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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-17
The Daily Short Story

| and courteous as a guest could de-
| sire, yet Burton's intuition told hin
that the girl was weary beyond
words. In a fash of revelation il
| came TO him that he understood be-
t cause he cared. He lifted his eyes
+ to meet Ruth's. and in that Iook
she knew that he understood-and
cared.
To the appeal of the cousins. he
said gently:
Il could not stay, for my bust
! ness calls me away. In case l must
not trespass further upon the ho-
pitality of these kind friends. We
will come again next summer. Mr..
! Henderson has sold me a camp site
on his lake-shOre. We kept the
transaction a secret until it was all
settled. l offer YOU the freedom of
my camp-to-be for your next vaca-
ton, and heartily invite you to
spend il there"
In the diversion thus created
! Ruth slipped away. across the or
chard and between the long rows
of raspberry bushes, to the pine
tree by the gray rail fence. She
threw herself upon the moss. press
ed her face against her arm. and
was still.
Footsteps and cracking of
tWigs! John Burton Ieaped the
fence and dropped to the moss be-
side her.
Miss Ruth. I had to come" he
said earnestly We are going so
soon. It's. only two weeks you've
known me, but it would give me
great happiness II you would be
my friend and teach me to be thine.
Please look around. Miss Ruth"
Il know why you bought the
land" she said. her face still avert
ed. Your lighted cigar fell from
the window sill that night. / fear
ed you must have heard. 1t was
good of you to do it, but father and
[ could have finished our task in
time"
Make no mistake" he answer
ed quietly. Il received full value
for the money. At a fashionable
resort l should have paid twice as
much for half the beauties and ad-
vantages."
y tear slid down the cheek near
est MIN. IrTeslst1bly drawn, he put
comforting arms around her.
Miss Ruth, I was woefully lone
~ as a youngster and I'm still at
heart the same lonely boy. This
little glimpse of what home and
love and loyalty can mean. All,
don't be hard and proud with me.
l love you and want you for my
wife"
Il don't mean to be hard" said
Ruth. land I'm too tired to be
proud, and 1 can't help Gearing;
but can't turn around because
crying makes my nose so red
That was a proposal" said he,
inexoTably rs it accepted?"
Professionally. If\you will go
away until my nose fades" she re-
turned, half laughing. 1T was
hardly fair. Under the circun-
stances l might have accepted any
passing plowman-provisio
"One-half hour to repair dam
ages-provisionally," he conceded.
glancing at his watch. "On your
solemn promise not to leave this
spot. At the end of that time, Miss
New England. you shall eat your
words concerning the passing ?low-
man.
And leaping the fence, he strobe
buoyantly away.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-17
Vision in Infancy.

Is it demonstrate whether a
young infant has conscious sight
Can an infant have belief that
it is blind, and be to all intents
blind, yet acquire from a stronger
mind an opposite belief and so re-
cover vision?-(J. S. To
Answer-A careful observer can
tell whether an infant sees very
early in infancy, by the infants re-
spouse to visual stimuli. But an
infant does not learn to focus sight
or to control it until he is about
three months old, though his eyes
may following a moving object as
early as the second week.
Those Cold Gradations.
You speak of a temperature of
from GA to 6S degrees F. as the hy-
gienic temperature for the house
hold Do you consider 6S warm
enough for a person aged 80 years? ?
Mrs. 81
Answer-Yes, but I am not so.
However. even at so body warmth
is not determined by external air
temperature. 1t is determined BY
the rate of oxidation or metabolisn
in the body, and that is rather in
creased at SIS and slowed at rs de-
grees F. Let the old folks dress
more warmly.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-17
Wilson and Disarmament.

