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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21
1FALTHT TAI
William Brady,M.D.
Alcohol and Bright'S Disease.

The majority OF instances OF
Bright's disease are OF the latent or
insidiOus. chronic type. accompanied
with a persistently high blood pres
sure and a gradual encroachment of
arteriO-sclerOsis or hardened arteries.
Overwork. over-eateing and the
strenuous" life have been associated
with the cause OF nephritis or Bright's
disease. BY far the most common fac
tor Is alcohol.
In itself alcohol. when swallowed
IN quantities larger than then body
can consume or oxidize-and that
means a glass OF beer occasionally
or a small glass OF whisky-is a
direct irritant 10 the lining OF the Sc
oreting tubules IN the kidney. Fur
Their. any alcoholic beverage delays
and weakens digestion, and a delayed
digestion means additional autointoxL
cation from putrefactive changes
which the undigested food undergoes
IN the bowel And then, the narcotic
or brain dulling influence OF an alec
holic drink causes the individual to
work On his nerve long after normal
fatigue would have led him TO leave
on and rest. because alcohol be
numbs the normal protective sense OF
fatigue. yet does not actually remove
the poisons OF toxins which produce
the fatigue. Finally. alcohol irritates
the lining OF the stomach. like red
pepper or any condiment. and stimu-
lates an abnormally hearty appetite
an appetite which leads the individual
10 swallow more food than mis- sys-
TEN requires or can properly assim-
late; and the excess OF nutriment
thus taken into the stomach simply |
goes 20 add 10 the burden upon the |
Booze Is the greatest common fac !
tor OF Bright's disease. Beer. wine. /
whiskey. gin. and the worst OF these 4
Is gin. And beer that won't ferment 4
IN your stomach Is quite as bad as
any other beer. We are heartily in /
accord with the Gar. the Kaiser.
Thomas 4 Edison and W. y. Bryan,
Theodore Roosevelt and Ebert Hub
BARD. Jack London and Billy Sunday
not TO mention Sir William Osler
90 Srequently-that It is harder to
ie sick than sober.
Questions and Answers.
The Home Doctor: Our home doc
or doesn't seem TO understand our
case. She has-etc.
Reply
II the home doctor can't understand
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

have been a detective for many
/ wears. though now that / am getting
/ old | seldom take case, and Their
only one that promises TO interest me
I Ny leisure time l spend in study and
what do you suppose is the SUBJECT OF
my studies? / viii tell you. am
searching the past when there were
no detectives that may learn now
criminals were traced.
have found a succession of condi
tons, beginning with confession by
torture-to this may be added confes-
sion BY influence CT the clergy
ending with our present highly per
fected detective system. / regret to
say that there still exists one relic OF
the practice of obtaining confessions
BIZ influence of the clergy. | refer 10
securing them by means of the third
degree
A curious instance of confession l
have found in a record of the latter
part of the 18th century.
During the year 1890 an alteration
occurred between James Thorpe and
Pardon Winston in Bradford a small
town in Massachusetts. Robert Thorpe,
a brother of James. came on to the
scene while the fight was in progress
and struck winston on the head with
a piece of wood, knocking him sense
less. However, he revived in a few
minutes, and the brothers, who had
been friends of Winston, frightened
lest he had been killed. assisted him
to his home, expressing great regret
at the occurrence.
Winston did not seem any the worse
for the blow he had received and re-
manned in Bradford some time after
the scuffie. But one day he was miss
ed. and when months passed and he
did not show mp, among the various
causes for his disappearance that were
was one that the quarrel be
tween him and the Thorpe brothers
had been renewed and the missing
man had come to his death through |
their fundamentally.
However, since there was nothing |
but inference in the matter. the sus-
Dicion died down. Several years after |
disappearance Abner Twit- /
,hell citizen of Bradford, dreamed |
1ne night that the ghost of Winston !
lad appeared to him and said that the |
Thorpe brothers had killed him, burn
ID his body and buried the residue
lnder a beech tree. the only tree
tanding in the back yard of his home.
Twitchen gave the civil authorities an
iccount of his dream.
At this point in my narrative it is
veil to remember the conditions of
hat period. The belief in witchcraft
h Of bad aaDad ,eo MANY v-icfiD,S ba n
lied out among educated persons, but
till prevailed among the lower class
5. Today a belief in revelation by
reams, though not what it was then,
5 not entirely extinct.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

