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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-22
Corset Covers
75C Values Sc

Women's long sleeve corset
covers of nainsook, trimmed in
laces and ribbon run, to wear
under thin waists, now sec.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-22
Silk Underwear
at I-3 Less

Crepe de chine, satin and silk
jersey boomers. envelope chem
Use, petticoats and night gowns.
somewhat mussed in counter dis
play, less %.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-22
Knit Skirts
Csc Value &c

A little lot OF women warm
knitted skirts for cold wlu.r1fI
days colors are navy, gray Ill
brown, for 6 days. each 4lz- =
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-22
WOmcn's Pajamas
$2.2J Values SI.68

WOneBs madras palamas.
coat and pants style, trimmed
with frogs AID bfalds. ala sizes.
reduced Tor this sale tIuM $40
70 S1.CS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-22

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-22
kIaTcelIa Suits
$l.95 Values SI.Z3

Marcella com HinatiOu suits O.
nainsOOk and long Clo-l. lace
and embroidery trimmel-cotset
covers and drawers IN one.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-22
Boys Paiamas
$I.75 Value SI.I9

Boys warm pajamas OF good
quality pink and blue strlHeI
tlanaclet Jacket ana pants tyle
ages ) 70 IL on sale Slla
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-22
7O0-71O Twelfth Street
CONTINUING UNTIL WEDNESDAY night
Soap! Soap!

Now is the time to put in
your supply Of soaps, as they
are advancing daily. 1t won't
be long till soap win be
worth 10c a bar, and as we
have been fortunate TO have
a stock on hand at low prices,
we offer our entire stock for
this sale at prices way below
wholesale.
Oval Queen. 1 par. sc;
100 bars ..-....-.... $40
LcnoX soap, l bar, sc;
100 bars -.-......... $40
Santa Claus, 1 bar, &C;
100 bars ...-...... $3.50
GaIyanic white soap, !
bar. &c; 100 bars 49,. $3.50
SwifJ's white soap, 1 bar,
&c: 100 bars ....- S5.5G
Bob White soap, l bar,
SC; 100 bars ....... 500
Crystal White, l bar, &c;
100 bars --.-... $50
Flake White, l bar, &c;
100 bars ...-....... $685.
Ivory soap, 1 bar, &c; 100
bars ............... S6.5O
Fels Noptha, l bar, Sc;
100 bars ..-..--..-.. $500
1 can Cleanser, sc; Il
cans ...-.-...... 49c
l large washing powder,
24c: 9 pkgs. e...... G9c
! small pkg. powder, SC;
~ pKgs ....... f3C
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-22

Mems work shoes, tan or
black, oak or chrome elk
soles, $3.50 to $500 values,
$2.95.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-30

AS for moral influences in the home
it is the words the child hears us
speak, the things he sees us do which
will have the greatest effect on his ma
ture, such as respectful care and ten
der affection toward the grandmother,
the grandfather, the aunt, the uncles,
our attitude toward those in our en-
ploy, etc. Family festivals will make
ever glorious impressions on the
child's mind, states a student of hui
man nature.
The spirit of charity should per.
meate the home. The little child ia
too young to know how to help the
less fortunate, but he will imbibe the
home spirit and with his growing I'm.
derstandlng adopt the ideals by which
he is surrounded.
Above all her influences the most
telling is TIA which the parents Gre
ate by means of their relationship to
each other. II peace reigns supreme
and father and mother live rs one,
having deep, true, earnest affection
for each other, facing together the
Joys and sorrows, and supplementing
each Others strength at every turn,
there is no greater legacy parents can
Leave their children than the inf1u-
ence and memory of such home.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-30
Eoroettinu How to Think.

A college professor made the remark
to one of his classes in the Ohio State
university that he noticed n marked
deterioration in the mental capacity OF
young people of college-student age
since he first began Is come In contact
with them some 25 years ago. He said
they seem unable to concentrate their
minds as they used to. What they seem
to learn now, he said, they acquire par
rotlile. In short, they do not think.
We asked a high-school teacher OF
long and successful experience if this
is true. She said 1t undoubtedly is.
Both she and the college professor at
tribute the unpromislng status OF boys
and girls to too much scattering Of in
tercst. There are too many different
things for-theih tc do, their attention
is constantly being diverted from one
thing to another and the result is that
they cannot fig their minds on anything
and consequently do nothing well.
Not only do they have wide diver
sity Of amusements, but the school cur
rlculum itself is given over in large
measure to q very wide variety of So
called studies which by the farthest
stretch of the imagination cannot be
considered vital or fundamental.
A return to simpler courses in school
AMI to simpler living outside is needed,
in the view of our college professor and
orr hich-school acknowledgement
Tribune.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-30
Taking in the Air.

