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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10
POLITICS AND pENITENTIARIES

York city and the boodling connected
with the states vast expenditures for
publics highways have been scandal
to thel nation. They have made the
public ready to believe almost any
story
The political influence OF convicts is
greater than the public has generally
thought. One would naturally suppose
that cultivation of the good will of
convicts would be poor political in
vestment But nearly every convict
has many friends on the outside,
friends whose vote may be swayed by
personal considerations. In a recent
primary In a western state it was
found that convicts were writing plead
ing letters to friends on the outside.
urging them to support a certain can
didate. None of the letters intimated
that there had been any promise of
clemency, but all argued that his hui
name views offered encouragement.
Some of these fell into the hands Of
his chief rival, who used them in an at
tempt to arouse lawabiding people in
the state He has always contended
that the letters were more effectual
than his exposure. He says that most
recipients actively supported the can
didate the letters recommended,
though few were frank enough to dis
close their motives. The great mass
of citizens gave no heed to the ex-
posture. For ways that are dark the
heather Chinee has little on the man
who makes the rounding up Of votes
his business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10

"I am not needed here" he said,
His voice was full OF bitterness:
1T often wish that I was dead.
The world is sore at me, I guess;
1t seems my luck is always bad,
It hits me everywhere I go;
Good Fortunes maxim others glad,
She never hands me favors, though.
1--WE never had no chance to rise,
There's always something in the way;
Luck never handed me a prize,
But others get them every day;
I'm sick of life, I'd like to be
At rest and free from all the care;
There amt no place on earth for me,
amt been treated on the square"
He slouched away, still murmuring
About the sadness of his case;
He was an unattractive thing,
With ragged stubbles on his face;
He had not mastered any trade,
Nor even learned his native speech;
There was no goal that he had mada
Unfaltering attempts to reach.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10

The charges made by James NJ.
Clancy. until recently warden of the
Sing Sing prison. to the effect that the
prison is actually controlled by the
convicts, through their influence with
a political ring, will be strain on the
credulity OF the average reader. He
gives some startling details in sup
port of his generalization. One
charge is that there is a regular trade
in intoxicating liquors, cocaine. heroin.
morphine and opium carried on
through connivance of guards. who
open the doors at night for the recep-
ton of the stock, which is brought
down the river in motor boats. He
processes to have personally witnessed
the unloading of a cargo of liquors
and drugs at the pier one night before
he left the prison. He says that never
during his term OF office was there a
time that the prisoners did not have
a supply Of drugs and that he found
several places fixed up in the prison
as opium dens.
The smuggling in of drugs is con-
slant complaint in almost all the peni-
tentiaries of the country. 1t has been
generally supposed, however. that this
was done by irresponsible individuals
who managed to corrupt an occasional
guard. That il is a part of an organ
ICED conspiracy of political crooks
does not seem credible, many as have
been the exposures of the depth of de-
pravity of certain New York politicians
and the extent of the ramifications of
graft. The police corruption in New
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10
ms.ico,s National Pawnshop.

One of the most remarkable insti-
buttons in the City of Mexico is the
Monte de Piedad, or national pawn
shop. The monte is one of the oldest
buildings in the capital. having been
built for the private residence of Cor
ties in 1920, and it has been fortunate
enough to escape the hands of restor-
ers. 1t was acquired in 1744 by Count
de Regla Torreros. who laid out $780,
900 in organizing the Monte de Piedad,
with the idea of saving the needy from
the usury of the ordinary pawnbroker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10
Questions and Answers.

I Questions and Answers.
| G. b. S. writes: My father, aged 81,
was always a Woodworking man, until
about three years ago, when an at
tack of pneumonia left him permanent
ly weakened. He has gradually de-
veloped a peculiar tremor of his hands,
and when he walks his steps are faster
and faster, till he has to catch some
thing or fall. His face seems to be I'm
mobile, with strange, staring look in
the eyes. He is emotional, breaks
down and cries over slight matters. Is
this mental failure or can something
be done for him?
Reply.
Your description harmonizes with
that of a nervous ailment called "par-
alysis agitans," which may be relieved
somewhat by careful medical supervis-
ion.
Miss b. A. queries: What is the pos
tive test for tuberculosis of the lungs?
l have been in fine health until few
months ago, when / took cold and
coughed little. My throat began to
trouble me, and the doctor gave me
vaccines. As l got no better / visited
throat specialist. He said it wes tu-
berculosis of the larynx. He referred
me to another doctor who examined
my chest and referred me to still an
other who also examined my chest
Then they examined my sputum, but
found 10 tuberculosis germs, yet they
insisted had tuberculosis and sent me
TO n sanitarium. / stayed only a few
days and went to my parents home In
the country. where have gained stead
lily. though l still cough some.
Reply.
There is no positive test for tuber-
culosis. The finding of the germs is
not essential to a correct diagnosis.
The combination of several signs in a
particular case is more reliable. Your
medical advisers did right Your pres
ent Improvement is no doubt attribu-
table to their timely Interference In
your indoor life and the chances are
You still have tuberculosis. Don't put
your own opinion against the obviously
disinterested opinion of three compe-
tent physicians. II you would retain
your health.
J pertaining to health. If your ques-
swered through these columns; if not
ped, addressed envelope is enclosed.
Vidual cases or make diagnoses. Ad-
care OF The Argus. Rock Island, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10
What She ImaoIned.

