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21 THE ARGUS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31. 1903. SPECIMEN OFFICIAL BALLOT To be Voted Tuesday, April 6, 1909, City of Rock Island, Illinois. SECOND WARD O REP03LEGAH O DEMOCRATIC O SOCIALIST O INDEPENDENT FOR MAYOR FOR MAYOR 1 GEORGE WASHINGTON McCASKRI2f FOR MAYOR IIKXRY CAUSE FOR CITY CLERK M. T. RIJDCIUKX FOR CITY ATTORNEY J. V. WITTER FOR CITY TREASURER C. V. C1XANXOX FOR POLICE MAGISTRATE CLAi; EXCE J. SCIIKOEDER FOR ALDERMAN AUGUST .1. UTKE FOR ASSESSOR JOHN F. MOKLLKU FOR COLLECTOR JOIIX T. XOFTSKER FOR ASSISTANT SUPERVISORS - IIEXRV.DOERIXt; CilAS. OSWALD II. HARRIS S. R. WRIGHT FOR JUSTICES OF THE PEACE JOIIX TL CEELAXD W. V. SCIIKOEDER P. II. WELLS , L. V. ECKIIART, SR. GEORGE 1 XISSEX FOR CONSTABLES PETER .1. IIEVERLIXG SIMON" GOLDRURG FOR CITY CLERK " FOR CITY ATTORNEY ALBERT HURER FOR CITY TREASURER FOR POLICE MAGISTRATE CHARLES J. SMITH FOR ALDERMAN C. L. SPECKIIART FOR ASSESSOR JACK C. AULD FOR COLLECTOR DAVID BEISW1XGER FOR ASSISTANT SUPERVISORS JAMES DAVIS JOSEPH GROTEGUT FOR JUSTICES OF THE PEACE OSCAR W All LUND JOIIX MCSIIAXE STEPHEN STADER WILLIAM EATON FOR CONSTABLES MIKE MINTZ HENRY HEUCK HENRY BRUNEI," GEO. CHRISTI ANSON FOR MAYOR CHAS. GANTERT FOR CITY CLERK WM. O. OLSON FOR CITY ATTORNEY FOR CITY TREASURER ABE MEYERS FOR POLICE MAGISTRATE PERRY H. SHIPMAN FOR ALDERMAN " HERMAN L. SIEGHARTNER FOR ASSESSOR MILTON L. MORRILL FOR COLLECTOR ALFORD BLOCK FOR ASSISTANT SUPERVISORS jpiIN A. NELSON FRED. II. DRUCKMILLER WM. DUFFIN STEPHEN MARSCHALL FOR JUSTICES OF THE PEACE CHARLES IIAINISH FOR CITY CLERK FOR CITY ATTORNEY FOR CONSTABLES FOR CITY TREASURER FOR POLICE MAGISTRATE J. EDWARD ELLIOTT FOR ALDERMAN W. E: DA VIES FOR ASSESSOR FOR COLLECTOR FOR ASSISTANT SUPERVISORS FOR JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR CONSTABLES HOWTSEFOSEST! I WAS PLANTED By George tl.Pacard ICopyrlght, 1309, by American Press Association. ANY Lave been out spoken In their admiration for the beautiful - forest of Naarburg as It stands today, but few know Its his tory. Its great trees suggest the primeval wilder- . nesa, but time was when the hills which they now glorify were as bare as . an Arizona desert, although the soil ej.wns not Infertile. That was in the arty dawn of the middle' ages. When Philip of Elster took a notion to build ! , I MILL rfrn bps a great oastie on one of the tree de-nndi-d heights above the noisy Xaar It stood out in splendid solitude, a noble work of man denied the crowning charm which nature alone could fur nish. Fhilip realized all this when his princely abode was finished and he and his family had moved into It and all was settled. That he had made a mistake he would not admit even to himself, but he spent hours in looking down enviously on the great trees which made a sylvan paradise of the lowlands on the opposite side of the river. It made him unhappy, of course. In time It would have become his sorest grief If something else had not stepped in and forestalled it. That something was the trying conduct of his only child and heiress, the Princess Barbe, It was not because she was not beau tiful and clever and altogether satis factory in most respects. She was all these, and infinitely more. The Prin cess Barbe had one lamentable fault when It came to choosing a husband she could not make up her mind. That of Itself is a sad weakness even in an untitled maiden. For a princess it Is a positive calamity. Suitors flocked to the Naarburg in troops. Barbe's 'beauty and wit we the lure for all the el iglhje young men w Overindulgence Some day you may eat too much. Some night (if you're a man) you may drink more than is good for you. For all excesses in eating arid drinking mttedu -7 is best because it acts on the liver, moves the bowels and gets rid of whatever may be overloading your stomach. For any sickness of the sort constipa tion or stomach and liver troubles take an NR. tab- - let to-night and you'll feel better in the morning. 52 HARPER HOUSE PHARMACY. 7 in .the country, and Philip or tnstor s wealth and position did not make his heiress less attractive. They came to the Naarburg prepared to conquer, but Barbe couldn't or wouldn't get Inter ested In them. She might have had her pick among the best of them, but when it came to the test she couid not settle on hlra. "Why don't you choose for me?" she laughed when her father tried to con vince her of her danger of becoming a spinster. "I am too old a fox to be, caught In such a trap," he declared. "If that is the cause of the delay you will die an eld maid sure enough. Choose you a husband! Not I! Not until the Naar burg stands in a forest of its own!" , The princess was greatly amused at her father's vehemence. "Should 1 wait for that," she said, "I am afraid the habit of single blessedness would have become so strong that I could not shake It off." More In sorrow than In anger Philip went his way, and almost before he was out of sight the princess hit on a plan to divert him from his regret over the forest and his disappointment over her dilatory matrimonial performances. It tvune to her as a sort of inspiration, and she was so pleased with it that she resolved to proceed at once to car ry It Into effect She summoned her maid. "Lisbeth," she asked, with an Inter est that caused the faithful servant to marvel greatly, "are there any suit ors today?" "More than one, my dear mistress, answered the maid. "Even now the Baron Bruno of Eppel is ascending to the castle with a retinue. "He Is persistent," laughed the prin cess. "I fancied I had disposed of him." - "He is very handsome," sighed Lis beth. - "He is far too well aware, of the fact Children Who Are ickly Mothers who value their own comfort and the welfare of tfretr children, should never be without a box of Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, for use throughout the season. Thev break up. Colds, cure Feverlshness. Constipa tion. Teething Disorders. Headache and Stomach Troubles. THESE POWDERS NEVER, FAIU Sold by all Drug Stores. 