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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-16

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-16
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1874 Second ave-
hue. Rock Island. III. entered at the
postofnce as second-clAss matter)
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-16

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14
Joyhdwker Jots

~......,.. 49, ,,r. 49,. ~
Noenlns 9 oa . nj H. Ncvn.
1 n.s own noae'
Times observes.
II we sing our own praises, advises
the Sterling Bulletin, we must provide
our own encore.
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r ms 70 sas's 80. :. az Trrocsr+ Ola
.r ~-en+ Ie.1 eho,,t this
LAZY @ = Iynr, much n r.
.anso ie -. no" "u
George Young Is quoted oy tne Sw
nee Chief as the author OF TINS Dis o.
philosophy: The efficacy Q. prayer oe-
ponds upon the amount OF Hus''e 'ne'e
IS Dack OF IT,
Post. The hired man who il always
a fraid he will earn more than he gets
is not the one who is chosen to be
foreman Of the works
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

A man who snores should never
sleep.
One can also md wealth in the die
tionary.
More arguing is done in some stores
than buying.
This. gentleman. may be considered
as the era of loud talk.
If YOU break even with slot ma
chine you have really won.
There are many loud takers and
few heroes during these days.
About every so often nothing will do
a woman more good than good cry.
Did you ever see man 30 weak
that he had a motion picture stag
ger?
Some men spend all Of their lives
threatening to raise rumpus and
never do.
A man should always keep his head
If for no other reason than to hans
his hat on it.
Some men seem to take great pride
in initiating the fire whistle when they
blow their noses.
If you get up early on Monday, and
get a good start with your work. you
will have a good week.
Now that the saloons are closed there
are those who go on gossip DRINKS
and neglect their work.
Only time some men get to work
early is when they have an early
morning argument with their wives.
And q lot Of men who are in the
penitentiaries did not commit any
crime. but merely violated custom.
1T have played the game enough to
know you can't always win even when
you get the celebrated Square Deal.
-Rufe Hoskins.
Some men feel sure that il they had
an income or $1,000 q month they
would devote most of their time pa
rading along street and defying the
|, rYol1eo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News1
Why. blame a doctor for thinking Ill
Of his patients?
A man thinks brains do not count
II he hasn't very many.
Happy In the man who ID too busy
to make enemies. Also scarce.
A well trained conscience will
stretch as long a. the fun lasts.
We never take Z mans word. for
tho deed in q real estate transaction.
A saloon may be NO house Of mirth
because It u full of ~amileo."
It's easier for one to enjoy doing q
thing II grim necesBity hn't demand
ing 1t.
An ounce OF pluck IL better than .
pound of luck-when II comes to To-
moving feathers from geese.
A wise maid rejects the silly youth
who Il willing to die for her. and
|cieayee to = man who = willing to earn
her living.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14

Owners Of the late Trfnngie shirt
waist factory In New York. paid SIS
per head for : job lot Of working
esrlA ~ the present prices Of be4f.
cough mp about $50.
The city ordinance against chickens
running IT large at any time may be
ofaSeic, but W always held that they
SHOULD not run ut large AFTER curfew.
Wichita has opened : purify cam-
paten" In the usual way. which = to
permit some Well-paid he-pefDon to
ten the little girls . lot Of stuff that
you'd make respectable CIGAR store
Indian blush. or = federal attorney
reach for his blank complaints II Il
were sent through the mails.
sherman's definition OF war may
have been correct, ~ applied to real
the synonyms seem to be larceny" and
murder"
The ewedes at Stockholm chased
Jack Johnson Said Swedes fell for
one American four flush, but the four
flushing has not been good IN them
parts since.
It ID now time to entertain . motion
to amend Ambassadors Pages title by
striking out the first three and last
four letters thereof.
OUR CITY TICKET:
For Mayor: DODD 0ASrON.
We arc for Mr.. CASTOR because, like
Gilbert ana Sullivan's '.Koko." he has
q List And if he wants q chief Of po-
lice. this department will gladly
swing the snickersnee.
Tho question: where should q town
man plant his garden ?'' may bother
some prospective gardeners, but Gard
ener Toronto Kelley. who, AZ a gar
dener. u one Of tho clovereet editors
in the weekly field, continues to plant
his garden In the first column. with q
light covering Of fertilizer. and next
to pure reading matter. Gardeners
elect. . word to the wise H. worth two
In tho bush.
Owing to his clever selection Of a
garden spot. MT. Kelley 10 not both
cred by the common. or garden variety
Of insects. He has to guard only
against type lice.
MAZE. Harvey has o-fish- ialy opened
the fishing season. the Maze being the
w. k. ofishial opener OF said season. He
opened with q pair of sardines, which
he alleged to be bullheads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14
Journal Entries

