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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

Before the breaking out of the great
European war | was travelling IN
France. near the eastern boundary,
when one day ] met girl with whom
became acquainted. She said she
had been born in America and had
lived there the most Of her life, She
was about twenty years old and seem
ed TO be very strong for girl. was
doing my travelling on foot. and, since
she was also a pedestrian. We eoneiud-
ed to proceed together. both being I'M
protected women. / noticed that she
was very secretiVe.
However, one evening she gave me
her confidence. She brought forth sew
eral drawings on chronological sub
ieets, in which science she professed
TO be greatly interested There were
the magnified head of fly, beetle 8
wing and birds foot. The drawings
had on them certain marks which she
explained 10 me and gave the number
Of times they had been magnitied and
other information Net having any
taste for or knowledge OF entomology
| could only look at her drawings and
listen to what she said. When she had
finished talking about them she told
me that it was possible she might wish
TO turn them over TO me to forward
for her to such place as she should
designate. | did not see why such
course should be necessary, since they
could be easily mailed at slight ex-
pense, for they were on very thin pa
per and Of light weight.
One day when we We're walking near
some Notifications my friend seemed
TO me to have suddenly become nerv-
Gus. l noticed a man walking near
us, and whenever his back was turned
she cast. furtiye glances toward him,
That evening Miss Warheck-the
name she gave me-handed me an ell
yelope and asked me TO post it when
should be near a mail box. She said
that she had received telegram to
come home Immediately. her mother
being i'll, and would likely leave by the
first train IN the morning though Of
this she did not seem 10 feel certain,
| took the note and promised 10 do as
she asked Before going to bed I went
into her room to say go0dhy 10 her.
What WAS my establishment TO find her
gone, with the handbag she carried on
her travels, 1 noticed that window
was open. and she had left the room
in disorder Looking out through the
window, I saw that there was shed
directly below on to which one might
drop and thence TO the ground.
l wondered. but said nothing Il
she had reasons for leaving the house
without paying her bin it was no con
Germ of mine. Landlords are usually
able til take care Of their own inter
ests- I went to bed and TO sleep
Ny suspicious having been aroused
l determined to get rid of the letter she
had given me at once It was address
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
The Daily Story
A Catspaw--By Eunice Blake.

ed to some one In Switzerland. Af,a,
breakfast | went out. found a la,,..
box and WAS about to put the niss,r.
In it when felt hand on nv vy,vs
and man said politely:
Il will trouble you for that, msaa
moiselle."
Had | not been familiar with ~.
fact that the eyes of European Cover,
ments are always open. especlapv !.
strangers. would have been mora sr.
prised than | was. However. w,.
sufficiently suspicious OF Miss Wor
beck to surrender the letter wi,bon.
even protest. Returning TO nv bo,.i
II packed my grip and was abou, !.
leave the house when an officer IN M,
form aecosted me and asked hurnesl,
"WheFe is the man who was walks,
with you Yesterday"
Man? There was no man with mas
well. then, the woman"
II don't know. She left me lac.
night"
'wiii you please come with ma
mademoiselle?
! dared not protest. bat went With
the man, who took me to A mIitsrr
Office, and ! was questioned by an an.
Ger I'm uniform. He asked me mapv
questions about nay recent companion
tthen called on me 10 establish nv avn
identity. This | was well able Ia ao
having with me letters from home and
other evidences that l was woman
travelling 10 see the world.
This is perfectly satisfactory" said
the officer You have not been sus.
pected; from the first we have sun.
! posed that you have been a dupe, Your
travelling companion is man snd
spy. He has been sketching fortiaca-
/ tions along the border and has com.
missiohed you TO mail his drawings for
him. "
He took the drawings from desk
and showed them 10 me.
But these are merely drawings Of
insect parts magnlfied.' | protested,
He then showed me that they were
drawings Of forts with lines from and
about them that caused them to look
like what 7 had supposed they were.
The marks that / had been told indi-
Gated the magnified power really indi
Gated how many guns there were in
each fort
Great heavens"' I exclaimed "To
/ think that I should have been caught
with that on nue. sufficient 10 hang me
for a spy"
/ I was permitted to go my way. I
asked II they would likely catch nv
recent companion, but as to this the
! officer shut up like a clam.
| When the great war broke out was
in Berlin. In one Of the regiments
that marched past me I saw face
that seemed familiar to NE. Several
days later it came to me that the PCS
SCISSOR Of that face was my travelling
companion in France.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

