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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-07-03
General WHISTLE Is Dead.

Pensacola, Fla, June a9.-Gen. Gar
land N. Whistler. sixty-six. u. s.. A..
retired. inventor of sEnokeless powder
and system of fire control for artil-
lery coast defense. is dead at his sum-
mer home here.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-07-03
OF Is $500 Years Old.

Los Angeles. Cai.--sFrsie skeieton OF
a gigantic OK. estimated to be ESQ, 900
years old, has been unearthed by
Frank s. Leggett director of the
county museum, from the Pliocene de-
post OF the famous tar pits Of La
Brea.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-07-03
To Exhibit at San Francisco.

Superior Secretary d. e. Bowe of
the Panama-Pacific commission of the
state, arranged with manufacturers to
send an exhibit to the fair. Mr.. Bowe
says the state is responding literally.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-07-03

Tomahawk-Domini Miller, 5
years old, was drowned in the Toma-
hawk river while playing with broth
er. who also fell in the water but wa5
rescued by boy scout.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-07-03
FLIES OVER MOUNT WHITNEY.
SiIas chrlstofferson Said to Have Set
American Record.

independence. Cal, June 27.-Silas
Christofferson. aviator, in a hiplane
few over the peak of Mount Whitney.
l4,S9S feet high. He attained an alti-
tude estimated at nearly sixteen thou
sand feet and established, 1t is con-
tended, a new American altitude rec
ord
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10
Trade of the United States With Argentina in 1913

in the last fiscal year aggregated SeI''
100000 pounds. valued Rt s12.0o0.OOo:
the last six months. however. being
only about half nz much as those of
the corresponding months of 1917
Imports OF Argentine goat skins duf-
Ing the year amounted to 100000
900 pounds, valued at 100000; wool.
1900. 900 pounds, value S5.O00.000 and
quebracho wood and extract thereof.
used in the tanning industry. $4,000
600.
Corn and beef show greatly increas-
ed imports from Argentina In. the
period following the enactment or the
new tariff law. which placed those
articles on the free list. In the fiscal
year 1912 only 23.s09 bushels of corn
arrived from Argentina, and In the
fiscal year 1913. only s79.s22 bushels.
II meat and meat extracts. exclusive
of sausage castings. the imports during
1912 were but $2,929 and $685.. re-
spectively. In the three months or
October. November and December or
last year. hoewver. imports OF Argen-
tine corn rose to 4.102.59S bushels,
and those of Argentine beef to $685.
$50 pounds. while unoffi cial reports In
dictate even larger arrivals during
January and February of the present
year.
In general terms, Argentina takes
about l per cent OF its imports from
the United States, compared with ap-
proximately 81 per cent from the
United Kingdom and II per cent from
Germany. OF its exports. 1t SENDS
about 7ik per cent to the United
States, a portion OF the shipments be-
ing consigned direct to this country
and a portion leaving Argentina for
orders" but eventually sold in our
market. Consular advices from Ar
gentina indicate that its total imports
in 1913 were valued at s4O6,6O5.2oo,
and its total exports. s466,5s1.ssS.
Argentina's present foreign conf
merce OF sS73.O00.O0O year is an
earnest of what may before long be
expected Of 4 country possessing ifa
wealth IN the basic factors of economic
progress! Its productivity rests upGn
an area of 1,139. 900 square miles, or
729, 900 900 acres, of which 253,OOo'ooo
are available for agriculture and graz
ing. The country also possesses GER
tain minerals. including petroleum,
gold. silver, copper, lead. and coal.
Small quantities of copper, copper ore
and wolfram ore are being exported
and production of petroleum and coal
has begun There are. however. no
government Statistics of mineral pro-
duction-
While Argentina is five times as
large as Germany. its population oi
1879, 900 is but one-ninth and its for
eign trade only about one-fifth that of
Germany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10
CHURCH ADVERTISING.

