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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-17
Illinois Soldier Bonus.

Voters at the November election will decide
whether the state of Illinois shall pay all her
soldiers and sailors of the World war bonus
of so cents a day for all the time they were in
service. Probably very few people of the state
are aware OF the law passed by the legislature
at its last session creating a fund of S55, 000,-
900 from which shall be paid bonus not to
exceed $500 to each person from this state who
served in any of the forces of the United
States between April s. 1917, and Nov. II, 1918.
The voters of the state must approve the law
before it becomes effective, and a vote on its
approval is to he on a little ballot at the regu-
Tar election in November. If the voters ap-
prove, then the bonus will be paid to all IIl-
nois service persons. regardless of whether
or not the United States government takes any
action along this line.
Illinois is not the only state which has
state compensation to its soldiers, regard
less of what Uncle Sam may do. Several other
states have already passed similar laws sub
5ect to referendum, and some states have pro-
vided for pay to soldiers without referring il
TO a vote of the people. Colorado makes a state
allowance for vocational training and agri-
cultural settlement. Indiana has a land settle
ment plan. Massa chusetts has given a sum of
500 plus $40 per month for all time in service
North Dakota gives SIS per month for time of
service, but the money paid TO ex-service per-
sons must be used to buy or improve home
Vermont gives $40 per month for year, and
Ohio equal monthly payment, the total not
to exceed $3.50.
- Figuring the population of Illinois at 5000.
ooa people the proposed bond issue would
eeSs each inhabitant of the state total of $11,
prrsuming that the population does not in
crease during the life OF the bonds, which is
hardly probable On that basis also the cost
per capita distributed over period of 20 years
would be SIS cents per year for the 20 years
for each man. woman and child in the state.
That would not make or break any citi-
zen of Illinois. The question of state bonus
Is likely to come in for much discussion in nli-
nois between now and the time of the election,
but there is every likelihood that the proposal
will be carried al the polls. 1t is little enough
for state to do for boys who went through
the he'll OF the European battlefields.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-17
Education AS a Life Need.

Just now thousands OF boys and girls. who
in few years may takssthe places of leader-
ship now held by mature men and women, are
being confronted with the question whether
they shall get out and begin their business ca
reer There is the question as to whether a
high school course should be begun or COM
pleted and the same question relative to col
lege course. The answer that each boy or girl
gives TO the particular question about educa-
ton win show results in the position of that
individual in after years. The one who chooses
TO complete school course and who follows up
that course By diligent action is equipping
himself for successful life. not merely in DO
sition. but In capacity. for understanding the
world. and finding satisfaction in it Tho one
who Yields 70 the temptation to get an earlier
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-17
The Perils of BenzOI.

Inc foruS OF benzO1.
Since the war a new solvent has
been Introduced in the rubber
goods manufacture (tires. footwear,
rubber hose, etc.. certain pro-
cesses of straw hat manufacture.
the making of sealing mixtures for
tin cans, as a solvent for fabrikoid
and to some extent as substitute
for gasoline in motor engine fuel.
This new solvent is benZene or
benZoi. and 1t Is a poison some
times producing swift death when
inhaled in vapor or fumes. 1t IS a
coal tar distillate, aud is not to be
confused with the well known pc
troleum distillate called BENIN.
which is practically innocuous.
This instances, cited by DR.. Alice
Hamilton. who is a leading author
ity on industrial hygiene, illus
trates the potency of benzol:
In one Of the great steel mills
of Pennsylvania, two men were
sent to change coils in a benzene
(benzoD tank which had been thor
oughly blown out with steam. One
of them was not affected at all; the
other was overcome by the fumes
and died."
And here is another instance
which Dr. Adams cites in her re-
port on the Menace of Benzene
(BenzoD Poisoning in American
Industry"
Even greater precautions had
been taken in an English tank car
which had been emptied of ben
zene, washed with water, then
steamed out, then left for "a hours
full of water, washed out twice,
boiled for II hours, and finally left
for 10 days with the 16-inch man
hole open. Nevertheless, the man
though he was pulled out in time,
one of his rescuers died"
A man went to the top of still
in a benzene refining plant in New
Jersey to find out what was wrong.
There was a bad leak; he was over
come by the fumes and tainted. and
although it was only two or three
minutes before two other men res
cued him, he was moribund. Both
of his rescuers tainted but were re-
vived. A workman in a PennsyI-
vania plant relied upon a Draeger
helmet to protect him when he en-
tered a benzene tank, but was ov-
ercome by the fumes and died. Be
fore any man may safely enter a
tank in which benzene has been,
some white\ mice should be used
to test the air in the tank; if the
mice survive when lowered to the
bottom, then it is safe for the man
to enter, not before.
Nine girls employed in a tire fac
tory using rubber cement in
which benzene was solvent, SUI
fered hemorrhages from many
parts of the body. hemorrhages into
the skin and mucous membranes.
and four of them died in less than
four months. Several similar cases
occurred in a Maryland can fac
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The Daily Short Story

