5Sth birthday. Dainty refresh
ments were served. Her children
gave her a present in silver. Befor
departing she was presented with
purse by her friends.
The E. L. Streed family concer
company which was billed for a cor
cert in Orion Jan. rs has changed tn
date to Feb. /.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-22
PLAYING CARDS.
An Interesting Study From Historic
and Pictorial Viewpoints.

An Interesting Study From Historic
and Pictorial Viewpoints.
Quite apart from their use in vari-
Gus games, playing cards are an inter-
esting study from historic and pic
torial points of view. Take first their
numerical arrangement-52 cards, 365
pips or dots and 10 tricks, representing
the weeks and days in the year and the
lunar months.
There are four suits. representing
four classes Of people as they were d.
vided at the time the pack OF cards
we now use was devised by the French.
The spades stood for pikemen or SOL
diers, the clubs for clover. typifying
farmers; the diamonds for building
tiles, representing artisans. and the
hearts for chOirmen or ecclesiastics.
The kings and queens" at that
time were more or less correct likeness
of certain royal and noble personages.
Even in our modern packs it is said
that one of the queens is a convention
allied portrait of Elizabeth of York.
who was engaged to the dauphin OF
France.
The "knaves" were then the kings
testers, and even these cards may be
portraits. All the court cards, in fact,
retain their sixteenth century charac-
teristics. Cards are among the few
things that have not changed with the
enthusiastically Eagle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-22
81. ooo. Coo lie Canal Need.

Washington. Jan. 22.-About $685.
100000 VIII be required for the work
on the Panama canal next year, &C
cording to an estimate made to the
house committee on appropriations by
George W. Goethals, the canal build
er. The estimate for expenditures on
the canal Notifications was $780, 900.
Appropriations for work on the canal
are carried in the sundry civil bill
and the money is taken from the Pan
ANA canal bond loan of $4,000, 900.
He repeated his statement that an
armed force OF $4,000 men should be
kept on the zone for the protection Of
the canal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-22

All the news all the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-22
Taylor Ridge

The Misses Edna and Nellie Hart
man are recovering from the scarlet
fever.
Mrs. Elizabeth Schneider has been
quite i'll.
The last number of the Taylor Ridge
lyceum course will be given at the
NJ. E. church Wednesday evening.
Clifford Carothers is i'll with in,
flammatory rheumatism.
Elmer Hofer attended a Woodmen
meeting at Andalusia Wednesday eT-
ening.
The Misses Anna and Nellie Hin
termeister have recovered from an at
tack of the humps.
Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Johnston were
Rock Island passengers Saturday.
About a hundred people assembled
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph
Dunlap Tuesday and pleasantly sur.
prised them in their new home. No
one forgot his basket and at noon a
sumptuous dinner was served. The
afternoon was spent with much mer'
riment In the evening a large nim
Der of young folks gathered at the
home and very enjoyable evening
was spent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-22
caIve Chooses Two Pupils.

Springfield, Mo-, Jan. 22.-Misses
Edna Haseltine of this city and Villa
meta Byers of Kansas City, formerly
of Springfield, have been chosen by
Nine. Calve for the company of 20
young singers the great singer is to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-22

train free at her castle in southern
France. Miss Haseltine and Miss BY
ers will sail with Nine. Calve about
April l. Miss Haseltine is a graduate
in music at Drury college and Of the
Chicago and New England conserva-
tories.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-22
DAVENPORT

