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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01
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ACTDITrY.
BY WILLIAM BRADY. MOE

In health the gastric juice contains
a little less than one-half per cent Of
hydrochloric (muriatic) acid, which
is essential as a medium for the diges-
tive action of pepsin. Normal gastric
juice is therefore acid.
What do people mean when they
say they have an "acid stomach" or
"acidity?" This is a trying problem
in practice The hydrochloric acid
may be secreted in excessive quantities
in certain nervous troubles, in gastric
or duodenal ulcer, sometimes as a re-
feX symptom of eyestrain or chronic
appendicitis. Or the hydrochloric acid
may be secreted in insufficient guam
titles, and this will mean delay in di
gestion, and that will permit fermenta-
ton by the ever-present bacteria and
yeasts, and so a lot of organic acids
are produced, Tactic, butyric, acetic,
etc Or with a normal gastric juice,
the progress of food through the food
tube may be impeded by kinks, ptosis
(sagging of organs), chronic heart or
kidney disease impairing the muscular
tone of the food tube, or even by emo
tional depression, and the food tube
being the finest culture tube in the
world, the stasis of food favors fer
mentation and the production of the
acids of fermentation already men
toned.
Either hydrochloric acid or the other
acids will cause burning, boring, gnaw-
ing pain or irritation, especially when
the stomach is empty. And either
form of acidity is temporarily neu-
tralized by soda, magnesia and other
alkalies. But the treatment of the
two would be obviously very different.
Foods which would be advisable for
one with excessive hydrochloric acid
would be likely to aggravate the acid-
ity of fermentation. Medicine which
would diminish excessive hydrochloric
secretion would favor fermentation in
a case OF acidity due to fermentation
of starches and sugars. The hydro
chloric acid is the natural disinfectant
of the stomach.
The only way to determine whether
acidity is from excessive hydrochloric
acid or from fermentation is by using
the stomach tube. And this is nowhere
nearly so disagreeable an experience
as people imagine. A test meal and
analysis of the gastric juice is worth
a great deal to the patient. 1t lifts
his case from the realm of conjecture
to that OF positive knowledge. The
stomach tube should be looked upon as
sort of landmark between disease
and ease. Without IL the stomach
specialist would be just as bad guess
err as the family doctor often is con-
strained to be.
Soda, the popular anti-acid, is harm
less TO take. But it produces too much
gas in the stomach. Milk of magnesia
in teaspoonful doses, or aromatic
spirits of ammonia, 10 or Is drops in
half a glass of water. as often as
needed. would be better.
Assuming that "acidity" is not a
symptom of organic disease, the best
remedy we know for 1t is fasting
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01

should be done than men who have
spent a lifetime in study of idiocy.
1t is no secret that the Lincoln in
stitution is over-crowded. AS Cover
nor Dunno explained in his address
here last week, II is because the last
Legislature passed a mental defective
commitment act making an appropria-
ton to take care of those committed.
However. the situation is not danger
Gus, the inmates receive every posi-
BILE attention, according to men who
have visited the institution, and new
buildings Will soon be completed The
cows have been submitted to the tu-
bercuIin test, members OF the state
board of administration say, and the
nurses and attendants are well paid,
eff cient civil service employees.
At meeting of the board, DR.. Hal
Selden was able to produce no proof
of his charges and he admitted his
lack of information on many points
Apparently it is merely a case Of no.
toriety seeking.
If that is true, the. Springfield News
Record declares, he should be most
severely condemned His charges
have aroused the anxieties of hun
dreds OF parents whose children are
in this institution. The suffering he
is causing them is too dear a price to
pay for advertising.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01
ADVICE TO BATHERS IN
RIVER

