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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30
REGULATING PuL.LMANs-

The biggest unregulated public SER
vice corporation extant IS the Pullman
company. For some reason II has al
ways escaped the province Of the ia
terstata commerce act, and there is
no authority iu the world TO say
whether or not this monopoly ought
to give better service, charge less or
treat its employees more humaaely
The industrial relations commission
has just made O. report showing that
the company, ON an actual Investment
of S32. g0f.238. has distributed q total
in dividends Of $2gl,0Q0800 Since
1898 the company has Increased ITS
capitalization from $4,000 600 70
$4,000 600 without the investment of
q single additional dollar ON the part
of its stockholders This increase i'm
nominal capitalization is to hide the
rate OF dividends paid The commits
sion recommends that congress pass
laws prohibiting the tipping of em-
pIoves of public service corporations
in interstate commerce, amending the
hours Of service law SO as TO include
the employees Of the Pullman service
and extending the arbitration aer $40
as to cover the Pullman company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30
DIR HILLS DEFENSE.

/ The Dubuque Times-Juuruai offers
+ the following defense of Dr. Newell
Dwight Hills.
/ Or Hills. the pastor of BaecbeEs
church in Brooklyn, says the Cedar
Rapids Republican. has been COM
PEELED 10 make some astounding con
LESSONS from the pulpit, He told
/ his congregation that ambition had
brought him TO the hlmEIiatiue posi-
ton. by that sin tha angels fel.'
says Cardinal W0lser in Shakes
peare- Or. Hills is an Iowa man
He was educated at GriuuelL He has
t been one OF the ranking preachers Of
the country But he was not salts
fed 10 preach and 10 write books and
TO lecture. though rbev gave him
large income He wanted also 10 be-
something Of a fuaucier. IT was
natural enough that be should get into
that state of mind He moves and
has his being among financial men.
Thinking that he understood business
he made large Investments ana backed
some uephews in making still larger
ones. He made Investments in real
estate. and even jn mines we be-
lieve with tine inevitable result-fatI-
UTe. financial 'wipiuz out and
humiliation. suits ana libel proceed
ings even. In the completely OF
matters the pastor made his confess
sions Of failure and threw himself ou
the mercy of his church
He should be forgiven and retained.
for he viii ne q n1tFar reras cher -1-,r-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30

ty as to whether these rules have to
be followed or whether some liberty
can be taken with them.
Each act must be performed regu-
larry under given conditions, and there
must be no exceptions. No doubt as 10
this should be left in the chiId's mind.
It is a cruelty TO a child to debate
with him every morning whether he
should get Up or not. There should
be no room for debate. I do not be
heve in Spartan training. But there
are certain activities that must be per
formed by young or old every day. and
they ought to be performed with reg
ularity and with no variation. Then
the body and mind, viii work out
certain program, and get running on
this program, and friction and wear
and tear win be reduced 20 a mini
mum: otherwise most Of the energy
will be spent in overcoming resistance
OF one kind or another-M. Y. 0,Sbea
"a oMfher's Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30
FORMING HABITS

Parents frequently complain that
children do not come TO meals on time.
that they do not get out Of bed when
they should. that they are habitually
late at school and SO on. Parents
themselves are often responsible for
these shortcomings in their children.
Fer instance. three brothers attend
a school which opens at $50. three
tourths OF mile distant They ought
TO be out of bed at Gts0 and such is the
RULE but all sorts Of conditions are
permitted to interfere. One night q
caller viii keep the boys up late. Next
morning the mother Will let them sleep
late because boys must have their
fun amount Of sleep anyway"
Every Friday night they go 10
party and on Saturday morning moth
or disdkes TO drag the boys out"
and SO they stick to their beds an
hour longer than the rest of the fam
iiy. They are 50 late on Sunday
morning that they are often tardy at
church II is just as hard. the moth
er says, 70 get them up at half-past
eight on Sunday as at haI9-past six on
Monday. No matter when the invita-
lion comes 10 get up. whether late or
early, they decline ii and resist ex-
Aortatlon As long as they think it isl
wise 10 DO
When 8 household rule is always
1oeyed without exceptions, obedience
IS comparatively easy IndecIsion ana
doubt cause a mental struggle which
brings discomfort in performing any
action. Most OF the distress connect
ed with such matters As arising in the
being at meals on time. or
prompt al school is due 10 mental
conflict arising cut Of lack OF certain I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30

