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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20

there were attacks against him on the floor
Of congress But the lay public didn't blame
the Judge for holding down the two Jobs, be-
cause 1t believed him able to perform the dou-
bic duty The breath of scandal has never at
tached to the judicial record OF Judge Lands.
And he may be expected to continue his IN
sullied record in baseball.
viii M Hays was a success as postmaster
general of the United States, coming to the
post under the Harding administration. The
government paid him $4,000 per annum- Hays
is not a rich man. He found that he couldn't
lay aside anything for the inevitable rainy day
as a government official. The moving picture
industry offered him 100000 year to become
the supreme counsellor Of the business. In
Justice to himself and his family Hays could
not have afforded to have rejected that offer.
His contract with the movies practically as
sured him comfortable future.
Judge Lands is no longer young man. He
has devoted some OF his best years to the public
service, and none will deny that he has made
financial sacrifices in doing In private
legal practice Judge Lands could have earned
considerably more than he was paid by the
government The Judge has found that base
ball, paying him handsomely, is entitled to
his undivided attention and he has manfully
put aside the judicial toga-
The people the losers by the decision
Of Judge Lands His fairness and fearlessness
in the performance Of his judicial duties
strengthened public respect for the judiciary.
There is lesson in the loss to the public serv-
ice of men of the calibre of Hays and Landis
1t is that If we expect to attract big men to
the public service must at least compensate
them sufficiently to live in keeping with their
positions and to be able to lay aside something
for the future. Hays and Lands could not do
that in their positions with the United States
government
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
The New Iowa Senator.

Charles A Rawson of Des Moines, who has
been appointed United States senator TO sue
coed William S. Kenyon, resigned, is an able
business man and a shrewd politician. His
appointment gives Des Moines both senator
ships. Rawson is understood to have been
chosen with the understanding that he would
not be candidate to succeed himself at the
June primaries. Obviously this must be true.
The state scarcely could be expected to return
to Washington two senators from Des Moines.
The new senator has been strenuous Republi-
can worker and a liberal campaign contribu-
tor. He is not a public speaker, in any sense
of the word, but is credited with ability that
offsets this handicap. He will not discredit his
state. His appointment will be a surprise pri-
marily because he is not resident of northern
Iowa. The governor had said that the appoin-
tee would come from the northern section of
the state. He also had said that the man he
selected would have to be friend of the farm
ers and of the bonus bill.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
The Fate of a Drink of Water.

Inc rate OF q DfInk OF wafer.
Water constitutes two-thirds of
the weight of the body. 1t enters
into the composition of every it's
sue in the body, including bone.
Bone material is two-fifths water;
muscle is three-fourths water;
brain substance is nine-tenths wa
ter. Write your own joke on this.
Everybody, except only the in
valid whose physician gives con-
trary instructions, should drink one
to three glasses of water with each
meal as an aid to normal digestion.
This is the teaching of physiology,
which frankly reverses TIE ancient
theory that water should not be
taken with food. Another curious
relic of antiquity that has been re-
versed by modern science-knowl-
edge-was the notion that one with
fever or one suffering with the
heat must take no cold water. He
thirst calls for-cool enough to
satisfy, not ice cold.
Cold water is natural stimu-
liant to the secretion of gastric
juice in the stomach. The water
itself soon leaves the stomac oh,
whether food is present or not, but
the effect of the stimulation con-
tinues, and digestion is improved.
The water passes from the stom-
ach into the intestine some 10 or
Is minutes after it has been swal-
lowed. In the intestine it has a
further stimulating effect on the
secretion OF pancreatic juice and it
contributes toward the absorption
of digested material there. Fur
thermore, the presence of fair
amount of water stimulates peris-
talsis or onward movement of the
material in the food tube.
The water is absorbed from the
intestine by the capillaries or mi
croscopic vessels in the wall of the
intestine and thus directly enters
into the circulation This absorp-
ton occurs in part in the small in
testine and in part in the large in
testine. Little else than water is
absorbed into the blood from the
large intestine. No one need worry
about what may be absorbed from
the colon; let every one drink not
less than two quarts of water daily
and make sure of absorbing there
from one good all around tonic.
A great many people have learn
ed by experience the salubrity of
a generous drink of hot water on
rising each morning, a habit es-
pecially to be commended to elder
ly persons of spare build. Stout
and younger persons had better
take their internal morning shower
cool or cold.
Some of the water absorbed into
the circulation is retained in the
various tissues, replacing the water
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
The Hague Court.

