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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-05
TRAVELLING In
FLOATING PALACE
J.W. ParmeIee and G. w. Carhart,
of Chicago Enroute to
New Orleans.

j. w, Parmelee, of Chicago, and
his guest, George w. Carhart, who are
enroute to New Orleans to spend the
winter, touched at the Rock Island
harhor for coal this afternoon with
Mr. ParmeIee's palatial pleasure
steamer, the Fortuna, one of the fin
est craft of its kind seen recently in
these waters. The owner is son of
the late Frank Parmelee, who made
millions in the Transfer business in
Chicago. He is an old bachelor. Fish
ing and hunting are his favoritc pas
times. He and his friend. who is also
great hunter and fisherman, left
Chicago with the Fortuna in June,
reaching the Mississippi via Lake
Michigan, Sturgeon bay, Green bay,
the Fox river. Lake Winnebago and
the Wisconsin river, The Fortuna is
1874 feet over all, % foot beam, PC feet
over guards, and draws ~ inches. 1t
has steel hull and five air-tight com
partments Mahogany and birdseye
maple are employed in the interior
finish. The boat is luNuriousIy APP
pointed throughout, having all the
conveniences of modern home. The
Fortuna is a stern wheeler. Mr.. Par
melee carries full crew. Frank
Wilde has been his pilot since strik-
ing the Wisconsin river.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-05
KEEP THEIR WEDDING A
SECRET FOR TWO MONTHS

Edward NJ. Elliott and Miss Annie
Charles, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Charles. sos Sixth avenue un-
known to their friends, took trip to
st. Paul in August and were married.
On their return the bride went to live
with her parents until the groom had
prepared a home. Today they went
to housekeeping in a cOzily furnished
fiat in the Hurst block on Twentieth
street, and are receiving the hearty
congratulations of their acquaint-
ances. Mr.. Elliott is employed at
Lange's barber shop on Second ave
nue..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-05
Advertised Letter List No. 40.

The following is the list of adver-
tised letters remaining uncalled for
in the Rock Island postoffice for the
week ending Oct. ,, 1908: Miss Anna
Ahrhear. Mrs. Katie Britt, Miss Ida
Chase, Miss Hattie Eldine, Mrs. S. E
Harvey, Mrs. Pearl Sullivan, Miss Der
tina Wilson, Miss Julia Young, Quincy
Anderson. A. ID. Brass, Simon Cohen
j. Vincent Conden, Robert NJ. Dur
ham, Thomas Fuller, S. E. Harvey, c.
II. Harris, j. II. McWilliams, James
Mcintyre, Henry Nichlas, Prentice
Phillips, E. j. Rasley. S. d. Rider &
Co., Charles Schell, Oscar Swanson
Foreign George Schneider.
T. H. THOMAS, p. NJ. +
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-05
FIGHT ON PAVING.
Bluff Property Holders Out in
Force at Improvement
Board Meeting.
AN EXCITING TIME Is HAD
Spectators Want to VOte-Ordinance
Now Before City
Council.

! Property owners affected by the
| proposed pavement by special assess
ment of Fourteenth avenue between
Thirtieth and Forty-siXth streets
were given an opportunity to air their
objections before the board of local
improvements at the city hall today
prior to presentation of the ordinance
at the session of the council this ev-
ening.
1t was the stormiest meeting ever
held by the board, practically the
whole bluff district between the
streets mentioned being represented
1t is the first strip of paving to be
undertaken under the special assess
ment law in this city. Heretofore
work of this character has been done
by special taXiN ion-that is, those
holding frontage along the street i'm
proved paying in proportion to the
amount of their property and the con
sequent benefits derived.
The special assessment law pro
vides that all contiguous property
shall share in the payment of the cost
Hence about every property owner in
the district was notified that he was
would be allowed to tell how he felt
about it before the board this morn
ing.
Want to Vote with Board.
Many of those present were of the
impression that the ordinance would
| be put to Il vote of the property own
ers, and when Mayor McConochie, as
| chairman of the board, put the mo-
ton to adopt the ordinance to the
board, several in the audience Clipped
| in
you did not ask us for our vote, -
said a Second avenue business man
owning property in the assessed terri
tory, addressing the mayor.
II know it, replied the mayor.
you have had your say. The board
will do the voting"
One German citizen who had be-
come greatly worked up over what
he believed was an injustice being per-
petrated by the city. nearly turned a
lsomersault during his argument
against the Improvement. He declar-
ed the aldermen in his ward did not
know their business; they were no
good for their constituents or the
city either. in his opinion. All that
was needed ON Fourteenth avenue was
lining of rock and few trips with
the steam roller. The city should
pay for the work too, he said, rs
Improvement Greatly Needed.
Fourteenth avenue, in the wet sea
sons, is almost impossible, and the
| Improvement projected there will he
n great benefit to the whole communi
| ty. The special assessment plan dis
tributes the burden of expense so that
no one is hit very hard. The largest
owners in that district are in favor
of the paving. After the ordinance is
adopted by the council it goes to the
county court. where objecting prop
erty holders will have another chance
to attack it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-05
OBITUARY RECORD.

