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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
STUDY OF HOME MISSIONS.
THE CARELESS GROCER

BIundered, and Great Good Came of It.
A careless grocer left the wrong
package at a Michigan home one day
and thereby brought a great blessing
to the household.
1.-TWO years ago l was suffering
from stomach trouble, so acute that
the effort to digest ordinary food gave
me great pain, and brought on a con-
dition Of such extreme nervousness
that could not be left alone. !
thought / should certainly become in
sane. | was so reduced in flesh that
was little better than a living skele-
ton. The doctors failed to give me
relief and / despaired Of recovery.
zone day our groceryman left
a package OF Grape-Nuts food by mis-
take, so / tried some for dinner.
was surprised to find that II satisfied
my appetite and gave me no distress
whatever. The next meal l ate of IL
again, and to be brief. have lived for
the past year almost exclusively on
Grape-Nuts. II has proved TO be a
most healthful and appetizing food
perfectly adapted to the requirements
of my system.
"Grape-Nuts is not only easily di
gested and assimilated, but I find that
since have been using it am able &C
eat anything else my appetite fancies
without trouble from indigestion. The
stomach trouble and nervousness.
have left me. I have regained MI
plumpness and my views OF life art
no longer respondent and gloomy
other members Of my family. espe
cially my husband. Whose old enc
my. the heartburn has been var
quished) have also derived great ben
eft from the use Of Grape-Nuts fooS
and we think no morning meal com
plete without IT." Name given by Poe
tum Co.. Battle Greek, Mich.
There's a reason" and IL is ez
planned in the little book, The Roal
to Wellville," in packages.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. The,
are genuine, true, and full Of humal
Interest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
Health and Beauty Advice
BY MRS. MAE MARTYR

Ada T.: Avoid all complexion creams
which contain oil, as they make the
skin shiny and cause hair to grow on
the face. By stirring teaspoonfuls
glycerine and l ounce almozoin into "
pint cold water you have a matchless
cream jelly for clearing, softening and
whitening the skin. 1t is unsurpassed
for cleaning the complexion and max
ing it smooth and youthful looking.
Use this morning and night and you
need have no worry about the way
your face will look.
Mrs. F. B.: Weight reduction is a
very simple matter. These old-fash-
toned theories of violent exercises and
starvation are all nonsense, and at the
best furnish only temporary relief. To
take off fat, use this remedy: Dissolve
ounces of parnotis in ~ pints hot
water and take a tablespoonful before
meals. This simple, harmless remedy
works wonders where many of the
"sure cures" fail. 1t leaves the skin
smooth and firm.
W. A. B.: Only healthy scalps pro
duce beautiful, abundant hair. You
must keep your scalp clean by sham
pooling as often as necessary. The fol
lowing tonic will prove an unfailing
remedy for dandruff, itching scalp and
falling hair: Stir one ounce of quinzoiI
into 1s-pint alcohol, then add h-pint
cold water Rub this tonic into the
scalp about twice week 1t will de
wonders for your diseased scalp and
make your thin, straggly hair thick
long and beautiful.
Elsie s.: That sickly look you have
/ besides your loss of energy and run
down condition, are due to a sluggish
/ impure blood, incident to the winter
months. This is very common, but il
easily overcome by taking before meals
tablespoonful of this simple system
tonic: In la-pint alcohol dissolve on,
ounce kardene, adding 7a-cup sugar ant
hot water to make a quart. This is
wonderful blood purifier and strength
restoring tonic. There is nothing liki
it for giving one rich, red blood, en-
eTgy and good health
Belle: The reason your hair lookl
SO dun and faded and is so hard to ar
range is that you have made the usua
mistake of shampooing with soap
Any woman who uses soap shampooi
cannot expect to have beautiful hair
1t may clean the hair, but does not re
move the pore-dirt from the hair roots
Your hair becomes stringy and unman
ageable in few days and you wonde
why. Let soap shampoos alone ant
use a teaspoonful Of canthrox dis
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
RS.WELLSGIvES
MISSIONS STUDY
First of Series of Six Lectures
on Text Books of Mission
airy Social Union.
I AT BROADWAY CHURCH
Treats of Soul Growth Hinduism
and National Ideals-Recep-
ton Follows Talk.

