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' V 5 THE ARGUSr FRIDAY,, MARCH 5, 1909. OCHE ARGUS. Published Dally ana Weekly at j.m Second .Ttaua, Roes. Islaaa, TTL ' t En cared at the poatofflce as second-class natter. - BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. TERMS Dally. 10 cents, per week. .Weekly, $1 per year In advance. All communications of arg-umentatlve character, political or religious, must hare real name attached for publica tion. No such articles will he printed over fictitious signatures. Correspondence solicited from ' erery township In Rock Island county. measure proposed to pay the big mail ships $4.G0 per' nautical mile outward bound on routes of 4,000 miles or more jto South America,, the Philippines Asia and Australasia. , In every session of congress for years this, or some similar bill, has been presented ana urged, with all the force that the secret pecuniary interests behind it have been able to Impart to' it. Fortunately, there are some republicans, as 'well as demo crats, in congress whose eyes are open to the selfish character of the bill, and are ready to unite with the democrats in defeating the scheme to take from the treasury, of th e country every year a large sum to enrich the owners of big steamships. MOST POWERFUL FIGHTING MACHINE IN WORLD TRADES Aa'rpVJ COUNciL Friday, March 5,-1909. Mr. Roosevelt has promised write when he gets to Africa... to Mr. Taft could not rattle around in the presidential chair if he was to try. Well, 'the" Tri-City Press club has finally succeeded in gettjng a member in the White house. Have you stopped to think along with the other good things that it is ex-Senator Hopkins, too? . . - J And that Is about the last you will hear . of James Schoolcraft Sherman unless the unexpected happens. The new president got a frost at the outset, which all regret, but let us hope the famous smile will melt it. Visitors at Seattle during the com ing summer will see trees 2,000 years old, grown expressly for the exposition. A lawyer called a judge a pig. and the jurist politely called the fresh bar rister another by consigning him to the pea. The Bleached Flour Hilling. The department of agriculture Is evi dently determined to rigidly enforce its ruling preventing me bleaching of wheat flour in face of the strong op position offered by certain manufac turers and millers. Secretary Wilson has made this plain in answer to a rule to show cause, In the federal, why a writ of mandamus should not be is sued to prevent him from prosecuting violations of the anti-oleaching order recently promulgated by the depart ment. .. The mandamus was asked by a St. Louis concern whicli alleges that it makes machinery used in the bleach ing, and that if the order is carried out its business will be entirely de stroyed. Secretary Wilson replies by declaring the request for the manda mus a meddlesome intrusion' and stating that flour bleached by the use of nitrogen peroxide is lowered in uality and is deleterious to health The process, he declares, is a violation of the pure food law and must be abolished. Taking it for granted that the de partment is right about the harmful effects of the bleaching process the secretary will be commended for en forcing the ruling. The millers will not suffer if they are all. compelled to abandon the process and all furnish flour of the natural color. The makers of the machinery for the bleaching process will of course lose, but their profit or loss should not be considered when , the question . of No one ought to objett to a raise in tha HitfQtrlAntinl calarv TVipa It not take a big Bill to run the White ,he public health is involved house now? Nearly, $30,000,000 is to be expended this year on automobile tires, not counting the value of the wind pumped into them. SOCIAL AFFAIRS Society news, written or teleDhoned to the society editor of The Argus, will be gladly received and published. But If Great Britain doesn't rise up as either case the identity of the sender irauuii uhu uuve apopiexy wueu mc bility. Written notices must bear six lirst covey ot airships files across the I nature ana aaaress.j channel it will exhibit more poise than Is expected of it by its closest friends. , ' France ,.has . sentenced a waiter, to four years' imprisonment and after that to five years' banishment for pull ing the whiskers of President Fallieres, which demonstrates that the chin adornment in question . ranks a close second in sacredness to the beard of the prophet. ' . ' ' - majajBJBajBJBJBBJBJBJBajBJBBBBB . - .