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9 THE ATIQTJS. TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1909. fTHE ARGUS. Published Dally and Weekly at 1624 Becond avenue, Rock Island. lit En tered at the postofllce aa second-class matter. BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. TERMS. Daily, 10 cents per week. Weekly, $1 per year in advance. All communications of argumentative character, political or religious, must have real name attached for publica tion. No such articles will be printed over fictitious signatures. . Correspondence solicited from every township in Rock Island county. Tuesday, May 25, 1909. The only idea some men have of getting to the front is by pushing others back. The Aldiich majority in the senat? has succeeded in protecting the infant lumber industry by depriving the peo ple of the advantage of competition. Atlanta recently had a musical fes tival and cleared J 11,000. This is really astounding. The profits would probably not 'have been much greater if it had been a prize fight. A velocity of 100 miles an hour was attained by the wind in Cleve land the other day, but the people of Cleveland will go right on believ ing Chicago to be the windiest city In the world. Sheridan Webster advocates pub lic farms where the unemployed can be given work. But will they go there? The farms have always been waiting for those "unemployed" who won't tear themselves from city life. Whitewash. One of the beauties of country life In Kentucky is the liberal use of whitewash on those fences which en close the blue grass fields. No prettier symphony bfv. color could be devised for outdoors than white and green. It looks so wholesome and cheerful. So significant of care, so hygenic and care taking. A little lime and a cheap brush will, cost only a few cents. A little labor;, after hours in these de lightful evenings will make the back yard fence and the tree trunks look like fairyland. , It keeps out the bu?s and insects, gives bad taste to the woodpeckers, and the contrasting col ors will magnify the -size of the yard. The Spirit Lake Beacon makes the followingcoinmcht: "A fond father down state shot bis little girl's head off. Of course, he did not mean to, in .fact, the accounts .state he is crazed by grief over the affair. While fumbling his breech loader a refrac tory shell inconsiderately exploded with the' gun pointed at the face of the child, i Why in the name of ordi nary sanity does any man want to get into his head that it is right to point a gun at anybody; at any time or any where, loaded of empty? This .heart-broken father will never kill anybody else in this careless fashion, lie has been effectually cured of the reckless handling of a gun. Families which have gone through similar ter rible experience will not permit fire arms to lay wjthin reach of children. But candidates for kindred accidents are in almost every community and they will be elected from time to time through monumental folly." Kinplojment Assured. A national system of national ex changes and a form of insurance against unemployment are the means wherewith the British government hopes, if parliament be willing, io grapple with the "hideous problems of social disorganization which are ma--ring the health and happiness of the country." The quoted words are those of Winston Spencer Churchill, who holds the cabinet position of president of the board of trade, and who is the ministerial sponsor of the bill embody ing the proposed legislation. This new departure, inferentially, is the final act in the ministry's program of so cial reforms. Mr. Churchill expressed the hope of being able to put the in surance feature of his plan in op eration next year, and he felt assured that to the amelioration of the "hideous" conditions referred to the present parliament would "gladly ap ply its remaining strength." This Bounds very much like a valedictory: and it would not he unfair to conclud.; that the action of parliament on the bill, favorable or unfavorable, would be the signal for a dissolution and new elections. ' A system of labor exchanges such as is projected in the bill already ex ists Jn one or two countries of con tinental Europe. If in place of the term "labor exchange" we substitute the more familiar one of "employment bureau" the nature and purpose of the system become self-explanatory. The employer needing help and the man out of a job are to be putln communi cation with, one another! Uy a'govern- niental agency whose ramifications ex tend all over the country: and, if in telligently operated, a system as pro posed would be doubtless helpful. To a very large extent unemployment 's due to inability of the seeker for help