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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-06-01
CHAPTER Il-continued.

st shall have to notify department
headquarters about it and send it up
there. ] have no authority to give it
20 anyone and I'm sorry to say / can't
keep it.
Padre" he went on to the old
priest, who was standing with out
stretched neck listening to such few
words as he could understand, Il
think we have recovered your bell,
but shall have to hold it for you until
/ receive orders from my superiors
telling me what to do with it. In a
matter Of such Importance / do not
consider myself justified in acting
without orders Hello! There comes
another automobile UP the road"
Dorothy stared up the road, pres
emily she sprang upon great bowlder
and waved her veil at the oncoming
machine.
Its father!" she called back ex-
citedly over her shoulder. IT'S IA
tneri We sha'nt have to wait after
all for the chauffeur to get back"
Kynaston laughed frankly at her
look of dismay as she realized how
what she had said must sound to the
young cavalryman.
"Im sorry you're SO anxious to get
away so soon, Miss Upton. I'll go
and give your father hand with his
machine
Mr.. Upton needed no help. He ran
h ;o oh in fn hn nj
slope and swinging out came forward
with outstretched hand.
Breakdown, Ell? I'm glad it hap
pened where you could help them,
Kynaston. You never met my daugh-
ter before, did you? You girls will
time. I'll take you on now, and the
machine can wait till the man gets
back.
II you ever get a chance, Kynas-
ton. come over to the Santa Cruz
mine. Well be glad to see you. What
are you going to do with all your
plumber that see here?"
Kynaston told him that he would
have to send messenger that night
to the nearest telegraph station with
dispatch asking what to do with the
valuables that he had captured.
In the meantime" he added, 81
suppose I'll have to sit on the bell
here, if it is as valuable as the padre
says"
What bell?"
Kynaston and Dorothy explained to-
gether.
Let's see it," cried Mr.. Upton ex-
oitedly.
So Kynaston for the second time
that morning unwrapped the mass of
dirty rags and displayed to the won
dering eyes of the miner the green
glories of that wonderful bell. Upton
drew his breath hard.
I've heard of it all my life down
acre in Mexico, but l never believed
Il. / wonder if it can be bought from
die shrine?"
iit, asked the question of the priest.
The old man shook his head emphati-
cally.
There be many things, senior, that
money cannot buy, and this bell is one
of them. 1t was the price of life
Montezumas life, that was afterward
taken by his own subjects, SO it is
said, at the time the Spaniards held
the city of Tenochtitlan. Money can
not buy it, senior. | trust to the well
known honor of the American to re
store I. to the shrine"
You shall wait here with me
padre" said Kynaston sympathetical
y, till hear froyn headquarters, and
-nen will set you on your way
What? Going?"
For Upton was holding out his hand
and Mrs. Fame and Dorothy wers
waiting to say farewell.
He watched the whiri of the rec
dust down the road. rejecting sadly
q. ~ f1,of tho rtoacan< things
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-06-01

Men make their little plans and
talk about wi'I-power making
way-and then destiny, or fate,
or luck, comes along and scram-
bIes the situation beyond rec
ognition. An untoward move
ment, a needless step, and a
mans career is wrecked. What
do you make Of the distant rifle
firingf
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-06-01
PAYS WELL TO LOOK
AFTER YOUNG COLTS
Loss or BIemishing Of One Of
TWO Cuts Down Profits
Don't Neglect Them.

1t pays well to look after the colts.
Those who have but few head of
young stock are not in shape to lose
one, and those having good deal of
money tied up in them should be very
careful as to their wellbeing.
The loss or blemishing of one or two
will cut down his profit on the rest. So
do not get SO rushed with your work
that you neglect the colts.
See that they have plenty of water
and salt, and keep lookout for in
juries they might receive.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-06-01
Something From Nothing.

You never will get something from
nothing. Remember this when feeding
hens. They require 50 much to sus-
tain life. When the ration is only
liberal enough to do this. poor biddy
has nothing from which to manufac
ture eggs. therefore no eggs.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-06-01
Haven't the Nine Points.

Blessed are the meek" quoted the
deacon in reproving the backslider,
for they shall inherit the earth"
They may inherit all right, dea-
con- said the irreverent one, "but
somehow or. other they never seem
20 get possession"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-06-01
More Expensive.

