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a little light into her life even If It
is dimmed by mistreatment from
her other children. They will get
their pay for what they are doing.
There Is a higher law which pun
ishes and rewards. Your sister,
brother and sister-in-law cannot
escape the reaction of their cruelty.
l know that you are not thinking
OF reward. Nevertheless it is COM
ing, and some time, either in this
life or In the beyond. you will ben
eft by every kindness you do now.
1t is difficult to explain why your
relatives are SO mean. They GER
tainly have little souls. A sensi-
BILE person cannot bear to cause or
see suffering. / believe il / were
you l would try to overlook the
meanness of your relatives. Sim
ply know that by the higher law
they will get what they deserve.
Your old mother is happier when
she is serving someone. Perhaps
II you gave her little tasks she
/ would feel more needed in the
world. Let her assist you with the
housework, with sewing or in any
way you think she can. Also ask
her advice about matters and take
her into your confidence.
Perhaps you suffer even more
than your mother. Strength is
given to those who must suffer and
usually they do not fully compre-
bend all that they endure.
Keep your heart full of love. TIC
interfere or advise the other mem
bers OF your family would do little
If any good. A good life is an in.
spiration to others and even if your
brother and sister do not profit by
your efforts, others will see and
will be made better.
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Dorcas.
The quaintest and most charm
ing OF old-fashioned names is Dor
cas-, now regarded as q Puritan
name. but once In general and wide
spread usage. It signifies "a gaz-
ellie" and curiously its significance
has become SO much part of the
name that its psychic emanations
would seem to influence its bearer
toward modesty and shyness OF
bearing.
Dorcas comes from the Greek
word which indicates the full, dark
eye Of the gazelle. St. Luke makes
Dorcas identical with the Aramean
Tabitha, another name very popu-
lar in Puritanical nomenclature.
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M IAN sTO0Ps TO DECEIT.
by Mary Felfant.

BY Mary Helfant.
eDxright 1870. By Wheeler Syn
dictate. lnck.)
ounS Jim Standing opened his
IN nwned and stretched his
healthy body leisurely. He
NJ 3ed Over on the other side. hia
~ eyee falling on the clock.
Q0od night" no gasped In dis
ny awake now. he jumped out
A. ~ and pulled back the blinds
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paid to anonymous letters).
@. Please give the number Of
clerks employed at Washington be-
fore the world war, during it, and
now. N. e. s.
A. In 1917, there were 1927
clerks employed under civil service
in Washington. At the signing Of
the armistice there were 1880,
and on March 81, 1920, there were
99,37S. This is not . peace footing,
but the force will probably never
be reduced to pre-war numbers.
Q. What was paid for the ships
sold to Belgium in February?
]. M.
A. The shipping board sold 10
ships to Lloyd Royal Beige at a
price of $500 per dead weight ton,
amounting in all to about six mill
lion dollars. This was practically
what the ships had cost and they
had been in service about one year.
Q. When was the Aust allan bal
lot first used in the United States
P. e. T.
A. The Australian ballot, which
originated in South Australia. was
first introduced into the United
States in 1883 in Kentucky. Al
present every state in the Union
uses some form of Australian bal
lot, except Georgia and Louisiana
@. Who Il the oldest living grad
uate OF West Point! K. C.
A. Horatio g. Gibson OF Washing.
, ton, D. c., who Il In his 94th year
ID probably the oldest graduate 81
West PUNT still living.
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What's In a Name?
BY MILDRED MARSHALL
tcopyrisht 1919. b. tha Wheeler Syndicate. lnc'