The opening lecture in series Of
six was given by Mrs. D. B. Wells OF
Chicago, yesterday afternoon at
Broadway Presbyterian church, under
the auspices Of the Missionary Social
union. Mrs. William Mclean Stewart
in welcoming the ladies expressed her
pleasure at the large attendance and
her delight in the union procuring
Mrs. Wells for this lecture course.
Mrs. Wells took a few moments for
a bible study dealing with Life then
went on to study foreign missions TAX
ing Hinduism" as her subject and
closing with study Of home missions
with "a Conserving Force" as her
theme. In the study Of life she said
that spiritual growth is the special
privilege of all Christians as against
the religions which are man made.
God provides definite laws of spiritual
growth which must not be violated.
She then went on to show how to de-
velop spiritual growth.
LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
! The foreign text book 1.-The Light
of the World" by Robert Speer she
took as a basis Of her foreign study
saying that the book might as well
have been called 1.-THE Only Way"
There are three purposes which she
wished to bring out in the book: To
show points Of difference and points
OF contact between religions and the
only way: To show fallacies and
puncture facts in other religions: To
glorify Christ. Mrs. Wells then took
up the study of Hinduism as the old
est and earliest known religion, having
had its origin about 5000 years be-
fore Christ She spoke of it as the
poorest, simplest and at the same
time most complex Of all religions
and as setting forth claims that can
not be substantiated. 1t is the simp-
lest because there is nothing in 1t, its
books are Of two classes, revelation
and traditions, revealed by some one
some where, some time through some
one to some one. Its deficiencies are:
1t is responsible for caste; inferiority
OF women, making them mere instru
ments in the hands Of man for his
selfish desires; pantheism, which
teaches that an evil spirit in an icy
pavement makes one fall, that an evi
spirit gives one the chills; politheisn
with its gods Brahma. Vishnu ant
silva. She then pointed out the points
of difference between Hinduism ant
Christianity. Hinduism teaches tina
man seeks God, Christianity that GoC
seeks man: Hinduism that man is al
Illusion, Christianity that man is re
redeemed; Hinduism that sin doe
not exist, Christianity that sin doe
exist but may be conquered; indiffeI
ence TO every one as against consid
Grafton for every one: coma as agains
hope and life: gods evil and vengfu
and hateful as against a loving ant
kind Father.
STUDY OF HOME MISSIONS.
She lastly took up the study of tn
home mission text book, The ConseI
walton of National Ideals" and e.
planned the purposes of the book as t
make clear the scope of home mis-
sions: to define ones neighbor an
to bring out of cold storage emotions
aspirations and ideals. She spoke c
the responsibility Of the American r.
public since from It has been pa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
AT AUGUSTANA