giant of the forest that a winter
storm had uprooted at last Every
day | had sought some path that
should keep us side by side, even
hand in hand, so it is no wonder
that Norah thought of time as
something with wings.
I'm three long months l surely
should have seen you more often,
for l could swear that it is but
three days ago l met you," said
conversationally And now
must go away" l burst out sud-
denly, determined that Norah
should show surprise.
''Away-where-w she stam-
mered, and l had the pleasure of
watching danger signals layishly
displayed. Il thought you loved
the woods and the country and that
you meant to live in Already for
ever. believe you are a fraud"
I'm afraid l am, Norah," 1 ack-
nowledged shamelessly. But 1 am
strong and well now; I've gained
new health here among the pines.
The city dust has been blown from
my eyes, city noises have been
banished from my brain. I'm heal
ed and~I have no excuse for linger-
ing. So 1 have come today to ask
you if you1P-I hesitated and
watched her narrowly-"heIp me
pack, a man is SO clumsy at those
things"
Now" asked Norah, rising
swiftly. For Norah was staunch
and true, and a thoroughbred when
1t came to, taking a blow squareIy
and bearing up stoutly.
We hustled through the wood
path, though Norah would now
and again stop TO admire a fluffy
front OF new fernery and to pick
spray OF the fragrant arbutus. I
wondered ali the way what I
should say TO make it plain to
Norah that wherever we might GO.
if we went hand in hand, the paths
of Already were always open to US.
l mutely prayed 10 the gods-Pan
who pipes to lead lovers on the
right way, and Eros, who sets the
arrow straight.
We sat down at my humble door
step while Norah quafed deeply
from the tin dipper l brought her
from the spring. A pair of robins
were building nest in my chest
nut tree. Norah watched them. abb
sorbed. The sunbeams danced on
a carpet of moss, everything
seemed glad of the life that was
theirs, but Norah kept silent and
gazed here and there and every
where but at me. l thought re-
luctantly Of the beaten track alonS
the pavements, of people who
smirked and smiled, lied and cheat
ed, just to buy empty Injuries and
1 dreaded the word that should
send me back there again.
There is, a great physician" 1
faltered, who has told me time and
time again, once for each notch on
the chestnut tree, that to be truly
strong and able to withstand all
battles, I'll need the tonic he pre-
pares for the heart. 1t is he alone
who knows the formula-and one
other-but 1 am afraid the other
will fail me some day"
Fail you! Why, nobody could be
so cruel" Norah cried out, with per-
plexity and trouble staring from
her lovely eyes. Why did you never
tell me your heart was weak? am
so sorry, and 1 would be so glad to
help"
But suppose the other were you,-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-17
IN Already.
By Martha PrOuty.
Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler


