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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13

My uncle's life had been blighted by
an iii assorted marriage. In every
other respect he was TO be enyied o.
would have been had it not been for
his marriage. He was prosperous in
business affairs and accumulated a
fortune. But no children were born 10
him during the brief period OF has
marriage. and after his separation
from his wife he never entered upon
a second matrimonial adventure.
/ was his only male relative, and
after hesitating for some time between
leaving his property in trust for a
philanthropic work and leaving it TO
me, he finally came to the conclusion
to allow it to accumulate through my
lifetime, I to establish the foundation
that he intended But this plan was
contingent on my agreeing not TO
marry
His proposition to me. If accepted,
would give me every comfort and lux
ury so long as I lived, but would de-
prive me of wife and children. l did
not agree with nay uncle on the sub
iect of matrim0ny because I knew that,
though a splendid man, he must be a
very hard man to get on with He
seemed to be fond Of me. and if I
wanted anything I had only to ask
aim for it, Yet I dared not oppose
him in any Of his prejudices The diff
ference between me and the wife from
whom he separated was that I under
stood him and had the tact to manage
alma, while she failed in both these re
spects-
Ny aunt was much younger than my
uucle-she was but little my senior
and, being conscious of her inability
to get on with him, came to rely on
me to help her manage him when q
deadlock came between them. / was
born old and never given to acting
upon impulse, while she was sensi- /
tive and had no faculty for going
around a stone wall instead OF over it. /
My uncle's propositioB-wh ig-
nored my placed me in the po-
siti0n of taking what belonged right /
fully To her. In making my decision /
I was Influenced far more by what
was my duty to her than to carry out /
my unele's intentions.
accepted the condition. and nay un- +
Gle made his Will, leaving his property /
in trust to me, I TO have SO much of +
the income as ] chose 10 appropriate +.
TO myself. but in consideration of !
This gave my word to him that III
would never marry. and the wifi stip
1Iatad that in case / did marry the i
property was to pass out of my hands
and the foundation was to be estab-
ished. Under this condition it would
be practically impossible for me to
marry one of the reasons being that 4
would be obliged TO drop from aflu-
snce to poverty. a very unpleasant
all
Before accedtng 20 my uncIe's
wishes L asked nay aunt if she would
tisapprove of my doing so. and
.he told me that since she could not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13

Chicago Herald}.
Those timid souls who refuse to be
Sieve that we can be prosperous be
cause there's such an awful waste Of
life and wealth going on in Europe
should find tonic for their torpid
liVers and a dispeuer OF their blue
devils in the spectacle Of the 10000
or more country buyers" in Chicago
-or Market Week The Herald told
about them in its news columns yes
lerday. 1t is telling more about them
today.
These country buyers" know a lot
more about real business conditions
IN this country than the bankers and
captains Of industry and finance in
the great cities. They know because
they are closer to the ground as it
were. They are right among the mass
es Of the American people whose feel
inEs, opinions and convictions make
prosperity OF its opposite
These country buyers now throrg-
ing into Chicago impress everybody
with the opinion that while business
may not have been good. and is still
somewhat ''spottys" or slow in spots"
it is going TO lose that character. and
be uniformly fine in the fall. They
are proving their faith by their works,
and IN protesting their faith they are
making candid ana interesting con
taEsiCn Of past error.
Many of them frankly admit thar
they misiudged the situation a year
ago when the war began. They saw
tae upset Of international credits and
they didn't see how little the domestic
4Ialrs o. nation SO seIf-contained as
the United States would really be af-
faered if its people made up their
minds not 10 be affected.
50 Enzs]udsiug they refused 10 place
orders or Cancelled those already Civ
en- They didn't realize how the war
would stimulate trade. for the farmers
E-5-I away AID for the mechanics a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13

fs asking roo much To expect ehe state
department 70 exert the vigilance
necessary TO protect eEeTy cesan a8ff
It can emily lay down general rules.
ara employ sucl means IS H mas ST.
hand % educate rae @iik producers
L is nor lH position So conduct in
De stisn wtH sufficient frequency 90
llszTe regard Tor The rules If pre-
rau1gates Il Is up TO the local aa-
-aafjtez 20 30 this Fortunately,
health boards 81 ROCK Island ana Mo-
line have e0gperstal freely Wl'E state
oI era FL this work I'm caz past ard
rs 51aht VIII continue ~ 30 SD tH
future
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13
AUG. Il In HlstorY.

