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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22

IT'S strange. tits passing strange, how
things by contraries insist on going;
Where desert wastes for water cry there
are no winding rivers flowing:
The poor mans children come in pairs
d. and trios, while his wealthy cousin
Has no sweet little ones, although he
might support them by the dozen
The bowling blizzards never come when
painting men would hail them gladly;
The sun is far away and dim when blue
nosed people SILVER sadly;
The things we like to drink and eat are
those we always must refrain from;
The things we would prefer to do are not
the things to hope for gain from.
IT'S strange. tits passing strange, how
things by contraries insist on turn
ing;
We never see our names in print who
are for public notice yearning;
But they who shake their heads and say
they will not talk for publication
Are chased by eager journalists and IN
terviewed at every station.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22

/ owner. He must work unless he can
give some reasonable excuse. The
steamboat inspection service acts as
judge of the reasonableness OF ex-
cuses, and there is no appeal outside
of this service. The courts are pow
erless to interfere.
All ordinary excuses, however, are
accepted. TIN vessel owners. having
the power of CONSUMPTION under the
law, have perhaps rarely seen fit to
exert that power, probably through
the fear of public opinion. No man
has been forced to work against his
will. although he might legally be so
forced. The ship owners pleaded this
before the senate committee; the rep
! resentatives of the licensed officers
admitted that there had been few
cases of impressment.
But the significant thing is this:
The steamship inspectors do not &C
cept as 4 reasonable or lawful excuse
for not working the fact that the
licensed officers may be having a wage
dispute with the vessel owners. In
other words, this law forbids strikes.
If licensed officers go on strike they
al q QduSST VI iOoiAS Nucll NCi I'LL
Gates from the government. And these
once lost prevent these men from ever
following their trade again.
What is the result? Captain Yves
colt of California, speaking for the
masters and mates association, told
the senate committee that second
mates on the great lakes get $40 a
month, and can work only eight
months year-s56O for a years work
by man who spent years and an aver
age of $1,000 securing his certificate
giving him the right to serve as a
mate
The lake vessel owners forbid labor
organizations among these licensed of
ficers, and the latter, being helpless,
must comply.
''The cheapest thing in the world is
a human being" observed Senator
Vardaman, a member of the commit
tee. Most OF our laws, especially
navigation laws, have been written in
the interests of corporations instead
of individuals. In times past the Ia
boring people have had very, very few
friends in our law-making bodies.
This law is a sample of that kind of
legislation"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22
The Value of Diplomacy.

Did you notice that very bald
headed man who just went out?" asked
the BARRIERS assistant.
Yes; that's old Grumperley. He's
always kicking about the razor OF
something. 1 never pay any attention
to what he says any more. Did he
scold your"
NO. he gave me tip of a quar-.
ter"
There must be some mistake. He
never tipped anybody in his life
He'll be back after his money in a
little while"
mo, he won't. He knew what he
was doin' all right. 1 asked him when
he got in the chair if he wanted hair
cut, and / could see that he felt great
" flattered."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22
BACK TO NATURE.

81 b e ar 20 u
h w e bought a
farm. Are you
going back to ma
ture?"
YES. My archi-
tect has just COM
pleted plans for q
$4,000 cottage,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22

The "coatless" man has come into
his own at St Louis cafes. The I'M
written law that no man unaccom-
panied by a coat over his shoulders
would be admitted TO the principal
hotel cafes has been repealed. All OF
the fashionable hotels have set aside
a part OF their cafes for ''coatless"
men. This lie the sensible thing to
do. Everybody has heard about the
terrible heat at st. Louis anyhow, and
st. Louisans might as well admit the
truth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22
July 20 in Americs0
History.

