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TUX ROCK ISLAND AI?CUS, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1915. THE ARGUS. . ih, lUk Ila.l. I'.L. C Kr.tsre aeetetite Ms4-rUi matter lee M We a f V "HE J. W. POTTER CO ; t TBXIW Tm rent VT wwrk. wy c- . ... .. . . r. is j-iovr . as 7 ey la a-avaatee. j Cae ataJnta f T erree , . A saai t tt ere-ala,Uoi department. sklrk hjM aleo V ollA4 IB every , luua ere It hi cteire4 to be i tPT tiavsje.tlaae. nrrl'rt baa I i Aafasarttr In l!e premie, a. AO mm Ira tlen of rrjiifitt j 1 rtiarwtf. r-oiltl'el rHia. mt, Un ra.t nana attached for pubix-a j Ate. ? rxt article wlU b prtate-i j nnwas In ill department. tnj lAke. kX'k Islead in. in: S 1 flat. Aeturday, February 30. 191V. Matraefa cornet baa focn baric. ! moat l'.ktiy, te - U! al the fvi la about oa th i &-r cf o';r It la Alnscet a shame to har.iea the J cac from the etor. There are a- rr.ar. ! plaraa ther aer puy riO r peyfai.'T In th. ruffee rtre or S for lBtaB- Another vtrfry ?-r law aal cr1-. fraak Jtnm, to oca t.rr.a Missouri bandit. rfietl before dylea; ti.at I. remain be, cremated ar. I tt- I placed la a burx'.ar prt.f vault. As irh a.jiri"- that a.! tf. d aroiaioa f i- or -nt . f tra'l la Miytw fh r.::.. way ta ti ;i fcrM. by tb n in'- f.r tlt potind. Iiicw aajr cl.r r!fnracj;:y. f'U' ar tfiat th5 p-.. whh baa moni tn th lr.irrM:rln amoec In I :i To'! haaj ft r.-fcaa) rh trwnr thi, lt hot aff ir baa t-' n cO'k--I .; t j on wot'Tprtatr.a; ft.m firm. Of nwrM Jtpi i la prfe-t!y i::m also to help aettl KncUnd's tr)ub!r ttl the irl'j iTetty soon trie N: pnoaw wLl be atteal,na; to ever Ndy' buntnea in lh orient and then tn ata will b set lor aoutuer war. Now thai th fate of Fprin3eM 1 known may we not fon liy anticipate that ko promlsv.l r;-it to It. k 1 4 land of tn Al Tearney. Tho Three- Ey league wrecker oucht not to db- appoint h!a admirers hern at any coat. Notice from ln state veterinarian that thw boof and mouth quarantin-? Is to b I:ft.-1 In Kane aoJ a cumhrr of Iltioola count le In a 1- iay u Tldence that the m-tiioda hetmc c-l i flint the disease are proving effec tive'. drtlc though they truy be. It tb t'nlted States ia to kep out of trouble with Japan it la i:lte evi dent that oweboiy will have to l t tie np Repreiu-r.tarivw tioron ar.J r.tfce better Joi of Ir. b. rhan th "hero of the Merrimae" ! t.l h(n be tinVrtook tr perform that operation for CervTa- Tb rise of D. H Elliott who. after tartlnc years ac at Kewan-" as wagon driver f..r the l'n:t-d Stat. Kxpreaa company has J:it beer, elect ed vice preauient of the cor. ern. ahoulJ aerr aa an inspiration to American you'u. I'ibM s there w'l h a ruan now to g t Into the pir"-! Vt service. V patron of a Chicago hot. I has ui the tuu.' f -r JJj dariiai:- a. learej to bate resulted from a fall when ah tripped nver a rui?. Attor ney frr the defer.a doubtle w i.I h Intrrate4 In the qutlon whether tt a- hlxrt hel or bitch balls which rocplrrd wlta the oa'JKh'y rie to precipitate th rataatrophe. Notaithatan.ilti' thai a htle family ObAcrvmt th Pe,.pir Tom -rrtj-,trel pee-tn Into the wtn.low of a n.'!hbir la a taM fir i n-inute- the o'.her ta:ht after iutifj!n tho p:ice. tl.er ta poaalbly no occasion for aarpr!e. Oa of tho .;ua.l a perhap- takl-.ic A Joy rtda a Ueat louring car i. . - J. Ta Waun TrII club, at taat have , pras-tx-al um la make of thrlr Hll with tao bow an 1 arrow. Some.ia baa devtaail tho k(ix of ahootta Arrow wlrB lettera atta-fce.I to them from lb Hel'.aa rimn bero aoi - dim r tarerne.! In llollinl a-r the boetwsarjr ltr. Into Helfium tier woroen aa! children wait for frora father. tutr.J or brother. 