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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
Emharrsssina.

President Wilson's new scheme OF
having visitors shown into him imme-
diateIy on their arrival, so that their
presence may be an incentive to those
preceding them TO get through with
their business as quickly as possible, -
may have its good points. but it is
going to prove extremely embarrass-
ing TO the chap who merely drops in
TO ask for the loan of a flyer Just un-
til tomorrow. "-Philadelp Inquirer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

The ambassador 20 Russia SAYS
leather made from the hides % Sibe-
rfan pouies 10 alone suitable for Gov
ers for baseball because % VIII not
stretch under impact Heretofore the
fmpresssoa had been that this vas a
quality possessed alone by the hide
% the Amertcan mule
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

The sheriff a. Racine. Wis. is try
fnE the plan Of allowing certain classes
% offenders % coutiuuc az their reEu-
lar occupations. reporting az Night 20
be locked up Their earnings are Civ
en- 70 their families. if they have any.
and ~ not are given 20 the prisoners
themselves az the end OF their terms.
The plan has much % commend a.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
Feb. % in American
History.

is15-The United States sioop Of wa
Hornet Captain Biddic. captnreu
the British brig Penguin
lS4T-General Zachary Taylor's amer
csn army. less than 6.000 strong
defeated 10000 Mexicans at Buena
Vista. Mexico.
1se5-Bil to enlist negroes in the Con
federate armies was defeated IL
the Confederate congress.
1914EHenry NJ. Teller, former Unlles
States senator from Colorado. dieo
at Denver; born 1880.
George Rowland, of Los Anseies
refuses to sleep in. beds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

Soldiers ia the trenches o. Europe
are preparing 90 face nsw horrors fin
the spring when the surgeons believe
than Al epidemic % cholera Is almost
Inevitable. Human ingenuity has not
yet devised implements OF destruction
moro terrible than starvation and dis
ease
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

Ex-Prssidsnt Taft has also pointed
the duty % true Americans re de-
eiares that IN the present crisis all
must bury thsir monetary passions
and their iinEoiEm and loyalty back
President Wilson IN whatever action
he takes bearing upon our relations
with the warning foreign pOwers-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
One Step at a Time.

According to divorce disclosures a
New York woman became Indifferent
to her husband because he could not
learn to dance. This fact may show
him unworthy to be modern husband,
but IL will hardly suffice for the Gus
tomary argument TO the effect that he
is a fiend in human form.-Washington
Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
What lie USUALLY Docs.

4 man possessed of the slightest
imagination can sit around and con-
jure up any number of pleasant things
he's going to do when he gets out of
debt. but usually what he does is to
get in again.-Columbus (Ohio) Jour
nal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

The ear % Russia has called or
the prosecution Of Maxim GorSy. and
tho sultan % Turkey has started @
campaign against white slavers %
COnstantinople. Two items 20 Be en-
tered or the credit side % the war ac-
count
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

Rev james Morrfsou urrueiig wtu-
mag WAYS were potent with men as
well a. with women. q seems. Two
Chicago lawyers who have been de-
lending bin on a mere promise have
FLED salt % collect thgir fees
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
confound the Critics.

Miss Alice Browns play that was
awarded the $4,000 prize as the best
of hundreds Of plays submitted in a
recent competition, has failed in New
York after i've weeks run. The man
ager thinks the critics expected too
much and were disappointed; but that
is a poor excuse. True merit would
have COMPOUNDED the critics.-Mobile
Register.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

Old Man Mars is surely having hts
Inning. While Uncir sam has both
hands fan kcepinE out % trouble WITH
Mexico. Japan and haif a dozen Euro
poan nations. the Ute Indians have
taken 20 the Warpath.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

The Ohio Master Plumbers associa-
ton demands that its members rise
up and protest against the plumber
joke" person. HIM. We have never
considered the plumber any joke
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

As an object lesson for sinners The
Jolst grisoa band o. now furuishir-s
music FOR religious revival in that
city should b. even more effective
than the sane convicts employed Dr.
road making
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

POLICEMAN and squirrel have a
battle to the death" says a Chicago
newspaper. Some one has inquired II
the trouble was over a nut or If it was
brought about by the clashing OF a
pair of them. However, the squirrel
escaped. So did the blue coat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

