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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE.

A ABSTRACTS OF title prepared or con-
tate in the county. Prompt and ac-
curRte service at reasonable rateI.
Rock Island Title & Abstract Com
pany; J. 7. Ingram y.esident: w.
Sweeney secretary 20O-2Oy second
door. Pc 'ple's National bank build
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
Prof. KhirOn

does not wish to be classed
with the many so-called
cIairvoyants, mediums, etc.
that have infested your
community in the past Pro-
fessor Khiron tells you
whom and when you will
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
PERSONAL.

WANTED-To get in touch with some
one who is planning on a trip through
the southwest this winter. Writer
desires agreeable young man compan-
ion Address &C. Q. d." care Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
UNRURANCn.


PLEASANT n. cox - Real estate ana
insurance. Loans a specially. Best
ore companies represented Your pat
rouaRe solicited Phones west az. and
new b172. Once at court house
Deposit Company OF Maryland
BENEFITS Insurance Agency - Fire.
life. accident, health and plate glass;
real estate and loans. second door.
Safety building. once phone west
ps6. Residence phone 736-K. Open
Wednesday and Saturday nightA
We WILL BOND YOU-RxecuSors', an-
ministrators, guardians, trustees or
any kind OF judicial bonds; lodges and
society othceTs. city, state on y. q
government officials; contractors, DO
sittons OF trust; In fact, any kind OF
bond you want Except bail bonds)-
Terms reasonable. Hayes & CleAV0-
land. resident managers Fidelity q
Deposit Company of Maryland
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
MASSAGE.

FOR MEN AND WOMEN - Mrs e. w.
Miller, graduate masSeuse; electric
vibrator treatments, vapor baths.
scientific body and facial massage,
therapeutic lights. spinal reatment,
Swedish movements, etc. Hours from
10 a. m. TO p. m. Henley building
suite IL, corner Fourth and Brady
streets. Davenport, Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

FOR RENT-Nicely furnished rooms. all
modern conveniences. at 1900 Third
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

TRANGE and startling are the powers
of Mrs. DR.. Baker. She has done more
to convince the public than any other
medium in the known world Consid-
cred by the press and public to be
their brightest star. None but the
most refined patronage solicited.
Gives divine treatment; cures all
known diseases. Located at 1414
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for light
housekeeping; rent reasonable. In
quire 812 Fifth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

FOR RENT-Three rooms; sewer and
water. Inquire ITO Seventeenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

FOR RENT-Nicely furnished room. en-
tirely modern; also board IL desired;
1872 Seventeenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

FOR RENT - Modern furnished room.
at 1101 Fourteenth and -a-half street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

FOR RENT-A nicely furnished room
in modern home: location central; use
of phone; 1928 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
nAERVOYANT.

hand and card reader; readings. 80
cents, to women only. Call at 1872
Seventh avenue, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

FOR RENT-Furnished room, suitable
for two; house modern; at 1116 Four
teenth- and-a-half street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for light
housekeeping at 307 Third street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
MISCELLANEOUS

500 cash for a ''tip''--csuiting In ac-
tual location of any desirable indus
try here; $4,000 horse power (water)
at by-product prices, free factory
sites raw materials abundant, trans
portation convenient; finely ilustra-
ted folder upon request St Croix
Fails Improvement Association, ST.
Croix Falls. Wis Gao miles from
twin cities).
IF YOU WANT to buy, sell, trade or
rent anything, engage help or secure
a situation, the Mail and Journal is
the one paper in Moline that can do
it for you Mail and Journal wants
are popular, and Mail and Journal
wants bring results. One-half cent
per word is the price to all alike,
cash in advance: two-cent stamps will
do Evening and Saturday Mail and
Journal Moline, Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
FLORISTS.

Z Z. ~ - =, Z, m $500
piannock n nrsery. Cut flowers and
designs OF All kinds. City store. 1907
2esonA aYeI We Ts1aDhonA 111o-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
LODGE. DIRECTORY.

