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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17
THE MIND CURE.
Don't Worry, Eat and Sleep Right and
Live For a Century.

Live For Century.
Thousands of sick and afflicted arc
daily told by their physicians to
change their diet and keep the stomach
free from indigestible food. This we
admit to be good advice. but far great
er Is the usefulness of advice TO
change your thoughts, for out of a de-
fled mind proceeds a corrupt and dis
eased body.
The body quickly responds to every
impulse ard impression Of the mind,
and one rarely IL ever sees a person
with a contenIed mind thin. anaemic
and suffering with neurasthenia and
its train Of nervous and gastric symp-
toms. II II were not for the worry,
discomfort and abnormally strenuous
life that characterize the people of
this age the specialist on nervous and
mental diseases would have to discover
ways to obtain a livelihood other than
catering to the whims and fancies of a
veritable army OF perverts
AS paradoxical as 1t may seem, I
candidly and deliberately proclaim
that so per cent Of all the inha bitauts
Of the world now living under fifteen
years Of age could live and enjoy bet
ter health until they have passed the
century mark in age If IT were possible
TO instruct them concerning the proper
observance of those Interchangeable laws
OF health. hygiene and physiology We
are often admOnished 10 give up alco-
holic stimulants, tobacco and coffee II
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17

unable to decide whether babies be-
long TO the category OF bees and bugs.
the only live things mailable, he con-
templates calling in experts for ad-
vice. Here is the letter that gave
him the problem to solve:
Fort Mcpherson, Ca. Postmaster
General, Washington. Sir, have been
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17
Crack Marksmen Open Fire.

Weitzers land column contained three
batteries. comprising sixteen guns. aud
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17
George AIDE in School.

Lafayette, Ind, Jan. 17.-George
AIDE, playwright and humorist, is to
become some" farmer. and he is now
a full fedged student at Purdue uni
yersity, having enrolled yesterday. A
large, yellow badge adorned his coat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17
The War Fifty Years Ago

Sharp Encounter In the Louisiana Bayous---A Fed
eral Force Led by General Godfrey Wetze Attacks
General Richard Taylors Conference.-The FEEDER
ais Have Four Gunboats Bayou Teche and the Con-
federates One---Sharpshooters on Land Pick Off the
Ship Commanders Gallant Advance of Federal Land
FOrces--Deadly Work of the ,Rfes---C onfederates
Burn Their Ship---Other Events of the Week
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17
WANTS A CHILD MAILED
THROUGH PARCEL POST

Washington. Jan. 17.-Transporta-
lion OF babies by parcel post is an
infant industry Postmaster General
Hitchcock was asked yesterday to fos
Ter. Being q bachelor and therefore
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17

corresponding with a party in Penn
sylvania about getting a baby TO raise
Jour home being without onel.
May | ask you what specific rela-
tons to use in wrapping so it Cbaby)
wotld comply with regulations and
b. allowed shipment by parcel post,
as the express companies are to rough
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17

AIDE was an interested listener at all
of the lectures He has a large farm
located at Brooks, Ind, and expects
to pick up some valuable pointers On
scientific farming.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17

lapel when he was On the campus
yesterday. He has registered in the
short course, enrolled in the corn and
live stock sections, and yesterday took
part with others in the work. Mr..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17

