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twilliam Henry Dixon,.

william Henry Dixon).
&Spr each mound. lay wreath tenderly,
Laurel their graves with beautiful flowers.
here they are sleeping. Gods angel keeping
watch and ward DER these heroes of ours.
Sgfne the wreaths gently, laurel and roses,
EOver the mound where each is at rest,
reeths Of sweet flowers. DER these heroes OF
ours,
Give them our sweetest, our fairest, and best.
akine the sweet flowers, cover them gently,
Each is remembered with tears in our heart,
IEreaths of sweet roses, where each one reposes.
FOR Humanity's sake each bore his part.
IN far away lands each is remembered,
How nobly each sprang to the nations great
test.
Ger these heroes of ours, Irvine the sweet
%E flowers
& Give them our sweetest, our fairest, and best.
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The Governing Class.

< L. e. Sheppard, president Of the Order Of
Railway Conductors. is quoted as authority for
tn statement that railroad men generally are
opposed to giving the public any voice in the
zelttlcment OF disputes between themselves and
to companies. THE public should be left
OF of the issue in dealing with the railroad
pfpblem," are the words ascrbedf to him; "the
ls9man knows so little about the actual prob
lens Of the situation
There's nothing new in the notion that the
public is not competent to pass intelligent
! Judgment upon public questions. That has
: been faverite contention of the so-called
ruling class ever since man set up the first
Is8eCvernnent. Heretofore it never has been
obenly concurred in by the ruled. The
attitude OF Mr.. Sheppard. IL IL be typical Of
i NE men he represents, is significant of the
! progress that his organization has made in at
taining its objects.
The public is prepared to agree with the
contentlon Of the head of the conductors or
eanization that railroad and all other labor
questions. should be settled between employer
and employe. That is the ideal way and the
4 customary way. The public is too busy to be
e1ncerned with such matters and is glad to
Il Netve jurisdiction as long as it can safely dc
3 ~ However. when its interests are disregard
and necessary industrial and transportation
4 festivities suspended, threatening widespread
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Heart @oHOmQ
!!,!LprObIQmC.,
0Y Nh r E1 ~ ARETRI -TEl0AFn CON-
% i nRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

ed, but she has never been strong
since.
She is an only child and so my
husband and l have not had the
heart to cross her in any way. She
has held the upper hand right along
and we have completely lost con-
troll of her. Last winter she had
an attack Of fever which left her
with a weak heart. The doctor
says she must take afternoon maps
and eat special foods which will
give her proper nourishment.
We simply cannot make her eat
what she should. 1t is q great trial
to prepare some special thing and
then throw it aside and cook some
thing else. 1t is also hard to see
her getting thinner instead Of bet
| ter because she will not rest.
What can we do with such
child? am sure she would not
act SO. IL she were not sick and
therefore we really cannot punish
her. She is 8 years old now.
A MOTHER.
/
You are doing your child posi-
tive injury by letting her have hel
own way. The more you give in to
her the poorer her health will be
Do not humor her about her meals
Give her what the doctor says she
should have and II she refuses te
eat, let her 60 without. Before
/ many days she will take what you
give her and not fuss. Discipline
cannot be done half way. Make W
your mind what ia the right thing
i to do and stick to it no matter how
long 1t takes to win your point. II
| is merely a question Of which one
has the stronger will.
II she will not take maps. do not
let her play with her friends. By
depriving long enough You can wiz
your point
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first at college. Wake up, old can
nonball, I'll put you in the stable"
wait, Arc" Miss Brill implored,
was the car hurt? You do not
seem to be-"
He dropped the reins again and
Meteor stopped.
Sis. for once our minds con-
verge!" He paused then added,
which was to be proved"
Then gave Miss Rogers my
card" he confessed.
1T was May Rogers!" exclaimed
Miss Brill. who had thought as
much all along.
you said l might invite some.
one to dine with US tonight, and she
thought it would be perfectly proper
to come. 1t was staggering. She
reached quod erat faciendum al
most instantly" he rejoiced.
Il know we haven't been intro
duced." she said, but Miss Brill
is q very dear friend of mine. Call
for me at 6. You needn't drive
over, we can walk 1t in 20 min
utes."
| And guess what she did about
the runaway? She said: so you
worked yourself out of the wreck
tangle.' 'Rectangle,' she said, Just
like that. The girl is perfect"
At the dinner table Miss Rogers
did not admire his application OF
geometrical terms to the food and
dishes. However, he talked inces-
sanity, .-eeping her and Miss Brill
laughing uproari0usly. At the end
Miss Brill didn't fail to notice that
the snowy tablecloth emerged from
the meal without . groan.
