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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-12
A RURAL EPISODE.
By Miss Eunice NJ. Gaddas.

Copyright, 1921, by Wheeler Syn
dictate, Inc.)
Down the icy hill they few. fast
e. and faster, the boy and his home
made sled. The keen wind stuns
the boys plump cheeks till theil
I edness rivalled that of his hand
knit mittens and flowing, tasseleC
tippet and the water that rolled
down from his puckered eyes hung
i'll frozen drops from his chin.
! Fortunate in winter the lad VINO
| whistling into his coat at the kitch.
en- window, could look down upor
/ the little red schoolhouse nesting
| at the foot of the mile long hill
Small excuse had he for hardness
with the long, straight road like
! glass beneath his runners, and the
wind whistling past his empowered
| ears. Not without reason had his
name stood at the head of the honor
| list:
"On Time --Abijah Ordway.
A by-word of the county, that
| hill up which his fathers oxen
toiled so patiently, pulling the
clumsy wood sled with its load Of
''four-foot" that went to feed the
yoracious fireplace Long enough
it seemed, in ali conscience and a
heavy burden the dragging sled
when in the early winter twi-
light the boy plodded homeward
through the snow.
But in the morning-ah, that was
different story
With RIM
on his sled, flying past the first
fence posts. His mothers fearful
Now, do be keerfuI. Billet" fell on
deaf ears as blue-checked apron
flung over calico shoulders. she
watched from the stoop. shivering
in the frosty air till the trees hid
him from her anxious sight.
There was no fear in the boys
heart as he skinned down the
slope; only a fierce exultation. the
thrilling sense of bird-like flight
Leave to sailors the rolling foods
OF ocean, to poets the oft-sung lure
Of dim woodland trails What can
they offer to compare with the low
of such a coast?
Morning after morning had dawn
ed clear and frosty; day after day
the young Abijah had swooped
down the ever smoother track. en-
WED of every boy from the low
lands"
Last night had come the long
delayed thaw, leaving tAe now froz-
en- road yet more CLASSY. But, alas.
the thaw had also lowered the
snow, barring here and there a stone
or stick in the rut, worn thin nv
the iron runners of the blue fiier
So it came about that as boy
and sled sped down the slope this
winter day the thing happened that
will never fade from the memory
o. the little Abijah.
For as the fiier topped little rise
and would have swooped down the
last dip toward the schoolhouse
where already two or three had
gathered to watch its triumphaI an
preach, one smooth runner struck
an unburied stone. The sled ston-
ped suddenly. Not so the how
Hurled forward by the momentun,
Of his swift descent Abijah made
an unpublished record for long dis
ance flying.
He struck the ice some distances 4
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Maltroatment Of Early tuberculosis

Maltreatment of Early Tuberculosis
There are 1000, 900 persons in the
| United States who have tubercu-
| losis and know it There are per-
haps 100000 who have tubercu-
losis and do Lot know it In the
very early stage, called the incip-
lent stage, it is often impossible for
even an expert in diagnosis to de-
termine positively whether the pa
tient has active tuberculosis, for
the disease is at first SO insidious,
the impairment of health so slight,
and the symptoms and physical
signs so mild that the very best
the physician can say is the con-
dition is suspicious Time and re-
peated observations alone will
settle the diagnosis. Meanwhile,
what is the patient going to do?
Just drift along without any treat
ment until he feels satisfied that he
has the con? That is too fire.
Guently. the course he pursues, and
while he drifts the disease pro-
crosses to a stage which may be
difficult or impossible to arrest.
There is no good reason why
every general hospital should not
admit and care for tuberculosis
patients. For the managers OF such
a hospital to exclude these patients
on the ground of communicating
of the disease is unwarranted by
facts and amounts to cruelty inef-
feet, since it often makes impossible
the training which the tuberculosis
patient needs TO teach him how to
get well at home Hospitals that do
exclude the tuberculous officially,
thanks to the misrule of lay man
ayers, nevertheless admit and care
for many tuberculous patients of
the medical staff
Every general hospital which
pretends to serve the community
should provide wards, roofs,
porches and open air spaces for tu-
berculous patients. Such provisions
affords people in moderate circum-
stances the opportunity of receiving
the sort of training which enables
them to become safe members of a
family and to chase the cure in
their own homes. if they do not go
to resorts for treatment, A great
many suspicious" cases would be
drawn to such a hospital because
there would be no stigma attached
to admission to a general hospital,
and unfortunately the great white
plague" howlers of the earlier days
of the anti-tuberculosis campaign
succeeded in stigmatizing tubercu-
lous hospitals in the law mind.
Only about oEe-eighth of the gen.
eral hospitals in the country are
progressive and liberal enough, in |
to have opened their !
doors to tuberculosis patients up
to the present time. Upon the mis- |
management Of the other seven |
eighths of the hospitals the blame
must be PLACID for a great part of !
the unwise procrastination and !
neglect of treatment in the earliest
stage of the disease that means |
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Eyebrow Plucking.