MAEDER IN WESTERN LOUISIANA.
marching his army in through Louisi-
ana from the west. The Confederstes
kept a division of land troops on the
Teche. with the gunboat Cotton at
hand TO defend the waters. The troops
numbered about 400 and were COM
handed by General Alfred MOuton.
Banks stationed General Godfrey
Weitzers brigade op the shores Of Ber-
Teche and placed at Weitzers com
mand four little light draft gunboats TO
aid in holding the position.
As often happens. the opposing lead
ers. General Richard Taylor OF the Con-
federates and Weitzel. got into fighting
humor at the same time Taylor made
ready TO fall upon WeitZel on Berwick
bay, and w r took the notion OF
wiping out jn -unboat Cotton, which
he learned had been newly fitted up
with guns aud-stationed in the Teche
10 guard the channel
Danger From Sunken Torpedoes.
The Cotton had been converted from
a large Mississippi steamer into a for
midable floating fort. protected with
cotton bales and a casing OF railroad
iron. She was heavily armed aud com
handed by Captain +. w. Fuller. with
a crew OF resolute men. Having been
driven out Of Berwick bay in Novem-
Der. 1852. by the Federal dotilla operat-
Ing there. she had backed up the Teche,
which was too narrow 10 admit Of her
turning. and stood at bay in front OF
Two lines OF earthworks extending from
either shore at right angles with the
channel. These works were manned
by 1900 men and armed with ten
twenty. guns.
In front Of the batteries a line OF
rifle pits covered a force OF sharpshoot-
ers who had open range down the
channel To further battle an attack
ing force the Confederates bad planted
a nest Of torpedoes and other channel
distractions below the Cotton's an
chorage
Weitzels column. consisting of bis
own brigade REINFORCED by three regi-
ments. bivouacked the night OF Jan. 10
three miles from the gunboat Cotton.
Early on the 18th two detachments de-
ployed on either side OF the bayou and
marched forward simultaneously. while
The little gunboat feet assembled the
channel The channel being narrow
The feet. under Flag Of1cer T. Mexican
Buchanan. composed OF the Calhoun.
he Estrella, Diana and KinsmAn.
steamed In line. the Calhoun leading.
Buchanan had been In the same wa
tiers some weeks before with his little
feet. aud. although warned by negroes
that the bayou was planted with tor.
pedoes below the Confederate position.
he moved fearlessly ahead until stop
ped by distractions planted in the chan
mel His ships were all inferior 10 the
Cotton and bad been hastily built TO
cope with the enemy's boats on the In
land waters OF Louisiana.
Crack Marksmen Open Fire.
Weitzers land column contained three
batteries. comprising sixteen guns. aud
these. with the guns OF the navy. open
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17
Yours.

in handling. Yours.
The name signed to the letter was
withheld at the request of Mr.. Hitch
cock.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
Breeding PRINCIPLES.

You may select ten of the finest cows
of about even capacity of any breed OF
dairy cattle and bull of the same breed
of the richest breeding that can be had
breed this sire to those COWS for series
of years till his heifers come in milk and
you will find surprising difference In
milking capacity of those heifers.
There seems to be natural gravity at
tending all breeding operations whereby
certain percentage of the offspring re-
vert in quality to ancient progenitors'
To keep herd of COWS up to high
standard, If you do not buy females, re.
quires severe clarifying process; iu
other words, a constant wedding out
Then, again, it should be remembered
that the rejected heifers contain just as
good lines of blood as any. If bred in
turn to sire of strong and desirable
prepotency they will be very apt to pro.
duce large percentage of heifers that
will prove very desirable. By this we
can see how important 1t Is that we keep
constantly in view the great ruling fact,
that the sire is the chief consideration in
the production of cows of high merit.
III 6cioCltuk tbot oiko bo0 4aSosaSA ~
not 80 much that of family lines as 1t is
of performance lines on the part of the
mothers, particularly on the side OF bis
dams sire. II we find the blood of the
sire strong in the quality of large moth.
erhood we may be reasonably sure oi
his imparting that quality to his heifers.
But his male calves will be more affect
ed by the motherhood quality of their
dams than by him. These are distinc
tions that breeders should keep con
stantly in mind. The question OF i'm
mediate importance Is the sire and his
individual prepotency. The question Of
antecedent Importance relating to him ID
the quality of the mothers that lies back
of him. If we keep these distinctions In
mind we will be more willing to pay
good price for bull of the right quail
ity
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
Cenesis Of the Phonoara oh.

AS long ago as 1895 Sir W. II. Preece.
then director Of the British postoifice
teegraphs. sent messages without
wires across the sound Of Null when
the submarine cable was broken down.
Sir William was also present Mt the
birth Of the phonograph. In 1877 he
spent Independence day with Edison
at his house In New York, and In dis
cussing the telephone he remarked to
the great American inventor. Then II
what you say is true 1t will be possible
to reproduce the human voice" Edi-
son shut his eyes. said nothing. and
the conversation changed. On the voy-
age home Sir William worked out
phonograph I'm theory. but, not being
mechanic. left 1t as an idea. In less
than a month Edison sent Sir William
Preece a phonograph, the first that
came to England. Graphic.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
Did as She Asked Him.