Organize Admen's cIub.-Davenport
ad men have organized an admen's
club which will be known as the Dav-
export Admen's club and will be COM
posed OF ad writer's, merchants who ad-
vertise and any others in any way con-
nected with the advertising game. The
officers are: President, H. c. Black
well; vice president, Carl Schlegel;
secretary. Bert Halligan; treasurer,
Frank Yetter; board of governors, edu-
cational, Charles s. Huber; member
ship, w. ]. Henigbaum; house, NJ. Lam
dauer; publicity, l. c. Norwood; mar
kets, II. V. Scott
Draw Space for Auto Show.-At a
we'll attended meeting Of the Tri-City
Auto Dealers association at the New
Kimball Monday night, exhibit space
for the annual auto show, to be held
at the Coliseum Feb. IS, 10, 20 and 81,
was awarded, II Davenport dealers,
four Rock Island and two Moline firms
being successful in the drawing as
follows: Iowa Auto & Tire company,
stage space; Scott County Mercantile
company. center; Buck Motor Car COM
pany. stage: Mason Carriage works,
center; H. w. Neuman Machine com
pany, center; Interstate Auto COM
pany. side; n. f. Ross Electric com
psny, side; p. c. Petersen Auto com
pnny, side; Overland Motor company
center; Detroit Electric company, side;
G. A. Parker. side; Yeggy-Don Sales
company. center; Horst & Strieter
company, side: Trevor & Snider, CEN
ter; Dennis-Cutler Machine company.
side: A. J. Ostlund garage, side; Glenn
& Trevor. side
Run Down by Motor Truck.-RUl
down and injured by a heavy motor
truck OF the Rock Island Brewing
company, Mrs. Cornelius Lane, COPY
West Second street, is lying at her
home in a serious condition. The
front wheel OF the car passed over her
body injuring her hips and legs severe
". Whether or not she suffered inter
nal injuries has not been determined
as yet She was taken home where
her fdjuries we're given medical at
tention.
Officer Leaves Police Force.-Frank
Johnson, for a few days a member
OF the Davenport police force and
whose name was brought into the
poice and fire commission investiga-
tion Of last week, has turned ia his
star TO Chief Schramm. He filled the
position creditably for the time he
was in service but felt that he did
not want TO hold the job under the
circumstances. No appointment to fill
the vacancy has been made.
o
officer In National Association
George w. Smith, who recently be-
came partner of Dick Waters In the
shoe business in this city, has been
honored in being elected vice presi-
dent OF the National Shoe Travellers
association at their annual conven-
ton held in Boston.
%
Held for Violating Mann Actin.
formation on violating the Mann act
was sworn out here Monday against
Rev. ]. ID. Lewis, the Alexis. ILL.,, min
lister now I'm the county Jail here. by
Deputy Sheriff Dennis OLeary of Mus
catine county. The federal marshal
at Des Moines will arrive here today
and Rev. Lewis will thea be given a
hearing before United States Commits
sioner A. G. Bush. Rev. Mr.. Lewis,
who has one child, is alleged to have
eloped from Alexis with n 17-year-old
girl, Elizabeth Kohl. and to have
stopped at various places in Illinois
and Iowa, registering as man aAd
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-22
HAMPTON

Ewart McGinnis stepped on a needle
a few day ago and it broke of in his
foot A doctor was called and the
piece of needle was extracted and the
boy is getting along all right.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Koelzing have NOV
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-01-08

Mr.. william A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. IT'S West
Jackson boulevard, Chicago, ILL.,, and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
A house built at right angles to It.
self is shown in the accompanying
plan. For some reasons this style OF
building has more to recommend 1t
than almost any other design 1t was
the first way invented to make a
house larger without making it too
long.
In the early history of building oper-
ations, houses were made narrow be-
cause window lights were small and
1t was difficult to light a wide room.
1t was also more difficult to build a
wide house at that time, because they
hadn't sawed joists, and they lacked
the mechanical contrivances that we
nv" nave lOl putting uuilulh6o w
gether. A floor with hewed timber
beams more than 16 feet long was al
together too shaky; in fact, floors
used to go down into the cellar occa-
sionally when parties OF young folks
got too boisterous.
Although this way of building a
house is several hundred years old,
1t Is still as popular as ever, and the
reason is that houses built in this way
make very comfortable homes. They
have home-like appearance as you
stand and look at them, and when you
go inside they are SO light and cheer
full that you feel at home in time.
The only objection is that every
room in the house has two or three
outside walls, and for this reason it
is little more difficult to heat such
houses in cold weather; but we have
learned how to protect ourselves
against low temperature by using
building paper and other non-conduc-
tors of heat and cold. Then, when
you consider that during the ordinary
winter, even in the northern states,
we have only few days OF extreme
cold against SO weeks of moderate or
warm weather, this objection fades
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-01-08
is NO LONGER PUT FIRST
Much Truth About Health In ArticI.
That Probably Is Meant to
Be Humorous.

