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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25
FAMOUS EPIDEMICS.
In Europe In 134S the Black Death
Claimed $4,000, 900 Victims.

In Europe In 1349 the Black Death
Claimed 25,ooo,ooo Victims.
In the twelfth century not less than
fifteen epidemics of disease and many
famines carried off the people of Eng
land. The thirteenth century saw
twenty plaques and nineteen famines,
while the fourteenth had a black rec
ord of disease In 134S the black
plague" or BLACK DEATH" which was
brought into the country from the east,
caused the death Of 100000 persons in
London alone, while in Europe alto
gether 25,OOOOO0 people fell victims to
its ravages.
In 1855 the sweating sickness" ap-
peared in England, causing great de-
struction of human life. 1t reappear-
ed at various intervals for a century
thereafter The last terrible visitation
of the plague in England was in
1664-66. by which 100000 lives were
lost In London alone.
This epidemic was followed By the
great fire of 1866, which destroyed 16.-
600 houses. including all the most
densely populated portions of the city.
The rebuilding Of London with some
regard to sanitary laws appears to
have put the first check on the cpl
demic diseases that had previously
devastated the population. - London
Standard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25
GRAHDMOTHERs
USED SAGE TEA
70 Darker the Hair and Re-
store Gray and Faded Hair
to Its Natural Color.

II is easier TO preserve the color of
the hair than 20 restore it, although it
In possible to do both. Our grand
mothers understood the secret. They
made a "sage tea" and their dark,
glossy hair long after middle life was
due to this fact. Our mothers have gray
hairs before they are fifty, but they are
beginning 20 appreciate the wisdom of
our grandmothers in using "sage tea
for their hair and are fast following suit.
The present generation has the advan-
tnge of the past in that 1t can get a
ready-to-use preparation called Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy. As a
scalp tonic and color restorer this prep
Bration is vastly superior to the ordinary
sage tea" made by our grandmothers.
The growth and beauty of the hair
depends on a healthy condition of the
scalp. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair
Remedy quickly kills the dandruff germs
which rob the hair of its life, color and
lustre, makes the scalp clean and
healthy, gives the hair strength, color
End beauty, and makes it grow.
Get so cent bottle from your druggist
today. He will give your money back
II you are not satisfied after fair trial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25
Brass Has an odor Yet Copper and
Zinc Separately Have Not.

Brass Has an odor Yet Copper and
Zinc Separately Have Not.
Brass, as every one knows, has an
awful odOr. yet the two things Of
which brass consists. zinc and copper,
give no odor whatever in their sepa-
rate states. This is problem that has
given a great deal of work to scien-
lists. 1t is one as yet not entirely
solved.
To arrive at the general law It has
been found that almost all alloys, or
mixtures of two metals. will give an
odor, while the metals themselves do
not. Brass is not the single example,
though probably the most odoriferous.
The explanation is as follows: All
substances, including metals. are al
ways giving off small particles of their
substance TO the air-that is. evaporat-
ing. Some solids give these off so rap
idly as soon to disappear. Gum cam
phor is a conspicuous example. To
smell any substance a particle of that
substance has to tickle a nerve ending
in the nose. If small particle of cop
per, we shall say. does this by itself,
no effect is noticed, but If a particle
of zinc and a particle of copper strike
at the same time the effect is such as
to cause a perceptible impulse to the
nerve. The chance for these two to
strike at the same time is given only
when they are intimately mixed In an
alloy.-New York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25
Railroad News

Edward S. Moore, soon of Judge
Rock Island company. was yesterday
elected president of the Rock Island
company OF Iowa, one of the old cor
porations back of the general system.
Mr.. Moore is also vice president of
the general or operating company. in
charge of purchases. Mr.. Moore is d
graduate Of Harvard and has been in
the service of the road of which his
father, uncle and Dan Reid of New
York own the controlling stock. At
the directors meeting W. H. Moore
was elected chairman of the executive
committee in place of Robert Walker
resigned. Mr.. Walker was also gener
al counsel and retires to enter law
practice with the firm of White & Case
in New York, which firm will be the
roads eastern legal representative
Mr.. Walker will continue a director OF
the road. F. c. billiard was elected
vice president and general counsel OF
the road with Offices in Chicago. John
j. Finland was elected president of the
Rock Island company of New Jersey
with headquarters in New York. Mr.
Nudge will continue as president Of
the operating company, with headquar
tiers il Chicago. The financial office
Will be in New York, with W. H
Moore chairman of the executive com
mittee and D. G. Reid chairman of the
J board Of directors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25

