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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

All belligerents look alike to Hol-
land, but the patience of the bediked
country is becoming sadly strained
and some day it is liable to "fy off the
handle"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

A writer in the Omaha WorldHer-
aid says "one can get drunk on emo
ton" Then what are lot Of fellows
kicking about prohibition for?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
QUESTIONS ANDS ANSWERS.
Nickels, They Go Easy,

you'll find the medicinal oils IN
these cough drops will prevent sore
throat and coughs" quotes an astute
practitioner of the law. How about It.?
VIII they?
Answer-If you could extract all the
medical oils" from a iitney's worth
and spray the concentrated essence
upon an approaching bevy Of pneu-
mococci, 1t might alarm them some
what, but as for preventing sore
Threats and coughs-nickels 60 easy.
don't they?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
Why Many Refuse to Run for Office

Here are the qualifications of candi-
dates for Office in Aurora, as adver-
tised in the Beacon-News:
Vote for Herman st. Jules for town
collector. He is a sufferer from heart
trouble which is incurable and pre-
vents him from doing labor of any
kind.
George Raboyne, candidate for town
collector; blind and crippled; has five
children.
Vote for Austin for tax collector.
Right leg paralyzed, both shoulders in
jured; unable to work.
Walter Shackley, candidate for tax
collector, had both legs crushed in a
railway accident
Vote for John Ballard, republican
candidate for tax collector. Has the
asthma and rheumatism, ask your vote
to help me. Was born and not able to
work.-tAdv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

Jack London is threatening to join
the l. ". ". London better look out,
for Zeppelin may be lowering over
him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
Sugar..

Fire will completely consume pure
sugar, but will leave an ash If the su-
nar 30 ednlferated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
Ipecac or Fmetine Tooth Paste.

Ipecac or Fmetine Tooth Paste.
Have any Of the popular dentifrices
on the market emetine or fpecac in
them? A friend found this drug won
derfully effective for chronic spongy
bleeding gums.
Answer-Pyor dental cream contains
ipecac and others, too.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

THE small boy whose dOting mother
insists on him wearing the wooden
ones close to his skin when cold
weather comes has cause for rejoicing.
They are to be hard to get next fall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

Where Security Lies.
This is a practical old world and
the present an eminentIy practical age
Pride of race, pride Of country, pride
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

NO doubt Pavlowa's newspaper ar
ticles on How to Have Beautiful
Feet" are being closely followed by the
dinner bucket brigade. For instance
she says: Keep hose fresh and dry.
Cotton feet in silk hose are best. They
absorb moisture more readily than silk
or isle"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
GM0RD@ A Nd
DI S CO r. d S

THE Riggs bank officials are asking
an early trial. Fearing possible in
reference with their summer sojourns
at the seashore.
DAN Hoan. newly elected mayor OF
Milwaukee, formerly was waiter.
Another victory for watchful waiting.
HANNIBALS certified check put up
to cinch franchise in the Three-Eye
league was deposited in Quincy bank.
The seven other cities appear to have
had more confidence in President
Tearney, as they entrusted their checks
to him.
SIXTY girls In Missouri have agreed
that two can live on $500 a year. Two
what!
LOLITA Armour is prepared to Join
the Red Cross forces in Mexico if VOL
unteer nurses are needed. You are
perfectly safe, Lolita. They will not
be needed. And you have had your
picture printed in all the papers. This
ought to help fathers business.
MISS Sallie kim Lockett is princi-
pal of school at Frankfort. Ky. And
Captain Ketchum is head Of the Saliva
ton Army forces at Streator, Ill. He
ketches 'em all right, but he doesn't
always hold 'em,
MRS. Laura Hammer was hostess to
the Mothers Study club In Ottumwa
the other day. The topic for discus
sion was '@The Public Woman | Most
Admire"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

NEW York actress declares there lis
a key to every heart" But it doesn't
always fit the lock on the bank roll.
And that's what most actresses are in
terested In.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