i749-George Washington az tpe -
seventeen was commissioner
veyor OF Culpeper county. s..sc
1S64-General james b. Mefn
commander of the Federai ~ ~, &
the Tennessee. killed In res.s s,.,u
Confederate sortie before 49, go
Ga: born 1928. This was u
as Hoods second sortie- 20
aimed at the left fank y 80
mans army at Bald HUI q
Mcpherson commanded. L,,l|
sailants captured and hero ~.
losing 10000 men in the seIa ~
1eoS-General Cassius NJ. Sla ,res|
slavery editor aud kenfueAs
lator, died; born 1910
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22
'HEALTTHTALKS
William Drady,M.D.
Imaginitis of the Kidneys

symptoms alone is the veriest extreme
OF folly. 1t is estimated that there ar
about two million red-blooded Amer
leans at the present moment taking
somebody's sure cure for imaginitis
of the kidneys
Questions and Answers.
t. R. A. asks: Would there be any
danger in visiting one who is very low
with consumption?
Reply: Under ordinary clearly cir
cumstances, no. The germs are not
present in the air, unless the patient
coughs without holding a cloth before
the mouth. However, the visit should
be short, and the visitor should not
touch the patient. Children must not
visit the patient.
Mrs. E. S. writes: II woman has a
goitre OF 20 years standing removed,
how much will the operation benefit
her heart? Her pulse is always above
100; sometimes runs up to 200 a min
ute. She is extremely nervous. She
received a terrible nervous shock
when she was years old, but the goi-
ire started after the birth of her Sec
ond child.
Reply: IF 1t is exophthalmic goitre,
as the pulse-rate and nervousness
would imply, the operation may great
ly benefit her heart, apd her general
health. If it is simple goitre, and the
other SYMPTOMS arise from unstated
causes. then the operation will have
no effect upon the heart.
T. NJ. says: Some OF my friends
think 1 haven't enough blood. Does
wine harm the complexion? Does wine
make me thin? Does wine enrich the
blood?
Reply: Your friends are not relia-
Bile medical advisers, better see your
doctor. Wine tends TO make coarse,
forid complexion with paralyzed blood
vessels showing at the nose and
cheeks. Wine probably doesn't make
you thin. Wine certainly does not en-
rich the blood. but impoverishes 1t. A
glass OF milk or an orange contains
more bodybuilding material than any
alcoholic liquid.
Gurness writes: Please tell me the
cause of gas in the stomach, bloating
after meals. and chronic constipation.
Reply: 1t might be any one OF a
score of different things. II I could an
swer such a question intelligently by
mail there would be no need of family
doctors at all. The first essential in
your case Is a personal examination
by your own physician.
10 pertaining to health. II your ques-
severed through these columns; IL not
ped. addressed envelope 10 enclosed.
Ividual cases or make diagnoses. Ad-
care OF The Argus, Rock Island, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22

A dear old practical nurse who had
been sleeping mysterious herb tea Tor
various complaints" for several years
before we dawned upon her horizon,
had considerable stomach trouble"
which she learned to call by the fash
ionable name, gastritis. Gastrum Is
Latin for stomach.
One day she became suddenly i'll
while nursing a pneumonia case in the
country. On reaching the house We
found her groaning on a couch. We
offered our sympathy and any pror-s.
sional aid she might desire. We were
rather young. She said she doubted
we could help her much; that II was
"gastritis of the lungs; however, she
would try little "liverwort and laud-
anum" il we had any with US. We
had none, of course. So she announced
that there was nothing else We could
do.
Unedited Symptoms are Treacherous.
The old nurses attack proved to be
due to acute uremla, which resulted
from chronic Bright's disease.
Her stomach symptoms misled her,
you see-and she had been guessing
about symptoms for 80 years. II a
born healer" with all sorts of Sc
crets about roots and herbs stored
under her bonnet couldn't guess any
better than that, what sort of a guess
can the ordinary patient make about
his or her own ailments? Symptoms
are the most misleading signs in the
world. Even doctors are sometimes
fooled by symptoms IL the patent Is
not carefully examined for more trust
worthy evidence in the shape OF ply
steal signs.
The FooIishness Of Long Distance
Treatment.
II doctors relied solely on the pa
patients statement that there Is a pain
here or a sore place there, the dag
nosis would generally be as sensible
as "gastritis of the lungs" Even with
the aid OF a so-called symptom blank"
the long-distance diagnosis and the
.-astment-by-mail is the greatest hoax
imaginable. A sick doctor does not
treat himself, for the reason that he
cannot properly examine himself or in
terpret his own symptoms. Then how
ridiculous Il is for the patient to at
tempt the feat OF being his own doc
tor. with or without the help OF a far
of specialist"
Symptoms are interesting things:
sometimes they suggest to the trained
mind OF the physician what to look
for In a given case. But for any one
TO venture a guess as TO the character
Of the trouble under the guide o.,
Dr. Brady will answer all question
ton is OF general interest 1t will be al
IT will be answered personally IL stan
DR.. Brady viii not prescribe for ind
dress all letters TO DR.. William Brady
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22
Even More Than Was Advertised.

