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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-17

|of posting notices to creditors filed
Inventory filed and approved. Various
claims examined and allowed.
Estate of Charlotte Bennett. APP
|praisement bill filed and approved.
Estate of Edwin C. Robbins. Petit
|tion of Mary j. Robbins, widow. for
letters of administration filed. Oath
taken and filed. Bond of Mary j
Robbins in the sum of 500 filed and
approved. Ordered that letters of ad
ministration issue to her.
Estate of Frederick H. Schroeder
Inventory filed and approved.
Estate of Eliza Green. Frederick
Wright sworn and examined and
makes proof of heirship.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-17
NEW TRANSATLANTIC
LINERS 1000 FEET LONG
White Star Company Will Build Two
Giants, with Combination Tur-
bine Engines.

Liverpool, April lit is announc'
ed that the White Star Steamship
company is about to have constructed
two liners 1000 feet long for its
Southampton-New York service. They
are to be launched within six months
of each other. They will be fitted with
combination turbine reciprocating en-
gines. The company will not aim al
extreme speed. Probably the limit will
be 20 knots.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-17
PLAY A BOWLING MATCH
Rock Island Club Team Wins From
Harms CLUB.

q A bowling team representing the
Rock Island Club last evening BOWED
a series of games with like club
from the Harms hotel, and the former
team won in hard fought series of
three games. The games were bowled
at the Rock Island Club alleys. The
winning team has promised the losers
to, roll another. series at the Harms
alleys next Thursday, and another
close contest is expected. The scores
7ipst,BiElk~wefe> as fofiows.wns--g. -~.,s.-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-17
Plenty Of Trouble

is caused by stagnation of the. liver
and bowels. To get rid of it and head
ache and biliousness and the poison
that brings jaundice, take DR.. King S
New Life Pills, the reliable purifiers
that do the work without grinding or
gripping. 25c at all druggists. 90
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-17

greatest earthquakes of the past and
with few failures has. been able to
generally verify his system. The
series of shocks due, as he says, early
next week are. to cover a period of
six days affecting various parts of the
earth, and manifestations of seismic
energy will be manifested till well
into the month of May. The writer
says he has prepared to go south to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-17
PEasI0NlNCReAsEE EFFECTIVE
Commissioner Warner issues an Order
Which Will Save Thousands


Which Will Save Thousands
Washinst ON, April 17.--Pension Com
missioner Warner yesterday announc
ed that widows now on the pension
roll would not be required to make
application for the increase from SIS tt
SIP a month recently voted by con
gress.
The commissioner has instructed the
pension agencies throughout the coun
try to put the law into effect automat
ically, the first payment of the in
crease to be made May T. This action
will result in a saying of several hun
dred thousand dollars to the pension
ers affected.
Widows not already on the rolls, bu
who are entitled to the increase, ar,
Frequired to make application, as il
Ithe past.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-17

The most healthful. upbuilding med
icine known to science. Gentle and
soothing to the nerves; makes diges
ton easy. Brings the sweet sleep of
youth. HOLSTERS Rocky. Mountain
Tea. 50 cents; tea or tablets. Harper
House pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-17
A 20 Year Sentence.

IL have just completed 20 year
health sentence. imposed by BuckIen's
Arnica Salve which cured me of bleed
ing piles just 20 years ago." writes
o.. S. Woolever of LeRaysville, N. Y.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve heals the worst
sores, boils,. burns, wounds and cuts
in the shortest time. Csc at all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-17
Port Byron Writer Predicts Quake
Shocks Beginning About April 20

a scientific line of reasoning. by which
he believes he can accurately foretell
seismic disturbances. for an indefinite
period in the future. OF this same
plan he has traced the dates of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-17
MOLINE WANTS THAT CUP
ODD Fellows Getting Ball Team r
gether to Meet Rock Island.

Moline Odd Fellows are going to
make strong bid for the cup won
last year by Rock Island from Daven-
port, and a meeting has been called
for next, Sunday morning in the Pillow
city, at which candidates for the team
. will be given a chance to show what
they can do. Rock Island, by winning
year, will have a right to keep the cup.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-17

personally witness the phenomenon
should it. occur
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-17
Real Estate Transfers.

