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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
New Books at the
Public Library

y
( The following list of new books
has been received at the public
library and will be ready for circula-
ton Saturday morning:
Women in Industry Edith Abbott.
American Academy of Political and
Social Science. Chinese and Japanese
III America.
Conservation of Natural Resources.
Lost Borders-Mrs. NJ H. Austin.
Fantasy of the Mediterranean-S. G.
Payne
= Volunteer With Pike-R. A. Ben
net
Daphne in FitzrOy street-E. n.
Bland
Handy Mans WORKSHOP and Labora-
tory-A r. Bond
Shakespearean Tragedy-A. C. Brad
ley.
The Involuntary Chaperon-Mar-
garet Cameron.
Travels of Four Years and Half
in the United States, 1798-1S02-John
Davis.
Diamond Master-Jacques Futrelle
Labrador, the Country and the Peo-
pIe-W T. Grenfell.
Landscape Painting-Birge Harri-
son.
a Lady Of the Old Regime-E. F.
Henderson.
The Image of Eve-Mrs. NJ. s. B.
Hopkins.
When She Came Home From Col
lege-M. K Hurd
Tbpv and IT Jerome
Miracles of Anti-Christ - Selma
Lagerlof.
Letters From G. G.
Margarita's Soul-Ingraham Lowell.
Through the Wall-Cleveland Moi
felt
Manual for China Painters-Mrs. N.
Nonachesa
History of Colonization-H. C. Nor
ris.
Old Clinkers-H. J. O'Higgins.
REGULATIONS for Assembly and Class
room-A. T. L. O'Neill.
Napoleon's MarshaIs-R. B. Dunn
Pattison.
Popular Mechanics Shop Notes, 1909.
American Inland Waterways-Her-
Lert Quick.
The Girl Who Earns Her Own Liv-
irg-A. s. Richardson.
MISUNDERSTANDING. G. D. Roberts.
Florentine Frame-Elizabeth Robins.
Flute of the Gods-Mrs. NJ. E. NJ.
RYAN.
American Poultry Culture-R. B.
Sando
Lincoln's Birthday-H. H. schauftier.
Price of Lis Doris. M. w.
Schwartz
The Speaker, Volume 4.
Equal Suffrage-H ]. Sumner.
Castle by the Sea-H. B. NJ. Watson.
Wares of EdgefieId-E. o. White.
The Observation-Disclosures Worth
Books for Children.
Boys on the Railroad.
Lass of the Silver Sword-M. G.
Du Pois.
A Son of the Desert-Bradley Gill
man.
Manuel in Mexico-Mrs. E. A. Nc
Donald
Story Land-CIara hurry.
Boys Life of Ulysses Grant
Nicolay.
The Boy With the U. S. Survey
Francis WheelerRolt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25

tering the frailties OF persons long
dead. She wanted him to fight fight
and come out victorious.
I'VE could be married at once said
Hayward. rising and going to her with
outstretched hands.
She placed her hands in his. I'VE
could" she SAID slowly.
do you mean it, darling?" he cried
ecstatically.
"Yes. Robin"
Five minutes later he was on his
way to the door. II am sure Latham
will want the whole thing. You know.
he is writing a history of the French
courts. and this will be find for
him." He paused abruptly as bis
glance encountered the stern visage Of
Edith's grandfather I'm its gilded frame
near the door.
That sturdy American pioneer, Sim
con Layton, had asked no odds Of any
century save his own. No other hands
had helped to pile up the immense for
tune that arose like a barrier between
Hayward and the girl he loved. High
ideals, hard work, pluck and steady APP
plication had made him a model citi-
zen and a rich man.
With a sudden arevulsion Of feeling
Hayward looked away from the por-
trait to Edith standing before the fire.
She always wore her plainest gowns
when Robin came, and now, standing
there In her simple white dress, with
his modest ring shining alone on her
slender hand. she seemed very near
within his reach. He would win her
by work alone Every dollar that he
earned might pull down dollar of
that great wall of wealth that stood
between them.
81 can't do IT," he said brusquely.
With a single stride he was beside her,
and the kings autograph letter futtered
from his hand and fell into the FIRE. In
an instant it was licked into flames
and then Jew. a gray ghost, up the
chimney.
81 was sure you'd do that, Robin"
she said. leaning her head against his
Bhoulder And now, If you Ike,
viii marry you any timer
Dearest. l cannot let you. I shall
be poor for a year to come, and you
will miss all this" He flung his hand
toward the richly furnished room. II
must work hard and make you a for
tune and then
you will work hard and build your
fortune. and II viii be your appren-
tice We VIII work together Think
how sweet that will be"'
"And we will keep the brass box for
a mascot" he said.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25

