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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29

between its legs-both signs OF fear
His faithful guardian, with low groWi-
ing that was almost a whine, looked
steadily into the rustling foliage OF
vater-oak some thirty feet away.
At first Joe saw nothing to alarm
him, but soon he caught sight of
tail like that OF an enormous cat
beating back and forth among the
leaves In a manner startlingly sug-
gestive of explosive anger. The boy
remembered to have heard the hunt
ers say that the tail of a panther was
wont 20 move in that way when the
beast was crouching for spring.
"She smelt my blood and is after
me-" thought Joe.
Forgetting his sprained ankle. the
boy clutched his gun and sprang up,
but staggered across only few feet
of ground before he dropped to his
knees in an agony of pain. On see
ing his master stir, the dog showed
more spirit, putting on bold front
and barking wildly.
This seemed to put an end to the
suspense, for almost at once the great
cat, snarling fiercely, tore through the
branches surrounding her and de-
scended toward her prey, striking the
earth within a few feet of the dog.
Joe managed to raise his gun and
take aim, but before he pulled the
trigger the panther had leaped again
and engaged the dog at close quar-
tiers. To shoot then was to endanger
friend as we'll as foe, and the boy
hesitated. Fearing that buck-shot
would not serve anyhow and that the
faithful dog was his only protection,
the boy crawled further away, looking
back over his shoulder to watch the
fierce struggle between the two beasts,
with never moments let-up in such
harsh growing and snarling as he
had never heard in all his life.
! The contending animals, fast In
each others grip, rapidly drew nearer
tearing up grass and brush as they
came. The panther was much the
stronger of the two as well as armed
with great knife-like claws. Appar-
emily her object was to shake off the
dog in order to reach the boy. hel
real intended prey, and the chance:
were that she could not be held bach
and would succeed.
Realizing this, Joe again sprang tt
his feet, but again the pain was un
bearable. He tottered, fell in a fam
and lay still. When consciousness re
turned, which was almost at once
the horrid din bombarded his ear
as before, as he opened his eye
the panther made a resistless rush ii
his direction, arriving within perhap
five feet of him, together with thu
persistent dog which still refused t.
be shaken off.
Joe thought his days were mum
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29

and queen, but she was dead and there
was nothing to do but to bury her.
Now the style in those far-off days
was to wrap the bodies of royal per-
sonages in soft cloths, and they used
some medicine to preserve the bodies.
This little Princess was treated in this
way, and her doll was wrapped UP
with her. Not so very long ago some
of our travellers came across the TOMB
of the little Princess and her family,
and they opened the box in which
the child had been buried. There
they found the little wooden doll still
nesting in its little mistress arms"
Il guess maybe my doll isn't so old,
after ALL" said Polly, picking the
dilapidated doll from the floor and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29

wouldn't muss it and-and-"
THAT will do" Mamma was speak
ing in that awful tone that always
frightened Dorothy so. This is dis
obedience, and as a punishment you
will come straight home from school
tomorrow and stay in the house the
remainder of the afternoon instead
of playing with Rose and Mary.
l should not tell you a Sleepytime
Tale tonight-since you don't deserve
it but-well, I shall tell one which
seems to be very much to the point
And l dare say you will understand"
Mamma drew up the low rocker by
the side of the bed, and Dorothy. u
much subdued little girl. pulled the
covers close up under her chin and lay
very still-listening.
"Grown-ups, you KNOW" said
Mamma, have a saying that murder
will out which means that If one per
son kills another and thinks his act
will not be known he is mistaken
sometime, some day the whole world
will know that he did it. And people
have come to use that saying so that
, they mean anything that is done Sc
cretly will eventually be found out.
Now, you, Dorothy, put on your
best petticoat this afternoon-and nc
doubt you thought I wouldn't know
because it would be hidden by your
dress - but you forgot that 1 would
undress you tonight and discover it.
Always, my little daughter, thai
is true. I remember, when your
Uncle Will and your Aunt Helen were
young that they did something they
had been forbidden to do and thought
Mamma-your Grandma, you know
wouldn't find it out. But she did!
1T was few days after Christmas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29


