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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20
HER DEFENSE.

Nine. Caillaux, wife OF the minister
OF finance in the French cabinet, in
recounting the story OF her killing OF
the editor of the Figaro because OF
articles rejecting on her husbands
official conduct, said that she called
on the editor and was most politely
received The editor asked what he
could do for her and she replied: at
/ Is needless for me to pretend / am
making a friendly call" She contin-
ued her narrative: And then, losing
all control OF myself. / drew my re-
volver from my muff and fired all the
cartridges She afterwards ex-
pressed hope that her victim might
recover. a vain wish
But Nine. Calllaux has laid the
foundation for her defense, says the
st. Louis Globe-Democrat. II IS that
she lost all control OF herself That
is the description OF what is called
emotional insanity" "dementia
Americana" or "dementia Parisienne."
II is very effective when pleaded by
a woman, particularly a woman with
a past" a lawyer OF but ordinary
ability will be able TO picture her past
colorfully. He will refer to her early
matrimonial experiences and her later.
happiness. which she thought was
about to be destroyed by her second
husbands political enemy. The mat
ter preyed upon her mind until IL I'M
hinged her intellect. She went to the
editors Office with a vague hope that
she might persuade him to abandon
his cruel persecution of her husband,
but finding herself unable to begin
the interview with the editor, in view
OF his mock politeness. she lost con-
troll OF herself II will probably be I
easy TO have the jurors in tears by |
this time, if the lawyers argument be \
reinforced by Mysteries from the de- l
II may be necessary for her |
to faint, interrupting the trial 1t |
may be necessary to temporarily send |
the jurors from the room, one of the |
absurd theories being that when jurors
are sent out at critical times they
escape the influence of sensational
scenes or improper testimony In
TACT, the sending OF jury out often
-aises suspicion that creates the
reasonable doubt" which looms so
much larger TO an inexperienced
lis oath, than to court officials and
spectators.
II will be no trick at all for Nine.
,aillaux to impress the jury that she
5 a broken-hearted and ruined wom-
IN The fact that she called on a de-
enseless and unsuspecting man, car
ying a deadly weapon, concealed in
Ter muff. will be quite forgotten. But
) few hours before the Paris scandal
he states attorney at Chicago gave
ut an interview declaring that the
manner in which women who have
committed murder in Cook county
AVE been able to escape punishment
las become a scandal" Men Jurors
an not withstand the beautifu! worn-
N who turns on the ioodgate of tears.
'hether they are in Chicago or in
'er!s. II might be well to use women
urors In trying women charged with
murder.
They might think little of the muir.
cred man and his family and the gem
rel welfare of society instead of for
citing all this in their sympathy for
defendant whose sorrow is of the
'orldly sort, that worketh not repent
nee TO salvation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

gard to Denmark. This, however, is
mere guess work.
In Sweden there are plenty of SOC
/ ialist papers advocating a republic,
but the king himself is personally pop
ular withthe people. They admire his
strength and courage in maintaining
| his own opinions, and his queen, the
German Princess Victoria of Baden,
has made a place for herself in their
hearts, The Swedish socialists
could not easily establish a republic
as long as the Queen of Sweden lives.
In Norway the situation is differ
ent. Norway is hostile to its king
in every part of the country. and
particularly hostile to its queen.
Queen Maud refuses to patronize
Norway's shops or to encourage the
Norwegian industries or encourage
her subjects to do 1t. Norwegian
ladies ambitious to bask in royal ia
vor follow her example and go to
London and Paris for their clothes,
for their Christmas presents, even
for the food served at their balls and
banquets, importing everything at
ruinous expense, to follow the fa7f-
ionabe lead.
Queen Maud apparently is tired of
the king business" up here, so re-
mote from her beloved England, and
the world need not be surprised to
hear any day that she has persuaded
her husband TO abdicate. After that
it will be republic, If the people are
able to get what they want.
In Sweden the monarchy may last
much longer, and King Gustav may,
with the help of his queen, who is
not yet ready to lay aside her crown,
remain on the throne for the rest of
his life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20


and neglected to be glad;
Through the storm the doctors hurried.
wearied from long lack of rest,
Many q weeping mother vainly clasped q
dead babe to her breast:
Through the city Death went stalking.
striking down the young and old.
And the gaunt cab horses shivered as
they stood out IN the cold
I met her in a parlor. where she Iolled I'm
luxury;
"Ah." she said. this is the season that
brings greatest Joy to me;
How ] love to hear the creaking of the
wheels upon the snow;
What Joy there is in living when its
ten degrees below,
Sprfngtime brings it's fragrant blossoms,
but I feel supreme delight
When the wind blows from the northland
and the world is clothed in white"
BY the curb an old man tumbled: at his
side his shovel lay,
And his poor, thin coat was futtered by
the wind that howied away;
Palhd children crouched where sadness
could not be induced to leave,
In the novels women shivered and forgot
all but to grieve;
madly striking right and left
Where the little. gloomy coal bins of all
contents were bereft.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

