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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20
fro BE CONTINUED
PRESERVE THE HAIR,
Some Useful Suggestions to Those who
Value What Is Invaluable.

Value What Is Invaluable.
Avoid tight fitting hats and collars,
also close fitting caps, unless these be
of some porous material. The two former
prevent q due supply Of blood to the
parts; hence the hair papillso arc put,
as it were, on short commons all the
time the hats and collars are worn. Tho
caps engender caloric, which sets up
irritation and ultimately that most
stubborn form of dandrutf-namcly,
pityriasis ii. e.. hranny scales). Note
that all the headgear which is not porous
should be ventilated at top and sides to
allow free current OF air.
Never sit or stand with the top of the
head near gas light Or lamp light. The
heat thrown out is apt TO paralyze the
scalp tissues and dries up the hair ITSELF
Don't wash the head oftener than
once fortnight, when first rub in the
yolk Of an egg and thoroughly rinse out
with warm water, into which has been
thrown pinch Of borax. Dry carefully
and apply little pure olive Oil
Beware of the common practice Of
dipping the comb in water when ar
ranging the hai-. 1t promotes decompo-
sition and rancidity Of the natural oil,
and so leads TO ''rotting"
II the hair be naturally dry, apply a
little olive oil occasionally. If natural
ly oily, occasionally wash away the ex-
cess of sebaceous secretion by means of
latiier or tepid water and soap bark
(Quitlaya saponaria).
Salt water is most injurious to the
hair, for which reason when sea bath
ing weir an oil cap.
Always treat the scalp as if you loved
it. Take to heart DR.. Godfrey's dictum
that every touch affecting go delicate
texture as the scalp should be soft and
soothing, every application bland and
mild" Don't use stiff bristled or wire
brushes. and in all cases brush gently.
Also. always brush out the hair before
attempting to comb it, and use the comb
as little as possible.
Have the ends Of the hair clipped ouce
Z asonth. if only 70 prevent them fr6m
splitting. But don't close crop.-Phila-
delphia Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20
CHAPTER xxi

Lady Appuldurcombe, driving home
that Tuesday about noon from Grosven-
or place, thought with sigh of relief
tomorrow, her own Ronny, who could
not have cared SO much for Lesley after
all or he would have gone after her in
stead Of devoting himself to horses, but
then he had a stern way of nipping any
feeling of that SORT in the bud, SO deter
mined was he that no woman's infiu-
ence should come seriously into his life.
But what would he say when he saw
Cynthia installed in Park lane? For
when the funeral was over, and all ar
engagements made, Lady Appuldurcombe
had begged the girl to come to her for
as long as she liked.
And at that very moment, almost
within earshot, the newsboys were
| shouting out in Piccadilly:
"Drcl in Ugh life-barrowknigh
killed, Major Kilmurray shot in the
backr' And men crowded to the club
windows and rushed ont bareheaded to
buy papers, doubling the evidence of
| their ears-Ronny, Ronny kilmurray,
who had never run away i'll his life,
shot i'll the back? And Eastwood, the
bully and fire eater-dead.
''What will MS mother say?" inquired
Onslow blankly, when he and Ralph
Seton had read the brief paragraph to-
gether. "Or the lovely Malincourt.
said Seton, "since she is at the bottom
of the whole imbroglio? l should never
have thought it to look at her-she's
Just one of those dear little girls-for
all she ia SO tall-that sou feel wouldn' t
h1rt q fly, yet if there is broken heart
ed woman in town today that woman
is Lady Appuldurcombe, and all the
gentle Malincourt's doingr'
"She is awfully cut up at her old
friend Lady de Sails DEATH" said On
slow. "Some one ought TO go and tell
her, or she may hear some of those beg
CARS shouting 1t in the streets. I've a
great mind" He paused, for his cour-
age failed him. 1t wants something
more than mere pluck with which tc
face n mother who loved her son as
Ronny's loved him with the news that
but yonder lay her darling boy misera-
bly, dying. And then there was Cynthia
how would she take il? Between the
two Onslow did nothing, only prowled
restlessly up and down between the two
stricken homes, and by eating no lunch
con in some vague way felt he was partly
helping them to bear it.
Charville's dark, clean shaved. hand
some face was unwontedly pale wher
he opened the door to his mistress and
ut luncheon sent both his scared looking
subordinates out Of the room and wait
ed entirely on her himself
He even exceeded his Office by press
ing champagne ON his mistress ant
seemed above all things anxious that sht
should make q good luncheon, but the
face he turned to the sideboard was
heavy with grief, and he looked like :
man who has a hard task before hin
from which be dares not finch.
| Lady Appuldurcombe spoke to him
( from time TO time, chiefly of Rom,
and Of little things to be done for hi.
comfort when he returned. and Char
vile controlled himself to answer
though the words almost choked him.
| When luncheon was over, he opened
the door and silently beckoned to som,
one who was there; then, leaving tn,
door aiar. came behind his mistress
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20
A Bright Star.
4 SKETCH OF THE NAN WHO LED
MARY ANDERSON TO FAME.
A1ss Played Leading Rslss with Booth,
Barrett ana Theme.

