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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
BY HARRY SNOwDEN STABLER


there Law some latent picture of him. struggling for
recognition.
ordinary young chap OF or three There
nothing sinister in his smooth features, perpen
dicular lines of dissipation. A weak mouth he had,
perhaps with the short fretful upper lip of child and
eyes that showed loss of sleep merely And yet
how calamity writ all over him.
"The man from Rawhide motioned toward the siphon.
Won't YOU have drink of fizz? Do you good Meet
ing with another polite refusal he moved aside saying,
We'll, fall in this corner here and go to sleep. You
won't play cards, he added with blunt and
played hell-somehow.
at was true too. The rough unconsidered words
fitted the mans appearance exactly; though none of
u.s. believe, could have given a The thought
that he had in here more for the sake OF little
human companionship than anything else crossed my
mind because he could have got his information from
the conductor But without word of thanks or further
question he sank into the there and closed his
eyes.
DOSSIBLY he felt the keen, silent apprasement of
himself going around him. for every and
then they would pop open with shfty glance about
if he was mentally nching himself to keep awake.
"The train moved forward distance before it
stopped again. And, soothed, perhaps by the notion
together with the tu talk he dozed off, for presently
he began to mu.ter and grit his teeth Then his hand
buttoned coat and fall Imply out again his body
twitched spasmodicaly.
at began to get on our nerves. And, though it is
my business to know, to find out things, distinctly
remember feeling sort of horror lest the man should
blur something in his sleep. 1t the feeling
that all had the advantage of him. The sensation
of embarrassment a novel one to But the
fellow from Rawhide seemed both amused and angry
He pulled the table forward slightly grasped the bottle
of fizz and tilted it backward so the tube pointed
straight at the doing mans face.
Before he could press the trigger, the big
stopped him with sudden gesture Better drink it. ;
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nductor and the brakeman, each with
a band of Grape on his left arm, went
out of the smoking compartment the
gray haired man by the window
glanced up from his newspaper at the
casual comment of one of his COM
panions. NO he said, as if directly
addressed, at is not a coincidence;
though. as far as | know, they may
be father and son. l Think, " he added
slowly, as if choosing his words care
fully, that it must be a voluntary
tribute
at is certainly no coincidence, in
terrupted another; "for the engineer
is wearing it too; noticed him oiling
I'D when came aboard. But | don't
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know about its being voluntary tribute Tribute to
WHAT
"A personality" The first speaker leaned over,
thoughtfuly knocking the ashes from his pipe. Il
happen know that it is not through orders from head
quarters. No. I'm not railroad man; but | believe
have inkling to why the wearing of that Grape
springs from common impulse. l do not know.
"You see" he paused tamping new load of tobacco,
and smiling gravey if at whimsical thought,
"you see, many, many different motives animate us
first and last! We are like a of Jumbled,
twisted wires-some live and pulsng. just natur
ally burned and dead Others short circued one
and another-that it is sometimes hard to tell. Any
how what is really coincidence is the fact that my
belief about that Grape is based what happened in
this same smoking night five years ago
The speaker pointed the gold letered Eureka
the door.
"What I've been trying to make up my mind to tell
you all the peculiar he continued the Others
shifted to attitudes of closer attention, because
that night at present, this train was held up by
snowdrts; and then, there were four OF us IN
this room-at first.
"The only of the bunch not entire stranger to
me was a well known bookrnaker | was at the time
sporting correspondent of Chicago paper, and knew
him by sight though his is doubtless familiar to
all of you. One of the others could not place through
his speech; for he talked but little in a curt, forceful
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WaV, ana smoked cigars .that CnOke me
now just to think of them,-a big. heavy
shouldered man, with rugged, rough hewn
features and the finest pair of eyes | ever
saw in human head.
Il am describing these men to you care
fully; for what they did, each from a
different motiv impressed me so pro-
foundry that, sitting here, can recall the
whole affair, words and actions in their
sequence, as though it happened last night.
The fourth man. he sat by the door there,
was a fellow from Rawhide a miner He
was burned to the color of an old tan shoe,
and | at first thought him the biggest,
most genial liar that ever came out OF a
mining district. But he wasn't. He was
merely irrepressible: the only one of us
whom nine hours of this creeping behind a
rotary had not reduced to limp, PUPPY
crouch.
Every half hour or so he would ring for
a siphon of fizz water, set it on the card
table here, shoot the stuff into a glass. and
watch the bubbles rise. Half the time he
wouldn't drink drop of it. He stood for
a lot of quiet kidding about it too: until
just after the lights had been lit the por
ter came in with the siphon, and on his heels
another man appeared in the doorway. |
learned afterward that he had been occupy
ing private section in one of the PullmanS.
THE miner jumped up with a gleefu ex-
clamation and pulled him down Say,
Sport, you re just the man we're looking
for. he grinned. Thought I'd gone
through this train with a fine tooth comb
Make fifth hand in little game. won't
you? Just small one, you know. We've
all got the willies-about to tell our real
names
Il saw the fellows hands clench suddenly
at the first words; but he replied in a lon,
pleasant voice. Much obliged; but do
not play cards He courteously ignored
the miners snort of disgust and, turning
a rather white, haggard countenance from
one to another of us inquired. Can any
of you gentlemen tell me if | can get a
train back to San Francisco tonight at L.
1t was the big man who replied, There's
no telling This train is nine hours late
now. and it may be that those westbound
are late also It's chance While speak
ing. l remember, he looked at the new
conner as if somewhere back in his own brain
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S the conductor and the brakeman, each wi
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-14