Syndicate, 1nc.)
There came day when, borne
on the breeze, a birds song rejoic-
ed our hearing; another day when
a 'straying sunbeam lighted up the
pale pink of a blossom that had
faltered forth from underbrush !.
and later We awakened to a TealizaS
ton that bent shoulders had
Strengthened, worn faces had
lighted unwontedly, and suddenly
we knew that we had a stranger
with US for whom we had watched
every day anxiously and who had yet
stolen upon US unawares, and it
was Spring!
Norah and l had met when
boughs touched ground with their
icy burden. We had met in the
woods and we had watched a SPUR
rel scamper and laughed aloud at
his antics and all at once felt that
we knew each other very we'll,
though there was no one near to
put us through conventional PAGES.
We walked TO the village postof-
fee that first day for mail three
days delayed. Norah was a wood
. =
lived in the woods and the Gus
toms that trouble many people,
keeping them too busy to allow
them happiness, did not so much as
enter our heads
Throughout the winter I met
Norah ten times-I knew this be-
cause l had made a notch in the
chestnut tree at my door on my
return from each of these pilgrim
ages into Already. I was quite will
ing to go on making notches for
ever if Norah and the gods would
be kind. But Norah was sweet and
joyous, something OF a tease and
something of a fraud and made my
task difficult. ! was her victim and
she knew it, and the squirrels knew
it, and every bird that came to be
fed at her feet, but it did not help
matters that the information should
be general.
1t made Norah cross to have been
caught mapping while spring stole
upon US, and though I could have
told her from signs to be found
deep in the heart of the woods, still
l liked to make Norah pout. For
lips that quicker primly, but Norah's
lips were made to be the home of
quaint expressions, all her own.
What are you doing?" l inQuir-
ed one morning as leaned over the
fence that separated the clearing
from the woodpath. Norah, in a
big Bingham apron, kneeling on the
warm brown earth-Norah with an
anxious pucker on her brows and
a rich red dyeing her cheeks-was
vigorously applying various imple-
ments to the task of making a gar
den.
Cant you see?" she inquired.
My pansies and mignonette are
going to be late this season. l can't
think what was on my mind-how
time fiies,T
Doesn't it," I assented warmly.
while wondered if as poor a worm
as my humble self had been the
cause of Norah's belated> GARDENING.
l had made her walk six miles a
day for her health, as / explained
1t, and had made her go Swimming
the ground on snowshoes-skati
too, when there was skating to be
had and again to see the fallen
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-17

Q. Must a member of the house
of representatives be a resident of
the district which he represents?
L. L. R.
A The constitution provides that
no person shall be representative
who shall not when elected, be an
inhabitant OF that state in which
he shall be chosen, but makes no
requirement as to residence within
the district
@. In playing golf, if a ball is
buried in the soft turf of fairway
or green, can it be lifted without
penalty? L. V. NJ.
A. Unless there is a local rule
or stipulation TO the contrary the
ball must be played as it lies.
Q. Is it true that more rain falls
in the Dakotas and Montana than
there did some % years ago?
A. The weather bureau says that
their records show no permanent
change in the amount OF precipita-
ton in that section.
@. When were lead pencils in
vented? F. H. D.
A. The earliest mention of what
are known today as lead pencils
appears in records dating back to
1865. This was shortly after the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-17

Norah, and the Strengthening tonic
love? The great physician is he
who gave love to the world, and
who led me straight TO you. Am
to stay in Already, and be glad, or
go back to the city and be miser-
able, Norah?"
She placed her hand softly In
mine. You needn't have fright
ened me So" she whispered Are
you quite sure your heart is
strong%' And for answer I kissed
her with all the enthusiasm of
happy lover in springtime.
think the gods are good to those
who understand how to pray to
them. Why not try your luck at it,
and join US next year in Already!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-17

70 each individual. 40 a.tahslCu Wl.- =
discovery of the noted graphite mine
at BorrowGaIe. England. which -uT-
nished the material for the L-s-
pencils.
Q. Does a lease have to be in
writing? Fl. C.
4. In many Of the states OF the
union the statutes require that
leases for more than one year be
in writing
Q. What is the difference in shoe
sizes? Y. y.
A. The American and English
series of sizes vary one-third ~ az
inch-that is, size 8 is one-thirt or
an inch longer than size :. etc.
Q. What proportion CT the auto
mobiles of the world are in the
United States? o. 3. ".
A Eighty-three out Of every 100
automobiles IN the world arc reg
istered in this country.
G. Who invented lOgarithns?
E A. B.
A John Napier. a Scotchman,
who lived in the early 18th cen
fury, is usually regarded as their
inventor
Q. Is it the nature Of one Of the
seeds of a cookie burr TO grow one
season and the other the next sea
son? Pm
A While occasionally both seeds
terminate the same season, usual
" one seed grows one year and the
other the following one.
Q. Was Robert z. Lee ever offer
ed the command OF the union forces
in the Civil war? 5. O. L.
a. On April IS, 1851. President
Lincoln. through Francis Preston
Blair. rendered General Lee the
command of the army Of the United
States, which he declined Of this
action. Lee said: 4 declined the
offer he made me to take command
of the army that was to be brought
into the field, stating as Candldly
as I could that though opposed 10
secession and deprecati1g war.
couldtake no part in the invasion
of the southern states
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-17

The Dundee-white boxing exhibition. to be
staged at Douglas park June 81, is attracting
nationwide attention owing to the professional
standing of the principals. 1t will be the
biggest sporting event ever staged in this vicin-
ity. All sport lovers should make it point to
attend The profits go into the treasury of the
Rock Island post Of the American Legion.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-17
the butter.