'or l It probably will be necessary f r the preoecty held era at Third aveca aa 1 Two?eCl strret to petition the water-j works depej-lroent to restore tho p-we-; anetst At fa corner which !t dlstcrbed I sak aaro. u repair a leak under thej urfar. It will bs remcn3bsre.i that j tt rwtratrad the next thlsa to mob vio 1mk to fH thlnra ta shap a block I oath of that. Aom months aco. after j lh waterworka depavrtmeot had torn i thtnr AP- - cat leg th ue cf back yards for flow- It may b fntereatina; to know thatier 'ardena. "Why." asks the writer C'onirrwasi&Aa L Hampton Moore, who "are w all waiting until we pet rich created lh furor Against Cocrree-' to make u a 'garden' such as we have man Ta venae la the houa Thursday, dreamed of since we were small whew th latter waa pursuing his f ght ' and read of the English children har- ACatast th ajr troat on the floor. a alls from Philadelphia, la a former rtaiat of th National Repab'.Ican eaa. and baa been generally identl- geel wit'a ccTpoTAtloBA. There Ar som ' asropi who always become excited . supremacy of RE FORMING IOWA. I Warning Mtbit undue optimism on ) th part of prohibition enthusiasts of lo-a otfr th prospect of the eliml , nation cf the saluoa I voiced by the Cedar Rapid K publican. which :t;ai.cs tiU in comment on th Mt- 1 " W r uler prohiM'loa i sra.n I: alii nol a.Tft ra of u Yrry tsurt. Ad it may do no cue any tanu I!at hou!I crr(aKy aToM coming to tha cci;t!'i!on tftat In a f" yar e !!! all t ralnts or all fee strong aa'l h'-af'.r and r ar.e. TV." chanr iro e nl'.l b Just aiJUt aliat h?( ben. Jjonm b more KtupiJ and It ciay be aJi-1 oth!r rray b more solxr, and more uxffuL Hut the totl change a lit cot be rreat. Voa ca.n prove al n.t ar.yiMns aa:r.t y ell that la proposed for lic-jSf ion. For la .taare. If all latrory t-ta of alroholir efr-da trrre conclusive. l.Vo aome nations oiiKht to be un ! to flrM today. in anyone cintnd ti.at tiie ue of b- r. ron-ttr.wi-'. t-r IS cer.t jrlfH '-r-lu'ii'y !-t r! r:if -J t;io ;-rnian per.'.e? la It cot true that dur ing A t year hn tho ue of be-r vti at Ita b!zM. that t:j-y ') carrt"I to th acrii of l.urnan d-t;--f::!nt. both srlf-nr- and in Jitry? In all t.i hut. ry of lu or:i there ia no .-ord of ufli a-Meverrrit In ."lnr. !n lridu trle and ro3iT.-ffi a t:.e Or u .: barf -f.arl during a r-'r' 1 J b--n t'.e u-" of l.-r !:'! a nati':..il cu V:ji Vi:i e tn Io-a be abl to dup'.l--aa that r-ord. no- that ? are t. b nt!r-'y prhlble l tv.- use it liira that ror.tvln alrobol. V!.: -tifrr-d I" SrU'jr ar-o".p!ii'i f .r u what he H'TmiM have ar rorj.p!!hd? We are afraid not. Th f.ra? r-Tt'lt- f'r -i'-!i arh ;err.er.t r! 9 'rri-!? r r!e tan rere ab,n-nc. V are not jr.ir.r t' x any f ir " i,r rfrair.!r.iC fr t:i o:ii'--f hlr.r. EACKINO THE PRESIDENT. .... - . ,. a I a . I wfcea you lprU th th troat la acy form. ....... - 'jare in a pcsit.on to o'-taln m'ich t:se th. la.por!ji.-.f of bar'x'r.K up the nd-ifjI information. They know how to n.:u!tra::oa it is Mrr.e for everjbodyjro about things for res'ilt. Through to ilro whatever prejudices they may 'here ex(!i: luU the war trut has b harbotis and set together for the; C.w of the c.jr.try. fpakint cf th i . . . . i . i . . . - r - I . . .t t.- ...... ! ",s ''7 i"'"" "-"'Mtr-tuM to whieh the war tra. an i j tpan alii oppugn K. preeua- live Ifohsor.'a d-;iiand for a report . h!'h would make public everything! wh'.rti ha tmnpired Mr. Mann said: j "I appreciate th rravity of the rein- I tior.s whirh n-- -xi..t between China i and J.i,.;m ar-.d V.:r.tpe and the r-!a-1 Uori which they may bear to the : I'nited States, but it seems to me that J at thlM time and under existing Ir- ; 1 runi'tinM it i absolutely neceM'-ary foe this l ou e and for the people of t'.i! country to place th'ir reTlance l:i ( t.ie prt-Siii' r.t of the I'l.l c I States. "T( e presi.l'-nt reprrs -t.ts our conn-' i try in cir relations with foreign na-. tio:i.j and it would b-- a .-i-rio'i.s thi::g ! for thle house or this congress, w ith out all the Information which the pre. , Id. ::t po-se -, to endeavor to inter fere. "Pre.ii.ien' Wilson . president of the l'r:: Stat.-M. ei"Cte-I ly the peo ple r,f the rnit.-d St i'es. He r-ccupit s I i-.i.im In wi.i ii n:ut rot batnp er or annoy (.r iiiterfvre wi'h hi in. I- believe Iih want3 tj preserve pe-ci . land uphold our rights. I hope that We will be able both to uphold our i rii;'.t.M and dignity and preserve p. aee. but t-.e ;::! tl.ir:4 we cr.:i do is to have lai'li in ti:r ad:.::r:lstrai'.ca." j ELECTING MISFITS. In considering the statements of I can.!: l.vtea who are seeking votes for ci'y eoi.itiiist '.or.er at the m tra I pal ' pr.raary n- xl Tuclay. Li.e voter must rem. tr.be r that very cft-n little men make t:g proininen. The statement whicii prcs.-nt in mo.