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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-01

of the dust, but looked up into the
face of her attendant with an ex-
preston of admiration and devotion.
/ passed her purpOSely number of
times during the evening-for l could
now skate indifferently-hOpi to Sc
cure some slight recognition. but she
paid no attention TO me till she passed
me Just before leaving the rink, and
then all l got was an amused smile.
Il think by this little incident have
conveyed to you one meaning at beast
of the word 'flirt.' When the girl first
saw me and / had just chung to the
rail. she took to it herself on purpose
to force me to let go. Then she kept
up her pretense for the purpose Of
bothering me. But her real object
was to attract my attention, to put
herself in my way, to charm me as
snake would charm bird-in other
| words. to fiirt. Do you see"
Yes, l see. But when man
plays that same game with a woman
what do you call nina fiirtf"
certainly not. There is no word In
our language to express what you
mean. 1t is the woman only who
| fiirts"
"And you took no part in this little
episode you have describedr
None whatever"
"Why did you not turn around at
meeting the girl and skate the other
wayT'
by Jove. never thought of that"
"How do you know the girl purpose
ly sought TO attract your
Because l married her, and she con-
fessed that she had done So
Had you no trouble in getting herf'
81 had. l was obliged to tiirt with
another girl before bringing her to
terms"
81 thought you said there was no
word to express a mans acts under
such circumstances"
HIN. What wine do you drinkT'
"You Americans are a strange peo-
pie" SULLIVAN KING.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-01

Jim Hill of the Great Northeri
with his car shortage theory is giving
much impetus to the movement 70"
the improvement of the inland water
ways, that having become one of the
chief arguments of the promoters.
They hold that car shortage would
be thing impossible with adequate
improvement of the inland waterways
of the country. They would furnish
cheap. safe and reliable means OF
transportation at all times, not conflict.
ing with the railways. but complement
tai to them and clearing away the one
great obstacle in the path of CONNER
cial and industrial progress-inade
quate transportation facilities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-01

didate for third term he meant it ds
an emphatic declaration against 4
third term. He unquestionably holds
with the great majority of the Anne :
lean people that the precedent estab-
lished by Washington should not be
violated. The father of his country
held the great office eight years. No
man should hold it longer. From the
third term to the fourth is not a great
jump. Then begins the Mexicaniza-
ton of our institutions. With a third
term the man on horseback looms up
in the distance.
The president never intended to SET
this rightly established precedent
aside. He wishes to be taken at his
word. He never writes between the
lines. He is not a juggler-when he
says no he does not wish to have it
defined yes.
If there were any doubts about the
presidents attitude, Secretary Root
clarified the situation in an interview
at Little Rock, Ark, Friday, when he
, said:
president Roosevelt will not be the
candidate of the republican party. H.
has made Il plain statement to this
effect, and even if he desires he coul
not afford to accept a denomination
1t is true that from many sections OF
! the country there are coming requests
| that the president allow his name Il
be presented to our national conven.
| ton, but this will not be the case. He
will not be a candidate"
This should settle the doubters
The president will not be a candidate
He could not afford to accept a re
Nomination"
The distinction would come to tbs
president without the asking. His
election would be certain. He has
| put away the temptation. He believe:
no man should hold the office longer
| than Washington held it. Let us hear
no more of third term.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-01
PERSONAL POINTS.

Mrs. H. w. Goulder departs tonight
for California to spend the winter.
DR.. n. Forsander has been created
a Knight of the Order of the North
Star by King Oscar of Sweden.
NJ. W. Burgh, who has been making
an extended visit with relatives and
friends in the city, departed today for
Quincy.
Mrs. NJ. E. Potter and daughter, Miss
Marguerite Potter, left last evening
for Washington, where the latter en-
tiers college.
Frank g. Young returned last even
ing from an eastern business trip
which included visit to his old home
at GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Barber an6
baby have returned home to Vale;
Junction after a visit with the for
mer's sister, Mrs. Gus Thiermann.
All the news all the time--THE
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-01
No Third Term.

Republican politicians and republi-
can newspapers are asking the presi-
dent what he intends to do about a
third term. The trouble is they d.
not take the president seriously
When on the night of his election he
made public declaration that he as
sumed he had been chosen for a sec
ond term and would not be candi
date again, they did not believe him
They imagined that though he vowed
he would not consent he did not meal
it.
When the president declared nc
considered he had been chosen twice
by the people and would not be caa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-01

Perhaps the reason President Roose-
welt has advised Congressman Burton
TO run against Mayor Tom Johnson OF
Cleveland for mayor is because Son
in-Law Nick LongwOrth never cared
for him as a colleague.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-01
Springfield Register:

Springfield Register: Illinois re
Joices in three pennant winning teams.
the Chicago Cubs, Rock Island and
Nation. Illinois rather carries off
more than its share of honors in the
baseball line and this only goes to
prove that the grand old state leads
the union in everything.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-01

We have not heard from former
Senator w. E. Mason for several days.
1t is barely possible that he is study
Ing up on Mark Twain's latest discov.
cries in the joke line before setting
forth to war again,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-01
Out OF Siuht.