-"'' ' , - i - I s ' , . , , V " - ' . - - 5 - . : - '''' :- - ID5V &AX'''-'"V m't wS&IIL -' Snapshot of the Delaware, launched at Newport News Feb. C. This battleship when completed -will be the largest ship In the navy. It is 518 fee t 3 inches long and 85 feet wide, displacement 2C.000 tons It will cost when completed $10,000,000. " yesterday afternoon with Miss Mabel Bruner, 111G Twenty-first street. Miss Mary Simpson was elected as leader of the ircle to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Evangeline Casteel,' who is out of the city and unable to attend to the duties of the office. The daughters decided to. give . a St. Patrick's day tea at the home of i Miss Edna Carl on St. Patrick's day.) Light refreshments were served after the business session. The Argus Daily Short Story IN LILAC DAYSBY GERTRUDE-MANSFIELD. Copyrighted, 1J08, by Associated Literary Press. Surprised on Birthday. Miss Jessie Flannigan was surprised by a company of friends last evening at her home. 9AI9 Viftli.anrl.n.Vi.ilf ouaniia rn Mia occasion of her birth Jay anniversary. The house was beautifully decorated in pink and white. A six course sup per was served and the evening spent with games and vocal and instrumen tal music. Miss Flannigan received many pretty gifts including a two and a half dollar gold piece from each of her parents. "Eh, what's that?" . Alan Berresford.j just wheu I wns dreaming of the lit'tle old town in which we loth crew to manhood." He had himself so well in baud now that he spoke almost dream ily. "Of course I was thinking most of the Rivers' home, .where we both used to visit. You probably know that 1 was eugaged to Elsie Kivers whenltliat fortune which Is the cornerstone o Smith - Anderson. Miss Florence Christine Anderson of Minneapolis and Charles J. Smith of Torreon. Mexico,) were married this afternoon at 2 ' tall, athletic, good looking, swinging at a rattling pace dowu the city streets, flung around as an odor, fraint, fra grant, delicious, assailed his nostrils. "Lilacs, by Jupiter!" ' Lilacs, in truth. The street stand at j the corner brimmed over with them great purple swaying plumes of sweet ness among their cool, green, smooth, heart shaped leaves. "Lilacs, sir?" The swarthy skinned young vender evidently expected a liberal purchaser. , v "Yes uo; wait a .minute!" And this prosperous uiau of affairs, whose dic tum could shake the board of. trade building ovej on Lasalle street to its foundations, stood looking" absently at the flowers, lost in retrospection. Lilacs! He saw all At once the quaint home in a pretty, ..peaceful country - Isaac Stephenson, who was re-elected to the United States senate from Wisconsin yesterday, on the 23rd ballot of the Wisconsin legislature, receiving 63 out of 123 ballots cast, Is a wealthy lumberman, farmer and banker of I Derrick second A dainty three course Marinette. He was first elected sen- luncheon was served bv Mrs." McCon ator in 1907 to fill the unexpired term I nell, and the bride-to-De received num- of John C. Spooner, which ended yes-lerous beautiful gifts. terday. From 1883 to 1889 Mr. Steph Hostess at Pre-Nuptial Shower. Mrs. Frank: McConnell entertained a party of 21 ladies at her home in Bowling Wednesdax afternoon at a pre- nuptlal shower in honor of Miss Hat tie Kain, whose marriage occurs in the near future. The rooms were tastefully decorated in red and white The afternoon was devoted to games and music. In the bean contest Miss Millie Wilson received first prize and Mrs. Clarence Llekefett second. In the flower contest, Mrs. Robert H. Johnston received first prize and Miss Hattie Kain second. In the peanut contest Miss Maude