This busy old world in ifs chase of new SEN
sations, all but overlooked the opening of the
international court in the peace palace at The
Hague. The event deserves more attention,
and as the formalities of institution give way
to the consideration of vexatious problems be-
tween nations the attention will not be lack
ing This is the event to which men have look
ed forward through many centuries anticipat-
ing since the first idealist dreamers ventured to
suggest that disputes between nations, like
those between individuals, might be settled by
process OF law. This is the only means to
permanent world peace that gives promise of
being effective. The idea that war can be
made too terrible to be risked has been tried
and has failed Conferences and alliances have
been tried and they. too, have failed. Much
can be accomplished by conference, but con-
ferences are never in session when war is
threatening. The international court will be
always In readiness
This is the heart of the League of Nations
President Wilson did the league much damage
when he gave that appelation to Article X
Opponents of the league only too willingly &C
cepted the view, magnified the responsibilities
under the article, and presently had large
proportion Of the population believing that the
covenant provided for nothing except action
by armed forces in case of disagreements
among nations. To this day it is highly prob
able that voter out of every three in the
United States is not aware that the machinery
of the League of Nations especially designed to
preserve peace is a world court With or
without our knowledge of it, however, the court
has been set up. 1t is in actual existence. Nest
OF the nations of the world solemnly bound
to submit their differences to it for adjudica-
ton 1t is not likely to have, at the beginning,
amy OF monumental Importance, but
manned it is with some OF the best talent
OF the world in international law, its influence
and jurisdiction are certain to increase. Amer
lea will hear more of the League OF Nations
court during the next few years.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
Develop Our Own Rivers.

The United States should develop her own
rivers before embarkng in an international
partnership on the development of foreign
waterways. AS between the st. Lawrence pro-
ject now before congress, and the improvement
of the Mississippi there is another point of ma
jor Importance in favor of the latter There
is question about the practicability of our
river program The Mississippi be made
a great transportation agency, and so can the
Ohio and Missouri. No formidable engineering
obstacles intervene, nor are there and serious
maintenance difficulties. All that is needed is
vision enough in congress to realize the value
of the rivers and business sense enough to pro-
vide the means for development
Whether the St Laurence canalization pro-
ject is practicable is question. Eminent pro-
fessional judgment says it is, but even so, it is
still blueprint promise. Granting its practic-
ability, the work will require many years. Fur
Their, the question has been raised as to whether
the st. Lawrence is the quickest, cheapest or
most desirable way for the cities of the Great
Lakes to become Atlantic ports. No such
harassing doubt disturbs our river program
In short time. and with comparatively small
expenditure, the Mississipprs development
would bring, not one ocean, but two. into the
heart OF the United States. Ships sailing down
the Mississippi could go either into the Allan
tic or Pacific Therefore, without hostility to
the ST Lawrence project, it may properly be
urged that the Mississippi Is entitled to prior |
consider ation on svsry score and especially on |
It's mertts a. s-buAtnoAA- proposition,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
The Sacramento Farm Colony.

The Durham agricultural colony, situated in
the Sacramento valley of California, is an ex-
pertinent that will be followed with interest
by other sections Of the country. For none of
US can be Indifferent TO these farm conditions
which determine the price and quality of food.
Professor Elwood Mead Of the University of
California describes the Durham experiment in
the current number of the Survey Graphic.
The problem was to enable landless people to
acquire farms without too great initial ex-
penditure of annual payment. Experience had
shown that without cooperation the average
settler could not afford the equipment neces-
sary to success. The California commission
therefore devised plan for community de-
velopment. Durham, which had been in great
part an unwholesome and uncultivated marsh,
was drained by sanitary engineers, an irriga-
ton system was put in and the land was divid-
ed into 125 farms and 2S one two-acre allot-
ments for farm laborers. These were sold to
selected applicants, the farms upon an initial
payment of 81 500 or more and an annual pay
ment of per cent, which in 3611 years extin-
guished both principal and interest. Californ-
las problems are in many ways peculiar to
herself, Or at least, to the territory west of the
Rocky Mountains Yet the emergency created
by low agricultural returns or no returns at
all, by the excessive cost of farm credits and
by the increase in the number of tenants COM
pared with the numbers of owners is nation
wide. So, too, is the undoubted benefit of COM
munity cooperation.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
Lands Takes the Money.

