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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11

him until he can support himself and
their daughter"
The obvious obstacle in the way OF
encouraging early marriages by sup
porting the high contracting parties
is that it is practical in exceptional
cases only. Its general adoption
would not be possible But IL it were,
the ideal Of independence set up by
the Spartan advocate of freedom, and
peace at any price, rarely would be
realized. And in the history of matri-
monial experience it Is written large
in tears and sometimes In blood. that
two domestic ventures In single
household or supported by one purse,
the senior enterprise laying claim to
authority over the other because of
the subsidy granted, do not often
flourish. Usually they fight.
Fortunately nobody's general rules
for the conduct Of the matrimonial
enterprise are given the trial Of gen.
eral application. If that were not 80
the domestic relations courts would
have more to do than they are doing,
and the iails, the hospitals and the
undertaking establishments would be
crowded to capacity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
THE ICEWAN,

Of all the animals that roam
Upon the earth and call it home"
Or revel in the oceans foam,
I'd rather be the iceman.
The desert lion reigns supreme,
At scarin' folks he's one whole team,
But still, this is no idle dream,
I'd rather be the iceman.
He backs his wagon to our door,
About the sleepy hour of four;
Lets out yell an then some more,
This energetic iceman.
There comes a rumble, then whack,
AS something heavy hits our shack
And sends a cold shiver up our back
A good aim has our iceman.
He is a monarch in a way,
OF all the things he can survey;
He is kind who's come to stay
The high and mighty iceman.
He is the gent that gets the dough,
1t matters not where he may go.
For just one summer time or so,
I'd like to be the iceman.
ROY K MOULTON.
you may be interested in knowing
that Donald Hops is one of the lively
citizens of this burg postcards Ezra
from Washington, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
Facts Not Worth knowing.

Ten thousand microbes can bivOuac
on pinhead, and all of EN- will be
comfortably seated, too.
Employees liability law does not
recompense servants for inflamed
eyes contracted by peeping through
draughty keyholes.
William Jennings Bryan is absolute
ly certain that an invading feet could
never get over the Rocky mountains.
Out of 96.376 people sharing party
wires in Chicago, the telephone in
spectors found that 96,376 had sprain-
ed ears.
When nine New York men and one
! woman board a subway train the wo-
man generally gets a seat when one
of the nine gets off at his station.
An expedition has discovered a river
in South America inhabited by ali
mony paying fish who talked in their
sleep. ARTHUR BAER.
THE Wholesale Liquor Dealers as
ISOLATION, in session at Louisville, de-
scribes the drunkard as the organHa-
tons greatest liability. Probably
what the association meant to infer
is that he becomes such after he gets
the reputation and then ascends the
wagon.
CHICAGO woman deserted her hus-
band because he insisted on loving her.
Well, love is now referred to as stone
age stuff among some of our best peo-
pie. The kale is what counts in these
modern times When man and wo-
man continue to live under the same
roof it is taken for granted that they
have some little degree of respect for
each other That's sufficient to keep
the gossips off their backs. Therefore,
they have attained what is considered
the ideal state of marital happiness.
The woman who greets her husband
with a caress when he returns from
his work at night is regarded as a
soft slob.
THE Rockefeller foundation now
has Is educational experts at Gary,
Ind, trying to find out how William
Writ gets twice as much use of school
| houses as any one else. This would
be a simple task were 1t assigned TO
one person, but where there are so
many experts engaged we may look
for some extended reports, with our
our old friend, Mr.. Minority. batting
at his usual average. For it would
never do for specialists to agree. That
would destroy their usefulness and
remove the air of mystery with which
they surround their operations.
| MISS Muriel Window is vaudeville
performer who one of ethe Chicago
critics declares sings and dances
with naive imprudence. The young
lady evidently does not believe in
shading her act, though her failure
to do SO may be ever so painful to the
critics. Then, too, her position inyar-
iably is in a fayorite place on the
| bill That's the answer. Muriel knows
the secret of filing the expensive seats,
! j. NJ C..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
Daily History ClasS-May II.

