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FOR all kinds Of cabinet work and fur tdture repair screening and job carpen-
 tering. see Barnhart. 106 Kirk St Phone b5S. S-2-tf
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MONEY 10 LOAN

new goods arriving daily at Ave g-lT-tf
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Applications received for loans from $lD0 Co Slo,000. on improved and unim- proved town property and farm lands. Interest per cent straight Interest pay able annually or semi-annuallY. Time: one to ten years. Applicants for loans will please give description location. State improvements and valuation of same.
 We want county representatives to re- CeiVe applications for loans appraiSe property and serve as our exclusive rep- reSentauNe. Attorney or real estate man preferred Applicants for loans. and an plicants for agencies positively required to furnish at least two character refer, enccs and forward postage five 70 stamps for application blanks. fuli par ticulars. and prompt reply. Write South eru Offlce. Southeastern Mortgage Loan Assn Fourth Nat'l Bank Bldg. Atlanta. Ga. 2-1S-3t
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FURNITURE AND STOVES
 WANTED
NICELY FURNISHED
 HnTTAGE

Electric light gas cooking stoves and modern convcniences. Rent per month, S1250 and up Take Park avenue car ito tDeil street. Inquire at No. 1l Dell street Tel-s ephone 1855. Mrs K Moore.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Registered Poland China
 boar. Inquire of J. r. Rhodes, Pleas ant Valley Road R. F. No. 2. 2-24-lw
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FOR SALE-CHOICE Bull Terrier puppies, males g.; female s2.50. if taken at once Phone 1901. 1t.
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YALE HOTEL.

Nice furnished rooms Under new management. Come and look them oyer and satisfy yourself Yale Ruoming House. i1O l-2 Central Ave.
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MISCELLANEOUS
NoTIcE-pRessMAklNo

Ladies desiring high class moliste for dancing frock, party dresses or street garments. call at i44 1-2 Prospect Ave. All work guaranteed 1-2i-lw
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DADS S'fABLE-First class livery Spe- clal service for country salesmen. 5lO Garland Ave. Phone 1033. 2-G-lm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-11

In his own forceful style. Irwin s.
Cobb. of the Saturday Evening Post,
writing in the Red Cross Magazine
for January, tells of the misery he saw
during his recent trip in the European
war zone. Speaking OF those made
homeless and destitute by the war,
he says in part:
Z saw them tramping aimlessly
along wind-swept. rain-washed roads,
fleeing from burning and devastated
villages. ! saw them sleeping in open
fields upon the miry earth with no
cover and no shelter. I saw them herd
ed together in the towns and cities
from which many of them ultimately
fed. existing God alone knows how
saw them-ragged. furtive scare
corresponding in the shattered
ruins OF sheir houses. seeking sal
wage where there was no salvage TO
be found. saw them living like the
beasts OF the field. upon such things
as the beasts of the field would OBJ
ject. saw them standing in long lines
waiting for their poor share OF the
dole OF a charity which already was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-11
The Daily Story
A Christmas Wedding-By Oscar Cox.
Copyrighted. 1915. by Associated Literary Bureau.

Jim RuggIes drove a mule. and yet
driver What put Jim up peg was
the fact that his mule flowed a canal
boat Jim was not especially proud OF
his mule. but he was very proud of his
boat He could tie up nights. picket
his mule and turn into the luxurious
quarters in the stern for good sleep
Most of the other boats on that canal
contained families. Jim was a lone
bachelor, and when he passed other
boats and saw clothes hanging out to
dry he felt more lonely than ever. and
when he saw dirty face children look
ing at him out of the stern windows II
made him positively homesick.
The hardest days for Jim to get
through were holidays. There was one
Christmas that he kept the towpath all
day to drive away the blues. And even
then he couldn't help seeing the win
dows along his route hung with ever
greens and children running about
showing one another the toys that San
tn Claus had brought them.
There was a small house a short dis
lance from the canal in which there
lived an old woman. She kept chick
ems, a COW and several pigs. Jim had
no interest IN the place until one day
when he was passing with his boat
comely young woman emerged from
the house with a bucket in her hand
and dumped the contents into the pig
sty. Jim passed out of sight of the red
checked girl with bucket to the mu-
sic of grunting pigs.
Men have fallen in love to the sound
of a Lutte. Probably their refined ma
lures could not have fallen into the
same condition to the granting of pigs
struggling for swiIl. But Jim was not
n gentleman; he was n mule driver. At
any rate. that's exactly what he. did
His lonely heart yearned for that red
girl. and love was born within
him on the same principle that ii Is
born in a man listening to lutte.
As Jim went back. and forth on the
towpath whenever he passed that
house he looked for the girl with the
red cheeks. One day he reached the |
place just as she stepped out into the
yard. Naturally, seeing a boat moving /
by. she looked at it. Then, seeing Jim, 1
she looked at him. He was only a /
man driving a mule attached to ca /
but perhaps she was signing |
for a mate. just as Jim was. At any /
-ate, she didn't look away till she had /
noticed an admiring look on Jim's hon /
est, but homely, face AS he passed
IN she continued to look at him
The next time she saw the boat go
~ it was in the late fan, but the ice
lad not closed navigation. Jim had
IN overcoat buttoned tight around him
md was smoking a short pipe. On
he deck of his boat was a board prop !
,ed up to show chalked letters, Christ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-11

