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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21
FLAG STATION BECOMES CITY OVERNIGHT

Seven or eight months ago Hope
we'll, Va, was an obscure flag STATEN
on a branch line Of the Norfolk and
Western railway some 10 miles from
Petersburg. It was an unpeopled and
practically unknown point out in a
sleepy stretch OF country where land
could be purchased readily for $50 an
acre, Today it is a city Of probably
more than $4,000 persons, where small
lots are being sold for as much as
$4,000 and 81 600 each and in some
cases rented for $500, or more, a
month The situation is explained in
an interesting illustrated article in
the August Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. II says:
"HopewelI is a raw, wild, excited
boom town with factories running day
and night, with block after block of
dwellings springing up as rapidly as
q new street is marked off; with bar
racks. shacAs, and tents everywhere,
and hundreds more in the course of
erection Like Goldfield and Gary in
earlier days, 1t has dozens of saloons.
fy-infested eating houses, and i'm
provised stores where a gaudy outlay
Of goods is displayed on packing boxes
in crude, hurriedly built shaeks made
OF rough lumber. Its buildings are un-
screened. and sanitation is unknown.
Garbage is thrown into the street, and
sewage carried of IN open bitches.
Drinking water is drawn from shallow
wells. Flies swarm In clouds. Yet. in
spite Of all this, the town-whfch
doesn't even know it's real name and Ia
called by half dozen different ONES
is one OF the most interesting In Amer
lea Its population six months, or
more, from now, IL is estimated. NAV
range between 5000 and $4,000.
War orders from Great Britain and
her allies for ammunition and high
explosives SO completely swamped a
large American powder company that
it was compelled TO increase its fac
tory facilities The city of Horeweu.
Va. is the result. Shortly before the
6rst of this year agents for the corpo-
ration quietly purchased 1900 sores of
farm land adjacent to the tag station.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

The little bombardier beetle because
preyed upon by larger beetles OF it's
own family hiss been armed by nature
with what is practically a miniature
cannon. When attacked the bombar-
der beetle turns and makes off, but il
oVertaken by the larger insect-bang.
and an acid fluid is shot from glands
situated In the tip OF it's taiI onto the
enemy beetle. The acid when elected
VapoF1zes upon reaching the air and
thus gives the effect of a puff of smoke
from gun. while at the same time a
small but distinct report. like 8 tiny
cannon. is heard. The bombardier bee
tie is a rapid nrer, too. for the dis
charge can be repeated in quick sue
cession, and thus the little insect keeps
on It's larger foes until he can scurry
into a convenient hole IN the sod or
md shelter under a stone.-Atianta
Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

One reader writes that the family
doctor wished to administer antitox5n
to a child with diphtheria, but the
neighbors advised him that antitaxin
is dangerous when the heart is weak.
He asks our opinion Neighbors will
please take TO heart the following:
What IN tarnation, to use q polite
word. do the neighbors know about
antttoxin more than you know your
self, may We ask? Why do you en-
ploy g doctor9 Why not place the
child under the care OF the neighboFs
and save the difference?
What is antitoxin?
When patient RECEIVERS from
diphtherla without the aid Of anti
toxin. as happens in certain mild
cases, what brings about the recov-
cry? Nature. How? By producing
something In the patients blood TO
neutralize the diphtheria poison.
What IS this substance, this natural
antidote? It is nti-poisou-anti-
toxin. II the patient produced no an
titoxin or too little Of il 10 completely
neutralize the diphtheria poison or
toxin, the termination would be fatal
or else there would remain some Sc
rious weakness OF heart. or paralysis
or other unfortunate effect OF dtphthe-
ria poison.
Surprising Il child or weak adult
is not able to produce enough anti
dote, or not able 10 produce it rapidly
enough to cope with the tremendous
dose Of poison the disease throws into
the blood IN severe cases. Isn't it q
God-given blessing that we can utilize
healthy horses, sheep or other clean
animals TO produce the antidote in IN
limited quantities?
Antitoxin is obtained by administer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21
The Daily Story
Tommy Atkins Yarn-By F. A. Mitchell.

