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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-06

Q. Is John Burroughs, the nat
uralist, alive? c. A e.
A. John Burroughs died on March
90. 1921.
Q. What does Santa Fe mean?
j. D. S.
A. The words Santa Fe mean
holy or sacred faith.
Q. When was the game of check
ers invented? T. E. E.
A. The game of draughts or
checkers is said to be of the great
est antiquity. Pieces of checker
boards and men have been found in
tombs of Egyptian rulers of a date
not later than 1000 B. c. Some of
these are at present preserved in
the British museum. Homer in his
Odyssey" speaks about this game
being played by the suitors of Pen
elope
@. Has the number of deaths
from drinking increased since pro-
hibition went into effect?
A. Up.
A. The prohibition commissioner
says that the number of deaths
from alcohol in most places has not
increased in spite of the deaths of
unfortunate victims of wood alco-
hol. In New York city in 1917,
deaths from alcohol were SOS; in
1921. 119.
@. Why is the meat of some birds
such as the dove all dark in color.
while that of others is part light
and part dark? L. B. s.
A. The bureau Of biological sur
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The Daily Short Story

ing. / wish 1 could lick him"
Il am so tired. I've worked hard
today" (He spoke the TRUTH.
Might I choose a proxy?" He was
going to say, nearby" but she an
ticipated him.
Yes, mamma; she kisses him
goodnight every night. She can
give him two, the whelp!" She
was really vexed.
Well" he persisted, you do
care for me, don't your
At last the embroidery was
dropped unheeded, and only great
seriousness was visible in her eyes.
please" he pleaded. please.
Mr.. Chase" At that he sat bolt
upright, white to the lips. Il am
not going to send you away" in
quick sympathy, yet But I've seen
so many mistakes. 1 mean to be
sure. The man who marries me
will have to prove himself the only
sort l would love-
Howe" he breathed, eagerly,
leaning forward.
Il shall not tell you. He must
really be that sort, not pretend to
be, as he might if he knew what l
liked in anybody"
He sighed Have l ever offend
ed you?" he questioned, half fear
fully.
mot seriously" She smiled and
blushed both, and both in spite of
herself. THAT torment has just
come in" She clenched her fists,
but he, unpreVented by the en-
broidery needle, covered them both
with his hands.
Don't worry" she said grimiy,
Il have come off second best too
many times. There's his last ia
vor." She raised her sleeve a bit
revealing big black and blue spot
on her forearm, and he caught him
self just in time to prevent himself
kissing it. Instead. he said: Now
l don't love him."
She laughed. Foolish boyi He
is just rough. I love him. He's
my own brother"
There goes the up car, and you
won't tell me how to win you.
must go. The doctor says, Che did
not lose the anxiety and sharp,
questioning of the look she darted
at him) while / am working SO
hard 1 must keep good hours.
Goodnight
AS he hurried into the street
from the house walk, he noticed a
woman's figure, weary and burden
ed with a heavy child on one arm
and a large, unwieldy bundle on
the other. The next instant he had
seized both the bundle and the pro-
testing baby, and was hurrying the
woman toward the little waiting
room q quarter OF a mile distant,
feeling that the delay would be Just
sufficient to make him lose his car.
He was right. The next hour he
spent in the little station, making
overtures to the baby land winning
him completely, and assuring the
poorly clad mother that it didn't
matter a particle that he had lost
his car on her account.
At last the next car came. But
he would miss his light in the win
dow. OF that he was sure. But he
could not forbear q glance in that
direction, as the car reached the
gap between houses, through which
he could see Willie's parlor window.
And framed by the lace draperies
he saw two candles and, joining
them, a wooden hoop.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-06
Why Are Pimplesf


