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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01
HEALTH TALK
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William Brady.n.D.
The Dentist and Pyorrhoea.

Pyorrhoea alveolaris ct ,dentalis
(chronic Inflammation of tooth-sock-
cts and discharge of pus from the
gums) is so very frequent and so very
Injurious in its effects upon the gem
eral health that it deserves free dis
cussion.
Severe anemia weak or watery
blood. stomach and intestinal trou-
| bles, and rheumatism" are so COM
monty noted among the injurious ef-
fects Of neglected pyorrhoea that good
physicians nowadays insist upon an
expert dentists examination, fortified,
perhaps, by an X-ray photograph Of
the jaws, in order to reveal any hid
den pus-pockets or septic foci" which
may be entirely accountable for the
general ailment
In previous discussions of the sub
ject. competent critics inform US, we
have not sufficiently emphasized the
| Importance of dentistry We have
dwelt upon the endameba and the
! streptococcus as causes of pyorrhoea
the former treated by hypodermic
| injections or emetine given by physi-
clan or dentist, the latter by scraping
out the pus-pockets and preparing a
vaccine from the material, to be adj
ministered at intervals over q pro-
lOnged period of weeks But we have
had nothing to say about the need of
/ dentistry to remove calcareous depos-
| its from the roots Of the teeth-scal-
/ ing, it is called This is an essential
/ part of the treatment, and no patient
should neglect it
| OF course it is dentists affair,
pyorrhoea. He must determine wheth-
er the disease has progressed to the
extent of calcareOus deposit, and, so
far as he is able, whether and where
there are pus-pockets TO be drained
and curetted. But he should work in
conjunction with the patients doctor.
The best dentists always do so when
treating Dyorrhoea For instance,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01

lions by the low tariff may be Judged
from the fact that in the 10 months
prior to the outbreak of the war, the
imports of boots and shoes amounted
to only $4lS,000, While the exports
reached the sum of S13,T00,000. This
is conclusive proof the industry was
not being ruined by the importation
of goods made by cheaper foreign
workmen.' Since the war the exports
have more than doubled; they now
are about s32Q00,000 a year, while the
imports have dwindled to the negli-
BILE quantity Of only $4,000,
IF there has been any authentic re-
port made upon the wages Of boot and
shoe employees abroad, The Tribune is
unable to say. But there has been an
accurate accounting made of the boot
and shoe industry in the United States
by the department of labor. This
shows that the labor cost of that in
dustry has steadily decreased from
PSI per cent in 1879 to 10 per cent
at present.
in other words, the wages paid to
boot and shoe employees equal only 10
per cent of the value of the finished
products they produce. The tariff
which the manufacturers would have
restored was Is per cent ad valorem-
or Is per cent on the value of the
imported products. If this Is per cent
| is necessary in order TO cover up
wage differential of the American over
the foreign workman" it means that
| the foreign workman's wages repre-
sent only per cent of the value OF
the goods he produces, or a wage
scale between one-fourth and one-ffth
that Of the American boot and shoe
employees. This is preposterous on its
! face, and in the proof Of its absurdity
is the fact that the average weekly
wage of American boot and shoe EN-.
ployes is only 1854.
1T is safe to assert, both from these
figures and from the ridiculous sma'
amount of boot and shoe imports prior
to the war, that any differential be
tween American and European wage!
IF there is any is more than take1
up by the cost to the European manu-
facturer of Transporting his good
across the ocean and finding a marke
for them.
In short. the plant Of the American
based on facts. Their clamor for
higher tariff as essential to their pros
perlty and their maintenance o
American wages is a deliberate at
tempt to deceive the public into &C
quiesing in a system that will enabl
the manufacturers to mulct the con
sumner"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01
Pointed Paragraphs.