According to the Scriptures, po pa
was a woman raised from the - S =.
by Peter at Joppa. She was q s S
tian disciple who had made 'J I'd
and garments" for the poor, .oeis.
this reason, church sewing 49,
ties are frequently called s.r;ty
societies and the aura OF cua
surrounds the quaint little n nam
The diamond is the tai'; y ~
gem assigned to Dorcas. ~ y. = ,ortI.
to give her superior strength, ~, ~
tude and courage, and. il worn ~ ~
her left arm, will protect her ~, ~
all adversely. Sunday Is ne. ~
day and 8 her lucky NUMBER, 1. ~
violet signifying mooesty' :
flower.
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Heart, @oHOmQ
!!,iI!Drob 81 q!
by MD r III vzARETu TuOAfnc0NJ
oy i MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: l have a
dear old mother, .one l could die
for. have some brothers and one
sister who care nothing for her.
My father is dead. Mother is in
her COS and crippled up with rheu-
matism and other ailments. She
never complains. She has tried to
work and support herself, but her
health is nearly gone.
She has been living with me and
I do without and get for her. l
have three children to clothe while
my sister hasn't any and my broth
er only one. Isn't it disgrace for
children to treat an aged parent in
that way?
She goes and drags and works
for them like a slave when they
need her, and they maybe give her
a dollar or two. Many nights I am
awake and hear her crying. don't
think she ever sleeps a peaceful
night and she has told me that she
wished she we're in her grave
that no one cared for her-if she
only had a little room somewhere
she would take washings to do.
What can be done? II l were to
20 to them and tell them they
would only get angry. Is 1t no
principal, no sense, or Just down
right meanness? / feel that l can't
stand it. We will not have our dear
old mother long and why can't they
treat her with respect as long as
she is with us? My brothers wife
is as mean as she can be and
think he is afraid to do much.
A BROKEN-HEARTED
DAUGHTER.
Keep on doing al you have done
Your love for your mother brings
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-18
Crop Rsportinx.


Begins ths aanlai crop rapcsttne hAtt1a
They'll b poor this ysax. TOO dry. Too
vet Not snosgh labor. Poor sssd Went b
. nofnal yisld..
That \ tAs plant from fhs gyowing snd
Fasners afs given 70 pessinaism It tAis
tims Of the year. Thsy talk lfks football
coach thres days before the big game
On ~ otAer hand
@CFoDs are ma Wheat viii b about NOT
mai: maybe tribe bsttsr than the Sysar
average. Corn getting along; little hot sunni
do II good. Cotton not - bad - II looked.
Other products holding their own"
Theirs. now. yoa hear the other side. the
buying side, talking. Cotton brokers. grain
dealers, millsrs. are inclined toward optimism
Just before harvesting time comes.
And both sidss are kesn crop reporting
experts. They investigate. They can tell al
most to the bushsl how large the yield Of .
field Will be.
There's only one redesming feature in this
coubls-sdgsd campaign Of misleading crop
predictions. Each side suspects the other Is
lying and knows the reason why. So they
aren't fooled. They merely split the differ
encs between the estimate Of one side and
that Of the other, and usually that's the yield
Of the crop.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-18

19os-Msrch q, Theodore Roosevelt
sailed for East Africa.
101O-June Is, returned home
1912-February, my hat is in the
ring"
June, Roosevelt defeated for
Republican nomination.
August, nominated by the
Progressive party.
Oct. 4, shot in Milwaukee.
191s-Oct. 4, sailed for South Amer
lea.
1914-May Is, returned home.
1917-June, his application for war
service declined.
191SJan. 6, death Of Theodore
Roosevelt, aged 60.
II ever the name of Theodore
Roosevelt shall cease to live in po-
litical history and legend, it will
still shine forth from the metal
tablets on the exhibition cases in
the National Museum at Washing
ton, where curious visitors in gen.
erations to come will pause to look
in amazement at the great beasts
which this nimrod of the presiden-
tial line slew in the jungles Of
Africa. Those cases should serve
also to prove an alibi for Roose-
welt from the charge that he was
the slayer of the Republican ele-
plant.
Contrary to the unrefecting opin-
ion, the Republican party was al
ready disrupted and defeated while
Roosevelt was roaming the far-On
wilds Of East Africa, when his po-
litical revolution was completely
overthrown by a counter revolu-
ton. AS president he had made
the party again somewhat like unto
what it was In its youth, the great
organ of liberalism and progress,
giving it such hold upon the peo-
Die as it never had before. He re-
turned to find it, as he believed,
the party of standpatism and re-
action, with a tidal wave Of popu-
lar dissatisfaction flowing against
1t.
Nevertheless he went at once on
a wearisome, hopeless tour Of the
country in an effort to save the
party in the congressional cleo
tons of 1910, and he took the
stump again in 1911. with the same
barren result. The doom OF the
Taft administration in the presi-
Dental election of 1912 already was
sealed. when a group of Republic
can governors appealed to the ex-
president to be the party candidate
and to lead a forlorn hope. Even
he would stand only sporting
chance to win, and he responded
in sporting terms: my hat is in
the ring"
Although Roosevelt swept, by a
majority of more than 100000, the
II Republican states having popu-
lar primaries, Taft was renominat'
ed by the aid Of the delegates from
the Democratic states of the south
and the steam roller" of the old
guard. This resulted in a bolt
and the formation of the Progress
sive party, q medley Of good" mil
lionaires from Wall street, high
brows from academic groves. cow
boys from the plains and "lunatic
fringe" singing Onward. Christian
Soldier" as they rallied around
their insurgent chief when he de-
clared: I'VE stand at Armageddon
and we battle for the Lord"
This naturalist In politics sup
piled a symbol and nickname for
his new party when he assured
reporter in the midst Of his losing
fight for the Republican nomina-
ton: II feel as strong as q bull
moose" The bull moose" indeed
proved to be amazingly strong al
the polls, where it carried sill
states and left only two to the ele'
phant-Utah and Vermont-witt
the Democratic mule winning the
presidency in a walk.
Copyright. 1920. by James Morgan
with the Mcclure
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-18
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Cocoa q Diuretic.