ton figure" for each state determined.
Il the case OF crops 81 which there Is
much speculation. such as cotton.
corn. and wheat. this work Is done
By men who do not know TO what
states the figures with which they
deal relate.
The results Of this impersonal srith-
nIsticai process are turned over TO the
crop reporting board. composed OF Eve
or six members. who. with the excep-
ton OF their chairman the chief OF the
bureau. the assistant chief % bureau.
and a statistical scientist. change each
mOath. While the board is In session
20 one Il allowed 70 enter or leave the
room. or even the bureau and all tele-
phones are disconnected. When the
report IS IN its final form copies are
delivered simultaneously 10 all appii-
cans for transmission By telegraph
and telephone % all parts OF the cOun-
try. Additional copies are mailed later
and finally the report f. published IN
the Agricultural Outlook. OF which an
edition Of 225.000 copies IS distributed
monthly.
The figures thus carefully guarded
describe the acreage and the condition
OF each OF the principal crops. The
condition f. expressed In percentages.
100 representing normal condition.
and are accompanied by statement
Of the average condition Al correspond
ing dates for a term o. years. Much
other valuable Information Is OF course
contained in the rcpor-. but II Is the
condition figure" in which speculative
Interests center IS the most reliable
Of future prices. At the
same time this figure serves TO mini
mize speculation and 10 protect farm
ers and other business men from mis-
leading and unfounded rumors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21
n11p.wINTER ADVERTISING.

In January and February the public
looks through the Newspaper advertis
ing with keen interest.
A great many people have formed
a regular habit OF delaying purchases
until this time OF year They know
that most merchants VIII give unusual
" Eood bargains iu mif-winter. 10
save carrying goods over until another
year. A merchant that does not get
into line and tell the public through
the newspapers what he Is doing 81
this time lof year viii md his trade
very slack But a simple statement
OF the good values that can be found
In almost any cnterprising store viii
be read with eager interest. The
store viii ind that # IS doing an ex-
celient business even at a dull per
Tod.
Goods can't be moved unless the
public IS told about them 4 customer
m&v so By the store every day in the
week But II she does not know that
inside hack on those shelves Is Just
the bargain that would appeal 20 her,
the goods might just as well be in
Jericho. She goes home. picks up the
new spaper. reads about the special
value offered IN come other store. and
on her next trip hunts out the place
that had the enterprise TO seek her
patronage.
The merchant who does not adver-
tiss Paws a high price for the money
saved Goods grow more unreasonable
the longer they STAY IN a store The
proprietor q getting no profit on
them TO pay his fixed charges. Rent.
interest. taxes. light. and heat. and
clerk hire expenses are running al
most every day. and must be paid.
The only way 20 pay them IS TO keep
the goods moving
Goods held over until another sea
son are apt 20 become 50 shOp-worn
OF out o. style that they have 10 be
sold for a song. Goods well advertised .
and sold during the season Cor which 1
they are bought 20 at a fairly good /
price. and help the merchant close I
his season without a loss
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21
Scissors Often Sacked in Warfare

Ever since the beginning of his
tory in western Europe. Scissors
storm center Of the most bitter fight
ing Of recent weeks in the western
war theatre. has taken a prominently
chronicled part" says a statement Is
sued BY the National Geographic so
ciety. Before the Roman tide.
directed by julius Caesar. flowed over
Gaul. Scissors. then a metropolis in a
nation OF twelve cities. was the CAPT
tai OF the warlike Suessiones. one Of
the most powerful peoples in Gaul. Di-
vitiacus. one of their kings had even
managed to extend his authority be
yond the sea. among the Britons."
Scissors IS = small town pictur-
esquely situated among well-forested
hills. on the left bank OF the Aisne. It
lies 65 miles northeast of Paris. and
constitutes one OF the links in the
chain OF French second-line defenses.
The region all about Scissors is agri-
cultural and the city's trade is mostly
in grains. vegetables. livestock, leath-
er and forest products. Manufacturers
of the place are not of great import
ance they consist OF leather. foundry
products. flannel and cotton cloth and
farm implements. There are extens-
i've lumber yards in the city.
''The one-time Importance of Sois-
sons has long been waning. The siege.
bonn bardment. sack and brand of war
have been repeated often in the exper-
fences OF the city. and seem at last to
have sapped its viii for further
growth. One of the oldest cities in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

