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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20

I've figured it up with slate and PEN
+ Gil. and I've chalked It down and add
/ ed It up and subtracted It and multi
! piled it on the barn door, but it always
/ comes out the same-the too good man
has no place In this world. He is a
sort of cross between burdock and
a sunflower-not ornamental enough
for wear nor good enough eating for
cows.
Coming up from Red Bank the other
day, I followed an old man into the
passenger. coach. / had noticed him
on the platform. and I recognized him
as belonging to the species I have
named
The train had scarcely begun to
move when my too good man, who had
a rear seat, rose up and announced.
Don't nobody be skeered, now. This
hain't no collision. It's just like they
a1Ius move off. I've rid on EN- moren
a dozen times. and I'll tell you when to
jump off.
Everybody looked at him. while some
deIuded him with smiles meant to be
encouraging He slowed away his
satcheI and removed an old SLOUGH hat
he had been wearing.
There was a woman sitting alone
few seats down the aisle. She had n
umbrella a bundle secured with a
shawl strap and two or three parcels
on the seat. and as Uncle Jerry passed
down the aisle he stopped before her
and chserfuIIy observed:
Face kinder familiar to me, but I
can't remember your name. Never
been much Of a hand at remem bering
names. anyhow. Husband few around
and helped ye to git ready. I suppose?
Leave the children all right? Been lots
b measles around this year Didn't
leave the outside cellar door open, did
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20
The Daily Story
The Too Good Many M. Quad.

/ the old man as he waved his arms
around.
Then will. If We are so techv =,
all that ] don't want nuthiu to do
with ye. Lucky that ye halnt goin ~
run fur supervisor in my town. yam
wouldn't git a blamed vote. How5T
do, naybur?"
This last remark was addressed IN =
rather savage looking man with a wesd
on his hat who was reading a maya
zine
4 warn you to 60 on, said the man
I'm wicked I'm tuf! I'll aurt ve''
BY squash, but what a Teller We betv
Haul right off and PUNK me cause
want to be friendly, eh?"
He seemed to be a bit DISCOURAGED
for a moment, but presently his eve
caught the figures Of two females an
the far end of the car. and be edged
along down to see if anything was
wanted in his line. The two were
mother and daughter, and the latter
didn't look well.
Did she fall down the cellar stairs
or pitch off the haymow2" kindly I'M
quired Uncle Jerry as lac sat down on
the rail of the seat.
Are We speakin' Of me darter?' de-
manded the mother.
"Zactly, Doesn't look just right for
this time of the year. If Td only
thought I'd brung along q bunch o.
mayweed and told we how I'd make ten
Of it. Beats all creation how nav
weed takes the kinks ont of the s7s.
TEN. She amt in luv is sbe?'
Sir"
"Naybur O mine had gal about her
age who began to raveI out and fade
away. They put horseradish drafts 10
her feet, mustard plasters to her neck
and dosed her with caruip. mavwee6
and sage tea. hut she continued To Hsks
off and fade in the wash and finally
died. When too late they dis gvered
she had all along bin ia Law with Bill
HAYES, my hired man. who was so
gaul burned bashful that he dassat
say word about it, Better begin fa
hunt around the grass and see If some
thin Of that sort amt tr0UbIln' her"
You old crItter go away from here
with yer barney or iii be the death of
ye," shouted the mother. and as he
jumped back she pulled the girl ont
into the aisle beside her and waved
her umbrella in a threatening manner.
'W-whats the rumpaz now" gasp
ed Uncle Jerry in great establishment.
eff sc don't go I'll call tbe p0lieet7
WAL. by gum if was to tell this
to Lucy when I sit home she'd say
fell asleep and had the nightmare
Don't none o. we seem to want 10 be
sympathized with. I'LL 60. TIL git
right away and if I had a hull sck
Of dried catnip and two dozen red pep
pers here I'd let the whole cahoodIa 0f
We suffer Wal just won't say ana
other word. I'm dished if I dew"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20
RACIAL HATRED

