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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-28

Nice enough boys, dare say" he
laughed. but aren't you glad that's
The last OF them
"Oh. no. indeed" murmured Jacie
They were SO amusing"
seott's mellow laugh reached the
coat closet plainly. What may be" !"
he said, but the minutes dragged hor
ribly for me I've the greatest newsl
Our manuscript is accepted"
Robert Hrants eye was AT the key
hole Jacie was Waiting wildly about
the room, she and Scott lsachsng like
two children.
Il wisf9 oh. ! wish. broke IN Jacie's
soft voice. that we could begin on
another. How tiresOme to wait till
you and Annie are settled But let's
see-how would II do for me to start
the story? Then you and she, when
you're ready, write up to meg'
The very thing"
minute later Scott's heels tapped
smartly on the pavement, and Jaoie's
laugh still bubbled when the portiers
swung back to admit Burton
Delighted, I'm sure was her greet
Ing. Perhaps. though, you. like the
rest. have come to say goodby7
The keyhole OF the courtroom was IN
direct line with Jacie on the sofa.
Robert Brant distinctly saw Burton
draw up chair and take Jacle's hand.
Also he heard distinctly every word
that was uttered Moreover, he was
struck by peculiar quality ia Bur
tons tones
'Jacie.p Burton began. Il wish
win you explain?- about the portrait.
you know. Why-wasnt it-hnished?"
"Oh." she said easily that was
because poor Mr.. Mosgrove couldn't
paint nothing. He said SO IN this
very room not half an hour ago Mr.
Perry agreed
"Jacie." tBurton's voice was appeal.
ine). Il don't know what tricks you've
been playing. but you've sent away
two thoroughly nice men Scott Har-
ney--"
"He's gone. too"
But Jacie. II seems desirable"
Thanks for yours and papaa inter
est" She smiled sweetIy. Perhaps
your next plan to secure husband
for me will be more successful"
Burton's CONSERVATION was ludi-
crous. His crimsoned forehead show
ed beads OF perspiration and his stiff /
fened tongue could only stammer the
one word "How?"
ttIIg,x.- I.,fs
Why, ] stood behind a screen not an
arms length away, during the whole
1f the conspiracy And those two dear
,oysl oh, Mr.. Burton, when played
iaft you ought to have seen them
Next time"
"Therel be no next time" Bur
on's tones had in them remarkable
decision I've been so miserable, Ja-
lie, and now I'm so happy that you've
ent them all away I'm afraid I'm
oo--Jacie. II you'll take me-"
"Oh, quite SO. meant to all the
ime. II we just had papa's consent
low, | should be blissfuly happy"
Jacie's happiness was speedily as
ured. but Robert Brants assumption
I surprise upon entering the room
ias notIceably lacking In genuineness,
nd ne soon went out mumbling.
lnough however, WAS audible as the
cor closed to justify the following
sading
Just the one, by jove Why the
euce didn't know it long ago. and
ave the worry over"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-28

hereby give notice that the city
dunn is under my supervision and
lariies dumping on said grounds with
our my permission, viii be prosecuted
70 the fullest extent OF the law. Clean
mp day excepted March 10.
W. A. GRIFFIN.
d''-im City ScayeDger.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-28
Most Important.

Next 70 knowing when 10 seize an
Opportunity The most important thing
n lile f. 70 know when 10 forago an
advantage 8eaconsaeld.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