2F.c. Don't accept any substitute. A trial package will be sent FREE to any mother who will address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Itoy. N. Lisbeth. I" am" curious "to know why he has returned to the castle. When he enters tell blm that I will see him. Yes, I will see him although I told him I hoped I had seen the laut of him." Half an hour later Bruno was deep in the business of convincing the prin cess of the su periority of his affection for her over anything of the kind in the market. "Since you are willing to do such stupendous things for my sake," she inter rupted him .iweetly, "1 am fioing to ask you to prove your friendship In a very simple fash ion. If you are half as fend of me as you pro- "plant turkescoke fess to be, plant acorns." threescore acorns on the castle height bo that my father may be a trifle com forted." Baron Bruno accepted the office with an alacrity which was a generous trib ute to his splendid youth and devo tion. When he had accomDllshed the task be returned to the princess an J demanded, his reward. "I thank. you from my heart," she said, her lovely eyes downcast. "You have done me a gallant service, and I will requite you. I am ready to prom ise you that when those acorns have grown into umbrageous oaks our wed ding feast shall be served beneath their grateful shade. With a low bow and without a word, as . became a gallant gentleman, the baron accepted his fate and left her presence. Fortunately for him, the crusade's wiped out disappointment' On the afternoon of the very same day Berthold of Unkel climbed to the Naarburg on precisely the same er rand. Berthold was a warrior, exceed ingly blond, muscular and good to look upon, and everybody m the castle. In cluding Its lord, looked on him with a good deal of respect. 7."lt It is as you avow," said the prin cess in answer to his keen and ardent effort. to persuade.. Jfer to. jame... the day. I am sure you will be glad to render me a tiny service go and plant on the treeless hillside threescore beechnuts so that my poor old father may know that be is not without sym pathy in this shadcless altitude." Berthold was only tco glad to com ply with this reasonable request, and when be bad done so be returned to Barbe, the light of joyous anticipation on his handsome face. "You have pleased me mightily," the princess admitted. "I . should be an ingrate were I to neglect to offer you some return. Listen, then. When those cunning little nuts have grown into sturdy trees I will go with you to your castle of L'nkel." v When Berthold realized that for once the princess meant it he was exceed ingly sorrowful, for he remembered that, like the oak, the beech is a very leisurely growing tree. What he ac tually did was to found a community of Benedictine monks and become the abbot. Then followed Oswald of Erb, who planted walnuts, but was too impatient to await their fruition; Ounther of Alten, who consented to strew.an acre with the winged samara of the maple, but scorned to wait even for that speedy growing tree; Henry of Thur iugen, who transplanted more than a hundred baby firs from the lowland to the hilltop, but declined to be patient until they should become even Christ mas trees, and at least a dozen others who could not wait to reap the fruit of their sowing. Last of all came Walther. of Scnllt zen. Unlike . the others, he was not provided , with a surplus of phys ICal attractions, being rather un dersized, pale faced and bowed slightly, as be ca me a student. . When "be .made his appearance at the Naarburg in . the guise .of a suitor everybody pitied him, and there were nu merous prophe cies that bis case would be dispos ed of speedily. It did not hap pen so. Presently i "I SHALL REMAIN UERZ. it became apparent that the princess found him vastly interesting. Terhaps that was because he did not woo her openly, but talked most entertainingly of about every subject under the sun save the tender passion. "Is the little bookworm's fate to be that of the others?" asked Thlllp, with a great sigh of distaste for the entire business. "I think he does not care for me." replied Barbe forlornly. Her father chuckled slyly, for he knew that she had met her match. But she did not yield without a show of resistance. When Walther proposed, as he did eventually, she asked for an armistice. Then she pro ceeded to search all the wcrks on bot any which were In the castle library t find the most speedy growing tree sM finally settled on the poplar. . - "rery well," said Walther when she imposed the customary condition. . "I shall remain here and water the new plantation with my tears." "If you intend to do anything so ab surd as that," she retorted, "I will ab solve you.". This Is the only account worth men tion of the origin of the magnificent forest of Naarburg. . Sowing and Planting. - Experimental broadcast sowings were made during the year In twenty- seven forests in the area, of Idaho. Montana, Washington, Oregon, Wyom ing, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. The total area sown was 131 acres, of which forty-seven were In the Black Hills national forest About 700.000 trees were planted last year by the forest service In Ne braska. Kansas, Colorado, New. Mex ico, Arizona, Utah, Idaho and Califor nia. 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