Cook county. Dupage county and
Kane county are expecting to con-
struct about 40 miles this season of
the permanent highway across the
state of Illinois. In Cook county they
are preparing TO expend more than
$4,000 a mile on the roadbed. That
means that the country highway is be-
ginning to take on a new meaning. and
that IL is developing at a fast pace.
One good example leads to another.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20
OTHERS USING OUR RE-
SOURCES.

4 Farmers on Muscatine island have
taken preliminary steps to secure
sisctricfty 20 light their buildings and
hirnish power 20 operate their ma.
-ehinery and run pumps 10 drain their
svamps and frrigste their truck fields.
The electricity IS 20 be furnished
hem by the Muscatine Light and
ip3wer company which IN turn Sc
<dres fits Juice" from the water
power plant at Sears.
Rock Island county has swamps 10
drain and land which needs irrigation.
r. has farms on which electricity
qoUId be otherwise used with profit,
md yet the electricity which Is gener- |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20
"eosp and Sob, In Money

Most people would know what was
meant by the term bob" when speak
Ing OF money. But would they be able
TO say ofThand what a cob" Is or was
In similar connection? IL was used
ia polite circles I'm the seventeenth CEN
tUry. for IL occurs in a letter from the
Earl OF Essex-''So my wife gave her
cob, for which she seemed very thank
ful"-Drfnted in the new volume of the
Camden" series. the editor OF which
gives the information that the cob was
"a piece Of money the value OF which
varied from shillings 10 as much rs 6
shillings in 1675."-London Chronicle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20
March 20 in American
History.

,rs.-ru,,.-r, ,.Yeiteg Ia Same s''N
erer and explorer in the Mlss. ~
pi valley, murdered ih
discontinued followers. ..,,ou
17so-End OF the long admiui, s. ,oss
OF Lord North. noted ior 'u ndt.
OF American colonies to ere Gre
ain. 1t began Jan. Is l''" ,.,or
iso6-Mrs. A. d. 7. Whitney su.I ~
ess. best known by her s.os as
young people. died; born is-f
considerste Parent
what are you doing these ps
Il have Joined the sons OF r9s'
"How can you do it! u.s
"By having father VINO 'apoh
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20
BLOWING SOM 6.

Have you an
Ananias club in
this town."
Yes, sir. The
president of 1t is
a fellow W h o
claims that dur
/ n G the recent
storm hara tina
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20
The Disturbing Poet.

There is no DEATH" the poet said.
What men call death is only sleep.
The husband whom you mourn as dead
But lies in slumber sweet and deep"
The widow heard the poet speak
And wonder seemed to fill her eyes;
A tear dried on her dimpled cheek,
She sighed some very soulful signs.
Not dead? Not dead?" she said at last.
t"Ah, sir, why will you scare me thus !?
The courts have thrice within the past
Objected to divorcing US"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20
How, Indeed Z?

How, Indeed?
DO you love your papa?" asked the
minister.
Yes, sir" said Willie.
And do you obey him."
yes, SIR
And now comes the most impor-
tant question of all. Do you honor
him?"
How can If he Is the kind of a
man ma tells him he is every little
while?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

Everett. Wash.-The wife of Rev
Albert Dahlstrom, new sect founder
who is in Jail awaiting sentence for
violation of the white slave law, OBJ
tanned a divorce, the decree carrying
all the property of the couple, includ-
ing a tract on which Dahlstrom plan
ned TO found a colony of polygamists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20
No Chance to Elan.

Girls In New Guinea have l,,,,a
chance TO run away. Their parents
iorce them TO sleep in a little house on
.he topmost branch of tall tree. Their
the ladder Is removed and the plumber
OF the parents is not disturbed by
fears OF an elopement.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20
Did His Best.

But why in the world did the poor
fellow wish to go about barefooted in
cold weather? He ought TO have known
1t would cause his death"
Somebody once called him an &C.
centric genius. and he was trying to
make good"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

The loss OF Murphy as head OF the
Chicago Cubs apparently did not dis
turb Owner Charles =. Taft's faith in
the team as a proht-producer. He has
refused to sell for a million. Some fan
and business man is Brother Charley.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

TERMS-Ten cents per week by car
rier. In Rock Island. 81 per year by mail
In advance
be made to the circulation department..
which should also be notified in every
Instance where It Is desired TO have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority IN the premises.
All communications OF argumentstivs
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for pubiica-
tion- No such articles Will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones IN all departments. Cen
trail Union. Rock Island I45. 11+5 and
2I4s.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

Muscatine county is negotiating for
the purchase OF a tractor set Of dump
wagons and other machinery to use in
working the roads Time for Rock
Island county TO wake up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

Mr.. Siegel OF New York has been
selling goods for so many years at
about 30 cents on the dollar. that his
creditors now propose TO sell Siegel
stock so low as % cents on the dollar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20
Useless Bother.

