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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10
Debs as a MARTYR.

FOLLOWING assurances from Washington that
Eugene V. Debs is soon to be given his free
dom comes the announcement that his follow
@rs are preparing to flood the country with
copies OF the speech, the delivery of which al
canton Ohio, caused his arrest trial, conyic-
uon and sentence of Imprisonment If Debs
Is pardoned or paroled it will be an act Of
forgiveness instead Of reparation for anv wrong
done in the name Of justice. and is or should
be based upon agreement by him not to
resume the preaching of sedition, an act for
which he was Justly punished
There is at this time no widespread desire
TO wreak continuous vengeance upon Debs
though many persons think his release from
prison would be a bad precedent If. upon
regalning his liberty. he would be content To
desist from repeating his offenses agains. the
laws of his country it is certain he would suf-
Ter neither from reprisals nor persecution
Unless Debs should promise 10 forsake his c.l
ways and his friends to refrain from anv stud
led attempts TO pose him before the country
as martyr, he should be left in Jail until re-
pentance shall have worked a change that will
fit him for the enjoyment and right use of
liberty.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10
Slow in Evolution.

Six hundred years elapsed between Dante
idea, each voiced it with extraordinary clear
ness and foTce-and the ideas were the same
Speaking at Washington university recently on
the occasion of the Dante seXcentenary, Ernest
II. Wilkins OF Chicago university made in
tersting point. IN "Di Monarachia" the great
Florentne declared that the only preventive
OF continuous world strife lay in what lesser
men have since scornfully termed super
government. That he conceived this govern
ment as a monarchy was but the natural
ments for 'Di Monarchia" and for the League
OF Nations are virtually the same, just as the
conditions they were designed To cure were
the same.
prince having sway over the entire world
would have nothing TO gain by war-no con-
quests to accomplish, spheres of influence
to establish, neighbors TO discipline and so
the causes for war would vanish Thus Dante
argued. For prince" substitute league coun-
Gil and the 600-year-old reasons become liv-
ing and potent today. What would the divine
poet say if he could look in on the world and
find his dream OF six centuries ago still unreal
lied; its most eloquent protagonist broken on
the wheel and the nations frantically at each
others throats? II is a signal and terrible
commentary the hesitation with which men
accept new IDEAS and the incredible slow
ness of evolution in government
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10
The Hygienic Purpose of Cooking 3

The Hygienic Purpose OF Cooking.
/ The plasmodium which causes
malaria enters the blood of the vic
tim in but one way, through the
bite of the breed of mosquito called
! Anopheles. The virus or germ
which causes yellow fever enters
| the victims blood through the bite
of another breed of mosquito call
ed Stegomyia The plague is con-
viewed TO man by the bite of a flea
which infects the fur of rats and
SQUIRRELS. Mountain fever and
Texas fever are conveyed to man by
the bites of ticks. The African
sleeping sickness mot the social
ed sleeping sickness which physi-
clans know as encephalitis lethar-
gica in America and Canada.D is
convened to man by the bite of the
tse-tse fly.
Just as the trifiing wounds in
ficted upon the skin by these para
sites open a portal for infection by
bacteria, may not trifiing wounds
inflicted upon the lining of the in
testine by parasites be responsible
for other infections? Metchnikoff
Hptu ludJ was OLICh
caused by bacterial infection i'm
planted in the trifling wound of the
mucous membrane in or near the
appendix by the threadworm or
pinworm. A great many cases of
appendicitis have been reported in
which the surgeon found at oper-
alton masses of these parasites
within the inflamed organ. Unques-
tionably many persons harbor va
rious parasites. such as pinworms,
round worms or lumbricoids, tape
worm. yet suffer no disturbance of
health therefrom. Likewise many
persons bitten by mosquitoes, fieas
or ticks of the species known to
carry the diseases mentioned, do
not become infected simply be-!
cause the insect has not happened
to bite a person who was i'll of the
disease
So. the injury of the mucous
membrane lining the alimentary
tract by a parasite may give rise
to no noticeable infection.
The invisible microscopic eggs
of the intestinal parasites are in
gested in drinking water or in va
rious raw foods, or sometimes they
are conveyed directly into the
mouth upon unclean fingers, espe-
cially in children. The manner in !
which drinking water or garden
vegetables or fruits become con-
taminated is through pollution |
from human sewage or. in some in |
stances. the droppings from ami
mails which happen to be inter
mediate hosts of parasites of man. !
This is quite a different matter !,
from the contamination of food. |
raw or cooked, by the handling |
of persons who are carriers" of ,
such disease as typhoid. that is.
cooks or other food handlers who |
at some time have had typhoid fe-
yer and for months or years aft !
erward eliminate typhoid bacilli,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10
HEALTH TALKS
By William Brady. M. Z
Noted Physician and Author.

