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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05
NOT ALL EVIL

Nr a#- War Street fas Board a-
Trade ans flr various ra-carraI -aalu-
i.r- exchanges are having their sia.
d'caf.1r. rrt chat COO. ar rrs han.
OF che great scientists. tho h.z1h-aar.
e1 tr speak. who have always hrrr
.ilssrt az fH. OF purely Hpa-r'T.
fIrs trading
The rf1e.u OF flr rfT.. exchange
rs an emrrra1~e measure during Tho
rrrt Few months os tha war proved
-Er.- great value. according t1 Prof
Henry C Emery. 90 Yale. whose pm.
Der wa q fsafrr. 1f fra discussion
OF fre American Economic nrarrr1-
Son on spcrrIr''ou on the stock oE-
change and public regulation ~ Tho
exchange
SpaaErz ~ tho elaborate attempt
made in Germany 90 regulate stock
-reru'lrion. Do pointed ont trrt not
only had the government repealed fre
acc after Ten years experience llt
that iu doing go Sc ral distinctly
stated that Fls restrictive me1er-es
OF that act h1i had Che effect 1s ir-
flying flc evils aimed at. NOT li.
mi1.shinr them
The Important and rara-sr-. Fulr
zion % % free speeu.atigr market said .
ETr. Emery. had come to lr general.
~ recognized bv ecruomi--E. s. new
faiIacy. however. had c-erf Co., This
was Co confusing speculation with
the stock exchange organization. !.
-le. functions o. speculation were 20 .
help direct tie course Investment T.
70 did not follow that Go was the fuuc-
.ion % the governor OF the stock cy-
change 90 direct the public by advice
or reports on the contrary. the
.uuc- on Of the governors was 20 pro-
vide an open market where business Z
would be- facilitated and strict hon
.sty enforced IS
Eie referred 10 the recent closing
ff the exchanges. Necessary as such
.iCs.uE was. az an emergency meas
irc Go had proved that without an or
.u market fthe investor did not know
he value % his property. the banks
we're uncertain NJ t0 al collateral o.
erred them and az 60 their own ii1-
I'D assets. that tre credit system Was
iisarraured. and that normal indus
rial expansion was hsmuerri i1
many ways
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05
MAKING IT PAY

Huv sunday has not permitted Gao
Chicago pastors 20 induce him 90 open
for b1siuess thsrs on fait1 and hope
fr does not propose. says Che Bloom
rE-cr Bulletin. 90 save several thou
sand af Monday bargain price,. Ha
propose $4,000 stock company with
stock at a dollar per share which
eIf induce thousands 90 boost iu or.
DOR f1 Ea- frei- money back This
O.. on vastly larger scale than tFe
events staged Or Tho smaller cities.
bat -le Geld o. fsr wider and richer
ban is au able bl1iurEr man aad cuts
fte coat 20 the cloth
The CticaEr pastors thought ae
would boz Gathered over chance fr
ta1s i1 tte metropolis after playing
,Ea ono riEhf rfagds. huf discovered
they had another think coming
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05
A PUBLIC DUTY

The burusn % Institutional care %
the eonsgmpffvc fs gradually being
shtfrcd frou private shoulders 90
those Of the pebble. where 90 right
fully belongs Rock Island. Ga is -
forts TO establish municipal sauatOr-
hum. IL In line with the best thought
% the land. - f. shown Ia the annual
report % the NatiOaal Association for
the study and Prevention OF TuhsE-
ruiosis. In the last Eve ycars. the per
r~nsa<~ OF money spent from public
fands has steadily Increased from -
per cent n 1909 60 So per cent tn
1918. and So per cert last year.
More than sec.S00 600 was spent last
year ~ the campaign IN TIE United
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05
Metz the Stronghold of the Gods"

