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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13

To take them into the Norwegian sea
in the midst Of ice fields was little
short of madness.
There was trouble continually dur
ing our passage over the Mediterra-
near, which required all the manage
ment of which I and my first and sec
ond officers were capable. But we were
near land all the while, where we
could reach marine courts, and the
crew realized that any overt act of
;mutiny might be punished. In moving
lup the coasts of Spain. France and
Holland the temperature was falling
right along, and when any duty was
to be performed most of the men had
to be driven out of their hunks. where
they were endeavoring to keep warm.
to do It By the time we reached the
Norwegian coast it was almost impos-
sible TO get them to do any duty.
( On reaching Christiansand my men
became so manageable that l decid-
ed to go no farther northward. Sail
ing due west, l proposed TO work
southwark along the east coast of
Scotland. A gale arose. and the tenn
perature fell TO a point which the<men
could not be made to face aIoft or in
some cases on deck. We were driven
between the Shetland islands and the
Hebrides and thence toward the west
coast of ireland.
Fancy three officers of vessel in
such region with such crew!
being the master, the chief RESPONSE
bility devolved upon me, but as our
lives were at stake do not doubt
that my officers felt the situation as
keenly as l. Ny two mates and four
OF the original crew worked the ship
under my direction. 1 offered to serve
with them, but they insisted on my re-
naming their commander
It would not have been difficult for
this diminutive crew to navigate the
ship in a temperate climate and fair
weather. but the decks and the rigging
were covered with ice. and much of the
time the weather was stormy. Some
a our sails were blown away, and
those that We're not we managed to
furl. except the jibs. which we kept
out for steerage way. With these few
sails to handle. our little crew were
enabled TO get on.
1 Kept the ship headed southwark till
at iast we reached u zone where the
temperature was not so low and the
weather was fair / hoped the men
would return to duty. but they did not.
They understood that they We're in the
position or mutineers and In case /
could get them into civilized port
tney would be hanged. SO when the
temperature and the weather were Inn.
proved, instead OF the men being i'm.
proved also. they gained the viii DOW
er Tor desperate maneuver. One OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13

The season OF risk IS at hand and
every day tells OF some accident, east
b preyentable, resulting in one or
more deaths With all the warnings
against deep water the novice still
goes beyond. his depth and is drowned.
II the idiot does not rock the boat
there is a trifiing with death in some
other way. Keep away from the shell
ter of trees in a thunderstorm, is the
old warning and yet people rush to
such shelter and are instantly killed
by the lightning. Beware OF the cars
IS the warning at railroad crossings
and yet the automobile with its
thoughtless load is driven onto the
track just in time TO be struck by the
death-dealing locomotive. The round
up OF the season, by the time it is
over. will include hundreds If not
thousands OF fatalities against which
fiiere was ample warning-all because
The American people are disposed TO
take risks and forget the rule OF safety
frst
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13
THE BOY AND DAD.

What would you be my precious lad ?"
1 asked of my curly-locked four
year-old
AS he played with his red toy engine
there,
Safe from the wintry blast and cold.
And a look OF love came into his eyes
While he ceased a moment and
gazed at me.
And / saw he knew, and l understood
The depth of his childish simplicity
II just want to be Ike my daddy"
What would you do, my precious lad?"
Again interrupting the boy at play.
He had loaded his train with wonder
full blocks
And the restless engine was tug
ging away.
But he stopped and smiled, as a child
can do.
And dimples adorned him with
roguish grace,
While quick from the heart his brief
answer came
And longing shone forth in his hand
some face
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13
CAPITAL Comment
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER
CONGRESSMAN from the Fourteenth District.

