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

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic.
nue.. Rev. J. F. Lockney, pastor. Mass
at 8 and 1890 p. m. Sunday school at
2 p. m. Vespers at 1880 p. m.
St. Pauls Belgian Roman Catholic,
Twenty-fourth street and Eighth-and-a-
half avenue Father Walters, pastor.
Mass at s and 10 a. N. Sunday school
at 2 p. m. Vespers at 8.
st. Mary's Roman Catholic, corner
Of Fourth avenue and Twenty-second
street. Father Adolph Geyer, pastor.
Mass at and 1920 a. m.
ST. Joseph's Roman Catholic, corner
Second avenue and Fourteenth street.
Dean-J. ]. Quinn, pastor. Mass at 1880,
$3.50 and 1890 a. m. Vespers at 1880
p. N. Sunday school at 9:10.
z. NJ. c. A. - Corner Nineteenth
street and Third avenue. B. G. NJ.
meeting at 2:15.-
West End Sunday school, 700 Sixth
street. Sunday school at $3.50 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at
7.30; w. B. Barker, superintendent
Salvation Army barracks, 120 Seven
teenth street. Services as follows:
Sunday, 3 p. M; junior meeting and
bible class, 8 p. m. Salvation meetings
also on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Sat
urdays.
First Church of Christ, Scientist, S25
Twenty-third street. Services Sunday
at 10:4 10 a. m. Subject, Christ Jesus"
Sunday school following morning serv-
ice. Wednesday evening meeting at
7:45 p. N.
The Church of Today. Services at
Odd Fellows hall at p. m. DR.. Hedley
Hall. Questions sent in during the
week will be answered.
Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
ICE HOLDS FIRM
Stories Of Beginning of Break
up Are Many but so far
Merely Rumors.
SOME GOES OUT OF SLOUGH
Main Body, However, Holds Fast Be
ing Securely Anchored to Bars
and Wing Dams.

From time to time the last few days
reports have circulated about town
that the ice had started to move. Such
rumor started yesterday afternoon
when a section Of the covering in the
slough broke loose and started down
in the open water along shore. The
main body, however, remained hrm'
and if the opinions of old rivermen
are to be credited, there is not likely
TO be a breakup for a couple of weeks
longer and perhaps for a month or
more. While sewage has melted the
ice in front Of the city along shore
and the strip of open water is steadily
the ice is firm below and IS
likely to remain 80 for some time. es-
pecially should there be cold snap or
two during the next few weeks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
Rests on the Bottom.

Not IN years has the Ice been as thick
as it is now, and the water being low
the CONCEALED covering is securely an
chored to every bar and wing dam, so
that, unless there is a sharp rise to
disengage the ice at the bottom, the
break cannot come till the sun and
warm winds have been at work for
many days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

terian church. Bible school at 2:30
p. m. Young Peoples meeting at GAS.
Services at 1880 p. m.
United Presbyterian, Third avenue
and Fourteenth street. Rev. ]. l..
Vance, pastor. Sunday school at $3.50
a. m. Services at 1O:45 a m. and 1880
| p. N. Young Peoples meeting at 6:45.
First Methodist, corner Fifth ave
nue. and Nineteenth street, Rev. r. B.
Williams. pastor. Sunday school at
$50. Junior league at 8 p. m. Ep-
worth league at $50. Preaching at
10:45 a. m. and 1880 p. m
Spencer Memorial Methodist church,
corner Forty-third street and Seventh
avenue. Rev. F. e. Shut, pastor.
Sunday school at $50. Preaching at
10:45 q m. and 1870 p. m. Junior
league at 2:30 p. m. Epworth league
at $50 p. m. Morning theme, Keep
ing the Commandments" Michael
Tanning and Charles Stanley in charge
Of evening services.
German Methodist, corner Fourteenth
street and Sixth avenue. Rev. William
Schoening, pastor. Sunday school at
$3.50. Preaching at 10:45 a. m. and
1880 p. m.
Free Methodist, Ninth avenue and
Fifteenth street. Rev. John Harvey
pastor. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Services at 1o:45 a. m. and 1880 p. m.
Prayer and praise meeting at Z p. m.
Wyman A. NJ. E. Mission, Thirteenth
street and Fifth avenue. P. r. Penn,
pastor. Services at IL a. M. and 8 p.
m. and s D. N.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
MOSs-NorTis.

