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The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-03
The AnaeIus.

This picture was painted by Malay.
1t contains man and a church stee-
pie. The man and the woman are
very poor, they have been digging po-
tatoes because they need them to live
on. The potatoes look very small.
Just at sunset they hear bell ring, it
is the Angelus, 1t means they must
pray. So they bow their heads and
pray for bigger potatoes.-Lippin
colts. 8t
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-03

Elmo Shaver went to Evans
vile Monday.
VIM. West attended court in
jacksonville several days last
week.
w. II. Leahy was off the Inter-
urban a few days this week and
VIM. West was In his place.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-03
darlington VS.. Dawson.

darlington and Dawson crossed
bats at the latter place last Sun
day and darlington took the
game by a nice score. Our bows
were in good form and never
gave the Dawson boys a show.
Batteries for Darlington, Foley
and Goodloe, for Dawson, King
and Long.
The score.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-03
darlington vs.. Providence.

Darlington and Providence
played their second game this
year at the local park Tuesday
afternoon. 1t was an off day for
our boys, and as a consequence
were badly beaten, but we know
AeV can do better, and we ex-
pect to take the third game from
Providence, making US two out
Of three. Battery for Earring
ton, Peyton and GOodloe; and for
Providence, Martin and Hollo-
man. The score:
1894 8 Z 50
Elton 01001 5000 2
P'dence O601 90 IS
A good crowd from Madison
vile attended the game, and con-
trary to all precedents rooted for
Darlington. Thanksl
Most Of Providence's rooters
cost them 1Oc each. They were
a gang of small boys hired by
Mr.. Payne.
Providence has a good set of
players and we will welcome
them back any time.
Martin pitched a good game
for Providence, allowing only a
few hits.
Peyton and Goodloe did good
work, but their support was very
poor.
Brinkley and Burke did some
exceptionally good fielding.
A good crowd was present from
st Charles.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-03
slmpIe Eood. clearer Brains.

The japanese is now winning his
way in both hemispheres simply @be-
cause he has learned to live on almost
nothing day. Wholesome ana mex
pensive food is the primary cause of
his success.-New Ireland Review.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-03
FOR YOUR REALTH's SAKE
HOW CONTRACTION IS SPREAD.

Health officials have found that
more contaglon Is spread from
children that are supposed to be
we'll than from those who are
known to be sick. In cases Of
scarlet fever and dlphtherla this
is often true. The patient may
appear to be we'll, but the germs
are still present and II ls there
fore dangerous for him to mlngIe
with children that are really well.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-03
EnaIIsh ProdIaai Of Matohas.

More matches are used In the United
Kingdom than IN any other one coun-
try In the world Il has been est.
mated that English people use an
average of-eisht-nnatrhes each person
per day,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23
The Argus Daily Short Story
Miss Tverton's Tea Basket-By Alicia Sprague.
Copyrighted by ated Literary Press

With defiant look he went in and
bought the basket and ordered it sent
To her.
His heart failed him. however, when
the dark skinned salesman asked him
for Il card TO put with the gift.
Just send il without" he said hasti-
ly. Visions of Miss Lavinia's wrath
should she know of his purchase came
TO hin OppresSively.
The mysterious basket was to little
Letitia Tiverton source of infinite
delightful speculation: she dispi3yed
it 10 her afternoon circle, the rose col
orcd lining, the pink cord and tassel
the fine baskctry.
And | can't imagine who sent me
such beautiful thing" she ended
radiantly when all had seen it,
AT the first glance Lavinia Greer's
eyes had hardened. OF all those wo-
men she only suspected where that
basket had come from. Richard had
sent it. This looked seriously like
the beginning of romance that would
be most inc0nycnient to Miss Lavinia
On the way home she thought over
a plan. 1t was simple. At dinner she
told Richard, "Letitia Tiverton was
too silly about Il basket that some one
sent TO her"
Richard started, and his face flushed
lie realized that Layinia had put two
and two together and had guessed that
1t was lie who had sent the tea basket
TO Miss Tivcrton.
Il wish you had seen her" Lavinia
pursued. i wish you had heard her
gigSle and boast that you sent itd'.Ja
Richard turned questioning eyes
upon her. But she did not know that
1 had sent it." lie >~.,.i lEaie was
no card. Lavinia.''
Layinia went on hurriedly. We'll.
then, she guessed, for she dragged Of
it, Richard -it--it-it was disgusting"
| Miss Lavinia's face was Il dull red.
She did not like what she WAS doing
now that she was doing it. But she
was desperate.
Il can't magine"-Richard's tone
was iucisive-"I can't magine. Lavi-
| MIA, Il woman of Miss Tiverton's deli
| cacy doing a thing like that
| I.avinia tossed her head. You don't
| know much about women, Richard "
| she retorted
| Richard walked abroad that night
| consumed by angry doubts. Surely
| Lavinia would not lie. Surely Miss
LIvcrton would not brag. His gold
headed cane tapped the pavement ir
rcsolutcly. Then suddenly he strobe
|
Miss Letitia, alone and little visit
full in her small gray cottage. heard
the tap of the cane as she had heard
| it every night when Richard Wen
| forth for his evening walk
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23
What Miuht happen.