l436-Alleged date Of the 6r@t known
printing with movable types
l32l-cortes captured the City of Mex.
leo.
l704-Battle Of Blenheim
Now tell us an about the var
And wat they fought each other for
why, that cannot teIl.' said be-,
But twas a famous victory
The battle iii Bavaria was fought
between the Austrian and English
troops under Marlborough and
Prince Eugene. and The French and
BaTarians, led by Marshal FaLart
and the eIector Of Bavaria. The
latter were defeated
1865 Beginning Of AN earthquake in
Central America which within Two
days destroyed four cities and TIE
fleets along the entire coast; deaths
computed at 10000
l9l f-United States senate ratified
peace treaties with Norway. Netl-
eriands, Portugal switzerland, Dem
mark, italy, Salvador. Guatema'a,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Per
STA, Costa Rica. Venezuela. Urd-
quay, Argentina, Brazil and Chile.
German march in Belgium checked
BY French and BeIgians.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13
The Daily Story
Ny Odd Uncle-By Dwight Norwood.

! benefit by her husbands property she
preferred that ! should dc so. How
ever, before accepting the PROPOSE
ton I made bold to tell him plainly
/ thar his separation from his wife ws.
principally his own fault ana thaf
he was doing her a great injustice ia
+ leave her property. or, rather, its in
come, to me instead OF to her. ex-
/ pected that this would alter his de-
/ termination, but was surprised thar
it had no effect whatever to deter
him from his purpose Indeed, il
seemed to confirm him in it,
I did not promise not TO turn over
part of the income from his es-
tate to his wife. My privilege 10 do
so would have satisfied me with the
/ position l assumed had IL not been
that ] was pledged TO celibaey. More.
over. there was a woman whom
wished TO marry When the papers
had been signed I informed my uncle
Of this fact, though l did not tell him
who that woman was He merely
said, YOU should thank me. nv bow
for saving you from a life of misery"
Upon the completion of the agree
ment nay uncle gave me the position
OF his right hand man that I might
be prepared to manage his estate
after his death. He was certainly a
very queer man, and no one could ten
what he would do Two years after
our compact he was taken suddenly
III. He called for me and said
Il have been told by my doctor thar
! have but a few days al most 10 live
The approach of death has made =
change in my feelings. It is a part of
a new plan I have made that yoa
should marry"
1 looked at him in astonishmeut
When I had recovered from nay sur
prise I said to him
IF I marry there is but one woman
in the world I viii make my wife"
You viii marry the woman T iu-
tend you shall marry or / viii make
new viii, leaving you out in the cold
He was very weak, and I knew there
was no time TO waste,
Whom do you require that I shall
marry?" I asked.
The woman whose life / have made
miserable"
MY heart came up into my throat.
but L controlled any expression OF my
emotion.
Have you Obtained her consent
Yes
Very we'll I wis not stand in the
way of your doing this last act Of
justice
I have always been balanced ba-
tween two opinions as to the prime
motive of my uncle's act Either h5
was so perverse that he wished to
marry me to a woman I did not love,
thus separating me from one I did
love. or he had observed the love that
had sprung up between me and tba
woman he had put away But to d.
him justice I believe he was repent
ant toward her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13
The Skin Cancer.

