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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1902-11-06
StrafcoIp,tic gadjalitt.

S6reden erreqenoe 8ilber BON benz
2eben IN Der ruffifhen 9trafcplpnie
Sadalin enttpirft Der enalifde Rei,z
ienDe gbarles 8. games, Der bic sSnz
lei beiu6t unb oas eSnnere erfprIdbt
bat. SD bra9te einige Sage in Nles
ranoropsf au", eradblte sr, rtpo tpie
in ben anberen golonien uneeltraft
gemoroet pirb. MGbrenb meines Mnz
fetbaltes tpurben bier 2eute ermorbet.
oarunter Elm &nabe, Der nit mir in
etnem Sau3e lebte. sSait eSeber auf ben
StraBen 1T Elm @srbre&er, benn nit
tpepigen Nusnabmen tperben nur bic
I6ftmmiten 9efansenen nah Gahalir
gei4idt, uno neben Strdfltnsen, grz
itrdflingen, ibren sSrauen uno Rin.
bern uno ben 8eamten giebt es iiderz
li9 ni4t Elm Oubenb freise6orener
Snbipibuen duf Der eSniel. gs limb
tpentsitens 5000 M0rDer ba.
Sm @sfdnanib au Mleranbronst
tparen 600 Strd flinee in bier HGume
gepfer6t, bic fir ie so perfonen ge=
baut iino. Wdhrenb ih auf Der sSnfel
tparen, famsn fait 1900 frii6e gefans
gene, meiit fir oieies gsfdnsnis an,
unb man fann itcb bana9 ben MI fpIz
genben 3uitaonb benfen. 8ana Gahaz
lin itebt unter artessredt. sSn einem
9efdngniB perben bon 600 8efandez
men 500 meiitens angefettet unb in gez
5punsenen Miiifissansse balten, 10
ooab giele pabniinig iperben.
8eim 8prbringen bpnMleranbroipsf
na9 benz fernen Norben @abalins
famen mir erit so Meilen bur4 einen
bt4ten Walb, bann aing es 800 Mei=
len bin unb tpettere 800 auriid in ausz
geb0blten Canoes ber gingeborenen.
Die beiben 5auptsefabren tparen 8dz
rem unb entfprungene Strdflinge. sSn
2a Sagen fd6en mir bic Spuren BON
100 8dren. Na9ts burften mir fpeaen
Der sablreicben entfprungenen Strdfz
linse fein Seuer aum @crtreiben Der
Barren anmaAen. BON ent1prungenen
Strdflingen tpurben in % W}onaten
aat5ebn erfhoifen. sic iinb auberDr=
bentlid sefdbrlid, benn ibre 2aae lit
10 berspeifelt, bab tie bereitpiaiait
ieben 8eeeanenben ermorben, bloB um
in ben 8efiB bon 'einem Daar gfiefel
gu gelansen. Oie ginaebprenen fanb
i6 ni9t feinblid6, ionbern freunblid
uro tnterefant. sic baben aber tire
Civilization fsit lansem berloren. sic
fleioen itA bauptiddIt9 in GifG6dute
unb RObbenfelle unb lebsn fait pie Bic
8dren.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1902-11-06
gnaItfd,es eoISatensIens.