Lord BlcSsington. the husband CT
the celebrated Countess of Blessington.
had Il horror of draft. He was able
Count d'Orsay used to declare. to de-
tect a current of air caused by the
key being left crossways in the key
hole of the door. He and his wife and
4 youth were one day walking on the
banks of the Thames. The boy. skip
ping backward and forward. went sew
eral times dangerously close to the
edge of the bank.
Take care. Take carer' cried Lord
Blessington. exhibiting a degree of ST.
licitude most unusual where another
person was concerned. For heavens
sake. mind what you are about. boy,
or you'll certainly fall into the river"
After two or three repetitions of his
alarm in this fashion for the lad Lady
Blessington. losing patience. said: "Oh,
let the boy alone, If he does fall into
the water. he swims like fish"
Yes. yes" said his lordship in in
jured tones, that's all very well. but
what about me? l shall catch my
death of cold driving home in the car
riage with him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23

the car at each end is a flexible arm
connected with an X-shaped truck,
each truck containing four guide
wheels, which run in two L-shaped
overhead rails so arranged that the
guide wheels cannot leave the rails
without taking something apart.
These guide rails. which are kept a
uniform distance of 80 inches apart,
conduct the electricity, leaving the
single running rail safe to animal
and human life:
1t is claimed by writer in the Tech
nical World magazine that this Amer
lean system of overhead guide wheels
and the single rail beneath the car
result in possibilities of high speed
without oscillation and a saving in
power 1t differs from the French and
English systems, all of which require
the use of guide rails beneath the
car in addition to the running wheels,
and also from the German system. in
which the carrying rail is overhead,
the car hanging suspended beneath.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23
New American MOnOrail.

A few miles from New York they
are just starting to build a little
line which threatens to revolutionize
railroading in this country, and to
relegate to the scrap pile the two
track railroad, the ponderOus coal
eating locomotive, and the big
heavy eight-wheeled cars, as COM
panions to the stage coach and the
paddle-wheel steamboat. 1t is Amer
ica's first monorail road, and in a
few months time this pioneer of the
novel single-track system will be car
rying passengers between Barlow
Station on the New Haven line and
City lsland-a distance hitherto COW
cred by ancient horse cars
The monorail cars, with their
cigar shaped ends, will be so feet
long and six and a half feet wide.
and will run on four wheels placed
under the car tandem fashion, two
on each lend, each wheel having
double fianges and being driven by
two separate motors-eight motors
in all. These wheels run on a single
rail spiked to concrete ties. Above
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23

