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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14

death watch, with the shells tuning
up for the dirge. 1t was impossible to
listen to the shells. If you kept your
mind on the noise for any length of
time it would split your eardrums, l
am sure. So all we could do was to
lay low in the shell hole and wait for
something to happen.
Then they began using shrapnel on
us, and one of our machine gunners,
who got up from his knees to change
position, had his head taken clean off
his shoulders, and the rest Of him
landed near my feet and squirmed
little, like a chicken that had just been
killed. 1t was awful to see the body
without any head move around that
way, and we could hardly make our
selves touch it for some time. Then
we rolled it to the other side of the
hole.
Then, to one side of us, there was
more violent explosion than any yet.
The earth spouted up and fell on us,
and big clouds of black smoke, sliding
along the ground covered our shell
hole and hung there for some time.
One of our sergeants, from the regular
French infantry, said it was a shell
from a Turkish 155-mm. howitzer.
That was only the first one. The
worst thing about them was the smoke
people who think Pittsburgh is
smoky ought to see about fifty of those
D.. big hoWitzer shells bursting, one after
another.
We could not tell what the rest of
our line was doing or how we were
standing the awful fire, but we felt
sure they were not having any worse
time than we were. In few minutes
we heard the good old COS start
! pounding and it was like hearing an
old friends voice over the telephone,
and everybody in our shell hole
cheered, though no one could hear us
and we could barely hear each other.
Still we knew that if the "75s'' got
going in their usual style they would
do for an enemy battery or two, and
that looked good to us. The "75s"
made the noise worse, but it was al
ready about as bad as it could be,
and a thousand guns more or less
would not have made it any harder
to stand.
One Of our men shouted in the SER
geants ear that the men in line ahead
of us and to the right We're trying to
give us a message of some kind. The
sergeant stuck his head above the
parapet and had look. But I stayed
where I was-the sergeant could see
for himself and me, too, as far as I
was concerned.
He shouted at US that the men in
the other trench were trying to signal
something, but he could not make it
out because the clouds of smoke would
roll between them and break up the
words. SO he laid down again in the
bottom of the hole But after while
he looked over the parapet and saw
a man just leaving their trench, evi.
IDENTIFY with message for us, and he
had not gone five steps before he was
blown to pieces, and the lad who fol.
lowed him got his, too, so they stopped
trying then.
And all the time the "75s" were
sending theirs to the Turks not fal
over our heads to 900 yards behind
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14
SPANISH INFLUENZA
Do Not Fear When Fighting
q German or a Germ!
By DIR. NJ. COOK.

The cool fighter always wins and so
there is no need to become panic
stricken. Avoid fear and crowds. Ex-
ercise in the fresh air and practice the
three C'si A Clean Mouth, a Clean
Skin and Clean Bowels. To carry off
the poisons that accumulate within the
body and to ward off an attack Of the
influenza bacillus, take a good liver
regulator to move the bowels. Such a
one is made up Of May-apple, leaves of
aloe, root of jalap, and is to be had
at any drug store, and called pleasant
Purgative Pellets"
If a bad cold develops, go to bed, wrap
up well, drink freely of hot lemonade
and take a hot mustard foot-bath.
Have the bedroom warm but well ven
tilated. Obtain at the nearest drug
store "Anuric Tablets" to flush the
kidneys and control the pains and
aches. Take an "Anuric' tablet every
two hours, together with copious drinks
of lemonade. If a true case Of infiu-
enza, the food should be simple, such as
broths, milk, buttermilk and ice-cream;
but it is important that food be given
regularly in order to keep up patients
strength and vitality. After the acute
attack has passed, which is generally
from three to seven days, the SYSTEM
should be built up by the use Of gooo
iron tonic, such as "Irontic" tablets, to
be obtained at some drug stores, or
that well known blood-maker and
herbal tonic made from roots and banks
of forest trees--sold everywhere as DR..
! Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14

us, and the howitzers were dropping
their 240-pound bits of iron in every
vacant space and some that were not
vacant. 1t was just one big roar and
screech and growl all at once, like
turning the whole dog pound loose
on a piece of meat.
The conclusions felt like one long
string of boxes on the ear, and our
throats were so dry that it hurt to
swallow, which always makes your
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14

