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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

"You had heard nothing of any trou-
BILE with the fireplaces? Then | am in
the dark as much as Won. As under
stood it. was called here TO examine
the flues: but, now that | think of it,
she did not say explicitly that her
Chimneys were behaving badly. though
that was. of course. implied. | natu-
rally assumed that she summoned me
here in my professional capacity. l
was stranger to YOUR aunt; she would
hardly have invited me otherwise. l
imagine. however. that your aunt acts
a good deal on impulse Her asking
me here may have been only whim."
please don't imagine that your COM
ing has not been agreeable to me-" Ce-
ella protested. My aunt is quite
capable Of inviting n stranger to the
house. She met you. believe. at the
AsolandO. l hope you understand that
it is only because ! am in deep trou-
bic, Mr.. Ames. trouble of the gravest
nature. that | have ventured TO speak
to you in this way of my aunt for
whom l have all respect and affec-
ton
She had never. ! was sure. been
lOveier than ut this moment. Her
eyes flled, but she lifted her head
proudly. Whatever the trouble might
be l was sorry for it on her own ac-
count, and if it involved Hartley Wig
gins my sympathy went out TO him
also. On an impulse | spoke of him.
Il was surprised to meet Hartley
Virgins here. He's a dear friend Of
mine, you know. ] thought he had
gone TO his ranch. He left the Hare
and Tortoise very abruptly few nights
ago just after we had dined together
He must be stopping somewhere in
the neighborhood.'
It's quite possible. And there's an
inn. you know. fancy lie drove over
from there"
Il hadn't thought of that-the Pres
colt Arms suppose you mean"
She nodded. but she was clearly not
interested in me. and when | found
myself failing dismaIly TO divert her
thoughts Ia cheerfuer channels / rose
and babe her good night.
The servant who had previously at
tended me appeared promptly when
reached my room. bearing a tray. with
biscuits and a bottle OF ale. He gave
me an envelope addressed in a hand
l already knew as Miss Octavia's. and
l opened and read:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
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FOOO TU2 A ucWiUS.
Diet That Enabled Mrs. Siddcns to
Rise to Lady Macbeth.

Diet That Enabled Mrs. Siddcns to
Rise to Lady Macbeth.
1t is not altogether easy TO imagine
a Lady Macbeth eating chops. Yet her
greatest impersonntOr got her inspira-
ton from them. if one may rely on an
altogether delightful authority. On a
certain occasion. writes L. Y. Lucas in
his book The Second Post" the paint
er Hayden paid his butcher. who re-
ciprocated by expressing great admira-
ton for the artists painting of Alex
ander.''
Quite alive. sir" said the butcher.
Il am glad you think So" said the
artist.
Yes. sir; but, as | have often said
to my sister. you could not have paint
ed that picture. sir. If you had not eat
my meat. sir
Very true. Mr.. Sowerby."
"Ah, sir. have fancy for genus.
sir
Have you, Mr.. SOwerbyT"
Yes. sir. Mrs. Siddons. sir. has eat
my meat, sir. Never was such wom-
an for chops. sir! All. sir, she was a
wonderful Crayture"
she was, Mr.. SOwerby."
"Ah, sir. when she used to act that
there character-but. Lord, such o
head. as say TO my sister-that there
woman, sir. that murders king be-
tween EN-"
'Oh. Lady Macbeth"
"Ah. sir, that's it-Lady Macbeth. !
used TO get up with the butler behind
her carriage when she acted. and
used to see her looking quite wild and
all the people quite frightened. Aha.
my lady, says l. II it wasn't for my
meat. though, you wouldn't be able to
do THAR"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
THE COTTON INDUSTRY.
Alexander Hamilton Foresaw It's I'm
Dortsnce IN This Country.

