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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-09

A young man called at the once OF
jenkins &c Jenkins, attorneys, and was
shown into the private room Of the
senior partner.
"Ah, Mr.. Quimby," said the lawyer,
laying aside some papers on his desk
and turning his revolving chair side
ways, please be seated"
The young man took a chair beside
the desk The lawyer continued:
IT have sent for you, Mr.. Quimby, to
ask your assistance in a very impor-
tant matter which concerns clients OF
mine A gentleman lis very I'll and de-
sires to see his daughter married. be
lieving he viii not recover. The young
lady's heart is set ON n certain man.
Maidenly modesty prevents her pro-
posing to the young man, and he has
not proposed to her. Meanwhile her
father is urging her to marry before he
dies. The young lady has appealed to
me to find some way out of her diff
Guilty. I have suggested that she marry
some one who 1t Is 90 be understood
will part from her Immediately after
the ceremony and who will agree to a
divorce 80 soon as her father dies. The
family is wealthy and will pay nber-
ally for the loan of a husband Would
you consider an offerT'
The young man thought before max
ing a reply, but finally said:
II myself have set my heart on
certain girl She rs or VIII be wealthy,
and, strange to say, her father is very
i'll, the same as in the case you men
~ all
except a small salary. II could get a
Thousand or two IN this way I would
be emboldened to propose to the girl
love, but 1 don't know whether she
would have me. However, would not
be any worse of than / am now If she
refused me-"
you would be $4,000 better off,"
said MIR. Jenkins.
'~Ten thousandr'
81 am authorized to offer you that
sum-"
Mr.. Quimby debated with himself
whether or not to accept the offer.
What deferred him was that he feared
the girl he wanted would not marry a
divorced man. Mr.. Jenkins said that
Of course that was q matter in which
he had no concern and Mr.. Quimby
must decide it for himself Mr. Quinn
by said that he would take the matter
into consideration, but the lawyer OBJ
jected, saying that, owinGn to the fact
that the father OF his client was very
low and possibly his life might be
saved by the settlement OF the matter
troubling him, an early answer was
desired. He offered $4,000 If Mr..
Quimby would give an immediate con-
sent. This settled the matter, and the
lawyer handed the young man a con-
tract to read.
This is not signed by the lady" said
Mr. Quimby after having perused the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-09

After so years Of negotiations, and
at a cost of $25. 900 900. the United
States is on the threshold of achieving
the ownership of the source OF all
genuine bay rum 1t is true that we
are not buying the Danish West Indies
primarily because they are the group
made famous by the refreshing toilet
preparation, nevertheless the Amer1-
can people will feel more "at home" in
calling the islands ours when they
recall that if it weren't for St Thomas,
St John and st. Croix freshly shaved
faces would be unsoothed and throb-
bling heads would be uncooled by the
universally popular product of dis
titled bay leaves.
The geography and etymology of
bay rum are defined in the following
bulletin issued by the National Geo
graphic society:
eff the average user of bay rum
ever stops to consider the name and
origin of this fragrant lotion he prob
ably thinks it quite appropriate and
the perfume should be made from the
fruit of the 'f1ourishing green bay
tree and of those leaves with which
the heroes and poets of antiquity were
crowned when the people delighted to
do them honor. The thought is apprO-
pirate but the facts are refractory, for
it isn't that kind of bay tree. The
bay tree of glory is the Taurus nobilis,
while the bay of rum has the caustic
name of myrica acris.
THE peculiar species Of aromatic
bay which supplies the distinctive in
gredient Of bay rum is closely allied
in appearance to several other var
ieties of bay growing on st. John and
ST. Croix, and great care is necessary
to avoid confusion in gathering the
leaves and berries, for a very small
number of leaves of the wrong kind
will materially affect the quality Of the
finished product
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-09
PAVING OF NINTH STREET.

Right now, while everybody is thor
oughly impressed with the need of
paving on Ninth street, is a good time
for the city authorities to push the
project, now resting in comfy court,
through 10 a contamination, and there
by redeem the pledge the city made at
the time Sears was annexed.
Thousands who had not Travelled
Ninth street in years have been forced
TO use this thoroughfare this summer
because Twelfth street is closed for
Improvement. and have been made
aware Of its fearful condition After
Twelfth street is paved traffic viii re-
vert 10 that route and the general pub
lie viii forget Ninth unless it, too, is
improved Ninth street, unpaved and
forgotten, viii grow worse and worse.
if such a. thing is possible, growth in
the territory which has an outlet over
It viii be stunted and owners.of prop
erty there as well as the city IN gem
eraI will suffer.
Ninth street unimproyed Is a stand
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-09
MAKING A DESPERATE EFF
FORT.