The marriage of Miss Emma Nor
us and George Voss of Milan was
celebrated at o'clock Wednesday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

7. NJ. c. A. - Corner Nineteenth
street and Third avenue. B. G. NJ.
meeting at BIS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

West End Sunday school, 700 Sixth
street. Sunday school at $3.50 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at
7.30; W. B. Barker, superintendent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

The Church of Today. Services at
Odd Fellows hall at p. m. DR.. Hedley
Hall. Questions sent in during the
week will be answered.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28
STARTING THE JOURNEY

It's New Years, little kid, and you
Are starting on your way
Where varied paths go winding
through
The darkness and the day;
You may not rise to choose your path
Until the years have spread
Their kindly mantle over and
Around your curly head,
So 1 will guide the way for you
And l will love you when
You feel oppressed and need the
smile
OF older fellowmen.
It's New Years, little kid, and you
Must open wide your eyes,
And lift your voice in sanguine praise
To Him up in the skies;
He gives to you the stars of night,
The sun of noon and dawn,
And yours the peaceful sleep and
dream
When daylight time Is gone;
For you He blends the sunset skies
For you all hope was made.
And he has taught me love for you
That you be not afraid
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

toward the New Year and it's purpose?
Let there be joy in work, modera-
tion in pleasure, faithfulness in
friendship, energy in service, loyalty
to truth. openmindedness in research.
openheartedness to all men. May we
abhor only. that which is superficial
and hypocritical, and prove our can
dor and frankness by living above the
thought of more profit
Furthermore, let there be honor to
whom honor is due, custom to whom
custom, fear to whom fear" Courtesy
rises supremely higher than obsequi-
BUSINESS, of course; the former is gen.
tie and self-respecting, the latter is
servile and self-condemning.
Invest the mind with noble possi-
bilities and the heart with holy aspira-
tions. Be charitable, sympathetic,
cheerful, strong-hearted, fearless, free
and undefiled. Let those about you
know that these old truths have been
found of you full of new meaning and
interest, and there can be little doubt
terment of your kind.
The world stands in need of men
who possess poise of character, bal
ance of soul and vision of usefulness.
Morality teaches us that it is better
to be true than false, pure than licen-
tious, brave than cowardly.
Spirituality does better than this.
for it keeps men unsound by perse-
cution, undaunted by opposition, un.
complaining in the presence of hard
ship, hopeful for the future, bearing
reproof and criticism thankfully, and
above all headed toward the right
goal.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

Most thoughtful persons
are moved at this season to make res
olutions; in fact, New Years day is
like grand bazar day in which vari-
Gus fine and beautiful resolutions are
spread out to view. But alas, how
r'Hny OF these are only made to be
oxen! We are determined to turn
over a new leaf in the book of life,
and yet the fair, unspotted leaf is
soiled almost in the very act of turn
ing it. What then? Shall we give
up making resolutions? Not at all.
All effort is fragmentary. Because
purposes miscarry is no reason why
we should not form them. Were ev-
cry New Years resolution to be brok-
en- we would still have lived better
for making them. And some of them
will be kept, while the very endeavor
will have lifted us to a higher plane
and increased our self-respect.
We should, most of all, ask our
selves If we have true life aim. No
man can hit the mark if he is not
aiming at it.
Resolve to break of bad habits.
We all have our defects of disposition
and character. These we cannot help.
But 1t is our voluntary self-indulgence
that makes them our masters. Now
is the hour to fight them, to resist
them unto blood, to break them off at
once and for all.
Look on the bright side. The world
is full of beauty and life sparkles with
joy to the unblurred vision. 1t is our
gloomy spirits that distort our view
The worst evils are imagined ones
that never come to pass. Let us look
look for love and goodness and
beauty and happiness, and we shall
tread a fragrant, embowered way.
Let us do better in the home 1t is
here, where we are often most
thoughtless, that we need to do our
very best. More depends on the at
mosphere of home than upon all else.
Resolve that those who love you most
and sacrifice the most for you shall
see only your most pleasing side
shall have only respect, gentleness,
love. Ah, how much of the recupera-
tive power needed for the strain of
life's wearing duties depends upon
the tempers, manners and habits of
home!
If, then, you will wear a morning
face and keep the eager, unsullied
heart of a child; be strict in the judg-
ment of yourself and kindly in your
judgment of others; be more eager
praise than to blame; note the har-
monies of life rather than its discords,
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