Charles f., White to. &c. II. R
Meincke, lot 70, block 4, c. Lynde's
addition, Rock Island. $500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-17

S. C.. Braganza de la Coralla writ
ing from Port Byron to the Record
Herald makes prediction OF a severe
earthquake April 20. He claims to be
the originator of a theory, based upon
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27

sweeping candle round. '"rnars a
good locker over there Must be the
old mans daughter, / reckon. Well,
I'll go and get you finger or two to
keep the frost out of your lungs. It'll
be cold tonight. Make yourself at
home" The door closed behind him.
The man he left was trembling VIC
lently. He had scarcely repressed
cry. The portrait that hung above the
mantelpiece was Jessicas, in a house
dress of soft Romney blue and a sin
gle white rose caught in her hair. "The
old mans daughterw The words seem
ed to echo and re-echo about the walls,
yoicing a new agony without name.
Then Jessica was his sister!
AS he stared dry eyed at the picture
in the candle light the misery slowly
passed. He must know Who she was,
what she was TO him, he must learn
beyond peradventure. He cast swift
glance around him. Orderly rows of
books stared from the shelves; the ma
hogany table held only a pile of old
magazines. He strobe to the desk,
drew down It's lid and tried the draw
ers. They opened readily. and he rap.
Idly turned over their tier of papers,
written in the same cr& Obed hand that
had etched the one damning word on
the draft he had found in the cabin on
Smoky mountain. Most of the papers
the searcher saw at a glance were. of
no import, and they gave him no clew
to what be sought. Then, mysteriously
guided by the subtle memory that
seemed of late to haunt him, though he
was but half conscious of its guidance,
his nervous fingers suddenly found and
pressed a spring. panel fell down,
and he drew out folded parchment.
Another instant and he was bending
over it with the candle, his fingers
tracing familiar legal phrases of a will
laid there long ago. He read with the
blood shrinking from his heart
ITO my son, Hugh, In return for the
care and sorrow he has caused me all
the days Of his life, for his dissolute
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27
WHY 1T SUCCEEDS.
Because It's for One Thing
Only, and Hopkinsville
People Appreciate
This.

Nothing can be good for every
thing. Doing one thing well brings
success. Doan's Kidney Pills do one
thing only. They cure sick kidneys.
They cure backache. every kidney
i'll. Here is Hopkinsville evidence to
prove it.
Mrs. w. c. Davis, 1929 West Sew
enth ST., Hopkinsville, KY. says:
"Mr. Davis has never had an occa-
sion to use Doan's Kidney Pills or
any other kidney medicine since 1903.
For years prior to that time he had
been an almost constant sufferer
from kidney trouble. He had in
tense pains in his back and shoulders
that annoyed him all day and pre-
vented him from sleeping during the
night. The relief he obtained from
Doan's Kidney Pills, procured at
Thomas & Trahern's, now L. A.
Johnson & Co. IS drug store was sur
prising and gratifying. They seem.
ed to act differently than anything
he had ever tried and the fact that
he has never had a recurrence of the
trouble since gives him the highest
opinion of Doan's Kidney Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price 30
cents, Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name-Doans-a and
take no other.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27
BREAKS THE RECORD
Louisville Man Plays Piano
for 80 Hours.

Shelbyville. Ind, Oct. 22.-For
thirty-six hours and seven minutes,
without rest or sleep. Roy E. Hard
ing, Of Louisville, pianist in a local
motion picture house, played piano,
the marvellous feat of endurance es-
tabishing a worlds record for con-
tinuous longtime piano playing
Competent musicians acted as judg-
es and declare Harding did not miss
a note or sound wrong key during
the long test. MILFORD B. Kingston,
of Brooklyn, N. Y, previously held
the record of thirty-six hours.
Five thousand people filled the
street in front of the music house
where Harding gave the exhibition,
and a detachment of police was need
ed to keep the police from crushing
in the windows and doors. Harding
began playing at 10 o'clock Monday
morning. He quit with my Old
Kentucky Home" at seven minutes
after 10 Tuesday night. When he
staggered from his chair loud APP
plause came from the street. He
was carried to a cab and taken to
his room on Harrison street.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27
A Tea Party In Darkness.

