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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

F1fty-fve years ago today the first
driven oil well in the United States
began to give up its precious fluid.
The event marked an epoch In the IL
Elimination of the world and the be
ginning of many huge fortunes. The
chief illuminants of that day were
sperm, or whale. oil, retailing at 1925
a gallon; "camphene," a derivative of
turpentine and very liable to explo-
sion; "coaloil." obtained from coal and
Scotch baghead. selling at about $500
a gallon. How TO light the home and
workshop cheaply was serious
economic problem. II was that argu-
ment that influenced two Connecticut
financiers to advance $1,000 to Col.
Edwin l.. Drake, who proposed to drill
an oil well near Pitchole, Pa, where
for generations the local residents had
been gathering oil as IL fioated on the
surfaces OF creeks and pools. Drake
began work in 1857. His early at
tempts resulted in failure; his finan-
ciers refused more money, and his
workmen deserted. His scheme be-
came the joke OF the countryside He
might as well drill for whisky" re-
marked one rural spectator. When on
the verge of starvation, Drake finally
secured financial aid from Pennsyl-
and resumed the operations.
Months passed. Several drilling
methods proved fruitless, until he sank
a six-inch iron pipe. At a depth of
II feet the pioneer finally found traces
Of oil, and the next morning the liquid
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

Socrates. we have been told.
Was a sadly henpecked man;
Women did not fear 70 scold
The intrepid Corsican;
Caesar. when Calpurnia said
That a thing was thus or so,
Weekly. as he bowed his head,
Answered that she ought to know
Shakespeare was a henpecked man.
Though he tried to keep II dark;
Everybody knows how Anne
Used to make him toe the mark
Washington could govern men,
Sages his opinion sought;
But he made no answer when
Martha told him what was what
Rich John u. must hold his peace.
For his wife has said, alasi
That in future he shall cease
Talking to his Bible class,
Why should / be saddened, then?
I am great, or vet shall be,
For these greatest of great mon
All remind myself of me.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

majority of protests against vaccina-
I ton will be soon forgotten, because
such method offers absolute assur-
ance against sore arms
Questions and Answers.
Charter Member writes: 1 am
subject to frequent slight sore threats.
Doctors can find nothing to account for
1t. Would the regular use of iodine as
gargle be of value? II so, how
strong would you advise?
Reply.
1t would be a safe way to apply an
antiseptic, at any rate. Try a tea
spoonful tincture iodine in a half pint
water, to which a tablespoonful CIV
cerlne and few drops of oil winter
green are added for sweetening the
flavor
NJ. L. d. inquiries: Is pain in the
small of the back a symptom of kid
ney trouble or Bright's disease? Does
s kidney remedy. which stains
water blue, carry off poisons from the
blood?
Reply
ID Nine cases out of ten of Bright's
oAS htNtA Win
pain in back. 60 Methylene blue, in
various pills, stains the excretion blue
but that is absolutely all the effect
il has.
Mrs. F. W. asks: Is neuritis of
the arm a form of rheumatism?
Reply
No. Neuritis is an infiamed nerve
The usual symptoms are pain In the
course OF the affected nerve, tender
ness on pressure over the nerve trunk,
tingling or numbness. and more or less
loss OF function in the muscles sup
piled by the nerve
a Mother writes: We use a great
deal of cocoa instead of tea and coffee.
Is cocoa healthful?
Reply.
Caffeine in coffee. theme In tea, and !
in cocoa are alkaloids
with practically identical effects upon |
the kidneys. heart and cerebrum. They |
stimulate all these organs. For adults
they are all healthful beverages in
moderation. Children under IL should
have none of them. Milk is the bev- /
erage for children.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27
Big Territories at Stake in War