"Mr. Roxe has promised to donate q
new iectern to the church"
yes, and suppose he'll expect the
rest of us to chip in and hire some
body to play the blamed thing"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
Children and Worms.

tongue, bright eyes, feverishness. white
lines about the "gills," rest1essness
picking at the nose, nightmares, ct Get
era, are familiar symptoms Of acute
acid intoxication, or acute intestinal
indigestion due to improper feeding
but these symptoms by no means war
rant plaguing the child with alleged
worm medicine" Better give a tea
spoonful Of soda in a little water, espe-
cially IL nausea and vomiting occur
But no worm medicine. In short, one
is justified In treating child for
worms only when the worms them
selves appear in excavations, or thelr
eggs are discovered by the doctor with
his microscope. And, incidentally.
worm medicine Is worthless unless a
dose or two cures. Likewise, no known
remedy wiz dissolve" the worms in
stu. II the medicine gets" the worms
your eyes will tell you when and how
many.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
Rock Island-From River to
River.
Home Corners

a TTENTI0N of Subscribers
"A If you know of any former
resident of this city or county ROW
living elsewhere, outside of ra-
dius of 50 miles of Rock Island,
and will send the name and ad.
dress Of each former resident to
The Argus, copy OF this paper
will be sent gratis to the name and
address given, daily from May 10
TO July l.
This proposition is made in or
der to afford the most extended
opportunity for the widest and full
est cooperation in making the Fort
Armstrong Celebration and Tri-
City Home Coming to be held in
the tri.cities June 18th TO oath in
elusive, happy as well as won.
derful historical event, and ii you
will send in the names of your
friends you will not only secure for
them a copy of daily paper from
the home town for the period men,
toned, but will be likewise con-
tributing to the making of the cele.
bration the most successful event
ever held in the Mississippi valley.
Address Home Coming Commit
tee, Fort Armstrong Centennial
Celebration, care Of The Rock Is
land Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
MUCKRAKER OUTSHONE.

There are times when readers feel
that undertaking" is a process of
needless agitation-that it is extrava-
CANT and sensational and wont to
magnify mole-hills into mountains
Exposures" and disclosures" of the
corruption fostered by men and cor
porations in their zeal for quick
wealth are sometimes discounted by
the optimistic as mere flights of fan
cy inspired by prejudice and an itcn
for sensationalism. At times, per-
haps, the muckraker oyerreaches him
self. But here is a plain tale of facts,
told by the conservative New York
Globe, which illustrates the made
quacy of the widest muckers vocab-
ulary to do justice to some practices
of corporations which perennially
cry out that they are being misrepre-
scented and libeled in the court of pub
lie opinion. 1t is a story Of corrup-
ton and sordidness which no magma
celled, and one which is worth the
thoughtful reading of every citizen.
Judge Hough in the federal court
yesterday denied a motion that Doug
las Robinson, as receiver for the Met
ropolitan Street Railway company.
be directed to set aside 100000 from
the funds he is preparing TO distrib-
ute to satisfy judgment which Ben
jamin Oppenheim may recover in his
damage suit against the Metropolitan
Street Railway company. Such is the
latest chapter of one Of the most re-
markable records Of corporation saw
agery and legal injustice ever written
IN the courts.
ION May 5, 1896. Harriet Nugent
three years old, was run over by a
car, making necessary the amputation
Of her left leg. Her parents en-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
PINDELL FOR DELEGATE
AT-LARGE.

Henry NJ Pindell. of Peoria, is a
candidate for delegate-at-large to the
democratic national convention Apart
from the fact that he is down state
man, and there is growing convic-
ton that the communities outside Of
Cook county should see to it that
they get proper recognition in the
political honors that are to be be-
slowed, Mr.. Pindell appeals with par
ticular stress to the democrats of Hi
nois. This is because Of the fact that he
is one of the original Wilson men of the
state, and through his influence his
congressional district was carried for
Wilson in the primaries four years ago
the only one in the state. He is
close to the councils Of the national
administration.
A further fortunate circumstance in
his favor, is that there appears to be
no fractional differences within the
party down state as to the wisdom and
fairness Of Mr.. Pindell's candidacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