Masonic.
TRIO LODGE, NO. 81. A +. & A. M
- Meets in stated communication
Wy the hrst Thursday or each
w month at 7:a0 y. N. BY order
of NJ T. Stevens. w. n; William d
Petit. secretary.
ROCK ISLAND COMAANDERY IL.
X T.-Stated conclaVe viii be held at
asylum. Eighteenth street and Sec
ond avenue, second Monday OF each
month G. w. ThecheT. l. c.; r c
Willerton. recorder
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

FOR RENT - Furnished front room on
second floor; all modern; opposite
court house; at 217 Fifteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

FOR RENT-Modern front room; use OF
old phone: at 2217 Sixth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

FOR RENT A nice large furnished
room. with all modern conVenienceS,
at 1900 Sixth avenue: gentleman pre-
ferred
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

FOR RENT-Nicely furnished modern
front room. suitable for one or two;
gentlemen preferred; 1915 Fourth ave-
nue..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

FOR RENT - Large nicely furnished
rooms in pleasant location, with
board. Address M" care Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

FOR RENT - Nicely furnished front
room, with alcove, in modern home,
at 70S Seventeenth street. Phone
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

FOR SALE - Three 4O-foot lots. 124
feet deep. south front, Fifth-and-a-
half avenue and Twenty-seventh
street. Also lots on Fifth avenue
near Twenty-SeVenth street. suitable
for store and fat buildings, 124 feet
deep and of frontage to suit purchaS-
er. Inquire at $50 Twenty-seVenth
street. or of any real estate agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

FOR RENT - Vacuum cleaner at 258a
Eighth-and half avenue. Old phone
766-Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26
OR SALE-That elegant modern home
FOR SALE-LANDL

FOR SALE-Nice level so acres, on easy
terms. For particulars see Eckhart s.
Buffum.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

FOR SALE - A nice modern siX-room
house on Fourteenth street south of
Tenth avenue; has furnace, bath, gas,
electric light; only a very few years
old and in good repair; that is nice
location, a good place to own prop
erty; price $780, II. *. Walker, Rob-
insOn building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26


WANTED-Deliveryb boy at Adams Wall
Paper company, Twentieth street,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

WANTED-A' young man to work on
delivery wagon Apply II. Tremann
Sons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

FOR RENT-A nicely furnished front
room, strictly modern suitable for
one or two gentlemen. Apply SIC
Fifteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26


FOR SALE-A lot in business district;
must sell, cheap; owner leaving town.
Address &C." care Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

FOR RENT-In Robinson building, we'll
lighted offices; all conveniences, in
Guiding elevator service, roomy vaults,
etc; one choice suite with large pri-
yate vault Apply room 400. 3. K
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-26

