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The evening world., 1911-12-05
Hed0eVille
Editor
BY Jo n L. Ho bible

Al ISIS WAITS, who has twice attempt
IVA ed L commit suicide, liz now
ried and out OF danger.
IKE REYNOLDS says that as o
IL as a man learns how T. eat a club
sand witch he thinks he IL fitted for
society.
XYTIMMIN was put here to prepare
w man for the -companlonship ov
angels In the Hereafter.
D EV. FROST says that there IL very
~ few ov u prominent business men
who would do a dishonest thins except
IN . business way.
GEORGE DOLE says his wife can
~ think out more ways OF gettin'
mnasy from him than any woman he
hao ever bean married To.
The evening world., 1911-12-05
The Days
Good Stories
Tbs Climbers Fate.

'hoN a slot drcssmakins estahlishmsnt 0D~
nIs stop, A social climber who nd vsy
n,ady reached the pinnacle u her d0tres by
slo'essfilly manoeuyrins for an invitation - 4
bs wedding. gave an order for . handsome Qvn
TO he finished by the 25th.
! cannot possibly undertake the ~orier," snid
the dres>maker. We are rushed 10 death on q
complete outfit that must be ready On that Aate."
AZ that moment a .oung woman came out Il
me ttting rrom and before the dre<smAksr osuh
interfere the climber had accosttd her.
tNerythlnx my entire future social Ne =.
ponds upon the impression | make at INST we'd
iins she tsggei %tearfully. The invitation w.
obtained At the cost Of much peFsonAl sacrfipo 81
!he, part ~ a friend who artei as intermediary
do not even know the brsie. and I shatl bs
Judged by her aud her friends for all tims T. NJ
appearance the day " the wedding. mual hSN
hst dress, Put your sewing of for another veak"
! should Ike to accommodate you." ~ tn
Young woman, but DO not zee how II = uos.
2ble, ! am the bride. PHILADELPHIA Teleneuk.
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AS "ob VIM " hoep las "a
- Three hours out OF Dry Bot
;om he had struck the Ute trail and was
oping his pony through a cottonwood
that skirted the river. II was an en-
,hanted country through which he rode:
, land OF vast distances. OF white sun
light, blue skies and clear, pure air.
Mountains rose In the distances, their
snowcapped peaks showing above the
clouds like bald rock spires above the
calm level Of the sea.
Over the mountains swan the sun, Its
lower rim slowly disappearing behind
the peaks. throwing OFF broad white
shafts Of light that soon began to dim
e. vari-colors. rising In q slumberous
hass like a gauze veil. mingled with
thsmA
Ferguson looked upon the world with
unsee!ng eyes. He had lived here long
ana the country had not changed. 1t
would never change. Nothing ever
changed here but the people.
But he himself a not changed.
Twenty-seven years In this country was
a Ions time. for here life was not mea-
cured by age. but by experience. Look
Ing back over the years he could see
that he was living to-day as he had
lived last year. as he had lived during
the last decade-a lard life. but having
III C0mpenSaLoHb.
His coming to the Two Diamond ranch
was merely another of those incidents
that. during he past year. had broken
the monotony OF range life for him. He
had had some success in breaking up a
band Of cattle thieves which had made
existence miserable for Sid Tucker. his
employer, and the latter had recon-
mended him to Stafford.
The promise OF high wages had been
attractive. and so he had come. He
had not expected to surprise n one,
When during his conversation with the
tall man In Dry Bottom he had dis
covered that the latter was the man for
whom he was to work he had been
surprised himself. But no had no re-
yealed his surprise. Experience and
association with men who kept their
emotions pretty much to themselves
had taught him the value of repression
when IN the presence of Others.
But alone he allowed his emotions full
play. There was no one to see, no one
- hear. and the silence and the dis.
tances, and the great, swimming blue
sky would not tell.
Stafford's action In coming to Dry
Bottom for a gunfighter had puzzled
him not a little. Apparently the Two
Diamond manager vas intent upon the
death OF the rustler he had mentioned
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fishing Co. rrhe New York World.
Time TO Knock Anybody Else!
The Old Deck Is Plenty Good for a
New Deal
when a Man can Break the ProMtse
that he Makes to Himself. ,oitAouf
Sensing a Bad Taste on his Mental
Palate, why, he's Gone!
AZ the Same Time you're Pooling the
Knockers you can also Fatten your
Average!
Better to Live It Down than to fAe
OF H.
some OF as never Get In Right until
we Have II out with Ourselves!
\ Man who has Turned Forty hates
to Admit hat his Speed has Slackensd
almost as much as a woman hates 70
Acknowledge her Agel
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''
Glass uiH Tell
you pho to Blame
II On!
We've Made a
Lot OF Bad Breaks
In Acting upon tho
Presumption that
ALL Advice Is
GOOD.
The Man who Is
his own Severest
Critic has No
The evening world., 1911-12-05
Sspy4sht. 1911. by the Outing Publishins
Company