Don't imagine" he said after she
had refused him, that l am going
away to blow my brains out or drink
myself to death"
NO." she replied, 'T have no idea
that you will do anything Of that kind.
You are going away to do some won
derful thing which will bring you
wealth and fame and make me regret
all the rest of my life that I didn't be-
lieve you when you intimated that you
were one of the greatest little men that
had ever come over the asphalt"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10
THE CHILD LABOR PROBLEM

BEFORE We adopted the paternal sys-
TEN Of government children spent
sfeir vacation in eudeavorfng to earn
little pocket money and at the same
tine they were taught insensibly prob
lefns that they must learn sooner or
ieter IN active business life. This was
p1nctuality. accuracy. patience, care
clIness. the little details that 20 TO
form the character that brings sue
cess- They picked up odd pennies and
nickels by doing errands. by working
In stores, by laboring on the farm and
In divers ways. Now, however. com
piziDs the Peoria Star. our child labor
law prohibits any one under Il years
Of age from employment in any occu-
patton except farming or gardening
44ring vacation time.
Eh2ployers who hire children must
conFincs-.tlemselves that the children
IRE OF "orkin3 age. The responsibility
rests entirely y irh the employer. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10
Brady,M.D.
A Poisoned Mouth.

Bradburn describes an interesting
case in the British Medical Journal. II
is worth reviewing, for it illustrates g
commonly overlooked cause of illness
"a poisoned mouth.
A healthy man, aged %. was sudden
iy seized with shivering fit, accom-
panied by general pains, especially in
the Joints. He was laid up two weeks
He then got out of bed, but was i'm
mediately put back again by a recur
renee of all the first symptoms, this
time with an eruption of blotches on
his legs. Besides, there were severe
abdominal cramps.
An Inaccurate Diagnosis.
For several weeks the patient was in
serious condition and failed to re-
spond to any treatment. The cause OF
his illness could not be determined. al
though very careful tests OF the blood
and the urine were made. The physi-
clans who saw him thought it might be
a case of purpura (scurvy), because OF
the Joint pain and the skin blotches.
But he obtained no relief from rene
dies which ordinarily relieve purpuric
symptoms.
Throughout the attack the patient
had a low, irregular fever.
Finally a searching examination ex-
cluded every probable source of infec-
ton excepting the mouth. There were
several decayed stumps of teeth with
septic. oil infiamed gums.
These were removed. At once the
became normal. the symp-
toms cleared up, and within a short
time the patient made a complete re-
covery.
"Oral sepsis" is the term used by
dentists in describing a poisoned
IL IL an exceedingly common
factor of acute and chronic illness. For
the very reason that so many people
have septic mouths the condition is
often overlooked by physicians. You
know there is nothing so hard TO find
as the obvious. AS Poe wrote in "The
Purloined Letter." THE more / reflect
ed the more satisfied I became
that. to conceal this letter. the minister
had resorted to the comprehensive and
sagacious sxpedient of not attempting
to conceal 1t at all"
DR. Brady will answer all question
ton is of general interest II will be an
IL will be answered personally II STAN
DR.. Brady will not prescribe for ind
dress all letters to DR.. William Brady
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10

In addition to the many classified
tons for fresh" eggs. another one,
Fresh candled." has been added as
4 result of the application Of the pure
food laws. which makes II an offense
to, merely intend TO sell hen fruit
which one knows has past its prime.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10

The proyerbial difficulties of the
camel in passing through the eye Of
a needle are as nothing to those in
the path of the rich man who is NOM
mated for a post under the United
States government these later days.
Senators who have the confirming 10
do appear to consider it good politics
to assume that wealth carries a faint,
no matter how it is acquired.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10

: II IS now proposed to "unwater" the
$357, 100000 which means that inno-
cent investors were mulcted by this
one concern alone for nearly enough
money 10 dig the Panama canal. And
yet we still hear protests against fur
ther government interference" with
business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10
TRAIN ED.

