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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03
FIGHTING DISEASE

If one-tenth Of the money that Is
spent in preparing for wars that Will
never come could be expended in
fighting disease, how much healthier
this old country would be! The NOD
ern hero is the man who risks his lie
fighting the foes to the health Of man
kind. The war hat is being Waged Is
doing much good and decreasing the
heath rate; but there is need to make
such a warfare as still further to de-
crease the death rate and protect the
health and preserve the lives Of the
American people.
We have the assurance Of Dr..
Woods Hutchinson, writing IN Inc
Worlds Work for January, that the
death rate from tuberculosis has de-
clined 10 per CEN in the decade,
which means a aving OF fifteen 70
twenty thousand lives a year IN the
United States. The infant mortality
rate is falling with equal rapidlty'
which means annually a saving OF
20, 900 babies from those Herods OF
the twentieth century-the little fe-
vers of childhood, dirty milk and
overcroWding. The death rate IN all
of our great cities is being steadily
beaten down to q lower and lower
level every year. The advance census
reports show a lower national death
rate than ever before by nearly 10 per
cent.
The fight against tuberculosis IS
steadily becoming more and more q
fight for better housing, more play
grounds. better God n more OF 1t,
shorter hours of work, decent and
civilized shops, work rooms and fac-
tories, higher wages, better education
in the laws of health. We have laid
the bugbear of its Transmission by
meat and milk, and are concentrating
our fire upon the place where the
bacillus breeds-the infected house or
tenemen room. The place where we
look for new cases of tuberculosis IS
in the same house with the old ones.
We must break this link in the chain
il ever we are to wipe out cOnsump-
ton. From 80 to so per cent of he
children in the tenementS, living in
the same household With a case OF
tuberculosis, are found to be already
infected with the disease.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03

The most famous Of all the beauti-
full women Of ancient or modern
times is surely Helen of Troy. For
5000 years she has been "the Worlds
Desire Hers was
The face that launched a thousand
And burned the topless towers of
Hum"
Tennyson's praise Of her in "A
Dream of Fair Women" has furnish
ed the language with one of its most
familiar quotations. The poet de-
scribed her as:
"A daughter of the gods. divinely tall,
And most d~ivinely fair.
Her loneliness With shame and with
surprise
Froze my swift speech; she turning
on my face
The star-like sorrows Of immortal
eyes,
Spoke slowly in her place.
7 had great beauty; ask thou not my
No one can be more wise than
destiny.
Many draw words and died. Where
ever came
] brought calamity
The legend of Helen of Troy has
been traced by scholars through MANY
Iolllio III CHC tdIS CcSS ana llloIdCufGS
Of antiquity. Andrew Lang has writ
ten an admirable book on the subject
which may be profitably consulted by
the personality of the beautiful wo-
mar who caused the Trojan War.
She Is said to have been the daugh-
ter Of Zeus and Leda, and the sister
Of Castor and Pollux. Twice was She
abducted. In her youth she was car
ried off by Theseus and Pirithous to
Attica, the capital Of which was
Athens Her brothers undertook an
expedition TO 1iberate her. They cap
tured Athens in the absence of The
seus, and returned with Helen to
Sparta with the mother Of Theseus
as a prisoner and her slave.
Many noble chiefs from all parts
of Greece sought her hand in mar
rage, but she chose Menelaus as her
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03
HEALTH RESOLUTIONS.
CDR. Jean WilliamS.)


Resolution One: l will try
my body, looking With greater respect
upon my physical and try
ing to realize more fully that upon
them the force and success of my life
largely depend.
Resolution Number TWO: I viii ar
range, if possible, to supply sufficient
pure air for every breath | TAX e, thus
better to combat every source of dis
ease that might attack me, to improve
IL chance for long life and to increase
my efficiency.
Resolution Number Three: l will be
kinder to my digestive organs. avoid
ing all excess and not asking them to
struggle with food for which hey
have repeatedly shown antagonism.
Resolution Number Four: [ Will
treat my brain and system
with greater consideration, and fifty
six hours Of each week shall be de-
voted to sleep.
Resolution umbe Five: I will try
to do in eight hours as much hard
work as I should do in one 1aY.
Resolution Number Six: I Will de-
vote at least two of the twenty-four
hours to such exercise as I find most
beneficial.
Resolution Number Seven: / will
give my moral support to every effort,
public or private. in behalf Of the bet
men Of health conditions, SO be-
coming a small factor in the great
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03

