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The river press., 1911-12-06
Needed the Ride.

stop" cried the man in the road.
You are exceeding the speed limit"
That's all nonsense" retorted
Binks. bringing his car to standstill.
That's what they all say said the
man in the road. climbing into the
car. You can tell your story to the
magistrate at Hinktown-jest seven
miles up the road. Start along.
please"
They drove on in silence to Hink-
town. where as the car drew up in
front of the courthouse the man In
the road got out.
Much obliged for the lift" said he.
You can settle that matter OF speed
with the magistrate if you want to.
As stranger in these parts ! don't
think my word would go for much
Harper's Weekly.
The river press., 1911-12-06
THE BILLS.

II ERE's the postman with the bfus.
II Monthly bills:
- At his coming how my solar plexua
thrills!
How 1t trembles. trembles. trembles
With kind OF Quaking fright
AS the missives he assemblies
(While my tragic face resembles
storm threat atened. starless night)
Seem to climb. climb. climb
To an altitude sublime.
Heaping till they make a ghostly range OF
frigid looking hills
OF the bills. bills bills, bills.
Bills. bills. bills
Heart distressing. soul depressing unpaid
Here are yellow wedding bills
Golden bills!
What t...,,,,, world OF weariness their quantity
Though they're reminiscent. quite.
OF time OF pure delight.
Now they make me madly note.
And all In vain.
That must have been the goat
When those turtledoves were married. Do
they gloat
Ger my pain?
oh. these bills are bitter pills!
What a 'uicy bank account their liquida-
How it chills:
How 1t spills
Into nothing: How it rills
Into bill collectors tills
While these endless checks I'm drawing,
Paying bills. bills. bills,
Paying bills. bills. bills. bills,
Bills. bills, bills
AS the color keeps retreating from my
gills!
philadelphia Ledger.
The river press., 1911-12-06
Tho Game Of Shopping.

While the children are seated in a
ring they must go shopping. The
child who starts the game says to his
neighbor at the left:
II have been busy all day shop
ping"
"What did you buy?' asks the child
to whom he spoke.
The first child may then give the
name of some article that he can touch
without leaving his chair-boots or
ribbon or watch chain or necktie. Then
the game goes on. and when the ques-
tions and answers have gone around
the circle two or three times you will
see how difficult 1t will be to hnd the
answers.
The river press., 1911-12-06
answers,
The Lost House.

had house. my very own.
Not made Of wood or brick or stone.
But It was built Of crystal bright,
With roof and towers. one frosty night,
And round It was a garden. too.
Where trees and plants and flowers grew
And there were birds with silver wings
And. oh. 80 many pretty things
I meant to quit my books and play
To look at them the livelong dayl
I woke and saw it all so plain.
And then I fell asleep again.
And while slept till broad daylight
Somebody stole my house outright!
Do you know who? IT'S my belief
The sun was just that cruel thief,
For when tried my house to find
! caught him staring through the blind.
youths Companion.
The river press., 1911-12-06
HAROLD H. HILTON.

He is the American as Well a. ths
British Amateur Golf Champion.
By his victory in the recent tourna
ment at Rye, N. Y, Harold n. Hilton
Of the Royal Liverpool club, Hoylake
England, became the American anna
teur golf champion. He also is the
amateur champion of his own coun-
try.
Perhaps Hilton was the better man.
but he certainly was lucky to win the
final match III which Frederick Her.
reshoff Of New York was his opponent.
1t took an extra hole to decide. Hilton
had the better of two bad approach
shots for the extra hole and, in addi-
ton, had fortunate break. HERE
The river press., 1911-12-06

