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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

"CHRIST SHALL REIGN is spelled
out in electric lights above the platform
where many speakers from various parts
of the world have gathered in Chicago,
with several thousand delegates, to an In
ternational Sunday School Convention Ac-
cording tofgures given out by the Secretary,
there are more than 100000 members of
Sunday schools in this country alone. There
are 173,450 Sunday schools, directed by
1,670,846 officers and teachers. Twenty
thousand Sunday school conventions are
held annually. In all the reports of the
speeches, MP to date, read by the 7Uvlter of
these notes, the name Jesus Christ" does
not once occur. In but one instance is God
mentioned in an eulogy of Chicago, when
the speaker said God had given the plan
of the Sunday schools to the leaders, One
speaker had vision of great brother
hood; another had plan for 'scien-
tiflc" Sunday school; another emphasized
the value of the Sunday school in getting
votes; another had gathered statistics, and
gave the information that the average Sun
day school teacher reads, besides books,
FIVE and one-twelfth magazines and period
icals most of these being weekly publ
cations) but the average number of books
on Sunday school training read per teacher
annually is half a volume! (The Bible
was not mentioned at ALL } Another speak
er defended the reading of pirate stories
by boys; another thought Sunday school
children should aim high another
thought teachers should be paid; another
found that three and one-third of Sunday
schoolteachers had less thanan eighth grade
common school education another believed
advertising was the secret of good attend
ance, and a Boston lady declared that re-
lglon III her town is much different from
religion in some little Colorado town You
cannot write series of Sunday school les
sons that will answer for all churches in all
parts of the country" The Secretary Of
the New York association held that the
Sunday school is purely business prop
oStion." Another declared the goal of the
association was an added million for the
year. And above all flashed the spelled
out satire, Christ shall reignp'
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY occurre

A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY occurred in
Chicago few days ago. A lion and his
cubs sprang upon their keeper, when he
entered their cage, and, before help could
be summoned, killed him and chewed his
remains. The animals were all born in
captivity, had been tended by the same
keeper all their lives, and he believed he
had perfect control of them But in one
unguarded moment, he lost his life
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27
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NEWS OF THE WORLD
q

DOCTORS, DRUGS, FRAUDS, and
Sunday School Convention have occupied
the attention of the public for the week.
To simplify matters, they might be all
classed under the one heading,-FRAUDS.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

ELECTRIC BELTS, sold all over the
United States, Canada, Sweden, Germany,
Poland, and Finland, as cure for various
ills, have been exposed as a gigantic fraud
by the government officials. The concern
will be prosecuted as using the mails to
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

A MINE BLAST, coming without a
moments warning, buried two hundred fifty
miners in the Hill Crest collieries Of Can
ada, June 10Th. Two hundred men lost
their lives.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

PREMIER ASQUITH, hitherto refus-
ing to receive Populations of militant or
sefni-militant sufragettes, has at last yield
ed to their opportunities and has consented
to hear what they have to say.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

defraud. During the last few years, the
profits of this fraud have amounted to
$4,000 year During the twenty years
if its existence, it is said, the concern has
made profits of more than a million dol
lars
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27
THE SUPREME COURTS RULING

in the pipe line and 'intermountain rate"
cases is said to mean that the Standard
Oil monopoly has been killed through max
ing pipe lines common carriers, and that
shippers may get back $12,0O0,0O0 paid to
railroads.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

THE PRESIDENT HAS FREED four
OF the alleged bomb plotters under con-
viction, and eighteen of the dynamiters are
refused the final plea for executive Glenn
ency.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

THE EUGENICS LAW of Wisconsin
has been held valid by the Supreme court
Of that state. The decision declares the
stale can enforce the law under police
power.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

BROKEN BONES and bruises came to
seventy boys and girls packed into big
auto van, when it was overturned into
ditch in Chicago last Saturday night be-
cause the driver tried to roll a cigaret.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

CONCRETE has been chosen for the
state roads of Cook county This mate
rial has been chosen because it is cheaper
than vitrifed brick, which has been con-
sidered.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

THE OFFICERS of the wrecked Lor-
imer-Munday banks of Chicago are to be
prosecuted under the law
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

