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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06
2. 2. 9. LUNCH AT Y. ~. c. a.

q. q 2. LUNCH AT =. NJ c a
The y. y. rs Of Broadway Presby-
terrain SUNDAY school held their month
IS meeting Tuesday evenin IN the ban
quet hall % the y. Il q. a. Lunch
was served az 1880 followed by the
election Of officers Tor the coming
year 8ir Rowilna. who has served
u11st capabiy as PRECEDENT Tor over
tv-o years. handed in his formal resig-
nation much 20 u4e regret OF the
class.
Tho members discussed various
plans for a membership cam1aign and
wish o. extend hearty Invitation 10
40 youae men 20 Join Dr.. Stewards
class next sunday morning 40 $50
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

If CRATE from gas oven be
placed over two burners of gas
stove, from four 10 six irons may be
heated at one time.
Fasten back band Of child's un-
derdrawers with safety pins under
the buttonholes in the back cf his
boomers.
When cooking anything conan
ing grease. Immediately upon empty
ing the pan sift cleanser into il. The
grease may be easily removed at
dish-washing time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06
SOCIAL EVENTS

by Mrs. Ellsworth Livingston a. her
home IN Moline. Mrs J. II Nessiey
and Nrs b. J. Bennett taking the
prizes l. the games OF bridge. \
buffet luncheon vas served after the
games. Miss Hazel Dierolf o. Colo
rado vas an out OF town guest MS
I.ovejoy viii De the next hostess. en-
PERTAINING In two weeks.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-30
LIKED fTHAI KIND OF NAM was WOMAN oF eREAT CHARM
Taciturn Pianist Formed Acquaint-
ance of Man Whom He Cor
daily Approved.

Though very fond OF hearing or
telling a good story, . well-known
pianist is rather taciturn. Once. it
is reported, a Scottish friend of his,
whom he liked very much, went home
with him after a concert in Edinburgh.
Both gentlemen sat down to coffee
and cigarettes, and as midnight struck
they had not yet exchanged a word.
Finally the guest risked bold and
novel query.
do you like Beethoven"
The pianist emptied his cup and
said, softly:
Beethoven good"
Half an hour later came another
question::
And how do you like Wagner"
To which the other retorted:
''Wagner-not good
Having exhausted his stock of In
quisitiveness, the Scotchman got up
to bid his host adieu.
Stay yet. my friend" said the
musician; 81 like your conversation
very much"
And both remained in profound
silence until a. m. struck, when
they wished one another good night
and parted.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-30

copyrisht by the ssllg Polyscops Company },
CHAPTER Iv-consinued.

Before classifying you I will first
show you my other specimens" the
scientist said. addressing me now with
so little evidence of insanity in his
outward bearing that could scarcely
believe that he was really mad. 1t
was his speech alone-his words
that betrayed his madness.
He showed me his specimens" one
by one--the whole CHASTITY collection
Including the skulls and bones OF ami.
mals--till finally he led me out of the
hut and toward the row OF wooden
cages
The cages. though primitive, we're
strongly built. with heavy wooden
bars made OF the branches of trees.
These cages contained live Wild AMI
mals-leopards. panthers, a bear and
a mountain lion. At last we reached
the last OF the long line of cages con-
tanning what the scientist called his
living specimens"
Why, It's a womanl" l shouted.
-lts a white woman--a young grill"
Yes, the specimen" In that roughly
built cage was indeed a woman-more
beautiful than even the dreams Of
men can conceive human loveliness to
be. Oh, my GodI II was pltifull
Here John Gaunt stopped speaking
and gazed into the fire on the hearth,
tortured BY his memories OF the girl
In the cage. His friends. exchanging
looks Of pity. remained quiet till the
Fifth Man resumed his story. thus:
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-30
CHAPTER v.



