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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-05
promoE.ans N - ,.

During the past week many promo
items have been made among the men
% the Mercer county contingent TO-
Gated in the state capital. and several
Ct rae boys Cg Company . nave been
given On oElcsr5h5p. Lincoln Bradley
and Lee Cross. ths latter q sophomore
ln William ana Eashrl college have
cauclez made By rhe disch2rEt1g Of
several under the dependent acr-
Clarence Benson, Harry a. DOUBT.
Samuel Mckay. Fred J0busch, Mark
r. Brown and Wilbur G. Black have
been appointed corporals Black has
been with the company Only month,
ug+ IS making rapid strides as an army
r4a1 George ATtz. Everett Baldwin.
Monroe Aluculst. Spencer Burg-UrC-
Frank Bradford, L n. Brown. Chaur-
cey Day Marshall Davis. Adm Guthrie
Hays Hall r E. jenkins, T. l.. Aot-
felt. Glenn Peterson. Lester Schrol@
Riley 5cAulC. Park The1e and Jesse
Watson have been raised from second
10 ArEc-class p-5vates and are next IN
line for promotion. Many letters con-
6rmiuE the reports that the boys VIII
march overland from Springfield 10
Rock Island have been received in This
city. although It in not known when
the march wili take place or what
route viii be followed. soon after this
the men expect 10 take train for the
border for duty during the summer
and fan II is expected that 2. few q
the troopers wll reIu-n home IN q
shore time for recruiting duty but IL
cannot be ascer-atned just who these
men VIII he Few men have been
added to the ranks during the past
fep weeks through thH local Offices,
-a-asr
men doing tho work themselves there
viii be no trouble lu recruiting the
company I'D 10 I1l- war strength CI
8 50 men. with Ehs men now ia camp
about 95 Oh an more a1llstUeug5 VIII
Sc necessary before the company roz-
ter can be registered with the fed
eraL authorities as such.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-05
N aM IuuusEr

The plant Of the Aledo Reduction
company VIII be located just north DR.
this city On what is known as the old
slaughter house property. This wifi
be the first plant Of its kind Ia the
state Of Illinois in which will be
placed the Wagner sanitary system
which takes care OF all vap0rs and
doors by 9 vacuum pump and con
deuser, which Is then chemically
treated. The material IS placed II z
large steel digester especially built for
rhe purpose. This 6iEester IS then
Theoretically sealed and the contents
subjected 20 direct steam pressure
of 500 degrees Fahrenheit for several
hours, after which the material lis
dried and ground in the same diEester
It comes out g. high grade tankaee
ready for the market. The process Is
absolutely sanitary and very interest
ing and far better than the old method
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-05
IlarsnnaI EIantlnn.

F- LAT
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L--- L,- ~ -Z-5 70 $500 49, =
s1g1-.s ~ E--. 49,
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P-1l--'
a-Es. = 81 t-9se departed MONDAY
Tor heT nome ID He5l -l0efls. iowa
after re" weeks Tl5tt ~ tals cry ar
I1s Rome or -lr- ana 4lTs. h- a. spence
Lon Heath was IN HeEnolas Mon
day
Berthol Engles left Monday for Ma
como 10 Flsl9 "lJA relatives ana
trends.
Mt and Ars. Chester HELEN back
ana baby are VISITING TINS week al tne
nome oI AT- Ho-l512oaea 5 parents --E-
and Ars- f. d. Hot-emoa7N-
Cornelius Anderson was in New
Windsor Monday.
Charles NCChesneT returned home
Monday from Burlington Iowa where
he recently underwent q surgical ou-
Grafton He is recovering nicely
Miss Dorothy Garrett returned to
Knox college IN 9aleshurE Monday
after q few days visit il this CRY at
the home Of her grandmother. Mrs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-05

of rendering. II. J. StuGer assures
me people OF AIe6o snd Mercer county
that they viii uot have cause 70 COM
plain o. g nuisance, and the company
vii dc all 70 IT'S power 20 keep up 2
6Ts- class plant. Ir. StuGer has per-
E0uaIly visited numerous plants. many
Of which were located il the heart of
cities and mas failed 70 find single
complaint about the lack Of sanitary
conditions Henry Wagner. consult
Ing and sanitary engineer OF GiacID-
larl. who is the inventor and builder
OF the Wagner sanitary system for the
proper handling Of ali slaughter house
ofa-. garbage and municipal waste,
WIFI he in the city within few days
TO personally look after the erection
and equipment Of the local plant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-05
ROCK ISLAND ELKS
AID NATION FOLKS

