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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
PARTNERSHIP FARMING.

The farmers of Winnebago county,
through a conference called by the
County Farm Improvement associa-
ton, have worked out a standard farm
lease, the fruits of their own and
other experience both in this and other
states, which they commend for gen.
eral adoption, says the Rockford Reg
ister-G Gazette. Its underlying pur-
pose is two-fold: To make farming
under lease more remunerative to ten
ant and landlord, and TO shut out the
practices which have steadily reduced
farm fertility and profit OF farming on
a considerable part of the tenant farms
Of the county; in other words, TO stop
a great waste If the standard lease
works as it may be expected to do,
under the light of the best practice. it
is the starting point of a better order
of things. The committee which
framed the lease is made up of practi-
cal men, most of whom have worked
farms under lease The majority of
its members have paid for farms out
of farm earnings They are all men
of high personal and business stand
ing.
The lease is what is known as the
stock-share type, which aims to con-
vert the production of the farm on the
place through live stock; in other
words, market the proceeds of the field
on the farm itself, selling the proceeds
through the live stock or live stock
products, the latter as in dairying, for
instance. II is we'll known that the
latter tends to enrichment of the land
and larger returns to both parties to
the lease. In fact ii makes the two
parties partners in the conduct of the
place. One objection urged against
stock share farming is that not all
farmers are suited to stock raising. but
most of the landlords are men who
have themselves faTmed and are eX-
perts in their line Their experience
is at the disposal of the partnership
in the lease farming. Both are inter-
ested, each in having the lease salts
factory to the other. and to have the
lease continuous. No partnership
would work out the most satisfactory
results if partners changed every year,
no matter what the business. Farming
/ by partnership is no exception.
/ The Winnebago county farm lease is
only a recommendation but it is found
ed on experience, which no man will
deny. Many of its points are for the
prospective tenant and prospective
landlord to work out between them. 1t
/ is adaptable to their needs and their
joint agreement; its provisions being
purposely left elastic for that purpose
| 1t is compulsory on no one. but is al
/ the service of all. Doubtless it will
be printed in the usual form, with
blanks for filling in the joint agree
ment of future users, and after a year
or years of use may receive additions
or changes to suit the common conven-
fence or availability. Its main features
are in successful practice today in this
country, in this state, in other states
The aim of the Farm Improvement as.
ISOLATION was to place it at the dis
posal of all who could profitably ust
it. That it is likely to become stand
ard, not only for this but for other
parts of the country may we'll be
believed. from the character of the
men who prepare it. They deserve
well of the community for their public
spirited labors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
THE SHOCKED VIRGINIAN.

captain W. NJ. Meyers of the Virginia
legislature is wholly in accord with
the poets who sing of the lure of beauty
half concealed, half revealed. but
takes the stand that ruin. not poesy. is
writ where filmy lace and foamy lin
gerie swirl IN the giddy dance. There
fore he has introduced before that
august body law intended TO desig-
nate just to what extent fashion may
expose the female form divine, TO de-
fine the difference between propriety
and irdecency
gHaving lived his life among the
cloistered Virginia mountains, which
dhaste nature has clothed from sum-
nit to base with heavy verdure, Cap
tain Never bushes al the immodesty OF
the bare rocks along the Virginia
ospes and yearns for a real mantle
with which TO cover their nakedness.
Caught suddenly in the giddy swirl of
social gaiety at Richmond he is shock
ed to breathlessness at the sought Of
SILK hose beneath fluffy skirts and
hutfe lcuIulHc iCdI LiS
glance away in horror &c higher levels
he is again paralyzed at the white sur
face revealed beneath dainty chin
in the collarless waist. and dropping
his eyes demurely to what he conceiVes
az happy medium the transparency of
materials fixes him with its terror and
leaves him all but too weak 10 stagger
te taxi and murmur Home"
aConvinced such revelations have
been planned with deliberate intention
10 seduce the unwary and unwilling
male Captain Meyer, in the anguish Of
his Spartan 70 m. has drawn up law
intended to curb such display and pro-
teci Virginia manhood forever from
the wiles of the deadlier sex. Begin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15