The republicans are putting forth
efforts OF a desperate character to
hold Maine in the party column. The
campaign in that state will enlist the
services of five prominent men.
among them ex-Presidents Roosevelt
and Taft. The latter has not definite
ly consented, but his promise is IN
derstoOd to have been made unoffi-
cially. The two ex-presidents have
not been slated on the same platforms
as yet
The speaking campaign will begin
the latter part of August, and about
500 dates have been arranged for the
So speakers in almost every section
Of the state. Among the other speak
ers of national note slated are Sena-
tors Henry Cabot Lodge and John W.
Weeks Of Massachusetts, ex-senator
Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, Senator
Lawrence Y. Sherman Of Illinois, Sem,
ator William +. Borah of Idaho and
ex-Secretary Of the Treasury Leslie
N Shaw.
About 20 representatives of more
than local reputation have been cor
rallied by the speakers bureau, among
them being Simeon d. Fess Of Ohio
and Representative George Edmund
Foss of Illinois The republican man
ayers indicate that they are going to
strain every effort TO control the Maine
electoral
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-09
ATE OF INFANTILE
PARALYSIS.

Paralysis of one leg is four times
as frequent as paralysis of both legs,
after an attack of acute poliomyelitis
or infantile paralysis. The most COM
mon condition is paralysis of the inter
nal muscles of the leg, causing foot
drop. or "flail foot" In the upper ex-
sIralgnt out from the body, is most
frequently paralyzed.
Systematic massage, administered by
one trained in the art or under instruc-
tons of one so trained, is a valuable
aid in maintaining nutrition and pre-
venting contractureS OF the muscles.
II should begin as soon as the acute
stage of the disease has passed, say,
the end of the first month. It must al
ways be gentle.
Soon after the massage is COM
menced, the child should be encour-
aged in every way TO make slight vol
uRtary efforts with the paralyzed
muscles. Even if no visible movement
is thus produced, if the child will per-
severe day in and day out good is
bound to come OF the effort in time:
it is a powerful stimulant to the
growth of new nerve connections.
Flannel bandages or stockings may
be applied to keep the limb warm if
it feels cold.
Electricity in the shape of the gal
vanic current may be administered by
any intelligent person from the end OF
the first month onward, under medical
directions. II the Faradic (buZzing)
current produces muscle contractions,
it is probably better. But only mild
current and short treatments should
be employed. In short, the patient
must never be irritated or fatigued.
After the first two or three months
suitable apparatus or braces should be
applied to retain the limb in proper
position and so prevent deformity from
unequal growth of the unparalleled
parts.
The child will have better chance
of regaining good functional use of
the limb If he has the advantage of
open air, rest, warm daily baths. grad
ed exercise or voluntary efforts from
the first. Gentleness is always
essential.
What recovery is 10 occur will be
gained in the first year. Only in excep-
tional cases does much improvement
follow after year.
Manipulation, massage, rubbings, ad-
tustments or applications OF remedies
by unskilled persons should be care
'Ni'S H"'iNNhf olhNb III dhNlHSu tHofAS
may produce serious injury and aggra-
waite the paralysis. II any niger court
than the family doctor is to be sought
let II he an orthopedic surgeon, and
the surgeon can be of greater service
if he has the family doctors close CO
operation throughout
Operations nowadays accomplish
great things for the residual paraly-
sis a year or more after the attack.
Tendon transplantation may restore
functions wholly or partly lost and
give the patient "a fairly useful limb
In nLaca of a dafnrmttY
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-09
DREAM FARMING.

