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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29

and ran across my lady and her
friends
His reputation soon caught up with
him, but in Europe title excuses
much. There was almost at once an
open Irritation between my lady and
the count. and for a time the Argus
eyed Perkins watched it and said moth
ing.
However, when Mrs. Grundy had be-
gun to nod and wink and whisper be-
hind her fan. she took my lady In
hand. On all previous occasions the
dear old thing had heaved a sigh or
two. shrugged her shoulders and sub
mitted to the inevitable, but on this
occasion. to Perkins great surprise,
she proved obdurate.
Perkins, l am surely in love-" she
replied.
But you can't be. You are too-too
young"
But l know that l am in love, and
l shall marry the count, poor boy"
Perkins came back at her with
enough statistics to swamp the char
acters of three or four Adventures,
but my lady had made UP her mind
and nothing could move her. Perkins
knew when to argue and when to con
ceal herself. behind the portieres.
Before the count left the parlors next
day she was in possession of all needed
particulars. There was to be yacht
ing party of n dozen friends. and dur
| ing the trip the engag cement would bt
announced-two weeks later mar
rage and a honeymoon trip.
The yacht would not make the har
| bor until hate hour in the evening
and the count would call for my lady
| in carriage. He further threw out ;
! suggestion. 1t was that Perkins bC
| locked in her room ut a certain hour t.
prevent her wandering about Nice dur
ing the evening hours and getting los
or falling Off the quay.
Human jewels such as she had beer
known TO disappear OFF the face of th'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
NEGROES DROP Fight
OVER ALTON SCHOOLS
Give Up Eleven Year Struggle and
Reenter Children in Colored
Institutions.

Alton, H.. Sept. 29.-The Alton ne
groes who have been carrying on the
fight for admission to the public
schools with white children have drop
ped their fight.
Scott Bib, who carried on the suit
for II years and who finally won de-
oision in the supreme court, has had
four of his children assigned to col
+ored school All the others VINO have
been keeping their children out for
II Years also reentered them.
The negroes say they were refused
employment in the manufacturing
plants and were obliged to end their
litigation for mixed as opposite &c
separate schools. Alton employers dis
missed their negro help after the SUI
preTe court decision.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29

John Pierpont Morgan's steel trust
has not been prosecuted by this admin
istration. 1t is a combination in re-
straint of trade. 1t is as truly such a
combination as Standard Oil. The
antitrust law applies to it equally as
TO Standard Oil, to which it applies
with no reservations. The two great.
est monopolies of the country are
Standard Oil and the steel trust. The
Standard Oil officers are anathema al
the government offices in Washington
as they should be. The steel trust of
ficials are welcomed at the govern
ment Offices in Washington, as they
should not be.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
TRAIN ROBBERS MAKE A HAUL
Holdup by so Men Near ST. Petersburg
Nets Them Bio Sum.

st. Petersburg, Sept. ga success
full train robbery has been executed
by a band of 80 men near Wilma. No
definite statement Of the exact amount
of the booty has yet been made, but
it is estimated to vary between $780,
900 and 100000. Besides money, val
liable registered correspondence and
the days receipts from all the railroad
stations between the frontier and Wilma
were taken. The train guard consisted
of six men. The robbers took posses
sion of a small station before the ar
rival of the train, and shot down the
guards as the engine slowed up. They
kept up a constant fusillade during the
robbery. A number of the passengers
were wounded by broken glass.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
8he Ergus Daily Short Story
My Lady and Perkins-By G. B. Lewis.
Copyrighted, 1908. by Associated Literary Press.


