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Homemade Pasts.

What child does not like to cut
out pictures and paste them? Here
is an inexpensive paste that will
keep indefinitely. If it gets too
thick add some cold water and cook
and stir until it is smooth.
A cupful of flour, a teaspoonful
of powdered alum, half a cupful of
cold water, two cupfuls of boiling
water, two tablespoonfuls of lime
water, a few drops of oil Of cloves
or wintergreen. Mix the alum, flour
and cold water and beat until per-
fectly smooth. Add the boiling wa
ter slowly, stirring all the time.
Place on the stove and stir until it
boils, then put in double cooker and
cook about thirty minutes, stirring
often. Keep in covered jars q cans.
Rural New Yorker.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-21
WET %GvNcoTToM.
Mere eeabls Than Dry end exptodss
Only From q oe~oeo ohoek,

Only From . os~oro ohoek.
Owing to it's high percentage of nitro
gen oxide. guncUtton when exposed to
air In q dry state rapidly absorbs oxy-
gen from the air aud becomes very
dangerous. exploding spontaneously or
from slight shock. Dry %guncotton In
unccnfined a merely burns with a
dash like gunpowder. only much more
sapidly: 1t does not exert explosive eff
feet unless confined. as IN Il shell. In
it's dry state %guncotton Is seldom used
for primers and detonators. as it is too
unstable and will explode with u slight
shock or blow.
The %guncottOn carried aboard wal
vessels and submarines for the ex
plosiye charge OF torpedoes is always
wet %guncotton. kept in air tight con.
tainers to prevent evaporation Of mois
only by a severe shock; hence primers
or detonatOrs Of some more poWerfui
explosive are necessary. these cXplod
ing on impact OF the torpedo against a
ships side and In turn exploding the
%guncotton in the war head. Fifty to 100
pounds is the usual charge Of d tor
pedo.
Ordinarily safe ii properly slowed
away from heat and kept moist. gun
cotton becomes dangerous from liabil
ity to spontaneous explosion when Il
slight excess Of acid is present, and
constant and regular tests for acility
are part Of the duties nf ordnance Off
GERS of wal vessels ana ammunition
depOtS. GuncOtton givin. Il high acid
destroyed or reworkel and Washed
American Druggist.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-21
TWENTY STATES NOW DRY.
Antis prodict Having Hall q the
Union Within Two Years

An<is prsdict Having Hall q the
Union Within Two Year&
Washington.-The A~nttsalOon league
OF the United States announced that
twenty states are now dry. The list
includes Maine. Kansas, North Dakota.
Utah Oklahoma. Mississippi, North
Carolina. Tennessee, West Virginia.
Arizona, Colorado. Oregon, Washing
ton. Alabama. Arkansas. Idaho, Iowa,
Virginia. South Carolina and Georgia.
The antfsaloOn forces are at work on
many other states, and the prediction
b DOW freely made by them that with
In the next two years one-half the
states will be in the dry column.
Like woman suffrage prohibition
against the manufacture and sale OF In
~toxicating liquors Is making progress
BY way Of the states rather than BY
way OF the national government.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-21

left the room and wh6n he returned
took the p~recautiou OF holding Z ~.
voiver in front Of him ready for use.
He saw the criminal standing BY the
door with q snuffbox he had picked
up from Pinkerton's desk In his hand.
This Is good snun," afably re.
marked the crook as he took a snin.
"For the eyes or the nose:" asked
Pinkerton. who knew that the crook
had intended to blind him in an effort
to escape.
well" remarked the criminal. I'm
sorry to say that the nose gets it this
time"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-21
CASTLE WILLIAMS.
Nioeosy u tho AneieNe Ferti0eatieA -
oovorNoro Island.

