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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29
PRESERVATION or YOUTH.
Scientists May Avert InrOnds Made
by Advancing Years.

In an article OH The Newest Concep-
tons of Life" in Harper's Magazine
Carl Snyder intimates belief that re-
cent scientific discoveries will lead to
others by which youth may be pro-
IonSed. Here is his argument for the
belief:
There is one phase of the problem that
seems nearer to our day and time. That
is the realization Of Ponce de Leon
quest of prolonged youth. Arrest of
growth. the stunted plant. the defoTmed
or undeveloped child, the idiot. the Grip
pie. the prematurely senile-are these not
too familiar to our daily view? Yet why
should the mechanism of nature. so SEEM
ing sure. turning out a thousand perfect
specimens. slip so sadly with the thou
sand and first? We know in part and can
in part control An impoverished soil,
consumptivc or otherwise diseased tissue.
lack of sunlight and air-these are the
producers of the physically, mentally and
morally MANNED. With narcotics and poi
sons we may stop development, whether
it be that of plant or n child
But what may be arrested may per-
chance he influenced in other ways. We
have seen how the whole drift of present
day physiology is to reduce life 10 the
connected and concerted play of the fer
ments The identity of the two processes
holds in most unexpected ways. Heat
and cold. chloroform, the poisons. the
toxins secreted by the virulent microbes
even, act upon the test tube tcrmenta-
tons of the laboratory in precisely the
same way as upon the living organism.
Even the curious fermentlike solutions
of fine platinum and gold may be poi
soned" "chloroformed' or KILLED as II
they were alive. What is disease. malac-
ton and death for the one is the same
for the other.
1t seems to be clear, too, that the con-
dition of growth. whether of a grain OF
wheat or the germ OF a man, is ths pro-
duction or appearance of distinct en-
zymes-ferments-at each stage. Cessa-
ton of growth must mean the disappear
ance or lapse in activity of these special
engines What we call growing old
seems merely series of destructive fer
mentations. 1t is probable that these are
present from the beginning; that through
out all life there is struggle. so to speak
between the two; that in some sense, as
Professor Loeb once remarked, death is
physical agent, the material antithesfs OF
life.
If the action of the malt engine upon
starch is reversible, so is that of the fer
ments which convert the active tissue,
the living protoplasm. into the relatively
dead fatty connective cartilage or
bone tissue, the characteristic as the
great Russian biologist Metchnikof has
shown, of advancing years. As the dis
covery of the constructive ferments gave
the whole life process, so to those who
have closely and reflectively followed the
development of biochemistry the discov-
cry of reversibility in fermentation may
in time disclose the reversibility of the
life process-the more concrete phrase
the arrest of death. the prevention of old
age, the preservation of youth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29
Saved at Graves brink.

81 know L would long ago have been
in my grave" writes Mrs. S. Ii. New
som, of Decatur, Ala, IF it had not
been for Electric Bitters. For three
years / suffered untold agony from
the worst forms of Indigestion, wa
terbrash, stomach and bowel dyspep-
STA. But this excellent medicine did
me Il world of good. Since using it
can eat heartily and have gained 81
pounds" For indigestion. loss of ap-
petite. stomach. liver and kidney trou-
bles Electric Bitters are Il positive
guaranteed cure. Only 80. cents al
Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29
A Million Voices

Could hardly express the thanks of
Homer Hall, of West Point, Iowa.
Listen why: a severe cold had settled
on his lungs, causing a most obstin-
ate cough. Several physicians said he
had consumption, but could not help
him. When all thought he was DOOM
ed he began to use DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, and
writes: 'It completely cured me and
saved my life. l now weigh 227
pounds" It's positively guaranteed
for coughs, colds and lung troubles.
Price, so cents and 81. Trial bottles
free at Hartz 81 Ullemeyer's drug
store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29
A Cure zoe seasickness.