Behind her curtains she had watched
him regularly and had admired the
straightness Of him, the briskness Of
his walk, the brown waves of hair
which in defiance of modern fashion
he wore so long that it almost touched
his coat collar.
1t had never dawned on Miss liver
ton that such great being as Law
MAS brother could look upon her and
find her lovely. In her humility she
had not dreamed that the basket was
an offering from such source.
She had thought the women of her
circle might have dubbed together to
bestow on her this gift Of friendship.
and her effusiveness at the afternoon
gathering had been due TO her gratitude.
The tap. Of the gold headed cane
sounded right in front Of her gate,
stopped and began again on the stone
walk that led TO the front door.
Then the bell rang. Miss Tiverton
answered it. Richard stepped over her
threshold-for the first time without
his sister Lavinia.
81 came" he said when he was seat
| cd. ITO ask question, delicate Gues-
| ton. Mis- Tivcrton. Who sent you
your tea basket?"
Miss Letitia's clear eyes met his
| frankly "Oh. did Lavinia tell you that
| enc was sert me?' she asked. IFS
such beauty And she brought it
to him. displaying the rose lining and
| the tassels.
| Richard drew long breath of relief
The doubts that Lavinia had planted
! fed. There was nothing of deceit in
| that childlike soul, in that fiOwerlike
| face.
Miss Letitia," he said, with his
| hand on the basket, haven't you
| guessed who sent it?'
| Her puzzled glance met his. NO."
| she murmurcd.
| IL sent it." he confessed. "be-
| cause it reminded me of you-the rose
| color and the pink-like your pretty
gown. your pretty self, rose of a
| woman"
Miss Letitia stood half poised for
flight "Ohr' she said breathlessly,
and her eyes were like stars. "Oh,
| Mr.. Greer
Iichard grew holder. Il sent it be-
cause l love you. Letitia. There is no
happiness that could exceed that of
winning you for my Wife
1t came upon little Letitia almost
too suddenly that vision of happiness,
and she swayed toward him. looking
just then more like lily than a rose,
and the tea basket dropped from her
nerveless hand.
Richard caught it deity as he drew
her to him. You will pour tea for me-
won't you" he demanded, trying to
bring the color back to her cheeks
for the rest Of my days. Letitia? La
vinia gives me coffee-but, then, oh
hang I-avinia. VIII you marry me
sweetheart
And Miss Letitia after startled
"Oh, Richardr buried her face against
his coat and said. Yes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23
Text Book EXtOrtion.

Chicago Tribune: Chicago parents
with children in the public schools
have been numerically fleeced. That
has been proved by Trustee Sonsteby's
valuable investigation.
THE present system of book buying,
therefore, must be done away with as
soon as possible. The question is,
what system shall be adopted in its
place? Caution and thoroughnesS
should govern this decision. The board
should not hastily commit itself to a
municipal publishing project, although
that plan has obvious merits which
should be given careful consideration.
1t may be it is the best. 1t may be
some offer similar to one already made
for the private publication at cost
would be more economical and less
troublesome in the long run More
care in making contracts, the Cleve-
land minimum plan, may be all that is
necessary.
The case of the state schools is
ieven worse than that of Chicago, and
altogether the whole situation needs
drastic but intelligent handling.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23
Washing Windows.

Before windows are washed, remove
the dust both outside and in with a dry
soft cloth, clean the corners and grooves
with skewer, covered with a cloth.
Have ready pail of warm suds made by
dissolving tablespoonful of Gold Dust
washing powder in warm water. Dip a
soft cloth IN the water, squeeze almost
dry and wipe the glass Off Polish with
chanois as 1t leaves no lint and does the
work with more ease. Do not wash
windows when the sun is shining on
them. Wash mirrors in the same way as
windows. Then polish with a soft cloth
charged with powdered whiting. Finish
with an old silk handkerchief.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23

When Sheriff Kittilsen in his fit of
peevishness over the position of the
county board to reduce the per diem
for prisoners fare in the county Jail.
so forgot himself as to attribute the
agitation of the subject to the fact
that he had done his duty in Kidding
the community of gamblers, thus leav-
ing the inference that the influence Of
gamblers was responsible for the in
quiry into the cost of keeping prison
ers, he. offered gratuitous insult, not
only to every taxpayer who has favor
ed the lessening of the sheriff's fees
for the feeding of prisoners. but to
every supervisor who voted for the re-
duction. 1t is charitable to say that
the sheriff's conduct in the matter
was childish.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23
Giving Stone for Bread.

Walter Wellman says that Payne
made the tariff and that he is strong
enough to see that it is not changed
enough to amount to anything. All
that Payne cares about is the manu-
facturers as he has no use for the
common people.-Mt. Carroll Demo
crat (repD
This is not only true of Payne but
of nearly every leading republican in
this country. The tariff will be re-
vised, but anyone who anticipates Z
lowering of duties and reduction n
prices by the tools of the trusts and
Standard Oil agents has another guess
coming.
The common people" will get pre-.
cisely what they voted for, and have
no reason for complaint.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23
Death Was on His Heels.