The National Geographic society to-
day give out the following description
of Strssburg. the capital OF Aisaoe
Lorraine:
"Strasburg Is a fortress OF utmost
Importance With Metz, IL guards the
western frontier OF the German en-
pire, and the Germans have consider
ed no cost too great in their efforts to
make IL impregnable. Still. the visitor
would never suspect Strasburg OF be-
ing strategic ground. for It is one Of
the fatherlands beautiful cities and
has all the kindness and ease OF man
ner usual 70 south German places.
Moreover. beyond continuous streams
OF military upon the streets there is
little other evidence Of a great fort
ress. either within the city or upon its
outskirts.
"Strasburg Is the capital OF Alsace-
Lorraine. Unlike its sister fortress.
Metz IL is a peace city OF importance.
having maintained the prosperity
won in fits days as a free imperial city
through all the vicissitudes of war.
sovereignty. and natural upheayals.
Strasburg has suffered from fire. siege
and earthquake: and. like our own San
Francisco. 81 has replaced whatever
was lost with structures. parks and
avenues. more costly and more beau
tiful. Il has. however. retained many
OF its medieval acknowledgements
row. tortuous. cobble-stoned streets:
and houses. rich with exterior wood
carvings OF the middle ages. whose
mansard roofs are so deep as TO make
oua dizzy n look AZ rheu
The cathedral is the architectural
pride OF the city. II differs from other
German gothic muensters in possess
Ing a greater width in proportion to
lis height. II stands in nearly the cen
ter OF the city, on the site OF a church
originally founded in 5O4. and II is one
Of the most harmonious Of all the
great gothic masterpieces, which. scat T.
tered over Europe. go a long way TO- I
ward compelling us to modify our A..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-11
PLAY VS.. WAR.

csrtconist John T. MeCuteheOn's
srrxestion. based upon reports OF foot
ball games between British and Ger
man soldiers ut Christmas tine. that
the co1tending forces play for the
trenches instead OF fighting for them
has a good deal TO commend H. All
hat - needed TO make II practical
~ a referee with sufficient authority
and power 90 prescribe and enforce
the rules Of the contest This Is the
function which the international DO
lice proposed by Senator Stone re-
Gently Is to discharge. Certainly.
football develops far more admirable
qualities OF mind and physique among
the contestants than does war. and
she appeal of patriotism in the one
a about ~ strong as IN the other.
While the gridirou casualty list may
very easily be run up high enough TO
satisfy such % the spectators as de-
mznd the spilling OF blood
There Is bet one ground upon which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-11