"H ow in { b q
world were you
able to eat the
stuff they served
up at that sum-
mer hotel which
you recommended
to us ?"
ct was easy /
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10

It's success Is attested by it's long his
tory. and Mexicans today can get one
third value on their goods at a rate
of interest seldom exceeding per
cent per annum. If any one fails to
keep up his payments the deposited
goods are sold. and any balance over
the sum advanced is handed to the de-
positor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10

Henwocd. the Denver murderer. who
was not satisfied with the life sentence
Imposed at his first trial. will now have
70 make the best of the death penalty
which the second hearing resulted in.
Another instance showing it doesn't
always pay to pin your faith 20 iuries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10
A comnosi,a Product.

Mrs. Boggs-Mr. Meekman Is splen.
did example of what a man ought Go
be. Mr.. Boegs-Not on your life. He,a
u splendid example of what a wife.
.wo sisters. grown mp daughter and
mother-in-law think man ought TO
be.-Puck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10
Wronded,

THE minute my husband gets a dol
lar In his pocket he wants to run out
and spend It."
Does he? Then the neighborhood
gossip must be untrue"
what is the neighborhood gossip"
. eft Is that you never let him have
as much as q dollar at time"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10
Pity.

"Bibberson always, so he tells me-
reads over his after-dinner speeches
until he has them by heart before he
gets on his feet to deliver them"
Poor old chap. Think of his having
TO do that when It IL such a bore for
other people to hear them just once"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10

1t is not strange that the National
Educational association voted an en-
dorsement OF equal suffrage. The won
der is that there was any debate over
the question
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10
Success.

Some men succeed by working wen,
p And some by dreaming splendid dreams;
Some win through luck
And some through pluck,
And some through dark and sinful
schemes.
Some men succeed by aiming high,
Some through rewards that effort brings,
And some because
Their ladies' pas
Are presidents OF banks aad things.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10

~ il g true. as Mrs. Belmont de-
clares that woman no longer belongs
to man. the latter may consider him
self relieved OF his greatest response.
biIity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10

had practised. My wife did her own
cooking for three weeks before went
away"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10

Leopold Kester, II, of Allentown
has been found guilty of breach OF
promise of marriage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10

TER3ts-Ten cents per week by car
r.rr In Rock Island: 50 pc yes= oy NAL
Ia advance.
Comrla.nts OF delivery service sheald
be msGe 10 the circulation department
waioh should also be notified In every
instance where 81 IS desired to have
rarer discontinued. as carriers hare 10
authority fl the premiseS
4 All communications o. arsumeBtstivs
character. political Or religious. mus;
gave real name attached ter pubiica-
ton. No such articles Will be printed
cTer fictitious signatures.
Telephones n all departments. Gen.
trai Union. Rock Island as. 1145 and
slf5.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10

Because OF the shifting of the traes
routes owing to the opening OF
Panama canal. the possibility OF W, !.
1t from the yellow fever mosquito
anticipated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10
July 10 in American
History.
History.

l7So-French army and heet unos.
Rochambeau reached America "
fight for the colonists.
lSS9-Julia Gardner Tyler, widow "
President John Tyler. died; po'h
1920.
1S90-President Harrison signed tpe
bill for the admission of WyomiDs
into the Union.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10

Dr. Brady VIII
ton general
will be
DR. Brady
dress letters William
Arizona republican., 1914-04-24
MORE ROOM FOR CLEANLINESS

To the Editor of The Republican,
 Sir: I noticed an article in your paper yesterday morning commend ing the city of Phoenix for having cleaned up and stating that it is hoped that it will continue to keep clean. It must be that the writer of this article did not take the trouble to walk through some of the alleys and look into the back yards. If he had he certainly would not congratu- late Phoenix on having made a clean up. Your valuable paper can do a good deal toward making a cleaner city of Phoenix. but to make the statement at present that the town is clean is a huge joke. I trust your paper will keep up d campaign Whir 2 will result in giving Phoenix good clean-up. remove some of the manure piles of ten years standing and urge the cleaning up of vacant lots that have been used as dump ground for a number of years. To find these conditions it will not be neces- sary to go more than two blocks away from the postoffice, the center of Phoenix. Respectfully,
 A, SUBSCRIBER,
Arizona republican., 1914-04-24
THE ROAD TO WRECKS