WIN oeos"'
VIo" TIC o. Lous CnTonicts1
One OF the most conspicuous figures in tho
etageiand OF America to-day Is John W.
Norton. Born in the seventh ward of New
York City forty-six years ago, the friends
Of his youth were Thomas w. Keene and
frank Chanfrau. We find keene star nj
the age Of 70 and Norton i'm the flower 81
early manhood, the leading man for Edwin
booth at the famous Winter Garden Theatre
lie was starred with Lawrence Barrel;
early Ia the sOs, aud alternated the ies.iing
roles with Charles Thorne at the Variety
Theatre in New Orleans. Early in the
Centennial year, in Louisville, Norton met
our Iary Anderson, then iair young Tiri
VINO aspifed Tor stage lame, TOOK her un.er
ms guidance ana as everyday knows iec hef
" lame. Mr.. Norton Il now the proprietor
of the Grand Opera Horse IN 81 LOUIS, the
Dn Qiesne Theatre, Pi'tsburg and one OF the
stockholders In the American Extravasanza
Company.
You have known me for i've years, and
KNOW how have suffered with rheumatism !"
tiii the genial manager To Chponidc re.
porter. Why during the summer Of 1893
was on my back at the Mullanphy Hos
ptai' IN 'his CITY, Tour weeks. j was pu;
"n u OLD system OF dieting, with view 20
rlear.nS those aciigious properties In my
blood. J left the hospital feeling stronger.
hui the hfst damp weather brought with IL
u',e exeruciaiing pains IN the legs aud
"a, =. was the same old trouble. Ai;er
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20

'"And to think, said YeIverton when
he turned in, THAT the man who al
most single handed kept savage army
ut bay, who has come through such
hairbreadth scrapes. has perhaps come
home to be potted by blackguard like
Dashwood!'
If, when Lesley woke very early that
morning, she had been q clairvoyant,
she would have seen in one of those ex-
quisite green dells to be found in the
Bots de Boulogne two men facing each
other, resolute eyed, composed, lost to
all sight and sound and intent save one
that of taking each others lives.
As Yelvcrton let the handkerchief fall
two shots rang out simultaneously. and
Ronny stood unframed, while Dash
wood with q wild beast cry, and putting
enc hand to his face. fell to the ground,
his jaw shattered and partly blown
away.
Gentlemen, said Yelverton, hurry,
ing forward, "honor is satisfied, and
the affair is at an end" Then, as the
doctor bent over Eastwood, and Ronny
turned aside, the wounded man, lifting
himself ON his elbow and swift as light
ming, took aim and fired, the bullet
lodging in Ronny's back.
Sheer on his face fell Ronny, the hero,
| undone by the caitiff decd of man who
had always hated him for his bravery,
for his clean life, for the hundred and
one things that go to make up the man
of character, honored by all, as that alb
sence of them makes such pests to soci.
ETY. as Graham Eastwood.
With cry of horror all rushed tc
raise kilmurray, and Eastwood, know
ing that the game was up, repudiated by
his friends, pursued by creditors, with
his last belonging, the reckless beauty
that had distinguished him, irretrieva
bly, ruined, placed the nozzle of the pts
toll against his breast and fired.
So that it was one dead and one ap
parently dying man that presently form
ed part of melancholy cavalcade bacl
to the Hotel Bristol, while YelvertoI
racked his brains as to how he should
let the two poor women for whom ht
held those two yet undclivered packet.
know what had happened.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20
.s0usrerso came in with whirl Of nnr


