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THE AIIGTJS WEDNESDAY. JULY 8. li)08. THE -ARGUS. ruhllslied Dally and Weekly at lG2;stop the abuses of American citizen-! Eeuond avenue, -Rock Island, lit. En - tered at the postofflce as second-class matter. BY THE J.. W. POTTER CO. ' - TERMS Dally, 10 cents per week. Weekly. $1 per year in advance. AH communications of argumentative character, .political or religious, -must have real name attached for publica- tlon. No such articles will be printed over fictitious signatures. , Correspondence solicited from every township ia Rock Island county. - Wednesday, July 8, 1908. Past tense, guff; present tcuse, Guf feyj future tense, guffaw. Bobby Burke could not get into the convention. Now, that is a shame. .T1 filmt, cnionn fY ftnmnQ It'll n I. I guments and campaign canards will may realize the Intensity of public feel open this week. ing wnen it sees that the democratic The Houston Chronicle says the na tional election returns will show the big stick to be a boomerang. No matter if they have banished the automobile from Bermuda; the suieui tna r inn will ifii1 remain I -1,uw l"-'J aru US,,"K auiuiiiuu.. 1. rrut ....,.... . I u, -Bua. xm5-,,.uu0 M p.aS.a,.,.r m ajr ,. io tne last straw. lircse are tne days wneu tne siaie- ments; in 'politics of one day are dc- nounceu as aosoiuieiy uusu mu nei day. Sometimes they are. Great Britain has, mobilized its gtant Honie fleet for maneuvers, ihe fat. Paul and other liners will please stay away and not spoil the demoustra tioiu Denver citizens are wearing buttons bearing the legend: "I live in Denver. Ask me." Taking the initiatve, one set of delegates, the Quincy Herald says, will disclose a button bearing this: "1 live in Missouri. Show me The Chicago Tribune's tainted news service of the Denver convention is lining,. rppliwl with nnpi) pvPtt and open mouths by the gullible of the v n Tho thP dav whpn to B. . - - " the faithful of the opposition fiction ls crpatPr than truth. Playing tennis at Sagamon. Hill, rid lug, swimming, rowing three miles to a picnic ground, helping the farm hands get in the hay. felling trees to get up an ' af petite for luncheon the "cork ing" Ume continues in the vacation sea tson. ' . ' A great extensloa of the Siberian railroad Is' proposed along the river Amur, and as. it has met with hearty approval on the part of the present ministry, It is likely to be constructed It will open up 40,000,000 acres of com land. Representatives Charles E. Little- field's criticism that "trust busting Is a mighty slew process is met with - the reply that it is the fault of the law's delay, certainly, men, again, u me w ork uaa Decn cicanca up mere wouui i oe no pontics to ioiiow up. uemcmuer the new partner who settled a law suit j' off of which the firm Had lived for years, it tne trusts were ousted ana a protective tariff were wiped out there would be no excuse for the existence ot tne repuDi.can pjxrty; ana tio you suppose the republican party is going to legislate Itself out of existence? Well, hardly. . The republican party is the parent of the tariff and the trusts, ana io you suppose it is going to cru-ijn cify Its own children? Well, hardly. It Drought these thiugs into exist- ence; It -will protect them as long as It lives; and when It cannot protect them It will pass from power. -A Ueactionary. Thn other dav-in addressing a l:,rire crowd assembled at thc railroad ' sta- tiou at Staunton. Va.. Mr. Taft said: This is not a time for me to make a speech. Now that I am a candidate I am responsible to the party and have to be careful what I say." Is Mr. Taft trying to fool some ofwbich the Reynolds nine expected to his party by keeping mum? Has Mr. Taft opinions and purposes that ho is afraid to express for fearl ot losing votes? If so what are they? Has Mr. Taft made a deal with the lutcrests to abandon the Roosevelt policies? If not, why has he. "now mat i am a candidate," ceatad to de- ciare nis opinions and purposes? .ir. inn is cenainiy not a man type or he would not refuse to place himself on record: isne. mr. iai-, a "trimmer?"