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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

TERMS-Ten cents per week by car
rier. IN Rock Island: SO - -ea= oy mail
IN advance.
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made t. the circulation department
which should also be NOTIFIED In every
instance where IL IS desired to have
paper discontinued, as carriers have no
authority In the premiseS
All communications o. arguuentaSiTe
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached Ger publicA-
ton No such articles viii be printed
ever hTtitious signatures.
Telephones IN all departments. Cen
trail Union. Rock Island If5. 1145 and
2l45
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

A man at Glen Elder, Kas., has per
petrated a bon mot that is liable to
make him immortal. When asked If
he had bought a motor car he replied:
Not yet, but expect l viii before
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

Newspapers that are maintaining
var correspondents in luxury in Eur
ope no doubt feel they are being cheat
ed. As long as the censor is on the
job the war correspondent Is quite use
less. When the \. =. cannot get It,
it's no: TO be had
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
Anxious to Find Out.

There is in Maine a woman who
has composed forty thousand prayers,
and she says every one of them has
been answered"
II wonder" asked the Massachusetts
school ma'am, IF she ever prayed for
a husband?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
The Spared Rod.

He spared the rod. and yet his child
Has not gone rushing to perdition;
All innocent and indebted
He -cherishes a fair ambition
He spared the rod. and yet his son
Is not regarded as a clipper"
Whose thoughts in evil channels run
He spared the rod but used the shipper
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

Two 14-inch guns were shipped from
New York to Panama for use in for
flying the canal Put EN- where they
will show. The world as less TO be
trusted than we thought.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

The sovereigns who pretend a pious
aversion TO bloodshed while ordering
mobilization are like chicken thieves
who hold family prayers before re-
sorting to a hen roost
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
Mosquitoes and Malaria.

That the mosquito is a carrier of
malaria is supposed to be a recent dis
covery, but il was suggested in med
ical work written in Ceylon !, 400 years
ago
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

The Chautauqus lectures are work
ing overtime these days studying
maps OF Europe and settling the war
over there TO their own satisfaction
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

Colonel Roosevelt seeks a change OF
venue from Albany in the $4,000 libel
suit brought against him by VIII
Liam Barnes Albany IS the home OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

History will again prove that peace
at any price is better for any nation
than war at the lowest price.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

Instead OF being chased by sea ser
penis. this season ocean sailing craft
are now chased by cruisers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

When the European armies finish
shufling cards there may be a few
kings missing from the deck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

sailing time. There will be no mail de
liveries from the United States TO
Germany or Austria-Hungary
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
What Causes the Tr,,hI.

Half the trouble in life is caused by
the TACT that man will marry a liv-
ing picture and then kick about the
cost OF the frame.-Cincinnau En-
quirer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

The most hopeful report is that tn
worlds supply of lead is so short tina
a long war is impossible.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
CAPITAL Comment
BY CLYDE II. TAVENNER
Congressman from tho Fourteenth District

Especial Correspondence OF The Arsus)
Washington, Aug. ia new era
for tho United States. almost a new
destiny. seems TO be the certain result
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

prices. read the London quotations and
say grace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
The Need of Vigilance.

Where'er he goes
He'll play in luck
Who always knows
Just when to duck
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Far better. though.
Ere you've been hit.
1t is to know
Just where to quit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

The sawdust twins is suggested as a
name for the Pinchot boys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
SET FOREIGN MAIL DATES

Postal Authorities Route All Matter
via Liverpool, England.
Chicago, Ill, Aug. 15.-All European
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1894 second ave-
nu,. Rock Island. III CE,n:ers5 at the
postof.ee as second-clsss rnatter)
Rock I.Isad Member Of 'se Assoeisted
PTeaL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

Between two gratis a heeler grabs
both.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

BY THE }. w. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

able
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11
Activities of Women.