Shakespeare gave free rein to his
romantic Imagination when he
adorned one of his characters with
the rose of youth and equipped the
reluctant schoolboy with a shining
morning face. 1t isn't quite nor
NAL for a boy or girl to produce no
crop of pimples in the teens.
The ordinary crop of pimples ap-
pearing about the forehead, chin,
cheeks, and sometimes on the chest
and back, along with a more or
less excessive excretion Of oil by
the skin and visible comedones
(blackheads or whiteheads), In the
piping time of youth, may be look
ed upon as q rather wholesome
sign. There are several advantages
in such a crop, and mo serious
drawbacks save the painful blow to
the youngsters vanity or pride.
For one thing, crop of pimpies
affords Mrs. Camp a grand oppor-
tunity to whisper Mrs. Harris
opinions and beliefs about such
cases, and maybe to take q wallop
at the moral character of the child
in an insinuating way.
The first cause of pimple is OF
course the same as the cause OF a
boil or an abscess or a carbuncle,
invasion of the skin tissues by
one or more Of the several strains
of cocci which are more or less
constantly present on the surface
Of our skins and which have the
faculty of inducing suppuration
opus formation). In some instances
of obstinate outcroppings of PIN
pies of an indolent, boil-like char
acter, much benefit may be derived
from a course of treatment with
bacterins bacterial "vaccines" as
they are improperly called) prepar-
ed for the physician from cultures
of the bacteria present in the indi-
vidul case. The bacterial origin
of pimples should be borne in mind
by the victim, whose own fingers
so frequently serve as industrious
gardeners, transplanting, sowing
an< growing new pimples from the
first one which is so affectionately
fingered. The rule of asepsis ap-
plies here, as in the case of boils,
carbuncles, erysipelas or any other
pus germ infection: Touch not. II
you break this rule, then your own
comfort and safety, as well as that
Of others, hinges on the prompt
ness and the thoroughness with
which you wash your hands with
soap and water after the breach
In youth the sebaceous glands OF
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Argus Information Bureau

ny question by writing The Argus Informs
Washington, d. e. Give full name ant
'tuTn postage. Be brlet- All inquiries az
% each individual. 30 attention Nj u
vey says very little data have been
compiled regarding the reason that
some birds have all dark flesh and
others part light and part dark. 1t
has been observed, however, that
birds in which the power of fight
is well developed have more dark
meat than others.
Q. Are railway locomotives com
PEELED to have electric headlights!
G. A
A. The interstate commerce com
mission says that there was an or
der established in 1917 whereby
railroad locomotives were com
PEELED to have electric headlights.
@. Who was vice president and
president of the senate during An
drew Johnson administration?
T. W. b
A. There was no vice president
when Andrew Johnson succeeded
to the presidency through the as
sassination of President Lincoln.
Senator Daniel Clark of New Hamp-
shire of1ciated as president Of the
senate
@. Which is Shaespeare's short
est play? R. L. T.
A Macbeth is Shakespeare's
shortest play and is evidently much
mutilated.
@. When was the first oratoriO
performed in England?
A The first oTatorio rendered IN
England was produced at the opera
house, Haymarket, in 1882 The
production Eas Handel's ~EsthsE.'
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-06
THE HOOP AND THE CANDLE.
By Bertha F. Seymour.
Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler

