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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-22
GENEROUS SPELLING OF ENGLISH
Andrew Carnege's Gift Furnishes New Impetus to Movement Toward Making the Language Ap-
 proach Ultimate Phonetic Consistency.

system which was his own. Then John Hart. of Chester. who wrote a treatise in 1854. might be mentioned. It is interesting to recall at this time, when Franklin anniversary Is about to be celebrated in Philadelphia, that Ben janin Franklin was spelling reform CT and that not all his time was taken up fooling with kites as many persons seem to believe. Then there was Noah Webster, an American lexicog- rapher, who took the "u" out of hon. our and dropped many useless letters in an arbitrary way. thereby meeting an opposition which has not yet disap- peared.
 This reformation of the spelling in English is no new thing. It has been carried on for centuries. living lam guage must always be undergoing re- vision The English tongue has nearly four hundred thousand words, some of which have never been pronounced. Such words owe their origin to scien- lists. who find out something and then go to the Greek for the thing which is the nearest to 1t and from that com pound a word after a fashion of their own.
 You ask if the English language will ever become phonetic? Perhaps not absolutely so. but we shall from year to year be getting nearer to 1t. The knocking out of silent and useless let ters In words will help We do not expect to make the language perfect but we may make it nearl yso.
 "The great dificulty to overcome in carrying out such a reform is to get the people to realize that the language has been undergoing revision for years The Bible and Shakespeare which are referred to as being the sources of true English. hay been revised through suc- cessive editions so that the spelling in which they are, now printed bears little resemblance in many eases to the orthoeraphy of the original.
 Record Oe Reform.
 "Dr Murray. editor of a great Eng fish dictionary. says the whole history of written languages Is a record of gradual reformation. The :; ghtest glance.A he writes, at the orthJgraph phy of Shakesieare. Bunyan or the Bible of the seventeenth century will show even the most ignorant person what an inn mense amount of spelling reform has been done since them To take at ran dom a single instance. Psalm cvi.. for ty-eight verses, as printed fin 1911 djf- fers in 116 spellings from that printed in 1879.
 '"The first chapter of Genesis differs in 1855 spellings from the same version as printed in 1611-l35 differences in thirty-one verses, although the same version, word for word. Yet there are persons. some certainly fools only but some, fear. knaves-who when spelling reform is mentioned shriek, sYou are going to alter our language, the fools not knowing, the knaves pre- tending not to know. that the spelling in which they read these works-Mil- ton. Shakespeare and the Bible--is al- ready aSgreatly reformed spelling.
 Tn this connection" Professor March continued. it Is especially interesting to note the assertion made by certain English authors that the spelling of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-22
New York Herald.

New York Herald.
 War has been opened on the or thoRraphy of the. English language as "the most badly spelled in all Chris" tendono." Veterans of that legion which has made many an attack on the pres ent are raIlying under the old banner and recruits representing the pest 4choIarship in the United States have Joined them The fact that AndreW Carnegie has furnished the sinews or warfare has given force to the cam paign greater than it has preViousiy had.
 On the Simplified Spelling Board. which already has begun operations are many of the foremost scholars in the country. Photographers, phiiolo- xists, men of letters and educators have already joined 1t.
 Prominent, among the leaders of the movement are Professor Francis A. March. professor of Engiisn IiteraInte IaI at Lafayette College ,of Easton. ,Pa' and. Professor Thomas R. LounsbuTy' of the chair Of English literature Tn Yale University and the fore. ost au- tg1ority on usaRes of the English lam Ruage in the United States.
 Both men have long been champions of orthographical reforu and stand committed to revision of the present sDeIIing They are in favor of the conservative plan now being carried out by the SimpIlfied Spelling Board, and a little more.
 This organization. which Mir. carne~ gie's generosity has endowed for a term of years. aims at present to Top off superf1uous letters. to adopt one spelling for words where there are now two and to trim up the language 90 as to make it phonetically presenta- ble. After that 1t is probable that the reconstruction will continue. and, 1T the labors of the Board bear fruit, Eng fish speech will become phonetic, or nearly so. At present. however 'the advocates of the change are trying to accomplish reform along the path Of
 ThIrty Years for Reform.
 Professor March Is a veteran in the atrusRle to attain scientific and con- sistent spelling For thirty years he was one of the chief opponents of re- form. As president of the America pathological Association for several terms, as chairman of the Reformed Spelling Association and an active member of committees appointed to Investigate orthoRraphy he is known throughout the world.
 He Is now eishty-one years old. vet he attends to his duties iD Lafayette College and is continually making ex- baustive researches. He is an authori- sy on all sources of the language anr Is equally at home among Greek or Latin roots or Anglo Saxon runes. No man can speak with more authority on the history of English. the derivation 2 of wards and the consistent way of spelling them than can he. He modest ly disclaims the title of being the original spelling reformer.
 T am inclined to think said he, 'that orm was the original apostle of spelling reform. When he issued his OrmuIum. in 1915. he introduced a vimpllded orthography founded on d
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-22
VI YOU can buy Health Insurance

