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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

Otner printing eS-
tabiishment in the
world that equals
the government
printing office. AS
a newspaper man,
IL was a treat to
me to be assigned
n member of the
Joliet committee
on printing. 1t has
brought me in in
innate touch with
this gigantic estab-
lishment of ink
and types.
One never tires
OF exploring the
vast building to
find new marvels.
j doubt IL the ma
chinery of any
other industry has
been brought to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
While the money kings were mulctin.

While the money kings were mulctins
the New Haven road. its patrons were
-lsIghtered. Now that the company
-rs been forced 20 put money into bet
ic.ments. Il is taking the difference out
OF its shop employees. whose wages
ave been cut 10 per cent No
one expected that the overfed stock
manipulators who looted the earnings
would be made 10 pay back. II must
come out OF the blood OF the toiler.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

yet"
What's the mat
ter now. LIP"
You told John
to go down to the
depot and get the
earl's baggage.
right out loud so
that he couldn't
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
Apnrecistlon.

II was strongly tempted when we
were in the conservatory alone to
take you in my arms and kiss you.
Would you have been very angry with
me II had hone so?"
''Yes-very. But thank you for the
compliment"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

Il Is not necessary 10 report every
thing that Judge Taft says these days.
but his really important utterances
ought 20 be repeated For example,
- 1-ys that he never eats potatoes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

Carl Browne. OF Coxey's army. who
began a speech on the steps OF the
capitol at Washington I'm 1905, and
was driven away. returned the other
day and finished IL before the police
reached him The presumption Is
that having EO- g out % his system
Carl feels better know
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

help hearing you. Why can't you
learn to say station and luggage?"
''Oh, don't mind that. The earl won't
care. He's got used to United States
talk. He asked me this morning how
got my dough and how much 1 had
of tt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

General Villa Is a planter says =
news letter from Mexico. Still the
impression seems 20 prevail that he
leaves most OF them on the ground
where they fall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
,New York IIerald.1

Mr.. Wilson has gone far and he has
gone fast. We really think he fails to
see how large have been the doses he
has given the country. and we cannot
help feeling that it might be a blessing
If he would remain in Pass Christian
for several months and content him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

The Chicago policeman who warned,
4 man who was trying 20 drown him
self that II he did not swim to shore
ne would shoot and kill him, knew
something OF human nature.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

Dictionary-makers estimate that for
the PAST three centuries the English
language has been accommodating an
average OF four new words a day.
When Colonel Roosevelt was engaged
IN organizing the Ananias club. the
additions swelled the average.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
One Of That Kind.

What kind of a girl is she?:
One OF the kind that think you
don't care for them unless you spend
at least IS on champagne the first
evening"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

The Portsmouth ~. H police
woman who lost her job for being too
young and handsome must wonder
how she happened 20 get il.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
HE POSES IN THE ALPS.
The Dear Old Shepherd" Who Dos'
IL For a Consideration.

Nearly every adventurer upon the
Alps nowadays carries a camera II
f. a sign OF the times. People have
become obsessed with the importance
u realities, and the camera Is the only
possible agent 20 enable you 10 show
realities TO your friends. 1t is not OF
much use 10 tell them about some
strange sight or OF some curious con
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

Colonel Harvey IS not wholly salts
fed with President Wilson's admin
istration. but Colonel Watterson is
Offering no criticism II is strange
how colonels sometimes change their
opinions and positions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
As Il often Happens.

The man who has TO pay for gettfng
three lines concerning his marriage
published may when he 1s divorced get
a column or two without putting up
q cent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

BY this time the nan who swore off
smoking is trying 20 persuade himself
the effort was worth while for the in
creased pleasure OF beginning again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

Why Worry about good works :?
: fter long and active career Of use
illness Rev. Washington GLADDEN. is
known 70 fame as the author Of
tainted money"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

40 interruptions OF Doc Cooks lee
lures will cause international com
pIications. The London militants may
safely do their worst
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

