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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
Don't Give Up the Ship"

| The first and most natural impulse
of every loyal baseball fan in the city
of Rock Island, and there are plenty
of them, on hearing of the crisis which
| has developed in the affairs of the To-
/ cal association, will be to urge the men
in control of the affairs OF the local
| association and the franchise which
| this city has held in the Three-Ey
/ league since its incorporation, not to
give up the ship. stick, and we will
stick with you" will be the plea
in which all will join. And history, SO
far as it pertains to local baseball af-
fairs, bears out the reliability of such
pledge. Rock Island has been loyal to
those who have borne the burden of
presenting the sport in this city, and
whose money and time year after
year have gone into giving Rock Is
land the best article possible, have not
failed in their tasks. The public has
never defaulted in any appeal for aid
Of the local association, and in full
measure as the public has given, the
association has given in return and
more. 1t has provided for Rock Island
a team, always credit to the town.
and, regardless of the cost, has kept
pace with the other cities in the Three
Eye league. Therefore the Rock Is
land association is not threatening to
part company with the Three-Tye
league, of which today it is with one
exception the only original member
that has stuck through thick and thin,
because il has failed in any respects
from the purely craftsmanship stand
point. 1t has had all the glory that
goes with baseball. 1t has won two
pennants, and has otherwise been in
the running most of the time. 1t has
given the people their moneys worth
and has at no time permitted public
pride in Rock Islands representation
on the diamond to suffer.
But it is no longer a matter of SEN
timent with the local association. The
men whose money was invested have
become disheartened and discouraged.
At the beginning of last season the
association was some $4,000 to the
good. Today it is flatter than a pan
cake under heavy weight. The as
ISOLATION feels the difference in the
financial showing this year as compar-
ed with the last is due entirely to the
extravagant gait set by the cities at
the south end of the league and with
which Rock Island endeavored to
keep pace in order to give the local
patrons of the gar7 what they had
been accustomed to having.
So that taking it altogether while
the local association can not be sim
cerely blamed for becoming discourag-
ed, the people generally would de
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

put in; schools and all departments
improved; makes responsibility direct
and affords opportunity to do things
for the people.
B. W. Vedder, mayor; ]. A. McCul-
loch, merchant; F. J. Vosburg, work
ingman, Grand Junction, COL
Takes affairs of government out of
politics and places them on business
basis.
U. G. Cross, mayor; f. e. Egan,
secretary-treasurer Merchants Ex-
change, Burlington, Iowa-People
better satisfied; economy and better
service in every way.
James r. Hanna, mayor, Des
Moines, Iowa-Makes each commits
sioner responsible to all the people
for his department and makes them
responsible to public opinion; city af-
fairs now run on sound business
basis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
The Vice Presidents Ruling.

Vice President Sherman will prob
ably not establish his right to count
a quorum in the senate. That body
has never permitted it's presiding Of
fcer, even when he was a senator,
TO assume airs of mastery. 1t early
administered something like a sDub
to Washington, by declining to do
business in his presence when he
was disposed to treat it as a council
of state. Jefferson, as a great party
leader, commanded the respectful
consideration of the senate. NOtwith-
standing murmUrs from many quar-
tiers the senate suffered with good
grace the presidency of Aaron Burr
after he had slain the greatest of the
federallsts. Calhoun, as vice presi-
dent easily persuaded the senate to
let him give the coup de grace to
Van Buren's nomination as minister
to Russia, though there was a ma
jority at hand to defeat the nominal
ton without the presiding officers
casting vote. It'll kill him dead,
ST. XII, him dead, he'll never kick.
cir. never kick" exclaimed Calhoun
in triumph. Van Buren, himself de-
scended from the chair after a strug-
gle with a hostile senator and, ap-
preaching him with that winning, po-
litely asked a light for his cigar.
After Van Buren, the vice presi-
dency ceased TO be regarded as the
natural stepping stone TO the presi-
denCy, and. indeed, during the per-
Tod CT our humiliating struggle with
England and France, the secretary Of
state came to overshadow that of
ficer and to take on the aspect of
heir apparent. Calhoun's disappoint-
msat at finding that the office led to
nothing did mu1n to make it unat-
tractive to first rate men and to place
the vice president at disadvantage
with the body over which he is called
to preside.
An aggressive vice president, as
the Boston Herald has said, can
now be nothing less than a grotesque
figure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