The SUM of SIS for Nation storm
sufferers was voted at the meeting Of
Rock Island lodge. No. ESQ, r. F. O.
EIks. last evening. An invitation was
extended to the members of the IIli-
nois State Jnder1akers. association in
session here 10 make what use or the
club rooms and hail they desired dur
ing their stay ia Rock Island
Plans for the observance Of flag
day June il were discussed It had
been arranged to have the lodge ded-
icate the big new flag ar Watch Tower
this afternoon but owing 10 the in
clement weather. the matter was post
poned and probably viii be held on
Flag day
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-05
TO RECRUIT HERE
UNDER NEWPLANS
Marine Office Authorized to Enlist Ien
for Annapolis 10 Learn 70 Be
Officers.
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES ASKED
Preparations Being Made for CAM
paign Next Week To Increase
Strength 0T CORPS.

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-05
THINKING ABOUT
COAL?LOOK HERE
Railroads Advise Dealers Of General
Increase on Freight Rates
for Fuel.
Also URGE STORING At ONCE
Say $50 Per Cent More Of supply Than
Two Years Ago Mast Be Laid
in This Summer.

Vita the Official arrival Of summer
about two weeks ahead and aIthou sh
il does not at present seem very en-
thusiasic about coming. here are a
couple Of little matters concerning
next winters coal supply which viii
make the consumer SILVER.
Commercial agents Of railroads en-
teriug Rock Island have received noti-
EcaEon that the railroads have made
EeneraI increases on the prices of
transporting coal and coke.
Railroad Offices have received no.
ttces 20 be delivered TO local dealers
advising them to lay ia as heavy a
supply Of coal this summer as they
can. as next winter coal ears viii De
i'm abnormally heavy demand
In the increase in rates referred 30.
advances VIII be effective JUsy /. The
increase in price on hard coal rates
VIII be IS cents q TON. The raise On
coke 5 cents q ton and on soft coal 10
cents ton. This applies in general
to ali rates. state and 5ntra-ztata. and
for 81 Distances
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this year. Mrs. Bryant, for instance,
who has always been generous, lost q
pearl necklace and a wonderful pear
shaped pink pearl"
us shea wealthy woman"
Every, / believe"
t"Then is it such a terrible thing for
her to lose the pearl? Perhaps these
bandits, as you call them, think they
could use these things better than the
people who owned Them" -,
Ward smiled. II daresay we all
think we could use the other fellows
possessions better than he does"
Elinor persisted, frowning a little.
"Things are so terribly mixed up"
she said. IF you could know the things
that I know'-Ward looked family
amused-"the people who are fighting
for q principle, and have nothing to
fight with, fighting for life sometimes
A good half of the world, you know,
just struggles along, and the other halt
Is so SNUG, so satisfied; it's-its nor
rible."
Mr.. Ward stared at her.
"How in the world do you come by
such thoughts?" he demanded.
i've never known anything else; ]
was brought up on the injustice OF
things. You have your poor here In
the parish, but you see ! was brought
up with the poor Of all the world. ]
am afraid I'm always for the under
dog"
Rather startled was Rev. Mr.. Ward
that summer. afternoon IN the terrace
at the Hall, startled and puzzled.
"Down IN our hearts," he said, per
haps We are III of M Tor the undel
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-08-23
dog. But how does that excuse my