ministers has grown faster than the
nLmber OF lawyers or physicians. IN
this 80 years. the United States cen
sas being witness. tine number Of min
listers had increased from 81 SOS to
I32.9ss, or had more than doubled. The
lawyers have increased from 81, 337 70
1918, while in the same tine the
number Of physicians has grown from
s5.67l to 1885. The eleFgymen alone
have grown faster than the population.
Further. the number Of theological
students in the United States has
doubled fin 20 Years There were 5--5z
In 1880 and 1886 ia 1913, while tH
Germany theological students have
fallen or 0ne-ba5f ia this generation.
and lu England the number has rel
NAMED tha same During the last So
years the population has trehLed while
the value of church property has
grown sixsgoid. during the same time
national wealth has increased from
grown skiold during the same time
church membership increased from
twenty and one-haI1 millions 20
rhlrtv-thrae mllfons-aboas sixty per
cent which was greater than the in
crease ID population IN So years. from
1880 10 1908, church zittiBgs have
grown from 60 per cent Of the popula-
zion to 80 per cent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30

Fauze soaked IN d solution containing
one ounce OF aluminium acetate Ia
ten ounces saturated solution of
boric acid, the whole wet dressing
covered by a loose rubber hnger-cat.
Severe cases require incision and
drainage
White speaking or marking on the
nail IS due to air bubbles IN the nail.
1T does net indicate or foFeteu any
illness.
Ingrowing nail is caused By de-
generate footgear. Pointed shoes,
narrow shoes and shoes with diverg-
ing inside sole lines make ingr0wjng
nail Mid cases are helped by mar
row strips Of adhesive plaster SO ap-
piled as to- draw the sore skin edge
away from the nail If there is gran
ulaticn tissue in the furr0w proud
dash3, it must be cut away burned
away with lunar caustie. OF shrIT-
aned with alum or other astringenL
Appliances other than correct shoes
are useless for ingrowIng nail Bad
cases require surgical relief at the
hands Of a doctor.
That poison which the ancfents
made of dngernaiIs was undoubtedly
the cultured microbes the then
worthless carried. as do their modern
descendants, in the furrow beneath
the nails.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30

Z tbok ms vacation in October in
my ranabout.
One. evening I was keeping an eye
OUT far place to stay over when 1
came he a neat looking house not a
farmb8ase-thatl looked as if il was or
had been inhabited by refined people.
But what attracted my attention was
sign fastened To the gate bearing
the words Matrimonial Agency 20
seemed rather 70 me that they should
be Counting Quarters, The place
was certainly very cezy-
1T is needless TO add that l pat up
at the house was received by an
elderly lady whose manner seemed
quite too refined and eourtly for an
occupant of such a modest establish
menE j asked her If she were the
matrimonial agent. and she said she
was not Fer daughter was trying to-
make something in that way. She
never appeared 10 strangers unless
they called professionally. Being cur
i0us. told the mother that 1 was
ready for wife whenever fate should
throw one into my hands and. hand
ing her a fee in advance, asked TO see
her daughter
] expected to meet an angular old
maid or widow What was my surprise
when the plumpest. rosiest little crea-
ture came into the room, smiling from
her eyebrows to the tip of her dim
pied chin She appeared TO be about
If years old. though she was 20. Com
ing an once TO business, she asked.
DO You prefer a blonde or q dru-
nerta9~
Looking into her blue eyes. I told
her that I preferred blonde But 7
added. before coming to particulars
] should like TO talk with YOU about
matrfuonv DO Won recommend it2'
"Ir would be absurd for me to rec
ommend what is so important part,
if not the most important part, Of ma
ture"
IL struck me that this was evadjng
responsibility wondered at one So
young being so diplomatic.
"Do vau vouch for the persons you
INTRODUCED" I asked.
"0uly for their respectabilitv"
"Then YOU do not guarantee happi-
uess2"
"I do not The happiness OF married
persons depends only on themselves. p
Have You made many matches2'
"A number OF persons I have brought
together have married"
Have she Unions usually turned ont
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30
Sidelights on the European War