Derrick was awarded first prize and Miss Pearl enson was a representative in con- congress. He was born in New Bruns wick in 1829 afld came to Wisconsin to work on a farm in 1841. In the primary election last fall it was charg ed that he spent a large amount of money to corrupt voters. An investi- Towel Shower for Bride-Elect Miss Myrtle KIttilsen entertained a company of 25 young ladies at a towel shower last evening for Miss Lulu Geisberger, whose marriage to Otto Rogers will take place March 25. A progressive bridal game was played, served during the evening. W. R. C. . Sociable. Buford corps No. CC, Woman's Relief corps, will give a sociable in Memorial hall this evening. There will be a good pro gram and light refreshments will be served.x The public will be welcome to this entertainment which will begin at 7:30. gation by the senate disclosed that the prizes being awarded to Miss Fran- his expenses were $107,793, and that ce8 Schafer and Miss Ollie Johnson of he distributed money to politicians, Moline. The house was decorated in editors and clergymen. green and white color scheme and with i i Dens, hearts and cut nowers. A aeii- Knew the Presidents. I clous course lunch was served during General James Grant Wilson, In his the evening. Miss Geisberger received T.lnmln ruminiscences In Putnam's 33 towels, each being accompanied by Mairazine.'refers to a PhiladelDhia Dio- a ver8e appropriate to the occasion neer who had known all the presidents The Misses Grace Knowles and Ollie mm ivhhotnn in p.rn Me, wHtPa- Johnson of Moline will entertain for "While manv have known both Lin- Misa Geisberger March 15.. roln and' Grant, and a few. DerhanS. were acquainted with both Washing- Organize Chorus The ladles' cho i i,in far aa i nm nwarp tus in connection with the Rock Is- there was but a sinele one who knew land Musical club was organized at a the triumvirate of uncrowned Arfleri- meeting at the Harper house yesterday can kings. That person was the leader afternoon. A chorus will be. limited to of the Philadelphia bar, Horace Bin- 50 voices, 40 ladies being present , at ney. with whom I spent a memorable the mating. Mrs. Edla Lund will ovonlrir in th vpnr 1R74. On that oc- dIrect the choru9 and rehearsals Will oi. i, hio tk,t w be held once a week. Schubert's Ser- known Washington, his mother iiVingende a lullaby by -Mendelssohn and k Market treet ndlnlnln th nresl- a iu"uy X craums were siuaieu dent's residence; that he had seen the The chorus wi be 'ou,r Prt. flrat and BCCUUU BUpiUIlU, U.I1U uil una secuiiu alto. It is the aim of the chorus to sing at each meeting of the club. The centenary of both Chopin and Men delssohn will be celebrated at one of the first meetings of the newly organ ized club. . Celebrates Birthday Anniversary. Mrs. "William Sehnert at her home, 702 Fourth . avenue, yesterday after noon entertained the' members of tho N. G. O. club at a party in honor of her birthday anniversary. The house was quite prettily decorated In red white and blue.' Cards were played general almost daily for several years when he himself was a school boy, and was always recognized and frequently spoken to by Washington, who knew him as his friend Mrs. Binney's sin. The venerable man also mentioned the interesting fact, that he had been ac- quainted with every president of the United States up to the time of Gen eral Grant, during whose second ad ministration be passed away at the great age'of 95." The Defeat of the Ship Subsidy BUI. The ship subsidy bill came ud In the house in the closing days only to I during the afterndon prizes "going to euner aeieat, or this, all are glad. Mrs. Henry Gear, , Mrs. H. Fitzsim juc"! w oirwng looDy neaina n, inions ana Mrs. Jennings. A course actively working on the floor of the I lunch was. served, covers being laid house, determined to secure victory if J for . 