war department docs not allow Won
/ en- to go as near to the firing line as
/ the soup wagons would have TO 60
Correspondence Of The
Associated Press.) "A new liver die.
ease caused by quick drying varnish.
and to which Yarnishers and polishers
may be subject. was discovered here
by Dr. Bernard Spilsbury and DR. VII
COX. the eminent Psychologists. in an
autopsy upon workman who had
been employed at the Hendon air.
craft factory.
This varnish IS composed OF tet.
rochlorether, menthylated spirit, ben.
zine and other ingredients Rats sub.
jects TO the vapor, said Or. Wilcox al
the inquest, became drowsy and de
veloped an extensive liver disease
The workman's death was due TO syn
cope from disease of the liver caused
by the action of tetrochlorether.
London.-(C Correspondence Of The
Associated Press. plank houses with
tarred paper roofs are sorely needed
for shelter of peasants in the area
ravaged by war, according TO A. =.
Harvey. the head OF a committee OF
architects. doctors and nurses en-
gagged in formulating a policy Of re-
construction in Belgium and parts OF
France
The architects say that the ruined
stone walls are generally unsafe and
should not be used. Labor. felt paper
glass and lumber are scarce in France
and exhausted in Belgium. go that the
problem is difficult
Paris Correspondence Of The As
ISOLATED Press -Domremy, the village
in the Vosges where Joan of Arc was
born, continues to attract the visitor
They go to the cottage of the heroine
not merely through curiosity but 10
register wish that the Germans be
driven out of France This has been
tho prayer of all those who have been
TO Domremy since the beginning Of
the war and who have registered at
he little home. The visitors book
even bears, under date Of July 81, on
he eye OF hostilties, the inscription
To abolish the war" signed by a man
rom Marseilles
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21
Jan. FL in American
History.

lSl3-General John Charles Fremont
soldier. senator and explorer born,
died 1890
lS24-Generai Thomas Jonathan JACK
son c'Stonewall'). noted CODfeder'
ate leader In the civil war. born
died 1868
i9lOCThe national guard OF the sew
eraI states became a permanent al
junct of the regular army estaD
iishment by the operation Of The
Dick law.
iS14-Lord StrathcoBa donald Alex
ander Smith. Canadian capitahst
and statesman, died in London
born 1890
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21
PURE.

\ Beggar Man came hungry TO my
door
l gave him bread and would have Civ
en- more,
But Charity, astounded. babe me wait
Until her minions should investigate.
may be a sinner.
His soul may not be worthy of a din
ner!
Stay then, until we try the Third De
gree,
He may not be quite right" said
Charity.
So all that day the twin of gentle
Hope
Put my pale beggar meath the micro
scope.
At night Fair Charity emerged aglow-
He was all right" she said He
died, you know"
DANA BURNETT.
YOU probably will NOT be surprised
to learn that bank has failed at
Grafton, W. Va.
JACK JOHNSON may have TO bring
his footwork into play before he en-
tiers the squared circle if Carranza
makes good some OF his promises.
WINKLER sells eye glass in Gales
burg. You are at liberty to pull your
own wheeze.
WE don't imagine it is difficult TO |
see through the professional work of |
Miss Window, member OF the New |
York Winter Garden company
j. NJ. C. |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