THE PORK BARREL NOTICE the
appropriateness of the name lis an insti-
tuition peculiar to- Congress, and consists
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS
battleships Idaho and Mississippi to Greece
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27
ZION IN CHICAGO

We have leased for term of years,
The Plymouth Church Building,
Michigan Avenue, between 18th
and 10th Streets,
as the Headquarters of lions
work in Chicago. We shall, God
willing, open this building on
Lords Day Afternoon, June 18th.
This building is well located,
and is well adapted as the Center
of.Zion's work in the great City
Of Chicago. The main Auditor
ium and Prayer Room will seat
1000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-05

ribbon OF deepest wine color. with n
little band of the same on the pale vel
low hat. no one could say.
DO you think you shall like that
dull red right close TO the yellow, Pat.
ty:" Waitstill asked anxiously.
cit looks all right on the columbines
I'm the Indian cellar" replied Patty.
turning and twisting the hat on her
head. IF we can't get peek at the
Boston fashions we must just find our
styles where we can"
The various roads to Tory hill were
alive with vehicles on this bright sun
day morning. Uncle Bert and Abel
Day. with their respective wive on
the back seat of the Coles double
wagon. were passed by Deacon Baxter
and his daughters, Waitstill being due
at meeting earlier than others by rea-
son OF her singing in the choir. The
deacon's one horse. two wheeled
shay" could hold three persons with
comfort on its broad seat. and the
mare, although she
was always as hollow as gourd, could
generally do the mile, uphill all the
way. in half an hour If urged cOntin-
ualIy. and the deacon. be it said, if not
good at feeding was unsurpassed at
urging.
Aunt Abby Cole could get only a
passing glimpse OF Patty in the depths
of the shay" but a glimpse was al
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-05

hut in despair when she was seventeen
she began TO cut over the old garments
for herself and Patty. Mercifully there
were very few OF them, and they had
long since been discarded. At eighteen
she had learned TO dye yarns with vel
low oak or maple bark and TO make
puppies from elder and sumac berries ;
she could spin and knit as well as any
old aunt" Of the village and cut ana
shane n garment as deity as the Edge
wood tailoress. but the task Of making
bricks without straw was a hard one
indeed.
She wore a white cotton frock on
this particular Sunday. 1t was starch
ed and jroned with a beautiful gloss,
while q touch Of distinction was given
70 her costume 10y a little black sleeve
loss Drounda bout made out OF the COW
erjng Of an old silk umbrella. Her
fat hat had a single wreath OF coarse
daisies around the crown, and her
mitts were darned in many places
Nevertheless you could not entireiy
spoll her; God had used liberal hand
in making her. and her fathers parsi-
rnony was a sort OF boomerang that
flew back chiefly upon himself.
As for Patty. her style Of beauty. Ike
Cephas Coles ell. had TO be toned down
rather than up to be effective. but CIR
cumstances had been cruelty unrelent-
ing in this process OF late Deacon
Baxter had given the girls three or
four shopwOrn pieces Of faded yellow
calico that had been repudiated by the
,-iIIs1e housewives as not fast enough
I'm color To bear the test Of proper wash
ing This had made frocks. aprons
uetticoats and even underclothes Tor
two full years, and Patty's weekly ob-
when she removed her ever
lasting yellow dress from the nail
where IL hung were not such as should |
have fallen from the lips OF dea-
cons daughter. Waitstill had taken
niece Of the same yellow material, !
starched and irOned IL, cut curving'
circular brim from it, sewed in plat /
Cd crown. and. 10. hat for Patty! |
What inspired Patty 10 put Oh = X6Lst
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-05