Ground Hog Day.
- The story of the Ground Hog
seeing his shadow on February
End comes to US from very old su-
perstition. 1t is believed the Scandi-
navianS first gave thought to it on
their church holiday Candlemas.
when the hedge hog was supposed to
wake up from his long winters nap.
He would crawl out Of his hiding
place and look around. If the sun
cast his shadow on the ground he
would get scared and run back to his
hole and sleep on for six more weeks,
but if he did not see his shadow he
would smile right then and there on
the world and give the signal for
spring to begin.
Hundreds of years ago the people
actually believed in this and other su-
perstitions equally foolish, but we
know better. When the second of
February comes we say, if the sun
should be shining. the Ground Hog
will see his shadow today, SO prepare
for six more weeks of winter
weather" and then we laugh at our
foolishness and forget all about the
hog and the weather. But in olden
times the farmer would put his conf
dence in the little animal and plant
his seed according to his STAYING or
hiding
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29
ZHTLZ4 ~
- IN %TS[2T.y

February 3, 1S09-Birth Of Felix
Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
February 8, 1811-Birth Of Horace
Greedy.
February 4, 1S9s-Hostilitie begun
in the Philippines.
February 6. 1756-Birth Of Aaron
Burr.
February 6, 17Ss-Massachusett
admitted to the Union.
February 6, 183S-Birth Of Sir
Henry Irving.
February 7. 1s12-Birth of Charles
Dickens.
February I. 1so4-Great fire in
Baltimore.
February 8, 1S1s-Birth of John
Ruskin.
February s, 1S20-Birth of William
7. Sherman.
February s, 1s2s-Birth of Jules
Verne.
February 9. 1773-Birth of William
H, Harrison.
February 10. 1775-Birth OF
Charles Lamb.
February II. 1914-The first direct
wireless between U. S. and Germany.
February II, 1S47-Birth of Thos
A. Edison.
February IL, 1S09-Birth OF Abra-
ham Lincoln.
February IL, 1909 - Birth OF
Charles Darwin.
February II, 1S51-Gold discovered
in Australia.
EehrIIaru Vol ass
Day.
February IA, 1s59-Oregon admit
ted to the Union.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29

bered, yet, strange TO say. his nerves
steadied and his head cleared. Rising
to his knees, he lifted his gun and
watched his chance. The f1ercely
struggling and snarling beasts came
nearer still, now the panther and now
! the dog turning back to Joe.
Suddenly, with a GOODNESS that he
afterward wondered at, the boy leaned
forward and, Selling the opportunity
as it came. put the very muzzle of his
gun against the neck of his enemy
and pulled the trigger.
AS the report reverberated through
the woods, the panther leaped high
IN the air. wrestling herself away at
last from the grip of the dogs strong
teeth. 1t looked to Joe as If she would
descend directly upon him, and as
he shrank away. giving himself I'D
for lost. his senses failed him once
more and oblivion followed
When he revived and looked around
the panther lay still on one side of
him. and the dog. cruelty wounded,
struggled feebly with a low whining
on the other. A large section of the
panther's neck had been literally torn
out by the discharge of the gun a,
close quarters and there could he M
question that life was extinct. Assured
of this and fearing that the dog could
not survive, Joe put an arm around
his faithful savior's neck and went
longing to hear the welcome sounf
of friends coming across the island te
his aid.
1t was thus that boy and dog wer,
found when little Tim led three o.
the returned hunters and the cook t.
the spot.
A brush stretcher was hastily con
structed and Joe was placed upon it
but he refused to be borne to camr
until the wounded dog had been laiC
on 1t also at his side.
Wed better hunt around tb,
island tomorrow" said one of tn,
astonished hunters aside. That bo,
gets more sport right here than w,
do on our long trips
1t pleased Joe greatly to overhea,
this. but his satisfaction was not com.
plete until, after a careful examina.
ton of the torn dog at camp he wa,
, assured that his faithful friend wouIf
recover.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29