/ II AFTER having personally studied the
patient. We could never guess within
a thousand miles of the true condition
through correspondence
For the Future Mother: What bool-
would you recommend as a reliable
su'ue Tor a prospective mother?
I Reply.
Care Of the Baby. by DR.. J. p. c.
Grifhth, published by w. B. Saunders
Co. Philadelphia. Pa.
MIX or Beer? / am nursing a baby
six months old. and unless | drink a
quart OF milk or beer per day there
Is scant nourishment. Which is bet.
ter? Won't you tell in one of vour
I talks what to feed a baby after nine
months? Are babies born bow-legsed
or Is 1t caused by too early staining
Reply.
Beer tends to weaken a mothers
ability 10 nurse. Stick to the milk.
babies are born wee bit bow-legeed
Enlarged Glands: What harm VA,
tuberculosis glands do in a child's
neck II untreated? Also what causes
an enlarged gland under the ear in a
child who had scarlet fever several
months ago?
Reply.
The tuberculosis infection might nj
tiinately reach the lungs If the patient
IS not given good hygienic treatment.
such gland may be due to a. diseased
tonsh or bad teeth or chronic trouble
in the nose or adenoids, or middle ear
infection
Carbon Dioxide in the Air: q, Is
carbon dioxide the poisonous exhala. !
ton from the lungs which makes un. |
ventilated rooms dangerous? on Is
this gas heavier than air? CD Would |
not raising windows from below be |
better than lowering from the ton? /
90 Is sleeping with the head near n |
corner as safe as regards pure air /
with the head in the middle of a
room?
Reply.
~ No. Moisture. warmth ana jact,
or motion in the air are the injurious
factors in an unventilated room. The
proportion OF carbon dioxide in the
air has been shown 10 have no notice
able effect upon health. The other
'nree questions are therefore OF no
Importance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

The American women's war hospital
IN Devonshire. Eng. has treated 6s2
cases since the war began. with only
one death 80 far The fact Is eio-
quenf OF changes in war methods. and
advance in medical and surgical SCI
eree. though specially favorable con
ditious must have prevailed. The rec
ord - By no means one with which TO
estimate general results
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

Success OF women a. legislators in
some Of The western states suggests
that few % them might do no harm
nj Springfield Their presence az least
might help 20 break up the deadlock
habit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

The husband Of Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell has come 20 America 10 deny that
he was shot a. a SPY by the Germans
and. Incidentally. no doubt, 10 see how
things are coming along at the box
mice
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

There are thousands I'm Chicago and
other large cities Who are hungry be
cause they have no work. but the vast
majority OF them are not hungry
enough 20 take the thousands % IN
filed Jobs which are going begging on
American farms
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

General villa denouncss the recent
president. Gutierrez. a. a traitor and
says he stole 100000 pesos from
the Mexican treasury. Now let villa
explain how he himself happened TO be
80 far away from the capital while
there was that much money on hand.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21
Films For the Turks.

Kaiser Wnhelm's gift of motion pic
ture films of battles must delight the
sultan of Turkey Incidentally, If the
sultan's tro2ps ever sulk an exhibition
of these films will have precisely the
same effect as gravel in the ear of a
ball1y horse They Will forget their
Enthusiastically Eagle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

n Senator Henry Straight OF Cold
water. Who Is In charge OF the bill. g.
unable 70 put over prohibition In the
Michigan legislature then the cause
n hopeless
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21
ExtremeIv Plausible.

Young chap in John Hopkins hos
pital has the foot and mouth disease.
1t is said he contracted it in Washing
ton. which seems quite plausible
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21
inconsistent.

dependent farmer kicks like anything
when he happens to wake up some
morning in time to hear the milkman.
Milwaukee Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

II an azzrega.e fine % $4,000 for
seven blind pix proprietors at Sterl-
fnE. with $50 days imprisonment for
each fails 20 get results doubtless the
courr stands ready TO increase the
dos@
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

A receiver for thu holding company
e. one Of the new friIIs IN high finance
introduced BY the Rock Island road.
The title % the Office would lead one
90 suspect that there g. not much
strenuous labor connected with e.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21
Noise for ReckefeiIer.

John d. Rockefeller has had 20 tele-
phones installed in his Tarry
residence. They ought to create noise
enough TO keep him TO his optimistic
view of There's life in the old land
still'-Atlanta Constitution
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21
Due For a Jolt.