tlisesry u ~ Aneis~e Fsr%;6sat;sa q
o~sveenors leland.
All New Workers and most v;si-
tors to the city, especially those who
approach it from the sea, are famil-
lar with the old round fort on
Governors island in the city's upper
harbor. The name of the fort is
properly Castle Williams, although
it is frequently and enormously call
ed Castle William. The history of
the ancient fertilization, now value
less as a city defense, is given. in
military History of Cove rs
Island" by Edmund Banks Sm1gn:
Castle Williams was begun in
1907 and completed in 1911, as the
crumbling dates in the stone over
the gateway set forth. 1t was de-
signed and built by Lieutenant
Colonel Jonathan Williams, cngi-
neer corps. The material Of the
castle is Newark red sandstone. 1t
rests on a bed of rock at the ex-
IRENE northwesterly point of the
island. In form it is three-fifths
Of a circle, 200 feet in diameter.
The walls are forty feet in height,
casemated with bombproof arches
for two tiers of guns. Guns are
also mounted on the top, to which
access is had by two interior stone
turret staircases. The walls are
eight feet thick on the lower tier
and seven feet on the upper tier.
The arches are thirteen in number
and are Of thirty feet span, two
feet thick and tw~cnty-four feet
long.
The cross walls are seven feet
thick between the arches and
twelve feet at the termination Of
the segment. The guns are mount
ed in such a manQer that the center
of motion is Immediately under the
muzzle of the guns, so that, al
though the angle Of fire is fifty-four
degrees, the mouth of the gun occu-
pies always the same place, which
permits the throat Of the embrasure
to be SO small that a shot could not
pass between the gun and its side
and the lines of fire cross at twenty
feet distance.
The wall arches are turned over
each pair Of embrasures, SO that il
it were possible for the enemy's fire
to batter a break into the lower tier
the upper one would rest upon those
arches and exhibit the appearance
of a bridge composed of very solid
tiers. The outside cut Of the wall
is laid in Flemish bond and each
stone dovetailed in such a manner
that no one could be dislocated
without first being broken to pieces.
1t contained in 1912 two stone pow
der magazines and an inexhaustible
well of finest water, from which all
the shipping might be watered with
ease.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-21
LAW OLD AND NEW.
A Cynical View Of Past Methods and
Those Of the Present.

A Cynical View Of Past Methods and
Those Of the Present.
Law. more especially criminal law.
has usually been an occult science. 1t
is still the practice in Burma, we be-
lieve, to give w d%isputants candles OF
the same size. to he lighted at the
same time. The one whose candle
burns longest gets judgment against
the other.
Less than 100 years ago q defendant
in an English criminal trial appealed
to the ordeal Of battle. and the court
was more or less surprised to find that
the ancient law on which he relied had
Y been repealed.
Determining a mans guilt or inno-
nce by his ability to walk on hot
plOwshares or carrv a hot iron or
ur1nK u poisonous dec0ctlon or by
throwing him bound into water has
been practiced for ages among many
peoples. The medieval method Of let
ting accused and fight 1t II
with weapons was common over Eu-
rope.
Our modest ancestors confessed their
inability to find the merits Of the
cause and SO relegated the whole af-
fair to the Intervention of supernatural
agencies. The main difference Is that
we are less modest. Instead Of the
ordeal OF battle or the old key and b.
Bile test or the "sieve WITCH" we have
the defendant play a game OF trip the
court. II he can catch the judge put
ting down an II" dot over an re" he
wins and is pronounced innocent.-Sat-
urday Evening Post.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-21
The White OF N gno.

The white OF an egg Is made M Of
little cells filed with albumen. BY
beating the white these cells are rup-
tured and oxygen from the air b In
closed, which gives the white and light
appearance to beaten eggs. The white
Of . stale egg will not inclose - much
oxygen. will not be as light aud q
easily digested as that Of the fresh e9g
and. cf course, less valuable. The Inn
p0etance OF beating the egg In cold.
pure air = readily seen.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-21

The X ray, SO called, was discov-
cred on Oct. 8, 1895, by Professor
W. c. Roentgen. The professor was
experimenting with a Crookes vacu-
um tube, electrically excited, and
enveloped in a black covering, when
he noticed that some Of the rays
proceeding from the tube passed
through the black paper and affect
ed q fuorescent screen some two or
three yards away. In such way did
his great discovery come to him,
when he was least expecting it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-21
IAN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE,
John B. lennon, Treasurer Of Amsri-
ean Federation Of Labor, Brands
Saloon.

Chicago. Ill.-In q recent utterance
regarding the relations between labor
and the saloon, John B. Lennon. treas
urer OF the American Federation OF La
Dor. declared:
Who can deny that the liquor trafic II
driving men and women to work In FAC
tOrfeA workshops and washtubs who
ought not to be there, and boys and girls
into industrial lie who should be In the
school or on the playground? The liquor
trafiic tends to decrease wages, never 10
increase them. The use Of alcohol makes
men less skillful and drives men to lower
scales OF employment and reward. Every
cent spent In the liquor business = vast
ed. There ID no redeeming feature In the
saloon. Go anywhere. its influence q felt
and you zee the demoralixatton 4 rims
The saloon - the enemy q thu psopse.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-21

