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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18
SOME WASHINGTON POLITICAL GOSSIP

labor conditions, the bulletin adds: at
is a deplorable fact that there are cir
cumstantial and authentic reports to
show that labor in some instances, in
stead of being inspired by higher pay
TO greater productiVeness is becomirg
less efficient. In one instance under
our observation, a large employer
whose attitude toward labor is that OF
sympathetic consideration, reports
that after raising wages three times
within year the output per man S il
serious degree less than before. The
superintendent in immediate charge
of operations attribute these results to
Indifference, loss of discipline and the
fact that other jobs can be easily
had"
Senator Boies Penrose recently in
serted in the Congressional Record n
long list Of contributors to the demo-
cratic campaign fund of four years
ago, together with the jobs now held
Blu such contributors. In the case of
Louis D. Brandeis the Pennsylvania
senator had made a note on his manu-
script and it was printed in the Rec
ord, thus: Louis D Brandeis Look
up interstate commerce commission
and see if employed there as counsel"
Brandeis contributed $500 to the
democratic fund and if Senator Pen
roses secretary did look up the mat
ter, he found that Mr.. Brandeis con-
tributed his services as a lawyer for
many months without fee, to the I. c.
&. For years, it has been the practice
of Mr.. Brandeis to do legal work for
the public without pay except his no.
tel bills.
The doctrine of states rights
which for years was the particular as
set of the southern statesmen, is inoC-
ulating northerners. Senator Dilling-
ham of Vermont opposed the child la
Dor bill because of this states rights
theory. He was paired against the bill,
as was also Brandegee of Connecticut.
so their names did not figure among
the immortal y who voted against the
bill. They are equally guilty, however.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18
Tonsfls and the Voice.
Pyramid of the Sun.

The most colossal structure OF pre-
historic man in America. known as the
pyramid of the sun, is at Teouhuacan'
Mexico, not far from the capital
Close TO the great pyramid stands me
pyramid of the moon, which the build
ers regarded as the wife or the Gun,
and surrounding them are nearly zoO
mounds of greater or lesser magnitude.
which tradition says. were crowned
by temples and public buildings. Two
hundred and sixty-eight steps lead 10
the summit of the pyramid or the sun
which is PIG feet high. IL is foL
feet square at the base, and the sum
NIT is 80 by 105 feet-National Geo
graphic Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18
Mark AntonN.s Mistake.

At a performance of Julius caesar
at Hurst college. England. Mark An
tony made a mistake when the dead
body of Caesar was brought in. He
apostrophized the fallen hero with I'M
passioned eloquence. and the audience
were all presumably horror stricken
and overcome with grief. when Antony
gently. but firmly. grasped. as ne
thought. the face cloth and slowly
very slowly, began 20 draw it back
Just then an excited whisper came
from the other end of the corpse. rms
end. you fool" But Antony was mex
orably wrapped in grief lie perser-
vered and disclosed 10 the intently
gazing audience julius Caesars boots
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18
THE LORDS AMOUNTED

supreme court who recently resigned
in order to accept the republican nom
ination for president is one of the
great lawgivers of all the ages.
People like Mr.. Hughes and Mr.
Crane and Mr.. Penrose and Mr.. Can
non and Mr.. Mann and Mr.. Barnes
are the Lords anoirted. They were
raised up by an All-Wise Providence
to be the ruling class of the country
The Lord intended them to govern be-
cause He gave them republican minds.
But people like Mr. Wilson were Gre
ated to be hewers of wood and draw
ers of water. If the Deity had wished
them to NEEDLE with government He
would have made them republicans.
Mr.. Hughes has proved himself the
George F. Baer of politics. He knows
exactly into whose hands Divine Prov
idence placed the welfare of the work
ing classes and of everybody else.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18
CRIMINAL, WASTE.

When a calamity such as the San
Francisco earthquake, the Dayton
food or the sinking of the Titanic oc-
ours, the world stands aghast at the
frightful waste OF life and property as
measured in dollars and cents, and the
whole world pays the penalty But
these happenings cannot be averted.
They are costly but requent-part
OF the price Of our modern civilization,
and constitute but a small fraction OF
the waste cost OF the world.
We wouldn't burn forest knowing
~. but we would burn the lumber that
comes out of it. Nations do not waste
their big things willingly. Only a great
war can ever bring nation to the
point OF destroying life and property
Tecklessly as part OF the game. But
there is a waste that is going on CON
stantly that is more costly even than
war, Is costly as war may be; for war
accOmplishes sOmething-at least 1t
settles a quarrel The waste we refer
10 is the waste of little things, for
these in the aggregate prove as costly.
although less noticeable, than the
waste of larger ones.
While little indulgences, such as
drinking, smoking, candy and sodas,
are not particular waste, they are not
profitable expenditures They get us
nowhere and do no particular good.
But even passing these as permissible,
The most ineXcusable waste is in the
line Of food. 1t is not what comes in
the front door, particularly, that
counts, but what goes out Of the
kitchen.
The total cost of food in this country
cannot be even approzimated. but en-
inent- authorities place a dollar a day
as fair average for the food value
of the American people. This means
a cost OF about S. 200, 900 900 each year.
So eminent an authority as Doctor
Wiley estimates that at least one-quar-
ter of this is wasted And this is en-
tirely possible. Notice as you dine at
restaurants how much untouched food
goes back to the kitchen-not To feed
some poorer mortal but to go out in
the garbage. II seems so perfectly
natural for some people TO merely play
with d dinner sending choice cuts Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18
HEART STIMULANTS AND HEAR,
TONES.