ers.' There are approximately 100000
600 people living in French African
possessions, more than a million of
whom are white. The center of
Frances white population is Algeria.
where nearly 100000 Europeans and
| 100000 natives live. There are 49,
100000 people in Belgian Kongo, 5.465
of whom are white, and 1926, 500
German subjects in her dependencies,
of whom nearly 10000 are Europeans.
Thirteen thousand of these live in
German Southwest Africa.
THE natural resources of many of
these African possessions are among
the richest in the world. The Union
OF South Africa, under British con-
troll. exported in 1910 1854 SOB 900 in
gold and S4O.199. 900 in diamonds. The
imports and exports of Algeria,
French possession, exceeded S233, 000,-
900 in 1912 Belgian Kongo's exports
now pass the S15.OO0,OO0 mark an
nually, while Germany's colonies are
sending to other countries about $685.
100000 worth of produce annually.
The principal British possessions
in Africa are the East Africa Protecto-
rate. Bechuanaland, Rhodesia, the
Union of South Africa, Northern and
Southern Nigeria, Gold Coast. Uganda
Protectorate, Somaliland and Nyasa-
land. France numbers among her pos
sessions Algeria, Tunls, Ivory Coast,
Dahomey, Congo. Madagascar, Sene-
gal and the Somali coast. Germany
controls Togo, Kamerun, German
Africa and German East
Africa"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27
In a Wretched Plight.

"Oh, shall go mad," exclaimed the
slim, beautiful woman who was nerv-
ously pacing up and down the veranda
of the summer hotel. 81 shall go mad
If don't hear from him today"
do you mean your husband?" asked
sympathetic guest.
Yes. I haven't had a letter from
him for three days"
Il wouldn't worry If were you. He
is probably too busy to write"
TOO busy to write! l don't care
whether he writes or not. What l
want is a check, I haven't a cent.
and they are getting up rattle for
a perfectly beautiful piece of drawn
work at dollar a chance!"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27
Brady,M.D.
Efficient Vaccination.

DR.. Edmond F. Cody. writing in Bos
ton Medical and Surgical Journa
gives some very sensible conclusions
based upon many opinions regarding
vaccination. a few of his conclusions
are OF general interest.
Vaccination is a surgical proceed
ure, and demands absolute surgical
cleanliness. like any surgical opera
ton This is quite reasonable. Yet
It is still the practice in some com.
munities to leave the after-care OF
vaccinated arms to mothers or other
unframed persons-and the doctor
or his vaccine is blamed for the un.
necessary sore arm
THE patient must be under the
supervision of the physician until
the scar formf, when a certificate
may be given" This is equally rea-
sonable. The danger OF infection OF
the vaccination site remains until
the scar has formed.
The Seventeen Delusion.
He should be told that his i'm
munity TO smallpox is limited in
time: that IL exposed he should be
revaccinated." This conclusion dis
poses OF that ingrown seven year"
delusion. No one knows how long
or how short the immunity con
ferred by vaccination. II may be
many years in duration in one case.
and only a few months in another
So eminent an authority as DIR.
Isadore Dyer. OF the Tulane Medical
school. in New Orleans. advocates
the thorough antiseptic treatment OF
the vaccination vesicle before IL
reaches the pustular stage. Dyer
points out that vaccine virus is
taken from calves before # reaches
the postular stage. and that the per
son vaccinated has vaccinia as posi-
lively in the vesicle stage as in the
stage OF pus formation and sore
ness" He urges that the physician
should break the vesicle before the
Objectionable. painful stage. and
treat the site with active germicides.
10 prevent the Inflammation from
going any farther. Moreover, he gives
very strong scientific reasons for the
belief that with such care the patient
acquires the highest possible immun-
ty against smallpox
II DR.. Dyer's suggestion is accepted
BY the medical profession the great
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

The African possessions and pro
tectorates of the European powers now
at war are more than three times as
large as continental United States.
They are more than three times as
large as all OF Europe now plunged in
war. and are IL times larger than Eng
land, France, Germany and Belgium.
which control them, says the National
Geographic society at Washington, ID.
c. in a statement issued today. They
occupy 9,667.531 of Africa's 11.513,OO0
square miles.
The largest individual holder of
African territory is France, with
3.S12,O 900 square miles. more than a
million and half of which is the
Sahara desert" says the society's
statement. England controls 3,61S.-
245 square miles; Belgium, with Bel
gian Kongo as its sole possession, S02.-
900 square miles. and Germany. 1885,
OS6 square miles. These figures make
contrasts with those of the
European holdings of these countries.
European France consists OF 207.054
square miles; England. 121 1891 square
miles; Belgium, 1873 square miles,
and Germany, 20S,7S0 square miles.
England leads in the population of
her African dependencies, with a total
OF 49,45S, 500 inhabitants, more than
two million of whom are Europeans.
The bulk of her white population is in
the union OF South Africa, which con-
sists of Good Hope. Natal. the Trans
vaal and Orange Free States, and in
which dwell nearly 100000 foreign
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27
THEN AND NOW

