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THE ROCK ISLAXD ARGUS. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1911. '4 THE ARGUS. Published Daily and WwWr at Hit Eecond avenue. Rock lalaad. III. En tered at the postofBce as aecond-class isatter. BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. TEEMS. Dally. 10 cent per week. Weekly, $1 per year In advance. All communications of argumentative character, political or religious, must have real name attached for publica tion. No uch articles will be printed over fictitious slrnaturea Correspond eiice solicited from every township in Hock Island county. TRADES rlT COUNCIL p 20 Wednesday, January 11, 1911. Factory whistle have been de clared a nuisance in Paterson, N. J., but they're still music In towns where they are organizing boosters clubs. Through becoming an honorary member of the chamber of commerce Dr. Carnegie Is saved $50 a year. No use in talking, that man simply cannot die poor. Cuba is offering a prize of 130, 000 to the person, native or foreign, who shall discover the origin of the disease which attacks and kills, cceoanut trees in that island, and This is the list of commission gov the means necessary for its cure and lernment cities: prevention. Representative Mann purposes to abolish by federal law that long; standing curse, the white phosphor ous match, which poisonsand muti lates the workers who make it. Hu nanity calls loudly for the proposed beneficent action. Let us hope the Minneapolis judge ! who sentenced two boy chums to re-I frain from, speaking to each other for a year has the good sense to rever attempt to inflict such punish ment upon girls. To do so would be to invite certain contempt of court. The new governor of Oklahoma balked on wearing a dress suit for (inauguration ceremonies, but con ceded the wearing of a siik hat. On sleeping over the concession, how- Zd tLalsr'ThorelPi't-ur,. Topeka. Wichita. Welling- j Is your standard of virtue for Ok lahoma. An Italian physician says that nervous depression is di'e to a ten dency to talk too much, while pr- sons who are not loquacious have! always been remarked for their; good health. The sphinx attests the heallhfulness of silence and for the! other illustration there T. R. 'Duncan, Enid, Miami, McAlester, Mus- ttt : kogee, Sapulpa, Tulsa, Wagner. The commission form of govern-! North Dakota Bisniark, Mandan, ment doesn't care who rur.s for of-jMlnot. fice, but it Is a little particular who Tennessee Bristol. Clarksville, gets in. It is now up to the peo-( Etowah. Memphis, Richmond City, pie. The higher the standard of j M ississippi Hattiesburg. excellence of the commission, the i Minnesota Mankato. better will the government be. What-i California Berkeley, Modesto, Riv ever the result of the election, welerside. Oakland, bnve a right to expect better gov-, Michigan Port Huron, err.ment than we have had on the j Missouri St. Joseph. Rverne during the past decade or But no list cf commission govern more. ment cities is adequate for very long One of the hopeful signs of the! times is the demand for reform that Is being 'voiced by the governors of w-k -v - v wr n 4 i r V I 5 Y n 1 II TH TO 1 O .-1 . l .U ...... OW.- orsses ana rjes.sagres to ineir leg islatures thi3 week. Never have state errcutives as a body taken such advanced ground. Ten years ago i day would have been considered rev- clutionary. but things are viewed differently now. j The burden of the railroads' argu ment for an increase in freight ratoa is still based upon the assumption that it Is perfectly right and proper for them. to tax the people for new capital with wnich the transiortation compan ies may expand and kep pace with the growing business of the country. In other words, they expect the puMio to provide the principal which thoy will continue to own and exploit as they may see fit and upon which they will continue to collect a handsome rate of interest. To Ke-over the Soils. Columbia university, which is supposed to speak with the force and sanction of the commercial metropolis, is planning to add farm ing to its course of education. The business leaders of the city end slate of New York have for some time been of the conviction that something must be done in a whole pale way to start on the recovery of the worn out and abandoned