I to this appeal and have worked faith
fully, so that their children might be
educated and become self-supporting
and self-respecting. We have been
sending there mining and civil engi-
neers and railroad contractors and
other producers OF things-decent peo-
pie, who were not there to exploit or
rob the Mexicans. We have sent men
who have realized that these backward
folk, who are living in 18th century,
of Indian and Spanish o=$gln. simple
and backward, yes, and cruel though
they are, are, after all, good, honest,
kindly, human beings. entitled to a
chance and worthy of it.
81 could bring many men here who
could tell of their own knowledge that
these common Mexicans whom we pro-
pose to kill are the kindest-hearted
people in the world; could tell Of their
fortitude, their boundless hospitality;
could tell of the antecedent causes OF
their backwardness. If you believe
that we can send an army of men into
Mexico that will so comport itself that
the survivors of these people will have
a better understanding of the altru-
istic impulses of this country such i'm
pulses having been shot into them,
think you are not thinking.
IF we can have 10 years more OF
peace, / believe the MeXicans will
come to be friendly with us. ] can
not tolerate the thought of war with
these people, looked at either from
our viewpoint or theirs. Thousands of
our soldiers would be killed by peo-
pie fully armed, incompetent in many
warlike ways. but a people in fight
ing state of mind.
IF we fight, it will be against a
people who do not know civilized
methods of war; and who can blame
them for not understanding the abb
surd refinements of murder? l know
what such war would mean. the 90
years, the 100 years, the $50 years of
misunderstanding and bitterness.
'If those on this side of the line who
are chiefly plotting, planning and TO-
menting war against this people were
free of the lust Of profit and land, we
should merely call them senseless; we
could not call them ghouls."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13
The Daily Story
Saved by Dead Men-By John T. Larned
e,onvr.phted 1914 By Associated Literary

I went to sea In a sail ship when
was fourteen years old and ut twenty
two commanded q vessel / sailed In
southern WATERS and in northern wa
tiers. and couldn't tell you which
disliked more-those Of the far north
or those on the equator. where the sun
bIazes down, there being no way OF
getting awny from the heat. Some
times up north. with the thermometer
co degrees below zero and the wind
blowing a gale, man could warm up
a bit by getting into sleeping bag
but on the equator, where the tenn
perature was hanging about 120 day
after day, he couldn't cool Off bit
When I commanded the Pelican
struck the island OF Borneo in July,
when the weather was so hot that the
men couldn't stand 1T. Some deserted,
some died, for we had q lot OF sick
ness as well as hot weather, and
found myself left with a quarter Of
crew ] was obliged to pick up few
natives In Borneo, got few more men
at Ceylon, another lot at Bombay, and
so on, working westward, taking on a
worse lot at every port. By the time
| reached the Suez canal had crew
% per cent of whom were respectable
seamen and 70 per cent desperadoes-
OF the rs per cent half had Asiatic
blood in their veins.
I was on a long cruise around the
world. trading from port to port. and
on entering the Mediterranean my
course was Gibraltar. through the
strait, then northward to Rotterdam,
up the west coast Of Norway, thence
through the Dover strait and down \
the Atlantic to Boston / should never
have ventured to carry out such |
course with such a crew. Most of my |
men came from the tropics and were |
hard enough to control even in
to which they were used.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13
DRESS REFORM.

1t is feared that the protest of the
General Federation OF Women's clubs
10 the manufacturers OF female ap-
parel in the interest OF dress reform
will fan on deaf ears. The man
ufacturer is interested mainly
In getting the public 10 buy freely OF
his wares and change OF styles is the
source OF a great share OF HIS business.
The more extreme the style the sooner
IL becomes out OF date and the greater
the profit in Catering tO the whim.
Many n woman would make her old
hat or dress do for another season II
the transition from the style OF one
period TO that OF the next were not too
great TO permit e. II is 20 the interest
OF those who make and deal in cloth
Ing 20 see that the change Is sufficient
~ radical 80 that makeshifts Will not
answer and as they are the ones who
nave the most TO say about the matter |
hey usually carry the point.
After all, IL Is still a question /
Thether the very ladies who have gone
IN record for dress reform are sufi-
identity Interested 10 go far enough to
make what they conceive 20 be q sac
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13
REST AND HUMAN EFF
CIENCY