King Alfonso smokes "a cigarets
an hour Perhaps Il Is for the
purpose Of keeping bomb throwers at
a distance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

louisville CONFECTIONERY
President Wilson is now So years
old and has the honor of having har-
monized fifty-seven varieties of opin-
ion in congress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

According 10 an agricultural au-
;hority. hens need amusement. They
ought 20 be able 70 get all they want
contemplating the high price OF
eggs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
WILSON, THE WORKER

gress telling it to pass the appropria
ton bills and go home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

The chances are that the man who
protests the loudest against the in
come tax isn't within a mile Of the
firing line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
Jan. S in American
History.

stephen Decatur. commodors Z Z
S. ". born in Maryland; kinea :.
a duel with Commodore BarIV-
fellow officer. in 1920.
ISal--Emma Abbott, prima oos-
died; born 1919
1913-Dr Lewis Swift, noted as.sa
omer. died at Marathon. \. y; -
1890.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

The currency having been reform-
cd. II is 10 be hoped that II will not
become unduly exclusive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

DO you peneve the theory that doc
tors have right to kill where they
can not cureT"
Haven't they always been doing
81 ?"-Boston Transcript
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

Especial Correspondence OF The Arsus.)
The greatest printer and publisher
on the face of the earth is Uncle
Sam, Washington. ID. c. There is no
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
Mot Nerv Funny.

81 did my best TO be entertaining"
said the young man in voice of sor-
row.
did you succeed:"
I'm afraid not | recited Hamlet's
soliloquy. She looked at me reproach-
fully for several seconds and then ex-
claimed. 4 don't think that's very fun
ny""-I.ondon Telegraph.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

the Rero of many local tales.-Wide
World Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

Huer;a did not let the rest OF the
world surpass him IN optimistic New
Years proclamations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

No costly porterhouse for mine:
take a seat beside the board
And. with bird and bottle. dine
On such things as I may afford.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
suyisa Books.

suyine Books. -
To huy books only because
were Published by an eminent p',.
IS much as 4. a ulan should buy -
ing that did not fit him only beess-
made by some famous tailo-.-Pope
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

The night is long that never hnds the
cEr.-Shakespeare.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
NO HARM DONE.

Dear me, pa" said the beautiful
heiress. You'll mortify me to death
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
Self Annexation.
I can't arford the Juicy steak

The porterhouse steak VIII soon be for
the millionaire only-News Item.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
~ THE :. W. POTTER CO.

TERMs-Ten celts per week by car
rser. IN Rock Island
Complaints or delivery service should
b made 10 the circulation department..
watch rhouid also be notified IN every
instance where % Is desired TO have
paper Gbsontiuusd. 81 carriers cave no
sathc-i:y n tEo premises.
All communication OF arEtTientstive
eharac,er. Political or religious. must
have Tes- name attached for pubiiea-
tien &c auch articles will lie printed
ove- fictitious signatures.
Telephones IN AL departments. Cen
trail Cn!oa. Rock Island las. Ii45 and
eIfs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05

That once was such a JOY TO me:
Such nourishment I may not take
Upon my present salary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1870 Second ave-
nue Rock Island III entered at this
pcsvoaiee as secoEd-eia-s natter
Rock Island Member 81 she Associated
Press
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10
HEALTH SEEKERS BUREAU.

Denver.-A Health Seekers Bureau,
equipped to give advice and informa-
tion to new-coming health-seekers to
Colorado has been established here by
the Denver Visiting Nurse Associa-
tion.A The aim of the Bureau is to
post health-seekers upon the necessity
Of taking proper hygienic care of them
selves, and SO not depending futilely
upon the sole benefits Of the Colorado
climate for their recovery.
Accordingly, the bureau seeks to get
in touch with health-seekers not only
upon their arrival at Denver, but even
before they make the journey, so as
to give prospective newcomers the In
dispensable advantage of knowing
how to care for themselves, and also
to assist them in finding sanitary and
hygienic quarters.
The work of the bureau is under
the supervision of A. H. Ortmeyer,
who himself came to Denver fifteen
months ago from Chicago in the ad-
vance stages Of tuberculosis. Since
his recovery he has devoted himself
actively to the cause of strangers here
in quest of health. Through the
Health-Seekers Bureau he is able to
do in a more consistent and organized
way what heretofore he could do in
only an individual and hap-hazard
way.
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10
Illuminated Signal TARGETS.