~ ows happened upon a remarka-
" BILE adventure while with a
hunting party in the great
Okefnokee Swamp of Southern
Georgia. He and his little brother
Tim had been allowed to so as far
as the first island, reached by mar
row strip of land from the mainland,
and it was understood that they were
to remain in care of the cook at the
permanent camp, combining their ex-
cursions to the high and dry area
of the immediate neighborhood.
But Joe was an adventurous boy
and one day he determined to make
a circuit of the entire island in the
hope of getting a shot at a deer. He
reluctantly consented for little Tim
to accompany him and, unknown to
the cook, they set forth on the ex-
tensive excursion.
To follow the rim of the island. as
proposed, was no easy task, the course
being extremely difficult. It was
often necessary to advance higher up
the slope or descend almost into the
flooded swamp in order to avoid
tangled masses of brambles, dense
clumps of fan-palmettos. and boys or
marshes.
The island was about two miles long
by about one mile wide, the distance
all the way around being fully six
miles or even more. And so when
they had toiled down one side and up
the other, arriving within perhaps a
mile of camp. it was nearing mid
afternoon and little Tim was very
tired as well as ravenously hungry.
Joe suffered in the same way, but
proudly declined to admit it. He
consented, however, to give up the
hunt and "cut across" the island to
camp. It was then that an accident
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29

February Is. 1564-Galileo Galilei
was born.
February Is. 1893 Battleship
Maine" Blown up.
February II. 1S15-Treaty OF
Client ratified
February 20, 1S15-"Constitution
(Old Ironsides) defeated two British
ships.
February 20. 1s2s-Birth of Joseph
Jefferson.
February 20, 1ss5-Cuban revolt
began.
February %, 1732-Birth of George
Washington.
February %. 1s1s-Birth OF James
r. Lowell.
February %. 16S5-Birth of George
Frederick Handel.
February 26, 1s02-Birth OF Victor
Marie Hugo.
February 27. 1SO7-Birth of Henry
W. Longfellow.
Jewel for February Is the Amethyst
which stands for Sincerity.
| Flower is the Primrose, the senti-
ment of which Is early youth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29
Joe's Great Adventure

befell him.
He tripped and fell over a log,
striking the side of his head against a
sharp snag. He was at first slightly
stunned and his wound bled freely.
What was much more serious, he
sprained his ankle as he fell and
found it impossible to walk without
unbearable pain. After trying re-
peatedly, he became quite faint and
was forced to lie down.
Tim, you'd better run to camp
and tell them" he said breathlessly.
II will If l don't get lost" said the
little fellow, fright in his eyes.
I'll show you how to go and you
can't miss it,
Joe raised himself on his arm, gave
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29

on your very best petticoat tnls AT
ernoon-and 1 remember distinctly
telling you to wear the plain one"
"Yes'm," said Dorothy. hanging her
head and trying to swallow hard
enough to keep her heart from pop
ming clear out of her throat-as 1t
threatened to do.
"Uell Dorothy?" asked Mamma
sternly.
"'Deed, Mamma" the little girl
FASTENED to explain, 1-1-jes
thought I'd be careful and-and ]
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29
e OURpUzZLE

PUNCTUATION PUZZLE.


Read this properly:
There is a lady in the land
With twenty nails on each hand.
Five and twenty on hands and feet;
This is true without deceit.
(Now place a comma after the
words Nails and Five and read again)
A HIDDEN KING.
First IN the path of Duty.
First IN the field of Art.
Foremost In every virtue.
Leading in Immortality.
And ever ready for Devotion.
PIED SENTENCE.
LAL HTTA TILGTERS 81 TON
DGLO.
Answers.
A HIDDEN KING: DdUid.
PIED SENTENCE: All is not gold
that gIitterS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29
. -F0R THE YOUNG PEOPLE g..

The last time I visited that wonderful
place l saw 1t nesting in one OF the
glass cases. It was made of wood.
and was a cute little piece of carv-
ing"
Tell me more about 1t, please,
begged Polly, always eager for real
story.
II asked the guide all about it,
said the aunt smiling, 'for l knew 9
certain little lady would want to know
all about this Methuselah dolly. Il
belonged to a little Egyptian princess
and l dare say she loved it as much
as you love that "old thing" One
day the dear little princess was taker
Ill, and while the best doctors In thu
kingdom were called in, the poor chile
died. Great was the grief of the kint
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29
The contending animals, fast in each
others grip, rapidly drew nearer.