/, left HI might take some himportant
information to our commander hin
chief. But 'ow was HI TO understand
language that was worse than q cobble.
stone road and no springs 10 the wae-
on? HI card one man say "Nein" and
another say Yah" and then both ~
'en began workin' their jaws, shown
bout words like bullets from a rapid
fire gun.
Arfter awhile one O. the men rot
/ blowed, and not beiu' able to talk al
| fast as the other histed the white fac
Hanyway, they stopped talhn', and
soon arfter that they went out. mount
ed their 'orses and rode away When
they'd got clean out o. sight the girl
opened the door and said somethin' in
/ the Franch lingo that sounded like
| 'syenney," meanin', Hi suppose. that HI
was 10 come up, and Fl mounted the
steps. Forgettin' that she didn't IN
derstand the only decent language IN
/ the world, Hi axed 'er wot the gen
erals was taikin' about She said
somethln' like Jenny va comproml
pc. Hi said, Your name may be Jen-
ny, but Him not your pa. as Hi told
you once before"
! Then HI made signs by putting nv
finger to my mouth and pointin' 90 the
generals ridin' away, and after awhile
she understood me. Then she whipped
paper out of 'er pocket and landed 10
TO me- Hi looked at it, but iE was oil
| Ehrew to me, and Hi 'anded It back
Il. la
keep it. and then FIJI got ST. through me
cad that it might be somelhin dropped
by the Germans.
Before leaviu' 'er III says, eff Him
yer pa Hi reckon Hi ort no kiss you at
partin'," and Hi gave 'er a smack. She
didn't seem 20 mind it, and III made oft
for the camp. When Hi got there Hi
! reported TO my captain that HId got
| separated from the command and ben
surprised ad i'd in a cellar and told
i'm about the German generals over
me cad Then iii gave i'm the paper
the girl adj given nae.
Hi didn't ear Hothiu about that pa-
per till we'd 'ad lot O dgbtin. Then
one day Iii was hOrdered to report at
general 'eadquBrters. iii was scared
out of my boots, thinkin Hi was goiu
to be shot for straggLju' or desertjou or
somethin' like that When Hi entered
the generals tent there he sat- o jau
officer with a gray mustache p got
up from a camp chair and took my
. and
You saved us from crushing
blow. he said, "and Him goin to men
ton you in orders"
low did Hi do that, generaI2' iii
asked.
BY the paper you brought. Il was
a memorandum Of points i'm q plan to
strike us where we were weak. It
must have been dropped uniutentiou-
ally
Hi got mentioned I'm orders. but Ia
the next fight Hi dropped me arm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

This was Enclosed by 10-foot barbed-
wire barricade. Several hundred men
were imported and set to work throw
ing up brick and concrete factory
buildings. On April the place had
a population of 500 persons. On june
l about $4,000 employees were listed on
the company's pay rolls, and the in
habitants of Hopewell numbered ap-
proximately $1,000. Each day these
numbers are increased.
Every minute Of the day and night
the factory site is patrolled by several
hundred armed guards. No person
other than an employee, unless he has a
written permit Issued at the main Of
fees Of the company in Delaware. is
allowed within the barricade. The out
put of the plant Is not publicly known.
Two factories are engaged in the man
ufacture of guncotton and q third is
producing cordite"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

