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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08
The Daily Story
Sandy Bend in Peril-By M. Quad.

"And all this is to be wrecked ana
ruined and brung low What fars
That the thing called civilization mas
move from east to west and gobblo
up everything In its path.
"And what do We get by the cbanr.,
We get the plug hat and cane: We g..
the tan shoes and red neckties; We o.,
the dress coat and the eyeglass; va
get the poodle dog and the class q.
men who are not much better
IF We remain here amid al thesa
| changes we have got to dress diff,
ent, live different, act different. A,a
how many days do you think the In,a
will give US? Why, wen begin to Al.
off like flies in hailstorm, and ips,ds
of six months the toughest Of MS w,,l
be laid low. Civilization won't eve,
let MS be buried with our friends I'm on
the hillside, but the newcomers Vim
start what they call a cemeterv ana
sell the land off at $40 lot and mai.
law that anybody who dies has Or.
| to be buried there.
Now. about myself As a nourt a.
iestice I haven't given you much Ian
but | have given you jestice as 7 Mn.
derstood it. If l have made any s,,,,
it was an error of judgment and not !,
the heart. There will come along IN
few weeks man to take my plae.
He will run this court accordin' tn law
There will be dozen lawyers in Tho
| room, and no dogs admitted. One law.
yer after another will get up and pab.
one witness after another viii tell tho
| truth or lie about it, 1t will take that
thar court a whole day to try a cass
| that you have heard me decide in fya
minutes.
THE question is being asked on ~.
cry side, What kin be done? Kin any.
thing be done? 1 doubt it very much
but we will hold a public meetin' 10.
| mOrrer. If we kin raise a hundred
men to go out to the new railroad and
shoot off the hundred men workin
there mebbe We can hold civilization
! back year or two longer or altogesb.
er. Let every man in Sandy Bend be
| at the meetin' tonorrer with two guns
| and a determination to defend our
rights or perish In the attempt
THAR Is a case here before thh
| court. 1t is that of Bill Savage agn
Ace High, the Chinyman who does our
washee. They got into a squabble
about an old shirt and drew their guns
and fred bullets at each other Bill
may be in the right or Ace High has
| the right on his side. I amt goin' into
the case as court, but as an individ.
ual am goin' to turn them both out.
doors without their guns and let 'em
| fight it out. My emotions as a court
are too deeply stirred to listen to any
testimony, but as an individual I shall
| be interested in seem a fight between
a Chink and white man.
This court now stands adjourned,
perhaps forever. Let us all weep'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08
Gir.ruIs. Listen.

Dear ]. NJ. c.: was disappointed in
not finding my name in the list of
bachelors you printed in your column
yesterday. l have been leading such a
quiet and uneventful life of late that !
fear some of the fair sex may get the
impression that l have annexed help
mate and settled down to peaceful
domesticity. No such good fortune has
overtaken me. For the benefit of those
young ladies who may be contemplate
ing taking advantage of leap year, per-
nit me to elucidate to the extent that
am yet In my prime, am considered
(by some) fair to gaze upon, have
saved enough to buy coal few win
tiers, will stand without hitching, am
not afraid Of the cars, am city broke
have d heavenly disposition, love the
comforts Of home, and am a citizen OF
Illinois. I make this latter statement
to forestall attacks on my residence
record, inasmuch as | lived for some
years in Davenport, but that was in
the days before they hoisted the white
and purple on the city hall To those
who may not know me personally, !
might add that my habits are ex-
emplary My retiring hour is p. m
would not know how to act if l were
abroad after that hour l am partial
to amusements. indoor and outdoor. ]
am fond of horseback riding, but since
the European powers have bought up
all Of our quad upeds l am taking my
outings In the street cars, the green
line being my choice. My favorite flower
is Pillsbury's. For the next few weeks
l expect to be at Excelsior Springs
Mo-, and those having proposals to
make can reach me there. Photo
graphs gladly exchanged
ALEX ANDERSON.
MARIA Kouszenoff is singing grand
opera in Chicago, Ii is presumed she
is from Przemysl.
j. M, G.,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