Are you a dream farmer? Then read
this from Farm Life.
I'VE met a friend the other day, and
he was mad. He has been running a
grocery store until this spring. Now
he is running a farm. Life on the farm
doesn't look as rosy to him as it once
did. He is sun blistered, chigger-bit-
ten, and disconnected. He says he finds
it hard to sell enough milk to buy COW
feed, and his hens insist on eating reg
ularly and most of the time they for
get to lay eggs. He believes he will get
a job on the road
This sort Of establishment is COM
mon enough. All the towns and cities
are full of dream farmers-back-to
he-landers-whO feed themselves
with vain imaginings. The farmer is
the only independent man, they say.
1t does not cost him anything to live.
Nothing at all. Every dollar he takes
in is just so much clear velvet. Things
just grow into money while he sleeps.
1T is the rOsiest of all dreams. For
tunately for them and the rest of US,
most of the city dream farmers stay
where they are. They never wake up,
because they never move to the coun-
try and experience the stern reality
The fact is, of course, that it takes
a farmer to farm successfully. The
barber and the boOkkeeper and the
ribbon clerk will do much better as a
rule of they confine their agricultural
work to the imagination. An ineXperi-
enced and uncapitalized urbanite can
come TO the farm and be happy and
prosperous. He has been known TO do
it. But it isn't the rule. Farming is a
mans sized job, and the man who be
lieves it to be rosy dream is apt to
have a sad awakening
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-09

ing disgrace to Rock Island, and 50 is
Twentieth street in its present shape,
especially between Eleventh and Sew
enteenth avenues. The city commits
sion cannot better employ its time
than in framing up some plan that
viii finally stop the haggling and viii
result In the resurfacing or repaving
Of Twentieth. Never in the city's his
tory has paved street fallen into
such state as this one between the
avenues named. If objections for the
entire project are insurmountable,
pave this much, at least
The commission is to be commend
ed for taking up improving of Sixth
avenue and Tenth avenue Both thor
oughfares need it. AS matter of fact.
all cross streets in the main paved
section of the city should be attended
TO as fast as it is practicable TO do the
work economically and well
The Argus is glad to note the dis
position Of the people living on EleV-
enth street to have it opened toward
Rock river. The Tri-City Railway
company is engaged in double track
ing its line from the Sears station to
Center station and it is ready to COM
plete the work to connect with its
present double tracks at Twentieth
avenue as soon as it can get sufficient
right of way. If Eleventh street is
| opened and double tracked it will be
paved, as matter of course. and prob
ably il will at once become the main
travelled route into the business dis
trict from the south.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-09
DEFENSE OF PAROLE SYS.
ITEM

Recent criticisms from various
parts of the state against the Illinois
parole law and of the conduct of par
oiled prisoners, together with the ap-
parent tendency of Illinois juries to
free indicted persons, has brought
forth from Thomas NJ. Kilbride, clerk
of the state board of pardons and par
ole, who is a deep student of criminol-
ogy, a compilation of figures on the
results of the parole law accompanied
by his comments.
Complaint has been made, says Mr..
,Kilbride. that the old fixed sentence
law, under which convicted person
was imprisoned for a definite term,
was more of a deterrent on criminals
and disdemeanants than the present
indeterminate sentence law, which,
critis say is too lenient
In reply, Kilbride brings forth from
the records of the parole office here,
figures which show that the parole law
is superior to the definite sentence act
in the following three respects: ~
Recidivists and dangerous criminals
serve longer time; ~ Only A per
cent as many criminals are turned
loose on the public, and 80 so percent
as many are committed to the prison
now as compared with the old regime
iDESL III dill Says MI fNtlDTiuty more
of these so percent are first termers
than formerly. hence they are not such
dangerous criminals.
The first indeterminate sentence or
parole law was passed in 1895. 1t ap-
piled to Joliet and Chester peniten-
tiaries. The enactment of the law fol-
lowed strong message from the
late Governor AItgeld, who in 1895
recommended the adoption Of the par
ole law in the following terms:
1.-The present system of having a
fixed or iron clad sentence for each
offense, without regard 10 the age or
character of the offender. or TO the
degree of his criminality. is a relic of
barbarism- Under this system ii fire.
quently happens that the young are
sentenced for long term of imprison-
ment because they happen to be poorly
defended or there4is@a vigorous prose-
cHtion, while the hardened criminal,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-09
DANISH WEST INDIES WE ARE ABOUT TO BUY
ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL GENUINE BAY RUM