Jesse p. Morris, of Shippers, Va,
had close call in the spring of 1906.
He says: IAN attack of pneumonia
left me SO weak and with such a
fearful cough that my friends de-
clared consumption had me, and
death was on my heels. Then / was
persuaded to try DR.. Kings New Dis
covery. 1t helped me Immediately,
and after taking two and a half
bottles l was a well man again. !
found out that New Discovery is the
best remedy for coughs and lung
disease in all the world" Sold un-
der guarantee at all druggists. soc
and $1.00. Trial bottle free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23

st. Louis Republic: Maine tenders
its sympathies to Missouri with the
assurance that if we have at times
had cause to complain of the saloon
in politics it has been worse plagued
is food for reflection in the opinion
of a responsible Maine man that the
Maine law would long ago have been
repealed but for the opposition of the
bootleggers, who do better in the for,
hidden liquor traffic than they could
under license and regulation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23
FIELD OF LITERATURE

Joys of Earth.-This is the title of
neat little volume OF verse written
by Henry S. Wilcox of Chicago. and
published at 81 by the Wilcox Book
Concern, 163 Randolph street, Chicago,
who will be remembered as the author
of Foibles of the Bench and other
books. This is his first attempt in the
pOetical field. and all will agree that
he has made a good start. The poem
from which the book derives its title
is charming presentation of the pleas
ures that abound on this planet, and
it cannot fail to delight the reader
even if he cares nothing for poetry in
general. Its principal theme is the
thought that much of the bliss we ex-
pect to find in heaven abides on earth
and that earth life is pleasant jour
lney upward TO a spiritual existence.
The ideas are exalting and the rhythm
| is musical and each part sufficiently
varied from the others as not to oe-
come monotOnous. The volume cen
tains also poems of love, raens of pa
| triOtism, and pointed humorous short
| stories in rhyme and some powerful!
Ipieces in blank verse. Many Of these
must prove useful to elocutionists AMI,
public entertainers. The pieces en-
titled THE Great Operation" Honest
Tom Natural Justice" Nose Co
hens Insurance and the Fear of
Ghosts" are high class humor and arc
sure to cause much merrimen: ana
delight wherever read or recfted. The
poem entitled Our Country" is as fine
a tribute to our nation and its flag as
sixth verses:
There's a land that love where the
| western sun beams
On the greenest of hillsides and clear
| est of streams,
And the freshest of breezes blow
| balmy and free;
| Where lakes of rare beauty reflect the
bright sky
And near them great cities in majesty
lie.
And the fields wave in blossoms en-
trancing the eye,
And the great Mississippi rolls down
to the sea.
And thus they bequeathed a new flag
TO the skies
The star-spangled banner of beautiful
dyes,
THE promise of freedom wherever un.
furled:
Its red stripes are symbols of blood
that was shed
BY patriots, the bravest that earth ever
tread,
It's white, of the pure hearts for free
dom that bled,
And its stars of their undying fame
in the world
The few poems purporting to give
personal experience of the author will
touch the hearts of most readers. O.
these "Retrospection' is as dignife(
and stately as a classic, and Fond
Memories is clear, simple, sweet
and tender as lullaby, and yet botf
give pictures of country life of grea
beauty and express true affection il
choice language.
The book contains half-tone picture
of Bessie and the Baby" These are
the authors daughter and her bah.
boy. The picture is delight and the
poem of that title is almost as be
witching as the picture The volum,
concludes with piece entitled tn,
"Mardi Gras King which gives /;
, lucid description of the landing O
King Priscus at Pensacola. his parade
and the browning of his queen.
; Hampton's Magazine for May.-Th,
\ rOptQntc nf Hampton,e Gov Mo-, QUO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23

Frontispiece. illustration for Lincoln
and the Boy Regiment" Lincoln and
the Boy Regiment, Margarita Spalding
Gerry. The Heart of the Railroad
Problem part two), Charles Edward
Russell The Man In the Room Ia
story, Edwin Balmer and William b:
MacHarg. On the Trail of the Ghost
tpart two), Vance Thompson. Sea
Elephant Hunting In the Wilds of the
Antarctic, Captain Benjamin ID. Cleve-
land. Marooned Ca story, Charles Bel
mont Davis. The Girl from Prosperity
Ga story, George Randolph Chester.
Our Undermined Navy - and Con-
gress, Rear Admiral Robley ID. Evans.
The Better Man Ga story, Reginald
Wright Kaufman. The Handy Man,
Eugene Wood. Oklahoma and the In
dian, Emerson Hough. The Sun, the
Wind, and the Rain Ga poem, Charles
Buxton Going Plays and Players.
The Silver Horde (serial story, Rex
Beach. Personalities. The Irish In
Him Ga story, Inez Haynes Gilmore.
A Theory and Condition Ca story,
Duffield Osborne. Miss Lucretia' s
Tomb Ca story. Grace Sartwell Mason.
Editorial Notes. Writers and Their
Work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23
EUREkA!
Yes, ! Have Found 1t at Last.