the lives of two brilliant American
aviators-Morrisant and Hoxsey, the
former being killed at New Orleans
and the latter on the field Of aviation
at Los Angeles, California. Hoxsey was
one of the most daring aviators in the
profession and was eve the brilliant
rival Of Ralph tombstone until the
latter's untimely and thrilling death
at Denver, Colorado. Hoxsey was
with tombstone on that Inflated day
and his terse comment on that occa-
sion when he viewed the mangled body
Of his team-mate enShrouded in the
wings of his broken aeroplane, showed
that he fully realized the danger OF
the profession, when he said: Poor
Ralph Then with a significant
shrug of his shoulders he added:
well, it's all in the game Both held
world altitude records at their death,
Hoxsey having just captured it on the
field that brought him death.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03

If you can keep your head when al
about you
Are losing theirs and 1t on
you;
If you can trust yourself when all men
doubt you,
But make allowances Tor their
doubling, too;
If you can wait and not be tfed by
waiting
Or being lied about, don't deal in
lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to
hating,
And vet don't look toe good nor talk
too wise.
II YOU can dream-and not make
dreams Your masters;
If you can hink-and not make
thoughts your aim;
If You can meet with triumph and
disaster
And treat those two impostors Just
the same;
If You can bear to hear the truth
you've spoken
Twisted by knayes to make a trap
for fools.
Or watch the things you gave our life
to broken
And stoop and build EN- up with
WORKOUT tools.
If You can make one heap Of all your
winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch
and-toss,
And lose and start again at your be-
ginnings,
And never breathe a word about
your loss;
IL you can force your heart and
nerve and sineW
To serve your turn long after they
are gone,
And 50 hold on when there is nothing
in you
Except the will which says to them,
Hold on"
If you can talk, with crowds and
keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings-ntr lose the
common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can
hurt You;
If all men count with YOU, but none
too much
If YOU can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds worth OF dis
lance run,
Yours is the earth and everything
that's in it,
And-Which is more-youlI be d
man, my SON,
Eipling.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03
UNCLE WALT
The Poet Philosopher

You talk about your great big men!
This man, who thinkers in his den. and
tackles problems weird and
THOMAS queer, and springs a.tri-
EDISON. umph once a year, is such
Il mighty figure that the
highest terms of praise seem fiat. If
1 should toll for fifty years in sweat
and agony and tears. and if some kind.
wcll-neaning friend should come and
tell me at the end that / had baIed as
much OF hay as Thomas bales in half
Il day, that speech wou. surely make
me yell with happiness too great to
tell. The great inventors who are
dead - each had one notion in his
head; and when he put that notion
through, there was no more for him
to do. He just sat round and drew his
pay, and shriyeled UP and blew AWAY
One big achievement was the stuff:
one great idea was enough. But Ed
son, that wizard weird, don't sit
around and raise n beard. or gossip at
the corner store about the days that
are TO more. No sooner does he lift
our hair with some ~invention strange
and rare, than to his noisy. smoky
shops. with tools in hand he eaisy
hoI}s, and fashions with his sleG9e and
world gasp. Though small and thin,
he weighs Il ton: he's twenty great
men rolled in one.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03

Wake county IS proud Of the gifted
County Superintendent of Schools, Mr..
Zebulon Vance Judd. At the South
ern Educational Conference held in
Chattanooga last week. Mr.. Judd read
one OF the most valuable and vital
ling papers heard, and was elected
Nce-president Of the department NJ
superintendents. The high honor
given him is proof of his ability and
his leadership among educators.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03
ALL FOR $1.7O