- v .. . . . I 1 . W i i-AJM . uiuiu -in ii no were .ovuwi.a.,, .... . Naturalized Cit izen. tne lederai autnontles r.avt- Iiu:ti tuted the first case, under a law passed two years ago to aepnve -fr naturalized citizen, now living abroad, of his natur allzatlon papers. The law provides that any foreigner who takes out nat-l uralization papers in this country and! then elects to live In a foreign coun try may. have his naturalization can - celled, unless he takes the precaution of registering with the nearest Ameri- can consul. The law was enacted to ,ship by foreigners who came to this 'country merely to become naturalized and then returned to their native land, claiming the privileges of American citizens and the protection of our gov- ernment. In the caBe in Qucstion, Abraham Mos8 was natmalized in this country in 1892. He left in a few months after securing his papers and has since been living in Pretoria, South Africa. He became involved in serious trouble with the South African government recently land promptly appealed to the state de partment at Washington for" protection. ashi: s, aii I case, began suk in the Pennsylvania district, where Moss has been admitted to citizenship, for the cancellation of his naturalization papers. Abuses of this kind have been numerous in the last few years and the government has made the commendable decision to put an end to them. The Issue in the Illinois Klcetion. Chicago Journal: The political ma chine which is responsible for the scan dals in Ktatp charitahlo institutions; . i paii j is guing iu uiatvu iuote, scauuaia the issue of the next campaign. Not only did democratic editors from every part of the state, in session at Springfield a short time ago, pass rcco- l""8 ca"in attention to the brutal- - , - - shoPklnir on,I!HoW that ornvnil l.nt ----o . ..... ..... democratic political leaders in all sec Uong are telling tne peop,e that on,y Iniminh itumruiii:n r.,n I "vii n - i . v f v. . uli 1 1 V . V O IIGJM lull Iccn the nresent svKtrm ho altered Unless the lonnhlicaii artv nini ly and vigorously uisavows the ,neth. ods ,ua, have been u d charitable institutions, condemns the men res no n sible for them and pledges itself to - - banish politics from future aupoint- mentswit will have difficulty in main- taining control of Illinois. The people's patience is exhausted, and they demand that hereafter unfor tunate citizens shall be treated hu- manely anj not be turned over to ,he mercy of brutal( conscienceless, money- grabbing political workers. The PaKHingof Itctsy. Is Belsy Ross going to join the com pany of exploded historical beliefs, asks .the St. Louis Post Dispatch. William Tell, Romulus and Remus, lA nothinS ot thc wolf, Achilles, Agamemnon, Aeneas and the widow nu . m, s i -J" 'u"us " peisuu- "ovo "v 'ca' "5". vw mr, aiu n- ures of speech, representing what Max Muller called the degeneration of lan guage. How can wje say that a thousand years hence some learned professors will not tell us that Napoleon and Wil liam Pitt, Lincoln and Jefferson Davis were versions of the sun myth, which has dissolved so many historical facts and personages into thin air of pretty fiction? NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS (Continued from l'uge Two.) Ridge attended the recital giveu by the nunils of Miss I.imlsav Oliver nu Thurg(lay evening and. remained over uight with Miss Jennie McCounell. Miss Sturgeon, head milliner at waifs store, has closed a successful seaSon and will.leaye shortly for St louis Fay Schoonmaker and Harold Min ,et,r returned from a short visit in Bradford last Thursday evening. nev Mr. RiKK aud family of the Bat. (ii.t e-liuroIi left for their new home in Casey. 111., last week. Their manv friend3 here regretted to see them go As yet Ihe church has not called a sue I cessor to Mr. Rigg Misses Clara and May McConnell ex pect to spend next, week with relatives DeKalb, 111 Mrs. Mild Cooner has been snendine a.few weeks at home with her parents Mr. and Mrs. John McAdam Mr. and Mrs. Gust Olson and family visited over Sunday with friends in Rock Island Miss Catherine Farwell spent sev t,a' u'x lssl. WOT w.,ul ner Mrs- Henry McCaw. Mr. McCaw has "een 81 Hot springs. Ark., for some ume wun ine uIe OI mProvnS us W - eaun. . ( L The baseball game which' wa an uounced for the Fourth at Sherrard, in participate, was called off on account ! of the wet weather. Dr. C. C. Johnson Bpent Monday in Rock Island George E. Davison of Jacksonville. 