With the recent developments in
lenses for signal purposes, according
to Mr. Thomas S. Stevens, signal en-
gineer for the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad, it is now practica
BILE to illuminate signal targets suff1
GENTLY for the different colors to be
readily distinguished in daylight at q
distance of 1000 feet. All the compli
Gated mechanisms necessary for the
mechanical operation of signal arms
are eliminated and replaced by simple
electrical circuits which are far more
efficient and economical to maintain
In the majority of cases two 25-watt
lamps are used behind an eight-inch
lens. Indeed, it appears that the prob.
lem with this type of signaling is to
provide light signal sufficiently Wis.
ible in bright sunlight which will not
make the signal too prominent at night
Electrical World.
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10
Tnvents a New Chicken.

George White has produced by Sc
lective breeding, the shortest legged
chicken in existence after ten years
of effort, during which he crossed and
recrossed breeds. The result is a
big white fowl that continually seems
to be sitting, the impression being due
solely to the shortness of it's legs. When
it walks it waddles like duck
The advantage, says White, is that
the newly invented" type of chicken
is not roamer and not scratcher.
1t canont go very far and has not
enough Of a reach to scratch. The re-
suit is that it lives a quiet, peace
full existence, never roosts on a neigh
boris fence, and is a busy layer
Eaton (O) dispatch to the New York
World.
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10
ENGINE BUILT TO THROUGH STORMS DIES


For use on the Sahara desert line Of
one of the French railroads, peculiar
type of engine, designed for cutting
through the terrific sand and wind
storms characteristic of the region,
has been built. The farther railroads
have been pushed into the desert the
greater has been the difficulty encoun-
tered from storms, these being at
times sufficiently strong to bring
heavy trains to a complete standstill
or even topp1e them over. To tacl1-
tate driving into head-on blasts To-
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS TO DENVER
Daylight Run Made by Autos in Four.
teen Hours


Denver-The practicability of
daylight run by automobile from
Steamboat Springs to Denver has been
demonstrated. A party of residents
from Steamboat Springs, Craig, Hay
den and other points in northwestern
Colorado accomplished the trip in
fourteen hours. Leaving Steamboat
Springs at a. M, the first of the
party arrived in Denver at 8 p. m.
the same day.
The route followed the new forest
service road over Rabbit Ear pass for
a distance of twelve miles, then over
the old road along Park range, strik-
ing the Midland Trail at Kremmling.
The trip is said to have been made
primarily for the purpose Of trying
out the new link in the Rabbit Ear
read across the continental divide
within the Routt national forest. This
portion of the road was constructed
by the forest service in cooperation
with the state and Routt county.
According to forestry officials of
Denver, the road engineer Of the for
est service now has a party on the
ground making final survey Of the
remaining portion of the highway
leading through the forest, which is
and Jackson counties. 1t is expected
that the entire road will be completed
in another year.
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10
WAS IMAGINARY HORSE
BUT 1T MADE MUCH TROUBLE
FOR THE ENGINEER.
incident That Proves the Human
Equation Cannot Be Ignored
Though Scientific Efficiency May
Nav Be at Its Highest.