Perforated sheets Of postage
stamps we're unknown before 1854.
Until that year postage stamps we're
issued in sheets, which the purchas-
er had to cut up in any way he
found convenient. The perforsting
machine was invented By IN Irish
man named Archer. When It vas
submitted to the British govern
ment the treasury offered him S.
900 for his patent rights. ~ Archer
had spent over four years in per-
fecting this machine, this offer was
Indignantly rejected. Eventually Ar
cher was awarded $4,000.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-21

Tattooing is not by any means
confined to savage peoples. There
are races in Europe which make it a
regular practice, and men, women
and children bear on their bodies
ornamentations that are - ornate
and queer, although not - extern
sive - are markings on the bodies
Of the south sea savages. These
European tattooers are among the
Albenians and Bosnisns, who live
in the famous Balkan peninsula.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-21
For Second Term

Agreeable to the custom Of allow
ing a satisfactory officer a second
term, | would respectfully solicit
the support of voters at the republic
can primaries next month for re-
election to the office of register Of
deeds.
M. J. Koelle
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-21

II ualng tho word ''blunderbuss" ~
u-nconsciously imply . sense u dispar-
neeneut FOR the shooting powers Of
or forefatheEs c~ontrasted with the
nreciGlon oe ths modern ride. The
word itself has. however. . terrible
enough meaning and di0dains al con-
nocton WIN "blunder." "Blundcr-
bunst.~ Ia tact, - ~ have 4 = .
stFanee cogxnplion-perhaps not alto
nokher unttneod With tn sense and
nennd y .sblnndeF~-oe the old Dutch
uoe1 s1don6aehusa~s wh6ch can be W.
1eally tranelated Into tn English
.xhon6er hox' ~ 'thnn1ee hafraa.s
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Anti-liquor
Column
WHAT SALOONS MEAN.

= from U~hrichsville CO., Chronicle.l
. Saloons NEAR shacks, sin.
} snarls, snakes, shame, spasms.
J shams, scum. slums, strife.
: stripes, schisms. shrouds. sore
ness. swearing. sorrow. signing,
J squabbles. shortage. shooting.
} sourness. slaughter, sickness.
! swindling. scrapping. sadness.
. scrimping, savagery. suffering.
sacrifice. sogginess. sacrilege.
} stagnation. seediness, %selfishness,
} slavery. s~hiftlessness, slothful-
: ness. sclerosis, submergence.
, staggering. sullenness, satura-
I ton. scurrility. sloyenliness and
, spOliatiOn.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-21
Why He Knew,

Are you sure that your wife is com
ing in on this train?"
mo doubt about 1t. They just told
me it was three-quarters Of an hour
behind time."-Puck.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-21
Snuff and a Crook.

Robert Pinkerton once told u story
OF his father. the founder Of the de-
tective agency. which illustrates the
elder Pinkerton's caution. A noted
criminal vas detained in Pinkerton's
Chicago Office. The elder Pinkerton
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-21

The liquor tralic has never coined an
honest dollar. Other dishonest concerns
are dissolved BY law. Why not this7
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-16
ROBERTSON HELD
|. SPEEDING CHARGE
Judge Had Determined to Detain
Giants OuttieIder SO Cubs Could
Win, But Releases Him.

Chicago, May 16.-Dave Robertson,
right fielder for the New York Giants,
was called before Justice Carlton
Prouty of Winnetka, Ill, today on a
charge of speeding in an automobile.
Being a virginia gentleman and
having honor" is all that saved the
ball player from being held in court
and missing yesterdays game.
Robertson had been out to dinner
at suburb and was hurrying back to
Chicago for the afternoon game when
he was arrested for speeding. He was
taken before the justice, where he gave
his name and occupation. The justice
consulted a sporting sheet and re-
marked to the prisoner:
Il see you made a home run yes
terday and sent in three runs ahead.
Yes. sir, and | want to repeat to-
day" Robertson answered.
Then | had better keep you here
and perhaps the Cubs could win to-
day" Justice Prouty said.
But on the honor of Virginia gen.
tleman-" Robertson started to say
when the justice broke in with: THAT
will do. If you are Virginia gentle
man, your honor is good until tomor-
row at II o'clock
Robertson got to town for the game
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-16
LISTER DROPS BECK:
NEW HURLER SIGNED