l'iS-Washington and his generals AT
Valley Forge renowned allegiance
to King George Ill and took cath
acknowledging the rebelling colo
MES to be free independent and
sovereign states.
iS6l-Decisive cavalry action at Vel
low Tavern. Va. Confederate Gen;
eral Stuart mortally wounded,
l9la-ln West Galicia Won Maeken-
sens allied Teutons continued 20
drive the Russians eastward on
wide front
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11

That was exquisite courtesy on the
part of General Carranza in selecting
General Obregon to treat with US. 1t
shows he didn't want to take any ah-
vantage of our unpreparedness. Cen
eral ObregOn has only one arm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11

The head of the British war Office
has ruled that an airship shall be re
ferred to as he although marine
ships take the feminine form of pro
noun. And after the war is over this
will give the language purists chance
for indefinite discussion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11

The woman legatee who refused a
bequest of $4,000 from an uncle
some months ago because she regard
ed the. money as tainted is repre-
scented as still obdurate. What better
way is there to remove the faint from
money to which any doubt attaches
than to take it and put it to good
JCaG0
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11

When an English bachelor has just
read about the superfiuous women
there will be after the war, the rich
and the bewitching, he hates, natural
", to enlist and go to the continent
and get himself killed. 1t is thing
no gentleman gallantly can do.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
Imperial Calendar Abolished,

Peking.-By government mandate
the imperial. or Hung Hsien calendar,
which was instituted on ain. /, has
been abolished, and the secretary OF
state has decreed that the year 1915
shall be known as the fifth year OF
Minkuo, or the. republic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11

Great Britain can't understand why
we can't see that the kaiser, in his
last note, meant to insult, threaten
and defy US. But we never have TAX
en- much stock in the British orders
in council
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
Rock Island-Frcm River to
River.

The Cherry sisters are playing at
Des Moines theatre-and they barred
'@The Birth of a Nation for fear Of
riot,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
cH0RD@ 40
DIS II d S

IOWA legislature has not yet adop-
ted a suffrage amendment. but the
women are doing fairly well, despite
absence Of legal permission, accord
ing to the following dispatch from
Clinton appearing in the Muscatlne
journal: This afternoon delegates
from the various counties in the Sec
ond district are meeting in confer
ence to select a candidate for repre-
sentative in congress. Attorney n. ID.
Ely of Davenport, it is believed, will
be named, depending on the result OF
a conference held at noon between
MIR. Ely and Mrs. Meredith, in which
politics are reported to have been dis
cussed.'
Methodist conference, in progress
at Saratoga Springs, n. Y, proposes
eliminating the word devil from the
church ritual and substituting the
word sin. Which doubtless will draw
sleeve laughter from the evil one, for
he doesn't care whether he is men
toned or not so long as the sinners
are all ticketed over his route.
WILLIAM Lorimer, in his announced
ambition to make the United States
senate, and stay put, is not unlike the
man who wrote It's a Long Way to
Tipperary." His hearts still there.
MRS. Louise E. Lusk, a delegate to
the republican national convention
from Montana, has arrived in Chicago.
She says she is there to remain until
some good republican is nominated
for president" When asked if she
would vote for Roosevelt, she said:
Il voted for him once. | am an old
fashioned republican" Evidently the
good sister does not propose to be
Influenced by the cooling Of the qua
chara bird.
CHARLES McHugh, former Rock Is
land hotel proprietor. is one OF the
men who is bringing back profess
sional pony jumping for Chicago, the
game having been temporarily killed
there some years ago through the
Vaccinations of the crooks. Mac. has
been speeding up Chicago considera-
bly, since he located there a few years
ago. he having been one OF those in
strumental in establishing the $1,000
600 automobile course in 1914.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11

The Sherman, Fairbanks, Cummins,
Burton. Ford and La Toilette oooms
NAV look like real firecrackers, but
they'll all be squibs to the big noise
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11


Newell Blair
Among walking
Louis; Mrs Emily Newell Blair
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-03-09
BREAST FEEDING

