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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08

Luttrell, coming down the steps OF
the elevated station, saw ahead of him
/ girl with cherries in her hat.
The cherries and the dark blue rib
bon were really about all that he could
see of her, for he looked down on the
top of her head, but as she turned the
corner going down he caught glimpse
of wavy brown hair and of trim
white collar that came up to meet It,
When he reached the door of exit he
found the girl with the cherries there.
Seen thus at close range she proved to
be about as high as LuttrelPs heart.
Her gown was of dark blue like the
Gibbons of her hat, and she carried a
book in her hand.
She.~was gazing anyiously into the
street. 1t was raining hard, and the
street lamps, lighted early, cast glis-
tening reflections across the wet pave
ment.
The girl with the cherries had no
umbrella. AS Luttrell passed her she
unfolded an infnitesimal square of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08
She Hrgus Daily Short Story
AN Umbrella Episode. BY Temple Bailey.
copyrighted, 1907. by Homer Sprague.)

1--WE might talk" Eu.trell suggested,
about the weather. It's a good con-
ventiOnal subject and won't commit
you to anything in the way of ac-
quaintance."
The girl laughed at that. 81 am not
quite sure how to treat the situation.
You see, it's a little unusual to- let Il
man you don't KNOW walk nome with
YOU"
Suppose we act as if we had known
each other all our lives and say the
things we would say under those cir
cumstances."
Under those circumstances" said
| the little clear voice in the dark Il
should say, Goodness, what an awful
| night""
"And l should say" was Luttrelrs
grave response, Little friend. why
are you out so late alone""
"Oh," came flutteringly, Il went to
the library, and when 1 came out 1t
was almost dark and, to cap the eli
max, it rained."
"And your hat would have been ruin
ed if fate had not kept me downtown
late too. And it's such pretty hat"
he added reflectively.
"Ohw said the clear little voice
| again, and then there was another ST.
lence.
Far up the street under corner
lamp they could just discern a big
man plodding along, weighted down
by two umbrellas.
Its my big brother" said the little
clear voice, and then timidly: would
you mind-going on alone? You see. he
might not understand my letting you
but my hat is new-and"-
Il understand perfectly" Luttrell
told her but big brothers are some
times dense. l have little sister my.
self, and like to look after her pretty
closely. and that's why l looked after
you"
He had gone into the darkness be
fore she could thank him. But from
the shadows he watched her fly along
the intervening space and come up to
her big brother. And he heard her say
in that clear little voice: ut was sc
good of you to come after me- Bob
And then they went along together
through the driving storm, and Luttrel
was left alone.
After that on his way home from
office he found himself looking for the
girl with the cherry hat. But girls
came and girls went, but never the
right one, and so the months passed
and the winter came, and there were
no cherries on any of the hats. anG
Luttrell gave up his quest in despair.
But always he held in his heart the
memory of the clear little voice tina
had talked to him so cOnfidingly in tn
darkness of the rainy autumn night.
One night he dropped into a fashion
able downtown restaurant for dinner
and at the next table were n big mai
and a girl in a dropping hat of pal
blue. Her gown was of the same col
or, and around her neck she wore col
lar of pearls.
She was 4 vision OF exquisiteness
and there was about her a haunting
quality that made Luttrell look at he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08
to practice law while her present sal
airy of $500 continues.
Defyin1 the People.

Rockford Star: The small fry poll
ticians who constitute the state legis-
lature, taking their orders from the
big political bosses outside of the
legislature, have decided that no pri-
mary legislation shall be enacted.
This means that Illinois will have
no legal safeguards thrown around
caucuses or conventions. A caucus
may be called without public notice,
voting boxes may be stuffed, the
choice of the people may be set aside
for a man who had no votes, the ma
jority can be circumvented by the mi
nority and there can be no appeal.
no recourse to the courts, as there
are no laws regulating caucuses or
conventions.
The state convention can be con-
trolled by the minority. All the mi
nority needs is the state committee.
The state committee names the pre-
liminary organization of the conven-
ton. In this way few bosses can
and will conilol the committee on cr,:-
dentials.
If the convention consists of 1900
members the credentials committee
can unseat every delegate and give
seats 10 men who were not even can;
didates for delegate honors. No law
governs the state convention, the state
committee or the committee on creden
tials. They are laws unto themselves
If the state convention is to meet
at 10 o'clock i'll the morning, a few
bosses will meet i'll a secret place and
over whisky and cigars declare who
lshall constitute, the state ticket. The
delegates, except Il few lieutenants
will know nothing about the slate un
til the chairman declares, 'nomina
tons are now in order The gag rule
may be applied, nominations forced
through under the gavel and even a
roll call be refused.
This wretched system has been in
force in this state from time immem
Orial. The Legislature declares it is
good enough for the intelligent people
of Illinois.
The legislature convened in Janu
airy It has been in session longer than
any legislature in the history of the
state 1t has done little in the inter
est Of the people. 1t doubled the sal
aries of its members and yet refuses
to pass an anti-pass law. 1t increased
| the salary of the state treasurer from
S., 900 to $4,000 a year. and refuses
| to pass a bill compelling that official tC
place all fees and interest on public
money into the treasury. The fee;
and interest money amount to 100000
year.
Most of the members of the legisla
ture will seek reelection. The people
should remember them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08