Electric locomotives are being In.
creasingly adopted in South Africa for
underground haulag
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14

The Chinese do not, as rule, appre-
ciate foreign sweetmeats.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14

Nashville-The supreme court Of
Tennessee will hold a special meeting
here Dec. 9 to hear arguments in the
suit brought to have the antifee law,
enacted by the last general assembly,
declared invalid. The law which ap-
plies to 10 of the largest counties of
the state, places all county officials on
a salary, abolishing the fee system
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-25
Make Those War Pledges Good.

Pledge week in Illinois brought the state war
savings headquarters some hundreds of thousands of
pledges for millions Of dollars. Just how
many pledges and Just how many millions Of dollars
they for cannot be told for some weeks for the
was not finished. could not be finished in
week. That proved physical impossibiIity so
II will go until it is completed no matter how
long that takes.
Indications are that the full quota of the state
$125.000,o00-was far from pledged during the week.
That disappointment to the committee but not
cause for despair It was recognized that those who
signed the pledges signed for what the considered
the minimum amounts-the amounts they felt sure
they could pay for # all sorts Of unexpected
misfortune overlook them. 1t is hoped and believed
that. the people begin to purchase the stamps
regularly, they Will take much more than they
pledged themselves for.
The work that deyoiyes upon the people OF
Illinois is to make those war pledges good Week
By week, from until the end of the year, they
must purchase the savings stamps and thrift
stamps. They must lend the government a certain
proportion Of tbeiF salaries other incomes They
must begin 20 make real sacrifice.
II has been told, over aud over, what good in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-25
One Way to Spend a Vacation.

For individuals who feel that they really need a
vacation this summer there is a suggestion worth
considering in statement attributed to Clarence
ousley, assistant secretary of agriculture. He is
quoted saying:
l can imagine no finer thing for a city
to do in this war emergency than to go
to the farm for the harvest for some other
period of labor strain to help her country
sister bear the burdens of kitchen and farm
Yes, and why should not the men of the cities
take turn with their country brothers during the
same season? No one who intends to take vaca-
ton plead lack of time to try out the plan
1t may a little prosaic for the woman or
man to go out the farm for week or two and
labor with hands in the house, garden or orchard
in the fields Lame backs, insect bites blistered
hands and sunburned faces might result, some will
object.
Well what of it? The average person who goes
camping automobile touring endures most of these
discomforts and pretends to enjoy them Instead of
idling away the time and spending good share of
the years savings would be doing something use
full and least earning his board Physical and
mental benefits from vacation so spent probably
would outweigh those received from an cutting Of
the conventional sort. Besides, it would be pat
riotic thing to do which is or ought to be- consid-
Grafton of first importance.
1t is not too early to begin training for a sum-
mer vacation on the farm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-25

vestment these war savings stamps are, what fine
returns they bring upon the money invested, and
how the investors benefting themselves as well
the government. This is all true and more than
true.
But even If it were mot, what of it? We must
win this We must give everything we have if
necessary to win this war. If don't win it our
money, our homes, our honor, our very lives will
be at the mercy. some day if not Immediately, Of
ruthless invader This war must be won and we,
who remain at home, would be deserving of no es-
pecial credit If lived upon crusts and gave
not loaned but gave-au we had to that it was
won. Our boys giving their ,Iives-not their
money but their lives, remember. =
So now, upon us. devolves the task OF seeing that
all those war savings pledges are kept. We should
see that lend the government twice as much
money as we promised, or three times as much if
We know that we are only lending it, at
a good rate of interest, but we must act as though
we were giving our all for the sake of winning the
war.
There has been much hulIabaloo about what we
have been asked to do-as if we had really been
asked to sacrifice something. Many people think,
because they have bought bonds and stamps and
contributed little to the Red Cross they have done
their full duty They have not, and let us hope they
will never be called upon to do it all. Their duty
is to suffer and sacrifice if necessary like the
Belgians and the Serbians have suffered and sac
rifced. When they have done that they may feel
that they have done their full duty but our hope is
that the war for democracy will have been won
long before America comes to that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-25
Last Evenings Parade.