The longer the dogs day the short
er the cats night.
The longer man does nothing the
more he seems to like it.
If love makes the world go round
it's no wonder lovers act dizzy.
Men who have lean and hungry
look are nearly always the biggest
eaters
Shortly after the wedding march
many a man discovers that he's an
April fool.
The traveller wants full fare at ho-
tells, but he doesn't object to hall
fare on railroads.
The average man would rather lose
SIS on horse race than a nickel
through a hole in his pocket.
EXpunge the accounts of mans in
humanity to man from the worlds
history, and small volume would
contain the rest.-Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01
Rich Gift to British Museum.

London.-The British museum has
just received as a gift one of the finest
private collections of precious stones
in Great Britain. 1t was gathered by
the late Sir Arthur Herbert Church,
for many years president of the Nine
ralogical society, discoverer of several
new minerals, and author of numerous
important scientific works.
The collections consists of more
than 200 hundred stones, mostly
mounted in rings, and every specimen
unique Sir Arthur devoted his atten-
ton particularly to the products of
Ceylon and for many years was able
to secure the pick Of the rarer species
of gems that came to light there To
the mineralogist the pride of the col
lection is a magnificent aurora-red
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01
The Daily Story
In Hard Luck - By M. Quad.

Had you asked in the village of
Lorain which was the happiest family
In the community nine out OF ten
would have answered that Deacon
Thurston and his wife filed the bill
Deacon Thurston was long, lean and
smiling. His wife was fat, content
and good natured
The deacon had never been known
to get mad or to do selfish action.
His wife was seldom known to borrow,
but was always willing to lend.
OF a summer evening they sat on
the porch-sometimes for three hours
without speaking a word to each
other.
After supper Of winters evening
the deacon built a roaring fire in the
sitting room, and then with a candle
in one hand and blue pitcher ir the
other he descended to the cellar. The
barrel of cider stood In the northeast
corner. He knelt before it and drew
exactly a pint and half of its con-
tents. This was pint for himself and
half pint for his good wife, 1t was
never more and never less. The apple
bin stood against the south wall He
went to 1t and selected four fine Bald
wins and put them in his coattail
pocket and marched up the stairs. His
wife was ready with a damp cloth to
give the apples a wipe. Three of
them were for the deacon and one for
his wife.
One winter when the first snowfall
came the deacon hitched up the old
horse to the "pung," or homemade
sled, and started for the woods. Four
inches of snow had fallen, and it was
a brisk morning. The old horse squeal-
ed and kicked up his heels, and the
deacon heard himself saying:
well, if amt glad to be alive this
morning, though they have raised my
taxes 81 more this year."
When the deacon and his outfit en-
tered the woods there was a rabbits
trail leading in the direction he wanted
to 90 He therefore followed it. II
led into the woods and stopped at 8
hollow log.
The deacon advanced to the log and
with the head of his ak struck re
sounding blow He did not see whether
the rabbit ran out or not. His eal
caught a jingling sound, and in the e1
| citement the presence Of bunny wa
entirely forgotten. 1t was a jingle O.
money-not greenbacks, but solid coin
Five minutes later he was splitting
the old log wide open and his eye
were bullying out and his cheeks wer'
| pale. There was coin before him
heaps of coin. 1t was all silver coin.
One, two, three, four capfuls of sill
yer treasure. He carried each capfu
to the sled and emptied its content
upon the horse blanket. When all tn
money had been gathered he tied u
the blanket When he finally mounte'
the sled he gave the old horse three o
four sharp cuts with the whip. The,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01