go lunse gnslanb in eintn So.
fd6rli1sn Rrita Dtripidtt II, 1lf
r,ienlanb inebr sefeiert, dls 7pmu1g
9ltfins, Der britiIde Solbdt. Bdlo
nah benz sSrieDensfhluB aber dnoert
ii9 bic Sadie. Die iolDatilhe Begetr
iteruna kat ii1 in bem Mngenblid,
mo bsr Rries 5u Gnbe, bic 2anb<sses
fa6r beIeitigt 1T un6 febr fbneu
iinft bann Der bielgeprieiene SommD
tpieber al benz anerieits iiber bleMqS
Tel anaeIebenen 8iirger aipeiter Hldlls
6erab. Sn Wirthshdufern unb 1heaS
tern lit ingnglanD niht bios Der @es
meine, aud ber unteroffieier Elm nrls
germ se5ebener unb fbisAt bebdn0<l<
ter @ait. 0ielfad3 tpirb ibm logar
Der 3utritt bertpeisert. Mber bas II
ni9t alles. Das fhimmite 1T, boB
Der engliIhe Neierbemann ndh bterls
betem Rriessbienit babeim beinaN
ebenIo f1tper Mrbeit finbet tDie Der
entlaFene 9trafsefangene.
Sbtpobl ii9 in Der englifhenMrnee
speifelIos gegen frii6er munGes ges
beFert bat, iteben bic Diseiplinar@
perbdltniife mod INNER in 10 ihlshz
tenn RuF. baB Der seipelene @olbdt
BON bornberein als berbummelt n1lD
halb perfommen gilt unb nlr gleih<
fam aug @nabe unb 8armberaigfeit
beIhdfttgt piro. gr mub baber IN Der
Gesel nit gertnaerem 2oAn porlieb
nebmen als Der gtbilar6eiter. unb er
fann 9ott banfen, ipenn man ibn
iiberbaupt anftelt. g2ur aQ3u Wiele
fauen, nadbem iie Dergebli9 Mrbeit
Iu9eno an bunbert Sbiiren gepo1t,
Der Dffentliden Mrmenpflege anbeim,
miif1en i'm NrbettsbauIe Sbbdh urlD
Nabrung 1uhen ober nerben gar auf
bie 8abn bes 8erbrehens getrieben.
Sm 2aufe Der lebten Sage iinb bier
iol9er arler Seufel, bic Der 6nnger
5u Oieben gema6t bate, allein Dor
2onooner poli5eiseridtsbDfen an@e=
fdnsntbitrafen berurtbeilt porben.
Sin anberer entlaffensr Referpif. Der
erit bor eintaen Wo6en aus Siioz
afrita 5uriidgefehrt mar unb teine
Qrbeit aefunben batte, ipurbe tobt auf
Der Strabe sefunben. Der Gratlihe
2eidenbefunb lartete auf Sob infolge
BON Gnttrdf flung. Die BET Der 2eiz
6enI9au n1ittpirfenbeSurb be3ei9nete
ben 8orfau dls ffanbal0s. aber niez
mano t6ut ettpas ernitltdes, umWiez
oerbolunaen poraubeugen. Sin sroz
ber She'll Der i'm ganaen 100000
entlahenen Geferoi ten barbt, unO fein
fleiner Sheil befinbet ith in bimmelz
l6retenDem glenb. Gs ipirb cine
Mahentunbeebuns i'm 5bbe part gu
2pnopn gepldnt, INN bic Hegierung
an tbre Nflt9t gesenii6er ben 8eoaus
ernspertben gu erinnern.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1902-11-06
S6u,eis.

8aIel. Ser 5anitdtsratb
pfaff aus 8alellanb itiirate bonn 3.
5todiperf Der Ra1erne auf bic Strabe
binunter. Die 8erlesunsen 1ino le=
benssefdhrlid.
Quaern. Der unldngft per<
ltorbene Weebsermetiter Yeter 59p=
binser gum nSdiff" in 2uaern, ner=
ma1te 25,OOO Sr. fir ipobltbdtise
unb geneinniibtse 3pede.
Ouhp. - 8ei elmer Rabnfabrt
ertranfen bic 59neiDerin Wtttipe
5alquin unb Das Srdulein 2uiie
Blpnbel aus 2aui ianne.
ct. 5ibert. Nationalratb So
Ief Reel lit bier aeitorben. gr mar i'm
Sabre 1887 geboren unb geb0rte benz
Nattonalratbs felt 1876 ununterbro=
9en an.
8ern. gs bsltdtist Fd, bab
Nattonalratb 9paitraBer ieinen Midz
tritt aus benz RatiDnalrath senom>
men bat.
Die Satin bes 6errn yeational=
ratb 9irter bat Elm Rapital bon 5O,=
600 ST. aur grri9tuna zines Rinbers
paoillons fiir bic 2ungenbeilfdtte
9eiligenidpenbi seitiftet.
@enf. - Der 30zidbrige RonIer=
Dator bes ar9dplosif9en Mu1eums
bierfelbft, Dunant, unternnbm gang
allein cine Befeiaung bes in @abDpen
selegenen, fat 1000 Met. baAsn Mont
pleureur. Nah fur3er 3eit purbe
Dunant ubseitiir5t nit ge1paltenem
Ropf aufsefunoen.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1902-11-06

Die 9on10apatben bes MiTouritbu<
leg uaben eine Reiolntion segen bus
RI1en gefaBt, fDeil es gefunbbeitss
f6Gblih lei, unb Rranfbetten perbreis
ten tDnne. Slider ift, bob es mitunitr
elm Gpmpfom bonn 5er5trantbeit bils
bet.
gs aiebt unter ben MenIben Miirs
n,er, Die, anffatt iih 3u trimmer, ben
Sub tiifIen, ber lie tritt bic Sire.
ter. u
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1902-11-06
0eferrei6- -Insar,t.

