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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-10

The medicinal properties OF POPPY
Juice date from a remote period Re
calling the highly developed culture OF
the ancient Egyptians one S inclined
TO imagine that the narcotic proper
ties OF opium were known TO them:
but the Investigations under Unger
us57) have failed TO trace any &C
quaintance with opium in ancient
Egypt. and DR.. Ember, OF the Semetic
Department OF John Hopkins univer-
slty. knows OF no reference to IL IN
Egyptian literature. According TO
some Egyptian scholars. there Is refer
ence TO poppy Juice in the bible. IN
several passages in the old testament
the word rosh IS mentioned. Profess
sor Haupt Is convinced that rosh
means the poppy. and so also Is Pro-
lessor Post In the talmud we have
one reference to opium, under the
name opinion. but that word was clear
Is borrowed from Greek. In the class
zeal Hindoo literature there is no ref
erence to II. From the time of the
MoguI conquest on there appears
word Rhash-khash which means pop
py seed. and Khashkhasarasa, Juice of
the poppy In this # is easy 40 rec
ognize our modern word hashish; and
so Il seems that at that early date the
narcotics opium and cannabis indica
were confused with each other. The
original home Of the poppy was in
Asia Minor. From there 1t was car
ried to Greece at later period.
II Is not at all certain whether Hip
pocrates was acquainted with the
juice of the poppy. According to
wootton. he refers to a substance call
ed mecon to which he attributes a
purgative as well as narcotic action
Some think that 1t was opium; others
believe that he was referring to anoth- |
er plant In any case he made but
very little use OF the drug. The first |
authentic reference to the milky |
juice OF the poppy We find by Theo- |
phratus at the beginning OF the third i
century B. C., when he speaks OF II |
as meoonion. Scribonius Largus. in |
his "Compositiones Medicamentor-
um." about the year 40 OF the present /
era. describes the poppy, and about
the year II OF the same century Dios-
,orides makes a distinction between |
the juice of the capsules and the ex-
tract OF the whole plant. He describes
The method OF incising the capsules.
md refers to authorizations OF the drug
with the milky juices of other plants
70 that it is evident that the collection
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-10
The Daily Story
Caught Within the Enemys Lines-By Everett p Clarke

Yin, tell us a story"
Jim was gold miner on Clear
creek, Colorado, good many years
ago. He was one of party of miners
who were sitting out under the blue
heavens after supper smoking their
pipes and trying TO get rid of the time
which hung heavy on their hands
when they were not at work. The lit
erature of uneducated persons, be they
sailors, soldiers or laborers. is yarns.
and the man who can supply them is
/ the best fellow.
| Il don't mind" said Jim. taking his
pipe out of his mouth, 'givin' you a
story. but l feel kind o backward
about it seem I'm the hero OF it, and
there's heroine"
''Well, now, we like that" said one
of the party Boys. we're goin' to get
love story out o. Jim, and he's TO be
the lover"
Jim put his pipe back into his mouth
and said nothing more. 1t was EVIL
dent that he had been scared off. But
after a good deal of coaxing he was
persuaded and started in:
ut was when l was prospectin'
along the creek, the first off on the
gold fever in these parts. Most o the
boys was washin' for gold right here
on the creek, but some of us lit out to
see what we could git furder up, where
GEORGETOWN is now. l camped one
night on the side of the divide and
was Weakened toward mornin' by shots
fired down in the valley below me.
started up and listened. 1t was just
comm dawn, and everything except
an occasional shot was still as the
stars fadin' above that no man has
ever heard a sound come from.
Thinks l, reckon I'll just drop down
there and see what's goin' on. So |
TUX my rife and meandered down
among rocks and trees till l come TO
the edge of a clearin'. By this time
it was gettin' light enough to see, and
l seen. There beneath me was a man
and a woman tryin' to hold off three
men. There was a pile o dirt beside |
a hole in the ground, and the man and !
woman was firm from behind the pile. |
81 TUX in the situation at onct. The |
man and the woman had been diggin' |
for gold, and the others was claim |
jumpers. Like enough the diggers |
had struck payin' dirt and them as
was firm at 'em had got on to it and |
was irwin to drive 'em away. Bout !
that time a gal come outer a cabin
beside the hole and handed some am
to the man and the woman.
Then she TUX place behind the dirt
pile and begun to pump lead at the
men herself.
Them was the days when every
line a rife was fired it had to be
oaded ag'in- l had no load in mine,
Dut l had some ammunition. Before
could get it into my gun the man be-
ow was hit and fell senseless. leavin'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-10
THE MILK ORDINANCE.

