Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-18

sistance from your friends or the
county. Then take a permanent layoff.
Marry young.
Stay at home nights.
Eat what you want and when you
want it.
Drink plenty of pure water. and
when you get old enough SO lat you
can discreetly tamper with stimulants,
an occasional libation will be found to
aid rather than imperil nature.
Don't try to do the worrying for
other people. If you are prone, to wor-
ry over your imaginary troubles, cut
1t out.
"If you must chew, chew slippery
elm.
Smoking in moderation is not harm
full.
Don't worry what time your neigS-
Dor turns in at night. Perhaps he's
doing the same thing in your case.
Don't blow out the gas
Don't rock the boat
Don't fall in love after you reach
50.
"Sit steady in the boat and smile"
sEEREss AS STOCK SELLER.
Frank A Cooper, assistant county
attorney of Scott county, on the other
side of the river, was relating a dis
covery that he made in the course of
his official business to a few Rock
Island friends.
Beware of the fortune teller who
advises you to buy stocks Cooper
said. There came to my office recent
ly a nervous little woman who former
ly taught in the public schools of our
county. She has saved some money
and, like so many women, she has the
fortune telling habit. A golden haired
woman, hailing from some other city.
hung out a single on side street in
Davenport. One of her first patrons
was the former school teacher. The
latter, a spinster and then some, by
the way. of course wanted to know
about the mysterious handsome man
with the dark mouStache who was IN
terested in her, or whom she thought
was trying to win her affections. The
fortune teller asked if she had saved
any money She had. Buy certain
stock, she suggested. The visitor hest
tated, and then finally came to the
conclusion she was getting a valued
bunch. Forthwith she went TO her
bank and drew down $500 of her hard
earned savings. The money was de-
livered over to the clairvoyant- who
was to secure the stock for her. She
would have it in few days. The lit
tie woman called several times to get
the stock certificates, but she was al
ways told to wait; that the time to
buy was not yet right That was the
story she told me. / sent word to the
clairvoyant TO call at the county at
torney's office. She did so. The vic
tim was present. l asked about the
$780, It was in a safe place, she in
sisted. Was it invested? Yes, and
the stock certificates would be forth
coming at once. 1t would be a sure
winner This did not satisfy the for
mer school teacher, and she said she
wanted the seeress searched. When
1 was about to call an officer to con-
duct the search, the clairvoyant
reached inside her waist and delivered
over the $500. | asked the former
school ma am if she wanted to swear
a warrant Suddenly the clairvoyant
turned her eyes on those or her VIC
tim and the latter wilted. No. she
was satisfied. And I've often wandered
if she did not go back with the bundle
again.
In further investigation I learned
thar these fortune tellers work with
people promoting stock sales, and reap
a rich harvest in commissions. l don't
know whether the woman who had the
$500 planted in her bosom really
meant to invest it for her client or
not; l have my doubts that she did.
But 1 positively know of case in
Davenport where a promoter had an
arrangement with a seeress to recon-
mend the purchase of certain stocks,
and she turned a lot of business his
way. It's an easier graft than reading
futures for so cents a throw
FROM THE VALLEY CLARION.
Hen Andrews wants us to say that