were the first blows the old nae -.
ever received at his hands. and ~
started him out at a numbering raIIor
Horse and driver appeared at how.
in a sweat. They did not stop At ~.
kitchen door. though Mrs. Thurston W..
there to ask what bad happened.
Ssh, You go right into the hons.
Judith, and I will be there in a mt,
ute"
In five minutes he followed after hs,
and laid the bundle Of coin on Il.
kitchen table with a clink that mad.
her exciaim:
"Oh, deacon. have you picked ID
lot Of horseshoes?'
"Horseshoes nothing" be whisner.a
as he united the blanket and folded |,
back.
why, it's silver-it's money!
"Of course it is, and didn't rob an,
body to get it either. l found It m,
boiler log"
Deacon. we are rich" whispered II.
wife as she locked the kitchen don,
and pulled down the shades.
you bet we are" replied the deacon
"Help me count the money
They counted 1t. 1t took them fur
hour, but 1t was over at last, and tbsr
was just $1,000.
Deacon" said she after moneu,
1--WE allus wanted to go to Niagara Fan,
and see the water wasting itself, bu.
you could never spare the money. We
will go now, won't we?"
The deacon was silent, but there VA
such a look on his face as she had
never seen before. It was look 0,
avarice and selfshness combined, and
| it was not good to see. She had to N
peat her question before he replied.
Judith. want you to understand
said the deacon as he walked back.
ward and forward, there Is to be no
nonsense about this money. mar
have to go to Niagara Falls on bud
ness, but you will stay at home and
care for the house. l shall have to
have a new suit Of clothes, but you
can get along with your old ones"
But 1 have not had new bonnet b
fourteen years." she walled.
Your old one is all right"
| And that treasure from the hollow
log bred dissension almost within The
hour it was found. Husband and wife
took opposite stands, and things wen
getting ripe for separation when tie
deacon passed one Of the coins at The
grocery. The grocer found 1t counter
felt, and the whole pile Of silver was
overhauled, to find that every coin wu
bogus. 1t had been hidden in the log
! by those who made it. When the sad
truth stood revealed and the deacon
had fumed and fretted and bis wife
had shed a few tears he stood befors
her and queried:
well, Judith, what are We going 70
do about it,"
"Quit being idiots" she answered.
And they then and there quit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01
An Indiana WO0er.

An express may stop for washout
or the sun be hidden for a day by
murky clouds, but there is no varia-
ton in the regular appearance of Grov-
er Phillips as he wades the mire or
climbs the peaks of the Willow roads
on his is mile journey to see the lady
of his heart. We congratulate her
Wayne County Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01
Village PhiIOSOnhy.

A hard freeze always thaws out {:
lot of weather "reminiscences.
We are all in favor of the tax which
the other fellow has to pay
AS the mercury goes down the coal
pile merrily keeps it company.
Can anybody explain why the chron-
ic gossip always talks through her
nose?
Light talk is the hardest for some
folks to hold in.
The queer things Of politics are
what make them interesting.
Happy is the man who feels no call
to worry about the high price of gas
oline.-M. G. R., in the Sioux City
Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01
Fair Warnings.

DR.. Tucker, a dentist from Peoria,
announces that he will be at the Com
mercial hotel on Monday of each week.
The city well began operations again
Thursday night, the break having been
repair temporarily. Permanent re-
pairs Will be made as soon as possible,
and In the meantime all users are re-
quested to conserve the water supply.
and keep a little in reserve, as the
well may be shut down again at any
time-Country correspondence in Peo-
ria Transcript.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01
Daily History ClaSs-fep

lS00-Commodore TruStah ~ ". ~,
ed States frigate Colis'e''@ !. II
feated the French ffisa'e ,ask
geanee in a five hours nln' '.s,,rs
tie at night in West ihu'a /. 1
Violent German attaeA' p.,eul
allied trenches between 40
and La Bassee, France
.Ds,lsod
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01

"a preponderance of illness among
adults is the result of pickering be-
tween men and their wives" says a
noted medical authority. And yet it is
said married folks live longer than
those unmarried.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01

Mr.. Roosevelt is willing to have
harmony prevail, providing of course
he may be allowed to write the plat
form and dictate the nominee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01

The country and especially the re-
publicans are waiting for another
supreme court opinion, Mr.. Justice
Hughes delivering the opinion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01
Mothers Meal Ticket.

Mrs Janis, Miss Elsie's mother, is
not being understood by the world,
she says. 81 know people say that l
keep Elsie from love and companion
ship" says she. But they don't guess
our closeness and devotion. They
don't realize how we fought our way
through the years. That's why we
are inseparable, and that's why we
go everywhere together. But the
world doesn't understand"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01
Rock Island-From River to
River.