The most efficacious chemical dis
infectant for the water of the swim
ming pool is calcium hypochlorite
added in sufficient quantity to make a
proportion of one part Of chlorine to
one million of water-and added to the
water often enough to keep the proper
ton at that ratio.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
The Common Cigar Cutter.
What complaints have been made
against the common cigar cutter as a
transmitter of disease?
Answer-The same complaint as
has been made against the common
drinking cup and the still more COM
mon towel. A good many men moisten
a cigar first, and cut 1t afterward. That
contaminates the cutter with saliva,
and common saliva is a pretty danger
Gus medium of exchange
Baby Holding His Breath.
How long is 1t possible for baby
to hold his breath? worried mother
inquiries. Our little boy, 5 months old,
sometimes alarms us when he shows
his temper that way.
Answer-A minute easily, perhaps
two minutes without much effort You
need have no fear-he'lI begin breath
ing again when he gets ready. If you
wish to do something, just sprinkle
some very cold water upon his face,
Olive Oil.
Please advise if olive oil will clear
a complexion.
Answer-Yes, sometimes, If taken
say, in tablespoonful doses an hour aft
er meals.
SECOND Attack OF Whooping Cough.
Can a child catch whooping cough
the second time?
Answer-possibly. but it would be
doubtful. Better have the child thor
ouzhly examined at once.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

When the constable at Judge H0ke's
court had cried Hear ye.." three times
the Judge arose and said:
Men of Sandy Bend, If speak in
broken voice and my chin quivers
when / talk 1t is because ] am feelin'
such eminent emotions as / have not
felt in twenty years before.
why this emotion? Why do stand
here with the tears ready to fall at
any minute?
Il will tell you what Is the matter.
though you know as well as do. We
have been fightin' civilization for thir-
ty years, and at last We are licked.
Yes. my friends, I hate to say the
word, but we are licked.
What was that which awoke Sandy
Bend from its happy sleep at daylight
the other mornin'? What was that
noise that jumped us out Of our blan-
kets and caused us to look at each
other as If We had Weakened in another
land?
"'Toot. loot, loot"
Eyes, great hevvings, it was the toot
of locomotive on the new railroad,
only five miles away, which Is to run
into Sandy Bend next week. Think
Of tia railroad into Sandy Bend
That's one Of the p'ints we have been
licked on. 1t has wanted to come here
for the last fifteen years, but our guns
have kept 1t away.
Yes, my tears fall and my chin
wabbles as l talk Of civilization CON-
In to this happy community. We have
hung horse thieves, about one week,
for years past. About once a week
also some man has been shot for hold
in FIVE aces at poker.
MY. tears fall afresh as 1 realize
Sandy Bend has been little paradise
on earth And now it is to be crushed,
wrecked, ruined forever as the right
kind of town to live in. Why, the
Chinymen will make their skiddoo. and
the dogs will run away from it! Since
that foot of the locomotive the other
mornin' there has been a man here
to see about street car line. A street
car line for Sandy Bend to take the
place of the cayuse!
And along comes man who says
Sandy Bend orter have waterworks.
Is it any wonder that three or four
men tainted away On hearin' Of 1t?
"And along comes another man and
says we are to have gas works.
Hasn't Sandy Bend got along with
tallow candles and kerosene torches
all this time, and has anybody kicked
about it?
Here is most beautiful and happy
spot. There are mountains all around.
In the mountains grows the grizzly
bear, and the wild Indian hunts for the
white mans scalp. The sun ever shines
there. There are no spring foods. The
winter don't freeze a man to death.
The birds twitter, the jack rabbits play
about like lambkins, and there is Jest
shootin' enough to keep the blood in
good circulation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

ton to imports from that quarter than
we do now, because there will be less
demand for those products from the
United States and they can be more
largely obtained direct from the coun-
tries of their origin. We ought also
to be able to supply more Of the man
ufactured goods in demand in South
America since less can be obtained
from Europe. at least for time
In any case, there will be few citi-
zens of the United States who will be-
grudge South America her present
favorable" balance of trade.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08
Selected by Tavenner
To the Readers Of The Argus:

To the Readers Of The Argus:
The Argus has generously agreed to permit me TO
make regular contribution under this head to use the
space as il it my am left free to make my
selection from where WILL whether it is timely or I'M
timely; to search the highways and the byways for
what may impress me of interest and value to the
people.
assure my readers shall try to make the most OF
the opportunity To do forget that party lines
exist and WILL just wish it might be practical for
them not to exist and that the principal issue cleo
ton day might be- not whether a candidate belongs to
this that political party, but whether he is willing to
the masses of the people the few who exploit
them.
In other words. my idea is to submit information or
q thought that would give to the world if myself
edited newspaper the only mission Of which to
serve mankind; to do this and nothing more.
When personally write the contribution will sign
it, and when present the thought and work of others
will so Indicate CLYDE H. TAyENNER
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

The financial manager of the Ford
peace expedition has refused to come
across" to the ladies of the party to
purchase expensive gowns. Which is
liable to precipitate the most serious
trouble that has yet arisen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08
The Extrayagant Editor,

]. A. POINTER, one of our substan-
tial citizens, heard US order some
oysters and celery to go with our
rooster for the Christmas dinner and
imagined that We were living a little
above our means, so he advanced us a
Graphic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

time after private plants not engaged
in the manufacture of war materials
would be able to reorganize their
shops and be turning out ammunition
and other supplies. In the event that
private manufacturers should not re-
spond to the necessity of the occa-
sion the government could itself take
over such industrial plants as it might
need, just as England has done.
CLYDE H. TAVENNER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

Ten German socialists have been
Jailed for talking peace. The German
government is willing to talk peace
itself, but when a citizen talks peace,
whether a socialist or an independent
thinker, he is jailed! Such is militar-
ISM
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

Since Russia has been able to Sc
cure munitions from her old enemy,
Japan, things have been Frightening
up. The outlook has so far improved
that the car is out with another state
ment to the effect no separate peace
will be entered into by him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

One of the strange things that come
out of the war in Mexico is that Villa
is without money and must take up
his old occupation as bandit in or
der to live in the manner he has been
accustomed,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

II is not to be expected that the
people who can't see any good in rail-
roads will approve any fair deal the
interstate commerce commission may
give them,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08
Daily History ClaSS-Jan. 3

1S15-General Andrew Jackson W.
his extraordinary victory at Ne
Orleans. Over 2.600 Brtoas 10,
Jackson's loss was eight killed a"s
thirteen wounded
19i4-General Simon Bolivar hueAhs''
noted Confederate and MeSieaD
war veteran. died; bora is5f'
French troops crossed the rive
Aisne at scissors and attacAea NV
German fortified line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

The United States government has
demonstrated that it can furnish war
materials for it's own use at saving
of 80 to so per cent over the prices
paid the munitions and armament
makers. Why should the people of the
United States be allowed to go down
into their pockets and dig up money
to be transferred to the pockets of the
already rich manufacturers?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08
Rock I.land-From River to
River.

Up in South Dakota they are talking
about a republican compromise dele
cation. 1t seems to he always a con-
yenient subject for conversation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

Added to the horrors Of war, the
Chicago Herald says we are threat
ened with a worse horror-that Of con-
gressional oratory on the war Wow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

Germany is going to allow the Ford
peace party TO go through the country,
but insists on sealing up the cars.
Safety first.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