an old wart or mole or little swoI-
5aa spot that stays for years and
years. pmple that never. seems to
heal entirely; any little blemish on
she ehees the lip, the nose, the fore
head. particularly, may. in time, be
come saiu cancer pithelioma, as
doctors calj il.
Iaa change is SO iusidIous, so SLOW
SO painless. that the individual him
self is scarcely aware Of the danger
threatening him. But when he does
begin 30 worry about 1t, what should
hs dos
There are pa5tea and salves and GER
aras and applications of various kinds
wa-Ch uuluesuonably viii destroy q
small skin cancer, or even a big one,
and. il the patient has the strength
and luck to survive the septic, poison
GUS strain upon his resisting power, in
time perhaps the base viii heal and a
permanent cure result However, the
chances are rather desperately against
rae most though the growth itself is
completely destroyed by the paste, for
there is mo way of insuriug what may
be called aseptic. or surgicaIiy clean
conditions during the many days or
weeks required to heal over the open
surface after the dead tumor sI0ughs
away
There is the N-ray, and radium;
and direct sunlight focused on the
po. with "a Iens-au of which agents
wlI completely cure small skin can.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13

stbIe recurrence Of the growth. from
stray cancer cells which have been
overlooked. being invisible TO the max
ed eye.
There are many operations which
We would not care particularly 10
undergo, but If we had the slightest
suspicion Of any little abuormaiity like
that on our tender, cowardly hide We
would have it excised in 3 hurry-in
fact We have just had one excised, and
it was mere episode in the days
work, the operation" Yes, we might
have obtained nearly, If not quite as
satisfactory a result from some other
than surgical means-but didn't we
say We are too eowardly to take
gamblers chance when we know Of
sure thing9
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13

The bridal wreath is usually formed
Of myrtle branches in Germany. Il Is
made OF orange blossoms in France as
wei as IN the United States. IN II
ally and the French cantons Of switzer-
land i Is Of white roses In Spain the
ho~ers OF which it is composed are
zen roses and piRks. In the islands Of
greece vine leaves serve the purpose.
ana u Bohemia rosemary IS employed.
n German Switzerland crown of
aItlfieial flowers takes the place Of the
wreath
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13

to a letter received here from Georg.
Kiat, general commissioner of com
merce with headquarters at JaGa. and
made public today The letter SAYS:
Our trees are dying for want az
Watering and for want Of petroleum TO
spray them. The absence Of the pr5-
tecting spray has brought more disas-
ter. We have been visited with
plague of loeusts. and trees and vegeta-
ton alone at $4,000 600
The Ottoman government seized
every bit Of petroleum we had on hand
This was a heavy blow to us ia two
ways. We have become somewhat
modern here and recently have used
petroleum for small engines which
pumped water from the wells. with
The oil supply gone, we went back 10
the old custom Of drawing water 5y
morse pOwer-Tather donkev-n0wsr.
But we were again troubled. for The
Turkish authorities seized ali lumber
IN sight We found ourselves with 30
lumber TO construct sluce boxes and
cutters to carry the water TO the gar
dens. Most of the men have been
araTted into the Turkish fighting ranks
and the women have worked heroicallv
TO save the crops, Unless something
Is done and done quickly we fear FAM
Inc and starvation"
BeTlin.-The recent report in these
dispatches that Stgncr Ferrar.-F0n-
tana. the New York metropolitan
opera company tenor. was fighting
with the Italian army was in part en-
Foneous. Is ii is learned that be was
released from service after a single
week with the army. and has gone TO
the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13
WHEN EEWs IS 1-EWs.