I house. with his smaller one. would
| try to get in accord with Humphrey
| Baker and his clarionet. All went well
| when Humphrey was there to give the
sure keynote, but in his absence Jed
Morrill, would use his tuning fork.
! When the key was finally secured by
all concerned Jed would raise his stick,
beat one measure to set the time, and
all Joined in or fell in, according to
| their several abilities. 1t was not al
ways a perfect thing in the way OF n
start but they were well together at
the end of the first line, and when, as
now, the choir numbered n goodly num-
Der of voices and there were 800 or 400
in the pews nothing more inspiring in
its peculiar way was ever heard than
the congregational singing of such
splendid hymns as "Od Hundred"
Duke Street" or Coronation"
Waitstill led the trebles, and Ivory
was at the far end of the choir in the
BASES. but each was conscious of the
others presence. This morning he
could hear her noble voice rising a lit
tie above, or, perhaps, from its quail
ity. separating itself somehow, ever so
little, from the others. How full of
strength and hope it was. her voice!
How steadfast to the pitch, How gold
en- its color. How moving in its cres-
cendos, How the words flowed from
her lips, not as if they had been writ
ten years ago. but as If they were the
expression of her own faith. There
were many in the congregation who
We're stirred, they knew not why, when
there CHANGED to be only few carry
ing the air. and they could really hear
Waitstill Baxter singing some dear old
hymn, full of sacred memories, like
While thee seek. protecting Power.
Be my vain wishes stilled.
And may this consecrated hour
With better hopes be filed.
There may be them in Boston that
can sing louder. and they may be able
TO run up little higher than Waitstill.
but the question is. could any of 'em
make Aunt Abby Cole shed tears:"
This was Jed Morrilrs tribute to his
best soprano.
There were Sunday evening prayer
meetings, too. held at early candle
light" when Waitstill and Lucy Nor
rill would make a duet of by cool ST
loans shady rill." or the favorite
Naomi" and the two fresh young
voices. rising and falling in the tender
thirds of the old tunes, melted all
hearts to new willingness OF sacrifice.
Father. whate'er OF earthly bliss
Thy sovereign will denies.
Accepted at thy throne OF grace
Let this petition rise.
Give me calm. thankful heart
From every murmur free
The b. -ssing OF thy grace impart
And let me live TO thee.
How Ivory loved to hear waitstin
sing these lines! How they eased his
burden as they were easing hers. fall
ing on his impatient. longing heart like
evening dew on thirsty grass.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-05
SALTS FINE FOR
ACHING KIDNEYS
We eat too much meat, which clogs
Kidneys, then Back hurts and
Bladder bothers you.

Most folks forget that the kidneys,
like the bowels, get sluggish and clogged
and need flushing occasionally, else we
have backache and dull misery in the
kidney region, severe headaches, rheu-
matte twinges, torpid liver, acid stomach,
sleeplessness and all sorts of bladder dis
orders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about four ounces of Jad
Salts from any good drug store here,
take a tablespoonful in a glass OF water
before breakfast for few days and
your kidneys will then act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
lithia, and is harmless to flush clogged
kidneys and stimulate them to normal
activity. 1t also neutralizes the acids
in the urine so it no longer irritatess
thus ending bladder disorders f
Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive;
makes a delightful effervescent hthia-
water drink which everybody should take
now and then to keep their kidneys clean,
thus avoiding serious complications.
A well-known local druggist says he
sells lots of Jad Salts 30 folks who believe
in overcoming kidney trouble while it is
only trouble.
Harper House Pharmacy.-(Ady,l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-05