1T has been alleged before congress
sional judiciary committee that the Chi.
cage packers are worse lot than the
James boys. The James boys operated
under cover of darkness. The packers
are daylight workers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

James boys. The James boys operated
under cover of darkness. The packers
are daylight workers.
IF you want to learn the latest Ford
joke you are advised to communicate
with Senator William Alden Smith Of
Michigan.
THIS column is not given to political
prophesying, but If it happened to be
cornered and forced to make a guess
on the ticket to be chosen at the Chi
cago republican national convention II
would name Roosevelt and Sherman.
You might paste this in your hat for
future reference.
ZUPELI, Italian minister of war.
has resigned. His name sounds too
much like that Of the inventor OF the
German war balloon.
MISS TEARE, a movie actress. is a
ripping success, say the critics.
GERMAN chemists have produced a
delicious and nutritious imitation
beefsteak. The same thing was done
on this side long ago, but it was Just
bold imitation, minus the delicious
ness.
AND il looks as though the voters
OF Chicago would sach Bill Thompson
ut the first opportunity.
BERLIN Asked to Explain. Head
line. That's the easiest thing she does.
j. NJ. C.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

Rock Island Member Associated Press.
Full Leased Wire Report
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

BERLIN Asked to Explain. Head
line. That's the easiest thing she does.
j. NJ. C.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

Member Audit Bureau of Calculations
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07

AND il looks as though the voters
Of Chicago would sach Bill Thompson
ut the first opportunity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-07
THE ARGUS.

By THE J. W. POTTER co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-07-05
A Horse and A Man.

| Whether YOU are member of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
would have made no difference in your APP
probation of the incident if you had wit
messed it: and perhaps you did, for there
were a number of onlookers. 1t wasn't very
much of an incident at that, perhaps-lts
all in the way you regard it, you know.
The man was a street vender and the sun
was blazing hot He drove up in front of a
residence, and prepared to climb down from
the wagon seat. Then he hesitated and
glanced across the street to where big
shade tree stood invitingly
He picked up his lines and guided his
horse to the trees broad shadows.
And when he returned from the home
across the way he had in his hand bucket
of fresh, cool water. From the bucket ne
took one long grateful draught himself, and
placed the remainder before the faithful AMI
NAL.
One noted then that piece of mosquito
netting protected the horses head and ears
from pestiferous insects.
1t was a definite lesson in kindness to
dumb brute The horse was without means
OF expressing MS CndHhS' DuC YOU Nit" ~
stinctively that he was thankful, all the
same.
Your horse or mule can't perch himself
comfortably near an electric fan nor visit
the soda fountain He can't even hoist his
feet on a convenient table and wave pal
metto back and forth. He depends on you
to take care of him. You are his boss, and
with all the typical loyalty of his equine
nature he serves you until you dispose of him
or he dies 1t is a small thing he expects
of you in return-merely to bestow on him
the compensation of little kindly care.
Really, now, you wouldn't attempt to deny
that he is entitled to it. The only danger is
that you may forget the tiny compensation,
and this is merely by way of reminding you.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-07-05
The Typical Town Pessimist.

There is an element of the citizenship of
Dawson-and of every other town, for that
matter-which is fond of pessimistic decla-
rations regarding hard times
There are Dawsonians who loll around at
the street corners and become remarkably
proficient in hitting spot ten feet away
with stream of tobacco juice, the while
they assert that their town is headed for the
demnition bow-wOws.
There are residents of Dawson, some Of
them in business themselves, who order their
groceries, dry goods, stationery and other
commodities from other towns, thereby aid
ing materially in the upbuilding and prog
ress of those other towns, and correspond
ingly injuring their own town, Dawson, and
their own business.
And there are plenty of citizens-good
citizens they consider themselves for
some reason known only to their own vivid
aginations-imagine they are exhibiting
wonderful business acumen by ordering va
rious and sundry things from other towns
and cities, when as a matter of fact they
could shop more advantageously with their
home merchants.
Let's be consistent. III tHe LoAlAS " ga
that is logical, how can we expect our own
community to prosper when we attack IL IN
sidiously by spending our money elsewhere!
The very basic principle of a community ex-
istence is that it's members live off each 9TH
er. We are able to exist only by virtue OF
each others efforts, and when we defy that
principle it is not only the heighth OF selhsh-
ness hut of folly as we'll
Spend in Dawson the money you make II
Dawson! It is a startling fact that $239,
100000 has been taken from the people OF
the United States by mail order houses
AGAINST which fraud orders have been ISSUED
bv the government Were you one OF the
victims? The mail order houses, whether
fraudulent or legitimate, have no interest II
a Dawsonian except the dollar which IS eX
tracted from his pocket.
Don't help the mail order houses grow
Don't be booster for other towns. Hell
Dawson! Boost the town where you live!
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-07-05
THF EDITORS RECORD