and set your aim upon duty, God and
the unfading, this new year will bring
you no sorrow without its comfort,
and over and over again 1t will fill
your cup with blessing.
Purpose is the very soul of exist
ence. There is little need that we
press this fact home. The average
man grasps its truth instantly.
AS we stand upon the threshold of
the New Year, however, we do well
to consider a certain phase of its
meaning-that which applies to the
things that are new.
We naturally like what is new.
There is a certain charm about va
riety. When life presses strongly up
on us with its burden of responsible
ity and its pressure of care there is
ever the temptation to throw off the
old and take care of the new.
We respectfully suggest that the
problems of life cannot be solved by
some patent process; old responsibili
ties cannot be shaken off by the adop
tion of fantastic theories of religion
and morals; there are no short cuts
to truth
With this in mind, what shall be the
truest attitude of the thoughtful man
toward the possible variety of the
New Year. True, it may be variety
closely resembling that of year ago;
the commonplaceness of life's expe
riences is only too apparent. To win
without effort is misnomer; to attain
without sacrifice is to eliminate joy;
to look for an easy path is to prove
the worthlessness of such a life's at
tainments. So, in view Of these sug
gestions, what shall be our attitude
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28
The Way of Life.

It is being said OF an elderly man in
business in Atchison: HE can't stand
punishment as he formerly could"
And there is punishment to be en-.
dured In making living; don't forget
it Look over your own experience.
and you will detect punishment every
hour of the day. II it isn't at home, it
Is on the street car or on the road.
How many ways there are to punish
q man who tries his best to get along
and behave himself. And after a man
gets old it is more evident every year
that the poor fellow can't stand pun-
ishment as he could when he waa
younger.-Atchison Globe.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28
An Ace Up His Sleeve.

Munich has once more become the
scene of painful incident" through
ignorance on the part of a young man,
the son of high official, as to how
to hold his cards when playing. says
the Munchener Post. A game was In
progress at club when scme one
saw the young man draw an ace from
his sleeve. When the excitement
caused by the operation had some
what subsided q prominent citizen
prevented criminal proceedings by
bundling the card sharp into an au.
tomobile, which took him without stop
across the Bavarian frontier.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

It's New Years, little kid, and we
Are starting hand in hand,
AS pilgrims young and pilgrims old
To find the promised land;
Ahead there lies the vale of tears,
But we will take the road
That leads around, away from It
And we will bear our load
With strength and cheer along the
way
Our hearts attuned to glee,
For I'll be there to guide you, child,
And you will talk to me!
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28
The Cat Came Home.

The story of cats remarkable
Journey comes from Wycombe Marsh.
Buchnghamshire, England, which
seems to Indicate marvellous sense
of direction. Some few weeks ago the
feline went amissing. The owner sur.
missed that the animal had been stolen
or had strayed away, but the other
day communication was received from
some friends to the effect that the
cat had returned to its old home at
st. Neotas, Huntingdonshire, q dis
tance of about 90 miles.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28
WONDERED WHY.
Found the Answer Was Coffee