sprang to the cage wherein was
confined the lovellest woman l had
ever seen. And sought. madly. with
my bare hands. to tear away the
thick wooden bars
Who are your asked. while thus
engaged. what are you doing here?"
They have held me here for two
years." she cried. And then. in pitt
fuI supplication. she entreated me to
release her
But the two madmen now leaped on
me TO drag me away. l fought like a
demon. But the negro's spear drew
blood In two places in my back and
] was obliged to yield to this "supe-
rier" force.
The girls arms-beautifully round
ed. bare arms--were outfung through
the bars and she ceased not to implore
me to save her. But they dragged me
roughly away.
The vision of that Imprisoned young
woman remained before my eyes even
after they forced me into the scien-
fists hut. e
wondered. OF course, how she came
60 be there. Aud questioned the
mad scientist about her.
shes my very finest specimen, .
was all he would say concerning her.
you shall see more Of her presently.
For you shall have the cage next to
hers-if you live"
II lived? What did this madman
meant recalled that the cage next
90 that occupied by the girl contained
a mountain lion. Did the madman
mean that | was to occupy the cage
with the lion? II lived? Perhaps
iu his mind was the same thought.
namely. that man and a mountain
lion cannot occupy the same cage and
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-30

hacha as his servant ana settled
down to the quiet, uneventful life
practically of beachcomber-but a
beachcomber with money For the old
man had much gold-gold which he
kept buried and of which he never
spoke to a human being.
For years he lived in that village
gathering specimens found in the ad-
jacent forest. All these specimens
consisted OF skulls and bones of wild
animals and of birds which he found
dead and which. using his skill as a
taxidermist. he would stuff and mount
And it was amid these specimens in
his hut, with his servant Chacha. that
| came to him--a castaway.
"A few days after that on which |
asked him to help me to get back to
the States he suddenly said to me, in
a half-wild way:
You look exactly like my daugh-
ter. At least you resemble her so
thoroughly that you could pass for her.
You are not my daughter, are your
This wild speech frightened me,
but only vaguely. | did not compre-
hend that madness was even then
creeping upon him.
No. / said. L am not your daugh-
ter. When can you help me to get
back to nay own country?
Waltz he said You must wait.
And cunning light came into his
eyes.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-30
Empress Josephine One of the Most
Remarkable Personages OF His
toricaf Record

While the Empress Josephine had
one million francs year for her pri
vate purse, it is a well-known fact
that she was always in debt. an6
while this led to stormy scenes with
Napoleon, and beyond doubt she had
an extravagant wardrobe, it must not
be supposed that she spent this sum
entirely upon herself, as it is esti
mated that she supported more than
two thousand poor people in addition
to helping many needy aristocrats
who had suffered under the revolu
ton
1t is said that she owned several
hundred hats and bonnets which were
peculiarly becoming to her, and paid
her hairdresser six thousand francs a
year. Of course, the preservation of
her wonderful charm caused the
spending of many hours day in her
boudoir, from which all but a few
favorite waiting women we're ex-
cluded. So successful was she, in ad-
dition to her own wonderful personal
ity, that at the age of forty, and a
grandmother, when arrayed in a sim
pie white mousseline and string of
pearls, her husband exclaimed at her
loveliness and said he would be jeal-
GUS
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-30

owner We lived in Norfolk, Virginia
My father met with financial losses and
was at last reduced to the ownership
To save money. too, he decided now
that he would go to sea as the captain
of his own vessel, instead of hiring
a master as he had always done hith-
erto.
Father said when he was pre-
pairing for his last voyage, won't you
take me with you?
HE at last reluctantly consented,
saying:
Since you are all | have in the
world-you and my ship-yes. l will
take you
on that fatal voyage. My father was
now happy because / was on board
But frequently during the long watches
on the way down to the Central Amer
lean coast. he would speak of a pre-
sentiment of evil-a presentiment
which he could not shake Off"
Here she broke down and wept-and
l consoled her the best / knew how,
stroking her beautiful tresses with
loving hand and speaking encouraging
words
And them" she continued, "came
the gale. Oh, such a gale as even
my father had never known before.
He called it hurricane And while
the waves were beating across the
ship-we struck We had hit sunken
reef after having been driven by the
terrific wind miles out of our course.
The ship was sinking-fast, oh so fast!
The last saw of my father was as
we stood at the rail together. Man
after man was washed overheard be-
fore our very eyes.
1t is my duty he said. to throw
you into the sea. Look! There is a
spar. 1t win support but one person.
You must be the person whom that
spar may save Farewell!
with look of mortal anguish my
father-desperate, and having no
thought but to save me-hurled me
into the sea--fiung me directly by the
spar so that | Immediately seized it
and clung to it.
"A wave carried me at once away
from the side of the vessel-and then
oh the horror of it'll saw the ship
disappear in the sea and my father
of course, went down with it,"
you will hardly believe me-unless
you are acquainted with these tropical
seas-when / tell you that the gale
the hurricane-died away almost as
suddenly as 1t had come, and / found
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-30