which they can rely in times Of
stress.
For all this the minister stands. He
is but an agent, but he embodies the
spirit
Inc marriage, in its truest sense, is
made without him and without the law
which authorizes him to perform
the ceremony. But the minister is our
appointed representative Of God. With
all his human failings, we have set
him apart as something a little near
er TO the throne than the rest of US.
And while the police court judge can
give society's sanction to marriage,
there is something more in the bless
ing that a minister pronounces over a
man and woman who have just been
made one.
But just because he acts as Gods
greater responsibility in making a
marriage, than the layman authorized
TO perform a civil ceremony.
The minister who joins in marriage
without his conscience and judgment
ripened by his experiences as a clergy
man, is not properly fulfilling his mis-
sion
A minister who can be coerced by
a big fee, is not acting as the hand of
God. A minister who joins an unthink-
ing young girl to an old man; or
fresh and healthy young woman to
man whose evil life is stamped upon
his face; or those whom disease has
claimed; or those plainly unfit for
each other or those who marry solely
for worldly reasons-such a minister
is not exercising his conscience and so
Is not acting with the courage that
the Lords ordained should show.
Because of his sacred profession a
minister has the right to refuse to
perform a marriage ceremony when his
conscience, if consulted, does not sane
ton it. And even though his wife may
not have as many new bonnets as she
deserves, the minister who really lives
up to his holy calling will refuse to
profit by fees from marriages that he
cannot feel in his heart have some
thing holy about them.
There are many such conscientious
ministers, and when one such blesses
a newly-married couple it is indeed a
heavenly blessing. And it would be a
sordid world if there were not a great
many of these ministers to act as
Gods hand for the many who need
that living evidence of His care and
love for all of us.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09
MARRIAGES NOT MADE IN HEA
VEN?

A Boston minister says that mar
riages are never made in heaven,
and that couples are never actually
joined by the hand Of God. He adds
that his conscience has often troubled
him when he has performed the mar
riage ceremony, as he does not believe
that the Bible authorizes ministers to
unite people in marriage, and that
minister performs a sacrilege when le
presumes to serve as the hand Of God
in wedding people.
1t is very true that marriage in this
country is recognized only when it has
the laws sanction. Marriage is not
a religious but a civil affair. Without
the authority of the law a minister
could not perform a legal marriage
ceremony. 4 justice of the peace can,
with a few informal words, make a
marriage as binding as the most sol
emn and elaborate of church ceramoh-
les.
Nevertheless, 1 am going to take
exception to the Boston 1hiGister's
statement that marriages are not
made in Heaven.
1t is apparent that good many
are not and some, indeed, seem to
have been Matched in the other place,
according to the divorce court records
But the true marriage, where con-
genial souls unite, and where two
lives are merged, willingly enduring
all things just to be together-surely
such a marriage is aforementioned
by the creator. Seldom is any mar
riage entirely carnal.
Therefore is it not fitting that Gods
earthly representative should have
hand in it?
Almost every woman prefers to have
Der marriage ceremony presided over
by a minister. To her the occasion is
sacred. She feels the hand of God up
on her. She wants His blessing upon
her, and upon the step that she and
the man are taking. She trembles a
little as she thinks of the future and
its tremendous responsibilities. She
knows that they two are bit human
after all, and that there will be times
when it will give them courage tC
know that there is one watching over
them a higher power upon which they
can lean when sorrow comes and upon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09
BARBER Is TIPPED
$40 BY Up. MORGAN
Financier Then Attends Luncheon
for II Where Guests Are
Worth Half Billion.

Lenox, Mass, Oct 81 Pierpont
Morgan felt so clipper after Bernie"
Duclos had tilted up his barber chair
here and dabbed a bit OF talcum pow
der on the fnancier's countenance,
that he broke into a smile, picked a
yellow-backed $50 bill from his
pocket and handed it to Duclos, say
ing in a CHEEKY voice:
Keep the change; it is the best
shave I've had in a year"
Then the banker, who is not at all
noted for saying sunny things 70
plain folks and whose friends never
knew he had the tipping habit to
any exaggerated extent, stepped
lightly out of the door of the barber
shop into a big touring car that wait
ed for him. In a few minutes he was
the guest of honor at a special lunch
con given by Charles G. Lanier, the
New York banker, at the Lanier
Villa There were IA at the table
and it was remarked by outsiders
that in an emergency the diners
could dig up a half billion dollars if
they felt like doing so.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09
Atwood, Air Pioneer

