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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25

| Il SPOKE OF HER IN VERY HIGH TERMS. y
| ing himself to her when he had-at
| least on our first COMMUNICATIONS
! ed me. Agnes was not well liked by
US girls, and that was another reason
why L was surprised at Abner's en-
gaging himself to her
The engagement between these two
didn't last long. 1 never understood
why it was broken, and no one else
, seemed to know. Abner never said a
word about it. AS for Agnes, all she
would say was that she didn't care.
1t was whispered about that she didn't
confine her lovemaking to Abner, and
he objected to having to divide it with
some one else. 1t was the general i'm
preston that Agnes was one of that
kind of girls who make, or seem to
make, easy conQuests of men. but who
don't seem to have the faculty of hold
ing them after they get them.
las soon as Abner Warren broke with
Agnes he renewed his attentions to
me. 1 was glad enough to get him
back. though his affair with her left
scar in me. He was very respectful
to me as well as attentive, and it was
not long before he proposed to me.
Before 1 accepted him 1 told him
thought 1 had right to know what
had passed between him and Agnes.
He replied that he didn't think l had
any such right. l gave up the point,
though 1 was not satisfied to do so,
and we became engaged.
"All went we'll with us till one day
Bette Underwood came to see me, os-
tenSibly to talk about some church
matter. but I've always believed since
that she had another object in view.
While we were talking she asked me
If I'd heard that Agnes Walker and
Cyrus Buckley were engaged / said !
had not. remarking at the same time
that If it We're so Agnes had not been
a long while getting over her affair
With Abner. Bet replied that Agnes
wouldn't marry Abner on any account /
Naturally I asked why.
"'You don't know anything about |
that matter she said. You've, doubt |
less, heard Abner's side of the story. i
but you've never heard Agnes
1--we never heard either side,' ES
piled.
'She went on talking about some
thing else, but what she had said left |
a very unpleasant impression on me. I
l tried not TO think OF il. but the more
| tried to Danish it the more it persist
ed in coming back TO me. At last l
could stand it no longer and spoke to
Abner about it, telling him what Bet
tie Underwood had said.
He seemed i'll at ease and tried to
turn the matter aside. This made me
The more suspicious. and / told him
that If he had treated Agnes badly /
should know it, for If a man will deal
with one woman he will
10 so with another. To this he replied
hat girl about TO be married had
best leave alone her lovers previous
ihairs with women. Her only concern
was his treatment of her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
CAPITAL Comment
BY CLYDE H. tTAvENNER
CONGRESSMAN from the Fourteenth District.

render to England and the other ear
guments" OF the anti-repeal advocates.
The average congressman is coun-
tryman. He is IMMERSED in the ways
OF newspaper crusades. Each morning
he opens his copy of the Washington
Post and sees little in it but broad
sides of denunciation for the presi-
dent. There are dispatches telling
how hard it is going TO be for any
democrat who is supporting the pres
ident to be reelected because of the
storm of public indignation against
the administrator tolls policy.
The congressman may be unable to
analyze the motive behind these arti-
Giles. He is likely to come to the con-
clusion that the Washington Post is
merely rejecting in the capital what
is going on in every city of the coun-
try. He is likely to think that all city
newspapers are carrying these same
columns of news" of the tremendous
uprising against President Wilson.
1t was left to an Indiana editor, w.
c. b. Harrison of the Elkhart Progress
sive Democrat. aided by Senator John
w. Kern, to expose this latest lobby
and to show that this alleged popular
uprising is being manufactured out of
thin air by John r. Mclean and his
Mr.. Harrison sent to
Senator Kern a copy of "a telegram
which he received from the Cincin-
natl Enquirer. 1t read:
Cincinnati. Ohio. April 10, 1914.
Some Reliable Newspaper Man, Elk
hart. Ind: Please file early Friday
evening 800 words showing unfavora-
BILE sentiment your section toward !
President Wilson's stand on Panama
canal tolls. Interview big business |
men and get them to say something /
hot. ENQUIRER"
In other words, the Enquirer's own /
great corps of correspondents is not |
big enough to get the "unfavorable"
sentiment that John r. Mclean wants |
and is willing to pay for. So blanket
kilograms are being sent to "any re-
liable newspaper men" who may be
willing to aid in an insidious plot
against the president and in favor of
he shipping trust for the few dollars
hey can get from the Enquirer for
heir services.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25

