Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-19
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
. some SHORT STORIES. .

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
{: Some SHORT STORIES. :
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morphine 10 . ourss." said the
professional man. ut has been the
means Of blighting innumsrabls
livss and sruPting happy homes. II
people could only b made to under.
stand the disastrous CONSCIOUSNESS
which In many instances follow the
use Of this drug they would fear IL
% they do the most deadly poison.
There 10 70 woman in town, who was
once the wife Of . wealthy man. who
10 today . wreck. physically - veil
- morally, % result Of the habit
ual use Of morphine. Her life reads
like novel. She Was IN attractive.
and, understand, IN accomplished
woman. when she married. her hus-
band being Q westernsr of largo in
come. They lived happily for awhile.
He Was . great lover Of sports. and
spent money freely.
"He left home one night sta ting he
vas going to IN adjoining city to
oil . business engagement. He
changed his mind. however, on or.
irving ct the depot. and returned
homo only to discover his wife enter
tanning another man. This fatisfied
him that the suspicious he had pre-
viously entertained were warranted.
He few into rage at the sight Of
the man who had taken advantage
Of his absence, whipped Q revolver
from his pocket and shot him dead.
He Was arrested for murder. His
wife swore the fatal shot was fred In
seli-defense. and thus saved his life,
% he would in al probability have
been given the limit Of the law II the
proper evidence had been given the
authorities.
/ "The couple decided to separate.
They were finally divorced, she being
allowed t76per month slimony. She
came east. Her husband told her
that whenever she would brace NJ
and make up her mind to conduct
herself 40 . respectable woman
should he would take her back again.
Bat she never did. She has beer
keeping up the pace that kills, and
10 rapidly getting lower. until she Il
now what 10 commonly termed {
street walker. Her parents resid,
in . nearby town, having beer
forced to move away from here OF
account Of the shame Of their daugh'
ter. whom they had repeatedly at
tempted to reform, having once SEN
her to Dwight to be treated for tn.
morphine habit. But their efforts
were Of no avail"
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Police Magistrate Stafford 10 tellin,
. story Of IN alleged actual occur
renee In court room Of an I'd join
ing county.
Two lawyers were wrsngling owe
Questions Of law. They argued unit
, each had exhausted bis legal knowl
edge pertaining to the points in CON
tention.
"You don't know what you ar,
talking about" said one.
} "Your liar" Was the quick re
tort.
. Come. come, gentlemen" inter
. ruptsd the court "confine yourselvs
, to the matters in disp ute."
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y The general manager Of one o
} Rock Islands manufacturing CON
! Germs has been passing out Havaua
, to friends who have visited his offic
since Christmas. One gentleman In
! quired the occasion for his liberalit,
ia new baby or what?
"I'll tell you." he answered. "
had for quite while been prepsrin,
, for denying myself the enjoymen
. which I had for 90 many years de
) rived from the pipe and the cigar
4 l smoked too much. and realized tha
} Il was injurious. Just before Christ
mas quit. I made up my mind
. would never touch the weed again
: ! have kept my word 90 far. Bot
, has been . tough battle, tell 20,
!. that.
!. IL did not brag about the sacrific
. I bad made, and hardly anyone out
!. side Of my family knew Of It. So o
/ course received oil kinds Of cigar
. for Christmas presents-more than
1 ever got before. believe. carte
. them all down TO the Office, and hav
been passing them ont to my friends
It's hard to sit BY and see other Pee
. pie enjoy my presents. but I'm e
1 ing to stick BY my pledge"
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The ticket-seller ct Q recent maj
quersde dance wsgered that he eoul
call the "turn" on . certain youn
man when be entered the hall.
One Of the guests, representing
negro woman, arrived and placed 2
cents on the table.
mo you don't.-- old boy,
said the ticket.ssller with Q smile q
satisfaction. "You don't fool me
Iyou putup another quarter. That
pretty good disguise, but IL don
work with me-"
:. The mssker tried 10 explain in th