sat down on small three legged stool.
The gypsy knelt before him and held
out one brown hand, gay with silver
rings.
"Silveri' she wheedled softly.
Blushingly Mr.. Dibble extracted a
silver quarter from his pocket and
dropped it in her palm, then, embar-
raised by her voluble thanks. he sub
mitted his own hand to her grasp.
She bent her dark, disheveled head
above its toll hardened surface for sew
eraI moments and then scrutinized his
good looking face with piercing eyes.
you love-" she said softly, yet you
are troubled. see fair woman-the
one you love. A dark man comes be-
tween. You will find happiness through
a golden bird Waltz Still retaining
his hand, a film seemed to drop over
her sharp eyes and her head bent over
his hand Again she spoke, but her
words were mumbled, yet Benjamin'S
eager ear caught every syllable:
LAS surely as comes up the sun
Two houses shall be made as one.
A golden bird without a nest
Shall lead the weary heart to rest"
The gypsy lifted her head and glanc-
ed sharply at him.
what else?" demanded Benjamin
eagerly.
The woman arose to her feet and
looked toward the door, where a little
crowd had gathered, waiting for an
audience. 1T is enough-the rest you
must do-so it is written" she said
hastily.
Benjamin thrust another quarter into
her willing hand and pushed diZzily
through the crowd, his heart beating
riotously. The doggerel verse was
emblaZoned on his memory. He could
have repeated 1t backward. forward
indeed, in almost any form. The
reference to the houses to be made as
one was as a direct prophecy from
heaven itself. AS for the mysterious
golden bird without a nest" Benja-
min confessed himself perplexed.
Little River boosted golden birds of
many varieties, from the Buff Cochins
of the poultry yard to the yellow ham,
mers and goldfinches of The woods
and the captive canaries in cages. But
one and all had nests of some sort, and
the bird of Benjamin's fortune would
appear TO be as vagrant as the gypsy
herself
The prophecy of the united houses
was good fortune enough for one day,
and, emboldened by this certainty that
his dearest hopes would be fulfilled.
Benjamin rushed hastily toward the
building where Dorinda Weed might
be found. She who was to be his
future wife had stroked the nose OF
his prize Holsteins. After these won
derful happenings it would be an easy
matter to invite Dorinda to partake Of
fee cream and cake. When one was
eating ice cream il was not necessary
to talk much, and after the ice cream
he might invite her to other amuse-
ments in the grounds. There were a
lOop-the-loop and a merry-go-round
and
Benjamin Dibble stood stock still,
while all exuberance of spirit dissolved
like mist.
In the distaSce he saw Dorinda.
charming in haa pale blue gown, but
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
The Commission Plan

The Springfield Register has gath
cred some opinions, official and
otherwise, on the operation of the
commission form of municipal gov
eminent in cities where 1t has been
tried Here is the substance of
them:
j. F. Elder, mayor of Keokuk,
Iowa-Gives opportunity to apply
business methods to city government;
more direct representation; elimin-
ates party politics from city affairs.
Edwin w. Maulton, mayor; Fred
n. West, workingman, of Haverhill,
Mass.-More business like; less pol
itics; success.
o. H. Stewart, mayor; T. NJ. Flynn.
merchant, Parsons, Kan.-Prompt
attention to business; closer super
vision; reduced tax levy.
]. F. Lellery, mayor; S. Green
ough, merchant; Albert Anderson,
workingman, of Pierre, S. D.-Peo-
pie feel that commission form gives
better satisfaction; personal Tespon-
sibility for each man.
E. H. Crump. mayor of Memphis,
responsibility and
makes business like government pos
sible.
w. D. Davis, mayor: A. Wheeler,
merchant; Dee Estes, workingman,
FIT. Worth, Tex.--More paved streets.
improved waterworks; sewer system
doubled; 100000 in storm sewers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

plore the development Of such exigen-
cies as would result in the surrender
OF a franchise which has proven to
Rock Island such valuable asset III
the sense of advertising to say moth
ing Of the pleasure and entertainment.
And pending such time as the fate Of
baseball in Rock Island may be de-
termined It would seem to be up to
the admirers or the game who have
had the best that could be afforded and
more than could be afforded all these
years to get together and render such
substantial aid as may tend to save
the ship before it sinks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
The Argus Daily Short Story
The Bird of Fortune-By Clarissa Mackie
Copyrighted 1910 by Associated Literary Press