A teacher in tenement district bur
ried from the school to find the mother
Of q pupil who had been taken Ill.
Gan you show me where Mrs. An
gelo Scandale livesf" she inquired OF a
cherlb transplanted from the sunny
south to a dark, sunless alley.
"Yes, teach, show you." and will
ing, sticky hand dragged her OH with
such speed as to make her stumble
over an italian dame seated on the
threshold. After the teachers breath
less flight toward the clouds the little
hand stopped tugging.
There where Mees Scandale live"
indicated the horizontal arm and I'm
ger, "but she downstair sitting on the
STEP" finished the smiling lips.-New
York Globe.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
Ane;snt Game Of Football.

Football is probably the Oldest OF
England's national games. At Derby
q game Of football was played rs early
as the third century In commemora.
ton Of victory over the Roman legion
at Chester. The first football used IN
the annual game-sdll played each
Easter-is said to have been the head
of a Danish invader. In the Isle OF
Purbeck. too. the free quarrymen from
time immemorial have perpetuated
their claim to a grant Of land by kick
ing a football across II. In the four
teenth century the game was 80 popu-
lar as to call forth an edict forbiddinG
1t. on the ground that 1t interfered with
the practice Of more martial exercises.
In later times Shakespeare referred
contemptuously to the game, but per-
haps few would be able to turn mp
readily the passage in king Lear" de
scribing "a base football player."-Lon-
don Standard.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
Ancient Unions and Trusts.

About the year 100 B. G. Thyatira
came under the power Of Rome, and.
though in the days Of the republic 1t
suffered much from oppression and ex-
tortion, great commercial prosperity
came to It with the inauguration OF
the empire. About the time that ST.
John wrote the Revelation 1t was at
the height Of It's wealth and prosperity
as a business city. 1t is known that
there were more trade guilds In Thya-
tira than In any other city Of Asia. for
inscriptions tell us that there were
guilds Of linen workers, wool workers.
dyers, bronze smiths. potters, bakers.
tanners and slave dealers. The selling
of ready made garments was an impor-
tant business Of Thyatira. but whether
there were the Accomplishments or
sweatshops, long hours and scanty pay
we are not told.-Christian Herald.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
Ground Juniper.

read in the Farmer of whole pasturel
made worthless by it. We have them
here in Jefferson. The berries are car
ried by the wind from pasture to pas
ture. II your pasture is adjacent to one
infected, make business of going over
your own, once year for an hour or
two and pull them, that have got q start,
from the size Of cabbage plant to q
peck measure. had several hundred In
my pasture last year from that smaller
size to square rod.
Late last fall and In the winter
spent two days as follows: When the
ground was bare and frozen, also the
plants were as brittle as glass. Striking
close to the grouud under the bush with
an old az pole II used an old adze somel,
the plant was very easily knocked OF.
These were put upon the large patches
that were not disturbed.
In early spring, when there was no
danger of fire running, these big piles
had dried and were readily burned.
Cattle and sheep liked the new grass
that quickly came up.
know Of large fine pasture where
four years ago scarcely tiny plant
could be found. To-day 1t will take two
men a week to eradicate them, and not
very large patches either, In four years
more the pasture will not be worth half
price.
Though the wind and birds convey
the seeds, We cannot do without that
element and animals, and the farmers
must fight the juniper as any other OBJ
stacle.-COr. Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
NUMBER 49
Eyes of the starf;sh.

At the end Of each arm In the COM
mon starfish there is q little red eye.
It is sheltered at the base Of the termi-
nal tube foot, which has become alto
gether sensory. The eye or eye cushion
shows little cups, each closed by lens,
lined by red, rodlike sensory cells, cloth
ed externally by supporting cells and
containing transparent watery sub
stance. Hellmuth Plessner made a
number Of experiments at Heligoland
in order to discover how much star
fish sees with these "eyes" or eye
spots. The answer Is, not very much.
It does not form an image nor does 1t
perceive a moving object. But it has
considerable sensitiveness In distin-
gushing different degrees Of light and
shade. Even the skin Of the starfsh Is
responsive to differences Of illumina-
don in the immediate vicinity. but by
means Of it's "eyes" the starfish be-
comes aware Of distant illumination
that differs, either positively or mega
lively, from that Of the Immediately
surrounding area.-New York World.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
Just az Well or,