There is a tradition to the effect that
when domestic lighting by gas was
still a novelty Sir Walter Scott intro
duced it into every room and staircase
Of the house that he was building at
Abbotsford and did so without provi-
sion for any unexpected failure. His
entering into possession was made the
occasion for house warming on a
scale Of considerable magnitude, and in
the very middle Of the festivities all
the lights suddenly went out The
guests were left in absolute darkness
uNllgsuch time as mounted messengers
could return from Melrose, whittier
they had been dispatched with instruc-
lions to collect all the tallow candles
and tin sconces or candlesticks which
the village contained.-London Times.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27

ne nasrny prusned the drops away as
the Waterman entered and set down
two glasses and a bottle.
"There you are. Thatll be worth
five miles to your He poured noislly.
His guest drank, set down the glass
and held out his hand. Good luckw
he said.
The dog thrust a cold muzzle into
his hand as he walked down the grav-
ell path slowly, feeling the glow Of the
liquor gratefully, with the grudging
release it brought from mental ten
sion. He had not consciously asked
himself whittier now. In some sub
conscious corner of his brain this had
been asked and answered. He was
going to his father Not to seek to
change the stern decree, not to annul
those bitter phfases-'his dissolute ca
reer, the memory of his misspent
YOUTH Only to ask his forgiveness
and to make what reparation was pos
sible; then to go out once more to the
world to fight out his battle
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27

nrst spoken with her face to face
Here she had told him there was moth
ing in his past which could not DO
buried and forgotten
AS he parted the bushes and stepped
into the narrow space beside the jut-
ting ledge he stopped short with an
exclamation. The place was no longer
a tangle of vines. A grave had been
lately made there, and behind 1t, fresh
chiseled in the rock, was a statue-a
figure seated, chin on hand, as if re-
garding the nearby mound. AS in a
dream he realized that its features
were his own. Awestruck, the living
man drew near.
1t was Jessica's conception Of the
prodigal son as she had modelled it In
Aniston in her blindness, after Hugh's
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27

He turned at the sound Of wheels,
and the blur shocked itself apart to re-
veal kindly face that looked at him
for an instant framed in the window
of a passing carriage. Inside the car.
rage Bishop Ludlow settled back,
with sigh. "Only face on the pave
ment" he said to his wife, "but it re-
minded me somehow Of Harry Sander
SON."
Glow strange it is" she said-the
bishop had no secrets from his wife
"never a word or a sign, and every
thing in his study just as he left It,
What can you do, John? 1t is four
months ago now, and the parish needs
a rector"
He did not reply for moment. The
question touched the trouble that was
ever present In his mind.
81 know" he said at length. 81 may
have failed in my whole duty, but l
haven't known how to tell David
Stires, especially since we heard Of his
illness. l had written to him-the
whole story. The ink was not dry on
the paper when the letter came from
Jessica telling us of his DEATH
Behind them as they talked the
man on the pavement was walking on
feverishly, the dog following with
reluctant whine.
lawn set thick with aspens clustering
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27

