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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25

4 firm hand, and many of the guests
had looked more than once upon the
signature rs if therein might lie the
key to the mystery.
The feminine guests who were wont
10 sit on the veranda rocking their
chairs from the first of June until the
middle Of September discussing social
events aud comparing husbands and
incomes, now had new theme. Who
might Miss Astor be? What was her
past? Why did she 80 pointedly avoid
the Monday night card party and shun
their sacred circle?
ANY one can see said Miss Her
relia Morton, Il person of doubtful age,
whose family consisted Of two brindle
bulldogs. that she has plenty or
money and-and that she's very young
to be travelling alone"
But Miss Astor continued to keep to
herself. in spite of her intuitive knowl-
edge that she was doing herself no
good in the eyes of the porch brigade
by doing so. She slept late the first
morning. climbed a nearby mountain
at sunrise the second, and Oh the third
day she set out in search of b!uebcr-
rieS.
1t was on the fourth morning of her
stay that Harry Davis, young and
wealthy lumberman, was stroiilng
through lonely lane not far from
the hotel All at once he heard shrill
cry, and at the same moment he no.
ticed riderless horse leap over the
fence.
Rushing quickly to the spot whence
the sound had come. he beheld some
what frightened. dust begrimed young
woman. She had been picking berries
when the runaway horse dashed
through the bushes and frightened her.
She gave vent to little cry at the
sight of Davis, and as he offered her
his strong arm to assist her she looked
into his eyes. She murmured her thanks
and wondered at the fluttering of her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
Twas a Glorious Victory.

There's rejoicing in Fedora, Tenn. a
mans life has been saved, and now DR.
Kings New Discovery is thee talk OF
the town for curing C. V. Pepper OF
deadly lung hemorrhages. 81 could
not work nor get about,"she writes
and the doctors did me no good, but
AFTER using DR.. Kings New Discovery
three weeks, | feel like new man
and can do good work again" For
weak. sore or diseased lungs, Coughs
ana Colds, Hemorrhages, Hay Fever
-aGrlppe, Asthma or any Bronchial
affection it stands unrivaled. Price "a
cents and 81. Trial bottle free. Sold
land guaranteed by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25

Is Well Made.
Three great coffee drinkers We're
my old school friend and her two
daughters.
They were always complaining
and taking medicine. | determined
to give them Postum instead of coffee
when they visited me. so without
saying anything to them about it,
made big pot of Postum the first
morning, using four heaping tea
spoonfuls to the pint of water and let
1t boil 20 minutes. stirring down oc-
casionally.
Before the meal was half over.
each one passed up her cup to be re-
hiled, remarking how fine the coffee
was The mother asked for third
cup and inquired as to the brand of
coffee | used. | didn't answer her
question just then, for l had heard
her say while before that she didn't
IKE Postum unless it was more than
hait old fashioned coffee.
Alter breakfast / told her that
the coffee she liked so well at break
asst was pure Postum and the reason
she liked it was because it was prop
cry made, that is, was boiled long
enough to bring out the flavor.
have been brought up from a
nervous wretched invalid, to a fine
cohultlon of physical health by leav.
ing OH coffee and using Postum.
l am doing all l can to help the
World out of coffee slavery to Postum
freedom. and have earned the graf
,euae of many. many friends.
f'eaa The Road to Wellville,' in
packages. There's a Reason"
EVER read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true and full of human
Happiness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25

real" She paused, brcathlcss, and n
weary little sigh escaped her.
'What else?" asked the man.
'There isn't anything else-only L
I'm not the girl you believed me to be"
The man put his hand beneath her
chin and raised her face to his own.
Would you commercialize love?' he
asked earnestly. would you care less
for a man who was poor?
"NO-but''-
He drew her to himself and kissed
her. And only tiny frolicking SOUR.
rel perched high on a nearby pine saw
what followed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
MINERS NEAR A RACE WAR
Americans Resent Move to- Use For
eisners at Carlisle, Ind.