years. Perhaps the business of being
a member of congress might be regard
ed as almost as technical as any other
one. If that is So it seems that the
man who has learned the ropes would
be more useful to his constituents than
the stranger
The Two Conventions.
The conventions of the two great par
ties this year will both be fighting con
vcntionS. 1t is easy enough to say
that Mr. Bryan's nomination by the
Democratic national convention is al
ready assured. Probably it is. Yet
many of the people who express such
great confidence in that outcome for
get that the Democratic convention.
unlike the Republican one. must give a
twO-thirds majority in order to NOM
mate. Furthermore. in the Democrat
ic national convention the unit rule
prevails. Mr.. Bryans lead above all
other candidates is conceded even by
his enemies But there will be other
names presented to the convention, and
properly so. Governor Johnson Of
Minnesota will have some strength and
probably his own state delegation
Lieutenant Governor Chanler of New
York may have the New York deIega-
ton. indeed. it would be better for
the cause Of Democracy if the conven-
ton Shonltl not fail to be Il deliberative
gathering aud Que in which the names
of all prominent Democrats should be
mentioned.
The Republican Convention.
OF course Republican conventions
are sometimes cut and dried. The
next one will not be. however. To
day the fight for the nomination be-
tween Secretary Taft. Secretary Cor
telyou, Vice President Fairbanks. Sen
ator Foraker. Senator La Toilette,
Speaker Cannon and Governor Hughes
is {; free for all 1t is fair to say that,
viewed from Republican standpoint,
almost any one of these candidates de-
serves respectful attention. But from
/ a Democratic standpoint 1t is worth
while pointing out that not one stands
for any reduction of the tariff. Even
Senator La Toilette. who is above all
the representative of the radical ele-
, lnent in the Republican party, has new
er breathed one word that would in.
dictate his Willingness to accede to i'm
mediate tariff revision. Taft has de
c!ared that the matter should be left
until after the election. Cortelyou has
said nothing. Foraker has declared
against revision of any sort Fair
banks and Cannon are essentially stand
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08

the credit of naming his own successor
who will stand for his policies. Score
tary Taft has but one mbition-name-
ly, to get the nomination for the presi-
dency. The proposition has been made
to both of these gentlemen by the re-
dictionary forces which are now in the
saddle to toss Taft nomination if he
will leave the Republican machine
alone in the various states. In other
words, what is known as the senate
rial combine is to have the national
committee and Taft have the nomina-
ton. There is one little joker in the
proposition. The senatorial combine
will not interfere in Ohio. The reason
is plausible. Senator Foraker. one of
the most eminent senators. is a power
there and is himself candidate for
nomination, so Ohio is TO be left en-
tirely to the outcome of fight be-
tween Foraker and Taft. If Mr.. Taft
should win. then no contests will be
made in other states. If he should lose.
the whole compact is to be off. AS
most people believe that Foraker can
carry the primaries in his state, this
suggests that the gentlemen with
whom Mr.. Taft has been so eager 20
traffic are planning to give him what
in politics is known as the double
cross" However that may be, it is
perfectly evident that practically all
the strong forces in the Republican
party are lining up against Tafts NOM
| ination. while President Roosevelt is
showing lack of enthusiasm in its be-
half. Few people in Washington think
| that the nomination will go to Taft.
| Most people think that it's wise thing
| to keep an eye on Uncle Joe Cannon.
At the same time Washington opinion
| is so much influenced by immediate po-
litical fame that it is not wholly accu-
rate
| Washington. D. G. '-a
| WILLIS ]. ABBOTT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08