Comparatively few saw last evenings parade-one
Of the most impressive that ever passed through
Rock Islands streets. It held in observance of
1talyAmerca day, the third anniversary of the en-
trance Of Italy into the war. In reality those of
Italian birth parentage virtually left rep
resent both nations, but that did make the dem
onsraon the less impressive. Neither did the fact
that not many were there to the marchers pass.
Marching by twos. in open formation, one Of each
pair carrying the United States flag and the other
the Italian flag the column moved to the of the
national airs Of different allied countries. Every
man sober with realization straight ahead they
tramped keeping perfect time and order from the
starting place to the meeting place in Spencer Square
It was typical OF the simple courageous unosenta-
tious way which Italy has done and is still doing
its part in the
When native born Americans have sacrificed
as much as these men who marched last night we
will not let such occasions pass without a more
general participation
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-25

under sentence of 20 years i'm
prisonment
Beginning his long Jail ordeal
| Dwight felt all the bitterness OF a
wronged, betrayed man. In cow
ardly way Price had left him to
! bear all the brunt of their mutual
evil doings. He did not go near his
/ imprisoned partner, fearing 10 be
/ dragged into the case. Only once,
and then two years after entering
| upon his long term of improsin-
ment, did Dwight hear from Price.
It was through the medium OF an
unsigned note, which read:
There was only one thing to do
to run for safety, and | did IL
Better one free than both shut
away from our helpless ones. Your
wife has died, your little girl / am
caring for. She will be brought up
TO think her father dead Better
so. If | have acted the coward and
traitor, let my efforts TO care for
your little one ana "A haunting re-
morse for leaving you bear the
burden alone"
After that. day and night, John
"-5t'' Su' oVN Tue idlse lIIeuu. In
the newspapers he read OF the
successful merchant. Robert Price"
prominent In this and that public
movement. The contrast OF wealth.
position, prominence with HIS own
wretehed environment fairly mad
dened the lonely prisoner. one
motive now guided his life: To await
the day OF freedom, TO forge the
neglected links OF evidence con
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-25

meeting Price with the land fra
TO publicly drag him from his
place among the mighty and q
TO the level OF the common q
inal.
1t was a few days after bis
lease from prison that DIV.
crouched amid the shrubbery
rounding beautiful mans
There was no fierce vengeance
hatred in his face now. Tears '
rolling down his cheeks his A-
were clasped in an ecsracy Of {.
ton His glance was rIfeled =
lighted room within which a \
wart. handsome young man. d I.
gOlden-haired child In ms 81
stood enrapt. listening 10 a ha'
faced woman at the piano.
Man and wife. he was me 50.
dead Robert Price, she the aausii
of the convict martyr. the y
smiling cherub his erauddaus.
Yes, better that l suffered. =
bed Dwight. Dead Robert r.
has done his share 10 work OUT
fatal enigma of life"
Two days later John Dwlght
peared at the doors OF the penn
tiary. 81 am frieudless, aiol,
the world" he told the war.
Take me in. Let me end my
in the only home ! know
They humored him far enous.
employ him as guard one ~ !.
ing they found him dead al ms I. K
a happy smile on his race M n
that he was at peace with ~
world.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-25
TlH[lE DAILY SHORT STORY

erty. Since then his wife had died
his little child, Eulalie, a babe al
the time, he had never seen. His
closest friend had been Robert
Price, also married and the father
of a promising lad OF 8 years.
Dwight and Price had been like
brothers, had worked in the same
mercantile establishment, and,
catching fever OF speculation, had
gone west.
At that time Alaskan territory
was q field just opening up TO
prospector and exploiter. Vast
mining and timber tracts were
available, Hungry promoters seiz-
ed upon what they could IN the way
OF preempt!on, to develop later, In
order to DO this II was necessary
that a legal occupation OF each
tract should be accomplished.
Dwight and Price pooled their little
capital to hire dummies To settle
on various tracts OF land, later ac-
quired title, and, had their scheme
gone through, would have become
holders OF an enormous bulk Of
valuable property.
So fragrant was the action of the
land grabbers that the government
began an investigation. Glaring
fraud was unearthed. a dozen per-
sons were arrested, among them
Dwight. His friend and partner
escaped and hurried back east. The
government determined TO make an
example. All the schemers had ac-
quired was forfeited and John
Dwight was returned to the states
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-25
The Mexican-Cuban Quarrel.