Many pale, sickly persons wonder for
years why they have to suffer SO, and
eventually discover that the drug-caf,
feine-in coffee is the main cause OF
the trouble.
I was always very fond of coffee
and drank 1t every day. / never had
much flesh and often wondered why r
was always SO pale, thin and weak.
About five years ago my health
completely broke down and was con,
fined to my bed. My stomach was I'm
such condition that could hardly take
sufficient nourishment to sustain life.
During this time was drinking cof,
fee. didn't think could do without II.
After awhile ! came to the conclu.
sion that coffee was hurting me, ana
decided to give 1t up and try Postum.
l didn't like the taste Of 1t at first, but
when it was made right-boiled until
dark and rich-I soon became fond of
It.
In one week began to feel better,
could eat more and sleep better. NV
sick headaches were less FREQUENT ana
within five months / looked and felt
like new being. headache spells en-
tirely gone.
MY health continued to improve ana
today am well and strong. weigh 14s
pounds. ! attribute my present heath
to the life-giying qualities of Postum. .
Read The Road to Welivilles IN
pkgs. There's Reason.
Ever read the Shove 1etters
enc appears from tfme to tine. T5s-~
sre genuine trues ana fan e h11SS
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28
cure for Scratches.

Scratches are caused by exposure to
cold and wet. local irritation or low
condition, all of which should be
avoided II possible In simple cases
apply cloths wet with q weak solution
of sugar Of lead and in winter cover
to keep out cold. When cracks have
appeared. apply similar lotion with
the addition Of q few drops of carbolic
acid. In case Of discharge or pus-
tules. make lotion of chloride of zinc
instead Of the lead: finely powdered
charcoal may be sprinkled over the
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28


fourth of an inch in diameter; in the
brook trout, one-f1fth; in the grayling,
one-sixth; in the shad, one-eighth,
while in the eel they are almost mi.
croscopic. The number of eggs pro-
duced by the female of fishes varies
according to its age and weight In
several familiar fishes the number of
their eggs has been ascertained by
careful and accurate calculation as fol-
lows: Brook trout, 200 to $500; cal
mon, 5000 to $4,000; grayling, 1000 to
5000. and black bass. 5000 to 5000.
Among salt water fishes the number
Of eggs Is largely increased. as in the
shad from 10000 to 10000, striped
bass about 1900. 900. and in the cod
fish about 10000. 000.-James H. Hen
shall.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28
A Trlpe Famine.

Il want to get two pounds of tripe."
said the lady. entering the shop.
Sorry. ma'am," replied the keeper.
'but we haven't any tripe today"
mo tripe? Why, it's In season"
mo, ma'am, there's no tripe being
shot just now"
mo tripe being shotl Why, what
are you talking about?"
Il should say, ma'am, that the
fisheries commission won't allow tripe
to be caught now"
"Are you crazy. man7 don't want
fish! I want tripe."
"Well. what in thunder is tripe
ma'am?"
''Why-why, don't know just what
It is, but If you haven't got any I'll
try some other place"
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

English lords who object to the use
of American dollars in the British
campaign will have the full sympathy
of French counts and German barons,
who think American dollars should be
devoted TO the securing of personal
pleasure only.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28
Kept Umbrella Thirty Years.

Kept Umbrella Ihirty years.
A faithful old umbrella which haA
shielded the family Of DR.. James A.
Mullican Of Greenwood avenue from
the storms Of 80 years, was stolen on
Sunday. During the rain on that day
the physician lent the umbrella to E.
A. Seek, and while the latter was in q
store some one stole it.
"The umbrella belonged to my faith
er and has been In the family for
more than thirty years." said Doctor
Mullican the other night. 1T has been
covered several times.
"To persons who are unable to keep
the same umbrella for more than thir.
ty days this may seem incredible, but
1t is true" concluded Doctor Mullican
with smile.-Chicago Tribune.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28
LAY EGGS BY THE MILLION
Remarkable Fertility of Many Kinds Of
Fish as Ascertained by Care
full Calculation.

Not only do the eggs OF fishes diff
fer in appearance, but there is q great
diversity in their size. and consequent
ly in the number of eggs produced In
the various species-thus in marine
catfish the eggs are as large as robin
eggs; in the salmon they are one
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28
Speeding Out the Old Year

Then FROM
bless her and Thought angy
you Yea fort h powers sme hessm mean bdme
erswft
F for TO your mp
less
poet is near l o oompkte
bless
Then from In
bk when
dead ny
you ut you
M de mads oft
reply: mt the aymnngam hs
again would nve Il your days
Jessie AneA
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

News from different portions of the
Aleutian region indicates that there
have been great volcanic activity and
earthquake shocks in that quarter.
The disturbances continued for four
days. This information affords fresh
evidence that the scientists are cor
rect in regarding the neighborhood of
Alaska as center Of remarkable
seismic activity.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28
Got Damages Enough.