and so are capable of injecting
those who eat the food handled.
Professor Metchnikoff advocated
and personally pr2cticed the boil
ing of all drinking water as pre-
caution against infection with
parasites or infection with disease
germs. He observed that despite
popular notions to the contrary, IL
was impossible to distinguish the
boiled from the unboiled water by
taste. He advocated and prac-
ticed the boiling of all milk for five
minutes, for the same reasons. lie
condemned the eating OF raw veg
etables in salads, as a too ready
means of transmission of parasitic
oya or eggs and also of disease
germs; he asserted that washing
such vegetables is not a sufficient
protection, that they must be at
least scalded with boiling water. or
better still, boiled like salads. The
same rule he applied TO all fruits,
save those like bananas which
come in an aseptic or germ-proof
skin.
Questions and Answers.
The Aggressive Hygiene Teacher
In one OF our schools a rule re-
quires that boys or girls asking to
be excused on account of illness,
real or imaginary, must present
themselves to the hygiene teacher.
who takes their temperature with
a clinical thermometer The ther-
mometer is placed in a glass con-
tanning a little listerine and water
and soda, stirred around, and then
used on the next pupil. 1t is in
serted under the tongue. Is there
any danger of spreading infection
of any kind in this way?
A. c. E.
Answer-Yes. 1t is a gratutious
bit of nonsense anyhow. since only
an occasional illness is accompa-
MED with any change of tempera-
ture. The hygiene teacher has no
right taking pupils temperature
unless this is ordered by the pu-
pills physician and is agreeable to
the pupils parents.
Garlic from Italy-According to
a recent editorial article in --,
four eminent physicians of Italy,
after prolonged tests, have found
that garlic has great efficacy in re-
lieving arterial tension and that it
will decrease blood pressure in one
week. The garlic seems to perme-
ate the whole system, thus in time
sOftening the arteries. G. J. L.
Answer-Garlic is certainly per-
stuff. but l am afraid this
is one of those frequent yarns her
aided from France or Italy, phe- |
nomenal new cures that never /,
get beyond the status of newspa- |
per yarns. Hardening of the ar
Leries and high blood pressure are
not one and the same thing. Nu-l
merous agents, medicinal. dietetic, |
or rest, will reduce blood !
pressure in a week or a day or a |
month, but that is of small signifi-
aanCP
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10
The Daily Short Story

alarm. You'd better finish YOU
algebra lesson Jim. 1t will be bed
time before long"
It's the night for the paper. II
just run down to Magoon's and ge
that before they shut up. Say. Sis
will you look at this slate and see
what's the matter with K and w
Jim reached for his cap ant
bounded away
Below the complications of x anG
Y Mary read: Journalism is goine
TO get boom. Go to the west door
in five minutes and you will see
what you will see"
, Mary went with some misgiving
Just across the driveway was the
! home of her Aunt Julia. Presently
she saw a black-robed figure climb
ing into the window of her aunt's
woodshed
"Oh dear, what can Jim be up to
now"
She watched until the figure re-
appeared. let down basket to the
ground. jumped out of the window
caught up the basket and ran down
the street
Before breakfast Aunt Julia ap-
peared in the Barlow kitchen. Can
you believe it?" she cried. You
know the fastening to my wood
shed window is broke. Jim prom
lsed to mend it. and I've been wait
ing his motion for a week Well,
last night a sneak thief climbed
into that window and carried off
That coveted willow basket | keen
clothes pins in. He poured the pins
on the shed floor. And you know
Iooy sleeps in the shed and l can't
ma hide nor hair of him. That
basket belonged to my grandmoth-
er and l wouldn't have taken $500
for that cat"
lew hours later, while Mrs.
barlow patiently mended an unex-
pialnable zigzag rent in her old
waterproof, Mary. with the cheer
ful assistance of her brother. wrote
out her assignment:
MYSTERIOUS AND DARING
ROBBERY.
Last night young lady stand
II IN the doorway of her residence
saw a man in a long black cloak
burgIariously enter the cottage ot
MISS Julia Prouty by means of n
window. Next morning Miss Proutv
misses covered basket that had
been an heirloom in the Pro,,tv
family for generations, also a large
black cat, valued at $500. The has
ket with the cat in it was found ON
the piazza of Magoon's general
store. The basket had sustained
few injuries. but the cat looked
rather wild No clue to the identi-
ty of the mysterious marauder has
been obtained. His very motives
have baffled all conjecture.
Miss Prouty has lived a retired
life until this unique affair has nut
her into the limelight of publicity
and has no known enemies. Our
whole community is stirred to its
depths
1T does read pretty we'll" Mary
said with little sigh of satisfac-
ton. But. oh. Jim! What il the
constable had been going by just as
you were climbing into that win
dow You might have been ar
rested. Or. worse yet, if Aunt
Julia should suspect something.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10
MARY AS A J0URN
BY Miss Florence MeIlish.