0YeNOPsIs OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
FWd Ferguson, q young cowboy out Of a Job.
p Known as a two gun man.. from the fact that
a. frontier town Of 'Dry Bottom" he o%u;shoots
9 crack marksman and thus attracts the notice q
I sssdo'd, s,s %sass1 e. e s.. me t,o TsS P by aS aps ssttis
.~rastler' (cattle thief and hirr Ferguson to
s, ,sn a sS the csms ,0s % r.. i, ,n = .r,a9 TS d In,, Fer, Fer;
and apply for work. The other men Of The out
ft" Ao not TO know he 10 looking for the rusuer.
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How He ESCAPED.

:sy UNDERSTAND" lys .ls s,~,is; Q~-
spondent to the long. lsnk, bswhAHerSA
native OF Adams County. o.. 'ths1 ~
are the only man IN your section who was not a.
die,et 70. sIeptins . bnbs for his vees q ~
u didnt know . thing about EN- buys.. -
a. missed - Sssbsa"-CAisss PsaL
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arc necessarily detached remote ana al
that sort OF thinx-drama stopped shert
and testimony was put n 81 such seaGen
a. 10 make II seern an ovssUiOht at
one OF tho boxes had not bssn ssessvoA
as q jury box As soon - the DaAy
emerged from an Nectric-h0htsd eeoe n
India and proceeded to run its
IN dull and drsary England II sost ~
fascination.
Although the spirit Of the novelist
dweit in that frst-act tent. dramatic ~
terest succeeded in crawling under the
canvaA Stella Baiiantyns was . Ais-
tinctly sympathetic figure a. she at
there at dinner with her drunken, brutal
husband. while her stin devoted hover.
Henry Thresk, did his best TO keep peace
In the family by saying a. little - pes-
sibie. That he should take HE saAvs
when Stella had a rins In her hands and
that she in turn should make the 49,
possible use OF the weapo when hSr
husband returned In . threatening mood.
seemed only fair and fairly interesting.
Better sall. this scene left somsthiaG
to the Imagination. for the curtain came
down before the gun was fired. Thfesk
also went on quietly. but the paey
of Testimony that he had given - ~
e play offered little more than tesoDmy.
had been shot ana that stesla was -A1tvs
no right than reason. insisted she shouid
MY lucky man in the rather mixed eaDs.
} opportunity. IN the audience. curious
the curtain cut short tho opening cot.
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to know just what had happened when
listened with both ears. In a high voice
that she has never used before. a voice
broken with emotion. Miss barrymore
made tho story sound as though It came
from her heart. so much of a tiresome
nature had been said before that every
word counted now. and Miss Barrymore.
while dcnoting the nervous strain OF
this scene In . way that was felt, al
ways kept on the safe side of hysteria-
Hers at last she managed to nnish this
excellent work she had begun In that
now f~ar-distant first act. She hold the
house with n sure grasp.
But Stella remained a somewhat IN
certain quantity. sven when II was re-
vealed that she had secretly married
Hazlewood. She had loved Thresk. but
let him 70 his way while she waited for
a rich husband. and hero she was max
ing another choice hat wAS hard "a
understand. Not only was II impossible
TO feel hat h was sure Of hsrse,f.
but II seemed bad dramatic Judgment
for her 20 give Thresk the mitten a SEQ
ond time instead of her hand. Herr was
the right man for her In the eyes OF the
audience. Moreover. 1hresk had made
a fool OF tho lover by lighting a candle
and sending him on 10 bed. In view Of
q, Als- - AA.Il -,y-. 49, A.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-20
The Argus Daily Short Story
A Joke at Sea-By Reginald D. Haven.
Copyrighted. 1911. by Associated Literary Press.