There j. reason 20 believe that the
conference Friday afternoon by the city
commission. the dairymea and repre-
sentatives Of the pure food depart
nsent OF the Rock Island WOmsn's club
viii al least pave the way for salts
factory solution OF the milk ordinance
question
The people want the best milk that
u Is possible TO produce at reason
able price and IL ought 10 be fairly
easy 10 strike a medium between the
demands OF extremists on the one
hand who favor regulations so severe
that they would drive the commonly
out OF the market. and the extremists
on the other who want no sanitary
precautions taken except such as the
dairymen themselves see Mt to ADOPT
There il nothing OF the black art
In the preparing o. a dairy ordinance
one need not even tread unbiazeu
trails TO find forms for reasonable
regulation Other cities nave Vons
enforced laws which are fairly salts
factory all around Conditions are
not much different here from those
in every other city OF Rock lslands
class. Then there is state pure 1000
commission whose business II Is TO
give advice In just such cases
The whole issue here seems TO nave
been needlessly befogged- The per
souaI equation appears to have en-
tered into II TO hamper the work OF
the CITY authorities. Who shall win.
rather than what measures shall We
don't has been made the uppermost
question
The sensible way 10 get tosether
now Is TO get together. The plan los
tered BY the pure food and household
economies department OF the woman
club has suggested the way
So FAR as the commission - con
rerned u has shown dtsposiaon
throushout 10 be entirely fair TO All
interests
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-10
TALKS ON THRIFT
az L D. MacGREGOR.

One OF the large Minneapolis -four
milling companies early in the winter
gave every one Of it's 200 employees a
check for S25 with instructions 10 take
Il 10 a savings bank and deposit IL,
the check being valueless otherwise.
The object OF these gifts was to fos-
ter thrift among the employees. In
order that the saving habit. once
started by the opening OF the account.
may be kept up. an additional incen-
tive to save part OF their earnings has
been made to the company's workers.
This Is embodied in a letter which
reads in part as follows:
IF you continue in our employ until
Nov. 1, 1915. bring your savings bank
book TO us. We will then give you a
check for half the net increase in
your bank balance in excess of the
original s25.
'Tn other words. IL your bank book
shows S45 on deposit Nov. /, 1915, we
VIII add SO to your savings. II your
book shows $50 on deposit on Nov. 1.
1915. we will add S25 to your savings.
etc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-10

the two women to defend theirselvo.
as best they could agin three men m
men, thinkin' they had an easy ioh :,
it started to rush 'em. Just then :
got my gun loaded and at the same
time seen the gal drop her gun and
put her hand to her shoulder. | knoo,
ed she was hit, and IL made me mad IA
see a gal struck like that with lead
| fired by a man | let drive. ana :
dropped the first man that left cover
TO make the rush.
THAT kind o fiustered the jurnners
They didn't realize at first where ms,
shot came from. While they was
thinkin' about il | got in a fresh load
and dropped another man This oulv
TUX two of 'em, but two out left on,v
one. He caught sight of a little smoka
driftin' off up where ] was, and al.
though it foated quiet, like a bit q
fleece cloud in the sky above. IL made
him jump. He didn't seem to know
what to do. / KEEP out o. sight. and
he didn't know whether there was one
o. me or a dozen. He looked at the
two dead men, then lit out.
81 just dropped down among the
family to see how bad they was hurt
They was so unsartin about who had
helped 'em out and so anxious about
each others wounds that they didn't
know whether to take notice o. me or
the wounded / went for the gal and
stanched the blood from her shoulder
while the woman was pickin' up the
man. There was two wounded and
two of us all right. The man was shot
the lungs and was in a purity
bad way. 1 lit out for doctor and
got one there by noon. He said that
the mans wound wasn't mortal, bus
it was a mighty close call.
"The gals wound was bound up and
she was well on to recovery In 10 daya
but the man-her father-was nigh on
to six weeks before he was out o. the
woods. / stayed with 'em and TUX care
Of 'em, and when they got straight
ened out I bid 'em good5y and was
goin' away. The man stopped me and
told me that he'd struck payin' dirt,
and since I'd saved him and his wife's
and daughters lives ] was welcome 10
any part o. the mine I wanted. I toe
him I wasn't so low down as to take
a mine for a little thing like that and
was goin' away when the woman Of.
Tered me a lump o. gold she'd had a
ong while. ! tole her that was too
much for two lead bullets, all I'd spent
On 'em, and was goin' away agin when
he gal asked me eff there wasn't some
pin they could give me for what Id
lone for EN-.
a" Well said, scratchin' my head,
eff you insist on maxim a payment |
'eckon I'll take you
The speaker stopped, and one Of the
listeners exclaimed:
who says Jim hain't got no 70.
nance in him?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-10
The Early History of Opium

