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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11
No Such Animile.


Berlin.-(C Correspondent OF Inc
Associated ress. THE new dnferen-
tial tariff which has been adopted in
Turkey is meeting with much criticism
from Turkish economists themselves,
according TO the German Oriental
Correspondence bureau. The increase
in the duty on sugar to 80 TO 40 per
cent ad valorem, with the intention OF
fostering sugar-beet cultivation, Tor
instance, is declared 10 have been
mistake as the prevailing dryuess OF
the climate makes Turkish soil III
adapted to grow ng sugar beets, ana
the result of the duty therefore viii be
merely to increase the price OF sugar.
Similar criticism is made against
duties of 20 to 80 per cent al valorem
on maize. barley, wheat and rice. Inc
critics say the soil and climate OF
Turkey are better adapted Tor grow
ing far more valuable crops, and es-
pecially cotton, than for the grains
named. The result OF the high duties
they say, will be that cotton and other
valuable products will be neglected m
favor of products of less value ana
even the latter will be OF poor quality.
Industrial circles are also inclineu
to criticize the duties on many manu-
featured articles as too low. THESE
articles. they say. can be made IN luF-
key as well and as Cheaplv as else
where. but the infant industries no"
existing need encouragemen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
CURES"

Officials of the department charged
with the enforcement of the food and
drugs act expect that the outbreak of
infantile paralysis will tempt I'M
scrupulOuS persons to offer for sale
so-called cures" or remedies for this
dread malady. They, therefore, have
issued special instructions to the food
and drug inspectors to be particularly
alert for interstate shipments or i'm
portatiOns of medicines the makers
of which allege that they will cure
or alleviate this disease, for which,
at the present time, no medical cure
is known The officials also warn the
public that any preparation put on the
market and offered for sale as being
effective for the treatment of infan-
tile paralysis should be looked upon
accordingly, have been instructed to
regard as suspicious and TO collect
samples of all medicines in interstate
commerce for which such claims are
made Makers of such fraudulent rem
edies will be vigorously prosecuted
whenever the evidence warrants &C
ton under the SherIey amendment to
the food and drugs act. SO-called rem
edies for infantile paralysis which are
offered for import into the country
will be denied entry.
liz ACCA GA4AA4 Va ClI4%4d4o al e pal -
tiCularly watchful in this instance, be
cause it has been noted in the past
that whenever d serious epidemic ex-
lists INSCRIPTIONS dealers prey upon
the fear or ignorance of the public by
flooding the market with worthless,
hastily prepared cOncoctiOns which
have no foundation whatever in fact.
In the present instance inspectors al
ready discovered shipments Of a few
such mixtures.
The department will do everything it
can under federal law to protect that
portion of the public which is extreme
" credulous in times of panic and
which Will grasp at anything which
promises protection or relief. The sale
of such products at this time, the Of
flcials point out, is particularly threat
ening to the public health because
many persons, relying on the false
statements of impOsters, neglect to
secure competent medical advice. AS a
result, not only it the safety of the
patient endangered, but in the alb.
sence of proper sanitary precautions
the likelihood of cOntagion is greatly
increased.
1t must be understood, however, that
the federal food and drug act applies
only to products which are shipped
IN interstate commerce, that is, from
one state to another, or which are of
fered for import or export or which
are manufactured or sold within a ter
ritOry or the istrict of Columbia. Pro
ducts which are made and consumed
wholly within a single state are sub
ject only to such state laws as may
apply and are under the control only
of state health officials. The federal
law does not apply, for instance, to
patent medicines made within the
state of New York and sold in New
York City. Persons buying or using
a remedy" made in their own state,
therefore, must rely on the protection
accorded them by their local health
authorities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11