inspectors, but he considered II a
matter of small importance; that
plates selected by the government IN
spectors for physical and ballistlc
tests were retreated before the tests
were made and without the knowledge
of the government inspectors. This
fraud led the inspectors to believe that
all the armor was as good as the spec
tally treated plates secretly made al
ter they had been selected for maxi
ing tests.
Here is an extract from the testi-
mony of the then Superintendent
Corey:
%. Did you know OF plugging holes
being done without the knowledge of
any of the Inspectors "A. Yes, sir.
20. Can you specify the time and
what plate il was?-A No; l can not;
| did not keep a record of it.
T. Van Kirk. workman, testl-
fed that on April II and II, 1892,
plate, X-9 Is inches, was
plugged and hammered up. Forty
holes in top and bottom of plate. This
plate was afterwards finished, stamp
ed KS Is inches. April % and "a,
1892. Holes in top of plate run in wire
four feet or more. The material in this
plate was very bad, and in trying to
plug. the plugs would fall in, but We
finally doctored it up and it passed in
spection.'
In an affidavit Samuel Sheriff says:
THE plugging and doctoring of
plates was generally done at night,
when no inspectors were about, but |
saw one fixed one day at noon"
T. F. Farley, another workman,
testified in an affidavit that
the plates were frequently imperfect,
were full Of deep holes and defects:
frequently taken off the planer in the
I til night so as not to be seen by the
inspectors, and then worked upon in
the nighttime. | have seen these de-
fective plates passed, inspected, and
shipped from the works to their des-
/ tination'
G. W. Kountz says in his affidavit:
Il have known of heavy plates being
plugged of holes from four to six inch
es, unknown to the government inspec-
, tors. This fraud has been practiced
upon the government since long be-
! fore November, 1892, and since Sep
, TENDER, 1893
! T. F. Farley says in his testimony:
When | first went there they were
plugged by taking cuttings from the
same plates, y hammering them in
with a punch, and placing more and
more in the hole until it was level, I'M
| til it could stand no more plugging.
! have run wires in to the depth of IS
inches into these plates, and l know
that plates than l run a wire in IS
inches passed and are now some
where"
Ito be Continued)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
Not Like the Olden Days.

The theory that boy prizes his first
pair of red top boots above anything
else in the world doesn't always work
out, A Fredonia real estate man put it
to test few years ago by offering
boy gold watch and chain for his new
red boots. To his dismay the boy sat
down on the floor and pulled off the
precious boots. The real estate man
couldn't back out of the bargain, and
as the boots were of no use TO him, he
returned them to the boy along with
the watch and chain. 49, Kansas City
Star
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15

not write. whereupon a member 4, j.
government sent him word that -
was in no danger. This gave b,,s
courage, and he pursued his task
IF he was anxious to kin tirno \.
fore his arrest he was now doublv %
He invented new complications az
unrayeled them. The situation grew
more involved the nearer he aunro.M
ed the end. just as stone revolv,a
about stick moves more RAPIDLY :.
the string Is shortened He derotoa
every minute Of his time and evsrr
fiber Of bis brain to his work and =,
the end OF few weeks after bis i'm.
prisonment wrote the concluding char.
ter.
when bis story was finished h.
dreaded the long hours of confinement,
during which be would be free ,o
brood upon his situation. He had NO,
received the slightest information A.
to his offense. But he had not long m
fret. AS soon as his work was An.
ished his prison doors were thrown
open and he was permitted to 70 out
free man. besides being given 4 large
| bag OF gold.
"As soon as be was released be msds
! inquiries of officials high in the serv.
! ice Of the government as to why he
had been arrested and thrown into
prison and whence came the money.
And what do sou suppose was the
reason given? The sultan had one day
picked up copy of the newspaper in
which his story was running and he
came interested In it. Too impatient
to wait for it to come out from day 10
day in small quantities, he had taken
q course to hasten the denouemeut
"Comstock was just tickled to Death
He sent In request through one OF
the sultan's household asking IL the
sultan would give him a puff to print
with the publication Of his novel In
America. He was told that the sultan
, couldn't come down to that. but Com.
stock hit on the eXpedient Of writing
| out a brief account of the matter for
the newspapers. This he translated
into English and got it started in
American journals.
We'll. ne published his novel, Of
course. just as these notices about his
being imprisoned because the sultan Of
! Turkey couldn't wait to see how it was
coming out were being copied from pa.
per to paper, and everybody was crazy
to read the book. One edition after
another was run out by the presses SO
| fast that the printers got dizzy, but
, couldn't supply the demand. Comstock
made twenty or thirty thousand dol.
lars out of the story, and publishers are
waiting for him when he gets up in
the morning to secure a contract for
his next"
What was the name OF this Turkish
story"
II don't remember the name, but I
stood first in lot of six best sellers"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
{EAETHTAlK
William Brady,M.D.
Reserve Power of the Heart

