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A South Seas Queen.

Mrs. Zaher is the name OF woman who Is
administrator Of the island Of Badu, between
Australia and New Guinea. to which post she
was appointed by the government of Queens
land. She is described as white-haired and
energetic.
For nine years she has been teacher a.
we'll as governor Of the native population. Dur
ing that time she has barred liquor and unde-
sirable white visitors. The result is said to be
that the natives have become industrious.
happy, healthy and prosperous. increasing in
numbers instead of dying out. Contact with
civilization has been curse to natives of many
such islands Perhaps civilization isn't bad
for them when efficient women have a hand in
controlling it.
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William Payne.

49, Tho life Of william Payne. who passed away
yesterday was interviewer with the early his
rs.tefy Of Rock Island county He had been
ssfarmer. sheriff. representative in both branches
= OF the state legislature. and in later years a
!. rstired resident of Rock Island. Mr.. Payne was
,.sos the sturdy pioneer type, stickler for all
sstAat stood for good citizenship He was loyal
asfasmber Of the Republican party. and was ac-
- % Hve for more than a half century in its coun-
q 4 CHS. In his dealings public official and
.cpfivats citizen he was known as a man who
stood by his convictions the soul OF honor,
warm friend, and model citizen.
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Mother.

. Reports received from many places indicate
that Mothers day was widely observed Sunday.
Although considerable number Of ciereymen
especially Of those churches which follow the
orderly course Of the Christian year, COMPLAIN
that the calendar 10 too much interfered with
BY the addition Of special observances MANY
" which are quite irrelevant the setting apart
Of Sunday for the commemoration of mothers
alive or dead. meets with universal approval
End Il y quite possible for . church which ad-
here's rigidly to the round of fast and festival
10 inclsde in the services Of the day some
reference to mother.
Aothers' day Is necessarily q day Of lignts
and shadows II 10 day Of glorious light and
containing its full need Of happiness for those
whose mothers are living and who are loved
ind Aonored BY their eAi3ds0 q they ought
70 bs "A day Of light also for those whose
moehess have passed away. leaving their chill
IRA no nd nsmse1s oe mother neglected,
~ b ~ ~ 49, ssolg ar loving ministra-
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Y In any first-class machine shop in Rock
, lsland you'll hnd a tool-maker so skillful that
hs can tool down" piece Of steel to as fine
~ - thousandth OF an inch That is he can
take assteel rod and remove an outer layer so
THIN that 1000 OF them would be required to
measure an inch thick. Any machinist who
can do that is Justly proud of his skill.
II you know such a fellow and want to
make his eyes bulge tell him that Prof Rich
ard Whiddington OF Leeds university, England.
has perfected method for measuring a 300
00o.000th part Of an inch. He measures by
sound waves and electricity instead of a
yardstick.
That man Whiddington has marvellous
SKILL" you say. Man certainly is becoming
q wonder" Yet, 2.l0o years ago Cicero wrote
that he had seen the entire Had "a poem as
long a. the new testamenD written on thin
piece Of leather In letters 80 small that it could
be folded into nutshell. II you are interested
In that and other marvels Of the ancients read
Wendell PHILIPPE lecture. THE Lost Arts.
Microscopic writing by means Of the pan
taSraph machine, has been carried to unbe-
lievable perfection. An Epglishman named
Peters. using fine diamond point, wrote the
that the whole bible could be written % times
on square inch. Incredible. you say? 1t is
vouchsd for by the Royal Microscopic society
OF London.
Tho cases Of whiddington and Peters are
merely super-illustratons of the marvellous
skill which Is characteristic Of human beings
This skill crops out in strangely varied ways
In different individuals. You'll find genius
with wonderful skill at handling a violin-and
awkward At everything else
Some women are so skillful at needlework
that their fingers seem almost uncanny. You'll
recall Johnny Baker. the crack shot with .be
old Buffalo Bill show. whose skill conferred in
bis sye-focusing. Leigh Mitchell Hodges of
Philadelphia, skilled as a writer, is most ia
nous among his friends for his phenomenally
even touch on the typewriter. Every individual
has something At which he or she is skillful.
What are you most skilful at! Probably ii
is sisnboard pointing the way to success
and prosperity.
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ACCORDING TO EINsTEIN
By BERTON BRALEY