My lady has rcache;rthe age of sixty.
she has become nearsiShtcd. and Il Bit
deaf She Was rheumatic. and she haze
Il slight s;oGp and somewhat of an un
certain gait But for the vigilance of
her maid, Perkins. she would have
looked every month of her age and
passed for the OLD woman she was
1t was Perkins who sllillfully padded
her gowns and applied the dainty pink
and white complexion and vino gave
ing Young woman.
1t was Perkins who had told her for
the last dozen years that she looked
under forty ana who made each birth
day count one less instead of one more
In her way, and it was good way,
Perkins was jewel of the first water
My lady had wealth. When, at the
age Of forty, she had married again.
only to become Il widow for the second
time within three years her cash in
come had been largely added to.
At fifty third ardent sutton APP
peared. but my lady decided to pre-
serve her widowhood and retain con-
herself and she had Perkins. Five
| years previously, when the woman had
come TO her, she had said:
Perkins, am frivolous thing of
thirty-five"
"Ies'm," replied Perkins as she men
tally added twenty years TO the figures
Il am frivolous, but not quite fool ,
| "No'm"
"And l want you to help me from be
coming one"
Certainly, m'm.'
"If you see me flirting or acting gid
dy, as most young women are apt tC
do at times, put your foot down ant
stop it,
Il will. MN"
SHOULD l really fall in love, Perkins
should l be so giddy and frivOlou.
and foolish as to think of marriage
put both feet down and bring me t,
my senses ere it is too late. That's al
this evening. Perkins,
Thus Perkins became lady's maid
chaperon and adviser combined. Sh
was the keeper of the keys and TIL
watchdog of the treasury She was
good judge of human character aud
close estimator of how far a Irritation
could go and still come under the hea
of harmless
On several occasions, when thing
had gone their limit, she had announ(
ed the fact. and my lady had turne
her back on the affair.
y 1t was one season at Nice whe
NJ things went wrong, Perkins was fine
4 ing it hard work to keep the wrinkle
y rubbed away. My lady was beginnin
R to notice her own stoop and limp, an
y she was almost ready to acknowledg
4 that she felt all of forty-eight and
y few minutes over.
III Count Dubois made his appearance
y at this opportune moment. He was
Z real French count, if that was wort
y anything. He was also a spendthri
4 and a gambler. He had about reache
the end of his tether when he G,
y around to Nice on q tour of adventul
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
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"a /ZAILaprS1eL


The best OF all antiseptic home rem
edies for wounds, Commissions, burns.
insect stings, sore feet, swellings and
;nfiammations. soc per bottle az oz.)
Toilet Salubrin, a fine aromatic
preparation, with all the anti-septic
properties of plain Saiubrin; for the
care of the skin and mucous mem
branes; a refreshing mouth wash and
gargle, and particularly valuable for
keeping the teeth clean and sound
75c per bottle &c or.
Dilute with water, as prescribed 70,
each case in Directions for Use" &C
companying every bottle. All drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
NOT ENOUGH CREDIT GIVEN
interstate Commerce Commission in
Letter to Roosevelt.

Washington, Sept. 29.-President
Roosevelt today made public letter
from the interstate commerce com
mission pointing out that the presi-
dent in his last reply to Bryan did not
include the present years work in his
reference to the prosecutions under
the Interstate commerce law, saying
the facts are even more impressive
than the reply showed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
Rheumatism Cured in Three Days.

N. B. Langley, Madison, Wis, says:
az was almost helpless with rheuma-
tism for about five months. Had it in
my neck so | could not turn my head.
and all through my body. l tried
three. doctors and many remedies
without any relief whatever until |
procured DR.. Detchon's Relief for
Rheumatism. In few days the pain
was relieved, and in three days the
rheumatism was completely cured. and
was at work. Sold by Otto Grotjan
1851 Second avenue, Rock Island
Gust. Schlegel & Son. 900 West Second
street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
PERT PARAGRAPHS.


A platonic friendship by any other
name would sound like Irritation by
experts.
Some people are short on intellect
who are long on brains. The brains
usually draw about hundred dollars
per.
The less her hat cost the more be-
coming it is in the eyes of her hus-
bandit he is that sort.
1t depends good deal upon who is
looking at her whether a woman IL
beautiful or not.
A man can win his own admiration
so readily that he sometimes gets
mixed up on other peoples opinions.
Charity to yourself doesn't make up
for severity to others.
| Put your affairs into the hands Of 4
receiver before yous start out to buck
Vie other fellows game.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29

