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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
Professor curle's Death.

My friends I would like to ask you blunt question: Have you ever tried to seek God far away from the haunts of man? Have you ever tried to commune with Him in the secret places of the thun- der? In order to do this you do not have to climb the Matterhorn or Mount Shasta or Mount Rainier or Baldy Peak of New Mexico. You do not have to leave the city walls and hie yourself to the hills and listen to the songs of the thrushes and the wooings of the brooks. A man can live In the city and yet not be in the city. We should do so if we were really ab- sorbed in spiritual things. Some time ago Professor Curie, the great discoverer of the element radum, was walking through the streets of Paris with his mind so con centrated upon his scientific problems that he was utterly unconscious of his sur roundings. When a heavy truck rumbled down the street his ears were deaf to the noise and to the warning calls of the driver, and he was crushed to death in an instant, as the car of the Indian jug pernaut would crush out the lives of the devotees who flung themselves under its revolving wheels. My friends, how many times during the week do you with draw yourselves from man to commune with God? How many times do you seek Him in prayer and in holy communion? How many times a week do you say to your loved ones, "Come. let us go and talk with God for a little while in the secret places of thunder. as Moses talked with Him upon Sinai's heights?'
 But l find that Gods secret places of thunder are upon the mountain tops of difficulties. as well as in the quiet places removed from the ordinary habitations of man. They are to be found only among the steep heights where the eagles build their aeries and where only the most persistent of Alpine climbers is willing 10 go. Dou you suppose for one instant that the psalmist had an easy time finding his lost sheep in the secret place of the thunder? Nay. Merhinks that one of the other shepards at first went forth with him to hunt the lost sheep. David said to him at starting: "Ephriam, you go down the valley in this direction, and I will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

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 I cannot praise your medicine enough and would advise all women suffering with kidney trouble to try it.
 Mrs. J. w. Lang. of 626 Third Ave nue, New York, writes
 Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
 1 have been a great sufferer with kidney trouble. My back ached all the time and was discouraged. 1 heard that Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound would cure kidney disease, and began to take it. and it has cured me when everything else had failed. l have recommended 1t to lots of people and they all praise it very highly.
 Mrs. Pinkham's Standing In- vitatiOn.
 Women suffering from kidney trouble, or any form of female weak ness, are invited to promptly communi- cate with Mrs. Pinlxham, at Lynn, Mass. The present Mrs. Pinkham is the daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pink ham, her assistant before her decease, and for. twenty-five years since her advice has been freely given to sick women. Out of the great volume of ex- perience which she has to dr from, it is more than likely she has .he very knowledge that will help your case. Her advice is free and always helpful. !; a MOman'S Remedy for MOman,s Ills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

granaries. Dost thou not hear God speak, ing to thee in the secret place of thunder :?
 (Copyrighted, 1906, by Louis Klopseh.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
of you that forsaketh not all that he hath he cannot be my disciple
 ForsakIna All for God.

of you that forsaketh not all that he
 hath he cannot be my disciple
 Forsakine All for God.
 The psalmist in all probability cared but little for the scientific causes of the thunderstorm. In his time the national and international systems of weather bu- reaus had not been established. There were not then. as now, weather outposts or observatories stationed all around the world connected with telegraph wires. In our day no sooner does a storm start south from Alaska than the great gang lion or nerve center at Washington is made eognizant of the fact, and the dan ger signals are lifted along the coast to warn American shipping. In all proba- bility David knew nothing about the diff ferent strata of air overhead. He did not know that just as the scientist of today drops a fathom line into the ocean and finds different currents of water in straight line flowing above or underneath each other in different directions, so the aeronaut in his balloon finds different cur- rents of air in the atmosphere overhead blowing in different directions. But this one fact the psalmist knew about thun- derstorm-it represented an atmospheric change Before the storm came the hot valleys would be blistered. Then the droughts would be parching the grass and drying up the water holes Then the sheep would be bleating from hunger and thirst. But no sooner d-~ the echolng of the storm sound forth from the secret place of thunder than at once the hot, blasting air became cool. Then the reser- voirs of the clouds were emptied of their waters Then all nature began to teem and to smile and to hum and to sing with life. So in the secret place of thunder when God speaks to us, our natures will be changed Being sinful, we shall be- come pure. Being morally crooked, we shall become straight. Being spiritually dead, we shall become spiritually resur rected. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool" Oh, the miraculous change which comes into mans sinful nature as soon as the sinner comes into touch with Christs love in Gods secret place of thundarI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26