Carlisle. Ind, Aug. 25.-American
miners last night shot into the home
of Gustave Stievenart, superintendent
of the Carlisle Coal & Clay company,
and the flying bullet struck his WIFE
Her wounds are not serious. The
trouble resulted from the alleged plans
of Suevenart to employ the foreign
miners who were driven out month
ago by the American miners. More
trouble is expected if any attempt is
made to employ foreigners.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
Congressman Charles N. Fowler. of

Congressman Charles n. Fowler. of
New Jersey. has termed Speaker Can
non as all that is vile, in an
open letter reprOaching the repub-
lican boss as a conceited traitor
who has not hesitated to knife the
nation The record of the present
speaker is declared the rottenest in
the country's history, precipitating
the late panic and contributing to the
conspiracy by which the new tariff
measure was foisted on the people.
To which Cannon. from his summer
resort. simply retorts TO h with
Fowler. 1t is a beautiful spectacle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
INDIANA FEUD Is FATAL
Members of Wilhite and McFerren
Families Exchange EOlleys.

Attica, Ind, Aug. 25.-Three men
were wounded, one fatally, in the
climax of feud yesterday between
the White and McFerren families.
in the village of Independence, six
miles up the Wabash river from this
city. Joseph McFerren, a druggist,
was shot by Lewis White and will
die. McFerren's son shot White
four times without seriously wound
ing him. White, while displaying
before a crowd how he had shot Nc
Ferren. discharged a bullet through
William Reynolds neck White
was taken to Jail at Williamsport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
England and Free Trade

clyde II. Tavenner, the Argus Wash.
mgton correspondent, who is writiny
especially for this newspaper. a series
OF articles on European tariff systems
as compared with our new tariff law
points out in his first article from
London that England is practically
free of trusts and monopolies.
Note. however, that Tavenner points
out England is not free trade
country as we Americans are in the
habit of constituting the meaning OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
New Zionist ORGANIZATION.

A new Zionist organization. which
will be in sense an adjunct OF the
Federation of American Zionists, was
recently formed in New York city. 1t
Is to be known as the Solomon Neu-
mann Zion lodge. and its purpose is to
aid Zionist institutions Throughout the
world with especial reference 10 the
founding of more colonies IL Palestine.
DR.. Solomon NeumanE wac elected
president.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25

A Chicago husband is suing his WIFI
for a divorce after five months OF
welded life because she threw hot
stove lids at him. Any woman who
acquires the habit of picking up hot
stove lids and sending them through
space at her husband must he some
thing less angelic than a wife.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
HumOr and
Philosophy
By DUNCAN n.-sniTH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

CONFIDENCE game Is one that
makes speciality Of SCATTERING
confidence in the end.
II truth were not elastic and resilient
1t would never in the world be able to
resist the pressure put upon it.
There are people who really Reem
to think that working for a living isn't
worth it. -
The man who gets results is seldom
questioned too closely as to how he
managed it.
You can't tell how much good a man
can do by the amount Of noise he
makes.
He is indeed a clever man who al
ways has a handsome umbrella.
In these modern days love is expect
ed to find man who will pay the way.
There is plenty of food for thought
lying about. but few there be who
have appetite for it.
real grievance is one just the size
of the one now in your possession.
There are some people who get just
what they want without ever even
wanting it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
Annual Appeal.

Help! Helpr'
Calls
The crops
In most pathetic tones.
They can't think
OF anything
They need
Just at this moment
Quite so much
AS saving.
1t is
The psychological moment
For them.
They have been
Working overtime
Growing up
And getting ripe.
And now
They want to be pusned along
In the direction
OF the thrashing; ms chine
Before
All is lost.
1t is
A most distressing sight
To see
A perfectly good
Crop
That could buy
The baby shoes,
Furnish
Skating lessons
To all the children
And lift the owner
over
Into the automobile class
Going to waste
And doing no good
Just for the laci. Of
Saving.
Come,
Ye disconsolate
And all others
Out of jobs,
And pitch in!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25

A counterfeiter was arrested in Ten
nessee because he became too flippant
and called a station agent an odd
sport" People who are engaged i'll
criminal operations should never con
fer titles upon people no matter how
ever appropriate they may be.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25

Major George Tate, L. S. A.. makes
an annual pilgrimage to the grave
where his left leg is buried at Gettys-
burg, and decorates the spot with
flowers. Although the major had his
leg shot off he lived TO see the ghost
walk these many years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25