both still live. II lived? felt
that either the lion or John Gaunt was
doomed
The scientist. El Toro. and the black
man, Chacha, now produced food.
They gave me some hunks of meat.
evidently the meat of some wild bird.
ate ravenously. The black man
brought water and drank. And then.
strengthened by a full stomach, be-
gan 10 think OF means Of escape. Sup
pose we're to feign unconsciousness :?
What. wondered. would they do
while | lay In a make believe faint !?
Accordingly. murmuring words to the
effect that the eating OF food after"so
long fast was having a bad effect,
j pretended to swoon.
! lay perfectly still but alert. And
presently I saw the black man, out
Of the corner Of my eye. lay nat on
his back, and very soon he snored.
Goodl The black man was disposed
OF. Now what would the white man
do?
"The other specimen tainted in the
same way" heard the scientist muir.
mur. Soon he will recover-and we
shall have to feed him well-oh, very
well--provided he lives"
watched him. still playing pos
sum. He arose, took a good look at
me so as to make sure that / was
really unconscious. Then he crepi
away-away through an aperture In
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-30
CHAPTER VII.
The Madman's FIioht.

'he NoOT1dHS Right.
Another day. the girl said, con-
tlnulng her story, Il happened to en-
ter the hut Unexpectedly. The old
man thought l was strolling on the
beach, and he believed that Chacha
at that hour, was in the village secur-
ing food supplies But Chacba en-
tered right behind me. We both
glanced into the bedroom where the
old man slept. And what we both saw
both Chacha and WAS this-the
old man was sitting by table with
little chest lying before him. From
this chest he was taking handfuIs of
golden coins and pouring them through
his fingers. gloating over them the
while like miser.
Seeing this, the negro, Chacha,
turned and tiptoed out of the hut. But
there was an evil grin on his face.
| wondered what it meant. 1 won
dered. too, why Chacha tiptoed out
of the hut, pretending, for my benefit,
that he had not seen the gold.
The old man now heard my heels
click on the board floor in the sitting
room. With wild cry he sprang up
and slammed the bedroom door in
my face.
Presently he came from the bed
room rubbing his hands as If with
great satisfaction. And the look OF
the miser gloating over his secret
hoard was still upon his face.
All, daughter he said. Did you
say you were my daughter?'
This speech alone should have
made me know that the old man was
fast losing his reason But / tell YOU
that at that time l did not suspect that
he was going mad-did not dream ol
such thing.
"Once again l said to him, Senior
won't you please help me to get te
my own country?
And to my establishment he re
piled: Help you? You mean pa,
| your passage to the United States.
Why, how can I? l am poor. l have
no money-no, not one centavo Other
than we need for our bread and butter.
Nov, knew this was a lie knew
that he had plenty of golden coins il
his bedroom-enough gold. surely, t.
pay my passage on the finest steame
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-30
m n FEASER Watson e. Coleman, Wash
F&bEMA ington; DC, Bookstree: fire High
MANS SHORT ,TEPM OF LIFE
In Comparison With Other Animals
He Does Not Nearly Live Out
His Allotted Time.