Somebody must have suggested to Mexico a new
way to worry Uncle Sam. One guess as to who
inspired breaking relations with Cuba will be enough.
Finding the border unhealthy place for anti
American enterprises, the Mexicans have adopted
the brilliant expedient Of picking a quarrel with
Cuba, knowing that the United States will feel
bound to exercise its prerogative as policeman in
case any rumpus starts among our near southern
neighbors.
Fortunately the walking is exceedingly poor be-
tween the two countries and neither has other means
oftravel worth speaking about One or two obsolete
gunboats detached from the T. s navy will be enough
TO prevent any bIood-spilling
We may not be able to suppress purely vocal
war, but the newspapers can, if they will spare us
the attendant horrors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-25
THE RECOMPENSE.

"You have been a model prison
er, John Dwight, and the state
hands you one hundred forty-seven
dollars, overtime work, and this
letter, directing you to the Prison
ers' Aid society to assist you in
securing respectable employment"
Thank you," spoke the serious
faced convict, and no longer No.
1902, he passed beyond the iron
guarded portals.
Twenty years." he groaned out
vengefully, gone, lost!" And
this"
He tore the letter to pieces and
a stern, settled calm baffled the
momentary spasm Of emotion. II
have other work before ne, all cut
out" he snaried, his tones kissing,
his eyes flaming, ~ have waited
for it, l have nursed 1t, and now
let Robert Price bewarel"
He walked en- in the dull, dreamy
daze of d man getting accustomed
to a new existence, He had plan
ned out every step he would take
when his freedom was secured.
Under new and unusual conditions,
however, he could not reason clear
ly, calmly. all at once, In the
course of an hour he had reached
a quiet spot. He sat down, his
eyes fixed on vacancy, his mind
drifting back over his past life,
Always its crisis stood out in
bold relief. Vividly he recalled an
episode 20 years agone which had
-ern him from home. friends. lib
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-25
Protect Soldiers From T. B.

The Illinois plan for the care of soldiers re-
turned from the army because they have tubercu-
losis has been given warm recognition by the ma
tonal conference on social work, in session this
week at Kansas City. The Illinois plan provides
for close cooperation between the Illinois chapters
OF the Red Cross and the Illinois tuberculosis asso-
citation by which free expert examination and dag
nosis is to be given by the latter all Illinois men
discharged from the army because Of tuberculosis
The Red Cross then supplies the immediate needs
Of the discharged soldiers and cooperates with the
association IN providing for the permanent care of
all the men who need It.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-25
Bright Eyes.

eraI scale of living never so good.
The sales of the large and small
stores are greater than ever before,
but the buying is along such lines
of economy that would not have
been possible before the mass of
people learned the real meaning of
business and war.
The people of England who are
now supporting more than 10000
war savings associations, with an
average of 100 members to each as
sociation, are being educated to the
proper use of money, and this les
son, learned in war time, is going to
persist in the years of peace to
come. Those in this country who
support their government now by
putting their savings to their coun-
try's use are going to learn the
same lesson. We shall end the war
a more saving nation than when we
entered it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-25

at an earlier date than would be
possible if we attempted now to
conduct business as usual.
The experience of England should
teach us this lesson. At the outset
of the war England thought it pos
sible to ride to victory on the slo-
gan of business as usual" 1t took
some time for the absurdity of this
to sink into the consciousness of
the people. But now the business
of England is war, just as it must
and will be the business of this
country. The entire energies of the
Britisher is directed first of all to
the production of those things nee
essary for the war. Supplying
even necessities for the people is
secondary consideration. And the
result of all this activity, of the eff
forts of everyone TO be of service, IS
that England was never buster,
wages were never so high, the gen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-25
The Old Focus Business.

