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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

II person would correct his habits,
persist in right eating and temperate
ways, undoubtedly the stomach would
right itself, the blood would rid itself of
the poison, and every thing would be
right. But as said before there are q
multitude of people who will not or can
not adopt right methods of living. To
such people Peruns Is a boon. A dose
before meals Will assist the stomach to
do its work. This prevents ferments-
ton of the food, brings about normal
diges zion, and all the train of ills that
follow indigestion disappear.
In other words, Peruns is helpful 70
those who live badly, or those who
have acquired some chronic weakness.
Peruna does not cure, butit assists the
powers of Nature to bring about a cure.
The whip does not increase the power
of the horse TO pull load, but Judi.
ciously used it stimulates the horse to
use his powers at the right time, with
out which he could not have pulled the
load.
This illustrates the effect of Peruna,
or any other good remedy upon the sys-
tenn. Taken at the right time, it calls
forth the powers of the human system
to meet the Entertainments of disease,
and thus cuts short, If not entirely ends,
the diseased action.
No one should ever attempt to substi-
tute medicine in the place of right liv-
ing. In the end such an attempt will
prove a disaster. But an occasional use
of the right medicine at the right time
is godsend, and no reasonable person
will undertake. to DENY it
Those who know how to use Peruna
find it of untold value. By and by the
world will get wise enough so that
through correct living no medicine at
all will be needed. But that time has
not arrived. In the meantime, while
the world is approaching that perfec-
ton in which all medicine will be elm
mated, Peruna is a handy remedy to
have in the house.
Slight arrangements of the stomach;
sligh It catarrhal attacks of the liver, the
throat, bronchial tubes, lungs or bow.
els; these attacks are sure to lead to
grave diseases, and can be averted by
the judicious use Of Peruna.
Wouldn't you like to read few I'M
solicited testimonials from people who
have used Peruna, and who stand ready
to confirm the above statements con-
cernirg it. If SO, ADDRESS the PerunA
Drug Manufacturing Co., Column bus.
Ohio, and we will send some prepaid.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

put to it enough without this knocking
and abuse? Don't we spend our nights
a'dreaming and our working hours
a-scheming for a way to keep on
spooning with a plausible excuse?
am moved by this reflection, after
careful introspection, to adopt a boon
full method which the world will copy
soon. Whene'er tempted I'll sin freely
there's no danger in it, really-All
you have TO do to square it, is to
play a little tune
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
EMUSIC AND THE DANCE

Some one has told the La Crosse
(Wis) Tribune that music is the soul
of dancing that because of the in
spiration of music. whatever Objec-
tons might be raised TO dancing may
be dismissed, and so the Tribune,
musing DER this philosophy, unsteady
commits the following. trusting, we
presume, to the melody, TO square"
the paper with its readers and its
friends:
Cheer up. gentlemen and ladies'!
Dancing doesn't lead to hades: waltz
and two-step will not take you to the
Stygian rendezvous. If it does, | rise
to wonder where in HI and how to
thunder they'll find standing room for
all who have dance tickets for below.
Music is the soul of dancing. tho to
make 1t quite enhancing there must
be the sweetheart charming and the
ever gallant bean. And if he should
chance to hug her till he seems to
fairly lug her. can't we lay upon the
music all the blame. l want to know?
And if you should hear her signing as
the hammerlock he's trying why
should you complain about it-just a
little hug or two. If you'll only think
about it you will find Il do not doubt
IT'D that she's sighed as you have
Rugged her or you've sighed as he
Rugged you Those not at the dance
are incoming and it's 10 to l they're
spoOning with no music they can
blame for it, if they have found a
chance. Dancing an excuse for seiz-
ing, being squeezed or else for squeez-
ing? One excuse! were there no 9th
ers, why! the pastors, too, would
dance. But society is prudish, maids
are shy and men are dudish, and
there's one delightful folly that would
fill an aching gap. When not dancing
and embracing. but a modest wall seat
gracing, why in thunder won't the
music let you hold her in your lap?
And if music hallows dancing, loving
up" along with prancing, let the band
tear off a gallop while I coyly ask you
this: Won't the melody excuse you
(if you two should chance to choose
to- if you end your tuneful caper with
an Oozy-woozy kiss? "Dancing's wick
edness!" they clamor. Won't some
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
KEELHAULING.
An Old Time Form of Punishment For
Offending Sailors.