farms, they being part of an economic loss which this generation could not af ford to countenance. Columbia is villing to do its part In public edu cation to establish a better way. The private farm is part of the public dependence in meeting the questions of the cost of living. If the poor n:aneger of a private farm is re creant to his part of the problem iUe rest are helpless. The Outlook.. According to the review of the fiances as made by Henry Clews, f ne first week of 1911' has proven bettef than its predecessors in 1910 and 1909. each of which signalized the new year with a slump in values. There was a distinctly more cheer ful sentiment and prices displayed an encouraging degree of strength. The basis of improvement is the comparatively easy condition of the money market and prospects of its continuance. The end-of-the-year payments have safely passed end funis will soon begin to return more freely from the interior. It is possible that the eastward move- ment of currency .may not be quite as early or large as at one time ex peeted, becMse of the extensive bor rowings of western farmers either to hold crops or to invest in cattle for feeding purposes. Funds, how ever, detained for these legitimate purposes will find their way later on to the financial centers. Perhaps the strongest Influences for cheap money are the prevailing dullness of trade and the late decline in -both security and commodity values; fac tors which have simultaneously re leased a large amount cf money and increased its efficiency. Commission Form Popular. Rock Island, in adopting the com mission form of local government will join in a movement for civic better ment that is country wide. Comment ing on the fact that already 96 cities in 23 states have adopted the commission form of government, the Dallas News says this means that the voters of these cities have decided to claim divi dends upon their investment in muni cipal stock. The Dallas paner asks. their money into the city treasury for fire and police protection, schools, streets and water works be entitled to have money as judiciously epxended as if they invested in any other cor poration"? This paper adds that it has been truly said that "if the people 9" the United States invested all of their money with the same careless disre gard for results that characterized their investments in municipal govern ment, we would be a nation of bank- rupts Iowa Burlington. Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Fort Dodge Keokuk, Mar shalltown, Sioux City. Texas Anthony, Austin, Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Lyford, El Corpus Christi, Dallas, Denison, El Paso, Houston, Kennedy, Lyford, Mar shall, Marble Falls, Palestine, Port Lavaca, Sherman, San Antonio, Waco, Fort Worth, Galveston. Greenville. West Virginia Bluefield. Hunting ton. Alabama Birmingham. South Carolina Columbia. North Carolina Charlotte. Colorado Colorado Springs, Grand Junction. Wisconsin Eau Claire. J Louisiana Phreveport. j Kansas Abilene, Coffey ville, Cher- ryvillp, Caldwell, Emporia. Girard, ; Marion. Newton, Neodesha, Parsons, ! ton, Independence, Iola, Kansas City,: Leavenworth, Hutchinson. Idaho Boise, Lewiston. South Dakota Dell Rapids, Huron, Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Vcr- million, Yankton. , Washington Tacoma (modified). j Massachusetts Gloucester, Hav-i erhill. Lynn, Taunton, Chelsea. j Oklahoma Ardmore, Bartlesville ,for additions are being made to the list almost every day. Springfield and jJoplin are going to ask for commis sion charters when the Missouri leg- lis!ature merts n(J a bill has been i drafted for introduction In the Indiana .legislature that will permit cities of that state to adopt commission gov ernments. A similar bill will be In- produced in the Arkansas legislature, j Life Lines BY BA9ILKCS. CHEERFULNESS Copyright, 1910. If you can't see through, your clouds get rid of them; -when the black clouds of despair get between, your vision of heaven won't be clear dispel them with good-cheer. The cheerful thoughts of man per meates society like the fragrance of the rose; the smile and not the frown brings sweetness to any town. Cheer up. and by so doing mix your own medicine for your ilia cheerful ness comprises health while "blue days" bode evil to you. Laughing away troubles In