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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30
CHARTER IS TO BE CLOSED
Boat Club Contest for Membership
Comes to an End Tonight.

The Island City Boating association
meets this evening at the city hall
for the last time before closing the
charter. The membership has taken
% considerable jump in the last week
and the officers of the club expect that
with the new applications which will
come in tonight the roll will have
over 100 names on it.
Nothing definite as to the result oil
the membership contest will be known
until the applications are all in to
night. That the contest was exciting
however, is shown by the fact that SO
many new members have been Sc
Cured. One man claims to have
signed 20 new members, another Is
and another Is. Nearly all Of the
ones who were members when the
contest was inaugurated have sue
|ceeded in securing at least three new
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30
SOUND WAVES.
The Way They Are DETECTED by At
noosoheric Causes

The Way They Are DETECTED by At
mospheric Causes.
One of Uncle Sans scientists nj
Washington gives an interesting ex-
PLANTATION of the action of the wind in
preventing the SPREAD of sound toward
the direction FROM which the wind
comes. aaTl
1t is, he claims, not the wind, as
such, that prevents sound from trav-
cling against it. but differences in the
strength of the wind. If, for instance
the wind is stronger above than be
low or stronger at one side, its effec,
will be to tilt the sound waves in one
direction or another.
Differences of temperature in the all
also cause detection of the waves OF
sound. Other atmospheric causes ex
list which defect sound from straight
course and prevent it from going as
far in certain directions as it may
have been expected to go.
Some of the sirens in this country
says the scientist. produce sound:
which ought theoretically to be audible
at distance of 1.50O miles, but. il
fact, the authorities are satisfied /
they are heard only two miles away
The reason for the discrepancy be
tween calculation and experiment WI
probably atmospheric DETECTION of IL
sound.-M Minneapolis Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30
PLAN THE PROGRAM
7ock Island Baseball Directors
Meet and Arrange for
Opening Saturday.
TEAMS PARADE With A BAND
Exercises at the Park Limited to Toss
ing Up of the First Ball by
Mayor Schaffer.

The directors of the Rock Island
baseball club met at the Harper house
yesterday afternoon and the program
for the opening game Saturday was
arranged. The visiting team, Du-
buque, and the local squad will make
trolley car tour of the three cities
in company with band At the ball
park no ceremonies will take place, as
the directors figure the fans are there
TO see baseball and not to listen to
speaking. Mayor H. C. Schaffer will
toss up the first ball of the year to
| signify that the people, whom he rep
resents, are behind the team in all its
games
More Noise for May II.
While nothing definite has been
done in regard to the program for
May II, when the pennant is to be
raised, it is sthe general desire of the
directors to make that the gala day OF
the year. The brass band will again
take a prominent part and there will
be several speeches made extolline
] the champions.
Not the least interesting feature oil
tDubuque's visit Saturday and Sunday
will be the appearance of Dow Van
Idine, the long time Islander who i.
covering third corner for the, visitors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30
Coughs.

Every person who coughs should not
alarm himself with the idea that he l.
In bad way. Experience has con
WINGED us of a fact that there are two
distinct kinds of coughs-ouei proceed
ing from an affection or the, lungs and
air tubes, as in "a cold. the other pro
ceeding from effervescence in the
stomach. The lungs cough is a symp,
tom which all know to require atten
ton, lest serious consequences ensue
The stomach cough is much more
simple matter and may easily be got
quit of. 1t is caused by the food and
drink which are put into the stomach
effervescing and producing an irrita
ton. A knowledge of this fact ought
to lead persons so affected to ponder q
little on the nature of their ailment and
the tone of their digestive powers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30
Cured Of Rheumatjsnn.