But haven't you ever saved up any
thing for the rainy day."
No. what's the use9 l expect to
60 to Arizona as soon as l find that
I'm down and out here"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

One gathers. from limitations in
Gotham's latest divorce scandal. that
Bobbie Goelet did not stick around
home % nights late enough to put the
cat out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

Jay Gould having won the tennis
championship OF the world, we all may
now turn our attention again 10 ordin-
airy affairs. such as the Mexican situa-
ton. etc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

It will be observed that down in New
York the l. W. WIS broke into the
churches where they were certain they
could find no work inside. When they
break into the factories and insist on
taking a hand in the work that is in
progress, there may be some hope for
them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20
Praise.

What" asked the proud young au-
thor. do you think OF my new novel p"
Il must admit" replied the heart
less critic, that you Afforded the art
list an opportunity to make some fine
Illustrations"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

University OF Illinois goods are be-
ing taught 10 swim in ordinary
street clothing. Those you have OBJ
served at the seashore. OF course.
never had such advantages-therefo
they leave their clothing at the hotel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20
'6zr GOPIES
WWIER

I met him on the
corner where I
saw his breath
CONCEAL.
And he spoke from
furs that covered
him almost from
head to heel.
~Ah, but this 10
lovely weather!
Stirs n fellows
blood. you know;
II I could I think
I'd always have
Il ten degrees be-
low;
Take a cold bath
every morning,
sleep out on the
porch at night
Nothing like IL IL
you're anxious
10 keep feelin'
1T and right"
In the novels people
shivered, C h ! l.
dren who were
lightly clad
Heard the frosted
-K-G~-ra <r1A
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

a Kansas City Judge has ruled no
plumber may righteousIy plead power
~. The judge probably had some
frozen pipes during the past winter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

Governor Hadley OF Missouri IS a
traitor. declares Gift Pinchot- We i'm
agine Hadley's come back would not
look well in print.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

Since she cannot put her hands in
her pockets it is a lucky thing for
woman that her back hair needs
constant fixing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

It's a poor major league team this
year that hasn't at least two highest
/ salaried players in the world.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

without doing any other damage to
his property"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

Bremen-An unidentified three-mast
schooner was sunk and its crew
drowned in n collision in the North
Sea with the liner Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse. which was on the way TO
America.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

Putting confidence in a cheap man
is an expensive experiment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

The happiness that comes over a
bar is always very brief.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

A wise man never pretends to know
all about everything.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at Is2S Second ave-
1ue. Rock Island. IL. entered at the
postofiee a. second-class Tnattsr.)
Rock Island Member of the As.oeisted
Press.
BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20
CANDID OPINION.

There are no lamp posts along the
straight and narrow path.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-20

Friendship goes out the window
when envy enters the door.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
&c. GOO Miles of Roadways.

Ohio's public road system COM
p-ises a total of approximately
10000 miles outside of munich
palities, of which amount about 2S,500
miles are classed as improved" leav-
ing about 81, 800 miles to be improved.
The principal roads of the state are
designated as "inter-county" roads,
and these make up about 9,400 miles,
or IL per cent of the states total road
system. Having in mind the necessity
for the immediate repair of the main
arteries of the state, the general as
sembiy of 1913 designated about 2,400
miles of the inter-county system as
main market" roads, and provided
funds for the construction, mainte-
nance and repair of the whole through
the passage of the so-called "Hite-
Hudson" half mill levy law. i,
1t was estimated that an annual levy
of one-half of one mill on all the tax.
able property of the state would pro-
duce about $3,500.00 annually, and it
now appears that this estimate was
very nearly correct. 1t was proposed
to supplement this by an equal amount
from the various counties, making a
total of 81, 000, 600 available each year
for purposes of highway improvement,
maintenance and repair. Se~venty-ive
per cen of the money raised by the
state, the Hite-Hudson bill provides
shall be expended under the provisions
of the law creating the i~nter-county
system, which means about 100000 of
state aid to each of the SO counties
zach year..
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
TO BUILD NEW INDUSTRIES
American Protective Tariff League
Has Taken Up a Work of the
Utmost Importance.