Rock Island citizen confidentially in
formed the county board that a bootlegger had
approached city official with two pints of
liquor. The official declares the report a lie.
We believe him, for that doesn't sound like the
approach of a bootlegger.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-17

Uncle Sam usually succeeds in anything he
undertakes, but it is hardly to be expected that
he will be able TO make the ocean dry.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-17

A California Psychologist says that our
ancestors OF 10000 years ago did lot have any
language. Those must have been the happy
days.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-17

You can have new sweet corn for dinner to-
morrow. What drab and dreary existence it
would be without our annual practice with the
sweet corn ears. Be sure to keep your eye on
the butter.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-17

The fellow who bought the Washington
monument didn't realize what poor bargain
he had made until he began considering means
of taking IL home with him.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-17

Jimmie Miners, 5. and Betty Masfl. 4. tried
to elope at Rockford. Evidently Jimmie be
leves in the idea of getting em young and
treating EN- rough.
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By William Brady, NJ.
Noted Physician ard author.

tory in which girls were employed
to work with sealing mixture
having benzene for the solvent.
It appears that this excellent and
cheap solvent for rubber, resins
and other trade materials attacks
the blood corpuscles las do most
coal tar derivatives used as medi-
cine) and also produces grave in
jury to the nerve centefs. Serious
poisoning may occur from breath
ing air containing as little as one
part of benzene (benzoD in 10000
parts of air.
A strong suction should be in
stalled at the point of origin of the
fumes. when benzene is employed
industrially, to carry of the fumes
and protect the worker from a
lethal poison. But, as Hamilton
says, how is this to be done in the
vanishing of automobiles, remov-
ing shellac from the pews Of a
church, cementing fabrikoid on tex
tiles or building automobile tires?"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-17
Questions and Answers.

Brown Eyes and Blue Eyes-Is
it possible for parents who are
both distinctly brown eyed to have
blue eyed children? T. L. E.
Answer-AH eyes are brown. If
there is no pigment in the iris (ttIe
ring around the pupiD the individ-
hal is called an albino. II there
is very little brown pigment, the
eyes are called blue" If a little
more pigment, gray" If still
mere, "hrew2" The most deeply
'pigmened irises give the illusion of
black" eyes The wonder is that
children so frequently do have eyes
augmented about in the same de-
gree as their parents. or not great
ly unlike the eyes of their parents.
1t is not surprising that blue eyed
children are born Of brown eyed
parents, as is often the case. All
eyes are blue at birth, the pigmen-
tation not taking place until the
child is several weeks old.
Bee Wine-What do you think of
bee wine? They say it is good Tor
the kidneys? B. L.
W
for the kidneys and for the health
generally. The United States gov
eminent issued a warning against
the use of the wild or impure
yeasts known as bee" for fermen-
tation.
Ben Told, Right on the Job
would like to know what effect five
drops of terpentine. twice a day,
taken on a lump of sugar, will have
on the system. l have been told
that it will kill all the germs in the
body Is this true? A. McC.
Answer-Turpentin is a rather
inferior germic;de even if it is ap-
piled directly to the germs, What
you have been told is tommyrot
Taken internally it is likely to in
flame the urinary tract.
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lie MOO.
H0 HUM.


two-step e
Recdened the cheek of the yirtnous maid
Zone are the days when SO much as her instan
None but the brazenest hussy displayed.
There was time when a scandaIjzad natio,
Snuddereo and shrteked that the tango was sin.
Prophesied ruin and in CONSERVATION
Covered Its eyes at the sight of a shin
Fashions have changed since the DAYS of onr
fathers. - "i
Time flies and nothing continues the sama
Shlmmy and camel walk? Obsolete botharS,
Even the toddle is getting too tame
Now, in these days of the widest of dances
Nothing we feel quite so much as ennui:
and, with the briefest of possible chances
Sufe our yawns at the sight of a knee
ROBERT lie DIABIE
IF We could keep our carping mouth shut
but well, we can't. But if we could We saw
probably none lwell, most of 'ezn) would know
that lie Diaele's lines are faulty. You wouldn't
know. fr1nstanee. that "two-step' doesn't con-
stitute rime for "instep"; nor that nation,
has no license TO rime with "consternationr
Aside from that, Robert, the poem is a whiz
All. well, as A Lincoln so aptly said: aThe
world will little note nor long remember what
We say nefs-- R E MIG.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-01
~ According to Ports Of Destination

