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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS

of all preconceived notions, the human
eye can see it without the aid of a
telescope or other instrument.
Between the stars of the Milky Way
there are many little holes in the stel-
lar system-little by comparison. that
is to say-but one must have telescopes
and patience to find them. One need
only cross the line to the southern
hemisphere and locate the Southern
Cross In order to see the coal sack.
With the wealth of legendary tale
and fable woven around the northern
stars by the highly gifted races gaz-
ing on them through the ages that are
gone one is tempted to speculate what
tales would not have been constructed
around that fathomless mystery had it
appeared north instead of south of the
equator.
When it rouses the poetical impulse
within the brain of aboriginal Aus
tralians, what might it not have done
with the ancient Greeks or still more
ancient Egyptians? But they were de-
MED it. The aboriginal uses it as he
uses most things, in Il topsy turvy fash
ion. 10 him the world is a fat plain
crowned with dome shaped roof.
When man dies he has to go up to
the roof and slowly journey over it
until he can Chamber down to the
fiat again and squeeze through, once
more a man. The coal sack is the hole
he goes through to get on to the roof.
and to get up to it is very long climb.
The journey over the roof is also
very long, and it is hard to squeeze
through when he reaches the fat again.
So long does it take that by the time a
man has completed the journey not
only his hair, but his skin, has grown
white with age.
Wherefore the black fellow who bas
made the journey rejoins his tribe as a
white fellow. Thus it was that when
the white man first came to the land
the aborigines regarded him as long
lost comrade Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24
MOLINE

Decides for colona Site.-At a meet
ing OF the Colona Avenue Civic I'M
provement league held Wednesday at
Fairview school house. the Rock river
bridge question was discussed and the
meeting was unanimous in the opinion
that Colona ferry was the proper place
to build the bridge. At the conclusion
OF the meeting a vote of thanks was
rendered to the board of supervisors
of Henry county for the action taken
by its members on the report of the
special committee appointed by Henry
and Rock Inland counties to investi
gate the bridge question some time ago
Motor Car Company organized.-
Final steps in the organization of the
Midland Motor company, the successor
of the defunct Deere-Clark Motor Car
company, were taken this week by the
election of the following officers: Pres
ident, c. II. Pope; vice president, E..
H. Guyer; secretary, H. E. Walton;
treasurer, A. E. Montgomery. Mr..
, Walton, the secretary. is but recent
ly come here, having been secured by
, the company to assume direct man.
agement of the plant at East Moline.
He has had long and thorough ex-
perience as a manufacturer of auto
mobiles, and on him will depend large
! ly the success with which the reorgan-
/ lied company is to meet. Beside Mr..
Walton, Mr.. Pope will probably be the
most active in directing the manufac-
ture of the new machines. A small
force has been at work for some time
, under Mr. Walton's direction working
over the stock on hand. AS yet the
manufacture. of new machines has not
been taken up. 1t will probably not
be until with the coming of spring
trade conditions can be more clearly
discerned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24
How kingfishers Perish.

Dreadful is the death of the stately
kingfisher. A hard winter is his GER
tain doom. Long observation seems to
indicate the birds do not migrate, and
from having to enter the water for
their prey in winter their dripping feet
quickly become incased in ice AS in
bard weather it is only possible fol
them to alight either on snow or ice OF
In water, it is easy to see how the ice
around their feet would quickly accu
mulate and bring about a lingering
death.-London Globe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24
THE COAL SACK IN THE SKY.
1t is Visible Because 1t Contains Moth
ing That Is Visible.

1t Is Visible Because II Contains Moth.
ing That Is Visible.
Immediately below the lower stars
of the group which forms the Southern
Cross there is black patch in the sky,
dark. sack shaped and mysterious.
Scientifically accurate astronomers ex-
plain that it is not patch. but rather
something which bes%les visible by
reason of the anomaly that it contains
nothing that is visible
The lay mind, preferring bald reality
to abstract truth, is somewhat startled
to learn that an object is seen because
there is nCkhing in it TO see. but no one
can dispute the fact. The coal sack is
visible because it contains nothing that
is visible.
In other words, it is a vast hole in
the stellar system in which there is not
even pinch of stellar dust to shed a
flicker of luminosity. 1t is typically
and absolutely the quintessence of
blackness.
Because it is so. and in contradiction
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24
1t Was Plain ENOUGH.