81 Critics Of the foreign policies Of the
United States might with profits read
President Wilson's Interpretation Of
the Monroe doctrine. 1t has the ring
OF patriotism and strength and shOuId
serve as complete answer to such of
the powers across the sea as may Of
late have had designing eyes on Mex
leo or other reyolution-torn republics
on the western continent. Uncle Sam
Is not looking for new worlds to con-
quer- He has plenty on his own side
OF the fence to look after and safe
guard But the fellow on the other
side in search Of territory in the west
had better be content with what he
has, unless he is ready to clash with
the armed authority Of the United
States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
Losing His Senses.

A mischievous boy, having get pos
session Of his grandfather's spec
iacles, privately took out the glasses.
When the old gentleman put them on,
finding he could not see, he exclaim-
ed; Mercy on me. I've lost my
sight'' But, thinking the impeachment
to vision might be the dirtiness OF
the glasses, he took them off to wipe
them, when, not feeling them. he
still more frightened, cried out:
why, what's come now2 I've lost
my feeling too "--London Ideas,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

thoughts out Of the fighting zones. I'M
proved aeropIanes with an improved
gun and an improved proiectiie may
destroy the usefulness of the subma-
rine. Two or three years more may
see aeroplanes destroyed by electric
ians pressing keys in safety. miles
from danger. The most vigorous me-
chanical and scientific minds Of our
day are working on this one problem
of efficient butchery
! There is a further question, which
concerns morals. Where would Col
lionel Roosevelt draw the line in instru~
Iments of destruction? He would, OF
course, be willing to dismember the
enemy with shrapnel Would he also
poison him with gas? The Germans
army has been using gas with great
effect, notwithstanding the agree
Iment of The Hague conventions. and
gas is consequently certain to be used
lin future wars. From poisoning by
gas it is an easy step to poisoning
wells. poisoning food supplies, and
distributing the germs Of fatal dis
eases. II military force is to be the
worlds law. as the preparationists
have To assume. no international agree
iInent hereafter adopted will prevent
the use of any means and all means
THAT kill and destroy. A nation which
uses gas will no more spare nation
which refuses tosuse gas than las Col
onel Roosevelt tells us) it would spare
an unarmed nation; nation which
poisons wells will not spare one tt
which this practice is abhorrents and SC
ion. The most brutal. the least scrupu'
Ilous nations will surely triumph. The
! United States must prepare to be alb
solutely inhuman and pitiless, or i
had better not prepare at all.
Thus, the same argument. Oh the
same basis. with the same supporting
/. facts, can he used in favor of the us'
Of typhoid bacillj in war that has
; been urged by Colonel Roosevelt in de
Tense Of ordinary old-style "prepara
: ton"
Is this the simple choice between
{ mauliness and Miss Naneyism tina
Colonel Roosevelt would have us thinl
p lii? San Francisco Bulletin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
Selected by Tavenner
TO the Readers Of The Argus

The Argus generously agreed to permit me to maks
regular contribution under this head to use the space
as II ny am left free TO make my selection
from where WILL whether 1t is timely or untimey' 10
search the highways aud the hywa5s for what may a
press pe Of interest and value to the people
assure nv readers shall try TO make the most OF
the opportunity To do so must forget party lines
exist and WILL Just wish it might be practical LOT
them to exist and that toe principal issue On eec
ton day might be- whether candidate belongs To s
that political party but whether he is willing 10 Se's
the OF the people the few who exploit them
In ether words, my idea Is to submit information OF
a thought that would give to the world ii myself
edited newspaper. the only mission OF which was 70
serve mankind; 20 do this and nothing
When / personally write the contribution will sisD
It, and when present the thought and work OF others
will so Indicate CLYDE H. TAvENNER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

Just as one imagiues there might
be some foundation for stories sent
from London that the majority Of the
German submarines have been either
sunk or captured, the dispatches re
cord the sinking of five more v0ssels
by the Teutonic uudersea destroyers.
allies not 10 discuss tbs enemys sub
marines, for It takes but an unfav-
orabie word, apparently, 20 stir them
tn action
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
Daily History Ciass--Dec. "a.