The milk necessary for the normal
healthy growth of every infant man.
NAL, including the human species, is
created for it in the breast of it's mo-
Their. The milk of the cow mare. ass,
goat, and other animals has been an
alyzed by many investigators. to see
whether any one of them bears so
close a resemblance to human milk
that il may be used as a substitute.
All these Investigations show that the
milk of each animal is different from
that of every other and each is espe-
cially adapted to the requirements On
the young of that species. No other
argument than this simple physio-
logical one should be needed to in
duce "A thoughtful mother to nurse
her baby at the beginning of its life,
but If further demonstration is need
ed the evidence on every hand of the
comparative failure of artificial feed
ing. at least as far as young babies
are concerned. should be convincing.
Statistics gathered from this coun-
try and many others show that breast
fed babies have much greater chance
for life than these who are bottle
fed, and also that the infant illnesses
not only those of the digestive tract,
but many other varieties, afflict bot
tle-fed infants much oftener and much
more seriously than those who have
breast milk. But not only does
breast milk protect the nursing baby
from illness and increase materially
his chance for life, but it practically
insures that his development shall
proceed in normal, orderly fashion.
hn
tional growth during the first year
of life than during any other. and
the brain increases more in the same
time than in all the rest of the years
of life put together. 1t is therefore
of the utmost importancetot the whole
existence of each individual that dur
ing this most critical period the baby
be surrounded with all possible con-
ditions of perfect health. The most
important of these possible conditions
is breast milk. Food is the one ques-
ton of overwhelming Importance to
the baby. If the food is one to which
the digestive apparatus must learn to
accommodate itself, or one which is
lacking in some of the elements ne
cessary for growth and development
the natural processes are hindered,
ly interfered with, sometimes to an
extent which makes it difficult. If not
impossible for the baby to regain the
lost ground. To accustom the infant
organs to do their work properly at
this critical. formative time is essen
tial to the health of the adult in no
small degree. Undoubtedly in many
cases grown people would have es-
capped many of the defects and def
ciencies with which they have to con-
tend if they had passed the period OF
infancy in perfect health.
These are impelling reasons why
mothers should nurse their babies.
Other less important reasons are,
that if the mother takes care of the
baby herself it is much easier to
nurse than to feed by bottle. that
breast milk is practically free from
diease germs. and that it is fed to
the baby at uniform temperatuI e
from beginning to end of nursing.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-03-09
TOYS

Since a baby wants to put every
thing in his mouth. his toys must be
those that can safely be used in this
way. They should be washable and
should have no sharp points or cor
ners to hurt the eyes. Painted arti-
lies and hairy and woody toys are I'M
'afe, as are also objects small enough
% be swallowed. and those having
loose parts, such as bells and the like.
A child should never have so many
toys at one time as to distract his in
terest. He will be quite satisfied with
few things for the time being, and
a handful of clothespins, for example,
will often please just as much as an
expensive doll or other toy. 1t is an
excellent plan to have a box or basket
in which to keep empty spools and
other household objects which the
baby may play with.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-03-09
UNDERFEEDING

AS a rule, babies are overfed IA
Their than underfed. But If the baby
cries as soon as the bottle is taken
away, and again before the next feed
ing time, a careful increase may be
made day by day toward stronger
mixture, stopping at a point where
he is satisfied
OVERFEEDING
If the baby sleeps restlessly, vomits
his food, or has loose bowel action,
it usually indicates that he is being
fed too much, too often. or that his
food is stronger than he can digest.
II the baby is breast fed. the inter
walls between musings should ne
heightened to four hours. as a first
measure. 1t is wise to see the doc
tor, when possible. Fer bOttle-fed
babies the amount of the days feed
ing may be decreased by using one
half of the usual contents of each
bottle until the disturbance has sub
sided
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-03-09
HOW TO LIFT THE BABY.