Those people who have an impress
sion that the wheels wouldn't go
round if they sat down and folded
their arms Will get sharp jolt soon
err or later.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

Harry Thaw's readiness % return 20
New York without further resistance
suggests that HIS lawyer fees must
have oufrun his income
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21
Most Likely,

Saddest part of it is that the woman
who lost her savings through a hole
/ in her stocking had probably darned
the banks more than once.-Toledo
Blade.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

In Haiti they elect new presidents
before doing away with the old ones
In that manner they are reasonably
well guarded against running out OF a
supply.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

HEADLINE tells US New Workers
had live rabbits" for dinner. More
work for the Humane society.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21
CHORDS AND
DISCORDS

THE European rear admirals con-
tinue getting their pictures in the
papers, but you'll observe none of them
are going 10 the front.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

Evidently the Runeiy tractors were
unable TO pull the company out % rs
financial difficulties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

LIKE the president, an editor ought
to have no intimate friends, but there
isn't much danger, comments an OHIO
exchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

WEEh from next IueSuaS Is SIouHo
hog day. VIII he see his shadow or
, not?
ROOSEVELT talks of our obliga-
tons under the Hague convention in
a manner that convinces the average
mind that If he were in the White
house the nation would already be in
volved in the European embodiment
We can all thank our stars That we
put the colonel out of the running be
fore he had such chance.
MAN was shot and killed in quar-
rel over a bucket of water in Bloom
ington, IL. Il should be stated that
Bloomington went dry at the last
election.
IN invoking blessings upon the Iowa
Master Plumbers convention, in ses-
sion at Davenport, minister prayed
that his hearers might gain higher
wages and shorter hours. Manifestly
the church trustees have been looking
after the plumbing bills at the parson-
age in this instance
MRS. Pat Campbell's husband is
visiting his wife in Chicago while she
is playing a theatrical engagement
there He is an officer in the English
army and is on leave because of i'll
ness. He says he never misses an
TO tell of the intense feel /
ing of friendliness of the English for !
the Americans. For him TO nave said /
otherwise would not have been healthy /
for the box office.
HAVE you been mentioned yet or /
are you still in the hands of your /
friends?
IN London there has bobbed up
man whose profession it is to instruct
folk how to dodge Zeppelin bombs.
His fee Is $3.50 per consultation.
cheap at half the price
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21
Sidelights on the European War

Correspondence of The
Associated Press. 1.-The home guard
organizations, which have sprung up
like mushrooms since the lombard
ment Of the Hartlepools and Scar
/ borough complain that they are not
only receiving small support from the
war office but are being discouraged
| by Lord Kitchener.
The idea of the home guard is an
armed, semtmilitary organization,
ready to be called out in case of a
/ German invasion of the British Isles.
/ Only those who can show good cause
/ for not enlisting in the regular army
are supposed TO join. These include
men over the age of active service,
civil servants and men engaged in the
manufacture of arms and war mater
ial
One regulation imposed by the war
Office, which has done much to take
the enthusiasm out of the home guard
movement. is that requiring the mem
bers to sign an agreement to enlist in
the army for foreign service if called
upon to do so by the war Office. There
is no legal way to enforce such prom
Use, but the members feel it as a
strong moral obligation. Recruiting
officers have been visiting the corps
already 10 induce enlistments in the
regular force. Another discouraging
war Office order relates to equipment.
Only arms and ammunition are sup
piled and it is forbidden the corps TO
wear uniforms except a sleeve band,
or any bandage or titles of rank.
thing that makes discipline and drill
difficult
To get around the uniform question,
the men have been supplying them
selves with a civilian dress of uni !
form color and cut and made some (
what on military lines
The suggestion has been made that
the volunteers. if unable to secure
garding the Objectionable rules. pro
coed TO establish an Independent home .
guard. This would act without Off
cial sanction, but would do what it
could to aid recruiting
1t is charged that the war Office
aims TO prevent any man joining the
civilian guards who would be liable
to service were the country put under
London.-( Correspondence of The
Associated Press 1.-The first motor
soup kitchen is now on its way to the
'front.'. A dozen others. bought Jointly
1y the British Red Cross and ST
Johns ambulance viii soon follow.
The motor soup kitchen is entirely
new provision for the wounded. its
unctions being to keep in close touch
With the field ambulances and provide
| hot, nourisling drink for those who
lave received first aid. Soup meat
Xtracts, tea, coffee and cocoa will be
erved. The motors carry their own
sater supplies.
A number of courageous women
olunteered for this service. but their
eryices were not accepted, as theI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

WEEK from next Tuesday is ground
hog day. VIII he see his shadow or
not?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-21

WINKLER sells eye glass in Gales
burg. You are at liberty to pull your
own wheeZe.