I OF opium was quite an Industry II
Asia Minor at that time. Piiny de
votes some space to a description OF
opium and its medicinal use, and the
drug is mentioned repeatedly by Gel
sus in the first century and by mum
erons other Latin writer's. Galen
spoke enthusiast icafly OF the virtues
OF opium CONNECTIONS, and the drug
was soon so popular in Rome that II
fell into the hands OF shopkeepers and
itinerant quacks.
The introduction of the drug TO the
natives OF the east was through the
Arabs. and in the first instance to Per
STA. Its introduction into India seems
10 have been connected swith the
spread of Mohammedanism-
The Arabic physicians used opium
very extensively. and even wrote spec
ial treatises on some of its prepare
tons. The earliest mention of opium
as a product OF India is by the travel
er Barbosa, in 1911 A Portuguese
historian. Pyres, in letter to Manuel,
king OF Portugal, in 1916, speaks OF
the opium OF Egypt and Bengal.
Opium is supposed TO have been
brought to China first by the Arabs.
who are known to have traded with
the southern parts OF the empire as
early as the ninth century. Later,
SAYS The Journal of the American
Medical Association, the Chinese be-
gan to import the drug in their Junks
from India. 1t was not before the sec
ond half of the 18th century that the
importation of opium began to in
crease rapidly through the hands Oh
the Portuguese. and a little later
through the famous East lndth COM
pany. In 1870 the English established
an opium depot in Lark's bay. south
of Macao. and the traffic rapidly In
creased. SO that very soon the Chinese
began TO complain, and IN
1920 an edict was issued foroidding
any vessel having opium on board to
enter the Canton river. A system OF
followed, then political
friction between England and China,
and the so-called Opium war, which
in the treaty of Marking
1S42) by which five ports of China
were opened to foreign trade, and In
1858 opium was admitted as a legal
article of commerce. BY that time the
vice of opium smoking had spread like
a plague over the gigantic empire,
and became SO deeply rooted that, IN
spite of innumerable edicts and de-
crees. all efforts to check its growth
have been powerless.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-10
~
William Brady.M.D.
Bad Taste in the Mouth.

Parageusia-that's the medical term
for it's a common complaint, almost
as common as stomach trouble" and
therefore too frequently dismissed
with the statement that II is due to a
digestive disturbance.
DR. Thomas F. Reilly OF New York
has carried on a careful study of this
condition, and he finds that a bad
taste in the mouth is perhaps more
frequently due to causes outside of d.
gsstive disturbance.
One interesting observation DR..
Reilly has made is that a great many
individuals with high blood pressure
have n persistent bad taste in the
mouth: indeed. this was the only
symptom complained OF In several
cases. In the early stage OF chronic
nephritis CBright's disease). which is
primarily an arterial disease. the pa
tient notices a bad taste In the mouth
on rising: Il has long been known that
a headache In the occipital region on
rising Is not uncommonly felt by the
victim OF nephritis. and both headache
and bad taste are probably due to
some retained toxic protein which is
partially eliminated IN the saliva.
Teeth. Tonsiis and Nose.
or course a decayed tooth. or n
focus OF infection In the ton
sis. or chronic catarrh or sinus trou-
BILE IN the head will explain quite a
number OF these cases OF parageusia-
Another cause OF bad taste noted
,y DR.. Reilly was chronic innamma-
ion Of the gali-sac and gallstones. In
-
~ some patients as bitter. by others |
Is n taste Ike musty eggs. In sew
raj Instances OF jaundice the pecu- |
lar taste was noticed by the patients |
! week before the appearance OF jaun-
lice.
A bad taste develops in the middle
Z the day and lasts the rest OF the \
lay in some cases OF pulmonary tuber-
ulosis. In acute rheumatic" fever
sogrish or bitter taste Is often pres
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-10