A college professor who recently re-
turned with his wife from their honey.
moon greatly amused company OF
people in his home town, according ia
the Lewiston Journal. by assuring
them, on being questioned concerning
their trip, that nobody where they
spent their honeymoon suspected tina.
they were bride and groom
what kind of a place was It YOU
were in?" the president of the college
asked. IAN institution for the blind p
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24
DAVENPORT

Socialists Have Ticket.-The social
lists of Davenport have placed full
city ticket in the field. They claim it
is the strongest ticket ever selected by
them 1t is headed by Albert Berg
man as candidate for mayor. Mr.. Berg
man is proprietor and manager of Berg
mans collection agency. The follow
ing persons have filed their affidavits
with City Clerk Hugo Moeller as can
didates of the socialist party: For
mayor, Albert Bergman, 6191H West
Fourth street; for city clerk, Ed w. c.
Westphal 314 Cedar street; for city
treasurer, Milo NJ Clapp, 9l9 LeClaire
street; for assessor, William Schroe-
der, 1920 West Fourth street; for po-
lice magistrate C. A. Greenmayer, 1908
East Locust street; alderman at large,
John Martens, 1926 Rockingham road;
alderman at large, N, P. Alias, 51l
West Locust street; park commission
er, Richard c. Starck, 1886 Main street.
Quick Action at laW.-The collision
between a Pope-Hartford automobile
driven by Pete Petersen and a street
car of the Tri-City Railway company
at East River street and Mississippi
avenue Sunday afternoon has resulted
in quick legal action on the part of
Mr.. Petersen. Yesterday the Iowa
Auto & Tire company. owners of the
damaged auto, started legal proceed
ings against the Tri-City Railway com
pany, claiming of it $1,000 for dam
ages TO the auto. Mr.. Petersen, through
Attorney Chamberlin, also started legal
action against the street car company,
claiming of it the sum of $500 for per-
sonal injuries,
Stranger Has Smallpox.-Harry Cis-
SELL a stranger, walked into the police
station Wednesday, and stating he was
sick and without means, asked for
medical assistance. The fellow was
given quarters in the rear of, the sta
ton, and DIR. o. f. Ficke summoned.
At a glance DR.. Ficke determined the
man had a pronounced case of small
pox, and thereupOn turned him over to
City Physician Stocks. The latter,
after agreeing to the diagnosis of DR..
Ficke, summoned the black maria and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24
Economical Woman.

OF small economies the following
will be difficult to beat for smallness
A laboring man who hands over his
weekly wages to his wife is allowed
by her an ounce of tobacco a week.
She buys it herself in two separate
half ounces in order. she declares, to
get the advantage of the two turns OF
the scaIe.-London Chronicle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24
Find It False Alarm.-Another faI,

Find 1t False AIarm.-Another false
alarm was turned in yesterday morn
ing at 1:30 O'Clock, coming this time
from box No. 10. OF late several false
alarms have been turned in and Chief
Hawk is considerably aroused about
the matter. A careful watch of the
boxes is to be maintained and if any
one is detected in the act, arrest will
follow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24
Placed SO Men at work.-since tn.

railroad shops at Silvis have started
operations after the Christmas shut
given work. 1t was given out at the
superintendent office this noon that
the new men are being put on every
day as the orders demand it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24
A Brutal Definition.

Knicker-What is n philanthropist7
BockerAA man who gives what he
doesn't need in a way nobody wants.
New York Sun
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24

John-"What kind of tea do you like
best?" Priscilla-"Go-tces, some, but
Rocky Mountain Tea best" John
why HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
best?" Priscilla-"It speaks for itself
john" makes lovely compilations. }
Harper House pharmacy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-06
Employers Asked to Allow
Employees to Visit Exhibit