VI YOU can buy Health Insurance IT Several good Accident Il Companies sell it.
 Sixty dollars per year will bring you $500 per week. for every week you arc Sick.
 But. your time alone may be worth far more than that.
 And $2oo per week might not pay for your suffering.
 That's why "Cascaret' Insurance which prevents Sickness, is worth ten times as much money as other Health " Insur- ance.
 Yet "Cascaret Insurance" will cost you less than Ten Cents week.
 That gives you West Pocket Box to carry constantly.
 Indigestion" means food eaten but only partially digested.
 Constipation" means food retained in the body undigested too long. till 1t decays. It then supplies the poisons of decay to the system. in place of the nourishment it might have supplied.
 Isn't that a tremendous handicap worth insuring againsta
 What does 1t cost 10 Cure Constipation or Indigestion. with their train of small and great ills, and to Insure against a return of then9
 Not 50 very much.
 One 10 cent box of cascarets per week, at most, perhaps half that.
 One candy tablet night and morning, taken regularly for short time. Is war ranted to cure the worst case of constipa- ton or Indigestion that walks the earth.
 
 One tablet taken whenever you suspect you need 1t will insure you against 90 per cent of all other ills likely to attack you. Because 90 per cent of these ills begin
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-22
1910 MONTGOMERY 100000.
ISLE OF PINES TREATY.
Called Up In the Senate by senator
 FOraker,

Called Up in the Senate by senator
 FOraker.
 Washington, March 21.-The Senate in executive session today had under consid eration the Isle of Pines treaty, but after a general discussion lasting more than an hour the legislative ses- sion was resumed without action hav- ing been taken. The treaty was called up by Senator F"raker who drew up ,he majority report for the Committee on Foreign Relations, recommending ratification of the convention. This was opposed by SenatJ' Morgan, author of the minority report, and Senator Penrose. who represented the interests of a number of residents of the Island who went there from Pennsylvania,
 They took the position that if the treaty was ratified and the island ceded to Cuba the interests of Americans on the island would be jeopacdized. Sem ators Spooner and Bacon have agreed informally upon an amendment to the treaty designed to give the islanders autonomy but this has not yet been offered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-22

Be sure you get the genuine. made only by the Sterling Remedy Company. and nsver sold in bulk. Every tablet stamped
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-22

days l was completely cured, and i think permanently, as it was about five years ago.
 "The psoriasis first made it's appear ance in red spots, generally forming a circle, leaving in the center aspot about the size of silver dollar of sound flesh. In a short time the affected circle would form a heavy dry scale of a white silvery appearance and would gradually drop off. To remove the entire scales by bathing or using oil to soften them the flesh would be perfectly raw, and light discharge of bloody substance would ooze out. That scaly crustwould form again in twenty-four hours. It was worse on my arms and limbs, al- though it was in spots all over my body, also on my scalp. If 1 let the scales remain too long without remov- ing by bath or otherwise, the skin would crack and bleed. l suffered intense itching. worse at nights after getting warm in bed, or blood warm by exercise, when it would be almost unbearable.
 gro sum it all up, I would not go through such another ordeal of afiiction for thirty-five years for the State of Kansas. (signed) w NJ. Chidester, Hutchinson, Kan, April 20, I905."
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-22
PecuIaritIes Of Towels.

