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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22
The Daily Story


I Jim kept turning the envelope over
and examining the bleeding hearts ans
! the cupids as though he feared thar Il
he OPENED It the rest OF this daliripn
! of 10Y would be too much for him
But at last he broke IT open very caro-.
fully so as not TO tear any Of the bleed.
ing hearts or the cupids ana drew
forth a very pretty valentine with
couplet ending BE my valentine
Jim took his valentine into Ira
house and showed it to all the family
asking who could have sent it,
Ion, dear. exclaimed his sisters
'Jim's got a sweetheart
"Who?' asked Jim, bIushing.
why, Laurette, of course There's
no other girl about here TO send it,
With the word Laurette Jim felt
a sudden warmth about his heart ba
had never felt before (that is the rea.
son love is considered TO be In the
heart, l supposed. He went of BY
himself to escape the other childron's
gibes. He looked al the valentine
then at the envelope. turning from
one to the other until he knew every
cupid and bleeding heart and the
couplet and everything else there was
about il.
Jim was too young 10 81 alone 70
see Laurette ana asked his older broth.
er. Dick, if he wouldn't go with him
He only got laughed at. Haw, haw.
said Dick. 'Jim's in love Jim felt
as though his heart had been torn
out of his bosom. He went on and
pined alone
Meanwhile Jim's valentine must
have been pining for him, for one
morning Laurettes father drove by
and asked if Jimmy might not go home
with him and spend the day When
Jim heard of the invitation it almost
took his breath away. His mother
took off his suit and put on a better
one and brushed his hair and stuffed
a handkerchief in mis- pocket. and he
climbed into the wagon, and away he
went to Isaurette.
Jim remembers that day now, when
ne is 40 years old, as the Ihappiest Of
his life. His wedding day was very
hne-he married Iaurette-but for
pure, malloyed quintescence Of bliss
there has never been anything like
that first whole day he spent with her.
though the receipt of the valentine
was a wondrous JOY of its own kind
unlike anything else and never 70 be
experienced again"
NO one but the fellow who expert.
snced all that" said Swift, could
tell it. You are Jim
81 certainly am jim. and there'L
to Mrs. Twinng-"is Lau.
-ette. Don't you sneer any more at
St. Valentines day. It may be fitted
only for children. bnt it's mighty well
tilted for them, though / don't admit
hat it's never fitted for older per
sons"
q promise you that I viii not" said
swift.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

/ "St. Valentines day" remarked Ed
ward Swift 70 his friends, Mr.. and Mrs
Twining. with whom he was dining
/ on the 18th of February, has no inter
est for any one except children
The host and hostess glanced at each
other meaningly.
Il think it a very pretty custom,
said Mrs. Twining. for the children,
especially those who are old enough
to have a giimmering of what love
is"
4 can tell you a story about st.
Valentines Gay" said Mr.. Twining,
that I think will interest you. knew
a boy whose Eame was Jim. Jim was
II years old. He lived in the country
in q house within six miles of which
there was no other house; therefore
he had no playmates except his swn
brothers and sisters. They We're much
alike 10 him, except that he thought
his sisters we're poor company for
him. They wanted to play with their
dolls. and Jim wanted TO play ball and
tennis in summer and skate and coast
in winter.
zone day one of Jim's fathers old
/
site couple of miles from where Jim
lived When the house was finished
this friend and his wife settled in it,
and Jims mother went to call on the
neighbors, taking Jim with her. There
was q little girl in the other family
named Laurette. She was 10 years
cid and a very pretty little girl indeed.
Since she was the first girl except his
sisters Jim had ever seen he looked
at her wcnderingly. She eyed Jim
askance. Her mother told her 10 take
Jim out and show him the place, the
horses, the COW and other things. Jim
went with her and looked everything
over while she told him about her own
favorite horse and bunny she had
and all that When they had seen ey-
they went back into the
house. Jim's mother had finished her
call. and she and Jim took their de (
parture.
Jim, as I have told you before, hav-
ing never seen a girl except his own |
sisters, thought lot about Laurette |
and was very anxious to go to see her 1
again. But since she lived at dis |
lance and Jim was a very bashful boy,
not at all used to girls, he didn't go.
One day when the rural deliyeryman
drove by Jim happened to be out by
The letter box.
Here's something from your sweet
leart, Jimmy" he said and handed Jim
IN envelope stamped all over with
bleeding hearts and cupids.
Jim saw his name on the envelope
4 81
n him. He had the only valentine he
lad ever received, and he had a sweet
leart. He did not know who that
was, but she was IN
ioU5tedly a girl, and she had sent him
valentine. It seemed that this was
Iuite enough bliss for all at once, and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