Commemoratory services for Alb
raham Lincoln were held at chapel
exercises of Augustana yesterday
DR.. E. F. Bartholomew, vice presi-
dent of the college, spoke and COM
pared Lincoln to Saul, taking for his
text chapter of the first book of
Samuel. DR.. Bartholomew said in
part:
saul was an anointed captain
over the people of Israel to save the
people out of the hands of the Phil
istines. So Abraham Lincoln was
anointed of the Lord a leader to de-
liver the people from the hands of
the Philistine slave merchants-'For
have looked upon my people be-
cause their cry is come unto me-
The cry of slavery reached unto
heaven and an anointed captain is
sent to work deliverance. Behold
tie scene in New Orleans-the slave
auction, the innocent octoroon out
ragged and insulted by the brutal
auctioneer. The young man Lincoln
|
His great soul rises in righteous in
dignation. A spirit from above pos
sesses him; an inspiration has come
upon him as the answer of his
amounting, when he breaks out
Great God, if ever 1 have an oppor-
tunity to hit this thing, I'll hit it
hard
N NJ mn nv av-
the opportunity came and the young
man of destiny was prepared to
strike the blow which made the
shackles drop from 100000 slaves.
Behold the man, Abraham Lin
coin, the hero president of the Unit
ed States of America, the land of the
free and home of the brave. This same
shall reign over my people, He was
divinely appointed to rule; God had
anointed him for this ministry to
mankind.
THE awful tragedy is on. With
one solemn purpose the sons of free
dom hear their country's call anC
hasten to the standard of their he
rcic leader. For three dreadful
years the awful carnage RACES.
THE tragedy deepens and the ca
tastrophe approaches. The children
of Belief said, How shall this mar
save us? And they despised him
Eut he held his peace The enc
mics of Lincoln are busy; they de
srise their great leader; they op
pose him; they calumniate him
they plot against him, But he hell
his peace How like the patien
long-suffering Lincoln. How like hi
, manly self-possession in the mids
&C abuse and threatening danger
The sons of Belief like bloodhound
are hunting down their victim, til
: on the night of April IA, 1865, tn
aasassin's bullet ends the eventfu
life of the martyred president.
"The great republics head i
> gone; the great republics heart i
' broken. God help the great repub
? lie"
, DR.. c. ]. Ordal, president of tn
I Lutheran Normal school of Siou
a Falls, S. D., was a visitor yesterda
/. at the local college. He spent tn
$ day inspecting the buildings, espe
7 cially the Denkmann Memorial Ii
). brary, and also visited a number @
the classes. DR.. OrdaI is now on a
!. inspection tour over the Unite
a States and expects to visit the mos
important colleges and universitie
= in this country, being especially in
terested in the normal work done b
! these institutions. Having visite
= already the schools of the north an
the west he will now travel cas-
: ward. DR.. Ordal stated that he wa
very much impressed with Augu.
: tana and the work it is doing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
MEDICAL SOCIETY WILL
MEET IN EAST MOLINE

DR.. Bayard Holmes of Chicago,
the eminent specialist, will speak be-
fore the Rock Island County Med
ical society at its meeting at East
Moline tonight on Diseases and Tu-
mors of the Bile Ducts" DR.. w. D.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
The Victor
VictrOla

If you cannot come TO the
store and hear the Victor VIC
trola sign the attached coupon
and we will send a Victor Vic
trola to your address without
any expense to you and without
obhgating you to purchase.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13

solved in a cup of hot water for your
shampoo, if you want your hair to dry
evenly and quickly without streaking.
Canthrox makes the hair very fluffy
and bright, and gives to the scalp a
feeling of pleasing freshness. You
will not catch cold If you shampoo
with canthrox and will find it makes
your hair look so very nice.
Anxious Mother: If your baby has
diarrhoea, dysentery or other bowel
trouble, take tablespoonful of F. N.
Johnson's especially prepared pure
barley -four, stir in enough cold water
to make a thin batter; then add one
| pint of boiling water and a pinch of
salt; stir slowly and let boil five min
utes. Strain and feed to the baby
warm through nursing bottle. When
bowels become normal and baby Is in
good condition gradually add milk to
barley and water.
]. M. s.: Cutting the hairs only
makes them come in heavier Get an
original package Of delatone and with
a little of the powder mix enough wa
ter to form paste. Put this on the
hairy surface and after two or three
minutes rub off, wash the skin and
every trace of hair will have vanish
ed. Druggists charge dollar an
ounce for delatone, but it never fails
to do the work.
d. uFn n rEn
face powder not only is behind the
times, but does herself a personal in
jury. Face powder is only a mockegy
to beauty, as it clogs the skin pores,
causing wrinkles and other complex
ion ills. To have perfect complexion,
use good lotion such as the follow
ing: Dissolve 4 ounces of spurmax in
1a-pint witch hazel Tor hot water),
adding teaspoonsfuls glycerine. This
lotion gives the skin a decidedly re-
fined look of yelvety smoothness. Ii
removes the shine, Immediately cor
reefs sallow, freckled compilations
and does not come off in the wind like
powder does or rub off easily when a
veil is worn. This lotion is SPLEEN
did beautifier and skin whitener.
S. D.: Yes, no factor is more impor-
tant in a beautiful face than bright,
clear, youthful eyes. You should use a
good eye tonic. Get an ounce OF crys-
tos, dissolve it in pint Of water and
use two or three drops in each eye
daily. 1t VIII clear and strengthen
your eyes, remove all signs of weak
ness and inflammation and make them
bright and sparkling. For weak, duh,
expressionless eyes I think this tonic
simply wonderful. 1t is very soofh
ing. and is fine for those who wear
glasses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13