Pittsburgh Is the latest large
city TO adopt newspaper space to ad-
vertise religion. stimulate church at
tendance. make converts and raise
money for missions. There the move
ment IS non-sectarian and Is backed
bv contributions of several thousands
of dollars by business men of the city
who know and realize the value OF
newspaper publicity.
When a manufacturer or retailer has
something TO sell he advertises it. He
creates a demand for his wares as a
first essential to success. When the
church has something to place on the
market-and II deals in religion and
seeks the betterment OF humanity-it
holds an ice cream social and reaches
one person where the business man
greets a thousand readers through the
daily papers. Each IS seeking TO
reach a class which needs his wares.
The church seeks to interest the
masses: the masses read the news
papers.
For years II has been considered
unethical and out OF place for churches
TO buy space in the papers TO spread
their gospel and take their religion TO
the masses. other institutions which
once felt that way about 81. now find
advertising an essential IN their bust
ness. Banks. for instance. advertising
by which was once taken as sign
OF instability, use the papers regu-
larry to indicate their stability. The
National tuberculosis society Is one
OF the welfare organizations which
has adopted newspaper advertising
as a means OF raising funds for well
/ fare campaigns. Churches are falling
| in line and are never charged with
sensationalism any more. Instead.
| they are given credit with being
strong. virile and successful in civic
| betterment and soul saving.
There are many instances to show
1 that church advertising pays. The
( Grace Methodist church OF New York
/ advertises and fills its edifice TO over
| flowing every Sunday. Its pastor was
/ promoted" from a Denver church be-
cause he advertised there with phe-
nomenal success. A Philadelphia mis-
sion board advertised. spent $3.50 on
/ Il and received $4,000 for mission
! work.
Hiding its light under bushel Is no
longer popular with churches. Bust
ness men in the church realize that
the people in the by-ways may be
reached by advertising and they are
leading the present church publicity
\ movement.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10

Popular interest In the trade and
Industry OF Argentina. which has re-
Gently been aroused by reason OF Its
increasing contributions TO our food
supply. 10 heightened by the announce
msnt that the American mission to
Busnos Ayres So TO be raised from the
rank OF a ministry to that OF an en-
bassy.
Argentina Is the foremost South
American country as market for
products OF the United States. our
saieK thereto in the last calendar year
having bean SIS 1000. 900 in value. COM
pared with s&O.0O0.oO0 to Brazil and
$50 200. 900 to the remaining IL coun-
tries OF that continent.
Our trade with Argentina shows con-
slant and rapid expansion. exports
thereto having grown from S5.OOo.ouO
in 1888 to sl4.000.O00 in 1903 and
SIS. 100000 in 1913: while imports
therefrom rose from s5.0O0.0OO In 1898
TO 50. 900. 900 In 1903 and $4,000. 900 in
1918. Thus exports TO Argentina
ouadrupied and imports tharefrom
trebled during the last 10 years.
American manufacturers have long
been popular in Argentina and const'
tuts an important part OF the growing
exports to that country. Sales to that
country during the last fiscal year. al
shown by statements recently pre-
pared by the bureau OF foreign and
domestic commerce, department. Oh
.ommerce. included many articles OF
wide use in al agricultural ana rap
idly developing country. such as farm
ing implements. s6.33S.Oo0: Irvine. w.
600 900; traction and stationary en-
stues 1000. 900 and windmius, $780,
600. Automobiles were exported TO
the extent of s1.250.00O worth; other
cars and carriages. 100000; sewing
machines, sssO.OOO worth; typewriters.
1856. 600; cash registers. S261.ooO; ana
miscellaneous machinery, $l.15o'Ooo'
Other articles exported IN large guam
titles included boards and planks'
81. se6. 900: shocks, s2.S33.000: furni-
ture and other wood manufactures Sl'-,
OOO. 600: gasoline and naphtas. sZ'oto'-
900; Illuminating oil. s2,25O.OOO; cot
ton-seed oil. 100000; leather manu-
features. including boots and Shoes
s2.250. 900: chemicals. drugs and medi-
cines. 81 250. 900; and cotton goods ana
electrical appliances. each about S5Oo'-
600. Musical instruments, clocks ana
watches. glassware. wheelDarrows'
soap. backing. firearms, and scales
and balances are among the numerous
other items Illustrative Of the vide
range covered by the exports from Inc
United States to Argentina.
Argentina's sales to the Uniteu
& ates are chiefly OF hides and skins
wool. chemicals and. in recent months.
corn and beef Imports OF cattle hides
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10

