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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01

I'VE have simply been lingering I
will now show you the speed / gen.
orally ride at"
She showed him. He figured it out
that 1t was thousand miles an hour,
but of course it was only twenty. He
needed efcoura cement TO go on. and
Miss Clara gave it to him by ohserv-
ing:
Yes. you spoke to mamma, and
then
Then, my dear, | had the courage
to-
Away went the me- chine for a tele-
graph POLE and the living remains for
got his dignity and cried out in appre-
hension. He was gathering himself
for jump when the vehicle missed
the pole by all of three-eighths of an
inch and was guided back into the road
running on two wheels.
You had the courage toto
queried Clara when things were going
right again.
Yes, my dear girl, I had the cour-
lage as well as the honor to ask for a
| private lI1ltINItN WI YOU, anu WHICH
| it had been accorded r.
At this point the rrmabout shot TO the
right. shot to the left. jumped ahead
and then made n sudden sweep and
| headed for home. 1t came to halt
! for Just three seconds, but that was
plenty of time for Milford to tumble out
and remark:
1.-The scenery is so beautiful here that
l think will walk back to the house"
But when the private interview had
been accorded
Yes, I'm, Yes. | think 1 will
walk"
'Well?" asked the mother when the
daughter reached home.
'He never proposed. He didn't half
propose" was the answer. land now
if Mr.. Lee calls and you like him hall
as we'll as ] do
CLARA, you go TO your room. Mi
lord leaves tomorrow. You have
frightened him out of America"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01

when The mother wanted to know
what the daughters answer was to be-
IF he proposes to me again | shall
accept him. was the prompt and I'M
expected reply.
NO more arguments, no more prot
estations, no more tears. The moth
or simply threw her arms around her
daughter and murrnured that she was
1 the sweetest. dearest daughter in the
whole world and then went off to in
, form Milford that he had cincb A
, cinch, it may be explained. means a
good thing-you are the only iceman
| on the route
! Nothing has heretofore been said as
! to Miss Deland being the sole owner
, and chauffeur of all electric rnnabout,
| and even now the ua.ne of the maker
will not be announced except at regu-
lar advertising rates.
| When she realized that a second
proposal from Milford was inevitable,
she chose her own ground TO receive 1t.
That is, she invited the living remains
(, TO take a trip with her over the high
| ways. Had he been young man OF
thirty he would have scented deviltry
in the air. Had he been a few years
I older he could not have managed to
climb into the vehicle
| For the first mile Of the trip he hung
on with a death grip and said nothing
Then, as no calamity happened. he got
over his scare Il bit and proceeded tC
observe:
MY dear and charming Miss Deland
you remember that in London
The dear and charming one steereC
the vehicle over the humpy ground be
side the track. and the bumps an6
bounces that followed kept MILFORD il
terror for the next five minutes. HI
had not been smashed up or thrown
out. and he began again:
81 make no excuse for following yo,
TO America. AS I told your dear moth
or in London
The electric started fer the ditch. ant
Clara screamed. and for Il few second
there was every promise of n tragedy
Milford gasped a prayer and dug in hi
toes. and when the Vehicle was one
more in the straight and narrow pat
it's conductress said:
81 think it was your talk that cor
fused me, but I will do better hence
forth. You were saying that you toll
or | told or mother or some one els
told somebody something in London"
Yes. is ii positively necessary. IN
dear Miss Dcland. TO drive this vehicl
as if we were racing with LOGON,
tive?"
'Oh, not ut all. my lord. You wer
SAYING
II was saying to your mother that
had met my ideal at last and that
This time the electric left the roa
and brushed the hazel bushes. and Il
man would have kept his nerve an
, made Il marriage proposal then. NJ
lord thought il was all over. and ii va
fully five minutes before he coul
. swallow the lump in his throat an
gasp out:
. "My dear. If we were to take
slower pace I believe / should eniC
the ride more. I felt it my first dut
to let your mother know what my fee
, ings were toward you, and then
"Why. you don't call this fast q
Ing. do. yQu?" INTERRUPTED the Gil
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01
A Travelling Mans Experience.