Sanii 9. Sn benz Wobnbauie
oes 9emeinOeooritehers SoIef Som
mer bra9 5euer aus, ipel@es erbebliz
9en S9aben anrthtete.
M tiers bprf. - Wd9renb eli
mes 8epttters ipurce bic Healitdtenz
>2iiberin Marie Sieber bonn 8lib gez
.jDtet.
Snnsbrud. -Sn aolfab muir
be Der 8tehbdnDler 5ran5 gsser,
rpulgo" Srantbauier bonn 8lfaBberg,
auf Der StraBe Dor etnem 9aitbaule
pom 8libe erl4lagen.
&lagenfurt. - Der Sobn bes
8auers Haoaaic in ber 9enetnbe
5dDnau aderte nit aipei &iiben, als
eine ber1elben tobt auIammenbra9.
Der Bauer gerietb in eine iol9e grre=
sung, baB er naa Der 9ade griff uno
Ieinen So6n eridlug.
90 Drt d g On bers. -
Der Meblbdnbler Nlois Gang itarb
6ier i'm So. 2ebensiabre. St perma9te
Der Stabt uno Dem pfriinonerbauIe
5000 8ronen.
Die gbeleute Sanab Seibel feierten
oas iilberne 9od5eitsfef.
% Wten. = Na9 benz @enufe bon
S9pdmmen erfranfte bic Wattgaife
70 ippbnbafte 5amilte bes 8augeriiz
tiers Simon 5iKet. 8on Der aus bier
&Dpfen befebenben Samilie Iinb am
I9periten in Mttleioeni6aft ge5ogen
tporoen bic 19idbrise 8ertbu uno bic
21iGbriae Marie 5iiief.
ssSn Der 8orber5riibl 1T Der t. unb
t. @enral=Mubttor /. g. Mnton 9ui9=
ner i'm 81. 2ebensiabre seItorben.
Sn Taooriten, 2anogutsahe 26,
feierte bas greiie gbepaar Slortan
unb 4nna S90nbauer bic soloene
6o93ett.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1902-11-06

GreiDurg. 9err 0ofratb
Rarl Napp, begins nit feiner @emab<
lin oas feltene 5eit Der gol0enen 3oHs
seit.
Gfhbu1. - Das S0bnden bes
lan6tpirtbes 2efpifb lief bur1 bic se@
f9lofiene 8arriere unb gerietb unter
ben @hnel3us. Der Sob trat iofort
Elm.
Mannbeim. Mm Marftz
plabe purbe bic Witttpe Marsaretbe
5htlling ben stnen 2u6tpissbafener
8ierfubriperf iiberfahren. Der Sob
trat iofort elm.
syreubenbettt. m. - 2dnbtpirtb
59aaf, 5obn bes Nltbiirsermeiiters,
lprana bonn 3. Stod hs elterlihen
6aufes in ben 6of unb blieb 5er=
ihmettrt liesen. Die Shat aei6ab
in 8erfolgunsspabHftnn
Gr(ak- k-Sot6rimsem.
5pursba9. Der bieiige
5trabenpdrter 6offart6 tiirste bonn
Waaen riidlings beruntsr unb 5og li4
I1nere innere 8erlebungen gu, benen
er erlegen lit.
M Mii9lbauien.-Oer 72 Sabre
alte Mderer Sbeobalb papierer in
Heininaen mar BON 1891 Bis gum
ylopember 1901 Re9nsr bes Heintger
Oarle6nsfah ahenpereins. sSn bteIer
3eit bat ct an 5OOOD6000 Warf unz
terIhlueen unb Inn bie nnterl9la=
suns au peroeden, bic 8ii6er ge=
fdlfdt. Oas bieitse 2anbsertht per=
urtbeilte ben 4lten 5u 9 Monaten Sc
fdngntB.
Cine 5eners6runit ssrf1rte bic
Sirler'i9e MObelfabrit.
cSuxemBurg.
Wor rmelbtnsen.- 5ier 1tar6
i'm Nlter BON taum 3S Sabren Der
lansidbrise, oerbienItoolle Oirettor
Der 6ieligen @eiansz@ leui6aft nGdz
cilie", 9err Nicolaus Mattes gilbert.
OtfferDtng gen. - Der Qrbetz
ter &emp ipuroe bon elmer 8anDe
Staliener angebalten, pel9e 6dnbel
iu6ten. 8emp RIB it9 los, tporauf ite
ibm na6IeBten, ibn f9ner mtb6anz
oelten uno ibm mebrere Meheriti4e
6eibra6ten.
ganad. - Nuf Der bieiisen
Miible oes 9errn Sofef 9offmannz
Oonbelinger brad 5euer aus. Oa
nt6t Iofprt 6ulfe our Steqe mar,
6rannten bic Setonomiegebduoe ab.
Ser Nrbeiter Wih. 8oeres puroe
auf Der l1Itne Bel elmer S9mieoemaz
I6ine i4per an Der linfen 9ano berz
lebt.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1902-11-06