Much Of the trouble in the world il
purely imaginary.
Most people seem to set along pref
grammar.
= =
It's generally the dearest friends
who say tho meanest things about
each other.
. . .
The blessings in disguise. you hear q
good deal about, usually wear mighty
effective ones.
Nor il 1t at all difficult these days
for most folk to follow the Biblical
admonition against laying Mp treas
ures on this earth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14

Notice. please. the continued debate
n the house of representatives over the
agricultural appropriation bill. This
measure sets aside $4,000, 900 for the
purposes Of the agricultural depart
ment and the expenditure OF this mon
~ y likely to be sof great benefit to
the whole people OF tho country. A
naval bill appropriating s1s5.00o. 900
oR IN army bill appropriating $780,
= ooos0oo slips through congress with
( scarcely any debate at al In compari-
-. Nor would these hugo appfopria-
{zong tor military purposes be 20 open
a criticism were it not for the fact
1AQk despite their yearly occurrence.
~ bureaucratic heads OF the army
navy are necessarily wailing that
- gnation - wholly. unprepared for =
- IS any proportions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14

Who il going to farm these tracts
Of land that are being distributed by
the Constitutionalists in northern Mex
leo among their faithful followers and
dependents? All of the able-bodied
men and boys in the section are en-
ragged in the revolution business.
which with its attendant loot is a far
easier and more profitable pursuit
than tilling the soil.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14

Lord send an airly spring." prayed
= shivering Billville parson, according
to the Atlanta Constitution. Not one
with the rheumatism and the earth
quake chills, and snakes too frequent.
but q clear springtime of fish and
freedom, hammocks and happiness.
with jest enough plowin' for exercise.
and time enough to rest on the river
banks Of life and dream that we are
rfch's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14
RULES FOR THE HOME.

In the April Woman's Home Com
panion Mary Heaton Worse, continuing
her series Of articles entitled 1.-THE
New Freedom for Little Children"
further describes the new methods of
education laid down by Montessori, the
celebrated Italian educational genius.
The question most frequently asked
by mothers interested in the Monies
sori plan is: What about disci-
pline?" This question is met in the
Montessori method by the proposition
that each home should have establish
ed within it a certain public opinion; -
that is, standards of conduct for
individual in the household will in
stinctively recognize and live up to.
Following is an extract:
while we discuss how to 'disci-
pine our children, we seem to forget
that there exists such a thing in the
world as public opinion. 1t Is not the
arbitrary laws of the land-laws with
armed force behind them which in
fluence our conduct. 1t is the customs
Of the community in which we live
which dictate all of our acts and, also
most of our thoughts.
me same le absolutely true OF
children When one pleads for liberty
for children. one does not mean lib-
erty to run counter to the public opin-
ion OF the family: for the family's
greatest good certain things musi
happen every day in every household
Every one must get up In the morn
ing. battle. and dress: meals must b.
eaten with more or less regularity
certain work performed. and again
every one must 20 to bed.
THE less . child has to discuss these
necessary acts Of life with anyone the
moro free he il in the true sense Of
the term. A man who il at odds with
the public opinion OF his community
concerning elementary decency il moi
free at all; he must spend III his time
In dghtiu6. The whole Of the ctviIissd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14