The refreshing influence OF the
weekly day OF rest" on a person sub
jected TO the strenuous routine of a
busy life is a feature which he him
self can duly appreciate in the effects
on his feelings" and spirits" The
efficiency OF the working man, the
length OF the working day, the inter
lection of pauses for rest in the
schedule of labor for persons OF differ
ent ages and stations in Iife-ques-
lions OF this sort are constantly aris-
ing for solution on a scientific basis.
Not only in the field of manual labor.
but also In the case of the school ch.id,
the Office boy. the factory girl, the
banker and the merchant, efficiency is
the keynote OF the times. Fatigue is
the enemy OF efficiency; and to detect
and compensate for or overcome IL.
is the duty of those concerned with
the promotion of human welfare.
In view OF this says the Journal OF
the American Medical Association IL
is OF more than passing interest, to
know that DR.. Martin and some of his
associates in the laboratory of physiol-
ogy at the Harvard Medical school,
have been making a careful study OF
the whole question of fatigue and eff
cheney from a physiological stand
point A long series of experiments
have been made on first-year medical
students who were following regular
routine OF school work during six days
OF each week. The routine was In
terrupted weekly by the Sunday re-
cess, an interval occupied variously
by the students. but in no case in pre-
cisely the manner OF the week days.
The daily observations made on these
persons during several weeks show
that at the beginning of the week the
nerve reaction tends to be high, that
from then until the end of the week
there is a fairly continuous decline.
and that following the interruption OF
the routine by the Intervention of
it returns TO the original high
point.
The decline is interrupted as Gu
mulative result of general fatigue in
cident to routine. What is even more
significant, however, is the added fact
that a pronounced break in the rou-
tine-such as the day of rest" occa- |
sions-may bring about a return or
to high point or, in 9th |
er words, il restores the nervous tone
Studies continued in this direction |
should lead to some useful conclusions |
the maximum of. work, with |
respect to both its duration and type, |
that should determine the conditions /
under which the organism Of man may 1
be maintained without depletion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13

Difference 'TwIxt Great and Small.
The difference 'twixt great and small
Is very little. after all;
The man who labors by the day
Or by the month for. meager pay
Is. when he fails to satisfy
His master, merely told to go.
The one whom fortune raises high
Receives, when he neglects to show
His fitness, a polite. benign
Request to graciously resign,
And this. observe, is. after all.
The difference 'twixt great and small.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13

fancy soar
1t bumps against a lofty wall;
Instead of scents OF new-mown hay
/ sniff the fumes OF gasoline,
But cooling breezes all the day
Assist me to remain serene
y
I may net sit upon a fence
While watching busy harvest hands;
Each morning early I commence
The work necessity demands.
But while strive with all my might
To do my part as best 1 can.
hear with undisturbed delight
The hum OF my electric fan
"a
Let others hurry far away
In search OF scenes that may be fair.
Or in the harvest fields all day
Attempt to rid their souls of care
My brow is kept from burning by
Cool bPeezes waited from shelf
BY soothing. friendly zephyrs "A
Can regulate to suit myself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13
How Nice.

And So" said Mrs. Honeywell,
your husband is going to California to
stay three monthsi Dear me, how
can you ever stand it to be parted
from him so long? Why, my husband
has never been been away from me
even for a day since we have been
married. Whenever he has to go out
of town he always takes me with
him"
Indeed" replied Mrs. Oldsong.
that's very nice of him. How long
have you been married."
Nearly three months" the happy
young woman said, with q delicious
sigh.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13

W ututN CT liz AAoCS
in his place on the
floor of the house
OF representatives
TO speak, he inva-
riably says some
thing worth while.
He said some
thing worth while
on the Mexican
situation, which
ought to be rea[
by all those who
are insisting upon
war. whether it
can be averted or
not.
I'VE have to de-
eide" said Mr..
Kent, whether we
feel it incumbent
on us to go into
Mexico and to de-
Glare war on the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13
Thick and Thin.


