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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-11

A few minutes delay in treating
some cases of Group, even the length
of time it takes to go for doctor often
proves dangerous. The safest way is
to keep Chamberlain's Cough remedy
in the house and at the first indica-
ton of Group give the child a dose.
Pleasant to take and always cures.
Sold by all druggists.-(Adv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-11
Licensed to Wed.

George L. Romick ....... Davenport
Miss Lennia Clinkenbeard, Davenport
Earl Andas ..... East Moline
Miss May Shuttle .-.. La Crosse
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-04-17
B BARGAINS S
IN
Krebs Property

Get you home in Krebs. The
following property situated in
city Of Krebs has been placed on
the market and offered for sale
by the Krebs Real Estate Co:
]. One two room house and
lot on Main street. Price $3.50.
2. A good broom house on
Grand Avenue, good well and
improvements. Price $3.50.
3. Good 7 room dwelling,
2 1-2 lots on Main ST., city wa
ter and good Improvements. A
bargain at $1,000. Easy terms.
4. One ) room house and lot
on Washington Ave. city wa
ter. Can be had at bargain.
;. Four room house and lot
on Church street, good well wa
ter. Price $3.50.
6. Vacant lot 90x140, on 8th
street, west. Price 500.
7. Vacant lot 122x17O on 1st
street east. A bargain at SIS.
8. Seven room dwelling, lot
90x157, city water and splendid
improvements located on Wash
ington Ave. Price $llO0. Easy
terms.
9. Vacant lot l00x200 on East
First st. Psice $75. 90. This is
one Of our best bargains.
If you are interested in this
property call and see
j. A. HEATHCOCK,
West Washington.
Krebs, Okla.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-04-17
"Bachelor's Honeymoon

TIE man who married an act
ress and introduces her u mis-
sDinster sister a. the governess. g.
got into all sorts of trouble, e.
peciaily when the wife finds he
is the fond parent of twins, aged
Seventeen years. 4 maid ser
want with detective procliyities
and clue IN her head, " a Ger
man friend who nurses a secret
sorrow and is looking for some
one ~ put sweet flowers on his
grave, and many other characters
make A BACHELORS HONEY
MOON" the funniest play seen
in years. II will be presented
here Sunday night April 20 At the
Opera House.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-04-17

FEEL w. Scherubel, manager
Of the Skirvin hotel at Oklaho-
ma City committed suicide on
Thursday afternoon by shooting
himself through the head. III
health and intense suffering
from adenoids. nasal trouble,
IL said ~ have been the cause.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-04-17

We have opened up our annual
fight on The "hog-waller" in
front Of the Miner Office. We
put up with If last summer, but
now patience has ceased 10 be a
virtue, and we're going to keep
pcQgin" at this nuisance until
there's something done.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-04-17
Good Pasture,

The Martin Kerr pasture is now
under fence. 1t contains plenty
of grass and water. For rates
see Brewer and Kiple Grocery
Co., Krebs, Okla. adv
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-04-17
We Want Your Business

Why should the fact that President Wilson
delivered his message in person to Congress
create such disturbance? For you to buy
your electric fixtures from the City Electric
Co., at McAlester is more important
ITO N. First ST. Phone 444
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-04-17

Legislative News

On the secDr6 page of this is-
sJe VII be found = fJI. and com
Dlcte report " the work done b.
oIr present legislature new
laws. resolutions and approDria-
tions. All .aws with the gov
ernor's approval are briefly emu
merated. Thoae with the Emer-
gcncy attached viii become ef-
fectivc ~ once. al others 20 In
~ effect ninety days later.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-04-17

Already there are nine ayowel
candidates out for sheriff with
Ike Yoeg ~ hear from.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-04-17

TIE -zI ferret b after sSIe Il
the tz1 cCC1er. 5I the western
cogr-,es u the state The east
soe IA -g- exempt b. any means
Ore .aey held her nose while
passing the Miner Office yester-
day not from any fumes er0i-
mating from the Office. but from
that aD1Dnio.e cess-pDcl directly
in front u it. Shame On KreDs
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-04-17

Wonder if those county off
cials accomplished any real good
on their recent junket 10 OKLA
hOma CityZ
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-04-17

Old Papers, suitable
for papering or for
the door, cheap at
this office.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-04-17

Boost for a monthly sales day
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-04-17

Read our offer on last page.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-04-17

