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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-12

Congress meets in special session this week,
and will not adjourn until the nation has been
given tariff bill of some sort. It is interest
ing to note that the first congress assembled
under the constitution faced the same problem
and IT. purpose was stated as follows: "For
laying . duty on goods wares and merchan-
disc imported into the United States.
TT 10 necessary for the support of the gov
arnment" said the first congress, "for the dis.
charge Of the debts Of the United States and
for the encouragement and protection of the
manufacturers that duty be laid upon goods,
wares and merchandise imported"
A compilation recently made, and from
which Ne are quoting. says that at was lust
100 years before such a straightforward state
ment OF purpose about encouraging and pro-
tecting manufacturer would be made in an
import tax statute. though the purpose was
most evidently behind most Of the acts that
followed" So simple was the first bill that it
required only two pages Of the committee print
against more than 100 for the Payne-Aldrich
act Of 1909 It was probably too simple. for
. year lster-Ang. 10. 17so-congress passed
"An act making further provision for the pay
ment Of the debts Of the United States.
More deity. the purpose Of the next tariff
bill - II passed on March .. 1872, was stated
to be 'for the raising Of further sums Of money
for the protection Of frontiers. evading any
remarks about protection Of industries. It's
duties were increases. and one duty imposed
was on coal. per oushei-4h centA Two years
later the Tripou troubles arose. and on March
SO. 1854. congress passed AN act to protect
the commerce OF tho United States against the
Barhary powers". The statats proved to be
Temporary. lasting only one year. but the title
was TOO good TO b Wasted. % year By year up
70 1913 congress seltaeated IT. lsudsble pur.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-12

The former German kaiser will not be per-
mittsd to attend the burial of his wife in Potts
dam next Saturday. He will be allowed to 90
no further than the Dutch frontier with the
coftsgs. The body Of the former empress will
b laid at rest beside the remains of her son,
who shielded last summer. Wilhelm. sepa-
ratsd from his wife, receives another blow,
and In his loneliness he will have ample time
70 contemplate the suffering he brought upon
the rest Of the world few years ago. He is
surely paying dearly for his sins.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-12

Washington, d. G., April la
vivid reminder of the time when an
unexplore6 wilderness lay west OF
the Mississippi. when government
engineers on duty out there dined
on buffalo steaks and occasionally
had to fight Indians. was brought
to light in the war department the
other day.
Mr.. DeGrange. who has charge OF
the library in the ONCE Of the chief
Of engineers, was doing little
spring house cleaning when he
came upon an old and faded diary.
An examination 81 owed that 1t was
the journal of one Joseph Nicholas
Eicollet, distinguished French
astronomer and explorer. who was
employed for several years by the
United States engineer corps almost
century ago. And this volume
contained not only an interesting
account Of the Frenchman's adven-
lures in the wilds Of the middle
west, but also a beautiful collec-
ton of pressed wild flowers in such
perfect condition that they were
transferred to the Smithsonian in
stitute for cataloging and exhibit
ton.
NJ. Nicollet, who was born at
CIuses in Savoy in 1856, shares
with the noted NJ. Pond, the dis
tinction Of discovering the famous
comet in 1921. Because of unfor-
tunate speculations he had to leave
France in 1880 and came to the
United States. The American gov
eminent gave the noted astronomer
assistance in making geographical
and geological explorations of the
territory beyond the Mississippi
river and he was connected with
the engineer corps until 1S4S.
1t was while making these sur
veys that M. Nicollet made the
botanical collection as well as COM
piling data and maps on the sub
ject of explorations, which have
proved of exceedingly great value
to this country and have been pub
ished in French as we'll as Eng
lish. The originals Of these works
and the maps which he so carefully
:, colored at the time of the surveys
are in the possession of the en-
gineer corps at this time, but Mr..
De Grange says they expect to
turn these valuable records over
to the librarian of congress for
careful reminding and cataloging in
the collection of the congressional
library.
Among these records Is the
Frenchman's personal diary. made
while at Fort Clark, Mo. Like the
more serious matter, Monsieur
personal thoughts are recorded in
the yellowed pages of tall, old
fashioned ledger in fine, precise
handwriting. There are many
statements of conditions in these
crude times to make the present
day reader smile and some which
make him wonder. A faded clip
ping of 1.-THE Patriot" q newspaper
Of the period, dated Nov 26, 1926
that is enclosed in the diary, states
regarding the presidential election
of that year:
Slow Election Returns.
Three weeks have elapsed since
the election, but we have received
few official returns-those from
Missouri and Illinois. We are in
debted to the Missouri Republi-
can" for these. They show, Har-
rison, 149, Van Buren,. 446. In
Madison we learned verbally that
in the election of one township, Van
Buren, had a majority OF so votes.
In Monsieur's diary, called my
Fort Clark Journal" dated 1897
and carefully protected by hand.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-12
my Old Kentucky Home