Foraker, politically dying, leaves his
curse upon the Taft candidacy, says
the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and the
man who sought Foraker's support and
comfort land that of Cox is probably
sorry that he spoke too soon. All of
which is good material for Mr.. Bryan.
An absolute denial of the Foraker al
lance land the Cox alliance) would
have helped Mr.. Taft beyond measure,
especially in Ohio. He has preferred
TO play the peacemaker with the I'M
dcsirables, and he must suffer as a
penalty for his presumption. So that
Ohio harmony becomes discord. and a
republican candidate finds himself
more hardly pressed than ever
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
INSANE FROM FOOTBALL HURT
Yale Student Kicked on Head Becomes
Unconscious

New Haven, Conn, Sept. 29-While
playing with the scrub team against
the Yale varsity football team on Yale
field yesterday, Lewis Baker Warren
of New York member of the class of
1910, Sheffield scientific school, was
kicked on the head and rendered I'M
conscious. He was removed to the
gymnasium. where, on recovering con-
seriousness, he became violently insane.
He fought with other members of the
team for an hour and half, when he
he again lapsed into unconsciousness,
in which state he Still remains.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
Hurnor ane Philosophy
By. DUNCAN N. SMITH
NEXT.

Coming?
Sure.
What? Christmas
Or the three ring shown
No.
Not these,
Or, il you please,
Not as soon
AS the next great wonder,
The only reliable
Thirteen passenger.
Sixty miles an hour
Airship.
Where?
oh. don't ask me
To be
Too specific.
But can't you hear
The wheels buzzinG
In the heads
OF the inventors?
Say.
II just one in forty-eight
Materializes
The sky
Will be so full OF
Airships
That We will not
Need awnings
To keep the sun
From shining
In our windows.
Yes.
The airship
Will soon
Be within the reach
OF all
Who can reach II.
Step lively
Going up?
All aboard
For the sun,
Moon.
The Milky way
And all intermediate points
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
increase i'm Army.

II is stated that President Roosevelt
in his annual message to congress will
recommend increasing the normal
strength of the army to 100000 men.
He now has the power, under existing
law, says the Chicago Journal. TO vary
the army strength between 59,131 and
100000. The army within few years
reached strength of 1900 men, and
it is now about $4,000.
The argument for an increase is
that the existing force is insufficient
TO equip and maintain the posts and
coast Notifications; that as congress
is continually increasing the coast de
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
s11.492, 45s in Land Sales.

Washington, Sept. 2?-According to
figures compiled in the general laid
Office receipts on account of the sales
of public lands during the last fiscal
year amounted to s11492,453 There
We're 2O1,953 entries. covering 1888,
$50 acres.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29

Uncle Joe" Cannon may sneer at
the attitude of the Methodist church
relative to his strangling of legislation
in the house, but his sneers do not
alter the fact that Cannon deserves
the criticism aimed at him by all who
want all legislation given a square
deal in congress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29


Jacksonville Ill., JAN 16 1889 He attended the public schools
Whppe with
Illinois college While there he became personally acquainted with William
Jacksonville In 1882 he removed Joliet Illinois
a
VIII and made splendid record
In
At the formation the state
ticket the leaders of all factions
candidacy considering after
through all s
beer a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29

The Rock Island Exposition is one
of the Greater Rock Island boosting
enterprises. Help boost the town by
helping boost the Exposition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29

When woman does it at home she
calls it the wash" but when she
sends it down town she calls 1t II.
laundry. '--AtchIson Globe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island. Ill. GEn-
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
Gallant.

"Can You guess my age"
"Yes. dear madam. but
But what
81 won't"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
Cause and Effect.

Friend-You caught a fresh cold.
haven't you?
Victim-Ugh! Maybe I have, but 1t
makes me feel mighty stale. tell you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
Still Knocking.

Still Knocking.
Natica-You saw her wedding gifts,
did you?
Natalia-Oh, yes. saw them.
Natica-How was her silver marked?
Natalia-I guess most Of it was
marked down. 1t certainly looked that
way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29

dent. He's too busy using his office
as political asset
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
Butts Supplied.

"IIave you a cigar?" the watchdog said
Out in the back lot ruts.
Sorry haven't" the white goat replied,
but have a few good butts"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
Summer Savory.