England and all the other European
powers understand, of course, that Am
bassador Page has not been entrusted
with the duty of interpreting the Mon
roe doctrine and defining the attitude
Of these United States on that impor-
tant matter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14

MURDER BY DISEASE GERMS.
Some time ago the daily press was
considerably aroused over an attempt
at blackmail through mailing virulent
germs to various wealthy persons, to-
gether with pleas for aid and the Of
fer OF an antidote or positive cure.
Recently in Germany a man named
Hopf was arrested on suspicion of
having killed his wife by incubation
with disease germs and the internal
administration Of arsenic During
the trial. information was brought out
to the effect that he had probably on
former occasions murdered other
members of his family in the same
way. Before the criminal court in
Frankfort he was charged with the
murder of his father and his mother.
two Of his children and his first and
second wives. and with the attempted
murder of his third wife. All the
persons killed had been heavily in
sured. Arsenic was found in the
bodies of the children and the first
wife. but the second wife he had Gre
mated. He denied having inoculated
his wives, and there was no post
mortem evidence that he had done SO;
but he stated that he had used such
bacteria for experiments on dogs in
connection with certain private
studies. although he was not a bacter-
iologist or a medical man. The bac-
terial cultures were purchased in
Vienna, because no German labora-
tory was willing to supply the cultures
which he ordered, using the name Of
an alleged scientific institution. The
jury found him guilty of murder in
all the cases except those of his par
ents. Medical experts declared that
the man was not insane. In Ger
many, says The Journal of the Amer
lean Medical Association, there is a
law forbidding the sale or giving Of
pathogenic micro-organisms to un-
authorized persons; it is reported that
the Austrian authorities are about to
adopt similar regulations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14

The world thinks, It a6mfroG
strength. courage and ability. It does
no such thing. tt admiration 4 re-
served for dash. noise and sensation.
The twinkling stars may crowd thu
armament unobserved. but every eye
is lifted to watch the dery comet as II
flies across the sky. Thus writes John
e. Sleicher. In Leslie's, and he con-
tinues:
The virtues Of women are no longer
extolled a. they were in the early his
tory Of our republic. The face and
graces OF the heart do not concern
us. The beautiful simplicity Of such
lines a. Mira Hemans wrote charms
us no more. Give us the coon song
and the turkey trot." The poets Of
sweetness and light belong to another
day. We are progressing.
So with the stage. Who cares for
the Shalkespearean3 Played out!
Give w the dancers in all stages of
undress- II this does not satiate. re-
produce the scenes Of the slum. the
brothel and the bawdy house. We
are progressing.
And why this progress? Why is
the statesman discounted? Why is
the captain OF industry. who was SO
heartily welcomed aforetimes, now
driven into exile? Why are the rail-
roads denounced in states that for
merry offered generous bounties for
them to cross their borders? Why
are great corporations assailed? "A
few years ago their magnitude and
influence were regarded with the
same pride that Is felt, in their great
industries. by the people of other
countries? We are progressing.
In all ages. the credulity Of the
masses has furnished opportunity for
the stirrer Of strife. for the bogus re-
former, the seIf-seeker and dema-
gogue. In every country and in every
age. men Of this class, appealing to
the weak and credulous. have been
able to lead the wondering crowd to
suspect, next to doubt, and then to de-
stroy existing institutions. In this de-
struction. the rights Of private prop
erty as well as human rights have
been sacrificed. Revolutions begin
with the demagogue and end with the
dungeon and the guillotine.
Let history teach its lesson! Let
thinking people lead the procession of
pr0greSS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14