PercivaI and Arnold Stewart, broth
ers, enlisted when the pan-EurOpean
war broke out in a regiment Of in
fantry and crossed the channel into
Belgium. That was when the Ger
mans were driving the allies south
ward, and 1t was expected that they
would drive right through Paris.
One evening. when the Germans
were pushing the allies toward Lille.
the regiment with which the Stewart
brothers served made a stand. The
Stewards were in the same company
and fought shoulder to shoulder. Per
cival was two years older than Arnold
and kept an eye on his brother, dread
ing every instant to see him fall to the
ground. Presently, true enough, what
he feared came to pass. Arnold fell,
literally torn TO pieces by a bursting
shell.
Maddened at the sight, Percival
pushed forward, but the stand Of the
British was only temporary one, and
the order was given TO fall back. The
young soldier, exasperated at not be
ing permitted to wreak bis vengeance
on those who had killed his brother,
refused to retreat and, remaining be-
hind, continued to fire at the enemy.
But presently, seeing blood on one Of
his hands, he knew that he had been
hit and followed his comrades.
By this time darkness had fallen,
and Stewart saw the retreattng Brit
feJ,
were to make a lengthy retreat this
time, for the French were being push
ed back rapidly, and the British, who
were on their flank, had a greater dis
lance than they to go to keep the
alignment Percival was marching
some 500 yards behind them. The
enemy on that part Of the field had
thrown forward skirmishers to harass
their retreat
Percfval trudged along, following the
men ahead Of him, at times trying to
catch up with them. He had been
shot in the arm, but fortunately the
artery had not been cut, for IL this
case he would have bled to death.
His mind was on the brother he had
lost, and neither his condition nor his
surroundings engaged his attention.
Stragglers were hurrying past him,
and he was passing stragglers. The
former were in better condition than
he, and the latter were mostly more
severely wounded. But there was one
who neither seemed to gain nor lose on
Percival He was in Percivars rear
and couple of yards behind him. How
Perctval became conscious OF the mans
presence he did not know, for he heard
no sound coming from his follower. He
was simply conscious that some one
was behind him. Turning, he saw
through the darkness what appeared
to be a person. Whether he was old or
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11
AMERICAS TRADE NEEDS.

Secretary of Commerce Redfeld, il
an authorized interview Waste il
the Nations Business, says:
The German has applied science
to business as no other nation has
ever done, and he has added to the
sciences of research the equally
important science of organization.
The Englishman has brought to
his business d certain peculiar type
of bulldog courage, backed by the
largest amount of free capital the
world has ever seen gathered in
the hands of any one people, and
he has sold all round the world to
industries and customers kindred
to himself as no other people has
ever been able to do. 49,
We have lacked the science; we
have lacked the organization; we
have lacked the free capital.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS
NOW A FACT.

Republican members of the United
States senate, in a debate on the ma
tionaI guard mobilization on July p,
agreed unanimously that never in the
history of the country had American
troops been sent to the mobilization
camps with less hardships.
There has been considerable discus
sion OF this mobilization. There have
been some complaints about the man
ner in which some Of the militiameE
we're sent to the border in day coach
es. The republican senators agreed
that there was little basis for such
criticism. The debate in the senate
eliminated the mobilization as a pos
Eible issue in the campaign, except as
Il reflects credit upon the efficiency of
the present administration with refer
eice TO preparedness.
Senator Wadsworth, republican
senator from New York, put the
whole situation clearly when he said ::
Il imagine it is a safe statement to
make, that no troops in any other
country have ever been moved more
comfortably than the American
troops have recently been moved 10
the border, considering the distance
and the climate to which they have
gone. AS compared with what we ac-
complished, or failed TO accomplish, in
the Spanish-American war, this move
ment is a remarkable success"
Senator Wadsworth made a careful
comparison between the condition Of
preparedness of the country prior to
the Spanish war, and the condition Of
preparedness today, giving an unquali-
fed verdict in favor of present condt-
tons.
Senator Warren, of Wyoming, said
that during his service in the Civu
ear, he never even saw the inside OF
passenger car; that the troops re-
turned home in cattle cars; whereas
recently the troops went in Pullmans
or, the worse, passenger cars. Othec
republican senators paid similar trib-
utes to the recent mobilization, the
transportation facilities, the equip
ment Of the nation guard and the food
and sanitation conditions
National preparedness, under Presi-
dent Wilson, has become a fact in
stead OF a promise What the Wilson
administration has accomplished for
military and naval preparedness is in
sharp relief against the background Of
the unpreparedness that was left TO
him as a political heritage by the prev
lous republican administration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11
I[i Il
T 4 l. X s
NeYMLLIA1 BRADY.M0R
u Is 49,. ~
THE CROW IN THE CORN CRIB