employers initiate them and form
decorations by which the uniens
are nverpawered. Strikes are re'
placed by mutual agreements
which are To initiate an era OF ini
dustrial peace, and IL is found
that the wider the agreement the
less & meets the local difficulties OF
mine and workshop. and we see
workmsn striking substantially
against their own leaders
Now whether or not In any case
thsre is net gain for progress. the
fact OF waste. and IN many cases
unnecessary waste, is unquestion-
able and we ought TO try TO di.
mlnish Il by moro intelligent eS-
pend!ture OF our reforming en-
ergy.
In the United states a number
OF factors make for unusual waste
IN this field. There is the national
superstition OF the complete ef-
fcacy OF legislation. When you
see anything that seems TO you
wrong, clap a law on it-and for
get IL. We have also false Kind
OF hustle" which worships sim
mediate results" We are proud
OF activity as mere activity and OF
results as results. The nervous,
impatient national temperament
does not submit to restraint. We
Ike the excitement OF rapid mo-
ton and don't stop to realize that
il may be the motion OF a whirh-
gig.
This squares we'll with third
factor OF reform, namely. selfish
politics. which profits by excite
ment. a parade OF results" In the
form of commissions. inquiries. re-
ports and new laws. That adds TO
the complex business OF the pro-
fessional politician and gives him
his ostensible raison d'etre.
The cure for excessive waste in
reforming in the opinion OF Hob
house. must be through the
growth OF a common understand
ing. through the emergence OF
clearer ideas OF social progress as
n whole. and by consequence OF
the mutual relations of its con-
stituent parts" This cure will
not appeal TO the mind that is
looking for Immediate results"
II will seem academic and remote
to the hustling American espe-
cialIy. but IL Is the only cure.
nevertheless. There are laws not
made by legislatures which stub
bornly refuse to repeal them
selves at the behest of ardent re-
formers with panaceas or pro-
grams. II is necessary in the long
run TO take them into account.
unless we are so fond of hammer
ing our sheet of metal that we are
content forever to go on making
new. dents for old.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10
JUDGING PAINTINGS.
Expert Advice on How TO Go Through
Picture Gallery.

Expert Advice on How TO Go Through
Picture Gallery.
l should recommend you to go
through a picture gallery as one seek
ing the face OF a friend in crowd
and to let yourselves be led on by
your sympathies. II you admire the
work OF n man. find out all you can
about him: see his work as much as
you can. especially his beginnings.
In our times distinction is made be-
tween painting which is decorative
and painting which is pictorial, which
Is. 1 think. an unfortunate distinction.
and one which should not exist. for all
pictures should decorate the walls or
places on which they are placed. That
this distinction should exist Is perhaps
our own fault in forgetting rs we do
sometimes that a picture should be
Agreeable to the eye In fits color and
masses-the good Old painters never
forgot that
IL seems TO me that taste In pic
ture Is something Ike natural good
manners I'm man. not depending on the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10

And he kicked about the weather az no
started of to town.
He Kicked because it happened that car
went whizzing past:
He was kicking like y broncho when NJ
reached his desk. at last;
He kicked because his letters had not
been assorted right,
He kicked because the ONCE boy was
keeping out of sight
He kicked because conditions seemed 80
DISMAL everywhere:
He kicked at his assistants as uheS ho
ried here and thsre;
He kicked because he happened TO smear
ink upon his cuff.
And he kickeS because they didn't nave
his office warm enough.
His stenogrspher WAS pretty. she got IN
an hour. late;
She was slim and trim and youth1ul' ana
her eyes were simply great;
She came and sat before him, having
softly shut the door,
And he suddenly discovered that the
world was bright once more
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10

eIements-the cIothes-of the picture.
bur on the temperament it displays
and the measure OF its harmony with
our acknowledged standards. for
mans picture reveals his outlook on
the world and is in that sense part
of him. II we choose person for a
friend, we like him. let us say. to be
simple and natural, reliable and with
out swagger Whether he is rich or
poor. grave or gay. does not matter
so long as we can depend on him
And It seems TO me that a picture to
he I'm good taste must have analogous
qualIties-that 1t should. like our ideal
friend. he in accord with the best
standards. IL should be in harmony
with the best we know.-F'rom Royal
Academy Lectures on Painting" by
George CIausen. r. A. r. w. =.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10
CANAL TOLLS EXEMPTION.