ere beginning to take interest in
other people-as well as from them.
At that, this back 10 the farm move
ment' that is being fostered by the
state association, is a most untimely
one. il should have been started >
years ago. If ! had been interested
in az many farm mortgages as you
fellows have been ! would have been
graduate of the state agricultural
college long ago.
1t takes eight years in high
school and college and a couple of
years in a laboratory to make chem
list. 1t takes four year college
course to make an engineer. \ farm
Ell has to be all those and q master
mechanic thrown in Il is time that
we we're educating men to do this
work thoroughly.
JOKES ABOUT THE FARMER.
"Why the average farmer does not
know enough to keep the road in good
condition. He kicks on the freight
rates of the railroads. And he does
n6C own a rail or tie. The only
road that he does actually own is
the mud road that runs By his farm.
And the freight rate on that road is
higher than on any other road in the
world. 1t costs more to haul busheI
Of wheat the average distance to mar.
ket in this country than it does to car
~ that same wheat from New York
10 Liverpool.
"A bunch OF farmers in a school
district will buy what the English
call an entire horse for So, 600. They
will pay a man $50 a month anC
board 10 handle the horse in the in.
terCst of better horses. And in tine
same school district they will hire {
hen-headed girl for $50 a month tC
look after the kids. And the chances
are that she does not know enough tC
boil water without burning il. Why
should such a girl get a certificate L
teach? Don't blame the county sup
erintendent. We must always have
| $50 month school ma ans to suppl!
the $50 a month school district. Tn,
only way TO abolish the $50 a mont
school ma am is TO abolish the So
la month school district-by consoli
dation or otherwise.
THE MANS VALUE.
I'VE must improve the breed o
men in this country. \ mans yalu
to the community should be judge
not By his income, but by his out
come. Not what he takes out of III
community, but what he puts into il
You cannot get something 70
nothing anywhere along the line. Lot
of places We have too much money
over in my home town I tell the banl
ers that / wish they did not have S
much money. | wish We had les
bank deposits and more big pay roll.
Money is only of value as it is kep
in circulation. The same thing is tru
of morals.
You have the bank deposits her
and you have the payrolls alsC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25

son was The only Indiana city in which
she would sing. The city still boasts OF
how the diva stopped there on her way
down the Ohio river from Cincinnati to
Louisville. The city had no auditorium
large enough. so one of the largest pork
warehouses was emptied and secured
and filed with flowers to remove any
lingering odor. Men and women trav-
eled from all parts of the state TO hear
Jenny Lind sing in the pork house, some
of them spending from three to six
days on the journey .-Argouaut
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25
ASKS BANKS FOR
SCHOLAR SHIPS
County School superintendent
Explains Advantage of Ag-
rcultural Course.
WOULD SEND SOME BOYS
school Is Held Annually at Spring
ficId--Ottawa Editor Addresses
Bankers.