Archduchess Maria Josepha Of Aus.
tria recently won 100000 on the VI
emma bourse.
In the United States women attor-
neys, notaries and patent agents num-
Der about 10000.
Pennsylvania State college has 65
female students learning the methods
of producing nourishing dishes.
A majority of the widows In Paris
are remarked within Is months Of
their first bereavement.
Mrs. Katherine Todd Appleton is at
tempting to form philanthropic or
ganization which will care for starving
artists of all nationalities.
Mrs. Katherine B. Davis, recently ap-
pointed commissioner Of corrections In
New York. has over 600 employees con-
nected with her department.
Testing life vest, Miss Tiny Broad
wick, an eighteen-year-old parachute
jumper. recently dropped 1000 feet
from biplane and landed with ease.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11
Career Of George P. putnam.

George P. Putnam, one of the coun-
try's ablest and most influential pub
fishers, was born 100 years ago in
Brunswick, Me. He was a grand
nephew of Gen. Israel Putnam of Rev.
dictionary fame. AS young man he
went to New York and became a clerk
in a book store. In 1S48 he estab-
lished the publishing and book-selling
house which bore his name. He pub
lished the first books of James Feni-
more Cooper and William Cullen Bry-
ant and was the publisher of the works
of Washington Irving, Edgar Allen
Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard
Taylor and many other noted Ameri-
can authors. Throughout his career
Mr.. Putnam was leader In the move
ment to establish an international
copyright. His death occurred In New
York city December 20. 1872.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11
The Old "churchwarden.v


They smoked churchwarden pipes
at the Cheshire Cheese's mermaid
evening"" but-since Tennyson died
has anyone else smoked the yard of
clay?" One recalls G. A. Sala's lament,
and that was 60 years back: There is
no such thing as a pipe Of tobacco
nowadays, sir. / see English gentle
men go about smoking black abomina-
tons like Irish apple-women. hear Of
Milo's, Burns Guilty pipes, narghiles,
chiboucks, meerschaums, hookahs, wa
ter pipes, straw pipes, and host Of
other inventions for emitting the
fumes of tobacco.
"But where, sir, is the old original
alderman pipe, the churchwarden's
pipe, the unauthorized yard Of
clay?' A man was wont to moisten the
stem carefully with beer ere he put 1t
to his lips; when once 1t was alight 1t
kept alight; a man could sit behind
that pipe; but can a man sit behind the
ridiculous Pigments they call pipes
now? The yard of clay is departed"
Like the yard of TIM" perchance, it
belonged to the old coaching days, and
went with the sanded parlors Of the
old coaching inns.-London Chronicle
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11
Last King Of the Goths.

Roderick, the last king of the West
Goths, In Spain, was overthrown and
probably slain by the Saracens in I'll.
The fate of Roderick has always been
a mystery. His horse and sandals
were found the day after the battle on
the river bank, but his body could
not be found. Probably he was
drowned and washed out to the sea,
but the Spaniards would not believe
this. They clothed the dead king with
a holy mystery which certainly did
not enshroud him when alive. He be-
came legendary savior, like Arthur
Of Britain, and 1t was long believed
that he would come again from his
resting place in some ocean isle, healed
of his wound, to lead the Christians
once more against the infidels. Span
lsh legends record that Roderick fed
to the mountains and became hermit
until, by penance, he was purified from
sin and was then suffered to depart to
the enchanted isle to await the time
for his temperance.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11
tpndon's PlayinQ Fields.

According to a return issued by the
parks and open spaces committee of
the L. C. c., 124,S96 games of bowls,
29,182 games of cricket, 1912 games
of croquet, 1854 games of football,
1887 games of hockey, SO games of
lacrosse. 144,642 games OF lawn tennis
and $3.50 games Of quoits were played
in the councils parks and open spaces
during the year ended on September
80 Other games for which facilities
are provided at certain places are golf
Rugby netball, badminton, basketball
hurting and shinty. Under an arrange
ment with the education committee
about $4,000 organized games were
played at 46 parks and open spaces
during the year, as against 1890
games at A places during 1872
London Times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11
STRANGE BIRD OF DESERT
Chapparal Cock Said by CattIemen to
Build Spike Fence Around
Rattiesnake.