Alexander Hamilton Foresaw Its I'm
portsnce IN This Country.
There exists in the archives OF one
Of the oldest among the cotton spin
ming families In northern New Jersey
q long letter from a banker Of New
York addressed to Alexander Hamilton
when be was secretary of the treasury.
The banker had heard that Hamilton
purpOsed TO build a cotton mill at Pat
erson. n. ]. This project the banker
condemned and stated that it was the
opinion Of all the merchants in New
York whom he knew that not In a hun
dred years would the cotton milling
business in the United States employ
200.
Hamilton went ahead and planned
the industrial town he named Paterson
and also planned and financed a com
pQay for developing water power and
for financing corporations thereat.
Hamilton's original company. known
as the Society For Useful Manufac-
lures. exists to this day at Paterson.
The agent whom Hamilton sent to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
The Siege
of the
Seven SuitOrS
BY
MEREDITH NICHOLSON
Copyright. 1919. BY Meredith Nicholson

~~-~-~~~~~~~~~~~~-~-~~s>~S~
decidedly III at ease Miss Hollister
crossed to the fireplace and poked the
logs
Just what part Hezekiah Hollister
played in the situation was beyond me.
II | had not witnessed Virgins clan
destine meeting with Cecilia matters
would have been clearer 10 my COM
prehensiOn. but his appearance at the
house after the colloquy ! had over
heard from the brier patch was in IT
self inexplicable. Miss HOLSTERS sin
Cular references to Hezekiah-a person
about whom my curiosity was now a
good deal aroused-added to the mys-
terry that infolded the library.
Responsive to Miss HOLSTERS ener-
Cetic prodding. the flames in the fire.
place leaped into the great throat of
the chimney with a roar. She turned,
her back to the blaze, and looked upon
her guests benignantly.
IF all your hues draw like that one
they are not seriously in need of doc
torlng." remarked.
"Flues are nothing If not cratic" re-
piled Miss HOLSTER. The subject did
not appear 10 interest her, nor had
she. by the remotest suggestion, refer
red TO the object of my coming. l had
shifted vainly in the halls above and
below for any trace Of the stale smoke
which usually greeted me at once on
my arrival Mt the house of a client.
The house was built. you may not
know. for manufacturer of umbrel-
las. who died before he had occupied
It. in circumstances | may later dis
close 10 you. which accounts. Mr.
Ames. for that figure of Cupid under
a pink parasol on the drawing room
ceiling. At the first opportunity
shall remove II. as baby Cupids are ir.
reconcilable with the militant love,
making ! admire. / consider umbrel.
las detestabie and never carry one
when can command a macintosh"
When I'm on the ranch wear a
slicker." said Virgins. Its bullet
proof. and that have found at times
a decided advantage"
We discussed mackintoshes for al
least ten minutes with far more
sprightlincsS than | had imagined the
subject could evoke. Then Miss HOl
lister. after Il turn up and down the
room. paused beside me
"Mr. Amcs." she said, would you
carr 10 JJia me III game of billiards
I'm rot ia my best form, but think
we might probably knock the ball.
for half an hour"
| acquiesCcd with alacrity. | asSum
ed q 10 be Miss HOLSTERS purpose L
leaSe Cecilia and Virgins alone.
sh-Ild he rendering Virgins and Ce
ella service 10y Withdrawing. and
was glad Of chance to escape.
To my infinite surprise they both pro
teS,ted. not in mere polite murmurs. bu
win considerable vehemence.
Its quite cool tonight. and ! don
believe you ought to use the billiard
room until the plumber has fixed IN
radiator" said Cecilia.
And If you knew Mr.. AmeS' gam
I'm sure you wouldn't care TO vast
time on him." piped Virgins, whom
had frequently vsnquished in billiar
bouts al the Hare and Tortoise. wher.
/ may say modestly, l had long bee
considered one Of the most formidabl
OF the clubs players.
Both he and Cecilia had risen, an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

England TO buy cotton mill machinery
was instructed TO have 1t Knocked
down" and placed in small boxes that
were to pe marked Bibles For the
Moravians of Pennsylvania" 1t was
at that time against the laws of Eng
land to ship any kind Of Industrial ma
chinery out of the kingdom. Hamil-
tons brother and two of his agents
were caught trying to ship the cotton
mill machinery to Paterson, and they
We're imprisoned for ten months.-Cot-
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
Hunting on Treacherous Soil.