Miss Josephine Sheldon of Rock Is
land spent Saturday and Sunday with
Miss Marguerite Davis.
The Misses Dorothy Coyne and AL
ice Mccoy of Rock Island were guests
of Miss Hazel Bradford from Friday
until Sunday.
Mrs. John North and her mother,
Mrs. Eliza EeKstrom, started for their
new home in Strathmore, Canada,
Monday.
Miss Pearl Wait spent Monday in
Rock Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Adams of
Rock Island visited at the home of
Miss Mary Mcknight Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Rahringer and
son Fred of Taylor Ridge spent Sun
day at the home of c. F. Bahringer.
Emil Muerling is building a new
garage.
Ira Coyne and John Downing OF
Rock Island visited IN Reynolds Sun.
day.
Theodore Asquith Of Harlan, Iowa
is visiting relatives in this vicinity
Mrs. Grace Davis visited in Rock
Island the early part of the week
Bruce Bradford has purchased an
automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wait attend
ed the funeral of Mrs. Waits aunt
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-14
Sherrard

William Jenkins of Des Moines is
visiting his sister, Mrs. William
Kerns this week.
Mrs. Fred Foster and children
went to visit in Moline for q few
days.
Mrs. Chester Kranz swas In Rock
Island Monday.
Ben Larson, who was kicked
about three weeks by'a horse at his
home near Swedona and badly hurt
is getting along nicely.
Miss Florence Samuelson went to
Rock Island Saturday.
The baseball team members went
to Rock Island Monday to see the
ball game between Rock Island and
the White Sox of Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Yard. who have been
visiting with a son in Alabama, re-
turned home Friday.
Chris Bell returned home Friday
from Davenport, where he accompan-
led his wife. who underwent an op-
Grafton at st. Luke's hospital. Mrs.
Bell Is getting along as well as can
be expected.
Glenn Quaintance went to Quincy
last Wednesday to attend school.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. II. Berlocher and
daughter, Marion, formerly OF Calves
ton, Tex. visited Mrs. Berlocher's
parents. Dr. and Mrs. B. T. Edwards,
last week. They left for Chicago
Monday where Mr.. Berlocher had
position waiting for him.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Groom of Rock
Island visited with relatives and
friends in Sherrard.
Mrs. r. L. Petersen returned
home last, Wednesday from Viola,
where she visited a few days with
her sister, Mrs. A. G. Petersen of
Vio1a
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-14
.OrrinefO Whisky
and Beer Habit

Orrine IS the standard remedy and is
everywhere recognized as the most sue
cessful and reliable home treatment for
the drink habit" 1t is highly praised
by thousands OF women. because IL has
restored their loved onss to lives of So
briefly and usefulness, and the weekly
wages which at one time were spent for
drink are now used to purchase the
necessaries and many comforts at home
Any wife or mother who wants to save
her husband or son from drink" will
be glad to know that she can purchase
Orrine from the Harper House phar-
macy, and If no benefit is obtained af-
ter a trial. we Will refund the money.
Orrine is prepared in two forms No
J. secret treatment powder, absolute
ly tasteless and odorless, given secretly
in food or drink Orrine No. 2, in piiI
form. is for those who desire to take
voluntary treatment. Orrine costs only
81 box. Write for free Orrine book
let (mailed In plain sealed enveIops) to
Orrine Company. 761 Orrfne building,
Washington u. G. Orrine is recommend
ed and is for sale In this city by the
Harper House Pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-14
MOLINE