and the, seeker for work to find each other, and in only a lesser degree to th fact: that there it no work to do Some trades unions have adopted the system, but in an" imperfect form, and it is' still further weakened by the fear that, it might be used for break ing strikes. . The system of insurance proposed is also founded on trades union pre cedents, and in Mr. Churchill's plan the insured would be grouped by trades. The building and machinists' trades and the shipbuilders are to be first dealt with, and these would cover nearly half of the field of unemploy ment. The government aims to intro duce a scheme of benefits rather lower than are now paid by the strongest labor unions to their unemployed mem bers. To this end a fund is to be created from contributions amounting to sixpence per week per man, and of this sum onethird would be contri buted, respectively, by the working men, the employers and the public treasury. To. make the scheme effect, ive it might be necessary to make in surance compulsory; and this would be practically to nationalize the trades unions. It is this possibility that will cause the greatest opposition to the measure, and, probably, as much from the laborites as from the side of the employers. What Are the Man's Hights? In declaring that smoking will in future be prohibited on the street cars of Des Moines, the general man ager of the street railway system be comes a candidate for admission into tho "in bad" club, alienates the sup port of the men, who sit on city councils and do the voting, and wins the favor of the women who have no vote. He is convinced that smoking is not only responsible for the uncleanly and unsanitary condition of the street cars, but that it is at the bottom re sponsible for certain inconveniences of operation. The man who wants to Forestry Taken Up Forestry" Is attracting wide atten tion among the schools of the United States. Not only have many colleges and universities introduced courses and even professional school of for estry, but elementary phases of the subject have been introduced into hundreds of the traded and hiir'i schools, and teachers give enthusiastic leports of the success which is attend ing the new study. Public school teachers say that they have found in it a subject interesting to children, and one which furnishes much attract ive, tangible material to work upon, develonins the child's observation, and being at once acceptable to the young mini, and most practical. The public schools of Washington D. C, and of parts of Iow;a are jn the vanguard of. this -.movement. Every graded school in Washington and a large number of the rural schools of Pottawattamie county, Iowa, are now teaching the elements of forestry. In Iowa, tho subject is being taught as a commercial course in connection with home geography and agriculture, while in the Washington schools it is usd in tho nature study courses. The four upper grades of the Washington schools are studying the forest ani this year all are following practically the same outline: , next vear this out line Will be confined to the fifth grade. while the other grades will follow an outline one step advanced, and so on until by the fourth year a four year course will have been introduced. As a preparation for this? work, forestry has been taught in the normal school of the District of Columbia for sever.il years past, and when the vonnc stud ent teachers take up the actual work of teaching they are already familiar with the details of elementary forest study. Prominent among the other normal schools of the country to take up work of this kind are those of Cleveland, Ohio, Rochester, X. Y.t and Joliet. 111. There is a section in the forest ser vice of the United States department of agriculture which works in co operation with schools in teaching for estry and its related subjects. This co operation is not limited to technical schools f forestry; it is equally open to primary and kindergarten grades: it is as willing to help teach tree study in a first year nature study class as to assist in the establishment of a pro fessional forest school. This section of education, as it is called, is now working out model courses of study for cradeil and hii?h school?, in co-operation with the pub uc scnoois of Washington, D. C, and Philadelphia. Pa. The work in Phil adelphia is being conducted by W. X. Clifford, head of the commerce de partment of the southern high school where he is building up a modern equipment and evolving a practical system for the teaching of forestry in high schools; In Washington, the section' of edn cation is directing a similar work for graded schools in four of the public schools of that city. Besides special