I remarked to Mrs. Day in the way OF
back seat confidence. IT'S unfortu-
! nate that n deacon's daughter should
| be afflicted with that bold style of
| beauty. Her hairs all but red. In
I fact, you might as well call il red
when the sun shines on it. But il
shed ever smack it down with bears
grease she might darken it some. or
| anyhow she'd make it lay slicker. But
it's the kind of hair that just matches
that kind of girl-sort of up an COM
in Then her skins so white and her
checks so pink and her eyes so snappy
that she'd attract attention without
half tryin', though l guess she amt
above maxim an effort"
she's innocent as kitten" OBJ
served Mrs. Day impartially.
''Oh. yes, she's innocent enough an
I hope she'll keep so. Waitstill s
sight han'somer, if the truth was told.
but she's the sort of girl that's made
for one man and the rest of 'em never
look at her. The other ones cut out
for the crowd. the more the merrier.
Shes a kind of mantrap. that girl is!
Do urge the horse a little mite, Bar
tholomewi 1t makes me kind o. hot
TO be passed by Deacon Baxter. It's
missionary Sunday, too. when he
gen'ally mas rheumatism too bad to
come out"
Il wonder II he ever puts anything
into the pIate:' said Mrs. Day. Nc
one ever saw him that l know Of"
The deacon keeps the Thou Shalt
Not commandments pretty WE'LL was
he don't put nothin' into the plate, but
s'pose we'd ought to be thankful he
don't take nothin out. The BaptistS
are gettin' ahead faster than they'd
ought TO up to the Mills. Our minis
ter amt no kind of a proselyter. Seems
as il lie didn't care how folks got to
heaven so long as they got there. The
other church is havin' a service this
afternoon side o the river. an I'd kind
o. like to go. except it would please
'em too much to have a crowd there
to see the immersion. They tell me.
but 1 don't know how true, that that
Tillson wilder woman that come here
from somewheres in Vermont wanted
to be baptized today, but the other
converts declared they wouldn't be If
she was
Jed Morrill, said they'd have to hold !
her under water quite a spell to do !
any good" chuckled Uncle Bart from |
the front seat.
We'll, / wouldn't repeat it, Bartholo-
new. on the Sabbath day, not IL he
did say it. Jed Morrills responsible |
for more blasphemious jokes than any
man in EdgewoOd. / don't approve of
maxim light of anybody's religious OBJ
servances il they're ever so foolish,
said Aunt Abby. somewhat enigmat-
,aIIy. Our minister keeps remindln
IS that the Baptsts and Methodists
ire our brethren. but wish he'd be
little more anxious 10 have our sciety
keep ahead OF the others"
.'Jeds bout right in sizin' up the
Wilder Tillson." was Mr.. Days umid
contribution TO the argument. Il amt
, readin' man. but from what folks re-
port | should think she was one o
hem critters that set on rocks Devil
1erin' an bedevilin' men folks out o
heir senses-syreens. think they call
em-a regJar syreen is what that VOL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-05
CHAPTER TX.
+ June Sunday.

was Sunday ia June, and almost
the whole population Of River
= boro and EdsewOOd WAS walking
or driving in the direction Of the
meeting house on Tory hill.
Church toilets you may well be-
Aeve, were difficult II attainment by
Deacon Baxter's daughters, as they
lad been by his respective helpmates
N years gone By. When WaitstilTs
mother first asked her husband To buy
her new dress. and that was two
years after marriage. he simply said:
lou look well enough. What do YOU
want 10 waste money on finery for,
These hard times< II other folks are
extra VACANT that amt any reason you
should be You amt obliged 70 take
your neighbOrs for an example, take
en- for a waruin','
But. FoEwell. my Sunday dress is
worn completely 10 threads" urged the
second Mrs. Baxter.
That's what women always say.
They re all alike, no more idea o saw
u anything than a skunk DlackDird.
can spare any money for gewGaws.
and you might as well understand IL
INST as last. 90 up attic and open the
hair trunk by the winder, you'll ind
plenty there 10 last you for years to
come"
The second Hrs. Baxter visited the
auto as commanded, and in turning
over the clothes il the Old trunk knew
oy instinct that they had belonged 10
Aer predecessor in Office Some OF the
oresses were neat, though terribly worn
and faded. but all were fortunately
Tar too short and small FOR person
OF her fine proportions Besides, her
very soul shrank from wearing them,
and her spirit reyOlted both from the
insult 10 herself and 10 the poor dead
woman she had succeeded. 50 she came /
Downstairs 10 darn and mend ana ,
patch again her shabby wardrobe.
WsitstiH had gone through the same /
exReEiepcs as her mother before hes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-05

