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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-06
CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VII.
"HUT why should 1 stay here
* Why do you want me to
stay:"
- The countess was asking
Mr.. Devine these questions with as
much sincerity as if there could be no
possible reason why he should object
to her leaving Hewington Acres.
''Why-why, because you ought to,
because l want you to stay. Don't
you see? ] want you to stay"
For the better part Of the. day the
Cherub had been waiting for just this
opportunity Now that it had come
he stood staring at her with blank
baff1ed look in his blue eyes.
The countess glanced curiously at
him with a light laugh.
He had found her in her favorite
retreat, rustic summer house perched
on a little point of rocks which jutted
out into the sound and marked the
eastern boundary of the estate
Its very kind of you. Mr.. Devine,"
she said. I'm sure. but I don't feel
that 1 can accept such favor from
well. from a stranger, you know"
well get acquainted then"
But the countess firmly held to the
point. Hewington Acres was no long
er her home; therefore she must leave
It at once.
Perhaps it is mine. but don't
want the place." urged the Cherub.
ST just bought it for a joke. I'll tell
you what I'm going to do-Pm going
TO sell it back to your father. I'll let
it go cheap for the sake of getting rid
of it,
The countess shook her head at this
proposal. Father could not buy it
back" she said.
"Or l may rent it to him.
no; we must go away somewhere
and get another home-a home of our
own"
st believe it's just because I am
here that you're in such a hurry 70
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-06
A REGULAR Tom Bow

was climbing trees and fences
jumping bitches. whiting, always
getting scratches, cuts, sprains,
bruises, bumps. burns or scalds. But
lawsi Her mother just applied Buck
LENS Arnica Salve and cured her
quick. Heals everything healable-
boils. ulcers, eczema, old sores, corns
or piles. Try it, % cents at all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-06

BILE Compound. l.
was sick three
months and could
not walk. / suf-
fered all the time.
The doctors said /
could not get well
without an opera
ton, for / could
hardly stand the
pains in my sides,
especially my right
one, and down my
right leg. L began
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-06
DIR. n. B. Bartz & Co.

Rooms 400, 4O1 and 400. Peoples
National bank building. Corner
Second avenue and Eighteenth street,
Rock Island, Ill. Office hours from
8 a. m. to 5 p. m. daily. Wednesday
and Saturday a. m. to $50 p. m.
Sunday 10 to IL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-06
SYNOPSIS.

! CHAPTER I-"Cherub" Devine buys
country estate and on his first visit
discovers the presence there of a mys-
FERROUS woman. HE meets the wo-
man. who is revealed as the Countess
Vecchi, an American girl. Her husband
having deserted her, she is remaining at
the house whit her fainter, who former
iy owned the estate bought by Mr.. De-
vine. IIL-The countess informs De-
vine that the kind OF life he has led
dtspleases her. Her father talks in the
same vein. ". and V.-Devine invites
neighboring country folk to a supper
TO impress the countess and her father
but these two refuse to attend. VI
The countess fees from the house, but
Devine persuades her to return.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-06

Why did your grandmother boil dirty
clothes2 To soften and loosen the dirt.
That's the only way she knew. Now
Fels-Naptha soap will do the, loosening
better in cold or luk ewarm water.
Fels-Naptha is an invention, same as the
telephone or sewing machine.
The up-t o-date woman uses
Fels-Naptha because it saves her the trouble
of boiling clothes or heating water and
makes hard-rubbing unnecessary. Then
her clothes are fresher and cleaner than if
washed in the old-fashioned, boiling way.
Here's the way to do your white things
with Fels-Naptha: Soap, roll and let soak
a short time in cold or lukewarm water.
then rub lightly, rinse and hang on the
line. Try it once.
Be sure to follow directions on the
red and green wrapper.
NJ aSoRad
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-06
OFFER
IS EXTENDED
DR.. BARTZ EXTENDS HIS GREAT
OFFER TO THE SICK AND
WEAK.
FREE TREATMENT UNTIL CURED