The exemption OF vessels engaged
IN the coastwise trade OF the United
States from payment Of tolls for pass
age through the Panama canal would
save the eosstwise shipping trust ST.
100000 a year. IL viii save shippers
nothing; fl will save consumers moth
Ing. Compelled TO pay tolls American
vessels IN ooastwise trafic Will be on
an equal basis with other ships In the
sane trHfic. Exempted from paying
tolls. American ships would charge
the same rates on shipments charged
BY their eompeti,ors. so that exemp-
tioH would profit ponody but the trust
Congress would not think OF graft.
Ias the sesstwiss shipping trust . di.
rest subsidy Of 100000 year.
Neither SHOULD II svsn think OF grant.
Ing 40 lHdirsot subsidy In that
xBepsL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10
WhKickcr

He kicked because
his razor had =
tendency to hurt;
He kicked because
his collar didn't
seen to fit his
shirt:
He kicked because
he couldn't md
his trousers any
where
TIL his wife stepped
In and showed
him where he'd
hung them on a
chair.
He kicked because
his coffee wasn't
made TO suit his
ta1te;
He kicked about ex-
penses and com
planned about the
waste:
He kicked because
I he m u Fl n s
seemed 10 be I'M
duly brown,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10
Extr.nrdinarx Kindness.

Mrs. Binks is an awfully kind
hearted woman. There is hardly an
other like her in this town"
What charities is she most inter
ested in?"
II don't think she is interested in
any charity, but she had dressmaker
in her house the other day, and when L
asked her to give me the woman's ad-
dress she did it without trying for a
moment to convince me that 1t would
be useless to try to engage her."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10
ARBITRARY REFORM.

=. Discussing editOrislly the modern
tendency TO overdO reforms and the
Taste that IS entailed in the method,
Employed. the Chicago Tribune make,
a number Of observations which de
sserve serious consideration in the
. present local option fight in Rock Is
and The Tribune says:
There Is no country IN the
world in which there IS more
persistent. pervasive and diversi-
fed reforming" than our own. II
list OF altruistic organizations.
: social. civic. political. moralistic.
educational. etc. were drawn up.
we believe. the mere. sight OF Il
would bring panic TO the powers
4 OF evil and send them in rout
! from the field.
Certainly. ~ not merely a list
but the organizations themselves
could be brought together they
Z would be greatly heartened for
! the fray and the spirits OF dark
ness correspondingly cast down.
But what Is even more notice
able at times I'm this vast activity
than its fervor IS fits want OF CO
ordination. its waste. its failure
20 achieve results commensurate
with its effort and fits hopes Hob
house. the leading living philoso-
ipher OF English liberalism. re-
marks upon this waste IN his so
cial Evolution and Political Theo-
!ory" and cites Herbert Spencers
lgraphic figure OF the sheet OF
metal. Give a man such a sheet
with q dent in q and ask him to
fhatten 81 out. II he knows moth
sing OF metal work he Will take a
BANNER and knock the dent nat.
soniy TO md that 81 has appeared
eisewhere. Thus Il is with our
ze6cfts II reforming society. 1--WE
fput down overt crime only 70 ind
<thnt sope form OF secret vice 10
INCREASING. A temperance crusade
<srppresses Fdrunkarness and 90 IS
.ediscoyored that those who used
20 eF!nk uow ma an outlet for
ezcit1msnt iH gambling. Com,
=persation Tor accidents Is seeur.
Cd BIZ law 70 WorIfmeH, and IN
8 consequences H. ~ alleged that ei-
= Derry worknsa arc refused sitgA-
: Hons, Wortmen form trade mn
1ons te'DelHtsis Bs1 improve fhs
= conditions Of Ehsiy work, Rhd no
soorsr 10 thsy srcesss fhas thes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10
The annual coal mine strike is said

The annual coal mine strike is said
IN be impending. These occasions are
zqnminE TO be looked forward TO by a
-1Arge portion OF the population as
eagerly as January clearance sales and
for much the same reason. They adj
yertise the business. stimulate demand
End afford an opportunity to get rid
OF stock on -hard. Besides. they give
tAe hard working coal digger a we'll
earned vacation
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10
Weakness and Strength.