hard as nails and. in fact. in such ra-
diant health that every one who greet
ed her had to heave an envious sigh.
The voyage across the Atlantic and
around to China was slow. but un-
eventful. 1t was on the first night
that anchor was dropped in the Can
ton river that the adventures began.
Two sampans, holding fifty Chinese
pirates. who assumed that Captain
Downs and his crew Of thirty-four, fol
lowing usual custom, had left the ship
to see the sights, stole up to the bark
at midnight. They caught the prong
of their curious bamboo ladder ON the
deck rail and quietly scampered
aboard.
A terrific fight was the result. and
in 1t Mrs. Downs took prominent
part. She is adept with the rife. and.
armed with one, she ran up on the
deck. Captain Downs, fearing that
she would be killed, ordered her below.
but she paid no attention and plunged
into the melee.
Downs had the steam pump manned.
and with this effective weapon the
sailors drove the pirates over the side
Two days later the first mate went
swimming. The cry Of an infant ar
rested his attention, and he saw that
a girl year old had fallen from a
sampan into the water. Symonds
quickly swan to the child and, holding
the baby with one arm, started for the
bamboo houseboat from which it had
tumbled.
As he approached the sampan. from
which he expected to hear cries of de-
light. his ears were assailed by shouts
OF rage and his face by long bamboo
poles.
All along the line Of sampans Sy-
monds and his passenger were turned
away. At length he swan with it to
the Juteapolis. There he turned it
over to Mrs. Downs. She cared for it
Tor several days. but Captain Downs
was opposed to bringing it home, so it
was given into the charge of the Chi
nese sailors on the Standard Oil float.
Il don't know what they did with
1t after we went away" Mrs. Downs
says, "but l shouldn't be surprised to
learn that they had tossed it back into
the water didn't learn that they are
capable of such thing until we were
several days out on the way home"
Just after leaving Hongkong the
Juteapolis ran into typhoon that cost
her two masts and most Of her deck
fittings. But the rest Of the voyage
was beautiful. The bark just breezed
straight nome. making the journey in
115 days. 1t was then that Mrs
Downs got her sharks. one Of which
was nine and one-half feet long. She
shot them from the deck and has
enough pieces of skin cut from them t
supply everybody she knows with tn,
real thing in pocketbooks.
The river press., 1911-12-06

which Is absolutely smooth and with
out crack or crevice.
After a letter passes through the
Slot IN the top air is the only thing
which could keep 1t up. The collector S
receptacle is swung under the bottom
OF the box, and the bottom drops into
1t, thereby enabling the collector to get
QUO or 1000 letters as rapidly as one.
With the old method Of having the
door on the side 1t is necessary for the
collector to unload the box by pulling
out handful Of mail at a time.
The illustration shows the letter boz
with bottom dropped.
The river press., 1911-12-06

Is made of 90
600 pieces of
wood of various
kinds, finished in
their natural col
or.
In the upper
story six folding
doors open every
ten minutes, and
q number of
apostles appear,
marching in time
to music played
by a musical box,
governed by the
clock. Each apos-
tie bows before
the Saviour as he
passes, with the
exception Of Pc
ter, who turns his
back. At this mo-
ment the devil
appears at the
top Of the clock
IN d blow s a
The river press., 1911-12-06
HAROLD Il. HILTON.

HAROLD h. HILTON.
shoff had putt to give him the cham
pionship, but the ball only flirted with
the cup and rolled away. Hilton was
able to avail himself Of his chance
although had the hole been just frac.
ton Of an inch smaller the match
might have been prolonged indefinite
~.
Hilton played splendid golf through
out the tournament and was down
only once in fifty holes.
The great popularity into which the
game has come was attested by the
crowds, numbering thousands, who fol
lowed the players on each day Of the
tournament.
The picture shows Hilton as he made
the final stroke which gave him VIC
tory
The river press., 1911-12-06
A Noble Bow,

Harold. aged nine. came home one
day so bruised and dirty that his
mother was thrown into a state OF
marked perturbation
Mercy" she exclaimed in horror
How on earth. my child. did you get
your clothes and face into such q
state?"
II was trying to keep little boy
from getting licked" was Harold's
virtuous if hesitating reply.
"Well. that was fine" said his molli.
fed parent. II am proud of you.
sonny. Who was the little boyy'
"Me."-Chicago Record Herald.
The river press., 1911-12-06

which it is claim
ed will not only
greatly facilitate
the collection of
mail, but Ill
pr e V en- t letters
b e ing lost by
sticking in tn G
box. The box is
of the same gen.
eral style and ap,
pearance as that
In use at present,
It has an inner
lining Of very
thin sheet steel
The river press., 1911-12-06

