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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18
The Argus Daily Short Story
His Night Off-By Olarissa Ma clde.,
Copyrighted 1911. by Associated Literary Press.

gether. and the enormous beaver hat
face that he could see nothing save a
round white chin and pair of red
lips that undoubtedly trembled.
Regardless OF the walters disdainful
glance and the insulting laugh of u
man in a striped suit of clothes, Sam
reclaimed his hat and moved across to
the table occupied by the girl. She did
not lift her head at his approach. She
merely bowed It lower over the framed
cardboard until the broken feather on
her hat nearly swept the table.
The broken feather decided the mat
ter for Sam Dunbar. If there was no
degenerate young man to be reclaimed
that night, here was material to his
hand, or, as he told himself. for his
paper.
The waiter showed a card under
Sans nose and thumped q glass of
water on the table.
"a porterhouse steak and coffee"
was his decision.
"And yours?" The waiter snapped
the question at the girl.
"a sandwich and a cup of tea"
came from under the beaver hat In a
very small voice.
The waiter departed and returned
almost Immediately with the tea and
sandwich
The girl slowly lifted her head and
made a pretense at eating the food.
Sam. apparently absorbed I'm a news
paper, noted that she ate daintily and
that her hands were pretty and well
kept Her face was charmingly sweet
and refined.
Where had she come from? What
was she doing here on the Bowery?
Sam asked himself these questions as
he discussed his meal. He wished
there was something that he could do.
He felt that she needed protection.
Hers was the timidity of innocence.
There was no guile in the frightened
blue eyes that evaded his.
An opportunity came. The door
swung open, and man entered.
staggering. half drunken individual.
who made slow progress up the room,
supporting himself by a dirty hand
laid on the tables. When he reached
the table where the young reporter
and the girl sat the man paused and
stared foolishly at the girl.
"Say, Mabel" he began. with a
threatening glance toward Sam, ''if
youse wants me to throw him out I
Will What say?"
The girl uttered q little cry and
flashed an appealing glance toward
Sam. "Oh, take him away~ she cried
nervously.
Just then the waiter clustered up
and with little ceremony elected the
newcomer from the place.
The girl was rising from her seat
and fumbling in a small bag that
hung from her waist Sam pushed
aside his own unfinished meal
IF you're afraid Of that fellow, Miss
Mabel" he was beginning when the
girl put out q protesting hand
~"Oh, you are mistaken" she said,
with a broken little laugh. "My name
isn't Mabel. and 1 never saw him be-
fore In my life. He was merely Of.
fensiYe, that's all"
Suddenly he arose and reached for
his hat This is pretty tough sec
tion." he said quietly. 81 wonder If
you'd let me Put you on q car for
homer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

Dunbar stepped out OF the tan Park
row building with pleasant sense of
freedom. He had turned in his last
page Of copy for the Sunday edition,
and he had twenty hours of rest and
relaxation ahead of him. To Sam Dun
bar, the most interchangeable worker on
the Daily Universe, relaxation meant
seeking his pleasure among haunts that
must furnish copy. In bis youthful
enthusiasm his life had thus far con-
sisted of work, sleep and work.
On this Saturday night Sam was in
spired to seek the garish lights Of the
Bowery. In some restaurant there he
might find the type OF young man he
was looking for-the weaker brother
who had lost hope and self respect and
who was burdened with n multitude
OF vices, yet in whom there might be
some sIumbering spark that could be
famed to a flame of renewed interest
in life, ambition and, in the end. rep
utabIe citizenship If he could prove
that this might be done with some of
the degenerate sons 7f the city, per
haps a measure of the gold that was
steadily poured toward the enlighten-
ment of the heather of other lands
might be diverted TO that greatest OF
all charities at home
Now he stEolled along the Bowery,
mingling with the crowds that throng-
ed the sidewalks, looking here and
there for cheap eating house wherein
he might find what he was looking for.
Sam Dunbar was hanging up his hat
in q chOD hOuSe DreDaFatOry to tax
ing a seat at one of the polished cher
~ tables when the vacant eyed youth
whom he had picked out for his prey
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18
FEWER SALOONS IN IOWA