He didn't even draw an acute an
gle on it!
He didn't spell parabola never
even defined the word. And II be
knew how to ind the area Of IN
isosceles triangle he Was stinky
with his knowledge. She felt some.
what neglected but It meant much
to her. He declared he had grown
tired Of the city girls because al
they knew u dancing" Clearly
Miss Rogers formed another
tangent to Arcs circle.
She had just finished college, and
told him he was slo9. she said
sho didn't Ike geometry. that sht
Ipreferrod % study silk.
.Silk finds IL own expfsusloa,'
aha raid ssnn6 n vngflw aiesrA mann.
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Rocb IsIand man interested In col min
ins ~ problem. Coal 4 selling It his naine
~ q p<s " md yislding eosA pro2t M
dastrlai consefns located Il ! distAncs from
sosrcss d rel supply are hieiins = high =
$3.50 ID ~ priority shipments.
/ - there any osliglt ien. this man asks.
-tset bibds nIning coinosny 70 turn down
such oisn and continue TO sell It IT. regular
pricey'
Tn4t y ! question that many another msn
with commodities for sais has had to face dnr-
ing the last few years and the answer made
to 1t has had ! good deal to do with the cost
Of living Everybody knows. Of course. that
he oasht to be satisfied with fair profit, but
1t isn't easy to refuse more when It is offered.
It involves the setting aside Of = well estab-
lished rule observed in human dealings, to get
.all the trafic will bear" 1t eliminates the
element of barter, which to many serves to
make the game worth while. It shoves aside
the almighty dollar. for which We are all
struggling.
Nobody expects the man who sells his time
and his physical and mental energies to turn
down fancy offers. The term "profiteering" is
never applied to labor and but seldom to the
small producer or business man.
Everybody expects and insists that rail-
roads snail carry for all alike at regular rates,
that banks shall charge uniform interest for
use of money, that big business generally
shall treat everybody on the same basis and
| shall neither accept nor extend special favors.
An elaborate system Of penalties has been pro-
vided by law to check such discrimination.
Practices that are accepted as legitimate
for the little fellow are considered an oifense
against the state when adopted by the big fell
low. Thus we have a double standard in
business as applying to the two extremes.
Between them right and wrong as recognized
by law and custom, gradually merge and it is
left to the individual to decide for himself
how lar he is obligated by his duty to society
and how much he owes to self interest.
Who feels competent to solve the coal
| mans dilemma?
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ways in black and white, whether
on the blackboard or on. paper.
SILK is available in all shades and
Is adaptable to living forms, NV
conclusion is: Silk is similar to
geometry in dealing with forms"
And the designs can be illus
strated," conceded Arc. Some
skirts hang at right angles, some
at most every angle, circle at the
band, or plain. straight and short.
You are right. Silk and geometry
amount to the same"
And the axiom states, things
equal to the same thing are equal
to each other" she offered, ever
SO sweetly.
After ALL" he eagerly conclud.
ed, silk is more interesting than
geometry and certainly as useful. ("
GeOmetery and silk seem to be
IN a sort of partnership" ventured
miss Brill. She smothered a litter.
they got up from the table. Crush
60, Arc Strengthened up abruptly.
Miss Rogers. do you play!"
Il play baseball fairly we'll" He
thought her the loveliest girl and
the most charming. Miss Brill aid
TO third base and stole home.
Arc and Miss Rogers enjoyed q
delightful evening and . duet at the
piano. Then he took her home.
1t was very late when he return.
fed. but his sister met him 1t the
door and acted sleepily.
Arthur Wellington Brill, have
you the proof Of your analysis OF
Mays theorem!" she asked.
Il have her scholium," he flush.
ed. (which is. she has no equal /:
the corollary Is, she is perfect"
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Del Dr. Bsadt: I have I'D ana
rsread your lettae to little MARY
and I know that It has inspired
many 8 mothers heart. not mine
niono. I have juSe snch . Mary
EW1fh 10 litfoi sister or brother
each day asking why" She will
u et9ht II JelY and / an saving
IuUf S6ttof q little Mary for her 70
rSa1 Yek tho stock comes across
IN eSreee e ONT nseenu0r On tns
right, p our neaen10f on the Ien.
ana ssen 70 the nome n the uiock
= oaf rear, put MOI nere. Inc
0tner day our nttie 10y sAlo.
