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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17
1EAETTHTTALK'
William Brady,M.D.
Rheumatic or Rheum 1t Isn't?

No less than a score OF different
joint diseases, each due to a different
cause and requiring different treat
ment. masquerade under the broad.
easy-going title of rheumatism" With
some contented souls it is enough to
realize that there IS something wrong
in or about the joints. With that fact
plainly evident. and a lot of other in
formation which isn't so evident but
looks all right in print, these victims
proceed to try" one highly recon-
mended remedy after another-stop-
ping long enough between cures to
write a testimonial. perchance. but
never despairing of hitting upon a
panacea some fine day.
II il were not for the patent medi-
cine vertisements-some of which
disgrace even the medical journals
and the complacency of doctors who
are content to prescribe a ready
made remedy for a ready-made
diagnosis, the term rheumatism"
would soon be forgotten. To be
sure. il has been worked to a fare
you-well by the medical profession.
All popular medical decisions of the
day are mere perpetuation of old
time medical mistakes. The only
trouble is. it takes the public about
twenty years to discover that the
profession. has reneged. And the
profession doesn't right-about-face
all at once; some of us have to go
ahead, at great personal risk. in
scouting parties; and others remain
behind a few years. eliminating uric
acid from an unsuspecting clientele.
Find the Depot of Poison.
In every case of acute or chronic
joint trouble which is dubbed "rheu-
matism.' the caustive factor is some
kind of infection, govt alone except
ed. In large share of the cases the
specific germ can be determined by
careful examination of the patient as
an individual. In a reasonable num-
Der the primary seat or depot OF in
lection can be brought TO light by a
painstaking investigation of the var
ious portals OF entry. and, IL the depot
can be cleaned up or cleaned out, the
patient gets permanently well, provid-
ed he has not delayed an unreason-
able length OF time.
Knowing that rheumatism" is a
name for a great many different all .
ments. none OF them one whit more
Influenced by the weather than other 1
kinds OF invalidism. IL seems a pity |
hat unprincipled pirates should be !
permitted TO take advantage OF the
popular delusion and foist upon the /
people a lot of worthless, poisonous
iope under the label of uric acid 1
and rheumatism rem
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17

busawa. president of the First Nation
al Bank OF Tokyo.
Viscount Kaneko says: Racial an
tipathy Is only a spontaneous phe-
nomenon OF human psychology But.
nevertheless. the progress OF man. of
civilization. is. I'm a sense, the system
attic restraint OF his innate propensi-
ties. and II so the racial feeling. among
others. must be controlled and sup
pressed by all means. Young Japan
is coping with modern learning just
as young America. young England.
young France or young Germany is
doing Surprising that Japan
or today is not on an equal basis with
her white competitors? The Japan of
tomorrow will be. in all probability. II.
therefore. there is anything she has
10 teach them it is the fact that man
kind is a one and indivisible whole.
that the yellow race is not inferior to
the white. that all the races should CO.
operate in perfect harmony for the de-
velopment of the worlds civilization"
Baron Kondo. the Japanese transpa-
cific steamship pioneer says a wise
word about LIMOGES. There are some
Americans who often publicly speak
OF the possibility OF Japanese-Ameri-
can war. 1t is rather curious to note
that there is no japanese who advo-
Gates a war with America although we
are often called by the foreigners a
bellicose race. II the two nations were
to engage in warfare II would be a
great loss to both. Dut such a war
should be an irpossibility. Such non
sense is never entertained in Japan.
But I should like TO advise
both people that such wild talk should
be guarded against as much as pos
sible from the point OF view of their
mutual interests as well as from that
OF international courtesy"
Yukio Ozaki. ex-mayor of Tokyo.
writes: Our relations have always
been good and will be, and yet the
mischiefmakers in both countries
friends. A Japanese oil 123456. 60
friends. a Japanese old proverb says:
There is no remedy for fools And
hysterical subjects are equally diff
cult to be cured. But why are we
afraid OF them? During my
short visit to the United States in
1910. everywhere ! saw signs of good
will and kindness to Japan.
Do you want further proof of the good
feeling that unites the two Pacific ma
tions? Our conclusion OF the new
treaty in advance of any other coun-
tries would be one of the most sub
stantial kind"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17
The Daily Story
Under Sixty Feet of Ice-By M. Quad.
Copyrighted. 1915 by Associated Literary bureau.