A rule which holds fairly true among
the higher animals is. that an animal
lives five times as long as it requires
for his muscular system to reach its
full strength. The dog is fully devel-
oped at between two and three years
of age, and lives fifteen years; the
horse reaches his prime not later than
five, and if he escapes overwork and
i'll usage. lives to be twenty-five and
even thirty. In fact, the rule seems to
be an understatement of animal ex-
pectation of life. rather than an over
statement
The one conspicuous exception is
man, who seldom reaches his full mus
cular strength before he is twenty five
and counts himself living on borrowed
time if he passes the age of seventy.
If man were as well circumstanced in
this matter as the horse, dog or cat,
his average term of life would vary
from one hundred and ten to one hun
dred and twenty-five years.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-30

The grass wall that served as doorway
to the adjoining room He crept
into that adjoining apartment with
such stealthiness as to arouse my Gu
riosity. What was he doing there? !
determined to see what that old in
sane rascal was up to.
Cautiously | crept to the aperture
and peered in. | saw the old man lift
heavy. fiat stone, which served,
could see. as a covering for hole
in the ground. From this hole in the
ground he took an old-fashloned earth
en- pot He dipped his hand into the
vessel, but before drawing the hand
out again with whatever contents the
pot contained he looked all round, as
IL In terrible fear of being spied upon
at his stealthy task. | quickly with
drew from the aperture and waited
joining room and saw that the pot
contained gold. Yes, nuggets galore
we're pouring through the hands of the
scientist. He viewed the golden Jumps
gloatingly. And 1t dawned upon me
that here was not only a mad scientist.
but also a very insane miser.
The nuggets convinced me, however,
that, surely enough, as and my
friends had guessed, the mountain
roundabout contained gold-and free
gold at that. For surely the mailman
did not mine" for this treasure In
he ~F "a nrnh-
ably found the gold free" in the rock.
in the form of the nuggets he now dis
played. II was further evident that
he alone possessed the secret of the
gold. The black man was in ignorance
of the source of the wealth and OF this
boarded wealth itself Otherwise. why
should the madman seize upon the mo-
ment when the negro slept to examine
his secret treasure and gloat over it?
But now another thought came tc
me. Why did l waste this precious
time spying on the old man, when GER
tainly an avenue of escape was open
escape not only for me, but for the
beautiful young woman in the cage
With extreme caution now | turned
from the aperture and crossed the
room, passing around the sleeping ne
gro. and out into the clearing Like
the wind I sped to the cages aud tc
the girl.
Quick" ! cried. Help me. Nov
is our chance for freedom" And
strained like very Hercules at ths
bars OF her cage.
Get a strong club" she said. "Yor
can't do it with your hands. The bar.
are very tough"
l found big stick which / coulC
use as a lever. and forthwith priet
apart the bars of the girls cage.
She stepped forth in all her lowell
ness and ran into my arms as into the
embrace OF a long-lost brother.
Save me. oh, save mel" she plead
ed. Let us fly before they discoye
our escape"
Into the forest we darted, and OF
and on, till at last she stepped on ,
thorn and cried from the hurt of il
Her feet were bare, while ! was wei
shod. ! thought of offering her m.
boots. But realizing that they woul,
be 50 big for her as to be cumbersome
and thus impede her progress, she'
my coat. tore it in half and made
into two bags for her feet. holding
the bags on by tying them with strip
OF cloth torn from the coat sleeves.
Then on we sped. till suddenly sh
cried:
Listen! They are coming."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-30