directions, and then, as his brother
started off, he fell back exhausted,
closing his eyes. All was quiet ex-
cept for the signing of the breeze in
the high pine tops and the painting
Of the dog squatting near him. AS
long as he did not move the pain in
his ankle was eased, and, as the bleed
ing wound on the side of his head
troubled him but little, he grew
drowsy and presently fell asleep.
He was awakened some time later
moro by warning sense of danger
than by certain slightly disturbing
sounds. On opening his eyes, he
found the dog standing close to him,
the hair on its back erect and its tail
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29
Don't Watch the Clock

AVE you ever no.
ticed while prac-
ticing the piano
how often you look
at the clock. and
wonder why the
hands move so
slowly? 1t Is a
mistake to watch a
clock If you are
a M biti u S and
striving for success
in any line.
Don't be a time
server! Our great
Thomas Edison's
advice to a young
man who asked the
inventor how to
succeed was Dom
watch the clock"
When you are
working keep youl
employer in your
debt by doing a lit
tie more or 6
little better wori
than Is actually
required. Remem'
Der that you are
working for some
thing more than {
stipulated sum fol
a certain number
of hours.
Sooner or late
there will come ;
when you will ge
-,.-sr n IIy;on an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29
: coastin9 =

UDDENLY, in the very midst OF
undressing her small daughter,
Mamma stopped. why. Doro-
thy!" she exclaimed, you put
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29

straining 1t to her breast, land even
If she Is I love her-yes almost as
much as the Princess in Egypt loved
hers"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29

day of reckoning when you will get
your pay. Heed Edison's advice and
don't watch the clock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29

~ -year-old Joe Mead
~ ows happened upon remarka-
" BILE adventure while with a
hunting party in the great
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29
Ground Hog Day

, tuesday,, February End, Is
Ground Hog Day.
The story of the Ground Hog
seeing his shadow on February
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-10-07

j. S. Roberts, of Center, was vis-
ting Lowell Gibbs Friday, Saturday
and Sunday of this week. Mr.. Rob
erts was classmate of Lowell's last
year at c. G.
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-10-07

Mrs. j. T. Tyner left Tuesday eve
ming for Pueblo, where she will at
tend the w. c. T. U. convention.
From there she will go to Baldwin.
Kan, to visit relatives a few weeks.
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-10-07

Mrs. Virginia Smiley, who has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Nc
Elhaney, short time, left Saturday
evening for her home in Los An
geles, Cal.
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-10-07

Mrs. T. d. Harris, who has been
visiting her brother, DR.. p. C. Guy
selman, left Monday evening for her
home in California.
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-10-07

school Dist. No. 5, rent of
polling place -.....-.........-.- 500
PM Samples, election ser
-, vices ;----,---.-.--.-,..-.........-- 1.25
VIM. Robertson. election ser
wees 1910
Lewis Thomas. election ser
vices ,..-.-.---...---,.-.........-. 1910
James lnman, election ser
vices ..-,.-..--....-...-................ 1000
{. j. Kline, election services 500
Emmett Fitzszimmons, cleo
ton services ...................... 500
Bemis Darfer, rent of polling
place and work ..-............... $50
The Board then adjourned to
again meet on October 10th, 1916.
Attest: Eek FARROW,
County Clerk and Recorder.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-15
Why the Miller Company
Have Added Another Tire

"since the advent of the new Miller
back tread tires" says F. c. Millhoff,
general sales manager of the Miller
Rubber Company, I'VE have been ask
ed why the new addition to the Miller
tire family? It's a legitimate ques-
ton and easily answered. Many auto
mobile owners feel that the condi-
tions in their territory or the use to
which their car is put does not war
rant the purchase of high-priced tires.
They wish a popular priced tire yet
hesitate to buy of a company whose
sole object in manufacture is to meet
a price. Realizing the need the Miller
Rubber Company set about to supply 1t.
The Miller black tread tire is made of
the same materials as the standard
Miller tires, but by lessening the num-
ber of operations in manufacture the
price has been reduced. You see IL is
this way, said Millhon. a certain father
of several sons is a man of high ideals,
which are instilled into each boy, both
by training and inheritance. Each son
is fitted by nature for a different voca-
tion One may be a statesman moving
among the elite of the land, another
may be a forest ranger, guarding the
resources of the nation. Though each
has different mission in life the ideals
of the father Is common in both. And
though the forest ranger will never
reach the height of social attainment
of the statesman he will make a far
better forest ranger than another man
who may be as well fitted by nature
for the job. but lacks the character of
the other. So the new addition to the
Miller family, because it is one of the
Miller family, must have the character
that goes with the name"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-15