girls, who. though not multimillion-
airesses. were well supplied with
funds, entered the lists for the prize.
Ladies'" the bagman protested. 81
assure you you are mistaken. l am
a humble British subject with no pre-
tense whatever"
"Oh, my lord" was the response,
how can you tell such a story? Your
aristocratic bearing gives you away"
FYou are incorrigible," the bagman
would reply, delighted.
Peterson and Tomkins. who were
present when this amusing episode
came out, hurried away to conceal their
laughter, and when they got out of
hearing, exploded, then as soon as
they could get Sully into the smoking
room opened a bottle Of wine for him.
and Peterson assured him that his
noble mien was what was enabling
him to carry out the joke SO we'll
Meanwhile Arthur Craven heard
nothing of what was going on. for. be
ing a reserved man. he kept very much
to himself Some OF the ladies re
marked to Peterson that Mr.. Craven
did not seem to be very hard worked
DN HIS ll-ASbeIt " LCItutIbll tANlSOii
explained that the earl had no Use for
a secretary on shipboard and had e1-
pressly forbidden Craven TO pay him
any attention whatever lest he let out
the incog Craven spent most Of the
time reading. He did not smoke, there
fore had no occasion TO visit the smok
ing room, where he would have been
astonished to see Sully vainly denying
by words that he was an earl. but by
his manner convincing those present
that he was.
Like seeks like, and Craven, having
made the acquaintance Of a refined
American family, found whatever
conpanionship he seemed TO need with
them. Indeed. as the voyage pro-
crossed he showed greater disincina-
tion to mingle with the others.
Meanwhile the Cunniughams - the
American family be had become ac-
Guainted with-seemed to be equally
pleased with him, and the voyage was
not far under way before Craven and
Miss Julia Cunningham. a girl Of TWEEN
ty-two. were seen a great deal to-
gether. One going on deck almost any
psrt OF the day in fair weather would
see their steamer chairs In close prox-
unity. and the couple appeared so in
terested IN each other that they had
no thought for any one else.
"CamUerwell," said PetersoR~One dap
when he and the bagman we're pass
ing Craven and Miss Cunningham,
punching the spurious earl in the ribs,
sit seems to me that your secretary
has got ahead OF his master. That
young lady he's making up TO is the
prettiest girl on the ship"
You let my secretary alone" replied
Sully facetiousIy. "All I want Of him
is not to give my incOg. away till I've
left the ship. The men are opening
wine for me, and the women are feed
ing me on good things. But / want to
get away before they find out the
game we're working on them"
And so the ship sailed on Every
day was repeu on Of anOther-meais,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-20
RETURNS ARE MADE
BY TAX COLLECTORS
Partial Settlements Are Made by
Rock Island and Nome
Officials.

