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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19
THE MID WINTER COURSE.

The short course in the agricultural
department of the state university
has proved great boon to the busy
farmer, the farmer who cannot spenG
time away from the activities OF his
farm except for a few weeks during
the dull period of the winter season.
Each year there is a few weeks
course at the University OF Illinois
that is attended by large number
of farmers from central Illinois that
has done much to bring home to the
busy farmer the various scientific dis
coveries that are of practical value to
him.
These mid winter short courses be-
ing held at many of the state uni
versities should be given more public
ity. The practical farmers, the men
who are actively filling the soil should
be interested in the great work that
is being done by the agricultural
schools in the bringing home of the
most up-to-date and improved meth
DDS that have been demonstrated to be
of financial success.
The Country Gentleman has very
timely editorial in one Of its recent is
sues which it heads Fighting Tradi-
tons" The editor says:
THE big winter drive of the agri-
cultural colleges is under way. This
is the season Of farmers short
courses. Every state has adopted
some form of popular education in an
effort to help the working farmer who
thinks he has little time to spare in
studying new methods. These courses
are a frontal attack upon intrenched
| tradition and backwardness, and pow
erful shells in the form of convincing
demonstrations are being exploded to
blast out antagonism.
Even with the remarkable develop
ment of the new methods of teaching
good farming there are still thousands
OF untouched communities in which
doubt is all too prevalent concerning
even some Of the best demonstrated
facts Of modern farming Not only in
remote backwoods districts but In
many places near our so-called CEN
tiers Of progress the antagonistic spirit
against progress can be found. Long
Island holds some rural skeptics as
hard to approach as the hill-billies OF
Arkansas. In the midst Of the rich
prairies occasionally we find com
munities fostering with objections to
modern farming. A certain measure
Of self-sufficiency keeps them going
1t is to make the conquest Of agri.
culture complete that the campaign
must go on. Unsound traditions must
be driven across the border. Only
vivid object lessons repeatedly pre-,
sented can accomplish this end"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19

as the disposal of excreta, the proven
ton of soil pollution, and the main
tenance of pure water supplies.
The surveys made during the year
1914 had shown that in rural commun-
tiles less than one per cent OF the
homes had sanitary toilets and that
more than so per cent of the people
were using water from polluted
sources. This condition, according to
the public health service. made the
rural sanitation question loom large
among the matters vitality affecting the
welfare of the nation. Following these
suites and as a result of the interest
aroused. the typhoid fever rate, an
excellent indicator of the sanitary
status Of community, has in some
places frequently been cut to one
quarter Of its previous figure. In Ber-
kelley county. W. Va, the cases of ty-
phoid fever were reduced from 249 to
40 in one year. In Orange county, n.
c., the rural sanitation campaign re-
suited in a reduction of the cases from
50 to II.
The tangible results of operations in
rural sanitation indicate that marked
advancement in maintaining hygienic
and satisfactory surroundings in
country districts is possible by the ap-
plication Of the common principles of
preventive medicine. Insanitary con-
HifJnnS 10
not known to be such Actual demon
STATIONS for their correction remain
one of the most gratifying and success
full methods for instituting reforms
and has been, in tho experience of the
public health service, invariably &C,
companied by definite and measurable
results.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19
EAETH+TALK
Brady,n.D.
living on Terms With the Liver