This recent Einstein theory concerning Rela-
tivity
Is actually simple to explain;
II you possess the slightest geometrica, nm
clivity
You quickly get the answer in your brain
You take line, for instance, and extend n
horizontally
Away into infinity and then
You chase through the universe persistentlv
and jauntily
And meet yourself on getting back again,
Or take a common ray Of light refracted NV
polarity
And bend it in the middle Just bit,
And tie 1t to comet you'll observe a slight
disparity
That makes it rather difficult to ft;
The tangents Of its radius revolving correlated,v
With segments of the apex Of a cone
VIII set the larger molecules in motion syn-
copatedly
A fact which Is not generally known, :
Take any kind Of parallel-you needn't h.
particular
And run It through the orbit Of q stsr
fou get parabolic curve that's slightly n.r.
pendicular
You mark it on the chart-and there Won
are!
So that Is Relatively in an of its SIMPLICITY
And thus my little dissertation ends
And now l hope that all Of you may ind 4 true
felicity
By lecturing on Einstein to your frasndsi
Copyright 1871. BY Newspaper Entarpusal
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child shows. Tho complexion is
MALE. The flesh II flAbby. The belly
is distended (pot-belly) and there
Is excessive fermentation and gas-
formation in the intestine. The
child il abnormAlly susceptible to
respiratory infections les well AZ
other infectio1s), which. In the par
lance Of the ignorant, means that
he takes cold" easily. One OF the
earliest bony changes Is the square
look Of the head. due to prominent
frontal eminences. Usually there is
obstinate constipation and all the
reckless and injurious plying with
physics that parents think Of tri-
ding Importance.
Live fat, fresh raw cream or
milk or butter, un-pasteurized and
unsterilized, is the greatest preven-
tive Of ricketts,.
Pure cod liver oil. q teaspoon
full three times a day, is the best
known cure for ricketts,.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Dutch Courage.
A man is very nervous, trembling
to the core. He takes a few good
gulps Of whisky. In no time he has
control of himself. Does the whis-
ky 60 to his head and affect his
sensitiveness, or does it 60 direct
to the nerves from the stomach,
satisfying them? Is. E. G.
Answer-It is Dutch courage-the
alcohol benumbs his senses. and his
judgment making him temporarily
unconscious OF his defects and per-
hitting him to think pretty well Of
himself and his powers. That ex-
plains why man under the effect
Of alcohol thinks he can whip every
one about him-though of course he
can't pu: up such q good fight as he
would sober. Whisky prepares a
man TO. a fight with another man
just as treacherously as it would
prepare him for a fight with dis
ease. Whisky makes man strong
er headed, but weakens all his pow
ers.
Sodium Iodide for Goitra
Kindly tell me how much sodium
iodide to purchase and what amount
of water to use to prevent goitre
in children. Mrs. L. NJ
Answer-Purchase two dozen
tablets each containing three grains
of sodium iodide, or if yours is a
onc-horse drug store or a drug
store in name. only, a dram Of sod
ium iodide go grains). AS a pre-
ventive for simple goitre in school
children give three grains a day.
dissolved in not less than pint of
water, for ten days or twelve days,
then rest. A few months later re-
peat the course.
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Riekety ChIllrsa.

Hckcty ChIl4f0A
No clearly defined line can be
drawn between health and dis
ease. M actual distinction can be
made between functional" and -or-
ganic." In q very rough way
people are said to be well" or
healthy when they are anywhere
from 70 to IS per cent healthy. Al
most all Of us are more or less
dead, whether we know or acknowi-
edge it or not. Death never hap
pens suddenly. Breakdowns never
come without warning Organic
disease is functional disease from
the first trifiing variation from
health to the last gurgle. That's
the only way to know that an indi-
vidual has a disease-by the evil
dences oppressed in variation or
alteration Of his functions. Symp-
toms are altered functions.
ricketts, is not merely the deform-
ity which marks the late stage of
the disease. It is also the COM
paratively slight functional dis
turbance which marks the begin
ming Of the disease. ricketts, is a
defect OF nutrition. It Is a pre-
ventable defect.
According to competent author
tiles three-fourths Of the infants
of our cities have some degree of
ricketts,. And according to some
careful pathological studies, in
which microscopical evidence was
sought. probably more than three
fourths of all the children have
latent" rickets-that is, nutrition
al changes have already begun, but
are as yet not discoverable by ordi-
nary examination and have not SER
iously impaired the child's usual
health.
l dislike nothing more than de-
failing symptoms Of any disease.
For two reasons: a. A lot Of read
ers are sure to write and tell me
l have hit" their cases and will
kindly send on the prescription !;
(2) A lot Of readers may try on the
symptoms and wear them even
though they do not At at all. Bat
with ricketts, it is different. don I
think any nostrum dealer or quack
doctor finds 1t worth while to pur-
port to lave a cure for ricketts,. So
we may safely mention some Of the
earlier indications of ricketts,.
The child headed toward ricketts,
becomes restless, ill-tempered, and
no longer sleeps as we'll as usual.
There is excessive sweating, espe-
cially about the head, the sweat be
ing sour in odor. The child does
not evince the desire to move about
or attempt to walk that a normal
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The Daily Short Story