AaaE yell meaning aaJ I-5 fzleA
citizens have written The argus arg
.s-- +a-+ +t.f- -..-- ~,rt, s7.e ~r.h-
-....-- 49,.
''---s '--- --as - ~
Of me county hoara aAa 5ae 5a'L COM
mittee with regard To the fat4 c7ntro-
rarev advancing the argument that
.tHe ceantrss credit NAV be enbarrass-
cd thereby One reader asks taat the
NEWSPAPER Heht" on the Jail commit
faa he halted
WHY. bless vour soul. The Argus has
no quarrel with the +afI committee or
fhe county board The actual fight is
among 4Hr rqnn+v raWmagar- rHen-
selves The board is made uu af good
nen from All sections of the county,
and If Is rcf fo re doubted thsr aaeg
ts doing grHa- fa believes +a f.4 r.ght
fg fine rrar,fzas b,+ era raarg. inf This
sfrarraara fr Indictment has arorsr+
about d breach that a1pa-aaffv is
growing wider daflv ann uff. mot he
halted untu the supreme court of the
state rules On the c1nstfF73ffa4a-5f- of
me law passed 1v the recent 1egfzIs-
ssra providing that comfy faHs shall
not he erected within 200 feet 5f a
school
: In she meantime rhe county fafI fight
Within +ha hoard and t7tu-aar fin
3
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13
Old Al on Big Beat.


Old A NieIander, whose home is in
Rock Island when it is not in Indian
apoIis, drops this column a note from
Chicago denying rumors that he had
volunteered as q nurse in the Euro
pean war zone. Neither have died
again" Al writes. AS I pen these
words I am marooued on the sixth
floor Of the Palmer house among a
flock Of millinery. It's the first time
/ ever brought a line of my sample
female chapeaus to this city, and
have been swamped by admiring buy
ers- # you print this I will nav regu-
lar space rates, with & fine bonnet
thrown in for one of your friends
tIhis should have been deIeted. for
business reasons, but the bride got
our goatl. I brought Is suits with
ne, and have the rest of the milIi-
merry peddlers here looking like saw
mill hands in matters Of dress. Those
IN the trade that heard Of me 50 years
ago believe that ! am nv Younger
brother. It's great life when one
knows the art of keeping perpetuallv
youthful Please request Manager
Of the New Harper to reserve
me a sweet Of rooms for the Iaef
week ia August"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13

How many fellow sufferers are there
EereaboHt who would be willing TO
join me in starting a movement
against the purchase of pianos by fond
parents during the summer season
when neighbors must have their win
dows open 70 keep from suG0catins?
My case mas become SO desperate that
/ have almost decided to take a chance
against suft8cauou-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13

London Correspondence of The
Associated Press One Of the sights
Of London is the arrival Of wounded
soldiers at Charing Cross station. The
crowd gathers there about ) o'clock
every afternoon. Although not day
has passed since the early part OF the
war without the arrival Of a varying
number Of victims Of shot, shell and
gas, the crowd never lessons.
Charing Cross station used~to be the
brightest and most interesting station
in London, for most Of the travel with
the continent passed there Ii stands
just eff Trafa gar square in the
Strand, near the center of the west
end shopping district Before the ar
rival OF the Red Cross train. the am
bulance motors form in a line in
narrow side street. Ordinary motor
cars are used for the slightly wounded
and ambuIances for the badly wound
ed. The platforms in the great sta
ton are kept clear. but the sight
seers who are largely women. gath
er in the forecourt waiting for the
big iron gates TO open and let out the
stream Of slow moving cars. which
pass from the side street into the sta
ton and then out.
People are attracted TO Charine
Cross less from curiosity thaa to show
their sympathy The men in the crowd
always raise their hats as the wound
ed 60 by.
Phll7delphia-Fruit growers IT
Palestine stand 10 lose $4,000 .00o be-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13

ONE of the Studebakers has been
sued for divorce by his wife. Nom
support is alleged IN other words. it
appears that he was once a good old
wagon. but he has done broke down.
TIP TO those who write advertise
ments for the banks Michigander has
lost $4,000, savings Of a life time while
he was earning $3.50 per day The
money was hidden in a trunk. Thieves
learned the old mans secret.
HAVE you observed how belligerent
the fly has been acting the past few
days? II would seem as though he
had accepted the declaration of war
against him IN the same spirit in which
it was offered.
WHAT has become Of the old-fash~
Toned girl who blushed when a razor
was mentioned IN her presence?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13