1t is not surprising that Judge x. NJ. Lands
should have resigned his place the federal
bench, bringing him salary of $500 year,
to take the post of supreme baseball arbiter
with salary of $4,000 a year. Any other man
similarly circumstanced doubtless would have
done as he has done In plain English, the
Judge needs the money and is engaging in the
work that will bring him the largest returns
Doubtless, IL Judge Lands were to express
preference he would elect to remain on
the bench. all things being equal But the
United States government appraises his serv-
ices at 81, 500 year. Organized baseball, q
private enterprise. holds him to be worth $780,
900 for keeping the game and those who supply
IL straight before the American public
There Recommendations OF Judge Landis
when he elected to I'll both judicial and
baseball Jobs at the same time. The Iegs fra
ternity charged him win betnE sznethical and
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
HEALTH TALKS
BY William Brady, NJ.
Noted Physician and Aurnor.

set free by the oxidation of those
tissues in the ordinary course Of
metabolism or life. Most of the
water is Immediately eliminated
through the lungs as water vapor
in the expired air, through the skin
as the water of perspiration,
through the kidneys, and through
the intestine It does not become
a burden or strain to these organs;
on the contrary, the presence of
plenty of water assists each of the
excretory functions mentioned.
Drink a pint of water with every
meal and at least pint apart from
meals. In hot weather or when
you are very active physically, of
course the daily intake Of water
should be very much greater than
that But two quarts of water
daily is the minimum essential for
health.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Fresh Milk.
! Should children from three years
upward be given fresh milk from
cows that have been tuberculosis
tested in preference to condensed
milk? A F. M.
Answer-Yes. II the health de-
partment in your community main
tains no supervision of the milk
supply, or if you have any doubts
about the freedom of the milk from
tubercle bacilli or other disease
germs, you may protect the chill
dren from any risk by pasteurizing
the milk. But fresh raw milk from
clean source is always best.
Harsh Hands.
The hands in our paint shop use
strong soap solutions and alkali
powders to remove paint from their
hands at quitting time. This leaves
their hands pretty dry. harsh and
chapped. Can you suggest any way
to prevent that? A. w.
Answer-Printers find that by
rubbing some lanolin (wool fat
well into the hands before begin
ming work and wiping the excess
off with a clean cloth, the skin is
less irritated by the soaps and pow
ders used for removing ink. This
might serve painters as well. Also
a mixture of sawdust and liquid
soap is found preferable for re-
moving ink stains from printers
hands after preliminary treatment
with lanolin as described. These
procedures should be useful for
painters.
Cancer of the Breast.
Please give me a detailed de-
scription> of cancer of the breast.
how it starts, appearance, how
long developing. MRS. c. E. M.
Answer-Send 10 cents to the
American Medical association. 535
North Dearborn street, Chicago. ILL.,,
for a pamphlet about cancer of the
breast
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
SHEER MAGIC.
BY Myra A. Wingate,
Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler Syn
dictate, Incl

Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler Syn
dictate, Inc.)
What shall we do if the coal
doesn't come today? I've used the
last shovelful. Jack won't be home
| for a week. There is wood down
cellar-those old timbers-but you
and ] can't saw and split them"
Anne Carlyle sat down YEARLY,
for the climb up two flights of
stairs had tired her newly acquir-
ed strength. Typhoid fever leaves
its victims weak indeed.
Coal deliveries had been slow
and uncertain, owing to the heavy
storms and the depth OF snow
in the side streets.
Mrs Porter, sitting with her
sprained ankle propped on a chair,
said anxiously:
What a shame for you to work
so hard! But we must keep the
water pipes from freezing"
so l thought" answered Anne
with a grin. Therefore I climbed
the partition in the cellar and Dor
rowed a hodful of coal from the
downstairs lady's coal pile
Anne! You didn't"
Did. too" answered Anne sturd-
lily Il said borrowed, not stole
The downstairs lady is away, and
I don't believe the Lord noticed me
down two flights of stairs in the
cellar Anyway, he knows l mean
to pay it back. However, 1 don't
dare borrow again, for her coal
pile is so small that it would be
noticed"
They both laughed until they
were helpless.
Toward night Anne moved her
sister to the kitchen and lighted
the gas range.
ITS going out" she said, expert
menting with the burners. III put
all our quarters into the meter
A search brought to light the fact
that there we're no quarters Anne
was preparing for a plunge into the
exclamation startled her
Anne, This is Washington
birthday, The stores are closed.
We can't get any quarters"
Anne swooned upon the table.
Betrayed" she moaned, land by
the Father of His Country
They laughed again, though the
situation was becoming serious.
I'VE might try to borrow from
the neighbors." suggested Mrs. Por-
ter, doubtfully. Unfortunately, we
are strangers"
Leave it to me-" returned Anne
blithely. "I'll stand in the street
door and ask the first satisfactory
looking man who goes by to change
this bill into quarters"
But, Nan, dear, that isn't SAFE"
objected her sister. I'VE are alone
in the house"
Trust me to pick out the right
one" replied Anne, mischievously.
I'm desperate. Quarters I need
and quarters I will have"
She switched on the outside light
and stood looking out into the fall
ing snow, all unconscious that Fate
approached with swinging stride.
occasionally puncturing the curtain
Of the storm with a wrathful re-
mark.
Dr. Richard Hart, on street
car journey to see a patient at a
suburban hospital, had been reliey-
ed of his financial burden to the
last nickel, and, of necessity. was
traInping to the great city. Into his
gloomy meditation broke a cheer
full salutation:
Hi, Mr.. Pedestrian
He stopped abruptly in the circle
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
The Daily Short Story

of light before the Porters' door.
81 beg your pardon for speaking
so rudely. Please, could you
change this bill so I could have
some quarters for the gas meter?
1t isn't counterfeit, honestly?"
DR.. Hart snatched off his hat and
stood awkwardly shuffling his feet
Madam" he said, miserably, Il
haven't cent"
"Oh," said the voice; than, hest
tatingly, do you know how to saw
wood? We would pay well-a dol
lar an hour"
81 do know how to saw wood .
said the doctor, his spirits rising
at the prospect of such goodly
wage, land, suffering Moses, How
need dollar. Lead me to it,
He sprang up the steps and
stood face to face with the tall,
gray-eyed girl in the doorway.
+ "You," he gasped. Miss Car
lylei" Their hands met and chung.
why did you go away without
letting me know" he reproached.
How could 1 suppose you wish
ed to know" she countered.
Take me somewhere where I
can talk to you" he begged.
Down cellar?" she asked, with a
twinkle. That's where the wood
pile is"
Down cellar they went, after Mrs
Porter and the outraged Mrs. Grun-
dy had been somewhat appeased,
Anne leading the way. At the foot
of the stairs she paused.
DR.. Hart, she said, earnestly.
please do not misjudge me. 1t was
a mad idea of mine speaking as I
did to supposed stranger. |
don't know why / did it,
Il know why you did it," answer
ed he, you were laid under a
spell"
Heap big medicine man." in
quired Anne, saucily.
But the doctor was not to be led
astray.
Away over yonder, in a hospital,
lies little Ellen, a child patient.
who plays a game in which her
doctor is the fairy prince. Today
she gave him this lucky piece, tell
ing him it would guide him straight
to the fairy princess"
The gray eyes dropped shyly be-
fore his.
He has searched for her ever
since she disappeared on a certain
morning last November" went on
DR.. Hart. "If he has not found
her now. then there is no princess
in his life nor ever shall be-" He
was very near now.
Have l, Anne? Have II" he
breathed.
Anne spoke softly.
Il think the prince need not look
further. il he can be satisfied with
such a"
She was not allowed to finish the
sentence. Moments later. she said:
I'VE must tell little Ellen tomor-
row"
The doctor put the lucky piece
in her hands Anne looked up with
a flash of fun.
Richard. this is genuine lucky
piece. See. it is just the size of
a quarter. Couldn't 1 drop it in
the meter to keep poor Sue from
freezing while we are starting a
furnace fire? We can rescue it lat
err"
For answer he took it from her
and dropped 1t through the slot The
fame that leaped in the gas range
in the kitchen was as nothing to
the fame that leaped in the two
hearts in the cellar. vet Mrs. Por-
ter; shiyering in her shawls, felt 1t
to be well-nigh celestial.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20