Chapman of Silvis will also talk on
Infant Feeding"
The addresses will be given sub
sequent to a banquet which is to be
served at the East Moline CONNER
cial club. Tonight's meeting of the
society will be the first which has
ever been held in East Moline.
Cape Haitien, Haiti-Severe fight
ing between the revolutionaries and
government troops is reported on the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
At High School

The German club met last evening
in regular session. A short story
was read, the members translating
Parts which they had prepared
Those who had memorized short
German verses, recited them.
Mr.. Burton is preparing a pro-
gram which Is to be heard at general
assembly on Washington's birthday,
Feb. 22. The Theadelphic, Hart and
Ciceronian literary and debating So
cieties viii have some OF their =s=-
bers on the program.
Do you know that Group can be
prevented? Give Chamberlain
Cough Remedy as soon as the child
becomes hoarse or even after the
croupy cough appears and it will
prevent the attack. 1t is also a GER
tain cure for Group and has never
been known to fail. Sold by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13

was killed and General Miguel, alss
rebel, was wounded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
A Bath in a Holland Hotel

From the Detroit Free Press
 There are some things about trip through Holland that you recall when stopping at one of our modern hotels" said Albert Sampler at the Hotel Pontch- artrain- Tn many places the hotels are run as they have been for ages and can- dies still are in vogue.
 Rooms with baths are unknown. h. stead they charge you about 70 cents in American money for bath. You ask for the privilege of using the tub and they send up maid who brings with her tow els and soap if you have none. for you are supposed to carry both with you. She
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

The men in this company have recently organized and are taking a live interest in the great movement for accident pre- caution that is now spreading all over the state Several of them are Scotch and English miners, former members of the celebrated St. Johns Ambulance Corps of the old country, and they are experts. "There is some splendid material at Sayre- ton" said Angus Brown. They are going to have fine team."
 MT. Brown, who is the foreman in charge of the government mine rescue station located at West End, Is a coal digger of long experience. He knows the coal mines of this district and he knows the men and the facts about working con dltions.
 There is need for a trained first aid team around every working in Alabama. There Is need for an effective corps of "helmet men," men experienced in the use of breathing apparatus, about every mine in the Birmingham distriet-and everywhere else for that matter.
 Interest and action in this movement has stirred the coal companies of this state to far. greater degree than is gen erally supposed on the outside There ai e now first aid and mine rescue teams or ganized or in process of organization hy the Woodward Iron company. Republic Iron and Steel company, Galloway Coal Co0nDdDYs tennessee 1Odl, ITnn ana hdli~ road company, Roden Coal company. Ca haba- Southern Coal and Mining company, Yoande Coal company, Abernant Coal company. Alabama Fuel and Iron conn pany. and the Warrior Pratt company.
 Yeast in the Bread
 The following circular letter was issued early in the year by James L. Davidson, secretary and treasurer of the Alabama Coal Operators association, to all of the companies of the association:
 Gentlemen: Presuming that you are aware of the establishment by the United States Bureau of Mines of a rescue sta- tion at West End, with MT. A. k. Brown, foreman in charge I desire to advise you of an offer that Mir Brown has made to the members of the association. He has offered to visit the operations of all the members of the association, who so desire, and organize and instruct first aid and rescue corps, so that each camp in the district may obtain the benefit of the ef- forts of the bureau of mines along this line.
 Upon mature consideration I am of the opinion that this work will be of great benefit to the members of the association, no matter where their operations are To- cated, or whether not the peculiar con- ditions of such place make accidents and explosions probable. Every member of the association should be equipped with men of experience and instructed in res cue work, so that they may send these men to any other place where their ser vice may be needed in case of explosion or mine fire, even though there Is small probability of such an occurrence at their own mines.
 Furthermore. under the best conditions, accidents will happen. either in the mine or in the camp. First aid to the injured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