$4,000 Names in Rating Book-The
1911 rating book Of the Moline Re
| tail Merchants association Is in the
hands OF the binder and will be dis
tributed May 1 to all members Of
the association. The book will con-
tain ratings on $4,000 names az
compared with $4,000 names In the
book issued two years ago. This
gain OF SO 1-3 per cent shows an ex-
ceIlent growth in retail business in
terests and adult population of the
community, which includes Moline,
the east end Of Rock Island, East
Moline, Watertown. Siivis and sur
rounding country.
Looking for Charles Anderson.-Does
anyone in the city know Charles An
derson? The police department will
appreciate information concerning
him. His sister, Mrs Emil Carl
son of Shenandoah, Iowa, desires to
get in communication with him. The
city directory contains the names of
3S Andersons with given name of
Charles. Whether the Charles who
is sought is in the list is not known.
She says that he Is married and has
three children. also three brothers
in Montana. Mrs. Carlson has not
heard from her brother for years
and the last word she had of him
he was living here. Mrs. Johanna
Shellen of Skara. Sweden. has writ
ten the police asking their aid in
locating her son. Sven Shellen. The
letter is in Swedish. She writes: Il
have not heard from him for years.
If you find him tell him to write
his old mother"
CoiIision; Three Seriously Hurt
Howard Doster, a printer employed
by the Moline Plow company and
two young women of Davenport,
were seriously hurt at 1890 yester-
day morning when a bridge line car
collided with a buggy in which they
were riding. The collision occurred
at the north end of viaduct bridge
in Rock Island while Doster was es-
corting the young women to their
homes. He was turning the horse
struck the rear end of the vehicle.
The young people were thrown to
the pavement, but they were for
tunate enough to escape without
broken bones. They were bruised
and shaken up and one girl received
a black eye. The girls were placed
on the car and taken to the st.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-14
DAVENPORT

Three More Divorce Decreess--The
divorce record continues TO add new
cases, and yesterday Judge Let's add
ed to his reputation az q divorce Judge,
which he has established by nearly a
dozen DEGREES within the past few
days, when he granted three more de-
crees- A decree was given Anna Bed
endorf from her husband, William Bed
endorf. On the grounds Of cruel and In
humen trestment. They were married
April 4, 1909. The second decree was
granted Bertha Gohr from her husband,
Alber Gohr, on the grounds of desertion,
They were married March s, 1894 The
custody of their two children is given
the pIatntin. Julia Loomis was grant
ed a decree OF divorce from her hus-
band. z W. Loonnis.
Obituary Record. = Mrs. Bertha NJ
Kuhl passed away at her home, two
and one-half miles southeast of Ed
ridge, yesterday after an illness of sew
eraI weeks' duration. She was born in
Scott county Nov. 2s, 1870, being 40
years, months and 15 days OF age.
Besides many friends, the following
survive her: Her husband one son FL
mer, and four brothers. Henry and Her
man Schnecklofh of Scott county; Pc
ter OF Bennett. Iowa, and William of
Chicago. The funeral will be held from
the home Saturday morning at 10
O'Clock, with irternent at Pine Hill
cemetery
Emnet II. Armstrong Of Waterloo,
Ind, died at ST IhIke's hospital yester-
day. Mr.. Armstrong. who was a trav-
cling salesman for the Davenport Nur-
sery company, had been at the hospital
for two days. He was born at Newark
Ohio. and was So years of age March
"A. The following are the survivors:
His widow. Mrs. Sarah Armstrong:
two daughters, Mrs. Kateurah De Long
OF Indiana, and Mrs. Lurah Belts. now
on her way from the Philippine is
lands: two brothers, JEFF A. and AL A.
Of Ohio. and two sisters in Ohio The
body was taken to Waterloo. Ind, for
burial.
$4,000 for an Eye.-Henry Passvo-
gel he's sued Frank Hupperty s1O,-
900 for personal injuries. Hupperty
is suing PassvoEel because of an alIeg-
ed assault which II is asserted occur
red Jan. 13, 1910. Both men live on
Rockingham road, and Hupperty
claims that Passvogel entered his
home, as q result OF a neighborhood
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-14