Its a funny thing" remarked the
observing man. that particularly
stout and particularly thin people can
discover insinuations in regard 10 their
size where absolutely none IS meant
Now. tonight in the car there were two
good examples OF this within a few
minutes OF each other. One was a lit
tie thread OF a woman who glanced
contemptuously at two well meaning
persons who moved apart and made a
space between them which looked
wide enough for her 10 seat herself
with comparative comfort
Thank you she snapped. but Z
prefer TO stand rather than sit whers
there Is scarcely room for a small
child
I'VE had not proceeded far when an
stout woman entered the
car. She was carrying two huge bum
dies and looked tired Three men IN a
row sprang TO their feet as she began
10 lurch about as the car started She
n savage glance at them
md said, quite audibly:
well. ] 1syeri / guess If it's got |
o the point where ] take up three |
eats I'd better stand no awhile?
,uffaIo Express.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13

In a museum at Washington has
been placed the first gasoline carriage
made by EIwood Harnes of Kokomo-
and that was only 20 years ago. 1894.
II was then a curiosity, with its seven
miles an hour. What an industry has
grown up among US within the two
decades. Now there are millions of
cars, giant machines as powerful as
railroad locomotives used to be and
with the speed that exceeds hundred
miles an hour possible
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13

The incumbent OF the new Office Of
superintendent of highways in Peoria
county asked the supervisors this
week TO buy him an automobile to
tighten his arduous duties, which are
said to consist mainly OF running for
alderman in Peoria But the super
visors refused TO tumble.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13

, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS applications
made directly to the affected skin.
Urticaria, or hives, is due to some
constitutional cause. Usually it fol-
lows the eating of a particular kind
OF food. In diabetes and some other
general diseases there is often much
itching from nutritive disturbance
Erythema is the name given to a
general or localized eruption with
much itching or burning, resulting
from nervous alteration of the skin
circulation produced by some exI
ternal or internal toxin or poison.
Treatment of itching, of course,
depends on the cause. However,
avoidance of scratching. care about
diet. clothing and cleanliness are
helpful in any case.
Questions and Answers.
Russell writes: How long does 1t
take to go under ether for an opera
ton? How much ether does a pa
tient ordinarily require to anesthe-
tie him?
Answer.
ID AS usually administered 1t takes
about 10 minutes. Cd This depends
on the patients age. habits and tenn
permanent. An ounce is generally re-
CURED. Sometimes several ounces
will be used In one operation
Miss Perplexity writes: have
read extracts from your book in
which you are quoted as saying there
Is no such thing as taking cold"
or in your own words, "You can't
catch cold" Now / have what my
brother calls a "pippin of a cold"
right now. Is II only delusion
Answer
The statement was not found in nv
book II is true though. No. yours is
no delusion il IL is that bad; but you
didn't catch IL from the high wind, as
you say. You caught II from somebody.
See that you keep it to yourself.
pertaining to health. II your cues.
Ivered through these columns; IL not
led, addressed envelope is enclosed.
-idual cases or make diagnoses. Ad-
care OF The Argus, Rock Island. III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13
NAo FRIENDLY
FAN

No snow capped
mountains may
be seen
From where I SIT
and work away
No meadows that
are wide and
Delight my soul
from day to
day:
I walk beneath no
spreading trees
Nor sit beside a
sparkling pool.
But there is q de-
lightFnl breeze
That serves to
keep me calm
and cool.
All day I hear the
city's roar.
The room I &C.
cupy is small.
And when I let my
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13
His panoeroua AItruIsr,,

ooh why. why" asked her weeping
mother, did you consent to be his
wiie?"
Hush. ma" the fair girl answered.
81 think 1 hear him in the hall. He's
so kind-hearted I'm afraid he might
give me up, terribly as he would have
to suffer. II he knew it would make
you happier"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13
The Glorious Prince.

YES" he said 81 once sew a
prince"
oh" she said, clasping her hands
and looking with awe into the eyes
that had gazed upon royalty, what
was he doing?"
Trying to balance a feather dust
er on his nose for the amusement OF
a chorus girl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13

The police should make an effort TO
keep room on the benches at the
southeast corner Of Spencer Square
for women who are waiting for street
cars Women. particularly at Third
avenue and Twentieth street. us
uaI1y are forced TO stand while the
benches which are meant for their
use are occupied by men who are
merely Ioafng there. and who might
Just as well use benches farther from
the corner. One or more OF the
benches at each corner might be re-
served for women. a notice to this eff
feet being posted and enforced. That
would help TO solve the problem.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13
June Is in American
History.