Even More Than Was Advertised.
We'll" asked the landlord, what
do you think of the view from your
Window"
It's great" replied the man who
had recently arrived. "A woman who
must weigh nearly 500 pounds has the
room just across from me. in the other
wing OF the house, and she never
seems to think of pulling down her
curtain"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22

Sla bASc aAA N@AA
ployer to say to a
man, You must
come to work for
me, whether you
wish to or not. II
you refuse, 1 will
have you legally
prohibited fro m
working at your
trade forever. /
will take a W a y
your license"
There is such a
law, however. And
this law does not
permit the man
seeking work to go
to the employer
and demand that
he be given en-
ployment u n d e r
the penalty that
the emploYer can
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22

At recent sale in London. the CT
gars OF the late Lord Cawdor. who was
a connoisseur in tobacco. sold for
s43.75 a hundred. or little less than
Al cents apiece. which is by no means
an extraordinary price for fine Ha-
wanna cigars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22

1t is reported by the Topeka Daily
Capital that zone threshing crew in the
vicinity of Larned is wholly made up
Of college men. To those of us who
are compelled to make our nvings in
newspaper Offices It is reassuring to
learn that not all of the college men
are going in for journalism" Fresh
from athletic training they may despise
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22
MACHINERY is HUMMING

Even the most INSCRIPTIONS parti-
sans In congress have about abandoned
hope OF cansing hard times. and there
by gaining political advantage. by
spreading false reports as TO actual
business and Industrial conditions.
fIhey have been smothered under evil
pence demonstrating that an Industrial
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22
Cautioned.

She dressed herself in her bathing suit.
And she was indeed peachi
She asked her mother who stood and
gazed
At the people along the beach:
"Oh, mother. may go down to bathe?'
Yes, my darling daughter,
But IL a snapshooter comes along
Be sure to get In the water"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22

The Federal league, the courts. and
even the players themselves have
made organized baseball back up
once or twice this season With a
precedent thus established perhaps
Rock Island may have some ground
to hope for a temporary suspension
If the decision keeping the Central
association out of this territory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22

When a railroad declines to erect
train sheds without a vote OF the peo-
pie extending permission to do so, who
shall say that the campaign for the
control of predatory corporations has
not accomplished its object?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22

and I shall have fine bunch of fox
hounds in addition to excellent facili-
ties for polo. l tell you there's moth
ing like getting right down to the sod
if one wants to be free from the ills
that flesh is heir. TO-"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22
Just the Same.

Without wishing to be considered
pessimistic we feel that 1t is our duty
now to warn the ultimate consumer
against the folly OF planning to do ex-
travagant things with his surplus, aft
er the new tariff bill goes into effect
They will keep on getting 1t all away
from him as heretofore.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22
He Winning Argument.

what is that?" asked the man who
was seeing London for the first time.
"A Marathon"
mo-" replied the policeman, "it's
Is lordship. the premier. harguing
with a committee of suffragettes. e
always hargues with 'em that way"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22
Qualified.