Drownings in rivers near st. Louis,
says the St Louis Republic, are la
mentally frequent. Bathers who are
not expert swimmers should never for
get a single fact That is, that every
bar in a river-and the bars form the
shadows that attract waders and
weak swfmmers-slopes gently into
deep water upstream, but falls off
sharply downstream
We often read that a person
drowned in a river stepped into a
hole" This has an alarming sound
and conveys the impression that
river bottoms are full of cavernous
openings which act as so many traps
for the unwary- The reality is very
much simpler
A bar is merely a drift of sand,
mud or gravel in the river bottom.
If you recall the snowdrifts of last
winter you remember that they all
had one very gentle slope, which was
toward the wind, and one very sharp
one, which was away from the wind.
The wind carried the snOwfakeS up
the long, gentle, windward slope of
the drift and then, as they passed
over the sharp edge, they fell and
lay at a steep slope in the calm air
below A sandbar lis a sand drift.
The current carries particles Of sand
up the long, easy, upstream slope,
and then drops them, to lie at a
steep angle in the calm water be-
low The Wader who steps into a
hole" simply walks off the edge of
the bar into the deep water on its
lower side.
Bathing parties in rivers ought to
begin by examining the bottom
where they go in to determine where
the shadows end, and then keep the
inezpert bathers above that point.
And our schools, which teach the
harmfuIness of mosquitoes, the
germ-carrying proclivities Of flies
and rats and the relation of bad air
to the spread of tuberculosis, ought
also 10 teach the simple fact that a
river bar is steep-always-on its
downstream side
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01
HUGHES OPENING GUN.

Having no issue of his own, nor any
created by his party upon which TO go
before the people, Candidate Hughes
makes il clear in his acceptance adj
dress that he feels it his duty 10 lam
bast the administration and stir up
as much prejudice and misunderstand-
ing as possible. To do this, he en-
ploys neither logic nor reason. He
uses a blunderbuss and aims only in
the general direction of his target
hoping the charge will scatter enough
10 score d hit. At the same time, as
the colonel aptly put il when the re-
publican nomination fight was on, he
continues to 'pussy-foot" regarding
the real subjects involved in this cam
Laign upon which thinking Americans
would like to see him take a stand.
Mr. Hughes statement opening his
campaign demonstrates again the
truth Of the old adage that it is easy
10 sfind fault, but not so easy TO find
q Better way.
The address must be a disappOint-
rnent, even to his warmest political
admirers Certainly there is nothing
in 1t that appeals to the progressives
or TO any thinking voter. It does not
indicate in any degree that the former
justice measures up to the standard
of presidential aspirants.
Mr. Hughes declares we live in a
fools paradise but he does not offer
anything better-in fact, nothing
equally as good. He makes merely a
FLOODED appeal for votes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01
LOOKING FOR NoToRIETY

DR. Harry Haiselden, the Chicago
physician who gained considerable
notoriety recently by permitting a de-
formed baby 10 die and advocating
death for all detectives. has come for
ward with q new sensation. This time
he is the good, kind doctor interested
IN the bodily welfare of mental defec-
fives.
He charges that the Lincoln state
school and colony is not properly con-
Quoted. II is oyercrowded, the in
mates are not given the right kind of
treatment, the nurses are underpaid
and are not capable, the cows which
produce the milk for the institution
are tuberculous, etc.
Most OF his information is hearsay.
He has had no experience in institu-
tionaI care, and admits that he has
not visited other institutions flor the
feebIe-minded- He went to Lincoln
under an assumed name, asked u few
questions, and Immediately set him
self up as a better 1udgsz=of what
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01
PRESIDENTS EUROPEAN
POLICY.

The complete story of President
Wilson's European policy remains to
be written, but its high achievements
already are fully appreciated by the
people of the United States. No
more successful policy, whether of
peace or war, was ever evolved by
an American president to meet the
exegencies of a crisis in American in
ternational relations The president
succeeded absolutely in meeting the
paramount need which his European
policy was evolved to meet That
need was for the abatement of the
German policy of making submarine
attacks against merchant ships with
out going through the process of visit
and search.
Suppose another man had been
president of the United States when
Germanys policy of frightfulness en-
dangered the peace between the two
governments. Suppose he had been a
man of martial spirit, instead of one
possessed of that keen understanding
and sympathy for American ideals
with which Woodrow Wilson is i'm
bued. What would have been his
main objective as he formulated his
policy for dealing with Germany.
Suppose even that he had gone to
war, would he not have done this with
the main purpose of procuring an
abatement of the outrages which Ger
many had committed and thus insur-
ing for the future that respect for
American rights which would enable
our citizens to travel wherever they
wilIed upon the high seas safely and
without fear OF their rights being
violated. A war or some other policy
might or might not have succeeded
in bringing this about The policy
which the president has followed did
succeed His vigorous exertion of
the moral power of America upon the
intellects and hearts of the German
rulers and the German people, and
his clearly indicated purpose to break
with Germany if she did not respect
our rights, compelled the most mill
tant Of nations TO bow to Americas
Will. This was the supreme dipIo-
matte achievement of modern times
Undoubtedly the future historian
in writing of the European war
will comment upon the presidents
Achievement as remarkable and epoch
making.
The test Of apolicy is its effective
ness. The effect of the presidents
policy has been to preserve the peace
OF the nation, TO withhold from
American mothers and American
young men the sacrifices which war
would have forced upon them, to
leave America free1to press on to her
highest destiny Of national prosperity
the national IDEALS to safeguard the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01
Our Best Advertisement.