Tho unitcd States public health a1r-
vice H. flooded with applications from
persons who want NorE IN lsper col
ouiss. strange idea some people have
o. the IDEAL Oh smDIoyneut.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

CERTAIN grades of cheese hereto
fore imported from Switzerland are
being manufactured in central Illinois
II is said to be a perfect imitation with
the exception of the holes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
All appro-

u IS pertinent 10 inquire where the
millions that have been poured into
militarism in order that the armor and
ammunition capitalists might increase
already swollen fortunes came from
These millions were not picked up in
the streets. and they were not contrib
uted by the rich. Our citizens have
not contributed in proportion TO their
wealth. but the poor man has paid on
an average almost as much as the
rich: and since there are 80 poor TO
every rich man. n means that the mil
lions that have piled up in the pockets
OF the armS-plate magnates have
come from the pockets Of the poor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

\ japanese inventor has an iron
kettle which bursts into song the mo-
meat IRE kettle begins 20 boil The
sounds are produced b. steam hub
bies striking AGAINST metallic bars.
test above the water.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

Probably the Missouri mob uhieh
HANGED a mae on che city hnU Epirr
thOuEht ita selection o. ralfguE
would give th~ iyuchias bee an afr o.
legality.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
VIII.
BY CONGRESSMAN CLYDE n. TAV.
ENNER

special correspondence % The Argus
Washington. Feb. Z0.-The Increase
In the cost % our army and navy In
the last 20 years Is enough 20 s:agger
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

II Is interesting 20 note that the per
capita appropriations by congress for
all purposes IS climbing up just about
in proportion 10 the increased cost Of
the navy. as the following figures viii
show.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

To bead % ne DoEnIb state nor
nal r. prsaehirs a back to the city
instead % a back % the farm move
mert. iE this hsresy Or merely trua-
sonf
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

THOSE 70 Piute Indians who set out
to recapture the United States must
have been reading the speeches OF
some of our patriotic congressman on
the alleged unpreparedness OF the ma
ton for war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

MISSOURI girl who has won $40.
900 prize by solving a movie serial
mystery says she never had a sweet
heart. She need not now worry of be
coming an old maid
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

Nice. Correspondence Of the Asso-
ciated Press The American Red
Cross hospital here occupies VIA
about q hundred yards from the sea
with "a beds, all endowed for the du-
ration Of the war It is in the charge
of a French military surgeon, but ths
operators room is in the care Of an
American doctor, and the nurses are
all American women. American WON
en- have also organized work room
where they spend the greater part o,
each day knitting warm clothing anu
patching worn garments Tor convaies-
cent soldiers about TO return to the
front
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

ONE can't help but feel prouder OF
his Americanism after reading such
speech as Judge Taft delivered yes
terday in New Jersey, advising that
the hyphen be dropped from our ma
tional affiliations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

Lionel Mackinder. a well known
English comedian, was one of the first
OF a group OF London actors who vol
unteered for service at the beginning
OF the war, has been killed at the
front. Mackiuder made his first Lon
don success in 1895 in The Shop
Girl"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

London. -( Correspondence Of The
Associated Press.) An British pass
ports are now issued in such man
ner that it viii be impossible for
spies and other alien enemies 70 alter
them so they can be used by other then
the persons to who missued.
Over all the surface OF the passport
where descriptions and signatures are
70 be placed fine lines are printed IN
red ink The application Of acid 10
this surface makes the red ink run and
instantly shows the passport has been
tempered with Instead of stamping
the photographs on the new passports
with a seal which does not cut through
new seal has been devised which
perforates the pictures and the pass
ports making it extremely difficult 20
substitute other pictures.
On the new passports wives accom-
panying their husbands viii also be
fully described. Heretofore little at
tention has been paid to women travel
ing as the wives of passport holders
but the appearance of women spies in
various parts of England has aroused
the authorities and they viii hereafter
watch the movements Of women more
carefully.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