For many years all laws and regula-
tions relating to manufactured gas
were based on candlepower require
ments. 1. e., the gas burned in def
mite burner at the rate of cubic feet
per hour was required to give speci-
fed illumination of so many candle
power. This specification furnished 4
perfectly satisfactory control of the
quality OF gas delivered so long as
the gas was chiefly used for illuminat-
ing purposes with the old style OF
open-fiame gas burner. At the present
time. however. this inefficient type OF
burner has been very largely displaced
by burners OF the Welsbach mantle
type. Furthermore. a large amount OF
the gas sold today is used'for cooking
purposes and TO some extent for oper-
ating small gas engines for power pur-
poses. In these applications OF gas il
is the heating value that IS of first i'm
portance and not the candlepower.
II has been estimated that less than
90 per cent OF the gas manufactured
and sold today. indeed in many of our
cities and towns less than 10 per cent,
is used in the old type OF open-fame
gas burners. Notwithstanding this fact
we still find in most OF our cities and
towns ordinances on the statute
books requiring that the gas meet a
definite candlepower test, while no at
tention has been given to the question
OF heating value. which is the import
ant factor for over so per cent of the
gas sold. Many of The candlepower
requirements fixed by law are quite
high. often requiring the manufacture
Of an expensive oil-enriched gas, which !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
WHERE ARE THE MEXICAN
WAR vETERANs9

Where are the surviving veterans
OF the Mexican war of 1s46-S?"
This IS the call from Chicago, where
only two men remain.
In 1910 the Western association Of
Mexican War Veterans was disbanded
A year later only two Chicago men,
tent and gray with years, held their
asst official camp fire and reunion.
September Z. 1910. the last national
meeting OF the Mexican war veterans
was held IN Indianapolis, when the
national association was disbanded.
There were % members OF the asso-
citation then In a hushed and fearful
silence the % grizzled heroes listened
to the words OF the secretary: at
now becomes my sacred duty 10 ad-
Journ the National Association of
Mexican War Veterans was disbanded.
on that beautiful shore. / ask you 10
arise and declare the national asso-
citation adjourned forever"
One By one they parted. perhaps
never TO meet again on earth.
The youngest then was 70 years old.
Since then the ranks have thinned
rapidly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25

getter, Il Is what might be expected OF
novices in the newspaper business.
Newspapers reserve the right TO as
sail others: sometimes. II must be ad-
mitted without a great deal of cause.
but when those who are in the habit
OF doing the assailing find themselves
on the receiving end Il is quite another
matter. In the ability to stand the
gam" TO accept in good part what one
has been accustomed TO hand to 9TH
ers, lies a thorough test OF stability
and strength OF character.
The new hand in the game is pretty
certain TO be thin-skinned and TO take
IL TO heart when he first finds himself
on the hot end OF a controversy. The
well trained. more than hair
baked and somewhat seasoned
newspaper man, however. Is ready TO
take as good as he sends and come up
for more. The knocks OF the trade
give him a sane viewpoint and make
him 4 good sio.t
Providence alone can help an insti-
tuition with a printing press at its CON-
mand that must needs run TO the
courts for vindication. Such course
strikes The Argus either that such
paper Is CONSCIOUS Va AAAN AAAAAAeANAN-1
OF its clientele or doubts the power OF
its own influence.
The Argus has always endeavored
TO be considerable OF its contempora-
ries. and stands ready TO do almost any
thing In reason for them, but contrib
uting TO the fund now so modestly
asked is too much. especially when all
the circumstances concerning the re-
quest are considered.
During the local option campaign
The Argus carried Advertisements for
both sides for what they were worth,
and regardless OF its own sentiments
on the paramount issue. but it had neith-
er during the campaign nor since, any
relations with the Local Option league
more intimate than with any other or
binary advertiser using its columns,
and Notwithstanding that it is perfectly
able TO take care of itself it resents
being brought into this ldd-like con-
trOVersy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
The Daily Story
The Mistake of Her Life-By May G. Etheridge.
Copyrighted 1914. by Associated Literary Bureau