mas is comm"
[ How did that girl know that this
was message for her? Maybe she
/ didn't. but the next time Jim PASSED
the house he saw chalked on the roof
of the pigsty, Hope you'll enjoy it,
The ice was broken-not In the canal
but the ice of nonacquaintance be.
tween these two piners for each other
The next passing message was. How
would you like to spend It on a canal.
boat?" TO which was made a reply
"Fust rate
Much less has been taken for pro
posal of marriage and an acceptance
The singular part of it is that the con-
tract in this case was made before
these two had n closer view OF each
other than Il hundred yards. Never
theless Jim regarded the matter set.
tied, and his heart was overjOyed that
he would not have to spend the com
Ing Christmas on the towpath to keep
from being lonely.
His next message was Christmas
eve?" To which he received a reply,
isn't that suddentG' On seeing this
loving message chalked in beautiful
pure W 1ALG ltAAEAS bL AlAG A0DL OF me
pigsty Jim halted his mule. sat down
on the deck of his boat with his legs
dangling over the side and waited for
a sight of ladylove. Presently she
appeared at a window and threw him
a kiss. He was not satisfied with this
and waited longer, but she did not ap-
pear again. Turning the board over,
he chalked on the other side. BE ready
Christmas eve" Having waited an be
felt sure she had seen his message, he
drove on.
The day before Christmas Jim loaded
up at the terminal with Christmas Vi.
snds and on his way out again called
on parson living beside a church that
he had often noticed near the girls
house. The parson promised to be on
hand on Christmas eve.
Mind you, Jim was taking It all on
faith. He didn't know what the girl
would do. but he said that he kind o.
reckoned she would" Dusk was fall
ing on Christmas eve when Jim's
home, containing a bridal-Christnas
outfit, stopped opposite the girls home.
He and the parson went there and
found her in her best dress. Jim had
on u store suit, and at nearer view the
two were mutually pleased. The old
woman gave Jim a shrewd glance and
was evidently satisfied. The party sat
down to supper for which a chicken
had been killed, and after the dishes
were washed and put away the cere-
mony was performed. When the old
woman babe the bride goodby she said;
II reckoned when I tux you out o
the poorhouse them red cheeks would
git you home"
Jim and his bride passed a merry
Christmas in their apartments on the
ranalboat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-11
Strasburg Strong in War and Peace

I opinions concerning the texture of the
darkness OF the Dark Ages The pres
ent cathedral was begun In l1I6 and
was completed in 1889. The exquisite
facade. with its hewn embroideries
and superb rose window, over 40 feet
in diameter. Is lyric thought in stone
and glass. The structure is famous
for its beauty wherever there are art
lovers.
There Is a rich industrial and com
mercial life in the Alsatian city of suf-
ficient Importance TO support in com
fort its 10000 inhabitants. Tanning.
brewing, printing. the manufacture of
musical instrumets, paper. soap, furni-
ture gloves. steel goods and tobacco
working are the chief industries.
Sirasburg also has a large business in
the agricultural products of Alsace. IL
has won international renown for its
pates de foie gras. for the prepare
tion of which the poorer classes in and
around the city fatten geese in great
numbers.
"Strasburg lies two miles west of
the Rhine on a fruitful plain at the
junction of the II and the Breusch. II
IS so miles east of the French frontier
and $40 miles southwest from Berlin.
II is about so miles north of Basel,
Switzerland, and that part OF the
French frontier which is opposite to
Mulhausen, a present objective OF
French invading Alsace. The city is
guarded by a strong ring OF detached
forts, sweeping in a fan-like radius be-
tween four and seven miles from the
city. In peace times. the fortress-city
has a garrison OF more than $4,000
men, composing all arms of the SER
vice. II houses hundreds of university
students each year, as its university
is favorably known throughout the
empire. Strasburg is an exceptionally
place for the residence
of unmarried maids for this city has
surplus Of unattached
Young men, of all kinds and condi-
tons. from which to choose
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-11

Il - possible 10 base the contention
that the war plan OF settling interna-
tional disputes has any advantage
over the plan proposed BY Mr. Nc
CEtcheon.
Those who contend that the war
plan % settling international disputes
f. preferable 20 the plan which Mr..
McCutcheon proposes can do so only
upon the ground that a Is necessary
for the survival OF a people for i 20
revert from time 20 time TO the brute
type. which finds its supreme express
sion In a contest or slaughter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-11
CHANCE TO SEE AMERICA.

