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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21
WHEN GOOD FOODS ARE P0IsONs.
. eYWlLLAM BRADY. nDH


My little boy, aged s, cannot eat
eggs or anything with eggs in it,
writes d mother, IF he does, his eyes
become bloodshot and his breathing
! becomes difficult Is there anything
that can be done for him."
Il can take a few glasses of milk
day with impunity," reports a near
invalid, but when | endeavored to join
your Bread and Milk club and drink
about three pints of milk, | suffered
severely from hives. / didn't realize,
however, until the third Monday-and
they are as blue as blazesi-when my
third crop of hives satisfied me that
cannot maintain membership. Is this
purely neurotic incident?"
Any food of heterogeneous character,
or any heterogeneous substance, food,
pollen, dandruff, serum, or whatnot,
may produce what is known as ana
phyla1is" in a sensitized individual
For instance, inject guinea pig or a
human subject with pure blood serum; ,
no untoWard effect is noted. But re-
peat the injection some weeks or
months later and hives, asthmatic
symptoms, even death may follow. The
| first dose, introduced 'parenterally'
| Through some route other than the
| digeStion) has sensitiZed the subject,
so that subsequent doses prove more
or less poisonous. Doctors have to
consider this in administering serum !;
| if the patient has once had, say, diph-
iberia antitoXin, and now, a year later,
! requires tetanus antitoxin, great care
must be exercised lest the patient
proves to be sensitized; he must be
tested, first, with a mere drop or two
| of the serum.
The ordinary cause of hives and of
erythema, as well as hay fever and
asthma and probably other conditions
not as yet clearly worked out, is the
! introduction parenteralIy of a protein
| substance from one source or another.
In hives, shell fish, Strawberries,
cheese, etc, taken as food. may be the
cause, though some trifiing abrasion
in the lining of stomach or bowel, an
ulcer, or assure, perhaps. Likewise.
contact with caterpiller, and the bite
of some insects may supply the causa-
tive protein or heterogeneous substance.
Asthma and hay fever are we'll
| known results of protein poisoning
Asthma, in many instances, from
accidental contact with the horse,
| dog, cat or other animal or bird-prob-
ably inhalation of invisible particle of
dandruff. Hay fever. from the pollen
of some particular plant to which the
| victim is, in some unknown way, SEN
sltiZed.
| The little boy described is one of
| thousands of similar cases. in which
the blood has somehow become sensi-
tized to egg protein. The gentleman
Is one OF a smaller number of indi-
viduals who really and truly can't
digest milk with any degree of pleas
| ure. So far as we can say, there is no
| relief for either case, except the strict
avoidance of the causative protein
| Just as is necessary in cases of asthma,
hay fever and erythema or hives.
Sensitization is exceedingly frequent
and often not recognized by the VIC
! tim or his doctor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21
| Shall Not Ask Too Much

I shall not ask too much beyond the
grave;
Just some dear, common things that
living gave
And time for them-ah. time to stay
while
Where wind blows over grasses, mile
on mile;
And time to watch when stars are
cleaning through
Some still and starless dusk's deep
drifted blue.
And l should like, one summer after
noon.
To climb hill and wait there for the
moon.
That I could never wait for, and then
go
Unhurried back to certain friends I
know.
l shall be glad if seasons come and
pass,
Bringing the same swift miracles OF
grass.
or sun and rain, OF berry. bud and
bloom,
And snow-flled pidnights of wind
shaken bloom.
shall want little paths and woods
and walking,
And those same friends at evening
and their talking
Under dull lamps in queer, quaint
smoky places
q would not lose those voices and
those faces
These l shall ask beyond the narrow
grave,
And time for them-which living
never gave
David Martin in the Forum.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21
STATE RIGHTS.