About 90 members OF the Rock Is
land County Federation OF Bankers
gathered round the festive board at
the Rock Island club last night at one
of the most enjoyable gatherings ever
held by the organization.
The speakers OF the evening we're
County Superintendent OF Schools 5.
J. Ferguson and W. II. Miller. editor
Of the Ottawa Free Trader. Mr.. Fer
Euson made a plea that d number of
Rock Island county young men be
sent yearly 10 the University Of ILL
nOis tC take advantage OF the pupils
short course in agriculture the last
two weeks in January, and urged that
each bank bear the expense OF a sin
gle scholarship, amounting to $50 per
Ennum. lie brought out the fact that
the business men Of tho community
would be adequately repaid for their
Investment and explained briefly the
object OF the course. He was fol-
lowed by Mr. Miller, who said:
Rock Island is not the only city
On the map-even now Ottawa has its
place When ! registered at your no.
tel the clerk looked at the address
md said From Ottawa, do you want
O room with a bath?' That bathroom
Pag-with decorations in White and
Browne'-dies hard.
Let no one be surprised that a
newspaper man should be called upon
90 talk TO bankers. Many a banker
has called me over 10 talk 10 him.
And ! must say that they have al
ways treated me very nice when ]
have answered the call. They have
always assured me that they had no
desire 10 cmbarrass me: but they did
want TO get il out of the overdue pa
per so would ! please sign a new
one.
Newspaper men should appreci-
Rte the widespread and intelligent adj
yGtising campaign that the banks
oyerywhere are carrying on. Even al
that the newspaper has il coming &c
II Suppose the banks of this coun.
try should agree to pay us 81 a col.
umn for all the stun we did not print
on financial affairs during the last
panic. lf they did We could agree tC
rUr al their regular advertising free
OF cost for the next 10 years.
BEAUTIFUL SIGN.
II am glad to see that the bankers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25

Your money is in active circulation.
How about your manhood? Do you
keep it for private use or do you turn
it into active effort for the benefit of
the entire community? l don't care
what your form of government is
this one thing is true. If We do not
as individuals put good citizenship
into our communities, We cannot get
good government out of it. You can
rot get something for nothing in gov
eminent, any more than you can in
finance.
ARTIFICIAL OPTIMISM.
q don't believe in this artificial OPP
timism that is all the fad just now.
have no Smile, damn you, smile
cards tackled up in my den. Instead,
have a plainly painted placard which
says If you know anything good
about anybody tell me. ! can get all
the bad tales without any help
SLEDGEHAMMER LAST.
1T is part of my belief that the
siedgehammer comes at the tailend
Of the list of constructive implements.
/ have always been sorry that they
proved that Doc Cook did not discover
the north pole. Because he got
there, according to his story, on
chocolate drops, l don't believe in
doing out taffy exclusively. But
more molasses and less malice mixed
with American printers ink would
help some considerable.
There are all kinds of rating
books. And they all serve a good
purpose. | have sometimes wished
that every community might issue q
rating book in which the name OF
every man should be printed, togeth.
CT with statement of what he owes
70 his home town.
THE HUMBLE SCRIBE.
1--WE newspaper men, bankers and
ether prominent citizens are in the
habit OF taking great credit to our
selves for our public spirit The
fact is that We are all in debt to oul
home town. Suppose that my private
and particular fairy should lend me
her magic wand for tonight. AnC
suppose l could wave that magic
wand and take away from you every
thing that Rock Island has given you
, Would not some of you be Sitting
here tonight, without wife or HON,
or children, without business or rep
utatiCn, a naked and hungry bunch
, And this without belittling in tn,
least your own industry, intelligenc,
. and application. For all these thing
; this community has given you in
greater or less degree. How man,
q of US can truly say that we are squar,
, with the old home town.
OWES No MAN A LIVING.
. THE fact is that no cOmmunit
owes any man a living. But each O
? us owes to that community in which
he lives and loves and Iabors-on
? life. The best life that a loving Lor
. Twill help him to live. Let us live i
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25
DEBATING TEAMS
HAVE PRACTICE

The two high school debating teams
had a lively set-to last evening after
school between themselves. The sub
Ject was the one which is to be used
in the triangular debate between the
tri-cities tomorrow night. The Rock
Island affirmative is to meet the Mo-
line negative team at the local high
school. The affirmative team is COM
posed of Harold Peterson, Eugene
1oungert, and Louis Savadge, and the
negatives are Larned Eklund, Leland
Townsan, and Raymond Walker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25

complished this somewhat remarkable
feat by means of n simple electromag-
net which draws the bolt when a cur
rent passes through it, platinum point
and a piano wire attuned to a certain
note. When this note or one of its &C.
taves is sounded the wire vibrates in
response, and this vibration brings it
in contact with the platinum point.
The circuit is thus completed. and a
sensitive relay is brought into opera
tion.-Chicago Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25
Russian Place Names.

