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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
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HERE LIES MANS ANCIENT ENEMY
DILL CARE.
WHO DisiNrERs TEn UNL0YED cUsA
| BEWARE!
SONNET.

SONNET.
Time, often deemed by woman as foe
Has markell no ugly lines upon your face;
Indifferent TO age are you, / know
Reborn alike to youth and youthful grace.
The passing years that leave their mark on
clear
Sonorous drum-beats of Eternity
Instill within your heart no drop of fear.
Xanthippe lost by living e'er you came
To demonstrate the art of growing old;
OF course she might have been of certain fame
Deprived, but she would not have been a scold.
All, let me say on this, your natal day:
You've found, for killing time, the better way.
BULGARIA has a new law which would
compel all women to work. What seems to be
needed here is law which will compel some
body to supply jobs to those who want them.
"we Kept the Pig in the Parior," Etc.
[Caption and clipping by Solomon Pif1e out of
the Macomb Qll.l Journal
TOR SALE-One-year-ol full pedi-
greed Boston Terrier dog. Cheap if
taken at once. Having sold my home
and furniture / have no suitable place TO
keep dog.-R. Godowsky, phone ST Red
255tltf.
:" YESTERDAY the man to be choked
bit the doctor that was feeding him by force.
The miserable creature will probably be car
ried to the gallows and hanged Arthur
Brisbane.
Now, just a second, Arthur; let's get this
straight. Do we understand you're calling the
doc miserable creature?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17

| sald TO anonymous letLer6.I
| @. Is John Mccormack an Amer
| lean citizen and did he ever sing in
grand opera? c. E. b.
A. John Mccormack became a
naturalized citizen of the United
States in 1917. In America he has
sung with the Metropolitan Opera
company, the Chicago Philadelphia
Opera company. and the Chicago
Grand Opera company.
Q. How does it happen that some
of the common house cockroacheS
are white? E. G.
A. The department of agricul-
ture says that albino cockroaches
are found occasionally. They are
freaks of nature just as alhinos are
freaks of the human race.
@. What does the name February
mean? D. T. B.
A. February, tie month of expi-
alton, was so named from the word
"februa, "a Roman festival of pur-
ification which took place on the
18th OF the month or from the word
'.fehT'1a," "a Roman festival of pur-
purify.
q. What is the weight of a dol
lar bill? Do all bills weigh the
same? ]. 4. Med.
A The Office of the treasurer Of
the United States says that it takes
20i3 dollar bills to weigh the same
as one standard silver dollar. Since
one standard silver dollar weighs
1880 grains. one bill would weigh
rNlvr
weighs the same.
@. What became of the steamship
Sierra? ]. S.
A. The Sierra changed its name
to Gdansk, Dec. 10, 1920, and is op-
Grated by the Polish-American Nav
igation company.
Q. What was the Rosetta Stone?
T. I. c.
A Winwood Reade says THE
Rosetta Stone, that remarkable
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
Argus Information Bureau

nv question by writing The Argus IafoFms
Washington. d. Z Give fu. name aA
eturu postage. BE brief Al inquiries -
n eIcb Iu'uYiduaL No s.tonaUu EL4 "a
monument with its Inscription in
Greek, in the Egyptian yernacular'
and in the sacred hierOglyphics, has
afforded the means OF deciperns
the mysterious Language of the Me
was a memorial of gratitude from
the Egyptian priests to a Greek
king, to whom. in return for faYoFS
conferred. they erected an image
and a golden shrine"
Q. Are there more single women
or single men in the United States.
A. In 1920, considering the PEG.
pie of the United States Is years Oh
age and over. there were more SD
gle males than females The per
centage of single men was 351 ana
of single women was 27.3
Q. What were blue coat boys
3. ], T
A. "Christ's Hospital famous
English public school, was aisy
known as the BIuecoat school anu
its pupils as blue coat boys, on &C
count of the long blue wooisn
gowns they wore. Lamb. Lei7l
Hunt, and Coleridge were aH0A5
the we'll known men educated there
Q. On which syllabies are WoId9
in Esperanto accented? P. 5. y,
A. In the plan followed in n1i-r-
ing words in Esperanto the aee5l,
was placed always on the syiieo'@
next to the last. ..-
@. What was the mama VIII
which the IsraeIites were fec.
A. Mamma. also known a. aA-z
bread, is a gum'cy substance ~
exudes from a desert shrub. anu d,
a pleasant syrup and mild pui70
but not a nouTishiug food 100
@. What kind of an animal W
channels mentioned in the old te7'
=, Il. H..
A. TINS channels was prooao.'5
the wild sheep of North AiIi-'
called the aoudad.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17