In the year 1866 an English scien-
tific society fitted out what was known
as the Cherry island expedition. 1t
was purely in the interest of natural
history Certain fish and birds which
had become extinct in the south were
still to be found up there, according to
the reports OF whalers. and that was
the object in fitting out the brig Alba
tross for a voyage from London. Aside
from a strong handed crew, three pro-
fessors and four or five students ac-
companied the expedition, and after a
voyage almost without event we
reached Cherry island soon after the
beginning of its brief summer
The island. which is of volcanic or
igin, is mere tumble of rocks. 1t Is
eleven miles long by five in breadth
and at the time of our visit had no
trees higher than ten feet These grew
between powders and on the slopes.
with patches of coarse grass all about.
but there was not a level spot half an
acre I'm extent on the whole island.
We had been on the island about thfr-
ty days and had pretty thoroughly ex-
plored it when Professor Saunders and
my humble self met with an accident
one day which led to most strange
discovery. We had set Off together on
a hunt after birds\ eggs, and In walk
ing along a slope we struck a spot
overgrown with a short green weed
As we walked over this bed we sud
denly found ourselves slipping. There
was water under It, and the whole
mass gave way and sent us sliding
into a ravine. We went slipping, slid
ing clutching and humping full fifty
feet before we brought up, but neil
Their of us was hurt beyond few
bruises. Owing to the wet grass we
could not ella mber out at that spot and
SO continued on down the ravine-
1t was a toilsome journey we made,
but it ended at last at a wall OF ice
within half a mile of the surf. At that
point the depth of the ravine was
about hundred feet. and, though the
sun was shining above, it was like
evening down there. A few yards be-
fore we were brought to standstill we
found the body of man lying against
the wall of a rock on the right hand |
side and ten feet above our heads. 1t
was caught and held fast on point of |
rock. We were both a good deal star |
tied by the grewsome sight.
AT some time or other" said the !
professor as he looked about, this ra-
vine had been a creek of considerable |
size flowing down to the sea. This |
man came up the creek from the
beach. but we now find a wall Of ice
blocking it up. There should be a
boat frozen up in the wall between US
and the sea-
We had nothing to make a torch of,
and. retracing our steps to a point
where we could climb out of the ra
vine, we left the mystery to be solved
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17

4 reign OF terror prevail in Turkey,
according to refugees who have fed
from the Ottoman Empire. The lives
of the Christians. including the mis-
sionaries and the Armenians are in
great danger, and brigandage, murder
and atrocities are committed.
The photo shows one of the Amer
lean women missionaries who is in the
danger zone. She is only one of the
many brave American women who
risk their lives and endure untold
to spread the gospel among
the women of Turkey. She is just
about to start on her visit to the peo-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17
Sidelights on the European War

Consul General of the United
States:
1T has come to our knowledge that
not a few members of the American
colony in Dresden have entered the
service of the Red Cross. At our re-
cent general meeting we passed a res
olution expressing to these members
of the American colony the special
thanks of the council of the city OF
Dresden for their high-minded atti-
tude.
1--WE request the highly esteemed
consul general TO kindly forward our
resolution to the members of the COL
ony concerned, and we grasp this op
portunity to assure you that the city
authorities will also do everything III
order to render the stay of the Amer
lean colony in Dresden during the war
as comfortable as possible"
The American consul general sent
the following reply:
Dear Mr.. Lord Mayor:
II had the honor to receive your
communication containing the infor-
nation that the council of Dresdeh
learned that various members OF inc
American colony were engaged IN max
ing things for the Red Cross society,"
and that at a meeting of the city coun-
Gil it was resolved TO express 10 inc
American colony in Dresden the CIT!
thanks for its interest in THIS char'a
BILE work. You had the kindness ~
request me TO convey TO the members
of the colony this resolution OF inc
council CT Dresden.
II take this opportunity to express
to you. my dear Mr.. Lord Mayor anu
through you TO the other members VI
the council OF the city of Dresden ID!
sincerest appreciation of the eXtraoi
binary courtesies which the city au'
thorities and the inhabitants OF Dres
den have shown to the AmerlcanS
here. Not only have they been trea.
ed with the greatest friendliness, ",
| have also heard from British anu
French subjects. who are sojourhlns
here, of the more than magaanlhlou,
treatment which has been accorueu
them, and which they will never loi
get: Many hotels and boarding mousse
have permitted a great number VI
them to remain without paying ai'el
having promised 10 settle the ma''ei
on their return home.
Il remain, my dear Mr.. Lord MayOi
and members of the city council, WIN
best respects.
LEE ALLEN BERGHoLz
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17

