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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17
8he Hrgus Daily Short Story
"Audrey's Knight. BY Epes w. Sargent.
copyrighted, 1905 by Homer SpragueD

ladies', and the major made straighS
for Audrey's side, nor would he be dis
lodged until the party broke up.
AS the last carriage rolled away Az
drey turned to her employer with eyeN
that danced. 1T wa, such fun to mas
queradew she cries. with a littsS
laugh. 81 wonder what the major
would say could he know that my re-
turn to town in the morning was mere
ly a change to the nursery governess."
You will go up to town in the morn
Ing" was the quiet response. Il will
pay you a months salary instead of
the usual notice. l cannot have my
darling children in the charge of a
person who SO shamelessly pursues
rich man."
The uneXpectednesS of the dismissal
was such shock that Audrey was too
dazed to argue against the charge.
, She had nowhere to go, and the pitiful-
ly small sum she would receive would
not last more than two weeks. The
happy light gone from her eyes, she
! CROPPED her way to her room, scarce
! seeing through her tears.
| There was no relenting the next
| morning, and, with her few belongings
packed in the tiny trunk. she was driv-
en- to the station for the early train.
: TO her surprise the major was impa-
/ tiently pacing the platform in the rear
| of the diminutive depot. He hurried
forward to assist her to alight but Au.
drey shrank from him.
Il thought you would be going to
town on this train," he cried exultant-
ly. I'm going too. Didn't Isabel
come to see you OFF,"
1T was all a mistake" said Audrey
trying to speak bravely. 1T was be,
cause of your aversion to thirteen al
table that I was called upon. l was
Mrs. Thompson-Terhune's governess."
"Was?" he echoed. 80 that's the
trouble, is 1t? l guess 1 do not need
more ample explanation. My dear, my
niece's fears are well founded" he con
tinued bluntly. 81 did fall in love
with you. That's why / am here thi!
morning to ask if l may call upon yor
In town."
Il don't even know where 1 am go
ing" demurred Audrey.
Il do" said the major, with decision
You are going to be the guest of m.
: partners wife until you find a new
: place-or find that, after all, an oil,
man may still be worthy of love. d
you think that will be $3.50 hard?"
: "NOt so very" confessed the girl shy
ly. and in her heart she knew that a
ready this kindly old man had won he
affections. She had not thought of hi
money, but it was inexpressibly pleas
ant to be looked after instead of lool
!, ing after others, and as the train spe
along the side of the river Audre
l knew that it would not be long befor
she would come back again to b
chatelaine of the castle of her valiar
| knight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17

whole truth, no matter whom ii hurts.
Politics must be turned out of asy-
placed with humane, sympathetic
skilled men. Tender care must be en-
ployed in the treatment of unfortu-
mates who are the wards of the whole
people.
above all, the men who have be-
trayed sacred trust for political adj
vantage must be punished, for their
crimes have affected, directly or in
directly, every household in the
state"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17
Porter's WAY,

Sixteen monster battleships in conscious
glory steaming
Down from Rio to the south and north
to Frisco bay
A sight to stir the patriot, to set the
watcher dreaming
OF Porter in the Essex when he sailed
the selfsame way.
Porter had frigate to sweep the broad
Pacific:
Half the seas were hostile. foes in every
port;
Porter and his men didn't think the task
terrific,
Didn't think the job was work, just
bit of sailors sport.
So Porter and the Essex did a Job as
thorough
AS any ocean rover from Magellan to the
line.
Of all the fleets of whalers, not keel
dare plow furrow;
OF privateers and cruisers they didn't
leave a sign.
Porter and the Essex ruled the broad
Pacific spaces,
With his crew of Yankee sailors and his
flag Of sailors rights
from Magellan to the line. Valparaiso to
Marquesas,
Till he lost the storm smashed Essex in
the bloodiest of fights.
are going,
Into friendly waters. peaceful in their
might,
But ready, quick and ready, should any
foe be showing,
Like Porter in the Essex, to clean ev-
erything In sight.
-Wex Jones in New York American.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17