81 must tell you my experience on an
Pendletan to LeGrande, Ore, writes
Sam A. CARRIER, well known travelling
man. Il was in the smoking depart
ment with some other travelling men
when one of them went out into the
coach and came back and said, There
is a woman sick unto death i'm the car
| at once got up and went out, found
her very i'll with cramp collie; her
hands and arms were drawn up so you
could not straighten them, and with a
deathlike look on her face. Two or
three ladies were working with her
and giving her whisky. | went to my
suit case and got my bottle of Cham
| berlain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy Il never travel without it,
ran to the water tank, put a double
dose of the medicine in the glass
poured some water into it and stirred
it with a pencil; then | had quite a
time TO get the ladies to let me give it
to her, but | succeeded l could al
once see the effect, and | worked with
her, rubbing her hands, and in 90 min
utes | gave her another dose. BY thi.
time we were almost into lie Grande
where | was to leave the train. | gave
the bottle 10 the husband to be useC
in case another dose should be needed
but by the time the train ran into lie
Grande she was all right, and | re
ceived the thanks of every passengel
in the car" For sale by all druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01

until stifr breeze carried the kite
Europeward.
Dr. Polls said that the danger of col
lision In fogs and peril i'll unheralded
storms would be eliminated by the
new system of sea prophecy. The
scheme involves the publication both
on land and sea of charts telling the
weather conditions and the probabili-
ties. While DR.. Polls does not expect
to do away with shipwrecks, he ex-
poets to reduce them so materially that
, they will be so rare as to be regarded
as sensations even by the ship news
reporters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01

remedial legislation. The trusts have
control of the republican party and the
republican party has control of the
government. Until the people turn the
republican party out of power the rule
of monopoly will continue. The cry of
Democracy against Plutocracy" is re-
ally summing up of the issues.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01
Are You in Doubt Where to Spend
Your Vacation?

The Grand Trunk Railway system
double track offers the choice of
many delightful resorts. Special low
round-trip fares to many of them. If
to spend for railroad fare, publica-
ton describing attractive routes to the
sections you can reach, together with
fares, will be sent you. George w.
Vaux, A. G. p. G T. A, 135 Adam,
street, Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01

There are a whole lot of good re-
publican newspapers i'll this country
that declined to become party to the
use of an alleged communication from
great man now dead for political
purposes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01

The disreputable attempt on the
part of republicans to attribute to a
dead democratic statesman sentiments
favorable to the republican presiden-
tial candidate in the pending national
campaign is very apt to prove Il BOOM
erang--as il should
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01
The Truth-Eczema and PimpIes

are quickly and permanently cured by
Zemo. clean liquid for external use
Zemo draws the germs to the surface
of the skin and destroys them. leaving
a nice clear healthy skin. Write E. w
Rose Medical company, st. Louis
Mo-, for sample. All druggists sell
Zemo. For sale by Harper House
pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01

Another court has decided that the
law requiring imitation whisky to be
branded as such is constitutional. It's
the imitation whisky that's unconstitu-
tional
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01

Knew Where He
Was At.
IS O m e girls
are pretty"
Yes, J o b n,
q n d some are
near pretty"
That's me-"
You, John ?"
You bet | am
near pref t =
girls ev cry
time"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01
BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.