| another day. There was nurb H..
sion around the camp6res tina, 60
Ing. and early next morning we set m,
to see IL the ravine had once unon :
time opened TO the sea We soon p,
that 1t had. Its mouth had bean -.
small bay. but storm had fIlaa a.
with powders and damned bact 81
waters flowing down. Between -
sea and the spot where we founS the
BODY the ice was from fifty 10 savsr,',
feet thick. n the sun melted n g.
few feet In the summer the rains az
SHOWS of winter speedily renlscad
what had been lost We found tb,.
ice as clear as glass and as bard =.
iron, but powder was brought r.
the brig and holes We're drilled ana 9.
couple OF days we had blasted ON, /.
great rift TO half its depth.
Everybody bad suspicion of vha.
was frozen in down there. but yet the
discovery gave Us a shock. When hrt
thirty feet of ice lay between us and
the bottom Of the ravine we could SOC
through 1t well enough to make ont the
hull Of a ship standing on an even keel
1t was the hull of a brig, with mast,
gone. but otherwise intact We could
even make out the ropes. which had
been frozen stiff as iron while thev
streamed along her decks. but thers
were no bodies of dead men in sight
To blast out the remaining depths q,
ice and clear the ravine was a task
requiring more aid than we could spara
and more powder than we had aboard.
Years before, perhaps half century.
a merchant vessel had made that little
bay in distress. Wave and tide had
carried her up the creek, and wave and
tide had blocked her exit.
If one Of the crew got away I'D to
the ravine. why not all of them? And
yet no other body or remains were 10
be found on the Island. This man.
who may have been the captain, prob
ably started out by himself to see IL
there was a chance of escape, but in
making his way up the ravine he per
ished of cold and hunger. There was
scarce a hope for the others. II they
left the hulk they were forced to re-
turn to it for shelter and food. There
came d udy WuSA LOOu anu luel were
exhausted. when avalanches of snow
covered the decks and the cold of win
ter froze the marrow of their bones.
and they hid away in forecastle and
cabin and died with open eyes staring
into the darkness. Upon our return
to London the case was reported and
made much of in the papers, but no
or individual has ever
gone farther than we did. A hulk lies
there full of dead men-a hulk which
sailed the waters Of the frozen seas
half a century ago-and there it will
lie until time is no more and chaos
reigns again. 1t might be blasted out,
but Of what use? The solving Of one
mystery of the sea more or less would
count for but little.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17
JAPAN AND THE UNITED
STATES.

During the last year when relations
between Japan and the United States
might very easily have become strain
ed and unpleasant the Japanese peO-
pie have acted in a way which should
win for them the unqualified respect
and admiration OF this country. The
government has done everything in
it's power 20 prevent public animosity
being around over the anti-Japanese
legislation in California and has con
Quoted It's negotiations in a most sane
and clear-headed manner. The most
recent expressions OF goodwill are 10
be found in a remarkable book. Jap
ans Message to the United States
a book which forms a complete refuta-
ton OF the statements OF the jingoistic
press in both countries.
The authors OF the book are 80 in
number and each has contributed a
chapter. Among the contributors are
Count Okuma. the premier, Viscount
Raneko. former minister OF Justice.
Soichiro AsaDo. president OF the orr
entail Steamship company. Baron Saka-
tsni. mayor OF Tokyo. and Baron Shi-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17
Hubby's Swan Song.