There is a widespread fancy that
certain drugs have some vague but
beneficial influence upon the liver
There is a made-to- order notion to go
with this idea, a notion that vague
pains in vague situations, and vague
states Of mind are symptoms OF
liver complaint" and indicate the use
Of some of these alleged liver rem
edies.
Salines - salt - whether in natural
spring water or in fancy packages,
undoubtedly do help to reduce portal
engagement. That is to say, if one
eats too heartily, occasionally or ha-
bitually, a saline cathartic in sufficient
dose 10 produce two or three Watery
excavations will directly lower blood
pressure in the portal area (the veins
conveying blood to and through the
liver), and thus give some relief. But
temperance in eating, abstinence or
fasting If necessary, will prevent what
the saline only helps. 1t is more SEN
sible not to pack in the excess of food
than to stuff as matter of habit and
then resort to cathartic to force a
passage through the alimentary canal.
And then there are numberless dun
dums" made and sold under the i'm
piled idea that they do something or
other to that liver. Of course no lax
alive has any special affinity or selec-
tive action on the liver, not even the
well known calomel. except in the i'm
aginaton of the patient.
Liver trouble" is mostly leg trou-
ble-the victim doesn't walk enough
to keep the blood circulating and met
abolish metaboliZing And too often
the leg trouble is shoe trouble-fash-
ionable shoes built without the least
regard for anatomical or physiological
requirements. In fact, the shoemak-
ers assume that legs were made wholly
to admire and not to use for any prac-
teal purpose.
Bread and Milk club members get
along fairly we'll with their livers.
They feel better Tuesday than most
people feel en- Monday morning.
Rest for the liver is obtained by
l. Cutting down by one-half the
butchers bill.
,. Reducing the total OF fats In the
diet TO about two-thirds of the amount
commonly consumed
| 3 Relying upon bulky vegetables
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19
The Daily Story
Aunt Sally's Bike BY M. Quad.

Things in and around the village Of
Poolsvilie had got into perious state.
Not q tin peddler had entered the
town for SIX weeks, and half the pans
and coffeepots were leaking
Business was so quiet that an order
for a whole gallon of molasses was
almost towns talk.
One of the inhabitants Of Poolsville
was Aunt Sarah Tooker She was Wild
owed six years before and lived with
her daughter. Aunt Sally bad always
been hustler, and when n dull time
came to Poolsville she had always been
ready to bestir herself TO end 1t. She
was ready to help end this. She went
TO Deacon Thatcher and Indignantly
asked:
Are you men going to let this town
fall into its mudhole and give last
gasp"
why. Aunt Sally, what can be
done?' he asked in reply. I'VE are in
that rut till Providence boosts US out
oft"
Aunt Sally went home to say to her
daughter:
Hammer, l am going over to Gull
ford to see sister Kate for two weeks"
1t was In the early days Of the bike.
The machine had been adopted in al
most every other town around, but
Poolsville frowned upon 1t.
Aunt Sally Tooker knew just how
the bike was regarded in her bone
town, and she knew that she was six
ty years old and was expected to set u
good example for the younger folks.
Nevertheless, she had only reached
Guilford, when she said to her sister:
Sister Kate, have they bikes for
sale in Guilford?"
why, Of course" was the reply.
Then get on your bonnet and go
with me to buy one"
For a nephew"
NO. sir; for yours truly. Aunt Sally
LOCKER. nave guile ON6I uel0 W
learn to ride the bike. and can't get
at 1t minute too soon."
"But you are not going to ride the
bike in Poolsville" gasped the sister.
Why, they will mob you over there!"
LET them mob and be darned.
That's where I'm going to ride the
bike. The old town is In rut. and
I'm going to wake her up"
In week she could ride up hill
and down, and when the time she had
given herself to remain in Guilford
had expired she started for Poolsville
on her bike.
The highway leading out Of and into
Poolsville Is a hill with gentle slope
half a mile long, and it was the hour
of noon one day when Aunt Sally
Tooker reached the brow of this hill.
There she rested and looked down
upon the village. 1t seemed asleep.
1t was after Aunt Sally had survey
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19