lSOpFTlSul, 1919, ny UACOAOA
Syndicate, Inc.)
When Willie" Chalmers opened
the door to Billy" Chase's timid
ring, Billy's frown darkened his
eyes, which would not perceive
Willie's smile of real welcome. The
hand which opened the door was
ornamented with a silver thimble.
and from the left dangled a sofa
pillow top, on hoops, the same
which had taken SO much of her
attention +on the occasion of his
last call. Her smile, now mischiev-
Gus, broadened, and he helplessly
returned it.
why so cross? You didn't have
to come if you felt like that about
it" She took his hat and led him
into the parlor.
IF you liked to have me come a
hundredth part as much as I like
to come, you wouldn't meet me
with that old fancy work, or (hope-
fully you'd put it up as soon as
got here.
Satan finds some mischief still
lie. Think how much prettier to
look at than gray stocking, for
instance. Mamma says she always
had her knitting work in her hands
when she was out to her neighbors
or when the other boys and girls
were at her house, every evening.
The boys popped corn. pulled
candy and roasted apples for their
feasting. And mamma says they
kept those boys from needing the
cooper's services by laughing at
their tales of big deeds of prowess.
You see, 1 come naturally by my
industry"
Eyes, and wickedness," groaned
Billy. But 1 have prayed, Lord,
keep me from being conceited, like
that insufferable Maynard Mann,
for in" He stopped and glared
less at the thought of Maynard
than his own guardlessness. did
you read book the whole evening
the last time he called?"
why, yes" said Willie, in feign-
ed innocence.
81 told him / was engaged for
the evening when he telephoned he
wanted to call. 1t was not true.
but l didn't want him to call. I'm
sick of him; he brags SO. He stroll
ed by, found l wasn't entertaining
happened in. and found me EN-
gagged with a book. But not the
whole evening. Mamma came in
to inquire for Maynard's mother.
and she was horrifed. She said.
'W1ihelmina, if your book is SO alb
sorbing, hadn't you better take it
to your roomT I said CYes' in a
faraway tone and actually STUN
0ied over a hassock on my way
TO the hall to carry out the absorb
ton idea. Nobody but my brother
would have been mean enough to
tell you or-or-anyone else" hast
lily.
Il like the candle In the window
-. He drew near, but, more
quickly withdrew as the needle. re-
versed. came into dangerous prox-
unity. please put your fancy
work away, and I'll try not to put
my arms around you
You'd better, and succeed. But
you just imagine this is a stocking
and I'm armed with four knitting
needles, not so sharp, but danger
Gus To the eyes"
I'D pull them out" savagely.
Which would be very ungentle-
manly I'd get book and get sent
to my room for being unladylike. I"
He groaned. Then, I'm remen
Dering my candle, anyway. That
brother OF yours, than whom no
other mortal is 50 mean, told me no
one else is accorded that favor. I
love your brother"
She made as if to rise. GO kiss
MIN goodby, then. He's likely to
be sent to the hospital before morn
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HEALTH TALKS
3y William Brady, NJ. D.
Noted Physician and Aurnor.

the skin, which elaborate the oil
which keeps the skin soft. smooth,
warm and clear, are not only work
ing at top pitch but developing rap
idly to keep pace with the extra
ordinary rapid Increase in square
surface at this period of our
growth. Often, in fact almost ply
siologically, this development OF
the sebaceous glands outstrips the
general growth to degree. the
epithelial cells lining the gland
ducts multiply too fast. resulting
in more or less obstruction. reten-
ton OF sebum, whiteheads, and, II
the material becomes discolored
with dust or CRIME. blackheads.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Lime in the Drinking Water.
l keep a vessel of water on the
dining room radiator and l notice
when it is allowed to evaporate
completely there is a white deposit
resembling slaked lime. Can you
tell me what this is? AS I have
had for years what the doctors call
"superacidity," am wondering
whether this condition of the city
water has anything to do with it.
MRS. M. S. A.
Answer-It is chiefly lime. 1t is
of no significance so far as the
wholesomeness of the water for
drinking purposes is concerned.
Drink all you can of the city wa
ter-it will tend to oppose acidity.
Chicken Feed.
Is it safe for me to feed my
chickens table scrap and other gar
bage from a household where a
member is consumptive- of
the garbage comes from the re-
mains of meals left on the patients
tray. MRS. G. NJ. C.
Answer-Yes, if you take the
precaution to wash your hands i'm
mediately after handling the gar
bage. Whether human tuberculo-
sis can be transferred to fowls, 1
do not know, though fowls have a
type Of tuberculosis.
Orange Eating.
have a habit of eating an or.
ange after my evening meal-not
every night, but when I happen to
find oranges in the basket on the
table. Is this harmful? MAE.
Answer-No. l suppose I might
mention the vitamine, the iron, the
citric acid and all that sort of thing,
but enough TO say it is a whole
some habit to eat an orange every
day or several, at whatever time
you like.
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Suggestions.