the slightest suggestion OF intimstior
that the United States was seeking e
impose anything on the republics q
the south The keynote OF the meet
ing was sounded by DR.. Naon in I
speech In which he asserted: ''Th'
right OF the belligerent ends where
the right OF the neutral begins" and
concluded By saying: AS long as the
war continues TO offer Us the sad
spectacle which moves all OF US. may
at least our denocracies continue u
develop their productive energies and
build up their tradition Of harmony
and continental fraternity which res;
above all on right and justice"
The resolution offered By DR.. NaOn
and unanimously adopted rad:
The governing board OF the Pan
American union declares:
l. That the MAGNITUDE Of the pres
ent European war presents new prob
lens OF International Law. the solution
OF which IS OF equal interest TO the
entire world.
2 That IN the form in which the
operations OF the bel.igerents are de
veiopiuE they rebound "a the injury Of
reutrais.
Q. That the principal cause for this
result IS that the respective rights OF
the beiiigerents and OF the neutrals
are not clearly defined. notwfthstand-
ing that such definition g. demanded
both b. general convenience and by
the spirit o. justice which doubtless
animates the belligerents with respect
20 the interests OF the neutrals.
80
character call FOR a definition OF such
rights as promptly as possible upon
the principle that liberty OF commerce
should not be restricted beyond the
point Indispensable for military opera
lions.
on these grounds tho governing
board 81 the Pan-American union
Resolves:
l. 4 special commission Of the
same Is hereby appointed, to consist
Of nine members. OF which the secre-
tary OF state % the United States shall
form part. acting as chairman thereof
ex Omcio.
?. This commission shall study the
problem presented by the present
European war and shall submit TO the
governing board the suggestions II may
deem OF common interest. In the study
u questions Of a technical character
this commission will consult the board
1f iurists.
2. Eacn government may submit to
he commission such plans or suggest
"a resolutions as may be deemed con-
-enient on the different subjects that
suggest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22
THE HEIGHT OF FOLLY.

Speaking OF the effort OF American
mysteries and 5insos5 20 get mp a
great army and navy. James Bryce.
that eminent and venerable British
Statesman says that the present war
Is due to the fact that Europe could
no longer keep up an armed peace.
and he IS amazed TO think that there
are chumps In this land seeking to
put Us in the dilemma that Europe
is fighting 20 abolish That there Will
be general disarmament on land and
sea at the end OF this fearful war IS
not only the hope but the belief or
Europe. How silly and sinful we
would look. observes the Bloomington
Bulletin, strutting about with a great
armament
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22
Drady,M.D
Holding the Breath.

A good lively baby. with an over
anxious mother can hold his breath
for what seems like half an hour OF
more AZ a stretch when thoroughly
aroused. and stiu come TO. But as
he grows up he forgets how TO do
g.. by the time he comes OF age he
IS able 90 hold his breath 30 seconds
by the watch and no longer. At 40
seconds there comes % brealting-point.
az which the desire 20 breathe becomes
overpowering.
10 is discOmfting TO see a baby
hold his breath. but II isn't danger
Gus. Hen resume breathing again
when he gets ready. No matter how
excited he may be. nor how angry.
O. baby never really forgets TO
breathe. Even II he grows black in
the face he Will resume the function
Of respiration az the rate Of $4,000
times per day right where he left Off
when he gets around to IT, Never yet
has a baby voluntarily ceased TO
breathe.
The reason why a well developed
baby can hold his breath so long
without III effect-upon himself-is
that he carefully prepares in advance
for these performances. He doesn't
just make up his mind all OF a sud
den to scare the folks to death. \
good baby IS not so undetermined as
that He says 70 himself Now I'll
Ill my system with a superabun-
dance of oxygen and crowd out all
the carbon dioxide ! can from my
lungs Then I'll knock OF breath
ing for a time. and they'll come
around 10 my way of thinking. all
right
How the Trick Is Done.
So he starts in breathing 10 beat
the band for a minute or two.
breathing as hard as he can, until
he Is pretty thoroughly intoxicated
with oxygen and as free as possible I.
of carbon dioxide gas. Then he I
lolds his breath until every one is I
about frantic.
You can do Il yourself IL your
heart Is normal and you are not too
with autointoxication. Watch
n hand. sitting at rest, you first meas
ire your normal breaking point. which
hould be 40 seconds. II much less
han that. you are intoxicated with
ne poison or another. or else your
ieart is not efficient. Having learned
our normal breaking point. you
reathe somewhat more deeply than
sual. but not forcibly. nor faster than
S per minute. and keep II up for two (
minutes. X may make your, head
win a trifie. but that Is merely oxy- (
en- intoxication. and it is good for l.,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22
SOCIETY

