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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-03

H R. Wycoff, who is seriously i'll.
Mrs. c. A. Haas and daughter, Miss
Louise, spent Sunday in Keithsburg
with relatives.
Mrs. John Peterson and son, Oscar.
went to Rock Island Monday to spend
few days.
Mrs. Frank Parkinson and baby
daughter Of KeIthsburg came Tuesday
to visit her sister, Mrs Alice Vance.
Mrs. f. J. Grossenburg returned to
her home in Woodruff Tuesday after
a short visit with relatives here.
G. c. Mcintyre spent Monday in
Galesburg.
Mrs. H. r. Morgan went to Gales
burg Monday for a short visit with
her brother, W. c. Galloway.
Ralph L. Hause, who has been limo
type operator at the Times Record Of
fee for several years, has accepted a
similar position with the Burlington
Eawkeye and left Monday to take up
the work
Miss Carrie Scott was a guest at
the home of Mrs. G. c. Scott Monday.
John McManus of Bushnell spent
Monday here with his brother, William
McManus
J. P. Berg spent Tuesday in Rock
Island.
Mrs. E E. Mosier OF Joy spent Sat
urday with her son and wife. MI and
Mrs. Glenn Robbins.
Mrs. Charles McChe sney spent Sun
day with relatives in Burlington. Iowa.
Mrs. J. W Murphy and son, John, re-
turned home from Arpee Monday after
e short visit with relatives.
Craig Whitsitt has accepted a call
10 the Hoidredge, Neb. Presbyterian
church and plans TO begin his ministry
there in May.
Mrs. H. o. Baner OF New Boston
spent Monday with her parents, Mr.
ana Mrs. F. n Bateman.
H r. Morgan and John c. Chinlund
have each let contracts for new resi-
dences to be built this summer. Mr..
Norgan's residence will be a two-story
building containing nine rooms. Il
Will be erected al the corner Of West
Fifth and South Spruce streets and
will cost $4,000 The Eew Chinlund
home will be located on East Seventh
street on the Porter block. Contractor
a W. Swanson was given the con-
tracts for both OF these buildings and
will begin work az an early date.
Fred Graham, who is travelling for
the Rumley Products company Of De-
catur, Ill. spent Sunday here with his
aunt, Mrs. ". G Reynolds.
Mrs. c. Robinson OF Clinton, Iowa.
vent TO New Boston Saturday 10 visit
Mrs. H. ?. Ka-h
Mr. and Mrs. Among and family
sIent Sunday in Joy with Mrs. Am
longs parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
Carnahar.
Mrs W. ". LoUck. who has been
spending a few DAYS with her daugh-
Ter. Mrs. Frank =. Smith. returned
70 her home II Cquawka Saturday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-03

proceeds of the entertainment "Elma
il Fairy Land" and "Grandmas in
Grandma Land" given at the opera
house a few weeks ago
B. F. Tudor of Bushnell spent Mon
day with friends in Aledo.
Miss Helen Macarthur returned to
Chicago Monday to resume her work
in the Columbia school of Expression
after a short vacation.
Mrs Kathryn NOOnan returned home
from Galesburg Monday.
An oratical contest will be held in
this city in the opera house Friday
evening April IL Nine colleges and
universities will have representatives
here on that occasion. The winner of
the prize will appear at St Louis at
g CUP conference May l, 2 and 8. There
Will be five judges who will all be
prominent men. William and Vashti
college will be represented by Boyd
Finch who has a fine grafton.
Mr. and Mrs. ZaIes McGinnes went
to Rock Island Monday TO spend the
day with relatives.
Miss Mary Mcintyre went to Gales
burg Tuesday for short visit with
friends.
Mrs Charles Jackson and little
daughter spent Tuesday with Aledo
friends.
William johnson was business Wis
itor in Rock Island Tuesday.
Harvey Adams left Monday for his
home in Los Angeles, Cal, after
spending two months with relatives
in Aledo and vicinity He will spend
a few days in Denver on his way home.
Mrs Frank A Gibson and son Don
aid spent Saturday with friends and
relatives in New Windsor.
A special collection was taken Sun
day evening at the Methodist church
for the benefit Of the sufferers in the
flooded cities of Ohio and Indiana
A very generous offering was given.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-03
Rheumsrlsn rensvec ,n { ,1e,. t1ourA

2 .
n. 3. Langley. mSotson. Wis. says
Il was almost helpless with rheuma.
tism for about five months Had It in
my neck so could not turn my head
and all through my BODY. / tried three
doctors and many remedies without
any relief whatever until / procured
Dr.. Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism.
in q few hours the pain was relieved
and in three days the rheumatism was
completely cured and l was at work.
Sold BY Otto Grotjan. 1901 Second ave.
nue.. Rock Island: Gust Schlegel l. Son
220 West Second street Davenport
ADVERTISEMENT. ---
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-03
Doctors Separate.