| Copyright. 1921. by the Wheeler
Syndicate, lnC.D
| The BarlowS were seated AROUND
the shaded lamp. Mr.. Barlow reac
! the Farmers Almanac; Mrs. Bar
! low skilfully patched ginghan
! shirt. Jim. with his slate, osten.
sibly absorbed in problems inyoIv-
| ing unknown quantities, fed pop.
/ corn to Rover under the table Mary
bent her f1axen head over a litter
of papers which filled her quarter
of the red-coyered table.
. Mary was learning journalism by
correspondence. She emitted d
sigh, and when she raised her head
there was a baffled expression in
! her blue eyes.
Are the questions hard, Mary 81
her mother asked.
They're easy enough, but there's
an assignment. this time"
Jim looked up with quick inter
est. An assignment? What's
that"
oh. it says. Write an account
of some recent happening in your
own neighborhood something
brief. pithy and calculated to arrest
attention."
We'll. Mary" Mrs Barlow spoke
in her usual placid tone. Il should
think that might be easy. with your
education"
My education's all right" Mary
answered a trifie pettishly, but
nothing has happened for weeks in
this neighborhood, and l don't be-
lieve anything ever will"
This is a dead-alive corner"
Jim asserted, with cheerful cor
roboration.
why, l don't think So said his
mother. with mild surprise.
There's a new baby at the Water
mans"
"Oh, Mother" in a despairing
tone: "a baby"
"One of the Waterman twins got
bit by mad dog yesterday" Jim
ventured.
Jim. Those Twins! And poor
old Major wasn't mad at all"
He was. too. 1t always makes
Major mad when a kid pulls his
tail"
We'll, it serves the twin right,
but that doesn't help me out"
The Farther Lights are planning
for bean supper next week" Mrs.
Barlow said in her slow, placid
way. Mary's curling lip relegated
bean supperS to the same category
with the Waterman babies.
Mr.. Barlow lifted his furrowed
face from the almanac. "Cy Whit
taker is shingling the south side OF
his barn." he suggested.
Mary smiled this time But that
wouldn't arrest the attention of a
guinea pig"
The roof doesn't leak Mrs.
Barlow continued mildly, and CyI
says he doesn't mean to have it.
He always was forehanded.
MARY went back TO her papers,
and Jim put down his slate. Take
this from me. Sis: When things
don't happen, you want to get a
move on and make them happen.
That's the secret of enterprising
His mothers face showed a mild
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10

Advertising was the cause of the rapid de-
velopment of the Ku Klux Khan, according TO
1. J. Cassett, advertising manager for Wash
ington business concern, in an address to the
advertising clubs of that city. The campaign
carried on by the organization MIR. Cassett
said. the greatest advertising stunt ever
put on in this country. 1t netted the promo
ters hundreds of thousands of dollars 1t was
mercenary enterprise based on racial relig-
ious and political prejudices There was not
redeeming feature in the whole scheme
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10
Thr Unnthatnnr
HERE LIES MANS ANCIENT ENEMY.
DILL CARE.
WHO DIsINTERs THE USLoVED CCsS
HEWAkE!
NITrS ANOTHER GIRL!- HELP