Selim, neutrality-suspicious.
of The Associated Press.)-It is not
two months since shells were falling
in this old Hungarian city, but the
civilian population has already settled
back into the humdrum routine of nor
NAL city life. Some soldiers are still
in the city, and an occasional column
of prisoners is marched through the
streets, but apart from this there are
only some destroyed houses in the
southeastern section of the town and
a few houses SCARED by shrapnel
bullets to remind the inhabitants Of
the stirring scenes of the early Oc-
tober days.
Perhaps never in the worlds his
tory has so splendid spectacle been
staged free of charge for civilian spec
tatOrs as was the taking of Belgrade.
From their housetops the inhabitants
of Semlin could see every move in the
desperate undertaking. The broad riv-
er lay in front of them, and on the
other side, perched some 200 feet
above the stream, rose the Kalemag-
dan, the old Belgrade fortress with it's
white tower and its walls dating from
the days when the Turks were still
masters of the city.
To their left and behind them were
the Austro-Hungarian artillery posi-
lions, and off to the right the German
guns were hurting their projectiles
against the Serbian capital. The Aus
tro-Hungarian regiments crossed the
river in plain view of the naked eye,
and halfway good glass enabled one
to watch the Germans farther toward
the west, making their bloody struggle
| to cross over the Gypsy island. The
inhabitants could see thinned bat
talions Of Hungarians, lying with their
| feet still in the river on the Belgrade
| side of the stream, held in check BY
murderous rife and machine gun
fire from the old walls of the Kale-
megdan. They could see damaged pom
toons full of dead men floating down
| stream with the swift current. The
heights southwark from Belgrade were
ploughed by heavy projectiles search
ing for the Serbian artillery positions.
! Serbian guns were dropping their
shells into Semlin and to the rear of
the city, trying vainly to find the guns
that were gradually battering down
| the defenses Of the Serbian capital
The Austrian "thirty-point- fves." the
l2-inch mortars. were throwing entire
| houses into the air and making great
! craters within the walls of the Kale-
megdan.
! Finally, last scene in the first act
of the tragedy. the inhabitants could
see the German. Austrian and Hun
garian flags thrust out through the
apertures in the top of the still unde-
stroyed white tower. This was early in
the morning of Oct 8, when the uni
! ted troops reached the tower and a
German soldier carved his name into
a beam in the tower, with the date
and hour, and added the title of the
! old Lutheran hymn, nun danket allie
/ Gott,' tNow Praise Ye All Our God \
Not until after the fighting had pass
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19
Sidelights on the European War

ed beyond the crest of the Avala noun
tain, southwark of Belgrade, was the
curtain rung down on this awful en-
tertainment.
Berlin.-A furniture factory IN Hal
lerau, which before war devoted itself
to the manufacture Of art furniture
but finds its market dead during the
war, has started the manufacture OF
shoes without leather. These are not
the wooden shoes Of the Dutch and
South German peasant but substi-
tute for the usual leather shoe. The
uppers are made Of gray or black
waterproof linen sailcloth, which at
a little distance is not easily dis
tinguishable from leather, and the
soles are built up Of layers OF wood
veneer glued with waterproof glue,
the process making flexible, water
proof sole which follows the shape Of
the arch of the foot.
The shoes have been given several
months trial and are soon to be placed
on the market. They are said TO wear
well, the underestimate of the wooden
sole soon develops felt like surface
which gives little noise, and best Oh
all, the shoes are said TO cost little
more than the present price for hall
soling leather shoes.
London.-After the cabinet minis
ters made an earnest appeal 10 the
trade union congress 10 DEFER &C.
mands for increased wages until amer
the war on the ground of national
economy, the suggestion came from
the unions that the ministers tnem'
selves might set an example in econ
omy by giving up part of their sal
aries, which in some Offices are prince
ly. 1t was indicated in parliament
that such a movement was con'em-
plated by the ministers. But now
leading liberal paper makes an M
genious defense of the old scale "
salaries.
at is an old saying" the paper =.
CUES. that a minister who gives us
whole attention to the nations ahsn'
has little time for his own, and III w
case of some cabinet ministers SUI
den drop of third to hall OF the"
incomes would create private hha4
cial problems. and therefore some US
1 traction Of mind. Ministers are guy
posed to be of importance to the Ne
TONS business, and distraction
mind is therefore a thing TO be avn
ed. II is not at all unlikely TINS W.
sideration may prevail
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19