Drs Louis Ostrom and c. J. F.
Rochow have dissolved the partner
ship that they established several
months ago. DR.. ROchOw left today
for Chicago on business, and upon
his return will open an Office in the
Best building, where he will continue
his practice as a specialist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-03
Davenport Lands Convention.

Rock Island has lost the annual
convention OF the United Christian par
~, which. since its organization sew
eral years ago. has met each May at
the Watch Tower Davenport finally
has taken The convention away from
Rock Island. At least the national
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-03

chairman cf the party. Rudolph VIII
liam Benkert. q resident OF Davenport,
by the way. has called the annual con
ference IN his home city May p.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04

Ject of much dispute. The Mohamme-
dams say his body rests near Mecca. but
the Persians assert that his grave is In
Ceylon. Then again some of the Jews
declare that his last resting place is at
Hebron and others name Jerusalem.
While many claim that Ewes remains
rest with those of her husband in tho
cave of Machpelah, her grave is shown
at Jedda and the distance from the head.
stone to the footstone IS 100 feet.
The generally accepted tradition Is that
Noah carried the body of Adam with
him in the ark and when the craft rest
ed on Mount Ararat Noah and his sons.
guided by an angel carried the body to
the center of the earth which was con,
sidered TO be Jerusalem and there buried
It. There arc some, however, who mains
tain that Noah distributed to his sons
the bones of Adam and to shem was
given only the head, whieh he buried
in Jerusalem. st Basil of selueia records
that the skull was found at Golgotha.
near Jerusalem, and hence it's name tho
place Of the skull.
This skull is said 10 have rested iust
below the cross Of Calvary and over M
the blood Of the cruciGed on. trieklaI
through a hole in the rock have seen
the skull and was not particularly inn
pressed with the spectacle. but while
Sa2lhS al the Nawnfns thing there aoated
through my mind visions of thai plor-
ious mansion of brilliant rubies vim fhs
white stone shining as a star In ths
center, the most beautiful edi1ce upon
earth, the Incompatible structure known
as the visited house"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
BY C. F., MARKELL

aa B 70
iy cecasionedz much. surprise and no little
CONSERVATION among the animals and his
coming caused them to scatter. Up to
that time the eagle and the whale had
lived in the closest intimacy. but when
man first came the bird said to the
fish: Now we must part for there is no
longer any safety for us. The deepest
and thou must protect thysef with cum
ming from the great foe who has entered
earth. | must soar high above the clouds
and there find a place of escape from
him who is destined to he my pursuer till
death"
The men of Ceylon, however, were not
disturbed and fraternzed Immediately
with the stranger These mon were Pre-
Adamites the study of whom is of intense
interest and concerning whom I shall
speak in another paper. Those who have
read ''Vathek" Beckford's fascinating
work which though written over a CEN
tury ago, still enthraIls the reader. will
recall the anxiety of the old Caliph 10
see the Pre-Adamites and the manner in
which his desire was gratified.
A treatise upon these people was pub
lished i'm 1866 by a converted Jew named
Isaac de la Peyreira, who basing his
arguments upon Romans v:12-14 contend
ed that there were two creations of the
human race. From the re-Adamites are
descended the Gentiles and from Adam
the Jews. Consequently it was the Jew
ish race which perished in the flood with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
The Visited House