London.-The London financial pa
pers point to the new French loan as
the most attractive government secur-
ity that has been launched since the
beginning of the war The price of
So per cent of the per cent rente
means a yield of nearly 81 per cent,
while the English or American inves-
tor, with the additional advantage Of
Of an unusual exchange rate, obtains
yield considerably higher.
1t is interesting to note in this
connection what happened to the
French loans issued in connection
with the Franco-Prussian war of 1870
In spite of the fact that on that occa-
sion France was defeated and was
required to pay heavy indemnity
the loans quickly rose to par. The
French loans of 1870 and 1872, bear
ing 5 per cent interest, were issued
at $3.50 and $3.50. By 1870 they were
| quoted in the market at as high as
106, and they went on rising until
1880 they reached 120.85, their high
est. They were subsequently con-
verified.
San Juan, Porto Rico,-For the first
time in the history of Porto Rico q
man is serving Jail sentence for VIC
lating the law prohibiting the importa.
ton and sale of lottery tickets Man
| uel Cerecedo, whose sentence of two
years Imprisonment and a fine Of
| $4,000, was recently upheld by the SUI
preme court of the United States, has
surrendered himself and is now il
prison.
| Cerecedo was found to be the Porte
Rico representative of the Padre Bill
lard Lottery of Santo Domingo and al
the same time of his arrest two years
ago was charged with disposing o.
| 10000 lottery tickets every. other week
Government officials estimated that he
was clearing at the rate of $4,000 {
month and that the island was spend
ing more than million and half dol
lars year on lottery tickets.
| Since Cerecedos arrest and convic
ton it has been much more difficult t
buy lotter tickets in Porto Rico, al
| though stray lots of them find Their
way in from Spain, Germany, Cuba anG
Santo Domingo Cerecedo is a Span
lard and is one of the leading mer
chants here.
Cambridge, Eng.-(Correspondenc,
of the Associated Press. Cambridge
has practically ceased to be a domesti,
institution, and its academic life i:
sustained almost entirely by alien co
lonial students. This resemblance Il
a foreign university. planted in tn,
classic confines of the ancient seat O
learning, is intensified by the pres
ence here of the faculty and some o
the student body of the University o
| Louvain.
With the exception of the medica
school. one of the colleges has NOR,
than handful of British students
Perhaps the greatest sufferer from tn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08
THE VALLEY CLARION.

B. Lamont has been seen on our SITS
walking among the commoners this
wk. owing to his car being laid up with
an attack of grippe. 1t was a New
Years day attack, but Ben reports his
runaround will be on it's feet again in
few dys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

MR. Ireland is to be manager of the
coming automobile show at Peoria.
Ignatz says if he wanted preferred
space he would have his cars painted
green.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

"POSTMASTERS must watch all
packages. Headline. If this new Or
der is to be carried out literally, we
would suggest to the local p. m. that
he post one of his assistants at the
Twenty-fourth street viaduct between
II and IL each evening.
BUD you will nodice We didn't loos
as many at Loos as the allies post
cards Diedrick.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

GERMANY, adding to the horrors OF
war, has Just issued an order prohib-
iting January bargain sales.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08
Why, HenRery!

Why, HenRery!
Ford party will avoid lightly clad
dancers" -Headline Can this be the
answer to Hens refusal to buy gowns
for the women he took with him on his
European trip?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08
CHORDS AND
DLSCORDS
A Rag Chewing.

The Dorcas society will meet at the
church parlors Wednesday afternoon,
Jan. IL. Everyone is requested to
come and bring rags. - Port Byron
Globe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

There is man in Aledol who is max
ing business Of raising guinea pigs
Reynolds Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

Our corner popcorn stands are to
disappear in the spring. 1t won't seem
like the same old town.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

WILLIAM Sand is an auctioneer at
Geneseo. They say he has the goods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

C. Mueller, our moving pic. magnate
is receiving many encomiums of praise
these dys. on his fine pipe organ. But
he hasn't learned to play it yet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

G. Sudlow, our W. k. cap, has be-
come such an early riser of late that
strangers were beginning to believe
he was working nights. G. explains
that lime magnates are all early ris-
ers, just like the. yeast men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

Irv Norwood, who put the great in
the Greater Dav. committee, has been
a daily visitor to these pts. the past
few wks., but it is not true that he has
been driven to this side of the riv. by
the Iowa dry spell. His frequency
hereabouts has been due to the fact
that his family has been away on a
visit and he has been stopping at the
home of a friend, C. Bernhard, our
pop. young doc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

Cap Henderson isn't saying any
thing, but it is suspected he has a
pull with the weather bureau, for a
few days after he had been ordered by
the cit. council 70 bring his ferryboat
out of whit quarters and resume ser
vice the river frozc over from bank
to bank.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

Fred Peabody, an eastern atty,
promises he will take a fall out of our
Christian Scientists at our opry house
Sabbath p. NJ. Fred may peg away
but we reckon he won't hurt any of
the brethren.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-08

MARIA Kouszenoff is singing grand
opera in Chicago Ii is presumed she
is from Przemysl.
L M e.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-08
YOUR SICK CHILD
is CONSTIPATED!
LOOK AT TONGUE
HURRY, MOTHER! REMOVE Pofs-
ONS FROM LITTLE STOMACH,
LIVER AND BOWELS.
GIVE "CALiFORNlA SYRUP OF
FIGS" IF CROSS, BILIOUS OR
EEVERiSH.

