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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28

See here. Connie. / can't go a step
farther. If you want to carry ont
the rest OF your program FOR today
YOU will have to do it by yourself.
am tired out And here are these home
papers | have been carrying around
all morning without even chance TO
glance in them"
Mrs. Curwin emphasized her remarks
by sinking down on one of the benches
in front of the Pavilion dies Arts In
dustrieux. Soon she WAS buried in her
papers. quite forgetful of foreign sur
roundngs.
One glance AZ the daughter showed
that she was the general of the little
exploring party Filled with deter
mination to see everything at the ey-
position, she had been personally in
Quoting" her meek minded mother for
Il week Mrs Curwin was laundering
for the allurements of the French
shops. but Connie had been resolute
The exposition first and Paris after
ward was her motto. f.
But today she was wise enough to
overlook this sudden INSTRUMENTATION.
Besides. she was tired herself So
there she sat, idly watching the stream
of passing people. What contrasts in
figure and costume met her eye-Eng-
lish. Turks. Hindoos. Japanese and.
more numerous than all. Americans.
Connie saw her compatriots with a
thrill of pride-the girls so much more
beautiful than their foreign sisters, the
men so tall and broad shouldered. Oh.
the American men! She would choose
them every tire. A tender smile part
ed her lips. Her mothers voice broke
her reverie:
"Why, l can't believe my eyes! Well
well" And she paused as if overcome.
Connie leaned over and read the eX-
citing paragraph:
"Alr. and Mrs. Van Ingen announce
the engagement of their daughter
Maud to James Workman Pennington
of this city,
Connie started in spite of herself.
"Jim. And he never told mew
That's just what I'd like to know.
How did he ever work it up in such a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28
A VOTE OF THANKS.
Tho Way Dwight L. Moody Handled
the Question In England.

Possibly the most novel response
ever made to request to return
vote of thanks to chairman was that
made by Dwight L. Moody during his
first visit to England.
He had attended a meeting at which
the Earl of Shaftesbury was chair
man. The duty of proposing vote Of
thanks was assigned to him and the
announcement made:
"Our American cousin, the Rev. Mr..
Moody of Chicago, will now move a
vote of thanks to the noble earl who
has presided on this occasion"
The whole thing was quite out Of
Mr.. Moody's line. English formalities
might or might not have come grace
fully from his lips had he attempted
them, but he did not With an utter
disregard of conventionality he burst
upon the audience with the bold an
nouncement:
1.-The speaker has made two mis-
takes. To begin with, I'm not the
Rev. Mr.. Moody at all. I'm plain
Dwight l.. Moody, Sunday school
worker. And then I'm not your Amer
lean cousin BY the grace OF God I'm
your brother, interested with you In
our Fathers work for his children.
"And now about this vote of thanks
to the noble earl for being our chair
man this evening" don't see why
we should thank him any more than
he should thank us. When at one
time they offered to thank our Mr..
Lincoln for presiding over a meeting
In Illinois he stopped It, He said he'd
tried to do his duty and they'd tried
to do theirs. He thought it was about
an even thing all round"
That opening fairly took the breath
away from Mr.. Moody's hearers. Such
talk could not be gagged by any
known standard. Mr.. Moody carried
his English audiences with him from
that beginning to his latest labors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28
A VERY BUSY MAN.
Charming Experience With an Over
worked Irish Matchmaker.

Charming Experience With an Ovcr.
worked Irish Matchmaker.
1 fell in with delightful man at a
little town in County Fermanagh. 1
wanted a little thing done to my
watch, and l asked him how long II
would take to do it. He assured me
that he was driven to death with
work and was up till late every night
trying to get ahead, but that he would
try to find time to mend my watch
some time before o'clock, when he
nominally closed. Then he followed
me to the door of his shop and began
to ask me questions about America.
He pointed out different passersby
and told me their life histories And
every once IN while he would say:
1--WE not had day off for nearly a
year, not even bank holiday. Never q
minute for anything but work. I've
an order now that's going to keep me
busy, except for the time I'll give to
your watch, all the rest Of the day.
And dinner eaten in my WORKSHOP to
save time"
babe him good day and didn't 60
near there until o'clock In. the even
ing. 1 found him outside the shop dis
cussing the strike Of the constabulary
at Belfast with neighbor.
lawfully sorry, sir, but I've been SO
busy today that I've been unable to
finish that lob. It'll not take over
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28
Castles In the Air.