skirts.
Lesley reaj the paragraph through.
then vaguely put her hand to her head
She wanted something. she did not
know what, and then she remembered
it was her hat, and that she must get
to Lady Cranstoun. - Lady Gran
stoun. : She got it at last and
walked down stairs and out to the cart
quito steadily.
She saw nothing during the short
drive-nothing but Ronny's face. with
tie look that she had-passed by. She
would never see it there again.
And she might have answered it when
he was going. on her account, to his
death, . for that the two men had
fought On her account she was morally
certain.
And then Lady Appuldurcombe,
brought to the bar Of Cod and punished
for her idolatry Of her boy, came before
her, torn with anguish and darkened
with hatred for the cuckoo in the nest
who had brought about the whole TRACE
dy.
When she got to Lady Cranstoun's
side, for awhile the two women looked
into each others faces without speak
ing, for no love could assuage, no ten
dcrness soften the stony calm in which
Lesley was enwrapped.
"Cranstoun came and told me. He
got letters from town. And then there
We're the papers. which had not seen.
But men have been shot i'll the back
and recovered, dearest. +"
OH cried Lesley, fiinging out her
arms wide. What did l do, what did
do? gave her Ronny whole and will
full, and just a man. He can't be hers
now he is dying, or dead Would it be
honorable-mean-if went to him
now? If just said to him, living or
dead, I love you, Ronny, l love you?"
The passion, the truth, the loneliness
of pure love rang out in her voice and
spoke in every fiber of her quivering
body, and Lady Cranstoun said to her
self that let any other woman love Ron
ny as sho would she could never touch
Lesley.
You can't go to him, DEAR" said
you could hi; mothor''- She paused,
and Lesley;s imagination filled up the
gap.
"Why .,.ould they fight about me?"
cried Lesley, more lovely than ever in
the intense pallor that made startlingly
blue her great eyes 81 had done moth
ing to the man-except to refuse to
know him.
(Which was enough" said Lady
| Cranstoun, land of course he took his
| revenge. 1t is always the men we won {
allow to make love to Us who take our
characters away. The complaisant wom-
an has i'll ti;no of tronble armed men
who start Up from every bush"
They fought on Tuesday" said Les
ley. throwing her mind back to the
events of the few preceding days, sc
he must have crossed or Monday-the
day Kan away from Park lane-and he
must hayo known all about it OH Sun
day VIXEN he-he'-
She stopped abruptly and pushed the
dark locks from her brow.
81 wonder if Cynthia has gomez she
said. eve need not have made such q
bargain, need wee" she added, laugh
ing queerly, land. as you said, we reck
oned without the mGn-without the
man! Oh, if he is dead, I will plan,
flowers over hin-they shall be in 8
pattern, and the words shall be:
'Many heart TO longer here.
All, was all too ialy dear.
Yet, . Love, It's thou dost call"
She staggered and threw up hel
hands, falling in heap by tho couch
and for once nature was merciful ant
gave her oblivion.
| FRO TT coSryvr-rD
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20
For ROCK Island Oily
And County

Than any other publication 1t spends more
a good paper, and does it more cheerfully
than any other institution. It prints the
largest paper, has the most substantial adver-
tisers, has the largest circulation, and Is gain
ing more rapidly than any other newspaper in
the county, In all these features
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
CHAPTER Leslie Malincourt. a
coquette, is invited to visit her aunt,
Lady Appuldurcombe. that she may
be satisfied on her return to marry
Bob Heatherley. She is welcomed
by her cousin, Ronald Kilmurray.
1-Lesley meets Miss Cynthia de
Sails. IlI-And is interviewed by
her aunt. IV-Mr. Yelverton tells
Lesley that Ronny is the best gentle
man horseman in England. V-Les-
ley rides out with Mr.. Yelverton and
is criticised for SO doing. VI
Ronny buys Yelverton's mare for
Lesley. VII-Lesley desires to. gee
Ronny brought to sue for Cynthia de
Sails. who is in love with him. VIII
But Leslcy's aunt suspects her OF
wishing Miss de Sails out OF the way
thst she may have Ronny herself.
fX-Lesley walks with Ronny in
Leicester square early in the morn
ing and is seen by Graham Dash
wood, whom she had snubbed. "
Cynthia faints at the races on &C.
count of Ronny's attentions to Lesley.
XI-Ronny overhesrs Eastwood &C.
cusing Lesley Of having been in the
park with improper persons. lie
slaps his face, and challenge passes.
IXII-Ronny tells Lesley he loves her
XIII-Cyuthia upbraids Lesley. who
resolves to 60 home and leave her
rival free to win Ronny. XlV-She
leaves without announcing her de.
parture. XV-Ronny and his moth.
er discover that she has gone. XVI
XVII, XVIII and XIX-Lesley ar.
rives home and tells her friend, Lady
Cranstoun, what has happened.
Lord Malincourt rejoices to have hi:
daughter ut home. Bob Heatherley
asks Lesley il she is going to marry
him. and she runs away from him
IXX-Lady dc Sails dies, and Lady
Arplldurcombe promises to look out
for Cynthia. a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20
Unanimous
Choice

The New York Morning Jour-
nal recently offered ten leading
makes Of bicycles as prizes in a
guessing contest, giving the win
ners free choice Of any one OF
the ten machines. Theresultwas
ALL Of the ten winners selected
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20
CHAPTER XIII.