A trench newspaper published by
one of the British divisions in Pales-
time gives the following account of an
unusual feat by British airplane in
the fighting zone:
'One of our aviators was forced by
engine trouble to land ten miles inside
the Turkish line. His engine was mis-.
firing, but produced sufficient power
for taxing and short hops but not
for flights. Presumably the valves Of
two or three cylinders had broken or
stuck.
'But the pilot did not give up hope.
and succeeded ia taking the whole
way to the British lines over the level
sand. On the way he crossed Turk
ish eIca,npment, and his under-car-
riage brought away a clothes line and
q number of Turkish Shirts. The pilot
was attacked by several detachments
armed with rifles and machine guns,
but they Invariably fled when no
charged on them with his gun. Two or
three German airplanes diyed and
fired bCTsts at him, but luckily hit no
vital part"
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-30
The Iriumphant Herring.

Herrings were sold ct three for q
penny at Berwick on-TwaeG, Scotland,
recently. They We're loaded in such
large quantities that in the forenoon,
asserts correspondent, the town spec
pie were getting SUPPLIES free. Owing
to the shortage f labor the fish curers
were unable to deal with the catches,
which sold at ridiculously low prices.
What feast the people Of Berwick
must have had en- that day! What ap-
petiziEg incense arose from thousands
of sizzling frylng-pans and gridirons!
Men would be lure1 from their labors
by the sinell of the succulent fish.
What ii the beefstcak Of I'D England
has gone to the bottom; it has emerged
from the 1tep il a rich--nay, richer
SILVER harvest of the sea-" The
sportive little herring is immune from
the torpedo, and laughs at Tirpitz's
shoal Of ruthless sharks.
The besiegeG inhabitants of the sea.
git isle may yet be saved oy the smell
of herring. 1t would indeed be poet.
ical justice if n mere sprat should be
the means Of throttSng the all-devour.
ing submarine. For, the herring are
the most democratic of fishes; they
are the common people of the sea-
the masst and are the most beloved
by their prototypes on land.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-30
CRADLE SONGS ARE ANCIENT
Many Very Old and were Hahoeo
Down From Mouth to Mouth TOR
Observations.

Almost all popular cradle songs are
very old, some Of them so old that'
were they not familiar, they might be
considered the verlest curiosities OF III
erature. Through all the changes OF
language they have held their own
upon the lips and in the hearts OF the
people, observes writer in Kan
sas City Journal.
From mouth to mouth they have
come down through the years with an
Irresistible swing Of rhythm and pat
ter and jingle of words till they seem
to have been rather q natural growth
than human invention.
In all the melodies there Is certain
likeness Of rhythm with a NATIONAL
might say a temperamental, difference
of movement and of meter from the
slow assured major Of the German 10
the wild plalntive minor of the Scotch,
characterized by the short accented
notes of the werdness of the Hunga'
rian with it's sudden changes.
That these old songs should have
embodied and retained the Characters
Tics of the people among whom they
originated gives them an Importance
which their crude words and the ele'
mentary character Of their melodies
scarcely seem to warrant. The words
ofte, seem a mere meaningless tumble,
the melody is always within the easy
compass of home voices. No doubt
both express, in some supernally wise
way, the one unalterable sentiment OF
maternal love.
1t may be that even the words OF
these baby songs had originally some
Significance they have since lost. Inc
mother little thinks that bye BABY
Bunting" was once tale full Of verify.
To her the rabbit skin is indeed
"fairy tale" for she much prefers
dainty muslins and silks and laces.
While, though, papa may be
mighty hunter, it is well known that
the game he bags is dollars. But IN
that time, antedating civilization, when
this song was first sung, the rabbit
skin was an important part of the
baby's wardrobe.
It was then that it became crystal
lized in song so that muslins and faces
have never been able to supersede 1t,
and it has become one Of those incan-
tations that set baby off on journeys
of his own through dreamland. 1t 10
but one of his many illusions.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-30
TO END NOBILITY
Canadian Plan Strikes at Very
Ascent Institution.
Proposal Is Called Radical and Affects
Titles That Run Back to the
Old French Regime.