-t fa-clnating manner the rreat thlnss the candidates till .!o for the el'y if e. ci-d. may be r.oth.r.? more than an exair.pl of it.K-I rhetoric, as the S;rir.c;ieiJ News- U.x-ont renili.d.M the twm of that city. Mi.' Into cff.ce simply be- raiv vo;era act on j-jrface irnpiva ion. In a r:ur.ic;pJ tarcpaisn there is no x. u for this Every voter can In form htrr.eef or herself as to the quali fication of candidates. Unless the I. re of thee office, their sue-; iriirt anJ failures, their fricr.di and ' M-mtrA are rt wa ' LrpSil., ahould not be trusted, j I foricietlous effort on the part of a i malortty of citizen to find the rl-ht i ' ro,n tor comro'.sslonera will result In I .,hw r.t'-.t men beinc choaen. Haphax- j f rotiac U almost certain to deliver I .x. ci.T u-to ih, hands of lncomoet. 1 cr de,iTiicc DoiiUclans 1 A the IlterAcy "test I dead, there -.:i U. ro nrcJ of .deptinj th, ll-ton , ...-,., ,.n,m.ni r -mr. lea:" My cotjntry. "tl of thee. Sweet land of literacy. Of thee we tell. I-ar.d of the readin test Banish the unlearned suet. Till all from east to went Know fcow to spelL j There I a rather pathetic cot In a 'letter lo th Kansaa City Star, advo- tag tea la th garden?" In Henry James's novels th English take tea on th lawn, and even th blcoted Ameri- acn roust admit that the novelist 1m- parts a great deal of charm to the practice. The World Wide War Trust VI. BY CONGRESSMAN CLYDE H. TAV ENNER. 'f-"I ''"rr'I",ndncif of T(r Arfu. Wabir.cton. Kb. 1 There are tricks ia all lrail-H. If the peoples of the several low ers can be incited to mutual dis-trust. suspicion and hatred, fur in- war traffickers in each country. The several lead - ln powers aim CLYDE L TAVCNNER the oth-r K-ad:n powers hu!(i do the amo. It work a an endles chain, with the war bur-, Mr Mulliner's "information," sent first den ever nd ever increasing on the , to th, war offlce jn jiay jpoo. was xhe gee-Anrica-first movement is back, cf the taxpayers of the world. : .-vafnod on to the admiralty," "was belated. Columbus saw America A th amor and pow der tr.:ikers f . jrusPd . by them with several out- CrFt- saVa the St. Louis Cajobe-Detno-t.e world work hand in hand, it is to f:tt.rt" ad then "passed from hand'crat." the interest cf the war tniht cf cneit( cunJ tnat hundreds have read j " ountry to l-.ave a rortitrn na'ion :n- rrea'e lt buiidlr.i; program. ir a t n-.tn nn be worf l oit..,p a,(lH(1 ,hat aa oon as it became th.it. f. rieari more criit for tk ltllMU. u waa contradicted by Messrs. h:p'.ui! ! tm. It tails f r the s ' i Kruj. p. throutrh Hon. John Ix-yland, "scr.-.pplnj:" cf ;... vessel already on j ber of , arliament. in England, hand as ohs"k:e." crapp!r.g" mean-, onJ ot)or porrepondtnts. After some Ir.;; throwing on the -rrsp heap as oM; practically admitted by J;;nk. o the I'fe of the !.a't!e-!.!p is ever l-M--enIns. Another trii k In th- trn le of the war tracer vk'iii li js o!)i usly profit- ; ii'ile. ith-.- !t w".i;i l not ) cn- t't.u 1. I" the hiring cf re'.ir d army j ar.d navy cfficial and -x members cf crt-re." by the powder. arn.'T and f!i phi:i'dinc concern-:. Tit r-ofll- i cia: mo' !!.. in n.-r workings of :ne J military bram h" t t the i.(,vertiment. j know the i r.-ormel in nn intimate jway, an I by privute ( nvers.itio:i. by j rr- por.iler.ee. anil in vur . um ayc T.ecoir.e ttiorouvhly intr' nrr.ofl in the. (rmiTBitiu l;Wr. There serus to be no limit " i are willing to go for business. A'.'hourh scarcely believable, it is the proven fac' that British and Ger man war trusts many years ni:o actu ally set about to represent to th-ir respective home roverf.rnents that and b:i:!d:r.K great armadas .1 n!.:tit oi R'.in' I'.ghtins craft, which have since been I proven absolutely to have been f:g- mens ci t-:e uua'naipn pure ana. ,.!,. t ... i M . m rials' hlr,.::;" s:;.;;r "nr .w ' I'rm, .. t,,., I :..rt..ur..- veen the and Germany. countries in the tri;ie alliance and the triple entente, and !t is yet to be ci-t..lli-h'-d wh'lhcr the I'n'te.l St.ltes of America his not al-j jbeen the vic'im of a similar brand of commer cialism. i:i which patri.'iism is the uif aiis an 1 profit the end. Misrepresental'on as to the building rrnr-iPis f Gr"it Britain ar.l Cor in tt jr er" carried on to such an ex t in ti..it the papers became full of it. and the MirTicion cf the people toward ! each other grew and grew-. It was In-j cvl ab!.