George Beck, Moline hurler. was
given his passports this morning by
Manager Lister of the Islanders. Pete
now has his squad down to IS men. as
required by the league, the time of
grace expiring at midnight last night
Lister also announced the signing of
Pitcher Andy Ware, who has been with
Houston in the Southern league two
seasons. Ware comes highly recon-
mended. He is expected TO arrive TO-
day or tomorrow. Lister is also max
ing an effort to secure Pitcher c. A.
Stone from Terre Haute in the Central
league. Terre Haute finds itself with
a surplus Of first class hurlers and
stone is in excellent condition. The
chlet hopes to hear from him TODAY.
Lister is only allowed to hold these new
men five days for trial At no time
can he have more than Is men in uni
form on the field:
am not one bit discouraged, said
fete today. AS quickly as our pitch
ers start working we will start winning
as | am perfectly satisfied with the
team as whole"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-16
HANNIBAL VICTOR
| IN Wild CONTEST
SPEED BOYSLOSE
Pitchers in Moline Game Issue IA
Walks and Hit Four Batsmen IN
Farcial Exhibition.
HUGHES SIGNS TTHHERsMAy
Alb G0uId's SIants Too Much ior
Quincy and He Holds Castleites
to Three Lonely Swats.

Hannibal won farcial game from
Moline yesterday at the Plow city lot
the final score being 5 to 3. Manager
Hughes tried out two new pitchers
Sapp and Beyting, the latter being
from Rockford, and both made sorry
showing. Pitcher Sims of Hannibal
was way off color. being relieved BY
Smith. During the melee 10 batters
were walked. four hit by pitched balls
and three were wild pitches and
passed ball. Hughes had seen enough
of his recruits and Sapp and Betting
were both released after the game
The Moline association this morning
announced the signing Of Pitcher Guy
Elliott of Springfield. who played with
Quincy last season and who tried out
with Rock Island this spring, and
Carl Timmersman, who was released
by Manager O'Leary Of Davenport the
other day. Hughes is now carrying
six pitchers. The score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-16
ERRORS win TILT
|. FOR GIANTS 3 TO 2
Tinker Benches Self. Sending Mnlligan
Into Fray. and He Contrib
uteS a Wild Heaye.

Tinker's Cubs again pulled up lame
at the finish yesterday, dropping the
second game to the Giants at Weigh
man park, to ,. Manager Joe rele-
gated himself to the sidelines before
the contest, putting Mulligan back at
short. Eddie horned in with a wild
throw which aided the Giants in get
ting their winning run.
1t was probably a good thing that
Joe didn't start in the game, as an
official order from Umpire Rigler
eased him out of his coaching job at
third base in the fifth inning. The
manager didn't like the way the arbi-
traitor judged a third strike on Hippo
Vaughn and he told him about it,
Rigler met him half way and made it
plain, by numerous signs, that he
didn't want to listen to him. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-16
KNOX CINDER TEAM
DEFEATS MONMOUTH

Galesburg, Ill, May 16.-The dual
track and athletic meet between the
teams Of Knox and Monmouth colleges
of the little five" conference yester-
day afternoon was one of the closest
ever held in the city, and it was not
until the next to the last event that
Knox obtained lead that gave her
the victory. The final result was
Knox, &c; Monmouth, 90.
Much of the Knox victory was due
to the superb form shown by Ham
bin, Knox Splinter, who won the 100
yard dash, the 220-yard dash and the
440-yard run in fast time over a SLOW
track. netting Knox Is points.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-16
MAISEL Is INJURED
CHASING A HOME RUN

New York, May 16.-Fred Maisei,
centerfielder of the New York Amer
lean league club, sustained a broken
collarbone when he fell in chasing
Graneys home run in the sixth inn
ing of yesterdays game with Cleve-
land, it was announced by the club
last night, and will be unable to play
for month.
Luther Cook, outhelder, has been
released to the Oakland club of the Pa
cific Coast league and Urban Stacker,
pitcher, goes to the Toronto Interna-
tional. The club also announced that
Charles Mullin, substitute first base
man, and William Piercey, pitcher,
will be released to minor league clubs
in the near future.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-16

trified every one by picking out fast
one and lamming it over the north wall
for homer. H Darringer and OBerta
chased the ball to the fence, then
watched it sail over. The ball cleared
the fence by safe margin, about 40
feet east of the scnreboard. 1t was
one of the longest drives ever made in
the local park, probably the longest.
Erlewein and BiltZ singled in success
sion and Clayton sacrificed. Stocker
drove a long single to left and Erie
vein scored. The coacher sent Heine
in but he was nipped at the plate, the
ball being relayed Kyle TO Donica to
Simon.
Beck blew UP completely in the
ninth. Watson and R. Darringer
walked and H. Darringer sacrificed.
OBerta cleaned the bags with a two
base rap to the north wall. Donica
was safe when Stocker loafed in peg
ging his roller TO first Schmandt
raped out his fourth single, scoring
O'Berta and Donica scored on Simon s
sacrifice fly to BiltZ. The score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-16
RESTA TO RUN IN
CHICAGO CLASSIC
Entry OF Noted Italian Driver Is Sc.
cured for Auto Derby to Be Held
in Windy City June 10.