Congressman Foss of Ohio. in a recent
speech at Columbus, discussed the armament
conference. After giving credit 10 President
Harding and Secretary Hughes for their great
work he said: "As Republican and chairman
or the national Republican congressional COM
mittee wish here and now also to give credit
to President Wilson for his part in moIding
the sentiment of the people of this country and
The world in favor of such consumation."
e La other words, though Woodrow Wilson. il
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-17
Orr Tntnt1Htnnp
HERE LIES MANS ANCIENT ENEMY.
DILL CARE
WHO DlsiNTERs THR uNLovED cUsS
| BEWABEf
DOES 1T HAPPEN TO YOUf

] welcome Sunday much, in truth;
"ris then the blue bird seeks perch
Within my soul-but not, forsooth,
Because l like to go TO church.
Nay, though the Sabbath brings me cheer:
In fact affords me keen delight,
IT'S not through piety, 1 fear,
Eut for another reason, quite
Each day goes by on leaden wings,
Each week in passing seems an age;
Each hour l fill with mutterings
In vain attempt to hide my rage.
I hail the dawn of each new day
With hope renewed, but ere the sun
Has gone to hit the cosmic hay"
All hope has fed am undone.
Why does the Sabbath bring me peace?
Why does its coming please me so?
IT'S not because / find surcease
From colyumistic cares-ah, no.
On Sundays-ah! my joys complete:
Then ! escape the Kitchens gloom!
For on that day SHE lets me eat
My dinner in the dining room!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-17

@. Did General Pershing and
General Wood have West Point
training? G. NJ. s.
A General Wood did not attend
West Point, while General Pershing
is a graduate of the academy.
@. What and where are the sew
en- seas mentioned in literature?
a. The seven seas include the
North and South Atlantic. the North
and South Pacific, the Indian, Arc
tic and Antarctic oceans.
Q. What distance did the naval
and marine airships travel last
year? T p.
a. tits estimated that the mile
age flown by naval and marine air
craft for the fiscal year was 2,511,-
O55 miles.
@. 1 have some brown sugar
which has become very hard. How
can it be softened? Alb.
a. Brown sugar that has become
very hard may be grated on a COM
mon fruit crater. If kept in a dry
alright receptacle, this sugar will
not harden
Q. Is water a mineral?
L. ". K.
A. Water is chemical COM
pound of hydrogen and oxygen. and
since a mineral is a substance of
definite chemical composition. wa
ter would be considered a mineral
@. When was kerosene first used
for lighting purposes? ". AID.
A. The bureau of mines says
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-17
brilliant! My Dear, 1t Was Positively
Blinding!!S

From Muscatine (Ia.) Journal
Tine Geneva Golf and Country club
house the scene of one OF the most
brilliant social events in several sea-
soEs on Friday evening when some %
couples defied the i'll fortunes of Friday
the Thirteenth to participate in "mys-
terry party. The affair was invita-
tioLal.
Following the repast costumes
removed, the dancing continuing until
a, N.
-FOUR reporters divided $3.50 homme and
femme) rouSlng the X. echoes in the edl-
torial rooms while we attempt to compile the
colyum. The discussion seems TO revolve
around paint, powder cigarets, ct cetera We
have no clue to it lit came in a male voice.
but 1t may interest you Thus: "Y-a-a-s, and
that's the kind that ought to be wearing lace
on their beeveedees!"
sCoRPIO RE-REvIEWs "ZE CONCERTO.
Benz. A. Scamozzi,
in care The Tombstone.
Scamozzi your scoop of the TIC Symp or
chestra performance displays professional tech
nique in reporting news, but All, re ranqus
amateur as an Interpreter OF the souiful
classics.
. How easily your practced eye finds poems
in bricks. hats and warts on chins, yet you
remain stolidly nux vomca in the opus of
Dozach Odpoweinich, whose bazoo solo was ex-
quisitely tonal in its fawless projection of
polyphonic nuance.
Could you not yield to the subtle murmur-
ing OF the WOOd nymphS, IN the rendition of
Fiannigan's Fifth Nocturne? And what iber-
ties you take in spelling the sacred name of
Rachmaninoff, land it got my Mac tool
But say, Scamozzi, contidentially mebbe
was one of your several Doors: nv robust
applause got out of step couple of times and
my ribs are still sore where the storm and
strife" planted nasty elbow. SCORPIO.
WE are chagrined that Rachmaninoff was
deprived of his one 81 in the colyum, even
though twas put out by Scamoz' instead of u.s.
The loss OF an m" probably wouldn't matter
Anyway, The Argus reviewer tried to balance
things by the insertion OF III in "sabbat-
icaP. Not to mention the upper case So.
~MuscelIaneOus- Is the Word.
l(lpped by Euphrosyne from the Bowling
Green (Mo.) Tfhes.l
Mrs Will Tinsley Mrs. Kenneth Ken
non and Mrs. OrVid Tinsley have issued
invitations to a miscellaneous shower
complimentary to Mrs. Ellen Tinsley
Waters, bride of Christmas week
TELL Solomon" writes Euphrosyne (vhat
charming name!) Ito start the fur-bearing
sugar bowl this way. Mrs Grace Bankhead
is popular funeral director of Bowling Green.
NO."
FREDDY VAN de WATER, who is batting
out The Tower in the New York Tribune pend
ing the arrival of Don Marquis deyotes the
first third of one days colyum to a wall con-
corning the uselessness of making notes from
which to compile colyum. In future seize
whatever appears in the col. will be from
Brain to Tower-direct" Thereby he moves
himself a colyumist of the first water Taking
notes is a bootless occupation. Even we
learned that long ago.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-17
Argus Information Bureau