are new. Electric cars whose lines
cobweb the continents, and airships
which are accomplishing the SEEM
ingly impossible, are new. New is
the wireless, which to the query of
Job: "Canst thou send the lightnings
and give me answer" flashes its
Yes" across the sea as quick as
thought. The moving pictures, whose
possibilities for enlightenment are as
yet scarcely touched, are new. Subway
trains and skyscrapers, revolutioniz-
ing city life, are new.
And these are but a few of the
everyday conveniences, necessities
that have come rapidly with the dawn
ing Of the new age, the change to a
new world.
Alert indeed must be the man, in
any line of achievement, who keeps
pace with the swift advancement. And
woe TO him who lags behind! His lot
inevitably is cast with "hewers of
wood and drawers of water"
Under these new conditions of rapid
increase of universal intelligence and
inconcelvably swift material develop
ment, no one knows into how big a
man he may develop if he will but
utillze his extra time in studying
something the world wants.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
Bungling Tree Trimmers.

Many property owners are prepar-
ing to trim their shade trees and the
Identification of the city will be the re-
suit" says an optimistic Photographer
in the State Journal of Frankfort.
Possibly, but not necessarily.
When shade trees are trimmed the
proverb that fools rush in where an
gels fear to tread is, too often, illus
trated.
Many owners of trees have not the
slightest appreciation of the beauty of
tree structure, and proceed upon the
theory that an elm or maple will be
all the better for the severe treatment
under which the box hedge prospers.
And many itinerant primers work by
the day and prove their value by the
litter of Topped branches they bring
to the ground under the trees Sad
havoc is worked when the combination
of ignorant owner and vandal primer
exposes to saw and shears the growth
of years and the dignity that belongs
to all unmutilated trees And the jul
dicious often grieve without hope of
affecting the course of vandalism.
Frankfort lies in a peculiarly pic
turesque valley tlanked by hills once
well wooded, but now pretty sorrily
skinned of their primeval glory, but
there are many wide-spreading shade
trees in the capital city it is disturb
ing to imagine what might be done to
the fine old trees of Mapping street
and adjacent thoroughfare of the resi-
dence portion of North Frankfort,
which snuggle in the bend of the river
and contains sundry examples of resi-
dence architecture and many planted
trees that reflect the excellent taste of
builders 80 to 100 years ago.
Whacking off branches Of trees vio-
lently and ignorantly never has been
made a crime punishable by fines and
Imprisonment regardless of the owner
ship of the trees. But let nobody say,
recklessly, that because men with
saws and pruning tackle are getting
ready for a drive" against the shade
trees a city will be eautifed.-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

For time after the war opened Par
is was attacked by dirigibles, which
sailing over the city. dropped bombs
upon It. One day when considerable
damage had been done by one Of these
air craft, a street gamin who was gap
ing at it with more curiosity than fear,
saw slowly circling down toward him
through the air bit Of paper. 1t fell
near him, and he picked it up. It was
a letter. The gamin, not being able
to read the superscription, showed it to
a gendarme, who read, Mile. Delphine
Dumont, No. - Rue -, Paris" and
handed 1t back TO the gamin.
Now, the boy was not bright enough
to make a guess as to where the letter
came from; but, thinking to make a
few sous, he took 1t to its address.
When Mile Dumont heard that a
boy wished to see her with letter
she went to him and on seeing it and
reading the superscription asked him
where he got 1t.
From the sky, mademoiselle," was
the reply.
The girl had never seen the writing
before. Tearing open the envelope.
she found a letter addressed to her in
German and bearing the signature of
a lieutenant In the German aviation
corps and an inclosure addressed to
her in her lovers handwriting. The
latter she opened feverishly. It was
the duplicate Of the one Detaille had
sent to Nine. Bernhard and which had
been captured by the Germans The
letter tnclosing it read as follows:
Dear Mademciselle-I send bombs down
on your city in the line OF my duty. Il
gives me pleasure to send also to you per
sonally letter the nonreceipt OF which
may have been troubling you.
Delphine ran upstairs to a glove box
where she kept her pin money and, Sc
lecting gold piece, gave it to the boy,
who looked at it in wonder
A few days later Delphine received
word that her lover had been brought
to Paris wounded, and she nursed him
back to health
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
Funst0n's Home Friends.