Once upon a time there was crow
that hung around a farmers field all
summer, fearless of scarcrows, I'M
mune to shot When fall came the
crow one day got into the farmers
corn crib and found pretty good
picking inside. The hired man dis
covered him there and ran for the
shotgun. But the farmer stayed his
hand.
mo, Abner," said the farmer,
violence is hardly warranted in such
a case We must not shoot the crow.
That would be cruelty Well just
leave him there and let him eat him
self to death, durn him
And in a week the crow dropped
dead from autointoxication. His
liver crowded his lungs out of bust
ness. The poor bird couldn't stand
prosperity. Food was right there in
sight all the time, so he just kept
picking at it to while away the time
till he could pick no more.
A good many people in hotels and
restaurants are like that crow The
food is there on the menu, they've
got to pay for it anyway, so they
pick at it just because it is mealtime
and there is nothing else TO do. If
they lose interest the cooks throw in
,dI
the picking goes on for a little long
er. When the liver begins to rise
up and embarrass the lungs. they take
liver pills to make it lie down again.
When the embarrassed lungs handi-
cap the heart, they try dyspepsia tab
lets or mineral waters When the
arteries begin to stiffen under the
strain, they take tonics to improve
the appetite and work up better am
bition. When the kidneys begin to
break down, they try the latest style
of doctor who cures by unimping-
ing the mysterious nerve. They will
$50 'r"thing these human crows,
but fasting. If you suggest a short
last, On even rdaIcai reduction in
the diet, they go away and never con-
suit you any more.
Human crows don't like to fast,
they like to diet Dieting implies
eating something choice and digest
ible. Fasting implies self-denial
A successful dititian is doctor
who can prescribe a diet which
sounds nourishing yet cuts the total
fuel supply down about seventy per
cent May eat so and so. and may
not eat such and such-that is the Sc
cret. II the diet list merely says
"omit breakfast every day" or omit
or take nothing but
bread and milk one day in each
week" why. that is starvation, and
no crow likes IL A crow spends his
whole life worrying about the
chances of starving, and when the
day OF prosperity comes he just sails
in and eats himself TO death. A crow
must have his pick
There are three diseases OF middle
age which we call the A-B-C of pros
perity-a rteriosclerosis, Bright's dis
ease and cardiac degeneration. All
three are expressions OF autointoxi-
cation. ADMINISTRATION is the one
outstanding factor which makes life
SO Der1lous altar 40
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11

War waged by the United States
against Mexico unquestionabIy would
quickly put an end to faCtionaI differ
snces in that country and unite the
people. possibly paving the way for
abe establishment of a more stable,
though not necessarily a better gov
eminent than that country has known
aimee the days of Diaz. The question
iR, does this country wish to make it
self that sort of a goat? Mr.. Hughes
has the floor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11

Republican candidates have been
Scaled" by the Cook county commit
zee for talking too much Candidates
have been saying whatever they hap
gened to think of about each other in
the belief that the public would forget
Before election. The committee knows
better, evidently.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11

say little but cheerfully accept and
make the best of their appointments.
Being a soldier himself and right
there and where he sees what is going
on and hears what the men talk about
Fred Hart probably knows the real
mind OF the men as a whole much bet
ter than the correspondent that goes
about looking for faults and blemishes
and striving TO excite in the minds OF
the men suspicious of i'll treatment.
When there rs any fighting to be
done men like Hart know how to give
a good account of themselves.
Another thing that Hart emphasizes
and that Is that men accustomed TO
strong drink find il difficult to under
go the hardships Of the march in that
climate. and this is not surprising.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11

MR.. Hughes, who has been so
anxious TO convince the people
that the belief that he carries
cold air about him is a wrong inn
preston seems not to have sue
ceeded very well so far Judging
from the reports we have of his
address at Grand Forks, n. d.,
where his listeners were forced to
wear OVercOatS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11
Daily History CIasS-Aug. H.