WANTED Manufacturers Enor-
NOES hydro electric power practic
ally free; other inducements. on two
great railways, st. Croix- Adississippi
river route. and near st. Paul, Mime
apolts and Duluth; raw materials
convenient and cheap; illustrated
booklet and full information. Write
St. Croix Falls Improvement Associa-
ton, St. Croix Falls. Wis.
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going 20 give a song recital AZ SIS p. VI.
ON November :. would you hasten right
in and buy q ticket Just 20 find out what
sor1 Of singer Mr. Probasco might turn
out TO be:
You know you would not. DO you
know any one that would Well. one
nigh, last winter there was AZ Mendelssohn
Hall a concert for which one ticket Was
bought. and that was sold at the window
after the doors we're open Does not
that sound improbable IL surely was
utterly improbable. for what should have
hAppened was-n no tickets sold AZ all
Yet thar man had the courage one would
ba glad 20 know what his motive was.
The most crowded concerts are those
in which the keynote OF nationality can
he introduced II the manager has a
young and promising Greek pianist. who
made a pronounced success last year
a, salon ica and created Juror in Phi
lipopolis he can work up a Wild excite
ment in all the Greek restaurants In the
lower Tenderloin district not Wild nough
to cause any one to buy tickets. hut sum
Gent to set them all scrambling for the
free admissions. Result. on the night
81 the concert the hall IL jAmmed and the
ron v.rsation - almost entirely IN RomAic.
Tn. applause. however. can be heard IN
Herald square and the critics ara again
completely fooled.
These audiences. a. well a. those ~
all concerts IN which solo performance
il a feature. contain still another element
which must not 90 unmentioned. That
element consists Of the professional and
amateur musicians and the students.
,aLa frat
ance in this town all the local violinists
20 10 hear him. When the solo performer
II a pianist there IL q great turning cut
Of pianists. When a contralto sings for
the first time look out for numerous con
ratios in the audience. All the barytones
60 10 hear the new barytone.
IL seems hateful 20 tell the secrets Of
tho PRISON house. but all the cOntraltos
are lavish IN their praises Of all the So
pranoa but very conservative when
speaking 81 the other contraltos. And
In the same manner tho violinists com
ment with some reserve on the playing
81 tho other violinisis and become en-
thusia,stic only when discussing 'cellists.
~ course all the teachers who can
procure tickets 90 To concerts. but rarely
To those ~ young performers. Naturally
they wish TO hear the acknowledged mas
t.rs 81 the art. and from them they hope
to learn something. II cannot always
be Accomplished in the ways in which they
try Ia accomplish IL. for they have strange
notions. For example this observer once
Jaw "A certain teacher sitting through most
~ performance Of an opera with her
opera glasses aimed At the mouth Of a
certain famous soprano.
what went you out for IN see'- asked
the observer
I'm trying answered the watcher
through the glass. to see whether abe
always keeps her tongue fiat
A. II the fiat tongue we're tho eternal
secret of great vocal art
And the students also 60 70 watch
mechanics some NJ them weep bitter
tears II they find that they hav" seats
on the side Of the house whore they cannot
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wildly az II the riders had been husky
warriors Inc sting of the rawhide quirt
was on the flank Of each horse The old
grandmother was going we'll on her
spotted horse for the first quarter Then
she began falling behind. The fat Sioux
girl was tossing like a buoy
The -trdlning horses ran into a storm OF
wells and drum belts a. they came rush
ing To the wire Then somethine
happened The SPECTATORS were seen 70
sway aud move forward There was a
sudden Jam and massing of struggling
men near the judges stand. Timbers
could b" heard cracking and breaking.
and down went two heavy panels of
fenc" The horse ridden hy the Sioux
had boited just at the wire and plunged
straight through the fence among the
spectators
Alas for the rider from the land Of the
Sioux. She was thrown headlong far
out on the track. striking heavily on her
side. She lay apparently dead. She
was quickly surrounded 10y friends and
carried 10 a tepee physician found
that no bones wer" broken. and in time abe
regaIned her senses The sauaws could
be heard moaning for the injured girl.
Night came and big fire blazed in an
open space. The drums began beating
for the dance. The Cheyennes and
ArapaEoes dance for pleasure a. wen aa
for ceremonial reasons A hundred dan
GERS IN savage costume danced and sang
far into the night. At times the women
took part.
The Cheyennes and Arapahoes are
agreed that their agricultural fair was a
success, and willing To- admit that even
the pumpkins. corn. cotton. wheat and
vegetables were worth seeing The
Government agents smile and say AN
We hoped for was 10 start them on this
road They have started
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that swirls high toward the October sun.
Instantly a high keening chant begins
among the women lined against the fence
along the track. They are singing TO
encourage their friend or kinsman riding
in the race. But there IL no jumping
up and down in frenzy Of excitement.
The nerves 81 the Indian are too strong
and he is too placid for that
The horses have gone once around the
half mile track and now are coming
straight on 20 the finish Only one or
two horses are far behind The others
are beautifully punched and coming like
the wind The sorrel wins nv a neck
There IL no lighting with the judges
The horses are led from the track and
in a moment another race u on The
Cheyennes and Arapahoes cannot get too
much Of IL
A diversion comes IN the programme
when six stalvart Indians step forward.
each with a bundle 81 feathered and STEEL
pointed arrows IN his hand prize has
bean offered for arrow throwing 4
stake ~ set IN the ground NJ a distance 81
fifty PAGES. between 100 and $50 feet
Each thrower IN urn polse- his arrow
in his hand and with mighty swing
reaching far behind his body. hurls his
arrow NJ the stake The arrow goes
swiftly. rising TO a considerable height.
and for a moment seems 20 take waver-
ing course but on tho downward plunge
IL goes straight and fast and sticks up
right in the ground one Old man had
lost the strength Of his youth. and his
arrows. lacking srced fell short Of the
mark He seemed 20 feel humiliation
over his feebleness
The winner in one Of these contests At
the distance named placed four arrows
within a foot Of the stake. one arrow fall
ing short only two inches
In Cheyenne and Arapahoe another
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gramme Was dev oted Ia horseracing and
athletic games The result WAS that
nearly $500 Indians came To ths fair
which lasted for three days The tepees
ran IN "A circle over great hillside dow n
mao valley at the edge 81 the town
On the prairie grazed hundreds 81 Indian
horses The scenes OF Indian camp life
were the wonder Of the tenderfeet who
came 10 IN" fair Everyw here were old
warriors who had engaged IN the frontier
wars with the United State. army In the
0ns and 20 som" had been In the Custer
r.assacr" on the Little Big Horn Others
had fought Custer Ia Oklahoma in ISGs
when he narrowly escaped tho fate that
afterward overlook him There were
such notahl" chefs as Lett Hand of
re ATapahoes George Bent son oI
dajor William Bent los al Indian wife
Was there. A. was Edv ard Guerrer. "a
French haifhrred scout la border DAYS
MAJOR Rent was one Of the three brothers
who built Bents Fort. a trading post on
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-30