dog. But how does that excuse my
bandits?"
"This Mrs. Bryant-how much do
you suppose you are going to lose for
your poor by her loss"
mot SO much, but enough. She had
promised a lot Of things. She called
up this morning to say that it was all
off," He started to say that all bets
were off, but decided that 1t was un.
clerical and changed it. but l didn't
come here to worry you about myself
or the parish. I think you should not
be here alone"
Elinor looked down over the village.
"Then perhaps, after all, it would be
better If I married at once"
"Ah! You are to be married"
snow that my father is gone," said
Mlnor wistfully, 1T seems the bast
thing. And-I should like children. /
have no friends, except perhaps you."
Ward strove to keep his voice steady.
and matter-of-fact.
Marriage is so serious-so vital q
thing" He was trying to be calm and
Judicial. But his voice sounded far
of his heart pounded in his ears. ITO
marry because n Is alone, or needs
friends-is a flimsy foundation to build
on"
Once again Elinor surprised him.
"There have been few really great
passions in the world" she said. II
could almost count them on my fingers.
The rest Of us eem to get along with
out"
"Perhaps there are more than we
hear about. Every now and then, In
my work, I come across something so
much greater than I had expected, self
sacrifice, love, charity, as to justify my
faith in mankind"
"Your faith !" Elinor said softly.
'"That is what I envy you-your faith.
Not only your faith in your kind, but
the other sort"
Faith, hope and charity-and the
greatest of these is faith. Alas for old
Hilary, who had not kept his!
q" had a governess once who had
that sort of faith; it was q great COM
fort to her. But I sit here on my hill
side, and it seems to me that spread
out at my feet is all the injustice and
cruelty and hatred in the world. And
your God allows it all. My father tried
to believe-tried hard, but he said that
when he asked for bread they gave him
stone."
"Do you know who said that7"
my father" said Elinor.
Rather surprised, he let it go at that.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-08-23

happened in st. Louis several years
ago. Thieves the same quality Of au-
dacity-and there are other things"
Quite suddenly q light came into his
eyes.
"Ah" he said, bending forward to-
ward Boroday. II told you I'd get 1t.
Ut was in st. Louis I saw you'll"
Their glances clashed, the chiefs in
tent, the Russians cool, amused.
THE dog" said Boroday, "holds on
well, but-to the wrong throat"
You have never been in st. Louisr
! "Never."
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-08-23
CHAPTER VI.