the face of fate is man's greatest good fortune; man can never fail if he set his suc cess sail with courage and good cheer. Business is best done when industry is ever wreathed in cheerfulness; the sunny smile and kind face are the factors that efface all the frets from your face. DOG BLUFFS D02EN POLICE INsoouititure f Loudon Robbie la Made Complete by New Incident. Ixndon, Jan. II. These are trying days for the London police. A dozen cf them were heid 4t bay for five hours yesterday afternoon outside a bedroom by a bull dog guarding the body of his master, who had commit ted suicide. After exhausting their resources to capture or kill the dog, a doctor wag sent for. He poisoned some meat, which was thrown into the room through a hole in the door. Not until the animal was dead did the po lice tnter the room. They then re moved the body to a morgue. Taken in connection with the battle against two anarchists a few days ago, in which hundreds of police and large detach ments of soldiers took part, this inci dent has served to increase the ridi cule to which the police are being subjected. business urn FIGHT SALOON Organize in Iowa Cities to De feat Petitions Giving Con sent to Operate. MUCH CAPITAL IS READY If Liquor Interests Carry Day Tem perance People Will Enforce the Moon Law. Waterloo, Iowa, Jan. 11. A new movement has been inaugurated in Iowa to combat the liquor traffic. Bus iness men, adopting business princi ples, are Incorporating temperance as sociations with ample capital in many of the larger cities, and the work of resisting the renewal of the consent petitions by the saloons is being vig orously carried forward. The idea originated in Waterloo last autumn, when the Business Men's Temperance association was incorpor ated for 50 years, with capital stock of $25,000, divided into shares of $5 each, shares to be paid for only on assess ment at a pro rata basis when money is needed to carry forward the objects of the association, which are set out to be the opposing of censent petitions and illegal sales of intoxicating li quors. All consent petitions in Iowa expire June 30, 1911. unless renewed before then. SALOOS MEM APPEAL. In Waterloo, the new petition was pronounced Insufficient by the board of supervisors, but an appeal was tak en by liquor men to the district court, where the case Is pending. Other cit ies In which the business men have or ganized to oppose the saloons are Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Qpkaloosa, Mar shalltown, Mason City. Iowa City, Fort Dodge, and Independence. The chief characteristics of these as- j soiations are singleness of purpose, j continuity of effort, and provision of i funds to carry on their work. St'BSrRIBES $200,000. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Jan. 11. More than 400 business, professional and la boring men, Including most of the i city's preachers, have bought all the J $200,000 stock issued by . the Cedar I Rapids Business Men's Temperance i association. Incorporated for 50 years The stock is Issued in sares of $5 each I and Is payable by assessments of not more than 2 per cent each year, the ! assessments to be made when deemed j necessary by the board of directors. j The money thus raised is now being ; used in an attempt to defeat the sa- j loon petition of consent which is being circulated and which must be filed by the liquor men. on or before next Sat urday. The temperance association has brought many noted temperance epeakers to Cedar Rapida during the campaign and has maintained a head quarters for the men employed to cir culate the petition of revocation. MAY BXFORCB MOO I, AW. Both sides claim victory. If the city goes dry the temperance association will appoint a vigilance committee to ferret out and prosecute liquor drug stores and "holes in the wall." If the ! liquor men win, the association will j begin at once a campaign to put the Moon law Into effect. This law pro vides that there shall be only one sa loon for every thousand population. Cedar Rapids has 33.000 population and (iO saloons-. The dividends on the stock are paid in "the consciousness of Christian and civic duty done." AGED 81; SOLD LAST VOTE Oliiojui Says He Never Will Cast An other Ballot. West Union, O., Jan. 11. "I have cast my last vote. Even if I should happen to live