The best line of imported Duple
ever shown in Krebs. We ais
sample books showing the lates
Wall Paper. Orders promptly
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28

! If that's how. it is,' I says, spit oui
the terms and I'll consider en- II
there was trouble comm | wanted to
spin it out"
IF you couldn't spin it out nobody
could said Sim Perkins.
Thank ye," said Uncle Ashdod, &C.
cepting the remark in the spirit in
which it was not meant. so he spun
Us tramps,' he says, has held a
meetin' and we voted unanimous to GO
on strike. Everybody is havin' strikes
except us, and we amt goin' to let
other folks have what we amt got.
When other kind of folks get grieved
they up and strike, and get things cor
rected, and We got a grievance. Pie
amt as thick as it used to be, and it
amt as juicy. 1t used to be that when
We got hand out of apple pie it was
two inches thick and the juice ran
down to our elbows when we was
eatin' it, and now it amt but an inch
thick and the juice don't hardly run
down to our wrists. So we've struck.
Well, faint none of my affair." says
L don't run no pie bakery. l don't
feed tramps nohowP We'll, It's your
affair, he says. You run a ship, don't
you? You got reppetashun of worlin'
your men to death, Almost, amt your
Maybe l says All right he says,
were goin' to work on your ship.
When folks that always work goes on
strike they quit work, don't they? Well,
We don't never work, so when we go
on strike we start workin'J And we've
picked out your boat to start workin'
on"
Surprised you, didn't it," asked Sim
Perkins sarcastically.
Nope said Unc'e LAshdod. Sound
ed sort of logical. But l says, See
here, I've got one crew that | amt
got no use for. | don't want no more.
Refuse to put us to work, hey! he
says. 'Yup,' | says. L refuse, and
this here crew of mine will fight ye
hard if you try to take their jobs 1
says. Sorry he says, but if that's so
we'll have to use violence And they
done it."
Didn't say nothin' about wages ?"
said Sim Perkins.
''No, SIR said Uncle Ashdod. Them
tramps had been fed free and bcdded
free and had no work until they was
fat and greasy, and when they went OIL
strike they wanted to be made to work
and to be underfed and treated harsh.
That's what they insisted on. So they
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28
By EMILY BEE

Tonight" she said. endeayoring to
speak casually. lightly. we have omitted
part of our ancient and honorable
formula"
"Since it is only formula" he said,
lit is better omitted. The times are
against Journalism
But the occasion is not complets
without it, she persisted, with a soft
laugh, the while her eyes were blank
with pain.
1T is not only complete, but finished"
he said.
They walked on. She was praying for
strength to carry her through the little
distance remaining, until-until the end
So he thought she had trified with him,
He would not understand. A wild deter
mination came to her. He should under
standI As though they had both been
speaking frankly, she said, Il will an
swer your words of last year, and the
year before, and the years before.
could not give myself to you while I
was a failure. ] should have been less
worth winning. l have succeeded now
The commission has come to me, to-
make the mural paintings for the New
Center. It will be in the papers to-
morrow. You are the only one who
knows" r..
Then you are worth winning nowT'
he asked calmly.
Now" she said to herself. my heart
will surely break
1T is only when you love that you are
worth winning. When you love, and
when love you"
Now she said to herself. my
heart is surely broken. II does not mat.
ter what I say now" To him she said.
in a voice like death, Il understands 1t
is too late"
Il am bitter against you," he said. II
am sorry. II is hard for man to for
give the woman who does not want him.
the woman who prefers success to love"
But I am not that woman she said,
throwing what was left of her pride to
the four winds.
He asked. scarcely above his breath:
DO you mean-that you care-for love-
my lover
And now she would not answer. They
had reached the threshold of their part
Ing They passed over It and into the
oimly-lighted. deserted hall
He gathered her into his arms.
II wanted success" she whispered,
"only-to crown my love-
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28