To one who masters both the Eng
lish and the German language and
who is truly neutral it is lnconceiv-
able how civilized nations can sink
10 such a low level of hate as is ex-
pressed IN the cartoons and Iitera-
ture of the belligerent counties.
German writer's describe D'Annun-
zio, the italian poet. as monkey:
Grey IS pictured as the incarnation
Of Satan the English people as hypo-
critics with the bible in one hand and
the opium pipe in the other; pigmy
"kraemerseelen" devoid Of even the
laintest understanding Of what ideals
are shallow utilities, narrow and
selfish. British writer's insist that
everything German is beyond the
pale Of civilization. "Barbariause
and Huns are about the only
names they can think of as fully ex-
pressing the real caliber of their
cousins across the border of France.
An Oxford professor s0berIy an
nounces thar Heines the great Ger
man lyric poet, was "onIy a milk
and-water L0ngfeIIow," and another
Englishman finds that the Germans
have had no musicians except No
cart and Bach The French have
fully forgotten the name German '
and use "boche' instead. To the
German the Frenchman is the nearest
approach 10 nothing that can be
found, while the Russian is pic
4ured as a being who answers no
other purpose in life than that of
housing and providing for vermtn.
Thus enc could continue ad inHni-
tum. Hate has blinded every nation
50 such an extent that it canont see
~ longer the good each has uro-
Guced, while each nationaliry's
Weaknesses are maEnihed to such
degree that it becomes revolving 10
the really neutral reader who aDpre-
ciates what the world owes to each
Of these nations. Their endesvors
20 hesmirch each other are {ust as
ridiculous as their hystericaI protes-
tations that the other is 70 blame
Tor this war and that God can only
Pc on the side Of the one which han
pens TO he making the protest.
Yet. how much does not each ma
tion owe TO the other2 E-en in this
war one makes the othe- more en-
Client through what it produced Dur
ing times of pesee. as was pointed
out hy the New York Evening Post,
which SAYS: The French must
realize that they are now using Ger
man drill tactics. and the Germans
that their wireless is italian. their
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20
Twenty Years Behind Times.

Eslbg-ho, What do you think Of
tais2 Here we have been busily cast
ing ridicule aud InvectIve upon the
grauduo1hers. fgurative and literal,
and eudeaToring to sit il judgment up
Gil she status OF affairs medical, and
now along comes a Judge Of a higher
court and pr0nounces rs 20 years be-
hind the times.
II was this way. While the Office
stauosrapher was out matching up
some ribbons ne scrubbed OF a short
article entitled "CaIomel. the Doctors
Cbsass5Oa." and boldly mailed it to
tile editor OF the greatest medical jour
nal i'm this or any other world. "A few
days later much 10 our horror. back
came the contribution with a kindly
letter from the famous editor who ez-
plaued that, while the manuscript
contained much that was instructive,
etc.. etc. s-llI # did NOT quite. ETC. etc.
-v1u know what we mean Then the
editor went on TO say that the article
would have been very appropriate 20
years ago. but did we not realize that
calguel Is almost tabooed by the
younger generation of medical men 10
aags
Well sir. you could have knocked
rs over with postcard message
Wonder if the editor could have been
trying our own medicine ON us2 II so
Fl Is mighty unpleasant medicine and
He don't blame our victims for getting
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20
Quincy Heraldl .