- that thert. could be but one j ei.'i of mh-.i i ioi-ecuiii-s. .:iiu luai eini.to leave t ie counirv ns soon as thev w :i r. Specific inf Tmation. replete with details, i.s available tn show just how the work was curried on. I Briefly. th:s i.s the story: Beginning ! In h. n. Muiuner. managing dl-j rector of the Coventry Ordnance com-1 pany of England, one of the great Brit-i lh war traflicklti;; c nrerns. cave him-' A child falls and strikes the head. A great bump or perhaps a scalp wound Is the result. There may be more or lens immediate shock pale ness, fain tne pr joss of full realiza- tUm of surroundings. But this pa-ses oon. and the child evinces a de- ''' to !eep. !a ,hal Rood or bad sisn? ,f ,h s'p is deeper than normal, cr ,f there Is tw itching or Jerking movement In one limb, or If the eyes "r turned to one side. It ia a bad sign a Men of possible hemorrhage in the ra'n" th child simply Rets i:,r("":h crin "r"1 'a"" ,nto Pn' " -p It U a good sign. It must ialaya be remembered that apparent- I ly alight Injuries to the bead may be followed several hours later by such i tad signs a those mentioned delay ,' ed hemorrhage w ithin the skull. 1 Chronic Brieht's disease, diabetes, 'epilepsy, narcotic poisoning, alcohol ism, apoplexy, fracture of the skull and hysteria are conditions which must be considered in any case of pathological sleep. Aa odor of alco hol on the breath must not be assumed to explain unconsciousness, for a drinking person may have any one of' the other conditions mentioned. Mis- takes of this sort haT repeatedly j proved fatal to the victim. i Fleep produced by hypnotic drugs must be considered pathological. There Isn't a drug known which will! 1 Pathological Sleep. jt produce sieep. out mat. if pusued. w .111 If you furnish stamped addressed en bring on fatal coma. It ia pure non- velope but we know of nothing safe ens to imagine that some drugs Are j that will change the color of the hair. elf to the work of propagating the myth of a giKantic "expansion of Kr'jpp" works in particular and Ger man military acceleration in KAneral. The "Mary of the great surrender," which Mr. Mulliner himself afterwards published Indon Times. Jan. 3, 1 tt . contains these two entries, which practically covered the period of the campaign: May 13. -Mr. Mullincr first stanc e, it means j informs Uritish admiralty of prepara increased dlvi- ik.na for enormously increasing the dends for the German navy." (This Information was stockholders of the j ci.ncealed from the CrlU?h nation un- ul March, 1909). j -March 3. 19'f. Mr. Mullincr. giving : ,(Unce before the British cabinet. toproveB that the enormous acceleration incrjsase .neir "- ja Gtrmanv for producmR armaments, val streneth in the alMul which he had perpetually warn same proportion I e(1 th admiralty, was an accomplished If one cf the pow- fft(.t an(J fl)at larpe quartitie of naval erg can he Induced' ms and mountings wrere being made to take on an ad-with preat rapidity in that country." ditlonal super-; It was an underground campaign, dreadnait;'.it. it I'.f.yt .ubscquent letters and speeches uaI as nn arpu , Mulliner's communications to Lon ment as to why! ,... Times. Auz. 2 and 1G. Sent. 21. Pec. 14 and 17, 1 : Jan. 1 C. 7. 8, 12. lj and IS. 1&10. etc.). indicate that j, -. Of this "information" it need only t the British arovernment to have been false. Time has proved that it never had any real basis. V.ul the "information" had its ef fect, the effect that Managing Direc tor M'llllner of the Coventry Ordnance company desired that it should have. i The "information" becoming public, swept Great Britain off Ita feet. The people took un and repeated the war tinders' slotan: "We -want eltht. and . i . .!... we wont wait, meaning nme.--:tip3. i iet il iuiivr io. iu ...... .-v. Ten days after Mr. Mullincr pre- to the French poodle, sented his ' iiiformation" to the su-j To prevent spring lever refrain from preme sroicrning body of the British ! eating doorknobs that have been boil empire the Fta'ement explanatory of : ed on a steam radiator, the navy estimates was made. It! A delicjous and most appetizing hhowed a total of $17o,79."22 for 1 !"