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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21
SPENDING ROAD FUNDS.

With $4,000 to expend for roads
Scott county was able during the last
year. according 10 the report of the
county engineer. to use $4,000 re-
pairing the washouts caused by the
heavy rains of June, to build two
miles of permanent roads. surface
nine miles with gravel and stone dust.
drag the 40 miles Of dirt roads Il
times, survey 50 miles and plat a.
4 sum equal to that used on the roads
was expended in the building OF
bridges and culverts- Figures are fully
covered in the report and the people
know exactly what they got for their
money.
Rock Island county highway officials
had about half the sum for roads and
bridges that Scott county had, in addi-
ton to the $4,000 which was available
for use under the Tice law and which
is being used in the concrete tracts of
road in Edgington and yuma town
ships.
Outside OF the state aid roads who
knows what the people have gotten for
their money?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21
Palmerston and the Derby.

The Derby has had many devotees,
but none more ardent than Lord Palm
erston. For 30 years. as regularly as
clOckwork, the popular statesman gal
Hoped down to Epson on Derby day.
and fl was to his great disgust that
on his last visit ne was compelled by
inhrmity and foul weather TO make
the journey in a carriage. As he saw
the French horse Gladiator forge
ahead that day he said TO a friend:
If the foreigner wins shall not live
through the year" Gladiator won.
and in less than four months Pam
was dead.-London Chronicle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21
Antluuity of Spectacles.

The ordinary magnifying spectacles
with convex lenses came into use some
time near the end of he thirteenth
century. Their invention is generally
attributed to two Italians, Armati and
Spina. AS a matter of fact at this
time old people in Germany were
wearing glasses. According to G. H.
Oliver, writing in the British Medical
Journal, the first use of concave lenses
was of much later date, probably not
until the middle of the sixteenth cen
fury. 1t appears that at first the doc
tors were down on glasses because
they interfered with the sale of lotions
for weak eyes. Their first mention by
a doctor is credited to Bernard Gordon.
professor in Montpelier, who informed
the world that they were unnecessary.
thanks to his wonderful lotions. In
these early days their use was limited
for many reasons. They were clumsy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21
Sidelights on the European War

Paris, Correspondence of The AS
ISOLATED Press.) - The Aftenblatt of
Stockholm publishes a letter from a
German officer to a friend in Sweden
giving the following impressions of an
engagement near Chalons during the
battle of the Marine.
In the neighborhood of Chalons
took part in the most terrible battle
that have ever seen; l was, however,
at Liege, at Namur and at Longwy
- Since it was impossible
for our artillery to silence the French
batteries, We decided to charge, think
ing the French and English would fly
before the German bayonet; the ex-
perience proved that our ideas on that
subject were entirely erroneous.
Two of our regiments were ordered
to take the allies position by storm.
The French, however, were ready to
receive us and there ensued such a
butchery as never was seen in this or
any other war. A detachment of
French concealed among the trees
threw themselves on us. They were
mostly Turkos and Zouaves, strong
devils against whom it is impossible
to fight. A Zouave, with a gun, bayo-
net fixed, is the most Internal thing
that can be described.
Savage cries of pain and anger re-
sounded through the wood. A great
many men fell there and saturated
the ground with blood Soon the
French artillery came into action and
its projectiles completed the work of
the bayonet. Our men beat a retreat
at full speed across the wood now in
flames. Those who had escaped the
bayonet fell under the ram Of bullets
and lay burning in the thickets. Only
60 men of my regiment returned. OIL
the other only IL came back, ard of
the Il survivors, all were more or less
wounded.
Il followed the campaign in Man
churia, but | think in the course of |
the five first days of the battle of the |
more victims fell than were
counted in the battles of Mukden and
of Lao Yang
Another evidence of the murderous |
character of the fighting in this battle |
Is furnished by French soldiers let /
ter published by the Depeche De Tou-
ouse. I'VE have been fighting for
three weeks to the east OF Verdun in
The region of the Tournon. Genicourt
and Saint Mediel forests" he wrote.
We advance. but very slowly because l
he pouches" (Germans) are strongly /
For 10 days we occupied
renches only 400 yards from theirs.
md they did all that was humanity pos.
'ible to break through. They CHARGED
Is IN
hight they tried to approach by creep.
hg aiong the ground. But all their
assaults were repealed with great
haughter; 5000 German bodies were
eft in front OF our trenches.
After every repulse each of our men
'raboed two or three mausers with
ammunition from the bodies of the
lead and stood them alongside in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21
PoISoNS AND HABIT FORM
ING DRUGS.

