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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-29
SlDELIGHTS ON THE LIQUOR
SITUATION IN MAINE

There is no disposition on the part of
the intelligent and law-abiding citizens
of Maine to surrender the prohibitory
policy or to relax its enforcement on
this account. The State is defending.
by her rAttorney-G General, the sheriffs of
Maine in the suit brought by the whole
sale liquor dealers under the federal
statute. Prohibition is the settled pol
icy of the intelligent citizenship of
Maine. After half century of expert
ence the people believe in prohibition as
sane in method and right in principle
and therefore capable of securing valu-
able results for the general well-being
and betterment of the whole people.
Business and professional men of all po-
litical faiths as well as men and women
organized for distinctly moral and re-
ligious progress are more universally in
accord with the prohibitory policy than
ever before in the history of the State.
The sense of the absolute righteous
ness of the policy laying hold of the
has sustained the law through its hard
experiences. A native faith in the ulti-
mate triumph of right policy, because
it is right, accounts for the persistence
of prohibition in Maine. And this faith
is one Of the grandest moral assets of
the State or nation. 1t was this faith
to which Lincoln appealed in the ma
tion's crisis when on February q, 1860,
in Cooper Union, he closed his immortal
address with these words, ''Let US have
faith that right makes might and in that
faith let US to the end dare to do oui
duty as we understand it." THE Lie.
uor Situation in Maine," in the Apri
National Magazine.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-29
SAVED FROM THE GRAVE.

1 had about given up hope. after nearly -four
years of suffering from severe lung trouble. :
writes Mrs. M. L. Dix. of Clarksville, Tenn.
Often the pain in my chest would be almost un'
bearable and could not do any work. but DR.
Kings New Discovery has made me feel like q
new person. Its the best medicine made for the
throat and lungs" Obstinate coughs. stubborn
colds hay fever. la grippe. asthma. Group. bron-
ohitis and hemorrhages. hoarseness and whoopins
cough yield quickly TO this wonderful medicine
Try it. soc and 81. Trial bottles free. Guaran.
teed by all Druggists
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-29
}. j. HAMMELL CO.,
PLEASAhTvIIlE, n. ].

Designers and Manufacturers of Artistic
Memorials in Marble and Granite.
OFFICES-Atlantic City, N. j.; Phil
adelphia, Pa; Wheaton, Va. Address
II. Booker Hale, Agent. Wheaton.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-29
CAYALIERI DOES NOT
L0VE CHAMBER
Likes Him and Expects Union to
Be fiaDpy One.

Lima Cavalieri, the prima donna,
when interviewed at her mansion in re-
gard to her engagement to Robert Win
throp Chanler, said:
There is nothing exciting about my
engagement. My views on marriage
have been expressed already, and am
living up to them. Mine is not a ro-
nance. 1t has taken me four months
to make up my mind to accept Mr..
Chanler.
"You can bet have not lost my
head. am not sentimentally in love
with him. like him and hope that
ours will be happy union. 1. believe
that love is unnecessary in marriage.
Although am not marrying with
the idea of divorce, would not marry
in Italy, where there is no divorce law.
It is comforting to feel that there is an
open door. shall certainly continue
singing. Marriage is no reason why l
should sacrifice my career, for 1 love
the opera stage.
'I shall not see Mr.. Chanler again
until my return to New York in No
vember, when the wedding will take
place almost Immediately. / am now
going to fulfil an engagement at the
opera house in St. Petersburg and an
other in Buenos Ayres."
GLORIOUS LOVE AFFAIR.
Mr.. Chanler could not be induced to
reveal any details of his courtship.
There was nothing for him to talk
about, he intimated. 1t was just glo-
rious love affair.
Were both in public life-I in poll
tics, she in OPERA" he said. ''But she
is the one to talk about those things.
don't remember much, anyhow" he
added.
The millionaire-painter-politician had
nothing to say regarding the qualifica-
tions Nine. Cavalieri has said she would
demand of the man she married.
al am tired and sick of heart" said
the beautiful Lima recently. my soul
demands something it has never had
have known the blighting pinch of pen
ury, the gaunt ache of hunger. have
kno wn the excitement of wild expense
and high and brilliant living. ] have
never known peace. Perhaps ] shall
find it in marriage. / want to marry.
Robert Chanler has asked me. So has
Prince Dolgoroul1i, who is now In st.
Petersburg. Both proffer opportuni-
ties upon which it is duty to reflect.
Chanler, as husband, would not be
like Europeans-jealous. disciplinary
and tyranical. Like most Americans,
he has liberal views as to the rights OF
wives. / shall not marry Chanler o,
the prince for love.
''Love is a torment, an exaction, 6
beautiful flower which secretes an ulti
mate poison. How, for instance, we
learn to hate the defects we efind in those
we love-after we have married them
'T shall choose the man who will be 8
Icomrade to me, who will save me the
tracking care. the incessant anxieties o!
theatrical life; who will give me /,
home in which to rest and where can
when wish to. forget the struggle
and pains of life. And feel that sucl
home and such ideas are better bases
on friendship and comradeship than tn
passion of love, which burns itself on
of its own flames.
'It is time should think of mar
rage"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-29
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
lNI.nrAr...r