To lift young baby. slip the left
hand under the back beneath the
shoulders. spreading the fingers in
such way as to support the neck
md head, and lift the feet and legs
with the right hand. Never lift the
'hild without thus supporting the
spine. When baby has learned to
hold up his head and has gained con-
siderable strength in the muscles Oh
the back and neck, he may be lifted
by grasping him with outspread fin
gers under the armpits. the body held
firmly, so that the entire strain does
not come on the shoulders. A baby
should never be lifted by the arms.
1t is possible to dislocatc the Shout
der joint by careless lifting
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-03-09
WHEN NOT TO TAKE
THE BABY OUT

When the weather is very cold. as
in winter in the North, when the
snow is melting, or when there is a
heavy storm in progress or & high
wind blowing quantities of dust
about, it will be best to give the baby
his airing indoors or on a protected
porch. Dress him as for going out,
open all the windows wide. and let
him remain in the fresh air for some
time. Very young or delicate babies
require much heat and must be very
warmly covered to protect them
against being chilled. and a baby I'M
der 3 months of age should not be
taken out in severe weather; But
plenty of fresh air is essential to all
abies.
When the weather is excessively
hot the baby should be taken out ear
ly in the day and then kept in until
the late afternoon. From that time
on until the rooms have cooled in the
evening he should be kept out, being
well protected from mosquitoes. If a
screened porchis available. the health
and comfort of the baby will be great
y increased
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-03-09
DRINKING WATER

The baby needs plenty of cool. I'M
sweetened water to drink. 1t is safe
to boil all the drinking water for a
baby, which should be given to a
young baby lukewarm, never ice-cold
Never put sugar or anything else in
it. Offer it to the baby between feed
ings; in the summer especially he
needs to drink frequently. A run
about baby is constantly exercising
while awake and requires great
deal of water. Fretful babies. espe-
cially those who are cutting teeth.
are often quoted by cool drink
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-03-09
INFANT CARE
OUT.OF.DOOR LIFE

Keep the baby out of doors. Ex-
cept in winter, begin when the baby
is two weeks old to take him out for
a few minutes every day in mild plea
SAINT weather, increasing the time
gradually until he is staying out most
of the time. Probably no other thing
would do so much to insure healthy
babyhood as this, and the result will
repay whatever trouble is necessary
to secure it. With the exceptions
mentioned below, baby may spend
practically all the time out of doors,
both sleeping and waking, il there is
someone to look after him to see that
he is protected against sun, wind and
dangerous insects. A young baby
must stay in his carriage or crib on
the porch, on the roof, under the
trees, or in the back yard, where the
busy mother can look after him; old
er babies who need exercise may be
kept in creeping pen either on the
porch or in the yard. If it is not feas-
ible to provide out-of-door sleeping
places for these older babies, at least
the windows of the nursery should be
kept wide open most of the year.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-10-26
HAIRY VETCH OF MUCH VALUE
Used in North Carolina in Rotation
With Corn and Cotton to Build
Up Soil Productivity.

About ten years go, on a piece Of
poor clay-loam soil at the North Caro-
lima station, vetch was used in rotation
with corn and cotton to build up pro-
ductivity. The soil was in a rum
down, humus-deficient condition and
would produce only meager crops, as
it tended to run together and cement
after each rain.
Within five years, by the use of
vetch in the rotation and the judicious
application of commercial fertilizers,
the productivity of the land was in
creased more than 200 per cent, and
the soil was brought to a loose and
friable condition. The vetch was sown
each fall after the corn or cotton and
plowed into the soil during the follow
ing spring after it had about COM
pleted it's growth.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-10-26
SILAGE RELISHED BY STOCK
No Winter Roughage That Is Better
No Danger in Feeding it to
Breeding Animals.

For wintering the entire breeding
herd there is no roughage that is
better than silage. All the animals
will relish a ration containing it, and
it will create an appetite for other
feeds. Cows that are fed on all the
silage they will consume, along with
good hay, will go through the winter
in fine shape and make gains. Some
dry coarse fodder or straw should
always be kept before animals get
ting silage, as it reduces the amount
Of silage to be consumed and keeps
the bowels from getting too loose.
The succulent feed will cause the
breeding COWS to give a good flow
of milk, even though the calf be
born in mid-winter, and thrifty calf
will result. If the silage is free from
moldy or rotten spots there is no dan
ger of feeding it to breeding cows.
Silage is especially good for calves
that have just been weaned. They
take to this ration quicker than to
dry feed and there is usually little
loss due to weaving: The silage should
be supplemented with good cowpea,
clover or alfalfa hay, and the calves
should have a small amount Of grain.
A mixture of one-half corn chops and
one-half cottonseed or peanut meal is
excellent.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-10-26
CAL0MEL IS MERCURY, IT S|CKENsI
STOP USING SAL|VA7NG DRUG
Don't Lose Days Work! If Your Liver Is Sluggish or Bowels
Constipated Take "Dodson's Liver Tone.v-Its Eine!.