Does the road runner or Chapparal !
cock snare the rattlesnake by build
ing fence of cholla spikes around |
him and then dispatch the reptile at |
leisure? The story, received with
skepticism, has often been told about
this bird of the southwest. Mr.. John
Feeney of Elmira recently went to
Arizona to learn the truth. He learned
from some of the pioneers that they
were ready to make affldavits that
they had witnessed the capture and
death of rattlesnakes In the aforesaid
fashion. Mr. Sidney de Long of Bis
bee affirmed that he had seen pair
Of road runners, evidently mates, do
the trick. Cattlemen were prolific In
experiences of the kind, but the Ari-
IONA Historical society had no data.
The road runner is such a strange
bird that anything told about 1t is
believed. DIR. William T. Hornaday, in
his American Natural History is
credulous himself. The bird, he says,
is remarkably odd in form and also
In its habits" He thus describes 1t:
ut Is about the size of small
crow, with tail as long as its entire
body and head, and legs that are so
long and strong they seem like those
of grouse, save that the toes are
longer. The body is slender, but the
neck and head are large and the head
has conspicuous crest. The beak
is large. Although the bird has wings
1t seldom uses them, and they must
constantly be growing smaller through
disuse"
Mice, lizards, snakes, centipedes,
and insects are provender The doctor
testifies that it is the most nervous Of
birds, abnormally suspicious and phe-
nomenally quick In it's movements. 1t
flies little, but leaps far and high with
closed wings. He estimates that If
the road runner goes on 10000 years
in it's present habits" it will cease to
fly at all and will be able to leap 20
feet in the air. This remarkable de-
scription Of the uneasy and elusive
bird of the Arizona desert prepares
one for "the many strange yarns" that
have been told about it, including the
story of how 1t traps the somnolent
RATHER. In the interests of veracious
natural history Mr.. Frank M. Chap
man should visit Arizona and write
a monograph about Geococcyx cali
fornianus.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11

tors from whom ! received only tempo
rary relief. / decided to give Lydia E..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound fair
trial and also the Sanative Wash. Ihave
now used the remedies for four months
and cannot express my thanks for what
they have done for me.
eff these lines will be of any Senefit
you have my permission to publish
them. = Mrs. SADIE WILLIAMS, ASS
James Street, Elkhart, Indiana.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and herbs,
contains no narcotic or harmful drugs,
and to-day holds the record of being the
most successful remedy for female ills
we know of, and thousands of voluntary
testimonials on file in the Pinkham
laboratory at Lynn, Mass, seem to
prove this fact.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia E.Pinkham Medicine Co.
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by q woman,
and held in strict confidence.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11
Who Was Jack RobInson2

You have uttered that famous
phrase, "As quick as one could say
Jack Robinson" Of course, but have
you any idea who the real Jack Rob
inson was? Well, John Robinson
proves to have been politician who
fiourished in the time of George Ill.
and who was a great favorite of the
English king against whom the ID
American colonies revolted, says a
writer In the Buffalo Express. Robin
sons political career was a long one
and he was a member for Harwich for
26 years.
On one occasion he was bitterly at
tackled by Sheridan, who. denouncing
bribery and its instigators, replied to
the cries of Name! Name!" by point
Ing to Robinson on the treasury bench,
exclaiming: Yes, could name him
as soon as could say Jack Robinson"
Thus originated the saying still cur
rent.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11
All the Facts.

Ono of the first tasks set the
new curate, who was handicapped by
youth and inexperience, was to inves-
tigate the bona fides of a widow
woman" who had applied to the
church for help.
He departed nervously on his err
rand, and knocked, as i'll luck would
have 1t, at the wrong door.
"How long has your poor husband
been dead my good woman? What
number of children have you? Are
any of them working? II SO, what
amount of money are they earning to-
gether?" were the questions he fired,
like shots from revolver, at the Stat
ternly woman who answered his sum-
mons. IT presume I am addressing
Mrs. Harriet Phillips?" he added, no
ticing with alarm that she looked an
CRY.
mo, you anti" answered the wom-
an snappishly. "My name Is Selma
Jackson, my BARNS go to school, and
my 'usband's dom what Is necessary
to a plateful of rump steak and onions
at this very moment. Would you like
to know anything else? Where was
born? When was I christened? At
what age I started courtin'? Perhaps"
she concluded sarcastically, rolling her
tattered sleeves up above her elbows,
you'd like to see my vaccination
marks before you go?" But the bash
full curate, redder in fact, than a
beet-root, was already in full flight.
-Pearson's Weekly.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11
HAD LICENSE TO KILL
PRIMITIVE FORM OF JUSTICE IN
THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH,
Survivor of Murdered Family Was
Actually Allowed to Stay at VIII
Any Black Man He Hap
pened to Meet.

