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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17
ORION

Mrs. Nellie Gustafson entertained
the Thimble club at her home last
Friday.
Miss Ida Lungren and Elmer Ander-
son were married in Orion Wednesday
afternoon at the Lutheran parsonage.
DR.. and Mrs. NJ. T. Ward of Toulon
attended the funeral of Arthur Wright
Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Anderson and
two children have returned to their
home in Round Lake, MINI, after an
extended visit with relatives in Orion
and vicinity.
Herbert Galloway took first and
second premiums on white corn at the
Farmers institute at Coal Valley last
week.
Mrs. J. J. Peterson will spend the
winter with her children in Chicago.
Miss Florence Elm returned to her
home in Cambridge the first Of the
week. Miss Elm has been a guest at
the home OF Elwood Boutwell, the past
week.
Miss May Hickman Of the Galesburg
hospital has been spending a few
days at home this week.
The Ladies' Aid society of the NJ z.
church will meet with Mrs. G. L. An.
derson Jan. 20. Text word, Virgin -
/ Mrs. Albert Peterson and Mrs. At.
kinson Of Cambridge attended install.
lation Of officers of the Royal Neigh,
( bors here Tuesday evening.
! Miss Florence Pickard OF Waynet
| ILL.,, is visiting her sister, Mrs. John
+ Woodring.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. John Spencer Of Len
OK. Iowa, we're here Monday to attend
I the funeral Of their nephew, Arthur
[ Wright.
Miss Gail South entertained u OIL
her friends ar her home Wednesday
evening. The occasion was the GEE
bTstioH Of her 18th birthday. The ev
ening was spent in playing games and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17

other amusements. A dainty lunch
con was served by Mrs. South.
Frank Kettering of Graham, Mo, is
visiting relatives in Orion.
Mrs. E. T. Anderson of Rock Island
visited in Orion Wednesday.
Orrin Long and Howard Worthing-
ton left Tuesday to look after land in
terests in Monroe and other points in
Louisiana.
Miss Bessie Stearns of Creston,
Iowa, is visiting her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Stearns.
Raymond Fullerton and Clair Long
of East Moline were Orion visitors
Monday.
Mrs. Higgins of Orion expects to
sell her residence in the spring and
make her future home in Louisiana
with her daughter, Mrs. Brawley.
The Woman's Relief corps will
meet Tuesday, Jan. 81, at o'clock p.
m, for regular business meeting, and
the installation will be held in the
evening of the same day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Samuelson and
Roy Samuelson were in Rock Island
Tuesday
]. Ewing Davis and James Irwin OF
Chicago are visiting at p w. South's
home.
Charles Okerbloom is seriously Ill
with pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Huston have
moved to the Robert Bollman farm in
Rural.
Miss Edith Jordon, a former Orion
girl, was married at Edmonds, Wash,
to Walter r. Taylor. They will make
their future home in Olympia, Wash.
Hjalmer Johnson who has been ap-
prentice at the Burlington depot for
the last five months, has been assign.
ed a position at a block station in
Rock Island.
Hans shoIt who has been quite i'll
/ is improving.
Mrs. Byron Taylor OF Cambridge
died at the Commercial hotel in Orion
/ Friday morning at 10 O'Clock. She
! came here expecting 10 go to the home
of her son, NJ. B. Taylor, southeast Of
town, but was taken i'll and was un
able to ride to the country. She wal
Sc years of age, and leaves a hus
band and seven sons. The funeral was
held Monday from the Baptist church
in Cambridge.
The Ladies' Aid society Of the Bap
list church was entertained by Mrs
/. Tompson at her home in the souti
part Of town Thursday afternoon. AT
ter the regular meeting Refreshments
were served.
The Mothers association will give
its next open meeting Feb. II. Tit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17
, MOCK WINDOWS.
They Were Common In England When
Real o nos Were Taxed.

They Were Common In England When
Real Ones Were Taxed.
The window tax in England. a very
old tax commencing in the reign OF
William Ill, was not discontinued IN
I'll Lord Halifax changed 1t to the
house duty in 1851.
II must have caused great amount
OF consumption, anaemia and other foul
air maladies, for in 1850 there were
only an average of six windows In
English houses. Indeed, the British
architects are not yet free from the bad
influence OF this tax.
In very many old houses in England
today there may be seen mock windows
painted on the walls for symmetry
hideOus things. Not only were glazed
windows taxed. but any hole in the
wall was included. Indeed. in the early
days only very rich people in England
had glass windows, and so precious
were these that they were carried from
one house TO another when people
moved their quarters.
Curious lodges were practiced to es-
cape the tax, such as extending one
window across two houses or making a
very wide division between two panes
OF glass. The loss to the nation must
have been a hundredfold the revenues
collected from this bad tax.-Boston
Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17

es overtaken by them seek ref
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17
FRIED POTATOES.
Sold on the Streets From Pushcarts In
Parts of France.