Statistics for State Show Results of
Work by Dry CSmpaigners.
Des Moines Iowa, May IA re-
port completed yesterday in the Of
fee of Secretary of State Hayward,
giving q comparative statement Of
the number Of saloons in operation
IN the state and the financial returns
to the cities and counties since 1906,
shows that tremendous inroads are
being made by the anti-saloon forces
on wet territory in Iowa, In the
period from Sept. 80. 1906. to the
same date In 1910, the number of
counties permitting the operation OF
mulct saloons decreased from 43 to
3S and there was a decrease of more
than 400 saloons. Last years reve-
nue. returns, however. showed reve-
nues OF 1919, 516.86, against s377,-
092.6S, when the liquor business was
carried on over a wider territory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

they were old enough to acquire the
taste. That latest advocate of what he
is pleased to call the simple life says
that all flesh diet should be banned
and says that food should consist OF
vegetables, cooked as little as possible.
DR.. Bell would have children brought
up in this way. He believes that chill
dren should be satisfied with whole
some bread, raw vegetables and fruit
for their dinner and never crave for
any other food If they were informed
that it is good for their health and
conducive to a green old age.
DR.. Bell strongly recommends raw
peas as a delicious and a healthy dish.
The lecturer added that every human
being ought to attain the age of at
least 12S years. THAT there are so
few centenarians among u.s." he said,
can certainly be attributed to our go
ing against natures DEGREES"
Twenty years from now, If this man
lives up TO his doctrine, we would like
to see what he looks like, and we would
like also TO parade before him a pro
cession of children raised On liver and
bacon as against a similar number
raised on raw peas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

1t is easy enough TO account for
the duIlness and pathy, which have
been the only distinguishing feature
of the first month of the session. Both
the republicans and the democrats
came here reluctantly. Neither party
wanted the president to call an extra
session. The republicans particularly,
of both house and senate, we're grum-
by. They were opposed to the Canad-
ian reciprocity agreement and they
knew that if the president called them
back in extra session they would have
to give their approval TO the compac CT.
The democrats did not want to come
here this summer because they wanted
more time 10 arrange their legislative
program, especially as bearing on tar
if revision. However, they made the
program which has been worked
through 20 this juneture with clock-like
regularity and precision.
A good many of the old-line repub-
licans are more or less concerned be
cause the president appears to be get
ting along so well with the democrat
ic house They seem TO think Ire ought
to be in a controversy with the dem
ocrats A few OF them were shocked
when the president saw fit to confer
with the democratic speaker and the
democratic chairman Of the ways and
means committee on a legislative pro
gram. Never before, they declared,
had a republican president made any
promises 10 a democratic house, and
in return received promises for the
democratic leaders
The democrats are not looking for
trouble. They prefer the vestry meet
ing placidity that has marked the pro
Of congress TO any stress and
They are bent upon making
a clean, constructive record, OF legis-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18
FesIinq BID.

I met my old friend Reggie Jones.
Who slyly dropped the hint
That he would like hundred bones.
AS though l werO a mint
It sort of daZed me for a speh,
For 1 had mighty few.
But for the compliment fell
And bought the drinks for two
met a man named william Black =
Upon a busy street.
He slyly slapped me on the back
And trod upon my feet.
"We'l need a president next fall."
He said: 1.-THE man you are"
I heard ambitions feeble call
And bought him a cigar.
~
! met a lady dressed In style
Mixed in the busy throng.
She turned on me her latest smile
And said. MY, you're so strongi"
Her baggage. that would fill a shelf
carried with delight
And made a pack horse of myself
To prove that she was right
And that's the way with any gent,
AS careful ones may note.
Just toss a little compliment
And he will be the goat.
The things that money viii not land
With taffy you may get.
He likes to hear his praises and
VIII pay the price, you bet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18
BANKERS INVITE WILSON