cigar between his fingers. A ripple of
laughter ran through the chamber. but
he was ignorant of its cause. When
he stopped to talk with Representative
Goulden of New York, Mr.. Goulden
took cigar from his own pocket and
started to light it.
Caught in my own trap, by George!'
exclaimed the speaker and darted for
the lobby.
When Governor John A. Johnson OF
Minnesota was in Washington he ran
across J. Adam Bede Of the Minnesota
delegation wearing a silk hat, says the
Chicago News.
I'm going to tell on you, Adam
when I get home" said the. governor
who Wore an ordinary business suit
at will, be a hard blow to your con
stituents to hear you are wearing high
silk hats and putting on airs"
ITO tell you the truth, governor,
have to do it," said Bede. Down here
in Washington you can't do business
without one. l tried going around
these departments in SLOUGH hat fol
a long time When 1 entered an office
I took off my hat and handed my card
to clerk and got left every time. Now
I hand them this hat and get every
thiupv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17
Shoprinq For Summer.

There are straw hats in the windows.
there are laces in the store,
There is lingerie like cobwebs and thin
pcekaboO galore,
There are snow banks on the sidewalks.
there are ice cakes in the river,
So let's go shopping. you and 1, and shiv-
er. shiver, SILVER!
There's the dainty silken stocking with
the open latticed side
And the panama and sailor, each the
coming sea sons pride.
Boreas is speeding usward. all the arrows
in his CULVER
So let's go shopping. you and I, and shiv-
er, shiver, shiveri
The low necks are alluring as they pose
behind the pane.
And the filmy summer fabric charms our
vision once again,
So while the north wind sticks us like &
million pointed silver
Let's go shopping. you and I, and shiver.
SILVER. shiveri
L. S. Warehouse in New York Sun
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17

Congressman Payne, chairman of the
house, ways and means committee,
promises tariff revision after the cleo
ton" The republican party promised
reciprocity "afte: the election in 1896,
but having secured power it tore up its
promises. 1t viii probably do the same
thing again. Let it revise the tariff
now and appeal to the people in No
vember to approve its work if it is
acting in good faith
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17
WHO MAKES LAWS HERE?
"RoosefeIty and Fairybanks," Says a
Fearless Would Be Citizen.

Wenzl Moeth and Michael Laden of
Newark, n. j., did not become citizens
of the United States the other day be-
cause they knew so much about the
country that was not so, says the New
York Times.
"Who makes the laws of the United
States?'' Moeth was asked.
"Roosefelty and Fairybanks," was
the answer.
Pressed further, he said that the sen
ate helped when called upon to do so.
Laden declared Trenton was the cap
ital of the United States and that the
country was directed by Roosevelt and
Governor "Stogie." evidently meaning
Stokes. Asked If he belonged to any
societies opposed to the United States
government, Laden replied, Not yet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17

The democratic sentiment favorable
to Bryan is finding expression all over
the state, in many of the cities of
which Bryan clubs are already in pro-
ces of formation. In Mercer county
enc was launched Saturday night. A
movement looking TO such an organiza-
ton in Rock Island is under way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17
rheumatism Cured in Three Days.

n. B. Langley, Madison, Wis, says:
Il 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 a few hours the pain
was relieved, and in three days the
rheumatism was completely cured, and
was at work. Sold b. otto Grotjan
1901 Second aveH' sock Island
Gust Schlegel & T. - Nc. Second
street, DavenpOI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17
LIFE IN WASHINGTON.
Incidents That Depict Phases of Ito
Liqhtor Side.