A little fellow listened open-mouthed
to the description Of a railroad acci-
dent in which man was very serious
ly injured. When ona of the family
remarked: Il think he could get dam
ages from the railroad" the little chap
was puzzled and broke out with: But,
father. hasn't he got damages enough
already?"
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

A big mackerel jumped aboard a
schooner in Massachusetts, waters and
provided a good breakfast for the
crew. The rivalry of the Ananias
Club has apparently not hurt the vi
tality of the familiar fish-story tellers
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

People ought to clean house oft
ener. Now here's a New York man
had an old trunk kicking about the
house for five years before he opened
Il and found that somebody had care
lessly left a dead person in 1t.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

A man says that he is going to
start paper in New York that will be
free from the faults of the other jour
nails there II ought not to be hard to
start one. but keeping it going is apt
to be uphill work.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

1W Years day is like a
traveller reaching a sum-
NIT on the path, where he
surveys the road he has
left behind and looks
ahead to that over which
he has yet to go. These
epochs are momentous in
life history, and no wise
person will fail at these
periods to take his reckon
ing.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

The suggestion is made that a good
way to conserve the forests would be
20 use cement and steel to build with
instead of lumber. This might con-
serve the forests. but It would not
conserve either the iron ore and GOAL
supplies or the builders bank 80
counts
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

With string of aviators touring the
country like a circus, possibly it won't
be long before we see the sky fenced
of with canvas and young hopefuls
climbing in under the clouds to see
the show.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

A Chicago woman refuses to pay for
photographs which she recently had
taken. because she thinks they make
her look too old. The photographer
should hasten to get a new retoucher
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

Doctor Wiley advises against cold
storage turkey. That is very well,
but he should first break that hand
some bird of indulging in the cold
storage habit.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

Our idea Of = strong minded woman
is one who insists that she would
rather have her clothes comfortable
than fashionable.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

A scientist who recently tried to
hypnotic a dog was bitten by the
animal He should have begun by
making the dog believe 1t had no
teeth.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

A boy committed suicide because he
was compelled to give up school. 1t
is not feared that there will be many
cases of this sort
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

A tree trimmer who had to look up
all the time in his work has gone in
sane. That ought to be a warning to
those enthusiastic persons who spend
IAost of their time on the aviation
field.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

An English peer is to marry an
East Indian princess. This precedent
once established, may introduce dan
gerous competition in the matrimonial
title market for American heiresses.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

A new card gcme popular in Eng
land is called "Dabbit.' 1t should be
explained that many Englishmen have
chronic colds.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

Dent blame the faithful hen for
rots, spots, leaks or specks. Her part
OF the work was all right. The storage
companies did the rest.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

Laura Jean Libbey. who advocates
the kissless courtship. is pushing the
most unpopular propaganda on record.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

II is alleged ss proof of New York
mans insanity that he was no good at
bridge whist. This is very Gotham
esoue
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

When the doctor tells a man to diet.
the patient proceeds to refuse all tho
things he dislikes.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

A regular feature OF the Monday
morning papers is the list of dead and
injured among Sunday autoists.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

Circumstances and lawyers alter
cases.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

II you can't get what you want why
don't you quit wanting It? 1t is merely
q state of mind
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

The Seine seems TO have acquired
the Ohio river habit in getting over
banks.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

without the shedding Of blood there
seems to be no way of conquering the
air.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

Brag about a girl to her female
friends II you would discover her
faults.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

Anyway. the unwritten law seems to
have a lot written about it.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28
PROOF POSITIVE

Boy-This is good place for flshi
Angler-What can you catch herer
Boy don't know. but 1t must be
q great place for fish, because I new
er seen any Of them leave it-Comio
Cuts.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

We are good deal happier because
OF a lot of things we don't know.
Barbour County index., 1910-12-28

Days should speak. and multitude of
years should teach wisdom.-Job, xxxii. Z.