the French were confirmed in their
possession by the Peace OF Westphalia
rSfSl. 10 remained under French
-u.e until the German conquest Of
1870
-The country all about Metz Is
strategic. and. consequently. forbid
den ground Tourists. with pro
1ounced camera tendencies have
never been encouraged around the FOR
tress The city lies iu a fertile, pleas
ant valley. which widels out among
the hills 20 the north and which mar
rows toward tho mountainous French
frontier ~ is upon the heights, the
Grassy hills. the passes, the gorge
broken. Uncovered. razor back spur
hills that the powerful detached forts
which guard the city OF Metz and its
valley running between France and
Germany are planted. These works
have been constructed around the city
tv the score. and they stretch in a
vide concealed fan. more than six
miles before the outskirts OF Metz.
THE city Itself IS situated on the
Confluence OF the Seille and Moselle,
about II miles east Of the French
frontier It is built between the two
rivers and upon the islands of the
IosaIie Much OF the city is com
posed OF narrow. irregular streets.
lined with ancient, picturesque build
irEs There are some new and impos-
ing structures iu the town. however.
and some straight streets. Even i'm
times OF peace. Metz makes plain that
IT'S calling is war. Though IL has about
5000 civil population. the peace gar
r-s01 of $4,000 men monopolize the at
taurou ON every thorouEhfare and
promenade. Around the city. and
within Dc are the huge barracks of the
s0-diery.
"Tle country around Metz. a rise
and FAN OF evergreen woodlands, is
beautiful The heights and hills are
not only heavily forested. but are also
unusually broken and irregular. com
posing q ground about a= uIfavorable
as possible for attacking military
The forts of Metz were
brrgn on a large scale 10y the French. .
and they have been strengthened .
through AN their years OF possession .
rv tine Germans"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05
The Daily Story
How He Shot Himself-By Everett P. Clarke.
e-arvrighted. 1918 by Associated Literary Bureau

Arctic wind. His fouered "a.
/ Dutchman while she wos satit, ~.
then be fell into my arms Ike a Inn,
o Lead
THE second mate seen me bo,s,..
him up and come along 10 So. ~.
was the matter. tole MIN 1,,~Il.l
had been toosen sick. ana ba ca,,.,e
some men 10 help carry min, -
but be come 10 himself ana -,
up. tote the mate he mad bqa o. -
spell and IL ne would send me- u.t,s
him nobody else would be needed
supported him down. and WHOM -
TO his bunk he first covered ne 80 ~
with his hands awhile; then 10 80 r
to me: 's
Did you see a man on tho No.,
man amidships ieanin' over ne ~
waleT
mo. only saw the man Al -.
wheel. some men holystonlu' the aftar.
deck and man aloft in the fo'mosr
riggin'
Murdoch looked up as II be was 90
in to collapse.
"'You mOught jest as well out With
IT, / says to him.
And he did, though be wouldn't -,
done it unless he'd been in the sbiyorg
he tOle me that when q very yourg
man he had sailed with a CaD'n Web
ster; that the capn was mighty friend
~ and had promised 30 make him go
officer. One day they was captured
by pirate on the Spanish main. Tbev
was all required to walk the plank. bur
Murdoch saved his life by ofcriu' 10
tell where there was a treasure bor
concealed on the ship and to Join the
pirate crew. When Cap'u Webster
stepped of the plank be had turned
and looked at Murdock-jest looked
at him. didn't say noChin'
But Murdoch never forgot that look.
He served year with the pirates
the only man OF his ships crew left
alive, then made his escape
Since then, said Murdoch. T'ye
been saflin' over the worlds waters
keepin' the horrible secret And every
oncet in awhile when q ship passes 1
sees Cap'n Webster looBin' az me-
sometimes In the fo'castle. sometimes
IN the riggin', sometimes over the tai
fri. but whatever place be takes It's
always where there's no one else. And
be always gives me that same look 8s
when be turned and saw me just be-
fore he was goln' down into a watery
grave"
The old man stopped and there was
silence among his listeners Presently
one OF them said. Didn't ir ever
strike you that this man Murdoch had
thought so much about his cap.n loo',-
in at MIN that away that be made up
the Capn's ghost hisseirP'
The narrator received this suE-ee-
ton with contempt
IF you'd "a seen him as d'1 you'd
a knowed ne was l0oEin al tBe real
hing"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05