SUMMER Savoy.
This side-the lakes soft signing,
The June fair meadows lie;
The bobolink's replying
To mother bird close by.
The oxeye daisy's lifting
3, Her soft eye to the sun,
And here. where shade is shifting,
Dear love and / are one.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
Secure.

what is that cage for? Is there .
menagerie ut this summer resorts?
mo. not exactly. but we had u man
here once and that was where We
kept him"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
TERMS Daily 10 cents DER week

TERMS - Daily, 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumentative
character, political or religious, must
have real name attached for publica-
tion. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29

This week belongs to the exposition
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
Two Posers,

"Where do all of the pins go7"
''I'll tell you ON one condition"
'Yes:"
''That you tell me who finds all the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29
For Vice President,
JOHN WORTH KERN
or Indiana.


ror United States Senator-Lawrence
Il. Stringer.
For Governor-Adlai E. Stevenson.
For Lieutenant Governor - Elmer A.
Perry.
For Secretary OF State - Xelpho +.
Beidler.
For Auditor-Ralph Jeffries.
For State TreaSurer-John b. Mount.
For Attorney General-Ross c. Hall.
For Clerk of Supreme Court-John l..
Pickering.
University Trustees-Edward Tilden,
a L. White, Isaac S, Raymond Cong
term); a. l.. Bliss (Short term).
CONGRESS.
For Representative in Congress NJ.
j. McEniry.
LEGISLATURE.
For State Representative-Henr L.
Wheelan.
COUNTY.
For States Attorney-Robert r. Rey-
nolds.
For Coroner-Dr. NJ. ]. OHern.
For Surveyor-George II. Hicks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-29

Thoushtless
Thought.
Glow can he
make an actof7
He hasn't got
any brains"
They only
give him a think
ing part"
The daily tribune., 1908-02-04
2sc COUPON. Muslin
Underwear.

This coupon is good for 25c in the
purchase Of muslin underwear, in
GLIDING corset covers, drawers, skirts
and children's white dresses, amount
ing to 81. Good only on items men
toned. This coupon expires Feb. Is.
1898.
The Dickinson press., 1908-05-30
BAD ATTACK OF DYSENTERY
CIIRED

IAN honored citizen of this town was
suffering e. from rom a = sever; fs;seG !; 3t ia ao Of d aY,s;n
abottle of Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, he felt confident
of being cured he having used this
remedy in the West. He was told that
l kept it in stock and lost no time in OBJ
tanning it, and was promptly cured" says
M. J. Leach, druggist, of Wolcott, Vt.
For sale by all druggists. /,
The Dickinson press., 1908-05-30
VIII en-
You
Look


A little first, and then come
here, you see that we d O
things differently. We have
made a study of this business
from the customers view
point. Our customers inter-
ests first is the Golden Rule
W 60 by. To furnish to
them, at the least possible
cost, the things they need,
and to do this better than
others do it, is the thing we
are aiming at. We aimed at
this and hit the mark when
we bought our
The Dickinson press., 1908-05-30
Dress
ms

We have lots of good patterns
left. They are different.
Everyone tells US how neat
they are. Per yard
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-03
WOMEN TO BE EXCLUDED
Will Not Be Permitted in the Court
room During the Trial of
Harry ThaW.

New York, Dec. 31.-All women ex-
cept members of the Thaw family and
the women reporters will be excluded
from the courtroom during the second
trial of Harry X. Thaw, under an or
der issued by Judge Bowling. Thaw'a
trial will begin next Monday. The rea-
son given for this order is that the
seating capacity of the courtroom has
been reduced greatly since the first
trial and will now accommodate only
about $50 spectators.
Justice Bowling is said also to be de-
termined to prevent arecurrence of the
annoyance caused at the last trial by
women moved by morbid curiosity,
who made use of every means at their
command to secure admission to a
courtroom already overcrowded.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-03
SPARKS SUMMONS
NEVADA SOLONS
Proclamation Recovering Lawmak-
ers in Accordance with Presi-
dents Suggestion.

Reno, New, Dec. 31.-A special ses-
sion of the Nevada legislature has
been called by Governor Sparks and
the date of converting will be in about
two weeks. The call was made at the
request of President Roosevelt, who
notified Nevada's governor that such
action must be taken or the troops
now stationed at Goldfield will be re-
moved Notification of the decision to
assemble the legislature has been
transmitted to Washington.
County Commissioner Rosenthal of
Goldfeld, whose resignation has been
requested by Governor Sparks, has re-
fused to vacate his office. The gov
ernor said that the refusal had been
received at the executive Office.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-03
Secretary Taft at Boston.