The following answer was made by
defendant in a divorce case recently
in the Hancock county circuit court
and has been filed with the circuit
clerk of that court
Defendant admits marriage with
complainant but denies all the charges
of complainant against the defendan MT
and each and every part thereof, and
for special plea to complainants bill
says: 1t is the old, old story, when
poverty comes in at the door, love
flies out of the window" When my
health was ruined, my eyes too poor
to practice law, then the drowning of
my son, my nerves became shattered.
Now complainant has a farm willed
to her, she needs me not, and in these
days of fads, frills and faucies, they
cast out all the old square dances for
the suffragette modes and the divided
skirt, lead merrily on with the tango
skirt. No wonder men shirk from
the marriage VOW, and like Bohemia
with heifers pillow. We know not the
charge. little In print: but women
viii swear to enough without stint
and in these days of divorce evolution:
the court will perhaps grant her fun
dissolution. Well give her II all with
the breeches. for her wound will need
but very few stitches.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17

pie in the villages of her district.
There are no street cars, no railways,
no automobiles or carriages where she
goes and from the time she sets out
on her journey until the time she re-
turns, her life is always in danger: not
only from the insanitary conditions
prevailing. but also from the brigands
who infest the hills in the country
through which she is trying to spread
the gospel.
II was to protect Americans, such
as this fearless woman is, that the
United States government sent the
battleship North Carolina to Turkish
waters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17

: edy." when as a matter OF fact uric
| acid has nothing to do with Joint
inflammation and there is no drug
or combination of drugs which can
possibly help more than one form
of joint nfammation-and the vic
TINS chance of having that par
tlcuiar form is about one in a thou
sand,
Questions and Answers.
Mrs. II. w. w. inquiries: Is there
work on personal hygiene espe-
cially for women mean book
written for the lay reader-which
you can recommend?
Reply
Yes; you will find Personal Hygiene
for Women, by Anna NJ Galbraith. NJ
ID. tW. B. Saunders Company, Phila.,
$500 metz. a valuable book It con-
tains instructive chapters on develop
ment and physical training.
l.. s. A. inquiries: Have any new
methods of treating psoriases been
discovered within the past two or
three years? Is it a durable disease
or can il only be relieved? Are
there baths of any kind that would
help?
Reply
Yes. Yes. Yes
c. NJ. NJ. NJ. r. B., Miss A. b. C.
n. b. l.. and others who have sent in
letters signed by initials only: We
will use whatever initials you wish in
answering inquiries. but you must
sign your name 10 your letter IL
you expect an answer.
You Yourself: II inquiries are not
signed with full name and address
they are apt to be lost in the shuttle.
Thus you waste your time to no
advantage.
A. II. F. writes: Won't you give
some articles about sore throats and
colds and how TO avoid them? Also
about the eyes and vision?
Reply.
These suggestions will be utilized in |
the course OF few weeks, and thanks
to A. II. F.
II. X. b. inquiries: Is there a disease |
called Addison's disease? How does !
1t affect person? Is il durable is I
IL contagious?
Reply
Yes. Progressively increasing pros
tration and peculiar bronzing of the
skin; the disease Is caused by a de-
process in the adrenaI
glands. II is not durable. IL is not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17

It is announced that the surplus
horses OF this country suitable for
cavalry and artillery service already
have been bought up by the warning
nations of Europe. II will not be long
before the worlds surplus of every
thing which is needed in the conflict
will have been absorbed and then the
tightening OF the financial lines which
will mean more than the killing of
men in actually determining the out
come will begin TO be seriously felt .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17