There has never beer offered in
North Carolina SO much good reading
for SO little money rs we are Offering
under the following propositions: For
$40 we will send the following for
one year:
The Weekly News and Observer, AZ
eight-page weekly, newspaper.
The Commoner, an able weekly
journal. published by william Jen-
nings Bryan.
The Farmer ana Mechanic, sixteen
page North CaroIina home and farm
weekly journal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy
Cents you can get all these aNers
one year.
v. c.. MOORE. Manager
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03

Month Carolina men receive <honors
everywhere, DR.. William Deb. Mac
Nider of the University Medical School,
was last week elected a member Of
the Council Of American ~PharmacOlO-
gistS at the meeting at New Haven.
is a distinguished honor Worthi}y
bestowed
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03

For those who appreciate it, the
charm Of country life outweighs
everything the city can offer. If there
are children in a family, life in the
open is far better than in a crowded
Tat, and the surrounding influences
are superior. The fact tina the health
of a family is involved, has sent manv
into the fresh air and sunshine
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03

President of the last Irrigation Con-
gress says that the farmer of the fu-
ture viii live With his family in VIII
lagos with all the attractions of town
life, and he Will drive out in his motor
car to the farm in the morning and
return at night t. the luxuries Of his
town home.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03
TUESDAY
WEEKLY TONIC.
(MarcuS AureliuS.)

(MarcuS AureliuS.)
I owe it to the gods that [ was not
hurried into any offense against any
of them, though L had a disposition,
which, if opportunity had offered,
might have led me to do something
of this kind; but through their favor
there never was such a concurrence
of circumstances as put me to the
trial.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03
Oa2AWo%o

Copyright, 1909, by George Matthev
AdaIns)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03
AVIATION LIGHTS GO OUT.

The world was greatly shocked at
the news Yesterday that with the so
ing out of the year, there went out
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03

movement for moral and physical up
lift.
The evening world., 1911-02-14
THE B0SS'S PROPOSAL:

u haven't seen you more N four
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"-'m thirty eight years old and
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Tn getting along and rye made my
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OCEAN RATE WAR MENACE.

LIVERPOOL, Feb. 1A.-It IL under
stood that the complications which have
delayed the signing OF a renewal of the
Atlantic Conferences passenger rate
agreement have become so serious that
q deadlock may resul In n rate war
unless the steamship companies reach a
compromise before Feb. rs, when an
other meeting of their representatives
is to he held.
en!grant traffic to be allotted the sew
ersl lines. The British and Continental
interests stoutly maintain their re-
spe tive stands regarding the share OF
tie business to which they think they
are entitled.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-22
NOTES OF THE GAME

1t was another case of Nelson
luck.
That makes it three apiece for the
Islanders and Prodigals.
The sun interfered with Clynes'
fielding and an easy fly went for q
hit for that reason
Crabb saved a score at one time
when he folded a grounder on the
third base line and threw Queisser
out at first.
Davidson looked good in the CEN
ter garden and at the bat also. He
made several brilliant catches, and
he did hit the ball.
Bannon, the notorius home UNI
pire, lived up to his reputation. His
decisions even evoked the censure
of the Davenport fans
The Dutch twins, Vogel and Sny-
der, were strongest in the field. Both
had q long string Of putouts and as
sists. Many Of their stops were feat
ure plays.
runs, the Islanders fell down and
so did their opponents. Men were
on third base. with none or only one
down, and the necessary bingle was
not forthcoming.
Dellar was slow on base running
in the third or he would have scored
when Clynes got off between first
and second. Dollar ambled slowly
to the plate, whereas had be got I'M
der way he would have scored.
vogel hit three times for extra
bases. His first slam was for three
sacks and the next three batters fall
ed to score him. Another time he
hit for two bases and stayed on sec
ond. His third effort scored a run.
The Islanders left last night for
Waterloo for a series of three games.
They will be back on the home lot
next Sunday for a doubleheader.
Had the Davenport team failed to
bring a run in in the 18th, the game
would have been ended there as the
locals had to hustle for their train.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-22
Wins Fight Tor Life.