The funeral of Jacob Brandemeyer,
who died at st. Anthony's hospital of
consumption Saturday afternoon, was
held this morning from St. Mary's
church. Moline. Deceased was 80
years of age. He is survived by two
sons. who reside in Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-05
Licensed to Wed.

Squire ALLEN Tyler. De Kalb. al
Miss Margaret L. Atkinson. Moline
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-05
BowIers are Active.

The bowling season is on again in
earnest and with no apparent de
crease in interest from last year. The
leagues in Chicago began their SEIZED
ules two weeks ago, and plans are
under way for starting the tri-city
league soon. The bowlers at the Cen
trail alleys are preparing for the
match games and have high hopes of
pulling down the pennant. Some fine
scores have been made already, the
highest so far, 254, falling to Joe Dick
man. Other good ones are 233, 236,
242, 245, etc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-05
REV. STEWART breaches
HIS FIRST SERMON HERE

Rev w. Wilbert Stewart last even
ing preached his Introductory sermon
as pastor of Mckinley Baptist church,
Tenth street and Sixth avenue. max
ing a good impression on his congre-
cation. He comes to Rock Island
from st. Joseph, Mo-, where he built
a new church costing $4,000. There
is a considerable Indebtedness hang
ing over the Mckinley church, and
this Rev. Stewart expects to remove
with the proper nid of the people OF
the city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-05
PAIR OF DOGS ATTACK
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY

Vernon, 7-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. w. Reed, SIS Forty-second
street, while returning from an err
rand to neighbprhood store Satur-
day aftern cons was set upon by two
dogs Belonging to S. b. Hendren. On
examination it was found that the
dogs had not torn the flesh. only the
imprint of the teeth showing in his
hips and legs. DR.. a. II. Arp, who at
tended the boy. says the injuries are
not at all serious, although the lad
was given a severe scare.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-05

The remains of Mrs. A. NJ Blakes
ley are expected here from the ives
Wednesday,, and the funeral will b,
held in that event from the home OF
Twenty-third street at 10 a. m. Thurs
day. ia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-05
WIN Have unlen coal yard.

Kewanee labor unions propose to
cooperate in the establishment of a
coal yard for union men and their
families, the coal to be bought in
large quantities and to be delivered at
the actual cost of handling it. In this
manner it is proposed to avoid the eX-
tortions of local retailers and
also to insure against a recurrence OF
the famine of last winter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-05
For Over sixty Years

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
alIays all pain, cures wind collie, and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Is
eenfz hottie.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-05
is SUBSTANTIATED
Report That City of Winona is to
Go to Southern
Waters.
RUNS FROM CAIRO TO HICKMAN
If Field Proves Good VIII Probably
Remain There PermR-
nentIy.