1S56-Woodrow Wilson, twenty'eisheA
president Of the United STATES
born at Staunton. Va
1S10-Marshai Juan prim, virtually wv
ruler of Spain, assassinateds po.p
1914, PrIm helped overthrow NJ
partero In 1913 He also neipe'
overthrow Isabella and was ".
means Of calling Prince LeopV'u
of Hohenzollern to the throne. ~
indirect cause Of the Franeo-ffos
sian war
19fLThe United States asked 10y
more liberal ruling on contra oaa1
seizures by British warshipss
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
Rock Island-From River to
River.

The Pullman company has increased
the wages Of it's conductors and por-
teFa 10 per cent, but don't get the idea
that you WIFI offend the dusky gentle
man that moves yo1r grip by offering
him the customary two bits The tips
are still the long end Of his income.
despite the raise to wage
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
Did You Get Yeursf

BULLETIN-It is reported. unof-
ficially, that Turkey was made the OBJ
ject of severe attack Saturday, from
which it is unlikely to recover, as it is
believed the enemy is in possession OF
the greater part OF it, Some who are
in position to state authoritatively ex-
press the belief that there is more to
come of the issue. however, possibly BY
way of Hash.
Details of the conquest confirm the
report that Turkey was first surround,
ed by the enemy before the attack upon
any one point was begun. 1t is also
further learned from the conflicting ac-
counts Of the affair that the initial
move vas against the left wing. which
because OF its protected place of at.
tack. was chosen after considerable
accommodating. Although properly
prepared for the occasion the con.
duered had not expected such a ter,
rife onslaught and despite the one.
sidedness of being greatly outnumber.
ed, the yanquished one made a gains
stand to the finish.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

A given point on Fifth avenue, New
York. somewhere between Ssxty-sixth
audSixty-seventh street is the exact
center of Gotharnss social hierarchy.
according to certain strange con,nat-
ers with nothing better to do who nave
figured out also that the course of
blue bloodeG empire takes its way
northward AT rate OF approximately
800 feet year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
CHORDS AND
DLSCORDS

THE glass business is reported
brisk. Ignatz rises to remark that this
will likely be panefui information fof
the calamity howlers.
IOWA brewery will become yeast
plant. Headline This ought to get
a rise out Of somebody.
THE east coast has been swept by a
90-mile gale. Even tritie 100 swift
for Broadway. where speed records
are shattered daily.
THE bridge cars are said to have
carried more Christmas packages this
year than ever before in the history of
the line. They were all delivered on
the Iowa side.
SPEAKER at Peoria said it is in the
power Of the newspapers to keep the
state legislature straight, Wonder If
he was aware that every so often the
legislature attempts to regulate the
newspapers
AND then there are SOME people
who believe in starting the new year
tight, observes the Peoria Transcript.
| MOVIE producers all seem trying
to Guido each other in claims of the
strongest productions" postcards NJ
IL. f. Doesn't it strike YOU as strange
that one of their number has not
thought of bringing out The Goat or
1.-THE Onion"
/ WHEN q girl calls off an engage
ment with her sweetheart nowadays
on the grounds that she has caught
the grip he Immediately suspects she
has been spooning with another fell
/ low But its glorious opportunity
to make en- jealous, girls.
/ THE young man who can't say nc
had better look little bit out His days
of immunity are growing scarce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Smoking Out Yermin,

Can You tell me how TO get rid of
Yermln? They seem to come from a
closet which was ceiled over Just be-
fore we moved in, and numerous
holes and ereviees are left in the
walls.
Answer-Fumigate the closet with
sulphur-leave it tightly closed for
"a hours. Cracks about the door of the
closet should be sealed with paner or
adhesive plaster, When you open the
door after you have fumigated. be
careful not to inhale the vapor.
Recurrence of Lupus.
is a lupus spot a cancer? VIII Il
grow after it is cut Out?
Answer-Tt is tuberculosis of the
skin or mucous membrane. II treat
ed with S-ray or Finsen light it should
not return.
That Bad Salts Habit.
Is there any harm in taking dose
Of Epson salts twice week 10 clean
out the bowels?
Answer-Yes, II you continue It more
than few weeks. Salts is TOO harsh
all salines act by extracting water
from the bowel wall, and obviously
that is severe treatment. There are
plenty of simpler means Of regulating
the bowels.
Giasses and Headache.
had glasses fitted, and for week
or so had no headaches, but | am
now having them as bad as ever. al
though the glasses have been changed
twice
Answer-Does the fitting of glasses
ever permanently stop headaches OF
long standing We would like n
near from any readers who have ex-
perieneed such relief Also the name
and address OF the person fitting the
| glasseA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
tsraiefnl Woman.