Given a case Of valvular defect
some former Inflammation of the heart
liningl, or a case of permanent high
blood pressure, or one of arterial hard
ening, or one of chronic Bright's dis
ease the important question in dag
nosis and prognosis is the reserve pow
er of the heart.
A normal heart has sufficient reserve
power to withstand sudden or temper
airy physical strain, such as running
to catch the last car home, going
through an attack of typhoid fever or
pneumonia, or chastising someone who
misjudges ones character
When you run for some distance you
get short OF wind, and then presently
you get your second wind" il you
keep running and your heart is normal
This second wind" is largely a re-
Spouse on the part of the reserve pow
er Of the heart People with defective
reserve power get short of breath on
slight exertion and remain so until
complete rest is obtainable, or even in
spite OF complete.
There are various factors which re-
duce reserve power in the heart A
leaking valve obviously makes greater
demands upon the reserve power in or
der to keep sufficient blood circulating.
A high blood pressure from any cause
demands a more forcible heart beat to
drive the blood through the arteries,
and the extra work is done by drawing
'on the available reserve. Diseased
kidneys, tobacco, alcohol worry, irreg-
ular hours and overeating all tend to
exhaust the hearts reserve. 1t is bad
business to live on your savings.
Reserve power may he built up much
as a bank balance is built I'D.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
The Daily Story
Best Seller-By Mary G. Atwood.

"Comstock has got out new novel.
see" said Collins to Bartholow.
Yes; Comstock is making money.
How did he get his start?'
by misfortune"
Come; cease to excite my curiosity
and tell me the story"
1t was this way: Comstock tried
scribbling at home. but made no sue
cess. Whether he wrote over the
heads Of the people. or under them.
don't know. His stories didn't sell.
But Comstock had talent, and all he
wanted was something to start him.
One Of his friends told him to go
abroad. All Americans who succeed
in literature make their living abroad,
his friend said. and II Comstock was
going to succeed he'd have to go too
There's a literary atmosphere there
that doesn't exist here. Besides, the
crowned heads take an interest In
literary work. and a king may make
an author IL he chooses.
"Comstock was persuaded and went
abroad. He picked up living for
awhile in London writing for the Eng.
lish magazine papers, then went on to
the continent. He finally drifted to
Constantinople, where he liked 1t 50
well that he stayed there long while
and learned the language perfectly.
n 10
on his banner, but poverty did. When
he was pretty near starved In Con-
stantinOple he got Job to write a
serial novel for a daily newspaper
there. He was to fill two columns a
day, no more and no less. The price
he was paid for his work was just
enough TO keep him alive.
1T happened that he struck vein
that was natural to him. and a good
one too. He became absorbed in his
work and was glad to be absorbed. be-
cause it made him forget his troubles.
But having only enough writing to do
each day to occupy three or four hours,
he spent the rest of his time planning
situations jus: to keep himself busy
solving them. AS for his general plan,
that was so intricate that no one
would ever suppose it possible to ex-
tricate his hero from the ENHANCEMENT
into which an adverse fate had cast
him.
One day while he was at work on
his story he was astonished to see two
policemen enter his den. Without e
word of explanation he was ordered to
follow them and bri>g with him his
manuscript. 1t occurred to him that
something be had written in his novel
about the government might have
caused his arrest. but this could not
be, for on his arrival he was not only
permitted TO keep what he had writ
ten. but was commanded to finish his
work. That he might be well situated
to do so, he was given pleasant quar-
tiers and plenty to eat and drink. At
first he was so frightened that he could
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
LISTEN TO EN- FABRICATE.

