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

II a person would correct his habits,
persist in right eating and temperate
ways, undou btedly the stomach would
right itself, the blood would rid itself of
the poison, and everything would be
right. But as said before there are a
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 fermenta-
ton of the food, brings about normal
digestion, and all the train of Ills that
follow indigestion disappear.
In other words, Peruna is helpful to
those who live badly, or those who
have acquired some chronic weakness.
Peruna does not cure, buSit assists the
powers of Nature to bring about a cure.
The whip does not increase the power
of the horse TO pull q 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 Peruns,
or any other good remedy upon the sys-
TEN. Taken at the right time, it calls
forth the powers of the human system
to meet the encroachments 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 disaster. But an occasional use
of the right medicine at the right time
is gOdsend, and no reasonable person
will under take to deny it.
Those who know how to use PerunA
find 1T 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;
Sigh 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 un-
solicited testimonials from people who
have used Peruna, and who stand ready
TO confirm the above statements con.
it. If SO, address the Peruna
Drug Manufacturing Co., Columbus.
Ohio, and we will send some prepaid.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

body steal that hammer! Amt we
put to it enough without this knocking
and abuse? Don't we spend our nights
a-scheming for a way to keep on
spooning with a plausible excuse? 1
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 10
play a little tune.
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 J. r. Green. Each of
these. it happened, had high hearted
wife to keep him up, even TO help him
with the actual labor Of writing. The
Life and Letters of ]. r. Green" show
forth a great and sweet man. They
show, too. 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 a 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
he felt that he could not
work he used to take out that piece of
paper. living record of his wifes tri-
umph over difficulty. When be saw
the painful. patient strokes by which
Mrs. Green had learned to write with
her left hand he could work on with
near to inspiration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

but he declares he has never been able
vet 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 bouquet 10
his funeral a friend accompanied
me- We got mixed up among the hign
buildings, and missed a 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. l had never
taken the time-annihilatOr before;
neither had my friend. We climbed
in about 1. l asked the porter what
time we left and when we were due.
He told me, and then began figuring,
and / found that if what he said was
true the engineer would have to do
some scandalous work on the straight
stretches.
Then I passed away, and I did not
remember anything until l was awak-
ened by a feeling as though l were
looping the loop. My friend shouted
at me and asked me which side of
the car l was on. l answered l
guessed l was where l 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. l 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 kit, 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 it 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
KEELHAULING.
An Old Time Form of Punishment For
Offending Sailors.


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 he 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 IN
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 sailor was being keel
hauled, and If 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

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: 1T
suffered severe pains in my back for
weeks. At times Il was so bad I
could not turn over in bed. Finally
I 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 appli-
cation"
Nervous Headache Cured in Five
Minutes Free of Charge.
Emery Taverne. a well known Bel
gian business man, who resides at
613 Fifth avenue, Moline, H.. says:
"One 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
and cure of disease IS to be
found there. One of the doctors great
secrets in curing so many diseases Is
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 uatfeut Il single question
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
OUR INSIDE INFORMATION BUREAU

Emil-Your jokes are original, to
say the least, but for your own per-
sonal safety, We would advise you to
try to have them published in 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
READ WHAT THE CURED SAY


John Asmus, who resides at 1906
Seventeenth street, Moline, says:
For IA years off and on / suffered
terrible neuralgia pains in my face.
l doctored and doctored without re-
suits, so finally some one advised me
to go and see DR.. Bartz and 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 l am
we'll and enjoy life once more. No
living person can imagine how l 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 / suffered
terribly with headaches, nervousness
and a general worn out feeling. /.
just thought life was not worth living.
discouraged l was finally
recommended by lady friend to sec
DR.. Bartz. / did so and / am certain
ly glad of it for in a very short time
I 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. / am certain |
ly enthusiastic about Dr. Bartz's sys-
tenn of treatment because it's sc |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
FAvORING HOME INDUSTRY.

We know a young lady-she's not
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 ac-
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
Iicate for SIS. 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

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
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
70 more new testimonials to his list
of cured, DIR. 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 TO 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 a 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
"NIISTER-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, y
rejoined the bright little miss. eff Il
Is the Father of Waters is ought to be
called Mister-Sippi."
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
a. m. TO p. N. daily. Wednesday
and Saturday a. m. to $3.50 p. m.
Sunday / 0 TO II.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

at 70 per?
There's a train
t h at leaves
Chicago at 2
a. m. every
day in the
week on the
r &C K Island
that ought to
be pinched for
exceeding the
speed limit
They tell that
there is a far
m e T 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
TOMS MARROW ESCAPE.

Macomb Bystander: Hon. Thomas
H B. Camp or 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 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
rHE vvAY rHEY no Nv pAvENPoRT.

THE WAY THEY DO IN DAVENPORT.
If you were a widower looking for
a 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
lected 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 it,
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 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
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 a friend, a widow
whom she thought would fill the
bill and the next day the uncle
brought his candidate for matrimony
% her store. The niece sent out for
he widow. she came and the nature
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
BILLY,s CORRESPONDENTS.