-' method to bake Hungarian pot roast l'h an increase of J 1.1.72.T52: new-j is to remove the lather from father's cfin.trnrl;i iiccii'intini- for :n iii. i shavine mug. piaee the roast in the , i create of I 1 2.40O. As a result of tho "tip" furnisheJ ! bv the manaeinir director of the war war munition r.rm. tne tirnisti government : r.tT,t r-...ronv- ,i.i it . ". .. . : .". . . lre.ui:1a-i?::t nail ieiiips ny .viarcn, ; . . . . , ! It, f r' '' 1:1111 rr.. u u tur ifn'- . , ui. 1111- ...i i.i i. .... A :.. ,u "r"llfll" "UIU Iia'r -', 111 aiij ., case, -l oreaonau;iiTs in .Marcn l.'i-. On almost the name day the predlc- j iw... .nC fr.inr. nr, in Pr...i.'n,ri ii,a.:r.l . . - - . .. n:an admiral. on i irpitz, toiu uie commu t t nr.i I'""- 1. 1 ail llrtv.. "t.u.u ..aiw (only l.: ureaunangut.s m toe autumn f.f i;.i2. Germany had, in fact, accorling to I the British naval annual, onlv nine! dreadna-.iffht battleships and cruisers ! on March 31. March 31, H'lC 1012, and only 14 r.n I i (To be Continued.) According to official statistics there are 72.0'jO Germans of both sexes paged in trade in Italy, 40.000 in the: north chic-fly at Milan and Turin.) These Germans have received notfee ' can arrange their business matters j through the German consulates. The j express train arriving at Chiasso for B. sel. on the St, Gothard line and at Brieg via the via the Simplon tunnel areithe continued silence from Oyster crowded w ith Germans and Austrians returning to their countries. Certain portions of the Swiss frontier have been reinforced. harmless when used for this purpose. It is true that drugs vary in their by effects and after-effects, yet it is none the less true that all hypnotic drugs are objectionable as sleep producers. The one good excuse for resorting to hypnotic drugs in severe cases of insomnia is this: It is less dangerous to take certain drugs for a limited time than It is to develop the habit of sleeplessness. Questions and Answers. Neurasthenia: In a few words. w-hat is the treatment for nervous prostration or neurasthenia? Reply. Absolute rest (Weir Mitchell "rest cure in bed. with a trained nurse to feed and care for you in a platonic way. Gradually increased diet, begin ning with milk. Gradually Increased massage, then passive movements. Iso lation from family, friends and ordi nary environment. Change of seen s. Hair Food: Is there any good hair food or tonic for one of 2S years whose hair is turning gray? Reply. Food cannot select certain tissues or parts to nourish or strengthen. There is no muscle food, brain food, nerve food or hair food except ordinary foods w hich everyone should eat. Nor can you find a nerve, brain l.lon.1 or n. tonic which strengthens any one or gan or tissue particularly. We will send general suggestions upon the hair CHORDS AND DISCORDS THE James ' boys kept Missouri avtune iijuis niuiusi oa :u ct. ii cj oj the Zeppelins do London. But Mis souri's nervous spell Is now over, while London is still in the storm cellar. AN Illinois youth bad a Triend play a piano nun'4er while he suicided with poison, but the dispatch falls to state what piece was used. EFFLVGHAM, 111., has a woman mayoral aspirant. Her slogan is "Ad vertise Effingham." She'll have to go some if she meets the records that have been set by some mayors of the otner sex in in;nois TO make good his boasted neutral ity Uartholdt ought to hasten across the sea and get a gun from the kaiser. BERNHARDT will probably next come to us in her "farewell" tour as the world's greatest one-legged ac tress. THE pretzel is growing more im- nrir.r. ,),an .he Howitzer in Europe. CHIEF of the eteel corporation vis ited the Hotel de Gink in Gotham. It s a hoboes' retreat. "I'm very glad to be a guest at the Hotel de Gink." Judge Gary said. Chances are he liked it so well that he'll in future give the Waldorf Astoria the go-by when he's in New York. And the boys will be glad to see him. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Mocking Bird Tot Pie Clip the feathers from two blonde sardines, boil two hours, then add one thin'rble- ful of corn salve, ono and one-half! pounds of blue calico, one ostrich osg and a hatful of hairpins, place in the j I oven and cover with a rountain pen.: i.. i. .1 n . - c f linn irivfi if I I center cf tho mug. thm have your life Insured. Cross-eyed salmon snouid nner ne '" " e...... . Asnhalt will be found very efficient! . .