HIM a Tommy Atkins, as they call
us British army fellers, and Hive Just
got hack from fghtin In Belgium, dis
charged from the service for disabiI-
ity. The Germans discharged one of
my arms, and that's the reason HIM
excused from dghtin' any more.
All my friends ave been askin' me
to tell 'em story about my hexperi-
enoes Hi only got one story, and
Hive tod that a dozen times already.
But anything about the war goes, and
heverybody is always ready to listen.
Hi don't tellin' it now, II you all want
to hear it.
Hi was among the first expeditionary
/ force Lord Kitchener sent over into
Belgium. It was reported that we
were 10000 men, but there wasn't
much more than $4,000 in the first lot
Of us that landed on the other side Of
the channel Hi was in the hghtin'
when the Germans drove us back on
Paris and when we run 'em at the bat
tie o. the Marine. Then there was a
short interval afore we got into the
trenches.
It Was In this interval and while we
was marehin' about changin' positions
hevery day that Hi, beln' u'ngry, one
day dug out 20 look for somethin' TO
eat. The Germans wasn't at hany
great distance from US. and HI 'ad no
/ business to be prowlin' about, but
'avin' uothin' TO eat made me reckless,
Hi suppose. Anyway Hi spied 'ouse
off in the direction OF the German
lines. and. heverything Ioekin' quiet
/ and peaceful there, Hi went over, and,
seem q girl washin' clothes in the
front yard. Hi asked 'er for somethip'
. to eat She says, Non comproney pa. -
and Hi says, Him not yer pa; Hi want
+ samethin' to eat" At the same time Hi
chawed my fingers and rubbed my
stummick.
She took me into the 'ouse and put
some dry bread afore me with bottle
o. wine Think o. eatin' dry bread and
drinkin wine. At ONE we ave roast
beef, and if we git a pint O beer we
think we're dom well.
HI was munchin' the bread and
drfukin' the wine. when through the
( W tUtGE III SJA ~ OK oD AFGA Il2A ~ ne
men comm straight for the 'Ouse Hi
looked at the girl as much as to say,
Ide me" She pulled up a door ia
+ the floor, and Hi went down pair o.
stairs into a cellar. The 'orsemen rode
mp to the 'ouse, and Iookiu' through a
cellar winder Hi sor a general and is
sJau and hascort. The general and is
staff dismouuted and come into the
'ouse leavin' the hescort outside.
Within the mex 'alf hour two other
generals rode up TO the 'ouse from diff
ferent directions and went hin. Then
HI card the cussedest lot o jaw break
in talk Hi bever card hin nay life. Hi
wished Hi could understand it. for hit
looked like a conference or a council O.
war, and bif Hi got away after they'd
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21
Antitoxin and the Neighbors.

ing to healthy young horses minute
doses Of diphtheria toxin or poison
net the diphtheFfa germs, but their NJ
tered poison-and by easy steps IN
creastng the dose. until In time the an
iraaI can withstand s. tremendous over
dose, which would Kill an unimmuniz~
ed or normal animal. Finally the
blood IS withdrawn; II contains the
antid0tai substance. the diphtheFia an
titoxtn. 1t ia carefully filtered, con-
centratsd and placed in sterile con
tanners for use.
Anyone who eats meat, sausage or
milk can scarcely coniure up boyle
In antitoxin, unless he be one Of these
paper antivivfseetionists.
Stamped, Addressed Envelope.
A lady describes her case frankly
enough. and in her own language,
closing thus Hopping 20 see the an
swer in the paper soon. ] am. etc,
ETC."
RepIy-If we should print the an
swer a lot of people would be hopping,
we fear. If you put personal ques-
lions. don't forget to enclose the well
known sac. for personal reply.
The Itch Is All on the Outside.
Some time ago you commended
grandma's old time sulphur and lard
ointment for the itch, Should it be
taken internally or rubbed on the
skin? And how much at time?
Reply-The itch never gets deeper
than the skin. Rub It on. using about
q pound of freshly made ointment the
first sitting. II the skin is properly
scrubbed with hot soap and water 1rst,
and the ointment rubbed in thoroughly,
one treatment ought 70 clear up the
trouble, that is, if you're sure it is the
itch {scabies).
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21
~ al glanca ona ia inellned Ia Id

At first glance one is inclined to ac-
cuse those taking part In the labor
disturbances in Europe Of treason As
matter Of fact. the condition of la
Dor across the Atlantic. never especial
" good, has been made much worse
by the pressure of the war and the
men who work IN tn shops object to
subjecting themselves to virtual slav-
cry and at the same time seeing the
private manufacturers for whom they
work drawing increased profits
through their endeavors. They feel
that II the profit is TO be greater they
ought TO have their share of it and
certainly their stand is not more open
10 criticism than the course of their
employers,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

The British admiralty has received
20 900 suggestions for improving meth
DDS of warfare, it IS said, and after
examining half of them it has picked
out two for which great things are
claimed. II the entire world seriously
bends its efforts to the creating of de-
vices to facilitate killing OF men and
the destruction of property perhaps
we may yet reach that stage, sup
posed TO have been passed several
years ago, when war will become so
horrible that no nation viii dare to
challenge a resort to hostflities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

cars CT citrus fruits annually and other
things 70 correspond. Southern Cali
fornia also RAISES climate. which
draws people from all over the world
for one Of the most delightful local.
ties ever known. which makes II the
seat Of great wealth and business. but
Los Angeles would not be the greatest
city Of the coast were It not for the
agricultural interests Of the group OF
counties OF which the above form part,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21
Sidelights on the European War