Cynthia set beside her unburied dead,
great hush and silence all about her
and in her spirit peace and something of
that awe that is more than peace and
passeth human understanding.
For she saw not Ronny dead or suffer-
ing, but only the man she had always
loved and who would never belong to
any woman now; therefore was he hers
by divine right Of love, and her claim
upon him was not to be, eainsaid. She
would never know the anguish of see
ing Lesley warm herself by the heart
blaze that none other had been able to
kindle, and the memory Of him would
be hers, and his grave would be hers,
and by the vividness of her memory of
him when all else had forgotten should
she establish her right to meet him
when she, too, would cross the bar.
And the calm happiness of the face
from which she presently drew the lin
en- and stood looking down on seemed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20

Cape Horn is one mass of black rock
without vegetation OF birds. The sea Al
ways runs Oh it with tTemendous 1oEue,
and rounding.the caps i cousiderol by
sailors one Of the rouehek It paaeesa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20

to promise an equal peace to Ronny and
death seemed friend and comforter
to the girl as she kissed her mothers
little dumpy, folded hands, and, still
shrouded in that curious calm, sat there
hour after hour alone.
=
And that same morning Lesley, flee-
ing from Bob to the house, was met by
a messenger, bringing verbal request
that she would go over to Lady Grams
toun at once, if possible, in the dogcart
then waiting, and fearing fresh illness
the girl ran up to her room for q hat, to
be met by Nadege, who rushed at her
with all the insane joy of her class at
being tho first to communicate evil
tidings.
"Oh. miss? she said. ''Poor Mr..
Ronny! / expect he's dead by nowv'
Lesley stopped as one pierced in full
flight by the archer, as cold, as dead as
in that moment she saw Ronny lying be-
fore her.
"Oh, miss" cried the fool, don't
take ON so! It's only his spine, not his
heart, and p'r'aps he'll live as cripple
many a day yetl''
Ronny cripple-Ronny. who re-
joiced in his every muscle and put them
to such splendid use! And if he were a
dying man, or cripple. might not she
go to him: Aye, but he was Cynthia's
dying man, her cripple. what Lesley
had given. that she might not take back.
''Kow did you hear it," che said
hoarsely. ut was an accident"
"a duel, miss; it's all in the papers, :"
said the girl glibly. an eager mouth
piece Of calamity in dainty cotton and
cambria, with Sir Graham Eastwood.
They say it's about a lady. and the bar
onet's dead. and Mr.. Ronny''-
Bring me the paper, !" said Lesley.
who had NOT moved an inch from, where
she had stood when struck and was
stapding there gill when tie 9etty
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20

8
Many
z e-w :
Ways.

THE ARGUS outclasses every other paper
in Rock Island county. 1t has more modern
and better equipped newspaper plant. 1t
employs more people, has larger corps
of correspondents throughout the county
than any other publication. 1t prints the best
news. sooner after it has happened, and more
of it, than any other paper prints 1t has bet
ter facilities for getting out big editions and
doing it quicker than any other paper. 1t
labors more zealously. has done more in the
past, is doing more today
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20
The Argus
Ha Hfsk3 /! 80
J !;

Ten cents week for all the news of the day
delivered at your door every evening when
you have the best chance to read it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20
ELY'S
Cream Balm

Is quickly absorbed.
Cleanses the Nasal
Passages. Allays
Pain and lnflxmma.
ton. Heals all ths
Sores Protects thu
Membrane frou Nd
ditional Cold. lie
stores the Senses Of
|. Taste and Smell.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-03