The county fair was in full swing.
laughter and merrymaking as well as
color and music and light. Today was
the day of days. Prizes had been
awarded, and such was the wisdom
and tact of the Judges that no exhibitor
had gone unrewarded.
Benjamin Dibble had taken first
prize for his fine Holsteins and second
prize for the mountainous Chester hogs.
These honors meant nothing to Ben
jamin. for they were conferred upon
his stock every year and had been
even in his fathers generation.
The fact that Dorinda Weed had
captured all the first prizes in house
wifely arts did not surprise Benjamin
in the least. Everything Dorinda at
tempted was a pronounced success, eX-
cepting perhaps the capture of Benja-
min Dibble, and that this had not hap
pened was Benjamin's fault.
Dorinda Weed was sweet and fair
and dainty. Her eyes were blue like
the ragged sailors that bordered the
NuSlJ IOdNiStdtS- itdo WIZ
SHIPPED Dorinda from his boyhood. but
he had never dared address her beyond
the merest commonplace. There had
never been but one thought behind his
worship of her, and that was to ask
her to marry him. OF the preliminary
months of wooing he gave no thought.
He knew he wanted Dorinda and he
intended to ask her outright to marry
him some day when his backbone felt
a little more rigid and when his ears
had ceased to redden at her approach.
But no miracle had been performed,
and Benjamin had lived wretchedly on,
mentally cursing his Shyness.
Now, Dorinda was thirty-two and
Benjamin was forty. Their parents
were dead, their lands adjoined, and
their two houses, each one small and
detached, might be moved to n new
site on the apex of the dividing hill
between the farms and thus become a
large, comfortable farmhouse. This
plan was Benjamins sweetest dream,
but there was no sign of its being
realized
Benjamin paused one instant in front
of the domestic exhibit and furtively
adored Doripda's toothsome display.
From there he wandered out to the
building where his cattle were quar-
tered, and he arrived just in time to
see Dorinda Weed timidly stroking the
nose of one of his mild eyed Holsteins.
From afar he watched her blissfully,
and his heart rose exultantly when she
passed on quite unobservant of the
other exhibits.
Out in the open spaces where We
hicles of every description were hud-
died in confusion, amid the cry of side
show barkers, the conglomerate smell
Of quick lunch carts. the odor of fresh
popcorn and steamed CLANS. Benjamin
stumbled over the gypsy caravan. Here
in a gayly festooned tent a gypsy crone
was telling fortunes.
''Kind gentleman she hailed him
eagerly. "For silver I will reveal the
futurel I reunite broken hearts. l
make you successful in lover She
held back the tent flap invitingly, and
under the spell of some sudden i'm
mise BENJAMIN Dibble entered and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
EVANGELISM That Pays.

Rev. BILLY" Sunday continues
quite successful in capitalizing for
his own enrichment, the religious
fervor of the people.
In the five towns of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, Boulder, Col, Youngstown,
Ohio, Newcastle, Pa, and Waterloo,
Iowa, where he has conducted re-
vival meetings during the past year,
the offerings of the Jealous upon his
collection plate totaled $41,796, an
average of $6,966 for each town or
slightly more than 1000 a week for
each of the revivals.
Mr.. Sundays friends say of him
that he gives a great deal to char
ity. More of them say that because
of the strenuousity .of his labor he
must rest a good part of each year
and therefore must garner big during
the weeks he works.
Those who do not approve the
evangelist's methods insist that his
is the highest priced carnival troupe
in the country, and the best paying
one, considering the length of the
jumps from town to town, the dura-
ton of the Stands and the num-
Der of "cappers," "barkers" and
"ballyhoo" men and women employ
ed. The negro exhorter, who uses
voodoos and pair of lungs that sug-
gests a leather bellows to get his
breddern an sister'n to embrace re-
ligion, is very fortunate indeed to
get anything besides chickens, con
pone, and razors in the free will Of
fering and this not because the con-
gregation is holding on to it's money,
but because it hasn't any money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
Tho Literary Flood.