Representative Wallace of Arkansas
is now the champion rapid fire speech
maker of the house, says Washing
ton correspondent of the New York
Times. The other day he made three
speeches. each several pages long in
the Congressional Record. all in one
minute. During the brief discussion
of an appropriation for free seeds
brought in by the appropriations com
mittee Chairman TawIiey said:
Il yield one minute to the gentle
man from Arkansas. Mr.. Wallace"
Mr.. Wallace arose. and his thick
white name flew back in the air as
his sonorous voice g gan, Il come here
to bury Caesar. not to praise him.
The house Immediately turned in its
chair and took notice.
MY. Speaker he continued in the
same eloquent tone, 81 ask unanimous
consent to extend my remarks in the
Record on the tariff question:
This brought a smile to the other
members. Mr.. Wallace lifted another
manuscript aloft as he again said:
mfr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con,
sent to extend my remarks in the Rec.
ord on the improvement of public high
ways"
This time there were loud laughter
and appreciative applause.
mfr. Speaker" exclaimed the gentle
man from Arkansas again, holding VI
a third manuscript, Il ask unanimous
consent TO extend my remarks in the
Record on the subject of inheritance
and income tax"
He sat down amid q great roar OF
applause and laughter.
Twice during the present session the
speaker of the house has caused to be
read aloud rule IS, which forhidS
smoking on the floor, says the New
York Worlds Washington representa-
tive. A few days ago, while the house
was in committee of the whole on the
bill for a new immigration station
at Philadelphia, Uncle Joe wake;
down the center aisle with a lighted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17
Value of Iron In Old Horseshoes.

Old horseshoes have found a market
in China. One Hamburg steamer re-
Gently took to Tsingtau 800 tons of this
scrap iron. The Chinese claim that
there is no iron quite as good as old
horseshoes for making cutlery and
tools
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17

The best remedy known today for
all stomach troubles is Kodol, which
is guaranteed to give prompt relief
1t is a natural digestant; it digests
what You eat; it is pleasant to take
Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17

The practical joker who endangers
the lives of others lust for fun" should
be "tickled to death" in an electric
chair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17

A skeleton was unearthed in Ohio
yesterday. 1t must have escaped from
some Pittsburg closet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17

Every dag Illinois gets further away
from the Cannon boom and into the
Taft basket.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17

Leslie NJ. Shaw has attacked Taft's
mo policy" campaign-which is the
best boost the secretary has yet had.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17

Champ Clark says that President
Roosevelt is better than his party.
He's not the only one, either.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill. tEn-
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17

1t is hard to tell whether it is worth
while to bet on the ground hog or not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17
BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.

TERMS-Daily, 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
AL 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, 1908-02-17

Cosmetics injure the complexion.
The highest types of complexion beau
ty comes through the blood. Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea makes rich,
red blood, gives you that clear, healthy
complexion. which will wash but not
rub off. So cents, tea or tablets
Harper House pharmacy.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30

were very young, and perhaps, if we really knew it, 1t is our past self as much as our author who fixes our at
 tenton as we read. Certain books. like certain fragrances. recall not SO much
 forgotten scenes and forgotten incl
 dents as forgotten moods. We enjoy
 them because we have enjoyed them.
 The philosophy which blew away for the moment all our mental mists, or the poetry which was not poetry. but which served to express our souls be-
 fore we had had much experience of life or reading, cannot lose its charm
 We love II the more because it is not
 great Had it been greater it would have seemed less completely ours. II Is what we should have written had we had a lttlo more gift of writing II stands now. very likely, for something simpler than the years have made us
 Nevertheless, 1t is refreshing to put ourselves once more in tune with It's melody We read for the first time to gain an impression, we re-read, as q rule, to gain or to regain an expression
 The novels, too, that we go back to may or may not. be the ones which from critical point of view we ad- mire most We may read them because their authors were past masters of the dramatic art or merely because some. thing personal to ourselves is perpat- uated in their pages What a wonderful hero So-andso appeared to us once, 1 how charming was that woman, how l astonishngly wise that man. As we i read again of them We feel again the l thrill and the spell, the delicious sense l ol enlightenment, the ever present un- 1 dertone of hope We do not find these l delights in the new books, but they i are shut up on the shelves between the l boards of the old ones. and we can feel them all, not indeed whenever we will, i but at intervals of one, two. or three i years, according to the nature of OH, memory, We must not look for these pleasures too often, We cannot mako the past into the present If we are SC foolish as to begin to re- read too soon
 we shall be bitterly disappointed, anG we may find nothing but a rather com. monplace story, the spell of which is
 broken by familiarity, Certain history
 books, again, keep an extraordinary charm In vain the critics assure tis that they are discurstve and inaccur.
 ate, It was from them that we frs
 realized that 1t Is scene and circum. stance not actors and passions, whief
 change, and the delight with which wt
 first grasped the clue to the wondrou:
 works of our fathers days and of the
 old time before them is one we mus
 seek again and again Their writers
 opened a door for us which can nevel
 be any more shut, and we recapturt
 with real and intense pleasure our sen
 sations when the horizon behind u'
 was first thrown back The book nlal
 have been nothing but an historica ] novel-and 1t may not have beer
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30
THE SNIALL END.

