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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

inches long and the cross arms five
and one-half inches long. If a good
job of saving is done with a good
sharp saw it will not be necessary to
finish the ends with plane or sand
paper.
CHAMBER the ends OF the cross arm
H". this viii add to the appearance
Of the holder.
AS can be seen on the drawing the
cross arm is held to the uprights with
round head screws. while the uprights
are fastened to the base with fiat head
screws. Locate the center OF the up
rights by drawing diagonals from
corner to corner and at the intersec-
ton start the holes for the screws
with a marking anvil.
A satisfa Glory size screw for this
purpose is a one and one-half inch
No. 10. Bore the holes for this size
screw with a three-siXteeuths inch
twist drill.
The holes in the base are bored one
and one-haIf inches from the ends
on the center line and countersunk. A
small drill hole should be drilled 10
receive the screws.
brass cup hook IS screwed in the
center of the under side of the cross
arm on which the watch is 10 be
hung.
sandpaper all parts OF the holder
and stain. after which apply several
coats OF shellac. rubbing with worn
out sandpaper and oil between each
coat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

W. ERE Is a necklace I wore when
M 1 was a little GIRL said JAMES
mother, taking a string of odd
u shaped red things out of her
5ewelry box
What funny-1ooking stuff" Jamie
said, looking at 1t closely. What Is
st?"
Coral his mother told him.
Does It come out of the ground
same as diamonds?" he asked.
mo, It grows in the ocean," his
mother answered.
"Oh, is 1t a p1ant?" Jamie cried.
His mother shook her head. mo,
coral is not a plant, but it grows be-
cause thousands of little animals are
making 1t all the time"
'AOh, tell me all about coral, moth
err" Jamie begged. Whats the name
of the little animals and how do they
make it grow?"
Their names are polyps, and some
of them are no bigger than a pin
head, and a whole lot of them live
together in 4 tenement house made of
this coral"
"Ha! Ha! Who ever heard of a
coral tenement house? Who builds it
for them?"
''They build 1t themselves" an
swered his mother. Every little
polyp does his share by adding some
more coral to the house he has in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

are making our own bones. Coral Is
really the skeleton of a great many OF
those little animals. Each little ployp
has lots of carbonate of lime in It and
am afraid each one doesn't have its
very own stomach, for they all live
together so closely and are so soft
and jelly-like that most likely their
stomachs all run together, and what
one fellow eats helps to feed the 9TH
ers"
Jamie thought that was very
funny.
And do they ell have the same
skeleton, too. mother?" he asked.
Yes, they do. and It keeps grow
ing and growing. for as the old poiyps
die they leave their skeletons behind
and the young ones build theirs right
on to the old ones. After a good
many years so many thousands of
polyps have been building on to each
others skeletons that the coral gets
very large, sometimes miles long and
high enough to reach to the surface
of the water"
Wheel" Jamie cried. What hap
pens them"
The ocean washes sand and seeds
up on 1t, and the first thing you know
there is a pretty island made out Of
coral"
rs it red?" jamie asked.
mo, it looks just like any other
island on top" his mother said. There
are several different kinds of coral
pink, yellow. white, black and red, but
the red coral doesn't grow very large.
Most coral jewelry is made out of red
coral. 1t comes from the Mediter-
ranean and the Red Sea, and has to
be cleaned and polished before it is
used"
/. II bet it looks pretty in the water"
Jamie sad.
Yes. 1t is beautiful while It is IN
the sea, for ther the little polyps are
alive and give wonderful colors to
the coral. They fade as soon as the
coral is taken out of the water for then
the polyps die"
How do people get the coral?"
Jamie asked.
by fishing for it. They have heavy
wooden crosses fastened to net.
which they drag from a boat. The
coral is broken off and caught in the
net
where do you suppose this neck
lace came FROM Jamie asked.
Probably from Naples. Italy. or
perhaps Algeria. for a great deal Of
coral jewelry is made there"
Jamie looked at the pretty necklace
again.
1T certainly doesn't look like the
skeleton OF anything. does it?" he
said. My. goodness. mother, there
are lots of interesting things for chill
dren to hear about, aren't there?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