you want a yarn, mares?' said the
old salt be was somewhere between
eigbty-tve and ninety years old We'll
III tell you one that'n give you an tee
berg chilli
"a ghost storyT"
YES. and a story OF real ghost
didn't see it myself, but see the man
that seen it and where be was a-look-
IN at it. too. and he tote me-
How did you know ne wasn't
lying
How did know that? DID yon
ever see Il man that was seem a
ghost7 No? Well, when You do youth
know there's no mtsta kin what mes
Iookin' at
TO begin at the right end o this
we're yarn 1 must say that in the day
when ships broke out with a cloud o
canvas agfn the blue sky. instead O
movin' under a lot o. greasy machin
cry below, l sailed before the mast in
a full rugged brig in the China trade.
There want DO Suez canal in them
days, and TO git around the African
east coast one was obliged 80 double
the Cape of Good Hope
"One O our crew was a Teller that
none OF Us felt Ike messin' With very
ciCst. though he didn't seem to want
TO mess with Us neither. He had
haucdog look about him, and If any
body come up behind hin, student
like. he would start as If be was afraid
he was goin TO git a knife in his ribs.
There was stories about him among
the men, though they was whispered
and couldn't be tracked down to a
startin' point One of EN- was, If 1
don't disremem Der wrong, that he had
shipped on a pirate in the West Indies.
That might a been, for he was more'D
fifty years old, and that would throw
him pretty nigh back into the century
Utore the last, when the pirates in
these waters was still cruisin.
Murdoch was his name-Joe Muir
dock. We didn't call him by his drst
name. as we did one another, but Muir
dock. which was part because ne was
SO much older than we and part be /
cause he wasn't one OF US anyway. /
Wen, one day when we was maxim 7.
northerd along the east coast Of AZ I
ricy 7 was one O. the watch. and so /
was Murdoch We was on the fo'cas- /
tie. we two, collin ropes, when we met .
D Dutchman that passed Us so near we 4
could see everybody there was on deck /
,oTabIe plain.
IAN of a student Murdoch caught
NJ the capstan. and / thOrt ne was
-oin to fan on the deck Thinkin
he'd been took sick. 1 p caught aholt
p him, and. loOkin' into his face. 1
saw the most Onearthly- it was
what / was telHn' you at fust de
vas starin' straight at the Dutchman
.midships, where there want nobody.
md was sh.veriu' as If struck by an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05

stafcf OF fhis sun. sgs per cent vas
derived from pahfic funds. either FED
Fgal state cuuuty or municipal. and
fhr remainder uas contributed hy pri-
szfc philanthropy
Institutional care and treatment ~
consgmptivc1 iu hospltaI saud rama
fcria makes 90 fhe largest share %
tire total expenditure More than flt..
geo 600 vas speu- f1r tEF purpoae.
uith an addiuola1 es-5. 900 Tor special
treatment % tisbe-cuiosir insane aud
priror@rs These figures include not
orIy the cost of malrferarce but ir
some Instances the ClEf 90 ColFtrIC
f.1r 90 instIrutl1rH Arftfuuerrli1 is
arroeia-lcls spe-t the next iasE 30
fG1u. amounting f1 little more thln
$500 900 care rf rlfifTfs ir OH pfu-
sarisr and hv visiting nurses cost al
most lF much. approximately $500.
600. The ErCutl OF tle open air school
movement is shown iu the fact that
last year more than 100000 was
spent f0- tlis purpose. a. against fl0.-
900 expended eve years ar0. state
ard CIrv boards ~ health spent $500
600 directly 0a fllrrcGi14ia work
Neu York state spent more money
Jas. year Ir fhe tuberculosis cam
palzu than any other two states Boo
tEe Uu.1u. due largely 90 the iucreaH-
90 and rapidly fcvr'1pire movement
f1r rifF ard county care ~ Che frher
rul14e PerrarfVauIa which E1e oc-
clpied second place f1- The last four
years vas rlperredct last year hy
Illinois. with Wa9saciusFffs iu fourth
place and COLORADO iu fft place
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05
WASTE IN LITTLE THINGS.

n 10 we're possible Tor the parents
OF an average home 90 see in single
pile all the small coins spent during
the wear by their family. they would
no doubt BE- amazed
The reckless nickel-hahit e. not
confined % the children By any
means. observes tho Peoria star. How
many good. hard-headed business men
are continually handing out small coins
for things that crafty a moments
whim- There are women innumer-
able who are most careful In home
and seifdeuyfnE q their
uardrchcs who viii literally load
up with trifes merely because the
cost is uttIe The result o. more than
the dropping % bits % money; their
homes are ciuttsrcd up With these
cheap things. until neat housekeeping
Is Impossible
Apples taIf eaten nothing finished
Ip. 1ev supplies % or kinds before
hey are needed. nothing more than
saif usee- u T. the result Of abund-
incc. with no idea % any end thereto.
tt has al come about I'm one gen
ration How our Erandfathers and .
sraudmothsrs boarded their small
possessions. ne1ded their toys and
.hsrished brfEht-colosed cards.
The completely % modern living
ies not entirely Ia our doinE too
many things. but iu our having too
many. To more books and papers
nan we car possibly read. more
iothes than We cal wear or care
Or. mere utensils than We have
ED %. and % on through a long
1r= Ns-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05

a New York hotel advertlses that
John Drew. the premier of Canada.
Richard Harding Davis. Gertrude Ath-
erton, Rex Beach. irwin Cobb. Alfred
Moves, De Wolf Hopper. The bishop of
Washington. the bishop of Kansas.
Haddon Chambers, Barry Pain Ethel
Barrymore. Lady Gregory. AIRS. ". T.
O'tonuor Cyrus Townsend Brady.
Commander Eva Booth, Lisa Lehman
and Peurhyu Staulaws are but q few
of the experienced travellers whom it
counts among it's guests. How inter
estins. remarks the Boston Globe. the
table talk would he if they should AN
sit down at dinner some night to-
gether!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05