Manila, F. I.--(Correspondcuce oil
The Associated Press.) The Phlllp-
pine government has just sold 20 tne
government OF British India loOO,VVy
silver pesos at a profit OF close 70 nan
a million dollars over the Original
cost OF the currency. The pesos wheh
coined, each contained about thirty
cents worth OF silver but the price az
which they were sold was $50 cents.
The phenomenal rise in the price OF
silver the world over some weeks aso
led officials of the insular government
to study the question OF the VISION,
OF disposing OF part OF the silver hoaiu
which the Philippines purchased al the
low prices current in 1902 and lsVS.
AT that time this purchase was rnaue
necessary by law 20 secure the issu-
ance of $4,000, 900 pesos OF paper cur
rency (silver certifcates). later
law, passed in 1905, permitted a iatse
part OF this issue of silver certificates
to be secured by gold but the govern,
ment then had in its vaults S4.ooooVg
silver pesos, coined at a cost Of ~
cents apiece.
Some weeks ago j. L. Manning, the
insular treasurer, was sent 20 Hong
kong 10 look into the silver market ana
to confer with officials Of the govern
ment of India. then in the market iol
silver The net result of his trip was
the sale OF about one-ffth of the gov
ernment's hoard. The delivery OF tne
silver is to be made at the Manha
branch of the Hongkong and Shahs'
hal Banking corporation, in lots OF :
million pesos. The coin is then 10 vv
transferred to India where II is 70 "
melted into bullion in the presence ~
Insular Auditor &. H. French VINO "
now enroute to India I'd fnlhll lh-
duty
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01
Germans Building Many Trading Shirs

The Hague--That Germany is build
ing a tremendous mercantile feet, in
Guiding the largest ship in the world
was declared by Herr Balm, general
manager of the Hamburg American
Line, in an interview with the Ham
burg correspondent of the Frankfurter
Zeitung.
The ship referred to is the Bismarck.
of 5000 tons being constructed for
the Hamburg American line There is
also the turbine shz Tirpitz, of
5000 tons under way, and the list also
includes three others of %, 900 tons. At
the Vulcan yards, Bremen. nine ships
are building. four of them having a
carrying capacity of $4,000 tons. these
being the worlds greatest freight
steamers.
In addition. Herr Balm continued.
three big liners are under way at the
Flesburg yard. Two more steamers of
10000 tons and three larger passen-
ger freight steamers are being con-
structed. Two cargo ships of 1900
tons each are being constructed espe-
cially for the Panama canal trade at
the Tecklenburg yards at Geeste-
muende. The North German-Lloyd is
building at DantZg two fast liners of
$4,000 tons. the Columbus and the Hin
denburg. These are to be speedy, de-
signed to cut down the time between
the continent and New York The
same company is building twelve other
ships of IL. 900 tons. the Munchen and
the Zeppelin of 16 900 tons each. The
Bremen Africa line is constructing six
steamers the Hansa line eight. and the
Cosmos line ten, ranging from 1000 to
$4,000 toms.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01
Selected by Tavenner
To the Readers of The Argus

To Readers of The Argus
Argus generously agreed to permit me to make
regular contribution under this head the
as am left free to make selection
from will, whether it is timely untimely to
search highways and the byways for what may i'm
press M a of interest and value to the people.
/ my readers l shall try to make the most of
To do must forget that party lines
WILL just wish it might be practical for
to exist and that the principal issue cleo
might be- whether candidate belongs to this
that political party but whether he is willing TO serve
of the people the few exploit them.
other words, idea is to submit information or
thought that would give to the world if l myself
edited a newspaper, the only mission of which to
serve mankind to do this and nothing
personally write the contribution I will sign
and when present the thought of others
will indicate. CLYDE H TAVENNER
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01

caused by irregular blood circulation
in the brain, Or. Ebstein explains. This
comes to pass because of the slight diff
ference in altitude between the head
and the heart when one is lying down.
By raising the arms and straining up
ward, the physician claims, the flow
of the blood to the head is increased,
while at the same time certain de-
gree of fatigue aids in getting to
sleep.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01
Discovers Insomnia Cnre.