Nine township tax collectors have
turned their receipts over to County
Treasurer W. II. Whiteside. In al
dition, the collectors in Rock Island
and Moline have made partial set
Elements; John T. Noftsker Of Rock
Island has turned over $1,000 on
town taxes and J. w. Christensen OF
Moline $4,000 on town taxes. The
returns from the other townships
are as follows:
CordoTa-Collector Gust Dorst;
state tax $614.z6; delinquent,
s110.56; county tax. 31,2ss.26; de-
hnquent, 3231.S3.
Andaiusia-collect g. A. Lee
man: state tax, S33S.7c; delinquent.
$37.os; county tax. S711S6: deIin-
Quent. s74.26.
Canoe Creek-Collector. Jesse, Dill
In; state tax, S5142s: delinquent,
SS.01; county tax. $1.O7s.21: delin-
Quent. $1e.7s.
ZumA-Collector, Herbert Wells !;
state tax. S664.46: delinquent.
SALT: county tax, $1,393.79; de-
Iinquent. 1854
Coal Valley-Collector, Robert
Patterson; taste tax, s43S.e7; delin-
quent, s17.44 county tax, $919.1S:
delinquent, $36.52.
Port Byron-Collector. J. NJ Lau-
ritzon: state tax. $497.36: deliu-
Quent, $6.82; county tax, $1,O42.73;
delinquent, 314.41.
Edgington-CoIlecto J. F. Ma
berry; state tax, 1859 "A: delin-
quent. $53.49; county tax s4,1O0.22:
delinquent, $1123O.
Coe-Collector. John C Nose
state tax. sI355.62: delinquent.
1911; county tax. s2.s44.6s; delin-
quent, sIS.25.
Rural-Collector. T. H. Morgan:
state tax. s1.569.0S; delinquent,
$13.41; county tax, S3,293.O6; delin-
quent. $2S.15.
OF the amounts collected in each
Of the above townships. the collector
thereof is entitled 10 per cent, this
constituting his salary for. the work
OF gathering the taxes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-20

party Of travellers sat chatting on
the deck of Pacific liner, and the con-
Versation turned upon British lords
marrying American heiresses. One OF
the party whispered to a lady sitting
next to him:
That Englishman is one of EN-
He's going over for a multimillion-
airess."
(which one?' asked the lady inter
ested.
1.-The short, thick one. The other is
his lordship secretary"
Young Peterson. who made this
statement, was a great waG- He did
not expect it to be believed and was
astonished later when one of the girls
of the party said to him:
DO you know that one Of those
Englishmen is an earl going over to
America for a rich wife,"
You don't mean itT' said Peterson
with feigned establishment.
Peterson winked at a man standing
near to follow him, and the two went
off together.
DS
1--WE got something that will help to
kill time and give us lots of fun be
sides during this long voyage. For
joke / told one Of the ladies that that
sawed off Britisher is lord going to
America to marry a big fortune and
that the other one was his secretary
She took it all in earnest, told the
story to the rest Of the party, and it
came back to ne"
"WeHEr
well, don't you see that all these
women abOard-there are some high
steppers among them-will be sticking
to him like n bear to honey"
But the Englishmen will hear Of il
and deny it,
Suppose they do> we can say the
earl is travelling incog. and won't ad-
nit his identity. Besides, 1 doubt II
he will object to sailing under false
colors; he'll be treated royalty
But the other, the secretary; it's my
opinion he's a gentleman and won't
consent to any such imposition"
It's no imposition for him TO play
An unimportant part. Besides, If he
denies the story he won't be believed
his iOE0SAlB WIS llDA44e-S totAAAs a
bagman, or what in America we call
commercial traveller Peterson told him
OF the plot. and he entered into the
spirit OF it at once. Nothing was said
TO the other Englishman, whose name
appeared on the list OF passengers as
Arthur Craven. he was OF a serious
cast and not likely to have any sym
patty with the joke or consent TO be
one of the principal participants.
Great was the amusement derived
by Peterson and his friend Tomtins,
whom he had admitted to the secret,
at the marked attentions paid to the
bagman, whose title, Earl of Gambler
wall. was let out by the apparently in
cautious display Of an envelope that
he had addressed to himself for the
purpose. There were many English
people on board. all Of whom were
very obsequious to q nobleman Of
their own country. Several American
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-20
COURT HOUSE RECORD
ReaI Estate Transfers.