Probable Governor of New Jersey
VIII Address State Convention.
Woodrow Wilson, governor OF New
Jersey, may be the principal speaker
before the convention of the Illinois
State Bankers society in Springfield
in October.
E. 4. Hale. vice president of the
Sangamon Loan & Trust company, an
nounces that Mr.. Wilson has been re-
quested to speak before the convention
and that it is entirely probably he will
accept.
The bankers convention will call at
least 500 members of the financial fra
ternity to Springfield. A number Of
the bankers are alumni OF Princeton
university, Of which Wilson was presi-
dent before he became governor.
The Princeton graduates plan to re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

An amusing feature of the prepare
tions for the coronation in London
is the training of horses for the pro-
cession. At the stables a row OF men
stand waving handkerchiefs and hats
and cheering to simulate the flutter
OF banners and draperies and the
noise of the crowds. A pair OF ami
mails warranted not to be surprised
at anything is worth $4,000, and
hundreds have already been booked
for the event. Now motors would
not shy, but how they would take
away from the kingliness of the spec
tacle! Perhaps by another coronation
horses will come even higher, as
specimens Of a genus no longer cult
waited for the use of man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18
HuKnOr and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
2v DUNCAN -. -SH5ETls

MANY men would be entirely willing
TO pay their debts If they could
spare the money from their current ex-
penses.
. argument that some people will lend
an ear to.
Pride may warm the cold and feed
the hungry. but it won't pay either the
tailor or the grocer
Sometimes we feel so smart that we
act silly.
The things that you didn't intend to
do generally are way ahead OF the
things that you did mean to do
Although many misfortunes are
singular. they are said never 70 come
singiy.
Women may be alike, but on &C
quaintance every one OF them turns
out different.
1t is easier for a spendthrift to make
friends than to keep them.
When q man isn't busy paying his
wife's bills be Is engaged in guessing
what will happen next
1t is easy to be interested If the sub
ject matter affects you favorably.
Marrying isn't so bad. but staying
married or unmarrying is sometimes
difficult.
In the case of the con man seeing IL
pretty certain to be deceiving.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18
May Is in American
History

1915 James Marquette. missionary
and explorer, died; born 1857.
1S41-Emigrant ship Minstrel. from
Ireland for Quebec. wrecked IN
the st. Lawrence;146 of 100 aboard
were drowned.
1S49-Great fire in st. Louis harbor de-
stroyed twenty-seven steamers and
much merchandise.
10I0-The earth passed through the
tail of HaIley's comet at 1917 p.
m, New York time; great interest
manifested throughout the country
John "A. Kasson, statesman and
diplomat, former minister to Aus
a-Hungary, died in Washington;
born 1922.
The only way to have a friend is 70
be one.-Emerson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

suddenly arose from his seat and ap-
preached the cashiers desk Sam look
ed around at the other patrons of the
place Two fashily dressed men sat
in a distant corner. Here and there
a man was eating solitary meal, and
directly opposite him a girl was bent
over the greasy bill OF fare.
There was something in the droop OF
her shoulders that appealed to him.
They looked like shoulders that were
accustomed to carrying themselves
proudly. but now they hunched to-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18
Liver and Bacon ,s. Raw Peas.

IsN1 s1II0' 1IE7N7N'19 - IEsFN 7 t-ISs
III We would only take a lesson from
the wild animals said Dr.. Robert Bell
in lecture on MANS Natural rsct, =
I'VE would have healthier. better and
more natural life" In the same breath
he goes on TO say that he does not be
heve that nature intends a man 10 eat
grass. He says that the fact that there
are so few centenarians among us is
due to the fact that we have gone
against natures DEGREES, and yet there
are centenarians among us who have
chewed tobacco or smoked ever since
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

eeive their former "prexy" when he
visits Springfield.
Mr.. Wilson is at present on a speak
ing tour of the west. Although his
candidacy for presidential honors has
not been announced formally, it is gen
orally believed that the former univer-
sity president will go before the demo
cratic convention as a candidate.
The bankers convention, say Spring
field members Of the state organiza-
ton, viii be one of the most important
gath erings ever held in that city
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

plan for caring for youthful
criminals has been set on foot IL
Holland which might possibly be
adopted with advantage in American
reformatories. They are set at work
on waste lands under the direction
OF superintendents who are ex
perts in agriculture. After the
ground has been made available for
profitable tillage it is sold. and the
money thus secured it applied to en-
larging the scope of the work
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18
Why Congress is Dull

lation and enacting proposals which
have been long enough before congress,
and for which the popular demand is
clear and overwhelming. They have
to attend to their knitting, and have
no time for forays. excursions and
alarms.-Edward G. Lowry in Har-
per's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