The executive committee of the Cham
following announcement to the merchants
and other employers of the city, In con-
nection with the International Congress
on tuberculosis:
THE Chamber Of Commerce realizes,
and 1t assumes that every local employer
realizes, the vital Importance of the pres
ent campaign against tuberculosis. If we
are to hope for success in 1t the chamber
believes it must come because employers
and workmen alike appreciate that prog
ress must be made against it locally as
we'll as generally. 1t is of special i'm
portance that Washington. as the city
just been held, should be active to do it's
part.
1.-The executive committee of the cham
Der urges. therefore. that all employers
of the District shall make opportunity.
II that be possible. for their WOrkmen to
inspect the exhibits now on view in the
new National Museum building The
hours of the exhibition are from 8 am.
to 8 pm. Many employees who are kept
at their tasks until 9 o'clock and later
will find 1t difficult. without some con-
cession In time to view the displays and
learn their lessons.
chiefly Of hygiene sanitation and co-or-
dination. II the District is to make prog
ress, therefore. 1t must be because EN-
ployers and employees cooperate to make
home and place Of employment alike
healthful.
1.-The executive committee has found il
impossible to approve q suggestion from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-06
DR.. Mary Walkers Theory
Puts Tobacco Under Ban

Nearly every woman in the assembly
hall at yesterdays meeting Of the repre-
sentatives. of women's clubs stayed TO
shake hands with DR.. Mary Walker of
Oswego. n. Y. She was dressed in an
up-to-date frock coat. nicely pressed
trousers, black vest and a straw hat.
She was not on the program, but spoke
informally to a group of women who
wanted to hear her.
Smoking is one of the chief causes Of
tuberculosis. Particles Of nicotine adhere
to the lungs and bronchial tubes and
cannot be coughed out. Little balls form
inclosfng these particles, and they can be
easily seen with the microscope.
Il have watched experiments to prove
this theory, not only on myself. but in
others. On various occasions. when
have been perfectly we'll and had no
cough, 1 have entered a tobacco-ladened
atmosphere. and 1 know that the little
balls have formed in my lungs.
LAS far as / have read of the proceed
ings of this congress there have been no
speakers who have mentioned this theory
of the cause Of tuberculosis. AS a great
many physicians smoke tobacco. it is
likely that many of them would be I'M
willing to tell the TRUTH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-06
Making Plans to Establish
a Consumptive Colony Here

The matter of establishing a tubercu-
loss colony in the District of Columbia
was given an impetus by a recent address
by the noted Scotch specialist and scien-
tist, DR.. Phillips of Edinburgh. before the
Washington Chamber Of Commerce.
In showing the work of the tuberculosis
committee of Edinburgh DR.. Phillips gave
some important facts and figures He
spoke of the institutions established in
his home city for combating the disease.
all Of which. with the single exception of
a COLONY" are provided in Washington.
according to Dr. D. Percy Hickling. in
charge Of the Municipal Hospital. The
colony is set aside for persons suffering
from consumption. so that they may be
isolated from other persns who are not
infected with tuberculosis.
The consumption colonists are given
light employment. In order that they may
help toward the support of their families
while they are being treated for the NAL
ady. Several leading Washington physi-
clans. besides the members Of the Cham
her Of Commerce, are said to be heartily
In favor Of such an institution here. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-06
How the Insurance Plan
Operates in German Cities

Prof. DR.. PannWitZ one OF the greatest
Of the German scientists who came over
to the international congress on tuber-
culosis. has presented his general plan of
measures for the prevention of tubercu-
losis. With characteristic scientific pre-
cision he has tabulated his ideas. so that
the entire scope of the war against the
disease in all its phases is contained on
one sheet of paper.
In addition to the plan submitted. DR..
Pannwitz has collaborated with DR.. Jur
Richard Freund, president of the Work.
ingman's Insurance Office of Berlin, in an
appeal for compulsory insurance of work.
ingmen. These gentlemen say that with
out the compulsory insurance of laboring
men there would be no results in Germany
Of the struggle against the white plague
In Germany every workingman is insured
against sickness and accident. AS one
fourth of the population Of the country
is in the working class, this covers the
field almost entirely.
Dr. Freund's scheme is for each labor
ing man to contribute one-half Of the
insurance, about cents a week, his en-
ployer furnishing the other half. More
important than his allowance for the
workingman is his ability to work. and
to preserve his ability the German in
surance companies take every precaution
to postpone the beginning of the inabil-
lily 10 Work. AS soon as pulmonary tFOu-
BILE in the workingman has been ascer-
tanned and proved he is Immediately
taken under treatment in one of the
sanatoria constructed by the insurance
companies. In these institutions the men
are treated free of cost for an indefinite
period. The insurance companies in the
meantime take care of the families.
In little pamphlet issued by DR.
Freund and DR.. PannwitZ it is stated
that these insurance companies for work
ingmen have a capital equal to 500, OCO 90.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-06
CROWDS VISIT new TEMPLE
HOUSEWARMERS CONTINUE TO
SWARM AT MASONIC FETE.
All the Features Of Entertainment
Were Well Patronized Last Night.
Vaudeville Catches Everybody.