after the most elaborate preparations
and with marked trepidation. One
well-known American airman once
said that he and his associates would
all be killed if they continued TO make
ascents. Mr.. Atwood does not take
this view of the matter, and obvious
ly he feels at home in the air. To
him the aeroplane is a way train as
well as an express train OF the air. He
has no difficulty, as a rule, in taking to
the skies, following or changing his
course, or alighting on the earth. OF
his experiences in this remarkable
jaunt he says:
My only trouble, in all the 1855
miles was a stalled motor. Think of
the spots where l landed At Lyons,
\. Y, it was on top of a hill; at Am
boy, west of Syracuse, it was in
marsh; at Fort Plain it was in a
rocky meadow, upon the top of a
mountain; at Castleton it was on a
steep slope along the bank of the Hud-
son; at Glen, where I stopped to make
repairs, it was on the top of a noun
tain 1850 feet high. At Cold Spring,
across from West Point, had to climb
the side of another mountain, and
landed right plump on the top ledge
with only a ten minutes supply of
fuel"
The Boston expert has made flying
easy for himself even with the aero
plane in the experimental stage.
When he says that its possibilities are
he is looking into the future
as a student and practitioner of me-
chanical flight who understands the
vagaries of the uncharted air And this
young man has been driving an aero
plane a matter of three months and
but recently he secured his pilots IL
censei
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

fraction Of the republican press of
the Fourteenth congressional district
has become peevish this early in the
game. anent the discussion of possible
candidates for the republican congress
sional nomination to succeed James
Mckinney. The result of it is that
the democratic press is taken serious
ly TO task for paying any attention 10
the subject and Informed that the re-
publican party is capable of taking
care of its own affairs in handling the
situation. Suu. It is just possible that
the democratic party may have some
thing to do with the outcome. and fur
Their on that the voters in general Of the
district may take upon themselves the
right of having something to say on
the subject. Stranger things have
happened.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09
CFrom the New York SUM


Harry n. Atwood who has found
his way through the air from st. Louis
to New York, via Chicago, flying at the
rate of 40 miles an hour, says he be
lieves the possibilities Of the plane
are unlimited, positively unlimited
Mr. Atwood is young and enthusiastic,
but who shall say he is wrong? NJ.
Louis Paulhan, the French aviator, ad-
monishes prophets to be careful not to
set limit to the performances Of the
aeroplane. Before he flew from Lon
don to Manchester a year ago one
sceptic declared that he was ready to
bet &1.000,00O the thing could not be
done. When the greatest altitude at
tanned by the heavier than air ma
chine was 500 feet it was asserted by
another wiseacre that no aeroplane
would ever be motored to 5000 feet;
the record is now 1000 feet. SO it
will not do to be dogmatic about the
future of aviation. Every day there
is a greater achievement, a new Won
der, and skepticism has another fall. !.
To our way of thinking the feature
of Harry y. Atwood's serial flights
from St. Louis to New York is not the
record claimed for him of the longest
cross-country performance, it is the
easy control OF the machine which
be displayed, and his confidence in it,
that was never misplaced. Mr.. At
wood rises in his aeroplane and pur-
sues his journey very much as chauf-
feur gets into an automobile, turns on
givings about his security or any doubt
that he will reach his destination.
Other American aviators, and most
European. have been satisfied to make
flights between one city and another
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09
Won an and Her Shoes

CFrom the New York World.)
From the claim department Of the
Pennsylvania railroad comes a re-
port that most OF the accidents suffer
ed by women in railway stations and
in getting on or off trains are due to
high-heeIed shoes or TO hObbie skirts.
We have here another evidence of
one of the most peTverse of
feminine peculiarities. Women seem
incapable of learning how to change
their dress to ct the thing they are
going to do No man would wear a
dancing pump or a dress shoe to take
& walk on Broadway or 10 make a rail-
way trip. He will change his shoes if
he is going 70 play golf, and would
change them again if he were going
duck shooting. But a woman will
wear high-healed bottines at home and
abroad. in town and country, in the
parlor and On the street.
One authority says that women will
follow style regardless OF life and
limb" Such e devotion would not be
without merit If the style we're wen
chosen. But why should they stick TO
style Of shoes when they have
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09
HuTnor and
Philosophy
By DUNCAN ~. SMITH
SUBSTITUTE.