For many years the problem of the
relation of the state to the nation has
Increasingly Vexed and puzzled the
American people. We fought the
greatest war of the latter half of the
last century to settle certain mega
tiyes phases Of it; but the positive as
poets continued to trouble us. The
republican party alternately PLAYED
with and ignored the question, show
ing the same sort of mental and moral
lOcomOtOr ataxia that it exhibited in
dealing with the tariff and the cur
rency.
The nation was divided into hostile
camps. On the one side were the men
who realized that modern large-scale
production, modern transportation,
modern transmission Of news by tele-
graph, telephone and wireless and
modern distribution of news through
one-cent newspapers had made the
nation one In new way and created
a whole brood of wholly new national
questions. On the other side were
the thoughtful people who saw the
inevitable waste Of large organiza-
tons and the inevitable injustice and
oppression Of bureaucratic govern
ment from far-off centers. The first
were accused of trying to violate state
rights; the second Of standing in the
way Of inevitable modern progress.
One OF the greatest questions facing
the Wilson administration in 1914 was
the need of better agriculture. Pres
ident Roosevelt had been interested in
country life and had appointed a
commission which he had no right to
appoint upder the lava proceeding
which represented the utmost reach Of
his genius in dealing with such mat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21
The Daily Story
The Stroke Oar BY Willard Brakeman.

TO prove that he had no right to be
there 1t would be time enough to be
more explicit. The college needed a
victory, and after victory it would
pluck up.
81 fully agreed with him as TO the
necessity of a victory and arranged
with him to be at the boathouse az
the boat was about to be put into the
water. He was there. all right and
when In rowing toys his frame was
sight to behold. I've never seen better
biceps In my life. When the crew en-
tered the boat he took the stroke.
What a sweep he gave tnat oar Of
his! 1t seemed a feather in his hands.
And his stroke was 80 perfect that.
though there was not man behind
him who had ever been In boat with
him before, there was no difficulty in
all Of them keeping perfect time with
him.
THE boat shot out into the middle Of
the river, where the faces Of the crew
were not very plain to those on shore,
and l was glad of it, for I had my
doubts about my strokes right to be
there. The boats lined up and nsde q
start at the first signal to go.
There was a noticeable difference
between the work OF the two crews
| Now and again some Yale man would
| send up the spray, but no. a man In
the Harvard boat struck a cupful Of
water on the recover. 1t was all In
| the leadership Of the stroke.
"Our fellows took the lead from the
| first and kept it around the stake boat
and won the race by a good hundred
yards 1t was the prettiest won race
| 1 ever saw. When I got to the boat
house the men had carried In the boat.
I looked around for my stroke, but
didn't see him. One of the crew said
he had just gone up the bank. fol-
| lowed. but he was nowhere to be seen.
'1t would take a lot of time to tell
you what was said about the intro
duction at the last moment Of a new
and unknown man. There was much
adverse criticism, and it fell principal
~ on me- One thing heard startled
me. Several persons who had known
wilkins when he was In college de-
clared that my stroke was he. I won.
dered If he had come back and got
into the crew without letting me or
any one know that he was doing what
he had no right to do I learned where
Wilkins lived and wrote line to him
| asking II he would kindly tell me
where he was on the day of the regat-
ia. What do you suppose was the re-
ply? His father wrote me that he had
been very i'll for some time and died
the evening before the race.
Nov, young gentlemen, don't wish
any comments on my story. I have
none to make myself. I have simply
given it to you as. according to my
senses, it occurred l may have dream
ed it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21

now chairman Of the committee which
has secured by voluntary subscription
over 1900 for the building grounds
fund to guarantee the erection by the
state Of a magnificent new centennial
building in Springfield. He has writ
ten and published several books of
travel and a number Of practical es
says on newspaper work.
Senator Rees is an original Wilson
man, and was active in Wilson organ
ization work in Illinois in 1912. Pres
ident Wilson appointed him a member
Of the commission to the Mediterran-
can and Balkan states in the interest
of the Panama-Pacifc International
exposition at San Francisco, held last
year. His work on the commission,
highly commended at Washington,
took him through Spain, Portugal,
Greece, Turkey Bulgaria, Roumania
and Italy, where it was necessary to
negotiate with the rulers of those
countries
Mr.. Rees would make an ideal con-
greSSman
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21