John Ban - too busy with other at
fairs to take serious ofensc az any
thing your Uncle samuel may say
abogt interference With shipping Be
stfes. the old party across the water
has been too toaE accustomed % three
square meals q day 90 have any desire
TO 80 on short ratiaas 20 which the
United States miEht very easily r.
duec him without any waiting % train
"a arry or build a bigger navy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05

The French have pat % stop f1 duel
ing amoug Jhemsclves whsle che war
LASTS on the ground that 60 o. uupat-i-
otic "a tlis stage Tor one Freedman
90 XIII another After the var. 90
there are any survivors Who etiu tnf-rr
for blood there viii D. time enough
Co settle affairs 90 honor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05

Even though drafted into the army
to curb bis antLvar activities Karl
Licbkuecht. the socialist member o.
the German reichstaE. continues 20
personally demonstrate that the pen
- miEhtfsr than the musket At
least the letters he has gotten into
print outside OF Germany obviously
are dotnE rHore for peace than any
weapon Liebknecht Is likely % be
opcratiuz at the frort
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05

Edwin Couid. scion % the house
founded hy Jas Gould has taken up
aviation a. n regular occupation. FOL
lowing the example OF numbers or
members % the European nobility
This o. a promising field for America-s
Young millionaire Why not provide
Harry Thaw with an acropiaue and iet
him fooser
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05

Commenting upon the appearance
81 the super-Zeppciln the Burlington
Gazette notes that the super idea pre-
walls throughout the war. super pow
erty. supcr-staTvatiou. super-bauE-
ruptcy and other supcrmiserfes VIII
be the after Effects Just now some
kind OF super peace would De- vel
egrraI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05

The experience o. tho Vermont
drueEist just sentenced to prison FOR
kiilinE patrons b. substituting deua-
tured alcohol for the other kind I
their drinks evidently fell victim to
the Yankee passion o. sharp bargain
inE- Also t. o. apparent that even the
rugged New EaEiaud constitution has
n limit % RESISTANCE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05
Br5dy,n.D.
The Net Cost of Kissing.

An even exchange Ie no robbery.
From purely scientific standpoint
there Is mo- harm .u aiez.lE woman
ou tae back o.. her portrait There
may he other safe places. TOO. A. park
bench .l tls fa-a ul t.a uonu ar "a
dim hallway ur raat.UrI. I.r.lla. we'd
lullculaf. for the rl-rua. rs D.
guardian with au instinct Tor fore
sight and economy fog lgliautc
reasons we can only recommend the
reverse surface ut l recent photo
graph. There '- DO more unlikely
place Tor u.erutcH fH -.r.r. and five
and have thalr victims than nl the
back of picture.
Tarhoreuic germs rgr..a certain
favorable conditions for prara cation.
These conditions are. urlafs food.
warmth. darkness and moi -rure. Germ
food is rarely wanting. aa any honest
dentist win tsu vru- warmth s. au in
dispeu-,rIe element of .H. pa-time.
the rl=. or moon as tle case may be-
is always low and uncertain. and as
Tor moisture. the very thought ur "a
kiss makes your mouth water 10 SOU
can keep your mind on the microbes
which ueces sarIy go with &c.
The Transfer Of Infection Accomps.
riss the Exchange Of Affection
Tubgrcllusis pneumonia d.pl-
iberia. sore throat and common
colds are readily transferred iu kiss
ms. Apparently healthy individuals .
ire frequently found t1 be carriers"
81 dipntberia or pneumonia germs /
1uuE persons iu the iICiUfeut stage I
~ tuberculosis may infect O. sweet I
le.-t before they are aware OF the !
ireE euce OF tubercie bacm iu the sac
iva And there could be- no more ef- +
.ysry-dly "Co'l-.E-tLeiead" or sore
Hr1at than hy planting the infection /.
~ other lips.
We dare not estimate the death rate
rom kissing. or course the dangers
involved are Just what lead romance
nd excitement 20 the encounter
uliel invited disaster when she re-
larked on the occasion OF that first
lt1l kiss $40 the Capuiet bali.
-iI kiss thy lips.
Happy some poison yet doth hang
on them.
nd Juliet had never been lmuurrzaI
-aI her previous kisses bad been
.rown Co her. s thrown kiss Us sterile
We would suggest that the fore
Fad or thc ha d of fhe hand is o. more y
1propriate place to touch you- lips O.
1r admirers OF cooling. Growing ha- o.
e- the toes or tine back OF the neck a
the right place. never subject O de- 8
useless infant 90 the unknown dam %
r. of Your germ laden saliva
Questions and Answers.
Rubber Diapers rs 90 detrimental q
any way 90 use rubber sheetinr d. q
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05