STATE OF OHIO, CRY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior
partner of the firm of +. J. Cheney & Co.. doing
business in the City of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid. and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of
Halls Catarrh Cure. FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my pres
ence this 9th day of December, A. D. 1886.
fcr.,l A. w. GLEASON,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Send for testimonials free.
F.. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-29
THE CALL OF THE BLOOD

For publication finds voice in pimples. bos. sal
low complexion, a jaundiced look. moth patches
and blotches the skn-all signs Of liver trouble:
But DR.. Kings New Life Pills make rich red blood.
gives clear slSin. rosy cheeks. fine complexion
health. Try them. 26c at all Druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

To the Lady That Capture This Kite:
Dear Madam-The writer of this letter
is an unmarried man who wants a wife
I've got nice forty acre farm and a
nine room house all paid for and thou
sand dollars in the bank. two cows and
a horse that any lady can drive; also two
pigs and end of chickens and flowers
No widows need apply. What / want is
a good neat looking wife that knows how
to cook and viii appreciate a loving hus-
band. For further particulars address Z.
o. Box %. Little River. Strictly confiden-
tisn JOTT3AAI REED.
The teakettIe was bobbing cratic
ally about the stove when lothian fin
ished his letter. Before preparing his
supper. however, he reread his letter
nodded grave approval and slipped
it in an envelope. which he addressed
to 1.-The Lady That Finds This Kite"
Slipping the flap of the envelope
around the reed frame inside the kite.
lothian gummed it securely in place
and laid the kite carefully in the closet.
As he puttered around the rooms,
preparing the meal, eating it and aft
erward washing the dishes. lothian
unused on the few amatory privileges
that had been his. Once when he was
quite yonng he had fallen in love with
two girls at the same time, Mary Gray
and Sophie Trenton. Uncertain which
one he really desired, lothian had re-
sorted to the simple method of his
childhood-he wrote their names on a
slip of paper and then recited, my
mother told me to take this one" and
his finger had fallen on the name of
Sophie Trenton.
He asked Sophie to be his wife, and
she had scorned him-not simply re-
fused him. but laughed in his face.
Then it was that he discovered that
Mary Gray was really his hearts de-
sire. and he marveled that he should
have hesitated But Sophie had con-
fded the proposal to Mary Gray. and
when lothian tried his fortune there
he was coldly sent about his business,
while Mary Gray married somebody
else and moved away from Little Riv-
er. Sophie hadn't married anybody.
She was the village milliner and was
especially pleasant to lothian Reed.
In spite Of this unhappy result of
| trusting to the god of chance. lothian
in his middle life once more placed his
affairs in the hands of the deity. He
| had thought of the kite the night be-
fore. and the idea appealed to him.
It was romantic;>it was thrillingly I'M
| certain.
Two days passed by before the wind
| arose sufficiently STRONG to merit send
ing the kite on its delicate mission,
and then it came, a fresh nor'wester
blowing crisp and cool over the river
and certain to send the kite flying in
land far away from Little River.
lothian went up on the highest hill
back of the house, the red kite tugging
| at the short line held in his hand. A
brief run and the red messenger was
loosened and dashed up and up and UP
and then away before the wind, whirl-
ind and dipping and tossing, some
| queer dancing dervish of the air.
He watched it until it was a red
speck against the sailing white clouds.
| and then he went down the hill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08
Home Rule.