The following appeared III Lapeef
county (Mieh.l weekly paper.
Mr. Editor; I desire to thank the
friends and neighbors most heartily in
this manner for their cooperation dur
ing the illness and death Of nay late
husband. who escaped from me by the
hand of death last Saturday. To my
friends and all who contributed to-
ward making the last minute comfort
able and the funeral success / de-
sire to remember most kindly. hop
ing that these few lines will find them
enjoying the same blessing. / have al
so a good milk COW and a roam gelding
horse, eight years old, which / will sell
cheap. God moves in mysterious
way his wonders to perform. He plants
his footsteps on the sea and rides up
on the storm. Also black and white
shoat cheap. MRS. r. c.
KING George, the dispatches state.
has been permitted owing TO the con
dition OF his health, TO descend from
the water wagon This ought TO cause
an epidemic of sickness in England
LETTER mailed in Illinois So years
ago reached its destination in Ohio
last week. a contributor. signing him
self T. P E, whom we suspect is an
employe Of competing line, says he'll
bet the letter was routed over the Bur
iington.
BRITISH are glad Christmas is
over" Here. too.
/ THE entente allies, we are told, have
just won q diplomatic victory And
the Teutons moved their guns a little
closer,
THE Chinaman calls it melley
Christmas. Others said it was d mel
low Sousmas
/ PRINCE Fifma has been nominated
premier of the new Persian cabinet
Sounds as though he might stick.
/ INEZ MilholIand Boissevain with.
drew from the Ford peace party be.
cause, she said, there was a lack OF
thinkers. She should remember that
most Of them Went merely for the
ride like the lrishman who attended q
strangers funeral
MISS Temperance Jones resides al
Lexington, Ill
| BERNHARDT is reported TO be no
doing very we'll with her artificial leg
Perhaps she is using the wrong kline
of timber.
GIRL at Peoria tainted during bel
marriage ceremony. May have beer
thinking Of what happened to some o
those Who had taken the same steI
hsf0re her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
Sidelights on the European War

The petitioners assert that German
medical literature stands al the head
of the worlds literature on medical
science, and thar, through the export
prohibition it is menaced with the
loss of its position, II IS also to be
considered " says the petition, "that il
the fruits of German medical science
the wounded and sick German soldiers
who have fallen into captivity there
will have to suffer from it."
Petrograd. 49, Correspondence Of The
Associated Press Co. A full-length
statue of Lincoln, with an interesting
history, has been presented to Rev.
Franklin Gaylord. head Of the Russian
Young Mems Christian associations
work.
The story Of the statue Is this:
Among Mr. Gaylord's callers the other
day was Senator Anatole Feodoroylteh
koni. a member of the imperial conh-
Gil, as well as the senate, who is Just
| celebrating the 50th anniversary OF his
public service He is stauneh friend
of the y. NJ. G. A. and Mr. Gaylord was
one Of those asked TO speak at The cele-
, hration of his anniversary 1t seems
| that the conversation between the two
men turned on Lincoln, and the next
! day. TO his surprise. Mr.. Gaylord re-
ceived the Lincoln figure from Senator
Koni with a polite note requesting us
acceptance as token Of friendship, As
/ a student in 1865, Senator Koni bought
/ the statue and had given 1t place Of
honor in his home for 50 years, Dur
ling the senator's student days LIN
coin was immensely popular with the
progressive youth of Russia, because
Lincoln had followed the Emperor
Alexander II as an emancipator, Many
Of these statues. which we're well exc
cuted In hard, polished plaster three
quarter size, were sold among Russian
students and doubtless here and there
in the homes Of some Of the old fsmi'
lies in Russia, similar evidence Of IT'D
| ute to Lincoln may be found.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
Bow Legs.