Numerous are ways iH which the neutral vowel before r. is sounded and the spelling does not correspond to the actual sound For instance, the vowel is the e in her. the f in 'fr:' the 'u' in fur the 'ou' in 'ad- tourn;' the 'ea in heard.
 'Fsw of -us realize how much agony
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-22

tent of 50o.ooo copies . few years ago. st E.50 per copy. Last year we gave away S30. 600 worth of these invalua- ble books. This year we shall give away t60.000 worth of them. Win you share in this beneflt7 If SO. send only 2l one-cent stamps to cover cost of mailing only for book in stiff paper covers. or Sl stamps for cioth-bonnd. Address Dr. R. V, Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-22

of Soap, six boxes Gu ticura Oint- ment, and two bottles of Gu ti- cura Resolvent. l bathed with the Soap, applied the Ointment once a day, and took the Resolvent as di- recfad Tn fhirfx,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-22
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"I was afflicted with psoriasis for thirty-five years. It was in patches all over my body. I used three cakes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-22
Do You Want to Know
 What You SwaIlo " {?

There is growing sentiment in this conntrv fir, favor of MEDICINES OF KNOWN coNPosrTroN. It is but natural that one should have some interest in the compo- stion of that which he or she is expected to swallow, whether 1t be food, drink or medicine.
 on the part of the public, and satisfied that the fullest publicity can only add to the yyeIl-aarned reputation of his medi. cines. pr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. r., has rtaken time by tho forelock," IS it were. and Is publishing broadcast list of all the ingredients entering into his leading medicines. the .Golden Medical Discovery the popular liver inviSorator, stomach tonic, blood purifier and heart regulator; also of his TFayorite Prescrip- tionr for weak, over worked, broken down, nervous and invalid women.
 This bold and out-spoken movement on the part of Dr. Pierce, has, by showing exactly what his well- known medicines are composed of. completely dlsarmed all harping critics who have heretofore un- Iustly sttacked them. A.little pamphlet nas been complied, from the standard medical Authorities of all the several schools of practice, showing the strongest endorsements by leading medical writers ,f the several ingredients which enter into Dr.. Pierce's medicines. A copy of this little book is mailed free to any. one de- .irlng to learn more concerning the valu- able, native, medicinal plants which enter into the composition of Dr. Pierce's med lcines. Address Dr. Pierce as above.
 Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are tiny. sug- sr-coated anti-bilious granules. They reg nlata and inyigorate stomach. Liver and Bowels Do not be9et the pill habit" but cure coustipation One or two each day for . laxative and regulator, three or four for an active cathartic- Once tried always in favor. $50, ,OO0 qyFs qS. Psoess 1Sso in sSPs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-22
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 They strengthen these Bowel-Muscies by exercising them.
 The time to take cascaret Is the very minute you suspect you need one.
 When your tongue Is coated little. When your breath Is not above suspicion. When your head feels dull, diary. or achy.
 When you have eaten too heartily. or too rapidly. . When you have drunk more than was good for your digestion.
 When you have touch of Heart- burn. Gas-belching. Acid-rising-in-throat. or coming-on-Cold.
 
 Carry the West Pocket" Box where it belongs. just as you would your Watch, Pocket-knife or Lead-pencil.
 It costs only 10 cents. At any drug. gist.
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 It has been arranged to mali free a heau- full little French-uesigned GOLD-PIATED trinkeL DO hard enRmeled In pretty ol- orss hanusOme ornament, most liberal of- fer ever made, and want every reader to Lave one. Ten cents in stamps ls asked as measure Of good faith and Co cover cost of Casearets with which tnis dainty box ls loaded. Send today, be sure to mention this paper and write your address plainly. Address sterling Remedy Company Chicago oF New
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28
ALL LISTS TO DATE
Rock Island Contributions to
Frisco Sufferers in CIassi-
fled Form.
EVERY CENT DULY CREDITED
Making in the Aggregate Hand
some Showing for the
People.

AT the request of the three Rock
Island banks that. have been acting
as repositories for funds subscribed
for the relief OF the San Francisco suf-
ferers, the lists are given iii The Argus
in classified form. including the contri-
buttons given since the drafts were
forwarded to Governor Pardee of Cal
ifornia. The object of the publication
in this manner is 10 show that every
contribution. however small. has been
properly credited at the bank where ii
was deposited.
The subscriptions which follow are
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

a. m. and 7:3O p. N. Sunday school at
9:15 a. N.
Wyman y. NJ. e. Mission, Thirteenth
street and Fifth avenue. Rev. Frank
J. Peterson. pastor. Services at 1880 a
n. and 7:30 p. III. Sunday school at
/ p. III
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28
woodmen In Good standing.
IN THE CHURCHES.
services in the various churches will

services IN the various churches Will
be held as follows tomorrow:
Trinity Episcopal church, Nineteenth
street and Sixth avenue. Rev. Granville
II. Sherwood, rector. Services at 1880
a. m, 10:45 a. m. and 5 p. IN. Sunday
school at 9:15 a. m.
Trinity chapel, corner Seventh street
and Fourth avenue. Sunday school at
2:30 p. m.
First Baptist, corner Third avenue
and Fifteenth street; Rev. II. w. Reed
pastor. Services at 10:45 a. m. and
7:30 p. n.
Swedish Baptist, corner of Twenty
first street and Fifth avenue Dr. Rose
mark, pastor. Sunday school at 2:30
,. N. Preaching services at 1915 a. m.
Edgewood Baptist church, 447 Forty
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