Candidates who are already getting
IN the field for the speakership of the
next Kansas house of representatives
are not only taking time by the fore
lock, but they may also he counting
chickens before they are Matched. A
man must needs be first elected to the
house before he can become its speak
er. This early bird business is one OF
the banes of Kansas politics one OF the
factors that maintains tire political
7gAme in Kansas as a continuous per-
zormance. 49, a 81.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14

This isn't the good. old summertime.
not quite. But the tobacco trust is
about to cut a melon of the proper
tons of $4,0OO,000. This is good news
for the stockholders. but no better
than the coincident announcement
that the government proposes to dis
solve 1t again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14

Just how luck pursues some men Is
shown again in the case Of a Massa-
chusetts ragman. He purchased a
horse and cart for IS cents and found
50 cents in the seat Of the cart. Thus
he acquired a horse and wagon and
made clear profit Of Is cents on the
:.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14

President Wilson has probably
reached the conclusion that he made a
grave error in not sending John Lind
to represent this country at the Court
Of st. James instead of Walter Hines
Page. The latter's tongue seems to
run on in the same irresponsible FASH
ION as the babbling brook.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14

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1n.N ~ voten should MAKE g =
PONY g mes.ea9ate the new eallot -
sney VII pe anns e vote intelngent!y
wnen tney eo INTO the boethe tor th6t
49,. q voting booth = poor
P3ce Tor any man to study hi1 ballot.
Inat = eomethtng he should do b.
1ore erection day. 20 whom he 6o19
into the booth he win know whom he
wants to vote for ana how to vote nor
nam. There will bo no more otraiGht
party ballots voted with two etrofee
Of the pencil Party esnbiemG nm nct
BE- found ON the new hallot. vcfSr
f1ndD the name Of the ner,SnS, - -ssse
to vote for ana makes 8 crosS - ~
square at the rirht a ti,~ ~ - - =. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14

Last year was also a great one for
the fire insurance companies doing
business in Kansas. All of which Is
more evidence that Kansas does the
right thing by all who live or do BUSH
ness here. Kansas seldom plays ia
vorites in the distribution of its ia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14

The STATE Journal II . member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
oolegraph report Of that great neWo n
Ganixat1on for the exclusive AFTERNOON
Solicitation in Topeka
The news II received In The STATE Joue.
~ buiIddne over wires for this sole Uuge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14

President Wilson signed the bill for
= government-ow railroad in Alas
ka with a pen made from Alaskan
gold, which may also be construed as
Significant Of the fact that 1t will take
big pile of the yellow metal to build
or acquire this line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14

Considering the caliber Of most Of
tho pitchers who have been signed to
twirl In the Federal league, were Ty
Cobb to enlist in 1t he ought to be able
TO 90 through the season with q bat
ting average Of 1000 plus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14

Topeka IL planning to place the ban
on milk that contains more than Co.,
900 germs to the cubic centimeter,
which surely ought to be . sufficient
number for the most fastidious Of the
germ enthusiastic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14
EUening Chat


A Few days ago met q long lost
friend who used to come around to my
house to play when we were little girls.
She asked after the family and all
our old playfellows. and then she said.
Are you still living In that dear old
house? did love that house, II was
such q quaint place. with its steps mp
and steps down and its ellis and entries
and sheds. It seemed most wonderful
and romantic place to me. wish
had = home like that to bring my chill
dren up in.''
l listened with q feeling Of surprise.
for she was giving me Z totally new
point OF view ON a perfectly familiar
subject. Wonderful" romantic .
to me in connection with the numbering
and inconvenient house with which ]
was all too well acquainted. Not that
am indifferent to quaint and romantic
qualities in q house. Quite the con-
trary. But somehow it had never 0c-
CURED to me that our house possessed
them.
Now down the street q bit IL another
house which has delightfully."- unexpect-
ed rooms and an overfl0wing garret
and two or three rambling sheds. II
IL few years older than ours and Of
have always loved It for its quaint
ness and charm. And now I found
that this woman had the same feeling
toward our house.
It was q surprising and thought-pro-
voking discovery.
Evidently, lack of familiarity has ev-
eFything to do with romance.
Fortunate and rare II the possessor
OF a temperament which can sec
through the surface OF familiarity and
accustomedness, and ind romance and
beauty underneath 1t.
And vet that ia ma NJ &hA aArpofn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14
From, Other Pens
DOCTORS AS ApvrRmsrRs