Dr. E. CasteIli of Washington calls
attention to this communication con-
corning seasickneSS which has been re-
ceived from the Italian ambassadors to
the United States:
My Dear DIR. CastelIi-Knowing that
you are interested in the treatment of
seasickness. 1 take pleasure in giving
you my personal observations on the
subject. After having found by eXpe-
rience that the only way not to suffer
from seasickness was to lie in Il hori-
zontal position. l happened to notice
Chat fixing my eyes upon a mirror while
dressing. even when the sea was
stormy, was sufficient to relieve the I'M
pleasant sensations of seasicknCss.
During my last ocean trip l tried this
accidentally discovered remedy and al
ways with good results. Take into
consideration my observation and make
it yours if you think it may be of bene-
fit to science"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29
BUSINESS.
Medical Press Has Elevated Thi
Into Disease.

Medical Press Has Elevated This
Into a Disease.
The medical press has conferred no
small boon on many sufferers by in
venting Il Greek or pseudo Greek term
for their otherwise democratic com
plants. The latest of these inventions
is now recorded. The disease is fussi-
ness, and the medical name, according
to the London Graphic, is mysophobia
The mysopbobe is he who when seat
cd by his table lifts his glass to see IL
it is fingered, and il he detects
smudge uses his napkin to dispose OF
it. In short, mysophobia is the exag-
geration of that respect for cleanliness
which convinced Svengali of the mad
ness of Englishmen when he surprised
the Laird in his matutinal tub.
The lady in the play who seized on
every ones watch chain and began
rubbing it with chamois. leather was a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29
Novel weather warnings.

1t is proposed to use electric light
signals at night and flags by day to
warn the fruit growers of the Santa
Clara valley as to the approaching
weather conditions. Professor y. G.
Adie OF the weather bureau at San
Francisco has suggested that during
the months of February, March and
April the orchardists be warned by
cOlored lights Of the approach OF frOsts
which would enable them to smudgC
by burning oil, etc. An electric tower
o20 feet in height. located in San Jose
Cal, can he seen over the greater part
OF the county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29
Not Dufinble.

"Have you any articles of value with
you:" asked the customs inspector.
Nothing" answered the returning
traveller. except wealthy grass wild
ow whom l expect to marry as soon as
1 land"
WELL" unused the inspector, rubbing
his chin thoughtfully, 81 guess you can
take her through. Seems to me she
will come under the classification of
baIed hay, and that is ree."-Balti-
more American.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29
Take Only Time Orders
TALES OF THEATRE

Way Down East" like wine. i'm
proves with age, seemingly. 1t play
ed afternoon and night Saturday at
the Illinois, and. despite it had APP
peared in Rock Island before, there
We're gOod-sized audiences at both
performances. There is something to
commend the play aside from a sue
cessful metropolitan run. In the
first place, it is a possible story. the
situations are not overdrawn. the
characters are true to life. and there
is a touch of heart interest that APP
peals TO the finer senses. 1t is ser
mon acted out before the eye with so
much reality that for the time one
feels he is one of the community in
which the scenes are enacted. The
staging * elaborate, but there is
room for improvement in several of
the principal characters. although
some of the parts were in competent
hands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29

mysophoue, ara the irritating man who
begs your pardon ami picks some mi
eroscopic piece of huC from your sleeve
is another. The servant, though most
would benefit by incubation with the
disease. who insists on busting papers
8 another and the disease is widely
prevalent among all housekeepers in
the spring 1t is nice to know at last
just what to call it. but the medical
press is more inclined to suggest scien-
tific names than remedies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29

ashore. The passengers are captured
by the bands of Arabs. with whom
the villain is in league. The rescue
of the hero by friendly Arab gives
an opportunity fer one of the most
elaborate effects which has ever been
seen on the stage. The hero is forced
to play MazePpa, and driven off into
the desert. The scene shows the wild
race of the untamed steed with its
human burden and its final capture
on the brink of a precipice by the
Arab who has been befriended by
the hero. Several startling acrobatic
feats by a band of Arab tumblers
lend interest to the third act.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29

Eliza made her escape across the
ice at the Illinois theatre last night.
This is the second time she has VEN
tured the treacherous pond the pres
ent season. She got over, with her
child in her arms, safely, but the
bloodhOunds were hot on the trail,
and would probably have caught her
II they had brought along their mack
intoshes. Uncle Toms Cabin never
fails to attract paying audience, no
matter how many appearances it
makes during a season. The story
has been distorted so in recent years
by cheap road companies that it is
recognizable only through the reten-
ton of essential climaxes. The per-
Torrance last night, so far as the
play proper was concerned. was de-
cidedly weak. However, the audience
was repaid with clever singing and
dancing specialties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29
HEED THE WARNING,

The first warning of kidney trouble
is usually pain in the back, because
the spinal cord and Kidneys work in
sympathy. To avoid complications
such as Bright's Disease or Diabetes,
get d-Ne-Oids now. They cure weak
back and sick kidneys to stay cured.
SOC. Coated tablets. Easy to take.
T. H. THOMAS. Leading Druggist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29
Report From tho reform school.