Please tell me if eyebrow pluck
ing strains the eyes in any way. Is
it safe to apply hair removers to
the neck and forearms? Is it bet
ter to have superf1uous hair on the
face removed or bleached?
(Mrs. E. G. RI
Answer-It is bad for the eyes OF
the beholder. If hair is to be re-
moved it is preferable to use a
safety razor, which is less likely to
irritate the skin than the .dep1l-
atory chemicals which dissolve the
hair, and the effects of the razor
are quite as permanent.
Machinists' Boils.
Is the oil used for drills, 1athes
and pipe machines poisonous? a
good many of the men in our plant
suffer with boils and pimples about
their arms, sometimes on their
faces Can you recommend any
thing to prevent absorption of the
oil into the system? 81. k.)
Answer-The oils or cutting mix
lures used in machine work are not
in themselves poisonous nor are
they responsible for such infec-
lions, but merely serve as carriers
of bacteria from similar LESSONS OF
the arms or hands or other machin-
lists i'll the same plant For disin-
fecting oil a cheap and valuable
disinfectant known as HYGIENE
Laboratory pine oil disinfectant
may be prepared by any pharmacist
according to instructions obtain
able free from the public health
service, Washington, D. C. 1t is i'm
portant in attacking this trouble
among the men, that every slight
wound or abrasion be Immediately
treated with iodine; and men with
open boils or pimples or fostering
cuts must not be permitted to pol
Lutte the oil which circulateS to
other machines.
An Old Cistern.
l have had more or less rheuma-
tism and neuritis for 10 years.
Under our house there is an old
cistern. Would that cause it?
Answer-No. The question i'm
plies anxiety about dampness.
Dampness is not a cause of disease.
Not outside of almanacs, that is.
The only disease l can think of that
might have its origin in that cistern
is malaria, if the anapholes breed
of mosquito has access to the els
tern.
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@. How many wise men jour
neyed to Bethlehem at the birth o.
Christ? F. X.
A. There is not any definite
statement in the bible as to the
exact number of wise men. The
three gifts which were offered, gold,
frankincense and myrrh, would
seem to indicate thEee donors.
@. What became of the American
flag that some Scotch woman made
to use at the burial of the Tuscania
victims? F. J.
A. This flag was presented to
former President Wilson, who had
it deposited in the National museum
in August, 1918.
Q. What is copra used for? S. NJ.
G.
A. Copra is the dried kernel of
the cocoanut. 1t is valuable for the
oil which is extracted from it.
Q. Do beavers carry mud on
their tails TO build their lodges? T.
NJ.
A. The biological survey says
that beavers do not use their tails
in their building operations. The
tails become mud-stained just as the
shoes and clothes OF a plasterer
might.
Q. When is Expectation week?
G.. l. l..
A This is a name sometimes APP
piled to the period between Ascen-
sion day and Whitsunday, since
during this time the Apostles con-
tinued praying in earnest expecta-
ton of the Comforter.
@. How high is the highest look
out on any ship in the United States
navy? A. s.
a. The navy department says
that the highest lookout on any ship
in the navy is 10 feet, measuring
from the water.
Q. How did Esperanto get its
c. C. H.
A. Esperanto received its name
from the Russian physician DR..
zamenhof. He first published a
on the subject in 1887. sign
@. What makes a thermos bottle
heat and cold proof? J. T.
A. A thermos bottle is double
vailed receptacle. The air in the
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The Daily Short Storz