A man had his next door neighbor
arrested on charge Of willfully dam
aging q chicken.
The Judge looked ut the charge with
mingled amusement and surprise, and
when the plaintiff was put on the
stand he asked him what damage had
been done to the bird.
my next door neighbor caught the
chicken In his garden" answered the
plaintiff, land wrung its neck"
II see," returned the judge. "What
was the chicken worth alive"
1T was worth rs cents" answered
the plaintiff.
What was it worth deadT' ques-
toned the Judge.
"Seventy-fve cents" replied the
plaintiff.
~ fail to see where any appreciable
damage was done," said the judge.
"The case is dismissed. ."-Philadelphi
Telegraph.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
kept His Word.

An amusing tale Is told In "Police
Work From Within" by Hargrave l..
Adam, of Charles Peace. the celebrated
burglar. He once went into chemists
shop smoking choice cigar, which he
had burgled in recent exploit
"The chemist. noticing the aroma Of
the cigar, remarked. That's a nice
cigar you're smoking. Where did yon
get itT Peace promptly replied. I
stole It. At this the chemist laughed
and said, 4 wish you would steal some
as good for me- Again Peace prompt
ly replied, 4 will Shortly after ha
again secured some good cigars upon
the occasion of one OF his nortu"nal
Jobs, several of which he took to -
chemist in question. As hr handed
them to him he remarked. There y"I
are-I stole them for you
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
How a Beetle Makes Love.

The deathwatch Is always destruc-
tive. In its earlier stages Of life 1t
eats up books and furniture, and when
1t reaches maturity the damage 1t does
Is greater still. though not so costly
In length about quarter Of an inch
and Of n gray color. 1t does not seem
to be a very terrifying creature; but 1t
has facetious little habit Of butting
its armor plated head against any
thing hard it may meet with. such rs
wood or plaster, thus giving rise to n
ticking sound which might, by good
stretch Of the Imagination, be thought
to sound like the ticking Of watch.
The poor little beetle, when he causes
the ticking, is only serenading his
sweetheart. He can play no musical III
strument to please her, and so. to
prove his devotion, he butts his head
against the wall.-Family Doctor.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
A Walk and q Talk.

| None but those long absent from the
old familiar home farm can fully sppre-
ciate the satisfaction with which the alb
sentee again sinks his feet in Its soft
soil. absence makes the heart grow
fonder" is true of land as we'll a. OF men,
at least of that portion of the land where
one was born and reared and where his
chief interests, financial and sentimental,
still remain.
We have often heard farmers say when
asked about the present condition OF
some crop or field: 81 haven't been
back there for weeks" We could never
understand this attitude. In the twenty
years of our farm remembrance and ex-
perience we have never missed an oppor-
tunity to look over every field Of the
farm, no matter If we had seen them
only the ''dsy before yesterday" Sell
dom have we failed to observe some
thing worth while.
Soil and growing things always have
lessons to teach, and not week should
pass without the eye of the owner or op-
orator noting the changes it brings. As
the old proverb has 1t:
"Nothing fattens the or like the eye
of the master"
Even after the harvest there are pleH-
~ of things to learn. Only last week
we noted from solitary fruit that We
had missed branch of the original in
pruning grated apple tree, and with
what feelings the reader may imagine
saw on three-year-old tree variety OF
peach we did not buy. Then the clover
seeding, the condition of which is in
many ways an indication OF the future,
held out to us a promise Of better sea-
sons to come-and this in spite of very
dry fall. 1t was pleasure, too, which
no crop, however small, can entirely
rob us of, to wander over the acres OF
rolling land now green with winter
wheat and to feel the soft touch OF the
mellow surface and the solidity under
meath. Surely nature will not neglect to
do her part where such care has been be-
stowedl
So we might 60 on indefinitely to set
down here the simple, yet important,
facts which crowded themselves in and
out of our mind on that October day
just gone. But we will spare the unin-
terested and save our space, though not,
we think, for a moro worthwhile sug-
gestion. We shall not count the space
as wasted il to some it brings the incen-
tive to closer observation and study of
familiar things. 1t is surprising some.
times how unfamiliar even those who
live every day of their lives in contact
with the soil and plants are with many
of the facts with which they teem.
Probably these things appeal more
strongly to one who, though he loves
the soil as much as any of its sons, has
doomed himself for season to tread the
pavements with the millions who sell
dom set their feet upon real earth.
Tribune Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
Gladstone and Disraeli.