Since his inauguration President Harding
mas had smooth sailing with Mexico. President
Wilson, on the cnotrary inherited from Presi-
dent Taft most difficult and embarrassing revo-
lutionary and political conditions in Mexico
which, during the first few years of his admin
istratior, threatened a and occupied most
of his time and skill executive to prevent
Today the news reports from Mexico are, as
whole, very dull reading President Oregon
has his own troubles. but none of them SO far
has called for any action on the part of the
United States. President ohregon has given
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
HEALTH TALKS
menstfuation is directly due to err
rors of dress.
By William Brady. M. D.
Noted Physician and Aurnor.

| neuStfuatIon Is olfeCtIy que 10 ef-
rors Of dress.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
How to Make Coffee.
! I owe you thanks for a Christ
mas gift, for 1 have been drinking
| coffee made as you recommends
with cold water and no boiling and
discover that / have just found
out what good coffee tastes like,
and moreover it no longer bothers
my digestion afterward. I believe
you would do great good by pub
fishing again the specific directions
| for preparing coffee in the proper
| way--(E. S. WI
/ Answer-Grind the coffee as fine
| ly as possible, to a powder, just be-
! fore it is to be used. Put the fresh
ly ground powder-as little per
| cupful as you may find suitable to
your taste-in cold water and let
stand 20 minutes or half an hour
| tightly covered. Then stir in part
of the white of an egg, Gradually
bring the temperature up almost
but not quite to boiling and chen
serve promptly, putting the cream
in the cup before pouring the cof-
fee. Never permit coffee to boil
even for a second.
III / Had an Appendix.
If you were told you had a chron-
ic appendix which would you do,
have the appendix removed or diet?
l-(Mrs. A. w. c.
Answered. have the blamed
thing removed pronto-provided my
doctor told ma had chronic an
pendicitis. / am convinced that, for
great many of us, at any rate, the
removal of the appendix improves
general health about ten per cent
and certainly improves digestion
and the function of the bowel. Even
in prime condition an appendix
is probably as useless as a wat or
tail for man; and when the organ
or vestige becomes infected or dis
eased it is handicap to health
and a menace to life until it is
removed.
Scientific Way to Sleep.
l sleep on my back and use no
pillow. l seldom snore, but some
of my friends assure me this is
not the scientific way to sleep and
that it will cause some vague in
jury to my health later in life if
not now.-(B. M
-Answer-Well, you and l will be
companions in misery, then. But
don't let your friends hand you any
gloom on that point. Sleep in what
ever posture you find comfortable
and l assure you that is the scien-
tific way.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
ANAL ENlCNSE ID SEALESS.
From The August
WANTED FEMALE HELD

INEXPERIENCED MEN NEEDED TO
become battery experts. Good oppor-
tunities and excellent income for right
man Write c. & S. Battery School.
Iiacine Wis.
AN Argus editorial declared tother day that
craig and Collins can help restore peace "if
they will unscathingly rebuke their own dis
turbers" On the theory perhaps that the soft
answer turneth away wrath.
"What, Watson, Constitutes Reasonable
GrOund?7
IFrom the Peoria Ull) Journal
fred Worth notifies The Journal that
the statement that he welded Miss Hines
in Bloomington yesterday is false While
he confesses that there is reasonable
ground for the rumor circulated. the
event has not actually taken place. We
were disappointed, for We had hoped tn
extend our hearty congratulations for
Fred Is counted one of our best friends
GAMALIEL is sure the American peopIe
VIII submit TO sales tax to raise funds for
the soldier bonus.
Perhaps so; but in future some Republicans
may refer to the matter as the soldier boner"
R L. MIG.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
The Daily Short Story