In the health reports issued by the
United States public health service
this week there appears a discussion
and digest of recently enacted state
laws regulating the possession, use,
sale and manufacture of poisons and
habit-forming drugs. With them are
presented a compilation of the laws
and regulations on the subject recent
" enacted in 80 states.
This compilation of laws empha-
sizes again the frequently made OBJ
servation that the average American
has an abiding confidence in the pos
sible value of statute law. 1t also sug-
gests that the laws relating to the
manufacture, sale and use of poisons.
while numerous, are not effectual
largely because of the inability or I'M
Willingness of the proper authorities
to enforce them.
Much of the difficulty encountered
I'm enforcing laws relating to poisons
is due to the fact that we have as yet
10 popularity acceptable definition for
a poison. Individuals generally feel
that they understand what is meant
by % a poison" but efforts to satisfac-
torily limit this meaning have signally
failed. This is so largely because of
the fact that by far the greater amount
OF the material that may be classed as
poisonous is seldom recognized as be-
ing a menace to human life.
Considerable interest Is evidenced
at the present time in discussions on
the need for greater uniformity in
laws relating TO the manufacture, sale
and use of poisons or of articles that
may contain poisons, and the desira-
bility of having the various state laws
conform in their general requirements
at least, TO the corresponding require
ments of federal laws.
II has been pointed out that the sew
eral state food and drug laws while
following the same general pattern
usually differ to some extent and these
differences, particularly the para
graphs relating 10 the labelling of
preparations have come to be a con-
slant annoyance to the manufacturer,
the jobber and retailer. The jobber and
the retailer are more directly inter
ested as the manufacturer having la
beled his products in accordance with
the federal law may ship them into
any state regardless of the special re-
quirements Of the state law, thus max
ing the other branches OF the trade H.
able in the event that the goods do
not comply to the provisions of the
local requirements.
Greater uniformity is also desired
in connection with the laws and reg
ulations designed to restrict the sale
and use OF poisons. and manufacturers
and dealers doing an interstate bust
ness are at the present time agitating
for the enactment of a national poison
law which would serve TO provide reg
uIations for interstate traffic and
would also tend TO arouse renewed in
terest in the nature and object of To-
cal laws and would possibly lead to
their more efficient enforcement
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21

was. I read few OF tbem
Ing nothing, I RETAINED fror, ~ saia
ing further. pfoceet
a year passed, durinp -
thought great deal about ~. Al ]
the gloves as called her. bu. az s'
meet her. Then one winter ~. sa NO
st Augustine. Fla. strollIpy ..' - q
group on the beach, in one - paw
recognized her. She did NJ. ven ]
me, and I walked on, but ,s.I ao'ics
on the beach TIL her party le,. . !.
saw them go to hotel m. a0a
evening 1 betook myself To ~ sns
hosiery. 1 watched for an sns
nifty to catch her alone ana ~. n-
warded one morning by seeing =. :,
ting on the hotel porch. Appross ~ y.
her uncovered, addressed har.
81 beg your pardon. bu. a,a
visit the Panama canal abon, ~ ls
ago" yea
Il did" she replied. looking .,
as she would at any intruder VIII =
trying to force an acquaiptane. ""
"And did you not one evening -.
rarily appropriate an overcoat ~
steamer chair beside You 20 MA ssa
you from the night ARP
II did"
Then I presume these glove, !.
long to you"
L handed her her gloves. sha 49,,
them and examined them. then 80.
81 have no remembrance !, .s4
gloves.'
THAT is not remarkable, since n !,
a year and half since you put tb...
in my oyercoat pocket. Perhans ~.
package"-holding up. the letters
may stimulate your memory
What is it?' she asked coldrv
withdrew into my shell.
81 think l must have made . mi,
take in the person." said, putting n.
package into my pocket, and was abou,
to walk away when she called to mo.
Excuse me, but mislaid packs,.
of letters about that tine"
Love lettersT'
"Have you read themT
"Only two or three in order to dI,.
cover a clew to the ownership that
might return them"
Her manner changed. She remem+
bered appropriating my coat, but Il
had never occurred to her that she
might have slipped the letters into the
pocket temporarily.
The ice was broken. I learned from
her in time that she had been on The
eve of an engagement to the recipieu.
Of the letters when she learned some
thing to his discredit and wrote hin
for them. He had followed her on her
trip to the canal. taking the letter.
with him, and she had succeeded IN
getting them the night before she
reached New York.
The next love letter she wrote wa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21
If the Modern Historical