DuukirE-(C Correspondence Of The
. Associated Press.4 The remarkable
development i'm technique and train
ing Of the French artillery. service is
indicated by the fact that ali British
artillery recruits newly arrived in
Frauch are sent first of an for q week s
training with French batteries
A British general writing TO a
French newspaper, describes the
methods Of training adopted by the
British staff Each fresh British in
fantry brigade" he says, Joins a Brit
tsh division for a period of 10 days TO
.amiIiarzze itself with trench work. bat
our artillery is turned over to the
French gunners for its preliminary in
strucr0n- The French artillerymen
are ais charming as possible The
French officers neglect nothing in or
der to make tina work as agreeable and
instructive as possible to our men
Of all RANKS. This is how we spent
yesterday.
-Oua of my guns was carefully
drawn to the position at present oc-
eupied by 2 French gun in the center
of French battery. Our men worked
their best to do things smoothly and
wen under the eyes of the French
EunneTs- After having placed the
British gun i'm the right spot. our Off
Ger obtained from the Frnech obser-
walton post the exact location OF a
machine gun empiacement situated a.
g range Of about 1900 Yards. The
French knew this empIacemant ana
we're able TO help US to time our fuses
with great accuracy. Indeed. thew
showed themselves masters in the art
Of making our men believe that they
were doing things themselves. Then we
fired our gun. and at the second shot
TO our great joy the German emplace-
ment was destroyed The French gun
ners congratulated as heartily.
after our practice was over. tea
Was served on white cloth in a ref
uge down below in the depth of the
earth, secure against schrapnel.
To-day the same position will be oe-
eupied by three French guns and one
English gun. tomorrow by two French
guns and two English. next by three
English and one French All this time
the battery viii be commanded BY
French battery commander. who NTH
eFto mas never seen British gunners.
Only when the battery consists of four
English guns viii . British officer take
command Of il. Until then he will re-
main as long as necessary receiving
with MS British guuners. indications
and Instructions with regard TO the
country drawn from the experience of.
iAe French gunners. who have held the
position since November. 1914 only
one man can command a battery of
TOUR guns, and that is always the man
who has been longest on the SPOT
without respect TO nationality or sen
ioritt.
4 need not tell you that the French
are most agreeable comrades. and our
men viii be genuinely sorry when
.hey leave US. In the meantime moth
ing could be better than the instrue-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30
The Daily Story
NV Agent BY F. A. Mitchell.

a model, and nothing I could ia II
persuade her 10 drop her Drofessjonor
attitude had any effect upon her. Ha-
method was to give her business carst
to the man Of the couple she proposas
to bring together with the name IA
address Of the lady ON il But M
never introduced couple unless shs
rad thoroughly Investigated both ps,
ties and she was satisfied that saa
was in earnest in seeking d matr.
monial mate
Before leaving 7 gave her my mans
and address. with references 10 ar.
tain cronies OF mine whom I wu.s
trust. I had no idea Of having her ID.
rroduce me to a possible wife MY al.
fect was to visit her again. and
knew she would not receive me unlaes
/ satisfied her shat nav application vas
bona f5e Indeed, In one respect HI
was bona ade I was willing to con.
slider the agent herself as a passibls
wife-not that I had made up ms min
to any such result, bur it was pleasant
10 con template
The matrimonial aaencv.was not tr
distant from my home. and A fortnight
after my return ] ran out in nv car Ia
see the agent agar. She Informed me
which I already knew -5ba- the re-
ports of me We're satisfactory aud shn
was ready to give me card 10 an
young lady who Was looking for a hHs.
band. I took the card, but informed
the agent that. being very busy. (
might not soon deliver H. N0t wish
ing that she should be- delayed in re-
ceiying her fee. ] handed Aeg another
retainer She took it m q business
like manner and told me ] was wei
come to take my own time in the
matter
When J called again Tt6id the agent
that j should like several tuu0dae
fions. stating at the same time that
would choose a. wife from among those
in whom she was interested. She con-
scented to this. and left har During
She winter 7 went rs see her q number
of times. always apoIogiziug for not
having called on snv of the Young Ia
dies whose addresses she had given
me.
Toward spring after having called
on the agent many times and upon
none of those she had recommended /
went to see her for rha last time as
client told her that had decided
on a. wife and it only remained for the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30
WITH OTHER EDITORS