Railroad rates this year TO the Cali
fornia expeditions. one ticket reach
INK both OF them. will be effective the
FIRST of March. a ticket good for three
months. doubtless with abundant stop
over privileges. vin be had for about
$50.
There SHOULD be a lot % travel In
that direction this year. The Califor-
MA man who figured months agO that
the blk exposition would not he hurt
hy the war in Europe may have been
pretty wise. ''Trippers" 10 Europe
from this country numbered about
$50 600 a year They will stay away
from Europe this year. II they are
halfway wise. Most OF these viii want
70 90 somewhere. and California Is Of
ferinE the biggest show that is on
And along with the show VIII be
presented an opportunity 10 our people
to learn more about their own coun-
try. There f. a prospect that more
fasteners this year viii learn about
the great west than in a dozen years
IN the past
There viii be no inviting chance 70
get 20 Europe before the summer Of
1916. and possibly not before 1917. But
there IS more than enough in this
broad homeland 20 keep every tourist
on the go until Europe again gets its
house in order And the travelling
rates are altogether more reasonable
here az home: there isn't any other
place where as much can be got for
,oftr money
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-11
EALTHTALKSaXNN
William Brady, ND.
The New International Air.

The allies in their damp. cold
trenches have not as yet developed
devastating epidemics OF pneumonia.
Il We may rely on the censored press
bulletins Nor viii they. Pneumonia
Is not an outdoor disease. in order
to get pneumonia YOU have TO live
in comparative comfort indoors.
one reason why pneumonia is not
an open air disease is that the pneu-
monia and common cold germ, the
pneumococcus. is a dollhouse parasite
whic5 cannot survive in cold air. An
other reason why people living in the
open air are not made i'll by colo
weather is that cold air increases
physical resistance against infections
o. all kinds.
II the armies come through the
great war without having suffered Sc
we're casualties from taking cold that
record ought TO encourage thinking
people all over the civilized world I,
adopt a new international air-cold,
fresh air.
No longer can the old school sani-
tartan st back behind his red flannel
chest protector and ocularly assert
that you can have fresh air anu
warm air together. for science has
proved that you can't. In fact it has
been clearly shown that fresh air de
Ponds for it's freshness on its GOODNESS
and motion. The new international air
must be cool and moving. not warm
and standing still
a cold draft is essential for real
ventilation. There is no use in pre-
tending that good ventilation can he
secured without a draft. and there
IS positive proof in all recent investi-
cations OF fresh air. that the draft |
must be cool or cold IL II is to bring |
health to the indoors.
Let us all join in breathing the /
new international air at every oppor-
tunIty. and giving thanks for the |
germicidal, tonic. upbuilding infiu-
snce of the uudoctored air just as
Dame Nature prescr1bes it.
Questions and Answers.
The Home Nurse: A mother would
ike suggestions about nursing the
sick at home.
Reply.
She viii find just what she needs in
he Home Nurses Handbook. by Char
otte "A. AIkens. published by W. 3.
company. Philadelphia, at
$50.
Good Brown Sugar: Is brown SUI
ar healthful TO spread op bread and
utter for the children's lunch?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-11
COBB'S PICTURES OF WAR

nearly exhausted. I saw their towns
when hardly one stone stood upon an
other. ! saw their abandoned farm
lands where the harvests rotted in the
burrows and the fruit hung mildewe e.
and ungathered upon the trees. l saw
their cities where trade was dead and
credit was a thing which no longer ex-
listed I saw them staggering from
WEAKNESS and from the weakness OF
hunger. I,saw all these sights repeated
and multiplied infinitely-yes. and
magnified, too-but not once did I see
a man or woman or even a child that
wept or cried out"
The horrors of war as portrayed by
Mr.. Cobb are enough to startle a hard
ened criminal He tells of seeing sol
diers in tatters and streams of wound
ed pouring back from the front end
lessly. It is a strictly neutral word
picture he paints in the interest oil
in the future. The title OF
the article is The War Blight"
Philadelphia has two women mil
lers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-11
Reply.
Yes; all they can stow away.