Representative Longworth, at a din ner party during the republican con- vention In Chicago, talked about honest politics.
 Honest politics alone pays in the end" said he. "Your dishonest politi- elan comes out like Burgan of Clncn- natl.
 "Lurgan of Cincinnati was canvass ing for votes He dropped in at a grocer's
 "'Good morning. he said. I may count on your support l hope?
 "'Why, no, MT. Lurgan said the grocer. I've promised my support to your rival.
 "Lurgan laughed easily.
 "'Ah, but in politics, said he, prom isng and performing are two differ ent matters
 "Tn that case said the grocer, heartily, I shall be most happy to give you my promise, MT Lurgan = Washington Star
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30

scott's but however large or small our library, we shall never he happy with out a copy of fl close at hand.
 There are. however many books which we re-read without any egoistic thoughts Here also we must admit that our affections and our judgments are not always in agreement. An aver age man or woman of really good ed ucation on appreciate in some sense all that Is finest in English literature, and can learn 10 disapprove all that falls below a certain standrd If Is SO much easier to appreciate than to love. IL is SO easy to blame with discriminate on, so difficult to resist the power oi at traction The truth is that even among the most cultivated the standard of taste to which they heartily subscribe has never in very many instances be come their own individual standard They believe in the tests which with their minds they apply, and in tho verdicts which they in all sincerity ae- cept. but in their heart of hearts they like something quite different They would not for anything be without the power of correct discrimination. The exercise of that power gives them in tense pleasure, but now and then they must pander to their own private tastes Again and again they read the books they really like the books that give thcm real satisfaction Books which have pleased us, but which have laid strain upon the attention, we seldom re-read. They are among the experiences which we are glad to have had, hut which we do not seek again They stand out in our memory like the peaks the climber has surmounted; each may give him fresh appetite for adventure, but he Is not likely to per form the same feats twice
 It is not always irue that the books we re-read have the greatest if ct up- on our minds; 1t is not Impossible that we may trace our best ideas to book we have read but once, Again, the books which attract by their oddiiy we seldom open twice; and 1t may reason- ably he supposed that the public which makes the success of modern novels of vicious tone will not want to look al them a second time When an evi
 sense of surprise has once been ex- perienced it cannot, one would hope bc recaptured But perhaps the public we are alluding to never re-reads Vitiated appetites desire nothing so much az | change The books, pictures and musiC which most of Us would take with Us to a desert island are probably not the ones we talk most about A library composed Of the secret favorites of Q
 score of educated men and women oi
 today would offer much food fol l thought. It would, we believe be neith- CT very large, nor very new, nor very j varied, It would not contain much thai
 is great, except perhaps, lyrlca
 poetry; it would contain much that k l commonplace, and very little that t
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30
E-READlNG BOOKS Few Books Will Withstand Test of Re Reading in Every
 Particular.
CHARM OF SURPRISE GONE
Many Good Books Are Never Read Well-Thc Reason Why-Ihe
 Books of Childhood.