- .,l, !t, fm,,! n,e icoio.us .c. o... .. , r..n.;t.. nllMtn( ! ,:,,,Un bV Eood rPsU - .... , ean lie nhtnined bv stirrincr the crust! ' - j u-itv. o tr.nutinf for' lust heiore It! ...... . j comes to a racing boil. j The rusty appearance on black ,,..... i!mt..fo,i w i,.e "urs c............ i ss in e-n Never attempt to eat oatmeal with j a feather auster. " 'J" are short of spoons at large dinner affairs serve guests with bath towels to mop up their soup w un. easily shocked I ' Ul'l' nuu air should never have their domes press ed with an electric iron. Before entering on the clay's work all soft boiled egg .tains shoulcj be re- j moVed from the chin by applying a en-i.niniinn of lmti black and wacon grease. One-year-old gold fish can be taught , c,- ,,. feedimr them sheet nMisic ' ! twice a week. MAURICE ELLIOTT. AMONG other blessings for which thl 'American people are grateful is Bay. ONE of our favorite indoor sports these days is betting with one's self over the life of the coal pile, giv ing the latter the once over each a. m. BILL has been introduced in the Texas legislature "providing for em balming lecturers'and demonstrators." We're for it. FOR Salt? Fine Jersey male cow. See H. H. Keifer. Henderson. Ky., Gleaner. V1VIANI reads like the name of a tonic. Well, you probably noticed the effect it had on the French chamber of deputies. The Greater Disgrace. They may have voted sheep in Col orado, but that is not so disgraceful as It is for men to vote like sheep, as they have done for years in Philadel phia. Philadelphia Ledger. WE read where an Illinois girl gave a party to a dozen of her chums to tell them of her engagement, with the understanding they would say nothing about it until she released them from their promise. Our conclusion is that she adopted this method of making sure that everybody in town would get the news quicker than if she printed her announcement In the papers. THE poses of our beautiful society women in the photos taken of them in their bathing suits is proof positive that they made heroic struggles to avoid the man with the camera. And of course they were shocked that the horrid cewspapers should have printed them. IF there is to be any ha4r-pulling matches in the Illinois legislature Speaker Shanahan is safe. Almost as smooth: as a doorknob. "KING Albert in the air," reads a headline. Well, that's where all of the rulers have been for several months. M. C. The Daily Story A Woman's Wit By Edith V. Ross. it was on a prig tit morning In De cember that Mrs. Garland decided to send her little boy to the sidewalk to get the fresh air. She put on his over coat and bis toque and his gloves and took him ont on to the stoop Then, giving him a kias, she told hiaj to rnn about for awhile. Jlmoile was six years old, and his mother, who was a self reliant woman, had discharged his nurse, Jlmrnle did not return, and his moth er went out to look for Mm. He was not on the stoop or on the sidewalk Indeed, be was not in sight. Ills moth er walked hurriedly up and down the street, expecting every moment to catch sight of him, but she did not Flnally she asked some children play ing near by, and they told her that they bad seen a little boy describing Jlmmie go off with a man. Then Mrs. Garland knew that her boy had been kidnaped. By a strong effort of the will she kept her bead and questioned the children closely as to the appearance of the man. They described a small, poorly dressed per son, his trousers patched and his el bows in rags. His hair was what they called brown. This is all they could remember. Mrs. Garland, though In agony about her boy. beinff nn unusually self con tained woman, very soon brought her self into a condition to think what she 1 should do. When a child Is kidnaped it is usually for money. The parent Is informed of the fact and negotiations opened for payment Mrs. Garland, who was a widow, made up her mind to await the kidnaper's demand before taking any action. And yet one can never be certain when a child hRs disappeared that he will ever be heard from. There are many