Health is matter which was once
very popular, but it has long since
grown into disfavor. In these strenu
GUS days the securing of health con
sumes altogether too much time. II
cannot be acquired without detention
from business. Not only does it in
terfere with business, but with pleas
ure as well.
Health requires too much sleep, toe
much fresh air, too much food of a vul
gar simplicity and too many clothes
which are more comfortable than
stylish. Health is like anything else,
In order to have it one must give at.
tention to securing it,. but when the
securing of money engrosses all of
ones time, manifestly health must
take back seat. We still have tradt
tons about health much like the ira
ditions about the soul, but these take
a secondary place. Doctors, like min
listers, are called in only when it is toe
late.
Health made a manful struggle fol
supremacy with bank balances, but il
lost out.-Life.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-01-08

road Is bad the horse has a distinct
advantage over the power-driven We
hicle. OF course all roads should be
made good and kept good, and a very
important result of the general use
of the power-driven vehicles will be
the great improvement in building and
maintaining permanent roads.
So the old fogy fellows who stick
to the horse will, of course, derive
material benefit from the fact that SO
many power vehicles are coming into
use. But the : number of machine
vehicles is going to increase all the
time, and some sort of plan is going
to be worked out that will enable
power-driven vehicles and ilnple-
ments also, to become far more gen.
eral.
There are, without question, some
strong inducements to use power
vehicles wherever they can be used.
and 1t may be that in time methods
of cultivation may be modified In
such way that almost all work done
by horse power can be done by the
machine. But will it be economical?
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-01-08
MAKING THE HOME UNHAPPY
Too Frequent Losses Of Temper ae-
suit In Much Misery Which Might
Easily Be Avoided.

Possessing apparently all the essen
tials that make for comfort, ease. and
happiness, more than a few homes
fail to give this expected result, and
someone has asked. What is gener-
ally the cause of this?
To put 1t very plainly, unnecessary
exhibitions Of temper more quickly
than anything else mar the harmony
OF home. There may not be open
strife. but temper, as little riffs with
In the lutte, give out incessant dis
cords. Brothers and sisters, each,
perhaps, with an unconscious craving
to manage or suppress the other, may
never have been taught to realize the
powerful influence of tact, and their
little comments and chickering's will
quickly rouse disputes that may
make the unlocking parents heartsick.
The husband and wife, tired with the
work of the day, irritated that their
wishes have not been carried out,
that on them fall annoyance and
duties which they feel should belong
to others, that difficulties seem ever
in their path, and so on, will perhaps
voice their displeasure and strike a
responsive note of irritation in the
rest, and quickly the whole atmos-
phere is charged with the poison of
bitterness and resentment.
A little more care in restraining
temper, especially about the trivial
tiles and nonessentials of happy exist
ence, and the peace that should reign
in home, whatever it's material set
ting, would more often be left undis.
turbed. Exhibitions Of temper in
children, no matter what the cause,
should always be taken as a fault to
be eradicated. This does not crush
the spirit Of indignation at wrong, or
weaken the fighting instinct, but it
does aid in averting hasty judgments,
and give time for viewing the case
from many po1nts.-EXchange
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-01-08
.DISLCDGING BEDBUGS
FROM HEN HOUSES
Remove All R0oSts and Nests and
Spray With Hot White
wash.

Many poultry houses are infested
with bedbugs, and it is not an easy
matter to dislodge them.
Some people say that turning the
sheep into the poultry houses will in.
duce the bugs to attack the sheep,
where they will be lost in the wool,
but this is a poor remedy.
Remove all the roosts and nests
from the house and spray with boil
ing hot whitewash to which has been
added a pint of turpentine to a pail
full.
Another good remedy is to burn the
interior of the house with taroline
mixture, which can be bought at any
drug store. Another effective remedy
is half a pint of each of turpentine,
ammonia and kerosene, to which add
about four ounces of gum camphor.
If more is needed double the guam.
tity. Apply with a brush.
The nests should be turned out over
a blazing fire, and the roosts should
also be held over the fire and all
should be thoroughly whitewashed
and painted before putting them back.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-01-08