Expatriates from the Kentucky soil which
gave them birth are invited by Governor Edwin
P. Morrow in a recent proclamation to con-
tribute to fund for the purchase and preserva-
ton of Federal Hill, the ante-bellum Kentucky
mansion wherein Stephen Foster wrote, my
Old Kentucky Home, Good Night. Federal
Hill is situated about mile from Bardstown,
which is 80 miles south Of Louisville.
The governors proclamation is of an extra
territorial character which is quite proper, for
the reason that the song. which is its subject,
is almost national anthem. The governor
states that the old homestead and surroundings
still remain essentially as they were in that
summer Of 1852. when "the corntops were ripe,
and the meadows were in bloom, and as they
were in 17s5. when the mansion was built.
THE place is under option" says the gov
ernor. TO be purchased by popular subscrip-
ton in Kentucky, to be converted into a his
toric shrine to perpetuate the glory Of the
song the memory Of the great American COM
poser and the universal desire to honor its
consecrated associations. 1t Is to be main
tanned and protected when acquired. under the
authority and control Of the state"
We are glad to quote the following from
the proclamation-it will appeal to many hearts
to many who were net born south Of the
Ohio:
ITO all fond expatriates from the Kentucky
soil that gave them birth; to the children of
such as have passed on and left behind the
heritage Of pride in their origin; and to those
who have listened to that song Of home under
| the shadow Of other hills, the sunlight of 9th
er plains or beneath the quiet stars of alien
skies. and who have felt the thrill of its death
| less beauty and pathos. You also are privi-
| legged and invited to Join with the sons and
| daughters Of Kentucky in a contribution to
| this fund, which shall be used alone to pre-
| serve the home of the song that is your song
| and our song.
We like the governors phrase. "its death.
| less beauty and pathos". He has struck the
right chord-said the right thing. The song
is not the exclusive property of Kentuckians-
| 1t belongs to all Americans along with Other
melodies that originated south OF the Mason
and Dixon line The Bonnie Blue Flag" and
Marching Through Georgia. the one OF the
| SOUTH and the other OF the north. are purely
| sectional, but my Old Kentucky Home, be-
| longs to us all.
Northerners love the words and the music
| as much as southerners. and they ought to
and doubtless will. feel themselves indeed priv.
ileged to contribute their mite to a fund which
will convert Federal Hill into shrine. ant
pepetuate the memory Of the song which hat
| touched 80 many hearts, and its author.
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Prefty NeiY.

{ s~ee4 WV
A INT woman who had asked me
to tell her how sne might reduce
her weight safely wrote again
month later to say that 1t was so
hard to eat q little less and 80 hard
to consume any reasonable proper
ton OF the fuel she stocked. or. as
she put it, isn't there something
one can Just take or rub on, with
ont the awful agony Of exercise
and regulation Of ones diet.
Some folks commonly consider
ed lazy are in reality sick. Yet
there is considerable Incidence of
. purely volitional character. Most
fat folks have a touch of it. Not
the extreme cases Of obesity SO
much as the incipient or milder
cases, those in which the victim is
probably the last to notice the in
sidious accumulation of Stacker
flesh. What slight justification
there may be for the stigma attach
ed to undue corpulency rests on
the fact that the victim fails to
discipline his habits OF eating and
exercise.
Everybody knows that y horse
may be kept In proper condition
by an intelligent management OF
the horses work or exercise and
feed. The man who feeds his horse
too generously and works the ami
NAL too little is laughed at when
Athe horse develops obesity. What
the human animal needs Is a little
horse sense.
Too many thousands Of our wom-
en- nowadays sidestep most of the
\ homework and at the same time
! consider themselves too old, toe
sickly. too tired or too busy to en-
gage in any kind of athletic activ-
ity or play which calls for muscu-
lar exertion or exercise. Too many
badly educated women have come
to think of sweat as something vul-
gar instead of the wholesome thing
it is. Sweating, if people only
knew it. is a mighty healthful habit.
It doesn't carry of" any great
amount Of ''impurities"-that fea-
ture of sweating Is Of insignificant
bearing-but it does prove you are
burning up plenty Of waste and
fuel. that your cooling system is
in good working order, and that
above all. you are absorbing little
sorely needed oxygen from the air
you breathe. This last point is the
important one. The oxygen is util-
lied for destroying accumulations
of waste matter which have to dc
with that far too fashionable NAL
ady called auto-intoxication; it also
has to do with burning off accumu-
lations Of Stacker flesh, adipose
fat.
Any one who seeks some safe
method Of reducing weight which
does not depend upon intelligent
regulation of the feed and the work
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-12