On q tin pan with a club and announces
. race. Star an old. old man who was
sent in shAckles 20 Florida In 1878 because
he went out in the war against the United
States Government in isI4. had been riding
from place 20 place calling out in Chey-
enne that the race was TO be run. From
every direction come the horses. prancinR
and jumping Most Of the Indian riders
we're bareback in Indian fashion and all
OF them without their shoes. Some had
put the braids % their plated hair under
their vests. lest the braids hit them IN
the eye at a crucial moment
The Judges insist upon an even start
n there are any penalties they are not
announced. Twelve horses are crowding
and jamminR for place in a mile race
They extend almost solidly across the
track. A nervous sorrel rises on hIs
heels and springs forward like an arrow
at the other horses. II looks a. II some
body will be hurt before they are on.
Bang goes the club on the tin pan and
away go the horses in cloud Of dust
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-30

-" the pianist hands Verify they
appear To believe that n they could only
hold their wrists In the exact position
that PadsreW=ki u-aa thev could draw
s.. OOo houses too,
Dearly beloved. IL - not the Nat tongue
nor yet the elevated wrist II l. not the
Lr-chetItzky method Of elevatIng N"
fingers nor the diaphragInatic breathing
Nor IL u the Possession Of long hair. nor
Of a Russian name that cannot be pro-
nounced None 81 these thingS makes
Success in music Some get II through
the smart devices of interruptions man
ag"r-. who play upon the public gIlh-
bIity Just a. remorSals--iy a. tho biggest
menageTie Snowman that ever lvrd
Some get IL through the priceless Dos
session Of youthful freshness and per-
sonAl charm Some get 49, ike CaruSo.
by roT ~ prrtsroG nihh And some get
IL because they have artistic temperament
much abused expression and breathe
the breath ~ life into Everything they
interpret
II any one were TO ask Tar SUN 5
locker on in Vienna what after some
years ~ observation h" had come 10 re-.
gard as the most important attribute
~ the interpreting artist h" would answer
without delay Imagination II - the
radical Necessity of all int"Tpretltiv" art
II - the thing that fires dead clay And
yet wear after year ono secs thousands
Of what Robert Louis Stevenson would
have called -acIdulous vesthls- devotlng
themselves 10 the pursuit 81 piano play
ing or singing IN the hope Of making
IA nd -, -.
them
certain amount 81 success may Ia
attained 10y the unimR Rinative performer
hut the summit Of achievement can never
b" reached And II Imagination IL lack
ing there must h.. other positive quali'ie.
To- insure any success AZ all 4 singer
who has no Imagination will requirr u
notable voice and vast amount ~
physical vitality Added TO tins there
should be fine Intelligence \ singer
equipped with these could 60 far ever
" Imagination wer" wanting But one
who mas only small voice and who lnck,
physical splsndor Of appearance or move.
ment may stand on the recital platform
and entrance thousands n all that sh,
does IL RADIANT with the elusive giuri"s
Of INA ginative creation.
" nat tfNptnfA VI All wv kits WIN
good voices who study singing year
after year, To be sure - or ~ per cent.
Of them are hopeIessly unmusical Bur
OF the other rs or 20 per cent. not more
than one.fourth ever amount 20 any
thing The unmusica IL are tho most
pitIahlo objects. b-oause neither they
nor their friends can be- mad" 10 under.
stand what ~ the matter with them
But they are not the whole
Those who have no imagination never
get their heads above the broad s"a of
average singers. and unless they can do
that no ono over hears 81 them Tn" sam"
thing " true n Instrumental performers.
Over and over again ths critic IA his
weary rounds l''t"ns 10 pianistS and
violinists whose schooling IN admirable
and some 81 whom show real musician
ship But they have no message for the
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the upper Arkansas GueTTar was highly
praised as "A plainsman bv Gen sheridan
ln the latter's memoirs
The pavilion where the agricultural and
domestic science exhibits were die rlayed
was a rough pine shed about thirty feet
long and twelve feet wide. The exhibits
came from the four suh-agencies Of Oar
lington, Colony. Rod Moon and Canton
ment. and among the Indians from these
different places the Government agents
were usins every artihca 70 stimulate =
friendly rivalry Each had its athletic
teams. and from each were schoolgirls
hoping thar their pies. cakes preserves.
needlework. &c. would get the first
prizes
Behind rho girls wore their sa,IAw
mothers. moved by maternal instinct
Ia see their daughters outshine the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-30

