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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20
DAILY SHORT STORY
Assisting an EIopennent.
IOriginal.l

lOrlB1nal.I
It was\a pleasant spring afternoon.
Lena wasNtotdrive with me inAmy side
bar wagon, and as 1 didn't care to
leave my(bloodAed mare tied tOa hitch
ing post whileA waiting for her l sat
holding the\reiIAs. My proposition for
Lena's handlhad<not found fhvor with
her father, and was meditating an
other proposition to LenaI exclusively,
which was nothing moreI orFless than
an elopement.
Suddenly aroRlnd thescorwer came a
couple that\seemed to Ibe in a terrific
haste. The imam was lgentlemanlike
young fellow, ,aHld the girl was as pref
ty as a peach. She hung on TO his arm
to enable her tOs keep pace with him,
while he hung ION to a suit case. He
cast a covetous glance at'my rig, hest
tated. started onA stopped and said:
~See here, myt friend! Would You
mind helping IL pair,Of runaways TO the
station?'
"Elopement"
'"Thats it."
"Disagreeablel old father with no
feeling, sense orAreasonT"
You bet!
desperate casetof love-
For heavens sake, give us a lift,
ard ask your questions as we go!''
II was stating my own case, and be-
i'm: convinced that his was but n repe-
tition of it l stood up in the wagon, the
TWO hoped in andiI sat down wedged
in \between them. Then 1 turned my
horses nose in the opposite direction
and ,started down the street. My man
passenger looked back.
There he is now" he said. Cant
you move on:"
An old gentleman had just turned
the,corner and was running after us as
fastlas his legs could carry him. For
tunately for him Il cab was driving
laEily by. He stopped it, had Il few
hastyswords with the driver, pointing
to us. and jumped in. The cab was
turnedlabout and came after us.
What IL You do while you're wait
ing for Il train?" l asked the man be-
side me.
THERE'S one leaves at 3:14. It's just
3:O7 now Hooking at his watchl. We
planned our flight accordingly. We've
got just seven minutes TO catch it,"
eve can. do it all right"
ooh. please do pleaded the girl.
trembling. IF papa catches us, he'll
kill, Frank and shut me up"
It'll do my best l said, giving my
mettlesome maDe light touch with the
whip that sentgher Off on a three min
ute trot. "I'mAin the same box myself
and may be needing a friend to help
me out within Ell week"
We made about mile lodging vehi-
cles and exciting the wonder of people
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20

States senator, the father of the pres
ent governor; of Iowa Samuel j.
Kirkwood, who became senator and
then a member of Garfield's cabinet;
of Indiana, Oliver p. Morton, suisse
quently senator, and prominent
candidate for the presidential nomi-
nation; of Ohio, William Denison, af-
forwards pOstmaster-general; of
nsylvania, Andrew G. Curtin, for
may years prominent in congress; of
Michigan, Austin Blair; of California,
Leland Stanford; of New York, Ed
win ID. Morgan. afterwards United
States senator; those and other war
governors" did good work for the
union cause.
Alexander Ramsey, the last to pass
away was the governor of one of the
least of the states in population, and
its Importance came chiefly from the
fact that it was at the beginning of
1861 the most westerly of the states
of the country with the exception of
those on the Pacific. 1t furnished to
the union army $4,000 soldiers, though
its population in 1861 was only 175,0O0
and on that record the fame of Gov.
Ramsey chiefly depends. Illinois with
a population in 1861 of about 1850
600, furnished 226.592, as the state
records show or according to the
United States record 2S5, 147-giving
this state the proud distinction OF
having furnished greater number of
union soldiers in proportion to pOpu-
iation than any other state in the
union.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20
Judge .. p. Thompson on the SUI
Dreme Judicial Campaign.