Perhaps we express a heresy when
we say that no drug can be more than
a temporary stimulant or crutch TO
help the patient over a crisis, just as
the whip helps the horse over a bar
rier. Learned doctors have written
volumes upon the treatment OF heart
disease, and the more a man knows
about the subject the less he relies
upon drugs to restore a damaged heart
to competency. Rest, judicious guam
THY of food, brine (carbonated) baths,
graduated exercise, including walking
on the level. and graduated hill climb
ing seem to be the effective measures
for the treatment of heart disease.
You would not whip a horse all the
way through a race. Neither should
you expect a drug to drive the heart
Indefinitely. Some people, most vic
Tins of imaginary heart disease or
weak heart" whatever that may be,
take drugs like strychnine, nitrogly-
cerine and digitalis over long periods
of time, without reason or benefit, and
sometimes with injury to the health
Strychnine has it's place as a nerve
castigator for emergencies, but GER
tainly can add nothing to the energy
outpue of the heart Nitroglycerine is
not a heart stimulant at all, but only
a fleetinG vaso-dilator, a drug which
opens up the arterioles or small yes
sells and takes the load off the heart
for the moment-sometimes a good
thing and sometimes a bad thing for
the circulation. At the longest, nitro
glycerine produces an effect lasting
two hours. Hence, when it is taken
three times a day there are more
hours VIXEN it isn't influencing the
circulation than hours when IL is.
You may take your choice of the hours
when you feel better while taking
nitroglycerine. And digitalis is worth
less for emergencies, since today's
dose cannot be expected to produce
any effect upon the heart till tomor-
row; the drug is pretty poor stimu-
liant for weak spells.F
Digitalis may have its place in the
treatment of heart disease, yet we
suspect the vague improvement OBJ
served in patients taking it is really
due to rest, diet and the natural ca
pacity of the heart to compensate de-
fects. Surely, any one who relies upon
the drug as "stimulant" for emer-
gencies is leaning upon a worthless
crutch Aromatic spirits of ammonia,
from 10 drops to a teaspoonful in a
few spoonfuls of cold water, would be
much more reliable heart stimulant.
Speaking frankly. if heretically. 1t
is a rare emergency that demands a
heart stimulant. in spite of all roman
tic and dramatic practices and bulle
tins. Shock, fainting. collapse and
weak spells" are almost always indi-
cations for the use of nerve and vase
motor stimulants -- remedies which
contract the arterioles. such as bella
donna Tor its alkaloid atropine). cam
phor. adrenalin pituitrin. ergot. dash
OF cold water. friction and percussion
of the spine between the shoulders.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18
STUDIED ATTEMPTS TOMS
REPRESENT.

There has been a very studied pnr-
pose on the part OF the metropolitan
naners and news associations, as al
WAYS is the case in a campaign year, TO
color the news and poison and preJu-
dice the public so far as everything
democratic is concerned.
OF late. a strained effort has been
made to put the pOstoffice department
in bad so far as postal employees serv-
ing on military duty are concerned.
ANYTHING that can be construed as
damaging to the postOffiCe department
is eagerly seized upon and flashed from
end to end of the country during the
day. so that the morning papers may
have a chance to rub it in by way OF
editorial comment, while the lie is
still fresh"
Recently a report was sent broad
cast to the effect that the pOstoffice
department had discharged all en-
ployes serving in the army. This, like
the story to the same effect concerning
Henry Ford, was absolutely without
foundation. The postoffice department
is holding the places of all enlisted
men who are serving on the border,
although there is no law that permits
the department to pay them during
their absence. The following general
order from the postmaster general is
in the hands of all pOstmaSterS, and it
explains the true status of the situa-
ton:
NOTICE TO POSTMASTERS AND
ALL POSTAL EMPLOYEES.
Office of The Postmaster Cen
eral, Washington, August IA, 1916.
Because of misleading statements
appearing in certain newspapers
regarding the status of those pos
tai employees who are now in the
military service Of the United
/ States, pOstmasters and other
| supervisory officers in the postal
/ service will call to the attention
of employees under their superv1-
! sion, who are now in the military
. service of the United States, the
/ provisions of postmaster generals
order No. 9747, of June 26, 1916,
and again advise them that every
postal employe Immediately upon
/ his discharge from the military
/ service will be assigned to the
position held by him at the time
/ he left the postal service to enter
/ the military service, and that such
assignment to duty will be made
at his former salary without
awaiting the formal approval Of
/ the postOffiCe department The
/ postmaster general desires that
not only the postal employees
themselves but also that their
! families understand that the en-
| ployes are not to suffer the loss of
their positions or the salaries that
they carry because of having been
called into the military service of
! their country.
! A. S. BURLESON,
/ Postmaster General
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18
SHARK-PR0OF.