eht- In diabetes, pregnancy, hysteria
ulcer OF duodenum, cancer of stom
ach or other organ, and severe anemia
a bad taste IS sometimes present in
the mouth weeks before other symp
toms develop.
In general way, a bad taste in the
mouth, when not obviously caused by
local conditions, should be considered
an evidence of systematic toxemia or
poisoning from some internal disease.
instead OF trying to overcome the
taste with lozenges or mouth washes.
the patient should go and have a com.
plete physical examination made-a
thing II is good economy to have once
year anyway.
Questions and Answers.
sleepy? No: L. What causes you
to be so sleepy and have that tired
feeling when you get up in the morn
ing? 2. And what will reduce flesh?
Reply.
1. We Indignantly refute the allega-
ton. Nothing sleepy about US, so far
as we are aware. Hope other readers
do not feel that way. 2. Watch this
column. and in the course of a few
weeks you will find all kinds of meth
DDS for reducing weight, and retaining
health to boot
Notice to Anxious" Subscriber"
* and "One Who Likes Your style:
Hear We. hear Ye. hear Ye, Wouldn't
you be shocked IL we should actually
answer your questions in the paper?
some readers would. we fear. So
dressed envelope-and don't write IL
city"
The Best All-Round Disinfectant:
Please state what. in your opinion. is
The best all-round disinfectant for the
prevention OF the spread of disease?
Reply.
Soap and water. II the hands are
washed after each personal contact |
With The patient II viii be practically |
impossible for the disease to spread. !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-10

shipped TO points In free areas For
merry u was possible 20 do this for
the purpose OF immediate Slaughter
from modified areas. and. after fed
eFai certifcafion AID Inspection. from
exposed areas az veil The change
was dsterr-sned upon because OF the
fact that cattle suffering with the dis
ease we're found TO have been shipped
from Chicago 10 Philadelphia. Rich
Erond and Buffalo. Under the resuia-
lions nov IN force. cattle may only
BE shipped from the guaranteed areas
for the purpose OF Immediate slaush-
ter and then only 10 points that are
themselves IN guaranteed sections
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-10
CATTLE PLAGUE IN ILLINOIS.

WIN the dissolution OF the tenn
porzry Injunction prohibiting the
slaughter Of herds infected with or ex-
posed 90 the foot and mouth disease
federal authorities believe that the
work OF eradicating the disease In IL
Iinois can proceed with much more
rapidity. From the latest figures
available "a appears that approximate
~ 90 per cent OF the total infection
In the country has been In Illinois
In the middle OF January. however.
when the injunction was issued. there
remained only 10 infected herds await
ing slaughter in this state. That
number has since been doubled and
there were 80 infected herds when
the Injunction was dissolved. There
n. moreover. no certainty that addi-
tionai cases will not be found from
time TO time With the adoption.
however. by the state authorities OF
the same regulations for intrasta;e
movement for live stock that the fed
eraI authorities have insisted upon for
Interstate traffic any further spread
OF the disease should be checked.
On Ian I reports showed that the
loss In Illinois had been more than /
double that In any other state Up
10 that time 5s.7ss animals had been i
siau<hfsred. as compared with 17.sss /
"a Pcunsyfvania the sccond state IN /
point OF loss. and fe.ili in Ohio. the
third state. The approximate value OF
the animals IN Illinois IL estimated at
Sttx7.eoo. The value OF the animals
sfnuxntsred IN the entire country up
70 Jan. n 10 roughly Ss.s00.000- These
figures % not inciude the cost OF the
work OF slaughter. burial AMI dfsin-
lection. but represent oniy the ap-
praised value OF the exposed animals.
This expenditure. II IL said. viii -
made useless Il she work Is not car
ried out thoroughly and vigorous
rseasures persisted IN until the dis
ease IL frsIly stamped out
In tho regulations which became ef
,eetivc FEB. 4. the federal authorities
hare changed the provisions Ct the
9uara-tire IN one Important respect !
Live stock from both exposed and a
ts,..iGst areas can 70 longer be a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-10
Sidelights on the European War