But" asked the railway president,
what qualifications have you for the
position OF superintendent OF construc-
ton? Have you ever been In charge
OF q gang OF track builders?"
mo. but ! managed q grand opera
chorus once"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22
CAPITAL Comment
BY CLYDE II. TAvENNER
Congressman from the Fourteenth District

Especial Correspondence OF The Argus)
Washington, July 20.-Few Ameri-
cans would believe it If told that in
the United States there Is law which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22

The dispatches indicate that Mrs
Carman may be accused Of breaking
a pane in the doctors Office window
or OF disturbing the peace with pistol
shots.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22

Old man Huerta. before picking
place TO fee to, must have heard Of
that court decision rendered the other
day which recognized Jamaica ginger
as an intoxicant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22

alike the sedentary monotony and the
meager emoluments of the newspaper
office. Threshing is work which not
even a football hero need scorn; it is
mans job and draws a mans pay.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22

TERMS-Ten cents per week by car
rier. In Rock Island; 81 pc yoa- by mall
In advance.
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made to the circulation department
which ehould also be notified In every
instance where II IS desired to have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority IA the premise7
All communications o. argumentaS;ys
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached fer publica-
ton. No such articles viii be printed
over fictitious signatures
Telephones IN all departments. Gen.
trail Union. Rock Island Il5, 11t5 and
aIIs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22
Wednesday, July u, 1914.

II Senator Burton succeeds in his
flibuster the Ohio river will also be
neglected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22

An American automatic telephone
system has been established in Simla,
the summer capital of India.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22

DE- Brady win
on Is OF general interest VIII be through these consi
De answered personally
Dr. Brady VIII not prescribe individual diagnoses Ad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-06

Graves in: it was the Kentuckan who PLAYED the
role of messenger boy and carried the note.
Cilley was foxy when the handed to him. He
asked what it was all about Graves told him. Then Cley
handed the letter back unopened and said that he would
not allow himself to be drawn into newspaper contro-
versy over matter referred in public debate He talked
the thing frankly with his brother Congressman
tacitly recognizing that he being challenged duel
and that he was declining the honor Graves went away
satisfied and made his report to Colonel Webb.
Later on the day Graves Ciey letter. asking
him to say in black and white that his virtual refusal to
give satisfaction to the editor based upon any OBJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-06

lection to Colonel Webb as geneman-for any gente1
could decline to another if he could establish h
fact that the other not real gentleman
Cley answered that he neither affirmed nor denied any,
thing with regard to the character of the editor of h
Courier and Enquirer. Is" stated to you, and repeat
that intended by the refusal disrespect to you'
This frank refusal of Ciley to put his o. X. upon the
character of Webb made Graves think that he was n bad
with the editor He had reported that everything had been
fixed up, and now his veracity Kentucky gentleman
considered by him to be involved 1t was no longer al
question between Cey and Webb, but between Cie,
and Graves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-06
PAINTING BY SIDNEY II. ROSENBERG
ARTICLE BY EDGAR ALLEN FORBES

lis was prominently congressional duel,
of which there have been several. The origi-
nal cause OF the duel was speech delivered
on the floor of the House of Representa-.
tivcs, Both of the principals were Con-
grcssman, and their seconds were even
more distinguished members of the House.
Moreover, the funeral OF the victim took
Evening journal., 1914-10-06
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People Calling "Ouaker
Encouraging Sufferers

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Evening journal., 1914-10-06

law creating commission to in
vestigate the conditions OF industry
OF women and children. with power
to invoke a minimum wage IN indus
tries paying less than q living wage I:
the red light abatement and injunc-
ton law, placing the responsibility of
disorderly houses upon the owner and
leasee rather than upon the inmates.
and forbiddlng such houses; the
teachers pension law, granting pen
sion of $4,000 a year to all teachers
who have been in service thirty
years; the Bill Board Law limiting
billboards to ten feet ia height, pro-
hibiting spite fences of more than
Evening journal., 1914-10-06
Just A Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John G. Quinius.
(The Sunshine Man)