!. C. Chuck, superintendent. Prun-
tytown. w. Va, writes: after try
ing all other advertised cough medi-
cincs. we have decided to use Foley's
Honey and Tar exclusively in the
West Virginia reform school. 1 find
it the most effective and absolutely
harmless" All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29
If you feel i'll and need n pill
Why not purchase the best?
DeWitt's Early Risers
Are little surprisers;
Take one-thcy do the rest.

Take one-thcy do the rest.
W. ii. Howell, Houston, Texas,
writes: Il have used Little Early
Riser Pills in my family for constipa-
ton. sick headache. etc. To their use
l am indebted for the health of my
family"
Harper House pharmacy; \. J.
Riess drug store, corner Seventh ave
nue. and Twenty-seventh street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29
Interior of Bank wrecked.

The wreck was complete, the vault
doors and the safe being completely
demolished. as was the whole interior
of the bank. BY > o'clock the work
was finished and the men left town,
walking to the east.
f. w. Reinhard, the president of the
bank, is very sick at his home and he
was not told of the robbery. 4. w.
Hoffman. the cashier. was called after
it was all over. He estimates the loss
at about So coo. The bank carried
$4,000 insurance against burglary
There is no ciew to the robbers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29
DEALERS COMPLAIN
Hold Railway Companies Re.
sponsibIe for Local Short
age in Coal.
SAY WE ARE BEING IGNORED
Prices Here Lower Than Elsewhere
But Supply is Very
Limited.

Coal dealers of the city are loud in
their complaints of the course of the
Rock Island and Burlington roads in
taking away the coal that usually
comes to the tri-cities from the mines
south of here.
Never before has this community
been threatened with serious fam
inc when the mines in Mercer county
were being operated and the dealers
say it is the fault of the two roads,
which are pursuing the same policy
here that the roads are doing all over
the country, Selling practically the
entire output ostensibly for their own
use. The dealers openly charge that
the roads are hauling il north where
it can be sold at profit.
Price Kept Down.
One peculiar thing about the local
situation is that there has been no
rise in the price of soft coal sold
here to correspond with the rise
that consumers elsewhere are having
to contend with. The Coal Valley
Mining company, the Empire Coal
company and the other companies
that operate the mines are still sell
ing coal at SIS ton to the local deal
ers-that is, when there is any to be
had.
Outside coal is not less than 81
ton on the car and it is accordingly
being sold from that figure up. The
mining companies here as elsewhere
say that it is not their fault that they
do not ship here, for they have been
served with notice by the transporta-
ton companies that even if they bill
the coal to the retail dealers it will
never reach its destination.
Take Only Time Orders
Some of the local dealers have stop
ped taking orders for immediate de
livery. but will book only for those
who are willing to wait till the coal
comes. All the dealers have orders
ahead for many tons. The wide vari-
alton in the prices that are being
charged for bituminous coal is caus-
ing dissatisfaction and some of the
dealers are agitating Il general move
ment to raise the rates and secure
uniformity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29