As has been stated in The Argus, the
banks will continue to receive contribu-
tons for an indefinite period.
Y. VI. C. a. Mass Meeting.
Tomorrow afternoon at the Y. NJ. c.
A. mass meeting will be held for the
purpose of taking action in connection
with the relief of San Francisco suffer
ers. The mass meeting is called in
response to an appeal, mentioned yes
terday in The Argus, from the interna-
tional committee of the association at
New York The meeting will be ad-
dressed by Henry n Hanson, who will
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

9:15 a. m
Wyman a NJ. e. Mission, Thirteenth
street and Fifth avenue. Rev. Frank
J. Peterson. pastor. Services at 1880 a
n. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at
p. II.
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic, corner
Second avenue and Fourteenth street.
Dean J. J. Quinn, pastor. Mass at S
and 1890 n. n. Nespers at ) p. III.
Sunday school at p. m.
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic, Twen-
ty-eighth street and Fifth avenue;
Father J. +. Lockney pastor. Mass az
5 and 1880 a. m. Sunday school at 2
.. II. Nespers at T:30 D. m.
St. Marys German Catholic. corner
Of Fourth avenue and Twenty second
street; Father AdOlph Geyer, pastor.
Mass at S and 1880 a. n
s.. PauI's Belgian Roman Catholic,
Twenty-fourth street and Eight-and.a
half avenue; Father J. B. Culemans,
pastor. Mass at s and 1890 a. m. Sun
day school at ? D. IN. Vespers at >. p. ID.
Y. NJ. c. A building, corner of Third
avenue and Nineteenth street. Boys
meeting at 2:15 p. m. Mems meeting
at $50
Christs Home Mission, 2202 Third
avenue. Services at p. ~.
Salvation Army barracks. 1909 Sec
ond avenue. Services as follows: Hol-
mess meeting at II a. m. Young Peo-
pies meeting at 1870 D. IN. Christian
praise service at > p. m.
Free Swedish Mission. corner Of
Eleventh street and Fifth avenue. Sun
lay school at $50 a. N. Services at
7:45 p. N. Prayer meeting Wednes-
day evening at s O'Clock.
Studies in the scriptures for those
specially interested in the millennium
and in other parts of the great plan
If the ages" conducted every Sunday
afternoon from to : o'clock at the
Rock Island Industrial Home building,
corner of Twenty y-iirst street and Third
avenue.
West End Sunday school. ZOO Sixth
street. Sunday school at $50 p. m.
Prayer meeting Friday evenings al
$50. w. 3. Barker, superintendent.
Free Methodist church. All regular
services held in tent On Ninth avenue
near Fifteenth street. Rev. c. NJ Stir
divant. pastor. Sunday school at 9:45
a. m. Preaching at II a. m, and 1880
p. m. and prayer service at Z p. IL.
Prayer meetings Thursday evenings
at 7:30 Miss Marriott will preach at
ii q. NJ. and 7:30 p. m.
The Tri-City Union gospel meeting
and bible study Will unite with the
other churches in union services at
the Armory in Davenport Sunday even
in~.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

speai, on the San Francisco earth
quake. Music will be furnished by a
male quartet
The Crystal Theaier Benefit.
Yesterday afternoon the mango
ment Of the Crystal theater gave two
matinees at the playhouse for the ben
eft CT the California relief fund. Sew
eral features were added to the list OF
good attractions and all expenses were
paid by the management. AS a result
the amount of $11.S0 was added to the
local subscriptions
WOodmen In Good Standing.
At the session of the board of direct
oIs in New York this week Head Clerk
Hawes was authorized to use the relief
fund for the purpose of keeping in
good standing those members who are
in distress and are not to be found in
San Francisco, as it will be impossible
for the clerks of the camps there tc
make out anything like complete re
ports this month.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