Bishop futile of Missouri believes in
the good old democratic doctrine of
home rule. He declares: All true
Americans, it seems to me, ought to
strive to maintain and perpetuate the
American principles. Statewide prohi-
bition violates and local option sup
ports these principles. Therefore 1 am
opposed to statewide prohibition and
in favor of local option
After ample trial, wherever it has
been tried, it has been found that pro-
hibition does not prohibit, but breeds
lawlessness instead of sobriety and
moderation. 1t is impossible to make
men abstemious by law, and it is un-
fair to try to do so.
Let the people of each town and city
down to the smallest geographical and
political subdivision settle the matter
to suit themselves and abide by the
rule of the majority. That is home
rule, where it goes into strictly local
districts, and under it the majority can
shift from side to side as the citizens
view the necessities of the case.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08
The Only Way.

By ceaseless effort alone will be &C
complished the purpose to purge Rock
Island of evil and lawlessness. The
defiant tran sgressor is sleepless. lie
and his allies and abettors put up
their jobs while the good citizen slum-
bers. The battle to rid the commun-
ity of the menace can only be won by
constant vigilance on the part of the
hosts of law and order
There should be no lull in the cam
paign that has been waged in Rock
Island. There can be no protracted
suspension of hostilities If the Just
end is to be attained. AS has been
said before the unruly hopes to win
by firing out the opposition. 1t is the
means to an unrighteous livelihood
against morality. 1t is the strife FOR
physical existence, regardless Of the
method or the cost, against the com
mon welfare.
The struggle so engaged is for every
man who thinks of the city in which
he lives, to be pitted against the ele
ments of disorder and discord.
The situation does not admit of
truce. On with the fight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08
The Strenuous Life.

The colonel was in his element and
happy, if he was hoarse and uncorz,
fortably tired, when he returned from
Saratoga. He will have his fill of the
strenuous life by the time election
day arrives, and may be glad of a rest
like other folk. He believes that it is
necessary to keep everyone but him
self on the edge of the working buzx
saw all of the time, while he takes
spells of excitement in politics or
hunting and other Rooseveltian forms
of amusement, and then rests up and
1nvents new worlds to conquer.
But for the ordinary citizen, the
farmer and the workingman there
should be 10 let-up in their grinding
toll. Everybody should work hard
and that is the only way to get real
happiness is the Rooseveltian theory
as expressed the day after the conven.
ton in his address at the Duchess
county fair. Then the colonel went
home to oyster Bay and did nothing
of consequence but sleep and eat for
five days, and is now enjoying the ex
element of his southern trip in a spe-
cial car with all the etceteras that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

Mr.. lothian Reed, bachelor, tiptoed
into his lonely house as if fearful of
being caught in some nefarious act.
As a matter of fact, there was never
a man quite 80 utterly alone in the
world as Jotham, so free to so and
come, with no questions asked, for
there was no one to ask questions.
lothian was master and mistress, chief
cook and bottle washer Of the snug,
white painted house on the hill.
Carefully he trod through the spot
less kitchen into the sitting room,
where he placed a mysterious package
on the table and drew a chair close be
side it. Then he unwrapped the pack
age, disclosing a large box kite made
of stiff red paper, plant reeds and
wire.
'I think" said lothian gleefully
that kite will do the job. I'll have to
wait day or two till the wind comes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08
uanIesa Information.