NO matter what ails your child, a
gentle, thorough laxative should always
be the first treatment given.
If your little one is out-of-sorts. half
sick, isn't resting, eating and acting
naturally-look. Mother! see if tongue
is coated. This is a. sure sign that it's
little stomach, liver and bowels are
clogged with waste. When cross, irri-
table, feveriSh, stomach sour, breath
bad or has Stomach-ac ache, diarrhoea,
sore throat, full of cold. give a tea
spoonful of California Syrup of Figs
and in a few hours all the constipated
poison, undigested food and sour bile
gently moves out of it's little bowels
without gripping, and you have a well.
playful child again.
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this harmless fruit laxative" because
it never fails to cleanse the little ones
liver and bowels and sweeten the stom-
ach and they dearly love it's pleasant
taste. Full directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages and for grown ups
printed on each bottle.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask
your druggist for a 50-cent bottle of
California Syrup of Figs" then see
that it is made by the california Fig
Syrup Company"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-08

Rev. w NJ. Baker. the new pastor
Of Central Church of Christ will oc-
cupy his pulpit for the first time Sun
day, when he will preach in the morn
ing on The Call to Service" and in
the evening on Christ the Savior
Mr.. Baker comes to the city under
conditions that are promising for a
successful pastorate, as the work Is
we'll organized and his church going
concern. This is the pastors nrst
work in the north.
Rev. Mr.. Baker is native OF Ken
lucky, and was educated at Transyl-
vania University, Lexington. His hrst
work as pastor was in his home town,
Burkesville. where he served the
church four years. He then accepted
a call from the Christian church OF
Glasgow, KY. and during six years
pastorate there built a handsome new
church.
From Glasgow Mr.. Baker went TO
Meridian. Miss, where he served as
pastor five years. He then went to
Poplar Bluff, Mo. During his minis
try there he had over 400 additions to
the membership. and a few months be-
fore he left Poplar Bluff for heokuk,
little over year ago, he raised $4i'-
900 for an enlarged Sunday school
equipment.
In his Sunday school at Poplar Bluf.
Mr.. Baker was especially successful.
over 500 men were enrolled in biole
class the pastor taught, the member
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-08
AT THE CHURCHES

Services and sermon subjects of pas
tors have been announced for Sunday
as follows:
Congregational, Rev B. F. Martin
Morning. Personal and Social Re-
Lligion as Factors in the Kingdom of
Cod; vespers. Neutrality in Re-
ligion, or Hyphenated Christians"
Bethany United Brethren. Rev. Titus
]. Leibold-"The Candor of Christ;
evening, THE Marks of Christian
Elm Lutheran. Rev. o. Ingvoldstad
Morning, Norwegian, "Christ's Chill
dren": evening. English, Our Part in
Missions
ST. Paul's Episcopal. Rev. II. NJ.
Babin-Morning 1880, communion: IL.
"The Epiphany. Gods Workmanship;
evening, special choir will sing the
cantata, THE Coming of the King" by
Dudley Buck.
Methodist, Rev. r. F. Hurlburt-
Morning and evening, Rev. Q. D. Ell
lett will preach in the absence of the
pastor
PRESBYTERIAN, Rev. James p. Linn
Morning. communion; evening, What
Must ! Do?'
First United Evangelical, Rev. c. G.
Observation-Disclosures, 1.-The Soul Win
ming; evening. 1.-THE migrating of
Grace"
Baptist, Rev r. E. Davidson-Morn-
ing. The Mark of ownership eve
ming. Gods Friend.
First SpirituaIist. Rev. Eva Mccoy
Evening, Is Man the Victim of HIS
Own Creations?''
Friends church. Rev. I. y. Rich
Morning ::i,fhIIist's EXpedient": eve
ming. gospel service.