Wow that member % the faculty
% ths state university has given up
bis fob ia order t1 boz eligible fl wed
the daughter o. the president OF fE~
iusfitutioa. Who shall say tlaf real
romance are a thing OF .le past
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05

After what We have had t1 plr 20
with darinE the last tuo OF Three
years from the Dictator of fashion the
world VII welcome the return % tle
hoopskfrt. or az least b. laankfaI raat
20 ts nothiaE worse
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05

The new year starts with a crafty
INK forward step toward a resrnps.0u
% noruai Industrial and business CON
ditions- There have not been nearly
~ many failures as bird been feared
and the tri-cities have Jared wen ir
this respect. az they have IN others
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05

y Chicago pastor sayF there Ga no
double standard Tor uiaisf.rs 90 the
gospel and other men Perhaps NOT.
hgf 10 VII b. some time before rna
ordinary mortal viii cease Co ...rr
that oue should AZ least make pre-
tense % prarficinE what he preacles
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05

a woman has been elected f1 each
q The houses % tls Oregon IsT.sla-
tgTs Prom What We ig Illinois ar0a
% Legislature. uembershlD in one
seems % be- about zsro iu as1.rariorr
Tor women
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05

On prom0sinF The hard roads BIN
which he fffhersd ln re last leelsrl-
tgrs Homer T. Tlce seems 90 have ~
ured on state aid Co improve DTS
own road 90 the sDsaEerslip OF the
h0use
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05

Terms -Ten esnss per week ~ ear
rfsr. - REX Island g. per gear ~ nal.
IN afvsres
Cor psai1fs % delivery service rh11if
- raaGs g. 80 ~lrrIis-f1- fepartr-s-t-
whtea sh1-.t1 also BE- notlGrG in every
fas.arce wnerr it o. asaIref % have
psper afseo1ti1ae9. 90 carriers have no
aatnaritg o. ths premises
AL eear7nfeatiors % srsIs- -rIta;iT-
eharaets-. political ar religious. must
have real aans attached for B1silza-
ton No sara articles VII be- p-iatsi
ever hssisious sfarafurrs
rsisphoues in aL dssartn-rrF cen
srsl Cn4aa. Rock Island 1fl. llfs anl
ztff
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05

Seeing that Chicago is demandiug
a strong person for mayor. / nominate
Miss Margaret Stout. FL. T.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05
We Suppose So.

7 notice where the Swift COMPANY
has been indicted. For exceeding the
speed limit2 ALFRED.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05

We confidently predict an uprising
over the change from a suzerafnr,- TO
a protectorate a few centuries hence
when the Egyptians find it out
Washington Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-05

3" ".H
other skin trouble unless the diapers
Hre promptly changed We should pro-
-l'il iaeir use ON baby.
explanatory Worried sub
-erlner f-s "a peculiar jhrobbug or
beating noise iu his head when he
hTst goes 20 bed az night. His sleep
does not refresh him and he is q little
nervous. He IS is wears old and has
used tobacco for eight years.
Reply.
The last ao-t.-r, -.,.---.
MANS --rr,--. s..r-..,-,.r-..-.-. ,,--
advice g-i- 30 ,,- -;--r-. -
t-...-
...-... VIVA. per cent
.... NJ NAT ls
.-... .l. ''.aH hiood test 2
%" t..e test De made Dog the average
months of urinterrr,Dte5 t~.,,,,-a,-.
u.rcuriaI mostly from ma. 4,rtor 80
ann sr fine shane ou1, s,r,e -,
nodes remain f1irla1a5 IL, 5ie,s--,..
places. g. If the blood ties, sb,,rs
am cured. would there he s1y dane
OF ms children frraririrq, -I... ,ri.g.s.,,
gus 1sps-as wholly upon the
j. ., WIN "hich the patient
s-,a.'l-eil'- " the patient does
-- ~ uoeCo' directs the cures ap-
'oAl''ia.s w per cent unfortunately
p",len's are wiser than their