1 joined iis family here, who have been I spending several weeks with Mrs. Marv Sperling. . Mrs. Sperling expects todis- pose of her property and return hnm. otlwith them Mrs." Sadie Mayall and Jdlss Emma Johnston tn ra., t nr... I " -w-.v vu cTUUVl L iUUUUHY with their niece. vPm vano " I . ' ' V.V, UH" uerwenl nn nnorutln,. f, n, . ole -rir. Bannlna- . Fv. v uvu cue JIXZi ' ation, which proved very successful. I L. O. Hollopeter has sufficiently r. - covered from the injuries he sustain ed In a fall from the elevator, to use a I wneei cnair. - j Mrs. Brookman of Iowa is visiting her Ulster, Mrs. L. O. Holloneter "Miss Stella-Cooper returned home Monday "after spending, a week with - 1 f rleuds near Milan. J Mr. and Mrs. C. TV. Nixdorf or Ab erdeen, S. . D., are expected to arrive here - about ,July 10 for a visit with friends in this vicinity. .'' ' Charles-W. Haifele of Chicago lu- tends to spend the latter part pf this week with home folks and attend the Orangemen's picnic on Saturday. James Irwin lost his favorite driving horse, last week. Kenneth Ferguson of Rock Island is the guest of his friend, Russell Olson. HAZEL DELL John Powell is building an addition onto his residence. Baker Ai hills- worth are tioing the work. fne celebration held at Mardock's grove July 4 by the M. W. A. camp of Eliza was well attended. A good program was given. Rev. Mr. Elliott of Muscatine delivered an . excellent address and several selections were I well sung by the Men's quartet of J Eliza. - ' Miss Bertha Littleiohn of Beatrice, Xeb., visited Wednesday and Thurs day with her cousin, Mrs. Ross Ken nedy. Miss Litllejohu Is on her way nome from Cleveland, Ohio, where she has been attending school. Mrs. Ken nedy returned with her to Beatrice, where she will visit rela-ives for' sev eral months. . . - Miss Hazel Hays visited Saturday evening and Sunday with Mrs. Frank Vanatta of Foster. - . Several of the young people of this neighborhood attended the graduation exercises of the Muscatine business college held in Muscatine. Mrs. Thomas Searight and daughter of Fruitland, Iowa, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Barlett.- Cassle and Peiry Crittenden of Ulairstown, Iowa, are visiting friends uid relatives near here and at Eliza. Tiny expect 'to remain about four wotks. TAYLOR RIDGE Everett Crawford of Davenport is pending a few weeks with his grand ather. W. F. Crawford. . Mrs. Frie and niece. Miss Moore of Iowa, were visitors at the home of Sam Carothers. Mrs. Rouse and Mrs. Thomas were passengers to Rock Island and back Friday. Mrs. S. O. Heath was a Rock Island caller Friday. John Miller accompanied his aunt Mrs. Huelitt. to Rock Island Friday. Miss E. M. Shannon of West Lib erty Is visiting with her friend. Miss Hilda Carlson. Joe Heath, wife and child of Har in, Iowa, were visitors . over thc Fourth at the home of James Miller. W. F. Crawford left for Chicago Tuesday with two cars of hogs. Miss Abbie Huber of Rock Island is -spending the summer months at home. Mrs. Cotja' Brookmau and daughter Deris of Center Point, Iowa, returned home Tuesday after a pleasant visit with Mrs. Brookman's parents. RECORD OF COURT HOUSE Real Estate Transfers. - James H. Green to Sarah Ellen Bru ner, lot 5, block 20, Brigham's addition o Cordova, $125. , . Frank S. Cool .to S. W. Bruner, lot 1, block 20, Brigham's addition to Cor dova, $50. Willard L. Yelie to Xestor L. Au- derson, lots 13i and 131, Emma D. VeMe's addition to Moline, $1,100. Albei t G. Cramer to Harry H. Cleave- land, part lot 111, S. J. Aiken's sub division to South Rock Island, $300. M. B., S. & Loan association to Marie R. Sorensah, lot 3, Candee's sub-division, outlot 2, Candee Grove, Moline, $S50. Rheumatism Cured in a Day. Dr. Detchon's Relief for Rhcuina tism and neuralgia radically cures iu one to three days. Us action upon the system Is remarkable and mysterious It removes at once tha cause and the disease immediately disappears. The first dose greatly benefits. 75 cenls and $1. Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1501 Second avenue, Rock Island; Gusi Schlegel & Son, 20 West Second street, Davenport. AllthenewB all thethne The Argus. 1 We Do More QS) Business Than any other loan firm in the, Tri-Citles because our rates are lower, bur plans are easier, and Because We Have a Fair, Square Business Proposition to Offer You. Don't take our word Let us prove it. Come" in, or telephone to us, and we will certainly convince you.! We Joan . on Furniture, Pianos, Teams, etc., without removal. ; (Three private of fices). Tri-City Loan Co. Reliable. 1- .Private. Old phone 2423-N.: new 242. 