Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-01
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES

Paris. May French army posts
on the German frontier have been
provided with powerful searchlights
that sweep the heavens at irregular
intervals throughout the night on the
lookout for alien dirigibles. This is
the latest development in the watch
fitness with which the French are
guarding the German line, especially
since the landing of the Zeppelin at
Luneville a week or so ago.
To test the vigilance of the lookout,
French airships cruise unannounced
along the 242-mile border and woe to
the luckless picket who fails TO detect
their presence. Ali roads leading near
the frontier are guarded as never be-
fore. The wayfarer near the German
line encounters frequent patrols who
observe sharply but do not challenge.
Among officers of the French army
faEorite topic for discussion and con-
Germ is the possible start of "a hours
the Germans might get in case of war.
1 AAC AdSC VI NAAC CIVIL 4oNiOAA. thOS
say, might depend upon the prompt in
telligence of a sergeant's patrol.
The wires leading from the frontier
TO Paris were alive with the alarm
when the Zeppelin crossed the border
and descended at Luneville. Intelli-
fence officers at the Nancy headquar-
tiers received from watchers along the
frontier four telephone calls telling of
the passage OF the aircraft The posts
on all that part of the line were astir
with alarm and doubt; a thousand
field glasses swept the haze and fog
of the heavens for a glimpse of the
unwelcome visitor.
At Paris, the war ministry was
promptly notified by telephone The
French air cavalry, especially the aer-
oplanists at Nancy, scurried TO their
hangers and remained there in mo-
mentary readiness to take wing and
{ reconnOiter the German side for move
mcnts of troops. Since then the
French war ministry has not relaxed
/ its vigilance, rather it has been in
/ creased.
A man Stung by a bee the other day
has thus discovered an unusual cure
7 for catarrhal opthalmia and has
brought his case TO the attention OF
! Dr. Tarnavski The doctors patient
I was suffering from double catarrhal
/ opthalmia that had resisted all or.
/ thOdox treatments. He was stung by
a bee on his left eyelid When he
woke up the next morning he found
! that the light was no longer painful
+, to his eye and that the discharge had
: ceased. The delighted patient captur
ed another bee and had it stung him
on the other eye. The next morning
it was cured.
The beauty of the rose has beer
! enhanced greatly by 4 new soil treat
ment recently discovered in an ode
manner. When the first excavations
were made for the Paris subway {
gardener carted away a few loads O
the clay dumpings. He tried roses or
the soil thus procured, and to hi.
amGSement they grew finer than il
the highly priced clays. Since theI
there has been a great demand from
rose-growers for this subway clay
The roses grown on this soil have
been dubbed subway roses The!
have extraordinarily vivid colors ant
exquisite odor and are taking al
prizes at the spring horticulture
shows where they have been allotted
a section to themselves.
N. CODY a French scientist, ha
devised an apparatus for the applica
ton Of the X-ray to microscopic worl
which is expected to have a very in
pOrtant bearing on the study Of tn
smaller organisms. Many of thes
small organisms, because of their ca
pacity, have resisted all attempts {,