IOlal YA,oo-'Vi
In addition to amount covered by the
enclosed draft, sundry amounts have
already been forwarded to the mayor
of San Francisco and to the Red Cross
Relief society.
We beg to inform your eXcellency
that the total subscriptions responsive
to the appeals made in this city, so far
aggregate, $S,37S.02, the contributions
of the order of the Modern Woodme1.
Of America of $4,000. being sent
through the head officers of the society.
With great respect.
THE PEOPLES NATIONAL. BANK.
c. Hellpenstell. Cashier
ROCK ISLAND NATIONAL BANK,
H. e. Casteel President
STATE BANK OF ROCK ISLAND.
BY Phil Mitchell President
Compliments The Argus.
The banks. after preparing the drafts
complimented The Argus, at whose re
quest they had ACTED, by offering to turn
them over to it for transmission to
Governor Pardee in behalf of the bus
mess men and citizens, but it was in
sisted that they be sent by the banks
that had collected the amounts simplJ
in the name of the business men ana
citizens of Rock Island, as there has
been no desire on the part Of The
Argus to achieve distinction in a mat.
ter in which it has dicharged its plain
duty.
Governor Pardee. having at the time
the relief movement was inaugurated,
telegraphed The Argus of the urgent
needs of the people of San Francisco
The Argus expressed Il willingness to
telegraph that official that the drafts
had been mailed which il did as fol-
lows:
Rock Island. ILL.,, April 2G.-Hon.
George C. Pardee, Governor of Cali
fornia. Sacramento, Cal: Rock Island
subscriptions for relief of San Fran
cisco sufferers aggregate $S,47S.70.
Part of this has already been sent to
the mayor of San Francisco and to
Red Cross Relief society Drafts for
$2,S32 OF from local banks acting as
repositories mailed you today.
In addition to this, local Associated
Charities has arranged for car of sup
plies to go forward without delay.
ROCK ISLAND ARGUS.
To Continue To Receive Contributions.
All the banks that have been acting
Continued on Page Eight)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26

day afternoon at O'Clock The serv-
ice will be conducted by Rev Tilmar
Hobson, assisted by Alexander David
son.
DR.. William BiedeTwolf, who con
ducts the central meetings here next
week. this evening has a midnight
meeting in Davenport, at the Burtis
opera house, following the theatrical
performance. The evangelists from
this city will assist. A parade will be
formed. marching from the Armory,
where the central meetings are held, to
the opera house
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26
SINS is SUBJECT
Three EvangeIists Deliver Ser.
mons on the Same
Theme.
H0BS0M HITS HELL HOLES
Says People May Send for Evangelists
and Angel Gabriel Himself, But No
Chance Without Reformation.
Night Meetings at 7:3o, All This
Week.

Night Meetings at 7:3o, All This
Week.
Eastern district
Wheeler and Christy at Spencer
Memorial church, Seventh ave
nue. and Forty-third street.
Central district
Hobson and Davidson ut First
Methodist Episcopal church,
Nineteenth. street and Fifth av-
enue.
Western district
Toy and Rykert at Memorial
Christian church, Third avenue
ana Fifteenth street.
Afternoon Meetings at $3.50.
Eastern district
At the Edgewood Baptist church,
447 Forty-fourth street.
Central district
At Broadway Presbyterian church
Seventh avenue and Twenty-third
street.
Western district
At First Baptist church, corner
Third avenue and Fifteenth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26