There is no truth in the rumors cur
rent in the United States that Petro-
grad was to be renamed Retrograde.
Manila Times,
Those French ana English fnau-
ciers do net want very much OF q loan.
Still It is just as easy to ask for a
billion as it is TO say lend ne s5.'-
Merjden Comm Journal
a Winchester family was poisoned
by drinking cider. It's got to a point
where distilled water administered bv
a chemist IS about the ouly thing a.
person can depend oB.-IDdianapoIs
News,
We observe that the Krupps have
subscribed another sI0,00000o from
their right-hand pocket To their left
hand pockeC-Bostou Transcript.
a West Point Miss. family sat in
the breeze Of a fan and stfu com
planned of the heat The rear of the
house was on 6re.-Pfna Blum fArk1
Commercial
Here is the latest nickel classic ~ne
jltneybus non est disputandum. 81
meaning. There IS 10 dfsputng about
Observation-Disclosures Mass Tele-
gram.
A California man whose wife mar
RED few minutes after getting a 5I-
Force. waited "a few DAYS himself.
Woman was always the more fearless
Detroit Free Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30
anothers Opinions.

Suspicious are often worse than
facts.
Nothing flatters a fool so much as
asking his advice
a good cook should Be at tina head
of every provisional government
a man is apt to feel glrGsb when
he is making bis maiden speech
The girl with the biggest patrimouy
has the best chance for matFim0uv.
But a man soon farsets his faults
when they are known only to himself.
The only blusterer from which a
brave man will take a blow is the
wind
Instead OF waiting for rich uncle
to die so and take lessons Of the fu-
dustrious ant.
The girl who doesn't use slang may
be more attractive than the one who
does. but she is less numerous.
ANY man has a right to consider
himself q gifted orator who can get
people to stay in a room and listen is
him talk for two hours s. the door isn't
locked Chicago News
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30

The bull is male ramjuant. specta-
caiiy ne COW. The bull is a historical
animal He has been worshiped in
Egypt, thrown in the cattle country.
fought IN Mexico and Spain and canned
la lhIeago. The Egyptians called him
apis ana built temples to him. bat bull
"oFsnlp vas not q profitable business.
= an Jae Egyptians Who followed the
euH are either dust or mummies and
nave been 50 for centuries On the
other Aand' canning the bun has made
g Hoes OF millionaires, SO the live ones
e. erEWaere have adopted the western
idsa and pretty generally can the buli.
ont be bull tArower-Judge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30

Mayor McConochie says there will
be no evasion Of the Rock Island lit
bus ordinance, In Moline the opera
tors merely removed their signs and
continued in business as taxicahs. IN
Rock Island the police know the men
who are plotting 3itbusses and they
gill be Instructed TO see that the lat
ter are provided with the necessary
permit called fer by the new ordin-
ance. 1t remains TO be seen whether
the jitbus operators intend voIuntar-
liy conforming 20 the new require
aenfs, as they have indicated that 1t
their purpose 10 do, It is 70 be
0ped that they are in earnest Thus
the lrresponsibIes viii be eliminated
and those who are in the business on
a legitimate basis VIII stand q better
chance OF surviving
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30
MORE MEN FOR MINISTRY.

There has been much complaining
mad commenting about the falling off
.n the number OF men going into the
ministry Most q the complaining
has been founded on feeling. says the
Congreg aEonalist, rather than figures.
and sentiment, rather than statistics
Talbot Williams. director of the PulIt-
ger school Of journalism. Colum bis
university, brought some facts ana fig
sres which are reassaring 10 tha
graduating class Of Hartford tbeologi-
cal sem mary. Air. Williams asserted
that from 1850 70 1910 the number Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30

zion given TO our eHu1ers, who are
=tilI inexperienced. Twelve VI uy IS
batteries are now subject 10 the con
dtious I have described
London Correspondence Of The
Associated Press1 An amaIEamation
0fthe three largest dairy companies ia
England has just been effected here.
The new corporation. To be known as
the United Diaries, has q capital 81
$4,000 600 and will control the bulk o.
the trade Of London and the surround
ing district.
According Go The big daIrv msn, the
combination was made necessary by
the strength Of the farmers. organs
cation, which fixes the wholesale
prices which the dairy companies must
pay for milk. These farmers s0ciet-
les, which are banded together 10 O.
strong central body, have recently been
considering radical changes 30 che mils
contracts, and their delegates Wi.t meet
this month TO 6x the wholesale prices
for the coming IL months IT IS eE-
pected that they viii fix figure that
viii give the farmer q generous profit
according TO current report. .be prirs
determined upon is 20 cents go 53 cents
per gallon practically g cents PER
quart wholesale. AS the average cost
for retailing is @ little more than
cents a quart this will nsce5 state ta'
r-s-r a-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30