American patriots WIZ
three cannon repulscd British az
tack at Stonington Conn, by thieo
men-of- war and "A bomb ship, unue'
Commodore Hardy
reorganiZed ana TUG
modern Austrian empire formed
l915-General Carranza resented ftesl
dent Wilson's attempt 20 restore
peace In Mexico. His government
was notified that armed lnterFeu.
ton in Mexico by the United STATES
would not be approved oy Wv
A. r.. c powers. Russians coh."
ued TO retreat from East TPoia"n
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11

It was Russia, and not the United
States, which opened Japan to the
world. Premier Okuma says. Maybe so,
but why rub it in? Russia has been
sorry for several years and wouldn't
do it again even if it could.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11
DIVISION OF LABOR.

Sister Susie's sewing shirts for sol
diers,
Auntie does the same thing-grabs
the chance
Mothers sewing comfort kits for
troopers,
Fathers sewing buttons on his
pants.
-Postmarks in Pittsburgh Post.
Mothers at the club to read a paper
On Home Made Comfy" by the
modern plan;
And aunties at the Mothers club doth
caper,
And dad is eating beans out of a
can.
Lewis in Houston Post
Sisters gone out riding with her
steady"
Mothers been invited out to tea,
Dad he stays at home with Jane and
Freddie,
Holding coliced baby on his knee.
Peoria Journal
Sisters at the dance tonight with
Charley,
While mothers gone to see Melvina
Goof
Father stays at home with little
To try and help him cut his latest
tool
WE can understand easily enough
how anybody would pay a simoleon to
ride from Moline to Rock Island but
why should anyone pay that much 10
go to Moline?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11

Gypsies travelling by auto are both
ering authorities Of some of the mid
die western cities, but they get no
more consideration at the hands of the
police than did the old-fashioned ones
who travelled by in horse drawn We
AjclPS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Bran for Consultation.


Question-Please tell ME where /
can obtain bran, and what brand Is
best. How much should one take, and
in what way?
Answer-Any grocer can supply II.
Little choice between the different
brands Take a teaspoonful with GER
cal in the morning. A teaspoonful
with soup at night Or have it used
for bran gems, or in bread. Or eat II
raw.
No Such Animile.
Question-In an answer 70 a CORE
spondent you stated there is no such
thing as chronic rheumatism. What Is
this: Swelling of joints of hand, often
painful, knobs between joints, at times
fingers very stiff, more so on rising in
the morning.
Acknowledging arthritis deform-
ans. Find the septic focus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11

Everybody favors enforcement of
civil service rules, Of course. but what
do you suppose the republicans would
do If they should come into power and
find democrats holding every import
ant appointive position at Washing
ton?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11

u ScoRO0
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

AN OLD STORY BRIEFLY TOLD.
He had a job
And handled cash;
He spent too much
Which was quite rash
He borrowed" from
The till to spend
1t freely on
His lady friend
Who swore her love
Would never fail.
Now all he spends
Is time-in Jail!
MAC.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11
A Nations History.

There is nothing that sOlidifies and
strengthens a nation like reading the
nations own history. whether that his
tory is recorded in books or embodied
in customs, institutions and monu-
ents-Joseph Anderson
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11
Rock Island-From River to
River.

Even with Sheriff Wheeler of
Springfield and Mayor Woodruff of
Peoria out of it the republican race for
the gubernatOriaI nomination IS a bit
crowded
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11

There is some advantage in being
secretary of state when rivals for re-
nomination try to defeat you by filing
dummy petitions for others with sim
mar names.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11
Do We Paw for the Ouakes!