Eugene Fields poem about the ht-
tie boy who "ain't afraid OF snakes
and worms and bugs and toads anu
mice" would be applicable to en-
gineers. But when, it comes to horses
and COWS there is fear, and Justln-
able one. for there is little that can
do so much havoc with moving en-
CINE as a COW or horse that stanus
in it's way. The body of the amman
is liable to get wedged between the
track and the engine and derall IT,
ct was fireman with an engineer on
a Western road who nearly lost us
Job because he thought he saw morse
on the track" related veteran re-
Gently. 1--WE were making an AFTER
noon run over a level stretch at a
pretty fast clip, when the engineer
John Malone, man of IA years dr1v-
ing on that road, footed his Wh1stie
and told me that he saw a horse on
the track, but, said he, it would not
move or even prick up it's ears, al
though he footed three times in fast
succession.
"I rushed to the window of the CAP,
looked out and then took some waste
and started rubbing the windows OF
the pilot cab And my reason for all
this was that didn't see any horse
at all. And after I had finished clean
ing the window he didn't either.
"The horse had been an imaginary
horse, a speck on the window that l
had just cleaned had taken the form
in his mind, but it was quite While
before | could convince him of it.
''In his desire for safety he had only
thought of stopping his train in time
and had not thought Of the horse after
the first impression he had received
from the speck.
"The joke was on the engineer, and
they kidded him about it until it
reached the ears of the traffic superin-
tendent, and then he was dismissed.
But when a certificate from an Opt
clan was shown to the powers that be
stating that his eyes were in perfect
condition he was re-instated.
"Its just one of those little Incl
dents that shows that even though we
get most everything down to state
of scientific efficiency the human eQua'
ton cannot be ignored
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10
MAKING BUSINESS FOR ROAD
new Creative Policy of Enlightened
Traffic Men Replaces Old
System.

1t has been said of Darius Miller.
tne late president of the Burlington.
tnat his success as a traffic man was
due mainly to his clear-headed recog.
milton of the fact that railroads prof.
us are derived chiefly not from the
business which it Wrests from it's com.
petltors, but from business which it
develops on it's own lines.
IL was as creator of traffic that he
nrst established himself with the
greatest of all traffic creators, James
). Hill. The characteristic of creating
Cra1nc rather than outbidding a rival
was marked in Mr.. Miller because he
was raised in a school where the
methods used by traffic men to get
business were quite different. AS a
result Of legislation and concerted &C.
tlon on the part of railroad men
themselves, however, there are now
many traffic men of the Darius Miller
type.
In this day and generation a rail
road tells the farmers along it's line
what crops to plant, when and how ia
plant them, when fruits and vegeta
bles should be picked, how they should
be packed, and where a market can be
found. Nowadays if the highways
used by the farmers in getting crops
to the station are in such bad shape
that horse power is being wasted, the
railroad sends men with specially
equipped car to tear out and, rebuild
section Of the turnpike to show how
the average wagon load can be in
creased.
Other men, graduates from agricul
tural colleges, are sent out to show
how land should be fertilized and cul
tivated. Then there is the dairy cal
that travels about to illustrate the
most approved butter and milk making
methods. Prize hogs, cattle and sheer
from James ]. Hills farm are scat
tered from ST. Paul to the Pacific
coast, and each gift or sale is expect
ed to do it's part in raising the gen
eral standard. These and many sim
liar methods of securing freight have
been substituted by the railroads fol
rate cutting and rebating Yorl
Evening Post.
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10
Motor AmhuIances In Lancashire.

THE increasing use Of The motor
ambulance in this district" says the
United States Consul at Manchester
England, lis confirmed by the action
of the Burnley, Lancashire, town coun-
ell. which at it's meeting on July /
passed a resolution to purchase a We.
hicle for the towns use at a cost OF
S2,956. The numerous and largely
populated towns of Lancashire have
all, sooner or later, to consider the
question of the use of the motor, both
for fire and ambulance work, and ]
would therefore call the attention OF
American manufacturers to this spe.
cial branch of the auto trade"
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10
Clear Windshield.

A doctor living in rainy climate,
whose calls took him out often in wet
weather, undertook the problem of
maintaining clear vision through the
windshield of his automobile regard
ing a prescription that would do the
work
The prescription calls for one ounce
of water, two ounces of glycerine and
one dram of salt This is poured on
a piece of gauze and then wiped over
the glass, care being taken to have all
the strokes downward. The effect of
the treatment is to prevent raindrops
from clihging to the glass.
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10
How He Forqave McNab.