r. question BY writing The Argus Informs
VI ashingt0n. ID. &. Give full name and
eturn postage. Be brief. All Inquiries are
to each individual. no attention viii b.
United States? C.P.
A. A former American citizen
who has become a naturalized Can
adam can return to this country
and take out naturalization papers
and become an American citizen.
@. Should oysters be eaten which
have been frozen and then thawed
cut? l.. n. C.
A. The bureau of fisheries says
that oysters deteriorate rapidly
when thawed out after having been
frozen, SO they should be eaten I'M
mediately. When a scum forms on
them it is not safe to use them for
food.
Q. Who settled Iceland
F. NJ. y.
A. Iceland received the great
est portion OF its original popula.
ton from Norway, between $50 and
$40, when it was colonized by
Norsemen or Scandinavian Vikings,
although some settlements of lrls1
monks had been made about the
end of the sth century.
@. What does the word "Missis'
sippi" mean? ". l.. R.
A. mississippi" is an Indian
name derived from an Algonquin
word meaning Father Of Waters,
@. After brick buildings are BULL
sometimes a white substance ap'
pears on the brick which spoils the
appearance Of the building. Nhal
is it and can it be removed
w. D.
A. The geological survey states
that the phenomenon to which yoa
refer is known as efflorescence anu
/ Is very common condition caused
by soluble salts in the clay. Alt'r
the bricks are in the wall 'he
moisture dissolves the salt, brings
1t TO the surface and after the wa.
er Is evaporated, the salt Is lett W
the face OF the brick. 1t can o. o.,
washed> off with water, but WIZ
probably reappear until all OF 'a'
salt IL washed out of the brick.
G. Where was the Golden Miic'
| stone? R. E. j..
A. The Golden Milestone or MIL
arum Aureum. was set up by aug
ustus about 80 B. c. 1t was not :
milestone. but an itinerary place.
toward the west end OF the Roma.
Forum close to the broad ssep'
which led up to the Temple OF pa
urn. On It were engraved the a,' .
tancea from the city gates to ~. W.
main stations and cities on ".
great roads leading out OF kohis'
Portions Of this column are sun -
existence.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-12

When I had torn off the paper. l
found three boxes inside-one con-
tanning a green paste and marked
"Hair"-of the remaining two one
had a pink salve for the Skin" and
the other a black lotion for Eye
lashes."
stood up on a chair, took down
my mirror, stuck 1t up against the
lamp and began to set out the box
es. Somehow or other one Of them
rolled, and in snatching at it !
struck the lamp. The shade tipped
off and crashed to the ground. In
a panic, blew out the lamp and
then my heart sank.
/ had no other shade, and II
went down for another, ma would
have to come up and see how it all
had happened. Feeling cautiously
among the pieces Of glass on the
table, I picked up one box and
shifted at It.
I'D better carry It to the win
dow" thought I, but when I tried
this. I found 1t too dark to distin-
guish the lettering.
Must be for the hair" decided
and sitting down began to massage
It we'll into my scalp.
The other two treatments I an.
piled to my cheeks and eyes, then
I invoked my guardian angel and
lay me down to excited sleep. Al
soon as l had opened my eyes next
morning I sat up.
Let me get the mirror" was my
hrst thought-thus sighting my
guardian angel.
reached one foot oat and fel,
for my clippers. Then someone
tapped Ut tho door,
Come" called, and waited
The door opened . crack and Saral
Angin thrust In her head.
IS only mo. Katie! Your ma sem
ms!-katie Sarah Chispeck! Wha,
on earth has happened to you.
Your face Is green and black! Mis-
Chispsck!" She screamed down tn,
stAirA
With sinking heart I reached 70,
tho misfor-and one look shovel
my faoe, pulled and pale green!
] did not look at my hair. l just lait
my head down On the bed ant
hoHled.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-12
Frederic Haskin's Letter
A Glimpse of a Century Age.