VIENNA well known Austrian
physician, DR.. Ebstein, claims the dis
coYery of physical exercise that will
cure insomnia. AS explained in the
physical and Diet Therapeutics Jour
nal" the cure consists of the simple
process OF grasping with both hands
the head board or rail of the bed and
of straining upward until the arm and
shoulder muscles are fatigued
Sleeplessness in most cases is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01

rights of the citizens of this nation in
whatever quarter they were assaiIed
TO keep the beacon light or human
hopes and aspirations toward free
government shining at a period when
darkness had engulfed all Europe and
was reaching out its hand to the
home Of free governments here in the
western hemisphere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01

II the critics of President Wilson
were in power the versatility they
manifest in conceiVing evil where
none exists would be a matter Of ser
fous concern TO the American people
As DR.. Krebs said in his chautauqua
lecture here last week. they are hang
ing their characters on the outside OF
their skins.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01

Here's a guess that New York sus-
tained a good deal more damage from
Sunday mornings series Of explosions
than will ever be inflicted upon 1t by
all the phantom enemy fleets created
by the fervid imaginations OF war
scare promoters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01

Heat is adding to the horrors OF war
on the west front in Europe Rock Is
landers have found recent weather
bad enough without combining with
1t the other things the soldiers across
the water have to put up with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01
Daily History CIass-Auq. |.

i79S-Battle of the Nile. Lord Nelson
destroyed French feet
1894 - Japan declared war against
China
10I4-Germany declared war on Rus.
STA and modified her army. France
mobilized
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01

This delightful change for better
weather is much appreciated and the
populace doubtful is ready to give d
rising vote OF thanks TO whoever IS re-
SpOnsible for it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01

VIII some republican spell-binder
kindly explain how the 81 per cent
increase in building improvements IN
the northwest this year is due to the
European war?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01

From all reports the committee
which told Mr.. Hughes what the Chi
cago convention did TO him must have
found a way to ease the shock
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01

Perhaps the 100 per ceutStncrease
in bank deposits in Oklahoma since
1912 also is due to the European war
munition business. Perhaps!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01
Rock IsIand-From-RTver to
River.

Did you notice, too, how much
.sweeter that thing called the human
disposition was today2
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Relieving a Frontal Sinusitis.

6elIeblIS Il EoHIdl HiHusiliSs
Question-Is an operation necessary
to relieve a frontal sinus?
Answer-If the frontal sinus is in
fected and full of pus. an operation is
necessary to relieve it.
Dampness Not Factor Of Disease.
Question: am troubled with ca
tarrh and am a little hard Of hearing.
Would IL be harmful 10 me 70 live in
stone building which seems damp and
chilly?
Answer-It wouldn't make a paru-
Gle of difference what kind of build
ing you live in so far as health Is con-
cerned
Our Best Advertisement
A year ago l wrote you about my
incurable rheumatism. You suggest
ed my tonsils as possible factor. On
that suggestion / had them removed
and am now practically we'll AS you
say, little sober thought sometimes
does more than much medicine. l
wish TO express my gratitude 10 you
for that little sober thought. Inc
beauty of your sober thoughts is that
they are so well diluted with pleas
antries that even an invalid enjoys
your daily talks
Answer-Business of blushing. Cur
tain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01
THE ARGUS.

BY THE.L. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-01

n,aTI-departments.- Gem
trail Union, Rock Island ~145, JAG and
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-06-13
CATTLE STEADY ON
PORTLAND MARKET
Sheep Still Unchanged Hogs Are
Lower, and Wool Prices Are Keep
ing Up.