25. The hostess received a num possible. . ber of handsome gifts. V The measure Is a most vicious one.l us uniy purpose being to loot rhet . Klna'a Daimhtor. M. 1 rn tfia town. Lie saw. too, the overgrown o clock at the narsonace of the First .old carden where the neontea and Methodist church by Rev. R. B. Wil- gooseberries interlaced silken stems liams, who used the ring service. Mr. (.and briery blanches, and farther back Smith is a locomotive engineer and he Btill, just where the .emerald slopes of and his bride will make their home in 1 the orchard, cn'ine gently dimpling this city. I down, a secluded green stretch of path- I way. At either side a row of lilac Entertains for Viaiior.Miss AHcp1 bushes grew higher than a man's head . , ' , , ,1 a way of bloom and beauty, of over o UWLW .aai c.cm,,s, Whelming fragrance. Lilac lane they at her home, 930 Nineteenth street, to, called It. And when the moou rose company of 12 young ladles at a Dar- and set Shifting shadows about the tv in hnnnr nf Mia Rnth rann of piace u was a luminous mosaic or mov SnrincfiPlrt whn hn hppn thp pBt nf 5n? lenTPS nnd sllvery'lTghts where he Miss Garnett Warren. A delightful ev-j and sSe wa,!t,ed' ..... . . ening was passed with instrumental; acs" f - . ., . . " . , . . es a lot." Berresford pulled him ftauatro -""",8ef together with a start. Ah', that all Tax Notice. YouA taxes, real and personal, are now due. You can pay the same at my office, with Schriver & Schriver attorneys, 1712 Second avenue. Of fice hours, 9 to 11:45 a. m., and 2 to 45 p. m. Open Wednesday and Sat urday evenings from 7 to 9 o'clock. J, B. JOHNSON, Collector. Please bring last year's tax receipt with you. ... The" Truth Eczema and Pimples are qulcklyjand permanently cured by Zemo.'a clean liquid for external un. Zemo draws the. germs to the surface of the skin arid destroys them, leaving a nice clear healthy skin. Write E. W. Rose Jkledical ; company, St. Louis, Mo., .for sample. All druggists sell Zemo.. For sale by Harper House pharmacy.; . ' Most children eat too much, overtax the digestion, get thin, weak, languid, stop growing that's malnutrition or non-digestion of food. Scott's Emulsion has helped countless thous ands in this condition. It is both nourishment and medicine a most powerful aid to digestion. ' 1 A small dose three times t a day will work wonders, but be sure toget Scott's. Send thi advertisement, together with name of paper in which it appear, your address and four I cents to cover postage, and we will send yoa a treasury of the United States. The Name circie of King's Daughters met' SCOTT & BOWNE. 409 Pearl street. New York seemed so long ago! Had he been let ting himself drift into a sentimental dream here. In broad daylight, on one of the mbst crowded streets of a great city? He glanced around half guiltily. Then, with a little cynical smile and shrug of his shoulders, he turned to the Greek , flower seller. v"Send those to my hotel." He motioned to a great earthen jar full of the beautiful blooms. He penciled name and number on his business card and banded it to the man with a bilL , Then, receiving his change, be walk ed on. the scent of the lilacs still seem ing to perfume the surging city street "nello. Berresford!" . But the man addressed apparently did not hear. . Inthls place of ,blnre and bustle bis thoughts had gone astray. He was no longer walking down the street of a western metropo lis. He was walkiug with a girl in a gown of palest rose and green through the changeful lights and shadows that flickered over Lilac lane. "Hold on. Alan! What is the mat ter with youV You'll get run over the first thing you know! Can't you speak to an old friend?" Berresford swung around. An old friend! All the dreaminess went out of his eyes. . His Jaws were set hard. Yes, a Judas friend one who could and did betray! . And that now, just now. in this crowded city street he should loom up he who had been re sponsible for such disillusion, such Bor row, such loneliness!, " "Ronald!" he cried in scorn. "How dare you speak to me?" Amazement was apparent on the face of the man who" had addressed him. "Alan Berresford. have you gone clean daft? Why, should I not speak to yon? We who sat side by. side in the same school, went swimming in the same creek, went sweathearting together" Berresford, controlled himself with an effort Men were passing whom he knew whose salutations, deferential and ' admiring, he mechanically ac knowledged. The necessity for self enctrol was obvious. "We must not attract attention! he said. "Let t walk on." ; . Anjjl walk on in silence they did. It Traa not ontl! they, had gone several Alecks : that Beresford conld . control himself sufficiently to explain his nudlatlon of Ronald Dever.