Dear Tom-Ever ride an upper on
short passenger cutting the ozone
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-31
CALIFORNIA OIL FOR THE NAVY

ITHE announcement of recommendations by the
| general naval board of the United States that
the next dreadnaughts built by the govern
ment should be oil burners gives an impetus to
California oil producers that ought to guarantee
prosperity for the greatest industry OF California
and insure correspondingly higher prices for Pc.
Itroleum in the near future.
The recommendations also urge that oil carry
ING vessels be constructed to accompany the war
ships and a general recommendation is made that
the entire navy should ultimately oil fuel as it
will make our ships independent of home bases.
This will make the fighting range of ships an un-
known quantity because they can go to sea and re-
Imain indefinitely. Coalin9 at sea from COlllerS al
ways has been dangerous, and III rough weather
absolutely impracticablc, Oil fuel can be pumped
from ship to ship while seaming at average
speed and in all kinds OF sea conditions.
The navy has had experts on the coast for
months studying the situatlon and the proposition
they made almost year ago was that the gov
ernnent would not install oil burners in the Pacific
unless California could show an average of H.
100000 barrels of oil annually i'll storage. That
was before the days OF the Lakevew gusher and
all the big field it opened up Figures for the last
eleven months show more than 100000 barrels
of surplus oil in storage for this TO moth
ling of the millions that have been in storage pre-
vious to that time.
The governments requirement of 100000 in
storage is taken to indicate i'll measure what the
demands of the navy likely to be in California,
which would indicate that the oil fuel decision of
the navy will remove practically all of the menace
of the oil in storage from the market. Some en-
thusiasts predict dollar oil for the heavier grades
with like advances on the high gravity product of
the Ventura and several other fields.
The English navy also has been considering the
use OF oil fuel, and the move of the United States
is to force her to the same line of action if she
is TO maintain supremacy of the seas. 1t is ex-
peCted to effect great saving, it eliminates the
cost of bringing the navy fuel to the coasts and
cuts out the cost OF stoling. 1t also will mean
the abandonment of expensive coaling stations.
The nation need have no fear of California not
being able to supply the fleets in the Pacific. Only
a comparatively small portion of our oil territory
has been developed yet, the actual figures OF pro
ducton for the first eleven months of the year
showing o9.954,52O barrels, and the December pro-
ducton will run the total to about 76OOOOOO This
is an increase of more than 100000 over the pro-
ducton of 1909
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-31
AMERICAN BANOUETs MENACED

.NAN it be possible that personal animosities
= 4 are to put end to the public banquet fea-
ture OF American life? The recent trend of
affairs seems to be in that direction The loss of
the American banquet probably would not be so
bad after all 1t at least would stop the excuse for
great many tiresome speeches and perhaps lessen
the percentage of the day after" grouches
1t IS the cause which threatens the passing of
the banquet that worries us and the fear that the
day may come when it will be impossible to find
together to make the feast rise to the dignity of
being "notable.'
Just short time ago Judge Baldwin refused
to sit at dinner in New Haven with Theodore
Roosevelt because the colonial unearthed and pub
lished the judges decision in the HoNey case Ac-
cording to one Of the judges spokesmen he would
not submit to a renewal OF the insult" which, by
the way was only the quotation of the judges de-
cision as he had handed it down from the bench
Apparently former Attorney General Bona
parte of Baltimore, who was member of Roose-
Velt's cabinet is furnishing the first part OF the
sequel by giving the of "a previous engage
ment the other day when asked to sit at a banquet
with Judge Baldwin. Suppose this practice spreads
to all of Judge Baldwin friends and all of Colonel
Roosevelts friends 1t is just as likely to spread
to the Ballinger and Pinchot partisans and may
even attack the hosts OF Cannon and Cummns.
On the whole, fear for the future of the Amer-
can banquet, but if they won't break bread togeth-
er it may be possible that there still will be gather
ings of the great and the nearly great where the
food question will be solved by each guest bring
ing his own sandwich with him in his coat tail
pocket.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-31
REFORMATORY METHOD

DR.. Amos W. Butler, president of the
American Prison association, makes
this plea for reformatory treatment for
prisoners:
"The fruit of the prison is in the
men and women it turns out. Is the
fruit good or bad? How many can be
returned to self-supporting. law-abid-
ing life? A prison or reformatory may
be clean, well organized. well admins
tered and show well, yet it may do
little in preparing it's inmates to keep
out of prison hereafter. That is the
fruit of such an institution. Fruit is
what we want
why should we help the discharged
prisoner? Not because he is a Grim
inal and has been prisoner, but be-
cause he is a man and needs help.
That is the unselfish reason. Proper
after care of the discharged prisoner
is right for the protection of society.
That is the selfish reason.
I'm some of our states where statis-
tics have been kept they show that
from rs to so per cent of the prisoners
had no trade when convicted. How Is
it when they are released? If in the
prison they are taught industry. self
control. sobrety and acquisitiveness,
there is some hope for our efforts.
while the men and women who are
discharged from our prisons should be
aided, what is done for them should be
to help them to help themselves. AS a
rule. they should be helped by giving
them work. Employment and personal
friendship are the things most needed.
Valuable hints may be had from char
ity organization society methods. Their
motto, Not aims, but FRIEND is one
fitting for this work"
The Prison Reform league of Los An
geles has published much valuable data
favoring the Transformation of prisons
into adult reformatories. The league
expects to favor measures at the COM
ing legislative session which will fully
cover the entire subject. Col G. j.
Griffith expects to appear before the
respective committees at Sacramento
next month in the interest of this
work.