ing up their lips and cheeks rud.
Oily. They fascinated the Bishop.
Well, with all you've biz
through, and seeing how delicate
you are now, 1 say it's a pity you
didn't die when, you was a kid
This opinion was voiced in a thin
hard tone by woman at the next
! table.
The Bishop looked over at this
amazing piece OF philosophy. Two
big gray eyes met his gaze unsee-
ingly. 81 wish l had died, because
no one wants a delicate girl around
and yet l can do such lots OF
things, tool" replied the girl at
whom the hard opinion had been
hurled. There was a tremble in
her voice, but there was a patient
droop to the pretty mouth.
Yes, there is things yer could
do, but you won't. Now, Ben would
give you job"
Lots of 'em would give me a Job
but I'd have to pay for the honor
and I'd Gather die than get in
with that lot," said the girl, meet
ing the hard eyes of the woman I'M
fiinchingly.
Then you'll have to die, my
dear; the woman rose and left the
girl sitting at the table.
The brutality of the woman's
words seemed to crash the Bishops
into true perspective of himself
The blood mounted to his brow, as
he looked at the dropping head of
the girl. He had forgotten Even
though Bishop, he could still COM
fort the weak, and how much more
was he weakling than this girl
who was fighting physical and NOR
al adversely while he was running
away from-from what? What? A
wave of emptiness surged over him.
The big Cathedral rose before him.
the wonderful old mansion. 1t
echoed with loneliness. That was
it! Loneliness. What could he do
to cast that dread shadow out? He
looked at the still figure of the girl
at the table.
He left his table and sat down op-
posite the girl. The thin, delicate
race looked up at him with 4
frightened start
Il heard what the woman said
to you. Can't I help youe" he ask
ed gently. His teeth glistened. and
his eyes regarded her with a ten
derness he was not conscious of
himself
How" The girl seemed to force
the question out with difficulty.
How? Don't you want someone
to take care of you-didnt YOU saw
you could do lots of things, even if
you were delicate? l have big
house, full OF loneliness, you could
chase that away"
But who are you?'' The girls
big eyes regarded him with fright
ened wonder.
81 am the Bishop. Bishop Warden
yes, really"
'1The fighting Vicar? Our new
Bishop? You don't know who am,
so why do you want to take me
right into your lovely homer" The
girls eyes still held fear.
He laid his fingers over the girls
hngers. Because you
made me remember I was a man
playing the coward-and perhaps"
here the Bishops eyes grew very
soft as he looked into the pretty
lace relaxing under his sympathet-
&c touch-''it was because you made
ne forget l was bishop-you un-
ierstand?"
81 think 1 do" answered the girl
softly.
And the Bishop still forgets the
weight of the bishopric. because he /
las pretty wife, who though not a !
over of strength physically, "cal .
10 lots OF things" and the best is ,
o fill the Bishops life and house
With happiness.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17

W. L. George, the British novelist, declares
that there are only IS species of women How
ever. Mr. George has been married only once.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17

The former German emperor says he wants
to be friendsly with America Old stun, Bill.
You've broken your pick with Uncle Samuel.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17

The price of wheat is advancing, but the
trouble is that so few of US have wheat to sell.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17

Man of log has Just been arrested for
drunkenness in Jacksonville, Fla. Old boy
probably got lit up to disprove the claim
that we have prohibition in this country.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17

Horse fell in manhoie in New York and
has not been seen since. Maybe the animal
hoped on an underground rattler and returned
TO the country.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17

Somebody ought to ask Senator Newberry II
his seat is comfortable.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
Mildred's Marriage Problems