An Old Time Form of Punishment For
Offending Sailors.
Very few persons know what keel
hauling is. but before the advent of
steam it was a recognized form OF
punishment for offending sailors and
more to be dreaded than even the cat
o nine tails.
line was passed beneath the ship
from port to starboard side, leaving
about a foot of slack under the keel
The unfortunate tar's feet were Sc
curely tied together and his arms
dashed behind his back. In this help
less condition be was attached to the
end of the line and dropped overheard
in the smothering seas to be hauled
along under the ship. humping and
scraping against the bottom in the
process until he was yanked up on the
opposite side. The punishment was
repeated until the victim became I'M
conscious from fright or bruises, and
sometimes by a refinement of cruelty
he was allowed to remain under the
ship for a full minute until he was all
but drowned. The ship never was
stopped while a sailor was being keel
hauled, and II sometimes the strain on
the line was too great and it parted.
leaving him to go down bound and
helpless to an ocean grave. nobody
was held responsible for his death, but
it was reported in the log as an 'act
of Providence"
Keelhauling was great sport for the
captain and mates, but the mariner
who once survived the experience took
good care never to do anything to
merit such a terrible punishment
again.-New York Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
OUR INSIDE IMPORTATION BUREAU

Emil-Your jokes are original, 10
say the least, but for your own per-
sonal safety, we would advise you to
try to have them published in a city
where you could not be found so easy
as you could be in your home town.
NJ. L. M.-We have not been able to
ascertain whether the railroads are to
cut rates to New York for the African
invasion, headed by our erstwhile
president. On. the contrary, it is be-
ginning to look as though the rates
would be raised instead OF lowered.
We have bought a seat on one of our
tall buildings. With the aid of our
trusty binoculars and a pair of fairly
good listeners, we feel that will be
close enough.
Benjamin-We would say that you
should not deal too harshly in CRITICS
ing one-armed neighbor for failing
to keep his walk clean of snow 1t
would strike us that your only remedy
lay in anneXing the next-door sidewalk
in your own territory during the snow
season, or else change your location
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

but he declares he has never been able
yet to get a bead on it, although he
has made frequent trips to the station
in the early morning at time when
it is scheduled to pass that point.
Between you and me it's quicker than
using the long-distance telephone, al
that
A Chicago friend Of mine slipped IN
last week and l carried a bouquet to
his funeral A friend accompanied
me. We got mixed up among the hign
buildings, and missed train that
leaves earlier. We telephoned at mid
night for berths, and were Informed
that all of the lowers were reserved.
Would uppers do? Yes. I had never
taken the time-annihilator before;
neither had my friend. We climbed
in about l. 1 asked the porter what
time we left and when We were due.
He told me, and then began figuring,
and l found that if what he said was
true the engineer would have TO do
some scandalous work on the straight
stretches.
Then 1 passed away, and I did not
remember anything until l was awak-
ened by a feeling as though / were
looping the loop. My friend shouted
at me and asked me which side of
the car l was on. | answered
guessed l was where I started, but
that some fellow across the aisle from
me must have the Jim jams and
thought he was fighting Indians, as
he had caught me in the left eye with
his fur cap and apparently was trying
to bridge the aisle. When I awakened
first l saw a pair of pedals swinging
outside my berth. They belonged to
the fellow on the other side, and !
guess he was just pulling them back
into place after he had been dislodged
by the same jolt that got me. I called
the porter and asked him if we had
hit the side of a tunnel, and he very
politely told me that there were no
tunnels to lit, but intimated that the
engineer had been cutting one of the
corners. He had missed the pocket he
aimed for, and the webbing was
caused by his getting back on the
main rails again. He added that when
the engineer wanted to make up lost
time 1t was customary to cross coun-
try by air line, paying no attention
to the track course. In that way, the |
porter said, it was possible to save
many miles, and all the engineers /
knew the route so well that they
never failed to get back on the rails /
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
F,yoRTNG HOME INDUSTRY.