and the cereal baby foods without raw
cows milk do grow too fat and de-
velop ricketts,
In another talk we shall discuss
ricketts,.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

Lisbon. Portugal Al Correspondence
OF The Associated Press Portugal is
more remote from the seat of war than
any other country in Europe, but it is
suffering a scarcity Of food that is as
serious as that in some Of the beilig-
erent countries.
Provision stores and depots are the
scenes OF almost daily riots in protest
against the conditions. On the night
OF Oct. 2Ir for instance. q mob OF 1000
men, some of them armed with pick
axes and otber implements ,stormed
the provision store of an important
English dealer in the Almad1 district
and pJundered the place The republic
can guard, which crossed the river 10
restore order. was received by the mob
with shots and bombs The guard fred
several volleys and numerous persons
on both sides were wounded,
The scarcity Of food is due in part
to the fac1 that successive govern
ments in Portugal have bound them
selves to supply Great Britain with
certain quantities of provisions sent
TO Gibraltar. Under this agreement
large numbers OF cattle and miscel-
laneous provisions are sent out of the
country every week with the result
that there has been almost no meat in
the markets of Lisbon. The egg sup
ply is also less than half of what il is
IN ordinary times, the shortage being
partly due to the fact that good many
eggs are sent surreptitiously over the
I border into Spain. where they may be
sold for double the price fixed officially
by the government in the food markets
here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

Berlin Correspondence Of The A.
sociated Press Picked whale meat
Is being sold in butcher shop ID
Burg, near Magdeburg. The meat can
he stewed or roasted, and is becoming
popular for its cheapness. costlhs
about sixty-five pfennigs a pound
about half the price Of the cheapest
and poorest meat Of any other sort
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

ome.-(Correspondence of The AS
ISOLATED Press.y Alpine climbing, the
fayorite sport Of the Italians, has been
put TO good use in the army by many
members Of the Alpine and Ski clubs.
Lieutenant Marco Elter. who in the
past, has made many perllous ascen-
sions. lately took an important Aus
trian ENHANCEMENT, and post of ohser-
walton, climbing barefoot with three
Alpine guides from the mountainous
neighborhood OF the valley of Aosta,
the face Of an apparently perpendic-
ular precipiee from which ne let down
a rope over twenty yards long with
which he pulled up two platoons of
less agile soldiers who were at the bot
tom When they felt upon the unsus-
pacing entrenchment OF the enemy
and took it by storm the Austrians
thought they must have dropped from
the clouds as they said that it was
utterly impossible that any human be-
ing could have made his way up the
bare wall of rock which they described
as as steep as the side OF house,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

VILLA is hiring American LAWYERS
tie will find his troubles are Just be.
ginning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

Berlin.-fCorrespondenee of The AS
ISOLATED Press The Association of
Publishers and the Union OF Medical
publishers have joined in petition to
RUSSIAN and Saxon war ministries for
the revocation Of the prohibition Of the
export OF German medical books and
other publications. These may not now
be exported even 10 neutral countries
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

IOWA brewery will become yeast
plant. Headline. This ought to get
a rise out Of somebody.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

THE glass business iS reported
brisk, Ignatz rises to remark that tflis
will likely be panefui information fof
the calamity howlers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

THE east coast has been swept by a
90-mile gale. Even tTitie TOO swift
for Broadway. where speed records
are shattered daily.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

BERNHARDT is reported 20 be not
doing very we'll with her artificial leg
Perhaps she is using the wrong kind
of timber
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

MISS Temperance Jones resides at
Lexington, ILL.,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

INEZ MilholIand Boissevain with
drew from the Ford peace party be
cause, she said, there was a lack of
thinkers. She should remember that
most Of them Went merely for the
ride, like the lrishman who attended a
strangers funeral
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

GIRL at Peoria tainted during her
marriage ceremony. May have been
thinking Of what happened to some of
those Who had taken the same step
before her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

THE young man who can't say no
had better look a little bit out His days
Of immunity are growing scarce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

PRINCE Fifma has been nominated
premier of the new Persian cabinet.
Sounds as though he might stick