I man is, I guess"'
There, there, Abel, you wouldn't
know a syreen if you found one in
your baked beans, so don't take away
n woman's character on hearsay." And
Mrs. Day. having shut up her husband
as was her bounden duty as a wife
and Christian, tied her bonnet strings
a little tighter and looked distinctly
pleased with herself.
abel amt startin' any new gossip
was Aunt Abby's opinion. as she
sprang to his rescue. zone or two
more holes in colander don't make
much dif'rence-Bartholom we're
certainly goin' to be late this mornin' D.;
we're about the last team on the road, !"
and Aunt Abby glanced nervously be-
hind Elder Boone amt begun the
openin' prayer. though, or we should
know it. You can hear him pray a
mile away, when the winds right l
do hate to be late TO meetin'. The
elder alters takes notice; the folks in
the wing pews alters gapes an stares,
and the choir peeks through the cur
tain, takin' notes OF everything you've
got on your back. / hope to the land
they'll chord and keep together little
mite better'n they've done lately, that's
all 1 can say. If the Lord is right in
our midst, as the Bible says, he can't
think much of our singers this sum-
mer"
They're improvin', now that Pliny
Warehouse plays his fiddle" Mrs.
Day remarked practically. There was
times in the anthem when they kept
together considerable we'll last Sunday.
They didn't always chord. but there.
they chorded some, We're most there
now, Abby, don't forget, Cephas won't
ring the last bel! till he knows his own
folks is crossin' the common"
Those were days of conscientious
and every pew in the
house was crowded. The pulpit was
built on pillars that raised it six feet
higher than the floor. The top was
cushioned and covered with red velvet,
by huge gilt edged Bible. !
There was a window in the tower
which Cephas Cole could look |
into the church and while tolling the
bell could keep watch for the minister. |
exactly on time, he would come |
in, walk slowly up the right hand aisle.
mount the pulpit stairs, enter and close
the door after him. Then Cephas would |
give one tremendous pull to warn lott
erers on the steps, a pull that meant.
Parsons In the pulpitr' and was act
ed upon accordingly. Opening the big
Bible the minister raised his right |
hand impressively, and, saying, Let
is pray" the whole congregation rose
n their pews with a great rustling and
bowed their heads devoutly for the in
Tocation.
Next came the hymn, generally at
hat day one OF Isaac Watts The
singers, fifteen or twenty in number,
at in a raised gallery opposite the pull
,it. and there was a rod in front hung
With red curtains to hide them when
lifting down. Any one was free TO
DIN. which perhaps accounted for Aunt
Abby's structures as TO time and tune.
ed Morrill,, 'blasphemious" as he was
onsidered by that acrimonious lady.
vas the leader. and a good one too
There would be great whispering
nd buzZinG when Deacon Sumner
With his big fiddle, and Pupy Water |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-05

WAYS enough for her. as her opinion or
the girls charms was considerably ar
fected by the forlorn condition OF her
son, Cephas, whom she suspected OF
being bopelessly in love with the
young person aforesaid. to whom she
commonly alluded as that red headed
baggage"
Patience Bakers got the KIND or
looks that might do well enough at
tavern dance or huskinS. but they're
entirely unsuited to the Sabbath day
or the meetin' house" 30 Aunt Abby
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-05
Notice to Stockholders.

To all whom it may concern, and tc
all the stockholders of Rock Island
Savings Trust Company, an Illinois
corporation. of Rock Island, Illinois.
You and each of you are hereby noti-
fed that a special meeting of the
stockholders of Rock Island Savings
Trust company is hereby called to be
held at the banking office of said Rock
Island Savings Trust Company, num-
Der 231 Eighteenth street in the city
of Rock Island, Illinois, at the hour of
ten QO) o'clock in the forenoon of the
eighteenth day of August, A D. 1914,
for the purpose of considering and act
ing upon proposition to consolidate
said Rock Island Savings Trust Com
pany with the Rock Island Savings
Bank, a corporation, and under and
pursuant to the banking laws of the
State of Illinois. and for the transac-
ton of such other business as may law
fully be transacted at such meeting.
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois, this
fifteenth day of July, A. d. 1914.
z. w. HURST,
P. GREENAWALT,
PHIL MITCHELL.
H. S. CABLE,
A. ]. LINDSTROM,
Constituting a majority of the direc-
tors of the Rock Island Savings Trust
Company
jackson, Hurst & Stafford,
Attorneys.
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-05

We have disposed of our interes: in
the Modern Tea company. We will
pay all bills incurred up to date. All
persons indebted to the above firm
win please make settlement
(AdvD SAM GELLERMAN.
JOHN GELLERMAN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-05
Notice.

To Be Continued Next Saturday }
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-05

was Sunday ia June, and almost
Z tne whole population Of River
u bOrO and EdgewOOd was walking