quarrel. attacked him, and best him
over the head. He also alleges that
Passvogei assaulted members Of his
family. Hupperty alleges that he lost
the sight Of an eye because Of the as
sau1t and sustained co1cnssion Of the
brain.
$4,000 for New Pavins.--Accord-
ing TO the estimates which have been
prepared by A. NJ. Compton, commits
sioner Of TIE board Of public works,
the city of Davenport during the pres
ent year win spend q total Of $134,-
a4.01 In paving. OF this amount the
sum Of s7s,2se.29 win be spent for
new paving which has already been
contracted for by the city. This
amount will be spent In all sections
OF the city. as the board and street
committee has tried to divide the paw
ing which win be done during the
year as nearly equal throughout the
city as It was possible to do.
Old Davenporter NonTnated.-whit
Grant, a former attorney OF Davenport,
was nominated for mayor Of Oklaho-
ma City, Okla, ON the democratic tick
ct Tuesday. Mr.. Grant lived in Dav-
export a number Of years ago.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-14

gerry. These cases have been contin
ued until the September term of court
Each of the petit jurors has been noti
fed not to appear, as they will not be
needed this term, which will be a short
one.
returned to her home after a visit OF
a few days in Aledo.
Mrs. c. e. Bragg of Des Moines,
Iowa, who was recently called here by
the death of her father, R. w. Cool,
has returned to her home.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-14
A1edO

The AIedo reading rooms recently
received a donation of several govern
ment publications.
Among those who attended the NJ
neral services of the late Henry Glea-
son on Sunday we're Roy Gleason OF
Post Falls, Idaho, and Mr.. and Mrs. E.
Minor of Winfield, Iowa.
Mrs. Sundborg left Monday for Cal
ifornia. where she will make an ex-
tended visit with relatives. She has
visited at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. T. H. Cobb, in this city for several
weeks.
Easter will be observed in the M. E.
church by services given by the Sun
day school in the morning, and in the
evening a sacred concert will be given
by the church choir
The marriage of Miss Nellie John
ston and Ernest Waespe took place at
the home of the bride on Saturday af-
ternoon. the ceremony being performed
by Rev. T. S. Pittenger, pastor of the
M. e. church.
Miss Bertha Scannell returned Sat
urday from an extended stay in Bowl
ing Green Springs. Mo.
Mrs r. S. Davidson and daughters
of Larned, Kan, are visiting relatives
in Aledo and vicinity.
David T. Berry, who has been visit
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A.
Matchneer. left Monday evening for his
home in Seward, Neb.
Mrs. Charles Finch, Mrs. William
McHard, Mrs Samuel McHard, Mr..
Montgomery and F. C. Cunningham
went to Princeton Tuesday to attend
the meeting of the presbytery held
there.
w. w. Garner and daughter left
Tuesday for Rock Island, where Miss
Helen will make a short visit, and Mr..
Garner will go on to Lacrosse, Wis, to
meet Mrs. Garner on her return from
Grand Meadows. MINI.
Miss Elsie Venable of Reynolds, who
has been visiting her brother, left
Tuesday for her home.
Tuesday, April Is, the Eccretian so
ciety of Monmouth college and the
Websterian society Of William and
vashti college will have a debate in
Aledo on the subject, Resolved, That
In all jury trials the concurrence of
or nine jurors should be
sufficient for the rendering of a de-
cision." A concert by the VIII |
liam and vashti orchestra will also be
given at that time
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Mayhew went to |
Rock Island Tuesday to visit Mrs. May |
hew's mother. who will soon leave for |
Canada
Rev. J. 3. Pollock and ]. A. Wells |
went to Little York Tuesday as dele !
gates to the Rock Island presbytery.
Mrs z. N. Guthrie of Denver, Col, |
returned Tuesday from La Sale, where |
she had been the guest of DR. and Mrs. |
F. A. Guthrie.
Mrs. Emma Valentine has arrived |
from Alberta, Canada. to make an ex-
tended visit with her mother, Mrs. |
Sarah Trovillo.
W. G. DUNCAN of Orleans. Neb, came 1
Wedn esday to join his father, w. o. |
DUNCAN Of Kearney, Neb.. for a short /
visit with friends in AIedo
Miss Mabel McCreight left wednes-
lay for Industry, Ill, TO spend the \
summer with DR.. J. Steele McCreight.
The board of supervisors viii meet
On April Is.
There were four indictments found
1y the grand jury, two against Paul \
Higgins and two against John Crosse, (,
he former being for assault with a \
iesdly weapon and the latter for for
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-14

Mrs. William Whisman and daugh
ters Misses Nora and Mable were In
Rock Island Saturday.
Rev. Mr Cooper went to Indiana
Saturday:
In place of the regular Christian
Endeavor meeting next Sunday night,
a special Easter program is being
prepared.
The Woman's Missionary society
will meet Thursday of this week at
the home of Mrs. Elisha Lee.
Roy Cooper and family of Perryton
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-14

visited at Robert Sproston's Sunday.
Mrs. Sam Lewis of Gibson, Iowa,
visited the last OF the week at tee
home of Frank Mcfarland.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-14