I take cocoa daily for breakfast.
Does it stimulate action of the kid
neys and make 1t more difficult to
control the bladder excavations?
c. L. P.
Answer-Yes. Tea, coffee and
cocoa are all diuretics increase the
excretion of urine by the kidneys).
cocoa most Of all.
Now They're Arabian.
What are Arabian bees? Is the
beverage made with them harmful!
It is this: To one pint Of bees add
one tablespoonful Of sugar, one
teaspoonful of molasses, one quart
of water. Let stand and add a tea
spoonful Of sugar every day for one
week, (then drain off the liquor
and drink after three or four weeks.
MRS. B. A.
Answer-So-called "bees" hitched
up with some foreign name to give
the desirable element of mystery,
are wild or impure yeasts. The
beverages prepared Herewith are
pretty crude liquor, intoxicating
and rank, but If you believe every
old woman who likes a quiet nip,
good for whatever happens to all
you, same as the regular booze Of
departed days.
Hay Fever Resorts.
Kindly give list of places in the
United States or Canada that are
free from hap fever. / suffer about
six months out of every year.
MISS r. G. r.
Answer-The absence of hay fe-
yer in most resorts is relative, not
absolute. Banff In the Canadian
Rockies: Fabyans, N. H.: Muskoka,
Canada: Duluth, Mimi; Glen Ayre,
N. c.; Kineo, Me.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-18

Once on a time mayors Of Leicester, Eng
land. were elected by pigs. Candidates sat in
. ssmi-circle. each with his hat full of beans
in his lap The pig was released in the center
and the aspirant from whose hat the pig first
ate was the winner. II Illinois cannot get a
constitutional primary law on its statute books
there are other ways to pick eligibles for cleo
ton to public ONCE
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-18

Martin McDonoush, prosecuting attorney Of
Iron county, Mich, who came out first best in
his run-in with Major Dalrymple's liquor
squad, has entered the congressional race In
his district. It was q hundred to one shot that
he would and the odds are something like
that that he will win,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-18

The states great seal is Of no more force
and effect on state papers than one scrawled
with = pen, the supreme court has decided.
Anything that cuts red tape. local, state or
national, 10 to be commended.
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uBS FOR sHARDMG.s


f.wondesmsnt d expressed In . dispatch
nom Chicago q to Whist the poets can d
vfsh q unrhymable name IKE Harding
Tutl.-F. p. A. IN New York IIioune!.
sous Who Knows the tricks of harding
AIDS the facils r. r. A..
~Worries not regarding Harding.
Tut, and tut again, we'll say;
We fnd Harding not retarding
10 ! rhythmic rcundelay.
Hirnes, ike wool. need lots Of carding
Ere they're at for costumes gay
And they're made BY interlarding
Tiny strands OF cotton gray;
Then they need some careful guarding
List perchances they 30 astray.
Bards SEE NO need for discarding i
Warren Harding-let him stay;
But the bird with whom he's pardfng
(I}ow your heads, bards: let NJ prayO
Is the chap we're disregarding.
Canst rime Coolidge, F. P. A.?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-18
ONE YEAR AGO