William Henry Of Chattanooga, Tenn
had rheumatism in his left arm. ~The
strength seemed to have gone out OF
the muscles so that it was useless for
work. he says. Il applied Chamber
Iain's Pain Balm and wrapped the arm
In flannel at night. and to my relief
1 found that the pain gradually left me
and the strength returned. In three
weeks the rheumatism had disappear
ed and has not since returned" II
troubled with rheumatism try a few
applications Of Pain Balm. You are
certain to be pleased with the relief
which 1t affords. For sale by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30
He Got What He Needed,

mime years ago 1t looked as II my
time had come" says Mr.. C. Farthing
of Mill Greek, Ind. Ter. 81 was so run
down that life hung on very slender
thread. 1t was then that my druggist
recommended Electric .Bitters.
bought a bottle and I got what need
|ed-strength. l had one foot in the
grave. but Electric Bitters put 1t bach
on the turf again, and I've been well
ever since" Sold under guarantee al
all druggists. SOC.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30

Plausible Story.-A play with a
strong and plausible story and at
tended with a moral is promised in
the emotional melodrama "Why Girls
Leave Home" which will be pre-
sented at the Illinois theater tomor-
row.
Another Pleasing Bill at the Elite
Harry Bernard and company are back
at the Elite presenting another de
lightful bill of rollicking comedy and
music. 1t is styled Irish Jus
tice" and abounds in convuls
ing merriment and the musical part
is bright in all respects. The moving
pictures are among the best ever seer
at local vaudeville house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30
GrinneIl Man is President.

Detroit, April 3d.. H. Main of
Iowa college, Grinnell, Iowa. was to-
day elected first vice president of the
Congregational Brotherhood of Ameri-
ca which is holding its first convention
in this city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30

Will make up the right handed squad.
Joe Bewer will be unable to start the
season on account of bad arm, but
as soon as his salary pegger improves
be will go back to the third base sta
ton and either Henry or Lewee will
take the bench.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Yesterdays RESULTS,
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Chicago, 1; Pittsburg, 2.
Brooklyn, /; Philadelphia, 8.
Boston, z; New York, I'll innfngs)
Cincinnati-St. Louis, cold weather.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Detroit, 8; Chicago, 6.
st. Louis, 8; Cleveland, 6.
New York. 1; Boston, 5.
Philadelphia, g.; Washington, 2.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30
Chemical.

In Prestbury churchyard. near Mao
clesfeld. England. may be found the
following epitaph on a chemist:
Willie's dead-we're full of woe
Wen never see him more.
He thought to drink OF HsO,
Twas HsSOt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30
DIAMOND BONES

Pitcher Arthur Fromme has been
sent home to Quincy by the St. Louis
Cardinals. He is i'll and will rest till
he RECEIVERS.
Manager Bill Corners of the Bloom
ers is on the hospital list, and SO is
Shortstop Snyder Neither will be
able to get in the game today. Con-
ners may be out for a'month. 1t is
rumored an attempt is being made to
sign up Monte Mcfarland, at least
temporarily, to fill in.
Mel Backus writes Manager Con-
ners that he will report early in May.
He is expected to strengthen the back
stopping department of the Boomers.
The Bloomington infield as now consti.
tuted. will probably go through the
coming season unchanged John God.
win will remain on third and be the
infield captain; Snyder will be at
short; Melchoir, the Streator recruit
will cover second, and big Al Kuhn on
first.
Oscar Schuetz.. the Iowa lad who
shone so brightly in the exhibition
games at Peoria, has been sent bach
to the minors. With him go Pitcher
Smith and Outfielders Reha and Ow
ems. There is string on all save
Smith. Manager Donnelly will start
the season with six pitchers on his
staff, three right handlers and the
same number of southpaws. Kuepper
Gilbert and Lefty" Boyle compose
the sidewheel brigade, while Nelson
Wilder and Eastman, all veterans
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30

applications and the club is assured
of its permanency.
The managers will make taeir re-
port this evening in regard to log
booms and plans for the house. The
Injecting is to be called to order at s
clock
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30
WESTERN LEAGUE.

Terre Haute. /; Grand Rapids. s.
Wheeling, 2; Dayton, z.
Evansville-S South Bend, rain.
Zanesville-Fort Wayne, rain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30
CENTRAL LEAGUE.

Denver, 4; Sioux City, 5.
Pueblo. s; Des Moines, 4 I'll In
lings).
Lincoln, Q; Omaha, IL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30
Beer That Il Beer.

II you want to drink good beer, order
he Davenport Mailing company's pale
Export. Delivered anywhere in Rock
STAND. Both phones. north 1863.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30
BOWL At HARMS ALLEY

Members Is Held.
The Comus Bowling club rolled
series of games on the Harms alleys
last evening and the team composed
|of w. Moeller, Thoms, L. Moeiler and
Heitman won two out of three games.
Moeller rolled the high score-209.
The scores for the three games
were as follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30
The Family.