Out of sight, out of mind" is an
old saying which applies with special
force TO Il sore, burn or wound that's
been treated with Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. It's out of sight, out of mind
and out of existence. Piles too and
chiblains disappear under its healing
influence. Guaranteed by all druggists
% cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-01
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill IEn-
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-01

Take De Wits Little Early Riser
Pills. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-01

Some of the biggest guns in the
country are on the water wagons about
keokuk today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-01
Should Not Abandon.

From a variety of causes these
highways have i'll many parts of the
country been almost abandoned. This
| is not healthy. Our people, and espec-
| tally the representatives of the people
in the national congress, should give
their most careful attention to this
subject. We should be prepared to put
| the nation collectively back of the
movement to improve them for the ma
tons use. Our knowledge at this time
is not such as to permit me to go into
details, or to say definitely just what
the nation should do; but most assu!'
eddy our great navigable rivers ar:
national assets just as much as oul
great seacoast harbOrs. Exactly as il
is for the interest of all the country
that our great harbors should be fitted
to receive in safety the largest vessel;
of the merchant fleets of the world, Sc
| by deepening and otherwise our river;
should be fitted to bear their part IL
| the movement of our merchandise
and this is especially true of the Miss
iiissippi and its tributaries, which drai'
the immense and prosperous regio:
which makes in very fact the heart o
our nation; the basin of the Grea
Lakes being already united with th'
basin of the Mississippi, and both re
regions being identical in their products
and interests. Waterways are peculi
iarly fitted for the transportation of tn
bulky commodities which come from
the soil or under the soil; and no othe
Ipart of our country is as fruitful as i
this in such commodities.
Hopes Agriculture VIII Survive.
"You in Iowa have manufacturin;
centers, but you remain, and / hop
,you will always remain, a great agri
: cultural state. l hope that the mean
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-01
WATERWAYS MUST NOT
BE NEGLECTED. SAYS
PRESIDENT AT KEOkUK

Continued from Page Ons.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-01
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All communications Of argumentative
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have real name attached for publica-
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Correspondence solicited from every
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Tuesday, October 1, 1907.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-01

=
man or woman who shirks his Or her
duty occupies a contemplate position.
You here are the sons and daughters
of the pioneers. | preach to you ~
life of ease. | preach to you the life
of effort, the life that finds its highest
satisfaction in doing well some Wort,
that is well worth doing.
First Trip on River.
so much for what concerns every
man and every woman in this country.
Now, word or two as to matters
which are of peculiar interest to this
region of our country
Since | have been president | have
travelled in every state of this uniOn
but my travelling has been almost en-.
tirely on railroads, save now and then
by wagon or horseback. Now | hav
the chance to try travelling by river;
to go down the greatest of our rivers
the Father of Waters. A good NAM
years ago when | lived in the north
west l Travelled occasionally on thl
upper Missouri and its tributaries; bu
then we went in a flatboat and did ouI
own rowing and padding and polling
| Now | am to try steamboat. | am {
great believer i'll our railway system
and the fact that | am very firm in my
belief as to the necessity of the gov
eminent exercising a proper supervlS
ion and control over the railroads doe
not in the least interfere with thu
other fact that | greatly admire thu
large majority of the men in all posi-
lions, from the top to the bottom, VIII,
build and run them. Yet, while o
course | am anxious to see these men
and therefore the corporations the.
represent or serve, achieve the fulles
measure of legitimate prosperity, ne|
ertheleSs as this country grows | fe
that we can not have too many high
roads, and that in addition to the iro'
highroads of our railway system W
should also utilize the great river high
ways which have been given us b
lnaturp
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-01
Speaks of the West.

Now, men of Iowa, l want to say
Just a word on matter that concerns
not the states of the Mississippi valley
itself, but the states west of them, the
states of the great plains and the
Rocky mountains. Unfortunately. am
not able on this present trip to visit
those states, or | should speak to their
own people on the point to which |
now intend to allude; but, after all.
anything that affects a considerable
number OF Americans who live under
one set of conditions, must be of mo-
ment to all other Americans, for never
forget, friends, that in the long run we
snail all go up or go down together.
The states of the high plains and of
the mountains have a peculiar claim
: upon me, because for number of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-01

All the news all the time-THE
ARGUS.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-02
Quit Work In Several Large
Cities
NOT MANY OUT IN BOSTON
Men Demand an Eight.Hour Day and
Closed shop-chieago Expects
Long struggle-The Employ
efs Are Firm