prove the literary sensation or a Ire
time.
He had but TO go forth and say: See
what l have found in an old brass box
picked up in an auction room 1t is
q monarch's autograph letter to his
sweetheart. 1t is as simple and pure
in its tender sentiment as a letter that
you or l or any other commoner might
write, and yet it contains "a secret
which the world would snatch at ca
gerry, q mystery for which historians
have probed in vain. a doubt which
has inspired a mighty volume of spec
ulation! 1t is here. How much am l
offered ?"
If he published his fiud to the world
It meant riches to him. 1t meant more
than enough to marry upon and be
happy. Edith had waited two years
for him to make good the promise OF
his brilliant college career. Another
year or so of upward struggle and he
would have arrived at his desired goal.
But If in those years he might have
Edith by his side,
If he published the letter he had
found in the brass box lie would be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25

in reputable theatre. The demand
fer seats is so great that the sale is
already six weeks in advance. This
play is a clever comedy. taken from
the French with practically. all its
original suggestiveness and with only
such notifications as have been neces-
sary to make the characters and
| scenes American.
Every New York newspaper of con-
sequence. some of which often are
tolerant of salaciousness on the stage,
| scored this play without reservation.
1t was denounced as utterly unfit for
decent persons, more especially decent
women, TO witness. Yet the regular
Broadway crowd is going to the thea
tre, and it is said that the audiences
have their usual quota of seemingly
respectable women.
Who is primarily to blame for this
exhibition? The manager cannot be
accused of making a preference of a
grossly immoral play for the sake of
making money. In fact he is only
making up for the loss of about $780,
600 in trying to make New York ac-
cept masterful spectacular drama
U6SSu On DUH al L lSI-Lu . tug
ress." The press has done it's part in
warning the public against the indie
cent comedy But the public, which
would not accept the religious specta-
Gle, has accepted this warning as an
invitation to see the very thing as
sailed by the newspapers.
Clearly in this instance, as in nearly
every instance of salacious stage pro-
auctions, the public is the chief of
fender, for the public has within itself
the absolute cure of the evils of the
theatre. just as it has it within its
power to force managers to produce
only that which is not only clean, but
ed:fying as we'll
But the law ought to have some
thing to do with the case when both
managers and the public fail in their
regard for common decency. The law
cannot compel anyone to support de-
cent drama, but it can prevent the pro
ductiOn of indecent plays 1t might
as we'll be accepted that in time
American cities viii become as toler-
ant of uncleanliness in the theatre as
Ferris and Berlin long have been I'M
less there is some form of censorship, |
some kind Of lawful intervention on
behalf of the national standard of
stage morality.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25

! II was valuable as = souvenir Of the
/ most famous woman of her time.
With his penknife he idly scraped
clean the tracery of little circle
drawn on one end of the box. 1t was
perhaps quarter of an inch in diam
eter, and in the center of the circle
was a dot. The circle and the dot
formed part of a similar decoration
that ran around the ends and sides
of the box.
AS he worked 1t appeared to Hay
ward that this circle was different
from its fellows: the line was more
I deeply indebted than the light tracery
of the others As he realized this the
young man pursued his labors until
the point Of fine blade could be in
serted to the depth of an eighth of an
inch in the aperture.
Examination of the other end of the
box revealed the same conditions in
the center circle of the row. After
diligently cleaning the second circle
Hayward now had before him what
appeared TO be a small round rod run
ming from one end Of the box TO the
other, yet so tightly wedged in as to
DS Illlilo Fable 10y tItliluiS lucille. ne
purpose of this rod was yet to be de
termined. Its presence there convinced
him that the box was indeed n box.
He placed it in his wise and with
hammer and tools prepared to force
the rod out Of the box. 1t was long
after midnight when it suddenly yield
sd to his efforts and fell to the floor.
Hayward picked it up and carried it
to the laap. 1t was a small steel
cylinder four inches IN length. capped
on either end by the circle of brass.
1t was The work of another hour 10
pry out the rusted cap from one end
and reveal a hollow cavity.
From the cavity there dropped a
small roll of stiff parchment, yellowed
with age and much creased and worn.
Hayward's fingers trembled as he I'M
folded with revercDt fingers this mis-
sive that had come so strangely to him
out Of a dead century.
His face paIed as he saw the royal
crest that topped the sheet and the
kingly signature that followed the fine
ly written words The letter was in
French, and as he read the tender. en-
dearing epithets to this woman whom
a king had loved Hayward realized
that into his alien hands had fallen
great secret which, If revealed. with
its hint of plot and counterpart, w2ul.d
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
Losing Its Terrors."

