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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-09

lea into % military camp We will not
AJAX our Young men 10 spend the best
wears ~ their lives making soldiers ~
themselves There be- another sort ~
energy in as u viii know how 60 de-
ciare itself and make itself effective
should occasion arlsN And especially
when hair the world is on fire we shlll
be- careful 90 mako our moral insurance
AGAINST the spread ~ the confaertti0n
very definite and certain ana adequate
indeed.
"T.o, us remind ourselves. therefore
NJ the only thlng we can do or WIN do
We must depend Ia every time 81 nt-
tinnnl peril IN tho future as iu the
past. not upon "a standing army nor
yrt upon q reserve army ban upon O.
citi1onry trained and accustomed 90
arms Il will bee night enough right
American policy based upon our ac-
customed principles nud practices. to
provide n system by which ever, ciu-
ron who VIII volunteer for the train
Ink may be made familiar WITH the use
~ modern arms the rudimcnts OF drill
md mancuver nnd the maintenance
and sanitation 81 camps We should
encourage such training ana make 10 e.
means 81 discipline which our young
mon VIII learn tu royidc II is righf
that We should provide 10 no only but
that We should make IL ag attractive as
qonsihle. and 500 induce our young men
to undergo 81 az such times as they can
command "A little freedom and can seei,
tho phNMcal Development they need
FOR mora hetlfh'g gnls II for nothing
more Every means by which such
things can be- stimulated b. icriumat'.
and such a method smaci,a 81 true
American IDEAS
~ IS right. too. that the National
Guard ~ the States should bee dcvol %
opei and strengthened by every means
which is not inconsistent without obli-
hationa ic our own people or Nith the
established policy ~ orr government
And mis- also. not because the time or
occasion specially calls Tor such meas o.
urcs. but because Il should bee our con-
slant policy 20 make these provisious
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-09
The Subject of Electives in the Schools
of Corpus Christ; ssi..s . .

community demands that We plan
wisely. In broad way, 50 ae 70 secure
the very highest fcsults 20 the ven
largest number IN educational uplifl
We should take this for our motto ana
IL will cause US a. teachers 10 consider
tho differences In children and ny
hard TO supply their various eduea'
iionai needs.
MAY every SOU that touches mine.
re IL the slightest contact
Oct thereffom some good.
ore li,tle grace, one kindly though
one CLEAN Of hope Co pierce the thick
est mist.
one aspiration yet unieli
To make this ufe worth "nlie ans
heaven a surcr heritage"
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-09
SPECIAL NOTICE.

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Daughters OF the Confedoraey
Issue Of the Caller that was pub
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Copies OF tho special issue are
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ed al tho Caller office az five
cents the copy.
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-09
HEAVY TOBACCO DEMAND

CARLISLE Ky Dee Tobacco
ioose-leaf snica opened here with q
ruth ~ or1fra today Tho warehouses
have been stocked heavily withln The
naat few days awaiting the opening a.
the local market Good prices prevail
and the return tu growers win be sat
lsfpetury IL IN Hnid
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-09
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON Dec s. rhc De-
Iartmcnt Of Agriculture opened q hear
iug today ON the advlsnhility ~ cHinb-
IishinR a quarantine 40 aii citrus Fruits
sent to the United States Repro
senistiycH from the frlif growing Hsso-
citations and cspcrta ~ the Department
OF agriculture VIII be heard on the
question.
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-09
Aunt Jemima's Buckwheat flor
comes in white packages. Ask fu 4

To discuss Il, We shall no, An.
attitude toward II because soma q,
us are nervous aud excited
easily and senslbly agree upr
of defense. The question
changed .ts aspects because 4
ARE not normal. our policyv
FOR au occasinn Il WI be
as "a permanent aud seitlsd TIT
~e will pursue AT al sasom
haste ana fear o fashion peril
isteut with the peace q the
abiding friendship Il s,sisne
unhaampefcd freedom ofsF
We deal Let there be no
ton The country has be'---
ed We are not uumindf,s=w<
responsibility rrstinE upc
ionrp ard profit by the
experience and every n,
and what ia needed w
done XN
To peace On i;urppe
ferrod briefly We
ct peace and 81
"And We should b,
distinction which
earn just nov
..f...f. a.. Lee. -
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-09
PRESIDENT WILSON CAVE
ANSWER TO THOSE WHO
CONTEND U. S. NOT PREPARED

lcanllnueh from Page D
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13
Why She Was Charitable.