medical department of the army 10
major general of the line in eigh
years, chiefly because he used TO play
football with Theodore Roosevelt. so ii
seems quite possible that another IA
vOred friend in the medical corps of
the navy may yet come to be an ad
miral. There was never an administra-
ton in which personal favoritism play
ed so great a part in the advancement
of officials as in this one, never an ad
ministration In which either the basic
principles Of civil service reform or the
law intended to give them effect has
been so continually ignored as by
Theodore Roosevelt, who made his ell
trance upon public life by way of the
civil service reform crusade.
And apropos of what has happened IN
the army, where he dismissed without
trial whole battalion of troops, and
in the navy. which he IS trying to rule
without any sort of guidance or sug
gestion from congress, it might bt
worth while to recur to message sent
by him to congress in the last session
of the Fifty-ninth congress in which h.
asked that the president be given au
thority TO dismiss "fur the good of tbt
service" any officer or man in either
the army or navy without court MARTA
or any formal hearing In other words
bis proposition was that the articles Of
war. which have been enforced fol
nearly three-quarters of a century
which have been debated and amended
by many congresses. should be abro
gated and that the man in the Whit,
| House should be given absolute contro
| over the lives and the fortunes of mel
| who had enlisted in the armed service
| of the United States.
Could insistence upon absolute au
| tocracy go further:
| A Story of Taft.
| Now, this story may or may not b,
| true. 1t is current in Washington ant
has come to me from men of the ut
most prominence on the Republican
side of the senate and of politics.
| is to the effect that an arrangement
has been made between Mr. Roosevelt
and Mr.. Taft, representing the radica
end of the Republican party, and Sen
| ator Aldrich, who is we'll known to b
the representative in the senate and IL
Republican politics of the interests"
/ President Roosevelt has but one am
bition immediately-name TO hav,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08
Misdircctcd Mail.

Ten million letters and parcels were
received at the Chicago postofIice last
year incorrectly addressed. These fig
ures show how enormous is the prob
lem which Uncle Sam works out in
handling the mails in this city where
each year the increase in business
amounts to million dollars Last
year the increase of receipts over the
previous year was $2,S22,526. During
the year $4,000 in currency was found
loose in the mail sacks and the own
ers of $733.56 of this were discovered.
At the time the present federal
building was begun the business of
the Chicago postoffice amounted to 80
million tons year but by the time
the building was ready for occupancy
the annual business was 20 million
tons a year and for that reason the
postal clerks have been working in
crowded end cramped quarters ever
since. There seems to be hope that
supplementary building will be fur
nished by the present congress, one
near to the railroad stations. and cost
ing 100000.
One of the few postoffice employees
who have witnessed this growth is
the postmaster's private secretary.
Miss Bertha DGeppler, who is the
energetic young woman who climbed
the Flagstaff on the temporary build
ing to rescue the flag that had been
forgotten in the hurry of removal tc
the new building. She is studying
law in a night school and. will soor
graduate though she does rot expec
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08
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PERSONAL.

Il have taken Il large bottles of
Father Johns Medicine. | have been
troubled with asthma and hay fever
almost all my life ! commenced to
take the medicine last December. and
have not had an attack since. 1t is
the best medicine | have ever taken"
(Signed) Mrs. Helen T. Hogan, 352
Willow street, Braddock, Pa.
Father Johns Medicine is for sale by
T. III. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08

handkerchief and laid it carefully over
the big front bow of her hat. 1t left
the cherries out in the rain, but with
quick glance around she sped up
the sidewalk
Luttrell, taking long steps, reached
her without effort.
eff you will let me-" he said, Il will
hold my umbrella over the Cherries
She looked up, startled. In the gloom
she could not see his face, but there
was no hint of disrespect in his voice,
and her hat was new.
'Oh, if you will she said in a
prim little way. and for a few minutes
they walked on in silence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08
What n 1000 License Will Do for
Rock Island

The $1,000 saloon license if adopted
by Rock Island will accomplish a mum
Der of beneficial results.
1t will reduce and restrict the mum
Der of saloons by wedding out the
joints and dives.
1t will regulate the legitimate sa
loon.
1t will increase the city's revenues
about $4,000 per annum.
And apart from the moral effect
Rock Island needs the money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08
nore than once. Where had he seen