What has been current as rumor
during the past summer is verified by
the Waterways Journal, which has it
from official sources that the packet
Winona will at the end of the present
season go into the packet business
between Cairo, H., and Hickman, Ky.
1t is further stated that if the boat
builds up Il good trade during the win
ter it is likely that it will remain
there permanently. This is taken to
mean that Capt Streckfus has def
nitely decided to abandon the run be-
tween the tri-cities and Clinton to the
interurbans that it seems certain will
make a bid for the business within
year or two.
THIS has been common report for
some time, but has been consistently
denied by those in position to know
the facts. 1t has been claimed that
the business of the Winona has been
falling off during the past two sea-
sons. so that other fields are consider
ed more alluring particularly in view
of the prospects of competition.
The j. S. is to run excursions as far
south as New Orleans, according to
the Waterways Journal, during the
coming winter.
Further Rise Possible.
There is some concern occasioned
in river circles over the report that
further heavy rains have taken place
about the headwaters of the Missis-
sippi, two inches of precipitation b@-
ing reported. at st. Paul Saturday.
While the river is falling rapidly here
and several feet viii be taken of the
existing stage before the flood from
the north can reach here conditions
are favorable for further unusually
high water, especially if there are
more heavy rains i'm the near future.
The soil is saturated and the river will
catch practically all that falls from
this time on.
May Pay a Visit.
1t is expected that Rock Island will
be paid visit some time i'm October
by the members of the United States
river and harbor committee. No def
mite information has been received
concerning the trip but it is expected
that the committee will arrive here
within the next two or three weeks
The object of the trip is to make an
inspection of the river from st. Paul
TO St Louis with view of ascertain
ing the exact improvements that are
necessary. At present the appropria-
ton is but 100000 a year and an eff
fort will be made by the committee to
have this amount increased to $780,
600, the same as it was two years ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-19
Second Quarter. Lesson III. Romans xiii, TIA. April 1e, 1908.
 Tha Law of Love,

Some one likens ancient Rome, as 1t appears today. to dead giant. lying in a grave too shallow to contain his colossal form. Here protrndes from tho moldering dust an archh. and there cluster of col- umns. By help of these. imagination re- constructs the imperial city. What magni- tude and splendor! But over these seven hills, crowded from base to summit with palaces and temples, perpetual midnight of moral darkness reigned. How to grati- fy the lusts of the flesh was the chief con- ccrn. The streets rang with dissolute songs. Reyelers. all but naked. profaned unnatural vices and the murderous Jeal- ousies inflamed by crimes against chas- tity. were so common as not to cause re- mark.
 In the midst of this total eclipse of mor- ality, the little Christian society in Rome is like taper lighted and uplifted. The absorbing desire of the apostles soul is that it may be screened from unfriendly blasts and grow to be great light. in the full. searching blaze of which deeds of darkness will become impossible. Nor is this ambition for Rones sake merely. The master of Christian strategy recog- nizes the city of the emperors as the worlds key. The light that burns at the golden milestone must shine out every highway that radiates from 1t.
 This was the inspiration of this most complete composition of the great apos- tle." In the buoyancy of faith he is ready to affirm that the hideous night of Rome with all it's rocking immortality. is all ready in it's fourth watch. He sees the foregleam of the day of Christian ascend ency. and calls upon the Christian col- ony under shadow of Nero's Golden House, to hasten it. HAT
 Paul keenly appreciates the imminent peril of the Roman Christians. Heathen- ism is an opiate. It's very air is soporiflc. Against this "enchented ground'' he will have the far-a way converts on their guard. With ringing bugle-blasts he calls them to shake off spiritual drowslness at it's approach. The night of heathenism has no mortgage upon them. They belong soul and body, to the day of gospel grace. The black list of heather vices Is recited, with utterly renounce them; and as baccha- nalian pagans were wont to run naked through the streets, let Christians deco rously robe themselves in the lustPous graces of Jesus.
 The warp and wool of this new robe. never woven in terrestrial loom. and winter than any fuller on earth could but never attempt to balance and close your love account. Never let the~shadoW of a disposition to repudiate this debt cross your mind. Love Is the fulfilling oi the law. Love is the palm; the digits oi the commandments radiate from it. Love makes the breaking of particular precept. impossible. Love need not forever arraIgr and cross-examine itself as to whether 1t is discharging duty to its neighbor. Foi he who loves his neighbor will certainly fulfill the law concerning him; not merel! refraining from doing him evil. but doinI him positive good. He who loves will no merely refrain from doing his neighbo i material or bodily harm he win not cher i ish unkindly opinions, or utter slightini
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-19