Below is an interview with Hon. o.
7. Thompson. of Morgan county, on
the Fourth Supreme Judicial cam
paign that is sure TO be read gener-
ally with the keenest interest, and
which cannot fail to be highly stimu-
Iating and encouraging to friends of
Hon. G.. G. Scott, the democratic can
didate for supreme judge.
Judge Thompson is the able and
fearless iurist who has been made IA
nous by his decision sustaining the
contention of the Chicago Federation
of Teachers, that the capital stock of
Chicago corporations should be as
sessed for what it was worth.
In his interview on the supreme
judicial campaign, Judge Thompson
says:
1T is more than probable that Hon.
e.. G.. Scott will be elected to the SUI
preme bench in the Fourth district at
the June election. His recognized
ability, unquestioned integrity and
well known popularity give hope and
encouragement to his friends
throughout the whole district.
He has nothing to explain away
or apologize for, either as to the rea-
sons why the district was changed or
as to the way in which he secured his
nomination.
The election of Judge Scott would
be deserved recognition of those
qualities we all admire in public Off
GERS. and at the same time a we'll
merited rebuke to those who, solely.
for political reasons, interfered with
the boundaries of a supreme court
district
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20
CArARRH SERIOUS DISEASE
Cannot BE Trified WIth-Hyomei, the True
and Only Guaranteed Cure.

Hyomei should be used when any of
the following symptoms are present.
1t cures by the simple and natural
method of breathing healing and
killing balsams into the air pas
show the presence of catarrhal germs
in the mucous membrane of the nose,
throat. bronchial tubes and the it's
sues of the lungs:
Offensive breath, dryness of the
nose, pain across the eyes, pain in
back of the head. pain in front of the
head, tendency to take cold. burning
pain in the throat, hawking TO clear
the throat. pain in the chest, cough,
stitch in side. losing of flesh. variable
appetite, low spirited at times, raising
of frothy mucous, eXpectorating yell
low matter, difficulty in breathing,
frequent sneeZing, huskiness of voice,
discharge from the nose. stoppage of
the nose at night, aching of the body.
droppings in the throat. mouth open
while sleeping. tickling back of the
palate. formation of crusts in the
nose, dryness of the throat in the
morning. loss of strength, spasms Of
coughing, cough snort anu nacklng.
cough worse nights and mornings,
loss in vital force, feeling of tight
ness across the upper part of the
chest
To breathe through nose and
throat filed with catarrhal germs
means that the air going into the
lungs is filled with catarrhal poison.
1t is no wonder that every organ of
the system shows disease and decay
as result.
Do not dump nauseating drugs into
the stomach to cure catarrh; breathe
Hyomei and quick relief and complete
cure will follow. If it should fail 7.
H. Thomas will return your money
without any questions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20

we passed, but without any very s6ri-
Gus mishap. My eloping' friends Were
constantly looking back and reporting
the situation
ooh, heavens, he's gaining." the girl
would cry.
mo, no. sweetheart; he's losing" re-
piled her lover encouragingly.
"Can't you go any faster?' the girl
asked of me-
"Pm driving now at double the pace
allowed by law 1 replied.
l had no sooner spoken than / saw a
policeman making a dive for the mid
die of the street to head me off.
turned aside quickly and passed him.
He ran after me, brandishing his club
and putting his hand ominously to his
hip, but my sympathies were absorbed
in the lovers, and only fastened the
pace.
What luckw suddenly exclaimed the
lover, whose eyes were continually
turned to the rear.
''Wellg' l asked.
"The cop is stopping the cab. There,
IT'S come to a stand. There's war of
words. The cop is getting into the
cab"
This delay made considerable gap
between pursued and pursuer. Nor
was it likely to be diminished. The
policeman was a ponderous man, and
the cab horse was getting winded.
whats the timer l asked.
Seven thirteen" replied the lover,
with a snap of his watch case,
The station was in sight, a tritie over
a quarter of a mile away. / made my
mare do her best, though we were
driving over cobblestones, and in less
than the minute dashed 5p to the sta
ton door. My friends jumped out and.
not stopping to thank me. dashed in
side. In about ten seconds the train
pulled out. and on the platform of the
rear car was the couple waving to me.
Just as they were lost to sight the cab
drove up. and the policeman and the
old gentleman got out. The police
mans face was very red.
"Ofll teach We TO defy the law! he
shouted.
There's no law against helping elop-
ing lovers replied coolly.
"Eloping lovers" cried the old gen
tleman. Ibid they play that game on
you? The fellow is my valet, and the
girl is my wife's maid. They've got
the family jewels in the suit case"
For heavens sake!' 1 gasped.
eye come wild me-" said the police
man. "Orll take We where ven have a
chance to reply TO charge O. adm
them that's committin grand larceny"
And. jumping into my wagon. he drove
me to the police station. while the old
gentleman followed in the cab.
Well. had some difficulty in keeping
out of Jail, and only did so by furnish
ing bail. The event injured me very
much and furnished such Il weapon in
the hands of my enemy. Lena's father,
that the poor girl came very near going
back on me entirely. / only won her
after two years struggle. When we
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20
The Last "War Gorernor., ;,