STTS ANOTHER GIRL!7 HELP
kind sir, bid you lend
most attentive ear
To this appeal from an old friend,
Who has problem queer
Due TO trick play in hfe's games
How doth the old bean whlrl
With myriads OF names and names!-
Cause its another girl"
If Lucy suits friend wife, you bet
> 1t doesn't suit her ma,
Who gives her vote to Harriet
(Just like a ma-in-law.)
The aunts and uncles, kith and kin.
With piety inspired,
Rush forth TO get their pet names in
While others have EN- wired!
There's family names, and holy names,
And Christian names they say;
Before the flood old Dante tames-
It's Satan's own array.
Our girl must have, it's plain to see,
A cog. of some description.
But, say, to me, the best would be
One good for a prescription.
Spirits Fermenti''-quaint and odd,
symbol of the times
1t surely beats the rest rod.
And kick?-please pass the lines.
To Ruth and Mary, Jean and Jane
1t stands-a beacon light;
And why it fails just isn't plain
But what's a fathers right?!!
And so, kind sir. I'm asking for
Your elp-assistance-aid-
For succor, kind sir, | implore-
For l am sore dismayed.
Now, you can help me name the lass
And l would thank your nibs.
Here's how: you merely need to pass
The buck to your contrlbS.
O. D. X.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10

@. Is milking machine as sue
cessful as handwriting? Should
milking be done quickly or slowly?
NJ. A. 7.
A. The department of agricul-
ture says that nothing has been
produced which compares with the
human hand as an efficient milking
machine The quicker the milking
the richer the milk, provided the
work is done we'll and completely
@. What is meant by point
blank range?' What is the point
blank range" of Springfield rife:
G. S. G.
A The ordinance department
says that the term point blank
range" of a rife means the point
at which the bullet is located where
it is at the same elevation as when
it leaves the muZzle of the rifle
after the rife has been fired The
point blank range" of the Spring
field rife is at a distance of $50
yards from the muZzle.
@. Why are first prizes given
the blue ribbon? X. r R
A. The custom originated with
'hc SOiuoH bIeu OF bluS hlDDoH. Il
term applied to first class cooks,
especially to female cooks. The
blue ribbon originally represented
an ancient French order OF knight
hood and was first conferred upon
female cook by Louis XIV. at the
suggestion of Madame Du Barry.
q. What is the blue peter? G.
H. A.
A The blue peter is a fag that
Is raised by ships as sailing sig
nal 1t is a rectangular blue flag
with a white center OF the saI1e
shape, but of about one-fourxh tn
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10

dimensions. 1t is the letter ? Of
the international code, but when
hoisted alone at the fore TRUCK OF
top of foremost. signifies taat lHe
vessel is ready to sail or wall san
shortly. In the United States nag
called the cOruet is used as sal!lHg
signal Blue peter is also iosa,
name applied TO the coot, or H'1
hen.
Q. What is the most powerful
lifting gas? A. J. P.
A. The chemical warfare serve
says that hydrogen IS the nos.
powerful lighting gas and heIum
the next in lifting power. Hel.-L
has SO per cent Of the lifting pow
of hydrogen. but il is CONSIDER
especially valuable because Of it,
non-!nfianmability.
@. There are many alluslohs 20
kettles singing ''On the hob H"-
is the hob?
A. A narrow ledge al the pa e.
or more generally at the side Of -
open fireplace, which will Ao-a
kettle, is called the hob
@. Who first advanced the tl@0'!
OF the evolution of man from lowe
forms of life2 b. T. 5.
A. Aristotle may be regarded .
the father of this theory OF eYo,l-
ton lie conceived OF a gene
series, a chain OF being from p9i!P1
to man.
@. About how many boxes Oh
grapefruit or oranges do Flofl1A
citrus groves produce? NJ I. go
A. Citrus groves come into IL
bearing about the tenth year. ~
average yield for Florida is aool.
$50 boxes of fruit to the acre u
somewhat less than two boxes
the Tree. Occasionally groves S}5-'
500 boxes per acre in a single ar
but only the best groves average
more than 200 boxes annually.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10
"CrueI and Unusual.