Michael Murphy to James F. Monow
north half. southwest quarter, south.
east quarter section 80. township II, /
west. $500.
Montrose & McHugh to Rock Island
Club. part lots and s. block 2. Spen-
Ger & Cases addition. Rock Island.
Lorenz E. Cole to E. L Sheppard.
tract in east half. southeast quarter,
southwest quarter. east half section 81,
township II. 4 west, S66 200.
Eugene L Sheppard TO Charles War.
ner, tracts IN sections and 81. town
ship IL, west, SIS 200.
August Gable to Leo Cable. lot II.
block ia, East Moline, 5000
William Goldberg 70 Phebe P. GambreI
and Hattie NJ. Robinson, east half.
west half. southwest quarter section
Is. township is, west, $1,000.
Guyer, White & Pope TO Amanda L.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-20
ELECTION NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given, that on
Tuesday, the 4th day of April, A. D.,
1911, an election will be held in the
city of Rock Island, Ill, for the fol-
lowing officers, to wit:
CITY OFFICERS.
One mayor for four years.
-Four commissioners for four
years.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Six assistant supervisors.
One constable.
One town clerk.
Places for registration and voting
will be as follows:
First ward, first Precinct-413
Fourth avenue.
First ward. second precinct-62S
Eighth street.
Second ward. first precinct-1O14
Third avenue.
Second ward. second precinct
919 Sixth avenue.
Third ward, first preCinCt-County
jail building, Third avenue and Four
teepth street.
Third ward. second precinct
1894 Seventh avenue.
Third ward, third precinct-11O1
Fifteenth street.
Fourth ward, first precinct-1914
Third avenue.
Fourth ward, second precinct
Trinity church vestry, rear of 1918
Sixth avenue.
Fifth ward, first precinct-Hose
house on Twenty-second street.
Fifth ward. second precinct
Schmids grocery store, s23 TWEEN
tieth street.
Sixth ward, first precinct-Hose
house on Twenty-sixth street
Sixth ward, second precinct
rear of 2700 Seventh avenue.
Seventh ward. first precinct
311O Fifth avenue.
Seventh ward. second precinct
Peterson carpenter shop, $40 For
ty-fifth street.
Seventh ward, third precinct-
Gannon's paint shop, Fourteenth
avenue between Thirty-eighth and
Thirty-ninth streets
". T RUDGREN,
City and Town Clerk
Rock Island, Ill, March IA. 1911.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-20
Electric Fire Fighting Apparatus

Electric Fire Fighting Apparatus.
The first electrically driven hook
end1adder fire truck to be made and
operated In this country is now in
use in Springfield. Mass. So far as
its ladder and equipment goes the
truck differs but little from the pres
ent horse-drawn apparatus, except
that II Is more complete and modern
in small details. 1t weighs II tons
and is % feet over all OF its
ladder equipment. che extension is
the longest, being SIS feet from truck
20 top. It is automatic. being operat-
ed by extra powerful springs incased
in tubes, and when released the ladder
rises swiftly and evenly under COM
plete control OF the hosting device
A full equipment of other ladders.
ranging from Is 70 Sc feet, is provided.
Space is also provided for a large life
net. The operators seat Is located on
the right side of the truck. a few feet
from the front of the truck. so that
the extension and aerial ladders are
unhampered by the seat structure,
and can be easily and quickly remov-
ed.
The great weight OF the truck as
compared TO the leverage OF the aerial
ladder when raised, will be sufficient
TO enable the hremen to change the
ladder 10 any part Of the building by
simply moving ii away from the
building and moving the truck.
The motive power electrical storage
battery and four motors, one in each
wheel. win be the same as that on
the new combination wagon and the
same four>wheel steering system Is
used.
Springfield Is the first city In this
country to adopt electTically-d driven
IRE apparatus. With this type OF Rp-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-20
Mar. 20 in American
History

165T-RObert Cavalier Ia Sale. discOv-
erer and explorer IN the Mississip
pi valley. murdered in Texas by
disseminated followers
17s2-EDd OF the long administration
OF Lord North. noted for the loss
Of the American colonies TO Great
Britain Il began Jan. .. ITO.
I9O2-NOah Davis. noted turist. died:
boEn 1918.
19O6-Mrs. A p. I. whitney. author
ess. best known by her stories for
young people. died: born 1924.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-20
The Wise Way.