Set tau. = Der @utsaussiigler
3ahartas 6eimer feierte nit Ietner
gbefrau bic goloene 9o9aeit.
Sir 6au. - Die tiir5li9 Der=
ftorbene 5rau DertptttDete CONNER
6at Der 5hule Elm 2esat BON 1900
Marf iiberlpie5en.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-26

in the northern district. While in
some localities in the south the crop
is good, chinch bugs and dry weather
have caused the yield to be less than
was expected over most of that see
tion. The prospects continue good
farther north. Rye is generally n
good crop. Oats promise a good yield
over the northern and central dis
tricts, though their rank growth is
causing them to lodge considerably.
In the southern district. where they
are nearly ready to be harvested, the
prospect is less favorable. NOtwith-
standing the cool weather corn has
generally done well during the week,
though there has been some injury by
chinch bugs i'm the south. Cultivation
has proceeded quite rapidly and the
fields are much cleaner north than
last week. Much of the crop has been
laid by in the south. Pastures and
meadows are generally good. Con
siderable clover has been made. but
under rather unfavorable conditions.
Cow peas are generally growing nice
ly. Potatoes and gardens are doing
well. except in n few localities. The
fruit prospects are generally not
good. Apples continue to drop. eX-
cept from unsprayed trees. Peaches
are a poor crop. The prospects for
small fruits range from poor TO good.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-26
THE DAILY
SHORT STORY.
THE SUCCESS
OF FAILURE
Ioriginal.l

TOrisinall
"TallS about talent or genius on the
stage" said the prompter. Il have
seen more success among actors from
accident than any other cause except
not trying"
What do you mean?" asked the
playwright.
do You know how Sothern senior
came in for his first success:''
YES; I've heard that story. They
say that when lie went on the stage
as Lord Dundreary he tripped and
caught his step. The audience laugh
ed, and lie kept il up"
And did you ever know how Milton
Ruggies got To be the great funny man
he was:"
NO; never heard that"
"It was this way: Ruggles when he
first started out took II fancy that he
could play light comedy, especially the
laughable parts. He had very drOll
way with him that took with his
friends. and when they learned that he
was going on the stage to do that bust
ness they all agreed he would make Il
success of it. So great was the prom
Use that he secured an engagement in
roaring farce and set about study
ing it. The truth is that good deal
hung on his success. He had married
without n cent in the world lovely
girl. and the question was how to live
Ruggles spent weeks in practicing the
most ludicrous features of his part and
when he went on the stage for his
debut had done all that study could do
m tto1l-n a Iif IHrtrt 1,a htc
wife sat in Il stage box to encourage
him.
Il was there. l had seen the play
before. and when Ruggles came Oh
expected at the first funny business to
see the audience split with laughter.
What was my surprise TO see them sit as
quiet as if at funeral. Several of us,
friends of the debutant, applauded vo-
ciferously, but the movement didn't
extend beyond our little circle. We'll,
throughout the whole play the audience
maintained the same demcanor, and
at the end of the third act the poor
wife could not control her tears any
longer, so TO avoid their effect on her
husband she left the thcater. When
the curtain was runS down, the house
was half empty.
What was the cause of the failure
we couldn't any of us tell unless it was
that Ruggles had studied all the natu-
ralness out of him and the fun was
forced. His manager stuck by him and
cold him that he would like to try him
in Il serious part. Rugg!es jumped At
the chance and undertook pathetic
character. man who had run down
into shabby gcntiiity and CrdeaVored
TO provide Il living fer his family. The
manager told him simply to learn his
lines and trust to his mood at the time
for the pathos.
I'VE were all very fond of Ruggles
and turned out in body to encourage
him in this second and probably last
attempt to earn Il living by acting for
his little wife. whom we loved as much
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-26
To See Yellowstone Park.