TERMS = Daily, 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumentative
character, political or religious. must
nave real name attached for publica-
ton. 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, 1908-09-01
GRAHAM'S
DANCING SCHOOL,

Third and Gaines street, Davenport.
Old phone north 81, also 1S76-M. You
can set the hour to suit your conyeni-
ence, day or evening. Land now or be
lonesome. J. ]. GRAHAM Teacher OF
Ill Dances. 703h West Third street
Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
second avenue, Rock Island, Ill. [ En-
tered at the postoffice as second-class
natterl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01

There seems to be such thing as
too much water, even for the south.
Ask Augusta, Ga.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01
MO matter how large or how
~ small your business, It is
bound to force some valuable
employee to do work that can be done
Observation-Disclosures by the
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Whether banker. broker. manufac-
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We solicit the opportunity of
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Drop us "a postal today.
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tional Bank Building. Chicago, Ill.
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cipal cities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01

When it is hard work to cook and
hard TO work the cook, what is a poor
woman to do?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01

The man who unctuously remarked
that we are indeed all sinners did not
say 1t as il he felt very guilty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01
Free Show.

Free Show.
you have put the stamp on wrong
side up"
whats the difference?'
IL don't like to see George Washing
ton standing on his head
"Pshaw. You are not appreciative.
The people of his day would gladly
sight"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01

1t is nice to be pleasant, but 1t is
not always pleasant to have to be
nice
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01

you don't get married you will not
need divorce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01

There are people so simple minded
that 1t is hard to understand them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01
Humor mo Philosophy
By DUNCAN n. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

A reputation for sarcasm is neither
lucrative nor ingratiating, but it Is oc-
casionally protective.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01

You can hear lot without receiving
any information and sometimes sell q
lot without getting any cash.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01
So Easy.
Knew Where He

II we could just be happy.
How happy we would be-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01

Nothing but his money bags keeps.
bad man up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01

Not every fat.
bald man you see
smiling urbanely
and talking flu
emily is giving an
imitation of a
man running for
president.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01

A Convenience.
81 hear you are engaged to Jack"
Yes: for awhile anyway"
you don't mean to say you are
trifiing with him.
well. it is handy to have somebody
along to pay car fare"
Just Like a Woman.
"But I tell you 1 have no money!
"None at ALP
mo"
"well. I think you might give me
half of 1t anyway. you mean thing!-
Probably.
'Pshaw, Any fool woman can cry
That's just it?'
"Just what:"
"The bigger the fool the more sue
cessful the cry
The Weak Point.
II am going to call on the girls IA
Their tonight"
Taking boxing lessonsr'
eNo: just taking a pocketful Of his
favorite cigars"
| Good Forgotten.
"How do you stand the warm wealth
err"
| II forget It." "a
i you're lucky II you can"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-01

Not being able
to have any words
ts the extreme of
poverty to some
people, notably
those Of the gen.
tier sex.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
4 "KE Is RHSEW" " !
7 R4L7yz2VC BY RZ OCHH0RJW

main divisions: those which represent its ac-
tual journey and those which show the Holy
Family resting, either by the way or in the
land of Egypt. The paintings which deal with
the latter theme-commonly known the Re-
pose-include some of the most beautiful works
of art, especially during the last three centu-
ries. Many details have been introduced from
the legends of the flight, in which the apocry-
phal History of the Nativity of Mary is par
ticularly rich. This is one of them: THE Holy
Family rested by the road beneath date palm
and Mary desired to eat of the fruit; but 1t
hung high above her head Joseph, being
weary was not able to climb the tree. But the
Child Jesus knew his mothers WISH and at his
command the tree bent down its branches.
Then he thrust his fingers into the sand, and
a spring of water gushed forth. The next morn
ing Jesus thanked the obedient tree, and prom
ised that one of its branches should be carried
by the angels and planted in Paradise"
The Triumph of the lnnocents.
The landscape is half shadowed by night
but the moonbeams weave a flmy radiance
over plain and the distant hills where the
watch fires growing red. In front marches
Jose,)h, with his basket of tools on his back
a sturdy son of toll. The mother, noble
woman of Palestine, carries the child in her
arms, happy and fearless But who are these
little children that run and float beside the
travellers? They are the spirits of the mur
dered innocents of Bethlehem, set free to fol
low the infant Saviour, and knowing that
through him they have entered by the gate OF
death into eternal joy. Three tiny ghosts In
the rear have not yet felt his presence nor
caught sight of him, and the pain and terror
of mortality are heavy upon them But the
others are radiant and rejoicing as ransomed
souls and at their fee' rolls the river of life,
breaking into shimmering bubbles in which
the glories of heaven reflected. Joseph
does not sec the spirits. I doubt whether even
Mary sees them clearly. But Jesus recognizes
his former playmates with joy. He leans from
his mothers arms to greet them, holding out
handful of wheat the symbol of the bread OF
Heaven.
1t is all mystical, visionary, unreal? Or is
it true picture to the eye of what faith be-
holds in the religion of Jesus? Surely If this
gospel has any meaning it is the bringing OF
light and blessing to the suffering little ones
of GARTH deeper compassion and tenderer
care for them, and the promises of heaven
full Of happy children.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