was found flowing literally upon the
ground. II was the beginning OF one
OF the greatest of modern industries.
Today the oil wells of, the United
States are annually producing nearly
two-thirds OF the crude petroleum con
sumed throughout the world. The
yield reaches the enormous total OF
about 10000, 100000 gallons a year
with the wholesale value estimated at
$500. 900, 900. They have created the
greatest single fortune in the world
Rockefeller's. Scores of other multi
millionaires owe their present wealth
to the sticky fluid Oil has called into
existence huge webs of pipe lines, az
gregating more than $4,000 miles in
length. which convey the crude pro-
duct of the oil wells to the refineries
where it is transformed into its many
forms of commerce-gasoline, naptha,
therapeutic ointments and jellies, IL
Eliminating oils, greases and
poisonous dyes. 1t has created
great fleets of specially de-
signed oilcarrying vessels that sail
the seven seas distributing the pro-
duct of American oil wells to all parts
of the earth. In the guise of gasoline
it is driving the millions of automo-
biles through the world. 1t supplies
the power for vessels and railroad en-
gines. 1t has driven wax and tallow
candles from the market by substitute
ing one of its by-products, paraffin,
which is made up annually into 300.-
100000 candles of more than 700 diff
ferent varieties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27
q Word From Tavenner,
The Man on the Job
To the voters Of the Fourteenth Con

o Lnc NCECT6 o. NuE TUT N(CANhA wit
gressionaI District:
As your congressman, ! have been
on the Job every minute, answering
practically every roll call.
have endesVored to conscientious
Iy serve my district and my party, SO
that the voters who elected me would
not have 20 apologize for having done
so.
am now a candidate for renomina-
tlon, subject TO tho will OF the demo-
cratic voters to be expressed at the
primaries on Sept. 9Th. and will deep
Iy appreciate II " you will take care
Of my interests while ! remain here at
my post Of duty and take care Of yours,
which IL is my duty to do, especially In
view OF present existing conditions
throughout the world, which may at
any moment require emergency leeis-
IatIon for the welfare Of our own ccun-
try. Under these unusual clrcum-
stances, I will be especially grateful
for any acts Of my friends In my be-
half.
CLYDE n. TAVENNER,
U. S. Capitol,
Washington, o. c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27
MOVIES IN SCHOOLS.

Official sanction to the introduction
OF the moving picture into the school
has been given by the government.
The department of education prophe-
sizes that within the next decade the
moving picture will be an indispen-
sable adjunct TO every teacher and
educational lecturer. ION the public
platform" it continues, the cinemato-
graph will inevitably have its recog-
niZed place, and II may invade even
the pulpit. AS the attention and in
terest OF educators are more and more
drawn to its merits the future useful
ness of the educational cinematograph
J bids fair TO surpass the predictions of
its most sanguine advocate"
The moving picture. which was orig
inally a fad and looked upon as solely
an amusement, has become, says the
/ Springfield Register, one of the most
valuable educational and instruction
al powers in the world today. The
range OF films already available, for
educational purposes is very wide
Aeronautics, archaeology, chemistry,
forestry, geography, history. hydrau-
lies, music, physics, seismology-one
could go almost through the alphabet.
The state of Wisconsin, through an
organization. is sending moving pic
lures to every district, town and city
in circulating library fashion. There
seems TO be no limit as to the number
brought into use in the future as an
educational power. OF course, the
moving picture will continue to serve
the amusement seekers. II has a won
derful grip on the great masses OF the
people today. The movie fans include
a big percent OF the population of
every village. town and city. Thou
sands of people in the city of Spring
fl Id attend the moving picture
theatres daily. 1t Is almost a religion
with some. II is just as important as
breakfast with most OF them.
At present there are certain diff
culties in the way OF the ordinary
school and the ordinary teacher. With
such a list OF subjects at command.
there would seem to be nothing to
prevent every schoolroom from having
its share OF moving pictures, but IN
many cases the commercial spirit has
rendered films undesirable for such
use. For instance, some makers have
short sightedly had their names con- |
sp!cously displayed in films. Then
many films contain more than one sub |
ject. so that between a series OF Illus
.ratiOns in ornithOlogy and one depict
ing the story OF Hiawatha. may be a /
set OF love scenes that illustrate moth
ing except the demand OF the typical
audience for variety.
a more serious obstacle f. the linn
tied number OF educational films OBJ
tainable. The slow financial return
from such pictures has led manufac-
turers TO produce them only in small
quantities, so that when a teacher
wants a particular series OF pictures
he may be unable TO get them until
Il is too late for them to be Of the best
The moving picture in the public
schools will no doubt have a very
.alutary effect upon the young lads
md Iassies who are always looking
or an excuse 20 be absent. With a
moving picture each day We venture
he assertion that the school atten-
ance will be materially increased. j.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27
BREAD VS.. CANNON BALLS