"But, madame" said the judge, 'ff
you know the name of the woman who
has come between your husband and
yourself you ought to make it public.
What object can you have in shielding
her? 1 cannot grant you a divorce
unless you are more specific in your
charges"
81 can give you dates and places,
your honor, if that will be enough"
THAT may suffice Still, can't IN
derstand why, If you know the woman,
you decline to let her be named in
the proceedings. It is not natural in
case of this kind for a wife to try
to shield the woman who has wronged
her. You must give some very good
reason for doing SO or 1 shall be COM
PEELED to dismiss the case"
well, if you must know, judge, she
weighs 1s5 pounds and has a mus
tache that you could see across the
street. 1 don't want to be Inundated
by having it become known that 1 was
neglected for that"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13
TARIFF INDICATED.

Foreign manufacturers sent into the
United States during the first eight
months of the new tariff system just
IS per cent more OF their finished
products than they did under the old.
This. as was pointed out by Secretary
Redfleld. is an ample demonstration
that there was no ground for the fears
OF American factory owners that they
would be driven from business by the
democratic tariff.
Importations of foodstuffs showed a
large percentage of increase in the
eight months which ended with May,
while foodstuff exports fell of substan-
TALLY. There was a relatively smaller
reduction IN the amount of completed
manufactures exported.
Out Of a total decrease in exports
for the eight months of s145, 700, $40,
more than s12S,OO0,OOO was in food
stuffs and manufactures for further
use in manufacturing.
Total imports for the eight months
were s1.2ss, 655, O41, compared with ST.
233, Sis, 365 for the same period last
year. Free merchandise for the two
periods was, respectively $500. PA, 03S
and $6s3, O15, 455. Total exports were
81. $40, 367 ,3O5 against s1.7S6, O70.945.
Imports for May. 1914. amounted to
s164.209.516 compared with s133. 723,-
713 a year ago. Exports were S151.-
S32. 619. a decrease of 16.9 per cent
once the previous May.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13

Measurements of human eyes demon
strate that there is probably no such
thing in the world as an absolutely per-
feet eye. That would be a miracle
which nature with all her infinite in
genuity has never performed. No hui
man face among all the worlds six
teen hundred million may be held per-
feet, either artistically or physiologi-
cally. To the owner of the face, this
is relatively an unimportant matter,
but to the owner of the pair of eyes an
error OF one three-hundredth of an
inch in the curvature or dimensions of
the eyeballs may make their all-im-
portant function abnormal, resulting in
eye-strain with it's attendant physical
ills. The eye responds to the slightest
physical force in the world, that is.
light waves which are hundreds of mil
lions of times more infinitesimal than
sound waves. The eyes are the hard
est worked OF all organs, and safety
and existence of human lives frequent
lily depend directly on their accurate
The harmful results of eye
never wholly absent throughout
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13

are uncapped and allowed to discharge
their gas into the air. Other gas wells
in fields where gas is plentiful do moth
ing but furnish fuel for huge pipe
torches which burn day and night the
year round. Oil seeps through the
ground and is lost. Unscientific meth
DDS of using gas and oil lead to other
huge wastes. The total is enormous.
II is estimated that in the last ten
years oil and gas worth a billion dol
lars has gone to waste. The waste
of natural gas alone is said to amount
to $50,000,0O0 per annum. The sur
face loss of petroleum amounts to
millions annually.
add to these" says the report of
the bureau, the losses which result
from the inefficient or improper use of
large part of our petroleum and nat
ural gas and we have the national
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13
PERFECT EYE UNKNOWN

life, may begin very early in childhood,
even in the second year. Many little
children, for instance, are constantly
tearing their clothes, hurting their feet
and legs, stumbling and falling, be-
cause their eyes are so faulty that their
estimates of the size, location and ma
ture of objects are not correctly made.
Adults who have been blind and are
suddenly given good vision, require
years to learn to see with accuracy or
safety in action. Probably 6 per cent
of children are left-handed, left eyed
ness causing left-handedness. From 6
to 10 years of age many children show
an incomprehensible nervousness"
twitching of the hands and face, tickle
appetite and various disorders, all u.s.
ually due to eye-strain. Yet almost all
of these cases of eye-strain can be re-
lieved, and should be relieved in early
childhood The Importance of correct
ing this condition early in the child's
school years, and the influence of such
a condition in the education and devel-
opment of the child must be apparent
to every parent and teacher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13
COST OF CITY GOVERNMENT.