Many a man who lies awake at
money by cutting down the running
expenses Of his store. or by chopping
a few cents OF the cost of some pro
cess OF manufacture, never gives a
waking thought TO the greater econo-
mics that might be effected by the
adoption of up-to-date selling methods.
Nevertheless advertising-the cheap
est means of moving goods on from
the factory or the store to the con
sumer-deserves as much intelligent
study as the other branches of bust
ness, that have TO do merely with get
ting the goods ready to move.
Your selling methods are obsolete,
and therefore wasteful. il you do not
advertise. They are in urgent need
Of immediate improvement if you
advertise in the wrong way or in
the wrong mediums. The highest
degree of economy and efficiency is
attainable only through the use Of
strong copy in the best daily news
paper mediums. The chances are
that the experience of your most sue
cessful competitors confirms this
statement. If ii doesn't-then even
the leaders in your line of business
are behind the times, and you have
an excellent opportunity to forge
ahead Of them. 1t will pay you TO
employ a salesman who reaches AL
Of the consumers. every day, and
who always finds them in a recep-
tive frame OF mind for considera-
ton Of your propositions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-20
Innocent.


ale fell from the forty-second story
OF the great skyscraper TO the hard
granite pavement below"
WAS he hurt muchY
81 said he fell from the forty -second
story"
was he hurt7"
Eyes. IL you must know. he was hurt
much. | said he fell from the forty
second story. Hear that. He was
killed. Understand? Killed, kill
ed! Get itT'
well. you needn't get fresh. didn't
kill him. 1 have a perfectly good
alibi. / was busy killing a man about
your size and build about that upe
with an ordinary ak. Get that1 An
AJAX. AK. Understand? And didn't
wear all Of the edge Of neither"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-20
Uncort-in

CfN-aF n
When women vote the polls win close
Ana then the man who always knows
Just now results are bound 20 swing
bout n viii not know n thing.
PoHed carefully the district may
Have been before election day
To find how each 20 lean Inclined.
But can't p woman change her mindf
She may have been determined %
Proceed 20 vote her ballot tTUo
For Jones. but is that ~ ara down
Sure proof she VII rot vote fOr BrDt
She may have been determined. set
But 81 would not be Eafe 20 bet
That she. regardless II advice.
May not have shifted omen Or twice..
In the beginning she had Thought
t. cast her little vote urbyuEht
Tor one who Whbn rhs came 10 look
Allowed his wlfe 20 b the cook
A Dozen reasons might b. found
To c-L-e = shifting al around.
She uIg4. discover e'oF too tate
lie didn't wear HIS nccktle straight
Wen have "a reckon with an this
When woman tuters into bliss.
For si en- BE- gyvlGI11 ar hoN
The same as Hnsr are royc-ued now.
No more than nan can put ABIDE
His preiudlCs can woman hide
The little item that appeals.
am she vsill vote the v.ay she feels.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-20
Reoressntaesvs Edward J. Murphy

Representative Edward J. Murphy
OF Chicago declares he In going to
press hls bill forbiddinE the appear
ance Of the hobbie and harem skirts
ON the streets or in pn6lic places in
the state of Illinois. The law pro-
vides q penalty OF SO to $50 nne
for each ofkense. The bill Is now IN
the hands Of the committee on mis-
cellaneouS sub5ects-that being
deemed the proper group to handle
90 diversified q problem as a wo-
mans skirt.