Me knew just how 10 sail q boaf
And how to drive a trotter.
II any scheme was to be worked
He was the little plotter.
Advice on every pulling point
He was quite free IN giving
In fact. he knew most anything
But how 20 make a living.
He knew which roads about thu town
Were smooth and which were hilly.
He knew what stockings were in style.
Now, doesn't that seem silly2
And he could juggle a cravat
To make II fit the collar,
For he was wise to everything
But how to grab q dollar.
He knew how oysters should be fried
How chickens should be basted,
Could tell you the ingredients ~
OF everything he tasted
Crocheting, knitting and all that
He knew the latest stitches.
Was handy man at everything
But getting next to riches.
Bad acting plumbing he could nx
Or mend a chair or table,
A broken window pane reset
And stop leaks In the gable
His mind a storehouse was OF factA
Now, doesn't IL seem funny
That while he knew % very much
He couldn't get the money!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08
Oct. 8 in American
History

l793-John Hancock. statesman and
"signer." died: born 1877.
1898 Edmund Clarence Stedman, poet,
born: died 1908.
1S69-Franklin Pierce. fourteenth pres
ident of the United States, died;
lEcra 1904
1904-General Matt W. Ransom. noted
Confederate leader in the civil
war, later United States senator
from North Carolina, died; born
1926
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

WHAT d YOU COME FUR, Ih6h4
up. It'll need a pretty brisk gale to
git it into the next county. 1 don't
want any Little River folks to get hold
of it. First I'll put on the teakettle,
and while I'm waiting for it L can
write the letter"
He lighted the oil cook stove, and,
filing the shining teakettle at the
pump, he placed it to-boil and returned
to the sitting room. From narrow
cupboard in the chimney he brought
writing materials and spread them
forth on the table. Pink tinted note
paper, purchased at the same city shop
where he had bought the kite, and a
fresh bottle of purple ink were other
results of that secret expedition.
lothian put on his glasses, thrust his
pen in the ink and tightly linked one
foot around the other. He wrote with
cramped fingers. and his sun burned
forehead was knotted in an anxious
froWu:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08
Covered His Trail.

"Uncle Rastus, somebody has been
stealing my chickens"
Oats too bad, too bad. Dey is
powerful nice chickens too"
But suspect you"
"Wel, Mr.. Blackstone, you can't
hurt my feelings dat way so long as
you can't prove it."
But can prove it, you old rascal"
"I'd like to know how you goin' TO
do dat ! done eat 'em all up and
burned de feathers, sub"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

President Taft says the republican
party is progressive, and then defends
the tariff bill as coming generally TO
be recognized as a most creditable
bill" However, the people who are
paying the present high prices will
hardly agree with him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

aid and cast roseate glow on his
strenuosity.
The colonel likes to be in the glare
of the strongest light that great
crowd can cast upon him and then he
Is happy. But the farmer and the
toiler for bread and meat have no such
excitement to help them in their con-
tinuous, and thus more strenuous task.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

Mr.. Roosevelt is taking another
swing around the circle at the expense
of the Outlook, and evidently it is for
his own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and partisan
purposes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

We acknowledge that Teddy is 'ter-
rible' with his mouth, but the "old
guard" will quietly assist in clipping
his wings by voting against the repub-
lican ticket. or by taking to the woods
on election day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

Henry L. Stimson, republican candi-
date for governor of New York, is a
corporation lawyer and was a partner
of Senator Root. Apparently, the G.
o. P. likes that kind.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08
Sam. Characteristics.

''wiIlie, do you know the domestic
birdsY
Eyes, ma'am."
Name one"
''The mule"
"No, no; the mule isn't bird"
"Our hired man says our mule u"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

Republican organs and spell-binders
will please note that the official figures
issued by the United States treasury
on Oct. 1st, show a deficit of s$5,91O,-
$50 for the fiscal year instead of a
surplus of revenue as is being reported
for partisan purposes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

Pierpont Morgan, type of the great,
est living enemy of the people whom
God loved because he made so many
of them, wants to be canonized, evil
IDENTITY in the hopes of making a trust
on heaven.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

Judge Gaynor congratulated John A
Dix on his nomination for governor by
the democrats Of New York, and If his
health permits he Will take the stump
for the ticket.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08
WilIinn to "a PI.a.ad.