You're bilious! Your liver. is slug
gish! You feel lazy, dizzy and all
knocked out. Your head is dull, your
tongue is coated; breath bad; stomach
sour and bowels constipated. But don't
take salivating calomel. 1t makes you
sick, you may lose days work
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking it up. That's when
you feel that awful nausea and cramp-
ing.
If you want to enjoy the incest, gen.
tlest liver and bowel cleansing you
ever experienced just take a spoonful
Of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone. Your
druggist or dealer sells you a 5O-cent
bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone under
my personal noney-back guarantee
that each spoonful will clean your
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-10-26

breed, meat breed or a general pur-
pose breed is desired. Then study the
breeds under that classification and see
which will most nearly fill the require
ments of your market and your local
conditions.
Phases to Consider.
q For instance, consider such phases
as the following:
Does your market want white Or
brown eggs? The Leghorns produce
white eggs and the Plymouth Rock
brown.
Does the market want yellow-skinned
or white-skinned carcasses? The Wy
andottes have yellow skin and the
Orpingtons a white skin.
Are the birds to be kept closely con-
fined or are they to range widely? The
Brahmas are sluggish, poor rangers,
and are easily confined; while the Leg
horns are active, good rangers, and do
best when allowed practically unlimit-
ed range.-Louisiana Experiment Sta
ton.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-10-26
Cardui Wins Suit.

After a trial in the United States
District Court Of Chicago, before Judge
Carpenter and federal jury, the jury
found the American Medical Associa-
ton guilty of libeling Cardui, the wom-
ans tonic, which they had denounced
as a "nOstrum.''
This is vindication of the medicine
and proof that it has merit, which
was recognized by a jury after a trial
of three months, one of the longest
civil cases on record.
Many doctors and chemists testified
on both sides and the evidence totaled
nearly four million words.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-10-26
STAGNANT PONDS HURT FEET
Suffer From Cracks-Dirt and
Slime Act as lrritants.

Many cases of sore feet in cattle,
due evidently from infection received
in stagnant ponds, have been reported
to the veterinary department of Okla
homa A. and M. college. Animals that
stand in water for a time suffer from
cracks and sores upon their feet after
going out into dry, hot dust.
The dirt and slime in the pond act
as irritants and cause soreness, which
sometimes results in lameness in the
animal. DR.. w. p. Shuler of the col
lege gives the following treatment:
Zinc oxide one part, slaked lime one
part, boric acid two parts and glycer-
in or sweet oil sufficient to make a sort
of paste. Wash the affected foot with
soap and warm water, or one per cent
kreso solution, sponging it off dry and
then applying the pasty mixture.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-10-26
FEEDING TESTS FOR SWINE
Results Given of Experiments Made at
Florida Station-Five Lots of
PIGS Were Fed.

Five lots of four 63-pound pigs each
were fed by the Florida station 80
days, as follows: Lot 1, corn alone;
lot 2, corn and cracked velvet beans
(3.D; lot 8, corn and cracked velvet
beans G.1D; lot 4, corn and cracked
velvet beans CID and iron sulphate,
and lot 5, corn and cracked velvet
bean meal (3.1) and iron sulphate.
They made average daily gains of GAG,
O.63, O.5e, O52 and O.53 pounds per
head, consuming, per pound of gain,
6.55. 4.8, 5.37, 5.74 and 5.63 pounds of
feed, at cost of IL, 81, 81, 81 and
10 cents per pound of gain for the re-
spective lots.