WHO wants war;" says the Peoria
Journal. Wen bite. Who does?
WE resurrect as appropriate TO the
day this from the Wichita Beacon:
The closing exercises in one of the
grade schools OF Wichita the day be-
fore Washington's birthday annivers-
airy began with displaying a portrait
OF George Washington. Who is this p
the teacher asked. The children sat
mute and unresponsive till finally one
little fellow piped up: 4 know who II
Isl he shouted. We got that picture
at home. Mamma told me who it is
He swelled with pride. It's our father
from the country he said"
WE have always been curious to
know the source of the patriotic in-
spiration that made il possible for
high browed chaps to slip through the
country and give addresses before pub
lie bodies showing the need of increas-
ed armament for the United States.
We are beginning to obtain some en-
lightenment by reading the series of
articles now being printed in this pa
per by Congressman Tavenner.
SAWDUST on a mans shoes. OBJ
serves a Philadelphia paper, does not
always indicate that he has been TO
Billy Sundays meetings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

The personnel of the British navy Is
about double that OF any other navy in
the world.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
Sidelights on the European War

spot W here no drainage or sanitary ar
rangements existed before their arr
rival. Only one adult has died since
the camp was formed and that was
woman Of over so years Of age. Among
the children a number have died Of
measles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

WHO wants war;" says the Peoria
Journal Wen bite. Who does?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

Because II contains about 10 per
cent OF anmoniated mercury. a
strength which is caustic In action
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

Dangerous Mercolized Wax: Why il
mercolized wax dangerous TO apply tc
face
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

Tuesday. February p 1915
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
Questions and Answers.

Ace'aniiite. Headache Poison:
Please inform ne whether any Of;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
THE ARGUS.

p,asif-t-a eanT az fszs sseoss ave-
pa. Rock Gslane. IL Battered q. ne
ps-ss--e- AZ se~one-eiass zzAs-srl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

Both remedies are harmless and oft
en- helpful. Catnip. especially, is
good for collie in babies. administered
by mouth or. preferably, by enema.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-02-05
THE FIRST STOVE.

The most important uses Of fire
we're taught by fire itself. AS the
primitive man stood near the flames
Of the burning tree and felt their
pleasant glow he learned that fire
may add to bodily comfort; and
when the flames swept through a
forest and overlook a deer and baked
Il, he learned that fire might be
used to improve the quality of his
fOod. The hint was not lost. He
look a burning torch to his cave or
nut and kindled him a fire on his
loor Of earth. His dwelling filled
WIN smoke, but he could endure the
aScomfOrt for the sake of the tooth
@meness of the cooked meats. After
ume a hole was made in the roof
VI The nut, and through this hole
ne smoke passed out. Here was
ne hESt stove. The primitive stove
. vas the entire house; the floor was
ulV lleplace and the hole in the roof
vas the chimney. The word "stove''
~gmally meant ga heated room"
The Snowflake herald., 1915-02-05
TURTLE GETS THE HEN.

While a man was fishing in the
Wissahickon creek recently he no.
ticed a small speckled hen on the
other bank leisurely pattering about
in the shallow water in search of a
meal. Suddenly slight disturb
ance was noticed in the water a few
feet below the hen, and the head of
large swapping turtle appeared
above the surface for an instant.
After brief interval there was a
splash, a futter of wings and a Sc
ries of loud cackles. The snapper
had the chickens leg in his strong
jaws, while the hen, with her re-
manning leg, clutched the root of a
tree overhanging the water. Then
came a tug of war. The hen made
a gallant fight, but she had to let
go, and a moment later the turtle
went down and disappeared beneath
the water with his prize.-Philadel-
phia Enquirer.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-02-05
LlKENED AER0PLANE TO BIRD
Indians Comment, on His First SiQht
of Airship, Brief and Very
Much to the Point.

Aviator Rodgers, while on his way
to the Pacific coast, came down for
gasoline one Sunday on an ordinary
looking New York farm.
He didn't know where he was un-
til man came across the field and
his face showed him to be an In
dian. Rodgers then knew he was
on the Seneca Indian reservation at
Red House, and the brave approach
ing happened to be Chief Bishop.
An aeroplane was a new thing to
the Indian, and while men of his
race began to pour into the field
from the neighboring country as
fast as their ramshackle buckboards
and ponies would permit them, the
chief inspected his visitors sky ve-
hicle. After he had finished his ex-
animation the Indian turned to the
aviator and said:
'Ugh, big bird. Ugh, much heap
too dam big bird"
The Snowflake herald., 1915-02-05
PLAYED ON ENEMY'S NERVES
euot'e Scheme That Was Employed
0y the Japanese During Siege
OF Port Arthur.