There are no more war governors,
so-called because they were govern
ors of states during the civil war
Not one of these officials is in the
ranks of the living since Alexander
Ramsey died at st. Paul, Mimi, a few
days ago. He was former secretary
of war. former United States sena-
tor and the first governor of Mime
sofa. Upon these war governors
depended the measure and character
of the response to the presidents call
for troops. and those governors in
northern states when the hard fight
ing of the civil war was under way
gained afterward, most of them, dis
tinction in other fields.
The war governor of Illinois was
Richard Yates, afterwards United
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20
Politeness in Business.

\ millionaire banker of New York,
who has just died, said on one occa-
sion. when he was asked what he con
sidered the essentials of success, that
among them was politeness. Too of
ten" he remarked. "the man who
wears shabby coat is subjected to
discOurtesy. but | have observed that
many tattered garment hides a
package of bonds. and that gorgeous
clothing does not always cover mil
lionaire. \ grain of pOliteness saves
ton of correction. No institution is
too important to ignore the laws of
courtesy. If l could speak 20 Ian
guages l would preach politeness in
them ALL"
Far too many fail To realize the inn
mense Importance of politeness as n
business asset, says the Baltimore
American. Yet it has been known to
surpass the 500 per cent concerns in
its return of dividends, and honest,
lasting dividends at that \ man
may be incorruptly just, thoroughly
honest. self-sacrificing and public
spirited, and render these sterling
qualities nothing in the eyes of others
if he is rude or brusque in his inter
course with his fellows. Virtue is, in
way. an abstract thing which adj
dresses itself TO a mans consideration
through his reason; politeness is Il
concrete quality which addresses it
self to a mans reason through his
feelings, and it does not require an
extensive study of human nature to
learn that in this imperfect world
feeling leads reason nine times out of
fen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20
TODAY'S MARKETS

Chicago, May 20 Following are the open
ing, highest, lowest and closing quotations
n today's markets:
wheat.
July. 7I16 74% "A 74%.
Sept, u.s.; 7lzS 7lss; 7l5s co..
Corn.
May. A; AN: a; Az.
July. 449S: 442l: 44% 49,.
Sept, AN; 445s Az 441.
Oats. ... .-...
July. S32l: 349s-: 33A 349s.
Sept, q; 3I%; 3l1s; 3l9s.
Pork.
May, 10 90: 10 90: 10 90: 1890
July, l7.7O, 17.70: IL 60: I7.7O
Sept, Ii. 70; 1852; 1875; 1852.
Lard
May OF: OF: 81; 9OO
July, o. 8 ": 900: Gus.
Sept, 907; 9.O7; 8 OF; 9.05.
Rite.
May, 8 81; 9 ~: e.s5: a42 .... .t.r
July, $50; ESQ: As: 9.47.
Sept. $50; 9 81; 9.27; 932
Rye, May 5OA, July 5Ol4; fax. cash, N. w
liz; ). W. I.I2, May LIZ, July lii; bar.
xeceipGs today: wheat II. corn 90. oats
IS; hogs Is. 900: cattle $4,000, sheep s,oO0.
Hog market opened sc lower.
Light; se 90 o35; mixed ana butch
heavy, SOG645.
Cattle marked opened lower.
Sheep market opened higher.
Union stock yards $40 a. m.
Hog market sc lower.
Light, 8 9096 IS; mixed and butchers, %. 20
as o.: good heavy, S6.3OQ6 IS; rough heavy,
SS.3O96.4T.
Cattle market steady TO lOc lower
Beeves e. S515.45, cows and neifers l500
40, Texas steers q. 1904 40, stockers ana
feeders g. z GbLSO
Sheep market slow.
Hog market closed active at the Gecline.
Llgnt, e590016 35; mixed ana butchers. go
GEES good heavy, % 3016.15; rough heavy.
6.30Q6.45.
Cattle market closed dun and weak
Sheep market closed steady.
Estimated receipts Thursday: Wheat Is
corn I65, oats lis, hogs $500.
New York StOc&s.
New York, Nav 2O-The following are the
closing quotations on the New York stock
exchange:
So. Pacific sos, sugar 1929. c. & A. coI1. 2S5z
gas 995i Penna. 1884,. b. & .. S7Jk. c. Il. l. &
z. com S95s. G. NJ. & st. 1888. Manhattan I3s,
Pacific Mail 27S. Atch1son com. 74SS. w. u.
Tel. Co. S35S N. Y. Central 124A. l.. & N
1874, B.. h. T. 62As. Rdg. com. asa. leather
com. 1888, copper 81 y. Atcnlson pfd. %, u.
). Steel ptd S23s. u. s steer common 321z.
Missouri Pacific 1914. Union Paci1c common
S6k, coal and iron 551z. Erie common So I;
Wabash pfd 451s. Can Pacific 1919. Repu bnc
steel common 1879. Republic Steel pfd. 1854
NJ. b. s. T. common ~, American Car
Foundry common 3SA; c. q =. w. 2O1s.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20