lessens in the class room, the pupils collect and mount specimens of leaves wigs, bark, and seeds, and, 'in con nection wit wood working, wood specimens of different . commercial trees are prepared and . placed in cab inets. Opposite each wood section is Placed the name of the wood, its qual ities and uses. - Extensixve field work Is planned for the spring months, and the different classes will be brought lut jnto the woods, there to study the trees at first hand. f As these courses are built up and tested they will be Mibllshed fro.il time to time for dis ribution amonsr teachers nni it wcted that tthe practical line . along. uu.u iae courses are being evolve! smoke on a car, stands in the back end, clogging pasag3 into the car, subjecting persons getting on and alighting from the . car to inconven ience, and delaying operation. More over, the smoke is wafted to the nos trils of women, to their discomfort, and the annoyance of other men who do not smoke. As many smokers ex pectorate freely, they frequently lit tel the floor, against the rules, in creasing tho expense of cleaning the cars, and ruining the gowns of wo men. The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald says: "But" has the man who smokes no rights? Frequently he is forbid den to smoke at home because the smoke gets into the curtains and the furniture, and 'won't come out.' He cannot isnioke in the theater nor pub lic hall, lie cannot smoke In the fac tory because of the danger of fire. There Is left him only the thorough fares and if the street cars occupy these, are they nono. the less a thoroughfare? Must he' throw away a partly smoked perfecto worth a. dime to spend a nickel oh the street car? .'"jjet the question be answered as they may, he will be troubled by the new rule. lie will time and time again be called to account for its vi olation. The old order dies slowly and men do not give up their liber tics or their privileges without a fight. ROPE R0UTEF0R A NEGRO l iiniKskol Mob of :tOO Hangs Black for Attempted Assault. Pino Bluff, Ark., May 25. Lovett Davits, a negro charged with attempt ing to commit a criminal assault on a lt-yoar-old girl, was taken from jail at midnight by an unmasked mob of 300 and hanged to a telegraph pole. by Schools of Land will win for them a wide application in other schools. Most of the schools now teaching forestry arc using as text books sev eral of the publications issued by the forest service, including farmers" bul letin 173, "A Primer of Forestry." The service also issues many circulars dealing with local conditions, which teachers in the localities dealt with might find very useful. By writing to the forest service, Washington, D. C, as many copies of these various pub lications as are needed for class room nse, as well as olher helpful material and information may be secured free of charge. Rheumatism Cured in 24 Hours. T. J. Blackmore of llaller & Black more, Pittsburg, Pa., says: "A short time since I procured a bottle of Dt. got me out of tho house in 21 hours. I took to my bed with rheumatism nine months ago and Dr. Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism is the only medicine that did me any good. I had five of the best physicians in tho city, but I received very little relief Trom them. I know Dr. Detchon's Re lief for Rheumatism to be what it Is represented and tako pleasure in rec ommending it to other pour sufferers." Sold by Otto Grotjan. 1501 Second avenue, Rock Island; Gust Schlegel & bon, 220 West Second street, Daven port Whooping Counh. "In February our daughter had the whooping cough. Mr. I,ane of Hart land, recommended Chamberlain's Cough Re'medy and said it cave his customers the best of satisfaction. We found it as he said, and can recom mend it to anyone having children troubled with whooping cough," says Mrs . A. Goss of Durand, Mich. For sale by all druggists. AH the news all the time THE ARGUS. ' CENTRAL TRUST & SAV INGS BANK. ROCK ISLAM), ILL. II. E. CASTEEIj, Pres.; M. S. IIEAGY, V. Pres.; II. IJ. SIMMON, Cashier. You Need a Safe Deposit Box Because your stocks, deeds, will, and securities will be beyond the reacli of fire and burglars. . Because no one can molest your private letters. Be cause you ll not . mislay your dia monds, jewelry and valuables.. Be cause you'll enjoy peace' of mind. Be cause you can not afford to take great risks when a safety deposit box costs you less than a cent a day. CENTRAL TRUST & SAV 7 INGS' BANK. 4 Per Cent Paid on Deposits FAMOUS BY FANNIE jr. flbJNi ' ELLA WHEELER WILCOX A Success Through Undaunted Courage. "TMIE daily paper has become a great power, a mighty, personal influence - in American life, a pulpit for lay sermons where tho