New York bankers have refused to
grant Carranza loan. The bump OF
caution is we'll developed in New York
bankers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01

MAYOR Thompson has broken his
pick with the kids of Chicago He rec
ommends daily bathing for all mem
bers of the family.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01

FORMER Banker Munday is quoted
as saying there are worse places than
Jail. But most of us have been con-
WINGED that we must shuttle in to get
individual substantiation of that fact.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01

WILBUR Glenn Voliva, overseer of
Zion, says the modern dance is an ex-
cuse to hug. Then he gave a demon
stration with one of his elders as his
syncopating partner. And they do say
Brother Voliva executed with a real
ism that would have done credit to
one of Wanted experiences in that par
ticular specially.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01

PITTSBURGH is reported to have
treated the visit of the president with
marked Indifference. Nearly all the
folk there seem to be moneymooning
with the war bride.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01
CHORDS AND
DLSCORDS

Ad Famous Triple Plays.
Wine, Girls, Song, Cost Sl0V,ooo'
Land Him in Jail. "-Chicago Tribune
headline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01

THE Waterbnrys have not run down
yet. They have just won the final hon
ors in the national racquet champion
ship tournament.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01

Wilma. neutrality-suspicious. OF
the Associated Press).-Just a little
more than a century after Napoleon
VIGOROUSLY entered this little Russian
town, a second emperor or an enemy
country paid it a visit, and worshipped
in the tiny Protestant church here.
The emperor on this occasion was the
German kaiser.
Wilma, in mid-December, was gally
decked in honor of the kaiser's coming.
Whole companies and regiments OF
! troops lined the streets. Quite as
many civilians looked eagerly from
their windows for glance at the man
of whom they had heard so much and
who, suddenly, had come to play such
a large part in their lives.
Between tense lines of soldiers the
kaiser rode to the little church which,
| in 1872, victorious Napoleon had Wis
tied, and listened to brief sermon in
which the pastor spoke of the despair
of the modern world at the present
war between Christian peoples and the
apparent inability of anyone to stop it.
Prior to the kaiser's arrival the civil
population of Wilma had, for the most
part, remained indoors and had con-
| tented itself with glimpses through
shaded windows. When he left the
little church, however, the people
streamed out into the streets, and were
massed along the way to the Schloss-
berg, an old ruin of castle near which
he was to review his troops.
In the throng were men whose faith
ers had seen Napoleons entry into
| Wilma, but who never had expected that
in their lifetime another emperor than
their own would visit the town 1t
was a curious, silent throng through
which the kaiser rode, crowd of I'M
demonstrative old men, women and
children trying to form some sort of
opinion about their conqueror and
overlord.
corps:-(C Correspondence of the Asso-
ciated Press The First Siberian reg
iment. which, with others of the First
Siberian corps, turned the tide of bat
tie at LODI when a Russian army was
almost completely enveloped by the
Germans, and which bore the brunt OF
the fighting before Warsaw, has a his
tory dating back 200 years. 1t was
created in 1920 by Peter the Great
1t was the regiment sent in the Chi.
nese expedition in 10000. and for It's
services at that time it was awarded q
flag with a special inscription by The
emperor, 1t was part Of the F'irst
Manchurian army in the Japanese wal
and fought at Lo-Yan. Chai-Hai anC
Mukden. Much has been written about
their intrepid valor during that strug.
gle,
When the present emperor, as he'll
TO the throne, went to the Far East h,
ehristened the regiment his own. witt
the right to bear his initials upon theil
shoulder straps. This special distinc
ton has created bond of sympath,
and good-fellowship among officer,
and men. The regiment has many gift,
a from, tina amnarar and from ioreis,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01
Sideights on the European War