down the hill in sitting posture
and kept on going.
This expeditions, though painful
mode of travel was interrupted by
! another stone which, rearing it.
self in his way, halted the flying
youngster and pitched him on his
| head in the snow.
/ After a moment of stunned ST.
lence, Biiah rose, slowly and pain
fully, and set about collecting scat
tered cap, sled and big tin dinner
pail.
AT the same moment a shrilI cry
warned him of fresh disaster.
Ooh, Bijie's tore his pa-ntsl"
The gleefuI shrek of small Wes-
ley Waters confirmed his chilling
apprehensions. Abijah's young
/ heart sank He whirled to face the
lads tormenting grins.
Whadder you care?" he snarI-
ed, they're my pants, amt they?''
Battle might have ensued had not
AblJah's angry eye caught sight Of
bevy of girls, in cloaks and fas-
clnators, just rounding the corner.
BY a swift retreat he managed 10
reach the schoolhouse and backed
against the friendly wall.
. To the taunts and jibes of his
chuns were added now the ill-sup-
pressed filters of the girls. For
once Abijah was glad when School
marm' arrived, and he could side
shamefacedly into the room.
The trim young woman, busily
putting number work on the faded
blackboard. turned in surprise.
"Why-why, Abijahi What"
Just then, for her enlightenment.
came Wesley's shrill voice outside
the window.
"Bijie's tore his pants, Ooh,
Bijie's tore his pa-ants!"
With suspicious haste the tea CHI
er turned back to her work, while
Abijah, backed against the wall,
grew miserably redder. Even teach
er was laughing at him.
But now from the group peering
in at the door came a girl. Straight
toward the afflicted one she walk
ed, needless of the giggling watch
ers, though with face as red as Abb
jah's own.
The boy gave her one glance and
turned away. Surely Becky, sweet
little Becky, had not come to mock
him! But the relocated figure
came closer. His shamed eyes lift
ed to meet the soft brown ones, and
then Bijah saw what she held out
10 him IN one mittened hand-a
safety-pin!
The comedy was over. Temporary
repairs were soon effected, and at
the sound of the bell the much
harassed, much-relieved Bijah hap.
PLY took his seat beside the brown
eyed Becky.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-12

space between the walls is com
pletely exhausted and the walls
are silvered like a mirror so as 10
! reflect radiation. This guards
against the access of heat or cold
from without.
ing it DR.. Esperanto. meaning
Hopeful"
| Q. My lawn trees, are bare be
cause of hairy caterpilIars and
have punches of cocoons on trees
and branches. What can be done
to destroy them? y B.
/ A Caterpillars and their cocoons
may be burned out of lawn trees
/ by the use of torches placed OF
long sticks.
| @. Please tell ne if and how
smoke can be converted into steam
A. B.
A. The bureau of mines says
that smoke cannot be converted
into steam but by the proper metz
DDS of firing more steam and less
smoke can be generated
Q. How many states have enact
ed legislation for World war VET
Grams? !. f. l,
A. All but five states and the
District of COLUMBIA have enacted
legislation beneficial to veterans
In value this amounts TO over sIo4'-
100000. Legislation is pending IN
other states which may add SZVo'-
600 900 more to the state bonus To-
tai. Assistance ranges from OUT
right gifts of money to help IN get
ting education, acquiring land, oo-
tanning livestock, farm machinery
or tools, or securing an appreh-
ticeship in trade or business, ana
even loans up to $4,000.
Q. Did John Galsworthy ever
write under a nom de plume?
N. ".
A. The early fiction written Dy
Galsworthy was published under
the pen name, John SenJohn.
@. Who invented dancing
A. Few savage tribes have been
discovered which did not dance
The earliest civilization OF ne
Egyptians included dancing and US
invention vas ascribed by them "
thsiS god Thoth- ~
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Chr Untn1Htnttp
HERE LIES MANS ANCIENT ENEMY,
| DULL CARE
WHO DIsINTEKs THE UNLovKD CUSs.
BEWARE.
SOME DAY.

SOME DAY.
From The Coming Tower.1
From over the sea there comes to me
A whisper of lands afar,
Where life is gay and you go your way
In the wake of your guiding star.
And I grip my pen at sights I ken
In my mind of countries free,
Where man can burst two years thirst
In riotous jamboree.
Where at tables gray in an old cafe
Men tarry, no prey to fears,
And sip their rye while the world goes by,
And their cognac and ports and beers.
So go l will, and I'll pay the bill,
Whatever the costs may be;
I'll go, l say-but not today;
Not while I'm an employee
HOWARD TOWNSEND.
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HEALTH TAI Ike
BY WILLIAM BRADY f1D:.

failure in so many, many cases OF
this most durable of all serious dis
eases.
Hospital managers, prejudiced by
ignorance and therefore unchar-
table toward a large proportion of
all invalids, might we'll ask them
selves whether they are faithful
to their stewardship in contributing
so heavily to the maltreatment of
tuberculosis
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FAT RIGHTS FOR WOMEN.