ITS6-Brevet Lieutenant General VIZ
field Scott. U, S. ~. noted IN Nv
war OF 1912 and as the conque.v'
OF Mexico In 1S47. born near Fe'e''
burg. Va: d!ed 1866.
lS9S-The Fifth army corps, under e'e~
eral W. II. Shafter. sailed tio-
Tampa, Fla, for Santiago de Cups'
Pierre Charles Laclede, aged 10
st, Louis. is direct descendant y
Pierre Laclede. founder Of thai "
lage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13

So long as the gate receipts keep
up It is altogether likely that public
officials will continue TO lecture al
chautauquas and elsewhere. law or no
law TO the contrary. The people
hold the remedy II they disapprove
they are at liberty TO refuse TO pa
tronize. But as a matter Of fact the
people are not much concerned one
way or the other. They know there
are a great many ways by which a
public Officer may get money which
are far more questionable than deliv-
ering public lectures. II is the poll
ticians not in Office who are doing the
worrying. and making all the noise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13
Had Has Say.

Small Elmer after the slipper exer-
cise,-Well. I'm glad I amt girl. any
way. His Mother-why are you glad :?
Small Elmer-'cause I'd be ashamed TO
grow mp into biz woman and punish
innocent iittls boys like me.-Chicago
News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13
The QInerancA

'%- was greatly interested last night
in watching your daughter and my son
dance together"
"Oh, l suppose you were. II It had
been my son and your daughter I
might have been interested instead OF
horrified"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13
THE "OLD BATCH" AGAIN.

All, yes! He
was disappointed
in love, poor boy"
You must have
a grudge against
him. "
"Why?"
You seem to be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13
Rescued From : HorrIbIe Fate.

Say. dusty, I'm goin' to apply for
a slice OF dat Carnegie hero fund"
''Wot you been doin'? amt heard
about you rescuin' anybody"
II carried Saunterin' Sin, nearly
tree miles yesterday when he tainted
because six men had him surrounded
and was goin' to put him to work"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13
4EALTHTALKS~>
Brady,M.D.
kinds of Itching.

Doctor Natures treatment for itch
ing is scratching-which gives the pa
tient considerable. pleasure for the
time being, but, like all of DIR. Natures
methods, 1t doesn't often get at the
underlying cause.
The simplest variety of itching is
that caused by harsh underwear. We
have all suffered this in early life.
But the manufacturers are not using
SO many splinters and burrs in build.
ing underwear these days. Indeed,
many of them line the purest wool with
nice soft silk.
Irritation of the skin from proximity
TO poison ivy, from contact with GER
tain poisonous dyes and from the inter
nal use of certain drugs often causes
severe pruritus or itching.
Some patients complain of itching
from cold weather. Some prefer to
scratch during the warmer months
when prickly heat is popular.
Simple eczema causes more or less
itching. being OF microbic origin.
Ringworm OF the skin, a disease due to
a vegetable parasite. is extremely itchy.
The latter often appears in or about
the crotch. Only parasiticides will
cure IT.
Perhaps the most prevalent cause
of general itching Is our old friend,
the itch proper, OF scabies. This is
due TO an animal which burrows in
the ekin and II is delightful 20
scratch away trying TO dig him out.
He works with most enthusiasm
when you get nice and warm in bed
at night And he favors hosts in all
walks of life-being as impartial to
the rich as he is 70 the poor Scores
Of hosts entertain the itch-mite for
long weeks and months unaware OF
his character. perhaps taking blood
purifiers the while. But scabies, like
-fngworm. responds to only one
Dr. Brady VIII answer all question
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13

TERMS-Ten cents per week by car
rier. IN Rock Island; 81 pc yea= Oy mail
IN advance.
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made TO the circulation department.
which should also be nOuned IN every
instance where 10 IS desired TO have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority IN the premises.
All communications OK argumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached cor publica-
ton No such articles VIII be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones IN all departments. Cen
trai Union. Rock Island I45. 1145 and
2l4s.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13

The. decision of the Iowa board Of
control to use nothing but coal mined
in the state in heating Iowa institu-
lions may be a praiseworthy evidence
OF loyalty but It doesn't insure any
greater comfort for the inmates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-13
Worth Remembering.

II you're good you may be lonesome.
But tits only fair to say
That IL you refrain from SHINING
You'll not have TO be beginning
With = headachs tho next da1