skin which rendered them invu1nerable
but at the fall they lost this skin. except
from the end of their fingers and their
bodies were left soft and tender SO that
III our finger nails we have the only rem
nant of that which was once a garb of
Eden.
Adam was all alone on a mountain
peak in Ceylon. but his head was in the
first heaven and the sun burned him so
that his hair fell off. God in compass
sion bade the angel Gabriel pass his
wing over Adams head and Adam i'm
medlately shrank to the height of 60
cubits. He could then no longer hear
the angels voices in heaven and he wept
bitterly. From his tears were foDmed
the rivers Tigris and Euphrates and all
the beasts and birds drank of them In
fact, all nature wept with him, the To-
Gusts being the first to arrive and mingle
their tears with his. His wailing was
born to Eve on the wings of the wind
and when they reached her she clasped
her hands in agony above her head and
this is gesture by which women TODAY
still testify their grief. When Eve went
her tears We're transformed into flowers
as they fell upon the earth or into pearls
as they rolled into the sea.
The horrors of both were augmented
When the first night fell upon them for
as the heavens gradually grew paler they
thought that God had withdrawn from
them the light forever.
Adams appearance upon earth natural
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04

and richer people outvote each wage
Garner by two, three or even four votes.
The rural population thus controls the CITY
Industrial population and the church is
charged by the socialists with controlline.
the rural vote.
Against this rule of the minority this
great demonstration of 1911 was a protest
a But to the onlooker from abroad il then
seemed TO be a patriotic proclamation Of
Belgium's one great hope of national evo-
luton without revolution. The primary
cause. Of the movement which has cul-
minated in the present national strike was
the defeat of the liberal and socialist Goa
lition in parliament by combination of
the government and clerical forces in the
elections of 1912. The socialist congress
summoned to meet the issue brought to
a crisis by that event decided upon a gem
eral strike as a last resort if all other
means of obtaining manhood suffrage
Ia1ied. But before resorting to that meas
ufe general Suffrage bill was introduced
into parliament by the socialists and sup
ported by the liberals. As serious con
sideration of 1t was refused by the cler-
zeal and government authorities a general
strike was voted April H.
Whatever immediate effect this national
pohtical strike may have those who are
the keenest observers concede that the
making of history is in the movement OF
Belgian labor for one man one vote suf-
frase. Ii is even predicted that it por-
tends the separation OF the Waloon ana
Flemish provinces or a dynastic crisis,
short OF which, however 1t is believed the
new young King will stop the too rapid
course of events by his interposition
Certain 1t is that a movement OF the
people capable of maintaining and in
creasing for so many years labor vote
In parliament until 1t numbers more than
one-third of the total must be recloned
with. II now tire tolerance of this Bal
gian socialist party toward those who hon
estly oppose its principles and methods at
this supreme crisis in its history and tho
national development. grows with its
strength and equals it's determination. II
VIII improve the greatest opportunity the
socialist cause has ever had i'm the sphere
Of practical politics TO demonstrate and
promote its cooperative commonwealth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04

the exception of Noah, and the Deluge
was but partial
An Oriental book bearing the title
HuschendNameh, gives fuller history
of the Pre-Adamites who are said to have
lived in the isle Muscham, one of the
Maldives and they were governed by a
king named Dambac. They were hui
mans with extremely flat heads and for
this reason the Persians called them MIN
ser. They readily submitted to Adam
and after his death guarded his tomb
by day and lions relieved guard by night
After Adam had wept hundred years
in Ceylon God took mercy upon him and
bade him follow a cloud which would
conduct him to a spot where he would be
he was to build a temple Go about
this temple" said the Almighty" and
| am as near to you as the angels who
surround my throne" As Adam was still
of an enormous size he easily followed
the cloud, striding from Ceyon to the
place where the cloud stood still which
was directly where Mecca now is. Here
he met Eve and the mountain is called
Arafa which means to recognize or know
again. The plan of the temple was fur
nished by Gabriel, the Archangel and
Adam and Eve began building. They
erected a temple with four doors-Adam' 3
door, Abrahams door, Ishmaers door and
Mohammed's door
Gabriel also contributed precious stone
which was originally an angel that guard
ed the tree of knowledge, but which for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04