II you've put away your sorrow.
Merely thinking YOU will wait
For some joy to come tomorrow.
You are weakly tempting fate.
II you've turned your hack on sadness,
Thinking it is only fair
To expect some unearned gladness.
You are flirting with despair.
You arr strong H.. sorely stricken,
You can cling TO courage still.
Strivine though the clouds may thicken,
Rravely to work out your will.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10

Los Angeles-The poison mystery at
the county hospital. where seven men
died after receiving the "salvarism"
treatment and another is dying. has
been partly so.ved. DIR. Lyman b.
Stookey says decomposition of the
toxin liberated three deadly poisons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10

Only one man escaped when Chi
cago police raided a basement gam
bling joint. a fat man getting stuck
in the hole in the wall through which
the inmates were supposed TO make
their exit and the others being held
back till the police nabbed them
Hereafter the fat men probably will
be kept at the tail end OF the line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10

The bureau OF fisheries is sending
ipuf a pamphlet which claims that
icsnned salmon is cheaper than meats
and attempts to show why. II is pre-
sumed the sane arguments apply II
the canned salmon happens to be
Illinois river carp.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10
SWEET CHILD.

Yes" said lit
tie Elsie. mann
ma says she Is
always glad to let
me come to par
II Q s at ur
house"
1T ia very nice
of your mamma
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10

Press dispatches say Colonel Roose-
selt has been exacting $1,000 an APP
plication for his oratorical salve in
South America He did such generous
sampling in the states without getting
results that you can hardly blame
him for getting the cash in advance
among strangers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10

In order to have his eyes examined
BY his favorite oculist President vii
SON had to make the journey TO Phila-
delphia Like enough. the doc kept
him waiting half an hour in the outer
ofice reading back numbers OF the
Ladies' Home Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10
No Help for IL.

Whats the cause of all that
racket asked the manager of the
great animal show. Cant 1t be
stopped? The people out in front will
be getting panic-stricken in a minute"
I'VE can't help it, SIR" replied the
press agent. THE CONTAINERS wife
is back there chasing him around the
cages and refusing to listen TO rea-
son."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10
March 10 in Americsn
History.

1T1d-,;eneral Washington rece''s
s;ructions from the cons,.s 80
congress TO destroy BOSTON. =
essary. and
Is9f-~John Franklin Swift. iaWt. q
diplomat. United States inin.s pcw.
japan. died AT Tokyo; born ~ =
ling Green. NY, lSa9.
1897 -t;euer;u Frederick saio'p, r<s.t
Fes-ra; ,eterau noted ~ tne "a:
esu agm,es dGrins line waf'
born Is2.s.
-------7=-- - A.
A straight line Is the sno''s. o,th
morals as In mathematics--tos
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10

70 say that.
Cause she says you're SO savin'
that there's never any danger you'll
give me anything that will be rich
enough TO hurt me-"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10

Mr.. Pickett having told the horticul-
ture class at the state university that
re have only $50 orchard pests in
Illinois doubtless there will be grand
stampede to go into the apple raising
business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10

TERNS-Ten cents per week by car
rier. IN Rock Island: 81 per year by mall
IN advance
Complaints OF delivery .erviss should
be made TO the circulation department.
which should also be notified In every
instance where 80 is desired TO have
PAPER discontinued. as carriers have no
authority In TIE pre=5ises.
All Communications OF nrEument.tivs
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for pubiiea-
ton. No such articles viii bs printed
over fictitious signatures
Telephones IN slI departments Cen
trail Union. Rock Islana iiS. 1ls5 and
zI45.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10
Obviously Untrue.

There Is a fable 20 the effect that
Adam had mated with Liiith before he
knew Eve"
Don't you believe It. Nobody ever
pulled Ewes hair out"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10
Time.

Time.
I'm heaven. you know. there is no
such thing as time"
There's no such thing as time here.
as far as my wife is concerned when
she agrees to meet me at q certain
place"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10
memory's Pleasure,

FROM the crushed flower OF gladnes.
on the road of life a sweet perfume 1,
waited over 60 the present hour.-Rich.
ter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10

sGeneral Csrranza in his pictures
looks as benevolent as Andrew Car
negie laying a cornerstone OF some
thing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10

This f. indeed the age OF get to-
Eether. There IS TO he a convention
of quack doctors in Chicago this
month
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10

Too many people find their greatest
satisfaction in believing that the
worst is yet to come.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10

Always remember that you are not
spending money when you are at home
PLAYING with the baby.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10
only slna,e One, Like n

You can't make a married woman
believe there is anything pleaaant
about the smell of q pipe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10

II man would learn TO pray. let
bin 20 TO sea.-French proverb.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-10
CANDID OPINION.

A woman can be happy with crust
IL it is accompanied by crest.
Even a hsrd-heaGed man may De-
come very soft whom a woman takes
him in hand.