more than once. Where had he seen
her?
And even as he questioned the vision
said in a clear little voice: Bob, l do
believe it is raining. If we go out, we
will have to have a cab"
1t was the girl with the cherry hat
No other had such a voice, and there
was the wavy brown hair. And in the
brilliant light he beheld clearly for the
first time the gray eyes and the deli
cate pink and white of the oval face
Why, the little girl was beauty!
"You shall have two cabs if you
wish,' he heard the big man say genial
ly. Eve wouldn't want to christen that
stunning gown with rain"
At the sound of that big, booming
voice Luttrell stared, and then he
bridged the distance between the two
tables and dropped his hand on the
other mans shoulder.
bob Raymond" he said, 81 thought
l couldn't be mistaken in the voice.
But you've grown some, Bobbie, since
| used to pitch you off of the campus
fence"
Raymond wrung his hand, beaming.
Sis" he said to the vision IN blue,
its Mark Luttrell. You've heard me
tell about our college pranks. Mark,
this is my kid sister,
She smiled up at Luttrell from I'M
der the brim of the broad hat. Bob
forgets that l am grown up," she said,
| and Luttrell saw that as yet she had
not recognized him as the man of the
| umbrella episode.
Il remember your picture stood on
Bob's chiffonier," he told her. ''You
wore your hair in pigtails, but you
were awfully pretty, and l fell in love
with you.'
"Oh!' she said, blushing beautifully
.'Sit down and have dinner with us,
| Raymond insisted. Felicia and have
| the evening before us. It's raining, sc
we might as well stay here fol
awhile"
He turned to give an order to the
waiter, and Luttrell leaned toward Fee
licia.
eff you will let me-" he said, 81
will hold my umbrella over the cher
| ries."
| There was dead silence for a mo
ment, and then she whispered nervous
| ly: "Oh, you are the man! Oh, wha
did you think of me?''
Il wished that l might hold an UNI
>; brella over you for the rest of my life,
ne said fervently.
Her dimples came out in full force
Il am afraid you would get awful.
tired" she said, but her eyes droopc,
before his glance.
Come up and see u.s." Bob said tina
night as they parted.
ION one condition." said Luttrell a
he held the fur lined wrap for the vi
sion in blue, that you let me fall il
love with your sister,
"Felicia?' Raymond scoffed. "She'
nothing but kid
81 am old enough to know my ow1
mind, Bob" said Felicia with spirit.
And what is your mind?' Luttrel
asked as they went down the hall tc
gether.
Her eyelashes swept her cheeks an
HID her eyes. Il don't know" she sal
demurely. "Perhaps-perhaps you ha
better come-and find out"
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piles. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08
on, IL. u.
WILLIS J. ABBOTT.
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one to three days. It's action upon the
system is remarkable and mysterious.
disease Immediately disappears. The
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Second avenue. Rock Island; Gust
Schlegel & Son, 90 West Second
street. Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08
FALLING HAIR STOPPED.
Badness Cured by Destroying the
Parasitic Germ That Causes 1t.


Badness follows falling hair falling
hair follows dandruff; and dandruff is
the result of germ digging its way
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where it saps the vitality of the hair.
TO destroy that germ is to prevent
as well as cure dandruff. falling hair,
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Newbro's Herpicide, an entirely new,
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and 81. T. II. Thomas, special agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08

Ex-Secretary Shaw says he would
walk from ocean to ocean if that would
Shaw walks until Speaker Cannon is
elected president, he has the longest
job of pedestrianism ahead of him
any one has ever undertaken yet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08

When it is announced semiofiicially
that a republican congress has the
decks cleared for action in cam
paign year, it is not thought neces-
sary to explain that the clearing pro-
cess consisted of removing everything
below deck except the blank cartridges
whose subsequent explosions attract
public attention without alarming
campaign contributors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08

A Milwaukee jewcler, who carried
burglar insurance only on his safe,
wonders why the cracksmen failed to
make "a good job of his place. The
store was cleaned out" the safe re-
fused to be opened and now the jew
eler cannot collect on his policy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08

George AIDE wants to be delegate
to the Chicago convention in order to
vote for Fairbanks for the republican
presidential nomination. After it is
all over George will have material for
another fable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08

Mark Twain apparently. has written
something at last without putting any
humor into it. Even the creditors of
his food company will doubtless adj
nit that Mr.. Clements letter frankly
informing them of the insolvency of
that concern is no joke.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08

howeyelie fire alarm that Foraker sent
of the has produced peck of trouble for
at the republican politicians in Ohio,
torrind the fire is burning brightly and
ST. will not be extinguished before spring.
u and not then unless the factions can
both work together on the old repub
lcan machine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08

Springfield Republican,: A new car
toon of Speaker Cannon with some of
the unspeakable vulgarity of the per-
petual leer and inevitable cigar left
out might make him more endurable
as a candidate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08

There is one hopeful sign in the COM
ing of the second Thaw trial. The pub
lie is not likely to be shocked by any
thing that transpires.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-08

Bureau rule in the navy bids fair to
be shelved, but some furniture will be
thrown about in the process.