The Leavenworth Times properly de-
clares that Funston's friends should
not boast about what he is going to
do: better wait until he does it. That
is good advice, but highly unnecessary.
We have yet to see a Kansas paper
edited by man who claims to be Gen.
eral Funston's friend, who has put the
least spirit Of boasting into his refer
ences to General Funston. The gen.
eral himself feels that he has a long,
hard job. He is going into it with fear
and trembling is the heroic
way to go. He realizes what we all
realize that the least mistake may in
volve America in war, and lose thou
sands of American lives. 1t is indeed
no time to boast.-Emporia (Kan.) Ga
zette.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
THE NEW AGE

What would the average youth Of
today think of his chance in life if he
were obliged to change places with
the young Abe Lincoln, the child of
the backwoods? What if he found
himself in a rude log cabin, without
windows or floors in the heart of the
wilderness, far away from schools,
churches and railroads, without news
papers, books or money? What would
he think of having to walk nine miles
to attend a crude school in a little
cabin? What would the average youth
of today think Of securing the coun-
try for 80 miles around on foot to
borrow a few books, and then, after
a hard days work, to read them at
night by the light of log fire? What
If he were obliged to start in life, like
Lincoln, with less than a single
years schooling?
The youth Of today have advan-
tages and opportunities undreamed of
by Lincoln and those of his time. But
with these advantages come obliga-
tions.
In this time of easily acquired and
universal intelligence there comes the
dawn of new age, a swift change to
a new world.
Our grandfathers would be amazed,
dumbfounded. could they know of the
countless great innovations which
have become matters of everyday
convenience and even necessity TO us.
changing inconceivably all human
life and character upon this whole
earth, in the last few years.
The telephone that carries the voice
and the graphophone that preserves it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
Some Unearned Increment.

Baron Astor's youngest son. Captain
John Jacob Aston, is to put up a one
story building, ia by 60 feet, between
Vesey and Barclay street, New York
This is region where skyscrapers are
generally demanded as means of
realizing on land values. But Captain
Astor can afford his little luxury. The
baron turned over to him last year
real estate in that district worth about
$7,000000. 1t is small part of the
"unearned increment" which has &C
cumulated from the $20,000,000 which
the captains Observation-Disclosures
left when he died in 1S4S.-Springfeld
(Mass.) Republican.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
DYE FROM WOOD WASTE.

Usage orange wood produced in this
country has been found capable OF
producing the valuable yellow dyes
which have become so difficult to Sc
cure since the war. The process for
manufacturing It has recently been
developed by the United States forest
products laboratory in Wisconsin.
Usage wood is of such irregular shape
that it has practically been wasted, al
though large quantities of it are
grown in the region ranging from Ok
lahoma to Texas. 1t can be collected
and shipped to northern factories at
a cost of about $40 per ton where it
can be utilized as a satisfactory sub
stitute for the fustic wood formerly
imported for yellow dye at a cost of
from SIS to $40 per ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

The more uncleanly a child is in his
whole behavior the more likely he is
to have worms When grandma in
sists 1T is worms as sure as I'm
alive!" she probably knows how very,
uncleanly the child is. For a child be-
ascaris lumbricoides), or thread worms
(oxyuris vermicularis), only by get
ting into the mouth and stomach par
ticles Of earth or dirt contaminated
with the eggs or invisible embryos,
which develop later into adult worms.
The earth in all social communities,
both in the lesser alleys and on the
|highbrow avenues, is pretty we'll sown
with these larval forms.
Prevention Of worms, then, has
nothing to do with the regulation OF
sweets in the diet-grandma and the
medicine takers to the contrary not
withstanding. Worms never grow ex-
cept from eggs, and eggs never come
into being except from worms. Pre-
vention of worms Is personal cleanl1-
ness. Above all things child should
never be permitted to eat anything I'M
less he first carefully washes his
hands. Or an adult either, for the
matter of that Adults have worms as
frequently, If not more frequently,
than children. We are speaking now
Of round worms and thread worms on
ly. OF course adults have tapeworm
much more frequently than children
do, because tapeworms are acquired
only by eating raw or insufticiently
cooked (sterilizeO pork, beef or fish.
Coming now to the symptoms OF
worms-here's where grandma gets a
rude setback-the simple truth is that
there amt goin' to be no symptoms. y
All the cherished symptoms of the
almanac, the nostrum vender and, we
regret to say honestly we dob even
of the old women Of the neighborhood
amount to nothing at all In dag
nostic way Heavy breath, coated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