Found what? Why that Chamber
lain's Salve cures eczema and all
manner of itching of the skin. l Lave
been afflicted for many years with
skin disease. / had to get up three
or four times every night and wash
with cold water to allay the terrible
itching, but since using this salve in
December, 1905 the itching has STOP
ped and has not troubled ma--El0er
John T. Ongley, ROCKVILLE Pa. For
sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23
Tlyirq Yacht For liptcn.

Sir Thomas Upton. in q letter to
friends in Milwaukee. declared that he
will soon take to the air instead Of
yachting game 1t is limited that he
may offer trophy for supremacy in
navigation of the air, which will give
britannia a chance to compete with
America CT even terms.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23

1t is all right and proper that an
outgoing council should turn over to
the succeeding municipal body mat
ter of such grave importance as that
involving the purchase of filter
plant for the city But it is hardly
fair to pass on TO the mcomers the
settling of an unsatisfactory sewer
job That should be settled at once
and settled right.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23
PIaYind Safe.

When doubts in your mind
Like n windmill arise
Concerning Your conduct,
The experts advise
That all will be lovely
And free from 4 sting
II YOU will but do
The conventional thing.
When counting a lady
Or running a race.
When eating Il dinner
Or fighting 4 ease,
When running for office
Or meeting a king.
You're safe if you do
The conventional thing.
When caught In a cyclone,
A snowstorm or rain,
An earthquake. tornado
Or wreck of train,
A human destroyer
Whose place is the ring,
Then certainly do
The conventional thing.
The mind Is at ease
As we mosey around
When one is assured
OF the strength Of his ground.
First aid in a volume
On etiquette bring.
And then you may do
The conventional thing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23

BY this time the sultan has found
out with whom he was getting gay.
When the young Turks come ba tx
they may not leave so many orna-
mental old fossils sitting around.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23
Slow PROGRESS.

How far is it over to Pumpkinville
as the crow flies, Uncle Si:''
well. dunno" replied the veneer
able oracle. Il never measured the
flight CT Il crow over there. but as to
the distance as Sid Peters would make
it in his new flying machine I'd bet it
would be a durn sight closer to 60
around by the road and walk"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23

The county has made fair start
along the line of retrenchment. Let
il stick to the course, regardless of all
the blutfing that can be done to pre-
vent IL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23

1t is rumored that the heir to the
Turkish throne has Joined the young
Turks. Perhaps he wanted to keep
on being heir.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23

President Taft sattended a baseball
game in Washington the other day and
rooted Justify. Mr. Taft has some
voice in the national game.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23

Abdul Hamid must see now that he
never should have strayed out of the
middle ages, where he belongs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23
Lawson as a Successful MANI do

Lawson as Successful MANI do
not plume myself unnecessarily when
say | know the stock game in each
and every one of its essentials and its
ordinaries to the minutest details. For
40 years | have played it actively and
successfully. OF course, there may be
a difference of opinion as to success
fully AS | use it, ! mean | have
been successful because ! had grad
uated from my apprenticeship in the
finance game before the veteran
/! Keene had even appeared in Wall
street. Because for years | have
, bought and sold more stocks and
handled more deals than any other
half score operators. Because at the
my accounts are in % representative
New York and II representative Bos-
ton stock exchange houses. Because
| l have testified in the different courts
OH all phases of stocks and finance as
an expert. Because | have written
more on finance and stocks than al
other writers combined. Because
{ while doing this | have so preserved
my solvency and physical and mental
manhood that | may look all men in
the eye and say, Il have asked no
| favors-I battle for the down and
don't give a -- for the up" And
because while this is admitted by ALL
the up are compelled to seek my ser
vices when they get tangled in their
own game That is what | mean by
Successful. Thomas W. Lawson, IN
May Everybody's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23
For Effect.

He used his hens like humankind.
They had some sheltered lots to play on.
Each single hen was named McDuff,
So each would lay on. lay on, lay on.