Grand Duke Alexis Nicholaievitch.
heir apparent to the throne of Russia
rec emily celebrated his seventh birth
day. In his native land he is called
the cZarevitch. which means crown
prince or heir apparent to the throne.
His father. Nicholas H., the czar, has
been on the throne since 1894. His
mother was Princess Aiix Of Hesse,
and she is Il granddaughter of the late
Queen Victoria of England. Alexis IS
the only son Of his parents. though he
has four sisters. all OF whom are older
than himself.
The river press., 1911-12-06

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and Issues it's own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press., 1911-12-06
Arunlpet

The second story Of the clock case is
supposed to represent mansion, and
its double doors also open every ten
minutes. Lazarus appears at the rich
mans door and on bended knees asks
for charity. The dogs lick his sores,
and the rich man stands in the door,
swinging his arm as if throwing
crumbs from his table,
The river press., 1911-12-06
NOVEL CLOCK CASE.

Constructed Of 10000 Pieces Of Wood
and Took Six Years to Build.
This clock case, of cathedral design,
with its ingenious mechanism, took
six years Of Skowhegan (Me.) wood
workers spare time to construct. It.
stands seven feet ten inches high and
The river press., 1911-12-06
They Understand.

'"Sy 0V00IoHOIVs
1t is estimated that there are
25O.OOO tramps in this country.
Those are the people to whom
the term idle freight cars"
really means something.-Den-
yer Republican.
The river press., 1911-12-06
QUEER HONEYMOON
Of MRS. DOWNS
She Shot Pirates and Sharks,
Saw Mutiny and Felt Typhoon.

NYHEN bride on her honeymoon
" shoots pirates, puts down a mu-
tiny. catches few sharks. gets
caught in typhoon and sails half
around the world she may surely be
said to have had her full share Of
adventure.
That's what pretty little Mrs. Mel
lie Carter Downs, wife Of Captain
Frank Downs, skipper Of the Standard
OH four masted steel bark Juteapolis.
did, and she really enjoyed it.
She landed home in New York after
her years absence brown as q berry.
The river press., 1911-12-06
Better Part of valor.

Sister-So Willie Jones kicked you.
did he1 And did you kick him back?
Bobby-No. l didn't. II I had then
'twould be his turn again.-Bostou
Transcript
The river press., 1911-12-06
Doooseeeeeooooeeeees
Mean Man,

Il hear that Gwennie broke of her
engagement with Mr.. Munly because
he tried to limit her enjoyments."
Eyes; she was engaged to two other
young men. and he objected."-Mil.
waukee Sentinel.
The river press., 1911-12-06
His lator View.

His Later View.
Il see you doing a good many things
now that once you would have been
shocked at"
well. l made up for it by being
shocked at good many things that
once did."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The river press., 1911-12-06

D IVERSIDE CAMP lO593, Modern Woodmen
n of America, meets every second and fourth
Thursday of each month at Odd Fellows hall at
= o'clock. Visiting neighpors cordially invited.
j. c. MYERS, V. G.
j. E. EPPERsoN, Clerk.
The river press., 1911-12-06
NEW LETTER BOX.

Government Is Testing a New One
With Drop Bottom.
The federal government has begun a
series of tests In various parts of the
country Of drop bottom letter box
The river press., 1911-12-06
A Marvel.

n marvel.
'That fellow is very successful"
Eyes; he Is enthusiastic and persist
ent Goes in for business just like
some people 60 in for baseball
Washington Herald.
The river press., 1911-12-06

w. G. CONRAD, Pres.
JAMES T. STANFORD.
Vice-Pree. and Manager.
A. E. SCHWINGEL,
Cashier.
OMAR J.. MALCOLM,
Asst. Cashier.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-21