Hunting on Trescherous Soil.
Snipe shooting on an Irish bog ia
an excellent test OF gunner's skill
and enthusiasm. An experienced bog
shooter II he finds himself going down
throws himself fiat on his side or back
to his attendant, generally an unshod
''gossoon," who rarely fails to catch
it. The sensation of being begged is
very unpleasant, but If a man throws
himself on his side or back there is
strength enough in the peat to sup
port his body.-"Forty-five Years OF
Sport"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

with Cecilia In the highway He had
impressed She clerk at the Hare and
Tortoise with the idea that he had
left New York for long absence. and
he had apparently camped at the gates
OF IIopeheld TO be near Cecilia.
When he had paid his compliments
to the ladies' he turned TO me with an
almost mpcrccptible lifting OF the
hrowS but he was cordial enough. II
he was surprised or disappointed nj see
ing me his manner did not betray the
feeling.
Glad TO see you. Arnes Rather
nice weather this"
Even Dakota couldn't do better" l
affirmed with grin. but be ignored
the ding.
Cecilia stirred restlessly. and l felt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

worse until large scabs
would form, tester and
break. This was just on
the one side OF my face.
but it soon scattered to the
other side. j suffered .
great deal especially at
night on account Of its itch
ing and burning. i would
Ecrafc1 IL and oF courza that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
CHAPTER V.
The Strange Behavior Of a Chimney.

The Strange Behavior Of Chimney.
"IEGE was no reason IN the
world why Hartley Virgins
should not call upon two Ia
dies living in Westchester
county. and 7 must say that he ap-
pearpd 10 advantage in Miss HOLSTERS
library.
lie had got into his evening clothes
somewhere. perhaps at a neiGhboring
inn or maybe At the house II friend,
for he could not possibly have motored
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
FACE DISGRACEF III
WITH RASH
Large Scabs Would Form, Foster
and Break. itching and Burning.
Kept from Sleeping. Cuticura
Soap and Ointment Cured.

Sioux Falls. 8. D.-"My trouble OF skin
disease started merely as q rash on my face
and neck. but IL grew and kept getting
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

Ali The news all the time-The Argus.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-20

in hotels, hospitals, private houses and
the like. With it they have been able
to kill as many as a billion bacilli per
cubic centimeter-a million times as
many az are found in the most imure
drinking water. They simply pass the
water through a tube containing the
light, and 1t does the rest.
Not only does 1t kill the germs
themselves, but it is equally fatal to
spores. In water polluted with 1885,
100000 bacilli to the quart these bacilli
having spores which could resist boil
ing for several hours, not a single
spore was able to escape alive when
the water was running through the
tub containing the mercury-vapor
lamp at the rate of fourteen gallons
an hour.
BY the application of this system
city water supplies can be made as
pure as though they came from the
%unsullied SHOWS of high mountain
peaks. Large mercury-vapor lamps
need only to be immersed in the water
that flows through a city's mains, and
as 1t passes within the neighborhood OF
the burning lamp untold millions of
germs are electrocuted every instant
by a fluid more subtitle and more re-
markable than electricity itself.
CTomorroW-The Passenger Pigeon.)
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-20
Invisible
By Frederic j.. Haskin.