The scar resulting from the wound you
then received is on your shoulder now.
Let me show it to you-to prove that
you are my daughter
MOI l cried. I am not your
daughter. l have no such scar
He seized me roughly and tore open
my waist and searched my shoulder
searched in vain for the scar he had
declared was there.
God in heaven, he now cried, very
wildly. You are not my daughter
after all. No, not my daughter. But
all the same you are a specimen-a
specimen, do you hear?-a specimen OF
the same species as she. You have
been sent to me to keep as specimen
of the same genus as my daughter,
Yes, l shall keep you-keep you al
ways-as a specimen. Oh, do not fear.
take good care of my specimens.
Look at all these specimens on my
walls. Do l not take excellent care OF
each and every one of them? And
they are all dead specimens, too-dead
specimens If | take such splendid
care of dead specimens, will not take
all the better care of living specimens
Surely! Surely! Why should l sur
round myself only with dead speci
mems? Why not have living speci
mens-yes. living specimens?'
Thus he chartered and planned fol
an hour or more. And now, now al
last, / knew that this old man with
whom l was making my home anG
upon whose bounty l was dependen,
for protection and even for my sus
tenance-l realized that this old MAI
was maniac-a man driven insane b.
grief over the loss of his daughter
madness superinduced now by his in
sane belief that l resembled that los
daughter and was a specimen just like
| her
CTO BE CoNTINUED)
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-30

myself floating on a quiet seattle
water becoming quickly as tranquil as
a lake.
But how long could l hold on to
that spar, how long survive without
water or food, l wondered / man.
aged to get astride of the spar-and
for the first time l now looked toward
the horizon. And there-surely what
| saw was land. Yes, the reef which
the ship had struck was off the coast
of this region from which we are now
trying to escape--not half a mile from
the shore.
Making desperate efforts-the best
through the water, slowly, but yet
surely, toward the shore, and toward
nightfall | was within sight OF the ma
tives on the beach. They swan out
to me and brought me to the shore
OF the land wherein / was to know SO
much suffering.
They carried me Immediately to a
hut at the edge of the little fishing
village | heard them saying, on the
way:
For there lives the senior from
America-the only Americana here.
And this senorita says she is an Amer
icano. So she will be safe with the
aged senor.'
The aged senor' proved to be none
other than the old madman whom you
now know as Senor Ell Toro. With
him lived the same negro, whom you
know as Chacha-as the old mans
servant The fisherwomen of the vii
lage put me to bed in the old man S
hut and left me. The old man was
very kind to me, for at that time he
positively was not mad. Neither was
his servant, Chacha. For two weeks
the old man nursed me and Chacha
waited on me hand and foot-till
recovered my health and was once
more as strong as ever In my life
1T was then that / said to the old
man: Senior, could you help me to get
back to my country-to the States 2
1.-THE United Statesl' he said, speak
ing in tone of horror Why should
anybody wish to go to the United
States-land of trouble and sorrow
He was in the incipient stage OF
madness then-but / did not know It.
He told me of his life. 1t seems that
he loved his daughter more than life
itself-loved her to the exclusion of all
| else in the world. He was at that
time naturalist employed in an i'm
portant position by the museum oi
natural history. And one night when
he returned home from his work he
found the daughter gone-gone, she
said not where. She had left a note
saying that she had gone away witt
certain man whom she loved. AND
from that day forth the old man nevel
again heard from the runaway daugh
ter.
The blow dealt by that heartles'
daughter so distracted the old mai
that he felt that he might go insan,
from grief. He accordingly packed UP
withdrew his savings from the banl
all in gold pieces and took ship TO
Central America.
He arrived at the little fishing sci
tlement on the coast, of which hav
already told you. There he engage
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-30

afioat. lntuitftely felt that / must
not let him know thEt had seen tHat
gold. ! feared that, II told him !,
knew of that secret hoard, "a nigh:
drive me out of his house altogether
and place me at the mercy and on the
bounty of the Spanish-American ma
tives. So ! did not contradict him,
spoke no word Of my knowledge of his
gold. Ana now ne came close to ME
and pointed a long. bony finger at me,
saying:
I believe you are my daughter.
after all. Yes, you are my daughter.
When you were child you fell and
struck the fender in our livingroom
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-30
Rides on Ostrich.

A strange sight in the form OF an
Indian riding down the main street
on an ostrich has been witnessed
quite frequently in East London
(South Africa). "By keeping his legs
over the birds wings he prevents it
from using them, and guides the bird
by a rein round the neck. The rein
end is also used as a whip when the
bird begins to slow up. The rider ap-
pears to have complete control of the
mount"