A Scotchman on his deathbed was
reminded by the attending minister
that the hour of death is an hour for
the banishing of all ill-feeling-a time
for universal forgiveness.
He was McGregor, and his feud
with the McNabs had been notable. So
the clergyman, with the family's per-
mission and assistance, summoned
the head Of clan McNab to the dying
McGregors bedside.
81 forgive ye, McNab," whispered the
expiring man, "wi' all my. heart-but
may my curse rest on my son forever
if he ever does!"
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10
Electricitv HELMS Sun.

Electricity is being employed to
help out the sun in California and
Arizona. Date growers have discov-
cred that the natural temperature in
the desert districts is not warm
enough to ripen dates properly. Now
this process is accomplished artificial
Iv hy means of electric ovens The
unripe dates are put into these ovens
and allowed to remain three days at
a temperature of 122 degrees Fahren-
heit. At the expiration of this period
they are fully ripe and ready for mar
ket.-Edison Monthly.
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10

comotive with sharp V-shaped hood
has been constructed. All it's surface
lines are made so as to offer the
least possible resistance to the wind,
while the wheels are built as nearly
open as is practical, furnishing min
imum surface for the wind-driven sand
to wear upon. This pattern Of wheel
is also to be adopted for use on the
cars, as solid wheels under incessant
sand blasts have been found to wear
so thin within years time as to be
unsafe for further use.-Popular Me.
chanics.
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10
Bulk of Wheat in Northwest Sold.

Portland, Ore-Through a heavy
buying movement, presumably by for
eign interests, vast quantities of new
crop wheat have been taken recently
in Oregon and Washington. So heavy
have been the purchases that from
50 to 60 per cent Of the total crop is
estimated to have been already dis
posed of at a date on which in other
years the buying movement has hard
ly begun In well informed circles the
total purchases are said to aggregate
roundly 100000 bushels in Oregon
and Washington.
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10
Content to Remain in Scotland.


An extremely self-important middle
class Londoner, visiting Scotland for
the first time in his life, volunteered
to kindly but sharp old Highlander
that no Englishman could ever find
Scotland anything but place to leave
and that rapidly.
I'm nae so sure O. that" returned
the old man, dryly. "I'll TAX ye to a
place no far frea Stirling, whaur
thetty thousand O yer countrymen ha'
been content for five hundred year,
and they're nae thocht O. leavin' yet"
What is the placer" beloved the
Londoner.
"Bannockburn!" snapped the Scot
waving his hand in the direction OF
the battlefield.
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10
Fastest Train.

The fastest railroad train in the
world is the one between London and
Edinburgh, also it has been claimed
that the best time known is made on
the line between Berlin and Hamburg
The fastest time made in America is
between New York and Washington
and between New York and Chicago
although they make pretty fast time
between Chicago and Minneapolis.
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10
Queerlno His Act.

The Booking Agent can give you
split week at the Morpheus theater.
The Monologue Artist can't work
at that show shop. My whole act de-
pends on a line where l ask the Or
chestra leader if he's a married man,
and they've got lady orchestra
Puck
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10

Fourteen Billions Wars Yearly Cost.
Paris-Fourteen billion dollars Is
the yearly cost of the present war,
according to the German expert, Cap
tain Henke. The cost to Germany and
France, each with 100000 mems is
put at $2,S0O,O0O,00o each, while the
cost to Russia, with 100000 men, is
put at $3,So0,Oo0,OO0.
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10
Foundation Must Be In Mind.

The fountain of content must spring
up in the mind and he who has so
little knowledge Of human nature as
thing but his life will spend it in fruit
less efforts and multiply griefs which
he purposes to removes. Johnson.
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10
French Treaty Is Approved.

Buenos Ayres-The senate approved
unanimously the arbitration treaty
with France, which was signed by
representatives of the two govern
ments last July.
The Winslow mail., 1914-10-10
Unemployed Throns City of Vienna.

Venice-A graphic picture Of condi-
tions Of life in Vienna is revealed in
the official statement Of the mayor OF
Vienna that his city is supporting the
families of $4,000 reservists at a daily
cost of $4,000, and in addition is en-
deavoring to provide for 100000 un-
employed and another 100000 fugitives'
from Galicia and the crown land OF
Bukowina. For the fugitives the city
up to September 25 had expended
$1,000,000.