am fond of motoring and am con
sidered about as good a driver as any
woman in the town in which l live.
In summer / make long tours, some
times extending over. several weeks
One night while touring / stopped
at a neat farmhouse, the owner and
sole occupant of which was a young
woman about twenty-seven and come
ly, but there was dissatisfied express
sion on her face as though she had met
with some serious disappointment
She told me her name was Elizabeth
wyman: her father and mother were
dead and had left her the property on
which she lived-a dairy farm. She
had nothing to complain Of except lone
illness. l suggested that an attractive
young woman with nice farm should
have no trouble in getting good hus
band, the best panacea for loneliness.
This brought about a confidence which
resulted in her giving me the cause OF
her disappointed look.
"The trouble about men," she said,
as that they don't understand US wo.
men"
"And perhaps" 1 interrupted, I'VE
women don't understand men"
"when 1 was a girl living here with
my parents a man named Warren
bought a farm down where the road
crosses the creek. He had a son nam
ed Abner I first met Abner Warren
at confusing, and he picked me
out among all the girls present, dane
ing with me oftener than with any of
the rest of them. He seemed then to
be fine. manly fellow who could look
any one straight in the eye. He didn't
treat me right afterward, but however
he acted he had that same honest pride
in his look.
1.-TWO or three of the girls made a
dead set for him, and Agnes Walker
got him. 1 thought at the time she
must have managed it very adroitly.
and I couldn't understand his engag-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25

may not be the most economical gas
to the public. The Importance of the
heating value of the gas is now being
quite generally recognized, and where
new legislation has been adopted re-
Gently and where public-service COM
missions have considered the question
of gas regulation and have gotten to
the point of issuing regulations, the
heating value standard is being gener-
ally adopted, supplemented in some
cases by a moderate candlepower
standard, the latter with a view to af-
fording the necessary protection to
those who still use the open-fiame
burner.
In view OF the growing importance
of the question of heating values of
gases from the manufacturing, the
legislative, the inspecting, and the
economic sides, the bureau of stand
ards, of the department of commerce,
started several years ago an exhaus-
tive investigation of the instruments
widely used in this country and
abroad to measure the heating values
OF gases, with n view to determining
the sources of error to which the in
struments are liable, the important
to be observed in their
use, and the accuracy attainable with
them. This investigation has now
been completed, and the results viii
be published in a forthcoming tech
nologic paper, reprints of which may
be obtained by those interested in the
subject by addressing a written re-
quest to that bureau at Washington
ID. c. II is expected that the paper
will come from the press about June 1.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25

The city OF Moline Is fitting up four
baseball diamonds for the boys this
summer. Use Of the premises has been
donated by property owners who wish
20 see the youngsters have an OppOr-
tunfty for healthful out OF door sport
This - an example which might be
followed with profit in Rock Island.
This city ought 10 have a dozen dia-
monds open 20 the use OF all boys. It's
great for the lads and IL would
help add to the visible supply OF ball
players n later years Besides Il has
one in Island City park that could I'M
der proper regulations be used for
games at q profit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
7AvENNER SCORES AGAIN.

Congressman Tavenner Is TO be con
graduated upon the success Of his
fight 10 eliminate the Joker In the army
ammunition bill in conference com
mittee. The FIVE words which were in
serted after the measure had left his
hands would have practically nullihed
the fight he had so valiantly waged
70 deprive the manufacturing ring OF
its fst profits. Had he not exercised
extreme vigilance the combine would
have carried its point.
Passage Of the bill IN its present
form IS expected 20 mean much for
Rock Island arsenal and for the three
cities. as well as 10 effect saving OF
millions Of dollars for the government.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
Cloud Pictures