ed this peaceruI scene for Eve mipp.s,
that she uttered three or four lonr
drawn screams and mounted her b,ks
and started down the bill. Though M.
screams aroused the town as tbe :.
port OF cannon would. all OF A end
den people appeared at their door,
and their gates and exclaimed to e,es
other:
What In heavens name 1, tha,,
Has the Judgment day come at Ias.r,
1t hadn't but Aunt Sally Tooker and
her bike had.
She was coming down that long
grade, holding her bike steady WITH
one hand and waving her bonnet with
the other. She went through that VII.
lage like a cannon ball.
At the farthest outskirts of the vii.
lage Aunt Sally turned about and cana
whizzing back to dismount In front n,
the postofF1ce. where the crowd WA
thickest.
"Now, ma, you have done itr' wss
the greeting of her daughter as she en-.
tered the house.
Yes, l have woke up Poolsville, and
you are going to see things hum" was
the proud reply.
1t wasn't an hour later before the
bum" was heard and seen. The min.
lister Of Aunt Sally's church appeared
to ask:
SISTER, is that your bikeT'
Il paid sS3 for 1t, parson."
"And are you going to ride It IN
Poolsville?"
Morning. noon and night and some
times In the afternoon"
Then, sister, you must take the con.
sequences"
II will, parson."
The consequences were that charges
were preferred against Aunt Sally.
The charges against Aunt Sally were
for riding a bike in the public streets
and thereby injuring the cause Of re.
ngion. In FIVE minutes her lawyer
tore these charges to shreds. In five
more those who made them were made
ashamed Of themselves. You can Judge
Of this line of argument.
Aunt Sally was very promptly &C.
quilted. For a few weeks most Of the
members Of the church turned cold
shoulder upon her and the neighbors
kept aloof, but she went on riding her
bike until Deacon Dhurber said to the
crowd at the postoff1ce one evening:
Boys. we have got to let up on her.
when you come right down to 1t she
has as much right to ride bike as We
have a horse, and you can't say she
don't do it darned sight more mod
esHy. We all know she's woke up
Poolsville. and we are getting the ben
eft Of 1t. So let US stop this non.
sense"
And the nonsense was stopped, and
Aunt Sally contributed SIS toward re-
painting the meeting house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Dryness of the Air of Houses,

Is the air of furnace-heated houses
too dry in winter weather?
Answer-not if the temperature is
kept around 6S. 1t becomes too dry
when the temperature scars above 6S.
Source Of the Air Warmed by Furnace.
Is it Objectionable to admit air from
the cellar into the intake pipe of a
hot air furnace?
Answer-Yes. The air should come
from outdoors always
Marasmus and MalnntritiOn.
What causes 'marasmus and mall
nutrition" in babies?
Answer - These are meaningless
terms used as a cloak to ignorance
They are neither symptoms nor dis
eases, nor even complaints" but just
words.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19
Rock Island-From River to
River.

There have been so many inquir-
les for Representative Clyde II.
Tayenner's speech on the fleor OF
the lower house of congress Dec.
Is, which has gone into Congress
SIGNAL Record under the caption,
"The Navy League Unmasked,"
that The Argus has determined
to publish the speech in INSTALL
ments in Tayenner's column on
this page beginning tomorrow.
The speech viii be presented
together with the running debate
that attended it as taken down by
the official stenographer of the
house of representatives.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19
Pleasant Time Being Had.

c. NJ. Larue, residing near the four
county corners in Pleasant township,
assisted by his neighbors, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Butler, and their pleasant and
attractive daughter, did the butchering
for the winters meat last Thursday
An effort was made to Guido the long
sausage that was turned out at But
ler's mill last winter, when stretch
of ground hog So feet long was made
without a break. And it may be that
the feat was accomplished, but there
was no yard stick at hand and the rod
pole was up in the granary loft. The
sausage reached six times across the
large extension table and several links
hung down over the ends of the table.
-Findlay (Ohio) Courier.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19
Selected by Tavenner
To the Readers of The Argus:

To the Readers of The Argus:
The Argus has generously agreed to permit me to
make regular contribution under this head TO use the
space as if it my l am left free make my
selection from where will whether it is timely or un-
timely; to search the highways and the byways for
what may impress of interest and value to the
people. u
l my readers shall try to make the most Of
the opportunity To do forget that party lines
exist, and will just as wish it might be practical for
them not to exist and that the principal issue on cleo
ton day might be- not whether candidate belongs to
this that political party, but whether he willing to
the masses of the people the few who exploit
them.
In other words my idea is to submit information
thought that l would give to the world if l myself
edited newspaper, the only mission of which to
mankind; to do this and nothing more
When personally write the contribution will sign
it, and when present the thought and work of others
will so indicate. CLYDE n TAVENNER
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19
People SILVER at Lack of Gas.

Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 19.-Thou-
sands of homes were cold and cook
ing was almost impossible in Cleve-
land today because of a shortage in
the natural gas supply.
Scores of manufacturing plants and
school housing 1000 students were
closed today because of the lack of
heat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19
Plan Socialist Congress.