A number Of young men, mostly col
legians, were sitting in group on the
forward deck Of North river steam
er. They were going up to Pough-
keepsie to a boat race Of college crews
on the Hudson. An elderly man sat
near them listening to their talk and
enjoying the exuberance Of youth
which came bubbling out of them
Presently he drew his chair near them
and said:
Your talk takes me back a good
many years. l pulled in the race OF
1856 between Harvard and Yale,
race never to be forgotten by me on
account of a curious elimination con-
nected with it.
What was that, sir"'
The man hesitated. Presently he
said: "I'll give it to you, but under
stand that / don't put any interpreta-
ton on it
81 was at Harvard the year have
| mentioned. Yale had beaten US for
several years. We had lost several
consecutive races, and this year we
were especially anxious to break up
| the run of i'll success and get some en-
enlargement into our supporters by
winning a race. Those who could go
back in college affairs said that there
had been no success since wilkins had
! been captain Of the crew and stroke
at the same time. We hadn't the
| coaches in those days you boys have
now and were more dependent upon
some single member of the crew.
81 was captain of that crew Of 1856
and made it up myself. / expected to
give the stroke, but couple of months
before the regatta I was taken i'll and
when the race was about to come off
had not sufficiently recovered to row
at all l had a hard time to find a
man to take my place in the crew, and
as for getting one who could give the
stroke and carry the crew TO possible
success--it was impossible.
THE evening before the regatta
was sitting in my room at the -
House alone and feeling very blue
when there came a tap at my door
I said, Come in. and young man en-.
tered who was one Of the most strik.
ing fellows in appearance I ever saw
He was very thinly dressed, and the
muscles stood out all over him. The
only thing against him for strength
was that he was very pale.
"'Going to get licked tomorrow he
said.
80 suppose so. Who are your
I'm a Harvard man. l reckon III
have to help you out Can you use
me-?
Il asked him lot Of questions about
what class he was in, what course be
was taking. when he had entered
when he would graduate, and could
get nothing definite out Of him. He
said that he was an expert oarsmar
and If l would put him on the crew
and any one after the race attempted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21
UP TO GOVERNMENT?

The situation existing between the
railroads and the trainmen, with its
possibilities for a misunderstanding
strike, suggests to some students OF
economics that another function Of the
greatest Importance may devolye upon
the government in connection with
railroad regulation. As matters are
now. the government practically fixes
the income of the carriers through the
interstate commerce commissions reg
ulation of freight and passenger rates.
When income rises above a fair re-
turn" rates are lowered on the just
plea of public interest. II is even pro-
posed-and the proposal deserves en-
dorsement-tha the security issues of
the carriers and the expenditure of the
proceeds, be supervised by the inter
state commerce commission. So far,
this regulation is necessary and proper.
But it is one-sided.
The question suggested by the
threatened strike OF the trainmen is
this: VIII il he necessary for the gov
ernment TO even things up for the car
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21
REEFS is CANDIDATE.

Thomas Rees of Springfield. pub
Usher of the State Register and for
mer state senator, is d candidate for
the democratic nomination for con-
gress from the 2lst district.
For 80 years he has been one Of the
proprietors and publisher of the State
one Of the most genuinely democratic
journals in the country.
Because Of his business ability and
publiC-splritedness Senator Rees has
been closely identified with the COM
mercial and industrial development of
Springfield and of Illinois. AS MEM
Der Of the democratic county commit
tee, member and chairman Of the city
committee and aid in local and general
campaigns, Mr.. Rees has helped his
party and the people TO achieve vic
tories Of far reaching importance.
From 1901 to 1905 Mr.. Rees served
with distinction in the state senate. He
was chairman Of the committee which
successfully financed the purchase of
the grounds for the erection of the
great armOry which was built in
Springfield largely through his efforts.
He also secured the passage of the act
providing the appropriation for the
erection of the Illinois supreme court
building. In a similar way he cooper
ated potentially 20 secure the cree
ton of permanent buildings at the
state fair grounds, and in the physi-
cal development Of state institutions
at Jacksonville and elsewhere. He
was the author of the bill and secured
the adoption of the commission for the.
building of good roads in Illinois.
Prior 10 his service in the senate Mr..
Rees was a member Of the committee
which secured permanent location Of
the state fair in Springfield He is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21
Daily History CIass-June Fl.