Due to the great rush of pa
t1ents and the numerous special re-
quests received, asking for an extern
sion of the free treatment offer, due
to the fact that they have only re-
Gently begun TO realize the marvellous
results to be obtained from the use
of electricity when properly applied,
and being DESTROYS of adding at least
4 3 more new testimonials to his list
of cured, DR.. Bartz has concluded 20
extend his free treatment offer to
everybody calling for so days longer.
Dr. Bartz wants the true merits of
his successful treatment known to ev-
erybody and he don't know of any bet
ter way of introducing it than by Of
fering his services until cured abso-
lutely
FREE OF CHARGE
to all calling between, now and May
81. Many of you who have been
taking medicines and so-called
treatments for months will be ALSO
lutely cured by a few applications of
electricity-properly applied Very
chronic cases VIII require somewhat
longer time, but it makes no differ
ence, you win be treated free until
you can say am cured.
REMEMBER
Under no circumstances will DR..
Bartz accept a professional fee from
any patient applying between now
and May 81.
Among the diseases successfully
treated by Or. Bartz are diseases Of
the Nerves, Blood, Skin. Stomach, Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels, including
rheumatism, Constipation, Dyspepsia,
Indigestion, Gall Stones, Paralysis,
Weak Nerves, Epilepsy, Catarrh,
Goitre, Asthma. Eczema, Scrofula and
Diseases peculiar to both men and
women
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-06

My dear women these pictures speak for them
selves. Mrs. A Fes-Naptha soap in her washing
Mrs still sticks the DID, hardrubbng, boiling back
breaking way Which do you to look like when
Mondays work is done? Think it over"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-06

ped his wheel on the lawn, pulled
thin, black book from his pocket and
held out yellow envelope to Mr.. De-
vine,
Message for you," announced the
boy.
Well YOUNG man. Iou taks that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-06
WasCnred byLydiaE. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Elwood, Ind" Your remedies have
cured me and I have only taken six
bottles of Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-06

No need Of adding ammonia to the water for washing
sishes housekeeping make ct FesNapths
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-06

"DUT why should 1 stay hereI
* Why do you want me to
stay?"
- The countess was asking
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-06
Cherub
Devine
By
SEWELL FORD
- Copyright 1902 by Mitchell kenneriey e
By
SEWELL F(

- Copyright. 1909. by Mitchell kenneriey q
Arizona republican., 1910-04-22
ALASKA GROWN TO
 A GREAT COUNTRY
New Book by General Gree|y Tells Absorbing Wonder
 Tale of the North
PRIVATE CAPITAL WORKING niRYels
aesarkahIs Opportunity for Settlers and Eve1 Class of Business Nan Huu b
 Be Found Ia HeU Territory

i! nat Alaska IS country of possibili. | tes unsuspected, with resources that ars
 but scratched, and with enough territory 10 make six great states, each richer than any Argonaut's dream. is the bur i den of Major-General A. w. Greely's new Handbook of Alaska"
 It IS generally conceded that General ! Greedy knows as much, if not more than any other man about Alaska He ' states unequivocaily that agriculture is
 long-neglcctcd opportunity. and that 1 tile man who takes up homestead there now Tn either the Susitna. Panama or Copper River valleys is laying the foun- dation for comfortable fortune. As inc land laws with regard to homestead ing now stand. the path of the settler IS made both easy and pro6tabIc and the markets arc opening up rapidly While ! mining was unquestionably the medium for introducing Alaska to the nations, the bulk of its wealth in the future will
 be drawn from its coal. its farms. it's
 lumber and countless other resources. A country that cost seven millions and +ThsS SO far turned in to its purchasers
 over three hundred millions deserves
 well of Its owncrs. and that is but a fore Haste ot what Alaska can do. and will
 do. he coal in particular Is Of such
 infinite quantity and quality that even
 the vsuntcd Pennsylvania fields look
 mean by comparison, and when the cum
 bcrsomc and slow-moving governmental
 machinery can he induced to allow the
 coal to be used instead of usclessly
 locked in the earth, Alaska will develop
 at rate that will he measured in bil-
 lions instead Of millions. e
 General Greedy has set forth his sub
 ioot well. aud shows to what extent the berries in five weeks as far north as the
 Arctic Circle. can he depended upon to
 furnish returns. The Handbook of
 Alaska will 2o far to removing the silly beliefs that the country is 2 land of
 snow and ice, for. ss is shown. if IS nei,- fioncd as an incident that Juneau. the capital. Is n the same latitude as Edfu- hurgh, ard that the agricultural condi. tons arc precisely equivalent. and in sciuc cases superior to Norway and Sweden. Also in many cases the cour- try Is vastly ahead of the United States in its development. for it is dotted with wireless telegraph stations: is building railroads at the rate of miles a day; IS making permanent roads as fast ss possible: is attracting settlers in hordes and incidentally offering, under the in tclligent supervision of private capital, such opportunities as arc generally only dreamed S..s Private capital has already made vast new ocean port. Cordova, at cost of millions. and is pushing a railroad 10 the interior with giant strides. So far the government has been contcnt to sit by and watch some one else do the work. - f.s1-
 General CreeIy's book is a story of power and absorbing interest and dis counts many tale of adventure
Arizona republican., 1910-04-22
POTENT SLANG.