and lots taller than any other tree in
all the world, 1 suppose, because when
we children climb up to the very top,
We can see clear over everything ex-
cent the moon, and sometimes we can
almost see over that. Wonder what
it's good 40 eat, and what keeps It
from falling? When the darkness
comes creeping through the swamp,
and when the birds that have been
making such noise all day, get sleepy
and go to bed, and when the frogs
begin picking on their banjos, and
when the owl that lives in the next
tree to ours comes to her door and
rubs her eyes, mother climbs down to
est time just listening. If she does
not hear anything scary, she says
''r-r-r-r" way down in her throat,
which means come on" and we
scramble down the tree right behind
her. After we are all on the ground
she sits down and listens some more,
and makes US keep right still while
she listens Presently she gets up,
rolls some more RS down in her throat,
and we all start off in search of sup
per, or I suppose breakfast would be
a better name for it. If we should
happen up on a cricket party, we stop
while crickets taste all right, there is
so little left when you have pulled off
the wings and legs. that they are hard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22
TX Coral Necklace

herited from his mother. Do you see
these things sticking out, like
branches she asked.
jamie nodded.
Those are the additions the polyps
put on their houses" she told him.
And the funniest thing about these
houses IS that they live on them in
stead of In them. And they never
have to go out to the grocery or any
where to get things to eat, for the
ocean brings their food right to them
and all they have to do Is to reach
out their little feelers and take what
they want. The water they live in
has lots of carbonate of lime IN 1t and
that is what they build their coral
houses out Of"
How funny to live on their
houses!" Jamie cried. Something
like roof gardens, aren't they?"
Eyes. but the polyps are spread all
over the sides, too, like the bark on
a tree"
How do they know to build their
houses?" Jamie asked.
"Who teaches you how to grow big
and strong?" his mother asked.
Jamie thought a moment. IT guess
God does, mother" he answered.
well, suppose He teaches the lit
tie poIyps how to make coral. too.
They really don't do it of their own
accord, any more than we know we
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22
~

put my dolls on the sled and Bob's
going to pull them!"
Mother heard, and come { % help get
the dolls into their wraps so that
Mary Jane would not have to stay In
doors too long and miss the sunshine.
Then, when the dolls werte ready,
mother got a piece of clothelsline for
Bob's harness.
This time when Mary Jane went out
of the front door, she didn't stop TO
look around. She knew exact ly what
she wanted to do and she did t quick
ly-she called to Bob even as she
fixed the dolls onto the sled
Now Bob. you must starld still
while harness you," she said to him.
and Bob was so fond of his little
mistress that he was glad to obey even
If he didn't quite understand.
When Bob and the dolls were all
fixed Mary Jane started out Afor
walk: she laid her hand on tBob's
shoulder and he walked in his most
dignIfied manner. I think he liHed to
pull the dolls. don't your
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

February 81, 1S07-March %, 1882
TN Cambridge, Massachusetts,, there
s. stands, on a quiet street, a large
81 old house, famous the country
d over as the home of the Chill
dren's Poet" LongfelIow loved chill
dren above all else. Many of his best
poems were written for and about his
little friends who used to come to WIS.,
it him and beg for his signature in
their autograph albums. OF his many
poems perhaps the best beloved by
children is THE Village Blacksmith"
This blacksmith was a real man who
lived on a real street near a real
spreading chestnut tree. LongfelIow
loved the old tree with its great
branches and when the street in which
the tree grew was about to be widened
by the city officials it was decided to
cut the chestnut tree down.
The poet was among the Ioudest
professors but in vain Much to his
sorrow the tree was felled and mourn
ing filed the hearts Of all the Cam
bridge children, who. like the poet,
had learned to love the chestnut tree
from beneath which:
". children coming home from
school
Look in at the open door;
And catch the burning sparks that
fly
Like chaff from a threshtng floor"
of the Smithy's famous shop. Then
some of Longfellow's friends con-
ceived a great idea. In secret they
went to the school children of Cam
bridge and told them of their plan.
It was to have a large armchair
carved from the wood Of the old tree
The children thought that this was a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22
RLNGTAH II