I sleeves was standing by a half open
side door regarding him narrowly.
Thinking of buying?" The query
was good humoredly Satire. cor may
be just looking the old ranch over with
view to a shakedown'
The trespasser smiled grimly. II
was not the first time he had seen that
weather beaten face. "You have Civ
en- up surgery as a profession, l see, y
he said.
The other came nearer, looked at
him in a puzzled way then laughed.
IF 1t isn't the cove we picked up on
the railroad track" he said, "dog and
all! 1 thought you were far down the
coast, where It's warmer. Nothing
much doing with you, eh?'
Nothing much" answered the man
he addressed. Others might recognize
him as the black sheep, but this nom
descript Waterman whom chance had
set here could not. He knew him only
as the dlngy vagabond whose broken
head he had bandaged in the box car.
"Im in better luck" went on the
man in shirt sleeves. 81 struck this
about two months ago as gardener
first, and now I'm a kind of a sort of a
Waterman. They gave me a bunk in
the summer house there"-he jerked
his thumb backward over his shoulder
but l know a game worth two Of
that for these cold nights. I'll show
you. l can put you up for the night"
he added, eff you like"
The wayfarer shook his head. IT
must get away tonight, but I'm much
obliged"
Haven't done anything, have your
asked his one time companion curl
ously. "You didn't seem that sort"
The bearded face turned away. 'I'm
not wanted by the police, no, but I'm
on the move, and the sooner l take the
trail the better. 1 don't mind night
travel"
you'd be better for rest" said the
Waterman, "but you're the doctor.
Come in, and Wen have a nip of some
thing warm anyhow"
His guest followed him into a spa
cious hall, scarce conscious of what he
did. A double door to the left was
shut, but he nevertheless knew perfect
~ that the room It hid had d tail
French window letting on to a garden
where camellias had once dropped like
blood The open door to the right led
to the library.
There the yellow light touched the
dark wainscoting, the marble mantel-
piece, dim paintings on the wall and
great brass bound Korean desk in a
corner. What black thing had once
happened in that room? What. face
had once looked at him from that
wheel chair? 1t was an old face gray
and lined and passionate, his father
doubtless. He told himself this calmly,
with an odd sense of apartness.
The others glance followed his pride
fully. "It's a fine property he said.
'The owners an invalid, hear, with
one leg in the grave. He's in some
sanitarium and can't get much good OF
1t. Nice pictures. them" he added
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27
who's Who" In the Story.

SATAN" SANDERSON, the
hero. daredevil, quixotic friend and
minister Of the Gospel.
HUGH STIRES, prodigal and
criminal.
JESSICA HOLME, the beautiful
heroine. helpless In the rush of
events and the principal sufferer in
case Of mixed identity.
SIRS. HALLORAN, the camp
oracle.
DAVID STIRES, stern, yet for
giving, and at the last made happy
by another's unhappiness.
THE BISHOP, the victim of a
misunderstanding.
HALLELUJAH JONES, the re-
ligious fanatic on whose shoulders
rests the whole weight of the story.
EMMETT PRENDERGAST, the
false friend. perjurer and thief.
THE SHERIFF, who is very
much divided between duty and in
clination.
"BIG" DEVLIN, who turns
champion instead of prosecutor aft
u er the heros race with death.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27
Arizona Socks.

A California pioneer was discussing
the early mining days: Flour sacks
were valuable. You unraveled the
sewing down one side and you had a
piece of cloth about a yard square.
Shaken and washed, it made good
patches for underclothes on a pinch
and made miners towels. But their
chief use was for Arizona socks One
-four sack would make three good
pairs. You ripped the piece into three
inch strips. Soft and nice on the feet
too. Just put your foot down, laid
one end of it fiat along the instep,
folded about two inches under the toes
and then wrapped around the foot and
up the ankle. with n final tuck in. No
darning, you could reverse end; veal
fine too."--San Francisco Chronicle.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27

about a white house He hesitated a
moment, then walked slowly up the
broad, weed grown garden path to-
ward its porch In the half light the
massive silver door plate stood out
clearly. He had known instinctively
that that house had been a part of his
life, and yet a tremor caught him as
he read the name tires. The intui-
ton that had bent his steps from the
street, the old stirring of dead memory
had brought him to his past at last.
This house had been his home!
He started. A man in his shirt
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27


The mountain where once more the one
time partner of Prendergast stood on
the threshold Of the lonely cabin, senti-
mel over the mounds of yellow gravel
that marked his toll
The returned wanderer had met with
distinct surprise in the town. AS he
passed through the streets more than
one had nodded or had spoken his
name, and the recognition had sent
glow to his cheek and lightness to
his step.
Since the daring feat in the automo-
bile the tone of the gossip had changed.
His name was no longer connected
with the sluice robberies. The lucky
find, too, constituted a material boom
for Smoky Mountain and bettered the
stock in its hydraulic enterprises, and
this had been written on the credit
side of the ledger. Opinion, so all pow
erful in new community, had altered.
All this he who had been the outcast
could not guess, but be felt the change
with satisfaction.
Till the sun was low he sat in the
cabin thinking. At length he called
the dog and fastened 1t in its accus-
toned place and began slowly to climb
the steep ascent toward the Knob.
When he came to a certain vine grown
trail that met the main path he turned
aside. Here lay the spot where he had
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27