There are few temptations which
SO quickly win their victims as the
temptation to speed an automobile
The mildest, most temperate man
that ever trod shoe leather. who
zwears by his mothers grave and
everything else he holds holy that
if he owned an auto he would never
run it CT permit it to be run faster
tnan fifteen miles an hour, no sooner
RECEIVERS from his first timidltv at
the wheel than he begins to won
der how fast his car can 20. Be
fore he has made half q dozen trims
ae VIII ind himself giving her
sas,' and gradually increasing the
speed each time. until he is as bad an
offender as the men ne has feryently
cursed when but poor pedestrian.
There is nothing SO insidious as
the temptation 10 speed The first
trip is usually well within the sueet
laws, bat as confidence comes. the
speed increases in direct ratio and.
Ike the dope fend. each succeeding
dose must De larger.
That the speed limit in the city.
WIKI its crowded thoroughfares
should be lower than in the coun,
try is very proper. The safe speed
is the speed at which a ear is always
under The drivers control and IN the
cities. where emergencies are bound
10 be more frequent. the speed must
be slower than on the open road.
Sparks, che official organ Of the
Minneapolis Automobile club. dis
cusses the subject very sensibIv
There is no attempt to limit speed to
the point q timidity, nor to license it
10 fanatic limits, but rather a wise
pleading for each man to let common
sense be his governor. "Sparks' says:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20
THE TEMPTATION TO SPEED

We are frequently asked whether
We do not think an experienced driver
can run 80 miles per hour and be safer
than new driver at 20 miles per
hour, No, because We do not care how
experienced driver may be his car
is not under control at 80 miles per
hour, and he cauont stop as quickly IS
the man going 20 miles per hour. the
brakes on both cars being in working
order.
Too many of our prominent citi-
zens are content to sit back and let
their drivers use their own judgment
This is wrong. dead wrong; every man
who owns car, whether he drives it
himself or not, should see to it 11at
his car does not exceed the rate Of
speed prescribed by law, which is
plenty fast enough.
when your car exceeds Is or 2n
miles per hour anywhere, it is going
too fast, and you are not only endan-
gering your own life. but you are sure
ly not respecting the rights Of other
users of the road.
you will hear men tell Of their
chauffeur never having had an acct
dent, and how fast he can drive and
still have his car under perfect con-
troll which by the way is all a Joke
because all the fast boys have had
their accidents but they aren't telling
about them), but they forget all about
the other fellow who is not a profess
sIonai driver and is nervous and
scared half 10 death every time he
passes one Of the speeders.
Therefore, we think it is about time
that the automobilists take this speed
matter into their own hands and sun
press the evil. II we do not, Just as
sure as shooting we are going 10 have
passed some nasty. announcement laws.
and then We will wish We had known
q good thing when we saw IT,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20

2 that the younger generation OF nedl-
/ cal practitioners is able to keep house
/ without caIomeL The young men are
I the ones that count in modern nedi-
cine. Nowadays, doctors do what they
think is right, not what their medical
ancestors believed was right Gallo
mel is on the scrap-heap. alongside Of
+ castor oil. where we think it belongs.
The world revoIves. Il will arrive
somewhere after a while. Medicine is
/ a progressive art though you would
never suspect it by reading the patent
medicine advertisements.
Questions and Answers.
Miuim Means Drop-What IS the
meaning Of the term minim
Answer minim is approximately
one drop
The Brown Haired Lady Rises to
Sbeak-Have heart What of brown
haired reader whose locks are turning
gray would you leave us alone with
our sorrow? Are the raven haired
ones to monopoIize your interest? A
husbands thatch may be scanty and
white as Father Tines But does he
really admire silver threads among the
hrown2 Nay nay. Time was when
the way to keep a husband was to feed
the brute. but in these days Of afini-
ties. the first commandment for sue
cess9UI housekeeping is Doll up" So,
please dear doctor. open your big Irish
heart and help restore our brown
crown Of glory.
Answer-We have it direct from
Ponce de Leon: Boil to The consist
ence Of an ointment two ounces Of
c0rdcis fructus highlands, half an
ounce of orange peel and a quart Of
water To dye the hair brown. satur-
ate q cloth and pull a few strands of
hair at time through the cloth. Try
it where it won's show at first before
you plunge. You know. there are di-
vers shades of brown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20

dresdrouRhts English. thelT aero
piaue6. automobiles and submarines
perfected chiefly By the French"
After the war IS over this hysterla
will come 20 an end and then many
men OF standing Ia the Intellectual
world VII deeply regret having per-
aitted their reason and mental
vision to become obscured by hate.
born from cause which future his
tor.ans may have difficulty in dI5c5v-
er5ug
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20