through the five years of my disfranchisement I never will vote again. I feel that I have dis graced myself and my family name." This statement was made yesterday by Leonard Pollard, 81 years old, when he came here to plead guilty to the in dictment charging he accepted a bribe for his vote. "For GO years I have voted," ha said. "I did not realize I was doing wrong. Now I see my mistake. I want to atone for It in some way," j Butter and Egg Dealer Fails. I Chicago, Jan. 11. Edwin McAdam, I wholesale butter and eg dealer, filed a petition in bankruptcy yesterday. His liabilities are $332,000, and assets are $310,000. Save Your Teeth High Grade lentbtry at Lowest Price. 22 K Gold Crowns -.00 Porcelain Crowns $3.00 Bridge Work, per tooth 24. OO Gold Fillings 1.00 up Enamel Fillings fl.OO Silver Fillings 5c Until Feb. 1. Our $12 Plates for $6. Perfect fit guaranteed. All work done painless. Open evenings until 9. Dr. W.P.BUTLER 308 H Twentieth St. Hock Island. Atlee Pomerene, Ohio's New Senator, Example of Self Made Man. 1 ! ' j t--"" -j - v . :' " ' :f f 5 ' -x . ' V Lieutenant Governor Elect Atlee Pomerene, progressive Democrat, who has been selected as the next United States senator from Ohio, succeeding Charles Dick, is a Belf made man. lie was born at Berlin, O., forty-seveu years ago, a poor boy. He worked his way through school and through Prince ton. He practiced law in Canton. In 190S he was a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for governor and was defeated by Harmon. In November he was Harmon's running mate. .He Is married, but has no children. Through Tomerene's selection a coal miner may become governor of Ohio. William Green, president pro tern, of the seunte. will succeed to the office of lieuten ant governor. Should Governor Harmon become the Democratic candidate for president he probably would resign as governor and Senator Green would succeed him. Green was a former president of the Ohio miners. The Argus Daily Short Story The Japanese Umbrella By Clarissa Mackie. Copyrighted, 1910, Vr Associated Literary Press. A whole year passed after Nelson's return from Asia before he found him self again treading an oriental street and rubbing elbows with slant eyed, blue bloused Chinese. His present po sition in the custom house made it necessary that he should visit a well known silk Importer, whose place of business lay in the heart of San Fran cisco's reconstructed Chinatown. Joy Nelson had been glad enough to eliminate all memory of his last year in China. There had been one horri ble incident from which be had fled, but whose shadow had lurked in the background of his daily life since his return to America. In broad daylight he had laughed at the fears that pur sued bis first sleepless, fear haunted nights. After awhile the fear gave place to a sense of security fostered by the practical workaday happenings of his busy life. Today, however, as he passed along Dupont street and turned Into a nar rower thoroughfare there burst upon him the significant fact that this part of a great city was but a fragment of the old eastern world after all. He had to pause once or twice and inquire his way, for the bouse of the importer was set in the heart of the web of streets and alleys. Then when bis goal lay but a few yards ahead there sprang into sudden view, bob bing along in the crowd before him, a certain green and gold paper parasol, the meaning of which was all too clear to Jay Nelson. He had a vague realization that this emblem of an old horror might have been evolved from his own morbid fancy. He pressed forward, eager to stretch forth bis hand and prove that the Japanese umbrella was a thing of air, was an optical illusion. But always it danced before him like a wlli-o'-the-wisp, now showing a glint of gold and green and then melting into a dozen illusive tints. Where it went there be too must follow until he could prove by actual contact with its surface that It was s creation of his fancy and not the dreaded emblem of the White Brother hood. It drew him on down Into the very bowels of the earth. The paper umbrella collapsed and was cast aside, -while the bearer turn ed to confront Nelson. Then the lat ter awoke from his trance-like state and stared first at the strange face that confronted him, then about the small dungeon-like