lG3l-Captain John Smith, famous in
Virginia settlement. died: born
1879.
lIsS- New Hampshire ratified the
United States constitution, the
ninth state, thus insuring its adop-
ton.
l0l4-Baroness Bertha Won Suttner.
Austrian winner Of the Nobel
peace prize in 1905, died; born
1913
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21

Russia's $50,000,O00 loan in this
market has been fully subscribed The
Anglo-French loan of 100000, 900 was
offered here in connection with an
Anglo-French offensive on the west
ern front which ended when the loan
had been fioated. But General Brush
lofts drive on the eastern front is not
likely to end with the success of this
loan. Russia may want to borrow
some more.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21

One New York merchant announces
that all clerks in his employ who be-
long TO the National Guard will re-
ceive full pay while under orders. All
employers who advocate preparedness
should be expected to give a similar
guarantee Of the sincerity of their
professions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21
General Yon Mnlfka WAS

General Won Moltke was no such
distinct figure in the American view
as his famous uncle, or as the great
commander who went to the bottom
Of the sea off the Scottish coast a few
days since; but he was famed as one
of the men who have builded, on the
foundation laid by long line, begin
ming with the father of Frederick the
Great, the most redoubtable fighting
machine of all time His tragic end
BELTS soldier. He was on duty to
the moment of his death
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Uuuu DeScTlptlUH Oh DuoutHL 01CtTs
Every spring for the past four years,
except last spring, have pains in the
stomach about two hours after eat
ing, and feel so bad I can't do my
work. l feel all in. When l take a
hot cup of milk or water the pain let's
up and l feel all right. My appetite is
fair, but l am afraid to eat much. l
am so years old. Please advise.
Answer-This is a good description
of duodenal ulcer. In one of your age,
if there is a duodenal ulcer, it is wise
to have it cured, not only for the sake
of comfort, but because there is
tendency toward cancer developing in
the situation of a chronic ulcer. You
should take some milk every two hours
all day, and also take either soda or
milk or magnesia in the milk. The
periodicity, chronicity and character
of the attacks, and the relation to
meals, strongly suggests ulcer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21

Every holder of Mexican conces-
sions, whether American or European,
believes that any policy short Of armed
Intervention in Mexico is weak and
wavering." How much bravery and
'Americanism" is there behind pro-
gram to crush Mexico?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21

The French have not abandoned in
ternal improvements on account of the
war. The new branch to the Oasis OF
Gabes gives Tunisia 1900 miles OF
railroad. Running railroads into At
RIGA beats old Cato's Carthage must
he DESTROYED
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21

A Chicago newspaper commenting
on the convention proceedings said:
"ChauDcey Depew and Uncle Joe Can
non were the principal speakers OF
this session-and they were as nearly
up-to-date as the 1916 republican plat
form"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21

It is apparent that the new republic
can standard bearer thinks it more i'm
pertant to appease the Wall street in
terest in Mexico than to pursue
broad and humane policy that will
bind to the United States all the re-
pnblics Of Latin America.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21
Wednesday, June 81. 1916.
Rock Island-From River to
River.