supported by detachments of the al
lies, marched down the Champs Ely
sees yesterday and paraded the boule-
wards in triumph. Paris had her day
at last. After two years of weary, anx-
ious waiting, to-day's ceremonial was
a patriotic celebration of the fact that
it is Germanys turn to be on the de-
fensive, rather than on the 127th an
niversary of the fall of the Bastille.
Although the weather was leaden-
the morning beginning with rain-the
crowd began gathering at the Inval-
ides and the Place Concorde as early
as 4 o'clock. BY nine it is estimated
1,250,000 persons packed every evail-
able space along the four-mile route of
the march. The crowd was probably
different in its cheers and different in
its faith. Although enthusiastic and
often wildly SO, not once was gay.
This was a war parade, not a peace
one.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-15
Protest Forces League
Island Into Navy Bill

Washington, July l 5. - Without de-
bate, the Senate late yesterday restored
the Philadelphia Navy Yard as one OF
the four government yards on which
S6,00O,00O is to be expended for equip
ment for battleship building.
Senator Penrose explained that the
Philadelphia yard was eliminated from
the House bill by typographical err
ror," and no objection was made to its
restoration. At the same time Senator
Penrose had the bill amended to in
clude Philadelphia as one of the
ports which should be investigated by
the army and navy officials and i'm.
provements made which would pro.
vide adequate facilities for operation
of the fleet.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-15
Oldest Haynes Car Seems
to Be in New Jersey

In all probability the Haynes Light
Twelve car offered for the Oldest
Haynes car that is running in America
at the present time, will be awarded
to Walter L. Smith. Bound Brook,
n. J., who has an old two cylinder car
that was built in 1897. The car is in
operation to-day and this Spring won
prize as the oldest car in a county
contest. Its nearest competitor was a
1902 two-cylinder car.
The automobile retains its original
appearance almost i'll entirety. Even
the rubber mating which was fur
nished with the car is still intact, and
the original warning system, a bell
operated by foot lever is used by Mr..
the old car has received the best of at
tention and has never been in any sort
of an accident.
The old automobile weighs 1880
pounds and originally cost 81 1900. It
is a surrey that provides ample room
for four passengers and is steered by
a lever. The car to-day makes from
fifteen to twenty miles an hour over
Compared to the high-speed null
tiple cylinder motors of the present
day, the old two-cylinder engine pre-
sents a vivid contrast. Each cylinder
has a carburetor and dry battery of its
OWN. ne SHSlIle mas d 0-lnCn pore
and a u Inch stroke and is rated at
Is horsepower. Only last Fall the car
pulled a four-mile mountain grade on
second gear.
The body plainly shows the designs
and panels that were common in the
carriage work of nearly twenty years
ago and the ole car evidently stands
on the border line between the horse
less carriage and the automobile. The
comparatively high wheels. with single
tube 36x3 tires. and full elliptic springs
raise the body to what appears to be
an ungainly height, although the rid
ing qualities are not impaired in the
least and are certainly one of the
virtues of this motor conveyance.
The Bound Brook car was built
shortly after the Haynes company be-
gan building two-cylinder models in
1897. With the exception of three
one-cylinder cars that Elwood Haynes
built himself and have since been lost
trace of. this car stands, according to
present records, as the patriarch OF
the old Haynes cars ir America
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-15
10 Continue Praying and
Playing Ball, Rector Says

Philadelphia, July 15.-"We're go
ing to continue our policy of pray and
play at the farm at Springfield
baseball included-and it's up to Doc
tor Mutchler to stop u.s.
This was the ultimatum issued by
the Rev. David NJ. Steele, rector of the
Church of st. Luke and the Epiphany
to the Rev. DR.. T. T. Mutchler, secre-
tary of the Lords Day Alliance of
Pennsylvania, who had written a let
ter to Mr.. Steele calling his attention
to the fact that baseball on Sunday
is violation of Pennsylvania blue
laws as interpreted by the Superior
Court.
Told of the stand taken by the Rev.
Steele, the secretary of the alliance,
said he personally would not bring the
prosecution, but that he expected ac-
ton to be taken by the Delaware
County Alliance, an auxiliary of the
State organization.