The American Protective Tariff
league has discovered a useful field
for its energies as a result of the war
in Europe. 1t is sending requests to
producers throughout the country to
designate any article, raw material, or
finished product, of use in agriculture,
mining, or manufacturing in the Unit
ed States for the supply of which we
are dependent upon foreign countries.
1t is the purpose Of the league to in
vestigate the possibility of successful
domestic production of such articles,
and urge upon Americans the desir-
ability of such changes In our exist
ing tariff system as shall create new
industries in every line where we are
now partly or wholly dependent on
foreign countries.
American industries, 1t has been
demonstrated recently, are absolutely
dependent upon foreign sources of sup
ply, for many necessary articles, In
spite of our boosted independence of
the rest of the world. The tariff
league is to be commended for any
efforts it may make in the direction
of achieving real industrial independ'
ence
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25

At one time it was enormously sup
posed that rain is the original ouTce
from which the earth gets its nitro
gen and ammonia. Ammonia is, in
deed. always present in rain water.
and of course falls with it upon the
soil; but the question was how it got
into the rain. The question was an
swered by assuming that it came from
the sea, especially from the sea in
tropical regions, but when rain water
was collected near the sea In tropical
countries, and analysed, nothing was
found to support the assumption.
Now, according to the Electrical
World, the theory is that the soil, or
at any rate, arabic soil, constantly
gives off ammonia to the air. If that
view is correct, the rain, instead of
contributing three or four pounds to
the acre, is simply restoring what the
atmosphere has taken from the earth.
Youths Companion.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25

Never was there a blacker daughter
of Africa than was Rosabelle jackson
when, as a girl of but thirteen years.
she was taken into the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Deene, a childless couple
who purposed training Rosabelle into
a maid of all work. This they sue
ceeded in doing, and so many admira'
BILE traits of character we're devel-
oped in Rosabelle that they became
much attached to the girl. and her af.
lection for them was pronounced. One
day when she was nearly thirty years
old she came to Mrs. Deene to ask a
"favah" of somewhat startling char
,acter.
Il wants to ask jess n favah, Mis-
Deene," she said. dis is de favah
If l do dies befo' you does | want de
favah OBJ havin' you put a tombstone
ovah my grave an have on il, Rosa.
belle Jackson. only chile Of Mistah an
Missus Abner .Deene!'"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
An Expensive Dish.

Caruso, the great Italian singer,
dined 1t a private house in London,
and he was SO pleased with a dish of
macaroni that the cook had sent up
to the table that he insisted on going
down to the kitchen to offer his
thanks in person. Not only did he
thank the lady, but he offered her the
choice of a ticket to Lear him sing at
Covent Garden or a song on the spot.
The cook. not trusting very much
to the remembering capacity Of IA
nous tenors, said she would have the
song on the spot. So Caruso. leaning
against the kitchen dresser, imme.
diately favored her with La Donna
e Mobile in his most brilliant man
ner.
AS somebody pointed out afterward:
"Caruso expects at least $1,000 fol
q private concert, which makes the
cooks macaroni the most expensive
dish ever eaten."-Dramatic Memoir.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
BRAsslEREs HERE TO STAY
Little Doubt That They viii Retain
Their Popularity for Some
Time to Come.

When b~rassieres first became pop
ular, they we're looked upon as a fad,
but women have hailed them as such
a boon that brassieres will soon come
to be considered as necessary as the
corset cover especially to the plump
woman. One need not be stout, how
ever, to wear the brassiere, for many
slim women are wearing them to i'm
prove their figures above the waist
line, because they seem in many in
stances to be more satisfactory than
rufles and the like. At first bras
sieres were plain and ~unadorned, but
one can find them now in as dainty a
guise as thu corset cover. The latest
touch on them is that of hand embroid-
cry. Nearly any article of underwear
can be improved by a touch of hand
work. The brassiere itself a be pur-
chased complete and the embroidery
added afterward by the needlewoman
at home. Usually. the embroidery Is
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
PeopIe Turn to RepubHcans.

Discomfort with the Democrats is
shown by revolt in the radical wing.
as instanced in the revival Of popu-
lism by the Nebraskans who are dis
satisfied with the present admins
tering of affairs of the country. The
effort to effect a national Populist or
ganization shows that the administra-
ton over which the secretary of state
Yields wide influence is not satisfac-
torv to the radicals who once pooled
Issues with the Democrats to promote
Tie presidential ambitions of William
J. Bryan. All this means subtraction
from the strength of the Democratic
party. By its fruits it is tested and
by these it has failed to give satisfac-
ton to any considerable element of
the population. The varied nature of
the revolts against Democratic rule is
further indicated by the situation in
Illinois, where increased taxes undes
Democratic rule and bank scandals
have shaken the party to its founda-
ton.