{ Word from England is that they
look for the war TO be in its zenith
a year hence. If that is really to be
the case the zenith ought to be nearer
to the close than TO the beginning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21
cmoRDs 80
DT S II d S


ONE advantage tne pe"nisheie'
candidates on the republican nalionai
ticket will have over the uelnoc,d'lo
nominees is IN belng more lntnla.eiy IN
touch with the dlrectloh III "nion ln'
ESWlnd is blowing during lhe 0"nip"'eN'
| LIE lVels piuuine ~. p <,,anosts
iaise .eeln W. tnS 80 III, r,sde IN
| THAT mere 10 al ~
gum 'he sane
CANDIDATE Hughes declnes 10 dis.
Cuss the Mexican situation. froFlhg, at
least, that the gentleman knows Wheh
SPOKE honestly he "ouiu uc IoI'I M, :.
approve the presloehts proeraAn' Inal
would DC poor repuDhcdn calnpalsh
material, IL ne CiIticlseu .ne pios on
ne Would make hlmseh riolcuious pe'
lore ms countr!meh. me Only fea'
son koose3eM mas NOT gwen on. an IN
1
OUR notion OF zero IN invitations is
one from the proprietor of a hospital
cel'eu one sesteiuaS iiolu houie
conei' VI couise ne uiun NC" ~ ~
u' " uiop IA on IL ~ W
pdno-ou' VIC so' tho Ill 'i'"'ion 1"''
Inc Sahle'
"IF Americans leave Yucatan will
the sanctum punsters as ne eazeo
through MS morning paper. ne re-
gained CONSCIOUSNESS alter dh houi -,
having peen assaulteu sllnui'dheouSlS
i,oin h'e nns VI INC .ooni' 'i"o VI
IIVE naturally and keep sweet
advises Channcey DepeW. Wonder II
man standing at the front deor WINE
the ice aealer bounced the rear door,
both bearing DIS Tor years sup
THE trouble with men who wear
boards is that Won can't tell whether
teeth. There is Carranza, for instance
PRESIDENT lanes of the Irnivers-
;tv Of Illinois saws that in the event he
enters tho race for tho renubIican
| r-,harna+orioi no-,ina+;on ho ron1d in
10 sanSa ha tba candidate of anv fac
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IL IS SAD they never look the same
alter the hrst hpatlon.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21

Member Audit Bureau OF Calculations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21
THE ARGUS

Rock Island Member Associated Press
FnIl Leased Wire Report.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-03-17
Questions on Evolution.

THE Word and Way says concern
ing the theory OF evolution. "Notwith-
standing the bold and boastful claims
to the contrary. the missing link is
still missing, so far as any evidence
yet adduced is concerned Man began
as man. The sheep mas always been
the sheep. The hog has always been
hog. The grasshopper has always
been a grasshopper and the flea has
always Deen flea In the absence or
any proof to the contrary, this is the
logical inference. The universal law
that everything produces after it's kind
has never been proved false. Why, II
the theory of evolution be true. has
there not been some observable and
provable evolution within the limits OF
human history? Why have the hog
and the sheep and the horse and the
hornet and the doOdlebug ceased
evolving? Any way, il this theory be
true, Will it not follow eventually that
everything that is will evolve into
something else? Aren't the figs and
dates, the camels and goats. just to
day what they were 1000 years ago -?
And II they are today what they were
1000 years ago, why not what they
were 10000 or 100000 years ago?'
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-03-17
Lucky
cMiStake
81

BY A. G.. SHERWIN

Copyright. 1915. by W. G. Chapman.)
Il am hungry, sir. If you could
spare me few cents"
There's a nickel-go and get a
drink with it, of counsel"
I'm not a drinking man, sir" but
the tall, well-dressed benefactor had
swung on his way.
Thad Brown sent a Thank you,
anyway" after the vanishing figure
and started for the town center. Five
cents was not much, but it would buy
loaf OF bread, and he was desper-
ately hungry. Then, amid the sweet
appetiZing scent of the bakeshop he
gave a great start, as in return for
his nickel" after inspecting it close
ly and glancing suspiciously at his
customer, the proprietor counted out
four dollars and ninetyefive cents on
the glass-topped case and pushed it
over TO Brown
Eth, what's that for" inquired the
latter in amazement
Your change, of course. Didn't
you give me a five-dollar gold piece
Or mebbe you thought it was twenty
or a double eaglel" insinuated the
speaker sarcastically. There's the
five" and he showed the coin to
Brown, who stood stupeied. but