.
~ w q1es.lgn - SF,s'"s l5 INC al
etuFn postage. lie brszi ~. inquiries ar
10 e4eh InauviduaI- 20 s.tz....u- ~ a
kTC-osa7o has r0a- rs7H for light
inc a5C.,t 80 rgs~s Cd r9.rl il
has been sold under greI, many
different names. The E-=. Oh OF
this kind was made from u!l-1--.
ing shaIa before the discovery o.
petroleum in large quantities. hut
about fifty years ago the petroleum
Industry began TO furnish kerosene
and the use OF the older proale.
from shale was discontinued
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-17

MANY things mean many things to many
minds-or words to that effect. Consider, firm
stance. the lady who dropped in at the Y. W.
C. n cafeteria t'other day. She ordered every
thing she could possibly eat, she told the
lady in charge; yet she couldn't understa nd
how ans girl could eat IS cents worth of food
at enc meal, for she herself had spent but
70 cents.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-17

Because they do not stack properly in banks.
IL is reported more of the peace dollars are
to be issued However, the rest Of US not
going to lose any sleep over the possibility OF
limiting the supply Of this particular coin
Well be satisfied with the old fashioned kind,
If we can get enough of them.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-17

New York women are appealing to the gov
ernor of that state to urge passage of laws to
protect men from short-skirted vampires. But
you haven't heard any cries of distress from
the mems side of the house.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-17

Montana supreme court has held the state
bachelor tax unconstitutional A bachelor pays
dearly enough in Ionliness without being pen
allied for enduring his misery.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-17
TUESDAY, JANUARY IL, 1922.

In Buenos Aires men admiringly address
the women as sweet potatoes" Ought to be
easier to make mash there than in other
countries.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-17
HEALTH TALKS
Bv William Brady M d
Noted Physician and Author.

physician or nurse attains- To de-
stroy germs which have gained en-
trance to the wound is another CO.
ject which no known antiseptic
dressing or application will at
tain. It is doubtful indeed whether
the application of ~antiseptics in
first aid does as much good as
harm. in popular practice. (The
Carell-Dakin surgical disinfectaion
of wounds is another matterO One
immediate swabbing of the wound
with tincture of iodine is all the
antiseptic treatment that can be
justified in first aid.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-17
JAY WALKERS.
IA Tragehy.l

Gloriously goloshIy. gay, giddy girl;
Flippantly, fapperly flying
Greeteth gibbering Gussie-g rinning gazook
LuXuriously, literally lying.
Tom Tufy, troublesome; trucksterlike tramp
Chewing GUESSING, COMPOUNDED contrary.
10" proved, lazy, lugubrious lout;
Puslllanimous, punk Pigeonberry.
Conversation continual; COMPOUNDED cute
Slipping, skldding, slambanging sliding
iTruck-tackles two; talk-tweedling there.
StTeet-center, scurry seek siding
Hoop-ala Howl! Hoop! Hindoostanee,tI
Copper called Chester Cohinnis
Plcketh-up plenty part pieces; punk
Friends, flowers, funeral. Ffnis.
SOLOMON PIFFLE
AN s7-year-old Ohio woman defeated %
graduates of high schools and colleges in an
oid-fashioned spelling bee. According to The
Argus seven contestants were forced to ouit
the old lady spelled it She should have haas
forced to quit, too.
Particularly Fatal Spot.
from The Argus, clipped bv Iunhrosvre1
"hlie IN dugout with three com
rades ana four German prisoners" Smith
said, Il saw Major Opie take a gun and
deliberately shoot William WooIwina Uo
was shot about in the middle of the
dugout.
EUPHROS1NE had a regular field day with
our reVered parent sheet. She also discovered
therein that MI and Mrs. F. T. Reed. man
aser OF the hotel Best, and wife left here
Wednesday for Chicago" e
Who said "two's company, three's crowd?
HERE we are again. writing tho ro,,,.;
mate paragraph with not a thought worthy If
a last line. In the meantime the hands of ON
watch warn us that the line must be written
AND WRITTEN DAM QUICK,
REMG
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-17
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Refining the Staff.