Nov when I'm nig won't nave
. slsss s,so - . - o "a. ~ :. .nn. - :.
n...e JI :. IT'S. .hsms"
s'A'ASss = W. Vs.r s;r..r.fv
w.. 49, -. ,...,. :..s..
49, .n .h LA sss 49, -
nv vhen She eefs married She
netmrslIv aneaks mot ~ her child
hut II her children Everv little
eirl Who plays With dolls speaks in
IN aama vay II takes consid-
ershle education az the 'vronr art
~ snnnress this beautiful maternal
in.finct INIT there /. no lack Of such
Iedncation in modern life. For in
stance 4 Young woman. college
bred and reasonably we'll situated
In lie "a for creature comforts.
writes IN this vein.
.sYn.. A.. 49,.
49, -a n h;,drsn ,aus-
Gs.1. 49, .s,;.s NJ $50 -
woui s;.H nss $3.50 m "'s;.s .,"So -
y a11 1872 ~ -, w W..
- - ~ se suAss
illpo1sloie 1890
NO female with pecullar IDEAS
IKE that snouid marry. She Is Tar
TOO seinsh 70 De called . woman,
and far too heartiess to found .
nome. Inc divorce courts are Gut
tereo up WIN creatures OF ner Kind.
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TlHllE DAILY SHORT STORY

! been doing? Has something actu-
ally taken your mind off planes and
solids?"
Commercially speaking" he
laughed, 1.-The plain and solid goose
had on white silk shirtwaist and
black skirt"
Il suppose she is square," cough
ed Miss Brill.
She was a striking looking prop
Osition whose perpendicular is all
that can be desired! on the surface,
her hair looked dark and fluffy, like
yours.
Her big, round, hazel eyes were
as powerful as her voice and her
wide straw hat formed segment to
her circular face.
Her waist line? Please keen on
reminding me of that perfect
line!" He paused, because he was
thinking much faster than he could
articulate.
WAS her nose rhOmbus?' Miss
Brill insured. II know girl that
way" His tone grew imperfect, he
hadn't seen the nose, he mumbled.
You cannot expect q fellow to
find a girls diameter the first time
he sees her!" Miss Brill had a won
derful gift Of not expressing her
self fully. She frightened her hold
on the packages and waited to hear
more. He didn't stint words.
Coming back from the village, l
met big touring car. She was
driving 1t. About six others were
in it chattering and cackling like
they were on their way to save
Rome. / admit that could't keen
my eyes on Meteor. What did your
faithful Meteor do? Belief doesnt
always make q matter true and be
shattered mine. He jazzed! He
proved a straight line was the
shortest distance between him and
that car.
THE cracking CEASED. She
stopped the car. jumping down
quickly. Twas then ! viewed the
symmetrical form 81 the prstties'
preparation.
.Shs ran Ii front .of Meteor
grabbed his bride and held him
swaytng and twisting. I Was saved.
ke concluded. gravely. After
moment: Nov I've given ron thu
synopsts.. He looked 1t his sistsl
Is he gathered up the feins say.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-31
! LOVE AND GEOMETRY.
BY Bette II. Mcdonald.
Copyright 1920, by The Wheeler
Syndicate. Incl

SlCopyright, 1920, by The Wheeler
- Syndicate, Inc.)
Ne applied the symbols Of geom.
Sttxy to all things. He pronounced
IN cat and collie parallel, mean
mt Of course, they would never
eplne together.
Al on account Of this his coun-
I'M. sister. whose guest he was, be-
slowed upon him the nickname
Nc" Also, in spite Of his neat
sNe1s. he drew angles and figures on
~ white tablecloth at every meal.
~ concluded that the woman he
Etqked for his wife couldn't know
epx too much about geometry as he
o9ld draw one along those lines
Come and get your parcels. sis,
~ not going to leave this old nag
1esa minute!' No telling what be
Xn14ht do. The next time you send
4Etc the village l walk! Do you
4e1 me, l walk! always hated
1ktng. Wish I had my car"
nc was standing in the one.
e1ed buggy waiting for his sister
esWtped the Precipitation from the
- Of his curly, blond hair.