219 Brady street, . Davenport, Iowa, Open Wednesday and Saturday nights. - Humor end Philosophy 1 By DUNCAN M. SMITH GOOD CATCH.,,, In cool, Bcquestered cour.try glade Beside a babbling broolt A maiden sat upon the bank And angled with a hook. -- She didn't get a single bite, But little did she care. Because, if you must know the truth. Her thoughts were far from there. Young Johnny Jones came swinging down The path that led to where The maiden sat beside the brook And caught her unaware. He paused. She looked at him and smiled. A.;d Johnny understood. And then he asked her if she found The .fish were biting good. . .,. Then one thing to aiKther led. As one thin? always will, . v- And Johnny Jones 6at down to watch Her fish insnaring skill. The finny folks were kind and did Not try to lnteYfere. i And soon he moved up close where he Could whisper in her car. His arm stole slyly round her waist. , She didn't mind a mite. For she was rather fond of him, And no one was in sight. To catch a pretty string of AeIi Alone had been her plan, Etit she was more than satisHud Because she caught a man. Ought to Get Himself Copyrighted The man from Mars came down to the earth on one of his regular period- leal visits. He had been coming so often of late that a policeman recog nised him. "What now?" asked the policeman. "Ftudyins sociology?" , Nop." said the man from Mars, who had fallen into the vernacular. "Going to look at the foolish things we do and make sarcastic comments?" "Xot this time." "What ihen?" "I am going to see the comic niaga zines and collect royalties, from thein They have been using me loug enough without pay." Different. "What did he say to you?" "Xot a thing; that's the trouble." "Why?" "He didn't do a thing to me either. Trial Order. !Tppartment stores,, that claim to handle everything should have hus bands displayed on tlu-ir counters in plain figures." "So you could leisurely look them over and make a choice?" 'Xot tliat so much as it would give an opportunity to return them if they did not prove satisfactory." Accomplished. "So your girl has gone away. "Yes; she took Frenrh leave." "How could she do that? I thought she didn't speak anythlug but Ger man." Slow, but Sure. It Is not always what we say That makes va great and good. The winner often patiently Says nothing and saws wood. . . In Danger. "What Is her name?" "Kittle." "Does the rat in her hair know it?" No Cold Storage Mothers. "Are these strictly fresh eggs?" "They are. The hens I deal with dou't ,fly any otht'r k,nd Not His Fault. "J id you know that the' body was two-thirds water?". "Well." -said the misguided one. rais ing his glass. "I 'am' trying my best to overcome that" PERT PARAGRAPHS. When a girl begins to learn how to bake bread and tlo the family market ing there's apt to l something doing In the matrimonial market. An engaged girl thinks flirting is cruel as well as silly. - . If a college youth were able to do all he knows he can do. the sudden growth of the universe would cause au explo sion of the w hole. v Lots of girls are sorry for the duke- lets and princelings because the girls have no money. Sometimes toeing violently opposed to a man Is the highest compliment to be paid him. It all depends. . The strauge noises heard around In various parts of the country might be theioffiee colling to the man, and then again It mightn't.- ; " i Stjergus Daily Slort Story The Taking of Lorena. By Anne Heilman. Copyrighted, 130S, by Associated Literary Press. Although It was the seeoud week in. May. there were sudden and chil whiffs of wind from the north, accom panled by flying pnrlieles of ice anc snow, grim warning that winter h:ul inot yet renounced its sway iu the northland. Floyd Jordan, striding down the stooi mountain trial, halted Irresolutely near jthe abrupt turning at Farrell's Muff. He appeared to be meditating deeply. Suddenly he threw up his head, squared his shoulders and hurried on, not ii 'the directlou of the boarding house i the gulch, but toward Farrell's cabin Farrell's cabin consisted of two log houses joined together and chinked jWith.uiud. There were other cabins of the same simple architecture scattered over the mountain side aud nestled in the gulches, but white curtains hung at the Farrell windows, aud the wind .ward side of the living room was hung with gay Navajo blankets The brown fur of a mountain bear was on the floor, and its mate was spread