A dispatch from London to the
Montreal Gazette says that the clrcu-
lation and advertisements Of the Times
and Daily Mail have fallen off greatly
since the notorious. attacks en- Lord
Kitchener. The attacks on tls Coa}-
ton cabinet continue. bur. according
to the dispatch. III SIS thought in club
land that the government is waiting
for The two journals 20 make q false
step. when they VIII be suspended IN
der the defense of she realm act
This may he only gossip, but IT is al
least rather novel 10 hear speculation
Of this sort regarding The Times. so
long accounted the leading newspaper
Of the world
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20

Zurich. switzerland.-(Co Correspond
ence the Associated Press.)-The ex-
ports Of Swiss watches in 1914 show a
decrease in value Of more than s12.-
100000 as compared with the previous
year But for the readiness with which
Swiss manufacturers adapted them
selves 10 the changed condition their
losses would have been still greater.
Switzerland's watch export industry
is the greatest in the world. Eighty
seven per cent Of all the foreign
watches sold in the various countries of
th2 world are made in Switzerland. In
1913 there were exported more than
fifteen million watches Of a total value
Of some $4,000, coo. while less than
100000 watches were sold in the home
market that year; not two per cent of
the total production.
When the war broke out the Swiss
watch industry was brought to a sud
den standstill. The manufacturers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20

Petrograd.-At several points ia th9
interior Of Russia, women and school
children have organized societies %
handle the crops. which promise to be
the most abundant for years. At SER
dobsk in the province Of Scratch ana
at Orenburg, the women and children
are already on the point Of starting FOX
the large harvest fields, which have
without workmen since the mobiliza'
ton. The town council at Tsaritzyaa
has passed a law providing free agri-
cultural machinery for the harvesters
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20

The state board of health has under
taken to guarantee that eating houses
on the state fair grounds shall this
year serve nothing but pure hamburg
Whatever that ls.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20

Mcfarland and Gibbons may have
stalled in their receut battle, but they
got away from Gotham with the money
q great deal more ezpedtti0usly than
the eminent fnaDciers here from
abroad have succeeded Bu doing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20

John D. says he VIII NOT loan money
70 promote bloodshed Ia Europe. but
that does not mean that he VIII net. i1
a pinch supply the fuel that viii car
~ the blood splitting devices to the
scene where they will de- business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20
Sidelights on the European War

were most pessimistic. There were no
orders, there was no money and credit
was difficult to obtain. But changes ln
fashion soon helped them 10 ciraam-
vent the hardships. Obviously there
was no longer any market for the more
expensive watches so the makers turn
ed to producing cheaper articles espa-
cially adapted for the military a
great trade was done ia silver. nickel
and gunmetal cased watches. with
luminous dials which found a ready
sale among army men. Excepting GeT-
tain towns and districts where only
expensive watches had been made the
industry gradually recovered from fle
first depression and there are now
fewer unemployed workmeu than any
time since the war began.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20
Daily History Class-Sept. 20.

S56 B. C.--Alexander the Great was
born at Pella died at thirty-two'
1s03-Robert Emmett, Irish patriot was
hanged for treason; born 1880 his
firm bearing on the scaffold IS
cherished as one of the proud ira
ditions of his race.
1914-German artillery bombarded
Rheims
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20

II the Russians are not healthy and
wealthy and wise Ii wiz not. as an
exchange points out, be because they
do not retire early
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20