'What can | do to please your
do you want to.real badY"
Honest 1 do"
Then go home and stay there
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

Hoarseness in a child subject to
Group is a sure indication of the ap.
proach of the disease. If Chamber.
lain's Cough Remedy is given al
once or even after the croupy cough
has appeared it will prevent the at,
tack. Contains no poison. Sold b,
all druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

In South Norwalk, conn, lives a he
roic young woman who played tennis
in hobble skirt. The natural conse,
quences followed. She fell down and
broke her leg. One is curious to
know if she has also broken the habit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

A New York man committed suicide
for the purpose of giving mis- wife a
chance to get a better husband. She
Will not have to look far.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08
Too Apt TO Break

Too Apt TO Break
Out.
do you know
Miss Fleighty 2"
Yes; she lives
in the fat above
me-"
she is a great
sin ger in her
mind"
I'm her mindi
Gracious, / wish
she would keep
more Of her sing
ing there"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

The republican state convention OF
Wisconsin condemned the Payne-Al-
drich tariff law, and mentioned the ma
tional administration in a disparaging
manner. VIII such insurgents be al
lowed to feed at the Taft pail?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08
THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. SATURDAY, OCTOBER

reduced the rates here, there and
yonder. but we kept the law a pro-
tective measure"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08
Works Both WaYa.

It's the little piled on little
That a fortune makes. and yet
Piling up the little driblets
Is what runs US into debt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08
Saturday. October 8, 1910.

? The government is advertising for
a xylotomist If you know a good one
tell him about It
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08
Anbiauoua.

Have some short cake. deHE
nade it myself"
IT thought you did"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

Ely, the Rock Island exposition fly
er, seems to have chased them all in
the big Chicago-New York fight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08
Less For Her.

"Beatem won't pay a thing unless he
has to- He has even been sued by the
tailor for his wedding suit"
His wife must feel awful about It"
"She does. His lawyer tells him he
will have to pay it."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

Never kick a man when he Il down
BE may be able to come back.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

Men never gossip. Still the married
woman usually begins hers with my
husband says"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

A bird In the hand IS worth $35 and
costs If it is in the closed season
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

Don't ask a woman's age. She might
ored illusion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

81 thought you told me your hus.
band had quit smoking?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08
, Hurnor and
J Philosophy
By DUNCAN ~. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

HE is a friend indeed who assures
your wife that you were just call.
ed out when she finds you not In youl
proper place at the Office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

Don't tell all you know. 1t may leave
you with lots of time on your hands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

Many people are proud to be able 10
trace their ancestry back to the May
flower, but sometimes we wonder how
the ancestors would feel about the
matter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

What this troubled old world needs
Fewer words and better deedss
Less of Thus and 50, shall you
Think and act and say and dos"
More Of How may be true2"
Less Of WranS1tng over text.
Less of creed and code perple71eds
More Of charity unve2ced.
Less Of shouting "I alone
Have the right to hurl the Stoner
More Of heart that will cOnd0ne.
Less Of ruling. ~t1ear. you must
Hold this tenet, wrong or Just"
More of patient, helpful trust
Less Of microscopic scan
Of the faults Of ferOwInan,
More Of brave. uplifting plan
Less of dogma; less pretenses
More belief that Providence
Sanctifes common sense.
More of chords Of kindness blent
Ger the CiscordS Of dissent.
Then will come great content
TO be good, and to do GOOD
Simple, plain, for him who would
A creed that may be understood
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08
Adhesive, but Bad.

"He may lose his reputation II he
doesn't look out"
HE can't"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08
His Way.

''Tbey read it to him every place he
goes"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08
The Argus Daily Short Story

Jothams Messenger-By Clarissa Mackie
Copyrighted. 1910. by Associated Literary Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

But l saw him smoking today"
"oh. that's his way of quitting"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-08

If some persons would spend az
much time In hard work as they spend
looking for soft snap they might az
ford pork chops three times a day.