1t is thought highly probable that
Dietz, the defender of Cameron
dam, made a mistake In not en-
ploying a good lawyer. A law
yer Of ability and eloquence,
no doubt would have swayed the
jury against the lumber trust until
every member would have felt like
hanging everybody that belongs 70
the trust and crowned Dietz as a hero.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18
u startIed the WorId

when the astounding c.aims were
made for Bucklen's Arnica Salve
but 40 years Of wonderful cures have
proved them true. and everywhere on
earth for burns. boils, scaIds, sores,
cuts, bruises, sprains, dwellings, ecze,
ma, chapDed hands, fever sores and
piles. Only rs cents at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

Now that the Helm committee has
discovered and duly declared that Will
liam A. Lorimer was elected United
States senator by bribery, the people
ought to manage to get through the
heated spell without any more severe
shocks
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

A Harvard professor gravely an
nounces that the turtle is more Of a
bird than a fish 1t may be suggest
ed that it isn't enough of either to
hurt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

The season for automobile smash.
ups has come around again. Many
remedies for scorching are being sug-
gested, but somehow the fool-killer
doesn't seem TO be fast enough 20
catch up with the joy-rider in time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18
Noticeable.

Noticeable.
"I am very frank"
''That is only another name for be
ing disagreeable."
Think SOP"
"I know it."
''You have quite a streak of frank
ness yourself. haven't you"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

The Standard Oil company always
has a way of coming back" Look
out for the price. There are more
ways than one of working a monopoly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

Motion pictures to teach geography
in the public schools, as Thomas y.
Edison suggests, would doubtless re-
duce truancy to a minimum
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

When insurrectos insurg against in
surrectos the Mexican language fails
TO supply an adequate word to de
scribe conditions
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

France is mentioned as the most
frugal nation. Yet France could save
many millions of dollars annually by
letting Morocco alone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18
Loaded.

Loaded.
"Ife is going TO take a chance or
matrimony.'
"But he can't"
"Why not%
Because no man has a ghost of
chance in matrimony."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

Law of Averages.
81 am going to have some might
good luck pretty soon"
you areT'
'You bet"
"How do you known
"'Cause ! never had anything out
bad luck"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18
Thursday, May 10, 1911.

Who said there would be no corn
weather this year?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

The Effect.
'T hate dyspepsia"
"WhyP'
at makes me so cross"
'Why. l never knew you had It."
81 haven't Mother has It."
Rich Wife.
"How can he love herr"
"WbyT"
"She is so homely."
"But he is so fond OF morey"
Chance For the Enterprisins.
''Seen the cometT'
There amt no comet this year"
But the town went wet, didn't ftY'
Nightmare.
"I love excitement"
''That must be the reason you eat
mince pie at night"
Compressed Time.
When on the scene a bull appears,
Ana no strong fence is near
\ man lives In a minute then
About q half q year
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

Getting Even.
why SO hap
py?"
MY mother-in
law has come fot
q visit"
"Quit Kidding
Fact There
is somebody IN
the house who
can boss my
wife"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

MANY men would be entirely willing
TO pay their debts If they could
spare the money from their current ex-
penseS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18

The big stick offers the only kind OF
. argument that some people viii lend
an ear to.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-18
Nightmare.
comprsssed Tim,

When on the scene a bull appears.
Ana no strong fence Is near
4 man lives In a minute then
About & half q year
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-14