SAN FRANCISCO. San Diego, Los An
geles Harbor (Wilmington), Port
land, Seattle
FROM NEW YORK
Feb. 4-ROBIN ApA1R tF) Isthmian
Feb. 1s--STEEL RANGER {F) Isthmian
Mar. s-CHARLTON HALL (F) Isthmian
Mar. le-STEEl- SfcAFARER (T) Ist thrnian
Mar 30-STEEL WORKER (F) Isthmian
SAN PEDRO, San Francisco, Van
couver, B. C..
FROM NEW YORK
Feb. I5-sTANLEY DOLLAR fr)
Dollar Line
SEATTLE-See Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco
TACOMA-See Los Angeles
VANCOUVER, b. C.-See Los Angeles
HarDor
WILMlNGTON--Sce San Francisco
New-York tribune., 1922-02-01

\OGSlWlSC
BALTiM0RE "a I:,,,,r FROM New .yonx
CHARLESTON-See Jacksonville
GALVESTON FROM NEW YORK
Southern Pacific Co.
GALVESTON, Key West
r.n ,-coHf!g1 Ssq. nE% xsT, yonE ,3r1to
Feb. ALAMO (F) Mallory Line en-"
JACKSONVILLE, Charleston
FROM NEW YORK
FEB. 2-MOHAWK (PF) Clyde Line
Feb. 7-LENAPE (PF) Clyde Line
KEY WEST-See Galveston
LOS ANGELES HARBOR, San Fran
cisco, Portland, Seattle, Tacoma
FROM NEW YORK
Feb. 7-WILLSOLO {F) Williams S.s. Co.
LOS ANGELES HARBOR, San Fran
cisco, Seattle Portland, Vancouver,
FROM NEW YORK
Feb. 1s-RUTH ALExANDER lPF)Nawsco
FEB Teb 25-W VISA CATAMAGE TAN. (F2 Nawseo
Mar l0-N1rGmsET TNoS nAn IEh1 II2oSs Naw'co
Mar. 15-NIPoNsET (FR} Nawsco
LOS ANGELES, San Francisco, Port
land, Seattle, Tacoma-Also see New
York, San Francisco
FROM NEW YORK
Fob. 2-vIRGINIAN (F)
United American Lines. lao.
Feb. 9-IOWAN (F)
United American Lines Inc
Feb. 16-NEBRASKAN (F)
United American Lines Inc.
NEW ORLEANS FROM NEW YORK
Feb. 4-MOMUs (PF) Southern Pacific
NEW YORk FROM BALTIMORE
Feb. 1-PH1LADELPH1A (F) Clyde
PORTLAND-See Los Angeles, San
Francisco
SAN DIEGO-See New York, San Fran
cisco, Mobile, New Orleans
SAN FRANCISCO-Also see Los An
geles, San Diego
FROM NEW YORK
Feb. 7-WILLSOLO (F) Williams SIS, Co.
SAN FRANCISCO, Los Angeles
FROM NEW YORK
Feb. t-VENEZUELA (PFM)
Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-01

AlslsI Line
sssnt c.ste St., NY. Bowling On o0So
...,... Hawaiian S. 5. Co.
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cnee NY. Whitehall lo2o.
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...,,e., Ship & Com. Nav. Corp
rsu.A American Lines, T., .,s.,, %.n,s Asen,. 'n".
- broadway. N. Y. Whitehall 1920
=, Battery Pl.. NY. whitehall sos'
.a.,.;e Transport Line Il. M. M.)
..,1 Broadway, Ny.
sal. !;1s B's 81 G'n $500; Fst. wh't'll 2oso.
s.es., Daniel, Agent
r1.,.r.mpster 4 Co., Ltd.
L:ee.St :: n..ysr S., Ny. Broad 4Sco.
s.,ber S. S. Lines, Inc.
rB..ser, Pl-, N Y. Whitehall 1900
shek Diamond Lines
vy.s7Exeh. Pl. Rect 1ss2-2e17-1S.
siii sc.i.imnYe: 30 South Calvert st.
c ccs;s.ro: 5l7 Webster Bldg.
% Ia. Phila, Geyelin & Co., 141
So. Ath st. ~, ~. -, ~,
Ss.ton: C. H. Spra2ue. 141 Milk st.