Paris.-The war put a crimp in
the membership of the Cent KiIos
Fat Mems club in Paris. Men took
on weight and were ineligible.
Hence women are to be admitted
TO build up membership.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-12
MILE LONG PETITION.

London.-A petition a mile long
was presented in the house of lords
from the people of Monmouth. 1t
requested certain privileges on
sunday. Seventy-dve thousand
James were siSued-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-12

Bill haywood sends word to America that
he is well Politencss suggests the response
that we only hope his change of residence has
done him as much good it has US.
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In future years both parties will brag about
winning the war. but it is doubtful IL ether
will brag about the shipping board.
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Argus Information Bureau

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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-12

LIFE is just one busted idol after another
We have lost our complete admiration for one
actor or actress after another because of pub
LEGATION of something sOrdid in their lives
And now Fatty Arbuckle is added to the list
Boy, fill out a membership card in the Inbad
club for Mr.. Arbuckle.
THANK YOU, SIR, AND
Sir: Inasmuch nickels are only good
these days to put in church collections I am
enclosing one hve-cent piece in order to boost
the cause of your moneyless but otherwise sim
cere subscriber Sorry you had to call us
again in order to get this wee trife Perhaps
We needed the prouding. What say?
SOLOMON PIFFLE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM,
Dear Mac: Your heartrending appeal has
reached-my pocketbook. Enclosed please find
a nickel for the poor farmers subscription to
The Argus. After such eloquent appeal as
you MADE in last nights colyum 1 think you'll
surely find many nIckels.
MERRY MAGGIE.
AND there, as Andrew Carnegie used to
say as he tossed out handful of libraries, you
are. Follows a complete list Of dSnors to the
poor as He'll" fund to date:
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India might buy our wooden ships They
worship white elephants.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-23

the quest is on for negli-
wv gees n never knows what
quarter Of the globe, at the next step,
will call attention to its costumes.
Just around the corner Of the show
cas- in which some graceful. and per-
haps daring, bit Of French finery has
held u attention, we are apt to come
upon a dazzling creation from the Far
East. It may call up pictures OF old
Egypt to the mind or beckon us to
fair Japan, or send us an echo from
the shores of China, or from coun-
tries not so remote. It Is nearly al.
ways an adaptation, and not q true
copy Of its original, but more enticing
because Of this, although we are i'm
porting many kimonas-made to our
order In ~Japan-and INDUCING IN gen
uine mandarin coats respondent with
the patient work Of the Chinese.
The handsome boudoir costume
shown here is an adaptation OF the
Chinese mode, made Of American fab.
RIGS, In America and for Americans. Il
employs black satin and a rich bro
caded ribbon, instead Of vivid EN-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-23
HANDICRAFT FOR BOYS
By A. NEELY HALL
Copyright by A. Nicely HaIl.l

ness OF paper. and from this point
taper the surface all OF. the way to the
opposite end. In Fig. s Is shown how
portion b Is rounded at both ends. AT
ter you have whitfield. the surfaces as
smooth as you col rub down all irreg-
ularities with No. 0 sandpaper.
Portions "A and b are joined by tube
C, a spool Gig. y with it's f1anges
cut off, and Its sides whitfield to fit
snugly in the bores Of A and B Gigs.
2 and 81 Before joining the tube.
however. the plunger for projecting the
toy shells ID, Fig 81 must be prepared
and be fastened In It's place in the
breech end of the bore Gig. g..
One inch and one-half from one end.
drill a hole through rod D. Then get
a piece of spring-brass wire, stick one
end through the hole, and wrap sew
eral turns Of the wire about the rod to
form a spiral spring Gig. 81. with
the spiral wound, stick the other end
of the rod through the breech open.
ing, and fasten a spool-end upon II
! with glue and q brad (E, Fig. 81.
Try out the cannon to see that the
plunger works properly, before gluing
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-23
GATHERED FACTS