(Second Avenue, East of Nineteenth
Strcet)
Vaudeville mt 3, 8 and Gals p. m. Tw,
mntinccs Sundays and holidays.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30
AMERICAN AssoCIATIoN.

Indianapolis. A. st. Paul, 6.
Toledo. 8; Milwaukee, 0.
Louisville, s; Minneapolis, A..
Columbus-Kansas City, rain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30
The Elite.

eighteenth Street, North of Second
Avenue.)
Vaudeville mt 3, 8 and 9,15 p. m. TwO
matinecs sundays and holidays.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-30
The Theaters
The Illinois.

sixteenth Street and Second Avenue
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
May I--.why Girls Leave Home"
May 7--"strongheart."
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| Should this sort try to make disciples in
your community. see that they are sent
away.
Charlatans of this kind have ruined
homes in many places, separating families
and alternating husbands and wives.
They peddle a kind of cult that appeals
at the first blush to intellectual persons.
women in particular. Afterwards. when
the disciple is believed to be strong in
the faith" the inner teaching is re-
vealed.
There Is much talk of "exoteric" and
'esoteric" teaching. the outside for the
world, the inside for the faithful.
First comes the piously put declaration
that the life of the spirit is the only
true life.
Then comes the inner teachlng-the del
icate suggestion of Spiritual afinities."
And then-destruction.
1t may seem strange that So BILE peo-
pie should become devotees o. tnese cults
and be victimized by apostles of such
teaching, but it should be remembered
Every normal human being is hungry
for spiritual food. The craving is just as
keen as that of the physical appetite.
And the appetite itself is not always the
most accurate judge of what Is best.
The fads exploited by many of the long
haired itinerants are not dangerous. They
are, for the most part. sublimely silly.
Some of them are little more than bab-
blings about psychic phenomena or the
gift of tongues" or some other innocuous
craze. They do not involve the family
life. But
There is a specious plea that does at
tack the heaven-ordained relations of hus-
band and wife and that leads-to hell on
earthl
Thousands of poor derelicts on the sea
of life have been wrecked and set adrift
by pious pirates.
Society needs TO keep an eye on danger
GUS social interlopers who masquerade in
the guse of religious prophets.
Whenever and wherever the sanctity OF
family life is imperiled by the propaganda
of any preacher, prophet, medium, pro-
fessor. or what not
| Kick him out!
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HEART TO HEART TALKS-By Edwin A.