II the Modern Historical Records
association of New York, which is col
lecting records and pictures taken dur
ing the present war together with
samples OF the weapons and other
equipment used by the soldiers, does
its work thoroughly it viii assemble
one OF the strongest possible argu-
ments for peace. Anyone who has
seen the horrors Of this conflict fully
set forth should always afterward OPP
pose war under almost all circum-
stances
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21
MENACE IN UNWRAppED BREAD

crobes that they may be smeared on
the bread from infected hands. Pro-
lection of the bread from contact with
fingers or mouth spray is much more
essential than protection from ordi-
nary dust The fact that bread which
was cooled only one hour before
wrapping retained heat and moisture
enough to favor the growth OF certain
organisms" does not necessarily mean
that a higher degree of safety is OBJ
tanned IL wrapping is delay ed for two
hours longer. and the authors would
probably not wish such conclusion
to be drawn from their work. One
practical point brought out in this pa
per deserves especial menti IN, namely,
that unwrapped bread becomes stale
noticeably sooner than wrapped bread
and that the gain to the baker by
wrapping undoubtedly more than bal
ances the extra cost. or sreat eco
nomic importance-when we consider
bread, economy is important-is the
reduction in weight OF the wrapped
loaf as compared with the unwrapped.
A conference with a number OF bakers
showed that the cost of wrapping Is
from to per cent. On the other
hand, the reduction in weight or wrap
ped loaves varied from rs to IA per
cent. The consumer can be expected
to bear at least half the cost Of wrap
ping, or 8 per cent, but he should not
be compelled to pay all of 1t, including
a profit. A similar but less compre-
hensive study made by the Research
Laboratory Of the New York City
Health Department has also been re-
ported recently. and this also con-
firms the results of Miss Howell, re-
specting the bacterial superiority of
wrapped loaves. We may consider it as
established, says The Journal of the
American Medical Association, that
the distribution of unwrapped bread
offers manifold possibilities of infec-
ton, and that the use of wrapped
bread not only offers some safeguard
against disease transmission, but en-
tail no economical disadvantage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21

dren or adults, the back should
low, and instead of a hollow opposit ,
the small of the back there should be
forward arching. The hollow back
chair predisposes to round shoulders.
Questions and Answers.
Mrs. B. ]. asks: What causes gall
stones?
Reply.
Some previous bacterial infection of
the gallsac, especially typhoid fever
in earlier life.
I. II. w. writes: l am Sc, have a
blood-pressure of 210. the urine con-
tains scattering hyaline casts, and
faint trace of albumin" the arteries
are hardened. Can | be cured?
Reply.
You probably have a low grade ne.
phritis. Careful limitation of diet and
medicinal or electrical or hydrother-
apeutic measures to reduce the blood
pressure, should give you many years
of comfort
+. T. S. inquiries: What is rheu-
matism of the heart?
Reply.
The name is used in a careless or
ignorant way for many different condi-
uons. some serious and other not 1t
is no definite diagnosis. What does
the doctor mean? Has the patient
vulvular disease, heart muscle degen-
GRAFTON; just what is wrong? Some
times even that serious disease, an
gina pectoris, masQuerades under this
name
NJ. L. s. asks: Would three glasses
OF beer a day assist a tuberculosis
patient in gaining flesh and getting
we'll?
Reply.
In our opinion the patient would
have no chance to recover il he is not
a teetotaler as regards all alcoholic
drinks.
Mrs. n. J. writes: l have a hard
calloused place In the middle OF the
ball of my foot, which hurts most OF
the time. pare 1t, but that only gives
temporary relief. Will you kindly a6r.
wise me?
Reply.
Remove the cause-incorrect shoes.
Wear shoes with a straight inside sole
line. wide enough mot pointed) toe,
a firm. broad, shank, fairly wide, one
inch high heels. Be sure the shoe
sole is as wide as the natural width OF
the naked foot when your weight is
on IL. II there is bunion 1t must first |
be corrected. The callous Is often |
an indication that the transverse arch |
has broken down-but above all things |
avoid arch props" Work barefooted |
about the house. and do the toe dance |
daily.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21
TEACHING SEX HYGIENE.