When chopped nuts" are re-
CURED in quick time, place nut
meats on waxed paper, on flat sur
face, and roll with a rolling pin.
Mothers who have kiddies who
use the rubber protectors might
like to know that they can be mend
ed with adhesive plaster and will
wear quite a time il proper care is
used In putting It on
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-06
A state moard of censorship for

state moard Of censorship for plays is pro-
posed in New York. 1t is unnecessary and i'm
practicable. The public can do its own censor
ing if it will. 1t has done it with the moving
picture, as you doubtless have observed with
the improvement that has been made in recent
months in the character OF screen offerings.
The obscene play has about run its course in
this country, and the clean, healthy stage offer
ing is gradually returning to its own. 1t
inevitable that this should be so.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-06

While not wholly conventional, the Staying
in Oklahoma City by a banker OF a United
States army officer he found in the arms of his
wife was a justifiable act. The army officer,
himself father was guest of honor in the
bankers home Whether he received encour-
agement from the woman does not enter into
the case He was none the less a social vulture.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-06

New York magistrate says that women
should no longer be regarded as the weaker
sex. They aren't. Most OF the weak sisters
nowadays are of the opposite sex, fact estab-
lished by the vogue OF the fapper and the
boulevard vamp
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-06

e. Princess Mary of England has established
a precedent by granting the first interview ever
consented to by member of the British royal
house In other words, British royalty is COM
ing of its high perch, finding that its members
are only common clay like the rest of the folks
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-06

Premier Lloyd George has prevented a
strike of 500 900 workers in England But the
United States government looked upon as the
model for the world. confessed its inability
to head off the strike of the miners.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-06

o. Now that Fatty Arbuckle has told his story,
we know less than ever did about what
really happened at the San Francisco party at
which Virginia Rape was fatally injured
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-06

We are told that United States senators
work only three hours a day. II they would
work still less the country would be better on.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-06

II n said that Peggy Hopkins Joyce 81 to
marry Paris publisher. Wen, snes sooo
copy. anyway.
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CIR Tnnthatnttr
axnr LIES MAN-s ANCIENT xnEAx.
DUlEs CAEk.
WHO p,srsrExs rm usl.0vED cUsA
DxWAkEf

HEADLINE topping long, two-coiumn
picture of Mary Landon Baker In the EXAM
iner announces that Mary Reveals Weooins
Plans" casual glance at the picture SHOWS
Mary revealing a considerable length OF oecio-
edly straight seam. also.
PREVIOUS? PERHAPS; BUT LOOKUP THE
REP HE WON.
Dear Mac: 1 take my invertble, non-ieak-
able Overlooking fountaineer IN nano 70 SUP
nit to you the following poem:
~Pussyfoot Pussyfoot, where have you been!
"I'ye been to London to preach against gin
"Pussyfoot Pussyfoot what saw you tnere!
81 saw many brickbats sail through the air.
This isn't intended for slam, for P. john
son is saII right. But don't you think he was
just wee trihe previous in England.
LAUNCEIOT
(Copied by the Silly Maid of Astolat)
Post Scriptum How do you like this new
kind of literary sandwich composed of wind on
the two sides of the poem and stale alr where
the poem ought to be? LAoNCE-
IN Old Dick Titles colyum tother day ap-
to c. w" Sonnets, dearly beloved, which do
not contain fourteen lines, no more and no
less, are something else again.
WHICH is reminiscent of B. L. It's famous
sonnet contest. In order indelibly to impress
upon YOUR minds what constitutes a sonnet
we're going to have a contest here. Let US
re-quote the definition of sonnet from the
Concise Oxford:
Poem of fourteen lines (usu riming thus:
pig bat cat wig jig hat rat fig; lie red sob die
bed rob; or lie red die bed pie wed).
Then further to make the matter clear to
beclouded poetic minds, read the following
sample sonnet based on the foregoing rime
endings, which we salvaged from our scrapbook
of clippings from B. l. IT'S old Line.
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said to snony
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-06
THE DINOSAUR.