Ashdod. Looked like that was the
only way to save the ship. She was
gettin' all worked to pieces and scrub
bed thin, and seemed like she'd be
ruined. 'Where'll we sail for? l says.
Gibraltar says Weary Rags; I don't
want to run out of work. airn,' he
says, to give these strikers sledge
hammers and let EN- knock chunks of
OF Gibraltar, and crack 'em up into
paving stones, and load 'em on this
ship. Pm goiu' to show folks that
when these loafers go on strike, they
go on strike he says. So we set sail
that way, and just when we was in
the middle of the Atlantic OCEAN"
How'd you know you was in the
middle?" asked Sim Perkins
"The lady we picked up said we
was" said Uncle Ashdod
What was she doin' in the middle
of the Atlantic OCEAN," asked Sim
Perkins.
"Bakin' pies" said Uncle Ashdod.
"Bakin' apple pies"
DO you mean to tell me" Sim
Perkins began.
"Most natural place in the world for
lady like her to be-" said Uncle Ash
dod. "She was from Hoddersville,
Ohio, and het name was Mary Jane
Holder, and if you write her letter
she'll tell you the same. She and her
husband had started to Europe in 4
ship, and she got so seasick she most
died. and when they got right at the
middle of the Atlantic Ocean she said
she wouldn't go no, further, so they
left her there
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28
"CROWNED'

the restaurant became pandemonium.
She alone was silent, with fixed smile.
AS her escort Joined those about them in
the cry of Happy New Year! she only
, smiled and smiled. Had she emitted
| single sound. it world have been a cry.
The first confusion over. they settled
| in their chairs again. Her eyes were
fixed upon her plate. Before raising
them she must be sure that they were
veiled. Last year he had seized this
moment to. speak to her. This year
could she live through this year?
He was relating a story. doubtless
| amusing. With an effort she gave him
attention. Something was wrong. He
no longer cared. Could she keep him
from knowing that she did, that after
all, she did? He would not speak.
Would the wretched evening ever end:
Was she the same woman who had
trembled in surging happiness at that
table an hour ago?
Rather abruptly he leaned back, as II
he, too, wearied of the face they played.
Aren't You bored with this, Alice? 1t
only lasts-so long. Let's 60"
She nodded and rose. He held her
wrap, and as she slipped into its loose
warm folds, his fingers touched her
shoulder. She could feel the warm blood
rise to that touch, and miserably con-
scious, she fastened her wrap without a
glance in his direction. He picked up
her white gloves and handed them to
her. She observed with dull surprise.
that his hand was a bit unsteady. In
flash she recollected-she was almost
positive of it-that the fingers touching
her shoulder had trembled. She looked
UP at him swiftly. caught him on guard,
and read the bitterness in his eyes.
Threading her way before him. through
lines of colorful sparkling tables, the dis
tance to the door seemed interminably
long. She must verify that glimpse into
his soul II she had seen Alright, then
he still cared. 1t was. only Indifference
that proved the death OF love.
As the cold air of the street smote
them, they breathed deeply Of its fresh
ness. Lets walk" he said
Again she only nodded. Now" she
thought, "Now, perhaps he will speak"
But they walked on in silence, a silence
almost unbearable to both Of them. II
was after they had travelled many blocks,
passed out of the district OF garish merry
making. were approaching the Threshold
at which they must part, that she took
her fate in her hands
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28

with gas range, / reckon" said
Sim Perkins.
with a gasoline stoge; on raft.
and barrel of apples and a sack of
-four and some other fxings, so she
could stay there till her husband
stopped for her on the way back. We
asked her if she wanted to same
aboard, but she didn't, and when she
seen all them hungry tramps looIcin' at
her pie with their tongues hangin' out
she offered them some, and the min
ute Weary Rags got his piece in his
hand he bit into it and the juice run
up his arm to the elbow, and he looked
at the pie and seen It was two inches
thick, aid he turns to the Amalga-
mated Union Of Ancient and Honor
able Loafers, and he says, Strikes
off, And SO it was. They never done
another strike of work."
"Huhp said Sim Perkins. How'd
you ever get the ship back to shore"
Never did" said Uncle Ashdod.
Couldn't sail big ship like that with
crew that had ended a work-strike
and wouldn't do nothin' but loaf.
could II"
Il suppose you're out there in the
middle of the ocean yet, amt you?"
said Sim Perkins.
Now don't you worry about that
said Uncle Ashdod. "Speakin' in
sort of way l was the owner of that
work-factory the ship was, and the
owner most generally comes out all
right What's worryin' me, is what
happened to them loaf-strikers."
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28
By JOHN DARLING