We know a young lady-she's not
a resident of Rock Island, but she
lives in one of the three cities-who
recently bought a $50 spring hat
from one of the big stores in Chi
cago. where her mother runs an &C
count. The mother demurred at the
price and so the young lady, after
wearing it a couple of times, took
it to a local milliner who made dup
licate for S15. The original was sent
back to Chicago, and the milliner
here was $40 ahead in clear profit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
OFFER
EXTENDED
DR.. BARTZ EXTENDS HIS GREAT
OFFER TO THE SICK AND
WEAK.
FREE TREATMENT UNTIL CURED

On account OF the great rush of pa
tients and the numerous special re-
quests received, asking for an extern
sion of the free treatment offer, due
to the fact that they have only re-
Gently begun 70 realize the marvellous
results to be obtained from the use
of electricity when properly applied.
and being DESTROYS of adding at least
rs more new testimonials to his list
of cured, Dr. Bartz has concluded TO
extend his free treatment OFFER to
everybody calling for 80 days longer.
DR.. Bartz wants the true merits of
his successful treatment known 10 ev-
erybody and he don't know Of any bet
ter way Of introducing it than by Of
fering his services until cured abso-
lutely
FREE OF CHARGE
to all calling between now and March
81. Many of you who have been
taking medicines and so-called
treatments for months will be abso-
lutely cured by few applications of
ectricity-properly applied Very
chronic cases will require somewhat
longer time, but it makes no differ
ence, you will be treated free until
you can say am cured.
REMEMBER
Under no circumstances will DR..
Bartz accept a professional fee from
any patient applying between now
and March 81.
Among the diseases successfully
treated by DR.. Bartz are diseases Of
the Nerves, Blood. Skin. Stomach, Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels, including
Rheumatism, Constipation, Dyspepsia,
Indigestion. Gall Stones. Paralysis,
Weak Nerves, Epilepsy, Catarrh,
Goitre, Asthma. Eczema, Scrofula and
Diseases peculiar to both men and
women
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
HIS WIFE'S TRIUMPH.

A Memento That Was Inspiring to
John Richard Green.
1t has been the fate of many men of
letters to have i'll health bearing them
down as they struggle on toward lit
erary achievements. Thus beset in re-
cent times were Stevenson, Richard
JeffrieS and ]. r. Green. Each of
these, it happened, had a high hearted
wife to keep him up, even TO help him
with the actual labor of writing 1.-The
Life and Letters of ]. r. Green" show
forth great and sweet man. They
show, too, a wife whose sympathy and
fortftude helped to make his accom-
plishment possible.
In copying the vast amount of manu-
script of her husbands books Mrs.
Green contracted writer's cramp and
was forced to stop using her right
hand This looked like final obsta-
Gle in the way of the invalid, who did
much of his thinking in bed and could
not write himself. But Mrs. Green
set to work at once learning to write
with her left hand.
One of her first practice pages, which
she was about to destroy with the rest,
her husband took quietly and put in
his pocket. Years afterward when i'll
health seemed unbearable and in dis
couragement he felt that he could not
work he used to take out that piece of
paper. living record Of his wife's tri-
umph over difficulty. When he saw
the painful. patient strokes by which
Mrs. Green had learned to write with
her loft hand ba nouId work IN with
near to inspiration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