Paris, CORES pondence of The AS
! sociated Press 1.-THE winged infan-
| try or the French cycling corps, has
rendered such good service that the
| contingent is being increased consid-
erabIy.
Though cycling as sport confined
its hold on France longer than on any
| other country it was, like the automo-
bile, neglected by the army until Aug
ust 1913, when the minister of war
authorized its use in conjunction with
the cavalry, with the object that it
has a wider scope of usefulness, being
able TO replace the cavalry entirely
where the ground is favorable with
the added efficiency of the infantry.
Cyclists in the army receive the
same training as the infantry, with a
special course of instruction in the
use of the bicycle in the field They
are trained in the exercise of folding
their machines until they are capable
of making halt. shouldering their
outfit and transforming themselves
into infantry ready to charge in one
minute.
One of the Oldest cyclists in the SER
who was one of the champions OF
France 10 years ago His two sons.
Edouard and Eugene, who were also
champions in their turn, are cyclist
messengers. Honore Fossier, another
veteran, and his son Henri, a well
known long distance rider, are also
carrying dispatches.
Paris, Correspondence of The AS |
sociated Press. Fiscal stats ties for |
the year 1914 just compiled show that |
of foreign commerce and |
decrease in returns from interna. |
taxes has caused loss of revenue to
France aggregating 193, 100000 francs |
Tor about S38,400,00O)
The ratio of decrease was greatest |
in September. which showed $4,000
600 franc deficit; since then the ratio
has steadily decreased by reason OF
in foreign trade, the dir
ference in receipts for December be-
ing 100000 franc.
The decrease in the consumption OF
faxed beverages during the last five
months of the year accounts for So
100000 francs of the deficit. The con.
'uhPeAOA VI tODdtSO also SHOWN 10
lave diminished notably from the be-
ginning of the war
Paris. Correspondence of The AS
oeiated Press THE socialist group
n the chamber of deputies has decid.
d to pursue vigorously the supervis- | !.
on of all army contracts. The secre-
airy has written Monsieur Millerand |
emanding publication in the journal II
,ficiel of complete list of all per- '.
ons and houses furnishing supplies
the army with their addresses and
ne nature and amount of their con-
racts- The subcommittee of the bua
ct committee has also asked the min
tier OF war for all records concerning
rmy contracts.
No detailed complaints of Irregular
ties have been made but the socialist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-10

! group declares it has information con
corning certain abuses.
Paris, Correspondence OF The AS
sociated Press. DIR. Dercle. surgeon
in the French army. was decorated
with the cross of the legion Of honor
at the Val-de-Grace hospital recently
| after having been several times men
| toned in the orders of the day. He
was wounded no less than 81 times
before he gave up his service. Many
times slightly wounded since the be
ginning of the war, he dressed his
own wounds and refused TO abandon
his post, but finally fell under three
very serious wounds that required bis
transportation to a hospital.
Paris. Correspondence OF The As
ISOLATED Press. )-Gaston Huet prin'
ter's boy at Fontainebleau, slowed
himself under a seat in Il train that
carried achievements for the 46ih
infantry to the front. He took pari
in all the battles of the regiment ana
was killed by a fragment OF a shell
Jan. IS.
The -(Correspondence OF the
Associated Press. THE following ler
ter was written shortly before Christ
mas day by General Leman. the hero
of Iiege, to a brother officer who Is
interned in Holland:
Better than anyone, my dear X
can understand the chagrin you tesI
at being interned in a foreign land
But you are surely well cared for ID
Holland. l am equally fortunate here
thanks to an excellent physician ana
a ran of heart, DR.. Freyse, OF TINS
Madgebourg garrison.
81 have had to submit TO the ampu'
tation Of a gangrenous toe, and the
strain of Loucin has ruined my health.
I was, as you know, very well ana
strong when war came. but at Go years
of age the tissues are not so elastic
as they once were to stand such
strain.
Consequently. quite aside from the
fact that my wounded toe has not ye'
healed. l suffer from diabetic and car
diac troubles.
Everybody can understand that the
thought of dying in captivity horrors
me. but | hope my end is not yet ~
hand. My heart was with you and al
other Belgians on the kings birthday
as you must know. c. G. LEMAN.
"P. 81 write with pencil, as az
prisoners of war must do"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-10

In setting aside $1,000 600 to Se
used In medical research work the
Mayo brothers OF Rochester have
placed themselves In much the same
relation 20 the world OF medicine and
surgery which Henry Ford holds 10
the world OF Industry. In both cases
mankind In general will be benefited
and the advertising resulting VIII
90 no harm.