In no other way is the progress Of
science brought home more strikingly
than in the development Of our knoWl-
edge of invisible light. Not only has
the scientist discovered "a of light
which the human eye has seen
and can never see, but he has found
how to use that knowledge for the
benefit Of our everyday life. He has
found rays of light so weak that ordi-
nary glass, however transparent to the
vision. shuts it GU effectively, and yet
they are so strong that billions of
germs may be killed merely by COM
ing within the scope of their influ-
! ence. From the dawn of creation to
the recent past they have shed their
influence upon men, yet men have been
wholly unconscious of their existence.
In the few short years hat have gone
by since their discovery we have dem
onstrated that even in the inkiest of
darkness there may be brilliant lights.
Such a paradox could not be believed
by the ordinary laylnan dc not the
eye of the camera reveal its truth.
That instrument shows us that the eye
Is sensitive to only a very small pro-
portion Of the total radiation tina
reaches it, a discovery that leads the
scientist to believe that If the eye
could recognize all this radiation 1t
would reveal a thousand wonders UNI
dreamed of. Gradually the scientist Is
developing refined instruments Which
are capable of detecting what the hu-
man eye cannot perceive, and 1t Is be-
lieved that many new things will until
mately be learned through them.
DIR. r, w. Wood. professor of ex-
perimental physics at Johns Hopkins
university, is one of the worlds au-
thorities upon invisible light. and he
illustrates some of the remarkable
things about invisible light. For in
stance, he says that If the finger be
dipped into zinc oxide and rubbed oVer
a white sheet of paper the eye
win be unable to detect the
presence of the streaks of he
white powder, unless it has been very
thickly applied. If, however, that
piece of paper be photographed with
ultra violet light, it appears to be
marked with streaks of charcoal. This
experiment led to the deduction that If
the oon and planets be photographed
with invisible light, substances which
d, not appear usually might be
brought out.
In a demonstration Of this theory,
DR.. Wood had constructed a sixteen
inch mirror. of twenty focus,
coated with nickel, which is used in
combination with a plate of the new
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-20
STILL CONFIDENT.

Once more our old friend, Henry
CleWs, rises to remark that DR.. Will
sons remedies will be pleasant to
take and that the effect will not be
dtsagreeable. The doctor, according to
Mr.. Clews, is pledged TO a progressive
policy. but he is naturally so cautious
that he will not be extensively pro-
gressive. All of which means, as Mr..
Clews has assured us before, that DR..
Wilson is acceptable to Wall street.
The financial center vouches for him
n here is the way Mr.. Clews frames
the guarantee:
An important, though little dis
cussed, source of uncertainty is
the policy of the new administra-
tion. 1t is recalled that Mr., Will
son was elected upon the new
ideas of which he is a stout and
able champion. These ideas in
volve important changes in our
industrial and social system. They
are ideas much in line with the
will of the people, and their en-
actment into law may save us
from some of the arrangements
into which the old economic drift
was surely leading us. But
changes will be disliked by some,
and may cause more or less tenn
porary unSettlcmcnt. Upon Mr..
Wilson as the unqucStioned leader
of his party will fall a great re-
Sponsibility. A sudden and radical
enforcement Of many new ideas
would create a serious disturb
ance; whereas if applied gradually
and with discretion they will re-
move many of the existing ills
ana lead us to a new period of
industrial rest and progress. IT is
sincerely to be hoped that the
prc~sidcnt~elect will show a wise
caution in his progressive policy.
Judged by his past record, also by
his projection promises, he is
not likely to disturb business.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-20

and said: IF you touch me again
with that broom, l will have you ar
rested for assault and battery" The
man gazed at him in wonder. Yes l
WILL" the governor repeated. don't
you know that the laying on of hands
is enough to prefer the charge of as
sault and battery?" In telling of the
circumstance, the governor added: IF
any person in this state is attacked
by persons with brooms seeking tips
for services which are not wanted, he
may fall back on assault and battery,
if he likes"
1t is well to know this but the in
formation doesn't go far enough. The
tip evil has more heads tina a hydra
or. rather, more claws thar a devil
fish. All are outstretched. greedy,
menacing. The average person
to this tribute rather than
make a fuss, or be insulted by the
or the talk of the offended tip
seeker.
If the governor had said a person
approached by a boy with a
uhisk-broom, seeking argentiferous
dust, could commit assault and bat
Iery on him without danger of the law,
.is words would have been still more
effective.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-20