In Chicago the smart set" is ar
ranging 10 give a ball in honor of Pres
ident Taft. The smart set" accord
ing to Mrs. Potter Palmer. includes
600 members. but there are only $50
to receive invitations to the Taft fun"-
ton. Here will be a chance for $50
to find out where they are at.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25

IF this rain will just keep mp for 2i
hours it will do heap of good" said
a citizen this morning. Now the ques-
lion is what did that citizen really
mean to say.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25

President Taft's forthcoming big trip
is to embrace $4,000 miles. The presi-
dent has no superstitions about travel
ing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
Pittenaer Resignation Accepted.

Springfield, H., Aug. 25-The res
ignation of George l.. Pittenger of
Centralia as commissioner of labor
was yesterday received and accepted
by Governor Deneen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
Her Opportunity.

allow old do you think I an, Mr..
Bunk
Whatever it is, Miss Clara. you do
not look it,
And | feel younger every year"
You must be getting ready for the
census
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
Defends Raising OF Dividends.

In his interview. Mr. Hartman de
clared MS raising of the Union Pa
cific and Southern Pacific dividends
had been justified before the public.
He had nothing in mind at present, he
said, in regard to the segregation ii
the Union Pacific assets. extra divi-
dends or speculation. The funds that
were at his disposal are to be used III
developing the territory tributary TO
the Hartman roads and in opening Ip
new territory
This interview with Mr.. Harrim IN
was something the New York news
paper men will remember for a long
time. The railroad magnate apparent
ly was just as eager as the reporters
for the talk, but it took nerve on his
part.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
Tho Execution.

Everything comes to him who
waits" quoted the moralizer.
'Iow about the opposite side OF the
street," asked the Observation-Disclosures.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
PIanked Fodder

"Going down to Atlantic City"
"What is the attractiOnP
"BOard is cheap"
"But what kind"
"Board walk"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
Not So Bloody,

MAD. is she? Well, il depends on
whose OK is gored."
"'Twasn't no OK"
wasn't it?'
"No; twas a shirt waist"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
Smah Trick

Smah Trick.
SIS he handy man?H
HE must be-
"Why so:''
81 have often seen him make q
mountain out of molehili.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25

Speaking of the interstate commerce
commission-but why rub the joke in?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
Getting Ready.

what would you consider good prac.
,ice for critic2'.
"A criticY
eyes"
"An apprenticeship in blacksmitk'S
shop"
Varied to Suit.
Belong to any organizations"
lust the Down and Out club"
"What is the initiation fee"
'Just all the money you have and
can borrow"
His View of It.
"She is a very collected person.
"Well. l don't think much Of It,"
"Of what?"
"The taste of the man who collected
her"
Hardly.
How did yonr uncle make h1D
money!
"Betting on horse races"
IL thought lie had some"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25

Wonder if the weather bureau will
now predict continued showers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
stomach Much Photographed.

Mr.. Hartman did not volunteer 10
say anything as TO the nature of his
ailment. and none of the reporters
asked him. In speaking of his treat
ment in Europe. however, he referred
TO series of &c Y ray photographs
that had been taken OF his stomach.
DR. William Gordon Lyle. GO West
Fifty-eighth street. who accompanied
Mr.. Hartman on the European trip
and who has gone with him to Arden
had no public statement to make, and
Mr.. HaIriman's friends. when gus
toned in regard to the character If
his illness. replied: There is nothing
We can say
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
SURE TO ASK.

The Kind of Coffee When Postum
Is Well Made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
THE ARGUS.

~ THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25
CORRESPONDENCE
E. H. Hartman Scarcely Able
to Walk from Liner to
Tugboat.
BUT GRANTS AN INTERVIEW
Talks to Newspaper Men in Spite of
Famiiy--IIXpects To Get
Well.