Chauncey was in many respects most sat
isfactory husband. He parted with portions
| of his income with minimum of resistance;
was sufficiently handsome to make his wife
envied by other married women; always took
| care, when coming in late at night not to
| rouse Mildred; was discreet in his indiscre-
! tons. His mistakes were of the head and not
| of the heart.
! However, he would never stand on the rug
| by the tub when drying himself after bath.
| This annoyed Mildred greatly.
She felt that he should use his head and
! give his, heart rest. His mother had once
told her that it was weak and she disIlked the
thought of losing him, for he carried no life
insurance.
Il will cure him of this habit" she resolved
within herself 1t is sloVenly and thoughtlesS
and increases unreasonably the Homework
which Susan and l have to do. But l will be
tactful ebout it and not nag him 1 will ex-
plain the matter, which, doubtless, he has
overlooked, and he will Immediately see the
I reasons why he should stand on the rug"
SO each morning as he was leaving for the
office, Just after telling him how much she
would miss him and just before telling him
that she would have to have some money she
would say, sweetheart you forgot to stand
on the bath rug this morning and the floor
was sight. Don't you think you could re-
member tnat for me? 1t would make the work
so much easier"
And Chauncey would reply, "Of course
honey, I'll do that. No sense in loading my
little wife down with work"
After three months, Mildred saw that she
should have 10 have recourse to other methods
But what methods? She puzzled her pretty
little golden head over this Tor nearly week
before she hit on plan.
The next morning she was first in the bath
room. Chauncey, who came next when he was
through with his bath, stepped from the tub
onto the rug and thence, as was his custom
onto the tiled floor, upon which he sat down
with considerable force.
Ouch" he said, among other things
is something wrong, dear?" called Mildred.
Chauncey aid not reply.
At breakfast, however he said, 'MilIie |
wish you would have Susan clean the bath
room floor more carefully. There was soap
on it this morning which caused me to fall
Such an accident is liable to cause one to incur
a fracture of the pelvic bone"
Susan was bringing in the mullins and
Mildred turned to her, Susan, Mr.. Twomblev
fell on the bathroom floor this morning You
must be careful that there is never any soap
on it,"
Yes, ma am" said Susan
This happened every morning for a month
Then one morning as they stood beside the
breakfast table waiting for Susan to bring in
the coffee urn he put his arm around her
Mildred" he said, Il have decided that l will
break myself of this careless habit of not
standing on the bath rug 1t is extremely
untidy and increases your work unduly. Such
carelessness on my part is unnecessary
wan to find and eradicate my faults You
must point them out to me-"
"Oh, Chauncey I'll love to-" she murmured
smuggling closer 10 him. RED.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17

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Give
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17

ONE victim of the Trib's Inquisitive Re-
porter holds the opinion that there isn't one
woman IN 10000 who would hide her wedding
ring, and there isn't one man in 10000 who
would do So. Why he (of course it's he)
gives the an edge of 10000 is more than
we can understand. Our idea is that there is
only one out of 10000 who wouldn't hide his
wedding rlng-if he had one
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-09-22
NEW CONCRETE GARAGE.

The march of public improvements,
and private Improvements, too, for
that matter, have not Struck the quick
step in Oroville this year. Indeed the
step has been so halting, LAME ard
tagging that this paper has hal little
opportunity to fill space telliN3 about
what was going on in the ouil,ling
line. There has been slight break
in the monotony lately with a large
addition to tne warehouse of the Or0-
Vile Fruit Packing company, and now
the Okanogan Valley Power company
is coming to the rescue with sub
stantial building of goodly proportion.
This new structure is to be garage,
a garage constructed Of concrete
blocks furnished by Jack Coulter, who
has the art of manufacturing that kind
of building material down to fine
point. This new garage is located at
the west end OF the lots occupied by
the office of the power company, at
the northwest corner Of Central ave-
nue. and Main street, and is to be
22x40. with ample room to accommo-
date several cars. There will be notl-
| ing ornate about this new structure,
the first to decorate the center of the
town this year, and about the only
real building to fill vacant space on
the flat for many months, but it will
be solid and substantial. The work
| is being done by the young men con-
nected in several capacities with the
power company and the way they are
going at it would indicate that they
were expert concrete workers.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-09-22
IMPROVING SCHOOL GROUNDS.