It was Disraeli ut the Academy BAN
quet who. said that "the noble, distinc-
tive trait Of British art was its bound
less fertility In Imagination and fancy"
In the reaction after the banquet, rs
he was going home with Mr.. Goschen,
he "descanted on English painters
and deplored their total want OF fancy
and Imagination" Being reminded by
his companion that this was not exact
ly what he had led people to believe
was his opinion in his speech at the
banquet, NO" replied Dizzy. "but,
then. my friend. one must be pleasant
after dinner"
Very characteristic was the com.
ment next morning Of Mr.. Gladstone.
who glared at the companion and
roared out: do you mean to say that
he carried his CHASTITY insincerfty with,
In those walls! It's hellish!"-Inde-
pendent.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
Old Ace q Paradox.

DR.. Lyman Abbott, discussing old
age at a dinner in New York, smiled
pensively and said:
"Old age is not so sad as youth
deems 1t. Old age Is paradox. 1t
may he truly said that the best years
Of mans life come after the best
years Of his life have been wasted"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
The Great Work Of the Grange.

"United by the strong and faithful
ties of agriculture" for almost fifty
years the farmers in the Grange have
been working together to protect, broad
en- and elevate the rural homo.
In his speech at the Gettysburg reun'
ion OF the soldiers of the blue and the
gray who battled there fifty years ago,
President Wilson said that 10 these days
i've can serve our fellow men in quie,
counsel and make blessed the nations oi
the world in peace and righteousness
and love-"
It Ia in this "quiet counsel" in many
hundreds of thousands OF meetings all
up and down the land during these al
most fifty years of it's life that the
Grange has accomplished so much fol
the betterment Of agriculture.-Morti
mer Whitehead.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
Brood and Feed the Horses.

Show me a well bred horse and a
poorly fed one and will show you q
poor horse. Show me poorly bred
one and well fed one and will
show you fair horse. Show me
well bred one and well fed one and
will show you market topper
Wallace's Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
doid EiIled y.'irc.

Since the perfection. of gold filed
metal the number Of spectacle ana
eyeglass frames and mountings made
of this material has shown very large
yearly increase. Considering the im-
portance Of gold filled wire and the
many uses to which 1t is put 1t seems
surprising that so little is really known
Of this and how nearly equal to solid
gold It is for many uses. The term
gold filed Is somewhat misleading.
Merely reversing 1t almost thoroughly
explains both the material and the
process.
Filled gold, as 1t might well be
called, consists of gold shell filled
with an alloy Of base metal. The popu-
larity of gold filed is demonstrated by
the fact that nearly 100000 of fine
gold is used annually in one plant
alone, and half Of this Is used In the
manufacture of the gold filled wire
from which spectacles and eyeglass
frames and mountings are made
American Machinist.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
Quaint Description.

Admiral Dewey once described
auaintly In Washington a man who
was a borrower and sponger.
"He is one Of those chaps that one
occasionally meets" the admiral said.
"who use all their friends as coaling
stations"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09

Have you any hens that "hold ont"
better than the rest In the matter of lay
ing? Mark those hens and save their
eggs for next springs hatchiDg. They
are the ones on which tn build the foun-
dation Of = bigger and better poultry
business.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
Remembered Him.

Ibid your uncle remember you when
he came to make his will?"
Eyes. He remembered me 80 well
that he left my name out altogether"
Buffalo Express.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
aullfohts In Priyate.

Private bullfghts are occasionally
given by the very rich people in Mad
rid, and guests are invited to them as
they would be to a dinner.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09
Relationship.

Governess-If were cousin german
to you. what relation would my father
be to you. Mildred? Small Mildred
Dutch uncle-Chicago News.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-09

How to maintain the dairy is becom.
ing a serious problem. The slaughter Of
heifer calves must In time produce o
dearth OF cows and milk famine, unless
there Is an early resort to better prao'