luxuriously beneath the red pil lows of a couch. And. set like a torch in the south window, a geranium, potted in a brilliant Indian basket, lifted its scarlet bloom. N But Jordan felt without seeing thil harmony. He was looking luto th face of the girl who hnd opened th door. It was a face of light and shadi which spoke the swift thought lefore the voice found words, a face to hold a man's glance in a crowd. Closing the door, she resumed her scat by the fire without replying to Jordan's genial greeting. He seemed to fill the room. Six feel two and broad shouldered, he looked even larger in the clumsy canvas cont corduroys and high laced boots of Iho! prospector. He whipped his bat against his knee, evidently discon certed by the girl's hostile attitude. That you, Floyd Jordan?" inquired a voice from the inner room. "Yes, Mrs. Farrell. nowe you feel ing?" "Some better. I'm glad to say. Set down and warm yourself, Floyd. Taiu't to be wondered at that people have rheumatism In a land where there is ten months' winter. If you'll shut the door, Loreny, I'll get up and dress." Lorena -closed the door. "Floyd Jordan, what are yon coming here again for?" she burst out sud denly. Wouldn't be very neighborly not to drop In with your mother sick and your dad away, would it?" "Didn't I tell you thut I never would speak to you again and that I never wanted to see you?" she said fiercely, taking a few steps toward him. Even Jn that critical moment, with her eyes blazing unjust and unreasonable anger, the miner's heart throbbed acknowl edgment of the tall, pliant, reedlike grace before him. "Yes, Lorena, but I have just a lit tie hope that you don't always mean what you say. "Don't you think I mean it when I tell, yon I've heard how, you bragged to the boys at the store that you could take me whenever you got good and ready?" , I never said J t la that way. Some one has garbled my words to suit their own purpose. Why, I've loved you from the first time I ever set cyes,on you. I've been thinking of building a cabin on my claim if you'll have me, Lerena. If you won't I'll sell out and go to the States." "You can't go any too quick to suit me," answered; the girl, her voice tense with scorn. "And you pan tell them Joafers at the store that I'm not to be taken so easily,- I'd rather die than marry you, Floyd Jprdan." ; jj ,"I reckon that settles It." said Jor I dan., rlsiug and . buttoning his coat "riease tell your uip.tb.er goodby for Soda Crackers with crack to them Soda Crackers with snap to them Soda Crackers with taste to them V Uneeda Biscuit Oven-fresh Oven-crisp Oven-clean iff In dust tight, Neaer sold in bulk. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY me." he was gone. "I-'len.v ICarrell. what hav e you bci'it and done?" demanded hnr mother. limping ino t!io room in her stocking feet. "You k?iow's well as I do that Floyd never said noiiiin?? to nobody about you! The P.hike gu'ls made It ali up.-jealous "cause you'd caught the likeliest young fol!?r in the camp. You've driven him away for good this lime. "He'll keep his word he always d-M-s nr.d ro to the Slates." She re-entered th bedroom for her shoes, and Lorena stealthily opened the door nnd looked after her lover's re treating f gure. lie had almost reached the bluff. If he passed It she knew ishe would never sw him pgain. Some thing stirred in her throat. The long stretch of trail that ran away through the dreary landscape seemed like her life, and Floyd was going out of it. Her heart yearned for him. What would her life be without him? "Loreny, where are you?" -called Mrs Farrell, emerging from the bedroom fully shod. The girl was not iu the room. Her mother opened the door and looked out, but a wall of whirling (white met her vision. "My (Jort!" she gasped. "The child's Soue after him." She know the risk. All morning the storm had been brewing, aud now it thundered by. a veritable blizzard, the nort that swoops down on the northwest territory as late as June and as or.rly as August. It compels the settler ta string a wire from house to stables; It Isets men circling In the snow; it catch fes little children coining home from School and buries them in monstrous drifts. ; A knock . sounded on the door, and Floyd entered, noisily, stamping th suow from his feet. "Thought I'd come back and have an other talk with Lorcua," he began. "Oh, Floyd, she's gone after youT cried the