It has not been SO long since We
!. tegislated the common drinking cup
out of existence, at least theoretically
N Illinois About the same time the
bubbling drinking fountain came into
vogue and it was supposed that this
problem had been settled and Illinois
ans could go about their other bust
Tess with light hearts and clear con
sciences. Now up hobs the United
States public health service and de
G1sres that the bUbblng fountain is
even q greater menace to health than
tho oId-fashIoned Tin cup. What's the
nsa2
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13

London-lC Correspondents of The
Associated Press Some interesting
figures regarding Great Britaln's naval
expenditures are made public in a Blue
book Just issued. although dated back
to March 81, 1914.
The cost Of the Iron Duke, flagship
of Admiral JeIlicose, is given as So
725,00o The Audacious, which was
sunk on the north coast several
months ago, cost $9,100, 600
Tits noted that tHe governments de-
eision to rush the Queen Elizabeth 10
completion had added an even $l,600,-
GOO TO her estimated cost up to March
81. 1914 on which date S7,10Q.000 had
been spent on her How much more
it cost TO complete her after that date
is not specified.
On March 81. 1914. four months az
ter the beginning of the war. there
were $50 vessels Of various sorts being
built for the British navy.
The cost OF several ships that have
been mentioned during the war is Civ
en- as follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13

J. NJ C.. 1t has just occurred TO
me that the Rock Island board of edu-
cation has landed the right man for
the job IN the selection of Mr. MusseI-
man for physical director of the pub
lie schools. ". A. D.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13

Phll7delphia.-Fruit growers Of
Palestine stand 10 lose $4,000 600 be-
cause OF the European war, according
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13

CHICAGO Herald of last Sunday
printed page Of undertakers' adver-
easements IN its prosperity section.
J. NJ. c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-13

THE sheriff Of Sparta. wis was
overwhelmed with volunteers when he
called for help in running down
wood nymph said 10 be dressed in
smile and a boudaIr can"
New Britain herald., 1915-10-26

dies, the Bahama Islands have faced problems peculiar to themselves as q result of the European war, notably the problem of providing their own foodstuffs, whereas, prior to the war; they had relied almost entirely upon imports.
 Unlike the islands to the south, the Bahamas have neither the soil nor the climate for the free growth of tropical friuts, though some, Of course, are grown. The chief product here has been sponge and next to that, of late years, sisal for fibre. The growing of other products has been small, mainly because so many of the male population are engaged in the sponge industry, but there is also this factor, that the islanders have an exceptional tendency to buy foreign or imported food rather than accept the homegrown products, even when the latter are superior. For instance, women and children and some of the men grow sisal for fibre and clean it by hand, and spend the few cents they have earned in this laborious under taking in the purchase of foreign foodstuffs that pay duty of 70 per cent This tendency has been en- COuTdSeu dlIu CIle liOSI oA oy the merchants as it increased their trade. and also by the government as it gave so much more revenue.
 Sponge Export Stopped.
 In view of these facts, when the war in Europe began, the big sponge export to England was entirely stop- ped and the fibre industry was also hit hard. The Bahamas found them selves in the position of producing
New Britain herald., 1915-10-26

practically nothing that was saleable, While, on the other hand, the price of imported food products that the peo- pie had been relying on to such an eX- tent, rapidly advanced
 The government in view in the de- creas1ng revenues decided to cut down expenditures, but this took the form of suspending public works en- hrely rather than making the slight est retrenchments in official salaries. More hardships was made for all classes when the banks put up inter- est two per cent. and raised the rate of exchange to two per cent. and with the governments increase of two per cent in the tariff, there was such an effect as only region so depend ent on imports as the Bahamas, could understand.
 Tourist Business Fell Off.
 There was hope that the winter tourist business would offset some of the other losses, but after a con- siderable expense in putting hotels and boarding houses in repair it was discovered that instead of increasing, the tourist business also fell off
 Outside observers remarked that in the face of so much depression, tho accomplishing spirit with which the islanders have faced the hardships has been remarka ble. In addition to this, the people came forward with a grant from the treasury, some $75,-
New Britain herald., 1915-10-26
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