81 have told my friends repeatedly
that am not aspiring to public Office"
, "RealIy. little one. you are the first
girl | ever cared for"
81 never saw you lock so well, Mrs.
Jones. You're color is simply Won
derful."
81 am not in the habit of borrowing
money frcm my friends. ! Just dis
covered today that my deposit at the
bank was exhausted. I'll slip this to
you the next time see you"
sit makes no difference how late |
come home at night I'm the first one
to get up in the morning. Why. my
wife has never touched the furnace,
No good husband would permit his wife
to do So"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
New York World.l

Something more than momentary in
dignation should follow the threat of
the armor plate makers that they will
not tolerate competition by the United
States government We have national
shipbuilding plants as a check upon
private enterprise too often found in
combination The need of national
armor plate plants, obvious for the
private enterprise openly threatens
eXtortion and revenge
Monopolistic arrogance has never
gone further than in this instance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15

1t will be noticed that President Will
son did not express profound sorrow
at the resignation of Secretary Garri-
son as he did on accepting the resig-
nation OF Secretary Bryan. There is no
doubt that a warm personal friendship
existed and r-obably still exists be-
tween President Wilson and William
j. BRYAN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
Daily History CIasS-Feb. ID.

lS05-United States frigate Fhiladei-
phla, which the Yripolitans had
captured in battle, was DESTROYED
by Lieutenant Stephen Decatur ana
a body of United States seamen III
the harbor of Tripoli.
lS9S-The United States battleshlp
Maine wrecked at Havana.
l9l5-Holand sent to Germany ana
Great Britain protests concernlAg
neutral shipping and the use Oh
neutral flags by belligerent sil'is
similar to those made by the Unit
ed States on the 1lth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15

1t is said that oil single men in
England are to called upon TO enlist
this week. This being leap year, a SIM
liar call to single men, without the
compulsory feature. however, is being
the world to enlist in the matrimon-
ial army.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15

Roosevelt has left the country so
that he can be in position to say on his
return. commenting on the lead pipe
cinch he is to have at Chicago, Why,
gentlemen, this is so sudden"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15

It's wise farmer who tests his seed
corn. OF course there will be some
row All authorities agree that a good
crop Of corn this year depends upon
the manner in which the seed is tested
Do not be an old fogy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15

a fashion note says that silk was
never more fashionable with women
than this wear. The price must have
gone up again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15

One way is by rest in bed. for per-
sons with heart disease. Then perhaps
passive movements and brine baths
Then by graduated walks, first on the
level, then upgrade for steadily in
creasing distances day by day.
There is nothing like walking to
strengthen heart And nothing like
running to store up reserve power.
An athlete who has trained scientifi-
cally, not in week or two of amateur
football or gymnasium training, has
more reserve power than anyone else.
clean-liVing, healthy man has enough
reserve power in his heart for any or
binary emergency. The individual with
heart trouble has q reduced re-
serve power and hence must beware OF
strains and excuses of all kinds. But
by scientific treatment the reserve
power of the defective heart NAV be
so we'll built up that, to all practical
purposes, the patient is normal.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
SOME Dau UneSslng.
One doctor | consulted told me I
had weeping eczema. Another said IL
was itching piles. Neither examined
me. ! obtained no relief from either
prescription. Will you kindly suggest
something.
Answer-We would suggest that you
protest against paying the doctor a fee
if he forgets to examine you. II might
be leprosy or the seven-year-itch for
all he can tell without an examination.
Only Cure for Rupture.
Is operation the only cure for run-
ture In a man 20 years old.
Answer Yes, and the sooner done
the better.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15

Really. If Mr.. Tearney had come to
Rock Island more often in the past,
the present baseball muddle might
have been avoided
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15

Vienna Correspondence of the AS
sociated Press,.-Owine to govern
mental restrictions in the manufacture
OF cotton goods, large number of fac
tories In Austria-Hungary have closed
down. Only those establishments con-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
Pointed Paragraphs.