By Bert Lesion Taylor.
Behold the mighty Dinosaur,
Famous in prehistoric lore,
Not only for his weight and strength
But for his intellectual length.
You will observe by these remains
The creature had two sets OF brains
One in his head (the usual place.,
The other at his spinal base
Thus he could reason a priori
As well as posteriori.
No problem bothered him a Bit
He made both head and tail of it.
So wise he was, so wise and solemn
Each thought filled just spinal column.
If one brain found the pressure strong
1t passed a few ideas along;
If something slipped his forward mind
Twas rescued by the one behind;
And If in error he was caught
He had saving afterthought
AS he thought twice before he snoka
He had no judgments to revoke:
For ne could think, without CONGESTION
Upon ootn sides of every question
On, gaze upon this model beast
Defunct ten million years az LEAST
Mr.. DAY, of Oklahoma City, runs Mr. Cav,
rett OF Peory close second. He decIaras =.
loved Beck like brother. Let us reyise IL
TO read: Greater love hath no man thu, ~
that he lay down the life of a friend >. 'iis'
REFERRED TO sYouR STREET CAR
Mac: Inasmuch as THE Diarv =.
Blue ASS has appeared in your eolv,,, &c &c
some Time past, I'd like TO suggest a yaria+;oa
ior at least one issue and have Won give ne 4
rev 1o5qngs from The Diary of Wild EYED
Long View Conductor Yours tyyIr 50
one specimen OF the tribe last satnrd. ossneo
and in his opinion the old saying of "a, n.an
ing to scratch frozen gravel" is beaten % III
as to become negative quantity. 81 'Auis
Oh.
FRED W. YOUNG is convinced Of th,.
after discovering one whom he believes is tbs
oldest booster The Argus
Who! who." screeched tho owl But II
didn't do bit Of good Out u
THERE Is Just this much about It: Unless
women are allowed to serve on Little Ian.s
jury We shall refuse to read word of the trial
'roceeoinSs- 80 tneee! r. z. MIG.
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SONNET CONTEST.


Finds it coy bed. candy fig
Adds to the chaos here. The owners lie
Asleep at last, round cheeks flushed rosy red
They've said their goodnight prayer, IF
should die
Before 1 wake and been tucked safe in bed
Bobby to dream perchance of sweets and pie,
And Jane of Prince to Cinderella wed.
DO we make ourself clear? Almost anyone
should be able to compose a sonnet with
diagram like that to follow. The only condi-
ton. it is understood is that the rime endings
given by the Concise Oxford must be used in
contribs' offerings. Giddap, Pegasus
How Jolly! How Nice! How-er-DOn't You
knoW-Nice!
Peoria Journal Helping Hand Column.]
Dear Miss Crawford: Will you please
publish the following in the next edition
of your paper. Three soldier boys in
Hawaii wish to correspond with some
nice girls. Our address is inclosed.
How jolly this would be, to write to
these three lonely boys, so far away from
home. l hope to hear from just lots of
nice girls, asking for their address. 1
think it would be such a nice thing to
do, but you had better ask mother first,
what she thinks about it
MR. GARRETT of Peory, Illinoy, announces
that he shot his wife because he loved her"
o girls! Wouldn't it be just wonderful to be
loved like that?
PROBABLY this should be reserved for the
Young Rufhan's diary; but since he has neg
lected that personal journal of late, we'll re-
cord it here. Last Monday he began attending
kindergarten. Yesterday afternoon he greeted
US something like this
Daddy, do you know a lotta bad men nailed
our Lord to big cross and kept Him there
till he died and spit on him-didja hear about
tF' Comment is unnecessary, n'est-ce pas?
The Congressional Pronoun.
[From A. P. dispatch
who will that come out of?' Mr.
Black demanded after figuring up his
total.
HAVING spoken OF B. L. It's "imperish-
able lines to The Dinosaurs" we are cha
grined to find that our recollection of them
seems to be perishabe. The title of the poem
is The Dinosaur'. Mebbe you'd like to read
it. Here t is:
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MR. DAY. of Oklahoma City, runs Mr. Cav,
lee. reet o. Peory close second He declares he
loved Beck like brother. Let us revisa -
TO read: Greater love hath no man tber ts, II
tnat he lay down the life of friend 'lli''