Independent of the donation of the or
der Of the Modern Woodmen of Amer
lea OF $4,000 sent by the head officers
OF the society:
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

ourth street. Services at 10:45 a. m.
and 7:30 p. n. Young peoples service
at $50 2. III. Sunday school at $50
I. m. Rev. II. B. Hazen, pastor. Morn
ing subject, THE Conversion of Christ s
Greatest Convert" Evening service at
Spencer Memorial union service.
Second Baptist chapel, corner OF
Tenth street and Sixth avenue. Preach
ing by the pastor. Rev. j. w. Crush
shon, at 1890 a m and 1880 p. IN.
Sunday school at 1870 p. m. b. Y. p
q. at ESQ p. m. Prayer meetings We'd
nesday evenings.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

German Lutheran, corner Twentieth
street and Fifth avenue: Rev. c. A
Mennicke, pastor. Services at 10 a m
and 7:30 p. m.
German Evangelical, Ninth street
between Fifth and Sixth avenues. Rev
Ed E. Klimpke. pastor. Sunday school
at 9:15 a. N. Services at 1880 "a III
and 7:30 p. m.
Swedish Lutheran, corner Four
teenth street and Fourth avenue; Rev.
z. o. Hanson. pastor. Services at TO-: so
4. m. and 1880 p. m.
Zion Swedish Lutheran, 400 Sew
anth avenue; Rev. Z. X. Jonson. pastor.
Services at 1Q:45 a. m. and 7:45 p. m.
Sunday school at $50 am
Grace English Lutheran. corner For.
.y-fourth street and Seventh avenue !;
Rev. C. E. HOlfsten. pastor. Services at
i0:45 a. m. and 1850 p. m. Sunday
school at 9:15 d. n.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

Central Presbyterian, Second ave
lue, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
,treets; Rev. Marion Humphreys. pas
or. Services at 10:45 a. m. and 7:45
.. m. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.
Aiken Street Union chapel, South
Rock Island. Junior Endeavor meet
.ng at $3.50 p. m. Sunday school at 8
D. m. Christian Endeavor at 4 p. n
Rev. Marion Humphreys. pastor.
Broadway Presbyterian, corner OF
Twenty-third street and Seventh ave
lue; Rev w. S. Marquis, pastor Sun
lay school at 9:15 a. m. Young Peo-
pies meeting at ESQ D. N. at Spencer
square in union meeting. Services at
lO:45 a. m. and 1880 p. IN. Rev. c. T.
Wheeler viii conduct morning services,
assisted by W. p. Christy, singer.
South Park chapel. Presbyterian
Elm street and Fifteenth avenue, Rev.
". S. Marquis, pastor. Sunday school
1T 2:30 p. m.
Bethel Presbyterian chapel, corner
Twelfth street and Eleventh avenue
Sunday school at 2:30 p. M.
United Presbyterian, Third avenue
and Fourteenth street; Rev d. l.. Nc
Nary, pastor. Sunday school at $3.50
T. m. Services at 1915 a. N. and 7:45
p. m.
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
Twenty-third street, between Seventh
and Ninth avenues. Services at 10: As
4. m. Sunday school follows morning
service. Reading rooms in London
building on Second avenue, open daily
except Sunday from TO p. IL. Sun
day topic. Adam and Fallen Man"
Memorials Christian. corner OF Third
avenue and Fifteenth street; Rev. o.
w. Lawrence, pastor Sunday school
1T 9:15 a. m. Y. P. S. c. e. a. $50
.. IN. Services at 10:45 a. N. and 1880
p. N.
First Methodist, corner of Fifth ave-
luc and Nineteenth street; Rev. r. 3.
Williams, pastor Sunday school at
a:30 a. m Epworth league at $50 p.
N. at Spencer square in union meet
ing. Services at 10:45 a. m. and 1880
D. m. A 3. Davidson. the evangelistic
singer. will preach at the morning serv-
ice. At p. n. there will be mass
meeting of women. Rev. Tilman Hob
son will conduct evening services.
Spencer Memorial Methodist church,
corner Forty-third street and Seventh
avenue: Rev. J. B. Rutter, pastor. Ju
nior league at $3.50 p. m. Epworth
League at $50 p. m. Services at 1915
4. m. and 1880 p. m.
German Methodist. corner of Sixth
avenue and Fourteenth street; Rev. w.
c. Schultze, pastor Services at 10:45