fortress of Bella Paienka, and Moltlse pro- the Balkans.
 It was the old Roman city of Reme- siana. 1t IS guaroeu stiIi uy an aAcient castle tort puiit m lou Ds ,ne Gfanu vizer uusIapna fasha. he built 1t py the pleasant expedient of tearing uown servIan cnurcnes ana uslng tneir stones LOT 1t. he aIso LOOK the s.ones rom an- cient Roman ruins.
 anis town Is close to Piost, which staEos on the Buigarlan boundary ana has a true Balkan history. IL has been occupied at varlous times by turks. Bui- garians, servIans. hussIans ana Aus trlans. Almost every ulie It was taken only after bloody nghting.
 From Servia to Bulgaria is leap into different manners, difierent costumes. aiI- ferent architecture.
 The bulgarian does not love the Ser wan unouiy. Luckily tor the peace be- tween them, the Bulgarians are Kept 50 busy plotting and counter plotting about Macedonia, that their somewhat embar- rassing attentions are directed almost en- tirsly southward just now. AS the Cuban Junta made it's headQuar- ters in the United States, so the Mace donian Junta makes its headquarters in Bulgaria. But unllke the Cuban revolu- tionists. the Macedonian committee has not merely enlisted Bulgarian sympathies and aid. It has risen to a great Bul- garian political power. 1t keeps the pitcn not all the time.
 Dive out of Bulgaria and into the moun- tain districts of Macedonia and you dive into a land of Alexander the Great, of Roman generals, and of czars. who ruled long before Russia had any. Time has jumped over this land and touched 1t only in leaps ages apart.
 Go only short distance from Salonica, ancient. storied salonica (very dirty now and inhabited by fea-bitten Turkish sol diers who do not like life, apparently, and you will find a country marked with the turnuli of the Macedonian kings, big stone piles just within sighting distance of each other, that served as the stations for the wireless telegraphy of those days.
 You may find a fine old gentleman, dressed in a long skirt that falls below the knees and with, pretty, weapons tas- tened to all available protuberances. He will talk to you eff he trusts you and you are fortunately so poor that you are not worth capturing) of his system or levy ing tribute as unconcernedly as 1T he lived in the day of Ulysses, earning his living with his good sword and shield. Turkish soldiers gaze with respect at the very brlgands whom they are. tech nically, sworn to kill. Those brigands swagger through the villages, beloved by all the women, envied and admired by all the men, afraid of nobody. lmpos- sible though it seems, they wear even more arms than the other citizens. They strut by the Turks superciliously, mock | ingly. Sometimes the Macedonian brigand sits | on a rock out of gunshot from garrl- ] son of Turks and sings little songs care
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-19
oF D|EI!1
 aKp SfkII
MEN sfo,aaTI: woME .ss ss '

great chanae in a week. 70 that | cog tinued It's use for several Weeke u4<sA felt as if I had years rest and wu1 perfect health, had plendid appeQ4@E rested well at night and never n14 headache or backache." lx|
 A person may have been afiicted xll1 catarrh a long time, but every spFll phase. The catarrhal @< discharges become CATAHtt1l thinner, the thicken- IMPROVES 1A ing Of the membranes THE sPHIN0 partly disappear. If
 tho catarrh is accom- s panied with a cough. the cougn pscY s' F. iooser. the approximation less stieky, ss brief. every symptom shows et't .. .s tendency toward improvement h'e 's directly dae to the season. U,
 Every spring Nature rejuvenates &H- t,re attemots to become young aEain} rid herself of disease; to throw out 1r'- nurtties: to cleanse herself from excr Se- cencies: to renovate. It is the season of procreation, of exhuberance; ot ks- invigoration z . zs..xsz'
 To those wEo have been afflicted with chronic catarrh we wish to say F words. The spring season affords you splendid opportunity to get rid of youz disease. It may be you have Deen fiicted for several years: you may n1s2 tysea different remedies. Perhaps yo4 have become discouraged; you may svS, have tried Peruna and not have realiS9e the prompt benefit which Perune
 apt to bring. ...E. .s
 This failure was during the Winxes months. But now is your opportunlt Nature comes to your assistance at th1e season. Just help her a little and nne will bring you out of the quagmire IT which you have been founderinG so long. Give Nature little assistance leet her struggles be in vain. ,...
 A short course of Peruna now VII be just in time. During the months of April, May and June is the strns- egic time to rid yourself of chron1e catarrh, one of the most persistent stubborn diseases in the whole iisf ox human ailments.
 Margaret Little, Q Hoyt s.. brooAlyns N r.. writes: ..
 q have been troubled with constiper tion and indigestion for over year. my
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-19