American slang dcplored by the pur ists and revered by literary anarchists remains the joy of the unregenerate reader. and waxes ever richer and more picturesque Its full value. however, has not been fully realized. says the Celeveland Dlaindealer. Sporting edit crs and short story writers have flung weird words with wild abandon. but only to vitaliZe anaemic English. or to entertain the reader with language puzzles.
 Ii remained for O. Henry to discover a new use for slang. And it is a seri- ous use. In one of his stories he makes of our most esoteric slang a national code. Two Americans want to com municate with each other in a Central American republic at a time when all telegrams are censored. They cannot use English or Spanish for fear of de- lection, and have no cipher prepared. So one of them telegraphs to the other in ''the great and potent code of slang" This is what he says:
 His nibs skedaddled yesterday per jackrabbit line with ali the coin in the kitty and the bundle of muslin he's spoony about. The boo6le is six figures short. Our crowd in good shape. but we need the spondulicks. You collar it. The main guy and the dry goods are headed for the briny. You know what to do.''
 Officials were unable to fathom this cryptic message. If you are a true American and understand your native tongue. you should have no difficulty with it. AS a sample of our inmost pathos. it is worthy of all admiration.
Arizona republican., 1910-04-22
Act 62.

The, Bisbee Miner complains that Cochise county will lose s1oo.000 fof revenue this year under the operation of law passed by the last legislature providing for the taxation of tele- graph. telephone and express com panies by the territory. the companies being required tp pay to the territory 2 tax of one pet cent on their gross receipts Such tax tu 'be in lieu of all other taxes upon the properties and business of said companies except such real estate as is owned and can be conveyed by such companies under the laws of this territory and not actually occupied in the exercise of it's franchises and not necessary in the proper operation of its business
 The Republican we believe has ncv- CT found occasion to defend any Of the acts of fine Twenty fifth legisla- ture which distinguished itself above all it's predecessors for vicious or ill considered Legislation, but it rises now to defend it against d charge of cor rupt influence in the matter of this particular taxing law. Act 62.
Arizona republican., 1910-04-22
FINANCE AND COMMERCE

New York. April 2l.-The market to- day was relieved to some extent by the active weakness which sent prices rapidly downward the day before. The profound dullness which overcome dealings at the advanced level of prices was a more striking feature than recovery itself and had the effect
 in begetting d distrust of the recuper-
 ative powers of the market. The de-
 mand which carried prices up was
 ascribed to the-bear element in spe- f rculation. which had been selling stocks
 freely since the opening of the week.
 and which saw their profits accrued
 on short side by buying. The rubber
 craze in London and the imitation ef
 credits presumably accompanying it
 are believed to be related to the soli-
 citude manifested by the Bank of
 England to continue it's accumulation
 of gold reserves. Ths Controllers ab-' stract of national bank reports on
 March 2? disclosed heavily expanded
 state bank loans over the country.
 The increase in the loan item since January 31 reaches S202.5S9,719, New
 York clearing house banks being responsible for but s23,336.do0- increase in the same period In comparison
 with a year ago it shows loans have increased for the whole country si6S,- 9S2,325. while legal tender holdings have been reduced to $i5,G61 .401. Heavy requirements are thus revealed and the interior banks are held to ac- count for. the spirit of reserve mani- fested in the money market at the pres ent time. Bonds heavy; total sales. sl.- 9oS.ooo. United States bonds unchanged.
Arizona republican., 1910-04-22