@. Why do so many ranches
have names beginning with ''Lazy?'
W. A.
A. This name refers to the brand
on its animals by the ranch. When
letters of the alphabet are used
they are often varied by their posi-
ton; when tilted at an angle of As
degrees, they are said to be tumb-
ling; when lying fat on their back
or face, lazy.
@. How many gallons Of fuel
Oil will it take to equal one ton Of
coal in heat value? II. E P.
A. The bureau of mines says
that no positive statement can be
made as to the relative fuel value
of oil and coal, because some coal
has more fuel value than others.
This is also the same OF oils. Most
experiences fall in a limit of 4 20
Az bbls. of oil, as the equivalent
of one long ton of coal.
Q. How many nationalities are
there in the United States and how
many languages are spoken? NJ. A.
A. There are represented about
40 different nationalities in the
United States. The number of Ian
guages and dialects spoken in
America is 1924.
@. Are there as many people
availing themselves of postal saw
ings facilities as there were?
A r. A
A. On June 80, 1921, there was
s152.3S9.903 on deposit as postal
GO, NJ -
about $1,000 900 from the amount
on deposit June 80. 1920.
Q. OF Just what do belles-lettres
consist? F. B.
A Formerly the expression
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20

efuru postage. Be bFirI Al inquiries -
70 eacn individual 80 agtei..41A AZ q"
was sometimes used as the edui'a'
lent to the humanities but it is nO1
applied rather vaguely to literary
works of style. taste and lmagil+-
tion-in other words, polite Hie.A
ture" The term has no recofd5l
use in English before 11l0, when u
was used by Swift in the Tatier.
@. How many automobiles nave
the Continental motor? B. J. 3
4. In the United States there are
26 makes of automobiles WHICH
have Continental motors.
Q. What is sesamum? L. z. +.
a. Sesamum is a name given ~
a genius of about IL species OF ~,
dian or African herbs. The 0IaLl
fixed oil obtained from them kee25
well and is used both as food anu an
cosmetic. The oil cake, mixed Fi.l
honey and preserved citron, -
popular delicacy in India. In ~,
the sesamum yield in India WIS
472,000 tons.
Q. What is the origin OF me
word bashful? J. J. J.
A. BashfuI is allied to the Hg'l
abash in derivation. Abash IS u
rived from the Latin eX plus pau
an interjection Of astonishment- ~
Middle English abash was coAIuSs-
with abase, until the word TOOK VI
a tinge Of the meaning OF aDaSe'
Q. What is luck? ]. II.
A. Luck is generally descriDs-
as something that happens seen
ingly by chance. 1t may Dc 81
event either good or evil VIM.
affects the interests or ha fpPe0lns
Of an individual. but this b sppenan-
is entirely casual Luck b,
ever. carries the idea OF 8 005 i1,-
only.
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Chr TnnthHtnttr
aEkE LIES MANS ANCIENT KNx1aY.
| DULL CARE.
wHo DlslNTERs Tm UNLovKD cUsA
| nEWARkt
THE CARDINAL.

THE CARDINAL.
OF the understanding heart
Each day
Hath its lesson. -.
/ have found
MY lesson for today 49,.
My tutor
Was a scarlet cardinal,
Who darted like a tongue of fame
AmOEe the bare elm-branches.
Deep in selfish thought,
Stood watching the east
Tint like a conch-Shell 49,.
When suddenly
Up spoke my red-garbed preceptor:
What cheerT
All,
What a divine question
For the waking earth to answer,
Morning by morning!
Would have to be ready
With an answer:
Even as | have resolved
To be ready with my answer
And it must be full
OF joy and thankfulness:
But principally -.
Joy.
What cheer?"
All, crested cardinal,
That is all there is
TO life, after all, isn't it? -.
Cheeri
Are you listening there.
Gray world? -.
What cheer?"
JAY G. SIGMUND.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20

William J. Bryan, now resident of Florida,
confesses that he would not refuse United
States senatorship from that state If it were
rendered him without necesstating a fight.
This seems, for the colonel, to be carrying
pacifism too far.