in the world has been illustrated by many
famous artists. 1t is easy to see some of the
reasons which have made it favorite subject.
First there is the religious interest which
'centers in the entrance of the Divine Saviour
into the world. Such an event, for all who be-
lieve in the Christian religion, must have
profound significance. 1t is the sunrise OF
faith, the beginning of a new spiritual world,
the laying of the cornerstone of the kingdom
of heaven earth. Even if the artist himself
were not sure of this, did not altogether be-
leve it, he would know that other people be-
leved it: and by the smagination he could see
what supreme importance given by the
faith of Chrstendom to the brief and simple
STORY of the birth at Bethlehem
Second, there is the human interest which
.clings to the ever beautiful relation of mother
hood and childhood. The tenderest and most
unselish love is that with which true moth
looks upon her little child; the most perfect
innocence and trustfu joy revealed in the
deep eyes of the baby who smiles into the face
of his mother bending over him. The paint
ings of the Child Jesus and the Virgin Mary
have drawn into themselves the best thoughts
of men concerning the gracious secret of ma
ternity and the unstained bliss of infancy.
Fantastic Legends.
Third, there is the poetic and pictorial inter
est which grows out of the incidents of the
story, the strange contrast between the heaven
" significance of the birth of Christ and its
outward circumstances the blending of light
AMI shade, joy and sorrow, hope and fear, an
gelic songs and earthly prosecutions. All these
varied elements, centering about single figure
afford field of illumination and illustration
such as art loves.
My first advice, then, to those who wish
thoroughly to appreciate and enjoy these pic
lures would be to read and re-read the gospel
of St Matthew from the eighteenth verse of
tho first chapter to the end of the second chap
ter and the first two chapters Of st. Luke's
gospel. Then it would be wise to read some
of The later legends which were woven in the
.apocryphal books. and in the medieval poems
and narratives about the birth and childhood
of Christ. Many of these legends are curious
and fantastic evidently alegorical and symbol
cal They have none of the simple directness
and quiet restraint of the Biblical history.
They are, in effect, clear illustrations of that
native trait of the human mind-famliar to
every one who has tried to tell a true story
to a child-the craving for picturesque detail.
"How did it happen? Where did it happen?
VINO was there? How did they look? What
did they do afterwards" These are the ques-
tions that children ask when they hear a story
and these are the questions to which men have
given fanciful answers in the apocryphal and
medieval legends, such as the proevangelium
of St James, the gospel of St. Thomas the
gospel of the pseudoMatthew. The history Of
the nativity of Mary, the golden legend Of Jaco-
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E1ADOzY7E4 WITH zhE GZRlGT CRntD.
RADZUYC BY DEFREG