One afternoon, not long since, f..
f. Rice stood in front of Wallack's
theatre, New York, where his ''Show
Girl company had been playing for
two months. and rapturously gazed
upon a new poster depicting the cho-
rus of his "Show Girl" 1t was an ar
fist of skill that had executed the
work, for he had made her Il show
girl of great elegance and showing.
"She seems all right" cried Mr.. Rice
enthusiastically. Seems. sir" eiacu-
lated Kyle Beliew. Nay, she is. She
knows not seems" Whereupon at
this Shakespearian quotation from his
former leading man, the ghost of Les
ter Wallack turned in his tomb. The
picture seemed all right to the accus-
toned eye of Mr.. Rice. who for five
and twenty years had lived among the
unconventional beauties of stagedom
1t is nothing new for him to see a
stage charmer arrayed chiefly in her
native modesty. but when it comes to
the general public being thus admit
ted to such privilege, as Rudyard
kipling says, is another question. In
pursuing this argument Claude Mel
totte ventured the suggestion that
possibly Mr.. Rice himself abducted
the original picture. which had been
stolen, in order to place a new and
startling canvas in the frame. The
impresario gave an evasive answer
and crossed the street to view from
there the crowds that gathered to
look at the latest Rice creation on
canvas. According to the story told
by some cab drivers. who witnessed
the abduction of the former painting
about midnight the night before, a
monster red automobile bore down
upon the theatre through the fog and
cleaning headlight two styliShly
dressed young men jumped from the
vehicle and pulled the picture from its
frame, reentering the vehicle and
getting away before those who saw
them could interfere. The ParkhursI
society took an active interest in the
new painting. but was unable to find
a magistrate who viewed the mat ter
in the same light as they did, conse-
quently the picture remained. The
cast engaged by the management of the
+. T.. Rice production of THE Show
Girl" which comes to the Illinois Fri
day next. direct from its wonderful
success at Wallack's theatre, New
York City. includes among its 80 per-
formers, the names of some of the
foremost players, among them being
Ben Lodge, Harry Burnham, Mary
Sherwood. Mamie Scott, and others.
The production in itself is the most
costly of any musical extravaganza
on the road today. and has been so
pronounced by the metropolitan press
and everywhere the play has been pro
duced.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29
Threatened with Revolver,.

y little after l o'clock a loud explo-
sion was heard and several shots were
fired around the public square. Most
of the citizens who heard the noise
supposed it was caused by some boys
out on. Il lark celebrating Christmas,
and paid no attention to it. Oscar
Busch a hardware dealer living across
the street. realized that the bank was
being robbed. hut when he went to the
window to look out he was covered by
n revolver. lie concluded that discre-
ton was the better part of valor and
kept quiet.
Others in the vicinity of the bank
We're also kept quiet by display of
revolvcrs. About fifty shots We're fired
to tcrrori:e any who might want to
venture out. Some say seven men
were seen around. but Mr.. / usch says
but two men left the bank after the
robbery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29
HEAVY BANK ROBBERY
institution at Union, Mo-, Entered
by Cracksnen and $4,000
Carried Away.
INTERIOR OF BANK IS WRECKED
Citizens in the vicinity Kept Quiet by
u Display of Revolvers in
Hands of Bandits.

ST Louis. Dec. GA special from
Union, Mo, says the Bank of Union
was burglarized between l and =
o'clock in the morning, the vault being
blown open with nitro glycerine and
$4,000, the entire contents of the safe,
stolen. The robbers were two in num-
bcr, ard are believed TO be profession
ais They eScaDe6
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29

All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29
SIS to 500.
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-

The price of Kansas lands have
doubled in the past five years. They
will double again in the same number
of years. Write us if you want
good farm at cheap PRICES. Ar tzN
GARDNER S STICHER,
Neosho FaIIs, Kansas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29

Next Wednesday evening at the Hi
nois, Charles II. Dazey's latest play,
THE Burglar and the Waif,' will be
given by strong company. headed by
Miss Inez Forman, who made an in
Simultaneous hit at her first appear
ance in the part. Dainty and charm
ing as she is, Miss Forman holds her
audience from the start and never for
an instant fails to win them BY her
exceeding clever work. j. Frazier
Crosby, of the supporting company.
sings songs most delightfully."-, and
his splendid voice is a treat indeed.
Lost in the Desert" which comes
to the Illinois New Years matinee
and night, is probably the most pow
erful melodrama that has been
seen for some time The dialogue is
strong, and a good cast and elaborate
stage settings MAKE the production
one worth seeing. The production is
the story of adventures of a party
while in the hands of murderous Ar
abs. The play begins with scene on
a big steamship off the coast of
.Africa. The villain who plays the usu-
al important part in the various situ-
ations, fires the ship, which runs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-29
now Arc Your Kidney.i

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Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26
Popularity OF such Societies.