sewn cover Of elkskin. under March
sixth is noted, Hail. gentle spring
I greet thee with feelings OF most
heartfelt delight. Grosventre has
arrived from Rec Camp and saws
strange Indians are enoamped At
Turtle Mountain"
Under date of March 1.-THE
Indians killed one of my dogs-re.
taliated by killing two in his place
sweet revenge"
Wednesday-"The express from
St. Louis for Fl. Union remains
here as yet having no person IN
send with it. There is a cold north.
west wind so that We are not ahle
to even haul wood. My hunters ar.
rived with the meat of four bulls.
Sunday. May 26-"Sent I'D TO
Grosventres to collect some news
Had duck for dinner, the first this
year. The men at the fort made a
! record yesterday by killing 900
rats. They did not finish till near.
ly dawn.
Feb. 5. 1S3s-"Killed one woI,
last night-stormy weather-msier
killed two antelopes today bpt
Mitchell who went hunting with
him arrived home with onlv
the meat of one poor crow. The
Rees run band of buffalo of at
least 1000 and killed a great mum.
ber."
Sunday. the 23rd-''Today was a
holiday and We celebrated with a
fine, big dinner, prepared by old
Charboneau. We had roast beef,
boiled tongue. broiled pheasants,
bread, tobacco, coffee and grog."
From these excerpts it may be
seen that NJ. Nicollets diary, at
least. is distinctly free from
weighty and scientific matter, but
it is certainly interesting reading
as it holds up the looking glass to
our middle west of that period.
A further view of that time, espe
cially on the H. c. of l.. in the earlv
forties, Just prior to the gold rush
across the plains, is given on the
last few pages of the dairy when
some accounts of trades with the
Indians are set down.
Fur Was Cheap.
In one instance, Monsieur bought
from Frederick, another Indian,
five wolf skins for $3.50, and three
fox for $1.75. In return he sold
beads (s1.00), bacon (s1.25). but
tons ($1.00), grog and tobacco,
! ($1.00).
Another most noteworthy trans
action took place when he pur-
chased eight wolf skins, five red
fox skins, and two grey fox from
Baptiste, a third Indian trapper,
for the modest sum of sS25. Bap-
tiste, in tut bought one-half a
Irvine ball for so cents, one blue
wool robe for $1.00, two pounds Of
sugar for $500 IL pounds of -four
for $3.50, one pound of coffee for
$1.00, and one pound of tobacco
for $10O.
It is quite evident that the above
were considered exceedingly
weighty transactions and were re-
corded in all due seriousness and ii
is equally evident that Monsieur
Nicollet not only had sense OF
humor but was also a good sales
man and man of great diplomatic
resources for he tells Of settling
many disputes between natives OF
hostile tribes and seems to have
! enjoyed his trading, botanical, geo
graphical and geological ezplora-
ton work, and astronomical re-
search equally well, although it is
his work along the last named line
which made his reputation. This
gallant Frenchman died in 1S4S
just following the last notes given
in his Fort Clark Journal"
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The Daily Short Story