loween only comes a year. The
boys broke the record last night. The
town looks this morning as though a
cyclone had struck the village.
| RAINY Moons annex was torn from its
| moorings and placed on the pavement
in front of the posto1ice.
AN American milk canning company boasts
that their milk comes from "contented cows.
If DR.. Hadowin knows what he's talking about
this would seem to be comparable to Caesars
ttrasonical brag :"
WELL CLEO MEBBE WE COULD BE OF
SOME ASSISTANCE.
Dear r. f. MIG: Listen TO this. from The
Argus:
An unusual opportunity will be af-
forded tri-city lovers in the organ re
ctal TO be given under the uspices of
Augustana conservatory of music at the
First Lutheran church, Moline by Ed
ward Rechlin of New York city.
What l want to know s-if you aren't
, tr-cty lover, can't you grasp the unusual op-
portunity? Just what does your society editor
mean The only bearing | can get on the
high school student. What is the advan-
tage OF the modern movie?" Ans.-'Well, il is
dark in the movie and gives the young people
a chance Sort OF take your grille to the
movie" etc. and so forth.
Well. being yet lowering where the brook
and river are popularity supposed to run into
each other and not having acquired an &C
cessory called lover | spOse | wouldn't
enjoy the recital. or if l did go, l couldn't
grasp that unusual opportunity. CLEO.
PERCY HAMMOND. reviewing f F. Ben
sons Lovers and Friends in the New York
Tribune. concludes his comment in the usual
Percy-yeering manner. Thus:
OF late l have been making a col
lection of the ways in which young
wives in novels tell their husbands the
Great Secret. Most often it is done by
gesture and impIication-an embrace and
some embarrassed astersks, thus:
Celia, however is fortnight and cere-
mon!al. Bernard she said Il learned
ii only yesterday. -. | am going to
bear you child,'
Probably many curious persons will Inv
MI Bensons book in order to find out how
Bernard received the momentous news
The only thing were curious about is how
the CeliaS and other ladies in fiction are al |
ways able utterly to astound the Door duh who
mas CHANGED to play the role of husband
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10

WILL our helpful and generous con-
tribs find a fer the lass who has
come to gladden. the home of the Gentleman
Who Cares for Country Circulation? viii
they. Boy, back the mail truck up to the
desk before you unload it.
THE elixir of long life consists OF soureo
cows milk We learn from DR.. Hadowin of
Kev university via the Associated Press. Just
how may procure a lady bovine who has
been soured? Offhand. you think of any
thing that might make COW sour? The whole
thing sounds like-but why say it? You follow
US, we are sure.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10

Special prayers for the success of the Wash
ington conference on disarmament have been
ordered by the chief rabbi to be said in all
synagogues in England. Every church in every
nation in the world should do likewise. Pray
ers preserve, while bullets destroy.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10

Secretary Weeks says the five American sol
diers convicted of numbering an English cap
tain in Germany innocent men. 1t would
be interesting to see the secretarys reaction
in the case of five British soldiers suspected of
killing an American
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10
ADD EMBARRASSING MOMENTS
Lifted from Friend Rios Pillar
PaPer-Shell PecanS.

She had rallied at her son, and the
son $ Wlte, for serving wine at meals
F1lty year she had eaten dinner at noon
and supper at night in Bogum's Corners
with nothing to take the salty edge off
the Sears Roebuck pail pork. The d. I.
l.: lohbed her. Corning the NJ. l. Is
ginger ale-stealthily at first, and then
with three-fngered boldness-the wife
got her on the way TO the Loop with a
iul quarter-pint of Sunny Brook rails
ing PINK riot under whalebone. The
~ l. l.. Travelled on the next Il" car
10 observe the resultant protect, if
necessary. -
- AT the station Ma bought paner
Siouched behind this she avoided rthe
slggies Of an irreverent pair of misses
opposite AT Adams and Wabash She
SAT up straight, frowned across the sisIe
III her severest fashion. tossed hef nanar
OUT OF the window, jammed on straight
ner new winter hat and fought her wav
TO the platform
something seemed wrong. She couId
not make that hat stay on, Then sba
tuHDied 1t was no hat: il was nor
newspaper, pERSIpUIr
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10

The supreme court thinks there should be
more federal judges. Well. there are more
people, and more people make more court
work
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10

The return of the miners to their work sig
mites that there will be present boost in
the prices of coal. The public will be exceed
ingly thankful for this.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10

A New York woman has new S4OOOO fur
coat This item will probably warm the blood
of many idle poor.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10
Argus Information Bureau


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confidential
paid 10
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10

Don't ever do such a thing again.
JIM I'd rather give up Journalism
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1921.

The wisest bird Of today is the Thanks
giving turkey gone on a hunger strike.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-10

MR.. BRISBANE feels and s.vs - a..
he a rkaoie thing is not that Ligregnf was to
ne hanged but that he was to be bangad IN
vs. S We wonder if Mr. Ligregni
eSseo oy this remarkable affair
~, TAMMANY has triumphed in New yo,k and
nI-.i;y. IAN goes back into Office by the biggest
PLURALITY ever given candidate there
81. WHAT do New Workers mean when thew
n ""hs r. E. MIG.