The editor died and went to heaven,
But stood outside the gate
Because he hadn't the nerve to knock,
And thought that he would wait
Till some other mortals came along;
He'd then see what they'd do,
And if they entered the pearly gate
He thought he might slip through;
He watched the vast procession pass
Up to the portals wide,
While Peter told them they were up too higl
And others he took inside.
The editor, weary of waiting so long,
Finally got in line
To see if Peter would accept him then
Or would with thanks" decline;
He heard the sweet-voiced angels sing,
His eyes filled to the brim;
He shivered and shook in agony,
Knowing his chances slim.
"Ahaw said Peter. "An editor here?"
(He laughed with pure delight.)
why. certainly you may come right in,
For all you did was write"
Selected.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-07-05
Bryan the Hero at St. Louis

Editor j. Lawrence, of the Wiregrass
Farmer at Ashburn, was one of the Georgia
delegation to the national democratic con-
vention at St. Louis. Writing to his paper
from the convention he said:
"Of course Wilson will be nominated for
president and Marshall for vice president,
but the man who is being applauded here
the most is William Jennings Bryan. He is
here only as newspaper reporter, but ev-
cry time he goes into the Coliseum the au-
dience goes wild in applause. During Ollie
James great talk today, near the close of it,
he was almost shouted down with cries of
Bryan! Bryan! And the multitude would
not be satisfied until they were informed
that Mr. Bryan had gone to address a gath
ering in another part of the city, and that
they would have ample time to hear him
tonight. Now, this is the man who had to
carry his own satchel from the Ashburn
depot and hunt a hotel. Here he is dined
and banqueted and the utmost Difference
paid him by everybody"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-07-05
A Sane Investment.

1t has been gradually dawning on the
minds of citizens in both town and country
that the money and labor spent on public
roads is a genuine investment of the high
est and sanest type, one that pays tangible
dividends The Getty fellow" who spins
along well-constructed road in his automo-
bile knows it; the farmer who hauls load
of cotton, corn, hay or other produce to
market knows it as well.
And with this knowledge has practically
disappeared all opposition to the cost involv-
ed in making good roads. In its place there
is firm conviction that there are not enough
good roads, that we need more of them, and
the sooner we get them the better off as
communities and individuals we will be.
In this connection it is gratifying to The
News that the best roads in the state are
in Southwest Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-07-05
The County Fair.

u The purpose of the county fair is the up
building of agriculture, and to lead to such
high ideals as will elevate, inspire, educate
and broaden the thought and activities of
the people. There is a decided tendency,
especially here in Terrell, to make the
county fair what it should be-truly agri-
cultural
A good fair is one that entertains and
educates. 1t must do both. 1t should be
an agricultural exhibition essentially; also
fundamentally helpful to intelligent prac-
teal farmers and their families. People
will attend fair if there is anything bene-
fetal and interesting to see.
When a fair becomes principally carni-
val exhibition it ceases to be of interest to
thoughtful citizens who are interested in
the advancement of the best interest of their
community.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-07-05
In The old DayS-And Noz0
From the Savannah News.