Solo on the streets rom PushcartS IN
Parts Of France.
The street vending of pOmmes frites.
or French fried potatoes. is peculiar
70 the northern part OF France Pom
mes frites take the place of peanuts
and popcorn and are sold in much the
same fashion. Not only IS this trade
carried on in some instances as regu-
larry established business, but work
men wishing to increase their earnings
come but on the streets in the evening
and sell these fried potatoes from
pushcarts. Their profits often exceed
their days wages.
The pushcarts are of the ordinary
type. but covered A coke brazier is
inserted through the flooring. over
which Is placed the large iron caldron
holding the fat obtained from beef
suet Raw potatoes. after being pared.
are pressed through a special cutting
machine, coming out in long. narrow,
four sided pieces. These are immedl-
ately put into the boiling fat and in
several minutes are thoroughly cooked.
They are then sailed and sold in small
paper cornucopias holding i or cents
worth.
POmmes frites have the advantage
that they supply a satisfying and nu-
tritive meal for a few cents. This is
especially appreciated by the mill en-
ployees during the noon hour. as they
are thus enabled to have something
hot with their otherwise cold lunches.
Rather than go 10 the trouble OF pre-
pairing the dish. to say nothing Of I'LL
ing the house with the odor OF boiling
fat. many families prefer TO purchase
the freshly cooked tubers from the
nearest vender. These fried potatoes
are not sold merely at mealtimes. but
during the day. and are eaten like pop
corn.-ConsulRr Reports.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17
BULL ANTS OF AFRICA.
Elephants, Lions and Even Man Him.
self Flee From Them In Terror.

Elephants, Lions and Even Man Him
self Flee From Them In Terror.
In the vast equatorial forests Of
Africa the most dreaded OF animals IS
the great bull ant Unlike 0ther ants,
II carries nothing away; everything Is
eaten on the spot Every kind of beast
and reptlle-elephants lions, gorillas.
snakes and man himself-fiees before
this terrible insect
These ants march through the for
ests in long thin column, two inches
wide and miles in length. II they come
10 an open space where there are no
trees 10 shelter them from the sun
they burrow underground and form
tunnels. through which they march on.
II often takes as long as twelve hours
for one Of these armies 10 pass.
Any creature Overtaken is at once
attacked with Irresistible fury and in
stRntly devoured. The strongest and
the weakest, the most fierce and the
most timid OF creatures are alike
their prey.
Natives Overtaken by them seek ref
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17
AN ELUSIVE BONE.
Luz Is Said to ss IndsstruetibIe, but Il
10 Hard to Looats.

Luz lie Said to Rs IndsstruetibIe, but Il
10 Hard to Looats.
Much scholarship and anatomical
knowledge have been employed from
time to time In efforts to identify the
bone luz, said by ancient Hebrew
writer's TO be the nucleus from which
the body is reconstructed at the resur-
rection. There are many marvellous
stories of the indestrucubility Of luz.
and the bone has been located by rival
claimants to the honor of discovering
it In various parts of the human skele-
ton.
The most careful searching OF the last
published and amplest treatise on este
OlOgy will not result In the discovery
Of the bone called luz 1t will be nee
essary to go to the Frankfort edition
Of the ''TheatFum Anatomicum" of
Caspar Bauhinus (162lJ for a descrip-
ton: 1T is stated by Hebrew writers
to be a bone which cannot be destroy
ed by fire, water or any other element,
nor be broken or bruised by any force.
Its site is in the spine from the eight
zenith vertebra to the femur.
I'VE read that the Emperor Hadrian
once asked Rabbi Joshua. the son
of Chanm. how God would resurrect
man in the world to come. He made
answer. From the bone luz in the
spinal column When Hadrian asked
him how be came by this knowledge
and how he could prove 1t the Rabbi
/ Joshua produced the bone so that the
emperor could see it. When placed in
water it could not be softened; 1t was
not destroyed by FIRE. nor could II be
I ground by any weight; when placed on
{ an anvil and struck with hammer
/ the anvil was broken in ~sunder. but
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17
TALES OF CATS.
Stories That Come From the Historic
Tower of London.