visitors and from other regiments, Gre
ating a collection Of great historic
value as we'll. When the regiment Is
at home, at every feast or function
chair is kept at the head of the >taos
or in the place of honor for the en-
peror. Above it always is placed Dis
portrait, one of his many gifts, Al
regimental dinners the portrait is veil
ed until the toasts are reached wnea
it is uncovered and the first toast u
to his imperial majesty. The place d
table is served as though the emperor
were present in fact.
Another tradition Of this regimen
which is ancient and abadonea
nearly all other Siberians, is the pres
entation of the winecup. 1t Is Eaiel
observed except when the emperor
present or for other distinguish.
guests. To the singing of a specsi
regimental song in which the guest !,
addressed by his Christian name ~.
! in the familiar form thou ana tas'
he is offered successive cups OF VILE
and urged to drink to the bottom =
the name of our friendship. AA
the third repetition 1t is customaf! y
the guest to break the glass whereup'"
the sentiments of fellowship are g
pressed by cheers and song.
| New Railway Nearing Compies'0A
Christiania. Norway Correspo'p
nece of The Associated PressJ--e''
the new railway connecting fe'ius"
with the Arctic port of Alexanalu"
is finished it will be possible 10 usp
port goods from Tromso in NofVN
the Russian capital in five days y.
A new steamship line has alreau' '"
organized to take advantage Oh
new route, and it is expected tna'
railway will be available for use W.
in a month or so.
Although much further noiw
Archangel, on the White sea- WIN
already connected with Petros'ss =.
the narrow gauge railway INV II
port of Alexandrovsk is free TIVE n.
all the year around, by virtue ~. 4,
ing situated on an inlet wh'en ie'. "A.
effect of the gulf stream, "h"' IL
angel is closed to Navigation ~
months of the year -
One Of the difficulties o Wy AN.
angel route has been the .fsl Inv, III
congestion OF traffic. and ms s 4,
be problem for some uhe Vii
new railway from Alexanaso'ss ysl
at first be in a runabout V" ,,a
Archangel. But direct Ivy j I'll
AleXandrovsk to Petrograu :,
completed as soon as possi0'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01

GEORGE W. Perkins, provider OF
wampun for the b. moose party, is
for the working man. He admits it
The next presidential election take:
place in November
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01

AN organization, in session at Bal
timore, denounced President Wilson
for his attacks on hyphenated citi-
zens and recommended that members
oppose his denomination and election.
1t is such exhibitions of disloyalty that
are daily Strengthening the hold of
the president among American citi-
zens. And American citizens rule in
this nation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01
Still Cock of the Walk.

Still Cock of the Walk.
villa Has 1000 Hen at Santa
Anna."-Des Moines Register and
Leader.
CHICAGO weather forecaster was
called as a witness in divorce suit
trial. He is said to have given the de-
PENDANT a cold deal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01

Fourteen Thousand Imbeciles at
Large The inference is
that the count is not yet completed
AFRAID OF potromortis? Here
neither
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01

UNITED States must act, not bluff
Colonel Roosevelt says. What has he
been doing all his life? The big stick,
for instance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01
THE ARGUS.
By THE ]. ". POTTER co.

Rock Island Member Associated Press.
Full Leased Wire Report
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-01

Member Audit Bureau of Calculations,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-15
INFORMATION IS FILED

Another liquor seizure was made
last night by the local authorities at
the home OF Ben Stein in a cabin boat
at the foot OF Timea street. One full
case of thdrty-six pint bottles Of beer.
Warsaw variety; one case containing
eleven pint bottles, a pint beer bottle
full Of whisky and one jug two-thirds
full OF whisky, were taken at the
place. The search warrant was issued
yesterday afternoon in the superior
court and the seizure made early in
the evening by Officers Conn, Bren-
nan and Pearson.
Today an information was filed in
the superior court by Chief Of Police
Hennemann, charging Stein with sell
ing intoxicating liquors and he was
arrested on the warrant issued on the
charge. Stein declared that he had
not sold any Of the beer or whisky. A
notice of condemnation has been filed
against the property confiscated and
the hearing will be held on June 81,
at 2:30 O'Clock in the afternoon. At
this time Stein must appear and give
reason for having the wet goods in
his possession. Stein is button cut
ter and has been living in Keokuk for
about four months.