The report from Ottawa that the
Canadian nobility is to be abolished
may be the first news to not few
on that side of the border, as well as
to many on this side, that Canada
has nobility. The proposal is called
radical, and it certainly does strike
Mt very ancient institution, states
writer in Providence Journal. If such
O law is enacted in accordance with
the recommendations of the govern
ment, in the form of an order in coun-
Gil, mo hereditary title Shall hereaft-
er be conferred upon a British subject
resident of Canada" and appropriate
action shall be taken by the govern
ment to provide that, after Il pre-
scribed period, no title held by Brit
,sh subject now or hereafter Ordina-
lilly resident in Canada, shall be rec
Dgnized as having hereditary effect"
The reference presumably is to the
titles that have come down from the
period when the king of France "con-
ceded his North American possessions
In fiefs of duchies, marquisates, coun-
ties, viscountieS, baronieS and other
seigniories to the members Of the
noblesse, military officers and other
men of merit admitted to the nOblesse"
according to the old chronicle. And
although, as one of the ancient regime
has plaintively observed, democracy
has a hatred for natural superiority
and endeavors to crush 1t out" the
titular nobility seems to have survived
among the "bourgeoisie" and peas
antry" of the husky young Dominion.
Canada has its college of arms and
a number of American citizens who
can claim descent from patrician
families, or who by feats Of arms or
other public achievements have shown
their merit, have qualified in some of
the orders, and are privileged to dis
play the ribbons and wear the court
dress of dark blue, red cord, gilt but
tons of the imperial two-headed eagle,
cavalry saber, and blue, red or green
SASH" At about the time of the Civil
war one of these orders invited the
membership of those of the American
states disguised with the vulgarity
and tyranny of democracy" and its
rolls contain the names of General
Gordon, General Vance and other dis
tinguished personages of the Southern
confederacy. Among the old French
titles are Due dArkansas and Baro.
net of Novia Scotia.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-30
The Packnorse Comes Back.

Among many revivals for which the
war is responsible is that of the pack
horse. The packhorse, or packmule,
says London Answers, has proved his
usefulness over and over again at the
front, where he carries shells and
other munitions and stores to the
dumps and front lines, and this use
has no doubt led the prince of Wales
to endeavor to revive the once-famed
Devon packhorse on his Dartmoor
farms.
1t is only within the last few years
that the packhorse has disappeared
from the byways of Devon and the
north, and to this day ponies and
donkeys are still used on the coast to
carry seaweed and single.
Formally nearly all the traffic In the
west of England was carried by the
packtorse. which Travelled in single
Gle, The leader wearing bells TO warn
lp-c, -1ers in the narrow lanes and to
% following.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-30
Japan's Unique Population.

There has never bGfore been a ma.
ton at once so numerous and so homo
geneous as the japanese, says Il writer
in Scribner's. Their population is es-
timated at somewhere between 6O,OOO,-
600 and 75,000,000. Their territory,
hardly so extensive as was controlled
by our Revolutionary colonies, con-
tainS from half to tfree-Guarters as
many people as inhabt the whole
United States. This population, too
is remarkably uniform. Those who
know Japan best agree that, If we ex-
cept the negligible aborigihes of some
northern provinces, you can hardly
finl among tho japanese any differ.
cnce much more pronounced than
these which might distinguish New
Hampshire from Connecticut. Compare
this with cur own country, or with
tie widely various races and languages
CT China or Of Iadia, or with England,
Scotland and Wales, and yon will see
that the patriotism Of japan has to
sanction its Intensity population
that Is unique in human record.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-30
DUR PROBLEM OF HAPPINESS
Few People Consider ACCESSIBILITY Of
Action on Trutha Suggested by
Great Thinkers.