Reply.
Yes; all they can stow away.
Mrs. NJ. j. VI. writes: October s
1914, your Health Talk dealt with
the influence of septic conditions OF
the mouth upon joint disease. At
lnat time was practically a helpless
invalid-knees. ankles, hips and feet
nearly useless. Following the hints
you gave, had a good dentist remove
some old crowns. He found pus I'M
der them. / had an X-ray photograph
OF the jaw taken, like the case you
cited. II showed unsupported alb
scesses in the jaw bone These were
at once surgically treated. Now,
thanks 10 your invaluable lesson, my
joints are so much improved that l
get about with little trouble.
Nostrums and Quskery: am a
physical instructor in large boys or
ganization. Can you suggest a book
which will tel the truth about patent
medicines and quack doctors? Some
thing which will enable me TO set the
boys right when occasions arise
Reply.
The American Medical association
535 North Dearborn St. Chicago. Ill,
publishes an authoritative volume,
"Nostrums and Quackery" II covers
this large field in a manner most con
vincing. The book should be in every
public library.
Blood Pressure: C. F. H. asks:
l.. What is meant by blood pressure:
2. What instrument is used for meas |
uring or testing blood pressure? 8.
What is the result OF high blood pres |
sure?
Reply.
l. II is the pressure OF the column |
of blood in the arteries, which de-
Ponds on the muscular force OF the
heart beat the elasticity or rightly OF
the arterial walls. the resistance oil
the small arteries in the kidney and
brain. and somewhat also the general
tone. 2. Various instru.
ments, with dial or mercury column
indicators which are connected with
A pneumatic cuff upon the upper arm
The cuff is pumped full OF air until
i shuts OF the pulse at the wrist.
rhe pressure required to shut off the
pulse Is indicated by the scale of the
instrument. II is as simple and pain
ess as counting the pulse. g. High ,
blood pressure is a symptom, not a ,
,ause. of Bright's disease. arterial dis. ,
'ase and certain acute toxic states.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-11
Sidelights on the European War

London. Jan. ? Correspondence OF
the Associated Press THAT the re-
turn of peace may prove more calami-
tous to industry than was the out
break of war, was suggested by Prof
Sidney Webb in lecture on The
Terms Of Peace" at the opening OF
the London School of Economics.
We have survived the outbreak OF
war, he said, with amazingly little
economic distress. The question now
IS whether, at the coming of peace.
we shall be able TO take the steps nee
essary TO prevent the terms of peace
working out in misery and distress in
hundreds Of thousands of households.
II we are to do so the first OF the
terms of peace, from the economic
point of view, must be: No disband-
ment of the army. II men have Jobs
10 go 10, or are willing to take the
risks let them go; but there must be
nobody turned out until they are like
~ TO be absorbed in industry"
As 10 terms OF peace. Professor
Wedd cOunseled moderation. England
would do well,' he urged, not TO look
for any indemnity. for indemnities
nave habit of doing those who exact
them no good at all. Belgium. of
course, must be rehabilitated. We
should hope TO make a peace which
would leave the foe without undue
enlightenment or humiliation. Humili-
alton is a most expensive luxury for (
victor to impose upon a vanquishea
enemy It does not pay to have an
embittered enemy in the world"
London.-( Correspondence of the
Associated Press THE war depart /
ment" of the Young Mems Christian /
Association recently announced that
1t had established SEQ centers of Y. NJ. /
{. A. work in the British army.
Wherever Kitchener's army en-
camps, there goes the Y. NJ. c. A.,
says the Associations war secretary
IN report which he n preparing OF
the past four months work. It is 1T
orally true. The association is follow
ing the new army abroad, not only
into France and Belgium, but also into
India and Egypt Before the new
year begins, Y. NJ. C. A. huts are I.
be set up in the Indian environments,
ana TWO y NJ c. A. huts OF. ample size
ire TO be erected at each of the three
British bases in northern France
In all the camps in England, too,
where the soldiers are emitting tents I
md taking up their quarters in long |
wooden barracks of rough lumber. the |
NJ. c. "A. is likewise turning its at
ention to che preparation of adequate
winter quarters. within which may be-
oppressed all the social, religious
nd recreatiye life Of the camp.
The Bramshott Common camp. for
lstance, has been provided with four
Nj. c. A. huts. The cost of building
nd equipping tho four was $4,000
ost of maintenance for six months
estimated at $4,000. The huts,
-hinh, ara aaah I6n faat lans and 2Al
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-11

President Wilson believes that the
people OF any other country have a
right 10 select their own form OF gov
eminent and 90 night 70 obtain f.
Ills views tally almost exactly with
those expressed BY W. Morgan Shus-
ter. who after vide experience In deal
Ing with governments. independent
and otherwise. declared before the
senate Philippine committee that he
had come TO doubt ~ II Is ever wise
for one people 90 govern another.