II this war continues many months
the tine will come when a loaf OF
bread will be worth more than a six
inch shell. Il IS possible for soldiers
20 fight without artillery, but they
must eat With the calling ont Of tha
last reserves, Germany has every able
bodied man between the ages OF IS
and IS actively engaged in military
operations. Without doubt most OF the
others-old men. boys and women
are employed IN some manner calcu-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27
Since They Have Met.

HE
Before vow came 1 could not see
How gaed the world was and how fair;
Before you came to smile me
I often battled with despair:
I did not know before we met
How many charms the world contained
That one could be without regret
And whistle even when il rained.
SHE.
Before we met I never knew
How fine a place the world could be,
Before ! sat across from you
My appetite brought woe 10 me;
did not. ere we CHANGED to meet
And ere you taught me not to care
Know what treat II was to eat
All that was the bill OF fare.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

dening throng and
he had endeav-
ored several times
to kiss her, that
we never came
out here before"
Are you?" he
asked, with a
glad note of Gag
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27
Il Was Easy.

You say you sold that fool story
which you were telling me the other
day."
Yes. I got SO for it,
What publication was silly enough
to give you money for that yarn? 1t
was an old one, to begin with, and
the point was so far fetched that 1t
lost whatever merit it might otherwise
have had"
Il know; but I wrote an introduc-
ton to it saying It was one of the
clever little stories told by Secretary
Daniels"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

lated to increase the efficiency OF the
lighting force. A similar condition
prevails all over France. Austria, Ser
via and Belgium and in most OF Russia
and England. Under such conditions
the straits to which Europe must soon
be reduced may be family imagined by
people on this side OF the Atlantic.
Thankful should we be that we have
been able 10 keep out OF the conflict.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

The assertion made in some quar-
tiers that the European conflict was
inspired by the big corporations is
Just a trife far-fetched. Even preda-
tory corporations go a little slow in
laying conspiracles which involve the
battering down and blowing up OF
-heir property.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

Nicola Tesla, the inventor. esti.
mates that the present war, ~ fought
out 20 a finish. will involve a waste
Of $4,000 900 900. " one-fourth OF the
wealth Of the world. The figures may
be little high, but even so. II is pref
y clear that an exOrbitant price Is 70
be paid FOR whatever the world may
stand 70 gain through the conflict.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

In the Chinese morgue one OF the
strange sights is n number of life size
dolls which are burned TO accompany
the corpses as their servants TO the
next world. They are doubtless a relic
OF the time when human beings were
thus burned as companions of the de-
ceased.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

The city of AIuscatine has decided
70 sill the pet wolves which have
been kept in the park and claim the
bounty Of 500 each from the county.
Imagine what chance such a claim
would have before the Rock Island
county board.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

In England they proposed to pillow
up their golf courses and plant the
land 10 wheat 10 feed the army. II
the United States should ever be in
volved in war II might be necessary
20 dig up the golf course here for
manufacturing purposes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

Sangamon county public school
teachers will this fall make special
efforts 10 keep their pupils informed
upon the progress Of the war. This is
an opportunity 20 effectively teach
European history which should not be
overlooked elsewhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