Stories That Come From the Historic
Tower Of London.
Two stories Of the intelligence and
sympathy Of our feline friends were
told me during one of my numerous
visits to the Tower'of London while
was living in England
Southampton was a prisoner in the
Tower with the Earl OF Essex during
EliZabeth's reign. In some strange way
or by some unrecognized faculty IA
vorite cat of his found his abode and
suddenly appeared to him. having made
an entrance down the chimney. After
his release by James l.. Southampton
had his picture painted with his faith
full friend at his side. The portrait |
believe, can today be seen at Wilbeck
abbey.
The other tale Is Of Sir Henry Wyatt,
who was committed to the Tower dur
ing the reign of Richard Ill. and suf-
fered much from want Of clothing and
food. He would have perishel If cat
had not come down into his room and
warmed him by lying on his breast
and saved him from starvation by
bringing him an occasional pigeon
caught on the leads. Although the
keeper was under orders not to i'm
prove his food, he agreed TO cook any
thing which Sir Henry provided, and
the pigeons which the cat brought
saved his life. He also had a picture
painted showing the cat offering a pig
con through the bars of his cell.-Our
Dumb Friends.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17

uSe in the nearest river or pond Yet
even when the ants themselves are
drowned their strong pincers refuse
TO relax their hold upon any flesh they
may have attached themselves TO. and
though their bodies are torn forcibly
away. their heads remain.
Certain barbarous tribes. when a
man is condemned for witchcraft,
fasten him to tree and leave him to
the ants. When they have passed
skeleton alone is left to tell the tale
Parsons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17

that post" was the word that meant
all things and nothing The punster
should watch the word "set," which
has achieved nearly seventy columns in
the new English dictionary. 1t Is a
small word. but its meanings are al.
most unlimited. You should set to
work on the word, which you use every
day in a hundred senses. And it would
be a pleasant, popular game to set
down the number of ways in which
you have used that word during the
day. set to partners you might call
it.-London Chronicle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17
ROCK ISLANDER IN
U.S.ARMY Is RONORED

Major James Z. Normoyle Of the
quartermasters corps, L. S. A, former
well known Rock Island boy, has been
directed TO assume charge of the ar
engagements for the G. a. r. encamp-
ment which will be held at Gettysburg
In July Of 1913, to celebrate the 50th
anniversary Of that memorable battle
Major Normoyle receives compli-
mentary mention in the annual report
OF the secretary of war for 1912, for
splendid relief work done in March Of
1912 on the lower Mississippi during
the floods. At that time he was in
charge of the caring for 1s5, 900 people
and $4,000 head Of cattle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17

the bone remained Intact" Hieronsmus
Magius represents that. according to
the Talmudists, the real bone Is near
the base of the skull, whether it be in
the base itself or in the spine. vesalius
writes that this ossicle is described by
the Arabs as resembling a chick pea in.
size and shape, and Cornelius Agrippa
describes 1t as ''magnitudine ciceris
mundati" (the size of a shelled peal.
Different anatomists have held IT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17
The Word nSet.H

What is the favorite word OF the
English language? The Germans have
their "schlag" and ''zug," which cover
many meanings. But we beat them in
the one word-not ''post"-which you
might suspect of the supremacy Of am
biguity-but set" One always thought
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17

varIousIy to be the sacrum. the coccyx,
the twelfth dorsal vertebra, one Of the
WORKMAN bones in the skull and one
of the sesamoids of the great toe
London Lancet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17

Stung.
What does the busy bee teach Us,
Freddie?"
Not to go too near the hive. uncleS
London Taller
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-25

ing OF hollow trees with cement has
been accomplished with great sue
cess asssv the tres has been scraped
perfectly clean. and washed with
sntise9sic,
TIE eaesnys os city tree are quite
numerous, First. The cement walk
Is On one side, and cement gutter on
the other, leaslng no room for the
roots % spread. and causing : crest
scarcity es wsser,
A CREST many people srs interested
enough in the growth az trees to
wsssv them artlaeislly. hs dlsging 4
A>ls near the frank and Inserting 5
tile which nsay be nlsed with water
Is often as Recessary. E.sos-ic Wiz
sag had shortened the life Of $ sress
many trees by the wires becoming eS,
gasea and laying sSASass TIE limbs
sssG sometimes starting sres,
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they turn loose upon the public
fiocks of i'll trained practitioners"
DR.. Flexner's complaint that stud
ents who enter American medical
schools are not fully matured was
echoed by other speakers Dr.. w B.
Cannon OF Boston said 1t was not I'M
common TO find medical students
sprawled upon tables reading the
sporting columns of newspaper
when they were supposed to be per
forming analyses
The trouble with the American
youth is that he goes to college to
learn life, instead Of philosophy said
Dr. George Dock. of Washington Uni
versity medical school, ST Louis
That method is successful in mans
practical lines but 1t is not the idea
preparation fo- medicine .
President Harry Pratt Judson a
Chicago university. would 50 con
dense the elementary and high srhoo
training of the American youth tina;
he would enter college ire age Q.
IL or 10 This wosld permit him e
take more advanced courses before
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-25
A Literary Expert Showing Them
How to Run Big Proposition
Wshbun Child the
Master of Business Problems Webster Keokuk