BY GRAHAM TAYLOR
Prcsid eBt School nd Phi! utbropx

Exclusive Service The Survey Press
(Bureau)
The nation wide strike for manhood
suffrage in Belgium, which paralyzed the
Industries and almost suspended the nor
NAL life of the people, and which seems
to have made long stride toward gaining
Its object, was foreshadowed in spec
tacular demonstration in Brussels two
years ago.
ON August 10, 1911, the streets of that
gay, medieval capital witnessed scenes
winch every American who looked on
Knew were making history. over 6OO0o
men, from larger and smaller places
throughout Belgium, took a day off with
out wages and paid their way to the cap
ital of their country in order to voice their
protest against the unjust Inequalities of
the suffrage. The show of force by the
extraordinary police and military precau-
uons betrayed the furtive apprehension
OF both the municipal and national gov
ernments as to what might happen. With
no sign of timidity or Intimiation of be-
ms overawed, this vast industrial army
hafched ten abreast for hours-silent
grim, determined united linarmed-be-
tween long files OF armed soIdieryi which
iheu the curb, and past stronger detach-
inehts or all arms of the service massed
al strategic centers
me great procession assembled at the
soilalist headquarters a large and impress
s,Ve building bearing the significant name,
HaisoIi de Peuple the house of the peo-,
PIE. Inc permanent background of the
Stage IN the assembly hall Of that build
ing ~ a colossal head of Jesus of Nazar-
e.n the reverent work of Belgian So
ciailst The house of the people is the
most practical expression, or perhaps
demonstration. of the cooperative COM
monWeaith in miniature. which is to be
round anywhere in the world Starting
win sack of potatoes and bag Of
hour, these wage workers in ten years
erected building costing s250o0O. or this
sum, which was leaned by the national
pank they had then paid 100000 and had
assets worth three times as much as the
Paiahce due on the mort gage which they
continue 10 reduce BY annual payments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04

In this fourstory semi-circular build
ing, at one of the principal business cen
ters, ample accommodations are provided
for a great variety Of practical agencies.
A safe, which paid profit OF s24oO in
three months. shares the front of the
ground floor with large cooperative de-
partment store. where dry goods, house
furnishings, clothing, meats, groceries,
butter and milk, hats hosiery and shoes
are sold A bakery with a capacity of
125,000 loaves of bread a week a coal
depot with % delivery carts, a laundry,
and clothing manufactory are among
the business enterprises conducted here.
The 1900 cooperating families receive
as their share of the profits u per cent
of the money they pay for bread. 6 per
cent of what their groceries cost them,
and per cent OF the purchase price of
their clothing. Among the protective fea-
lures are an employment bureau for men
and women, a pharmacy and a corps of
10 physicians rendering free service to all
members of one years standing and a
sick benefit society with 5000 members
Singing and ethical classes are main
tained for children and we1 trained or
CntSlId anu Autidl tluD LOT EOullS. small
halls adequately provide for the meetings
OF the trade sections and a great audi
torlum seating 24s6 persons, rallies the
festival gatherings and supplies room for
political mass meetings
From this national center the procession
OF mid-August started its line of march,
banners which took the kew
note Of their inscrptions from the follow
ing tigures emblazoned evervwhere:
Nine hundred and ninety-three thousand
and seventy have One vote: 1886 have
two votes; 7oi.549 voters having two, three
or four votes cast 1,Ii1.7si votes major
ity OF SS,523 over those having one vote;
one man one vote
In Belgium man over % years of age
gets an extra vote If he owns property He
is granted another vote If he has uni
l-ersty diploma He casts fourth vote
If he is over - Vars of age, Is the father
Of a family and paws taxes ON more than
- certain amount of property. The major
ity Of TIE in lustriai population thus have
only one vote. while the rural, we'll TO do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
SEWING ROWING MEN
Oxford Blues Who Spend Their Leis-
ure in Fancy Needlework
Ffom The sunday DaIv MiIror.

From the Sunday Daily Mirror.
u. A.-Bacbelor Of art needleworiS.
VIII it come to this, or VIII the ancient
universities be induced to give blues for
sewing?
Two members Of The oxford crow now
In training at PutaSy for the great race
on Thursday are already proficient nee-
dlemen
They have discovered that tie process
OF weaving wonderful and beautiful de.
signs on material with many colored halls
of wool is quite . fascinating pastima
FOR leisure hours at Putney-more fasei-
mating even than answering compliments
shoWered upon them through the post by
admiring young wonep
Thus ii is thar at almost any time he.
tween practice hours these two disciples
OF the new hobby for men may be seen
fancy working nj heir temporary homo
m carlton road, Putneyy They are com
peting with each otaerdn producing tho
mos beautiful d'ovley
When the Daily Mirror found the two
oNonians at work the other afternoon
they were loungine in big comfortahe
arm chairs. wearing eomplacent smile
on their faces.
IT seemed as if they had fully mastered
the elements OF this "women's" work
ana manipulated the big needle and
threaded the wool almost as sklfuny as
any young woman could have done
Naturally the other Dark Blues cha T
the two women unmercifuHv. and tae
story is told 10y them tina. one OF the
devotees To- the new bobby is trying .
complete his doyiey before the boat race
on Thursaay in orlor TO win "a gift er
- which his eraldmother has promised
him as "a reward 10. bis Industry"
is I.a- o.
viii not be paid Unless tle 6oyley Is On
ished before the race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04