had known nothing but country roads
Here. everywhere you went the pave
ments covered the whole roadway.
You "rubbered" at the tall buildings.
Here was a new sky line. Down at Lib
ertyville, Jones & Co.'S trade emporium
the pride OF the town-was only two sto-
ries, with the opera house. upstairs.
Here were great plate glass windows as
big as the front of Sims barn.
And street carsl
Oh, 1t was all gloriously newt
Why, here's the place where fathers
Tribune is printed There's a truck load
of soda boxes same as in mothers pantry
which makes you mite homesick..
Not a soul knows you'll
And the boys of your age-here are
some of them. just out Of knee breaches,
trading on the curb near the board of
trade and talking an unknown Jargon.
What a gulf between these smart chaps
and you'll Could you ever catch up?
And the swinging bridges and the lake
craft and all the marvels that make Lib
ertyville a speokl
That was long ago
Now the city ways sit easily upon you.
At Libertyville you would have followed
brass band for half day. Here you
do not even go TO the window when the
military band crashes by.
Brick walls and stone pavements and
elevators and a stuffy office and a desk
piled high-seldom is it quite cleared up
are you really of the same soul stuff as
that illusioned. lonesome. tow-headed
lad?
And yet
How your tired spirit goes back to the
dear days of Libertyville, where the folks
were all $50 happy and so poor'
The writer's attention recently has been
called to certain peripatetic teachers"
who are said to be exploiting the doctrine
that 1t is sinful for men and women to
live with one another in any other way
save that of 1.-THE spiritual life"
Beware OF these wolves In Sleeps cloth
ingl
They have broken up many happy
| homes.
The best advice one can give is this:
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good order, especially the liver. He who
walks regularly and systematically will
have no liver troubles.
Nothing is here said about the mental
benefits-the exhilaration that comes from
being in the open, the joy that comes in
knowing that your whole organism is in
good working order-and the reaction of
the mind on the body.
Do you see? Especially that about the
diaphragm?
1t pays to walk, purely as a beneficial
exercise, to say nothing or the enjoy
ment. 1t pays big.
He who constructed your body did not
intend you to ride. He gave you two legs.
Sapho was merely a galley boy in the
composing room of a Kansas City news
paper. He was called sapho because
But that is another story.
He was a small young man. Nor was
he handsome. But his energy and cheer
funess were in inverse proportion to his
size and lack of pulchritude.
One day Dan Cupid, who cares little for
looks, but is strong on hearts, marked
him for his own.
Sapho loved a winsome Kansas City
maiden. And she, on her part saw quail
tiles in him that others did not See
Following established precedent, the
course of true love did not run smooth.
When the couple asked to marry, the pa
rents of the girl said, Height of foolish
ness, on his meager wages!''
But the matrix is cast!' said Sapho.
Then, the printers conspiring, he and
the girl were married.
The sequel?
Spaho's optimism won. The parents said
the girl might have done worse" And
the twain have already proved that two
souls with but a single thought can be
comfortably kept in two bodies on Sapho' s
wages-which have been raised.
And this is Saphos wlfe's recipe for
happiness
'I would rather live in a dirt-foor
cabin with the man l love than to be
supported in luxury by husband not my
choice
A wise little woman!
That was the recipe the old alchemists
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dyewoods. She sails for San Francisco to-
morrow at sunrise. So says my brother.
who arrived in his sloop today. passing
by Punta Reina."
you must take me in that sioop to that
steamer tonight. Will you do that?'
"Perhaps-" Mateo shrugged sug-
gestive shoulder. Mrs. Conant took a
handful of money from a drawer and
gave it to him.
Get the sloop ready behind the little
point of land below the town." she or
dered. Get sailors, and be ready to sail
at o clock. In half an hour bring a cart
partly filled with straw into the patio
here and take my trunk to the sloop.
There is more money yet Now hurry
For one time Mateo walked away with
out shutting his feet.
angela" cried Mrs. Conant, almost
fiercely, come and help me pack! I am
going away Out with this trunk. My
clothes first. Stir yourself, Those dark
dresses first. Hurryl"
Once while packing brief shadow of
the lotos dream came back to her. She
held Merriams picture to her heart with
one hand while she threw a pair of shoes
into the trunk with the other.
At o'clock Mateo returned and report
ed the sloop ready. He and his brother
lifted the trunk into the cart. covered it
with straw and conveyed it to the point
of embarkation. From there they trans
ferred it on board In the sloops dory.
Then Mateo returned for additional Or
ders.
Mrs Conant was ready. She had set
tied all business matter with Angela, and
was impatiently waiting. She wore long,
lose black silk buster that she often
walked about in when the evenings were
chilly. On her head was e small round
hat, and over it the apricot-colored lace
mantila.
Dusk had quickly followed the short
twilight Mateo led her by dark and
grass grown streets toward the point be-
hind which the sloop was anchored. On
turning a corner they beheld the Hotel
Orlla del Mar, three streets away, nebu-