ly worth the trouble Of catching. Then
we go on down to the meadow where
the mice have a little town under the
grass. and when We see something
moving in the grass we jump right
on the place that moves, and some
times we catch one of the squeaky
little fellows and send 1t on down to
play with the crickets. By now, we
have come to the edge of the creek
where the lily pads and the PUSHES
grow. and where the frogs and their
tadpo1e children live. Now. If there
IS anything in the world that tastes
better than a cool, damp, tender tad
pole. I'd like to know what it is.
Our mother is very particular about
some things. and one of them is, never
to eat without first washing the food.
So when we catch a polly wog, we
wash all the mud away by dipping it
in the water, and then we swallow it
slow-like. so the taste will stay in the
mouth a long time. Let me whisper
a secret, if you want to taste some
thing so delicious that you will re-
member it as long as you live, get
your mother TO show you where the
polly wogs live, and then catch and
eat one. After we have had all we
want, mother says, ''r-r-r-r-r" and we
all start off plopity-plop over the
sticky mud, and then across the
meadow where the mouse town is, and
back to our home tree. When we get
there day Is breaking, and we don't
want to go to bed at all, and mother
has to do a lot of spanking to make
US tumble into the dark hollow and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22
THE CHILDREN'S POET

ManyNchildren sat in the chair, just 10
try it o&t, and Longfellow encouraged
their coming. He had copies Of THE
Village Bheeksrnith,' printed and gave
a copy to each child.
All his life she kept a warm spot in
his heart for his little friends, His
last visitors were two little boys from
Boston who had come to ask for his
autograph in their album; and one of
the last letters that ,Longfellow ever
wrote was to little girl who had writ
ten a poem about him on his last
birthday.
LongfelIow died march, gath, 1852.
but his memory will live iii the hearts
of children forever. Tor he was the
chiIdren's poet, and children the world
over love him and reverence his name
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

- AVE you ever heard 1t said that
IA a watch keeps better time If at
u night 1t is kept in the same posi-
III ton as when worn during the
daytime? II this is true then the
model for which the dimensioned
drawings are given will be a valuable
possession for anyone owning watch.
When well made and finished it is
an attractive as well as convenient
little article. 1t holds the watch in
an upright position so the face can be
seen from the bed or any position
about the room.
Quite often a boy is asked by friends
for some piece of his hand work and
If you have the stock I would suggest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

Wash one head of lettuce. pick the
leaves apart. drain. wrap in a clean
cloth and put in a cool place till
needed.
Scrub two bright red apples.
Crack and pick over six English
walnuts.
Put one tablespoonful lemon juice
Cor mild vinegar). two tabIespoonsful
vegetable oil. one-quarter teaspoon
salt and one-quarter teaspoon parffEa
in a small bowl and mix we'll
Just before time to serve the salad
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22
Tx JUNIOR COOK
WHEN MOTHER LETS YOU MAIZE THE

w MAhE HE SALAD
core the apples and slice them IN thin
slices-be sure that the rim of red
skin stays neatly on each slice.
Arrange lettuce oH salad plates.
Lay three slices of apple on each
plate.
Put two halves of nut on tor apples.
Put two teaspoons Of dressing on
each plate. letting it run over the ap.
pie to season.
Serve at once with crisp waters.
This serves six people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22
80

WAA AIRY JANE stood on the front
# ~ door steps and looked out
M Hi over the yard.
@ IL Not a sign OF company did
she see there. She saw the white
yard, the snow crust was only broken
where the children had made a snow
man the night before, and she saw
white walks; but not a single boy or
girl was in sight.
Perhaps you wonder why Mary Jane
was out doors all alone. Listen and
I'll tell you about 1t. Mary Jane had
been sick; oh not real, dangerously
sick, but sick enough that she had
had to stay homo from school for
three days. Now today she was so
much better that her mother had sent
her out doors for a play. play out
in this nice sunshine this morning,
Mary Jane" her mother had said,
"'and then tomorrow you may go to
school,"
MAY not wait till afternoon when
all my little friends are home from
school and play then?" asked Mary
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22
See IL you can fold this s
AUGMENTED GEMS

l. Add letter to a gem and ind
pledge of honor.
2. Add letter to a gem, and find
an ancient Greek philosopher.
8. Add a letter to a gem and find
unfamiliar.
4. Add letter to a gem and find
a famous English boys College.
8. Add letter to a gem and find
"dimmed-dull."
6. Add a letter to a gem and find
Ito post again"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

beautiful idea, and each child contri-
buted ten cents to have the chair
made. As there were nearly a thou
sand of them they collected quite a
sum, and had handsome chair made,
designed by Longfellow's nephew. The
wood was ebonized so that it was very
black and it had chestnut leaves
carved upon it.
The poet knew nothing at all of the
surprise that was in store for him,
and when he walked into his study
on the morning of his seventy-second
birthday, on February 27th, just forty
years ago. there stood the beautiful
chair for which the boys and girls
(they are all grown men and women
now had saved their pennies. Be
meath the leather cushion is a brass
plate bearing the following inscrip-
ton:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