There was girl in our town,
And she was wondrous cute;
She said, When l go bathing
I'll wear an iron suit"
Springfield Union
There was a girl in our town,
And she was smarter vet;
She said, When go bathing
I'll stay out of the wet"
Youngstown Telegram.
There was a girl in our town.
And she was modest, too:
She said. When I go bathing,
Old shark. I'll just show you!"
Geneva Free Press Times.
There was a girl in our town,
The wisest little dub,
She said. When | go bathing.
"fll take it in tub"
j. Nj. C.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18

exceptions, and there are indications
that Canada Will adopt a similar sys-
TEN at the conclusion of the war.
In every case where health insur-
ance has once been tried it has be
come firmly established. it's benefits
being extended to include all of the
low-paid workers. Would not Amer
lea then also benefit by adopting the
system? To study this question, the
association, four years ago, appointed
a special national committee including
among its members Miles NJ. Dawson
leading actuary and lawyer; Profess
sor Henry r. Seager of Columbia uni
versity; DR.. Alexander Lambert
chairman judicial council of the Amer
lean Medical association; Miss Lii
liam D. Wald. president of the Nation
Nursing, and DR.. Henry J. Harris of
the library Of congress. AS a result
of their work the committee has
drafted the model health insurance
bill which, the secretary DIR. John b
Andrews announces, will be intro
duced into more than 20 state legisla-
lures next year
Powerful arguments in support of
health insurance legislation in Amer
lea are assembled in the brief which
quotes government reports and many
leading health and insurance authori-
ties which appear to establish the six
following points: High sickness anu
death rates prevail among American
wage earners More extended pro
vision for medical care among wage
earners is necessary. Additional eli
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18

Judge Wade, who has fined thous-
ands of speeders in Chicago, yester-
day was assessed for the same offense
in his own court Wade when arrest
ed threatened TO separate the officer
taking him from the city pay roll, but
it appears this is one instance when
the pull Of a higher up failed to get
the poIiceman's goat. We wonder why
patrolmen don't arrest more of the
traffic offenders. The reason is seen
in the facts developed in the Wade
case. The officer hesitates to do any
thing that will imperil his job, and
You can't blame him. What he needs
and should have is the unwavering
support of his superiors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18
(New York WORLDLY

New York WORLDLY
The reason why everything that
President Wilson does must be wrong
is carefully explained by Mr.. Hughes:
You could no more build up this
country by the application of dem
ocratic doctrines than you could
go flying through the air in the
Old-fashiOned flying machines Of
so years ago.
Therefore, President Wilson, being
a democrat, is mentally, morally and
physically incapable of doing any
thing right; but Mr.. Hughes, being
republican, is incapable of doing any
thing wrong.
The present chief justice of the
United States supreme court, being a
Louisiana democrat, is ipso facto a
fool and a sectionalist, but a former
associate justice of the United States
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18

Which candidate for president should
receive the electoral vote of the suf-
frage states? Just think it over. Mr..
Hughes kept decidedly quiet on this
issue until he wanted TO make a bid
for the women's votes. Hughes never
voted for woman suffrage in his life.
President Wilson. on the other hand,
declared himself in favor of suffrage
q good while ago, went back to his
own state to vote for equal suffrage,
and persuaded two members of his
cabinet to do likewise when the issue
came up at election in their own
STATES
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18
The Gerser al SenamL

Japan occupies a prominent piaee
among the countries Of the worlu ~
the possession of mineral springs rl.n ~
in radium emanations These afv
found exclusively in granite regions
The hot spring OF Mlsasa, IN the PrS,-
ince OF Hoki. in western Japan. pc
longs TO this category. In radio-actn-
ity il is second only 20 Ischia. IN ltaly.
OF the three well known intermittanle
hot springs the geyser at Senam -
the grandest. the waters being thrown
up TO an occasional height OF 30 Ieo@
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18