Society has much to learn
OF what is right and what is wrong
Too often it is colGly stern,
Too often it is blindly strong.
II swaggers down the right of way
As individual DULLES do,
And fear of what the few may say
Oft makes OF it q coward. too.
Imperfect is this human wheel
That has been built on earth by
men;
Its virtues are as hard as steal.
Its old mistakes it makes again.
It's often arrogant with pride
And works injustice in its might,
And it is too self-satisfied
To change its ways to reach the
right
'Tis cruel where it should be KID.
'Tis kind where cruelty We're best;
To better things tbs often blind,
Ii makes of charity a jest
tbs quick to anger. slow to praise,
With vanity it views its deeds:
It clings to old and worn out ways
To serve the worlds increasing
While some march forward to the
light
Society remains behind.
Insisting that it's always right.
Stubb,rn, seIf-satisfed and blind.
As individuals men strive
Always for better ways TO know;
AS members in the social hive
The progress that we make is slow
Edgar a. Guest in the Detroit Free
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

z you Having thus filed your blood
with superabundance OF oxygen and
eliminated all the carbonic acid gas
you can, hold your breath and count
the seconds. You should easily last
T 80 seconds, perhaps two minutes. be
fore breathing again. If you can't
hold out at least a minute. you had
better 60 and see your doctor. for
there must be something wrong with
your health. Athletic young fellows
in good physical condition can go three
minutes by the watch without a breath
when thus prepared. 1t is a fine pas
time and healthful for everybody
Questions and Answers.
Cold Sore: What causes cold sores
on the lips and what Will cure them?
Reply.
Herpes or cold" sores are due to
either an external or internal irritant.
The best remedies we know are Spirits
Of Camphor at the beginning and paint
ing the spots with flexible collodion as
a protection after they have appeared.
Fattening Husband: My husband
has hollows in his cheeks and he is
very thin. Would massage fill out the
cheeks? What will fatten him?
Reply.
In order TO give advice worth while
his age. height, weight. occupation,
health and habits must be mentioned.
In general way these things are fat
tening: Sweets. eggs, bacon. rice. oat-
meal, cornmeal, cream, uxorial good
cheer. olive oil, lots OF sleep nights and
after-dinner maps. laughter. and as lit
tie housekeeping as the law allows. /
or the face will make him
lcok plump because of the improved
color. but viii not make the face fat /
Not Dangerous: Are Stuart's calcium /
waters dangerous? VIII they affect the
heart?
Reply.
sThe other day we read a testimonial
Tor very expensive placebo. 1t stated
nat the nostrum contained no opium
u other narcotic" No. the waters GER
ainly won't hurt your heart.
Diet and Motherhood: Is diet IN
'ortant for an expectant mother? Her
irst child brought her great suffering.
she IS strong and in good health with /
rood muscle.
Reply
In general way the diet should be
no sense different from her ordi- 1
Iary diet. \ daily open air walk is ,
ne best insurance for normal deliv-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22
EFFECTIVE FIRE FIGHTING.