- "It is a queer coincidence," he said. "that yon should have spoken to ma UU-r if 1 1 J v j s. a-. a-k.v&ws-b St was a man whose arm encircled her as they walked. Her head almost touched his shoulder. ' Her drooping face 1 could not see distinctly, but the height and walk were those of Elsie, whom I had called my Elsie. I be lieve,", with a sudden chill change of tone, "that Is all I need explain, De ver!" "No," said Dever quietly, "it isn't quite all. Who was her escort? . Who was the man?" A great wrath shook Berresford from head to feet. He y' !:led around upon bis companion, white . to the lips. "You'." he cried. "You, Ronald Dever! I saw yoa -distinctly. You were the man!" . , ' . Dever spoke In a level and command ing voice. "Come! Let ua walk still a little farther. Neither you nor I can afford to invite public comment I hope to prove to you that you have been mistaken." Startled." but incredulous, Berresford accepted the suggestion. . iWhat. made you turn, like another Enoch Arden, and leave the place?" Dever asked. "Because, being supplanted in my ab sence, I was another Enoch Arden V came the reply, passionately spoken. "Listen. After you went abroad El sie's cousin came to live with her. They were of the same height and gen eral appearance, although when con sidered together they do not look alike. I fell in love with Laura. -v She has been my wife for three years, and a mighty sweet wife she Is. Will you dine. with us tonight Berresford?" Berresford flushed and trembled like a girl. "It was she not Elsie that I saw with you?"' "Assuredly, as you might have dis covered had you been less Impulsive in your flight. He mentioned their ad dress. "We'll expect you at 6." "No, no; I must go at once to Elsie if she will listen, if she will forgive me. But there may now be some other person, some other claim. "There Isn't any one but you. I don't think there ever would or will be. But come to dinner at 0. as I said. Elsie is lust now visiting at our home." "What?" shouted Berresford- "Give me that card with your address quick! Hi. cabby! Double fare if you make gocd time! Walt until 6, Indeed. Well. I guess not!" Then he was being driven swiftly southward, and for him all the world the gracious, sweet, delicious, spring time world was full of the waving of lilac plumes.' the prescient fragrance of lilac blossoms. - 1 - r - i ..- . y - .7-. - -v. I Humor )p0 Philosophy By DUNCAN M. SEASONABLE -'7. Spring? Whera have wa haard - That name? .Is It a game Or a season T Hist! " . This Is treason. . Spring- la the dearest. The nearest- '. Perfect creature That ever came down The pike. -' Doesn't It atrlke. ; : You that wayt ' ' . Of course ' " There is spring. And then , r , Again - There Is spring;' ' You cannot pay Your money' and say Which la your choice, -' , You have no voice In that. With the gentle brand At hand .'. You smile. While ' - "'" "'-' With the other kind You 6dT - .. ' Fault and say It is a crime The way that winter Is overstaying its time But really could Anything beat spring ' : When it is good? ';' Useless 'tis . .- t For another to eater , . When It holds The center Of the stage And 1b all the rage As the only season In the almanac "Them Was tha Days.' do ye r? eaeaiApp uiuc en- THEM WAS TMC DAYS 5J vxt-M f "HER DEOOriKO FACJR I COCU NOT BEE DISTINCTLY." my wealth today was left me. and I was obliged to go abroad to claim it." The other gave a startled glance. "No; I never knew that!" he said. . Berresford pressed his llns tlehtlv together before he spoke again. "Ii was midwinter when I left sprin time when I returned. And, of course. I went at once to our old home town Elsie was out, her mother said, some where around the grounds. I went Im mediately