distracted woman, wringing her hands. "I saw her footprints point ing toward the bluff. She got sorry right after you left." "I'll find her," said Floyd quickly. "Dou't worry." And he dashed bacU Into the 6torm. When Iorena softly closed the kitch en door she could just see Floyd round lug the bluff. "Floyd! Oh, Floyd, come back:" she called, all her reserve goue, her fierce pride thrown to the stormy winds that blew the fringe of her shawl Into her eyes. j Realizing that he could not hear her. she started after him, but by the time she had covered half the distance a sea of white swept in oetweeu and blotted him from view. " She hurried on. calling his name re jieatediy, but the furious wind tore at her brcath and walled her about with fleecy clouds. She never even made the bluff. : " For Stomach Trcnibles When there is distress after eating or drinking, or your food doesn't 4'set well," the digestion is defartged and the stomach needs to be toned and strengthened. A natural appetite and a perfect di , gestion can be assured and you will enjoy your food if you will get a box of , . - - WeechaMmiU and use them according to the simple directions printed on the wrapper. Acute indigestion, lassitude, flatulence, "qualmishness," and other uncomfortable and distressing sensations alter eating, are quickly righted with a dose or two of these little wonder workers for a weak; digestion. In all acute forms of stomach trouble Beecham's Pills Are Wonderfully Effective --la boxes 10c and 2Se, wtlb full dlreciloaa " ' . I ' ' ' ' And when she found that she bait missed It and tried to retrace her steps the drift had filled her tracks.' If she could only strike the trail! In despera tion she turned to the right and turned to the left, but one turn offset the other. Thus she struggled on and on and still on until iu spite of ihe biting col l the perspiration burst from every ioro. This vas"well enough as long as sh' kept moving, but when the time came that she must stop she would freeze all the quicker for her present warmth. This, being born and bred of the northland, Lorena knew, and tin knowledge kept her toiling, toiling on until her tired- liinhs compelled a pause in the shelter of a bluff. She leaned panting against a rock, all un conscious of a pair of- eyes which . glared from a w-lilow thicket near by. . While she rested the green lights in the eyes flaced brighter, a loug red tongue licked, the grinning jaws hun grily, and forth from his covert stole a lank, gray wolf. lorena uttered a frightened try. This was no coyofe."""to le chased with a stick, but a wolf of timber stock, a great beast, strong as a mastiff. He emitted low snarls as he slunk In half circles across her front He was un decided. So while he circled, preparing for u spring, drawing a little nearer at every turn, lorena fell back back toward the bluff, .keeping her white face al ways to the creeping beast. With sudden inspiration she took off her heavy shawl and threw It. blanket wise, over the wolfs betid and then fled depperately. Ouce clear of the shrub she ran on, f lunging through drifts, stumbling, falling, to rise again and push her flight. '. Of direction she took no heed.' Her only thought was to place distance be tween herself and the famished brute. Put when, weary and breathless, she paused to rest, out of the drab drift stole the lank, gray shadow. With a terrified shriek Lorena ran and ran and ran as the tired doe runs from the hounds. At last she stopped, spent, unable to take another step. Looking around, she saw the wolf, lick ing his hungry jaws, crouching for the final spring. W'ith a bitter cry she fell upon her knees and closed her eyes. Just then two shots rang out ia quick succession. Iookiug up, she saw Floyd Jordan, with his smoking re volver In his baud, standing over the prostrate beast. "Floyd, oh. Floyd'." she sobled as he came to her with eyes tender and -anxious. He picked her up from the snow, wrapped her iu bis coat and held her against his breast. The storm was lifting. Farrell's cabin could be plainly discerned not a quarter of a mile distant. "I'm dead sure now I'll build that cabin on my claim," Floyd said as they started homeward. One can stop indigestion instantly by a dose of Kodol., The pain and ir ritation are ended at once. It is sur prising how quickly the stomach re covers when given the. help ot this perfect digester. . . l : - V t-.