audience may number half a million or mere. No other American woman writer has so lafge, so constant, so closo and personal an audience as Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Her articles in the New York Evening Journal, whose great circula tion there is multiplied by their sydieation throughout tho country, give her a wondrous Influence. They arc simple, practical, helpful thoughts for better living; sincere, sympathetic and strengthening, filled with the sunshine of courage and optimism. The hundreds of letters she receives is an eloquent tribute to tho seriousness of tho American mind and tho hunger of struggling ones throughout the country for counsel and ligiit on the problems and per plexities of daily life. She was orn In Johnstown Centre, Wisconsin, the youngest daughter of a Vermont music teacher, who had made money and lost it and was forced to make a fresh start in life at a little place on the prairies twelve miles from Madison, and at the age of eight made her first offerings to the muse of litera ture in tho form of effort in prose and verse which she still has preserved. At fourteen she began to appreciate the commercial side of literature when her verses appeared In "The New York Mercury" and other periodicals that considered subscriptions, boolcs pictures and brie a brae compensation, in lieu of the coin of the nation. Mrs. Wilcox's first book, "Drops of Water," a collection ol poem3 on total abstinence, appeared in 1872. Just twenty years ago her most famous poem, "Laugh and the World Laughs with You," jppeared in the "New York Sun" and for it the writer received five dollars. In the same year her famous book "Poems of Tassion," which raised a whir'-.Tind of protest, abuse and ridicule, made her name known from Bar Harbor to tho Golden Gate. Mrs. Wilcox's success was not due to influence nor to special advantages working toward publicity; but to her untiring loyalty to a dream, her per sistence and a courage undaunted by failure, a serene confidence unmoved by opposition and ridicule. In 1S84, her marriage to Robert M. Wilcox, of Meriden, Conn., brought her East, her winter homo being In New York and her summer residence at tho "Bungalow," a delightful cottago at Short Beach. Conn., whero the rests, writes anu recuperates from her busy life in the city. T"iuul U& Jrurcd to lYw. J. MICK. ;c.& The Argus Daily Short Story The Rejected Dream Man By Amelia Trucsdalc. Copyrighted, 1909, by Associated Literary Press. Koy Adams, paddling about among tho water lilies with Kuby Lane, bnd just come licnr proposing to her and she to refusing him, this being their customary daily diversion. Now be was watching her Jazily. That . was what irritated her. -so his inordinate laziness. He was large and blond, with placid blue eyes like a sleepy baby's. She was little and trim as waxwork, and her gray eyes .were clear and kexn. "I don't know what kind of a fellow you want," be grumbled amiably, with an indolent movement of one oar. "He's brisk," Ituby replied, "and en ergetic." "Think I've got hfm in my mind's eye." Koy gave the other oar an easy touch. "Small and bustling and chip pery, like the little cock sparrow that sat on a tree." "He isn't like that in the least." Huliy sat up prim and stiff and rosy with indignation. "Oil, isn't he? Beg his pardon. Where is he now?" "At work," Ruby replied promptly, her tone implying a comparison be tween a man thus profitably employed and one who idled his time away at a summer hotel. "Perhaps he has an object in view," Hoy insinuated. "rerhaps," Ruby admitted demurely. "And mn Is the object to be at tained soon?" Ruby let her eyes drop toward the top mine of her blue organdie. "I don't know exactly: not before next spring." She was dabbling her hand in the lake, her eyelashes still slanting downward. "Ah! , Congratulate him and every thing. Shall we row over to that bunch of willows or down to the little cove?" I"'or an instant Ruby wished 8he might tip the boat over, just to see If hi exnsperating equanimity would be disturbed by such an emergency. "1 don't believe it would," she de cided in disgust, "He'd get us out Jf he could conrenieiitly, and If lie couldn't he'd drown with the content ed smile on his face as serenely as if he were a wooden Shem out of a toy Noah's ark." Mrs. Albert Lloyd was peacefully crocheting when her sister Ruby whirl ed bn upon her, cast herself Into a rocking chair and rocked tempestu ously for three minutes. Mrs. Albert viewed her quietly, suspending her crochet hook for a moment. "Been fencing with Mr. Adams again?" she queried mildly. "Yes," Ruby answered, "but I hard ly think he'll care about fencing any more." " , i "No? Why notr " "I practically told him I was en gaged. ' ;,; -v . "Dear me! And to whom?" ; "Ajxsrsoa I Invented.' - PEOPLE M L.OTHROP Gro, New York. "You unprincipled wretch! What did you do it for?" "Jinn to see what effect it would have." ".ud what effect did It have?" "None at all. .You couldn't stir him up to move an eyelash whatever you did. 