Near by this town, long ago. a saw
age tribe had murdered a family of
settlers in the night. save one lad,
who escaped death by opportunely
tumbling to the floor between the
bed and the wall, himself wounded,
unconscious, and left for dead. What
the provocation was nobody knows. 1t
is probable that there was no specific
provocation. 1t had doubtless been
wanton thing-a childish mischief
undertaken upon savage impulse and
accomplished for nothing more than
the momentary pleasure of dealing
death to some living creature This
was the inspiration of many similar
deeds-neither vengeance nor spoil,
but the swift, bestial, wanton blood
lust, INDUCED, celebrated, laughed
over for the time, and forgotten and
therein lies a sufficient explanation of
the terrible character of the retalia-
ton. Whatever the case, the boy,
having thus narrowly survived, made
his way to Brisbane, where he related
his story to the authorities, and to
such good purpose, as 1t turned out,
that he was given a rifle and free
leave to return to his district and
shoot as many black fellows as he
could manage, being heartily assured
that the law would not modest him.
you see," said our fellow traveller,
''he was regularly licensed"
"By the department of game and
fisheries?" l scoffed
"Ah, come now!" he replied. IT am
not joking. do not mean to say" he
went on, that the authorities gave
this boy an engraved license, suitable
for framing, but do assert that they
commissioned him to kill black fell
lows, and that his commission was
not altogether singular but one Of a
good many. And he did kill black
fellows-hundreds of them, possibly.
He killed them where he could find
them, running the bush or employed
on the stations, not even hesitating in
the presence of their white masters.
And by and by the thing became a
nuisance. It was awkward for the
station-owners to have their black
boys disposed Of in this way. There
were complaints. | recall that one
station-owner had his best black serv-
ant shot from the saddle on the road
He was very angry; but the boy -four
ished his commission and the station
owner could do nothing about it,
Norman Duncan, in Harper's Maya
zine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11
Tackle Catarrh Now
Be Free All Winter
Avoid Colds, Stall Pneumonia, Keep Your Nose
Clear and Your Throat Free.
DON'T Wait Ti YOU'RE An Runged up use S. S. s. Now.

II you will go into any first class store
and get bottle of S. S. S. you are on
the way to getting rid of Catarrh. But
don't let anyone work off that old trick
of something Just as good
S. S. S. is taken into the blood just as
naturally as the most nourishing food. 1t
spreads its influence, over every organ in
the body. comes through all the veins and
arteries, enables all mucous surfaces to
exchange inflammatory acids and other
irritating substances for arterial elements
that effectually cleanse the system and
thus put an end to all catarrhal pollution.
S. S. S. cleans out the stomach of mucous
Accommodations, enables only pure, blood
making materials to enter the intestines,
combines with these food elements to
enter the circulation, and in less than an
hour is at work throughout the body in
the process of publication.
The medicinal components of S. S. s.
are relatively just as essential to we'll
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11

Motions Misunderstood.