Drafts were prepared by the three
local banks, the Peoples National, the
Rock National and the State Bank of
Rock Island today, representing the
amount. of money in their hands as de-
positories for the San Francisco earth
quake sufferers, preparatory to for
warding the same to Governor Pardee
of California These represent to-
tai OF s2,S32.01, independent of the
city's Ss75, already sent the Red Cross
soe:c.y, ard the Modern Woodmen con-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26

pcsitcries for funds for the relief of
San Francisco sufferers, at the in
stance of the Rock Island Argus, have
the honor to transmit in the name OF
the business men of the city of Rock
Island amounts in our hands as fol-
lows:
State Bank of Rock Island 607.91
Peoples National Bank. 1,347.95
Rock Island Natl. Bank S76.15
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26
USING TIE SPLIT LOG DRAG
Results Obtained On Seven Miles of
Roads Near Moline.

J. T. Browning and w. H. Newton
are the first farmers about Moline TO
put the splitl0g drag into use Mr..
Browning has improved about three
miles of road and Mr.. Newton has
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26

gone over four miles. The two roads
are an object lesson TO every person
that passes over them. TIE rural mail
carrier can make the distance covered
by these improvements in little over
half the time required on the rough
roads. and every farmer who goes over
them can do as well.
Diphtheria sore throat, Group. In
slant relief permanent cure. DR..
Thomas Eclectric Oil. At any drug
store
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26

tribution TO be transmitted through its
head offices.
The note accompanying the drafts
and directed to Governor George c.
Pardee of California, is as follows:
Communications to the Governor.
Rock Island, H.. April 20, 1906.
Hon. George C. Pardee,
Governor of California,
Sacramento. Cal.
Esteemed Sir: The undersigned
Rock Island banks, having acted as de-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26

Continued on Page Eight.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26

A mass meeting for women will be
held in the central district of the city,
either in the First Methodist or the
Broadway Presbyterian church, Sun
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
Hotel ~kieptemanla.

1t is the fashion in our modern
hotels to write off $4,000 a year as
the loss for silverware and china
taken by guests in the course of IL
months. Many persons will have SOU
venirs of their visits to New York and
take spoons, knives, forks and any
sort of small ware which they can
slip in their pockets. The craze has
grown so that the big hotel men now
purchase cheap hardware for the use
of transient guests, but the figures of
loss run up in three of the city hotels
to the $20, 900 mark. The I'M are
blamed for this sort of theft and the
proof seems to be against them. 1t
is not regarded AS theft, but as a
smart fad, and l have yet to hear
of one woman ~denouncing the prac-
tice. On the ocean steamships this
souvenir business has grown out of
bounds. On one trip Of a New York
liner to this side one-half the butter
plates and one-third Of the spoons
were out of services before Sandy
Hook was reached.-New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
Kills Off Mosquitoes.

One good thing seems to have come
out of the marine hospital service ex'
p%erience. 1t is the discovery and an.
n~ouncement that the burning of a dis
tillation OF pine wood called pyro.
f~ne Will effectively free houses and
single rooms of mosquitoes. 1t is
more deadly than sulphur and is not
injurious to paints, metals or clothes.
The fumes Of this pine tar kill mos
quitoes instantly, but do not harm
human beings. But while this may
be an excellent discovery and handy
to use about the house, it in no way
approaches in value the drainage
system of mosquito destruction. While
pyrofume kills the few mosquitoes in
a house, the system which destroys
their breeding places aims to kill the
great bulk of the whole n~oxious,
singing, pestiferous brood, and in
some places has already accomplish
ed this desired result.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12

are shown to be out of all proportion
to the actual quantities of plant food
In them, and as is usually the case,
the high-priced goods are more econ
omical to buy than the low-priced
cheap" goods. For instance, on the
average, there can be bought for a
given amount of money nearly twice
as much actual plant food in f%ertiliz-
ers costing 81 per ton less. 1T is
amazing that any n a find any
body to buy fertilizers having for
composition such as is guaranteed for
some of those who analyses are here
given" says the report. There is
no fraud in the matter. The compo-
sition of the low-grade fertilizers cor
responds fairly well with the guaran-
tees, and if purchasers al be found
who will pay for a ton of plant food
as much as would suffice to purchase
three or four tons, the seller is not
breaking the law in taking advantage
of their obtuseness."-Albany Coun-
try Gentleman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
TERRIBLE SCALY ECZEMA.
Eruptions Appeared on Chest, and Face
and Neck Were All Broken Out
Cured by Cuticura,