Gateiy company store yesterday the
Rock Island department deserves
especial credit Not only did II make
unusually quick response 20 the alarm.
but good judgment was shown IN the
tactics employed in the fight. chemi-
calls being used with good effect and
the loss being held down TO a mini
mum With such a dangerous fire on
their hands most departments would
have resorted to the use OF water and
would have greatly increased the
amount OF damage done.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

AS a test I gave each of them 40 odd
checks and instructed them to take
down the amount of each check ana
then add the column. I gave them as
much time as they wanted, all of them
more than half hour. and when they
had finished not one had taken down
the figures correctly nor had one add
ed correctly the figures he had taken
down"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22
Jan. % in American
History.

1873 Battle OF Frenchtown. or River
Raisin. near the site Of Monroe
Mich; Great Britain Indian allies
under the notorious Proctor defeat
ed General Wlnchester's American
forces. who surrendered 20 the
number of about 500
ls1o-George ID. Prentice. poet and ed
tor. died: born 1902
l59f-Constance Fenimore Woois0n'
author of note, died. born 1913.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22
Sidelights on the European War

London. Correspondence of the AS
sociated Press).-"Owing to decreased
advertising revenue arising out of the
war, PIP German newspapers are al
ready said to have disappeared. At
least half that number have probably
died in Great Britain" says the Globe.
These facts supply the strongest
! imaginable comment on the common
/ faliacy that this war is profitable to
/ the newspaper owner. As matter OF
/ fact the reverse is the case.
/ a modern newspaper is an exceed
/ ingly complex organization, and the
/ purchaser obtains for a penny or half
penny publication which costs more
/ than that sum to produce The expla-
nation is 20 be found in the profits de
rived from advertising revenue. with
I the result when that decreases below
q certain point, a paper is run at n
/ loss on production, which increases
with the increase of circulation.
so far from the British press hav-
ing found the war d gold mine. there
is not one newspaper that has not felt
the pinch somewhere, and many are
making the greatest financial sacrifices
in order TO continue in their role Of
purve yOrs OF news, and thus to per
form a real public service
Few industries are more hard hit
BY long war than the press.
Amsterdam, Correspondence of the
Associated Press) The Hamburger
Nachrichten complains that Americans
in Germany are acting as the repre-
sentatiyes Of London newspapers. this
being viewed by the Nachrichten as
hardly in accord with strict ideas of
neutrality. The Nachrichten says
Every war between civilized ma
tons is initiated by the rupture Of
diplomatic relations Newspaper rep
resentatives in many respects resem-
be diplomatists. for their task is TO OBJ |
tain information, and to give their own /
country a true insight into the existing /
state of affairs.
Can we take ii as in the slightest /
degree possible that those London
journals which are showing the great /
est hatred toward Germany can stn
be maintaining their correspondents
lying low in Berlin
"Of course not They are Ameri-
cans, Thus they enjoy the protection
Of their embassy; and even il they
place their Geographic reports before Il
he German censor, naturally whatever /
hey send their editors through the
American postbag goes through unex-
luined"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

Chicago's claim OF a comprehensive
organization OF thieves has been out
done by New York. which IS said to be
headquarters fors forEers' trust which
runs on n percentage basis and allows
claims through a general auditors Of
ice There d. an opportunity. evi-
IDENTIFY. for some brilliant legislator TO
bring IN bin which will guarantee a
restoration % fair competition
amongst crooks
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22
CHORDS AND
DISCORDS

WE are unable to say, Genevieye,
whether old man Douglass is living,
but we do know that he is still selling
) shoes.
THE scorching temperatures or
London have sufficiently thawed
George Bernard Shaw that he has sud
denly decided TO visit America, despite
that he has coIdly refused former in
vitations.
DANIEL Guggenheim is in favor of
taxing great fortunes after death of
the owners to relieve the poverty
stricken Why wait until the owners
die?
SOME OF Carter Harrison's political
friends are advising him that it is nee
essary to affect a cold front to sue
cessfuIly continue as a mayoraity can
didate. There IRE those who have
called upon Mr.. Harrison officially,
who assert that he is already entirely
surrounded by ice.
OUTSIDE immediate kin, none will
disagree with the verdict OF the Cook
county coroner's jury in acquitting the
policeman who shot and killed male
masher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

An oid-tims reporter who covered
the Chicago IRE declares taat the
story OF Mrs. O'Lsary's COW Is a
myth. Perhaps he q rieht. but even
so. hs will have about as much chance
to convince the public % the fact as
he stood o. putting out that celebrated
confederation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