- NICE upon a time, some fairies
lived on the snow white clouds.
Across the sky they Travelled, back
and forth. seeing all the wonderful
sights of land and sea
I'm so sorry for the poor people
On earth." said cloud fairy one bright
afternoon
why are you sorry7" asked the next
fairy. cit seems TO me earth people have
a pretty good time-they have flowers
around them, and trees and birds-why
should you pity them9"
-Oh. I know all that said the first
fairy scornfully, but they can't see
lakes and hills and so many lovely
scenes all at once as We do"
Il can't see why you bother about
IL though" replied the second fairy,
you can't change the world" And
with that he few over to the other side
of the cloud to see what was going on
there.
@No-o-o," unused the first fairy
thoughtfully. Il can't change all that.
but maybe | might do something to
help. / must think about II some more.
So all through the long afternoon he
thought and thought. and as the sun
began TO go to sleep a bright idea oc-
CURED TO himi
"I know. know" he exclaimed.
why didn't we ever think beforei We
can make pictures of lakes and noun
tains and valleys here in the clouds, and
all the earth people can see them~
He jumped on the nearest sunbeam.
who carried him round from cloud 10
cloud. delivering the message.
"You mustn't just play any MORE"
was what he said. you must get To
work and paint pictures on the clouds
for the busy earth people 10 look at"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25

erness anything IN
recent years. The
lobby is opposing
the president in
his policy of re-
pealing the exemp-
ton granted to U.
s. coastwise YES
sells in the matter
of Panama tolls.
The chief instru-
ment in the lobby
is the newspaper
k n ow n as the
Washington Post.
The Post is owned
by John r. Nc
Lean, who a o
owns the Cincin-
natl Enquirer. The
Enquirer is one of
the greatest news
papers in the Unit
ed States. 1t main
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25

"Dr" Julian Thomas. OF New York.
= aeronaut. autcmobilist and medical
rfaker. has been held in $4,000 bond by
he United States commissioner for
using the mails 20 defraud. lie has
been advertising that he was able to
effect cures without medicines or
drugs. by taking a dietetic course in
which raw wheat biscuits" figure con-
spiciuously. II the Doctor" is sent TO
the pen the government authorities
might add 20 his punishment by put
ting him on a diet Of his own bis
cult"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
Mans Pet AversIons,

The average man does not care to
be
An onlooker at a wedding.
The wearer of the first straw hat in
the spring.
Compelled to wait an hour for a
train.
Present when his wife tells their
friends how eager he was while he
courted her.
listener when his best story Is
being told by somebody else.
Met by a pretty girl while he is
wheeling baby carriage.
Wet nurse to a rubber plant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
WHEN JUNE Is
JUST AHEAD

How fair a world
this world may
be
When June Is just
ahead,
w n g n blossoms
grace the apple
tree
A n q summers
rugs are spread
Across the mead
ows soft and
green
And on the grace
full slspeg.
And on mems faces
there Is seen
The glow of splen-
did hopes.
How good It Is to
be alive
w n e N June is
drawing near;
How good to hope,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
CHILD'S PLAY.

The Argus has no cause 20 be
alarmed over any act OF the Moline
Mall Involving the financial resources
of the two newspapers. nor Is it dis
posed 70 invite or even consider a de-
bate with the publication that alleges
a grievance. Neither does The Argus
anticipate that the suit the Mail has
nled. coming as IL does fn the midst
OF the excitement IN Mexico. VIII at
tract world wide attention. Though
II isn't likely 20 cut much figure either
as an advertising dodge or a revenue 1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25

The consul general OF Persia. who is
in New York. has given some facts as
TO the cost OF living in his country
which would seem 10 be calculated TO
promote immigration thitherward. One
can buy a turkey over there for D
cents. q chicken for ? cents and eggs
At > cents a dozen. while COW brings
about So However. conditions are
relatively not so much better than
elsewhere since labor is paid from .
70 10 cents a day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
OF COURSE HE WOULD.

81 am telling
you t h g tru t h
when I say that I
was much happier
when I was poor
than / am now.
" T h e n W h y
don't you let your
millions go and be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
A Look Into the Future.