Each book has another succeeding
AS volume on volume IL piled.
A perfect Niagara Of reading
For those who are thusly beguneo-
Philosophy. logic and fiction
And volumes Of poems In scores,
Without any hint at restriction
Come dripping like rain when II pours
A shrielSer OF blood and OF thunder
A story Of love in a fat
That causes grown people to wonder
If they were once bitten like that.
A tale OF adventure and daring,
4 handful Of verses that cause
The reader TO break into swearing
Expressing his left hand applause.
A pretty romantic endeavor
OF two who were true to the death,
A story that runs on forever
without even pausing for breath,
A joke book. volume of fables.
4 legend OF Adam and Cain,
4 textbook Of tongue tying tables
To make the arithmetic plain
And so they come tripping in dozens
And hundreds and thousands 20 tell
OF uncles and nephews and cousins
And grandsires with money as well.
OF divers and runners and fiers
And everything else you could guess.
But where they can all find the buyers
Is more than / see. / confess.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

The assertion might be ventured that
If one of the congregation had a
ticket to circus where he knew
there wouldn't be any snakes, that
he'd put the ticket in the plate. And
that would represent a sacrifice SUI
preme.
But Billy gets the money, and as
success is measured in these days he
is the boy.
That is no doubt that Mr.. Sunday
works on the passionate fervor Of the
people. He takes them off their feet
and then he has them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
FIELD OF LITERATURE

The January Strand contains the first
part of a new Sherlock Holmes story
THE Adventure of the Devils
Foot" 1t is as absorbingly interesting
as anything Conan Doyle has yet given
US and will delight all admirers of the
famous detective. Besides this story
there are others by such well-knowh
authors as E. Phillips Oppenheim,
Richard Marsh, w. Freeman, E. Bland,
etc. The articles include most inter
esting contribution on aviation by P.
Hechet-Souplet entitled From the
Living Wing to the Aeroplane" and a
unanimously illustrated account of
Mr.. Hagenback's Prehistoric Zoo"
which is now nearing completion.
Bridge-wist players will be interested
| in Professor Dalton's Lady ClaVer-
tons Bridge Glass;" while women read
ers will doubtless be divided regarding
the opinions expressed by Carmen Tu-
ria and Lily Elsie on The Art of Ges-
ture." For those parents who are look
j ing for novelties in the entertaining of
youngsters "A Dickens Party for Chill
dren" may be recommended.
| Once again Conan Doyle has revived
the ever popular Mr.. Sherlock Holmes
and in the January Strand the author
begins another "Reminiscences under
the title Of The Adventure Of the
! DEVILS Foot" 1t is, according to no
| less an authority than the famous de-
tective himself, the strangest case" he
ever handled and is certainly quite as
fascinating and mysterious as any of
he hHil w
have gone before. BY the adept man
ner in which he handles this case"
Mr.. Holmes will doubtless gain innum-
cradle fresh admirers.
| The Charles Dickens Centenary
! Testimonial stamp is now on sale here,
| the first consignment having arrived
few days ago. The stamps are pub
lished in sheets of twelve with halt
inch margin on which is printed rs
sued under the auspices of the Dickens
Centenary Testimonial committee for
the purpose of raising a fund for the
benefit of the descendants of Charles
Dickens, and, should the proceeds per
NIT of, in other ways concentrating
his memory" Together with this an
nouncement are also printed a few
names of the committee, including
Lords Roseberry, Alverstone, Tenny-
son, Strathcona and Avebury, Joseph
Chamberlain, Thomas Hardy and Theo-
dore Roosevelt. The stamps are beau
tifully printed by hand from steel
plates. A sheet of stamps contained
in a centenary envelope may be pur-
chased for % cents at the principal
booksellers and news agents.
terrible-looking beast, but interest
ing, as it was the last of the great
land reptiles, is the triceratops. 1t has
a head like a rhipoceros, but, unlike
the rhinoceros of today, it carried three
formidable horns upon its face and a
collar of spikes or spines around its
neck. Skulls of this creature which
have been unearthed measure seven
feet and more in length. The animal
had a total length Of some twenty-five
feet. 1t is the opinion of Professor
Marsh, great authority on pre-histor-
ic beasts, that we have here a dinosaur
trying to become a mammal 1t is the
opinion of this expert. too, that the
creature got too specialized" and
therefore died out-the usual end of a
too great ambition!-From "A Prehis-
toric Zoo" in the January Strand.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
Life Lines
BY BAsILEUS.
PROMISES
Copyright, 1910.