There has been considerable discus
sion en- the question Of teaching sex
hygiene In the public schools. The
advantage Of increased knowledge for
the children, as well as the practical
difficulties OF presenting this subject
properly. have been commented on
from various points of view. There
mas been little effort. however, 10 Sc
cure an expression OF opinion from
tnose vitality interested, namely. the
parents and the children themselves
For this reason the report of the
bureau OF research u the upper pen
tnsula tAiichigan) educational asso-
citation recently issued. Is of interest
This bureau was organized TO male
. direct study Of the schools OF the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21
The Retort Courteous.

1T was mighty nice of you to give
up your seat to that stout old lady,
Mr. Binks. 1t is pleasant to see that
there are still some polite men left in
the world
Sorry, Mrs. Jabbers, but it wasn't
politeness at all. The man who sat
next to me was quarrelsome because
he said ] crowded him too much, and
all / did was to use that stout old lady
as a sort of retort courteous. ''-EX-
change
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21
Nov. FL IN America
History.

1851 Washington greeted III me
lis by public demonstration
victor at Yorktown .nsr
1S6I-Professor T. z. C. Lowe =. a
ica's FIRST war aeronaut. "au ,,rss
tensions near the ConfederS''
In Virginia. :. esrn
1S62-The Federal General q. !, me
ner demanded the SURRENDER ',,lsr
city OF Fredericksburg va"
penalty OF boInbardment .,d.t,
I 1922 Carrot A. Hobart. vice p,e' ~,
of the United States. sa
lSd4
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21
In Missouri Society.

"
Mrs. Pink HARRISON of Farber went
to Curryville Friday, to visit her
mother.
Jarvey Rohr, wife and son Cletus
motored to the home of Harvey Pop
kes Sunday.
Mrs. Tai Gore returned Saturday
from Kirksville.
Rev. Bibb filled his regular appoint
ment at Adiel Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Shinn spent Mon
day in Bowling Green.
Mr.. and Mrs. Buck McPike of Bowl
ing Green visited Mrs. William Miller
last Sunday.
Mrs. Baum Dowell spent the day
with Mrs. Doug Branstetter Friday and
with Mrs. Frank Sparks Friday night.
CHARLES NJ. Schwab, just back
from Europe with a big steel order,
declares the United States is due for
one of the biggest business booms in
its history. When Schwab loosens to
such extent it is almost safe to
hook your overcoat and indulge in
luXurieS.
1T is reported two German generals
suicided after reaching Czonstochowa.
You could hardly blame them.
MISS Helen He'll is a resident of
Hooper's Mills. Wis, and Miss Verbal
Gopher gets her mail at Buckner, Ill.
Holding Down Expenses.
(Antioch News.)
The Royal Neighbor card party
Tuesday evening was a success. A
large crowd was present and 26 tables
were filled. At the close of the games
tight refreshments were served.
Mr.. Lepiey's Housekeeper.
(Union, Ia, Starr
Mr.. Lepley has had more than his
share of trouble the past year. Mrs
Howe is keeping house for him just
now.
A Piker.
milwaukee Journal. }
What some men mean by a "piker'
is a man who won't trust his fortune
to them for them to make money out
the goat II they're not.
SALOON keepers are beginning TO
realize that life is just one election
after another.
1T hardly seemed consistent for |
Samuel Gompers to have declined a |
raise in salary at the hands of the
American Federation OF Labor con-
vention.
PROPHETS OF an open winter have
retrested to the fireplace
If American missionaries are COM
PEELED to leave Turkey, plenty of work
can be found for them nearer home.
j. NJ. C. /
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21

The work of the Swiss scientists in
perfecting a preparation to instantly
stop the flow of blood from wounds
and their generosity and impartiality
in giving the secret TO both armies in
the war stands out as one Of the most
conspicuous examples of true philan-
thropy that has been made public in
connection with this conflict.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21

and i'll shaped, making the wearer con-
spicuous and subjetting him to ridicule
oftentimes of far from gentle type.
And above all they were very expen-
sive. For example, DR.. Oliver says,
"At the end of the sixteenth century
the price per pair. expressed in terms
of present day value, was from $50 to
S1OO,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21