Rome Correspondence Of the AS
ISOLATED Press The Roman press
has joined vigorously In the chorus Of
protest which is going up from every
country in active war against the diff
dculties of the censorship. Aside from
the fact that the cans0rs are military
men and unable to Judge matter from
a newspaper viewpoint, embarrass-
meut is caused because there are sew
eral distinct bodies OF censors, some
Of whom allow certain news to pass
while others suppress it.
An effect Of the censorship on Ro-
man papers is that the Milan journals
are finding great favor in the capital
The reason is, the Milan censor is very
liberal and the Roman censor severe,
the consequence being that the Milan
papers are often the first TO bring
news to Rome. The latest and most
notable example is that of the pope's
interviews with the correspondent OF
the Paris Liberte. The Corriere Della
Sera published it in full, while no Ro-
man paper was even allowed TO men
tiou it. but when the Milan papers
arrived in Rome, the censorship on
the interviews was finally lifted here
The Roman papers do not object to
the suppression OF military news,
which might even indirectly help It
aLy'5 enemies, but much is censored
which is not military news at all.
The newspapers here are also con-
fronted with the mystery of the fact
that some foreign countries are allow
ed to have Italian news two or three
days earlier than the Italians them
selves get it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21
July Fl in American
History.

I7e6-Robert Burns, poet Of Scotland,
died at Dumf a., born near Ayr
1853.
l79s-Battle Of the Pyramids, Egypt;
Napoleon crushed the Mamelukes.
ls61-Battle of Bull Run; a second bat
tie took place on the same field
Aug. 30, 1862.
1911-Con3edsrate and Federal veter-
ans united In celebrating the If
tieth anniversary Of the battle Of
Bull Run, at Manassas, VSe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21
AND
DTSCORDS

Discords are the order of THIS day.
No extras for reserved seats.
We're heroic enough TO murmur to
Charley Chaplin:
You need vacation" Tor do we?)
wanted-Girl to do second work.
Hurry up girls, see who can be first,
He gets paid for being crazy. does
Goldberg our sporting page artist, A
privilege one H K. T. (Forget him
quick3 had to pay for.
Divorce Clothes From Slaughter House
Battle Greek, Mieh.-Buteher shop
to Stop Handling Ready-to-W Wear Suits.
The T. H Butcher Co. trading az
the Butcher Shop. mems clothing, fur
nishings, hats, etc, announce that aft
er August they will cease to handle
ready-t0-wear suits. etc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21
niforce Ciothes From sIanehter Hon
i Ware Mans 0ninions.

Ministers are not the only men who
marry for money.
Perhaps G. Washington was never
asked by q fond mother what he
thought Of her cute baby.
new baby begins to cry as soon
as it discovers what a sorry mistake
it made in getting born.
If a man isn't satisfied with the
rules Of the game. it's up TO him TO
start a game of his own,
What a woman cant understand is
how any man could possibly make a
fool Of himself over any other woman.
Chicago News
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

Il is proposed 10 mark dangerous
points on the Lincoln highway with
trees, given varieties having each q
certain significance. instead of using
the plain, ordinary signs which any
body can read. F1nei And while
they are about It. why not plant hay
stacks, or something else equally ap-
propriate, at the spots where those
autoists who ara unable to figure out
the warnings are liable to light
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

Il will be something Of relief to
know that Americans are not paying
for all the automobiles that factories
In this country turn out. During the
last 10 months no less than s&1 600 600
worth Of cars and accessories have
been exported to Europe through the
port Of New York
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

The colonel warned the people OF
Portland the other day not to believe
the things they saw in the newspapers
about him This Is a fine left-haDded
endorsement Of the reliability Of the
press from one who without It's aid
would never have gotten TO FIRST base
In public life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21
Wednesday, July Fl, 1915

A certain automobile manufactures
Il said TO have laid plans 70 turn out
1000 900 machines in 1915 on which
he proposes 70 cut his profit 70 81
each. The name Of this man is with
held. probably with view Of spring
ing a big surprise upon the people
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21
4 Mighty Smash.