Boston. Dec 81. = Secretary Taft
spoke three times on his visit to this
city, first before the ministers associa
ton, on the Philippines, in which he
presented his well-known views as to
independence for those islands; next
before the Elysium club, in which he
featured the Panama canal and the
navy, and finally at night at the ban
uuet of the Boston Merchants and
Manufacturers association, in which
he discussed the financial panic and
it's causes, and controverted the charge
that the national administration was
the most effectively it's railway pol
icy-ot those causes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-03
What the Lunatic Thouaht.

A clergyman was suddenly called
upon, away from home,4 to preach at a
lunatic asylum, and he decided to make
use Of favorite missionary sermon Of
his.
After the service, as the clergyman
was leaving the chapel, one Of the in
mates stepped up to him and said:
'eThat was good sermon you gave
us, SIR
The clergyman was pleased and re-
piled:
81 am glad you liked 1t. What part
in it especially interested your"
"Where you told about the mothers
throwing their infants into the Gauges"
eyes," said the clergyman, "that is
very sad, but it is true, and we must
do our utmost to enlighten those un-
happy people, that they may turn from
the error Of their way"
eyes, indeed" continued the lunatic,
"we must And all the time you were
preaching I wondered why your moth
er hadn't thrown you into the river
when you were small. London Ex-
press
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-03
A Terrible Stu alton.

There can be few more terrible dis
coveries than that the man in your
company has suddenly gone mad and
that you cannot escape him. That was
the position of an old lady and her fe-
male companion when, just as their
train was gliding out of a London ter
minus. man popped into the carriage
and banged the door after him. The
first stop was eighty miles away, and
it seemed as far as eternity when the
man produced from his pocket a num-
Der of razors and began to cut up an
orange. The old lady gave her fur boa
an extra twist about her throat. do
you like Granger" said the maniac as
he stuck a piece on the end of a razor
and popped it into her mouth. She ac-
cepted the gift with thanks, and he
was anxious to feed her with more.
She assured him that she liked to eat
her, orange slowly and made it last.
She had to make each portion given to
her on the razor last her so long that
there was still a piece or two left when
the first stoppage and rescue came
st. James Gazette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-03
PREACHER AND
HEIRESS FOUND
Rev. Jere KnOde Cooke and Floretta
Whaley Living in San Francisco
Have Child.

San Francisco, Dee. 31.-The Call
publishes an interview with the Rev.
Jere knode Cooke, formerly pastor of
st. Georges church at Hampstead, l..
L., who it is claimed left his wife some
eight months ago, clipping with sew
enteen-year-old heiress named Floret
ia Whaley. The pair have been 10.
Gated, it is said, at a fiat at 1893
Green street in this city while a search
has been going on for them all over
the country.
A child has been born to them dur
ing the interval, the rector working
as painter and decorator and whel
not occupied in that line, dong the
hardest kind of manual labor for the
support of himself, his companion and
the child. He had, it is said lived
quietly in Los Angeles before coming
here after he left the east
Inquiry at the fiat occupied by j
Knode Cooke and Floretta Whaley,
revealed the fact that the couple had
fed with their child.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-03
Found 4 Customer.

s'My friends. are you aware with
what vile compounds you insult your
stomachs?" said an eloquent preacher
In a mining town recently. After a
short pause he continued 'The stuff
served to you at the dramshops here
is not honest whisky. but mixture Of
alcohol and water colored and favored
with fusel oil and chemicals. You can
go to any drug store and for 80 cents
buy enough of these ingredients to
make barrel Of the stuff you drink
AS he reached this climax a great
burly man jumped up and. waving a
five dollar bill high in his hand. ex-
claimed in Stentorian tones:
zone moment. please. Here is my
last V. Give me that recipe J would
sooner possess it than a gold miner
A hearty cheer by the audience end
ed the meeting. The preacher prudent
ly withdrew, richer in experience and
more circumspect in his remarks at
subsequent gatherings .-Buffalo News