VEIL" she came out laughing
m needn't be so alarmed. You
t4s n no immediate danger. Old
otDCr never ran away yet" she
~ moving something unusual
- have happened.
lust the same your dependable
4@tacer ran me into flock ol
hsre did ron see geese?"
aat outside the village"
hlch way were they flying
lting!" he echoed disdainfully
tng over the parcels to her.
- Flying southwark indicates
ns1y winter" she replied Gag
iDposs they are riding." HI
~ Il / didn't know you are q
sabstainef I'd suspect you d
nssociation with wood alco-
~ horse did all the flying. ]
Scn!-
reeled. laughing hard and
u1til she made him explain.
- aeting whols lot IKE
eGa eenior you are. And tia
6at here think ron are 20
xsll - nhat you hass
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NAny TS100 can 9oy Sne 80SWOr 10
ton bureau, rredsrie J. Haskin. Director,
confidentisl. the replies being sent direct
paid 70 anonymous lesters).
Q. What foods are considered
bone building? N. A.
A. The department Of agricul-
ture lists the following foods un-
der this head: Cauliflower, celery,
butter, milk, cottage cheese. pump
kins, radishes. carrots and pars-
nips.
Q. What noted men have been
bachelors? LIN
A. Among the most famous bach
elors in the worlds history are
Michaelangelo. Rafael. Petrarch,
Alexander Pope, Sir Isaac Newton,
Schopenhauer. Charles Lamb,
Whittier. Swinburne. Alfred De
MuBset,. voltaire. Tilden the sci
enlist, Cecil Rhodes, Phillip Brooks.
John Burroughs, President Buch..
anan Of the United States, Walt
whitman. Lewis Carroll. Henry
James. Lord Kiachener, Chopin,
List. Beethoven, Nicolo Paganint
q. What II Cleopatra needle?
X. NJ. D.
A. Clsopatrs's needles are two
EgyptiAn oh<lisks Of rcd syenitss
vhieA ueEe tz1naDpFtaa nom Halt.
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Today's Anniversaries

1899 Joseph Haydn. famous
Austrian composer and mupi-
j clan. died in Vienna. Born
April l. 1872.
1SMEMrs. Jessie Benton Fremont,
author, wife OF the soldier ana
Explorer. born rear Lexinsfon,
Va Died in Los Angeles, Dec.
n. 1907.
lS47-C Colonel Richard B. Mason
vas appointed governor q
California.
a87SEMore than $50 lives lot IN ,
collision Of two German iron.
claey ~ Folkastca.
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16S7-Mafch Is, Stephen Grover
Cleveland, born It Caldwell,
n. ].
1S41-His family removed to New
York state.
1S54-An Office boy in Buffalo law
Office.
1Sse-Adnitted to the bar.
1853 Assistant district attorney Of
Erie county.
1865 Defeated for district attorney.
lS7O-Elected sheriff.
1SSl-Elected mayor Of Buffalo.
1SSe-Elected governor.
1SSHElected president
No other man has stepped 80
quickly from obscurity to the presi-
dency as Grover Cleveland. When
Garfield stood on the steps OF the
capitol to be inaugurated he never
had heard the name Of this Buffalo
attorney. who was to stand in the
same place four years afterward.
At IS Cleveland remained un-
known outside his county. At Al
he was in the White house.
1t was . meteoric rise. Yet this
man was no meteor. Slow Of mind,
with a narrow range of reading
and of intellectual interests, Cleve-
land was stolid in manner and with
out brilliant qualities. But he had
q character as rugged and immova-
BILE as a mountain. 1t had been
built up in rural parsonages, where
his father, Presbyterian minister,
was required to rear q large fam
lily and set an example to the COM
munity on $500 a year.
At the early death Of his father,
Stephen Grover. who improved his
name by dropping the first part Of
! it, had to leave school and shift for
| himself. First he clerked in q viii
lage store at $50 a year; next he
taught in a blind asylum, and
| finally swept out law office in
Buffalo at 81 a week until he swept
| a path for himself to the bar.
For more than quarter OF a cen
fury he plodded along in Buffalo, a
quiet, trusted, but not distinguished
lawyer. Unmarried and without
family or a home. he took no part
in the social life Of his community.
where one hundred other Bpffa-
lonians may have been better known
! to their fellow-townsmen.
He had been an assistant district
attorney of Erie county and also
its sheriff. The first that was ever
heard of him outside his neighbor-
hood we're his sledge hammer vetoes
from the mayors Office only two
years before his election to the
presidency. The whole state of New
York stopped to listen to his re-
sounding whacks and next the
whole country took notice.