The total payment for expenses or
the general departments of the 1875
cities having population OF 10000 and
over in the report of financial sta
tistics of cities for 1912. recently is
sued by Director William J. Harris,
bureau of the census. department OF
commerce, was sos, 543,O4S. The to-
tai per capita payments for expenses
other than of public service enteD
prises increased from S13.O2 in 1902
to s17.34 IN 1912, a gain of 1872 per
cent The per capita payments for
each year have shown an increase
over those of preceding year, except
that those for 1909 were slightly less
than those for 1908. The per capita
payments for expenses of the general
government, including those for courts,
have increased quite uniformly during
the 11-year period. as have for the
most part those for the expenses of
police and fire departments, for con-
servation of health and sanitation,
which includes sewers. sewage dispoS-
al, and refuse disposal, and for edu.
cation.
For the 195 cities, the total per
ments. including general government,
police, fire, all ether protection to per-
son and property, conservation Of
health, charities, hospitals and cor
rections, education, recreation, mis-
cellaneous and general, is S17.34 The
per capita payment for police depart
ment for the 1876 cities is $2.04 The
per capita police expenses increased
from $1-s4 in 1902 to S2.O4 in 1912.
The per capita payment for fire de
partment for the 1875 cities Is s1.62.
The per capita fire department ex-
penses increased from $3.50 in 1902
TO $1.G2 in 1912.
The per capita payment for educa-
ton for the 195 cities is $500. The
per capita expenses for education in
creased from 1851 in 1902 to $500 in
1912.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13
WORTH

If gold We're lying all around,
Like pebbles on the beach,
We'd cease to cheat and lie for gold,
We'd cease to toll and sigh for gold,
And those who sadly preach
That love of gold has made us blind
And breeds the wrongs we do
Would have to hunt around to find
Some other bugaboo. X
If roses bloomed every weed
That grows along the way
We'd crush the roses meath our feet,
The lover who today
And rosebud lips" would ne'er
Again be tempted thus to speak
With roses everywhere.
If every maiden who is fair
Would yield a ready kiss,
The kisses that men try to win,
The kisses that men die to win,
Would charm no more; the miss
Who with a kiss may thrill a man
Or for kiss enslave.
With kisses ne'er could fill man
With noble aims and brave.
II all the ways that men pursue
Led upward to the skies
The hopes we have of reigning there,
Tho hopes we have OF gaining there
The joys the world denies
Would vanish: heaven would cease to be
Worth while IL 1t were won
BY drifting onward carelessly
Till all the sands were run. Us
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13
CROPS OF 1914.

The government is sending out en-
couraging crop figures. The aggregat-
ed cereals will stand at FIVE billion and
a quarter bushels. The three great
staples. wheat. oats and corn. Will
have five billion 10 their credit Corn
IS the leader among the cereals. with
an estimated total OF nearly two bill
Jon nine hundred thousand bushels.
Corn IS worth so per cent more per
bushel than oats and II IS running a
close race with wheat. in value per
bushel. II makes corn the royal Amer
>tcan crop and Iowa IS the banner corn
gate OF the union. growing about q
kyenth OF the whole crop.
"a wheat production, Kansas will be
banner state this year. with 49,
boo OF bushels. The Kansas wheat
no longer a speculation. Most of It
rs IN the shock and much OF Il has al
ready been threshed. The Kansas and
southern wheat is. for the most part
Of the winter variety. In the spring
wheat country. North Dakota will be
the leader with nearly 0O.0O0 900
bushels 20 fits credit. Minnesota IS
becond and South Dakota Is coming 10
the front this year with a crop that is
Estimated at IS million bushels larger
Than last year. when there was a par
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13
CAPITAL Comment
BY CLYDE H TAvENNER
CONGRESSMAN from the Fourteenth District.