'lie's too sublimely lazy even to lose his temper."' Mrs. Albert shook her head gently, "You're off the track," she comment ed, unwinding more scarlet wooL "He may perhaps be guilty of always keep ing his temper, aud, let me tell you, a married woman would consider that a very pood failing, but as for being lazy Albert's friends say that, although he has that lazy way and looks as if he were letting things go to smash if they want to, he has his eye on every thing and every move he makes counts. I shouldn't wonder If you've put your silly foot in It for once with your invented man." Mrs. Lloyd ceased herlecture as she found herself talking to a dissolving view of blue organdie ruffles and a couple of whisking sash ends and re turned to her crocheting. Roy appeared before Ruby early the next day lu his usual calm frame of mind and his boating rig. "Think he'll object to your going out on the lake with me Just once more?" he asked. "I'm going away early to morrow morning." "What for?" she asked. "Have to." he responded. "Vacation comes to an end tonight Can you go?" - She reflected dismally that she must either confess her little romance of yesterday to be an unfounded one or bid goodby forever to this exasperat ing man. and she knew now that the latter was something ehe could not do and retain any shred of happiness. She waited, however, until they wen? out on the blue." soothing bosom of the lake. Then she rushed into It. 1 Photo bv Mi Mir!ia.l !tr The only b&ldng powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tarta made trom grapes-. Royal Baking Powder conYeYs properties and renders it superior in flavor and wbolesomenesa, ..'He couldn't object, yon know." Bhe said, reverting to his remark of some time .before, "because he's only a fic tion." ?A dream man?" he asked. . ' She nodded, blushing uncomfortably. . lie hummed a bar of "When a Dream Came True" and settled back easily Ruby looked down in alienee. She was waiting for him to say some thing else, and- he was carelessly mov ing an oar now and then and appar ently thinking of nothing at all. She noticed for the first time how strong his brown hands looked. They were not the bands of a lazy man. They drifted along aimlessly. "It was a silly story to tell," Ruby said at last "Oh. don't know." he answered In dulgently. "I rather thought you were fabricating. But you might realize him yet you know." 'I don't want to." Her voice was a little uneven. ' "Poor dream man! I sympathize with him, I'm sure. Like to have that pond lily?" "Thank you. I don't care for it Let's go back." ' He agreed amiably. "I ought to get back early,", he Bald. "I promised Klngsland to go over. and fish with him this afternoon, so we may not see each other again. Caesar, Isn't this a day for fishing, though!" Ruby's cheeks tingled as she walked silently beside him through the light dry grass op the way to the hotel, while he stalked cheerfully along, mak ing irritatingly pleasant remarks about the scenery. They came to a standstill at the summer house on the lawn. It was empty, and Ruby did not want, to walk Into the crowd of people on the hotel porch. "I'm tired," she said. "I'll rest awhile, and we can say goodby here." He held out his sunburned band and clasped hers closely for a minute. "Goodby," he said. "If you should come to terms with, the dream man don't forget to let me know." She watched him going across an ad joining field as she fell Into the big willow chair and began to rock. Then she looked off dismally toward the misty hills. They were dimmer than the light summer haze warranted. "Only a summer flirtation only a summer flirtation," creaked the chair maddeningly. She turned her eyes to the field again. She could still see the tall form loitering along. When it should dis appear the end of things would have come. "He stooped, seemed to pick up something; then he turned slowly and began bis easy stride back toward the summer house. It seemed ages before he reached the door and looked In, holding toward her a flower on a long stalk, just a fringe of pale lilac petals uncurling from a tawny golden center. "See; I found the first aster and came back to bring It to you." he said. She accepted It silently. He looked curiously at her eyes. The rims were decidedly pink, ne folded his arms and leaned against the door casing. "Sure you aren't going to marry the dream man?" he