Three Davenport aldermen who
wish 70 90 on a Junket 70 learn the
best method OF resurfacing old brick
pavement propose 10 donate a months
salary each 20 pay the expenses. Evil
IDENTITY a certain amount OF public
spirit 81 still tolerated in the city
council across the river.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

tested against working convicts on the
roads in that vicinity. A trife par
ticular as to who pounds the stone, it
would appear.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

The Chicago Journal says: The
three chief critics OF the foreign pol
icy o. President Wilson are Theodore
Roosevelt. Victoriano Huerta and W.
R Hearst. We love him for the en-
emies he has made"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

TERMS-Ten cents per week by car
rier. in Rock Island; 81 PC year Oy mail
In advance.
Complaints OF deliver service should
be made 20 the Giro ulation department
which should also be notified IN every
instance where 10 is desired to have
paper discontinued. as carriers have rO
authority In the premiseS
All communications o. srgumen.aSive
character. political or religious, must
have real name attached for publics-
ton No such articles Will be printed
ever fictitious signatures
Telephones IN all departments. Cen
trail Union. Rock Island I45. II4s and
2It5.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

the omnibus systems. This concession
has been made by Sir Albert Stanley,
and is also being arranged on the
tramways run by the London county
council
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

London-The necessitous blind, &C
companied by a guide who has paid
the ordinary fare, will be allowed to
travel free on the London underground
railroads and on one of the largest of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27
His Head.

81 had my head examined by a phre-
nologist last week"
We'll. then there is at least one
phrenologist who understands what is
meant by empty. nothingness"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

II I'd. r. Francis had declined a po-
sition as ambassador 10 some Euro
pean country, instead OF TO Argentina.
explanations would have been super
huous.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27
Aug. ~ in Americas
History.

1776-Washington's Continental army
marching from Boston TO the w
Tense OF New York city, attaeA.1
and defeated on ground now WIN"
the limits OF Brooklyn. As -
: suS Long Island and New 'o,A
city proper were abandoned 10 'AN
British. led by Lord Cornwallls'
1SG4-GeneTal Sheridan mosed ~
army ten miles in pursuit OF EAR!
forces.
1910-Walter Earle Dodge Scott oin'
biologist. died: born 1882.
All the news all the time-In-
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27
Fulfilled ExpectatIons-

Did Europe come up to your ex.
pectations?"
Yes. l found the tipping evil TO
be just as bad as I had been led to
expect IL TO be-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27
Unusual.

did you have any unusual expert
ences in London?"
Yes. | stood in the Hotel Cecil
nearly fifteen minutes and didn't see
an American"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27
u. ). Capitol,
Washington, o. C

The plan seems 10 be for Russia 10
hold Austria while little gServia ad-
ministers the beating
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

erneSs In his tone.
Yes. Because if we had I'd be
somewhere else now"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27
SHE WAS SORRY.

II am so sorry" she said when
thew had wandered far from the mad
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-27

BY THE }. w. POTTER co.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1914-01-30
WHILE the matter OF taxes

WHILE the matter OF taxes
is being discussed quite freel,
at this time, a few figure.
from Mr.. Ramstedt of the
state tax commission will no,
be out of place. He gives a
list of all the counties and
shows the apportionment Of
the tax rate. on each 500 val
uation, as levied on property
in the county seats. The
figures give the total tax rate
segregated to show how much
is for state, county, town and
school purposes. Occur d.
Alene is the town in this
county, and the taxes on each
500 OF property assessed
amounts to S3.74, divided as
follows: State 40, county
"a, city special 1874, school
special 80. The value of
such a statement lies in the
fact that it shows the taxpay-
er Of Occur d'Alene what
branches of government his
money goes to support and
which branch gets the most of
1t. Every taxpayer residing
in any other municipality of
this county can take the same
state and county figures as a
basis and by adding the rate
OF the special LIVES Of his own
town and school ascertain the
total tax rate he has to pay.
For instance, in Rathdrum
the total tax rate on each
500 assessed valuation is ]
$500, divided as follows: !
State .26, county "a. town
40, schoolspecial 90. !