career and his graceless desertion,
do give and beQueath the sum of
$1,000 and the memory of his misspent
youth. The residue of my estate, real
and personal, 1 do give and bequeath
to my ward, Jessica Holme"-
The blood swept back to his heart
in a food. Ward, not daughter! He
could still keep the one sweet thing
left him. His love was justified. Tears
sprang to his eyes, and he laid the
parchment back and closed the desk.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27
A Toast.

To those who passed me on the
highway and gave greeting, and whom
| shall never meet again; to the pos
sible friends who came my way, and
whose eyes fingered as they fell on
mine-may they ever be eager with
youth and strong with fellowship; may
they ne-cT miss welcome nor want
a comrade! Anna Strunsky.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27

If you are sufferer from that
most distressing affection. plies, and
have tried many remedies without
being benefited we can safely say
that ManZan Pile Remedy will bring
relief with the FIRST application. Sold
by AndersonrFowler Drug Co.. In
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27
To the Farmers.

| am prepared to furnish you
Ground Lime Stone-both the meal
and fiour-at the mill or +. o. b. cars
Julien. KY. G. H. STOWE,
Hopkinsville, KY. r. F.. D.4.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27

cOmfort-that he
had known at the last and had for
given Hugh. OF this she could assure
him when he returned, for she could
not really belleve-so deep is the heart
Of woman-that he would not return.
In the days Of vigil she had found re-
lief in the rough, hard work of the mall
let. None had intruded in that out OF
the way spot, save that one day Mrs.
Halloran, led by curiosity to see the
grave Of the rich man whose whim it
had been to be buried on the mountain
side, had found her at her work, and
her Jessica had pledged to silence. She
was no fool, was Mrs. Halloran, and
to learn the name of the dead man was
to put two and two together. Her
motherly heart overhowed to the girl
who worked each day at that self ap-
pointed task. Only the afternoon be-
fore Jessica had finished carving the
words on the base of the statue on
which the look of the startled man
was now resting: II will arise and go
unto my father"
The gaZer turned from the words,
with quick question, to the mound.
He came close and in the fading light
looked at the name on the low head
stone. So he had come too late! If
he could only have learned the truth
earlier If he might only put back
the hands of the clock
fro BE CONTINUED
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27

early return to
the house In the
aspens. d a v 1 d
Stires had point
ed out the distant
Knob as a spot
in W b lie b h e
would choose to
be buried, and the
wish had been
observed. II er
sorrow for his
death had been
deepened by the
thought that the
end had come too
suddenly for Da-
vid Stlres to have
reinstated his son.
This sorrow had
possessed one
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27
Chapter 20

he bell was tapping in
the steeple Of the little
Catholic church on the
edge Of the town, and
the mellow tone came
clearly LID the slime of
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-27
[coNTINUED.l
! ~ Chapter az

!; !: j ! !: !; !: !:
T~ ARK was falling keen
EeSN and cool, for frost was
c<E in the air, touching the
~ - AZ fall foliage on the hills
kSAN to crimson and amber
~ and etching delicate
boar tracery on the
spidery framework of the long black
railroad bridge that hung above ''the
hole" The warning light from a signal
post threw a crimson splash on the
ground. It's green pane cast pallor on
a bearded face turned out over the
gloomy water.
sit was here" he said aloud. He
stood a moment, his hands clinched.
~The new life began here. Here, then,
Is where the old life ended" From
where he stood he could see blossom
ing the yellow lights of the little city,
FIVE miles away. He set his shoulders,
whistled to the small dog that nosed
near by and set off at qL4ek pace
down the road.
Once in the streets he turned up his
coat collar and settled the brim Of his
Melt hat more closely over his eyes. He
crossed an open square and presently
came to the gate of Gothic chapel set
well back from the street. It's great
rose window was alight, for on this
evening was to be held a memorial
service for the old man whose money
had built the pile, who had died fort
night before in a distant sanitarium-