So great had the urgency Of Boro-
days position become that the band
met at the hall on Thursday of the
week after the country-club affair.
Lethbridge was to get his instructions;
Talbot wished to discuss his prospect.
After dinner, the night being warm,
they had their coffee on the terrace.
A summer storm had come up. All
at once a flash threatened Saint
Jude's.
Huff leaped to his feet.
tive got it" he said. "What is it
they call the big building back Of the
church,"
None of the men knew. 1t was, as a
matter of fact, the parish house. Leth-
bridge, however, knew its function.
Zine prospect that" he drawled.
THAT'S where the Sunday school is
held, and where they keep the plated
! knives and forks for the church sup
pers."
cts a darned fine building" said
Huff. "What would they do if it burned
DOWN."
They were too unfamiliar with
church affairs to hazard a guess. Eli
nor, who had been sitting silent, sud-
denly voiced an objection to Huf's un-
spoken plan.
"There must be some other way"
she said. 1.-THE children-they have
sewing classes and entertainments for
the children there. It's the parish
house,"
IF lightning struck the parish house
tonight" Huff said quite eagerly.
"This is Thursday. BY Sunday morn
Ing they would be taking up a whack-
Ing big collection to rebuild it."
The idea had taken hold Of his imagi-
nation. Even the suggestion that a
large part Of the ~offertory might be in
checks mattered not. But Elinor was
obdurate. sSs2s aE IA @AssssssIispses.1>ayssr'-
"You can do It some place else" she
said. mot here. They struggled very
hard to build the church and they need
money now. Mr.. Ward told me-"
Huff turned on her jealousy.
"Ward-that's the preacher chap?"
"He is the assistant rector" Elincr
replied with dignity.
"He's been coming here, thenT
"Twice. Once when father died, and
once to warn me against all Of you"
Not that she had forgotten that few
minutes in the garden, under the moon;
but that had been an accident-hardly
q call.
Talbot chuckled. But Huff was
thinking hard. Elinor had been differ
emit lately, q little softer. Ward rep
resented all that the men Elinor knew
were not-law to their violence, order
to their disorder. There was almost a
snarl in his voice.
"He'd better stay down in his valley
with his old women" he said, land
leave you alone. You don't need him."
"Tm not so sure Of that" Elinor re-
| piled quietly, and left him staring.
Huff burned the parish house the
next night. He did it himself, without
the assistance Of the band. Into it he
put not only the devilish ingenuity OF
long experience, but his new hatred OF
Ward.
Church property Is always easy OF
access. It was the work Of five min
utes to crawl through a basement win
dow and Of half an hour to make his
preparations.
He looked at his watch when he had
| finished. It was just midnight. In two
hours, or before the fire began, he
would be back in the city, establishing
his alibi.
: The hre.whigtleg % the Village
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AAe village rang WITH the news OF
the outrage the next day. No one had
been hurt, but jewels Of large value
had been taken.
To Huff and the others, the raid had
been practically a failure. There had
been less than a thousand dollars in
money-not enough to begin negotia-
tons for Boroday's freedom. It began
to look as though the dangerous bust
ness of Selling some of Elinor's Jewels
would have to be resorted to. Leth-
bridge was willing to undertake it, try
ing London first and then Paris.
Elinor offered all the diamonds. II
she must keep a part, she would keep
the pearls. Talbot sorted out the
stones to be sold, but left them with
her for safety. She had never cared
for her jewels. They were not half
20 lovely as her flowers-and she part
ed from them without a pang. But
there was one pink pear-shaped pearl
that had come in the night before, that
she would have rather liked to wear.
On Monday afternoon Ward called
on Elinor. The memory Of that short
meeting in the garden had been with
him ever since. There was a new light
In his eyes, but she greeted him de-
murely, although she flushed with
pleasure.
"Not in a woodland, for once" she
said. "And all my fairylike attributes
faded in the daylight"
isn't it rather rashT" he asked
gravely-"this risking the daylight"
II am here because I hoped you
would come to see me-" It was Wards
turn to flush.
you said you were lonely, I
thought"
Il am alone, but not as lonely as
you think. There is plenty to do. I
have my garden, and I make up little
bouquets for the school children. You
should see how they love them. Some
days I have a dozen clamoring in the
road under the arbor."
Ward was charmed. He had q quick
vision of Elinor, eyes dancing and soft
hair blowing, bending out of her arbor
window and dropping her quaint sweet
williams and m~arguerites, m%ignonette
and garden roses, down to the children.
She led the way to the terrace, where
Henriette was setting the tea-table.
Nevertheless" Ward said suddenly,
II am not at all sure I like your living
here alone. It doesn't seem SAFE"
"Safe?"
"Perhaps I am unwise to alarm you.
But this outrage at the country club"
"Ah!" said Elinor, and bent toward
him.
"There is no longer any question that
q band of desperadoes is terrorizing
the county; ar organized band of con-
siderable intelligence. They get their
Information from the inside. This last
outrage shows it. No one is safe."
"And this country club AFFAIR."" asked
Elinor, watching Ward ~intently.
IAN audacious piece Of work. Half
the m in this vicinity suffered.
Most of them are my parishioners."
"Ah!" breathed Elinor, II am sorry"
Ward shrugged his shoulders rueful-
y. 1T means, I dare say, that the poor
II the parish will get less than ever
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-08-23
CHAPTER ".

Boroday had used his days freedom
to warn the band and to make plans
for regaining his freedom. OF money
he had none. What he had made under
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-08-23

Continued next weekly
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-08-23

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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-18
EASY TO ACQUIRE HABITS
Imperative Reason Why Every Person
Should Strive to Make Them Good,
Not Bad Ones.