Once when our castles rose in air
With hope hewn roof and floor
We thought the world had never known
So fair type before.
We always saw n cottage small
With roses round the door.
And then when life became more tense
We quite outgrew all that,
And fancy built another home.
Rejoicing much thereat,
For then it was our dreams uprearsd
A coy little fiat.
But nowadays that. too. is changed
With fashions ebb and flow.
Another architecture still
Our fickle tastes will show,
For all creation wants to live
Within bungalow
-McLandbursh Wilson in New York
Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28

The Argus a delightful communication
on this subject, speaking of the advan-
tages Rock Island already has in
reality and in prospect through the
generosity of Mrs. Anna Davis, who
equipped the children's playground in
Long View park, and the public spirit
of F. C. Denkmann in donating city
block for the purpose in the west end.
But, as Mr. Jackson so well said,
there is room for more-and splendid
get them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28

twenty minutes when get to it. Can
you come in the morningT
Next morning was ut his shop at 8
O'clock, and he was just taking down
the shutters. Said he worked until 10
O'clock the night before, but seemed
farther behind than before. If I'd
come up into his workroom he'd fix my
watch while / waited.
Up there he had some photographs
to show me that he had taken year
ago and had only just found time to
develop. We talked photography for
twenty minutes, and then he fixed my
watch in jiffy when he got to work
From Just Irish," by Charles Battell
Loomis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28
Election Notice

Notice is hereby given that an cleo.
ton will be held on Tuesday, the Goth
day of June, A. d. 1909, in the city of
Rock Island, ILL.,, for the purpose OF
electing one member of the board Of
education of Rock Island school dis
trict. The polling place for said cleo.
ton will be at Tricks livery stable,
1912 Third avenue. Which election will
be opened at o'clock i'm the morning
and continue open until z o'clock in
the afternoon of that day. The judges
and clerks of election residing in the
first precincts of the Fourth ward will
be the judges and clerks for this cleo
ton. GEORGE w. McCASKRIN,
Mayor.
Rock Island, ILL.,, June 10, 1909.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28
The Cut in the Lumber Duty.

AS the Aldrich bill will go to con-
gress it will carry a rate of $1.50 on
sawed boards. or so cents lass than
to reduce the rate to the level of the
rate in the Payne bill, or to 81, failed.
democratic senators joining with Aid
rich and his group in opposition to it.
Henry Watterson's hoary prophecy
that as protection sentiment dacl.red
in New York it would increase in the
south is witnessing fulfillment. The
southerners want duty on lumben be-
cause some of the states of the south
are producing more than some of the
states of the north. A recent report
issued from the bureau of census
$shows that while Washington was
first of all the states in the amount
of lumber cut last year, Louisiana was
second with 2,722,421,0 feet, a de-
crease of "a per cent compared with
the total of the preceding year. Mis-
sissippi was next with a total of
1861 ,013, 600 feet, a decrease of II per
cent from the cut of 1907. Arkansas
was fourth among the states with a
cut of 1,65G,991 900 feet, which was a
falling off of II per cent. Wisconsin
was fifth, Texas sixth, and other states
ranking in the order of Importance as
follows: Michigan, Oregon, Mime
sofa, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ala
bama, North Carolina, West Virginia
California and Maine, each of which
had total cut exceeding 1000, 100000
feet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28
over and over.


In June, the old, old story
Appears as fresh as though
1t hadn't been related
Ten thousand times or 50,
And those who listen to 1t
And those who hear 1t through
Don't wear bored expression
And call for something new.
With Just the proper setting 4
Beneath an apple tree, =
Where no one but the moon man.
And he won't telltcan see,
The story has freshness
If told with proper art,
And any one will listen
Who knows the lines by heart
The stories Of the ancients, >
The rhymes of Mother G.,
The pleasant little legend
About the cherry tree,
For every generation
And age still have the call,
But there's the old, old story
That quite outranks them all.
With youth and health and vigoc
1t falls upon the ears
And sounds a note compelling
Like music Of the spheres.
Nor does 1t with the telling
Grow stale and fiat and old.
It sounds as good at forty
II by the right one told.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28
Her Preference.

I-aw- want 10 give you-aw-a lit
tie pwcSent on youah birthday. doncher
know" said young DeSappe. would
you-aw-pwefer sornething-aw- sen.
sible?"
"Oh. my. no!' answered Miss Dim
iletOn. II prefer presents that are
characteristic of the people who give
them to me."-Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28