United States congress repealed
daylight saving.
The president and Mrs. Wilson
wers welcomed In Brussels.
United States state department
demanded tia safety Of Americans
II 1exico.
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Tor scientist. but which certainly do
please Mr.. and Mr.. Wisehcimer. II
this sort Of thing. the popular
quackery Of the day. Is common
sense" as many OF it, complacent
victims imagine. then there II In.
deed NO longer any mystery In
medicine.
People with = fair education
above the eyebrows may laugh at
the travelling specialist" who reg
ularly puts up at the village hotel
and runs his ad telling the Wise
heimer how he yearns to give them
his skillful advice and treatment.
But very often these same people
are patronizing an even more ridic-
ulous mountebank who understands
how to appeal to the credulity of
skeptics.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-18

All right. here it is:
kitten amb1ed round the curve;
Its tongue looked like strap
fallen milk can made it swerve-
You should have seen it lap
Charlie Leedy in Youngstown Telegram.
Or was this what you had In mind:
He broke the window with a curve,
His dad reached for strap;
He did not hesitate or swerve,
Till safe on mothers lap
Judd Lewis in Houston Chronicle,
Maybe Kee was thinking Of this:
Her gown was smoothed to every curve:
No sign Of buckle, pin or strap.
She made the other James all swerve
Aside. and beat 'em by q lap.
-Rody McPhee in Springfield Union.
Or something Of this sort:
His vest was one vast outward curve:
She looked, then gripped q strap.
The car lurched, but she did not swerve-
What use? He had no lap!
MURDER OF YOUTH LAID TO BooA
LEG."!The Argus
Boo yourself.
THE prohibitionists are dissatisfied wit
the Republican platform. They want a dr.
plank and dry ticket"
WELL, we'll nominate 'Pussyfoot" Johnso,
R. e. MIG.
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-18

BRER COPELAND, not content with re.
cording In the box score our two errors made
during Wednesdays classic between The Argus
and Dispatch ath-a-letes, maliciously and
feloniously made mention thereof in his story
of the game. He will not repeat the offense
for our patience, though great, is not bound
less We literally "snatched him baldheaded.
If you don't believe It come and take lool
at him.
How Nice to Be Greeted by q Hug!
Iron the Kansas City Starr.
la Belle Ferroniere," smiling her
Mona Lisa smile, wearing her wine red
velvet frock and with jewel shining on
her brow. arrived yesterday in New
York and will leave tonight for Kansas
City.
Conrad Hug, local art dealer, was
waiting at the pier to receive the
BEFORE the alert editor Of the Milan indie
pendent beats US to It by taking another Sian
we should explain that Hashimura Togo wrot
the caption for those columns yesterday. l
read thus: Moral: President Are Born No
Made"
ANY COMMENT ON THIS WOULD BE
INADEQUATE
(From the Davenport Democrat).
Miss Rosetta Russell. sister Of the
bride was made of honor. and she headed
the bridal procession as 1t entered the
church. The bride came next with her
father, who gave her In marriage. At
the altar railing, they were met by the
bridegroom and his best man Herman
Budelier, cousin. Marcus and Paul Rus
sell. brothers of the pussy-willow taffeta
bridal gown. bride were ushers.
LOST GIRLS BLUE COAT ON MILITAR!
road. Reward. Phone Red 2949.-DubuQu
Times journal. s.
Alas! many have been lost on that roa
the past four years.
WRITE YOUR OWN STORY.
curve,
strap;
SWefve,
lHp.
w. Kee MAXWELL in Akron Times
Putnam patriot., 1920-01-09
PARAGRAPHS FROM POMFRET

poor support to his family was given
six months in brooklyn jail and SEN
tenee suspended and placed on pro-
baton Tor a period of one year john
Ash was appointed probation officer
At delightful party given last
Saturday evening at the home of Mr..
aud Mrs. John Ash, the engagement
was announced of their daughter,
Miss Elizabeth Ash. to Arthur Daniel
son, formerly of Pomfret, but now OF
San Diego, Cal. The marriage will
take place at Pomfret during the
summer.
The directors of the Neighborhood
Association met at the Neighborhood
House on Tuesday evening. A report
was heard from the committee in
charge of the collections for the club
house fund. A substantial amount
still remains to be raised before the
mortgage on the present property
can be cleared.
Putnam patriot., 1920-01-09