cheeks. Her creamy flesh shaded
to clear rose pink on her plump,
smiling face. She seemed strangely
familiar.
She certainly is no one in the
village" l puzzled, but where. un-
der heaven. have I seen her."
have never been six miles out of
Tamworth in my life"
Again the face flashed past and
then my eyes few wide.
She's the advertisement for that
Get Pretty Chemical company" l
cried aloud.
"What'd you say" called ma
from her room.
Ma! Ma" l shouted in reply,
where's those magazines Aunt
Hester bought at the county fair
last SUMNER
What in the name of sense dive
want OF them this hot day? They're
up in the trunk room"
At first thought I drew back. At
tics are no easy places to search
when the heat is SO under the trees,
Then it came to my mind all at
once that l had heard of one ia
nous European beauty whose COM
plexion had excited universal COM
ment After so years of coaxing
she reluctantly told the world that
her secret had been merely to din
her face In water at 100 degrees,
then pop on Clipped ice immediate
ly. II she had borne that to gain
her handsome face surely l could
scramble through one stack of
magazines to hunt for an adver-
tisement which might mean less
freckles and more hair for me.
And scramble did, despite heat
and dust and mice. until there only
remained two books on the floor.
III 1t isn't in one of these / shall
pass Off," l vowed. picking up one
Then shrieked aloud and clapped
my hands.
On the inside cover Of the maya
zine. glowing in softest rose shades
and sparkling at me was the plumu
face Id been searching for.
Praises be-'Get-Pretty Chemical
company, 666 Sixth avenue, Tinny-
town, N. Y. Treatment only SO, but
VIII give you a complexion worth
5000"
| leaped up and dashed into nv
room. going even faster than l did
on the day Mr.. Green's red bull
chased me. 1t took Just a momen,
to scribble off a letter and drag out
my four only dollars from under
my mattress. With trembling nm.
gers I drew out 50. inserted them
then folded and sealed the letter
Once more I began to rush, down.
stairs this time.
rs q mouse after your called
ma as passed her door. But ]
was too breathiess to enswer-m,
ons aim was to reach the mail boz
by the gate.
TITS gone! It's gomez" sang q,
soon as the lid had shut behind 1.
Shtvered with delight all night
but two weeks passed before Z
package came for ma
whats In the bundle?~ ma AJAX.
ed At supper.
Only some tickets for the apple
dumpling sociabie." / managed.
We'll, who In the world sent you
all those ticketsr
I pretended to choke strenuousiy
on . crust Of bread-and In the ex.
citement Of ma telling me to "looh
10 ma forgot the package.
It did not taks long for me 4
wash the dishes and clean up tn.
kitchen.
I fashed mp the stairs, shut my
door sad locked Il
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-12
DOWN IN THE HEELS.
By Marietta A. Bonner.
1921, by Wheeler Syn

tSOpyIlSut, lJAls Ny "ASSASA ~ -
dicate, Incl
do wish someone would be in
spired to invent some sort OF re-
ceptacle capable of containing an
eleventh portion of Satan's king
dom. l do wish that someone else
would herd together all those crea-
lures who have found it their
-'bounden duty to tell somebody
something for their own good"
Then, last OF all, what a blessing
what unbounded joy-would there
be if those who were told" could
crown aforesaid vessel with the
"tellers."
Only yesterday I was perched on
the lower rail of a fence in deep
thought. You know. am one OF
those short people who just have
to sit down when they think-and,
besides. ma had sent me two miles
for milk and / needed a rest. Be-
fore 1 had been there half . wink,
along came one Of the "in duty
bound" takers.
why, child alive" she cackled.
"ain't your nose full Of enough
freckles now thought setin' on
fence rails in August heat? Be-
sides, 1t pears to me as II women
20 years old might had something
else to do stead Of spending the
afternoon by the road!" She stalk
ed on. kicking up clouds Of dust in
q satisfied manner.
made no answer. She had spo-
ken the truth. Here I was-dumpy,
a double chin-not enough hair,
and that bit straw-colored-too
many freckles, and each one fam
ing REDO years old. and still
known as Miss Katie"
Everywhere, on each side Of me,
lay fields Of corn. tossing brown
tassels saucily in the breeze. Down
at the edges of the fields. sweet
stars Of Jerusalem clustered with
eelandine. That golden misty haze
/ of a summers afternoon hung over
everything.
Everything is lovely-lovely-
lovely-lovely," I told myself-"ex-
cept me"
Gathering up my pals, ! gloom
lily began to trudge home.
When I sat down to the table !
almost forgot my troubles. There
was roast beef and sweet potatoes
! and lettuce, with tomatoes and iced
tea and cake. It was not until ma
was Offering me q third piece OF
cake that I recollected that tina:
very morning I had vowed / would
dict and grow thin.
no, thanks" told her, and
went out Of the kitchen, up the
back stairs to my room.
The air lay IN . heavy, hot calm
IN the room: not q breath stirred,
though both windows and doors
were wide open I Topped into q
rocker and closed my eyes. Imme-
diately the old pail Of gloomy
thought fell upon me again.
The whole worlds beautiful
I'm the ugiiest thing IN IT." flashed
through my mind.
Before my eyes came foatins
myriad faees-plump. thin, oval
round-all beautifully nodded
Thsfe were round blue eyes, almost
round black eyes. and brown eyes
that sloped In Sits. Girls, girls and
more girls. One daxsling creature
bobbed up and down mockingly b.
fore ma.
Her hair was dark brown. 40 vees
her eyes. Long, thick frinses Of
lashes spread petal-Wisa around
them and eurled down On her