II had on eruption appear on my chest
and body and extend upwards and down
wards, so that my neck and face were all
broken out; also my arms and the lower
limbs as far as the knees. l at first
thought 1t was prickly heat. But soon
scales or crusts formed where the break
ing out was. Instead of going to a ply
stefan / Purchased a complete treatment
of the Cuticura Remedies, in which | had
greas faith, and all was satisfactory. A
year or two later the eruption appeared
again, only a little lower, but before it
had time to spread | procured another
supply of the Cuticura Remedies, and con-
tinued their use until the cure was COM
plete. l. l. now five years since the last
attack, and have not seen any signs of a
return. l have more faith in Cuticura
Remedies 5or skin diseases than anything
l know of. Emma L. Wilson, Liscomb,
Iowa, Oct. J, 1906"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
Value of Our Railroads.

The 220, 1000 miles of main track of
the railways of the United States
represent property to the extent of
$4,000, 600, 900, or as much as the to-
tai value of all the property in the
country in 1860, the year of Lincoln's
election. Their income of over 81
600, 600 a year is very nearly four
times the annual revenu of the
revenue of the United States govern
ment. The number of men on their
rolls is 1,5OO 900, an army as great as
the combined forces that Oyama and
Linevitch had in Manchuria at the
time of the peace of Portsmouth. The
railroads are a vast interest. Any
thing which would hamper them in
their legitimate activities would deal
a hard blow to every important in
dustry in the country.-Leslie's
Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
To Measure Molecules.

An apparatus for measuring the
seventy-millionth part of an inch has
been made by DR.. P. Shaw, of Not
tinghan university, England, says
Technical World Magazine" for
September. 1t works upon the prin-
ciple Of electric touch, and consists
of a fine micrometer screw and six
levers. The apparatus is so sensitive
and delicate that it is impossible to
manipulate 1t before an audience. 1t
is hung by rubber bands, covered
with thick felt, and must be worked
at dead of night, when there is no
traffic or factory working. The
smallest distance that this mechanism
measures is about the distance be-
tween a solid and a liquid molecule.
DR.. Shaw's invention was first made
in 1900, but its great improvement
of late has made it the wonder of
physicists throughout the world.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
SeIden Waited Iona.

Twenty-Five years ago, writes Leroy
Scott in Technical World" magazine
for September, "A young man with a
scheme for a carriage to be run by
a gasoline motor called upon a large
manufacturer of vehicles and farm
implements. The young man had
spent years upon, his patent-its sue
cess meant fortune to him, and also
triumph over the men who had laugh
ed at him. So he used his best elo-
quence to induce the manufacturer to
put his automobile on the market.
But the manufacturer shook his head,
You've been wasting your time on
that scheme" he said. And if l
went into it, I'd be wasting my
money. No, sir-even if it worked
nobody'd ever care to ride in your
explosion buggy The young man
was George B. Selden, and what this
manufacturer said was also said by
dozens Of others. To-day there are in
use in the United States, about 10000
Explosion buggies," and about 70
per cent of all gasoline automobiles
made in this country or imported into
1t are licensed under the Selden pat
ent-the royalties paid during the
last three years amounting to sS14,-
1S3
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
Suicide of Abused Mule.