The Russian has not applied his
names without reason. In 1858. when
he founded the capital of the Amoor
province. he named it Blagoves-
chensk. This means good news"-to
all save the proofreaders in newspaper
offices. Three years later he founded
the capital Of Primorskaya and gave
It a name that plainly showed what
it was intended to be-Vladivostok.
ruler of the east" Near the end of
his great transcontinental railway he
made a brand new city and called it
Dalny, "farthest," very appropriate
name for a place $500 miles from the
starting point of the road.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25
Whistles and His Door Opens.

There is in London a man who sure
~ must combine the two characters
tics CT laziness and invention to a re-
markable degree. 1t is his custom to
have his breakfast in bed. and. bur-
dened with the trouble of getting out
of bed for the purpose Of unlocking his
bedroom door. he has invented a door
which opens 10 his whistle. He has ac-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25
His Profession,

"Now. Robert. what do you intend to
do when you become MANI ques-
toned Aunt Ellen as she looked APP
provingly upon her small nephew.
I'm goin' to be a soldier" replied
the boy promptly, "'cause then l can
fight whenever l want to without be-
ing spanked for it."-Youth's Compan-
ion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25
Children Who Are SiCkIv

Mothers who value their own comfort
and the welfare Of their children. should
never be without box Of Mother Gray's
Sweet Powders for Children, for use
throughout the season. They break I'M
colds. relieve feverishness, constipation,
teething disorders, headache and stOm-
aCh troubles. Used by mothers for %
years. These Powders never fail. Sold
by all drug stores, % cents. Don't ac-
ccpt any substitute. Sample mailed free.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, y. Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25

Jenny Lind In the Pork House.
When Jenny Lind made her tour of
America in the early fifties under the
management of p T. Barnum. Madi-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25

and so square accounts with the
world
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25
DEMOCRATIC

INSTRUCTED for Governor John Burke.
"~Instructed for Oscar w. Underwood
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25

THE fact is that no community
owes any man a living. But each of
us owes to that community in which
he lives and loves and labors-one
life. The best life that a loving Lord
will help him to live. Let us live it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25
A PUZZLE IN METALS.

Total
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-25

379 2O3 10
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04
Silence Is Golden.

1t is to be regretted that among the
dozen and one unnecessary things
which the modern girl is taught, some
Geep-thinEing person has not added
to the list that most necessary thing
for a girl to learn, the art OF silence.
Silence is a tremendous power in
this day of talkative women. Besides
it is infinitely nicer to have some
depth which every passing acquaint-
ance has not sounded. The girl who
confdes to you the story of her past
lirtations and the secret hope her
heart is set upon the second day of
your acquaintance VIII soon bore you,
if she does not actually disgust you.
There is no subject in the world
that cannot be discussed with pro-
priety with the right persons and IN
der the right conditions. But few
girls seem TO possess the eye of dis
elimination for these two facts On
the contrary, they frequently seem
rather to pride themselves on discus
sing the wrong subject with the
wrong person.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04
PUTTING ON THE TRIMMINGS
Girl Of Slender Purse Need Not Go
Without a Touch That Would
make" New Frock.

The girl of slender purse who is
attracted by the graceful imported
gacnitures of beaded fringe shown on
some Of the most attractive gowns Of
the present season need not feel it
obligatory on her either to be extray-
asant or to go without the touch that
would make her new frock.
Beads in themselves are not rela-
lively expense, and with a we'll chos-
en- assortment of these and few long
nGodlefuls of silk either to match or
contrast with that of the ground work
a plain silken fringe may be trans
formed into one that need be no imi-
tation Of any shown on the latest i'm
portations, but may, rather, have the
far more desirable quality of original
beauty in its deyising
The best method Of attaching these
somewhat fragile and elusive dan
giles" is to knot the threading silk
firmly. first in the heading of the
fringe, then, at the proper distance,
around the head, and again in the
heading with another knot, so that
each bead COR set Of beads, if more
than one is desired on each loop is
entirely secure, both in itself and as
regards its neighbors.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04
CHINAMAN IN SHARP REBUKE
Monaghan Was Quick to Observe the
Inconsistencies of a Woman Pro
Tossing Christianity.