One guess ought 10 be sufficient as
the place where South Trimble, clerk
of the house. secured the chestnuts
with which he fed President Wilson's
41-pound THANKSGIVING turkey
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21

John d. Rockefeller Jr.. baking his
hands in an oven heated to 325 de-
grees. reminds one of the bather feel
ing the temperature of the water be-
fore jumping in.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21

Russia's anxiety for a trade treaty
with the United States is another in
dication that things are beginning to
come in the direction of your Uncle
Samuel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21

TERAfS-Ten cents per week by car
rier. In Rock Island: So per year by mail
IN advance.
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made to the circulation department.
which should elso be notified IN every
Instance where e Is desired to havs
paper Discontinued. as carriers have No
authority IN the premises.
All communica lions % arEum entative
character. Political or religious. must
have real name attached Cor pubuca-
ton No ouch articles Will be printed
over fictitious signatures
Telephones in all departments. Cen
tral Cnio9. Rock Island 145. 1145 and
2llS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21

The Chicago landlady who has filed
suit for 1888 against the local pro-
gressive club there should have press
ed her claim before Nov. 3.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21

Is good English cannot be determined
in the library or the laboratory. SHOW
ing the responsibility on the news
papers, as usual
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21

London.-(Correspondence o. ..,s.
Associated Press.)-Engiisn MI.
this fall are offering no fedoras 4,
the bow at the back. Neither ,sstk
soft hats and derbies with ths ~.
ers in the band among the ian Il.
ings. The bow at the back Oh -. and
was a fancy originated by Aus1I'1 v,s,.
the feather idea also came - vi
ma. Consequently English deaie s,,cuar
have no more of those pS'
styles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21

tEefT ops Oh the Suuueh Shoh6S 80
tie wealth. we had this wk.
II you go to the Panama expo. at D
Fran. don't fail to look up our giant
traf. cop, Bill Fitzsimmons. Bill will
be seen every day at the Ill. state
bldg-in the moving pics.
F.. Heffner, our W. k. con. on the q,
was seen one a. m. this wk. on MS
way home with a pair of fine ducks,
same having been brought down on
the Ill. riv. at Beardstown by good
friend Of his conship.
/. Rothschild, the perennially youthful
cloth elk. of these parts, has changed
jobs, but 1t makes no difference where
l. goes he can't shake his friends.
II you see a stranger wearing your
last years hat don't call the police.
He may have got same at our an.
rum. sale, which was a big success,
net receipts $3.50. which will be used
for charit purposes. Your wife prob
ably donated your hat to the cause.
c. Donovan, our employment chief,
is proving our most popular rescuer
these times. During wk. he found
jobs for over fifty needy.
AS life saver A. M. Bruner, our
home evangelist, is giving B. Sunday
a close race these dys., and A. MS
rates are considerably lower also.
Many of our best men folk cut up
one D. m. this wk. at our club. A
right smart cabaret was given, same
being due to the good judg. of L. Cas-
teel, our pop. banker.
J. Hollowbush, our famed surg, was
in the nat. cap. this wk. having fell
lowship in the Am. Cong. of Surg.
hung on him, the same being richly
deserved.
Milt Custer has gone to Florida to
inspect his grape fruit farm, he hav-
ing one there that is said to be fat
tening his blk. &C. at an encouraging
rate annually. Milt has long been
suspected of leading a double life.
Our b. b. fans are voting to decide
what company they would like to be
in next seas. We trust A. Tearney is
the results.
Our cit. hall is becoming one OF our
quietest centers of activity. 1t is prov
ing so attractive as such that bum
with a bun went to sleep in the main
hallway one aft. recently.
Among our prom. visitors of the wk.
was a former mayor of Pittsburgh
and sew others who are members of a
canal BID. who came to see our Miss.
river, they voting same one of clean
est they had ever seen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21
CHORDS AND
DLSCORDS
THE VALLEY CLARION.

Many of our folks were divided In
their OPS. on the sudden change in
tie wealth. We had this wk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21

II you go to the Panama expo. at 5.
Fran. don't fail to look up our giant
traf. cop. Bill Fftzsimmons. Bill Will
be seen every day at the Ill. state
bldg-in the moving pics.