THE summer birds have flown away.
- Their loss we Will not feel
So long as birds of winter stay
To grace an evening meal.
We liked to hear their pretty song,
Serene and clear and sweet,
But better still we like the gong
That tells US when TO eat
When they were nesting in the trees
And raising fluffy young
1t was Joy to catch the breeze
That bore the songs they sung.
Such Joys. we own, can never cloy,
And naught can break the spell,
But now it is greater joy
To see them basted we'll.
The feathered songsters had their day,
And all the summer long
They whiled the sunny hours away
With chirping and with song.
But now we strike the other brand,
A fatter, fairer crew;
They do not sing to beat the band,
And feathers are taboo.
We would not harm the ones that filed
With melody the sky
Or wish a single one were killed.
They were too small to fry.
Their song with eagerness we heard;
But, coming down 10 earth.
The turkey is a rare old bird
And has them beat for girth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09
More Important Than Panama.

The cost of transportation today, if
distributed among tae people general
ly, averages St5s per family or one
third OF the average cost of living
With rivers improved. and water
transportation developed. the annual
saving n freiEht rates alone would
amount 70 more than one-haf billion
dollars Per yelr.
The lakes-to-Jhe-Egl deep waterway
route should be the main waterway
trunk line first built. and is of more
importance 10 the people Of the inter
ior of the United States. numbering
more than G0.oJ0,G5o, than is the Pan
anna canal
The purpose Of the association is 70
build this I4-foot waterway cana. from
Chicago the EuIf. in order 10 reduce
he cost OF transportation and decrease
he production OF the commodities Of
zee in the interior valley. and develop
.ac resources as 10 other project Or
movement would bring about.
Congress is thoroughly aroused 70
IL situation and indications are that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09
The Voice of Morgan.

Investigations hurt business" be
walls the New York sun. Let bust
ness proceed unhampered, is its cry.
The Sun rs now the organ of J. Pier
pont Morgan ct al, and it is entirely
possible that its wailing means moth
ing more than that Morgan and his
gang hate TO be disturbed in their pill
lage of the people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09
Protection Boosts prices.

The United States is not the only ma
ton suffering from excessive protec-
ton. The rigid protective policy Of
Germany, though not nearly so drastic
as that of the United States. has so in
creased The cost Of living as TO compel
the most severe economies on the part
Of the wage earners. The families of
the masses cannot afford the luxury
OF meat, Horses. and even dogs. are
killed in large numbers for cousump-
zion as food.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

the scheme as whole, will be approx
ed by the next session Of congress. Il
is necessary, however, for another big
demonstration on the part Of the PEG
pie of the Mississippi valley to show
congress that the project has the unit
ed support of the people Of the United
States.
The next convention will be held at
the Auditorium, Chicago, October II,
10 and IA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

The only prominent republican pro-
Gressive who persists in declaring that
Taft ought to succeed himself as presi-
dent is Senator Kenyon of Iowa This
senator. it will be recalled was one
of the famous family Of republican
trust busters" and as such drew
down one OF the famous fees which Mr..
Wickersham disbursed with such a
lavish hand.
Could il De that the fact that Sena-
ter Kenyon was on the Taft payroll.
has anything 70 Go with his regular
live
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09
Oct. 9 in American
History

177o-Count d'Estaing and General
Lincoln repulsed in their attack
upon Savannah.
17S2-Lewis Cass. American states
man and pioneer. born; died 1866.
1sGS-Howell Cobb. statesman devoted
to southern rights. died; born 1915.
1s9O-Thomas Hicks. American paint
er. died: born 1893.
191O-Lambert Tree. Jurist and former
minister to Belgium and Russia.
who spent much Of large fortune
IN identifying Cbicago's boulevard
ard park system, died; born 1882.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

President Taft says the antitrust
law must be enforced, though the big
corporations always looked at it as Of
the nature of comic supplement TO
the Congressional Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