New York. Oct. 2.-Thc demand for an
eight hour day by the bookbinders be-
longing 20 the international Brother
hood OF Binders, has been generally con
ccded 20 by employers throughout the
city. and the strike order, issued to the
bookbindcrs yesterday affected only -four
shops. which declined to meet the de.
mand, President Checking OF the In.
tefnational brotherhood said that en-
ploycra In thirty.two cities had granted
the demand for the eight hour day, but
that strikes had been called In Chicago,
Philadelphia and Boston to enforce the
acceptance Of the demand. Only few
bookbindcrs are affected by the strike
order here. In Chicago, however, the
men in several large printing establish.
ments struck yesterday The proprie.
tors OF the large concerns declare they
will not concede the demands Of the
men, and present indications are for a
long struggle. The printing pressmen in
several concerns are also ont for an
eight hour day. The Minneapolis union
yesterday also declared a strike in an
effort 90 secure an eight hour day and
closed shops. About twenty firms are
affected.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-02
7be Times Daily Short Story.


"The Leaf, as | said Is either drawn
into the mill race or goes over the
DAM
''But the fisher maidcn-will she 50
into the race or over the dam tooi"
Him. That's the most distressing
feature. The fisher maiden in trying
to save the fellow-I mean the leaf
may bring about her own discomf-
ture."
ais she very near the dam"
"on the verge
II thought you said It might be the
hume
at doesn't matter which It IS Inn
potently.
"Well, II she's on the verge 1t seems
TO me It's too late for her to save her
self. She'll have TO go over"
This was not all that he had been
angling for. The question remained.
Would the fisher maiden go over the
dam with pleasure? So he said:
THAT would be hard on her, It
would have been much better for her
10 have left the leaf to perish"
Rather she should not have been
caught by its brilliant color"
This was getting nearer to the point.
He looked down for inspiratlon-ley-
ers are not apt to look up for it--as TO
his next move and noticed that her re-
fractory shoestring was again trailing
IN the dust
IF you viii go and sit on that rock
down there under those dropping trees
/ can get at It better"
They descended bank, and she sat
down on the rock, putting out a we'll
shaped foot. contrivlng to let bit of
lingerie show under the edge Of her
skirt. lie knelt before her and took
the shoestrings in his fingers.
"This time" she said. "try to tie
a knot that viii not come unloosened."
II wish / could
"Would you like me to find man
who eanT coquettishly.
Il know one who can tie knot that
would snit me exactly"
"Who?'
''The bishop
He gave a quick glance about him,
while her own glance tluttered every
where. resting on nothing, like
frightened bird. Then he drew her
face down and kissed her.
This time it suited her purpose to
be awake.
An hour later, when they returned tn
the house, she WINS dragging d shoe
string covered with DUST He had
been too preoccupied to finish that
job But the bishop tied q better knot
IL due time. +. A. mitchell.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-02
WHOLE CLUB WAS CON-
VERIFIED TO AFFINITY IDEA
Established Clique Discovered in New
York, All Followers OF Artist
Earle.

New York. Oct. Hard upon the
heels Of the furore created by the Earle
affinity case, there develops the fact
that Ferdinand Pinney Earle, far from
being alone in his belief, is only one Of
an established clique in this city.
Among the three hundred members Of
the Sunrise club, a soeialistic organiza.
tion, whose members are nearly all iden.
titled in some way with the Rand School
Of Social Science, arc anywhere from 80
to 100 men and women who are converts
to the peculiar views Of the marriage
relation so sensationally advanced by
the artist
Edwin c. Walker Of No PA West One
Hundred and Forty third street is the
secretary Of the Sunrise club. He has
written a number Of pamphlets advaac.
ing his views Regarding the Earle in.
cident in particular he said Monday;
If Mr. Earle had not made public a
matter Of his private affairs he would
not have been subjected to subsequent
annoyance, apuse and assault. But here
his blamcworthiness ends and that OF
the press and public begins.
"rbe existence OF child or children
alone gives society any reason for inter-
ference, and then only il there is good
reason for anticipating neglect and sui
fering. There was no such reason in
this case.
These two persons. q man and q wo-
man, who presumably were capable Of
selfdirection, agreed TO 90 separate
ways. This was their business. It was
no concern Of the press, the clergy, the
law or their neighbors The presence OF
another woman does not, in equity, in
the least compEicate the case.
"The affair remains still the business
strictly Of the persons Immediately con
cerned
IF love between tho sexes is right and
proper under any circumstances, statute
laws cannot change that rightfulness and
propriety into wrongfulnes and impro-
priety. But the thought and action
must harmonize such relations are
wrong for those who think they arc
wrong.
In a word, we are morally innocent
when we live in accordance with the
best light we have, The law has moth
ing to do in affairs so delicate and pri
yate as these
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-02