losses in the industry much in excess
OF S100,000,000 annually. these losses
taking place under bad economic con-
ditions which are a discredit to our
national intelligence"
The money which Senator Lane
proposes to appropriate would pay for
scientific investigation of the whole
subject by the bureau of mines. With
out any appropriation at all for the
specific work, the experts of the bu-
reau have been able to stop a waste
Of natural gas valued at more than
SIC, 900, 900.
II the investigation is authorized the
bureau experts will study the subject
in detail-first as to the relative COM
position and qualities of various types
of crude petroleum; second, the
adaptability of various petroleums for
methods in use for refining, transport
ing and storing oils. In addition the
experts will go thoroughly into the
subject Of preventing waste
Restoring Women's Rights.
The house. by passing the alien wo-
mems homestead bill, has taken a step
which seems to indicate the final
breaking down of the law of 1907,
which provides that American women
who marry foreigners shall lose their
American citizenship.
Advocates of women's rights have
strongly criticised the law of 1907.
American men who marry foreign wo-
men are not expatriated. Therefore,
women's Fighters claim there is no
equal treatment of American women
in this respect
The present homestead law is sim
liar. 1t provides that If an American
woman who has made entry for
homestead on the public lands marries
an alien before making final proof of
her homestead she forfeits the land.
The bill which passed the house re-
peals this statute.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13
tial failure of wheat in that state.

tial failure of wheat in that state.
So far as the corn estimates are
concerned. they are subject TO further
revisions by the weather man. The
corn crop has had magnificent start
in most of the corn growing states.
but IL is yet far from made y lack
of seasonabIe rains can cut it down
from the estimates. There is. how
ever. little or no danger of frosts in
terfering with the crop. for most Of
1: is two weeks ahead OF the average
year.
So far as crops are concerned, the
country has a prosperous year before
IL. Only 1912 was a better year and
that was one of the most phenomenal
crop years in the history of the coun-
try
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13

~ Lanes idea or
good business for
government to be
in. And SO the
senator from Ore
gon is pressing in
the S e n a t e an
amendment 10 the
sundry civil appro-
priation bill giving
the b ure au of
mines $4,000 for
an investigation of
preventable wastes
in the natural gas
and trole u n
fields of the United
States.
According to sta
tistics prepared by
the b ure au of
mines, the annual
waste Of oil and gas
is enormous. Wells
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13

candy. After that, before you know
it, he is walking around the house.
When he is Is months old he insists
on investigating everything within
reach.
He knows his mothers voice at three
months or so. He says mamma" in
the cutest way ina ginable when he
is about year old. Papa" comes
ward he develops new accomplish
ments so rapidly that we can't attempt
to catalogue them. The parents may
always be trusted to do that with plen-
ty of poetic license.
Questions and Answers.
Miss E. A. B. wishes to know what
is the cause of puffs under the eyes,
Reply-Too much sleep, Bright's dis
ease, high blood pressure, over-eating,
insufficient outdoor exercise, alcohol
ism, cretinism, myxoedema Inactivity
of the thyroid gland, and inadequate
water drinking. Any good medical
man or woman can help you pick out
your trouble from the list.
Mrs. n. p. NJ. writes: In one of
your Health Talks you recommend
parasiticides for itching. Can l get it
at the drug store, and is it an oint-
ment or a liquid, and how should it be
applied.
Reply-Parasiticide are dangerous
chemicals for you to experiment with
except under medical supervision.
Parasiticides are a class of remedies
for such diseases as scabies, the itch
and lice. In these Health Talks you
will find no valuable secrets and no
names OF worthless nostrums that you
must buy at the drug store.
H. d. says: Please advise me where
and when can l see you about nv
obesity. l am shrunk from 165 to 147
pounds in three years. or course.
will be willing to pay you for your ad-
vice just like any other patient.
Reply-Try your own family doctor.
He knows as much about your needs
as any other doctor.
F. L s. inquiries How long does a
child with whooping cough remain in.
fectious to other children?
Reply-As long as there is a cough
and expectoration.
J pertaining to health. II your uues-
'wered through these columns; IL not
led, addressed envelope Is enclosed.
7!dual cases or make diagnoses. Ad-
care of The Argus, Rock Island. Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13
HFALTHTALKS~
Drady,M.D.
The Standard American Baby.