Why is it few people can act on
truths put forth by great thinkers;
Tor example, that the unselfish are hap
pier than the selfish? writes Norman
Hapgood in Leslies. In discussing
the progress of fellowship in indus
fry, people constantly speak to me
us if granting benefits to labor were
a sacrifice" So, as we are consti-
tuted, | suppose 1t is. Why is it not
rather a privilege? Do we know In
our hearts that simplicity and devo-
ton give a contentment no accumula-
ton of material things can rival? Is
1t not mere lack Of courage that keeps
us from trying in our own lives just
a little of the New Testament? In
deed is there anything more tragic
than to die without ever having given
the great spiritual truths chance to
practice?
have been looking carefully into
the early stages of cooperation In
small manufacturing pinnt. The plan
started about year ago. All ques-
tions concerning factory employment
60 first to committee in which most
of the members are factory employees.
The head Of the concern has diff
fered with the committee hut orce,
and then he was right, ana when he
put his view, the committee voluAta-
rily reversed its previous decision by
something like ten to one. This con-
Germ last year paiG exactly the same
dividends on wages that il pail on
capital. The president Of the COM
pany intends to carry tbs plan fur
Their, as far as control goes, as rapid
ly as the education Of employees
makes it possible. He has no desire
to pile up such a fortune that neither
he nor his descendants for generations
will know the necessity Of doing their
share in order to live. lie is without
fear and without iraolence. | know
him and I know also many IF the 9TH
er type of capitalists, who cling to
all the power and ell the profits. Be-
lieve me, if | had to choose between
his inner self-kis serenity, ardor, and
youthful heart-and the tired, dis
trusted plethora of tie more acIuisl-
tive type, it would not take RE long.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-30

AS has often neen pointed out, the
fire waste in the United States and
Canada is extravaganza. 3ut Canada
now proposes to reduce the damage
by the adoption of compulsory fire pre-
venti0n measures in accordance with
the recommendations of the commits
sion OF conservation, says Providence
urral.'
NO forest fires, the commits
ii nnas that nee ,onled IN
the loss has been s700000,0Go. ', lie
every year 200 lives are sacrificed IL
fires, and 500 persons are seriously in
jured. Canada's per capita fire loss
is the largest In the world-S2.73--
and that of the United States-$2.2 6
is second England's figures are
small-64 cents--but large in COMPARE
son with the 10 cents reported in
Switzerland. France has a per capita
loss of "a cents. Conditions in these
several countries do not seem to JUS
tify such an extraordinary difference
in the fire records. Probably the eX-
PLANTATION Of the poor showing on this
side OF the ocean lies in the better
enforcement OF safety regulations in
Europe, and in holding property own
ers accountable for the damages
caused by fires starting on their
premises.
The remedy proposed In Canada is
In putting more responsibility upon
owners OF buildings and other COM
bustible property.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-30
WAR ORDER RIDERS
Dispatch Bearers Must Be Aero
bats on Wheels.
Real Excitement Is to BE Hpund on the
Western Front Mid the Gas
and Shells.

If You want excitement, try dispatcs
piding on the western front, says Lon
don Answers. 1t is wonderful how
soon one learns to fall off the "olu
grid" when the scream OF smell -
heard coming In your direction anu
what miracles of contortion are per-
formed in the effort to find protection
In six-inch ditch full of water. Inc
man who has lodged shells and rnceo
gas for six months up and down inc
lines is a past master in the art OF TAX
ing cover.
Even taking cover has its disadvan-
toges, as tie following story shows. A
dispatch rider on leave was walking
along London street when a motor
tire went off just ahead of him. BY
natural instinct he sprang down the
open trap door of bakery close by
and landed in tub of yeast when
was cooling in the bake-house. he
finally got free of the mixture just ID
time to return to France.
Among civilians at home l find q
widespread belief that tout there"
rules of the road are unknown. This
is not So. Since our enemies In tho
early days of the war started me-
thodical and sustained offensive to
wipe the poor Dispatch rider Off tho
face Of the earth the rules of the game
have varied, but they must still be
closely observed if the dispatch rider
Is to safely stable his bike and sit
down to his rum ration at the end OF
perfect day.
1t is rather unpleasant to be jerked
off your "grid' on black night into
shell hole full of water or to play hide
and seek with Teuton airman out for
your scalp.
But the acrobats on wheels take
such things calmly, and in time a sort
of sixth sense enables you to smell
shell holes on the darkest writer
night, and Jerry has lately been too
busy running away from our airmen
to worry us much with low machine
gun fire from above.
The greatest trouble the dispatch
rider has to face is gas. Amid the
many stinks of the battle field one
more or less is barely noticeable, and
I have myself been blissfully ignorant
of any gas in the vicinity until arriv-
ing at the end Of my journey I found
every one with gas masks on. BY that
Gsne there was enough of 1t abodrd to
necessitate q month in hospital, Won
dering how the road to Hill -
would look when got across the sad
die again.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-30
CJackare in 1776.