The Japanese are ingenious, If a
little diabolical. A Russian officer
named Lubitski, in a little book
lately published on his experience in
the Russo-Japanese war, illustrates
both phases of their character. Dur
ing one of the japanese attacks on
Fort Arthur the assailants made use
of wooden hand-rattles such as night
watchmen in Japan still use, and
which some OF us remember as 'spo-
llcemen's rattles." These things
produce magnifed cracking noise
exactly like the sound of machine
guns. This idea was not so much
to deceive the Russians as to the
number of machine guns in action,
but to shatter the nerves of the de-
tenders and thus bring about the
psychological collapse which plays
such an important part on the mod
ern battlefield. And M. Lubitski.
who was then in close touch with the
Livonian infantry, frankly acknowl-
edges that this contrivance had a
marked effect on his men and con-
tributed substantially to the ulti-
mate victory of the japanese.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-02-05
Save Sight of Babies
is Blind Mems Plan

A bill to safeguard blindness ir
ew-born babies caused by care
less physicians and nurses has
been presented to DR.. C. w. Nc
Laughlin Kansas City, Kansas,
health commissioner.
The bill will be sent to the
Kansas legislature at Topeka af-
ter approval by the health COM
missioner. 1t fixes a penalty OF
not more than $10O or not less
than $25 fine for a physician OF
nurse who fails to drop a l per
cent solution of silver nitrate into
each eye of a newborn baby.
Schaeffer and Weller, blind
themselves, students of the pro,
blem of the blind, say that 3 per
cent of the blind in the United
States are so from birth and that
Is per cent of these are blind
from carelessness of nurses and
physicians.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-02-05
Travel On Santa Fe
Much Better This Year

The tourist travel to California
this year is much better thar.
that of last. All of the five
transcontinental trains are now
running to full capacity. Pros
poets for the exposition business
are now so good that the Santa
Fe' now announces a new daily
fast train from Chicago to San
Francisco and Los Angeles, to be
known S the Missionary"
The name is a reminder of the
old Spanish missions O f this
state. The Missionary" will
make it's initial run on February
z, leaving Chicago at 1870 p. m.
and Kansas City at 1O:45 a. m. (,
arriving in Los Angeles 1850 p.
m. the third day out and San
francisco at 800 a. m. the fol-
lowing morning. 1t will traverse
the southern route known as the
Belen Cutoff, saving many
miles in distance, one mountain
range and several hours in time.
Gallup Independent.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-02-05
Live Stock Fees Bring in
Large Amounts Yearly

That the live stock interests OF
Arizona, which are under the
supervision of the Live Stock
Sanitary Board, are among the
states most important assets,
and return a large sum annually
IN inspection fees as well as
taxes, was brought out recently
In connection with the proposal
that the board be abolished and
It's work turned over to the state
treasurer.
The assessed valuation of cat
tie in the state amounts to $40,
700. 600, and the expectations
for the last three years h av e
brought into the state over $15,-
700, 900. In addition to the
taxes paid on the above assessed
valuation, the board collects an
nually inspection fees amount
ing to 100000. Of this amount
$52, 600, or over IS per cent, is
turned over to the treasury as
clear gain.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-02-05
Florence Prison Has
$93,622 Budget

Superintendent R. r. Sims OF
the Arizona state prison has estl-
mated the cost of maintenance
of that institution for the year
ending June 30th, 1916, to be
S93, 622.5O and has SO made his
recommendation to the board OF
control. His letter to the board
of control follows:
81 submit herewith estimates
for the maintenance of this insti-
tuition during the fiscal year be-
ginning July l, 1915, ending
June 80, 1916. Also for the BIZ
ennial period beginning July 1st,
1915, and ending June 30, 1917.
"I recommend that the follow
ing sums be appropriated a S
stated:
For the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1916-Estimated aver
age attendance; 45O inmates 81
per daily per capita cost; 365
equals S93, ,622.5O
For biennial period ending
June 80, 1917-Estimated aver
age attendance; 450 inmates 81
The Snowflake herald., 1915-02-05
MAKING USE OF HER LATIN.