The staid old iron-clad republican
newspaper, the Indianapolis Star, &C
tualIy suggests government owner
ship as a possible solution of some
of the present day evils. In an edi-
torial entitled Losing It's Terrors,'
the Star says:
Intensely devoted as they are to
the individualistic philosophy, the
American people have been inclined
TO look upon government ownership
as the last extremity of industrial and
economic freedom. Especially when
they contemplate the inefficient ser
vice official administration often
gives and the political abuses to
which bureaucracies and armies of
government employees SO readily lend
themselves, does it seem better to
bear the ills we have than to fly to
others that we know not of. In this
spirit an Indiana contemporary OBJ
serYes: Perhaps after Uncle Sam
gets a postal savings bank established
In every town he will then set up a
printery, o bakeshop, a meat market
and 3 grocery alongside of il. More
than that, when It becomes generally
known how poorly the postal depart
ment is managed few people Will
want to trust their savings with tho
institution anyway But the Amer
lean people will welcome government
ownership, both local and national,
the momentit develops that the grea7
public utilities can not be controlled
In any other way. In New York city
oue of the most noteworthy of Mayor
GaynoT's new and popular policies IS
municipal ownership of street car sys-
tens. If a combination of the West
ern Union and Postal Telegraph prop
critics should be made so as to elm
mate competition and defy Legislative
control. the proposal of government
ownership would become a tenablc
end not at ali horr:fying thing When
ever 4 public service corporation be
comes a monopoly and controls iegis-
laticn, local or national, It is inviting
government ownership in the strong
est possible way. It is better for the
government to own the railroads and
banks than for the banks and the rail-
roads to own and run the govern
ment.''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
Keep OF This Air.

Justice NJ II. Kammelhor of Cedar
Grove, n. J.. hearing that an aviator
OF Patterson contemplated a trial
flight in the vicinity of his home, has
had erected near his house a 10-foOt
sign reading as follows: ''AI avia-
tors are hereby warned not to fly their
machines over this house under penal
ty OF Imprisonment The judge in
sists that he owns above his property
to the sky and below to the center of
the earth. The aviator in question
has laughed at the sign and an anus
ing contest is expected.
When the court hands down its de-
cision this juctice will probably find
that his title is in the land and its
reasonable use and not. in the sky
above and the earth beneath. If the
Question ever becomes one Of practi-
eel Importance the courts will decide
it according to the demands OF pros
resS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
A Startling
Statement
New York Medical Authorities
Claim Dyspepsia to Be Pre-
Disposing Cause of
Consumption.

The post norton statistics of the
big New York hospitals show that
some cases of consumption are due.
at least indirectly. to unchecked dys-
pepsia, especially when the victim
was predisposed to tuberculosis.
Dyspepsia wears out the body and
brain. The weakened, irritable stom-
ach, being unable to digest food, the
body does not receive the required
nourishment, and the victim becomes
thin, weak and haggard. AS a result,
the body becomes a fertile field in
which the germs of disease may lodge
and flourish.
Therefore, the person who permits
dyspepsia to progress unhindered is
guilty of contributing toward the de-
velopment of one of the most insid-
ious and fatal diseases known to man
kind
Dyspepsia may be completely Grad
icated if properly treated. We sell
a remedy that we positively guaran-
tee will completely relieve indiges-
ton or dyspepsia. or the medicine
used during the trial will cost the
user nothing.
/ This remedy has been named Rex
AL Dyspepsia Tablets Certainly no
of6er could be more fair, and our Of
fer should be proof positive that
RexhlI Dyspepsia Tablets are a de-
pendsble remedy.
Inasmuch as the medicine will
cost you nothing If it does not bene-
fit you, eve urge you who are suffer-
ing ithAindigestion or dyspepsia to
try Rexalt Dyspepsia Tablets. A %
cent box contains enough medicine
for Is days. treatment. For chronic
cases we have two larger sizes, so
cents and 500. Remember you can
obtain Rexall Remedies in Rock Is
land only at dur store-the Rexall
store The Thomas Drug company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25