A saloon with a side door has a sys-
tenn of double entry
A little masculine remorse goes a
long way with some women.
Man glories in his strength and wom-
an glories in her new bonnet.
She is a wise woman who can smile
at a compliment-and then forget it.
Clubs drive some men to matrimony
and drive others to clubs.
The trouble with the man who knows
it all is that he can't keep it to him
self.
You can almost see the cracks in
the voices Of some people when they
try to sing.
A girl can't believe it possible for
her small brother ever to grow up and
become citizen.
When man is discharged from
bankruptcy his earthly debts are set
tled-but We are not so sure about
those on the books of the recording
ngel.-Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
Tuesday. February Is. 1915.
Rock Island-From River to
River.

Woodrow Wilson is willing. What
more is wanted to win?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15

Man serving on a jury in Nebraska
was found to be crazy. Nothing I'M
usual about that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15

AS we putt to press Alex Anderson is
still living. a wireless to that effect
having just been waited into our sane
tum from Hot Springs, where said Alex
is, as the society editor would put it,
escaping the rigors of our northern
cline A report had been circulated
that Brother Anderson had got ticket
for his final journey, but he immediate
ly let it be known that when he is
ready to quit he would let his friends
know far enough in advance so that
the flower stores could make prepara-
tons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15


ence of the Associated sl.-Prime
Minister Hughes announced at a
luncheon given him recently by the
faculty of Melbourne university that
the federal government was prepared
to spend up to $2,500,000 if necessary
on the establishment of an institution
for scientific research in relation to
industry. Mr.. Hughes said that it had
been shown what potential wealth
there was in Australia, but the Aus
tralian people were practically in their
swaddling clothes-econOmica they
were in their school days. He thought
With a national laboratory Australians
could utilize science in opening up new
avenues of industrial effort They
could increase the productivity of the
country from Is to 20 per cent.
"The commonwealth government he
went on, will endeavor to coordinate
the universities in the various states
in this direction. We are not commit
ted to details. AS far as possible we
will avail ourselves of the ability and
services of the scientific men in our
own industries, but if necessary to
strengthen the staff it can be rein
forced from outside. | will make in
quiries during my visit abroad, but in
any case the government without de-
lay will take the necessary steps to
give the institution start
Mr.. Hughes suggested that the Mel
bourne professors invite representa-
tives of the universities in the other
states to meet them in Melbourne at
an early date to consider the whole
question.
THE government" he declared, will
give S2,500,000 if necessary. | say that
deliberately. 1t is the best investment
Australia could make
Berlin. Correspondence of the AS
sociated Press According to the rec
ords of the sick insurance Office of Ber-
lin it appears that the Withdrawals of
workmen from employment in shops
and factories for war duty last year
were far less numerous than had been
generally believed Especially was the
reduction slight in the Youngest and
the oldest classes of men subject TO
military duty. Thus workmen between
! II and 90 years old represented on
| jan l, 1915, 1872 per cent of all the
names on the lists. but by Oct. l they
had been reduced only TO 14.6 per cent.
| The reduction for the class between Al
and As years was from SIS to 7.5~per
cent. Even for all the classes subject
TO military duty the average reduction
for the nine months was only about 3
| per cent. 1t Is remarkable fact that
even now the class of young men be-
| tween u and % is larger than any 9TH
er one in the shops and factories OF
Berlin, constituting 1873 per cent of all
the names listed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
Marks of Distinction.

He was always neat appearing and
large gold filings in his teeth gave the
impression that he may have had So
cial standing at some time.-Chester
Ill.D Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15

IF there is anything in name Miss
Julia Somebody of Gresham, OhiC,
ought not long remain single.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15

YOU may. comma, or you may not
think it unusual that New York police
authorities should suspect foul play
in connection with the death of Baff,
poultry merchant.