The impartial Springfield (Mass)
Republican rather offsets a great deal
Of lingo clamor about Mexico with
this: 1T is not good form in some quar-
ters to say word in favor of Prest-
dent Wilson's Mexican policy, but can
anything but the Wilson policy the
past three years be given credit for the
fact that an American military force
OF over 5000 men has been campaign
ing in Mexico nearly two weeks with
out causing a single anti-American
riot in any Mexican town or city,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
Amt II the Truth?

AS she played one thought at first Of
series of exquisite water colors done
in pastel, even the fate in tender gray,
its knock at the door of human des-
tiny softened by romance. But there
was line and form as we'll as color and
sentiment in her tone presentations,
and one went to the metaphor of a
string of beautifully cut gems, pale
rubies, topaZes and sapphires. But
there was life in the things, and mo-
bility. So 1t came out that it was no
painting and no chiseling of crystals
that had inspired us in Mrs. Kimball's
performance, but the artists power OF
dramatization that makes objective
such Elusive things as exotic frag-
rance and witches and raises rollick-
ing country dance to the interest of a
Standardization Qnd) Chron-
icle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
WITH OTHER EDITORS

Of achievement never mounted higher
than now. All peoples are alive and
stirring. We live right on the big road,
and, noting the procession, must join
and keep up with it. We could not if
we would halt it, and ask it to listen
to lecture from us about making ove~
mankind and reshaping human activi-
ties
Let us protect ourselves and keep in
condition to do So That is the first
and best consideration. That way lies
security; and without security there
can be no happiness or prosperity for
a people. Preparedness to success
fully conduct war should war come
does not mean a laundering for war,
or purpose to plunge the country into
war-Washington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
Daily History ClaSS-ApriI 7.

1Is0-Dr. William Ellery Charming, DIS
tinguished Unitarian divine ana
one of the most eloquent Ameri-
can speakers, born; died 1912.
1883 - General Quincy Adams Gill
more, Federal commander en- the
Carolina coast during the clvii
war. died. born 1920.
lO6-Moroccan convention signed al
Algeciras. This convention be-
tween the European powers, fhe
United States and Morocco was
believed 10 postpone worldwide
war.
l9lo-The German converted cruiser
Prinz Eitel Friedrich was informed
at Newport News. Va, until the
end OF the war by United Statvs
government.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
Swedes Plan Protection.

Stockholm, Sweden, March.-A pri-
vate committee has been formed here
which intends to provide 10000 kron-
en- for the protection OF Stockholm
against air attack. The committee has
prepared plan of the necessary de-
lenses, including batteries of anti-air-
craft guns on the hills around Stock
holm and fleet of 20 defensive aero
planes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

A hot spring remains hot all the
year round without attention, but a
pain Is kept hot only by constant care
ana "Iieh the fire is not fed it soon
becomes cold again. Good land, mark
you well, is like hot spring, and poor
lahd is like bath. -Ninomiya Son
tpku.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

Not the least of the misfortunes of
war is the commercial greed that
seems to be inseparable from national
devotion and sacrifice. The most cor
rupt period Of American history was
during and Immediately after the Civil
War
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
Trina InnatnraI.

las hostess She shines. She is so
natural"
Il hardly know whether to call it be-
ing natural or not. She always tells
You she is glad to see you" kansas
City Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

Now that the ladies have cut a cou-
pie of inches off their skirts, comes
the announcement from New York that
long skirts are to be worn again this
summer. Great is style
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
In and Ont

Wigg-There seems to be quite
difference between a job and a situs-
ton. Wagg-Oh. yes, For instance,
when a fellow loses his job he often
finds himself in an embarrassing sit
Observation-Disclosures Record.