The leaves of the myrica acris are
from three to five inches in length. The
round berries are about the size of a
pea and contain from seven to eight
seed. The bay rum which is made
from a combination of green leaves
and berries is of better quality than
that distilled from dried leaves or from
the leaves without the berries. The
berries are very difficult to gather.
however, and they cost from Is to 20
times as much as the leaves.
1.-THE basis of bay rum is Jamaica or
st. Croix rum, made from the skim
mings of the sugar boilers, scrapings
og sugar barrels, and the washings
from sugar pots. For the best grade
of the toilet article the original rum
used should be free from foreign odOrs
and almost colorleSs.
For a number of years much of the
bay rum of American commerce has
been manufactured in this country, the
ingredients usually being about one
half the bulk alcohol, one-sixteenth ia
maica rum, 40 drops of oil of bay to
the pint, 20 drops of oil of orange, a
few drops of oil of mace, and the re
mainder distilled water, all of which is
allowed to stand for several weeks and
is then filtered through magnesia.
1.-THE myrica acris is only a distant
relative in the family of trees to the
ornamental tubbed bays which before
the war were shipped to this country
by the tens of thousands from Holland
and Belgium, where their culture was
an important industry. The trees are
grown from tiny cuttings carefully
rooted under bell glasses or in glass
cases. then set out in beds wehere dur
ing the first season they grow from
three to five feet. Theq are not ready
for market, however, for five or six
years, during which time they aree
trimmed and nurtured until they are
hardy and shapely."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-09
ri IT
T A l. X s
HsYMlLAH1 BRADY. Mon
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Shall the Appendix BE RemOHedl

Question: doctor examined me
and said l had had appendicitis. He
said it might be best TO have an opera
ton now; then, too, he thought that
maybe il would clear up in time with
out an operation. l am very busy now
and prefer 10 postpone an operation
for the present. Is IL safe 10 let IL go?
Sometimes | have a funny sensation in
my right side.
Answer-If it were my appendix and
had no more trouble than you men
ton. should worry and wait. II trou-
BILE required, l should then begin TO
think maybe the doctor was right about
removing the appendix. Most patients
recover from one attack and have no
further trouble. However, no one but
your own physician can intelligenuy
decide in your case Appendicitis is
treacherous and-well. surgery isNnot
exactly life insurance, but il is SAFER
than appendicitis. always.
Remedy for COrnS.
Question-Please publish a good
remedy for corns.
Answer-The standard application
consists of salicylic acid. cannabis in
dica and collodion. which any druggist
can supply under the National Formu-
larry title, "Colodium Sahcylatum
COmpositum"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-09
10000 Widowed by War.

London.-Nearly 10000 women ~
this country have already been MADE
widows by the war. When the con-
fiict started and government officials
were making estimates of the number
OF widows that in all probability would
be created by the struggle, one OF the
highest estimates was 10000. Wheh
Lord Kitchener heard OF Il he told those
who were responsible for making pro
vision for the war widows that the es-
innate was too low and said that they
should make provision for az teas.
$4,000. AS a result OF the recent naval
battle $50 widows were added 70 inc
list OF women receiving pensions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-09
NEED OF FIRE LINES.

Need of some provision for estab-
fishing a line to hold the crowd back
in case of serious fires was again made
manifest last evening at the Empire
theater blaze. The department had
hard fight on it's hands and needed
plenty of room and freedom from in
reference. but spectators crowded in
and hampered the fire fighters and
placed themselves in danger. The
automobile, also was a factor to be
reckoned with Repeatedly cars driv-
en- close to the scene ran over lines of
hose.
Police should be provided with
equipment to close streets in the vi
cinity of fires and breaking the lines
so established should be made a mis-
demeanor and punishable as such.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-09

tried in another county, receives a
short term of Imprisonment for the
same ofense, because he happens to
be well defended or there is a weak
prosecution. AS each case is tried by
different jury, it is impossible to have
system or regularity about it
My attention has been repeatedly
called to cases where boys, not vet
20 years old, were sentenced to the
penintentiary for 10 years, while
scores of hardened and very dangerous
criminals were sentenced for two or
three years for the same offense and
were then turned loose on society. At
present all are turned out OF prison
without reference to their ability to
maintain themselves
THE entire system should be
changed. The court and jury should
do nothing except ascertain the guilt
OF the defendant and simply sentence
him to prison, and the release of the
prisoner should then depend upon cir
cumstances."
Quoting the late Governor AItgeId.
Mr.. Kilbride said:
THE young and those who are not
yet hardened, who sinned in "A moment
OF tempetation or excitement. or in a
moment of weakness, should be de-
tanned the minimum length of time
and then released, but not until after
employment and a home had been
found for them. The hardened criminal
and those who are natural enemies of
society should be detained the maxi
mum length of time"
The critics say that the parole law
does but one thing effectively" writes
Mr.. K1lbride. They say IL turns Grim
mails loose to prey upon the public. In
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-09