Being mayor of Buffalo never
would have made Cleveland famous
but being an honest mayor OF any
city in the United States at that
time, who had the courage of his
honesty, was a distinction unfor-
tunately rare For almost every
where partisanship was blindfold.
ing the people while municipal rings
and gangs picked their pockets OF
franchises and of contracts for
predatory interests-railway, street
car and gas companies, contractors
and the petty criminals Of the un-
derworld.
1t CHANGED that year that two
"big men" were dividing the votes
Of the Democratic state convention
for governor. and the little fellow,
this veto mayor" slipped in be.
tween them. The Republicans had
put up . machine made ticket and
Copyright, 1920. by James Morgan
with the Mcclure n
1
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-31
What. In a Name?
BY MILDRED MARSHALL
tcssesasAA 1919. - u. whss,sr Syndicate. Incl

Under Teutonic influence. novel,
the first syllable was dropped
Dora, OF more properly Dofe,
came q nationally common n.; ~
Ieuton literature is fllea ~
heroines who bear the cns -
Ntte title which has founa -
6yor in this country. Inc
Has q quaint. old-fashioned .os u.
Medora, very popular IN Anu
lam days. ~.
The aquamarine is Dorss ~
mimic stone. II ID the S,e
friendship and promises 10 w .,;is
rreht popularity and > comp n ~
chain Of manner. Tuesoay =
lucky day and 5 her LUCKY sD
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% JAles 10, ear

Cleveland personified the issua 4.
did not have to make Q campain
speech; his vetoes spoke for m
and he was elected by $4,000 plv,.
atty. the biggest in the records Z
New York up to that time.
After voting on election dsy. !,
sat down in the certainty Of vican,
and wrote q letter to his broth,
1t Is a letter which reveals Z ~
Of the man that he never turned d
the public and that 10 alwan ~
real side Of any public man. T
am honest and sincere in my deen
to do WE'LL" he wrote, but the eue1.
ton is whether l know enoush b
accomplish what l desire N
mother were alive, / should fsl
much safer. have always thosst
that her prayers had much b 4
with my success"
Cleveland's two years in the soy.
ernorship at Albany was only u
enlargement of his few months b
the mayoralty Of Buffalo. His peo.
motion to the presidency followed
naturally.
The sudden, the theatrical rise 4
this man was not q mere caprice, 1
blind stroke of luck. On the coa.
trary, he was nominated and elect
ed president because he was tho
logical, common sense choice; b.
cause this unknown, unambitieus
lawyer of Buffalo had become b
two swift years the most eea.
spicuous embodiment Of the thinss
that the times called for-independ.
ence in politics and q higher star
dard Of conduct in Office. Il
The national campaign Of 1854
sank to q new low levi Of mud.
singing, when q great people seem
ed reduced to a humiliating choice
between common honesty and con-
mon decency. Inscribing on thdf
banners, Public once Is . Public
Trust" the Democrats bombardsd
the public character Of Blaine, The
Republican candidate, with BIZ
"Mulligan letters" in which that
thrifty statesman had sadly mi1eo
politics and business. The Repub.
licans retorted by assailing the ~
vate character of Cleveland, who
commanded his friends in Buffalo u
tell the truth" But just what The
truth was never has been told-te
the public at least. The bachelor
candidate himself made no otas!
profession than that since ne naa
been governor, with a special o.
legation to the people, his VA!
had been correct in every SHADOW.
The independent, or "Mugwump
! vote, with a brilliant array OF new
! papers, went over to Clevelana:,
skimming the cream of the top q
! the Republican party in New folL.
Massachusetts, and in certain otn4
quarters. But the brilliant person.
atty of Blaine. magnetic MAJ
stemmed the tide. Probably D.
would have succeeded in turning y
had he promptly corrected ~
! spokesman of a delegation Of nm
listers in New York city, an alliteis'
tive clergyman who addressed nlu
on the eve Of the voting as the "
ponent of rum, Romanism ana r.
bellion." The Democrats had no
minute to lose, and they did MOI ios.
a minute in thrusting before voter
of the Catholic faith the Sunasy
preceding the election that sluf o.
their church.
Nevertheless, the election ss.
still so close that the RepuDic
did not give it up until the t,us
day. Cleveland was president-e..o'
by virtue Of a plurality OF less ta..
1900 in the nearly 1.20O,ooo W.
cast in the state Of New YORK
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