 were in perfect working order and have remained so ever since."--Margaret Lit- tie.
 Lose no time. Get bottle Of Pefuna end begin at once.
 The directions for use are on the hst- tie Yet we would advise you to get q copy of Dr. Hartman's "Ills of Life" ans1 read carefully what he says about other measures which should ,be used in csn-s nection with taking Peruna
 Now is the time to get cured and get cured permanently. The clements wflI assist you in your fight against d'seasa. The season favors your case. Lose ID time. Begin the, treatment at once April. May and June-these are the months t, get to work in earnest to forever rid yourself of catarrh.
 If you do rot derive prompt and satis- factory results from the use of Peruna write at once to Dr. Hartman. giving full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad- vice gratis.
 Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus, O.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-19
offers s2n for TWO Teeth.

My patient is a handsome young wo- man. She does not want to wear artificial teeth. That IS why I have inserted th.s advertisement" said Dr. s. c. Poland of 6s1 Eighth Avenue, New York:
 DENTIST-Will pay s10 each for two natural teeth. central incisors. perfect in shape and color, from healthy man or woman. age 22 or s. Dr. s. c. POLAND. 667 Eighth Ave, 42d
 Only one persn responded to the invita- ton. the day after the advertisementxwas first published. and his offer to exchange two incisors for two sio bills was not accepted because his teeth were not the right shape or color.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-19

remarks of him. That kind of i'll. Love never works
 The Teachers Lantern.
 As in a mirror. In the Epistle to the Ro- mans, we see faithful reflection of one apostolic church. The sight is somewhat disappointing, Where Is the unity of the spirit and the bond of peace? The church is rent into factions. The converts from Judaism, taught from childhood to con- sider the injunctions and prohibitions of the ceremonial law as Divine origin and authority. deem them still obligatory They observe them with an intense scrup- obey them as no Christians at all. They are inevitably censorious and predisposed to judge
 on the other hand. the Gentle converts. never having been in bondage to the cere- monial law, knowing nothing of its arbi- trary distinctions as to days, weeks, etc., were inclined to resent any attempt to rivet the Mosaic ritual upon them, and to look with contempt upon their brethren who wore these fetters so comp1acently. Doctrinally, tho purpose of the Epist1e to the Romans is to show that Christian ity is the legitimate fruitage of Juda- ism; that there is as little room for strife between Christianity and Judaism as be- tween the fruit and the blossom. It is the blossoms destiny to fade and fall that the fruit may come to perfection. A fight for Judaism is a fight for blossom-fair and fragrant 1t is true.,y but a blossom still. Judaism Is necessarily evaRsseent9 q
 FracIlcally. Faui S purpose III WFlllHB IS to outline, for the Church at Rome those principles and methods of procedure which win most surely conduce to peace and unity. This is the first. and as yet unsur- passed, essay at Irenicai theology.
 Paul unequivocally asserts that what might be called the liberal party is in the right. He enrolls himself with it when he says: We, then, that are strong" But he proceeds to give certain maxims adapted to immediate use.
 First, as the tenets of the Judaic-Chris- tian faction relate to matters compara- lively indifferent, they are to be received with cordial courtesy and fellowship
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-19
Canary Birds in a Trust.

New York Telegram to Chicago Chronicle
 The canary birl. cockatoo. bullfnch. snake and monkey trust was formed to- day when there was unloaded from the Koenigen Louise one of the biege est car goes of live freight of this nature ever shipped to these shores.
 In the ships hold were 13o monkeys baboons. ringtails and other brands of primates-ffty pythons. cockatoos, par rots and paroquets galore and crates con taining 4,o00 singing birds. They were consigned to the trust. which has its headquarters in Grand Street. and since the market is exhausted the prices have been raised to a large degree.