There was a day when the negroes were
largely controlled by their superstitions.
Few of them even today-in fact, possibly
white persons-are wholly free of supersti-
tions of one kind or another; but the sway
of the supernatural does not hold as it did
in the old days. Survey of the files of the
Daily Morning News for 1850 discovers an
incident that is illustrative of the powerful
grip that superstition had on the minds OF
the colored people in the ante-bellum times
1t runs:
"a colored man named David Boston,
lately residing near leicester, in Howard
district, Md, died on the 1st instant, the
victim of knavery and superstition. A large
amount of phlegm having accumulated IN
his throat from a severe cold he and his
wife concluded that he had frog, IN him,
and that somebody had "tricked" him. A
rascally fortune teller in Baltimore confirm
ing this idea no one was allowed to see him,
and he, taking no nourishment, finally died. ="
But, for that matter, one does not have
to go back to the days "befO' de wah" to
find equally striking evidences of the strange
powers imputed by the negroes to certain
of, their fellow beings. 1t was not many
years ago that the coming of 'voodoo doc
tori into a community was sufficient occa-
sion for general Generalization among the
colored population And there is no particu-
lar excuse for marvelng at the uncanny
fancies of the ante-bellum negroes, when it
is recalled that not great many genera
tons earlier New Englanders accounted it
an exceedingly dull week when there was no
burning at the stake for witchcraft
Enlightenment has done away with most
of the old superstitions. A great many 9TH
ers that are generally believed to have dis
appeared are still entertained, but discreetly
covered up. A little inquiry probably would
disclose today superstitions that would
amaze the inquirer. Even the man who
boasts that he is without superstition will
very often hesitate to violate the dictates of
one; he will simply make it convenient to
get around it. One of the surest ways of
uncovering superstition is to let a losing
poker player suddenly discover that one
of your feet is on his chair And woe to
him who asks a toiling, chanting "crap-
shooter" what his point is!
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-07-05
Has Had Enough of 1t.

In recent years a great deal mas beeh
heard of the commission form of govern
ment for municipalities, and a number OF
cities, principally in the west, where almost
every freak in the way of govern
ment has thrived, adopted the innova-
ton. But the fad has run its course, and
many of the towns that fell for it, have re-
turned to the representative form Of gov
eminent. The latest of these is the city OF
Denver, Colo, which, after three years
trial, has recently abandoned the commission
form and reelected its former mayor, Rob
ert Speer, who served nine years and was
suppIanted by the commissioners in 1912.
When he was pushed out of office Mayor
Speer was denounced as a machine boss
Three years of commission, however, con
WINGED Denver that it got more for its money
under Speer's administration than under the
commission of five.
There are a lot of things that enter int
the matter in Denver, but essentially the
reason for the change back to the old sys
tenn of mayor and aldermen is that the com
mission proved too costly, and did not Civ
ficient return for the money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-07-05
The Joy of the Corn17eId.
From the Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Tim,

81 feel better from having seen that field
of growing corn" is thought expressed,
but far more often felt sub-consciously by
men and women after journey out into
the country in these balmy days when big
white clouds sail through the sky and the
earth lies warm and dusty underfoot. A
field of growing corn! There is something
in it that appeals, whether we are conscious
of it or not, to our deepest human instincts,
for it arouses in US a sympathy with the
great warm earth which bears US, which
supports us through life, and in the end
takes US back unto her breast. But it is
not of the beginning or the end that the
cornfield reminds us; it is of the present
and of the near future, when cold winds
shall blow, that the corn is suggestive. We
see it now in its growing beauty, and in
vision we see well-stocked cribs bullying
with plenty for man and beast.
There is hardly a sense that it does not
appeal to. In its green and leafy beauty it
makes a picture for the eye. When it is
stirred by wind its rustic is symphony for
the ear. There is good earthly smell in
the well worked rows. And. contemplating
the growing field, we get foretaste of the
well-flled ear roasted in the shuck or boil
ed on the cob.
1t is no wonder then, that men feel bet
ter after having seen a field of growing
corn.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-07-05
The Printer Wanted Bids.
From the Moultrie Observer