Iy"u . nahy show was held There were
urI1s- FOR an kind, of live stock aud farm
Irpd4ct- Domestic sCi"uc" WAS not
.N"ripok"d and there were doughnut-
Jolly clk"- and light bread m stacks
IN" things that appeal to IN" re~erva-
tlun Indian were not forgotten Nv the
Managers Il the fair. Their" was a prize
for the beat kept tepee. another for the
l-,st batch e Indian bread and still others
for buckskin clothing. beadwork. bows
and arrows and cradle for papoose
\ FIVE dollar gold piece was given tn the
Oldest Indian woman.
The promoters ~ the fair were shrewd
enough To understand that the Cheyennes
and Arapahoes could not be drawn to-
gether n there were nothing more than
the dry things Of agriculture as an at
traction. so the greater part Of the pro-
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cal ma nagers, the heads Of tho concert bu-
reaus They all 60. IL il "A part Of their
interesting business 10 know all about
the artists engaged by the other man.
and in the future u they turn out 10 be at
tracuve To try - get them awav from
him
Then the friends 81 the young musician.
You can always tell them because they
arrive early. very much dressed a. II
they wished every one to realize thai this
entertainment was just a. important a. a
first night at the opera. Then they can
not remain N their seats but continually
jump up and run To the rear Of the hall to
speak to acquaintance and not infre-
quently they are Obliged IN go behind
the scenes where their pressnce aida
materially in increasing the already
abundant nervousness Of the performer.
Then come the deadheads II you
are acquainted with the inside ~ musical
affairs in this town you know many Of
them by sight There are some real
connoi-seurz among them and these are
seen at every musical entertainment
except the opera. The opera deadheads
a To- an entirely distinct set. and most 81
them could not he induced Ia 20 tn any
kind 81 concert Not only are therc
numerous regular concert deadheads
who can be seen at almost any entertain
ment in Mendeis-ohn Hall. hut there are
the special ones who belong To the prop
erty room ~ certain agencies and are
never seen at the concerts ~ any other
manager.
For example II smith. the manager ~
Signora Pellegrini. finds tina, her evening
with classic Italian composers il not
affecting the box ofice a. " ought 20 hs
begins by sending some tickets TO thu
connoiseeur deadheads who are found
at all concerts When the important
hour Of the concert Ia AZ hand and no
one has bought any tickets Smith sum-
mons his chain gang
In other words he sends out tickets
10 the people whose Nance and addresses
no keeps for this very purpose and who
know that they are expected to como
and tn applaud NJ every possible and
Impossible opportunity When the per-
Torrance IL constantly interrupted by
applause az wrong times you may 10
perfectly certain that the chain gang
IL out and busy
What is the object Of all this ApplAusep
Well. u may In conceded that come Of
former Ca her be-t efforts. But IL must
also be confessed that mo- small part 81 IL
IL designed 10 fool the newspaper men
into supposing that tho debutanta has
made an snormots success News
paper men are always being fooled by
every one They are used Ia Il now
and do not mind IL
The reader will now wish 10 know when
tho pay ing auditoTs come in. The hard
and painful truth ~ that they rarely como
IN at all. The singer or player may have
some friends who are friendly enough To
buy tickets. but ~ r,Ils they expect
20 20 IN frre Now who else b going 10
buy tickets for conoert ny sona p-rson
never heard ~ befores Would your
suppose you were walking by Men.
delssohn Hall and you saw . bill an.
nouncinE that John Hiram ProbaSOo was