1t is said in Mr.. Rockefeller's de-
Tense that he has sources of income
other than oil. Why then does he find
it necessary to raise the price of gas
oline every time he makes a donation
to church or college? Why doesn't
he increase the price of freight and
fares on his railroads and make the
travelling and shopping public bear
part of the burden of his charity
along with consumers of oil.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20

The New York Evening Post has
dismissed its Havana correspondent
because the information he supplied
il TO the effect that Gen. Wood had
revised and edited a magazine article
eulogistic of himself lacked truth and
was made of whole cloth. The Post
apologies to Gen. Wood. as does this
and other papers which were misled
by the correspondent information.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20
A Sure Thing

1t is said that nothing is sure ex-
cept death and taxes, but that is not
altogether true. DIR. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption is sure cure
for all lung and throat troubles,
Thousands can testify to that. Mrs
&c. B. Van Metre, of Shepherdtown, w.
Va, says: IL had severe case of
bronchitis and for year tried every
thing l heard of, but got no relief.
One bottle of DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry then cured me absolutely" It's
infallible for Group, whooping cough,
grip, pneumonia and consumption.
Try it. It's guaranteed by Hartz &
Ullemeyer, druggists. Trial bottles
free. Regular size, so cents and ST.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20

The trouble in Colombia over the
canal treaty is that no one can keep
his head in the presence of so many
millions of dollars being thrown
about. 1t is a new experience, and no
wonder an unstable country like Col
ombia should be in danger of losing
its equilibrium. Here is a case where
too much money is worse than too
little
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20

Gov. Yates played even with Judge
Sherman, the McDOnough county IN
surgent. He vetoed his bill apprOpTi-
ating 100000 for completing an en-
largement of the normal school at
Macomb. The governor said the i'm
provement was desirable. but not in
dispensible. and he could therefore
turn il down.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20

were married. it was In church in the
regular way.
The thieves had DISCUSSES with them,
and though kilograms were sent to
stop them escaped
RALPH STANTON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

rodAy'a Quotations on PrOviGiOnh. Live
stock. Feed and Fuel.
Rock Island, May 20.-Following are the
quotations on the local market:
Provisions,
Butter-Creamerv S2c6I23c, dairy 1SQ2Oc.
Eggs-Fresh l3cGt14C.
Live poultry-Spring chickens 81 per
dozen hens &c per pouno, ducks 12hc, Iur-
KEYS I2Hc, geese &c.
observation-disclosures, 25c to 35c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20

TERMS-Daily. 10 cents perweek. weekly,
81 per year In advance.
All communications of political or argu-
mentative character, political or religious,
must have real name attached for puOlica-
ton. No such articles will be printed over
fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every town
ship in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20

Gov. Yates waited until the last
minute and then signed the Mueller
bill. He hated to do it, but the voice
of Chicago was for once louder than
the voice of Billie Lorimer.-Quincy
Herald
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20

If there is one time more than an
other that woman looks like a real
angel, it is after completing course
of Rocky Mountain Tea. Brings back
that girlish beauty. r. H. Thomas
pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1894 Sec
ond avenue, Rock Island, Ill. Entered at
the postofice as Second-class matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20
Wednesday, May 20.
For Supreme Court Justice Fourth
District of Illinois,
GUY c. SCOTT.