At birth he is a fraction. over 20
inches long, he weighs seven pounds
and four ounces, all friends and things
look alike to him-because he doesn't
know how to focus his vision-and he
looks like the less pretentious Of his
parents.
His head is not quite ii inches in
circumference and it is chuck full of
cerebrum and cerebellum. There are
two soft places in It, however. The
front one is the largest and the last to
close; it doesn't close until he is about
Is months old. The back one, being
smaller, becomes closed with hard
bone when he is about three months
old If he gets nothing but condensed
milk or other short rations, these soft
places, or ontanelles, remain Enclosed
much longer, and that is one sign of
ricketts,.
How Fast He Grows.
During the first three days his
weight falls steadily and alarmingly
till he reaches six and a quarter
pounds or so. But after that, If he has
a fair show, he gains an ounce or two
day right along. BY the time he
attains the age OF 10 days he weighs
as much as he did when he first ar
rived, and when he reaches the ripe old
age OF three weeks he tips the scales
at eight pounds or a trifie more if you
keep your hand on him.
At one month he weighs So pounds
and begins TO look more like his moth
er. At two months he weighs IL
pounds, and it is discovered that his
eyes are wide open and just like grand
fathers. At three months he weighs
IL pounds and gains about a pound a
month for the rest of the year. II he
reaches 20 pounds on his first BIRTH
day you may be proud OF him. If he
doesn't. and yet seems quite well and
happy, you have no particular reason
10 worry.
His Other Accomplishments.
At 8 months he makes his first vol
untary efforts. At seven months he
can sit up by himself. At 10 months
IL he takes after his dad he does so
very warily. for his legs are still wab-
bly, and weak. On his first birthday
he Is able 10 stand up and receive his
DIR. Brady will answer all question
ton is OF general interest It will be an
II will be answered personally IL STAN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13

Immediately after news had been
received that the Kansas supreme
court had ruled that druggists selling
Jamaica ginger could be prosecuted
for violating the prohibition law, the
state bar called a conference to con-
slider abolishing that august body. A
good many will share in the opinion
that the abolishing should have been
attended to before that decision was
given
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13

TERMS-Ten cents per week by car
rier. in Rock Island; So pc year By mall
4 In advance.
Complaints OF delivery service should
be mace 70 the circulation department
which should also be notified in every
instance where 10 IS desired TO have
paper discontinued. as carriers hare no
authority IN the premiseS
All communications o. arEuraentatiFe
character. political or religious must
have real name attached fer publica-
ton. No such artioles viii BE printed
over fictitious signatures
Telephones IN all departments Cen
tral Union. Rcck Island AS. 1145 and
2II5.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13
a Dismal Thnunht.

well. airships may be all right, but
/ don't believe I'll ever care as much
for them as 1 do for automobiles"
"Why have you become possessed
of that idea?"
Just think of it. When you're out
in an airship there never will be any
thank-you-ma'ams to make the girl
squeal and grab hold of you for pro-
lection"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13

Cheerful Idiot was quite excited
just now seeing two men shake hands
Johnson-What can there possibly be
exciting about the simple ceremony
Of Handwriting? Cheerful Idiot-Oh.
each man had his hand doubled up
and was shaking it under the other
fellows noseI-London Telegraph.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13
July l3 in American
History.

17S5-Stephen Hopkins. "siGner ~
Rhode Island. died in Providence
born 1907.
1S64-General Early's army retreaiu
from its position near Washingson
and recrossed the Potomac TO We
ginia.
1866 Barnum museum burned in New
York.
191I-Tablet to william Penn. founoa
OF Pennsylvania, unveiled in Low
don.
All the news all the time-ie
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13

The American people are not likely
to overlook the fact that Woodrow
Wilson is president OF the United
States, and is conducting himself with
a due regard for the dignity and re-
sponsibilities OF that Office rather than
with an eye to being 4 candidate for
reelection two years hence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-13
Kindness to Authors.

"Over in England authors sometimes
are pensioned by the government"
Yes, 1t seems that in England the
people agree that even authors should
be permitted to live as long as they
don't kill anybody outside the pages
Of their books"