disappearances that remain for ever mysteries. It is therefore the more remarkable that this mother should have coutalned herself and act ed in a way that would afford the grentest number of chances for getting her boy safelv back. She reasoned that I if the boy's loss were published in the newspapers the kidnaper would read it and, taking fright, might remove her boy to a distance. If no notice were taken of the matter he would write. On the third day after the kidnaping j the postman handed In a letter which i as soon as Mrs. Garland looked st it ! she knew was tho oue expected. It I was addressed simply to tho street nnd ! number and written In English as an i Italian would write English. The kld- rtem-nded Sr. 000 for the return nalpr demanded Woo for the return of the child. An Italian name was signed, the writer stating that a reply to the general delivery at the postolr.ee, but whoever caned for It would have nothing to do with Sidelights on the London. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Plans have been completed to permit London's vast floating population to find shelter in the underground railway tubes in the event of hostile attack.. The city has hundreds of miles of subways, afford ing an ideal place of safety from bomb or shell lire. The availability of the subways was first called to the attention of the au thorities some weeks atro by an enter prising citizen. Since that time de tailed arrangements have been made f.-.T the resru'.ation of trallic if . raid conies. Special telephones have been installed throughout the system; all employes have been instructed just how to act, and everything has been organised to prevent panic. Women and children will receive preference, but ail those who seek shelter may do so without purchasing a ticket. In case of a prolonged attack it is suggested that subway traffic be sus pended entirely and the system con verted into a stronghold superior to the forts of feudal times. Ixindon. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The question of aiding financially the unmarried wives of soldiers w-as taken up and decided favorably by a vote of three to one at a general meeting of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families' association held here. This form of illicit union is encouraged indirectly by army regu lations against marrying, and there are 1.350 such cases out of the 75,000 families enrolled in the books of the society. Aid is to be given, however, only where a real home is maintained by the woman. To help these unfor tunates is not in view of the majority of the committee members of the li censing of vice, as asserted by the minority. Speaking of the measure. Lord St. Audries said: "As an old foldler, I deny the gross insult that soldiers are more immoral than men of the same class in other walks of life. If the eoldier has not gone through the form of marriage, it is the fault of the people of this coun try, who for a hundred years havei discouraged soldiers from marrying! while serving because the separation allowance would come out of the tax-' payers' pockets. I do not care wheth-i er the council is technically right or; wrong, but I believe that in the judg ment of the great majority of the peo ple of this country they have acted in accordance with the dictates of Christianity and humanity." London. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) One of London's oldest and largest department stores has 30O0 men in one regiment, the Queen's Westminsters, at the front. These men are officered by members of the firm and heads of various de nartmentc of the dim n-ho.A . tw. .. employed. The founder of the firm, the case. Mrs. Garland determined. If possible, to win the confidence of the kidnaper. So she replied that her only wish wai to recover her child. She could rnlsi but $3,000, which she would be glad to give If the person would lust met ber where to make the delivery, she also said that she had not reported her loss to the police and had no internum of doing so. She preferred to pay and recover her by. The kidnaper wrote that he wn! 1 accept the $3,000. On a certain avenue between two streets w-as a vacant Int. At or near II o'clock on a certuUi night Mrs. Garland was to