AM y SON OF Mrs. Coon, and Ring
tail is my given name, and 1 live
in a hollow gum tree that stands
in a big swamp. So now, you
low all about me. Our tree is lots
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

FEMININE NAME ZIG-ZIG PUZZLE
(Between each number is a five
letter feminine name the last letter
of each name forming the first letter
of the next.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22
ARITHMETTCAL PUZZLES

ARITHAIETICAL PUZZLES
Take 1 from and make 1t 10.
Answer-IX; take I away and leave
X
Place three twos together so as 20
make "a.
Answer-22 plus equal "a.
What number of three figures null
tipHed by s will make exactly 10?
Answer-1H or 1.25.
Add l to and make 20
Answer-IX; cross the I and you
have Xxx.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22
To
The Author
a of

az of
1.-THE Village Blacksmith
This chair, made from the wood of the
Spreading Chestnut Tree, is
presented as
An expression of grateful regard and
generation by
THE CHILDREN OF CAMBRIDGE
who with their friends join in best
wishes and congratulations
this anniversary,
February 27th, 1879.
Every child that came to the house
to see the chair. was allowed to do so.
and for many days the house was full
of children who had come to see their
gift to their beloved poet and friend.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

TIT THINK It shame that |
III Must sit here on the floor
q Until my clothes are washed an
dry
And / get dressed once more.
Without thing to cover me
Or keep the cold away.
have to sit here as you see
Each blessed washing day.
My mistress often will declare
She loves me fond and true;
| think she'd get me more to wear
If that was so: don't you9
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-19
JOE DESPAIN

zoe DESPAIR was richly
entitled to the cordial
greeting given to him by
his old home town last evening.
He has been more than the
average soldier and faced more
than the usual dangers of war
fare. He was at the front when
all looked black for the allies,
when the British and the
French fought with their backs
to the wall. being unable to.
stop the Hun advance and in
capable of themselves taking
the offensive. He was there
through the hardest fighting
and lived to see the day when
by throwing the enemy back in |
defeat the soldiers of freedom
were able to take revenge for |
their comrade dead and for the
terrors they had faced for so |
many months.
Because he was in the game |
for a long time, faced his duty
like a man and wrote cheering
letters to his local relatives, Joe T;
Despair is known by his deeds, /:
if not by face, Nto most of the
people of this territory. The
East Oregonian knows that it /:
voices the feelings of its read
ers when it says that all are :
glad he is home, that they hope /:
he will go to war no more, but /:
that if ever by the grace of God
this country must again take
the field we hope there will be +:
plenty of bows lust like him. |:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-19
A BIG AND VARIED
COUNTRY

n3 MATILLA county has an
vi area of $500 square miles
and its farming resources
are so varied and so extensive
that it is not without reason
that we refer to it as an agri-
cultural empire. Three times
as large as the state of Rhode
Island and nearly twice as
large as Delaware the county
assumes real geographical pro-
portions. It's farms range
from the big wheat ranches to
the 10 acre fruit or berry tracts
of the East End and the West
End. Our people raise sheep
and cattle and the dairying
business is a growing one.
Such Z county as this surely
has need of a county agent and
a good one. There is much to
be done. Our resources are not
developed ard the world wants
increased. AS
county agent Mr.. Benn:on has
a great field for endeavor and
he should be of much service.
S~0~~~~~
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-19
28 YEARS AGO