If big crowd is the essential part of a
Temple at 18th street and New York ave-
nue. was properly and duly toasted last
night. Housewarmers swarmed from base
ment to gallery from 1870 o'clock until
nearly midnight.
Down in the refreshment parlor in the
basement there was a veritable jam. Louis
&. Wilson. chairman of the housewarming
committee. promptly put several unused
doors into operation and in short time
everybody was happy
All the features OF the houSewarming
were popular last evening. In the base
ment where the tastes of the Inner
man are consulted. ice cream disappeared
with "A rapidity to make even the unfeel-
ing ice trust actually weep for JOY.
On the main floor. more than one pair
of feet wouldn't keep still when the band
began TO play and the popularity of dane
ing again evident.
The two performances of the Atlantic
City cake walkers were greeted enthusi-
announced that following the cake walk
the next waltz will be twO-step. every
body smiled.
People roamed from the first floor to the
top story. Some took the elevators. gazed
through glittering glass doors and won
dered what was inside and others walked.
They peeked into the rooms on each floor
and many visited the beautiful lodge
rooms smoking rooms and other fea-
lures.
Vaudeville Patrons Well Repaid.
The entertainment on the top floor well
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-06
ART AND SCIENCE MIXED.
Unique Exhibit From Belgium al
the Tuberculosis Congress.

Art and medical science have consplreo
together in Belgium with the result that
the most popular exhibit just arrived
looks like a combination gallery OF oil
paintings and the back room or a drug
store. The oil painting part shows Prof
Heyman of the University of Client. ell
GUM. vaccinating a cow. Whether or not
the vaccination of a COW is fit subject
for the brushes of the great masters does
not prevent the crowd from studying this
Belgian exhibit from morning until night
In addition to the portrait of the cow
are two figures, Prof. Heyman in the act
of inserting the minimizing material into
the skin of the animal, and "A man in blue
frock and sabots holding the animal by the
horns 1t is picture of truly rural at
mosphere.
DIR. Heyman's work has attracted great
attention among investigators in bovine
tuberculosis. especially as regards his
methods OF immunizing cattle.
DIR. Heyman has been at work for the
last four years on a plan to immunize
cattle against tuberculosis by vaccination
His method differs from all others in that
the vaccine material is incloSed In
capsule which is placed beneath the skin.
In other methods the vaccine material
is injected in a free state beneath the
man capsule is made of cellulose and
culture of living tubercle bacilli is placed
within the capsule. 1t is not possible fo-
the capsule to pass out through the It's
sues, but the fluids of the body may pass
in and the chemical substances resulting
from the growth of germs within the cap
sule may pass out and enter the circula-
ton. In this way the products of the
growth of the tubercle bacillus are con-
stantly being discharged in small amounts
and are being distributed throughout the
tissues of the vaccinated animals The
result of this is that the resistance of the
animal to natural infection or to arti-
fetal incubation is considerably increased
Prof. Heyman has found from his ex-
perience in vaccinating the cattle of near
ly one thousand herds that the method
leads to a very marked diminution In
the prevalence of tuberculosis. Tuberculin
point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-06
Christmas Stamps to Aid
Fight Against tuberculosis