It was a long and bloody battle for
life that was waged by James B. Mer-
shon. OF Newark, n. J., OF which he
writes: Il had lost much blood from
lung hemorrhages, and was very weak
and rundown. For eight months /
was unable to work Death seemed
close on my heels. when began, thrte
weeks ago, to use DR.. Kings New Dis
covery. But it has helped me greatly.
II is doing all that you claim" For
weak, sore lunges, obstinate coughs,
stubborn colds. hoarseness. la grippe.
asthma, hay fever or any throat o.
lung trouble its supreme SOC and 81 90
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-22
Amateur Baseball
MANAGERS, DIRECTORY.

Rock Island Freight Clerks-Mana
ger, John KilIian, claim department.
Unions" (W. C. U)-Manager
Chris Naab, Jr., 618 Twelfth street
Phone w. SAC.
Rock Island Arsenal ball club
Manager, w w. Medcalf
Rock Island West Ends-Manager
Frank Shean, go Thirteenth avenue
Phone W. 1867.
"Fritz's Colts" Manager Frank
Meyers, 901 Thirty-fifth street.
Phone West 1269-Y.
Boosters" GA year olds)-Man-
ager Charles Olson, 1903 Thirtieth
street. Phone West 1902.
In the Junior Baseball league yester-
day afternoon the Lawndales defeated
the Long Views 81 to 3 The Argus
boys were again defeated. This time
the South Rock Island team beat them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-22

Clynes scored. Jacobsen hit for two
sacks and then Queisser popped one
up In front of the plate. Slattery was
coming home, and Crabb threw 10
Walsh, who dropped the ball, allowing
Stats to register. Jake went to third
and Queisser to second Then 1t was
that Bannon made his decision and re
tired Jake at third Snyder whiffe1
for the third out.
The Islanders went along till the
18th before another run came. though
they had an opportunity In the 10th
when Vogel, second man up, hit for
two sacks. The next two batsmen
famed and Vogel died again on base
In the 18th Wooley hit up in the all
and no one got under the ball Davy
sacrificed him along and Clynes made
the second out, third to first. Vogel
hit his third long drive and scored
Wooley. Slattery whitfield for the third
time.
FIRST IN FIFTH.
1t was the fifth inning when the first
score of the game came across. and it Is
attributed wholly to two errors by
Slattery. Goodwin popped up in the air
and Joe missed it. Walsh sacrificed
him to second. Then Crabb hit a
bounder which was fielded to Slattery,
who erred again, Goodwin taking third.
Ohland hit a long fly to Davy which
was gobbled up after hard rum God
win scored, and on the throw to the
plate Crabb tried to reach second, but
was caught.
In the next inning Koepping was hit
by pitched ball. Bromwich sacrificed
advancing Koepping- Lund followed
suit and Koepping scored and Chap
man went to third. O'Leary lived on
Queisser's error and Goodwin famed.
Jake let ball get past him and Chap
man brought In the third run. Walsh
was out, short to first For five in
nings there was nothing doing for Dav-
export. and then after Rock Island
broke the tie the Iowans evened up
the score. Koepping hit a long drive
between center and left and got to
third on it. Bromwich hit a single and
Chapman laid one down in front of the
plate. Jake threw to first and ii hit
the runner and bounded into the field,
allowing each runner an extra base
Lund few out to Davy and Dan was
passed. Goodwin whitfield again and
Coleman, who was sent in to bat for
Walsh, fouled out to Jake.
OHLAND STARTS TROUBLE.
In the next inning the game was
won. Nelson skied to Olson. and Oh
land got his second double of the
game Davidson retired Koepping on
a wonderful catch Bromwich singled
TO left, and while Clynes juggled the
ball the winning run came in. The
score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-22

a to |. The game went only Ave in
nings. The board or conIroI met last
night with c. r. Gilman I'm the Y. NJ.
c. A. and after a discussion OF the
action of the Lawndales I'm breaking
up the Argus-Tiger game i'm the sixth
inning Saturday, decided that tn
Lawndales were guilty Of disorderiy
conduct, and therefore fined them
81 The team will pay the amount
or be suspended from the league be-
fore Saturday night The place made
vacant by the Withdrawal of the Union
team has not yet been filed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-22
Baseball Boiled Down