also in favor of a stringent railroad COM
mission law. This programme will be bit
and a S they have the mae hinery they have
a decided advantage. If "A split is not the
outcome great many shrewd political OBJ
servers viii he sadly at fault.
The republicans and pOpulists are calcu-
latlng on split and are preparing to take
advantage of It, 1t is said that republican
ana pOpulist leaders are even now discuss
ing the terms of fusion. Should the demo-
Gratis split and the republicans and popu-
lists fuse. the chances are, that FLORIDA
would be lost to the democracy.
II the democrats could eliminate Call,
they might get together and present an
unbrOken front But they can't eliminate
the senator. He refuses to be eliminated
In spite of the fact that he cannot be re-
elected to the Senate. Call persists in
standing as candidate for reelection.
There are several candidates in the field
to succeed Call. Among them is c. M
Cooper, now representing the Jacksonville
district in the national House of Repre-
sentatives Mr.. Cooper is said to be the
ablest man ever sent to congress from
FLORIDA. Hon. w. d. Chipley of Pensacola
a state senator and land commissioner of
the Louisville and Nashville railroad, is
also candidate to succeed Call Mr..
/ Chipley has been a potent factor In adj
Vanclng the material interests of Florida
especially the western section, but he is
handicapped by his connection with a cor
pOratiOn and the Call people are making
the most of it. Other candidates are ex-
Congressman Charles Dougherty, of De
Land and Hon. Jno L. Hartridge of jack
SOnVllle. Dougherty is said to represent
the F4agler and Hartridge the Plant in
terests. In the background are a number
OF men like eX-Chief Justice Raney and As
sociate Justice Lidden, who are willing to
accept senatorial hOnOrs, but are not aVOW-
+ ed candidates so far.
The democratic convention to nominate
state officials and choose delegates to the
national convention meets here in Ocala
June 10. So far Ex-Governor and present
, Controller W. ID. BlOXham is most promi-
nently mentioned for governor. But BIox-
ham is said to favor the financial policy
Of Grover Cleveland. He is probably the
most popular man in Florida The dele
gates to Chicago may be for silver though
the Florida democrats have swabbled
years ago a t Tampa they declared for the
free coinage of silver while two years ago
at Jacksonville they endorsed the financial
policy of the Cleveland administra ton.
The Ocala convention, however, will set
tie nothing Ii viii but be the beginning
OF the Call and ant-Call fight which will
not end until either succeeds himself. or
is defeated. Silver is simply an incident
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-03
INC Free NInsonry of the DtnnerIess,
From the Kansas Citv So

From the Kansas City Star
A stranger standing on the sidewalk
in front Of the, crack hotel of Fort Scott
stroked his chin A citizen of the town
instantly threw his head forward in the
attitude of expectancy. The stranger no
ticed the jerk of the mans head. but
thogght nothing of it and, taking
toothpick from his vest pocket, began
TO chew it. The man smiled in an in
viting manner The stranger put his hand
in his trousers pocket in an absent sort
of a way and drew, it out empty. The
man stepped forward and, extending his
hand, said: "Ah, l am looking for you.
Come with me" With that he rushed
the stranger into the hotel, and throw
ing silver upon the counter, said: Give
this man some breakfast. He is a broth
er, he is hungry; he is a stranger, he has
no money" But 1 have had my break
fast the stranger protested, land l am
supplied with money" 'Whatr' the citi-
zen gasped, you strol<ed your chin. YOU
chewed a tOothpick, you pulled your hand
from your empty pocket. Those are
signs. They informed me that you were
a stranger, hungry and moneyless." mo,
my friend, down where l live we have
no time to learn such damn nonsense.
Hereafter when I come to fort Scott l
shall wear handouts" The stranger was
Bill Sapp of Galena.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-03

private letter states that n man named
I..ee Bennett hlI.1 the Wills boys 20 XII
Drpu-y sheriff Perkins, promlslns 70 pay
rHiw 5000. The contract being made
with Floyd willis. who got his brother
John to assist him. They We're also told
that 500 could bee got of the dead body
OF the deputy sheriff The letter further
states that John SAYS he and Floyd shot
Perkins. DE being forced 20 shoot by
Floyd who shot first and threatened TO
shoot him il Dos did not shoot too. The
wills bows left Cherokee county a few
months ago. and had good jobs when,
IL Is ALLEGED. they We're induced 20 XIII
Deputy Sheriff Perkins for the promise OF
a few hundred dollars and the probability
OF more Dv robbery.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-03

Mrs. George Goulds new tiara wa
she has just received from LOW
maker cost $4,000 and is said 10 be one
the finest specimens Of the jeweler's an
America.
Gov. Coffin, of Connecticut, Is s'
enough to say that reporters have 81
ally been of service to him in report M II
speeches much better than he had &C.
cred them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-01-29
Hot at the Dawes CommIsslon.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-Members
of the committe on Indian affairs of
the house are indignant at what
they regard as discourteous treat
ment by the Dawes commission. 1t
had been agreed that the commission
would be given a hearing by the full
committee on Saturday, the Senate
committee having agreed to hear
the commission earlier in the week.
The plan to be proposed for legisla-
tive consideration not having been
perfected in detail, Chairman Dawes
requested the indulgence of the SEN
ate committee, and a postponement
OF the hearing was granted. The
house committee, however, received
no such advice from the commission,
and, in consequence, they feel much
annOyed