refuge in tears-woman's eternal
refuge-came to her.
Il will! l will! wilt" she
whispered. 81 love him! l love him,
l do! They shan't stop mel"
Sobbing anew, torn by loneliness
and anguish, she wept into the pill
low. "Oh, mother, mother, why did
God let you die? Why aren't you
here to take care of me? I'm so
alone-so alone-and they hate
him; but l love him. l will. I
will! l will"
TWO hours later Rosemary crept
away into the attic. Ever since she
was little girl the attic had been
her haven in times of strife. There
she had played for hours. There
she used to go to flee grandmoth-
er's scolding tongue and Aunt
Lucia's acid words. There were
great treasures-trunks filled with
old-fashioned dresses-boxes and
bags and bundles of all descrip-
tons.
Today as the late summer twi-
light settled softly over the hills
and fields, Rosemary knelt before
the open trunk that had been her
mothers, slow tears dropping upon
the photograph of a dainty, sweet
faced girl-the girl her mother had
been.
Pictures, letters, ribbons, dresses
she touched them all tenderly.
Placing the photograph In its case,
she started to close the trunK-and
with the action close the wound in
her heart.
A small worn red book which she
had never seen before attracted her
attention. Opening it she saw II
Fas a diary-her mothers. The
writing was clear and fine. On the
1y-leaf was written. ITO Rosemary
Il Parson from her true friend.
Jonathan B. Sinclair, June 20, 1881. !"
revelation came in flash. JON
athan Sinclair, Jacks father. had
been her mothers lover, and thew
mad not married. The pitiful en-
tries In the diary told the old story
"a proud family refusing to let it's
talented daughter marry a common
workingman. Bitter thoughts flood
ed Rosemary's heart, as similar hit
terness had filled another Rose
marys heart, 81 years before.
The last entry tore Rosemarvs
hearstrings. Dust. Dust, Dust,
Tomorrow they're taking me awav
80 I'll never see him again. Never
again!
II wonder why God makes peo-
pie $3.50 they can't understand.
It's 80 hard. So hard!
To-day We said goodbye. He
gave me a red rose. I'll ALWAYS
keep it. long after it's dust. Dust
1t sticks in my throat-dust doea-
l can't breathe!
II loved him so. I loved him m
and tomorrow I'll go away. ri
have to live for years and years
In dust-remembtring. One red.
red rose, that's+urned to ashes.
Ashes Of roses. Ashes of red roses,
MY red rose is ashes-my life is
ashes. Only dust and ashes left
Ashes of roses forever. Ashes Of
roses! Dear heaven, why-ashes
Of roses?
May my children, II I am blessed
WITH any-never have to suffer as l
90 tonight! Ashes OF roses"
the words we're blurred where
tsefs mad fallen. The fragrant dust
OF one red rose breathed Of a lost
love. - " 'o''
Is It necessary to tell Of Ros.,
meiys decision! Though. because
% neF eiopenent with Jack thar
evening. she was IA outcast from
nsr nmfiy tor u yearo.
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%. Why Is the shield Of the Unit.
Cd States sometimes shown with
stars on it and sometimes without!
T. c. H.
A. The o0icial shield Of the Unit.
cd States does not have stars as
part OF the design.
@. What birds' nests are edible.
r. T.
A. The edible birds nests are
the nests Of the East Indian swift
OF the genus "collocalia." The
birds are small in size; dark cosor.
ed above, and white below. The
nests are small and cup-like. hav.
ing a consistency Of glue, which is
formed mainly Of glutenous saliva
produced by the bird, and mixed
with bits Of straw, feathers, etc.
The nests are much in demand
among the Chinese a. q basis OF
soup and are regarded as q luxury.
@. What is the Breslau Table!
L. H. J.
A. This is an old mortality table
compiled from records kept by the
city OF Breslau, Silesia, for the ave
years. 16S7-169l.
Q. What ID the difference be,
tween barter and sale! Z.N.0
A. In commerce and political
economy, barter il the term used
for the exchange Of one commodity
for another commodity, as contrast
ed with the sale Of Commodities for
money.
@. Are there any Franklins to-
day who are direct descendants Of
BENJAMIN Franklin? Ri.
A. There are many descendants
Of BENJAMIN Franklin's daushtsr
Sarah, who married his successor
as postmaster general, Richard
Bache. but none Of them beafs tina
franklin surname.
Q. How did the name John Rar.
leycorn originate? H. N
A. This name 10 IN old ons
whose origin cannot Be traced A
old English tract under title Of
The Arraigning and Indictinr a.
Sir John Rarleycorn. Knit a.
saetoes HIM - Of -aoAls blood.
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ASHES OF ROSES.
BY Lillian r. Anderson.