Chicago, May 16.-Dario Resta will
race at Speedway park in the auto
derby June 10.
President Reid of the park associa-
ton made the announcement yester-
day after returning from Sheepshead
Bay.
Resta is holder of all records above
300 miles. He won the 500-mile race
here last year. His Peugeot is in far
better shape than then, he says, and
on the Chicago Speedway, which is
much faster than any other racing
roadway in America, he expects to set
some records which may be fast
enough to win President Reds offer
of $4,000 for the first official lap of the
course at 100 miles an hour.
Billy Chandler. Art johnson and
Dave Lewis were entered in Craw-
ford cars yesterday.
Eddie ODonnel is expected here in
a week or so to prepare for tryouts in
his Duesenberg. 1t is understood that
only one Duesenberg will start at In
dianapolis, but three are on the calen-
dar for Chicago June 10.
The entries now stand:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-16
WELSH Is SUSPENDED
BY BADGER COMMISH

Milwaukee, Wis, May 16.-Freddie
Welsh, champion lightweight boxer,
yesterday was suspended by the state
athletic commission from engaging in
boxing contests in Wisconsin for a
period of four months. The charges
were delaying the recent. contest be-
tween himself and Ever Hammer for
half an hour and violating the rule
which provides for the filing of con-
tracts with the commission.
The charge that Welsh had used an
intoxicant during the bout was not
sustained.
Harry Pollok, Welsh's manager, was
reprimanded for splashing spectators
near the ringside with water between
rounds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-16

Summary-Two base hits, Warde
koepping t2), Graham. O'Brien. Three
base hits, Carroll. Sherer Sacrifice
hits, Warde, Conger. Stolen bases
Sherer, koepping, O'Brien (2l. Bases
on balls-Off kloutz. /. Struck out
BY Gould, 8; by kloutz. 4. Time OF
game-1:3S. Umpire-S truthers.
Crabb in the Box.
Rockford, H., May 16.-Poeria Of
fered Crabb in the box yesterday af-
.ternoon and the locals went after him
for 10 hits, resulting in ten runs. Har-
din held Peoria to five hits and four
runs. Score:
Il. II. L,
Peoria ......00111010 0-4 5
Rockford ....0l1 00044x-l0 Is
Batteries-Crabb and Sullivan;
Hardin and Brenagan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-16
FRENCH PUT BAN ON
IMPORTING LUXURIEs

Rome. via London, May 1s-The
cabinet issued orders today prohibit
ing the importation of luxuries and
bulky articles which are not OF prime
necessity, such as pianos and furni'
ture. This step has been taken tc
remedy the difficulty in securing
freightage for government supplies
and such common articles of food as 1t
is necessary to import.
The government is also considering
establishing maximum prices for pro,
visions and making more extended
use of female labor. Other measures
TO improve the economic and indus
trial situation arising from the war
are being planned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-16
STATE PIN MEET TO
CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT

Chicago, May 16. - The Illinois
Bowling association tournament.
which has been in progress here for
25 days, will close tonight at midnight,
when the last of the double and indi-
vidual events Will be rolled. The five
man event was finished yesterday and
resulted in the honors going to the
Mendels of Chicago.
Chris kaad, Chicago, still leads the
singles with 694, while Robert Wag-
ner and Phil Wolf, Chicago, top the
doubles with 1913. Close followers of
the game assert that these marks will
stand through the last days bowling.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-16

Tw0-base hits-O'Berta, .; Simon.
Home run-Wolfe. Sacrifice hits
Kyle, r. Darringer, H. Darringer, 81
mon, Clayton, Miller. Bases on balls
off Bluejacket, q off Beck, 3; off Mil
, Ter, !. Hit by pitched ball-Kyle. .;
Lister. Struck out BY BlueJacket, T.
Time OF game-1:55. Umpire-Brown