(Frona the Daily East oregonian
June 10. 1919
Chiefs Pew, Ten-e-ou-itz and WITH
out-a-shirt, successor to Hamily, go
to Portland tonight on short visit
Charles Cunningham has returned
from Ellensburg, where he has been
looking after his sheep interests lie
reports range fine and sheep owners
prospering.
Miss Grace Evans who has been at
tending the Anne Wright Seminary,
returned last evening from Tacoma.
This section was visited by another
Aueral "soaker' this afternoon and
the smile Of the farmer expands into
a broad grin of satisfaction The rains
are trife late. but are welcome
nevertheless.
Jasper O'Harra of Warren Station,
SAYS that fall grain in this section had
stood the hot weather and would fin
out spIendidly under the influence Of
the rains. Spring grain is bound to
make a crop.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-19
THE PEACE TREATY

IT. HE Peace Treaty has been
" made public and furnish
ed no surprises. Delay
in signing is disappointing, but
beyond question the Germans
will sign; appeals from a nation
that never practiced mercy
having no effect upon those
who have suffered so cruely.
Progress on the League of Ma
tons is also slow, and efforts
in the Senate to interfere with
negotiations have met with
scant sympathy among thought
full Americans. That some in
ternal friction exists at Paris is
quite evident, and appears to
be largely due to French fears
of future German invasion, also
Italian ambitions on the Adria-
tic. Both countries are indulg-
ing fears that have very remote
foundation. The German En-
pire has been literally smashed,
and its power for harm destroy
ed for generations to come by
the heavy loss of territory, pop
ulation and resources; not to
speak of the League of Nations
whose power Germany is not
likely to provoke. Italy also
has no further reason TO fear
Austria, so that both France
and Italy can afford to make
concessions that would secure
prompt establishment of the
League. Mr.. Wilson's return
TO the United States would
quickly follow, and is much
needed. The new Congress il
hard at work, having already
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-19
"UNDER THE SPIKED
HELMET"

40 HILE the armies under
~ Foch are resting under
arms ready for action if
necessary and the people of the
world await with tense interest
the signatures of the German
officials to the peace treaty we
have strange spectacle in the
United States senate.
News reports show that
three different resolutions call
ing for a separate peace have
been drafted and are ready
for introduction at the proper
time" Senator Fall, one of the
obstructionists, is author of
resolution declaring that the
war aims of the United States
have been attained and an
nouncing the end of the state OF
war.
If such behavior does not
give encouragement to the
enemy what does it do? Are
not such resolutions an open in
vitation to the Germans not to
sign? Do the obstructionists
aid the allies or aid the foe?
There are many who have a
feeling that the senate has been
reached by German propagan-
dists. Assuredly there is
ground for the suspicion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-19

Save five to ten dollars quickly by
dry cleaning everything in the nome
with gasoline that would be ruined by
soap and water-suita, coats, waists
silks. laces. gloves. shoes. furs, drap-
cries, rugs-everything!
Place a gallon or more of gasoline In
a dishpan or washboiler, then put in
the things 10 be dry cleaned, then
wash them with Solvite soap. Shortly
everything comes out looking like new.
Nothing fades, shrinks or wrinkles.
DO not attempt to dry clean without
SoIvite soap. This gasoline soap Is the
secret of all dry cleaning.
a package of Solvite soap contain-
ing directions for home dry cleaning.
costs little at any drug store. Dry
clean outdoors or away from flame.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-19
FUNNYBONE


Gen. e. G. Williams. chief Of ordn-
ance, was commenting on America s
record in the war. And all through
il you can't find one single instance
OF cowardioe." he declared. Always
on investigation any suggestion Of
funk on the part Of the doughboy has
been cleared. up. Like the case Of the
young man who said:
I'D like to go into the infantry, but
my mother wouldn't let me-"
What" cried the listener A big s.
footer like you. and your mother
wouldn't let you2"
No said the young man calmy.
$50 I've volunteered for mine sweep
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-19

A north of ireland man wanted to
send telegram. 10 a friend Ia remote
part of the island. The clerk told him
the charge would be one shilling and
sixpence.
How do YOU make that out?"
"STxpence for the wire and shill-
ing for delivery outside the radius"
''That be hanged" retorted the
Trishman. You send the telegram
and III write and ask him TO call for
it"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-19

passed greatly needed appro-
priation bills, made partial pro-
vision for the railroads and
economical considerably on
army and navy appropriations,
all of which are steps in the
right direction.-From the
ClewS Financial Review.