Owing to the fact that our refined
diet is lacking in lime salts it has
been proposed by competent physi-
ologists that powdered lime carbon
ate prepared chalk, or powdered
egg SHIELD be mixed with the salt il
the salt cellars, half and half. An
other suggestion comes from the
operator of ime plant in Idaho
who communicates a good idea Il
is this:
Whenever we bake, usually
once week, we put a tea
spoonful of hydrated lime into
the dough. This keeps the
bread much sWeeter and seems
to make it lighter. The bread
does not dry out as does bread
that has no lime in it"
AS a matter of fact our white -four
contains but little lime. Therefore
l pass this suggestion on to house
wives and urge them to try it out
at next baking. Hydrated lime is
another name for slaked lime.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-17

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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-04-04
BOAR ROUTS SWISS PLAYERS
Into CITIES Of Switzerland-Boun
ties Offered.

Geneva.-Winter in the Swiss Alps
has been so severe that scores of
wild boars, wolves and other animals
have been driven to the towns and low
lands in the search of food. The
authorities are offering bounties for
their death or capture.
Recently several thousand persons
at football match at Besancon were
thrown into panic by the appearance
of a huge tusked boar. Goaded by
hunger, the animal charged the play
ers and bowled several of them over.
1t then turned it's attention to the foot
ball. The boar ran wildly about the
field, making finally for the specta-
tors, who took to their heels. A
gendarme shot the animal.
The boar, which weighed l20
pounds. was later served to the play
ers and their guests at Il banquet,
the referec meanwhile having declared
the game draw.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-04-04
RUSS TROOPS TO QUIT CHINA
Promise to Leave When Peking and
Monaghan Governments Reach
Agreements

Peking.-The Russian soviet gov
ernment maintaining the most friend
Iy feeling toward China, Is willing to
recall all its troops from the Mongo-
Liam border, according to a written
declaration made by A. Paikes, special
soviet envoy, who has been discussing
Mongolian affairs with Gen. l.. Yuan,
representative of China
The statement, which was put in
writing at the request OF the Chinese
representative, asserts that the soviet
government has no aggressive inten-
lions in Mongolia, and is maintaining
troops there only at the insistence of
the peoples revolutionary govern
ment of Mongolia.
Russia, says the statement, awaits
with Impotence the time when the
Chinese government comes to an ar
rangement with the peoples govern
ment in Mongolia and makes possible
the withdrawal of all Red Guards from
that territory"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-04-04
HUSBANDS WILD
OVER MIXED JURY
Locking Up of Men and Women
Together Over Night Causes
Fur0re in st. Paul.
NOT EVEN CURTAIN IN ROOM
irate SpoHses Storm Court and Berats
Judge-Governor Declares Pro-
vision Must Be Made for
Separating Juries.