leave the money in a cracker box she would liad in a corner farthest from tho street. Within two days after the receipt of the money the boy would bo piared on the street near his borne. Mrs. Garland wrote back that the condition wre accepted, except that her boy wit to be returned within twelve hours after the depositing of the funds. A letter came agreeing to this stipulation. Now, on this last letter Mrs. !nr land noticed a stamp that had evident ly been placed on another envel"M; and removed. The stamp was soiled. Indicating that some one with dirty hands had endeavored to make It Hi. I;. Mrs. Garland took up a magnifying glass and discovered thumb marl;.. Thus far no notice of the kldnaplm; bad appeared in any newspajwr, Hn.) the police were Ignorant of Sirs. (;-ir-land's loss. On the nppoime.i nnrht she went to the vacant lot und de posited bills to the amount of $o,(i"o. The next morning at dawn there was a sharp ring at the doorbell. Mrs. Garland ran downstairs nnd oxni'l the door, and there stood Jiuimie. Ii,.. said he had been left there by a fclrl Having got her child back safe and well, Mrs. Garland went to the oCi . of the police and informed them of tin case, stating that she hn.l obtained from United States treasury otfWr $3,000 in captured counterfeit ten ou l twenty dollar bills. Since they had been paid to an ignorant Italian t) would not likely know that they wore counterfeit nnd he might be enngbt trying to pass them. Instructions bear ing on the case were sent out, nnd n j girl was spotted offering one of the : bills. She was followed to a t.:.m!I 1 room in a tenement bulldinK, and ev ery one found thre was arrested. All but a few of the counterfeit bills were taken, nnd a man arrestr-.l wns found to be the kidnaper. The chil dren who had seen him take .llmraii? away were not able to state positively that he was the person they had seen committing the net, but his thumb marks corresponded with those on ih stamp of the letter sent Mrs. Garland und he raceived n long prison term. European War r.1 years ago in the f.rst days of voi untoering, raised a company which the firm put into uniform and riiUii.t..:!.. ! at its own expense. This tradition -. been continued ever since and ':. company maintained at the cu-rc l.a ma.de an enviable record in ihe o'ln try's militia, taking many prU. - by shooting and other military aciiv.fi-s. Thirty-five members of the "!;.: -served in the South African v.ar and S3, returning safely, rt-huiui-l U.;f work at the store. Enough employes volant';' re 1 to fill the company four times ov er a; the outbreak of the present war and :.;: unablo to gain entrance in o reg ular store company have oiitcied fill er regiments. Since the stor- c I any went to the front, it. 1 a - ' a engage' almost constantly in l.c- ing. London. (Correspomlen. Asrociated Press.) Owi.'.v scracity of offerings, the ary fur sale? usually lo Id were abandoned. It ha- however, to hold the Mar' as usual. Ixindon is one of the wo1 est fur markets. Ij- fe.at in I.cIK'.nn Berne. Switzerland.- C.-rrf-ence of the Associated Press i- I'a-i-rian troops serving on the veirt frontier sent home jr.,oo", ,;f their pay for deposit in havings banks dur ing the first five months of iii" war, according to postal statistics. j l. li L l in Munich. London. (Correspond! ive of The Associated Press. )-The list of the week's coroner's cases iac'ipie the name of Mrs. J. Cubitt. wife i f a bank manager, who was killed by the raving in of a "cyclone celiac" which she was having dug under her kitchen win dow, as a bomb-proof shelter fruni Zeppelin raiders. No evening services are now LpM I" the nirish church at Ytr!ii. alh olio of the largest and most conspicuous edifices of the city, for fear of serving as a lamp post for Zeppelins. Other churches are screening their windows. Feb. 20 in American History. SA7, The I. il.teo Male-- Ingulf C"tl stitutlon. Captain Stewart, captured the British shi;is of wrr. Cyiuieatid Levant. 1R20 -Commodore Stephen CbampUu. one of the lieroe of Perry's victory en Lake Eric?, died; born 17'.. 1805 Confederate troops evacuated the defensive lines around Charleston. S. C. lSPit Mine. Ponlsl. noted actres. con temjiorary of Lester Woilack, died; born 1813.