les and the absence of fatalities is ia
ken as a good omen for the audience
who are TO be the victim Of the end
mems humor when the night of the
big show comes. One of the big hits
of the show program is the solo by
Charles Goff, secretary of the Business
Mems association. The way he warb-
les his roundelay, Sugar Moon,' is a
circumstance to attract attention.
Floyd Wilson has a melodious piece
of nonsense to get rid of in his solo
number, Listen to That Jungle
Band" The end men are TO introduce
a novelty with their chorus number.
an optimistic lyric entitled Every
body Gives Me Something, Every
body's Good TO Me" A novel line Of
advertising is being used to attract
attention 10 the show and its date
Some of the men who are skillful
with brush and pen have been making
cartoons and hand-painted win
dow cards illustrating points
about the show. The cards
are put up in colors more noisy than
modest, and are attracting much at
tention to the fact that the Y. NJ. c. A
minstrels will show at the Illinois
theatre one night only, Friday, May s.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-21
TEACHERS URGED
TO READ LINCOLN
Blair Advises Instructors to
Fight Shy of ''Pedagogic
Junk Heap"
TWO BOOKS SUGGESTED
Are Held to Furnish a Fine Balance
Between Shop and World
Reading.

The monthly letter of State School
Superintendent F. G.. Blair to superin-
tendents and teachers throughout Hi
nois follows:
$50 many of the books bought by teach
ers are OF the shop shoppy kind and,
once read, they find their way quickly
to the pedagogic junk heap, OF course
there must always be certain amount
of the so-called professional reading,
but every teacher should add yearly
to his library a few books more gen
eral in character and more permanent
in value The teachers reading cir
Gle board has selected for the coming
year, two books which furnish fine
balance between shop reading and
world reading, between reading for
the days needs and reading for all
time. One is the Personality of the
Teacher by President Charles Nc
Kenny of the Normal school at MIL
waukee. who will speak at the COM
mencement exercises here, and the
other is the Life of Abraham Lincoln,
by Nicolay'
Many attempts have been made
10 write something suggestive and
helpful on the fine and delicate theme
of the personality of the teacher.
Most attempts have died under the op-
Grafton of two much analysis and too
much scientific dissection. You
can't diagram the subtle elements of
as you can a sentence.
SIMPLE ENGLISH a VIRTUE.
President McKenny has come close
to doing a wellnigh impossible thing.
His experience as teacher has af-
forded him unusual opportunities for
observing and setting down these in
elements which constitute
such a large part Of the teachers
power If he has been fortunate in
his opportunity to observe and to col
lect facts, he has been even more
fortunate in his ability to set them
down in clear, simple English, a vir-
tue all too rare in our books on edu-
cation.
The book is not only clear and
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-21
Public Notice.

Notice is hereby given to the pub
lie that l will not be responsible foI
any debts that my wife, Mrs. Anna
PIunkett, may contract in the fu-
ture. MAT. PLUNKETT.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-21
Anthony Will Probated,

The will of the late Daniel E. An
thony of Moline was admitted to pro-
bate this morning by Judge B. s. Bell
The instrument which was drawn and
dated Feb. 3. 1910, gives the bulk of the
estate to the widow, Mrs. Minnie J.
Anthony, who is also named as execu-
trix and trustee of the bequest ofrs35O,
which is given TO a son, L. Elmer An
thOny. a daughter, Miss la l.. An
thony is given a piano.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-21

pointed. but it carries on every page
something of the warmth and vigor of
the author. It is easy enough for
the most immature and inexperienced
teacher to read. and it will interest
and instruct those of the widest ex-
perience and most extended thought
and reading.
CAUSE FOR CONCENTRATION.
The teachers are to be congratulate
ed more especially upon the pros
pect of securing and reading and
keeping Nicolay's Life of Abraham
Lincoln a work of great merit and
permanent value. The members of
the reading cirA ; board were as sur
prised IS you will be to discover that
a boG>. of such standard quality and
price could be offered to the teachers
on such terms as are fixed by the
board We possess many books which
do not possess US. Here, however, is
a book which will hold us as firmly
as we hold il.
mo superintendent should hesitate
moment in urging his teachers to
buy these two books and no teacher
should fail to get them"
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-21
CHARGES DESERTIoN.
RIVER RIPLETS

The Streckfus Steamboat Line
steamer 81. Paul will reach the local
port next Thursday on its way from
the Dubuque boat yards, where 1t was
through the winter season. 10 ST Louis,
where II viii be oyerhauled and placed
IN shape for the packet and freight
traffic in which it viii operate during
the season The only stop of the big
steamer between Dubuque and St
Louis viii be at the Rock Island and
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-21
WIFE is ACCUSED
William Schuck of East Moline
riled Counter Bill for
Divorce.
INFlDELITY Is CHARGED
Says Separation Followed Loss of
Love On Part of Woman for
Her Husband.