to our old trysting place in Lilac lane. There was the same faniil iar walk, all odorous with bloom and the moonlight falling In a thousand shifting lights and shadows,. just as 1 always loved to remember" r ' v.'t nis voice broke curiously. ' His com panion,' a slight, dark man, younger than he. looked at him with frank anx iety In his eyes. - . Plateau Plains of the West. A phenomenal feature of the desert plains is the plateau plain. Mesas they ore called in the southwestern United States and Mexico. These mesas, as their Spanish' name signifies, are ex tensive, flat topped, table-like areas rising abruptly from the general plain to heights of from 100 or 200 feet to 1.C0O feet or more. The great Mesa de Maya, in northeastern New Mexico, is 3,500 feet above the next lower plain. The surface of the plateau plala is usually found to be composed of some hard rock layer, as in the case of the vast Llano Estacado. or "walled plains," or staked plains, as It is called by the Tcxans, or is made up of an ex tensive lava flow as, for example, the Mesa de Maya, the Ocate mesa and the majority of the plains of this kind. The surface beneath the lava flows of the mesas is Itself a plain worn out on the beveled edges of the strata. The plateau plain thus represents a former position of the general plains level. It is the best example of clrcumdenuda- tion through vigorous wind scour. Popular Science Monthly. We wouldn't so much mind growing old if we could conceal the fact from friends and acquaintances. "'" No Optimist. 1 'r "Tou might as well laugh as cry, little girl." . .. . . r ; "Why?" - - . '" ' -."' "Because one will do Just aa much good as the other." "Maybe, but It feels better to cry.T are Their Failing. , "The women in the Balkans about to take up arms." "Wrhatforn "To shoot the enemy, of course." "That will be bard on the cows in the neighborhood." Th Way He Dees It. "He always fights his own battles." "Hard hitter, eh?" "Not so you could notice It." "What is his method?" "Long distance talker.1 - "I come," said the great actress to" the modest lawyer, ''to engage you to get a divorce for me." Bald the lawyer. - "A perfect one," responded the ac tress. ' " "And want it got as quietly as pos sible," said the lawyer. - "Quietly as possible! I should say not! What is the use of getting a di vorce, 'd like to know. If there Is to be no advertising in It?" ' Explained. . 'He always goes to bis club on Wednesday." v "Always?" . "I wonder why." "Mother-in-law day at home." Felt 8o. "Oh, dear, I feel so old lodajr" "Well, you are older than you ever were before." The Lucky Quarter is the one you pay out for. a box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. They bring you' the health" that's more precious than jewels. -.Try them for headache biliousness, constipation and malaria. If they disappoint you, the price will be cheerfully, : refunded at all drug nists. ; . - " rKvygTBoren- fl M mm isf.;- come WifWC? PERT PARAGRAPHS: When the man who can tell tou all about it is too busy to do so it Is your lucky day. . A touch of conceit often keeps the milk of human kindness from getting In a ferment. It is some satisfaction to reflect that we haven't been foolish erery time ws hare had an opportunity. " . : ; " Being divorced to a man seems like being bur glarised so far -' as his purse Is conceraedL - lasts You can't set , a limit to a griddle' cake appetite when' K&o is on the table. The best syrup for every purpose. In air-tight tins: . 10c, 25c, 50c A book ot redpts tor cock ing and caody-aaJu'ng sent free on request. . COHN raODUCTS DEFINING COMPANY New York I6E A Tl - A good cler is koqwft by ... the loans hs doesn't make. V.' It 1 U easy to keep sweet whei everybody Is playing to suit us. The way to be harmr Is lost to ba nappy without lief or . license from anybody. ' There are people so eareless witk money that they use It W pay debts. Borne people laugh at their own ex. pense and then make ' the audlenca gire them a rebate. ; - It Is somtimes hard to recoacfis ovr I Ideas of fair play with tha way tSss jgo with vs. .': ' ; . - . - -