pleasant to take and makes one feel
so good and besides it's lasting"
One Free Treatment Cured His Back.
Samuel Gold, residing at SIT
Fourth avenue, Rock Island, says: "I
suffered severe pains in my back for
weeks. At times It was so bad
could not turn over in bed. Finally
managed to go to DR.. Bartz's ofica
and get one of his free treatments,
which to my amazement completely
removed all pains in a single april
cation"
Nervous Headache Cured I'm Five
Minutes Free OF Charge.
Emery Taverne. a well known Bel
gian business man, who resides at
613 Fifth avenue, Moline. H.. says:
lone day ! suffered a severe head
ache and being in perfect misery, my
wife urged me TO go to Rock Island
and see DR.. Bartz and try his electric
al treatment. To my establishment in
less than five minutes after / COM
menced his treatment the headache
was all gone"
The equipment in Dr. Bartz's Offices
is an elaborate one. every instrument
known to science of any value for the
diagnosis and cure of disease IS to be
found there. One of the doctors great
secrets in curing so many diseases -
due TO his expert knowledge Of the
human body, very frequently, by tho
aid of his wonderful instruments, he is
able to diagnose a case, describing and
locating every ache and pain without
asking the patient a single question.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
READ WHAT THE CURED SAY
Neuralgia Cured at Last.

John Asmus, who resides at 1406
Seventeenth street, Moline, says:
For IA years off and on l suffered
terrible neuralgia pains in my face.
doctored and doctored without re-
suits, so finally some one advised me
to go and see DR.. Bartz and I did so.
He Immediately placed me under his
system of treatment, which consist
ed of a combination of electricity and
remedies and the result was that
after a short course of treatment the
pains all disappeared. Now / am
we'll and enjoy life once more No
living person can imagine how 1 suf-
fered at times before seeing Dr.
Bartz in Rock Island"
Discouraged Ladies Read This Tes-
timony.
Mrs. A. Pizzuto, residing at 1911
Second avenue, Rock Island, says:
For the past three years l suffered
terribly with headaches. nervousness
and a general worn out feeling. /
just thought life was not worth living
Thoroughly discouraged l was finally
recommended by lady friend to sec
DR.. Bartz. / did so and l am certain
ly glad of it for in a very short time
began to get we'll. The headaches |
gradually left me and now l am sim |
ply feeling fine and don't feel los
to the world as before. l am certain !
ly enthusiastic about DIR. Bartz's sys- |
tenn of treatment because it's sc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
COSTLY GREETINGS.

Charles McHugh, formerly mana
ger of the Harper house, as is known
generally, is now operating the Lex
ington. in Chicago. And he is pros
pering, by the way. Recently, over
joyed at the success he was making
of his new venture, he sent a tele-
gram to a mutual friend in Rock Is
land in which he stated he had the
best holiday season since he engaged
in the hotel business. The dispatch
was shown to a number of the in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
DIR. n. B. Bartz & Co.

Rooms 400. 4O1 and 400. Peoples
National bank building Corner
Second avenue and Eighteenth street,
Rock Island, III. Office hours from
8 a. m. TO p. N. daily. Wednesday
and Saturday a. m. to $3.50 p. m.
Sunday l 0 to IL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
"AHSTER-SIPPI.o

Little 5-year-old Lola had been told
by her nurse that the Mississippi was
sometimes called the Father of Wa
ters.' You must be mistaken, nurse"
reJoined the bright little miss. eff It
Is the Father of Waters is ought to be
called Mister-Sippi."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
THE WAY THEY DO IN DAVENPORT.


II you we're a widower looking for
wife would you be likely to go to
a strange city and ask a friend there
to help you pick one out?
Surprising you did and the lady Sc
Iected seemed to suit would you pro-
pose to her at the very first meet
ing?
And then, having proposed, do you
think you would press your suit If
the fair one informed you that there
were three children and the mother
of her deceased husband in her fam
lily and they would all have to go in
the bargain?
If, finally, having done these things
and married the widow, children and
mother-in-law, can you fancy your
self thinking enough of your bargain
to make a present of $50 to those
who assisted you in the matrimonial
venture?
Perhaps you may not believe 1t,
but Just such a courtship and mar
rage actually took place in Daven-
port, and while affairs of the heart
are often conducted in a matter of
fact way across the river this case
is a little out of the ordinary, even
there.
About three weeks ago a widower
a few years past middle age, pos
sessed of property and proprietor of
a thriving blacksmithing business in
an interior town in Iowa, came to
Davenport on matrimony bent. He
hunted up an old friend and the lat
ter went to a niece, herself a woman
of mature years and engaged in bus
mess in the west part of town.
The niece had friend, a widow
whom she thought would fill the
bill and the next day the uncle
brought his candidate for matrimony
to her store. The niece sent out for
the widow. she came and the nature
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
TOMS NARROw ESCAPE.