lousy aglow with its array of kerosene
lamps.
Mrs. conant paused. with streaming
eyes
''I must, must see him once before
CO." she murmured in anguish.
But even then she did not falter in her
decision. Quickly she invented plan by
which she might speak TO him and yet
She would walk past the hotel, ask some
one to call him out, and talk a few mo-
ments on some trivial excuse. leaving
him expecting to see her at her home at 7.
She unpinned her hat ana gave 1t to
Mateo.
Keep this, and wait here till come"
she ordered.
Then she draped the mantilla over her
head as she usually did when walking
after sunset and went straight to the
Orilla del Mar.
She was glad to see the bulky. white-clad
figure of Tic Pancho standing alone on
the gallery.
"Tio Pancho," she said. with a charm
ing smile, "may trouble you TO ask Mr..
Merriam to come out just few moments
that may speak with him?'
Tic Pancho bowed, as an elephant
bows
"Buenas tardes Sonora Conant," he
said, as a cavalier talks. And then he
went on, less at his ease:
But does not the sonora know that
Senior Merriam sailed on the Pajaro for
Panama at o'clock this afternoonY'
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dren are lost" How does, or how can,
any human being know that this state
ment is true2 do not believe it, for
have no evidence of It; and am conf
dent that no living man is capable CT col
lecting such evidence. The people who
are so wise as to be able to tell Us what
particular individuals are "lost" ere peo-
pie who know neither what they say Tor
whereof they affirm.
Some years ago a preacher of my ac-
quaintance publicly assigned Mr.. Darwin
TO hell for writing 1.-The Origin of Spe-
eies." In a conversation with Professor
Lyon of Harvard 1 said: II don't believe
that preacher ever read The Origin of
Species; and even il he has read it, I'm
sure he does not know what it is about"
Some time after this I met that preacher
at a college commencement, and the sub
ject of evolution" came up. He said 81
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is spirit in man: and the inspiration of
the Almighty giveth them understand
ing" But no competent critic imagines
that Elihu was inspired nor does he here
allude to the inspiration of the Scrip
lures. Indeed. after a careful examina-
ton of the book of job, find in it not a
single quotation from the other Scrip
lures nor do I find a single allusion to
any fact of Hebrew history. The book,
though written in Hebrew, Is, in tone,
style and contents, decidedly less He
braic than is any other book Of the Old
Testament. not excepting even eeclesi-
astes. Elihu meant to say that mans
life and understanding were the gifts OF
God; and, in this sense, he attributes
"inspiration" to the whole race of man.
In II Timothy, iii: 16, our received YER
sion says: AL Scripture IS given by in
SEPARATION of God" The word lis, how
ever, is supplied by the translators. and
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Copyright, 1908 by Edwin A. Nye.)
TTEM.-A plain old woman, wearing
dowdy black dress, with satternly
L appearing old hat tipped over a
shrewd eye and a cunning face.
That is a pen picture of Hetty Green,
owner of many millions, as she sits at
her private desk in the big bank she owns
in New York city.
Since the days of Russell Sage this wo-
man has more ready cash to lend than
any other person in Gotham When taxes
come in slowly and the city authorities
need money to meet the heavy expenses
they go to Hetty Green for it-and pay
good interest for the short loan, you may
be sure.
For many years Hetty Green lived in a
cheap fat in Hoboken, just across the
river from Manhattan. and paid therefor
a rental of $40 per month. New York
gasped when she gave up her fiat and
moved into the high-priced Plaza hotel.
1t did not last long, though Hetty could
have bought the hotel and never missed
the money.
She went back to Hoboken and tried to
She is still looking for a nat in that
neighborhood.
You see, rents are cheaper, and living is
cheaper, in Hoboken. And the grasping
old woman pinches the nickel closer than
you or I.
She lives only to pile up extra dol
lars.
SO far as known, Hetty Green never
gave away a dollar. 1t would be diff
fcult to make her believe in the heatitude.
ut is more blessed to give than to re-
ceive"
Therefore it is almost supertluous to in
quire whether, with all her dollars, she is
happy
Not necessarily. Dollars won by COM
mercial conquest may give to the con-
queror a certain species of satisfaction,
but dollars cannot bring happiness. Hap
piness and dollars belong to different
worlds
Wealth itself is like salt water
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have seen, in the magazines and the
newspapers. something about that sub
jeeti but I never did know what it was
about. Do tell me, what is evolution?e
And that was one of the most distin-
guished of living American preachers
The Bible is strikingly reticent on this
matter. OF all the superlative scounlre1s
mentioned in the Bible I can, on Bible
authority, say of only one that lie was
lost-Judas Iscariot.
have recently read a book entitled
Discussions in Theology made up of
lectures by the theological faculty Of VAN
derbilt university. On page 252 we have
the following statements: "From 50 to 60
years of age not one in a hundred is
ever saved; and from 60 to 20 not
one in a thousand is ever saved statis-
tics will corroborate these facts
Now. what human being can know that