There is reported from the Morel
district of Switzerland a case Of mule
suicide. The beast had received
rough usage and was being driven
daily with a heavy load back and forth
from Binn valley to Morel. The other
evening, as the muleteer had added,
as usual, his OWN weight to the tired
mules already heavy load, the beast
plunged and reared so violently that
the nan vas thrown with violence,
breaking his arm, while the pack was
also flung off. Boiling then along the
torrent side, NE mule was nearing
the bridge Of Schert at full gallop,
when a party of men barred the way.
Seeing escape thus blocked and re-
capture inevitable, with a return to
the old unbearable cruelty, the animal
stopped, turned to the torrent flowing
at a great depth below, and with a
side leap plunged headlong into the
abyss.-New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
The Skirt Under a Ban.

The most injurious garment, put
ting the corset out of the question for
a time, is undoubtedly the skirt. This
universally worn skirt impedes a
woman's movement; scavenges the
streets; drags round her feet, and so
produces unnecessary fatigue; requires
carrying, so as TO add an intolerable
burden to women with parcels. UNI
brellas, and babies; causes falls in
going upstairs OF getting in or out
of omnibuses or trains; frequently
causes death by fire, and, above all,
Is detrimental to health when worm
for cycling or any other outdoor pur-
suits .--Rational Dress Gazette.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
High Grade Fertilizers.

The annual report Of the Connect
cut Experiment station at New Hav-
en- gives some interesting facts
about fertilizers sold in that state.
There are at present legally sold
more than 237 brands of fertilizers,
costing from $25 to $43 per ton, for
which farmers pay annually not far
from a million dollars. The question
Of their value is therefore a live one.
The report gives one or more anal
Uses Of every brand in market, with
some discussion Of the relative value
of these brands. Most of them agree
well in composition with the manu-
facturers' guarantees. Occasionally,
however, an article is condemned as
very inferior, If not fraudulent, by its
chemical analysis or the results of
microscopic examination. The prices
charged for low-grade brands Of goods
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
CutWorms,

Hardly any pest tries the patience
of the gardener more than cut worms.
They were Celia Thaxter's bette noir;
they drove her from the bed at mid
night and in the small hours of the
morning to see if her sweet peas were
still safe. One effective remedy is
handpicking, with the aid of lantern
by night or digging them out from
around the roots of infested plants by
day. But this treatment requires
considerable zeal and devotion. The
best method for dealing with cut
worms is to prepare poison bait for
them. Bunches of clover or pigweed,
pepper grass and mullen, even when
thoroughly poisoned, are attractive
to cut worms. Such bait should be
applied two or three days before any
plants have come up or before the
garden is set out. At this time, if
the ground has been well prepared,
the worms will have been hungry for
several days and will seize the first
morsel without examination. This is
their undoing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-09-12
MuM oryKOeh ne
Nervous exhaustion invites disease.

Nervous exhaustion invites disease.
This statement is the positive truth.
When everything becomes a burden
and you cannot walk few blocks with
out excessive fatigue, and you break
out into per~spiration easily, and your
face fushes, and you grow excited and
shaky at the least provooation, and
you cannot bear to be crossed in any
thing, you are in danger; your nerves
have given out you need building up
at once To build up woman's nerv-
u system and during the period Of
change Of life we know of no better
medicine than Lydia e, Pinkham's Veg
etabls Compound. Here Is an illus
tration. Mrs. Mary L. Koehne, 371
Garfield Avenue, Chicago, ILL.,, writes:
~ nave used Lydia K. Pinkham'sV egetable
Compound for years ip my family and n
never disappoints; 50 when | felt that I was
nearing the change Of life l commenced tre8k-
mspt with II. I took In all about six bottles
and It did me a ersatd Of good. 1t stopped
my diasy spells, pains in my back and the
headaches With which / had suffered for
months before taking the Compound. feel
that II II had not been for this great medicine
for women that l should not have been alive
to-day. 1t Is splendid for women old or young,
and will surely cure all female disorders"
Mrs. Pinkham, daughtsr-in-law OF
Lydia E. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass. In
vites all sick and ailing women TO write
her for advice. Her great experience
is ut their service, free of cost.