London-(Corresp Of the
experiences of the refugees from Lou
vain, Malines, Antwerp and Ostend
have been, romance has not been en-
tirely lost in the wave of agony and
sorrow which the war has brought to
English shores. Dulwich was the
scene of wedding two days after the
fall of Ostend which joined the for
tunes of two luckless wanderers who
fed for weeks before the oncoming
Germans.
When Brussels was about to be TAX
en- the bride became separated from
her father and mother just on the eve
of her marriage. The entrance of the
Germans upset all wedding plans, but
the young girl found her fiance a few
days later among refugees at Malines.
They drifted with friends into Ant
werp and finally found their way to
England. Not being able to communi
cate with her parents, the young wo-
man decided to marry even If her rel
atives could not attend the wedding.
The mayor and mayoress of Gambler
we'll honored the young couple with
their presence at the wedding and the
wedding guests were other refugees
who had shared the hardships of the
contracting parties in their flight from
Belgium.
London.-(Correspo ndence of the
Associated Press Failure of Ger
many to exhaust its supply of petrol
is attributed by writer's in the London
press to supply OF oil supposed to
be shipped from the United States to
Germany by way OF Norway, Denmark
and Sweden. According to Albert
Lidgitt. who contributed an article on
this subject to the current issue of a
prominent motor journal. Germany
has planned TO get its petrol in ships
flying the Danish. Swedish and Nor
wegian flags and carrying the oil in
barrels
II. Massac Buist. writing in the Sun
day Observer. says: There is PROOF
positive that up to the end of the last |
month Germany had received some !
thousands of tons of motor spirits in |
this manner, and according to the |
present chartering arrangements that |
other large consignments are either /
being loaded or are on the Atlantic |
at this moment on the way to Den I
mark. Norway or Sweden. He saws
that up to the corresponding period /
last year there had been shipped from
to Denmark 1925 gallons OF
motor spirits, bur owing to the mys-
FERROUS activity in cargoes of late the \
motor spirit shipments To Copenhagen \
alone have been nearly IL, OC0 600 gal
IONS this year. of which half Il million
gallons left during the last week in
September"
Berlin.-The following exchange of
etters has taken place between the
american consul general and the lord
mayor of Dresden, according to Ores
ian a, au snanars roooi,,nd h..o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17
Origin of a Word.

Few words have so remarkable a
history as the word bankrupt. The
money lenders of Genoa, Venice and
Florence had benches or stalls in the
bourse. or exchange, in former times.
At these benches they conducted their
business. When any OF them became
insolvent his bench or bank was bro
ken, because he had no further use
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17

The Pullman company's declaration
that the provisions OF the income tax
law are arbitrary, unequal, confis-
catory. inquisitorial. oppressive and IN
just and the law itself unconstitutional
and therefore invalid seems to be rea-
sonably comprehensive and is pretty
good evidence that the law is hitting
just whom IL ought to hit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17

Rock Island and every other city in
the Mississippi valley is interested in
the campaign TO promote South Amer
lean trade which will be launched at a
conference at Memphis this week. The
enterprise is one which means much
for the future, especially of the river
cities
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17

In a time OF extremity the celebrat-
ed Culebra slide might be utilized for
defense against any enemy using the
Panama canal. 1t would be just as eff
fective and a great deal more ecOnomi-
cal than forts and big guns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17
Downfall q an Astronomer

NJ. Gudule was the aged cook of the
French astronomer Lalande. Like
many men of distinction in his coun-
try and era, Lalande at one time dab
SIed a little in the culinary art him
self. He contrived a sauce or two
which Gudule pronounced promising
for an amateur, and he was an expert
maker of salads. which he was wont
to prepare al table for the delectation
OF his guests.
But there is now no more of that"
Gudule lamented. With his head full
of miserable stars he hardly knows oil
from vinegar. He makes no more sal
ads. the unhappy man, and those
which ] prepare for him with the ut
most care and serve charmingly-sal
ads 70 tempt a king-he devours with
out a glance, without a word. without
savoring. without approaching. as II
they were no more than boiled cab
bagei A donkey eating thistles along
the highway is more grateful for his
dinner Stars are well enough in the
sky. look you. buAfit is imbecile to per
mir them to interfere with your meals
here on earth. Heaven, which created
victuals and inspires cooks. never in
tended f. l. Gudule. say So
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17

The Life Extension institute has
sent out a call for volunteers for an
army of 2,O0O.OO recruits for a ma
tionaI health guard" the purpose of
which is to prevent life waste and to
impress the public with the need of
upbuilding national vitality and effic-
iency." Even the most radical oppon-
ent of a resort to arms can hardly
take exception TO this sort of militar-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17

The assertion by one Mexican chief
that in case Carranza fails TO retire
all officers will fight "for the triumph
OF right and Justice" is the first admis-
sion from any of them that the war
was being conducted for any other
purpose.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17

Applicants for citizenship are pro-
hibited from giving cigars to the ex-
aminers and other attaches connected
with the federal Office at St. Louis. We
cannot imperil our present citizens in
order TO secure new ones.