Those who come to our shores from
heather lands are quick to see the
Inconsistencies Of processing Chris
tians. a story is told of a Chinaman
who applied for a position as house
servant with a family which belonged
to fashionable church. Among the
inquiries proposed by the mistress Of
the house were the following:
DO you drink whisky?"
no, l CIistian man"
DO you play cards?"
NO, l Clistian man"
He was given the position and he
proved to be very capable servant.
After a time the lady gave bridse
party. with wine accomplishments
The Chinaman did his part during the
evening acceptably, but the next
morning he said to his mistress:
Il want quit"
Why? What is the matter?'
Il CIistian man. | told YOU SO be
fore. l no work for Mclean heatbeD,"
1t is useless to pray for the heather
at our doors, so long as We do the
things that are inconsistent with The
Christian ofession.-Onward
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04

The consumption of beer is steadily
decreasing in Germany for the mum
Der of ''bierhalle," which in 1906 had
gone up to G,O35, had in 1909 dimin-
ished to 4,7G8 The decrease per
each inhabitant is calculated at about
four litres and half each year.
Much less malt being also EMPLOYED
in the manufacture of the Teuton's
fayorite beverage. it becomes lighter.
and consequently more harmless. This
change in the national habit will
doubtless produce its effect on the
national character. which will prob
ably gain in brightness and activity.
The Queen.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04
1eTl1peIa al
e EazD
DEATH RATE IN PNEUMONIA
That Among Persons Addicted to Al
cohol Is Extremely High-Patients
Lack Resisting Power.

A physician treating a man suffer
ing from acute pneumonia fears and
fights against two things: One, the
actual poisoning of the patient by the
toxins of the pneumonia germs; the
other, failure of the heart. If the pa
tient dies one alone, or both, of the
above factors are responsible. The
poisoning, as Indicated by the fever,
the delirium, the frequent pulse, and
the rapid breathing, results from the
growth and activity Of these germs,
and the recovery and well-being of the
patient depends on the counter-ac-
tivity of the leucocytes and the plasma
of the blood by which are produced
the antibodies, which. in their truth,
nullify and counterfeit the virulent
poison. When this is ACCOMPLISHED
the crisis occurs and the danger is
practically over The development of
the crisis is, therefore. dependent on
the protective mechanism, about
which We have been speaking, and
which is rendered less efficient by al
cOhol.
The death rate among alcoholics at
tackled by pneumonia is extremely
high, ranging between 60 per cent. and
70 per cent, and it is probable that
one cause of this terrible mortality is
the lack Of resisting power which
characterizes such patients.
The second possibility dreaded by
the doctor in case of pneumonia is
heart failure. Picture to yourselves
what is happening-on lung solid,
entailing greatly increased work on
the heart, the fever damaging the
muscular fibers, and the defective
respiration augmenting the difficulties
against which the heart is struggling.
In such fight every handicap is
serious, for sometimes even the
healthiest heart is unequal to the
task; much more likely to give way
is heart whose muscle fibers have
been deteriorating slowly and insidi-
ously for years. Such a heart, when
compelled to cope with the stress Of
an acute pneumonia, dilates and fails,
and death occurs, because the heart
was insufficient to the strain.-Prof.
Laitinen Scientific Temperance Jour
nal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-04
ALCOHOL THE GREAT ENEMY
Word of Warning Worth Needing by
Misguided Advocates of True"
Temperance Among Children.

Noting the attempts Of some adyo.
Gates of the drink traffic in England
to establish there the German beer
garden and continental cafe, as a bet
ter environment for social and fam
lily drinking, DR.. Hereed of Lausanne
the eminent Swiss statistician. has this
10 say OF continental alcoholism: at
seems difficult for one who knows the
facts to pretend that the German beer
garden IS the temple of peace which
some of its advocates in England he
heVe 1t TO be. 1t would be
very foolish policy for England to trv
to import the drinking customs which
all social refOrmers on the continent
are earnestly endeavoring to discour,
age. All who know tho eituo.
ton, not only in Switzerland, but on
the continent as a whole, can only
say: 1T is only too true; alcoholism
is our great enemy" This word of
warning IS worth needing by the mis-
guided advocates of true" temper.
ance, who would have children taught
ito drink strong drink moderately
amid refined surroundings"