Recently, in perfecting the title to
new army-proving ground in Mary"
land, officials uncovered the following
bits in the war department records,
Indicating who refused to sign a dec
laration that virtually pledged their
participate In the war for inde-
pcndence. - - --
Benjamin Harboard refuses to sign
through religious principles"
civilian Wilson, son of John re-
fuses t, sign through principles"
"Michael Bosher don't sign by rea'
son he signed before"
''Thomas Gilbert don't sign by rea.
son he don't choose"
'Thomas West don't sign by reason
1t is a mystery to him."
"PhiIip Cummina didn't sign by rea'
son he don't understand the matter"
"John Clark don't sign by no reason
he can give"
"Ephrnm Arnold don't sign for fear
1t would fetch him into scrape."
"Benjamin Fleetwood refuses to
sign. He says he will go in vessel,
will not fight by land"
Isaac Penrose don't sign for rea-
son he don't choose to fight for lib
erty, and never will"
Samuel Gallon says If he should
sign he may fetch on himself that he
cannot go through"
Orchard Spencer says he cannon
write or read and shall not sign any
paper" Star.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-30
Develop a New Metal.

A metal suitable for the very finest
forms IS cutlery has been developed
from combining iron, chromium and
cobalt, accor Ing "a an announcement
mode by Prof. W. L. Goodwin o.,
Queens university, Kiagstc1, Ontario.
Consul f. S. S. Johnson, who is At
Kingston, reports that the new metal
Is easy to WORK ard is shortly to be
put on the market I'm commercial guam.
titias.
Professor Goodwin is chairman O,
the CarndiIn section 5f tire Society OF
Chs;a!cal IT. iustry, which organization
in conjv1ct!c-. with Canadian chemists
and chc!nicnl engineers, Is working to
ward getting higher degree Ct extrac.
tica Vi useful substances frcl1 ores and
fnfiag rev rses for waste pro,ucts
'"a"iia.. chemists were responsible
discovery OF the new metal
'iarly Canadian product
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-30
Protection From H..


For the sure protectloD
handling live wires n mai
inside and one outside =,
gloves have been recomm,
woven fabric inside glove !,
spiration and shields tho ,
the finger nails and a le,A
over the rubber glove n,
outside mechanical iDir,
grasping tools and keen,
warm in winter.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-30
What We Live Far.

There Is always someilis- wli'ch
are living for, some prospect Wi.it
sings and fiutters in the cage ri OF.
spirit. The secret thing for Wllicii WS
are living might seem to others, If the!
knew of it, to be a tritling and rldic1-
lous thing, like the joys OF the poor
But the heart which knowcth its own
SORROWS. knows also its own happiness
and, In this life of ours that is light
which enables us to see our way.-NeV'
]. A, Hutton, NJ. A., D. =.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-11-30
Colored Eeaiments.

In 1866 congress passed a law that
colored regiments should be a part of
the regular army. The Ninth and
Tenth cavalry and the Thirty-eighth,
Thirty-ninth, Fortieth and Forty-first
regiments of infantry were organized
March 3, 1869, consolidation act was
passed and the Thirty-eighth and
Forty-frst were recognized as the
Twenty-fOurth segment of infantry |;
the Thirty-ninth and FOrtieth were re-
organized as the Twenty-fifth regiment
of infantry. The Ninth and Tenth
cavalry won the reputation of being
among the best Indian fighters on the
frontier. AT the outbreak of the Span
ish war, in 1898, the four cOlored regi-
ments were among the first troops Or
dered to the front, and they won dis
tinctAn. At the first battle in Cuba,
the Tenth cavalry played an important
part of coming to the support of Colo
mel Roosevelt and the Rough Riders.
The Twenty-fifth Infantry took a
prominent part in the battle of El
Caney. The Ninth and Tenth cavalry
and the Twenty-fOurth infantry rem
dered heroic service in the battle of
San Juan hill.-Boston Globe.