After permitting the top OF the NIL
upon which the high school Duiiaihs
roosts to remain as bald as biiliard
bali for years the directors al las.
aava taken steps to make seVerai
blades of grass and few trees grow
where neither trees nor blades OF grass
beretofore have been able to obtain a
foothold. Had the directors starteu
this good work Immediately aiter the
installation OF the West Okanosah
valley irrigation system. from which
water could have been derived anu 10
at last derived, the school mousse
grounds today would have been as a.,
tractiye as the Civic League park and
there ia not a more attractive piot -.
tae entire county than to be seen rish'
in the heart Of OrOville, SURROUNDINGS
Tho pretty Civic League building. VI
course women were responsible loi
this beauty spot. If the decoratioli hau
baen left to men there would De nc
dacoration on that spot today. II ths
| aid of the women of the town had peen
enlisted in beautifying the scnoo
house grounds the school house all
would today be a green oasis. YET, ant
however. and anyhow the men ,oih' @
have bdcome aroused from their ietn
arpv at last. the Improvement ina
lshould have been carried on heretofore !
10 on the way now and in few year.
lthe old knob decorated by tne sonoo
building will be good to look upon'
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-09-22
HARDLY AN INNOCENT JOKE.

One day last week some practical
joker put one over on Mr. and Mrs. M.
M. Collins that might have resulted in
painful hurt to one of the victims
Mr.. Collins and ais wife drove to town
from their ranch on Palmer mountain
and left their buggy containing two
milk cans in the feed yard back of the
Oroville Commercial store. Some un-
known person dropped large snap
ping turtle into one of the cans When
the visitors started for. home Mrs.
Collins placed some peaches and pears
in the can in which the turtle was
stored away When driving out of town
Mrs. Collins was about to reach for
some of the fruit and glancing into the
can at the same time discovered the
strange passenger. The reptile, some
what peeved at being prisoner was
prepared to grab anything coming
within its reach, and in all probability
had not Mrs. Collins discovered the
creature she would have received a
severe bite. Even innocent jokes toe
often lead up to serious consequences
and brutal joke of tits nature was
liable to work injury to innocent per.
sons.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-09-22
NAVIGATING THE AIR.

Friday last the bulk of the popula-
ti0n was straining their necks watcn-
ing the graceful flights of an airplaine
that circled over the town and swept
up and down the valley at irregular
intervals, landing on the south side
of the track. An airplaine up In this
, corner OF the state is not such COM
mon sight as to pass unnoticed as is
the case where the imitation of a
bird is every day swooping around
overhead, and hence the gyrations of
the navigator of the air was watched
with keen interest every time he hop
ped off. Several residents of the town
experienced the thrill Of sailing
among the clouds, or where the clouds
would have been had there been any
clouds in sight. The machine was in
charge of c. L. Langdon OF Spokane,
who flew up from Spokane to Tomas
ket as one of the features OF the
recent festival at that place. Saturday
morning Mr.. Langdon flew to We
natchee, expecting to return to Omak
Monday where he made flights during
| the fair at that place. Mr.. Langdon
entered the United States aviation
service at the declaration Of waf, and
was sent to the Texas aviation In
struction field at the same time and
with the late and deeply lamented
Perry Blackler of this place, who met
his death during a flight some two
years ago.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-09-22
LOW PRICE FOR CATTLE.

feature of the Tonasket festival,
held last week, which attracted much
attention and was most creditable as
to the number Of entries and the
standard Of those entries, was
the stock show at which was gathered
one of the largest and by long odds
the best exhibits Of blooded cattle that
has ever been seen at an exhibition OF
like kind in the county. This stock
chow drew the attention and admira-
ton of almost every person attending
the festival. However, if the show was
superior to all otler stock exhlDlts the
prices received for some OF tae stock
sold were tragically meagre and very
disappointing. Our informant couid
not explain the rules governing entries
for sales. He understood that the asso-
citation insisted upon sales being nade
when stock was once listed no matter
what nrice was offered, and such
must be the arrangement or it does
not seem possible that stock men
would have parted with their animals
at the price offered. Among the exhlp-
itors were Hershberger and Steele Oh
t,is place, who make specially OF
raising high class cattle. TheS naa
| listed two heifers for which they mao
refused 500 each last spring, and ye'
at this sale the highest BID was soo
each and the animals were Knocheo
down at those figures.