The pleasures of reading cover far wider field than the pleasures of re reading All the delights of novelty, the glorious astonshments of explorations the interest of unravelling the com- plicated threads of a story are cX hausted when we have gone through book for the first time says the Spec tator. Curiosity with all its varied in centiyes, plays no part after the pages have once been turned Hut there are more subtle satisfaetions which we cannot taste tlll a book is Well knewn to us The books we re-read most con stantly are by no means those which make the strongest appeal to our critl- cal judgment Sometimes even, we are somewhat ashamed of our dearest 1 hook-rriends, and do not like to risk our character for literary acumen by saying how much we love them, The feeling is unreasonable We are not bound to love our human acquaintance in exact ratio to their wit or worth sympathy counts for more than judg ment in matters of affection. Now and then, or course, there may be qulte other reasons for our retlcence, We like 10 talk about intimate friends with intimate friends only Where books are concerned we know we cannot lence the critics by a mere statement that they are dear to us, Good manners do not forbid any sharp-tonRued detractor from saving his worst of our best be- loved When, therefore we hear them discussed or ridieultd by all and sun dry, we prefer 10 take no part. If we undertake a warm defense, we prob ably know by experience that we shall regret it, and shall feel that we have l given ourselves away and exposed our hearts 10 strangers
 We all have certain books which we re-read at intervals, and look forward to re-reading at intervals for the rest of our lives, They may be in prose or verse and may deal with fact or f2- ton but whatever their nature, they give us pleasure we should find 1t hard to explain Perhaps most of them we read for the first time when we
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30

at all eccentric. The ordinary man or woman longs lns etitely 10 zee the eviden. well put, to ge: hat an- swor to his or her own mental expec,- ancy which the ear gets from q IT. rect scale, We do not often find this primitive satisfaction in real lie, and the function Of art, in the mind Of the ordinafy man, is to supply t. He may know letter, or rather he may have learned better but he re-reads in &C., cordance with his instinct not his training.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30
NOT MANY BIG INCOMES.
Only Twenty Persons in England Are
 Receiving Above S25O.O00.

Some interesting figures as to indi- vdual wealth In Great Britain are giv- en in report of the inland revenue commissioners
 According to thls there are husi- nesses In the United Kingdom whose incomes are more than f5O,0O ($250,- OoO) year Of those whose incomes range from f1OOOO ($5O,0o0) to ESQ., GOO Cs25OO0Ol there are 241. Be- tween f5OOO ($25.000) and ft0,000 $50,000) there are 517. Thee hundred and twenty two receive between f4,o00 ($2O,00 and f5.OOO (S25.0o0), 5S1 between f8,oOo (s15,0OO), and f4,00O (S2O000), 1,539 between f2,000 t$10,OOO)) and lS,oo0 ($15,O0O), and 6,155 between f1OoO ($5,OoO) and E2.0O0 ($1O,0O0)
 A large number of small fortunes and busInosss in the United Kingdom is shown by the fact that 241,440 per sons are credited with incomes of from f1,O0O C$5,O00) down to G16O (Ss00), the lowest taxable limit,
 These figures do not include cm- ployes whose pay gives one an idea ol the small salaries paid in England, There are 342,111 whose salaries range between f16O (SS00) and f1,00O ($5,0OO), Only 5,256 receive between f1,00O (S5,0OO and f2,OOO ($10,00O), while of those who receive more than f2, 900 (S1O,000) there arc only 1,233.
 Andrew Carnegie Is credited with having promulgated the doctrine that it is crime for a wealthy man to die rich, but, go far as can be asccr- tained only one man in England has put Mr. Carnegie's theory into prac- tice since 1t was given to the world,
 He was William Aroneborg of Man chester, who died on August IS, II has just transpired that Mir Arons- berg, who was noted as a philanthro- pist and was popularly supposed to be a man of wealth, left an estate worth only f100 (S500)
 During his lifetime he made con. siderable gifts to art collections In Manchester and Salford, and founded several scholarships and prizes One of his benefactions was to distribute more than 25,000 pairs of spectaclas to poor children and to inmates of warehouses and ospitals,--London Cable in New York Herald.