only they had brought some of their
home furniture with them! Connie
tried to explain patiently how out-of
place the heavy. elegantly upholstered
pieces would be in a studio and how
much more delightful it would be to
pick up the necessary things one at
time in the various curio shops. This
hast idea was balm to her mothers
ruffled feelings. 1t offered such In
finite possibilities for shopping.
With this laudable object in view
she soon became a familiar figure to
all the curio dealers. Connie was
usually the interpreter. hut IT, as often
happened she did not care to go Mrs
Curwin never lacked the courage to
go alone. Each day she came home
with some new treasure. and the girl
had not the heart to spoil her delight
by reminding her that they already
had enough traps to fill two ordinary
studios.
These were weary days for Connie.
and yet she was too proud to confide
her sufferings to her mother What
good would it do anyway to disturb
that serenity? And she had had no
word from Jim In answer to her note
Small wonder, for what could he say?
And yet-and yet-he might have
She had been sitting on bench in
the Jardin DIES Tuileries, ard now she
rose with a start and tried to enjoy
the fountains splashing and glittering
,fn6 ~ vI1ly cllV hn ftt-
French children with their BONES In
peasant caps.
AS she glanced down the path she
saw well dressed American looking
from side to side as if in search of
some one Her heart gave leap. He
,, looked like Nonsense. She was al
ways imagining that she saw him.
The gentleman came directly toward
her There was no installing him
now. 1t was Jim.
She gazed at him. Then the glad
light died from her face.
You! Herew she said slowly.
"Just got in from New York." was
the cheerful reply. Found your moth
, er on the Rue de Rivoli, so here l am"
And he took her unresisting hand.
you don't say you're glad to see
me. That's rough when a chap comes
so many miles to see you. dear"
The dear acted like an electric
shock. Wrenching free her hand, she
faced him with blazing eyes.
You know you ought not to be here.
You ought to be at Newport with
Maud"
Jim seized both hands now. He had
forgotten the people, forgotten every
thing but the white. tense face Of the
little American girl.
connie, dear, it's all dreadful mis-
take, and l came over just as soon as
could arrange it to tell you the truth.
It's Cousin James, from Colorado, who
Is engaged to Maud, and the stupid
newspaper made the error. But /
never guessed you'd care SO much,
dearest
Mrs. Curwin found them at the pen
sion sitting In the dusk. As usual, her
arms were filed with bundles. t.
Connie she cried triumphantly, 81
have found the greatest bargains for
your studio-a pair Of bellows and a
leather cushion and"-
'Studio." Jim interrupted. Some
| how Connie had forgotten to tell him
about her winter plans.
He listened to Mrs. Curwin's explain
atoms with q smile.
81 guess We'll be making use of all
these things in New York, won't we,
CONNER
And Connie smiled back Eyes"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28
HuIrlOr and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
~ DUNCAN n. SMITH

1t isn't as easy to be popular AZ Dit
is popular to be easy.
1t is a savage blow to boys Galf
respect to take him on railroad jour-
ney on half fare ticket.
The man who knew all about women
forgot 1t for his own peace Of mildi
Putting yourself In his place mikht
be all right If you are persuaded that
you will fit.
Exercising common sense Is most
uncommon accomplishment.
The things we miss the most are
sometimes those we have noticed the
least.
Married men have troubles Of their
own and occasionally some they doa't
own
1t isn't so hard to get what we lKe
as it is to keep on liking 1t.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28

Now they are saying that Senator
Aldrich is succeeding in his tariff bill
because of his brain power. That may
all be true-but it affords no excuse
for his measure nor does the fact in
sure relief for the people who are to
become the victims of the enactment
Of his ideas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28
PROMISING Chin.

His Mother Suddenly entering the
children's room-Why, Tommy, you
ought to be ashamed to have SO un-
tidy desk! And why have you scat
tered these scraps Of paper all over
the floor?
Tommy with pencil behind each
ear)-Tm playin' I'm carryin' on Q real
business, same as papa does.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28

A California astronomer declares
that the world has made the moon a
captive Now, the moonshiners in
Kentucky may take a long sigh and
continue in their work without any
fear that they will be swept off the
map by the local option forces.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28
Rare Fish Caught In Lake Michigan.

Three rare specimens of fish were
caught In Lake Michigan at Sheboy
gan, Wis. the other day by Peter Deb
rail-. A seventy-five pound sturgeon, q
forty pound whiteish and a nine
pound fresh water salmon We're lifted
In pound nets set near the city beach.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28

There is a man in Dubuque who
says he has searched the country for
an honest lawyer and failed to find
one. Why, how perfectly scandalous.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28
Rock Island, ILL.,, June 10, 1909.
letter Cured,

A lady customer of ours had suffer
ed with letter for two or three years
It got SO bad on her hands that she
ties. One box of Chamberlain's Salve
cured her. Chamberlain's medicines
give splendid satisfaction in this com
munity-M. II. Rodney & CO., Almond
Ala. Chamberlain's medicines are fol
sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28

hurry? Why. we have been gone only
two months, and before that he was
always hanging round after you"
She fairly sputtered in her excite
ment, but a glance at her daughters
face Gained her. It wore the look of
one stunned by the shock of sudden
blow
'Of course" she went on more quiet
ly. lit may have been going on for a
long time. Maud is not pretty" with
an admiring gaze at her own daughter.
but she is kind and pleasant. He
might have done worse"
connie had started to her feet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28
Her Titled Suitor.

tut TtIeu SUttoTs
"Have you heard it,"
"What?"
"Ethel's engagement is announeed
by her mother"
''No; but heard something elsel
"What?''
"Her dukelet denounced by her
father"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28

The South Dakota girl who saved
her life by using her slipper to bail
out the boat, isn't Cinderella, all
right
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island, Ill. GEn-
tered at the postoffice as second-ciass
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28

The weather in Washington purveys
the hot time the solons will have whe.a
their constits get after them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28
Gained.