81 CAN'T DO IT." HE SAID FRANKLY.
rich. They could be married imme-
diately. Not one man in a hundred
would have hesitated. yet Robin Hay
ward did. lie was the exceptional
man.
He carried this problem. as he had
many others, TO Edith herself. The
next evening found him explaining
his purchase of the brass box and the
wonderful secret it contained.
Edith Layton brooded over the royal
love letter with tender eyes.
THAT is real love, Robin" she said
at last. "The poor woman must have
treasured the letter. See how it is
worn and creased with much reading.
She could never bear to part with it,
and so she had this box made with
the secret cylinder in which to con-
ceal her precious possession. She
would not have dared, keep it other
wise, and possibly she hoped it would
be buried with her"
Hayward nodded. "SheN died sud
denly, you know"
"She probably did not realize that
she might be leaving the letter for
pOSI6TlIy 10 SCOn at i Know you Ieel
just as 1 do, Robin. If it wound do
any good to the world If it taught a
lesson or added to the worlds litera-
ture-but it does MOI! What shall you
do with ftp" Hef question came di.
rectly at him, as he knew it would
come. Her clear gray eyes sought hts
anxiously, as If she doubted whether
he might withstand the temptation.
Hayward stiffened in his chair. 81
am tempted to sell it for money, for a
price that will enable me to offer you
a home worthy of you. That is what
1 want to do he said bluntly.
She made no reply. She knew the
temptation that assailed him, and she
knew the struggle he was making
against his better principles.
No man had greater pride in the
fruits of his personal endeavor than
Robin Hayward. She wanted him to
prove his capabilities. not to purchase
an easy road to fortune through bar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
Won't Need a crutoh.

When Editor J. P. Sossman OF Cor
nelius, N. c., bruised his leg badly, it
started an ugly sore. Many salves and
ointments proved worthless. Then
Bucklen's Arnica Salye healed 1t thor
oughly. Nothing is so prompt and sure
for ulcers, boils, burns, bruises, cuts,
corns, sores. pimples, eczema or piles.
25 cents at ell druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25

The senate committee charged with
the duty of investigating the cost of
living will. report in its own sweet
time It would not do for the commit
tee to report at a moment following
disclosure of the fact that American
beef is sold on the markets of Lon
don more cheaply than here, and that
eggs imported from abroad, a duty OF
cents a dozen, insurance, transpOrta-
ton and all other charges paid, were
sold in New York at a profit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
Decided Against Him.
"She is a decided blond"
Decided ] should say So"

A few minutes delay IN treating
some cases Of Group. even the length
of time It takes to go for a doctor,
often proves dangerous The safest
way II to keep Chamberiain's Cough
Remedy in the house, ana at the first
Indication of Group give the child a
dose. Pleasant to take and always
cures. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
Feb. IS in American
History

1916 - Charles Coles worth Pfnckney,
statesman, born; died 1925.
1863 onscription bill for men be-
tween the ages of eighteen and
fOrty-five years passed by the
United States congress.
1896 Rear Admiral Joseph Fyfe. q.
S. ", retired. died: born 1892.
190T-ArchibaId Clavering Gunter. nov
elist and playwright, died; born
1913
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
Feeding His Vanity.

The amateur performer
Who makes an awful hit
Where only friends can listen
And laud his skill and wit
Imagines could he only
Secure a chance to play
That he would make some others
Look like a bale of hay.
In dreams he sees his picture
Stuck on a billboard tall.
In dreams he sees the people
Come in and crowd the hall.
In dreams he sees thefcritics
Sit in their seats and smile
And say TO one another,
at last a man worth while"
And so in airy fancy
He goes from height to height
And leaves the people screaming
In spasrns of delight.
II he could just get some one
To hear him for HIS cause
There would be nothing doing
But dollars and applause.
That's how he feels about II,
But he's a lucky guy
II no one hears his pleadings
Nor books him for n try.
For. oh. Il would be painful
For those who paid to lookl
So let US draw the curtain
Before they get the hook.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
Notice to Contractors

Sealed proposals will be received at
the city clerks office until O'Clock
p. m. Monday, March z, 1910, for build
ing a coal shed at water works pump
ing station. Plans on file in my Office.
Work will be paid for within 10 days
after same is accepted by city council.
The city reserves the right to reject
any or all bids. NJ. T. RUDGREN,
City Clerk.
Rock Island. Ill, Feb. %. 1910.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
Unreasonina.