Copyright. 1921, by the Wheele,
Syndicate, Inc.)
Rosemary was sweet and 20, and
in love. The man to whom she had
given her affection seemed to her
we'll worthy Of any girls love
though to Rosemary's aunts and
grandmother he was only that
Jack Sinclair" who owned the
towns one garage and wore over.
alls all day as he worked among the
automobiles.
In Linchfield, Rosemary's family
the Harrings-had ben recogniz-
ed as the leading citizens and by
far the wealthiest for many years
The Earrings had had lived for gen.
erations in the big white mansion
on the hill, where the house was
surrounded by spacious white fields
of snow in winter and by gay green
wide lawns and beautiful gardens
in spring and summer.
The big house was almost silent
and empty now, since the time had
passed by on swift-winged years
leaving Rosemary's laughing child.
hood far behind. Donald, her only
brother, unable to endure the petty
tyranny of Grandmother Harrine
and the two spinster aunts, Lucia
and Louise, had run away three
years before, at the age of is.
Rosemary, heart hungry for com.
radeship and trusting friendship
missing Donald. met Jack. Find
ing, in each other congenial com.
panions, their acquaintance devel-
oped into firm friendship. Rose.
mary, true to the Harring honor
told her grandmother and aunts
that she saw Jack often, and that
she liked him very much. Unsus-
pecting, they made little protest
except to speak slightingly Of ''that
Jack Sinclair, who runs the ga
rage"
Today the crisis arrived. Jach
had told Rosemary of his love for
her, and offered her his honest
mans heart. She, swept OF her
usual calm moorings to the Har-
ring traditions. had given him her
promise to be his bride.
Now it was left for her to tell hef
family. Jack had wished to go
with her. but Rosemary knew it
was better that she face them alone.
As she crossed the lawn and pass
ed into the drawing room through
the front half, she heard her grand
mothers voice, shrill. petulant and
high.
They were discussing her and
Jack. endeavoring to arrive at some
means Of keeping them apart.
"Grandmother." interrupted Rose
mary as her astonkhed aunts and
grandmother turned to face her
Grandmother, I'm sorry, but I
promised Jack Sinclair TODAY that
I'd marry him"
Then the storm broke. Exclama.
tons, comments, Questions and
threats were hurled at Rosemary
Tears flowed; handkerchiefs and
smelling salts had to be produced
Dramatic denunciation of Jack and
Rosemary's foolishness followed:
stern laws were laid down to the
effect that Rosemary never see
shat hateful fellow" that design
ing, "lowbrow laborer" again.
Through it all Rosemary, silent.
calm. wide-eyed, chin and mouth
firmly set. stood by the table, watt
ing for them to finish,
When they at last paused for
breath Rosemary. shaken with sobs.
left the room and ned up the stairs.
Safe in the roam called her own.
with the key t0aed n ne locf.
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well beloved in England. a greli
support OF the crown, and a main
tainer Of both rich and poor
@. Is there q tribe of peopA|
known as the Mosquitoes,
H. ". NJ
A The name is given to a trib.|
OF Indians of the Mosquito coast o.
central America. They are o!|
Carib stock, but have admixtuU|
OF white and negro blood.
z. Where is the largest fresccI
in the world? F. A. ".
A. The Last Judgment" fresco|
Dy Michael-Angelo. which occupies
the entire altar wall of the Sistins
chapel in the Vatican, is the lsrs
est fresco In the world.
|KQ. How many bills will 1t take 70
weigh as much as a silver dollar!
H.. E.U.
A. Twenty and one-half bills
weigh practically the same as sll'
yer dollar.
WHICH OF the states OF vi
union are commonwealth,
". NJ ".
A. Each OF the states is COM
monwealth, but Virginia, Massachaj
sets. Pennsylvania and Kentucr
are officially designated as con-
monwealths.
Q. Please tell me the origin q
Decoration day. J. H. A
A. Tho custom Of decorating D
memory OF the dead is so ancieI
that Its origin is lost. Since NAY
5. 1868, certain states have observe
May 80 ~ the anniversary upof
which the graves Of war vetefsp
should b decorated. This custco
was inaugurated by General Jon;
A. Logan, commander-in- chief
the q. A. R., who on May 5, 1865,
sued an order appointing May y
OF that year as the day for deoofaf
Ing the graves Of Civil war veterass
There ts no national law on the 81
1ect the states which observe "
day having adopted the custom af
ely. 1t is probable that May 30 ".
CHOSEN to commemorate the dats
the discharge OF the last unioa -
uatsG q the Civil VA.
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Chinese yellow bark brandy. distilled from
is admitted to America as ing Ka
medicine This answers the question,
In q name%
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-10