asked after a casual survey of the landscape. "Didn't I tell you there wasn't any?" "I thought you might be fibbing again. If there really Isn't" "Well?" "Couldn't you reconsider things and take me, after all?" An Inventiva Genius. There is a student in the University of Pennsylvania whose Inventive gen ius, if directed In the right direction, is likely to bring him fame In after life. This youth was called before one of the professors, charged with being absent from more than the permitted number of . classes. After lecturing him thoroughly and tellinz him the penalties that would have to be Im posed, the professor asked the youth If he had any excuses to offer for his continued absences. "Thls hour comes from 0 to 10," said the youth, "and I am so peculiarly constituted that I can never get up for a S o'clock hour." "That is no excuse." replied the pro fessor indignantly. "Why don't you get an alarm clock?" "I did, try that" answered the student, "but It was no use. I never could hear the alarm go off. I have a weak heart and as a re sult am forced to sleep all the time on my right side, and I am totally deaf In my left ear." The professor knew full well that this statement was not con fined to the strict truth, yet he thought one who could Invent such a tale was deserving of better things and decided to give him another chance. Philadel phia Record. Meteors. The meteors which fall upon the earth In Tast numbers every year add their weight to the earth. Thu3 the earth Is Increasing a minute quantHy in weight each year, but not enough to be perceptible In thousands of years. LU tTmOifJU, Baking Powder ' f Absolutely Yuri to food the moat Whhfnl nt f.: ' ii Humor and . Philosophy Br 3VtCAJt M. SMITH ' . CALLING A HALT.; On. you stupid legislature! Do you think th lovely "crature Will be told her head adornment Must not run to this or thtT Will the heady, haughty beauty Own it's In your line of duty ' J To make rules and regulations -Touching; on my lady's hat?. Mighty questions you may grappt As a boy toys with an apple -That concern financial matters ' Or the way to run the cars. But to dip in light and airy Where an angel might be scary Only sets you in a tangle. Only carries to you Jars. ' If it looks to you so simple That the creature with the dimple . Should be broken qf the habit While the thing is yet In style, . Could be made to trim her bonnet ' With less fruit and feathers on It And would cut tt one inch smaller. You would make the wise ones smile. She will wear it as she pie You may bottle up your breezes Or direct them in a channel Where results at times accrue. If you monkey with the feather Or the way she puts together Hat and bonnet, she may saunter With a hatpin after you. - One Success. "I think I would . make a great ex plorer," said the family man as a smile of self satisfaction spread over bis face." "What is your special qualification?" "I found the pocket in my wife's dress this morning." . . - Make Didn't Count. . - "We are going to have a new auto mobile," 6a id the enthusiastic Uttls woman. "Won't it be lovely j 'What kind of a car are yon going to getr "We haven't decided whether it will be red or white." Unforgivable. "All men are sinners." "That Isn't the worst of it" "Why?" - . .. . "In addition some of them are losers too." Not 8o Progressiva. f"Fly with me, darling!" " "Not much!" . .,--..;- "Don't yon love me 7 ' " "Sure thing!" . , " "Then why hesitate?" "An auto is good enough for me." Opportune Moment. -"I am going on the stage at last? "Ton- have been studying for' it a long time." . - - ...... "Quite awhile." , ' i... "Why didn't yon try it sooner? "Well, you see, vegetables never wre so high." . . .- But She Was All Right. "Have you a good cook?" ; rYes." "Fortunate." , . "Xot a bit of it" ."Whyr 'Her cooking isn't What He Saved. "Uncle, did you ever . stroll down Broadway?" "Never." "You have missed half of your life." "Well, I didn't miss my pocket- book." Keeps Her Busy. "Does that gill ever do any thing r "I Ehonld nyr so. She is the busiest creature I know." v "What does she dor .v : . "She is a' reg ular little flirt". PERT PARAGRAPHS, Xo, Evelyn, neighbor and xralnnc si fan'f alvovo avfinnemAHs - . - ' " a J 0 y uuuj 1 rr i . - . i . ' Hope is an excellent- stimulant bat fo be effective there must ' be some-' f thing for it to "stimulate. : , r : v tlAMl. l re. I ' - ' cvif t uw vau -a, avw UIS1T ImTKist off our belongings can't by any stretch, or tne imagination be called handy jc When people agree to dtflane thW are compelled to come to ' i It is possible to meet your doctor on ' v.hvj ,iVilun 1SUV ailUUBV, Kill IHrWMITliri . i in ii sk sir A.-f in v r nnnsr v A stitch In time saves eMot-of