There is a great deal of talk in the
papers nowadays about politics in Pan
anna. It is hard TO believe they have
any left down there, since the frank
admissions made by Colonel Roosevelt
have been published.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

Couldn't Escape.
"He must have led a fast life"
81 never heard it"
"But have the evidence on him."
''What's the nature of it,"
positive and clear. When he mar
ried his wife they were about the same
age"
what Of it?''
HE is ten years older now"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

Had a Kick.
"How are the
fish biting?"
Fine"
Then what is
b e kic k i n G
about?"
B e c a u Sc he
cannot pull them
out all cleaned
and fried"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09
Quick Time

Quick Time.
Ada-Men are slowl It took him
nearly two hours to propose to me
last night Floss-And how long did Il
take you to accept him, dear? Ada
Just two seconds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

"Ie-A tree. you know, gets new
CONES every year-hat. parasol. every.
ihlns Husband-Yes. da-liue-and
makes them all Itself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

Taft may recover readily, says the
New York World, by sending some
guilty trust magnate to jail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

A peace conference is being held in
Rome. Significant place just now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

It appears to be finally decided that
Maine went prohibition. There is lots
Of dry humor about those down east
erners
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09
Expected IL.

Expected It.
II am going to do that tomorrow"
But tomorrow never comes"
Are you sure of that?'
quite certain
81 wish you could convince the man
who holds my note due tomorrow"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

such a variety of hats? Why should
the shoes have such narrow heels
when the hats have such wide brims Z?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue Rock Island. Ill I'm
tered at the postoface as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Member of the Associated
Press.
BY THE J. w. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

This war Of italy against Turkey is
going TO cost almost as much as a sea
son of Caruso.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

DR.. Wiley can now afford to sit on
the fence and watch his detractors
file by.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

No democrat who has ever followed
William Jennings Bryan can ever fol
low William Randolph Hearst.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09
Intelligent.

Intelligent.
'T suppose your party is always
right?'
Most always"
"Then you believe in reciprocity"
"Sure! What is it?''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

Uncle Ike Stephenson is long on long
green, but short on memory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09
Practiced.

A hit he made, for. it appears,
Each day their love grew ripper,
For he could wipe away her tears
He was an engine wiper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

Common Goal.
"Myra is always doing something to
herself"
Eyes; she likes to look pretty"
II know. She always did strive
after the impossible"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09
Had Found 1t.

Had Found II.
You don't know what trouble is"
Don't l, though? have just bought
q secondhand auto"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

1t sometimes happens that man
shows his best business judgment
when he marries.
Tell the first man you meet how well
he wears his clothes and see how
pleased he will be.
When your boy gets licked you are
always sure in your secret soul that
the other boy was bigger.
A man hates gossip, but when his
wife goes to the church social he is
always curious to know whether she
will find out what Green paid for his
car.
When a man who is always going to
do something wonderful really does it
his friends are so surprised that they
forget to say 81 told you So"
A mean way to get even with
quick tempered man is to get him boil
ing mad Just as the preacher is com.
ing to call.
a dReu "Ou1dH Gan never
why girl .sn't satisfied with home
grown complexion.
Happiness consists largely in believ-
ing that all the plums you can't shake
down are bitter.
1t is smart boy who can keep his
small sister from finding out where he
spends his Sunday evenings.
Hoarseness in a child subject to
Group is a sure indication Of the ap-
proach of the disease. If Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is given al once
or even after the croupy cough has ap-
peared. It viii prevent the attack.
Contains no poison. Sold by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

Proof.
"Bess is a nice girl"
~And entirely without vanity"
"How do you know"
"She always eats onions"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

Johns Speciality.
"John has another suit"
"Tweeds?"
mo; breach Of promise"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

When your boy gets licked you al
always sure in your secret soul tn;
the other boy was bigger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

1t is smart boy who can keep hi!
small sister from finding out where hG
spends his Sunday evenings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

Tell the first man you meet how vel
he wears his clothes and see how
pleased he will be.