room, empty of fur niture and reeking with foul edors and lighted by a single swinging oil lamp. Nelson's gaze came back to the face of the Chinese, and be shivered slightly, for the face was that of a member of the dreaded order the sign was written on the man's brow. Instantly Nelson whipped off his mat. holding It before Dim as a shield and backed to the stairway leading upward. "Held a moment," said the Chinese in the Cantonese dialect; "I am not alone." ' CISC, UCHMUUCH ..l.UI. sharply in tbe same tongue. "The brotherhood at each stair head they await your coming If you contemplate flight." returned the Chi nese imperturbably. "What do yoa want with me?" "Command of tbe big brother that yoa be brought before him for trial." "He came on from Hongkong to seek me?" The Chinese cackled shrilly. Then he spat contemptuously. "The broth erhood is everywhere. Captain Leesoa wherever there are offenders there also will be found a tribunal of the brotherhood." "Why do yoa call me by Captain Leeson's came?" questioned Nelson warily. "Because you are be." "SuDDOse I am not? "you are!" asserted the man rough ly. "The brotherhood does not make mistakes." "You blunder this time. I am Nel son." The other laughed derisively.. "I was told you would claim that name. Nelson died that night." "Ah." cried Nelson suddenly, "yon are the big brother! This Is the tri bunal. You are alone; you thought to fool me; see you later. Tal Laao!" He started to leap up the stairs and then topped short. Tal Laao made no move to arrest his flight. He merely folded his long claw tipped fingers Into either capacious sleeve and smiled widely. It was this smile that halted Nelson's departure, the smile and a certain hiss ing whisper that sang down the stair way and bore warning on its breath. Again he turned to the Chinese. "Have It over with this court of yours! Be quick, for I have business to attend to matters of Importance." "Very good. Captain Leeson." com mented the man called Tal Laao. "Fol low me." He led the way to a shadowy corner and pushed open a door into another dimly lighted room. At a long table sat seven men. three on either side and one at tbe end. At tbe farther end of the table there stood a wide armed empty chair. Except for a low swung lamp above the table the room' was devoid of other furnishing. "Captain Leeson," he announced In a low voice, "on trial for betraying se crets of the White Brothers." "Captain Leeson died, as you all know," said Nelson sternly. "I saw him die, killed by your orders. He died in the street of "Silence!" menaced the leader. "He claims to be Nelson, the one who died that night." The seven nodded in unison, but did not remove their gaze from Nelson's angry face. He kept silence now, briefly review ing the strange events that had snatch ed him from the busy streets of the city Into as dismal a den of murderers as one might hope to find along the water front of any Chinese city. Before his eyes there flashed a pic ture of his last year in Chiua. Then he had been In tbe diplomatic service of bis country. Leeson, bis friend, an Englishman in the British employ at Hongkong inspector of health or some thing of that sort had Interested Nel son in bis establishment of a leper col ony down In Anam. It was Leeson's ambition to clean out the lepers hidden in the city, to root them out from their places of con cealment and transport them to tbe colony where preparations bad been made for their segregation, where their cases should be studied and modern methods be employed. It happened that the afflicted ones looked on tbe idea of banishment with distaste. They cared little to be herd ed together in a foreign province far from friends and familiar scenes. They cared nothing whatever for the benefits that mi;bt accrue to posterity through their segregation. Leeson's efforts met with little suc cess, and be brought tbe law to bis aid. Thus be gained permission to capture tbe afflicted ones, and so his colony prospered for awhile. Then there was formed against bim the so ciety of the White Brothers, created to protect tbe lepers scattered throughout tbe city from Leeson's agents. Each one bore some mark cf the disease, and they bad some other emblem by which they might be known to each other if the mark of tbe disease was cot plain enough. And this emblem