New York, Aug. 25.-Harriman
was resting quietly at his home at
Arden this morning. He had not
been disturbed at 1870. The gen.
eral counsel of the Southern Pacific,
Judge Lovett. went out TO see him.
New York, Aug. 25.-Edward H. Har
.iman returned from Europe this after
noon, looking much thinner anu
weaker than when he sailed on June /.
When Mr.. Hartman left to put him
self under the observation of European
specialists he mounted the steamship
gangplank without assistance and with
considerable spirit. His mere transfer
yesterday from the liner TO tugboat
taxed his strength so greatly that he
was obliged. before il was over. TO
drop into deck chair for Il few min
utes of rest
Mr.. Hartman received the news
paper men stretched out ON divan N
his private car just before starting for
his country home at Arden. The IN
terview obviously was Il strain on him.
Insisted ON Talking.
II MTS. ttdrfl.ldn ana MT ttarI1-
mans counsel. r. S. Lovett had had
their way Mr. Hartman probably
would not have said a word for pub
LEGATION. But Mr. Hartman insisted,
and. stretched out on the divan. re-
peatedly waved way the attempts on
their part to spare himself. 1t was
the old Hartman. nervy and full Of
fight. but speaking in voice so weak
lit scarcely carried across the car.
As TO Mr. Harriman'S own view Of
his condition. he acknowledged that
he is weak and that he has lost more
flesh than he can afford, but he has
faith that the after cure" of rest and
outdoor life that he is to take at Ar
den will set him on his feet again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25

He is indeed a clever man who al
rays has handsome umbrella.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-25

There is plenty of food for thought
lying about. but few there he who
have appetite for it,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-03-17
SERMONS PREACHED FROM THE
LOCAL PULP|TS ON SUNDAY

Rev. Sam Gilman in the Presby-
terrain church yesterday had the fol-
lowing TO say
Then had the churches rest
throughout all Judea and Galilee and
Samaria. and were edited: and in
walking in the fear of the Lord. and
in the comfort of the Holy Ghost,
were multiplied. Acts 9.31.
II is pleasant TO learn that there
came a time in the early history of
the Christian church. wehn il
had rest, or. as the revised version
puts it. peace. There had been so
much persecution, so much OPPOSE
tion. so much martyrdom. The
Christian church was baptized with
the blood of martyrs. Christ's early
followers met in secret: they wor-
SHIPPED in caves. they We're reviled;
they were prosecuted; they were driy-
en- out of Jerusalem: they became
wanderers. and in their wanderings,
even in far off Rome, they were cru
Gifted They met death both at home
and abroad for Christ's sake, for the
sake of the church; for your sake;
for my sake. But it is good TO read
that back in those apostolic DAYS,
there was a period of time yhen the
church had rest. when II had peace.
Two things contributed principally
to this. The one who had became
most active in opposing the Chris
tians. himself WAS brought under
meath the influence of the gospel. |
Saul. of Tarsus. became Paul, the
Christian. himself the chief apostle
to the gentiles. With Saul's CONVEX
sion, persecution in its strongest or
ganized form ceased. Another rea- (
son was that the Jews began to have /
troubles of their own, one good thing |
about having troubles of your own is !
that you haven't any time on hand |
to make trouble for anybody else. |
The Jews began TO have few trou
bles of their own and their attention |
was drawn away for while from the |
Christians. The Jews. you know, |
were under the sway of the Romans, /
and one day the Emperor of Rome |
took a notion that he would like TO |
have statue of himself erected in |
the temple of Jerusalem. and the
Jews resented it, They didn't want
any Roman emperor in stone facing
them there in the place where they
worshiped the God of peace and ia
cob, the God of David. the God of
their fathers. They revolted. and
while they revolted, the church of
Christ had peace.
What blessed thing il is for the
church of Jesus Christ to have peace.
1t can have two kinds of peace. Rest
from the enemies without, and rest
from the enemies within. Who are
the enemies that assure the church
from without? The man who does
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-03-17