Mans promise is usually made on
some plan that he hopes TO work, but
when lie can: the promise is too often
made prelude to work that is never
begun.
The man always paying out in
promises, plenty, is seldom able to
make his word as good as his bond.
Mans promise is more valuable
than gold when he makes good and
then some"-heaping the measure
helps to market the goods.
Broken promises are often redeem
ed by making others just as good.
It's the Just in a minute" promise
that puts the promiser "to the bad, "
delays are dangerous, for time is
made of minutes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

A lawyer for banker who is un-
der charges says that his client is
undoubtedly insane, as when five
years old he fell on his head, had
brain fever at -, spinal meningitis
at 1 4, nervous prostration at 8, mel
Rncholia and hysteria at "a, typhoid
fever at 80, and then became an
automobile speed bug. His record
will not be complete. however, until
he is tunneled for appendicitis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
FRANCE HAS WAR CENSUS.

Can Requisition All AeropIanes, Horses
and Automobiles.
The French government has already
taken a census OF all the horses and
automobiles in France so that it can
requisition their services in case of
war. and it is now drawing up a law
to provide for a census of aeroplanes
so that it Will be able to call upon all
the monoplanes and biplanes in the
country If need arises.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
q Einn Pzintinn.

"Isn't she beautifully"
eyes. but what would you call itT'
What"
"Ier faceg'
al don't understand you"
us II done in oil or water colors ?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
Dec. 20 in American
History

1625-General James Wilkinson, SOL
der in the Revolution, against the
Indians and in the war of 1912.
= died: born 1857.
1901-Rear Admiral Francis Asbury
Roe, U. s. N. retired. a veteran of
the civil war, died; born 1923.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

The two English officers who were
found sketching the outside of Ger
man Notifications will now be given
plenty of time to sketch the inside of
D German fortress
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

There would be just one dim glim-
mer of satisfaction should Rock Is
land lose its place on the baseball
map. We could all cross the pond
and cheer for Dan OLeary just as
If he still belonged to US.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

IfytE are suffering from Ofiiousnesg.
cons+. i alton, Indigestion, chronic head.
ache. invest one cent in a postal card,
send tt Chamberlain Medicine Co d,
Des Mcines, Iowa. with your name
and aid ess plainly on the back, and
they sill Forward you a free sample OF
Chamoedain's stomach and liver tao.
tets. Scld by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

The peculiar properties of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy have been thor.
oughlv tested during epIdemIcs Of in
fluenza, and when It was taken IN time
We have not heard of a single case L
oneuiaonia. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
Glad 70 Guarantee.

"Are these eggs strictly fresh?"
Eyes. ma'am," said the truthful
grocer.
will you take them back If they
are not?'
Certainly. madam. certainly. provid
ed the shells are not broken"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

Date culture is being transferred
from Sahara to California. And,
speaking of dates, we might as we'll
commence to practice writing 1911.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
OUGHT TO Know.

"Who IS THAT fresh young man whit
was here bst niGht?'
Why. father. that is the man I am
going TO marry"
"Goifs TO marry! Who said Won
couldF
III did"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

lust died in Missouri. Most people
thought he never lived.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

No more pork barrel bills. says
President Taft; and is there, then, to
be no pork at all? Rivers are going
dry in anticipation of 1t.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

HuInOr and
Philosophy
By DUNCAN NJ. SNIFF
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

WHEN a sober married man has had
w a night out with the boys he won
ders next morning how he ever could
have been idiot enough TO think that
sort of thing fun
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28


United
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Tausg a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
Sufficient

Sufficient.
"Jcncs doesn't seem to make much
of hit in his family"
NO. but he doesn't mind"
"Casehard enedE'
''Not exactly, but he is so popular
with himself"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28

The great potash war with Ger
many has dissolved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
Poor Pay.

Ye,. ono good turn deserves another,
Bv doesn't always win H.
Thc weakness OF the man and brother
p oves there IS nothing in IL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-28
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weakly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island. Ill I'm
tered at the postoffice AS second-class
matter.l