In some of the large cities the La
Dor day parade has been abandoned
and instead the unions will enjoy a
picnic in a pleasant park. In view of
the lighter expense and lighter amount
of worry and exertion the move seems
a sensible one. The social feature
win be enhanced and quite as much
opportunity given for music, speaking
and healthful sports.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18
T. IL
7 4 L K 8
* 81 MLLLAM BRAOY.noR

thymol Two hours later take an ounce
Of epson salts. Wash all defects thor
oughly with water in a bucket, allow
to settle, then examine the sediment
for little grayish-white worms about
one-third inch long, with a sharp turn
or hook at one end. They are hook
worms.
Tonsils and the Voice.
Question-As / have, or had a good
voice, l am doubtful about the wis
dom of having my diseased tonsils re-
moved, as my doctor advises. VIII II
injure my voice?
Answer-No, it will probably i'm
prove the voice The removal OF ton
sils never Injuries, and often improves
the singing voice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18
Daily History ClaSS-Aug. IS,

17S3-Generai Washington took infos.
NAL leave OF the victorious colonia'
army at Newburg y. Y
iSO7-Charles Francis Adams, Unit"
States minister 10 England durinS
the civil war. born. died isS6
i9l4-Brussels. Belgium. was ahau
doncd by King Albert and ns
cabinet
l915-Aiiics captured turkish trenches
on the Gallipom peninsula. near
Suvla bay.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18

Colonel Bryan has disappointed his
political enemies in Nebraska by deny
ing the published story to the effect
that he was TO take up permanent res
idence in one OF the southern states
and seek election TO the United States
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18

It seems rather odd that England
should send Sam Mcclure back home
right away when one remembers that
he is. like Artemus Wards kangaroo,
an amoosin' little cuss.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
How 10 Find Out About HoOkwOrm

Question-Is there any way l can
find out for myself whether | have
hookworm Infection? | have lived for
three years in the south.
Answer-Take about six grains OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18
Rock Island-From River to
River.

A German scientist has discovered
that water is a Stimulant- And All
this time we have been supposlng that
the stimulation came from the stuff 1t
followed as a chaser.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18
CEORDS AND'
ID I S G O r ID s

SKIRTS are coming down." says a
fashion expert. And shoes are looking
up-in price.
MR.. Hughes is reported to be read
ing detective stories. We may yet dis
cover that his whiskers are false.
There's dirty work to be done tonight,
joe" as the villain in the play would
say.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18

. Log n which Great sEmancipator born.
which cabin
which Lincoln inscribed the following words Here
dedicated
the states On September 4th
Hogenvie
United
Memorial su, which contains the Great
znanc birthplace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18

FIFTY banks owned by negroe.
have formed an association. We may
live to see the color of our currency
changed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18

BEFORE you go all the way in your
decision to give women equal political
rights with men take a night off the
next time one of the gentler sex is an
nounced to deliver a street corner ad-
dress. You would hardly be proud of
her if she were your wife.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18
THE ARGUS.

BY THE j. W. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18

Rock Island Member Associated Press,
Full Leased Wire Report
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18

WOMEN. rockies at Geneva, Wis,
have called for guards to keep men
away from the river while they are
bathing. And they are learning to be
soldiers! Such cowardice is appalling,
to say the least.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-18

THE Germans have captured Stara-
wipozyna height. That ought to about
end the war.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-08-18
ATTORNEYS SALE
VALUABLE y opERrY
IN PISCATAWAY DISTRICT

FINDER and by virtue of the power
u of sale contained in certain
Mortgage from John G. Slater and
Matte r. Slater, his wife to E. Baker
Evans, dated January 90, 1913 and duly
recorded among the Land Records OF
Prince Georges County, Maryland in
Liber 70 at folio Bis, the undersigned
Attorneys named in said Mortgage. de-
fault having been made in the cove
nants of said Mortgage, will offer for
sale at public auction at the Court
House door, on
Tuesday, September ), 1916
At the hour of IL noon,
all those certain pieces or parcels OF
land, situated in Piscataway District,
Prince Georges County, Maryland, and
more particularly described as follows:
Consisting first. of tract OF
1921 Acres
formerly owned by Helen E. Magruder
and all of the other pieces or parcels
of land more particularly described In
a deed from E. Baker Evans and wife
to the said John G. Slater. dated
January 30, 1918, and duly recorded
among the Land Records of said Coun-
ty. reference to said deed being hereby
specially made for more full and par
ticular description of the land 10 be
sold.
This property while not improved by
a dwelling is splendid farm land. locat-
ed close to the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, and has some timber upon
it.
Sold subject to first mortgage for
$1,000. 90 as to 1924 acres of the
property advertised, due June l,
1917. Interest adjusted to day OF sale.
TERMS OF SALE
All cash upon the ratification OF the
sale by the court, cash deposit of 5000
to be required at the time of sale; all
costs of conveyancing at the expense
of the purchaser.
MARION DUCKETT,
T. HOWARD DUCKETT.
Attorneys to Sell.
Marion Duckett & Son,
Gil F. Street N. w.
Washingt D. G..