seIf-coufidence. that he sped in that direc-
ton. When within half a mile of the
house he saw an auto come out of the
drive. 1t contained two ladies only.
That will be the widow and her sister, >
he unused. THE one who made fool of
me must understand the machine, and
she will be at the wheel. Good, Now to
shatter her egotism bit!"
He put on the speed and shot ahead.
His coming was not noticed until he was
passing. One glance told him that the
girl who had posed as the cook was driv-
ing the machine. With exaggerated po-
liteness he bowed and smiled, and he saw
her straighten up and her eyes flash. The
road soon narrowed, and there was no
chance to pass him, but as he exulted
something went wrong with his machine.
It swerved into the ditch, knocked down
three or four rods of rail fence. and then
stopped dead still after vainly trying to
climb over, an old stump.
Miss Coline had to turn her head and
look It wasn't the thing to do, but
most any driver would have done it
Smash Crashi Her auto was raking
the fence on the opposite sidei
The three were shaken up and dazed.
and wondering how II all happened, but
nobody was hurt beyond a bruise or two.
The girl was the first to recover her
wits, and she walked up to the wreck on
the other side and said to its occupant:
This comes Of a hired man driving an
autor' y.
''or cook"' he retorted.
"Sirr'
Miss
There should be law"
'To prevent women from acting as
chauffeursr'
What is all this talk about?" de-
manded the Widow Mason, as she ad-
vanced.
The other two looked at each other for
a few seconds and then began to laugh.
'T have learned since the other day."
said Miss .Coline. "that you are not a
hired man. I therefore beg pardon"
Granted; and 4 have also learned
since the other day that you are not the
family cook. 1 Therefore"
It was predicted when the auto first
came into use that 1t would knock ro-
nance sky-high, and put Cupid out Of
Job, but no such direful results have
followed. Mr.. Farnham and Miss Ascott
are frequently seen riding out together,
and their attitude Is exactly that of two
young persons in love
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28

Copyright, l9l3)
They had celebrated together the ad-
vent OF each New Year since the first
year of their acquaintance. That meant
five celebrations. And each had ended
parried. and a question from him to
which she would not give definite an
swer.
That night they sat in the glittering
restaurant, part of the noisy hilarious
crowd. and yet by their sincerity and
simplicity differentiated from that crowd
The extravaganza OF such surroundings
was not ordinarily for either of them,
and they chose New Years Eve for their
appearance in the setting because that
was a time when the rest of the world
seemed better worth looking at
In her heart was marvellous satisfaction,
the satisfaction of work well done and
reward about to be attained. Tonight
she intended to listen to his plea, and to
explain why she had kept him wait
ing those long years. He was splendid
she thought, looking at him. And what
fidelity he had shown in this world of
m --tlluulnOuS dppedlS! Inc lnouBnt Oh
that happiness for them which she would
no longer deny-that happiness SO near
irradiated her, brought tears to her eyes
and smile= to her lips, gladdened her
SO that revealing In her own JOY, she
failed to see beneath the surface of his
mood.
With the rest of the crowd they ate,
drank and laughed. adding their little
to the din, now submerged, How
rising, now drowned again, by the tumul.
of the orchestra And the orchestra sang
of love. One after another of the love
arias from the operas were played with
all the feeling that can be drawn from
instruments Of many tones, and
with each aria her heart welled afresh.
With sudden recklessness she looked
straight into his eyes. II ever eyes
spoke to eyes, hers said. tell me-" And
IL ever eyes refused to answer, his re-
fused. 1t was as II her heart staggered.
A bell struck. and at the sound the
great noisy throng hushed suddenly.
expectantly. A distant door
opened and silken silvery page led in
a rosy child. typifying the New Year.
A thousand chimes rang out. The diners
zprang to their feet. and the scene In
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28
Copyright. lsl3.D

Copyright, l9l3l
Whenever COline Ascot took a run
down to The Naples which was her
widowed sister country place, she was
privileged to do anything she wanted
TO. She romped with the dogs, chased
the chickens, miIked the cow and shovel
ed snow, il it happened to be winter. and
ran the lawn-mower = it were summer.
In addition TO that, she occasionally
drove the cook out Of the kitchen and
prepared a meal according to the sched-
uIe of the cooking school she attended
in the city. At such times she dressed
as became a cook who was receiving
80 month and board for cooking and
kicking
On this particular day, at 4 o'clock in
the afternoon. the cook was out, and the
Coline was left all alone, and one of the
things she contemplated for supper
falsely and deceptively CALLED dinner by
a share of the populadon-was an old
fashioned custard. 1t wasn't to be one
of these new-fangIed things which pass
one like mother used to make-one with
real eggs IN it.
First get the eggs! They could be
found in the hen-house. The hens at
The Naples had been taught not to go
wandering all over the place when the
spirit came upon them to lay a five-cent
egg. If they were chasing grasshoppers
half mile away when the spirit was
felt they made a bee-line for the coop.
miss Coline walked down the path to
the gate to get a view up and down the
highway before going after the eggs
She wasn't anxious about the cook OF
her sister or anybody else, but she wanted
to see.
And, what she saw as she leaned over
the gate was an automobile approaching.
Its sole occupant was the young man at
the steering-wheel Something was
wrong. 1t hobhled. 1t limped. 1t halted.
There were no glad toots from its horn.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28