work and unless he has experienced as- sistanee, in relays his efforts will be or no avail A miner inexperienced in the use of oxygen helmets and other appii- ances for entering mines filled with black damp will certainly meet with disaster and probably endanger the government operator and others that may be with him. II is, therefore. of vital importance that as many experienced miners in the camp as possible be instructed in the use of oxygen helmets and other appliances of use in cases of explosion or mine fire. It will also give your employees healthy means of entertainment and diversion, as well as a beneficial instruction, both for themselves and for the company.
 If you desire to avail yourself of this oportunity, please advise me or MT. Brown of Such fact. together with the names of the places which you desire that he visit for such purpose, so that dates for the same can be set.
 Yours very truly
 JAMES L. DAVIDSON,
 Secretary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
worked indefatgably in the interest O the great movement.
 Uncle Sam F0ots the Bill

worked indefatigably in the interest of the great movement.
 Uncle Sam FOots the Bill For every person who has taken the mine rescue training it has cost the gov ernment N an hour and 1t has not cost the companies, or those taking the train ing, one cent. During the spring and early summer the station here will pe closed temporarily. but the first aid and rescue teams at each of the mines will keep in training. and at the contest to be given later in the spring. under the | auspices of the Coal Operators associa- tion. there will be given an opportunity to all interested to- observe these new ways and means of life saving work at close range.
 Meanwhile brief explanation and de- scription of the "outlandish looking outrt, is of interest to thousands of the citizens of the Birmingham district, both in and out of the coal mining business. For. the results gained through this breathing ap- paratus in recent mine fires and explo- sions in Tennessee. Oklahoma West Vir- gfnia and Pennsylvania have brought if into public view as never before.
 The Draeger Wonder In the first place 1t Is much simpler In construction and general principles than it appears at first to be. particularly the latest type of the, Draeger, the 1911 As discussion of the several types, Draeger 1897, 1910, Westfalia and F'leuss, might be more or less confusing. the latest Draeger type alone will be here considered
 It is what it's name denotes. breathing apparatus" q device designed to furnish two hours supply of fresh, pure air to one entering into an atmosphere of pois- onous gases, smoke or fumes
 Just as a diver Is equipped for deep sea toll, so now the miner is equipped with an instrument by which he may conquer the terrors of the under world and even grapple with death tselr.
 There is however this difference. With the Draeger type the man carries his own supply of good air-it is not pumped down to him through any line of hose going fathoms deep. No; the oxygen IS all com pressed into a little high grade steel bottle or cylinder which the rescue man carries on his back like q knapsack, and which heca turn on or off, just as you turn A spigot of water.
 There is a tiny clock like device con- nected by tube with this oxygen bottle which registers the exact amount of oxv gen it contains and gives the wearer warn- Ing that he has just so many more min- >>-------~---~>~---~>>--~
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
Mine Rescue and First Aid Work
Fly ETHEL ARMIES Story of Coal and Iron in AIabamar

Out at the Sayreton mines nearly 100 men-all coal diggers of the Republic Iron and Steel ompany-gathered together one night not long since to hear Angus Brown talk about first aid and mine rescue work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

Is. therefore. of great importance in order to. as much as possible ameliorate the pain and prevent the infection. Often
 life may be saved by prompt and proper attention Frequently the doctor cannot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
What's in a Name?

Now, so much is being said and written today about mine rescue apparatus, "Draeger outfits, smoke helmets" pull motors' and all that sort of new=fangled thing. that people find they are rather be- hind the times if they don't get informed Especially folks in a coal mining district like Birmingham Whats it all about, anyhow?
 Can those awkward looking, heavy. outlandish outfits really serve any prac- tical purpose down a mine after an ex- plosion?"
 They certainly don't look it.
 They appear to be so intricate, clumsy impossible"
 Such are the average comments.
 But once let man or woman visit the government mine rescue station. or see a trained crew of helmet men at work down in the mine or smoke room on practice drll-or at the real thing-all doubts dis- solve.
 Some say But they didn't work out at Palos Mulga or any of our local mine explosions. Each helmet man was kept busy resculng the other helmet man-that was about all it amounted to-"
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