President Wilson continues to be
polite butt firm Or Dumba, the Of
Tending Austrian minister, has not
succeeded in getting away On any
leave Of absence subterfuge. After
waiting tili the boat was about ready
81 sail and seeing that there was no
Ehaw Dumba finally announced that he
had been recalled and the government
Immediately gave him safe conduct
These formalities are not SO vital
here, hut they are peculiarly impress
siye as seen abroad
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30

Several American miIli0naires and
miltonairesses who turned their backs
on their native land to become sub
tects of England in order that they
might touch elbows with royalty and
escape what they termed unjust taxa
Ion I'm This country have had an
awakening in the past few weeks
since the kings government ordered
an extensive Increase ia the income
tax levy To help meet the growing ex-
penses of the war
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30

To no other class Of men more than
to the life insurance salesman falls the
duty Of replacing ignorance with en-
d.htment- selfishness with benevol-
eHce. Indifference with love. uegI-
gence with providence. He is con
server Of the home, he aueviates mis-
cry and dispenses comfort. He re-
quires the sturdy motive temperament
OF the reformer. with am unc0nauer-
able purpose, conscious that his cause
is just and noble; and in handling peg
pie and overcoming prejudice and fg-
noranee he is a psychologist. a true
disciple Of the most benefcent fnsti-
tuition of modern times. 2 high priest
Of the Temple Of Progress Rockford
Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30

The eastern miIliDnaires who have
organized a society 10 oppose any
disturbance Of the tariff except
through scientific commission Will
be somewhat Jared by the announce
ment that President Wilson is gath
ering facts for the parpose Of recon-
mendiug chat congress revise certain
schedules held to be. unjust to either
consumer or producer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30

If is fact that to ghe casual az
server. all frees look presag much the
same In some respects at least Bl.
If one looks carefully at me twigs d
almost any tree. or. stHl better 81 the
young shoots of some rapidly gr7Tia5
plant they are pretty certain t2 dls'
cover that 30 two leaves occupy a.
Same position.
The fact is. however. that's leaf dos'
not keep always in one position p
erybody knows that tley wl dro92
and stand erect again. and tna. sons
plants sleep at eertau times oi las
day A house plant moreover grow
toward the light and II the pots e
turned about SD that the leaves IA.
away from the window 1T takes oha
a day or SO for them to assume thsi
old positions
II now enc looks carefully foF =
joints where thts bending IS done q
can see at once that nearly all ~
leaves have two Exchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30

James A. patten,s the Chicago grain
Spectator. says he is going to take
a piece Of the war loan Jim rarely
gets on the wrong end Of the money.
fact which doubtless will serve as
eucouragement to those who have en-
terCained misgivina7 as to the ability
of the foreign powers to redeem the
bonds at maturity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30

Which is best to take as an ant-acid.
soda or magnesia2
Answer MIX of maEuesia is pref
cradle as a rule
Carbon in cylinders.
IF one gets charcoal ia the nose viii
it do any harm2
Answer-N0t more than ordinary
dust.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30

Congress zman Jim Mann is making
speeches G. undermining the methods en-
ployed in making national laws It
can't be + ossible that he is forget
ting that Inc has been for years one
81 the ma tu cogs in the body that
makes the said laws
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30

Thomas So John Mccartney, Ameri-
can consul general at Munich has
been asked s 10 resign because OF ali
legged utteran ces rejecting on Presi-
dent Wilson 81 policies iu the war Dr.
pumba who SIS been handed his hat,
is one diplomat who is in position TO
aympaLnlza win MI MeGa-neE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30

Inez NulhoIland. Boissevaiu. the
American suaragist, has been refused
admission az tire port Of New York as
an American citizen because her hus-
band is a foreigner. There were those
who predicted when she announced
her intention Of marrying that she
would get in Dutch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-30

When DE war ends we may expect
q fresh flock Of titles being offered
for sale 8 nong American families am
biti0us fe their daughters social flu
lures ~ nd some Of them doubtless
Will % u -atL4 eheap