was tbe green and gold paper umtrel la. with Us snaky twisting golden dragon colling in and out of tbe green painted bamboo noot. i."Uon remecr, . red the first time be I had seen tbeni that nijjbt of Leeson's carefully planned expedition into a suspected quarter. It was at night, and red lanterns had lighted the street down Its crooked length. Suddenly there had burst npon them and the three agents who accompanied Leeson a hideous balel of cracked voices; a horrible spectacle of ghastly faces; a leprous mob that leered and jeered at them; that drove them point by point townrd the end of the street of lepers; a yelUns crowd that received the bul lets from th"ir revolvers and died noisily; a li.nsv crew that tried to touch them, il.nt lonped to render them as loathsome as itself. Leeson bad beeu killed, and Nelson tried to forget the sisrht as the rest of them got away. The next day he let! a party back to the street, but It w.ns deserted. Even poor Lesins body had disappeared. After this outbreak the matter went under the supervi sion of a large medical corp-". and the colony at Annm was augmented by several hundred cases. Nelson rescu ed from the service and went hocus sickened of the whole dubious web of oriental life, thnnkful that he hnd es caped contact that he was clenn. Now they had found him out they would take their revenge for his be trayal of their outbreak. It pleased them to call him by Leeson's name. As Leeson be would probably die ia this hole In the ground under Jsin Francisco. Nelson determined to force some im mediate action from the men who had sprung up In this faraway city to call him to account for his setting the bounds of law upon their trail. All his hideous dreams of tbe past year scorned to have been realized in the stranjia events of this day that would un doubtedly be his last on earth. It had been a strange day. and even now, face to face with death for tha presence of these White Brothers meant nothing less he seemed to be moving in a dream more frightful than anything bts sleeping mind bad con ceived. "Fire ahend." he said recklessly; "I'm not nfrald of you. Come on. every devil's Imp of yon!" He flashed out the revolver be always carried just as they arose In a body and came at him, a ghastly company with stretch Ins, clawing fingers and fiendish eyes. Then Jay Nelson awoke. He sat up In bed, bis brow drlppins sweat and his heart pounding with excitement, for once more he hnd dreamed of the Japanese umbrella and the horrible band whose emblem it was. This was the worst dream of all. and lie mur mured devout thanks that it had been a dream. Sitting there with the morning sun shine streaming into the room and a fresh breeze from the bay ruffling his hair. Nelson saw the early newspaper slid under hU door. Eager to be lu touch with the commonplaces of every day life, he fetched it and read tbe headlines. After awhile. In a corner of the sheet, he rend that the Hong kong authorities were satisfied that they bad rid that city of its lepers. The White Brotherhood hnd been broken up, and most of Its members were In Anam colony. Tbe leader, Tal Laao. was dead. Captain Leeson's death had been avenged. Jay Nelson went forth that mornins: a care free man to Interview the slIU importer in Chinatown. At last he was emancipated from fear. He would dream no mors. Jan. 11 in American History lToiGoneral Alexander Hamilton, soldier and statesman, secretary of the treasury undrr Washington, born; killed by Aaron Itnrr 1)4. 182.1 Hayard Taylor, niillior. born; died 1878. 1814 Francis Scott Key. author' of I "Tho (or UriMi.clr1 ltnnnor" lii1 In Haltimore; born 1780. 19o2-Horsc E. Scudder, noted au thor, died; born MONEY BACK. On That Iluis the Harper House riiartuaey Will Hell You a lit tle of Parisian Sage Hair Grower. Hair must have nourishment or die. If it does not have proper nour ishment it will lose Its vitality, grow weak and become an easy prey to the ravages of the vicious germs of dandruff. . Parisian Sage is a hair nourUher; it is the result of bineere study and experiment by one of tho world's leading sclentifcts. It bhould be used regularly as a hair dressing by everyone with healthy hair, because It never fails to prevent dandruff, falling hair, or any scalp disease. But Parisian Sage is not only .a preventive it is a certain