There is in a certain Florida city
a woman librarian with a fondness
for Latin phrases that sometimes
require more than a knowledge of
Latin to fathom. Recently visitor
to the library inquired pleasantly
how she had spent her vacation, to
which the librarian replied idly:
''Oh, l just took little jaunt up to
New York via train and came home
vice versa"
"You returned-howw gasped
he visitor.
'Vice versa" repeated the libra
5rarian blandly. "By steamer, you
mow." Saturday Evening Post.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-02-05
ant SIGH GOOD "MIXERS"
says Men Think They Get Ac-
writer o%, .Int.d Easily, but Really
" They Dont.

nina Ferber writes fiction story
E9'D American Magazine in which
n us ussincipal character is Emma Nc
tl' ], insv a travelling saleswoman.
tD',rS' snc Of her trips she took her son
On n 'IS her, a boy of seventeen. This
Tl'H Id ID TO spend the night with a
boy ror n% in a country hotel. Next
dl.n ernins his mother asked him about
Dl0lu,,n .n@nmate. The boy knew very
ls5l bls l'T not even the name of the man
lI!I'' u, rbom he stayed. Whereupon
Tmn,s T,,r McChesney broke out as fol-
'''1 ~aren are the cussedest creatures.
r... obap occupied the same room
LIS ab Won last night and you don't
VIZ, Wv know his name. Funny! If
eve t.Sn strange women had found them
1--WE, Wv occupying the same room for
'',, nirbt they wouldn't have got to the
5nono mo- and back hair stage before d
e,az lser would know not only each 9th
": Wv name but they'd have tried on
." o+bpr's hats. swapped corset
"rer ,or,. patterns, found mutual friends
living in Dayton, o., taught each
,l19 D+bpr new Irish croquet stitch,
showed their family photographs,
nd +,, how their married sisters little
r;rl nearly died with swollen glands
and divided off the mirror into two
sections ag to paste their newly washed
bopdkerchiefs on. Don't tell me
men have a genius for friendship" ="
The Snowflake herald., 1915-02-05
PREoCCUPATIoN.

Doyou think the automobile has
aaeenLoralizing aeL inAuence?"
n, I'm afraid it has," replied Mr..
Vnpggins. "When a man has to
io.as i'nsnOer how fast he can go in diff
,r %sl' parts Of town, and the rules
,,,,' 'vu, . displaying numbers and
S+aolng I,ttp the horn at crossings, and
hung 5,a smoke escape from the ex-
d, a,'s' y and keeping his lamps in or
r,,;.l 5 ana cutting out the mufier, and
81 ,~.oo' s other things he's liable to be
n.15 1p55eOccupied that the ten COM
,Sa lS1aonents IN don't get their reason
~F Share of attention.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-02-05
AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH.

p,r me e. Australians \! are evolving a
rtbA English g language of their own.
ball.. nree of their words-'bar-'
w. ~ug g, "Iarrikin'' and kangaroo"
hpoS,a5 are all familiar, but there are
h. 3vqs i; Of others to be found in
G5s svuOnary W.. of "Australian-Eng-
M q compiled by Professor Morris.
p11e tfoa1ey fou l9 Bulletin is offering a
d. ,u Iof the "best sonnet written in
Say australian language" That is
Qjs,@,4'a NJ sonnet that would not be
'OOd ontside of Australia.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-02-05
How to Spend Your Money

Prosperity experts are agreed
that the best ways to spend your
money if you have any are
about as follows:
First-Pay your debts with it.
Second-Buy new goods with
it.
Third-Spend it in new con-
struction work.
Fourth-Invest it in standard
securities.
But whatever you do, don't
stick it in your sock and leave it
there. Prosperity doesn't t sprout
in old socks.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-02-05
AFTER THE THEATER.

The convivial person helped off
the car at his corner, discerned a
lniform, and, approaching it with
some dignity, handed the wearer a
card.
'What's this for?" demanded the
police officer.
"Ain't you usher to this streetT
asked the convivial person. "Please
show me to my seat"
The Snowflake herald., 1915-02-05

per daily per capita cost, 73O
days, equals $751; 245.
For your information wish
to state that the net expenses OF
this institution during the bien-
nial period ending June 80, 1914
were $188, ,97O.35, and the aver
age per capita cost during this
period was .63 per diem.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-02-05
HOW IT HAPPENED.

"I'm a bad man. Takes four men
% handle me when I git started.
"I saw one man handle ye yester-
Law over on the next ranch.
"Well, they happened to be short
landed over there"