cavity Of that tooth and sed that
would stop the pain
After a long and fretful exammina-
sion of my mouth the doctor told mo
With a grave Ease that had neglected
my teethe for too long However. he
sed there was hope He thought that
II would pay him a yeers sallery and
submit to nine weeks torture he mits
be abull TO save one of my teeth as
soyvereer. He asked me if / had been
eating half cooked armour plate
told him no. that had newer bit emmy
thing tuffer than suffragette. He
then tobk down my name and address
and the county in which was born and
the amount of my weeks sallery and
told me TO cum back next Fryday
afternoon at s.3o"
Now L am no longer happy. That
engagemint with the dentist hangs
eyver me like life time sentence. I
can't think of emmy thing beyond that.
There seems nuthing for me to look
forward to or to live for Evvery time
think of the oppenning of the base
ball seesun l remember that 1t (ioesn.t
cum before next Fryday In vague
sort OF way 1 have been contimplatin1
revenge I have been half numbering
If L should buy me a bottle of Olive oil
ana when that feller is pounding round
IN my mouth like plummer, l couldn,t
pour In a little Olive oil and swaller
him. [ would try 1T but for the feer
of getting one of his tnstrumints OF
torture crosswlse In my system ana
maybe have to be opperated on for tha
appendeseetus.
How | envy the man who can evvery
mite take his teeth out and leeve theu,
on the dresser till next morning. With
lot of stove polish and sand paper
he can keep them looking Mise ana
eileen all the time and they newer
hurt. VIII 1 ever attain such happi-
ness? / wot not. II / get by Black FRY.
day perhaps l may hope for sumthina
of the kind, until then. I am indeed
filled with apprehension and uther
brands of intemperence Yours troolv.
BILL VINES.
Washfn ofon n ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
Bin Vines Writes "On Having the Toothac1ae'


IW how sudden afflictsions over
take one in this vale of teers
and things. Today one may be as hap
py and peeseful as an engaged couple
and Tomorrow blow will fall unsus-
pectingly upon them frum no where in
partiekuler and change joy into gloom,
bring teers where there was laftur,
gloom where there was sunshine, deffl-
sites where there was dividends. crit
ueks where there was trends, and in
snort reverse the hole order of things
completely. 1t is indeed a strange world.
Only few days ago I was as happy
as normal persun with good appitite
and meel ticket can reesunabully ex-
pect to be. We had passed thru sue
cessfully the spring feever of Easter
clothes and hats, and one thing and
anuther, and my wife and boys weer in
good helth and there was no immediate
prospects of vissit frum emmy of our
relatives
was moving along fine as a news
paper representative in Washington, and
had just had a letter frum the News
Edditur, in which he expressed the opin-
yum that If 1 would make a close aplli-
casion to the newspaper wurk that I
stood good chance to cline up to the
average by 1854, and get raise of
$3.50 week. stimulated by my pros
poets and Book Beer, was feeling
exceedingly chesty. Look where mite
could see no cloud hanging ovver my
horrizun. Why should I complain?
Here was I, frum the rural districts
Of Alabama mingllng freely with Cabi-
net Offisers and Senator'S, and Offs
Seekers, and Niger Polisemen, on turns
of equality. Far away frum emmy one
who knew me well or to whom | owed
mummy, there was little to be desired;
but alias I did not know my impend
ing fate. did not wot of what was
comming to me If I had I could not
have been so lite harted evvery morn
ing as I came gaily down to my offs.
making Goo-Goo eyes<at Chickens on the
route.
one mite last week aftur vending my
way homeward frum my ardius duties Of
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