Macomb Bystander: Hon. Thomas
H. B. Camp OF Bushnell, former
newspaper editor and former states
attorney of McDonough, now an at
torney at the railroad center, was
a business visitor in Macomb Mon
day. While in the office of County
Clerk Grigsby he happened to spy
a large Autograph portraying the
features of George A. Cooke of Aledo,
recently elected a justice of the Hi
nois supreme court. Tom gazed at
the picture for some minutes and
then he said: Gentlemen, that pic
ture reminds me of what a narrow
escape 1 had of being one of the JUS
tees of the Illinois supreme court.
Why. do you know that Judge Cook
and 1 were classmates In the law
school at Mt. Vernon and that we
graduated the same year? Yes, it
was an awful narrow escape which
1 had. "-Macomb Bystander.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

at 40 per!
There's a train
t h at leaves
Chicago at 2
a. m. every
day in the
week on the
r ock Island
that ought to
be pinched for
exceeding the
speed limit
They tell that
there is a far
m e r whose
home is east
of ottawa who
has been lay
ing for a sight
of the train
since last fall,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
Piles Cured in 8 to IA Days.

Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to
cure any case of itching, blind bleed
ing or protrudfng piles in to IA
DAYS. or money refunded. so cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
CORRESPONDENTS.

Dear Tom-Ever ride an upper on a
short passenger cutting the ozone
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-12-29

him the truth. Tell him the poor
man is the only one who has chance.
end that is no joke. Show him the
beautiful homes of the man who
came here with a capital Of working
hands and thinking brains Tell him
the story of the man who began with
dey wages. Tell him you think there
should be a law compelling the poor
man to give the rich man a handicap
when they come into competition with
each other. so as to give the rich man
chance. 1t is penniless boys like
John Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie,
Phil Armour. and that class who
backed the rich mems sons of their
poverty-ladened days, clear off the
map"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-12-29
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Summons.

In the District Court of the Fourth
Judicial District of the State of
Idaho, in and for Gilmore County.
DAN w. GORBY
Plaintiff,
VS..
George f. Mahoney. Sophia Fisher
David Macy, Elisha Hammer. Ly-
dia M. Hammer, and all persons
unknown who have. or claim to
have. any interest in lots three.
four. five, ten. eleven and twelve
of block forty-two of Hammers
addition to the town of Glenns
Ferry. Gilmore county. state of Ida
no. and also all unknown heirs
and unknown devisees of the above
named Sophia Fisher. David Macy,
Elisha Hammer and Lydia Nj.
Hammer, Defendants.
The State of Idaho sends greet
ings to the above named defendants:
You are hereby required to appear
in an action brought AGAINST YOU by
the above named plaintiff in the Dis
trict court of the Fourth Judicial
District of the State Of Idaho, in and
for Elmore County, to answer the
comnlaint filed therein Ga copy or
which is hereto attached within
twenty DAYS exclusive of day Of
service) after the service on you
of this summons if served within
this district, or if served out of this
district. within forty days.
The said action is brought to quiet
plaintiffs title in and to lots three
(3). four ca, five (5). ten 10).
eleven G1), and twelve (12) of
block forty-two (42) of Hammers
Addition to the Town of Glenn's
Ferry, Gilmore County, State of Ida
no, as per plat of said Addition now
on file and of record in the Office of
the recorder of said County and
State.
And you are hereby notified that
if YOU fail to appear and answer TO
said complaint, as above required, the
said plaintiff will appeal TO the court
| for the relief demanded in the COM
plant.
Given under my hand and the seal
of the District Court of the Fourth
Judicial District of the State of Ida.
no in and for Gilmore County. thi:
10 day of December. in the year OF
our Lord One Thousand Nine Hun
dred and Ten.
TSEALl F. C. SMITH.
Clerk.
B. F. Griffith. attorney for Plain
tiff: residing at Mountain Home
Gilmore County. State of Idaho.
First pub Dec. Is.