An EngIiakuan has been dong a
good business. u T. said, tellinE the
people OF his country how % keep
from being iit by Zeppelin bombs a.
SEQ a throw. n q BritishCr can pros
per Mt that game. theTstouGht 70 De
millions IN Il for really cuterDrising
American.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

The Idaho legislature proposes TO
prohibit foreigners from purchasing
'and In that state or from keeping IL
even n Il comes 20 them through In
heritance. \ Watch what the United
States supreme court does TO that act
u " - ever placed on the statute
bookH
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

When prohibition constituents re-
fuse 10 accept government flower
seeds from a Congressman who voted
aszinst the prohibition resolution. It
IS apparent that the Wet and dry IS
sue has entered upon a stu more ser
fous phase.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

Those who are urging the repeal OF
the euseuics law tn Oregon sustain
their position by showing that HOO
Portland men went outside the state
last year TO get married. They evil
dentIy overlook the fact that the same
argument might apply with even great
er force on the other side Of the ques-
ton
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

Connie Mack's son is preparing for
Yale. Unless this cruel baseball war
y ended soon IL o. easy 20 foresee the
end OF the time when young men viz
be able 90 attend. not Harvard or
Yale. but any higher institution OF
learning on the money GAINED ~ their
fathers on the diamond
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

Paris Correspondence Of the As
| ISOLATED Press.) The remarkably
wounds that are caused by ricochet
ting bullets and secondary projectiies
and are being discovered by surgeons
in ever-Increasing variety are conf
mented on by Henri de Nargny in The
Da5at.
Not only are deformed bullets fire.
quenJly found IN wounds, but with
them such unusual substances as bits
of bone from the bodies of other men
metal and medals and money, pieces
OF cloth and other articles.
The presence of these eX-raueous
substances in wounds invariably
means that they have been projected
by ricochetting bullets. An officer re-
Gently was found TO have been injured
by part OF the forearm OF one of DIS
men; one man was struck by o stone
that had been projected Dy bullet. 49,
In another case a part OF one man
Jaw bone was picked cut OF another
mans body wound. still another zoi-
der lost the sight OF his eye by being
struck with q fellow soldier tooth.
From the various field hospitals
come reports OF dndins in supposed
bullet wounds such unusual object as
buttons, nails, fragments of eye glass
es. pieces Of teeth, sliyers of wood and
Bone, eyelets, scraps OF leather and
coins
In one case q projectle struck
mans pocket and glanced OH without
even scratching the skin. the bullet
hit another man. and In the wound
were found bits of cloth from me fret
soldiers uniform and % delormea
pieces OF gold from coins that were
forced out of the pocket
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

Chicago police have received orders
10 shoot first and argue later in deal
ting with bad men II the latter adopt
the same slogan there probably viii
be an increased number Of vacancies
on the force.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

n 81 - true that Gutierrez and OBJ
RECON got tO.oQ0.OO0 pesos when they
looted the Mexican treasury they
should be able TO command enough
support so put them back where they
can set their hands into the strong
box aralu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

Mrs. Crawford thought you said
you weren't going to the sewing cir
Gle? Mrs. Crabshaw-But. my dear. I
didn't know then about the things you
have told me.--Judge
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

n the Thrce-Eye league gets into a
fEhS % take Terre Haute out OF the
Central league. Mr. Tearney viii hard
y be able 90 use the same arguments
that he employed 10 keep Rock Island
out Of fhs Central association
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

The presidents grandson viii be
plain Frank Sayre. He ought 10 be
able 20 white out career FOR him
self which viii fgihn az least all the
promises which that cognOmen con
veyE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

Because the fish cannot be exported.
and in order to prevent the large
quantity on hand from spelling. a 81
gantic oven has been erected by the
Amsterdam city council In which the
fish are fried and sold AZ nominal
figure
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

Electrically operated cash carriers
for stores have been invented. the
motors OF which are supplied with cur
rent through the wires on which they
run
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

The man who could have made the
closest guess ~ 20 whether Doc Cook
ever climbed Mount Mckinley ~ dead.
but Cook and the mountain are With
a yet