'1ave you a good landlordT
Maybe he is good. but ! don't like
him"
"No?"
NO, don't"
'Why?"
"He seems to have a fool idea that
money should be used to pay rent
with"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
Tax Notice.

To the Taxpayers of the City of
Rock Island: You are hereby notified
that your taxes are now due. have
the books at my Office, 1872 Third ave
nue.. Office hours, from a. m. to
D m: Wednesday and Saturday even.
lngs from 7 to $3.50.
JOHN T. NOFTSKER,
Collector.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25

att seems as though I had met you
beforer' exclaimed the large. effusive
woman to the retiring young man she
had Just been introduced TO at a social
function"
"Shr' said the young man. leaning
closer and whispering I'm her ear.
Don't mention Il. I am the collector
for an installment house"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25

It's fairly safe prediction that
more money and human lives will be
spent on aviation this year than ever
before. At that, the casualty list may
not be large, considering the extent
of the sport and its novelty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25

The kingdom of Prussia faces a
deficit of s50,O0O.OOO owing to in
creases In the salaries of public Office
holders. Prussia must be trying to
establish reputation as the politi-
clans paradise
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25

The St. Louis Times notes that
England's three social classes may
yet be duplicated in the United States
by the sirloin steakers, the round
steakers and the chuck steakers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25

HOL. THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Il is now sailing down the waters
OF the Nile on his way to Khar
tum. The trip is being made in
leisurely fashion on the launch of the
sirdar oil Egypt, which is shown in the
accompanying illustration. With the
former president, of course, are his
son Kermit and the scientists who
have been helping him to collect speci-
mems Of the fauna of East Africa. The
itinerary gives them ample opportu-
nifty to see the many historic places
along the river north of Gondokoro.
where they boarded the steamer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
Saecharine.

''You stuck up things.'
you're mad"
About WHAT"
"'Cause you amt stuck up"
"'Tisn't nice"
"'Tis too. 1t is a tany pull"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25

Chancellor Lloyd-George is almost
as popular in England as Roosevelt
and Bryan are in this country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
Wanted 70 Know.

"I am a married man, and do ex-
actly as l please around the house"
"You doT'
81 do"
as it a bull pup or a terrier that
makes your bill for furnishings 80
large?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25

Boost the town. Make it greater
and bigger in every sense.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25

China is planning to spend seven
years in reOrganizing its navy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
The Public ana. the Play.

A certain Now YORK manager is of
ferins what is regarded as the most
indecent play ever given in that city
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
Neees.arx Attachment.

''You ought TO have Japs do youI
houseworls. They are fine"
'I would but for one thing"
prejudice"
"No. / have no house."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
With Tools,

Even sight wonderful as 1t is. IL
limited. You can't see round a cor
ner."
mo. but can saw round one"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
Defined.

"what is a skepticT'
"a skeptic?"
yes"
"a chap that won't believe It when
he is hungry"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25

Boost the town. Not only let it
grow, but make it grow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25

Don't have any difference Of opinion
with a woman who isn't afraid Of
mouse
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
Keeps IL BUSY.

''He has lots Of nerve"
eyes; I wonder what he does with
It."
"Galls the neighbors."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
Least Resistance.

Speak gently. e Is better far
And Il is no disgrace.
1t may not get you what you want.
But IL will save your face.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
HunOr and
Philosophy
3y DUNCAN RI. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

WHEN man has gloriously blown
in his last cent he may be worth
nothing. but he does not feel cheap.
Happiness is best appreciated when
the tooth suddenly stops aching.
Some men live for those who love
them not. that the non-lovers may be
kept most uncomfortable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25
THE ARGUS.

BY THE J. w. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-25

He, is a clever person. indeed, who
can make any excuse good.