was an old patron of the establish
ment
What do you think of that poor
simp who just went out? exclaimed
the girl, still astonished by the other
little mans willingness to take nsoney
that had always been scorned. HE
gave me nineteen nice paper dollars
for nineteen heavy iron men' He
must be crazy"
We'll" said the old patron. with a
knowing smile, ''he may be crazy, bu1
so long as he knows it guess he'll he
all right. Silver dollars are worth
s1.04 today because of the :cenditinn
of the silver market. When he melts
those dollars dowa he'll have sl&76
worth of metal, and you'll have Just
$40"
The girl was more astonished than
ever.
We'll" she said, what do,y+ think
O. that? And that guy had such a
simple look on his facet
Putnam patriot., 1920-01-09
OLD AGE ENDS A
BUSY EXISTANCa
Eusatia PaIlidani Was of the
Old SchooI.-More Like
Her W. lel.-t"e
s4ae.s - = 1s.s x. Dies In Day
viIie Z On q L5tr - p
gsstu.se

Less work and shorter hours This
b the trend Of the times aad yours
America - sos put i ths hours O
soiI A. did their grandparents. II L
&c All along the line Now and then
someone win be found who insists or
sticing to the old regime ard giving
Soil dag work 10 q fall daY's pay
So il was Nith S. ialsi laEi 8
Dayville She was 81 32 gelr2 rs
and stuck / the habit thea 81 VOGUE
Hp early In the morning and to be-
with the sun. Eusatia has scratched
miles Of gravel, swallowe4 thousands
Of worms, raised many families aha'
as Souvenir Taylor would put It
t.id eggs galore Yes. Easatia was
the Oldest hen In Ameriea she was
y.speeted al the venerable patriarch
sesp OF the roost IN Dayville' ana hei
s.ath was heralded far and vide, Tor
Husntia has zone t her reward. ne
end came in the yiilage where she
uas born, last Friiay, and hef oous
a. not find it, way to the stew eettle
a. roasting pan She was properly
bNried
So important and noteworthy was
..r life's ending that 4 was an
.ounced Ii the large daiiles 81 ehe
metropolis Of he county. '.ns
many people perhaps d5 not know ne
hfe or customs Of ii heu. She ~
front page boz IL = important
newspaper 81 the NeH ork "ftnes
and that il considered gaite an ho3of
amone her sex and feathered species.
Eusatia wns Spanish black chie's.
~ when born. aud was owned ana
reared by James Blanchard. In her
yonth she was prizewinning pedi.
gree beauty. but at the aye Of fifteen
years her black plumage turned to
snoNy white,
Even last spring this venerable
hsrd mothered brood and was still
furnishing hen fruit for her lord and
masters table. In the taking Of En.
satia old age ended lone and busy
life
Were the present gene auon of
birds like unto Eusatia the nests in
The henneries would moi he found
empty day after das aud othees be
sides miIlionaires might enjoy the
golden fruit ut the breakfast table In
aay form desired.
Putnam patriot., 1920-01-09
POMFRET LANDING

Miss Shirley Fleck has returned to
her home in Montinese.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Cady have moved
to Dayville for the winter.
School reopened Monday, pupils
having enjoyed two weeks vaea-
tion.
Most of the farmers and dairymen
were busy last week cutting and
hauling ice. reported about 10 inches
thick
So many are living here who work
in Goodyear that Mr.. Fulton is max
ing two trips morning and night
transporting them.
Putnam patriot., 1920-01-09
MONEY IN DOLLARS
Man Buys Nineteen ''Cart~heeis for
$lq and the Seller Learns They
Are Worth $l9.76

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
A loquacious cashier in Horn &
Hardart restaurant was lamenting up
on the rapidity with which silver dol
lars had been piling up in her cash
drawer
If get many Of these things she
complained. 1.-The bossll have TO hire q
wagon to get them TO the bank
A quiet little man who was about
to pay check overheard the remark.
How many have you?" he inquir-
ed.
Nineteen" she replied, and, as
say. if | don't find some way to"
epn take them" the customer Of
fered, taking cut 4 ron, from which
he started to peel off nineteen paper
dollars.
You mean asked the girl, in as
constituent. ''that you want 10 load
yourself up with nineteen of These
heavy things?"
Il guess l can bear up under tbs
strain" said the man. laying the pa
per dollars on the counter.
The girl counted cut the nineteel
silver discs. and the man picked then
up and walked out
j The next man up to pay his eheel