When even Hovlik can't win for Pc
oria things look bad for the Dist.llers
Paul Wells, who signed with De-
catur under an assumed name to pra
serve his college standing, has beeE
released. No class.
Noah Henline, who once played with
Rock Island and who has had a varied
career since, has been declared a lam
on by the management OF the BufsdIo
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-22

Stolen bases-Staley, HildebranG,
Fountain. Sullivan. Two base HIS
Kaylor, Veach. Three base hit-Hilde.-
brand. Struck out-By Loomis, 4; bv
Hovlik. g. by Schmirler, 2. Bases CI
balls-Of Hovlik, l; off Loomis.
Umpires-Bush and Colgate.
REVENGE FOR COMMODOREs.
Decatur, ILL.,, June 22-Decatur WI
an exciting game from Quincy yester-
day, 4 to 2. Collins home run over
the left field fence was a feature
Score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-22
Game Goes 13 Innings, Prodi-
gals Finishing With Rally,
Score 8 to 4.
DELLAR DESERVES A WIN
Defensive Work of Both Teams Saves
Game Several Tines-Errors
Are Costly.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Rock Island at Waterloo.
Dubuque at Davenport
Peoria at Quincy.
Decatur at DanviIYe.

Tailenders though they are, the Is
yesterday to win the third game of the
series on the latter's lot by to i
score in 10 tough innings. At that, It
should have been Rock Islands game.
though Davenport was handed runs on
errors and the Islanders failed to make
scores themselves because they could
not run bases or deliver hits oppor-
timely. Phil Dellar, who finished the
game for Terry on the day before and
won out, was on the mound for the
losers, and at that he deserved TO win,
and would have done so with good sup
port. He went the whole game
DelIar pitched magnificent bill. He
had fine control and only passed three
men and hit one in the entire session.
Crabb. pitching for Davenport, was ef-
fective and lucky till the eighth. when
the Islanders evened up matters. 1t
was good batting rally, and was
helped along a little by costly error.
Nelson replaced Crabb then, and after
Rock Island forged ahead in its half
of the 18th. Davenport tied it up again
and then in the 18th won out
SNYDER AND DAVIDSON STAR
1t sure was a hard battle to lose,
and the locals deserve credit for the
game which they played Snyder and
Davidson were the fielding artists of
the day. Paul gobbled up high ones
which seemed sure hits till they were
within a very few feet OF the ground
Heinie scooped everything that came
his way and made several diff cult
catches He had one bobble in IL
chances. Then, too, Davy was there
some with the bat. He lived on an er
ror once which might just as well
have been hit. singled twice, walked
once, and then laid down a sacrifice.
Otto Vogel was another who had his
batting eye-two doubles and a three
bagger. His longest drive, with no one
out, was wasted when the next three
men failed 10 deliver, and he died at
third
Several Of Bannon's decisions were
exceptionally costly to the Islanders
In one instance, Jacobsen was on third
and the ball was thrown there to catch
him when he was playing of. Jake
got back all right, but Bannon, guess
ing from the amount of dust which
arose. called him out, and that put
Quietus to the Islander rally. Both
teams played good ball and the fans all
had enough OF excitement and good
playing to appease their appetites for
a while at least
RALLY IN EIGHTH.
IN the eighth inning Rock Island
rallied TO Dollars support by batting
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-22

1.-TWO out when winning run was
made.
Score By innings:
Rock Island
10000 o 5000 O. !
Davenport
OO12O COILS
Jacobsen. Threebase hits - Keep
ping. vogel, Clsnes Sacrifice hits -
Davidson. Ohland, Bromwich, Walsh.
Stolen bases-Chapman, Goodwin. DcU-
bic plays-Walsh. Bromwich. Bases
on balls-Of Dollar. 4 of Crabbs, 3 !;
off Nelson l. Hit by pitched ball
Koepping. Struck out-By Dellar, :;
by Crabb, Z; by Nelson, 8. Passed
ball - Jacobsen. Time of game: CO.
Umpire Damon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-22

Chamberlain Cough remedy is sold
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