Aside from the cheap insurance
they afford, however. there are other
and vital reasons for the great popu-
larity of societies like the Woodmen.
These are found in their social and
fraternaI features. upon which the
life insurance or death benefit idea
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26

mer months out-Of-door picnics take
the place of the winter intertain-
ments, and at these the truths and
beauties of fraternity are preached
by hundreds of lecturers who make
of this line of work IA regular pro-
fession.
These are few of many most ex-
cellent reasons for the popularity of
the fraternaI societies, particularly
in the rural districts. The influence
they are in larger measure begin
ming to exert on currept, affairs is
really not a matter for wonder at
all.
To Joseph Cullen Root, formerly of
Lyons, Ia, is due the credit for in
Producing the Modern Woodmen of
America to the people of the United
States. To others is due the credit
of making the society a constellation
of first magnitude in the galaxy of
stars occupying the fraternaI firma-
ment; but Mr.. Root was the origina-
tor. the author, of Modern Wood
craft. The Modern Woodmen of
America, he says, was the offspring
of much thought, study. and investi-
CATION, dating for its beginning back
to the year of 1850. Mr.. Root had
been identified with two fraternaI
benefit societies whose field of oper-
ations was the Hawkeye state. His
actual experience was that One-state
societies could not. owing to their
circumscribed field. develop any great
proportions if they selected their
membership with ordinary life insur-
ance care. He believed that an or
ganization could be devised which. if
confined within reasonable territor-
ial limits. would be a success, from
the fact that IL could carefully select
its members and still have millions
of possible supporters to draw upon.
Mr.. Root became ambitious to demon
strate the value of his theory. First
he sought to interest the societies
with which he was officially connect
ed. but the state jurisdiction idea
had too strong n hold on the MEM
bership. Then he determined TO es-
tabIish a new society which should
reflect his views. His first problem
was to select name. One Sunday in
July. 1882, while listening to the de-
livery of sermon by Rev. Sidney
Crawford. i'm the First Congregational
church at Lyons. he heard the rever-
end gentleman speak of .Woodmen
clearing away the forests" Says
Mr.. Root: "It was like the appear
Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26
AS Originally Planned.

paration of suitable ritual. The
an applicant was Il moral man. OF
temperate habits and good physical
and mental condition. should be suf.
ficient to secure his admission. The
doors were left open to the jew and
Gentle, the Catholic ,and Protestant
the Agnostic and Atheist-men of all
nationalities, all beliefs, could meet
upon its broad and liberal platform
as brothers. They might be at var
lance upon every other subject, but
would be a unit i'm their obligation
ITO help fellow Woodmen and their
dependents. AS Mr.. Root completed
each part of the ritualistic cere.
mony, he read it to n few of his
bosom friends. Six months Iater-the
Woodman funeral and burial cere-
monies were prepared by him. The
first time they were used was while
they were still in manuscript, at the
grave of John Oft. of Lyons. ON Sun
day, July l, 1888. Mr.. OFT was a
member of another society, and the
new service was used by submitting
the name of his organization.
The name of the society havir %
been selected and its ritualistic cere-
monies prepared. Mr.. Root calIsed
10000 copies of prospectus 20 be
printed and circulated by NAL. As
showing the original purpose of the
founder of Woodcraft. the brospec-
tus now makes interesting reading
for Woodmen. so widely do il vary
from the Woodman organization as
il is today. In part it * here re-
produced:
ITS ATTRACTIVE Fl.ATURES.-
The Modern Woodmen Of Americu
has been organized to a ford practical
relief to the living ard substantial
aid to the devises OF its deceased
members. \ pleasing ritual has been
devised that presents. less objection
al features and has the flavor of
more originality than any of the
more pretentious ard so-calIed AN
cient" associations how in existence.
Its membership must be persons of
good moral character. exemplary
habits and sound Physical condition,
over IL and under IS wears of age.
OUTLINE OF GENERAL PLAN
The Woodmen has three depart
ments: The camp. The tontine fund.
and ladies' circle.
The camp is composed of male
members between the ages of is and
65 years. When the Humber of men,