rure for dandruff: it stops itching of the scalp instantly; it makes hair grow thick and luxuriant. It is especially in demand by ladies. because it makes the hair beautiful, soft and fluffy. It is sold by tho Harper House pharmacy ar.d drntjUts ev erywhere, under a positive guaran tee to do all that i claimed for It, or mouey back. Mail orders filled, charges pre ra!dt by the Amencan makers, the (iiroux Manufactui ing company, Luffalo, N. Y. The ?irl with the auburn hair is on every package. The Old Reliable J. P. Williamson's new and 2d band store has returned to Rock Is land and will be conducted under the firm name of Carney V Tfc"mp son. It runs Ju-t ;he f.me as "J. P." used to run it. We will pay mere for your goods and sell cheaper than anyone else. CARNEY & THOMPSON WE bTOKE tlOHUn. Old Phone 1088. 132.' Second Ate. ! Hock IbUuMl, IU. 1 Humor and Ptiilosopliy! 7r 9VTCA M. SMITH PERT PARAGRAPHS. J)ONT act superior to your next dooj ne!ghlKr because she wears old clothes. She may be saving money t buy an automobile. Many a man has won a dinner with the story of his bard Inck. You can sometimes tell by the looks of a man why bis wife is cross. A poor man rany bo honest, but that 1 no sign that an honest man should be poor. Somebody says that having faith is the process of believing things that we know aren't so. Perhaps the reason why children have no show Is because there are i many dog sh ws. It Isn't always the promising yontig man who keeps his promise. Wrong Thing. I "I am going to quit that suburb." j "It must be that the neighbors do not nriiig Huyiuing in. "Oh. yes, they do." "Thitt ouirht to be some attraction." "They bring iu their appetites." Partly Qualified. "What can I ever do for you?" said the charming ycung heiress, still drip ping from her accidental bath, "foil have saved my life." "o turrit marry me," snia tne modest hero. "lint you nre not a duke or nn earl or anything like that, are you?" she asked doubtfully. "No, but I resemble them in many ways." "Oh. how lovely! In what way?" "Financially." Taking Hi. Word. Th" (?ool ol.l fashioned winter When KrHn1i;i ni a lad Was harder thnn they ever IWore or ln- hnvs hnd, And true b any KOHel Thli nmy or tuny rot fe. Th'ie ia no way of knowliis: Wo vnn't so h.irk to Tlr mow wns deep an mountains. The wind a bUzuiril swept Atoss the freezing; lnnd-imp. And fhon! wn peMom kept. Tl'e writer fro.e In holllnt The Bte.im went up a tinow. No: I am not mistaken. ily grandpA told mo no. Guilty Conscience. "A dark woman i about to cros yocr pa'th. P.ewnre of her," said tho solemn fortune teller, who was trying to give the victim something freah and original for his half dollar. "Has that washerwoman found my dlress nsrain?' exclaimed the man frantically. "Oh. no! This one Is a siren." "Where did you say I wua to avoid her? I will go ttib very afternoon and get in practice." Couldn't. t "Why don't you keep to the stralt and. narrow way'" ".iir "Yet, you." "I couldn't'." "And why not?" "You si-e, I am a broad minded sort of chap, so I have to cut a v "do swath." Hia Opinion. "Just look at her!" "I am o.klf)t'." vtfhe lx trying to look pretty." "She ioirt have to try very bard, does she?'' It's Two Bad. "Walter?" "Yes?" "UiU i-AX I bad." "Uctter try another, sir." A Sight. Bee th resolution. Orce xo frenh ar.d new. ' Wnrranted when t; ken They uould tUk llkw (clua. Now th7 are i m- mr That you th'.r.k It rltht nd Kd tame to hide the'a from the public eight. When you r"t them over Ar.d the year new It looked eaiiy money Then to eo thern through. You flt very certain They ou!l wa'er h'I4. I;jt how ao-in they faded When yoL,r zeil K'd coll! Now the p!'pe la tsken From tt hldlra; piee. And ti e way y ot.'ro punVnv In a rank fi.xrrnro. Ar.d ero you lovlreil At the bowl to alp Wh' n no or.e wet a looMns Yu'j liilsht tike nip. Give the remoluMona Thirty ilav of trace. It l eMo-n lonser Thev rnn aive their fr. 2!er. wV wa.'t till New Year C'iTi ..-oi;n2 train To nni;e off their meannets Csn.'if.t l ir It tre.i. Hive you a weak throat? If sr., you cannot be too careful. You can not tenia treatment too early. Lath cold makes you mare liable to anoth er and the !v.t is always the harder to cure. If yoa will take Chamber lain's Couh Itemed at the ouuet you will be auved much trouble. Fold by all druggists.