To live each moment to its full: to
make
Its essence and elixir part Of me.
To glimpse Gods purpose of futiIity,
To fout the dreams that luu for
hopes that wake;
To charge each daily task undertake
With bouyant joy Of service and 10 be
UnfretfuI Of the nut, with power to see
The goal though nerve revolt and
muscle ache
To know, unsmug. the bestfaI and IN
clean.
Nor let that knowledge smirch LIES
Ioyeliness,
To guard through doubt and dread
that faith serene,
Which lights bright tapers on an al
tar shelf.
To rise from harnessed lusts and un-
success
Into q Iofter. supremer self
Dorothy DE Jagers.
HOW children in other parts of the
nation must envy those in the eastern
cities where the schools were closed
on account Of the excessive heat.
COLONEL smith makes it known il
he IS elected governor all state bust
ness will be transacted in Spring
field. That means Chicago is against
him from the start
VIENNA has recalled DR. Dumba for
rusr7-Faff07, -7rrrrrre.a Ertr-- -e--- %
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20

We are today in receipt Of a piece
Of poetry from one of our subscribers
for which we extend our thanks. We
are not publishing it, however, as the
same poem appeared in the Review on
March 26th last Radclif, Alberta.
Review.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20
CHORDS AND
DLSCORDS

WERE der ISIS a wilma dere ISIS a
way"
In Chicago the political enemies Of
Mayor Thompson have dubbed the
city hall Uncle Toms Cabin In 9th
er words, they are charging that the
mayor is oyerreachiug himself in dol
ing out preferment to the negroes in
an effort TO line them up for Colonel
Lowden for the gubernatorial nomina-
ton. with the understanding that the
mayor is to be national committeeman,
REV Newell Dwight Hills has been
sued for $4,000 damages by q nephew
for alleged libel, said offense consist
ing in d public statement by the noted
minister that he was giving lectures
TO raise funds with which to wipe cut
his nephew's debts. Perhaps the chief
grievance against Brother Hills is
that he did not come through fnan-
cialIy as generously as friend nephew
expected he would.
THIRTY years ago John P. Eeyser
got job as hand on a farm in Peoria
county. Saturday he fled with the
county recorder the papers necessary
to give his SEQ acres the name Elm
wood Farms" His property is worth
5000 GOO Yet we hear of farmers sons
going to the cities to find an oppor-
tunity to make their way in the world.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20

Christianaa Norway large guam
tty Of provisions which were received
in Norway last spring. consigned to
/. Armour and Morris, Christiana," al
though these Chicago packers have
no branch Offices in this country. still
remain here unclaimed. The original
c0nsi gnment included I 900 boxes Of
pork, 5000 barrels OF lard, and 500
barrels of oil It is generally be-
Heved here that the provisions were
sent from the United States in the ev-
pectation that they would be taken
care Of here by German agents and re
exported to Germany, but the Norweg-
ian laws forbid this. The government
has disposed Of a portion Of the provi-
slons to meet the expenses Of storage.
but the remainder is still waiting for
the importer or owner
Attempts TO smuggle contrabans
material through Norway continue, but
they are completely frustrated, it is
declared, by the vigilance of the Gus.
toms officials. Some days ago Ger
man freight car with double walls was
discovered by a station agent near
Christiana. Space between the two
walls Of the car was crowded full Of
copper, While the body Of the car was
loaded with window sashes and had If
not been for the inspection by the sta
ton agent the copper would have es
capped to Germany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-20

Berlin.-The German military aus
thorities have made public the follow
ing which purports TO be "a secret or
der captured on a Russian prisoner Of
war It is published as an example
Of how Germany is misrepress1ted "a
countries with which she is ar war;
To the commander of the 18Th in-
fantry division:
THE general in command orders
that all sealed letters TO the troops
are to be withheld from them. espe-
cially those that come from abroad,
because, lately, such have contained
the INFORMATION that prisoners of war
are well treated.
Such information serves the par-
pose of misleading our soldiers II IS
therefore ordered to send ALI such .et-
ters, under strict secrecy 10 star
Corps Lieutenant Ismajlow.
(Signed)
MAJ. GEN DA&IL0E
ITO the leader Of the third company:
by order of the commando 0f the
regiment. the following command IS
brought to your attention for lmmedi-
ate action. All letters for the troops
are to be delivered secretly at once
to the writer.
fSigned) C"Illeglble)
Captain and Regiment Adiutan-
"56th Dniepr Regiment