trial commissioner, q power sale de-
partment. q bureau OF Information.
and an assistant treasurer. in addi-
ton to the Offices OF the local manag-
er and the district manager. confer.
ence rooms and other general Offices.
All these departments are already
very busily ut work Mr.. Child him.
self has been attending meetings and
hanQuats in the cities of the power
sone, and every time he appears at a
public or oeasi-public meeting he
makes friends,
Living Dual Life.
He has been living this double life
of author and executive ever since he
was In college. Massachusetts born,
but travelled sufficiently to have over
come that and to have become man
OF western cordially and southern
genialisy, he graduated from Harvard
III 1908, While student he did some
writing for Boston paper. mostly
feature articles and little studies in
real life In Boston He ssgnalsled the
year 1906, by graduating from the
Harvard law school and being adj
mtsted to the bar. and st the same
time winning the $1,000 prize for
short stories in the Collier competi-
ticn in which most of the noted writ
ers of the world were entrants, About
the same time he began working for
Stone & Webster. chiefly in the field
where he was needed at the moment
the Management Association manages
forty or fif,y plants for other owners
all over the United states, Just now
he WAS needed in the domain OF the
Mississippi River Power company,
end that is how he came to rent 3
koase in keokuk. In the ossces he
calls himself assistant 10 Mr.. Trawick.
hut 1t is easier for newspaper mes to
sienon,inass him acting manager OF
the Mississippi River Power company,
hy far the largest water power com
pany in the world.
But Burlington people will gsner-
SLY think of him SIS the author OF
some cracking coed stories, although
r. ". Child wishes that they would
forget about Richard wsshhurn Child
ansil he gets that big water power
operating smoothly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-25
rag PRUNING OF SHADE TREES,
Tsy noroshy Renaae,

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saassas saMghs as BY nasare, Il IS 10
cs.s cat the needless parts Tor the I'M,
aroyessssat os these sAAt are left
Nasarsl grssasag is the sart of pgaa,
iaS found IN forests, The ola trees
are generally tall and straight. snd
have no branches except the crown,
hisA NJ IN the air When the lower
Branches are Silled BY ether trees, or
fer want Il lighs the tree gets rid q
them. ny droapslg ;hea OF. orsaSins
close IL the tvtsak This leaves a
rouna epeniaSsor collar III the weed,
which aaslsy In ti,ae seaws over,
This is the esase Of snos holes We -
estsa see IN weed.
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/ wisae0, &aowsng Sast heW 10 Do Il.
[ II someone else Is 70 do It, they
sheNla Ne Watched closely 10 see that
III is correctly dons,
The Nest tool IN avaasns trees is
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wraas placs il Will stop SCewsas.
therefore gsviss nsore strength 10 the
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Woman loves Gear. rosy cunp,e,
ION. Burdock Blood Bitters pur.aes ,hs
blood. clears the skin. restores rudy
sound health.-Advertisement


limited Press Leased Wire Ssryieel
MINNEAPOLIS. ainn-, Feb. "a
Three milk dealers and the compan
les which they head. and the secre
tary Of the milk dealers organization
here pleaded guilty to violations o.
the state antitrust Law By conspiracy
TO raise milk prices Fines Of s7elf
were imposed IN each case BY District
Judge Keller. making . total Of s,sa0
in fires
Those fined Eere ". A. Page and
the Quaker Creamery COMPANY. C. A.
Nelson and the Csover Leaf Dairy
Company. Samuel Johnson and the
Model Mix Company. and Carl A.
Steel. secre:ary Of the Nik Dealers
Association
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-25
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fsYMN OF TIE MgsT.

fsYMN OF TaE WEST.
q TAoss, whose glorsoas CRIBS On nigh
lsaSssI the earth with spleaaer
ra0sss
Erssa cat Thy secret plses draw nigh
rae sessrss and temples Of this
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Eternal fssSAs.
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grew,
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10 show the msrSe,s God hath
wrcagass
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.Aass empire nate Freedom, gave
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sNoarea sAreash sAe sssswsys Of the
NorsA
Thy mSsAss rivers sosa their tide
Md On the wings q morn send
sorsh.
Their salsts sAe saeots PEAKS divide.
rs Thee uassSsed
The mountains yield
Ores thst the wsslsa of oaasg shsne.
And SCENTS Wrought u seveaaae5
garsf
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-25

and Mrs. Jane Doty to Carthage
Wednesday In his automobile.
Andsrsonss have added an automo-
bile livery in connection with his re-
pair shop in the new building just
completed for DR.. Rankin on Main
street
Mrs Longer spent several days in
LAGRANGE this week