Ancient Peruvians are said to have had Jazz
|, hands. Maybe that's why the spaniards mas
ncred them.
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Kentucky is said to have 1000 superstitions
., Probably that's where the one about moonshin
NJ started.
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The real railroad problem is more freight

Getting dollar these days is like trying to
catch . frog with your hand.
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ATTACKING rs are ills galore
ana many things that rankle.
But mere Is nothing hurts us more
Tnan this burned pssly anflS
z E. MIG.
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Argus Information Bureau

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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-10

ANOTHER reason (if there be a reason)
for not writing verses about our daughter is
that she is a ready reader and might be spoiled
by reading rimed encomums about herself
The Young Rufflan Who Calls Us Dad cannot
read. When he does learn to read-well, we'll
be up against 1t. that's all. Some day, how
ever-who knows?-we may have opportunity
to versify about our grandson.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-27
THE MINING OF RUBIEs.
Uncut Stones Are Not Easy TO Dis
tlnguiSh From Others.

iiHSulSl from OfntfS.
from Burma comes the finest ru-
Ties In the world OF that brilliant
Sarmine color called pigeon blood.
Ihey are found only In one district
Sorlh ot Mandalay, high up in the
mountains.
Hare in a vast and fertile plain
"es Mogok, "A native town built upon
garth.
The whole valley was once the
oed Of great lake, and this wide
1lent OF precious alluvial deposit is
ruhies
The first view OF the mine is dis
appointing 1t resembles the exca-
,aEon made for the foundation of u
suuhe except that IL extends over
many acres. Along the level bot
wm of the mine, some thirty or
WurV rect below you, run trolley
hnes in all directions.
Dlggers with pick and shovel at
sck the sides Of the mine and fill
rms trollevs with the fallen earth.
/ ins is then hauled up to the top
nu cast into revolving drums filled
nh water by this means the
arm Is washed away, leaving only
,oSs. ,oSks and shingle, and, perhaps,
rms is next passed through a
Nre mesh to separate rock and rub
e rom he small shinsle among
found. ''V''N'
49,. so Tar not a single ruby has been
s,s,m The uncut ruby Is not easily
XII sisnguiShed among the mass Of
sorted. ''''' " ''
se sorters who carry out this re-
Psnnsple duty are all Englishmen.
s.o,, SITS at a table on which Is a
,oS locked box with a hole In the
M. Coolies carrying buckets OF the
soosle pass down the line and pour
ayms, INTO each table. The sorter.
e,a,u with piece OF tin with a
Ssc,ssht edge. begins at once to
haspre the shingle off the table onto
NJ noor. This is done little by lit
pna eulckly yet carefully, Every
csrs. shd again his trained eye dis
o. ~ s a CLINT OF color In the mass
Ina usnolsh and stone Is picked up
u'opped into the locked box.