A Philadelphia embeZzler says that
he can remember the time In his life
when the owing of So worried him.
But owing money may, like many 9th
er things become habit and scar the
conscience. He acquired the habit and
rowing all the money he could get his
hands on, even without waiting for the
owners consent.
GLOW use doth breed habit in q
our ordinary action. Everything that
we do repeatedly becomes easy and
habtual.
David Hume declared that the habit
of seeing the bright side of things is
worth more than a thousand pounds a
year. Diligence, economy and rarSe-
verance are habits that carry life as
steadily to success as favoring winds
carry ship at sea. Depravlty is not
an Inheritance, but a character formed
by persistent habits. And rectitude is
only.the confirmed habit of doing what
is right. The truth is not simply that
we may form habits; we must form
habits.
We cannot do or say or think or feel
anything without leaving a definite
mark on the nervous organism which
more or less affects all succeeding ac-
ton or speech or thought or feeling.
Could the young but realize how soon
they will become mere walking bundles
of habits, they would take care to have
those habits helpful instead of harm
full.
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"a Want to Be Called Mabel"

But Jane Mabel had some affection for
Aunt Carr, who had taken care Of
her ever since her parents died, when
she was a little child, so she noticed
the look and tone of the other, and
said: well, you know aunty, it isn't
to be expected when you live here in
this little village year after year, you
would know what people are doing and
thinking out in the big world, in great
cities, where you meet more people in
a day than you do here in a year."
Aunt Carr's gentle gray eyes looked
Slightly incredulous, and again she
said: "Mebbe. Mebbe." Then she
added: But it's going to come hard
for me to call you Mabel after you
bein' brought up Jane I'm likely to
forget pretty often. And how are you
ever going to break in Danl JaynesT
Jane Mabel turned a rather flushed,
defiant face toward her aunt.
81 don't intend to try to break in
Mr. Jaynes. don't mean he shall have
chance of calling me either Jane or
Mabel %
MY sakes! When did you break off
with himT
"Some time ago In my own mind.
If he doesn't know Il yet, he'll soon
find out" flashed thc girl.
"Well, | must say he'll be some
taken back said Mrs. Bean. "He was
asking after you bout every day while
you was gone. He's about the incest
young man In this place, and lots of
girls would just jump at keepln' COM
pany with him."
"They can have him." was the terse
reply
"Well, ! guess you found somebody
down there In the city-is that itG'
81 met gentlemen" a strong empha-
Gist on gentlemen" Eyes, | did meet
one | liked pretty WELL"
The girls face seemed to tell so
much more than her words to the OBJ
serving woman. she answered: 81 reck-
oned so. Poor Dan1l l hope he won't
take 1t too hard.
Mabel she meant henceforth to be
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Rechristening
Jane
By HI AKERS

Copyright. 1917. by W. G. Chapman)
81 wish Carr you wouldn't call me
Janet"
''My landl That was the name you
was chriStenedp
The little old lady with the thin,
gray hair drawn very smoothly back
in a small, tight knot at the back of
her head, and the lined face bearing
evidence Of the storm and stress of
many years of poverty, looked her sur
prise at the young, rather pretty girl
who had paused in the act of putting
on her hat before the small looking
glass;. and turned upon her aunt with
some Impotence. The neighbors had
been telling her they thought Jane had
come back to the little village with
some high falutin notions" after her
visit to the city. but this seemed to
Aunt Carrilla Bean about the last
straw.
"Well, suppose 1 was christened
Jane, the middle name was Mabel, and
want to be called Mabel. That's what
they all called me at Aunt Carolyna's."
"Hmw shifted Carilla Bean. $50
she's gone and changed her name, too.
When l married JOEL her name was
Carline. Seems awful queer to me
what's took folks these days. Even
sensible names amt good enough for
'em any more"
1.-THE world has been moving, and
the people with it, said the girl. It's
only people who want to stagnate and
stick In the mud who object to new
ways"
"Well | never supposed I was
sticking in the mud-but mebbe / am,"
sighed the little woman. She seemed
to be thinking hard, trying to draw up
an estimate of herself, for she repeat
edly questioned: "Mebbe / am"
Jane Mabel was neither unfeeling
nor entirely selfish beyond the hui
man tincture of these things which is
always to be found in youth. The aver
age young human has not yet suffered
enough to think of the hurt in heart.