One of the greatest triumphs of
lydia e. Pinlhaln's Vegetable Com
pound is the conquering OF woman's
dread enemy Tumor,
The growth of q tumor Is so in
sidious that frequently It's presence
is wholly unsupported until it is well
advanced.
So called wandering pains" may
come from its early stages or the
presence Of danger may be made
manifest hy excessive monthly periods
accompanied by unusual pain, from
the abdomen through the groin and
thigh.
If YOU have mysterious pains, II
there are Indications OF Inflammation
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pound. made from native roots and
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The following letters should con-
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virtue, and that it actually does
conquer tumors.
Mrs. May Fry, of sac w. Colfax
Ave South Bend, Ind, writes
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
II take great pleasure in writ
ing to thank you for what Lydia Z.
pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. / also took the Blood
Purifier In alternate doses with the
Compound. Your medicine removed o
cyst tnmor OF four years growth,
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declared | had. They had said that
only an operation could help me. am
vert thankful that followed friends
advice and took your medicine. 1t has
made me a strong and well woman and
1 shall recommend it as long as ! live. "
Mrs. r. r. Hayes, of 20 Ruggles st. !,
Boston, Mass. writes
Dear Mrs. Piulham ~
r~Ihave been under different doctors
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Mrs. Perry Byerg Of Mt. Pleasant.
Iowa, writes
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-02
A CASE THAT
MYSTIFIES
"Dr." Samuel Bolui After
Trying Suicide
GETS SAFELY AWAY
Posed as a Wealthy Doctor and Society
Man by Day and Robbed Houses
by Night-Wife Also
Disappears.

New York, Oct. 2.-"Dr." Samuel Bo
lin, who mingled in New Rochelle so
eiety by day, and who, according to the
police, robbed New York houses by night
forfeited bis bail bond Monday and es-
capped almost under the eyes OF the po-
lice.
Before escaping he twice endeayored
to commit suicide. Once his wife
snatched a revolver from him, and the
second time he gsshed his throat with
a butcher knife. Five hours after his
wound had been dressed and he had fed,
his wife also disappeared. The police
are convinced that they have not begun
TO fathom the game that was being
played by the doctor" lie was ar
rested while trying TO saw the iron bars
on the windows Of small hardware
store, from which he could not possibly
have removed goods worth more than a
few hundred dollars.
Yet o few hours before the doctor"
had insisted on leaving $3.50 cash with
a INV hkl W pay tbt Hhfif AtS NiohNh
to purchase for his little son.
50 trivial does the attempt upon the
hardware store appear, in view of the
money Bolin was known to have pos.
sessed, that the detectives have formed
the theory that he must have lost some
OF his burglars tools IN IA recent raid,
and was trying to replace them with
out being obliged to make an open pur-
chase.
When Bolin appeared IN New Rochelle
in July, be displayed a roll of 81 600 in
bills, which was counted by several per
sons Yet the police learned late Mon
day night. Just before going to the sub
urb, Bolin and his wife had been dis
possessed OF small flat because they
could not pay the rent of S22 month,
In escaping the couple, both of whom,
the police say, have criminal records,
left property valued at about $4,000
They are supposed to have reunited at
some prcarranged place, and from re-
ports pouring in the police admit that
they have for the moment been hood
winked by two Of the most mysterious
persons whose movements they have
been called upon TO follow.
The doctor calmly presented the
lawyer who arranged bail for him with
d worthless check for $500. The doe
tors wife made final spectacle Of
herself BY rolling upon the grass near
her house in frenzy to proven photog
raphers from securing her likeness.
Neither the police nor the wealthy
residents Of New Rochelle know as yet
exactly what the doctor" was trying to
do in that suburb when his career was
suddenly checked. The police theory is
that Bolin carried burglars tools in his
supposed medicine chest and operated in
the city while maintaining quiet, well
kept establishment in the suburb to dis
pel all suspicious.
The police declare that Boiin is the
Samuel" Bolin who served term in
prison for robbery four years
ago. who was again sentenced for rob
berv in this city early last year and
who has been before New York courts
for wife heating and vagrancy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-02
RANDoLpH,s sTREET LIGHTs.
Village Votes to Make New Contract
With White River Electric Co.

Randolph. Oct. AT the village meet
ing held on Monday evening Tor the pur.
pose of providing means for electric
lighting, the committee reported the
necessary expense which would follow
TO produce electric light BY steam, gaso-
line and water power, The same to be
owned and operated by the corporation
after which proposition from the
White River Electric company was read.
stating terms, the lease to extend three
years. After considering the matter II
vas voted to authorize the trustees OF
teh village 20 make a contract with the
above-namcd company, with the condi
tion that the lights must be up to the
standard and continuous. or no pay; the
contract to be Signed within the next
ten days. The rates viii be somewhat
advanced from the present, but better
service is confidently expected under the
new conditions, which will take effect
1t the expiration of the present lease.
not far from July /, 1908.