Next Christmas every one will have
chance to add a mite or two toward the
fund Of the National Red Cross Associa-
ton for the fight on tuberculosis by the
purchase of a little Christmas stamp"
1t will be a little paster to be placed on
letters and packages sent in the holiday
season, beautifully engraved, bearing a
picture especially painted for the associa-
ton by Howard Pyle. 1t will bear also
a wreath of holly and the words "A Mer-
ry Christmas and a Happy New Year"
The Red Cross proposes. through its
Christmas stamp, to stamp out the white
plague"
The Christmas stamp will carry no
mail-but any mail will carry it. Every
town in the United States will have
enough for everybody in the community
and they will be sold in books or Sheets
and will cost 1 cent each, or nine for 10
cents in books from twenty-four for a
quarter or forty-eight for half a dollar
This idea is said to have originated in
the busting little country of Denmark
In 1904 that government undertook a
similar scheme. Their stamps bore the
head Of the King of Denmark and the
word Jul" corresponding to the English
"Yule." 1t was not good for postage.
but was used for Christmas letters and
postcards, yet being government idea
was SOlO In the post oAlCes. lie pro-
ceeds, amounting to $4,000, were used
in starting a tuberculosis hospital for
children.
Delaware tried the Christmas stamp last
year. That state had then only a few
shacns in a meadow near Wilmington In
place OF an up-to-date tuberculosis hos
pital and the people were more or less
uninterested in the subject: The Red
Cross put out the stamps eighteen days
before Christmas-5O.OOO OF them, but the
L. 49, fv~,vSn 10 a md
GOO were sold before the end of the holi-
days. The schools sold them. depart
ment stores. banks. drug stores and even
the municipal buildings placed them on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-06
Exhibit of Union Printers
Highly Praised by Visitors

The exhibit of the International Typo
graphical Union from the Printers Home
at Colorado Springs. Col, has attracted
much attention and received great praise
from visiting delegates and the medical
fraternity in general.
Dr. Livingston Farrand of New York.
executive secretary Of the National AssO-
citation for the Prevention of Tuberculo-
sis. today asked Superintendent Charles
Deacon to present the model tent of the
printers exhibit to his association. SO that
it may be added to the travelling exhibit
shown by the national association in the
various cities of the country in connection
with illustrated lectures. designed to edu-
cate the people to the necessity of engag-
ing in a crusade against tuberculosis. He
explained that the tent was one Of the
best constructed he had ever seen and
would be valuable addition to the aSSo-
cations exhibit.
The International Typogra phical Union
has been engaged in the work of caring
for it's invalid. sick and aged members
for many years. For the past ten years
especial attention has been given to the
treatment of patients afflicted with tuber-
the most valuable. Plenty of fresh air.
sunshine, fresh eggs and milk has been
the method, and during the past year
over 80 per cent of those going to the
sanatorium in the first stage of tubercu-
losis have been cured and discharged able
to resume their duties In the business
world
At the labor day meeting today Super
intendent Deaco of the sanatorium gave
concise history Of the hospital and the
results obtained during a decades fight
against the great white plague Presi-
dent Frank A. Kidd of Columbia Typo
graphical Union, No. 1O1. delivered an adj
dress along lines calculated to awaken the
laboring people to the necessity of CO.
operating with their employers in the Sc
curing of sanitary conditions in the per-
Torrance of their labor and urged upon
them the observance of hygienic methods
of living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-06
English Authorities Begin
Campaign of Education

Consul Stephens, at Plymouth. England.
has reported that the English authorities
are making known through the medium Of
the press the disagreeable facts relative
to tuberculosis in cows and phthisis in
human beings in that section of England.
and advises that the relation of the two
is said to be scientific fact.
In many districts of Devon % per cent
of the cows have tuberculosis. The aver
age number of deaths from consumption
among the people of the single county of
Devon exceeds 800 per annum, and in one
charity organization so per cent of the
children are suffering from the disease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-06

sent. The book is a 2OO-page volume.
which seems to have exhausted the entire
subject of that mountain state as an
ideal region for consumptives.
The purposes of the book are set forth
in the preface:
I'm this booklet it is desired to place
before the profession the correct position
of the state with regard to tuberculosis
Colorado should not be regarded as a uni
versa! sanatorium state for tuberculosis
She offers unusual advantages for suit
able cases. On the other hand there are
certain cases which can expect not only
not to be benefited. but to be positively
Injured If they come, either with or with
out medical advice. Too great emphasis
cannot be laid upon the necessity of diff
Terminating between these two classes
of cases and regulating their coming to
the state accordingly"