The Augusta Chronicle has word for the
printers of Augusta that is timely, and it
will apply in almost any other city of the
state. 1t says:
'The Chronicle isn't in the job print
ing business any longer-thank the
Lord, or fire, or something-but we
haven't been rid of our own troubles
in that line long enough to be able to
forget the other fellow. So, here is a
word for him, and one very much to the
point, as we find it in an exchange:
"A Kansas printer has notified the
merchants of his town that he will soon
be in need of a pair of shoes, a new
shirt and sack of -four, and that he
will call for bids on these items, as that
is the custom of the merchants when
they want four dollars worth of print
''That's about the way of it. Nobody
would think of asking merchant to
''bid" on a pair of 81 shoes, but the
merchant will turn right around and
ask half dozen local printers to bid on
a thousand letter heads, worth S4, and
the chances are some foolish printer
will cut the price to 1925 before the
bidding has ended-thus losing his
own profit and keeping some other
printer from making one"
There is no line of business that has had
the life out of it like the job printing
business There is nothing that man is SO
particular about, as rule, as about getting
his printing done at a small saving in price
We think it is due to the fact that printers
have educated the public to expect reduc-
tions in price when they ask it.
AS a rule the man who orders printing is
particular about the character of work he
gets, and he ought to be, but he makes il
impossible for the printer to give him good
honest, whole-hearted service by forcing him
to accept the order for less than it is really
worth.
The printer has always had hard lot
and added to his other troubles he has troub-
lie of high cost of paper that is making il
difficult to steer his business away from the
bankrupt court.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-07-05
WHY MEN ARE BALD
The Loss of Hair Is Probably Due to
the Kind of Hats They Wear.

In the first place it should be mentioned
that even medical authorities can give no
adequate or convincing reason for badness
in men. Heredity plays no part. Ask man
if he inherits his badness from his father
or his mother. He will say, ooh, from my
father, of course" If he then be asked if
any of his sisters inherited badness from
their father he will say, mo" And then he
begins to lose faith in such theory of bald
ness, says the Boston Transcript.
Men cut their hair short and women do
not, and it is popular impression among
men that cutting their hair increases the
growth. If it does it must be very limited
aid to growth, says the American Magazine.
The real causes of badness in men, accord
ing to those who have carefully studied the
subject are the hats they wear. Women
also wear hats, but they do not grip the
head. The tight-ftting hats men wear in
terfere with the nourishment of the roots
of they hair. They compress certain arte-
ries, veins and nerves, with the result that
the hair is retarded in its growth. The main
vessels carrying nourishment to the roots of
the hair are in front of the ears on the I'M
der side of the skin and are easily compress
ed between the skin and the skull.
Badness usually begins at the summit of
the crown toward the back part, at the
distant and weaker part of the vessels fur
nishing the circulation. In such cases the
pressure has been on the vessels on the side
of the head.
Sometimes the badness begins above the
forehead and is the high forehead type of
badness. In these cases the pressure has
been upon the vessels in the forehead. Some
times the head is bald low down in the back
where the pressure has been upon the YES
sells in this region. When the head is COM
pletely bald on top the pressure has been on
the entire vascular supply of the scalp.
The extent and position of the bald spot
depends on the shape of the head, which
may be inherited from father to son. This
is the part heredity plays in badness and it
is the only part.
1t is we'll known that hatless Indians are
not bald and there is no account of bald
ness among other savage races. The hat
wearing American negro man becomes bald
quite frequently but the negro woman is
exempt
Wearing hats in boyhood retards growth
and full development of the vessels that
nourish the roots of the hair and accounts
for the badness of early life. An examina-
ton of the heads of boys will enable one to
determine whose heads will be made bald
by the wearing of hats and whose heads
will not with a reasonable degree of GER
tainty.
Hats should be made to measure like suits
and be so constructed that the pressure will
rest only upon the corners of the forehead
and the center of the back of the head.