It is the impression of the Miner that the bill was ipstigated by the companies affected and that it was enacted knowingly for the benefit of such corporations. which the Miner er- roneously understands. maintained a lobby at the capital to stimulate it's enactment
 There were two classes of bad leg islation turned out by the Twenty fifth. One kind was intended to be bad and the other kind was as we have said. i'll considered Act 62 be- longs to the latter kind. The corpo- rations did not seek the passage of this act but actively opposed it in it's original form. Their opposition was not wholly withdrawn when the tax on the gross business was reduced to one per cent of it
 It was not suspected by the chief supporters of the bill that it would deprive the cities and counties of any other tax which had previously been assessd against the companies except the license tax which was generally much less than would be raised by Act @. The effect of the legislation might have been suspected by attorneys for the corporations but probably was not un- til after the bill became law. IL was some months afterward when the attorneys for the Consolidated Tele- phone company announced the discov- cry of it's immunity from municipal and county taxation.
 After all it cannot be said. that as a revenue measure it is a bad law It probably raises more money than the would otherwise have had to pay. At least the express and tel cgraph companies pay more and the telephone companies pay probably as much as before
 But it was an ill considered law which the legislature would not have passed if it had foresccn that ihc rev. enuc to be received by the territory was to be wholly diverted from the counties and municipalities
Arizona republican., 1910-04-22
CATTLE AND SHEEP.

Chicago. April 21.-Cattle receipts were estimated at 5000: market steady. shade lower. Reeves. $5.60m S.45; Texas steers. S47Od6.I5: west ern steers. S490d675; stockers and feeders. S3.75@6.5o; cows and heifers, s215d7.25: calves. S6.10MS.-j
 Hogs-Receipts were estimated at l2.000: market 5c higher. Light. sS.S5 09.S0; mixed, $S.S5M9.S0: heavy. sS.S5 M9.25; rough. sS.S5d9: good to choice, s9G910: bulk of sales. S9.05M9.20.
 Sheep-Receipts were estimated at 10000: market steady. shade lower. Native. s4.50G S.30; western, s5MS.S0; yearlings. S1.25G S.79; lambs. native. s1.75m9.15; western. SSM10
Arizona republican., 1910-04-22
RExAlL FLEMISH SOAP

Is specially designed Soap which contains medicinal virtues hitherto uncombined with an ideal TOILET SOAP. It produces a rich creamy father. makes the skin soft and pliable. and leaves it in a health ful and natural condition.
 MEDICINAllY IL is Recommended For all skin irritation, as an anti septic, germ and microbe' killer. and a safeguard against contagious skin diseases, it has no equal. Be con vipced by trying one bar. and you will use no other Sold by the
Arizona republican., 1910-04-22
M ETAUS.

New York-StanJard Copper firm today, spot closing. s12.47is ets12.75: April s12.50@ s12.75: May, sI2.45m sIa75: June, sI2.50ms1275. London. firm spot, 2 56 15s; futures, e57 1ss. Arrivals 114o tons. No exports today. Local dealers quote Lake s12.75I 1900: electrolytic, s12.62tS @1295; and Casting, s12.5oM s1262Is.
 Tin. firm; spot, s3S.15d 33.45; April. s3S.2oQS3.40; May, s3s.25@3s.35; June. s3325@33.4o; July, s33.321s 33.5o.
Arizona republican., 1910-04-22
FL PASO TIMES SOLD.
A Syndicate Takes It Over for About
 S150,0OO.

Fl Paso, Texas, April 1.-The Fl Paso Morning Times. one of the oldest and most influential papers in the southwest. was sold today for Sl50.00o to stock company headed by Thomas O'Keefe The Times was founded thirty years ago by Captain Juan :. Hart, who continued in own ership until today.
Arizona republican., 1910-04-22
Mark Twain.