Rufus Steele. in an Illuminating ar ticle iii the Saturday Evening Post under the title, Keeping John Bar levcorn off the Train tells the story of wreck and disaster caused bv drink. Here is one of his strong est passages:
 Right on the heels of the dis covery that the running of trains by steam could be made safe and prac- tical came the discovery that the running of trains by alcohol could not. The secret of an untold num- Der of railroad disasters never has been solved. for the reason that the engine mans stomach was allowed to go to the cemetery instead of to the chemist. Because alcohol be- came d factor in transportation shortly after steam did. and because if has remained a factor. the general public has never learned to dlstln- guish clearly between hazard con sequent on the natural stimulation of the engine tnd the hazard conse- ouent on the unnatural stimulation of the engineer
 What are safety devices and block signals and the thousand and one appliances designed to make travel safe when any one or all of them can be and are repeatedly defeated and set at naught by a drunken op- orator, engineer, fireman or Switch man, The death toll has been alarm 1 ing, but it has not all been caused. by the greed of railroad directors and stockholders anxious to sacrifice life for dividends so long as someone else furnished the former and they se- cured the latter. Too much of it 1 has been due to indifference to the l traffic that units men for any haz- ardous employment: that which makes men careless and unfaithful; that which makes men forget their duties to their charge; that which steals away their brains and makes them irresponsible; that which be- fogs and beclouds the mental and moral vision: that viich always has
 and always will srcl disaster to the
 victim of drink and the more innO- cent victim of misplaced confidence who trusts him.
 Is it any wonder that forty rail
 road corporations have rigid rules
 against the use of alcoholic drinks
 by their men? Is it any wonder tha
 they are compelled to resort to 2
 sort of supervision or spy system t'
 ascertain whether their men live III
 to the requirements or not? Witt
 saloons on every hand to tempt theil
 employees from the path of abstinenc'
 and sobriety the task of these cor porations is made doubly difficul
 and the public, in whose interest ant
 behalf these spy systems are con
 ducted are so little concerned tha
Arizona republican., 1914-04-24
W. [. I. J. REJO|CES
 AT SINGERS 0F THE TIME"

The Woman's Christian Temper ance Union held its regular weekly meeting on Thursday afternoon, at West Monroe street.
 The devotional exercises were con ducted by Mrs. La Chance An inn portant business session followed. The program under the direction of Ms. Wing, among other things con sisted of articles read by various members. The president read the following encouraging extract from
 The Vindicator.'
 Drops Liquor dvertsing-Chica- go Record Herald Closes Its Columns to the Makers and Sellers of Alco- holic Drinks
 Chicago, April 6.-Yesterday morn ing the people of Chicago who read the Record Herald had a very de- cided surprise presented them in a big triple-column announcement which appeared on that papers first page, telling it's readers that, while | it will carry out contracts already made, the Record Herald, which as lall the world knows, is one of l Americas greatest dailies, will never again enter into contract for ad- vertising alcoholic liquors The announcement reads: The Record Herald has decided to elimi nate liquor advertising from its columns. t will fulfil it's existing contracts to print this class of ad- vertising and. having done that, it will accept no more'
 l The Record Herald does not deny the view that pure alcoholic liquors have their wise and proper use ir individual instances. but contends that the responsibility for the ad- vocacy of such use should rest with the family physician rather than the family newspaper and declines henceforth to share this responsi- bility"
 Another encouraging announcement read was that the women's vote ir the last Illinois local option election closed 1000 saloons.
 Mrs. La Chance announced that Mrs. Grady Gammige of Tucson will visit Phoenix on May and : and a reception will be rendered her at the w. C. T l.. on Tuesday afternoon.
 Further announcement regarding this and the public meeting which she will address will be giver through the press.
Arizona republican., 1914-04-24

The very important issue of state wide prohibition has been raised. A campaign in favor of constitutional amendment will be shortly instituted. This, like all other important ques- tions has two sides, on each of which are found honest and intelligent per sons.
 The Republican has decided to pro- vide for a reasonable discussion Of this issue in it's pages, allowing to each side at least a half column daily for signed articles, for which there will be no charge. No anonymous article will be published.
 It Is only stipulated that the com nunications for and against prohibl-