The American Tourist association
has arranged a most inviting special
tour of Yellowstone Park for next
August. which will leave Chicago
Thursday, Aug. Z. The train will run
via the Union Pacific and Oregon
Short Line. and the tickets sold will
include all expenses everywhere
railway and sleeping car fares, meals
in dining cars, hotels en- route and in
the park. carriage drives and side
trips, voyage on the Yellowstone
lake and the ascent of Pixies Peak.
This is new route to the National
park, and is said to offer much beau
tiful scenery. Those who have al
ready visited the Yellowstone region
will find this new route an interest
ing feature in itself.
ABOUT THE TOURS.
Special Pullman sleeping and din
ing cars will be used throughout the
tours. The price of tickets covers
every possible expense of travel as
named in the itinerary. Dinner will
be served in the dining car leaving
Chicago on the evening of Aug. Z.
Several stops viii be made along the
line for rest and recreation, thus
making the journey an easy one. Ar
rive in Omaha at SOS a. m, Aug. s,
remaining in that city till $3.50 p. m.
Carriages will be provided for drives
about the city. \ stop of few hours
will be made at Cheyenne on Satur-
day. The travellers will be at liberty
till 1 p. mat which hour the journey
will be continued westward over the
Union Pacific. Arrive at Pocatello
Sunday morning and Monida at noon,
spending the afternoon and night at
the latter place. The drive to the
Yellowstone Park begins Monday,
Aug. II, at a. M. via the stages of
the Monida and Yellowstone com
pany. Lunch at Red Rock Lakes and
spend the night at Grayling Inn,
Dwelles. Leave Dwelles at a. m,
Tuesday; drive through Christmas
Tree park along the Madison river
to the Fountain hotel in the Yellow
stone park, spend the afternoon and
night at the Fountain, leaving at $3.50
a. M, Wednesday,, for the Upper Bas-
in, arriving at 1890 a. m Spend the
day and night among the greatest
geysers in the world. Thursday
leave the Upper Basin, drive through
the forests crossing the Continental
divide twice, arriving at the western
shores of Lake Yellowstone about
noon. You may continue the jour
ney by stage, arriving at the Lake
hotel about 1870 to 500 p. m, or take
the boat and get there an hour or so
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-26
Takes Money to Build Railways.

Carthage Republican,: The latest
regarding the electric railway that *
supposed to DE built on the west side
of the county. is that the ''prOmOt-
ers" are in the east to lay the mat
ter before eastern capitalists" This
is weak point in the scheme. There
are millions of dollars in the west
seeking investment now-One bank in
Quincy Offering To- furnish any
amount of money in six figures at 4
per cent. for any reasonable invest
ment. If the Quincy and Southeast
ern is a good thing and backed by
wealthy men Of Quincy. why the gold
brick plan of interesting eastern
capitalists"
1t will take fully s3.OOO.OO0 TO build
the line planned by the Quincy and
Southeastern and while there Is
abundance of money in Quincy il
would be a difficult proposition 10
completely finance the enterprise in
the city. The banks have some S.
100000 between them. but little if any
of this is available for railroad
building. even if the owners were
willing to so devote it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-26
4 Glorious Fourth.

On the Fourth of July every true
patriot will celebrate the signing of
the Declaration of independence by
the Colonists, and although the
struggle which followed was both
costly and disastrous, yet it resulted
in their ultimate freedom from the
yoke of English bondage. Another
very important day i'm the life of any
one. especially those suffering from n
weak or disordered stomach, will be
the one on which they decide to give
up old methods of trying to obtain
relief and commence the use of that
famous twentieth century family
medicine. Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers. 1t will cure anyone suffering
from dyspepsia, Indigestion, belch-
ing, constipation. biliousness or in
somnia. Try it today and be CON
vinced. Our private stamp is over
the neck of the bottle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-26