Death robbed the world of great
 deal of sunshine yesterday evening
 when he removed Mark Twain. the
 greatest humorist of his own time
 and perhaps the greatest of all time
 beginning with Aristophanes. Beyond
 that We cannot wander with certain
 ty in the field of humor
 Such humor as that of Mir. Clemens
 could proceed only from a loving
 heart It was never tinged with bit terness save when Mir. Clemens sought
 to robuke a folly. when it took the form of ridicule ...s.s--.
 His humor occupied happy middle ground between the grotesque and al- most vulgar. and the exceeding subtle and elusive. His work from the be- ginning with "Innocents Abroad" which appeared forty years ago was distin- Suished by a literary style which steadily became more finished in his still later works. Mir Clemens was carly recognized as producer of classics and his place in literature w2s assured.
 Speaking of his literary style it was subjected 10 a curious variation, in his Memoirs of Joan of Arc" which appeared first as a serial, the name of whose author was withheld A fine biographical style De prevails throughout which alone attracted wide attention together with the rcputed discovery of much new matter con- corning the Maid of orleans
 Now and then the accomplished biographical style suffered an up- hesval which set conjecture as to what was beneath, in Inotion- As the work proceeded these upheavals be- | came more and more frequent until i tho inimitable style Of Mark Twain i prevailed
 No other with the possible excep- ton of Dickens has spoken to such ! a broad and mixed audience. intelli- i SibIy and acccptably to all it's cle- i mcnts. The scholars of the world l long years ago enthroned MT. Clemens | among them and have embraced all | occasions to do him honor Here was q man, without the advantages at the outset of his career. of liberal edu- cation. starting from the unpromising station of newspaper reporter in wild western mining camp, set on the highest pinnacle of contemporary lit- crary fame.
 Yale and oxford universities hon. ored themselves by conferring degrees upon him.
 His companionships were as varied as the classes of his readers and as his own literary talents. He enjoyed the intimate friendship of the King Of England and of H H. Rogers of the Standard Oil company, as well as that of the foremost scholars of his age.
 sunny to us as this life seems there were dark periods for Mark Twain. impoverished by an unfortunate busi- ness venture in the middle eighties. ike Scott he was compelled to devote ; . green old age to the serious busi- i' ness of paying his debts
 His life was especially dark as it lrcw near the close. A few months ago , le walked into the edge of the Valley { 'f the Shadow in the company of his 'ounsest daughter who went on. He las followed to the great sorrow of ( lis countrymen, Of the English speak ns world. of the people of all lan- , 5uagcs into which English is trans ated-,
Arizona republican., 1910-04-22

English maket. firm: spot closing. ( 151. 10s.; futures, e152. los.
 Lead, easy; spot S4.S5T440 for New York and $4.20@4.e5 for East St. Louis. London wac unchanged. SIP, 12s 6d
 Spelter, weak: spot s5.45G65.55 for New York and $5.25@ 5.321. for East G2l 5sde22 5s
Arizona republican., 1910-04-22
STOCKS.

Almagamated. 15M: SIsciti6g. S2,s; santa Fe. tf5; St. Paul. 143i.; New York Central. I22Hs: Pennsylvania, 1853; Reading. 1e4H: Espec. l26N :: Union Pacific, 1852: Steel. Sih Pre- ferred. 121; silver. 53?: Mexicans. A.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-30
Country Property
SEE
III L 8 f
SSEIE
ABOUT / t

10000 Acres Farm Lands, tilla,
BILE, loamy soil. Coast side, 3
hours ride from Los Angeles;
25-inch rainfall, flowing river.
A good sized village, 22-room
hotel. Several sets OF farm
buildings all go in-$20 per acre.
5000 Acres of Alfalfa Land in
tracts to suit, from SIS to $50
per acre. This is perfect soil
water lift for irrigation only 20
feet, and lots of it. This land is
surrounded by highly improved
farms, alfalfa fe1ds>and orchards
which are not for sale at many
times the price quoted. Near
County Seat of one of the best
localities in the San Joaquin val
ley.
Lemon Grove-Ten acres fine
Young trees; with it goes 10 acres
of splendid citrus land, highest
class for any purpose. Is but i
miles from electric car line; price
S4O0 per acre, which is 500 I'M
der surrounding values. Can be
had on easy terms.
200 acres of Bean and Grain
Land, in the neighborhood OF
Somis, in Ventura county-$4O
per acre.
These are within 80 minutes of
Los Angeles by rail.
Two and One-Half Acres, inn
proved with fruit trees, alfalfa
patch, chicken corral, good barn
and fouu-room house, almost
new, gravity water all piped.
Price, if taken quickly, $3.50.
Ten Acres Fine Alfalfa, fruit,
garden all bearing, small house
and barn, good horse, COW,
chickens, wagon, farm imple-
ments, Is tons hay-all for $45OO.
a Acres, Excellent Soil, level as
a floor; gravity water-$9OO.
Ten Acres, with water piped; ;
groom house, with bath and corr
crete cellar; barn, g hen houses,
6O-foot brooder house, incubators
OF 1000 capacity-$3500
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-30

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