When i2-ineh shell strikes the wa
ter Il throws up splash" higher than
narieshtp'a mast. This splash"
weighs about 1000 tons. enough to
drown 3 small ship.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

London.-(C Correspondence Of The
Associated Press}-The British mu-
scum plans to have the finest collection
in the world of the war literature pro
duced during the present conflict. Not
only English books. hut publications
In French, Russian, Italian. German
and other European languages are be-
ing obtained from every available
source,
We shall not expect or desire to
obtain every war book published, ex-
planned the head Of the library. FOR
many Of them are of course vaIueless
and we exercise the same discrimipa
ton in purchasing a book about the
war as we do in buying other works
We want all the cream of the worlds
literature, but We want none Of the
trash. OF foreign war books generally
we are taking about two or three out
OF a dozen. We have already secured
"a fairly good collection of what has
been published in Germany and Aus
tria since the beginning of operations
We have not added any experts in
military literature to our star. we
have our own experts who devote their
energies each to the literature of a
particular nation. II is for them TO
deal with war books OF the nation cen
cerned.
Germany seems to be very prone TO
religious works on the war. We have
quite a number Of German theological
works on the war. We received no
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

Cities such as Freeport and Gales
burg. In taking places in the Three
Eye league, are much In the position
of the man who. with possible use for
a runabouts buys a second hand seven
passenger auto because II Is big and
imposing and looks like bargain.
When the tires begin TO blow up and
the repair bills to roll in he sees his
finish
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

Il is said that TWO American cia~
gems. residents Of Black Earth, Wis,
for 40 yearg, have been detained by
the British government, which refuses
to recognize them as subjects Of the
United States. Perhaps they made the
mistake Of registering from MIL
Nankaa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

}. N. G. has vented" to the biggest
town We know of around here. to get
q new G string for his um-ty-t um-tum
Return with some new chords, eh
Jack?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21
Oh, Believe Me-

]. N. c.
A bouquet for you
They're all too few.
This column writing bis
HISS its griefs. Gee whiz.
! know. and hurrah for this LAST
LINE,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

Cologne, Germany.-In the raising
Of the second war loan. the German
postofhces performed a notable feat IN
handling no less than 112,0o0665
marks which were subscribed through
the postoface by 109,983 persons-an
average Of about $50 marks ($l7o)
each.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

German books for about ten weeks
We shall have to complete our colIec-
tions of German works after the war.
although in the meantime we shall
pick up what we can as opportunity
offers"
The British museums library IS adj
mittedly the greatest and most eosm0-
politan in the world. Il has the best
French library outside OF France. and
the best Russian library outside of
Russia. It's collection OF italian liter
ature is unexceLed except for that IN
the vatican. So far as French liter
AZURE is concerned, it has books whica
do not exist even ia France. owing no
the revolution and the wars of I6#5
and 1870. Refugees OF the French
revolutionary period brought many
valuable works TO the great English
library.
Have the Belgian refugees Of the
present era brought many gifts 20 the
museum the director was asked
"A few" he replied "But. uuforU-
uately their departure was generally
so hurried that they had little opnor-
tunity to bring such things with them
The staff OF the museum has been
depleted about 30 per cent by enlist
ments. Several Of the Official star
are officers In the new armies. while
the library and museum attendants
are serving as nou-commissi01e1 Off
GERS or in the ranks. The work Of
those who remain is partly l.ghtale1
by the fact that the number OF visitors
and readers has fallen on nearly go
per cent during the past year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

Petrograd.-Th number Of war pris-
oners at present engaged in agricul-
tural and other work in Russia rs given
officially as 205 300
The prospects OF q fine harvest have
caused a large demand for prisoner
laborers for the farms. Their monthly
wage is fixed at about IS, or about half
the ordinary market rate Their work
is generally proving satisfactory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

For the student of English who
wants TO specialize in superIattves in
their most gilded attire, we recon-
mend Ringing Bros catalog. in which
Big Bingo, the biggest brute that lives,
is accused OF being IAN animal enor-
nous beyond expression. huge beyond
compare, stupendous, towering. prodig-
iouss the uttermost limit Of elephantIne
immensely"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

Discords are the order of THIS day,
No extras for reserved seats.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

Like the Kansan call for harvest
hands is the I'D Of a Chicago barber
college. which advises would-be alum
nj 10 prepare now for the coming
seasons rush"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-21

Our idea Of minimum in summer
worries is to be hep" to the latest,
Ford story. This may or may not be.
Who cares:
They say they're going to paint
them yellow so they can sell them BY
the dozen, like bananas"