Rome, Jan. 19.-With a view to pro-
moting the holding Of an international
socialist congress at Berne, Italian
socialist members Of parliament are at
present holding conference at b.
Tonga. Speakers at the sessions have
criticised fraudulent speculation in
grain and what they term laxness of
the government in the war and other
directions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19
Pointed Paragraphs.

Wrath usually comes in family Jars.
Whisky straight is the cause-a
crooked walk the effect.
No man ever respects a woman who
doesn't respect herself.
Remorse and economy are always
faithful followers of the races.
Policemen, like rainbows, are apt
to appear after the storm is over.
The best way to tell a woman's age
is in whisper over the telephone.
The older we grow the greater the
lack OF knowledge we discover in
others.
Money talks. That is why they put
woman's head on the silver dollar.
City sidewalks are used for pedes-
TRANS, but the crab has sidewalk
Of his own.-Chieago News.
b.. NJ ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19

President Wilson, in a letter to A.
Mitchell Palmer, said he thought four
years might be too long for some pres
idents and six years not long enough
for others. From the peoples stand
dent Wilson. They want him to have
q second term.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19

Mrs. Pankhurst is to be admitted to
the United States after all, This is
the second time she has successfully
tried to break into this country. 1t
is sincerely hoped we will not have
occasion to inferno the lady.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19
What the Girl at the Cigar Stand Hear

What the Girl at the Cigar Stand Hears
Surely you must remember me,
grille. I'm the fellow you made pay
for a lot of Havanas last October. l
haven't been here since. Now l know
why you have forgotten me. ! have
grown a moustache Some class, eh,
kid? They're very popular in the
east. It's my first and I'm rather proud
of it. I'm not as old as you think
am. Those gray hairs came as a re-
suit of fever attack. Then the fact
that worked inside so long was con-
tributing cause. You see l learned
the business from the ground up. I'm
now one of the highest salaried men
our house has on the road. l also
have the cream of the territory. Well,
I'm entitled to it. There are few
tanks on my route, but l don't make
them. l merely call my customers
over the telephone and they tell me
what they want. l send them pres
ents at Christmas and keep track of
the youngsters birthdays. l guess 1
know my business. Say, little one,
you're a dead ringer for Flo at Marsh
alltown. You know Flo? She is the
queen of the cigar girls in that burg.
Say, me and her are just like that.
You and Flo would make a great pair
We have been pals three or four years.
l always tell her in advance of my
coming so she can sidetrack the home
guards when l arrive I've got her
picture UP in my bag Like to see it?
Say, but she is some baby. And maybe
she isn't strong for your Uncle Fuller.
Ny only worry is that she'll get think
ing too much of me. That's the trou-
BILE with so many girls. But, then,
she's got a. good noodle on her. Me
married? Supposing l am-what diff
ference does that make? It's pretty
lonesome on the road, kid, and you
/, know We commercial men can't ring
front doorbells in every town we make.
But you ought to know Flo. She's
had me meet the whole family Guess
that isn't going a few, Ell? Got any
Camels? No? Say, grille. you'd bet
ter have your boss get hump. Follow
me? l make all my own jokes. There
goes guy | met in Macomb. I'll see
you later"
]. z. WINKLER of Galesburg has
been elected president of the state
board of optometrists. Any remarks
ON the same day Samuel Gompers
president of the American Federation
of Labor, and John White, head OF
the United Mine Workers. delivered
speeches on preparedness for war, the
former supporting the idea and the
latter opposing. The gentlemen appar-
emily, for the time being at least, have
forgotten the adage that in union
there is strength.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19

cereals. fruits and perhaps occasional
doses Of one of the mineral oils (pure
petroleum OLD to regulate the bowels,
instead of ''dum-dums'
4. Drinking at least two quarts of
water each day,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19

Sweden's king is getting warlike.
He hints that if his country is cut off
by the drastic British embargo on sea
trade something is liable to happen.
OF course he does not mention any
names, but everyone is entitled to g
gUeSS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19

In view of the fact that the bull
moosers cast nearly a million more
votes in 1912 than did the republicans,
the question as to who's who in the
anti-democratic camp suggests COM
Dlications