1895, under definite sentence, prison
erS served on an average one year, one
month and IL days. Under the indeter-
inmate sentence they serve on an av-
erage two years, eight months and sew
en- days, or one year. six months and
II days longer in prison on the aver
age with an extra year on parole I'M
der the supervision of the states duly
appointed officers.
THE record shows this: Burglary,
larceny and robbery are the crimes
most frequently committed and for
that reason they are the most serious
ones. For the five years from 1890 to
1894 inclusive, before the parole law
was enacted, the records show tina.
Joliet discharged ,4S3 who had been
convicted of burglary, ZIG of larceny
and 2S6 of robbery. From 1910 to 1914,
inclusive, the latest five years of rec
ord under the parole law, there were
5S5 who had been convicted of burg
larry, 403 of larceny and 267 of robber-
les, or 84S more burglaries under de-
mite sentence than under paroles, or
a total of 2,545 released under definite
sentence as compared with 1,255 re-
leased in five years under the parole
law, difference of los percent.
Remember the population of the
state is nearly double what II was in
1894. yet the serious crimes are not
one-half what they were in the way of
final discharge. In 1894 the 2,545 pri-
soners released had served on an av-
erage of little more than 16 months
In 1914. the ,255 prisoners released
had served something more than thr.e
years and four months, more than
double the time served by those I'M
der DEFINITE sentence
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-09
HOW WE HAVE PROSPERED
UNDER PRESIDENT WILSON

the Democratic Text Book declares that
Democratic
industry finance created and
by Preside wilson" 1t sets forth that
der Taft n
about
6S5
Republican record for 1912
andth cent
1912 the total
administration the wilson
for exceed both
Wilson
Notwithstanding
off between August 1914 and June 1915
was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-09

Rock Islands fire department, under
the leadership of Chief Newberry,
made a most effective fight in last
evenings blaze at the Empire theater.
Catching in inf1ammable material in
the rear of the structure, the fire al
most instantly made a roaring furnace
of the scenery loft. Sparks were flying
in every direction and falling on a 1iv-
cry stable, several garages and auto
ware rooms and a number Of frame
dwellings in the immediate neighbOr-
hood. but the fremen, tapping every
hydrant within reach, soon had a cur
tain" of water all about the blaze and
held it right where it started.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-09
Bill Buys BusheI of Tale.

Second avenue traffic, has laid in a
supply of Mennen's. interviewed on
the subject Bill says he reckons his
baby days are not over as yet, seeing
how he is suffering from prickIy heat
A right awful predicament for Bill to
be in, say we, who remember how we
were fused over in the days when we
passed through all the infantile an
noyances. Bill AYERS as how it is bad
enough to stand in the suns rays on
Two avenue when a fellow is feeling
regular, let alone having that horrible
series of itching bumps all over him.
n. A. B.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-09
Daily History CIaSS-Aug. 8.

1492-Columbus reached the Cahal,
Isles and was Obliged 10 reinAiA
three weeks repairing the PintA.
17S0-Francis Scott Key, author =
The Star Spangled Banner p''"
I'm Maryland; died is43
1S39-Nelson Appleton Miles. civl ~
general. born, General Miles va
commander OF the United StA',-
army in the Spanish American w..
lel4-AustriRn troops invaded folAp'
from Gaiicia.
lol5-British advance on the Camp
line efrectnAIly checked BY TufkA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-09

is eight years old now but is no bet
ter developed physically than a child
of six
The boys of the family, aged six
teen, fourteen and ten, are fairly
husky youngsters although William,
the youngest. Is much inclined to
spindle legs, and frequent sick
spells"
1t isn't very often that Farmer
Brown gets down to downright earnest