William Schuck OF East Moline.
against whom divorce proceedings in
the circuit court were instituted sew
eral days ago. replied this morning
with a counter bill in which he asks
separation from his wife. Anna E.
Schuck, on grounds of infidelity In
her petition Mrs. Schuck charged cru
city and cited many instances OF al
legged brutality on his part. The cou-
pie lived together from the time of
their marriage in 1899 until June !
last year. at which time they separated.
In the counter bill Mr Schuck denies
the allegations of his wife. and claims
that their separation followed. her hav-
ing become intimate with another man
and having announced that she no lon
ger cared for her husband. Both par
ties 10 the suit ask for the custody of
the two children. J B. and J. l. Oak
leaf represent the husband and ". c.
Allen and r. X. Reynolds are attorneys
for the wife.
CHARGES DESERTIoN.
Frank E. Drake of this city asks
for divorce from his wife, Minnie
Drake. whom he charges with having
deserted him three months after their
marriage in 1907. R R Reynolds and
W. c. Allen represent the plaintiff.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-21
HAS REMARKABLE RECORD
Orchestra Which Comes to Moline
Unable TO Meet Demands on 1t.

Unable TO Meet Demands on 1t.
The Minneapolis symphony orches-
ira, which will appear at the Choral
union May Festival in Moline May II
and IS, has had a remarkable record.
In the spring of 1907 the orchestra
then in it's fourth year, made a tour OF
one week at the close of its home sea
son in response to urgent solicitation
from Winnipeg. Grand Forks, and
Duluth. The following spring the calls
for the orchestra's services became
more insistent from these and other
places and a three weeks tour was
made, extending to Lincoln and
Omaha. In 1900 a six-weeks' tour was
necessary and Des MOines, Kansas
City, Galesburg and other places were
brought under the spell of the orches-
ira and its gifted director In 1910
a nine weeks tour took the orchestra
to Denver on the west and Michigan
and Indiana On the east. This year
a tour of II weeks is inadequate to
satisfy the calls for the orchestra's
service and Manager Wendell Heigh-
ton has been compelled to decline a
number OF applications from festival
committees. The orchestra opened its
tour in Winnipeg March %, "a, and %.
and does not return to Minneapolis
until June.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-21
T. J. MEDILL REELECTED

Officers Chosen at Annual Meeting
of Exposition Directors.
At the annual meeting of the direc-
tors of the Rock Island Exposition
company, held at the New Harper last
evening, the following officers were
chosen, all being reelected with the
exception Of the secretary:
President-T. J. Medill
Vice president-W. NJ Reck.
Secretary-Dr. R. NJ Pearce.
Treasurer-Carl Hellpensteu.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-21
40 DAYS IN JAIL
Charge Against Phil Johnson,
Held for Theft, Changed to
Disorderly Conduct.
STEALS FROM NEIGHBoR
Police Plan 10 Have Him Cared for
Permanently Because of His
Mental Condition.

Phil Johnson was sentenced to 40
days in the county jail last evening by
Police Magistrate C. J. Smith upon a
charge of disorderly conduct Johnson
was arrested Wednesday on a warrant
charging him with the theft OF lawn
mower from the premises of Mrs. Owen
Kelly, S21 Twenty-first street, a neigh
Dor. 1t was decided BECAUSE of John
sons weakness mentally to change the
charge 10 one of disorderly conduct.
An effort will be made later by the po-
lice 10 have Johnson taken care of per-
manently, as he has caused the depart
ment and his neighbors considerable
trouble in the past. He has a mania
for stealing, and on one occasion he got
away with IL bundles Of shingles and
tool box from a new house. Until
now he has escaped severe punishment
because of his mental condition.
RoUNDER GETS LOST.
Paul Hohensee Of Davenport spent
last night in a cell in the local police
station. This morning he did not know
where he was, and somehow he con-
ceived the idea that he was in Spring
field. The joke was carried out, and
he was advised that he was $50 miles
away from his home in Davenport. He
gladly promised to walk all the way
back if he was only released from Jail
He was left to discover his error in 10
cation upon emerging from the station.