ST. Paul, Minn.-What to do with
mixed juries over night?
This question has started a furore
in st. Paul following the story told
by seven women and five men who
were locked up for two nights while
celebrating the fate of George
Thoemke, accused of stealing an auto
mobile, and finally found guilty.
| Irate husbands of the women
stormed the court and one of them
was released from a charge of con-
tempt of court by Judge Catlin be-
cause the court held that there were
extenuating circumstances and that
the director was not in rational
frame of mind.
st. Paul citizens, including Governor
Preus, sympathized with the angry
better treatment of the women.
Not Even Bit Of Drapery.
The first night, according to the
story told by Miss Grace Williams, the
only unmarried woman on the jury,
there wasn't even a curtain in the
room the men and women had to USE
as sleeping quarters.
I'VE argued until late, and finally 4
man yawned and said something about
going to bed" she said. 1T was very
embarrassing. We had to put out the
lights and get ready for bed in the
dark 1t was inconvenient, but we
did it.
Every little while the bailiff would
come in and say that there were five
husbands outside the door who wanted
to know how things were going. They
were very angry.
"The second night we had thin
curtain between the men and the wom-
en-. 1t was not much better
After the first night one Of the wom-
undress in the same room with five
strange men with the light showing ia
from the moon, it was stated. This
husband went to Judge Catlin and, ac-
cording to the Judge fused full and
vocabulary in describing
his feelings"
The second night was described by
Mrs. Josephine DIONu, duotiich uiCih
Der of the jury.
1.-THE curtain was transparent and
we had no protection, and the men all
faced the wall, while some of US pulled
sheets from the bed to protect the
other women while they disrobed,' she
said 1--WE didn't sleep much, but
that was mainly because one of the
women talked all night. The men
snored on peacefully"
Men First to Weaken.
Taller Hart said the women were
better sports than the men, for it
was one Of the male members of the |
Jury who first demanded segregation.
1T was an intolerable situation
said Governor Preas. 81 certainly |
would not consent to my wife under
going such an ordeal. This situation
must not continue Some provision |
must be made so that women jurors
may have at least little privacy"
The governor said that steps would
be taken to see that men and women
on juries are separated hereafter when
It is necessary to lock them up over
night.
But hundreds of husbands here say
his precnution will be unnecessary,
FOR their wives are never going to
serve on any jury.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-04-04
REACHES ia DEGREES; LIVES
Girls Return to Health After High
Fever Described as First
on Record.

Bristol, England.-Th extraordi-
nary figure Of Ia degrees Fahrenheit
was the recorded temperature of a
girl here, who had the grip.
When first summoned TO see the girl,
the physician said he was astonished
to find that his clinical thermometer
recorded temperature of 112 de-
grees. Thinking his thermometer was
out of order, he requisitiOned two
others, only to find that they both re-
corded the same high point.
During the night the patients tenn
perature advanced two degrees. She
has now recovered. Medical journals
here do not record "a instance of such
temperature being followed by re-
cOvery.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-04-04
COUNTY RECORDS

c. NV R. GARY ct. ux. Goldie
to Charles Crosse $3.50, due 11-1-22,
horses, 8 COWS, 1 SOW, shoats, 2-3
int, of Fall wheat and barley for 1922
on R. H Patterson ranch in Sec. "a
40-6
C. M-Martin Smith to Holt Mfg.
Co. $325O, $4,000 due S-1-2f and $3.50
due 8-1-22, combined harvester.
C. M.-Frank Girard and Ed Girard
to Holt Mfg. Co., $3250, $4,000 due
S-1-21 and $125o due 2-1-z2
r. M.-Benjamin F. Steelsmith ct
ux Hazel V. to John Olson $4,000,
due 5 yrs. W1aNEA and E1aNWA
3O-39-3 cont. 100 A.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-04-04

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L. D. Lewis, freight service in
spector for the Union Pacific System,
was in Moscow Tuesday on business
connected with the o. W. r. & N. Co.
The Star-Mirror is in receipt of
word from Boise to the effect that
r. S. Tucker, formerly engaged in the
moving picture business in this city.
but who has been dangerously i'll at
Boise for many months, has rallied
sufficiently to be moved to Portland
Mrs. Tucker left for that city with
him March %. A large circle of
Moscow friends hope for Mr. fuckers
ultimate recovery. The family will
be situated at 147 Thirteenth street,
Portland, and any friends who hap
pen to be in the city are asked to
call, as Mr.. Tucker enjoys visiting
with his old-time friends.
M. D. Mcpherson, cashier of the
Security State bank, Palouse was in
Moscow on business Monday
Robert Hoffman, a student in the
school of journalism at the Univer-
sity of Washington, and printer of
several years experience, arrived In
Moscow Tuesday to take position in
the mechanical department of the
Moscow Publishing company.
D. House, agent for the O.. W. r.
g. N Railway company at this place
for the past 13 years, will leave in
faw days on a vacation trip of thirty
days, the first he has enjoyed in
number of years. He will visit va
rious sections of the northwest dur
ing the trip. Mr.. Wilkinger, who has
been doing relief work for the COM
pany, will be transferred to Moscow
for the period Of Mr.. Houses alb
sence.