Things will be greatly changed in
so years from now"
Il haven't any doubt of that. Fifty
years from now there will perhaps be
people who will find it necessary to ad-
nit that their grandmothers were pro-
fessionaI lady divers"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
Alas, AlackI

There will be no marriage nor CIV
ing in marriage in heaven" said Mrs.
Henpeck.
Mr. Henpeck drew a long. deep, sad
sigh.
why do you look so sad about 1t.
Henry?" she asked.
I'VE haven't any such assurance
about conditions in the other place
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25

TOwne-Do you believe in dreams?
more. TOwne-Not rs superstitiOus as
you were. eb? BrowDe-Oh. IL wasn't
a question or superstition. ! WINS H.
love with one once, asa shs Tilted me-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
His Own Fault.

Taking her hands in his the young
man from Cincinnati said:
II am going to without any further
beating around the bush ask you to
be my wife,
Good night" replied the girl from
Boston. THE man who wins me for
his own has got to do it without split
ting an infnitive."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
Too Ready to Quit.

at is very kind OF you to ask me to
be your wife; but 1 must refuse. 1
hope you will not hurry away and do
anything rash"
Don't worry about that. I merely
wanted to be sure that we understood
each other"
You are so sensible that am going
to take back what l said and accept
YOU"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25

strive.
To fling taunt at fear:
The world is never quite so fair,
And victory ne'er thrills
As when, with roses IN her hair.
June trips across the hills.
The years fair bride, with robes of gauze,
Her pathway blossom strewn
The world grows fairer than IL was,
With each return Of June; 4
And. though in mansions in the sky
Their banquets may be spread,
mourn for those who have to die
When June is just ahead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
Indisputable.

Don't you believe the level OF hui
man intelligence is gradually rising?"
mo, on the contrary. Never beforS
were there as many writer's of popu-
lar songs as there are today"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
Brute.

Mary" he pleaded, will you please
quit talking for few minutes? I'm
trying to think"
81 can talk and think" she peevislhy
replied. Il can't understand why you
are not able to listen to me and think"
Il can. Only the things I think while
I'm listening to you don't get me any
thing"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
Two of a Kind.

"Oh. George" sighed the Ioveslck
maiden. I'm sure I'm not worthy TO
be your wife,
We'll" replied George YEARLY. I'm
not worthy 10 be your husband. so
were just nbout evenly matchbox
PHILADELPHIA Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
April IS in America
History.

17Sl-Battle of Hobkirk's Hin. -.
General Nathaniel Greene ~,
mails defeated by the British 1'
Lord Rawd0n. ,,as
1se4-Admiral D. u. Porter ran -
Confederate batteries on heu A.
above Alexandria. in the Nsns =
mored gunboat Cricket. ~ ~ ,,.
der the heavy ironclad I"s
was blown up 10 prevent cap,1 a.
1909-CharleS Warren Stodda1u. -
thor and educator. died IN Ns''
rey, Cab; born 1914.
All the news All the tiu.e-Tfe AS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
.Cza hSranJodeon

What shall we paint" they asked,
how shall we do it"
Il don't know how you can do it."
said the fairy, won can try and try,
till you find out how; but l want you TO
paint the lakes and hills that you love
the bestp
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25

Henry Budd Of Philadelphia wants
70 20 TO the senate. Being a demo-
crat in a republican state. however
but why finish #? You've already
got IT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25

The weakling who sues the Rock IS
land newspapers may also be obliged
70 salute the flag before what he has
started has been finished.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25

Especial Correspondence OF Tho Argusp
Washington. April 23.-Washington
Just now IS Witnessing an example OF
expert lobbying that surpasses in clev-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
Slow,

'fIave you had your child chris.
tened?"
mo. We haven't even had him OF
Grated on for anything yet"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25

So the fairies dipped their brushes
in the sunsets glow and painted the
piled-up clouds. Lakes and hiIlsides,
mountains and castles appeared as the
sun slipped TO rest.
And the people on earth looked up
and saw the pictures on the clouds.
They saw and were happier for the
fairy scenes, but they didn't know that
fairies were painting the clouds just
for them
But we know. don't we!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25

Il takes a woman 20 conceal the
things she doesn't know. but a man s
ignorance Is always cropping out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25
poor again?"

why, I should be miserable, think
Ing of the people who got the money"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-25

They Keep Her Busy Enough.
do you enjoy going to weddings.
Mrs. Spozzley?"
'No. they bore me. 1 never go to
any but my own"