make us feel the innocence and lovely grace of
Mary's life; if he has shown us the quiet work
with which she is busy; the sweet order of her
room which images the tranquility of her SOUL
this also is we'll But the great thing is that
he should perceive and show simply as pos
sible, the charm of that perfect figure of maiden
hood, no rude peasant girl, but one with royal
blood in her veins and heavenly thoughts in
her heart.
The Nativity.
g. The pictures of the Nativity have great
er variety of incidents and of modes of presen-
tation. The simplest are those which show
Mary and Joseph in the stable with the child
then come those in which the angels appear,
the shepherds came to pay their adoration
another conception represents the mother
alone with her babe adoring him or nursing
him. Pictures of the presentation in the tenn
pie, and perhaps some of the Madonna and
Child belong to the general theme of the Ma
tivity because their central idea is the advent
of Christ little babe.
Here the painters have found wide
field for imagination, and have used large
liberty in expressing the feelings with which
different persons drew near to the holy child.
Mary is almost always shown wondrously
happy; sometimes, as in Murillo's Alteration
of the Shepherds" lifting the cloth that COW
ers the child and displaying him with gentle
pride.
8. With the Alteration of the Magi, new ele-
ment comes into the scene. These wise men
from the east, whether they were kings or
not, were the representatives of the outside
world.
There are pictures which show the Magi on
their journey led by star, sometimes
shining in the form of babe in the sky; and
others which show them at the court of
Herod asking their way and others which
show them being warned by angel in
dream not to go back to Jerusalem; and 9th
ers which show them returning by TO their
own country. But the great majority of paint
ers have chosen the moment at which the
gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh
presented to the child. Here there is room for
splendid color and dramatic contrast.
A. The Flight into Egypt is the contrasting
companion-piece to the Alteration of the Magi.
The one brings the great world into the dwell
ing Of the Child Jesus the other carries the
Child Jesus out into the great world.
Story of the Flight.
The pictures of this subject fall into two
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the painters and embodied in their pictures.
Suppose you have a picture of the Annuncia-
ton which represents Mary as passing through
garden when the angel came to her; that is
in accordance with the Protevangelium which
says that Mary was choseg by lot from among
the virgins of Nazareth to spin the royal
purple of the Temple veil; one day. as
she was returning from the fountain with her
pitcher of water, the angel met her and said:
Hail. thou who art full of grace!" and when
she went back to her spinning he came again
to her to complete his message. If the picture
represents Mary in the house, working at the
veil, the artist has chosen to show us the sec
ond appearance of the angel. The emblems
which the artists put into their pictures are
significant. The pot of lilies at Mary's side,
the llybranch in the angels hand symbolic
purity. The olive-bough borne by the dove
means peace.
Or here is picture of the nativity which
shows the Child and his mother and Joseph in
a cave. This is according to the account of
Justin Martyr (and quite in harmony with
the customs of Paestine) that the stable of
the inn where Christ born a grotto
in the rocks. Here perhaps you see the
and the bowing their heads before the
child. This is told by the gospel of the pseudo
Matthew in fulfment of the prophecy of
Isaiah The OK knoweth his owner and the
ass his masters crib" Here again, is daz-
child so that shepherds who have just entered
must shade their eyes. This detail is given
in many legends.
How the Story Develops
The Eve chief points around which the paint
ings of the birth and childhood of Christ nat
urally group themselves are () The Annun-
citation; (2) The Nativity; CD The Alteration
of the Magi (4) The Flight Into Egypt; (5)
The Home at Nazareth.
he Annuncia lion comes from ha first
chapter of st. Luke, and with it are associated
two minor incidents, the visit of Mary to her
cousin Elizabeth, and the birth of John the
Baptist, the forerunner of Christ. The painters
have delighted TO show us the virginia. beauty
and meekness of Mary the joy with which the
angel brought his message, and the and
wonder with which she received the new con-
ception of her son as the Son of the Highest,
the Saviour of his people. No picture of the
Annunciation is good in which this wonder and
this joy are not expressed. If in addition the
painter has chosen to put in many details to
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bus de Voragine, the poems
of Konrad of Fussesbrunn,
Walther af Rheinau, Abbess
Kroswitha, and the tradi-
tions given by Justin Mar
tyr, st. Jerome, st. Bernard
and many other writer's.
Much of this Legendary
and symbolist material was
taken up quite naively by