Modern medicine is far from thc
guesswork a good many people
conceive it to be. There are nc
sure cures or set formulas in it
There is no cut-and-dried treat
ment" suitable for this and that
ailment. If there were / should be
glad to prescribe for readers by
mail. No ethical" restrictions
prevent me from doing that;
don't attempt 1t for the simple rea-
son that l am not competent to dc
it. In order to prescribe proper
treatment, be it medicinal or non
medicinal, IL is essential to know
precisely what is the matter with
the patient. And knowing what Is
theimatter with the patient is very
different from knowing what the
patient or some one else has NAM
ed the trouble. If there ever was
a time when treatment was pre-
scribed for abstract disease with
out particular regard for the indi-
vidual affected, that time has pas
sed. Modern medicine is concerned
rather with the patient than with
the name of his disease.
There is more or less routine
necessary in the study of most pa
tients with obstinate or chronic
disease. That is why physicians
are grouping themselves in little
coteries-the internist (the man
who investigates stomachs and
such things), the nose and throat
man, the ear man, the oculist, the
dental surgeon, the orthopedist
(the specialist who understands
deformities, spine, joint, foot all
ments), the neurologist, the X-ray
expert, and last and least, the sur
geon. The surgeon likes to sit in
front; but in truth, the more eff
ficient medicine becomes the less
prominent is the operator.
The patient consults the eminent
specialist, the noted diagnostician,
the great internist. This important
person looks him over, collects $50,
presses a button, and refers the
patient on to No. 2, the dental sur
geon. The dentist takes $40 or so
and orders X-ray negatives of all
the teeth. Or perhaps the nose
and. throat man has nothing on
hand and takes a peep into the pa
TENTS head, where, as likely as
not, he discovers an infected sinus
or something requiring treatment.
1t is just one specialist after an
other, and the whole ooterie after
the septic focus.
Now, mind, 1 do not intimate
that finding the focus and eradicat-
ing the infection there always
cures the patient. No. 1t may
cure the infection, but the patient
has perhaps been badly injured by
representation and his cure, if
at all, must come slowly
But 1 merely remind the victim
Of gall-sac disease, nephritis,
rheumatism" so-called, myocar-
ditis, st. Vitus dance, gastric or
duodenal ulcer, chronic appendi-
citis, long standing neuritis, AMI
all such troubles. that he hasn't
been pronounced incurable" I'M
til he has run the gamut of the
cooperating coterie of specialists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-25
How Long the Band Should be
Worn.

How long should babies wear
bands? Should the band be of cot
ton, that is, muslin, or of wooden
flannel, or Of cotton flannel (fan-
nelette)? MRS. b. L. +.
Answer-About two feet and two
weeks. The band should be dis
carded as early as possible, that is,
as soon as the navel dressing is
discarded. Wooden flannel or stock
inette material preferable because
elastic and easier to keep in place.
Flannelette is very infiammable,
and hence not advisable for chill
dren'S clothing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-25
llEsAITN TAlndMS
sY WILLIAM ILL., a. 4 BR RAP nd:

gauze or with vaccination shield!
q. II. K)
Answer-Uncovere IL possible,
covered IL necessary to protect
from unclean handing or injury
The after-care of the vaccination
wound is strictly a Doctors bust
ness and cannot be properly man
aged by any one else.
Hay Fever, Ehl Well, Perhaps.
We have a boy aged s who has
had hay fever, Group end chronic
rhinitis for five years. Had tom
sils and adenoids removed, and
surgeon said he would probably re-
quire an operation on turbinato
body, but we bate\to have it done.
The first operation afforded great
relief till about a month ago when
the boy recovered from a three
weeks seige OF bronchitis. He is
constantly trying to clear his
throat, has difficulty in breathing,
has large kernels in the neck.
(Mrs. J. WI
Answer-There is perhaps a To-
Gus of infection in nasal sinus,
which requires treatment by the
nose and throat specialist.