In the purchase treaty of the Danish
West Indies, it reads that besides the
islands of st. Thomas and st. Croix and
St John We shall receive also "adja-
cent islands and rocks"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11

WHY do they always refer to the
bride and groom as the contract
ing parties p It's not Il contract.
it's rattle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11
Do She? ISay She Do!

do angels eat?" queried a sad-eyed
editor in a moral guide that deals
largely in the higher things of life.
In the interests of science we fol-
lowed one around the other day. All
we saw her eat was six chocolate nut
sundaes, half a cake, the remains of
several boxes of candy left over from
the night before, about a gallon of
punch, some more ice cream and an
other box of chocolates, and three cold
potatoes and some cold gravy just be
fore going to bed. We are ready to
swear this is all this angel ate be
tween s o'clock in the morning and
1890 o'clock in the evening, except
ing of course, her regular meals. An
gels do eat, oh sad-eyed one, but they
have puny ppetites.-Emporia (Kan.)
Gazette.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11
What He Expected.

The moment the razor touched his
face the man in the chair realized
that he was in the hands of an anna
teur.
VIII you have a close shave, sir ?"
asked the barber
1T looks like it," returned the vic
tim moodily. AT present the odds
against my getting out of this chair
alive seem very heavy indeed. Dos
ton Transcript
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11


Harding.
The election Maine will take September II and the Re-
In
o.
of andS Kenyon OF or
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11

OF course it doesn't interest anyone
particularly. but we note in the adj
vertised letter list for Rock Island one
for Mrs. Nellie Eager. Apparently she
isn't
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11

A REPORT that girls were bathing
in mems suits at Prospect park, Mo
line, elected an immediate request
from several young men as to direc-
lions to the park.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11
II Action We're Fitted to words.

III Action We're Fitted to Words.
THE gun spoke three times"
He mopped his brow
THE chasm yawned below u.s."
''She pulled his leg"
Lewis flays Hughes"
"She rolled her eyes"
My watch says it's ten O'Clock"
IN the days news of the rail-
road strike situation the chiefs of
both sides came across with good
last lines. The spokesman of the
mediation board declared, "We
have only scratched the surface"
and A. B. GarretsOn, head of
the conductors brotherhood, an
nOunced in similarly conclusive
words, "The status is unchanged"
TAKE your choice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11
Tie Wisn Missouri Editor.

When you see two white shoes dry
ing on a window sill in this town and
a girl hanging out of the same win
dow to dry her hair, you can bet she
isn't going to eat raw onions for sup
per.-Renick (Mo) Enterprise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11

OUR society editor, who is en-
gagged Chat is Occupied). at the
present in passing her vacation at
IA popular summer resort, has Just
written us giving IA vivid descrip-
ton of her surroundings, dressing
them in her own perfect society
column nomenclature. Read on:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11

Car Manufacturer Here to Sell City.
-Headline-Peoria Star. Does he in
clude the breWeries?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11

'RESIING peacefully in a protect
ed cove along a beautiful stretch of
water, which the setting sun reaches
only in scintillating rays that penetrate
the great masses of foliage overhang-
ing the camp site, forming a huge can
opy of green, our beautiful and rustic
cottage stands" etc, etc, etc
We judge from that, it's d fine
place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11

1t may or may not interest you Il
know that c. F. Coffin is dead il
Chicago. KIRK.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11

Member Audit Bureau of. Calculations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-11
THE ARGUS.

Rock Island Member Associated Press,
Pull Leased Wire Report.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-28

provements was spent on the interior
of the church. The parsonage was
renovated during the last year at an
expense of $3.50.
The extent of the efforts of Rev. Mr.
Howard to advance the cause of his
church during his pastorate here is
told exactly by comparison of the min
utes of the Olive Branch Synod.
Reports Show Progress.
The first report after Rev. Howard
assumed his duties here on Oct. L
1902 shows the following interesting
data.
Total membership, 421: communi
cant membership, 321: estimated value
of the church property, $4,000: total
benevolence for that church. S572;
total expenses for that year. s1,S73;
grand total of all contributions for all
objects. $2,445: Sunday school mem
bership, 27o: officers and teachers. "a
The report for last year ending Oct
1915 shows: Total membership, Gas;
communicate membership, 426; value
of the church property, $4,000: total
expenses for the last year. $5.016:
total benevolences for all purposes
s1,495: grand total of all contributions
s6,511: Sunday school membership
ISL scholars, "a officers and teachers