There has been for 1000 years a tradi-
ton of a hiding place under the temple
1t is not improbable that there may he
something there which has not been sus-
pected through all these centuries. One
theory Is that the tombs OF the kings may
be discovered beneath the Mosque OF
Omar
This particular theory. which interested
Baron Edmond de Rothschild, is borne out
by the fact that the tunnel which brings
water TO the pool of Sloan takes a
crooked track, as IL it had been turned
to avoid something that lay in the way
under the temple.
what Did They strike:
1t is possible that the expedition struck
some such treasure trove. And IT is also
possible that the population Of Jerusalem.
so easily excited on questions OF religion,
have been misled and that the expedition
has not violated any OF the sacred shrines.
But. at any rate. something curious has
been going on Infdels digging near the
holy place and screened from the eyes Of
the faithful would not be popular in Jeru-
salem. and the story told in the dispatches,
inaccurate as II evidently is in some de-
tails. TALES none the less with the story,
known TO be true. OF the exploring party
that wanted TO seek the Ark.
While II is in the highest degree i'm
probable that the Ark OF the Covenant has
been found there is no way OF declaring
that Il has not been until the party gets 10
London, The golden candlestck We know
about. It's history is traced from the TAX
I Ing OF the second temple by Titus in the
/ year 70 A. D.. through its wandertngs in
Rome and Carthage and Constantinople
back TO Jerusalem. up to GA when the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-14
TREASURES OF OMAR MOSQUE
Cause of the Ferment Among the
Moslems of Jerusalem.
WHAT DID EXCAVATORS FIND
SIystery Surrounding the Digging, the
Discoveries aud the Sudden DisaP-
DeRraRee-schOIars Elk
press Doubt.

The dispatches from Jerusalem stating
that an exploring party has been able to
dig way under the mosque Of Omar and
find there certain sacred relics OF enor-
nous Importance sound like the invention
OF an imaginative correspondents idle
hour, but Il Is already known that there is
and extraordinary story back OF Il all
IL Is highly improbable that the explor-
,.ers have discovered the Ark OF the Cove
nant Nthat Moses built and that has not
been heard OF since 5S7 b. c.. though II is
not after all absolutely impossible, and Il
is certain that the seven branched candle
stick Is not there, but II is known In New
York that the excavating expedition which
has been digging around the sacred pre-
cincts In Jerusalem went there with the
object OF finding the Ark.
IL Is possible thRt they have by tunnel
ing penetrated 20 some tomb OF hiding
place under the mosque which stands on
the exact spot occupied by the Temple OF
solomon first and after the return from
captivity by the second temple, but Jewish
! scholars In this city like Prof Richard
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-14

When this expedition arrived in the Holy
City II caused a sensation. Never had an
exploring party appeared before with so
inexhaustible a fund of money. They had
yacht, and they were intimate with i'm
portant officials so that they were sur
rounded with a bodysuard while they
worked and the curious could not get
near to see what was going on.
Puzzle TO Scholarly Folk.
Most singular OF all, none OF the party
appeared to be archaeologists, according
10 Prof. Richard Gottheil OF Columbia.
who was there in Jerusalem in the Ameri-
can School OF Archaeology that winter.
They were puzzle to the scholarly folk,
who went their way under the eyes OF
anybody who happened to be around and
who saved money because they knew 1t
was hard to get
The singular exploring party did not find
anything OF value while Prof. Gottheil was
there; but for that matter, they made
such mystery Of what they did that no.
body could follow their work. This expedl4
ton answers, however, the description OF
the men who have raised such a commo-
ton in Jerusalem, and VIII ose findings may
be made the subject OF diplomatic negotia-
tons
For. IL they have found any sacred relies
under the Mosque of Omar by tunnelling
in from the shafts they sunk by the wall.
they will doubtless have TO return them.
The hill OF Jerusalem Is sacred TO Moham-
medans IN only a little less degree than
J the shrines connected with Mohammed.
Abraham was their ancestor they say. no
/ less than he was the forefather OF the
/ Jews, and they guard with Jealous care
the spot associated with him. where the
temple OF Solomon stood.