No change was in evidence in the
cattle division this morning. Receipts
this week have been quite liberal and
buyers have taken all offerings on
steady basis. California has not been
represented since Monday, but a good
run is expected next week. Today
receipts estimated at about 200 head,
but quality lacks in all classes.
This weeks trade in the sheep
house has been quite liberal at I'M
changed prices. Most of offerings are
from the valley Plain and excess
sively heavy stuff is handicapped and
buyers are discriminating against this
class of stuff.
The market for wool is showing
fairly active tone in the Pacific north
west states, with practically no recent
change in quotations. Business in
the Yakima section is still being done
below the parity of other American
centers, and this is keeping the other
markets from showing climbing
values
Hog prices continued to meet re-
verses today when buyers hammered
prices 10 to Is cents lower. Prime
lights sold at $8.25. In the past two
weeks prices have dropped a big rs
cents. There is little call for pigs
fro moutside buyers, but packers con-
tinue to cut them from l to Ia cents.
Today's receipts estimated at about
1900 head, making total for the week
6770 head against 1900 year ago.
Eastern markets continue a see-saw
game with a generally lower tendency
all around the market circle.
OF the 14S,000 receipts of hogs up
to last night at North Portland for the
present year the $4,000 represents the
gain in marketing here over last year.
Steer quotations are: Choice grass,
$S.00@S50 good hay $8.15@8.50; me
dunn, $760@S.00; ordinary, $500
760; common, $7.00@750.
Cow quotations are: Choice, $7.25G
$50; good, $675@7.25; medium, $6.25
965O; ordinary, $6.O0@6.25; common
$475@6.OO.
Heifer quotations are: Choice spay-
ed $7.50@S00; good, $7.00@750; 9th
er varieties, $5.5O@700.
Bull quotations are: Choice, $500
600; good, $3.5O@4.5O; medium, $500
QS.5O.
Feeder quotations are: Best select
ed, $50 to 100 lbs, $650@750; bes
selected, 700 to 900 lbs, $5.75@7.00
choice stock heifers, 100000; goo,
to choice stock COWS, $500@6.00.
Mixer quotations are: Jersey heif
ers, $40 and up; good grade Holstiens
$S5 and up; good grade Durhams, $7'
@1OO; good Jerseys, $50@75.
Hog quotations are: Prime light
$8.20@S.25; prime strong weights
$8.0O@S.25; good to prime mixed, $7.5I
@S.15; rough heavy packing, $7.25@
7.75; pigs and skips, $6.75@725.
Sheep quotations are: Choice lambs
$S.75@90O; common lambs, $1,000
$50; choice yearlings, $S.00@S.50
q good yearlings, $750QS.00; choice
! wethers, $7OO@75O; good wethers
r $6.75@7OO; choice ewes, $6.OO@6.5O
4 good ewes, $5.5.0@6.00
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-06-13
Filler Items
(From The Filler JOurnal.)

Mrs. BEEN left for Livingston, Mont,
last Friday morning in response to a
telegram announcing the death of her
father.
]. V. Nicholl is the name of the new
manager of the Nibley-Channel Lum-
Der yard here. He will become a per-
manent resident in a short time.
The newly elected officers of the
Odd Fellows are as follows: John
Blass, N. G.; George Truitt, V. G.;
Norman Barker, treasurer; Mark
Musser, secretary.
Melvin Hughes cut one of his fingers
clear to the bone last Sunday. Neglect
ing to care for it at the time has re-
suited in blood poisoning.
Word came last week that F. c..
Graves had had trouble with his car
somewhere in Wyoming, which delay
ed them a short time only. The right
housing on the rear axle broke.
Picnics and fishing parties are the
order of the day. Tuesday morning G.
c.. Small, Jake Burkett, Frank Ken
needy and George Fleetwood decided
to try their luck.
VIM. Bunce, manager of the Filler
Milling & Elevator company, is hav-
ing a new seed house and more coal
shoots built at the mill to better en-
able them to take care of their bust
ness
Mrs Widerfelt, formerly of Filler
but now of California, has a position
as stewardess on a vessel sailing be-
tween San Francisco and South Amer
lea Mrs. Widerfelt is a sister of Mrs
McCreery.
A lawn tennis court is being built
between the M. E. church and parsOn-
age so that the young people will have
a nice court on which to amuse them.
selves. A very commendable move or
the part of the church to furnish
amusement fer the young folks.
Elmer e. Haag, vice president of the
Filler State bank, left this morning FOL