Gained.
"Are you not afraid you will und1ly
alarm people concerning microbeas"
asked one scientist.
NO." answered the other. "Thnre
was some little care, but since we told
the public that money is full of Sfni.
crobes they lost all their terrors."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28

Wouldn't this weather give you a
fragile?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28
Not If They Knew.

Not IL They Knew.
young people should be well &C
quainted with each other before think
ing of getting married"
II don't think So"
"Why not?'
81 believe in encouraging makxt
mony."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28

TERMS-Daily, 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumentative
character. political or religious, must
have real name attached for publica-
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township i'm Rock Island county.
EN9EalRRe
41kA1Es1 issas covackt
Monday, June %, 1909.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28

All the news all the time-The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28
For Effect,

For Effect.
81 have seen him kiss his wife ~,
eral times in public"
"Why not?"
"DO you think that Is good tastey'
where else would q man kiss mis-
wife?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28
He Thinks Il.

When fellow says 'Blankety. blanldpU.
blank.' 80 s y -
You can bet your sweet. young. biaiss.
less life
He would say far worse things IL he Nv
not afraid
The report would get back to hin W.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-28

Among Others.
"He thinks the sun rises ana IT
on that boy Of his"
"WelLn
"Well?"
Doesn't it?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Altar of Roses in Bulgaria.

The two plants specially cultivated in Bulgaria for industrial purposes are both highly scented, though in different ways they are tobacco and roses.
 The great rose plantations are at Ka- vanlik, Karlova and Klissoura, and the chief kinds grown are the damask and various species of white roses The rose growing district comprises 173 villages and 15,5O0 acres of rose plantations, and 1t takes 250 pounds of roses to make one ounce of pure altar of roses.
 The ground of a rose plantation is pre- pared very much as for vine growing, that is to say, rows of ditches are made about foot and a half wide, and a yard and a half apart the bushes are stuck in vertically and well covered with earth and fertilizer In a year the bushes are a foot high, and at the end of the third year the first rose crop can be gathered. The life of a rose bush varies from 20 to % years, and then the old roots are dug out and the garden is freshly planted.
 The rose crop is gathered in at the end of May, and the harvest lasts for 30 days. and it Is described by eye witnesses as being a most picturesque sight. The peas ant girls and boys gather the roses at sunrise while the dew Is heavy on their le,ves, and as they gather the fragrant blossoms they sing the quaint Bulgarian folk songs.
 The roses are taken to the distillery and distilled during the day, and when the precious altar has been collected>and bot tied it is sent to London, Paris and New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
January.

Chilly month. Distinguished for the drop in mercury and the rise in coal. Christ mas bills fall due in this month, which makes it additionally disagreeable
 It was in January that the following touching lines were penned:
 "of all sad words Cor letters) man e'er
 knew,
 The saddest are these three-I. O. U."
 January was named after the Roman god Janus, who had two faces, and could look backward on the past with one and forward to the future with the other. Looking backward is still practiced by posterity, but the second accomplishment i5 prohibited by a law against fortune telling.
 Janus also presided over the city roads, gates and avenues, but was reached by the asphalt trust. it is believed, owing to the present condition of the city streets. Janus was the progenitor of large family of two-faced people, who still con tinue to do business every month in the year, but under different names.
 From Richards Poor Almanac
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

around to see from what quarter l may expect a wedding invitation, Tor or wedding I will surely hear.
 "A few times l have been so forget full as to put water in the coffee DOL but utterly neglect the all necessary ngredient-coffee. There are compen- sations when this happens what Why, a gift Is on its way.
 Did you ever have a cork pop out of a bottle when you were working nearby? I hope not, for my grand mother always said this means an un- known enemy That certainly Is not pleasant to contemplate.
 But there are other seeming mis- haps which, In reality, are harbingers can of fruit and the juice flies in every direction it may for the moment prove disconcerting. Just take comfort in the thought that it is an announce ment that some good fortune Is on the way.
 'I am most particular about not let ting the stove cover lids get red hot To be sure, 1t is bad for the stove, but I must confess that the real reason is that If I do must not be surprised if quarrel unexpectedly ensues-and 1 hate dissension.
 There are some others, but I can see you laughing now, so I shall not tell YOU any more of my foolish be- liefs."
 But, my dear" interrupted the guest, q thought you prefaced all this with the remark that you were not superstitious."