come down in a bunch, with clubs, and
chased my old crew ashore, and come
aboard. 1t was comical to see how
them tramps worked. Hadn't none of
EN- done lick of work for years, and
they had smost forgot how. One feller
got the silver polish and started in TO
polish the anchor, and another started
in to braid three ropes together, and
another hunted up a pail of paint and
started in to paint the sails. Another
feller nearly worked hisself sick
nailin' cakes of soap to the mainmast.
l told him it was an idjiotic piece of
business, but all he'd say was Works
work. Didn't seem to make no differ
ence what they done, so long as 1t was
work. We won't loaf again until we
win our point says Weary Rags. The
world will have to do without loahn'.
So then the strike breakers"
How could there be strike breakers
in that kind of a striker" asked Sim
Perkins.
"My old crew was the strike break
ers,' said Uncle Ashdod. Soon as
they saw the tramps had give up their
jobs as loafers my old crew took the
jobs and started loahn' piecework and
by the day. They losfed all over the
wharf, and it made the Strikers mighty
mad. They got clubs and went ashore
and malterated that poor crew scam
dalous until they quit tryin' to break
the strike. Wasn't much work they
could do on that wharf, so they bailed
water out of the harbor on one side
of the wharf and poured it in again
on the other side. So the next Tues
day after that VIC set sail"
Set sailr exclaimed Sim Perkins.
We'll, it did seem sort of foolish"
said Uncle Ashdod, with no cargo
and nowhere special TO stall to and
crew like that, but Weary Rags would
have it so. Works work, he says, but
when a feller is working on a ship
he ought to work the ship. Every
cake of soap is nailed to the mast, and
all the ropes is braided, and all the
sails has had two coats of paint. and
the anchor has been polished SO much
it's gettin' thin in the waist, and if we
don't look out all the work will be
done and we'll be forced to call the
strike off and go back to loahn'. But
there's plenty of work on a ship when
she's at sea, Pm told, so we'll go to
sea. And VIC did"
Hope you sunk" said Sim Perkins.
Il sort of hoped so, too said Uncle
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28

Cook? Cook? Well, if she's a cook
l wish mother would engage her. Shed
sure give our kitchen some class Hang
it, why couldn't she have been a daughter
or a sister? A fellow can't call upon a
family COOK
Mr. Farnham had five miles to go to
his fathers home. and he reached IL
without further adventure, though he had
lots of thinking TO do. 1t was a machine
he had taken on trial and this was the
first time he had had it out.
Mother" he said when he reached
home, why don't you fire our fat and
ferent?''
why. Janet has been with us for
eleven years.
Then let her 60"
But for what reason?'
Because she isn't a dandy. Back here
few miles 1 saw a handsome young
lady who was a cook-intelligent, edu-
Gated, and classy! 1 almost permitted
myself to admire her."
And if she were here you'd fall in
love and marry her!' Is that a part of
your college course?'
But she is a dandy, tell you
AT what house was it?'
THE big white one on hill
Il
happen TO know that her cook is as fat
and frowsy as Janet"
She isn't twenty years old, and is
smart and good looking
"And she said she was the cook?"
Yes; she the same as said so."
my smart son." said the mother 'TIl
bet a dollar to a shilling that you have
been fooled. Is she rather short girl?''
Yes"
"Blue eyes and curly hair?"
That's it"
Rather naughty toward strangers?"
Hanged IL she didn't order me to take
off my capH'
well. son. that girl was and is Mrs.
Mason's sister. Her home was and is in
the city. but she comes down here every
few weeks. How does it feel to be taken
for hayseed?'
'I'l get even with her for that" was
the vigorous reply. and the subject was
dropped.
Every day for the next two weeks
young Farnham was out on the road
learr ing to run his auto, but he never
wen; as far as the white house on the
hill. 1t was only when he thought he had
absorbed all there wasjto learn. including