graphs are made. The usual method OF
shutting out the visible rays n i'd
hitting the infra-red rays of light is to
combine a sheet of the densest blue CO.
bait glass with a solution of bichro-
mate of potash Or some suitable orange
dye. Here is a picture taken by this
method in which the sky is black, and
yet the vegetation and the grass APP
pear o be snow white-although the
picture comes from sunny Italy. The
shadows in this picture are intensely
black, since tn Gamer with this filter
on 1t perceives only the direct light
OF the sun and does not catch the in
direct light of the sky. This is said to
be the way things would look to the
human eye on the moon where there is
no atmosphere to form a luminous sky.
Quite a different impression would
we have of our surroundings ii the
eye were sensitive only to ultraviolet
rays. To see how things would look
with them We have to avoid glass, for
glass Is as opaque to them as a black
slate IL to the eye Quartz, however,
is transparent to them. and when we
find some substance that they can
get through and which will yet refuse
to recognize the visible rays. we will
have solved the problem. Metallic sill
yer Is the substance we need, and it is
the only substance known that fully
recognizes every ultraviolet ray and
throw out every visible ray. A very
thin film of it must be deposited over
the surface of the quartz. With this
pictures that seem like views of fairy
and may be taken. Chinese white ap-
pears as the ace of spades in this light.
White flowers in the garden become
almost black, and a number of strik-
ing contrasts result.
But the most remarkable property of
ultraviolet light is not the effect it has
upon the Photographic plate, but it's
germicidal qualities. We have long
known that the suns rays tend to kill
germs. but it was not until recently
that the discovery was made that it
was the ultraviolet light that they
contain that does The work. The suns
rays are comparatively poor in ultra
violet light, for but little of it is able
to struggle through the entanglements
of our atmosphere. Therefore,, we
must look mainly to artificial sources
for u ultraviolet light for germicidal
use. The mercury vapor light with a
quartz tube is the best source. Ultra
violet avs of small wave length are
very ocuou to all living cells, and,
therefore, the microbe-killing lamps
have to be used with great care. The
quartz mercury-vapor lamp is fed by
a continuous electrical current. It's
running is regulated by a sentinel lamp
in the same circuit or by noting its
W state of luminosity. To light it
the operator simply shakes the thread
Of mercury until the two poles are con-
nected. Then the lamp is set in nor
NAL position, the thread of mercury is
broken, but the electrical current con-
tinues to pass through the luminous
yapor indefinitely.
Several French inventors have per-
fected a little lamp of this kind which
may be used to sterilize potable water
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-20
COOP E'RATiON.

for mayor, stands for these
principles Of city administration:
$50 Tho discussion Of the
city's business with the city's
business men-in other words, 'he
establishment of a citizens advis.
Dry council, whose advice will al.
ways be considered in matters Of
municipal concern. pledge my
seIf to tho carrying out Of tho
principles which have been set
forth above.
This paragraph Is from the cam
stated by him when he was a candi-
date and published by him during the
ante-elcction discussion of plans and
purposes. More than anything else,
we believe, his declaration led the
people of Missoula to select Mr..
Rhoades as their mayor. 1t was a
manly, straightforward declaration; t
appealed to the voters; it was in thor
ough accord with the principles of
commission government, because it
brought the government closer to the
people. And, as We have said, it
elected Mr.. Rhoades.
We refer to this paragraph at this
time, because there is an effort being
made to reflect upon the efficiency of
the commission government in conse-
quence of the cooperation between the
council and the committee of ten. The
paragraph quoted shows that the COM
mittee of ten was a part of the policy
of the mayor which he outlined before
he was elected. The appointment Of
his committee and the action of the
council in making the committee per-
manent are but steps in the fulfill
ment of the pledge which Mayor
Ithoades gave to the people of the city.
That he is keeping his promise is to
the credit of himself and Of his ad-
Illustrator. we 90 not see that 1t
stamps the commission government as
Inefficient. Rather, it seems to us, it
emphasizes the splendid efficiency of
the commission system.
A president is not condemned be-
cause he has personal advisers. A
governor is not condemned because he
consults with citizens regarding ques-
tons OF administrative policy. A
mayor should not be condemned be-
cause he asks the business men of his
city to give opinions upon measures
affecting the efficiency of his govern
ment.
Mayor Rhoades made specific pledge
that he would appoint a citizens COM
mittee. He gave his personal promise
that he would consult this advisory
board. If he is on the square he will
stand pat in his determination to
carry out this promise. He will not
be deferred from keeping his word,
not much. If he does not carry out
his promise and make good his pledge,
lie is not worthy to hold the office to
which he has been elected. Nor Is any
other man who violates an open
pledge.