Nine-tenths Of the weddings In Scot
land take place on Friday.
Co-education existed TO some extent
among the ancient Greeks.
Iceland Is nearly Ave times Ms large
rs the state Of Massachusetts.
One herring will produce between
10000 and 10000 eggs In q year.
France Is constructing the worlds
greatest radio machine near Melun.
About 70 periodicals printed In Es-
peranto, the so-calied universal LAM
guage, are now published.
Five hundred h~igh-school girls Of
Modesto, Cal. have voted to wear uni-
forms as part of a campaign for simple
and inexpensive attire.
The inventory u the whole Of the
contents M buckingham palace, which
Lis tpk.il once i year, flls eight printed
xolunes. ensll .c0Nt4lning 200 pages.
4 xiab vfs st,ltd ksoadl. snsrAved, M
M ;Kilxn 4nted Az q,
sp1da
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-23

broideries, gives 1t the required high
color. The ribbon provides a border
for the coat, the lower part Of the
sleeves, and a panel down the front,
finished, as everything Chinese seems
to be, with a tassel. It appears on
the trousers in deep and graceful
cuffs. There is nothing difficult or
intricate about this pretty compliment
to the dress Of the Chinese, and who
ever aspires to doing a little masque-,
rading, by way of variety, might make
it and wear 1t within her own four
walls. M.'
II one lacks the inclination for oddi-
ties Of dress, or has no time for In
dulging in them, the two most practi-
cal styles in negligees are the modi-
fed Japanese kimona and the long
boudoir or breakfast coat of taffeta
silk or wash satin. The kimono negli-
gee Is cut on the Japanese lines, but
gathered in at the waist line, back and
front, with %shirrings. A ribbon sash
that slips through slashes in the negli-
gee confne it and finish it prettily
: with bow and sash ends tied In front,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-23

and Fig. 3 shows the dimensions OF
the blocks out Of which to cut them.
After planning up these blocks, take a
M-inch bit and bore a hole through
the center Of A, from end to end, and
through block u for a distance Of IN
inches !; then with a A-inch bit bore a
hole through the remaining A-inch
length of B. Care must be taken to
bore the holes absolutely straight, else
the bore of the cannon will not be
straight, and the toy shells will lose
momentum before leaving the muzzle.
The first step in shaping the blocks
Is to. white off the edges; this will
make the blocks of the shape shown II
Fig. 4. The sides Of block B must be
kept straight; those Of block A must
taper to a smaller diameter at the
muzzle end. Figure 5 gives the diam
eters for the finished ends. In trim
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-23

strip 3 to at in, and strips d must
have q hole bored ear one end for
the small end Of stick A to turn In.
while their other end must be nailed
ito the ends Of block G. Strip = must
be as wide as spool b Is long. and
be Of the right length to extend from
the groove In block G to the notches
IN spoolsB 4
The pinwheel ID . piece Of card
board four inches In diameter, with
i spiral marked out on II with ink.
Punch d hole through the center large
enough TOR the small end Of the ham
die A TO stick through, and tack the
disk 70 strip D 60 indicated.
The rattle 10 operated BY whirling
the framework p D ING shout handle
4. This causes the end Of strip q
III drag oyer the notches Ia spool b,
fastened q the handle. and ~ the PIN
wheel 81 attached to strip 9. Il ~ also
sreyolved about the handle.
EALE G&4 1870 2WE48 1870 ~ -WB KtslA - 49, -
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One of the patterns Is shown IN the
vel at the top Of the group pictured.
5It is said that the henna. tnngerine
and certain clear, strong blues. do
wonders IN enhancing the whiteness Of
the skim
"a the floating wells, with all-over or
border embroidery, like those shown
above, the popular preference Is for
quiet colors. Black. beige. gray, navy
and brown account for most Of them,
with black and beige the best liked;
but for late summer navy blue III apt
to be the favorite. There Is never i
summer when black and white or navy
and white fail to have q Following Ii
the world Of millinery they are cool,
brilliant combinations that follow
lcolorful spring headwear as surely 81
night follows day, and navy wells with
white or tan Of beige col0red hat1
one may choose with assurance foI
midsummer wear.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-23
America Lead; II Cement Use.

Although Portland cement was pat
ented By Mr.. Aspdin, an English engi-
neer, and reinforced concrete is cred
tied TO i Frenchinan, America has
made the most use Of them. The
manufacture OF Portland cement has
been brought to the highest state Of
perfecfiOn N this country. and oul
NE MI csvncrefe now rApges frosntis
ueteslng stro,lsh "a fi,e Ranauaa eSpnal
IT. ceuaenk IN mNnte pn916lS IN
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