An organ grinder had been playing
before the house of an irascible old
gentleman, who furiously and amid
wild gesticulations ordered him to
move on.
The Italian stolidly stood his ground
and played on, and at last was arrest
ed for causing a disturbance. In the
court the magistrate asked him why
he did not leave when he was request
ed.
ME no understan' mooch Ingelese, y
was the reply.
well, but you must have under
stood by his motions that he wanted
you to CO." said the magistrate.
II tink he come to Dance" was the
rejoinder
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11

Kidney Pills the swelling disap-
peared and he felt himself again. He
says he has been benefited and
blessed by the use of Dodds Kidney
Pills. Several months later he
wrote: l have not changed my faith
in your remedy since the above state
ment was authorized. Correspond
with Rev. E. Heslop about this won
derful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills, soc per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National An
them english and German words)
and recipes for dainty dishes. All 3
sent free-Ady
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11
MRS. williams
LONG SICKNESS
Yields To Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Elkhart, Ind. :-"I suffered for four
teen years from organic Inflammation,

I e m a | g weakness,
pain and irregulari-
ties. The pains in
my sides were in
creased by walking
or standing on my
feet and ! had such
awful bearing down
feelings, w as de-
pressed in spirits
and became thin and
pale with dull, heavy
ewes. | had six doc
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11
Multitude Best Forgotten.

Statisticians tell us that $50 ,000, 00e
was disbursed in charity throughout
the United States during the past
year, but as to the number, variety and
magnitude of the sins the vast ma.
jority of it was designed to cover the
public isileft to form its own estimate
Norfolk Nirginian Pilot.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11

balanced health as the nutritive proper
ties of the grains, meats, sugars, and rats
of foods. Any local irritating influence
in the blood is rejected by the tissue cells
and eliminated by reason of the stimua-
ting influence of S. S. S.
You will soon realize its wonderful in
fiuence by the absence of headache, de-
cided clearing of the air passages,
steadily improved nasal condition, and a
sense of bodily relief that proves how
completely catarrh often infests the en-
tire system.
You will find S. S. S. on sale at all drug
stores. 1t is a remarkable remedy for
any and all blood affections, such as
eczema, rash, lupus, letter, psoriasis,
boils, and all other diseased conditions OF
the blood. For special advice on any
blood disease write to The Swift Specinc
Co., 202 Swift Bldg, Atlanta, Ga.
Do not triie with substitutes, imita-
lions or any of the horde of Just az
good Counterfeits Of S. S. s.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11
Free TO Our Readers

Write Murine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago, for
48-page illustrated Eye Book Free. Write oil
about Your Eye Trouble and they will advise
as to the Proper Application Of the Murine
Eye Remedies IN Your Special Case Your
Druggist will tell you that Murine Relieves
Sore Eyes, Strengthens Weak Eyes Doesn't
Smart, Soothes Eye Pain, and sells Tor Soc.
Try 1t in Your Eyes and In Baby's Eyes Tor
Scaly Eyeids and Granulation
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11
Bean Soup.

Boil a quart Of white beans for 20
minutes, adding half teaspoonful of
soda while boiling Drain through a
colander, rinse off with cold water,
and boil again, in a gallon Of water,
for one hour. Boil separately for half
an hour two pounds of salt pork
Scrape this well and add to the beans.
Season with pepper and salt, and cool
till the meat is tender. Pea soup may
be made in the same way.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11
New Glassware.

The newest glassware is of rock
crystal and the tumbler for water has
a tall, slender stem, and other glasses
the same shape in miniature. With
the home dinner finger bowls Of rock
crystal, with little plate to match.
and pretty lace dolly under the
bowl, are brought In with the dessert
plates, and with the plates for fruits
and bonbons at more formal affair.
Putnam Fadeless Dyes are the
brightest and fastest.
To cook macaroni without sticking
use a vessel with sieve bottom
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11

terlng, was dizzy
and exhausted at
the least exer-
ton. Hands and
feet were cold
and he had such
a dragging SEN
sation across the
loins that it was
difficult to move.
After using five
boxes of Dodds
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11
Stuffed Potatoes.

Select fine smooth potatoes; cut OF
the end of each and scrape out the
inside Mix this with chopped ham,
onion and parsley, and tablespoon
Of butter. Season with salt, pepper
and lemon juice. Fill the potato with
the mixture; let bake in moderate
oven until tender; serve hot.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-04-11

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regu
late and invigorate stomach, liver an
bowels. Sug@r-coated, tiny, granule
easy to take. Do not gripe.-Adv.