We split ourselves into sects, each
of which asserts its own peculiar
Christianity. This sectarianism falsi-
iios the very principle " our relig-
ion. and therefore falsihes its forms.
It falsifies .he Lords Prayer. Il sub
stitutes for Our Father" the Father
Of me, Of my church or party II
falsifes the creed. q believe in Jesus
Christ our Lord" No matter how
large, or true, or beautiful the name
by which we call ourselves, we are
forever tending to the scctarian spirit
when we assume some appellation
which cuts others OF from participa-
ton with us; when we call our
selves, for example, Bible Christians
Evangelincnls. Churchmen-as IL no
one but ourselves deserved the name
To be religious is 70 feel that God
is the Ever Near. It Is Ia SO through
life with this thought coming in
stinctively and unbidden, "Thou God,
seest me-"
A man who is free from the mani
fold motives of self-wiil moves like
the sun-steady, majestic. with no
variableness. neither shadow of turn
ing. His course can be calculated.
You cannot calculate the quarter
from which the wind VIII blow to-
morrow, but you can calculate the
precise moment when the sun will
reach particular point-such is the
description OF a Christian.
Only by voluntary acceptance OF the
law of the Cross, self-surrender to
the will Of God. do you enter into
that present and future heaven which
is the purchase of Christ's vicarious
sacrifice.
All that sanity experience ever had
to teach resolves itself into this. tho
lesson how TO say affectionately. Not
as I will. but as Thou wilt" SLOWLY
Evening journal., 1914-10-06

height; the amendment to the liquor
law, forbidding the sale Of liquors
between 2 and O'Clock, and the
Working Mans Compeusary Law.
Woman Voters and Progressive
Policies.
An active force for progressive
legislation in Illinois Is the Woman's
Party OF Cook County. This organi-
zation Is not. as its name might indi-
cate. political party, but a non
partisan organization working for
measures OF interest 30 all citizens.
During the primary campaign It has
been busy questioning candidates,
especially those for legislative posi-
tions? The questions asked relate
20 the candidates position on the
Initiative. Referendum, Recall. full
suffrage for women. reform OF pri-
mary election laws. short ballot and
other matters On the taxation
question the advanced position OF the
organization is shown BY the follow
Evening journal., 1914-10-06

ing question do you favor an
to the constitution TO re-
duee OF abolish the tax on personal
property, and Improvements. and in
crease the tax on land values?" A
Woman's organization engaged In
such work Is in itself a refutation Of
the doleful prophecies uttered by
opponents Of equal suffrage concern
ing alleged bad effects Of that reform.
Evening journal., 1914-10-06
WILMINGTON IDEA"
4 NEW MAGAZINE.


A new monthly magazine, to be
known as "The Wilmington Idea" will
be published in this city by the Del
marvia Publicity and Development
Company. In the opening number,
which will make its appearance about
October II. the success ~ n. Snellen-
burg & Company will be reviewed,
the occasion being the twentieth an
niversary of that company.
"rhe Wilmington Idea has its
FIRST oxempifcation in the Greater
Wilmington Labor Day parade when
the hosts Of labor and business men
got together" for Setter under
standing. The new magazine will
follow up the work of this nature and
will contain constructive articles on
the city of Wilmington and the Del
marvia peninsula. geographically
IL will be a work Of art The edi-
torial work and arrangement is in
capable hands and the now publica-
lion should meet with instant sue
sess.
Evening journal., 1914-10-06
Peoples Column
WHOSE OK IS GORED I

WhVoL VA 10 NOhIUN
To the Editor of THE EVENING
JOURNALS:
Whose OK is gored?
The South, which is, and always
has been. in favor of free trade, Is
squealing for somebody 10 buy its
cotton, for the war in Europe has cut
off the bulk of the cotton trade. The
South hates the North and East and
the Democratic party has done every
thing possible to cripple the people
north of the Mason and Dixon line.
The South is now getting a dose OF
its own medicine.
Southern men wanted 20 ruin the
DUPONT Powder Company by break
ing its plants. Now, the company,
which the South would destroy, has
heard the cry. "Buy-a-b a-bale-of-cotton"
and has purchased 10000 bales.
now ask the South; Whose bull is
gored?"
Respectfully,
ALFRED ID. VANDEYER.