The salt trust has been hit by the
Sherman law. There may he some
thing in the old act after all if it is
used right.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20

Bx THE j. w. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20
Special Hour Sales

For Each Day This Week
At 10 O'Clock
Cambria Corset Covers, m
full French style ........NW
At $3.50 O'Clock
Ladies' Cambria Drawers IT,
with full founce .......IM
At $3.50 O'Clock
Muslin Skirts, wide and full length
cambria fiounce, hemstitched, on
cluster tuckS I'LL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-20
Extra Special

Extra Special
New lot child's fine kid and all pat
ent leather strap Sandals with bow
and fancy ornament, very neat last
priced while they last, way below
their value.
Sizes to 8 at ........... CSC
Sizes n to IL at .......... ees
Sizes liz to at .........e 7c
Ladies' Low Heel at 5000. .$1.35
They won't last long at these very
low prices.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-12

other prosecutors did the same thing. until
the County Council looked into the matter
and cut it off.
But the most preposterous proposition adj
vanced by the News in defense of Holtz-
mans action is the attempted application
Of the theory that custom that has ex-
listed many years should be presumed to
have originated in law, whether the law
has dropped out of sight or not. 1t is the
first example the Journal recalls Of an ef-
fort to compensate officers whose offices
were created by constitutional or statutory
enactment on common law theories. Mr..
Hoffman was operating. as the News de-
clares under the law Of 1881, but it fails to
state that the law under which he operated
defined his salary very specifically to be
paid from the state treasury, repeating
the statute giving him and the judge OF
the Criminal Court salaries from the
county.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-12
The Spinner Family.

Alice Jean Patterson Is wizard in q
way. She has taken the most repulsive
creatures of nature, dressed them in a
garb of loneliness and presented them to
the reading world as the most wonderful
and interesting things found in the science
of biology. THE Spinner Family is the
spider family, which the author has studied
day and night, at all seasons and under all
conditions. To most persons the spider is
an insect to be Stunned and dreaded-a
crawling thing that brings shudder to
the nervous woman. Yet, under the light
of science, this insect is not as harmful
sac, but the poison is used to kill its prey.
Few persons in the north ever suffer from
the bite of spider; the poison is too weak
to affect the blood of human beings. In
warm countries, however, the bite of the
tarantula is sometimes dangerous, just the
try is more dangerous than the bite of rep
tiles in temperate ATTITUDES. Spiders al
ways try to hide from mankind, while the
obnoxious mosquito is ever on the lookout
for human prey. Alice Jean Patterson de-
Scribes the habits of the spider in en-
PERTAINING way. She tells how Mrs. Epera
spins her silk threads, how she finds out
house and what ii is used for and how she
secures her food. There are interesting
chapters on the hunchbacks, mimics, tent
makers, house spiders, silk combers, jump
ers, flyers. baby splnners and the gentle
men of the family. The ingenuity, patience,
astonishing The book will be OF especial
interest to young people. Almost every
page has an illustration by Bruce Horsfall
A c. McClurg d Co.. Chicago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-12
A FEEBLE DEFENSE.

On practically the last day of the cam
paign the principal organ of the Reach
Holt-Polster combination has come for
ward with a feeble effort to justify the raid
made by their puppet candidate, Mr. Holtz-
man, on the county treasury to the tune
of 81, 800 Immediately after his second cleo
ton as prosecutor in 1892. The defense is
based upon an alleged law OF 1869, giving
Marion county the right to establish a
criminal court and pay the judge and pros
ecuting attorney thereof from the county
treasury The News declares that Che law
has never been repealed, though it does not
appear in any copy of the Revised Statutes!
How utterly absurd. Any law enacted by
the Legislature repeats not only by impli-
cation. but in direct terms all former laws
in conflict Herewith. and this statute was,
of course. repealed by the statute of 1881,
under which the Marion Criminal Court
operates, and under which both the judge
and the prosecuting attorney drew their
pay from the State. Nobody ever heard of
any Of the prosecutors since that time fall
ing to draw their pay from the State. nor
has anybody since that time heard of a
Judge OF the Criminal Court drawing one
salary from the county and another from
the State. This extra $500 per year. drawn
by Hoffman. was a graft" pure and sim
Ole. and It does not make it better that