struet and improve its members, in
moral and religious matters eX-
pect they needed instruction back
there in those early days they need
ed improvement bad enough, but |
don't believe they needed instruction
and improvement any more than do
many of the church members of to-
day. And when | say instruction and
Improvement. | don't say entertain
ment. can find any place where
edification means entertainment. The
great trouble with many church
members today is that they are look
ing for entertainment instead of in
struetion and improvement. They
will go to a social quicker than they
will TO a prayer meeting. They will
go To a song service quicker than they
will TO a sermon. They will go to a
bazaar quicker than they will to a
Bible study; they will go to the card
table quicker than they will to the
cloister; they will go to the dance
hall and the devil, quicker than they
will TO the school OF divine learning.
The church of Jesus Christ can never
be edited so long as the members
follow after these things If the
church ever needed edification; If 1t
ever needed instruction and improve
ment. il is certainly in this day and
age. How many of us make sys-'
tematic study of the Ribie2 How
many of us, ! might rather ask, read
it all? Who can tell me how many
books constitute the old testament.
and how many there are in the new?
Who can repeat the Twenty-third
Psalm2 Who can repeat the Golden
Rule, literally, precisely as It is writ
ten in the Bible, and who. can tell me
just where 1t may be found9 Prof.
Haddon. of the Los Angeles Bible
institute, in one of his lectures in the
summer school last summer. spoke
on appearing before a great body of
Sunday school workers, and he asked
them whether the book of HeZekiah
was in the old testament or the new.
and a great chorus of voices answer
ed: The old" Well" said Mr.
Haddon, everybody please turn TO
the thirteenth chapter and you
should have heard the rustling of
leaves as that vast body of religious
workers vainly endeayored TO find
the thirteenth chapter of the book of
Hezekiah.
The incident is related GA Governor
Hogg. of Texas, that one day some
of the brethren called upon him for
a church subscription, and the gov
ernor said Haven't you ever read. |
in the fifteenth chapter of the book of
ST. Bartholomew that "a fool and |
his money are soon parted?' And i
the brethren were not quite sure |
that they had. And they actually |
went and got a Bible. and tried TO I
look up the reference. 10 see whether +
the governor was right or not. II T
is lamentable, the ignorance that pre-. /
walls regarding the Bible, and | re- /
peat that IL there ever was time {
when the members of the church
needed TO familiarize themselves with
the Scriptures IL is now-right nov
The church needs TO instruct itself
TO improve itself Its members need !
to feed on the word of God-to grow
in His grace.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-03-17

not believe The man who ridlcules'
/ The man who persecutes. The man
with the gibbet The man with the
/ scoffoId. The man with the guillo-
tine The man with the faggots.
The man with the torch. The man
with the matches. The bigot. The
man with the faith different from
your faith. The man who doesn I
! believe in the same God that you do,
or, if he does. believes in different
way. When these are at work, there
is no rest; no peace for the church
from without.
Who are the enemies of the
church that assail its peace from
within? The minister who COM
promises: who breaches TO please his
hearers. and not 10 please God: the
critic, the fault finder, the hypocrite:
the quarreling member. No church
can have any peace with the quarrel
ing member around. They're always
making trouble. And one of the sad
dest things for heaven and earth TO
look upon is church where there
is no peace because of the quarreling
member church divided. church
full of bitter strife church split
into opposing factions. When a
church gets into a quarrel, il hasn'
time TO do anything else. Its atten-
ton is drawn away from the world
and its needs; it is diverted from its
real purpose; il hasn't any time TO
do good among men. Whenever the
devil can get the church 10 quarrel
hn nf m
tion. He is the one that takes
rest.
One of the most cruel, despot1c
rulers this evil world ever saw was
Abdul-Hamid, whose autocratic reign
was brought TO an end when the
Young Turk compelled him TO sign
the constitution. And that this man
should have so long misgoverned an
empire, carrying on a career of ty-
ranny, bloodshed and injustice, was
due solely to the fact that the Chris
tian nations could never agree re-
garding a policy toward him. The
story is told that one time. when the
Great Assassin was butchering right
and left, and doing things in an es-
pecially bloody manner, the Christian
nations told him to halt, and made
imperative demands upon him. |
Whereupon the sultan replied that on
a certain evening. in a certain play |
house he would give TO the Chris
tians their answer. When the even |
ing arrived the representatives of |
the different Christian governments |
were assembled in a playhouse in the
sultan's city. The curtain was lift |
ed. and suspended from the scenic |
loft, and directly over the center of
the stage was a big piece of meat. |
Presently four or five large dogs