me question OF publicity, common
Y called advertising. IL likely to be
meeting Of the National House Of Del
egates OF the American Medical aaso-
cfation next summer. The medical
profession regards 1t as derogatory. to
advertise-in the ordinary crude way
that q man with something to sell
uoes-Dec4use some clever and. con-
scienceless medical takers do %. lint
there II more than one way to Kill =
cat. Addresses before learned So
cieties and papers In leading maea :
zines may be reprinted and ''digested''
Tor press agent use. and the dignity of
the profession can be still upheld. But
this IL advertising none the less, and
hardly as honorable ~ the crude meth
Cd Of the man with something to sell.
He pays cash for his publicity. while
truth about medical advertising is that
there Is q lot Of solemn piffle talked
about "ethics'' and the like. There a
not single good reason why a reput-
able doctor should not advertise in 4
digntfted way; and there are a hum
dred good ones why he should. If
few leaders Of the profession should
start the practice in z proper way the
takers would literally be showed under
and driven out. This 10 the age of
specialism in medicine and surgery. as
in everything else. Why should not
the medical specialist let the public
know who he II. where he was trained
and what he can do? The public is
entitled to know these facts before IL
invests in . doctors services. The
magic letters IN. D." convey nothing
and public suffer from this frigid con-
spfracy OF silence. Let IN have light
and lots Of It. Ethics viii take care
of itself. What the public wants to
know OF = doctor. AZ Of every one in
h. . <uA wuwxA
What can you do ?-Philadelphia Eve
ming telegraph.
MOUSE AND THE WOMAN.
Once more there IL excuse for ask
ing how much Of sincerity there Is In
the fear Of mice to which SO many
women give such vehement expression.
A night telephone operator over in
New Jersey saw one Of the little crea-
lures steal out on the floor Of the
lonely vigil. and. though his attack
was not on her. but ON the crumbs of
her luncheon, she promptly tainted.
On recovery she rushed into the closet,
where she was imprisoned till morn
ing by the spring catch on the hastily
an. like all others, knows that mice
are perfectly harmless: that they new
er did hurt anybody and never win.
The wicked suggestion has been made
ance OF mice are mere fashion or
habit, inveterate now, but originating
in nothing better than . desire to show
an interesting sensitiveness and timid-
fty ana to give rescuing man = chance
to show his superiority. There must
be something more to Il than that,
however. Tor not . few women, even
when quite alone. - this one was.
manifest almost convincing indications
Of this fear. perhaps not the less real
~ m uau1 1u
the fear is instinctive. but nothing in
ancestral history explains the instinct,
since in the line Of mothers running
back through the troglodytes to mere
was devoured BY = mouse ana not
more than half . dO1en IN AL can have
been bitten BY one. And instincts are
20 easily made.-NeW York Ttmess
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14
O., the Spur
of the Moment

BY ROY K. MOULTON

She had admirers by the score
When summering down by the shore.
And each Of them in time proposed,
Just as young men are all supposed
To do wheneser they meet a peach,
Each one gave her diamond ring,
Which II. Of course. the proper thing
To do whene'er you'd win the smile
From summer girls that are worth while
The season over with at last.
Her ardent beach admirers passed
From memory AZ quick ~ scat.
She married one who stayed at homo
he married one who stayed at home
All summer long and didn't roam
From business drudgery and SIGH,
Tho kind OF man who wakes rich
And doesn't peddle diamond rings
And rretty compliments and things.
With this man Cupid never halks:
1t Is q case where money talks.