OF course there is no doubt that the
Belf-driven vehicles have cut into the
demand for horses, but the auto
| has not yet displaced the horse entire
ly and never will. For mere locomo-
ton, especially if one is in a hurry, a
power-driven vehicle is best to use,
provided the road is good.
If one is not in a great hurry, or the
road is rough, the horse will be bet
ter than the auto. But there is moth
ing in the nature of personal
equation to attach you to a machine.
while nearly all owners of horses
certainly the kindly humane ones,
have a real feeling for their
horses, in some cases amounting
to strong affection. I have owned
many horses, beginning during my
boyhood, and ever since. And some
of them were so human SO friendly
and so evidently appreciative of
friendly attention, that in some
cases / have had almost the feeling
that they are members Of the fam
lily. l have not been able to get, up
any feeling for the auto. says writer
in the Farm Progress.
OF course can get from one place
to another rapidly, provided the road
is good, with the auto; but If the
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-01-08
Hittites in History.

Students of history are deeply in
debted for the great progress which
has recently been made in the dis
covery and Interpretation Of the arr
and religion of the ancient, mysterious
and well-nigh forgotten Hittites, and
their true relation and perspective in
history. German excavation at Bog
haz-Kenij have shown that this long
unknown town-probably the site OF
the Cappadocian city of Pteria-was
for centuries the capital of a powerful
kingdom, which, with its allies, was a
dominant force in Asia, on equal
terms with the rulers of Baby1onia
and the Pharaohs, and driving them
out of Syria.
The names of seven or eight Hat.
ii kings have been preserved, and sew.
eral Of them are now more than
names. Other finds give strong testi
mony to the influence of Babylonian
culture as far north as Cappadocia
and show that long period of devel
opment must have preceded the con
dition of society ruled over by these
Haiti kings, some archeologist believ
ing that it extended over more thar
2,009 years.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-01-08
HAS A LARGE VOCABULARY
Number of Words Used by Small
Child VIII Surprise One Who
Is Not a Close Observer.

How many words does the ordinary
child know? Fifty? Wrong A hun
dred? Wrong again. Five hundred
for wild guess? A little nearer, but
not much. The truth is that people
underestimate the number of words
their children can speak.
Take paper and pencil, follow the
child for several days, several weeks
putting down every new word that is
uttered. You'll find out some thinga
that will surprise you. And when the
word "child' is used, it does not refer
to boy or girl of seven or eight, but
one of three.
An investigation recently made by
following a child at that age and not
ing every word that was used, showed
that it had memorized LII different
words. They covered practically
everything with which the child came
in contact, and were words the child
had never heard before.
Another investigation of words used
by children between 1 year and 10
months old showed that the lowest vo.
cabulary that was reported included
the use of 60 words. The highest was
232 words. From two years on, the
vocabulary of child increases rapid
ly, until at three years the average
child has vocabulary of at least 1,00C
words
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-01-08
"The Brave Old Oak"

/ Whether it's branches show greer
against dark-blue sky-gold where
the sunlight touches themz-whethel
its leaves show magenta in the light
of the setting sun, or black and silver
in the moonlight, there is no tree OF
them all to compare with the oak
All a summers day you may lie
stretched beneath it, SO strong and sc
friendly, not to you only, but to al
the little lives that swarm about its
roots. All kinds of busy creatures
ants, spiders, daddy-long-legs beloved
of your childhood, go scurrying over
you on this errand and that, as I'M
afraid, almost, as if you were dead
A feeling of kinship comes to you:
a knowledge that all this life about
you in oak and grass and insect, and
the good dog lying at your feet, is but
little part of the ageless flux and
refux: soothingly as a cool hand or
an aching head, there comes to you
the realization that soon, fears, hates
and loves forgotten, your tired body
shall rest under the trees all the days
and all the nights-Atlantic.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-01-08
Short of Coin.

They had not been engaged ver.,
long, but already Ernest had made 1t
apparent that the salary of shop as
sistant did not admit OF an esctatic
existence amid a sea OF diamond
rings, theater stalls, or even some
chocolate creams.
Last summer they walked together
to a neighboring village. The road
was dusty, the evening close, and
Amelia felt that life would be better
worth living when she had an oppor-
tunity of refreshing herself with tea
and strawberries. Ernest hesitated
outside the only tea shop in the place.
and she smiled hopefully.
His hand stole to his trousers peck
ct; he fumbled nervously for a mo-
ment.
"Er-Amelia." he said at last, will
you have something eat eat now and
walk back, or shall we have nothing
to eat and go back by train?"