them; j. a. Leroy, fresh from the
Philippine commission. in his Race
Prejudice in the Philippines. shows
how we suffer there by giving rein TO
our local "anti-nigger" prejudices
among a proud and resentful people;
while Andrew Sledd. of Georgia, in
his The Negro: Another View, with
rare courage and frankness discusses
the effects of similar feeling at
home-in the south especially; and
William F. Willoughby. the island
treasurer. sums up the results of the
important work already accomplish
ed by Two Years of Porto Rican Leg
islation W. j. Henderson, in a de
lightfuI paper on Sailing. continues
the Atlantic's entertaining series of
outdoor papers, to be followed i'm
August by The Desert. by Werner u.
Reed. Among the literary features
of the number are Walks with Ellery
Claiming. selected excerpts from the
unpublished diary of Emerson-a fas-
cinating record-Edward Dowden's
keen study of Walter Pater, George
p. Bakers The Plays of Eugene
BrieuX, Gerald Stanley Lees lively
essay on Reading Books through
their Backs, and the regular reviews
of Books Old and New. etc. In fic-
tion, the Baroness Won Hutton begins
her brilliant serial. Our Lady of the
Beeches; II. +. Young, George 5. Was
son. Dallas l.. Sharp and others fur
nish entertaining stories and sketch
.es; Edward y. Pomeroy, Hildegarde
Hawthorne, Virginia w. Cloud. and
James II. Morse contribute poems,
and the lively Contributors club
rounds out an entertaining and APP
propriate midsummer number of the
Atlantic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-26
ns Me Ihred her hnshand.

as We lived her husband.
The evening came round, and we
had drummed up very good house.
The star came on in the middle of the
first act. he was dressed in thread
bare suit of black and had on Il rueful
countenance. Somehow the effect, in
stead of being lugubrious. was ludi-
crous. l cast my eye on the audience
and saw an incipient smile. 1t was
suppressed, however, till Ruggles be-
gan to speak his lines. when it broad
ened and at the first bit of pathoS
broke into broad laughter.
81 never shall forget the expression
on poor Ruggles' face. For a moment
he was really Il man of trouble, and the
audience quieted down into serious
ness. Ruggles pulled himself together
and went on with his part. For awhile
lie did very well, but soon forgetting
the blow he had received at exciting
laughter instead of tears he became
his natural self once more and at the
next recurrence of q climax in pathos
gave ii so ludicrously that not only the
audience, but this time his circle of
friends, burst into laughter. The effect
was so distressing upon the actor that
lie left the stage. In going out he turn
ed to cast n look of reproach at the au-
dience. Had he been trying to mimic
the expression of Il crushed tragedian
he could not have done it. His natural
expression gave it perfectly. Every
person in the theater shouted. The
curtain was rUng down. but the au
dience thunped and called 'Ruggles"
for ten minutes. The manager begged
him to make the best of n bad job and
20 before the curtain, bow and retire,
after which an announcement would
be made that the play would not pro
coed.
''Then came what call Ruggles' gen
ius He seized upon the success of fail
ure and turned it to splendid account.
Going before the curtain, without try
ing to overdo the matter he made what
he would have considered Il speech full
OF sorrow for his failure. Retiring
amid deafeninG applause, he resolved
TO let the rest of his part 20 as farcical,
continue to act naturally, only occa-
sionally intensifying his emotions, and
play it out to the end The result was
that he was called before the curtain
after every act and at the close receiv-
ed an ovation.
That's the way Ruggles got to be
funny man. Before he left the theater
he had signed for an engag cement at
5000 a week. y playwright sat up all
night recasting the play to make it
really comic, and it ran for 225 nights.
Ruggles always had his plays written
expressly for him; always drew big
houses and made Il fortune.
singular" said the playwright
thoughtfully, That the best. both in
plays and their actors, is spontaneous.
Hard study may sometimes do it, but
never with the bountiful success of a
gift of nature"
ASA BROWN DALLETT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-26
Thursday, June 26.

Democratic Congressional Convention
BY direction of the democratic cor gres-
slonal committee for the Fourteeuih congress
sionaI district of Illinois. the democratic vot-
ers OF the several counties OF the district are
requested TO send delegates TO the democratic
convention TO be held at Monmouth. Ill, Tues
day, Aug. 5, 1909, at II O'Clock M, for the
purpose of placirg IN nomination candidate
TO be voted for at the November election,
1902, for congress.
Also for the selection OF the democratic
central committee, consisting OF one member
from each county of the district.
Also for the transaction OF such other b1si-
ness as may properly come before the con
ventiop-
The number OF delegates will be as herein
after provided. The basis of representation
for the several counties viii be one delegate
for every 200 votes cast for the democratic
presidential electors in 1900 and one delegate
for each additional 100 fraction or more. The
following shows the number OF delegates TO
which cash county is entitled:
Hancock. .22
Henderson, ------------ ---.-....- $500
McDonougn-----.----- ---------..-------.- IL
-..-------.-----.-.-..- III
Warren Is
JOHN SCHAFER, Chairman.
DAVID TCRSBULL, Secretary