James hotel, Doster accompanying
them. Afterward he visited the po-
lice station to ascertain what had
become OF the horse It was found
in the Mas feed stable. The outfit
belongs to Bob Blackwell OF this
city. The buggy was completely de-
molished and all that can be used
again are three wheels. 1t was val
ued at $50. The horse was skinned
up and cannot be driven for two or
three weeks.
Obituary Record. - Paul Allen Ran
dali, 16-months-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. E. Barndt Of 1851 Fourth
avenue. died yesterday. The child
has been i'll nine months. His par
ents and one brother, Wallace B..
survive. The funeral will be at 5
Sunday afternoon and burial will be
IN Riverside cemetery.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-14

Mrs. Louise Hatten OF Chicago, ir
Rock Island. Sunday afternoon.
| James McCaw, who was seriously
injured in a runaway April Is much
better.
MIS-. E. E. Stewart who has been
staying IN Reynolds the past month
has returned to Peoria.
The PriciIla club met with Miss
Daisy Wait last Saturday.
Roy Anderson OF Davenport u Wis
iting near Reynolds.
Miss Ruth Wait who attends school
at Evanston came home Wednesday
evening
]. H. Gaunt has been very serious
~ i'll the past week.
The Festival Of the Hot Gross Buns.
Hoary with the vanished centuries
that the good Friday hot cross buns
is still with US as a living institution
no one in his same senses can for one
single moment doubt There are
those, we know, who would have US
believe that this time-honored custom
Of the Eastertide is on the decline. It
may as a national observance have
parted with much of the quaintness OF
its old English surroundings in this
more modern and practical era; as a
factor in the great Christian festival
of the Easter its position remains un-
disputed For all that, in an age, the
tendencies of which have a distinct
leaning towards the non-religious, the
stamp of mere ecclesiastical observ-
ance is by no means so firmly impress
ed upon the toothsome confection be
loved of childhood's memories, and
which only makes its advent once a
year The antiquity of the hot cross
bun, is some shape or form, leaves no
room for doubt. In the old days of
Greece and Rome, 1t partook of the
nature of a kind of sweet bread, and
vas apparently used almost exclusive
~ for sacrifCial purposes and religious
rites. It's identity with religion has al
ways been close and unchallenged.
Even in those remote days when Ger
rops founded Athens. we are told that
he made offerings to the deities of
some sweet compound, and it probably
answered to that manufactured in lat
er centuries, as described by Diogen-
es Laertius, by one Emperocles. from
ingredients of fine -four and honey.
In the most ancient times the votive
offerings of consecrated bread to the
gods were generally placed by the wor-
shippers at the entrance to the tenn
pie. and one species of the sacred
bread went by the denomination of
boun. II is from this source undoubt-
edly that the modern appellation bun
has been derived
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
REPRESENTS WASHINGTON.
Mrs. Clara B. Colby in Parade Of
Suffragettes in London.

Mrs. Clara 3. Colby, who represents
Washington, d. c., in the parade and
demonstration of the suffragettes in Lon
don today, is an Engl.shwoman by birth.
but has resided in Washington and in
this country. and Is known to many in
the social and philanthropic life OF the
National Capital, both as the wife of
Gen. Colby of Nebraska and as one or
the foremost and most active workers for
woman suffrage here and elsewhere
Mrs. Colby has attained considerable
distinction in the literary world as a
writer. editor and platform talker. She
was for a time editor of the Woman's
Tribune. In Washington. and has con-
tributed some elaborate articles to the
press on the subject of equal suffrage
and the rights of women. Mrs. Colby
contributed largely from her private
means to the cause of woman's suffrage.
was in the campaign of the United States
Army troopers during the Wounded Knee
outbreak among the Sioux Indians OF the
Pine Ridge reservation. At the close OF
a sharp and decisive skirmish with the
Indians in Nebraska the troopers picked
up q cute little Indian pappoose which
had been dropped by one OF the Indian
women during the fight The little one
was adopted by Mrs. Colby who was liv-
ing In the west with her husband at the
time, and brought back here.
Lost Bird" as the Indian maiden was
known. grew to young womanhood In
Washington and was given q good Eng
lish education. She went west some
years ago and was married in Portland.
Ore, to a Frenchman, where they now
reside.