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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. MONDAY. JULY 15, 1912. THE ARGUS. Published Pally' and Weekly t 1J4 Second avenue, r.ork Island. I1L (En tered at the poitofllca 'aa ae?ond-clasa natter.) Brk lalaad Metaker cf the Aatlate4 lung, but they are recognized as the product of exceptionally effective training. This adds materially to the satis faction wiih which Americans observe the number of events won by Ameri- i cans. BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. ROOSEVEIT H CM BI GGER Y. Colonel Roosevelt cannot be 6in core when he views with alarm Gov ernor Wilson's alleged free-trade views. Roosevelt very well knows that however ardent a free trader Gover nor Wilson xight be, and he is mere- i TERMS. Dally, 16 centa per week. Weekly, tl per year In advance. . Complaint of delivery aerrlca ahould b made to the circulation department, which ahould lo he notified In every Ir.ntanca where it If desired to have 1 !' a modern tariff reformer and not aa j paper dlacontlnued. aa carrier! have no uthorlty In the premlaea. All communication! of argumentative character, political or rellgloin. muat have real name attached for $ubl:ea t'on. No nurfc articl-n will ba printed Over flctltlou4 ilgnaturei. Telephone In all departmenti: Cen tral Union, 'st 141. 1145 and 1145; fnlon Electric. 61 40. extremist, it woifld be quite impossible ; for him to establish free trade as thej policy of this nation. And the rea- j eon is that in the absence of author-! ity to impose taxes on individual in-, comes, the nation must impose taxes j on imports to meet the ever mounting demand for revenues with which to run the government, and these duties j 3 --1 - t : aV Monday, July 15, 1912. i uuiug m viuftio iuiii. luric iru i rm a paper on his desk.. And he looks so ; good natured I always thought a ! ! really important man was kind of j , cross, so everybody had to be a little j afraid of him. My, I believe I'd take ' all kinds of liberties with a man like jMr. Smith, but I'd be afraid to death of Mr. Jones." lhe boss' stenographer laughed "You sure haven't had much ex perience," she commented. "I thought ' Just as you do when I was green. But let me tell you how it will work out. "First thing you know, you'll he get ting mad at Mr. Jones. He'll say something mean and sarcastic to you and you -won't want to do a thing to lighting t p the dark spots. oblige mm, and you 11 flunk his work Incidentally must be "protective." ..Mv but that Mr Jone8 works hard." i wherever you can. The Baltimore platform calls for a " ' T ; "About that time you'll find your- tariff for revenue only-that is. for Bald the ne lrl ,n tne office' jaelf liking to have Mr. Smith smile duties levied not w ith the idea ot never saw a man work as hard as he , over at you reacn ror tne buzzer "protecting" one industry or another. ' does." j that tells you you're wanted. He'll but for revenue purposes solely. Its j "i used to think that when I first talk to you as if you were a human fiee trade demand is limited to the came," replied the boss' stenographer, I being on the same Diane with himself. : necessaries of life and to articles pro-: "but he's just like some other folks j not just a machine put there for his auceu nere ana soia more cneapiy that seem to -work so awfully hard j convenience. He doesn't think it 1 at I t 1 K IB v IB IB Humor and Philosophy 9r vrjcAi ft. smrm The Argus Daily Story Scraping; an Acquaintance By Horace Slater. Copyrighted. 1912. by Associated Literary Bureau. PERT PARAGRAPHS. yiTH the best Intentions In the world to be cordial a man finds it hard work wben be bus a working corn on bis toe aud a crick in the back of bis neck. Still it is small consolation to reflect that if it weren't for us workers the shirkers couldn't exist. Instead of rejoicing in the continual When Leonard Tremaine came home ' from a trip abroud be found that his fiit tier bad given up his residence In the heart of the cit and moved out on to Mount Prospect avenue, where every house commanded a view and every yard was a ' garden. Leonard reached bis new home in the summer, i fliiCii.g the verdure full blown and the , surroundings delightful. On the aft iernoon of bis arrival be saw from bis strawberries have -a short sunshine the pessimist repines that the j w!,llow acros8 8 bede ,hat eitl j ill? iai uci jiuw iivu, vu uiiiur i l a j j young girl watering some flowers. She teing pretty, the flowers being pretty, the grass being green, the sky blue and j the clouds white, young Mr. Tremalue, roses and season. ., If this bs he's just noisy and makes a dreadful smart to rattle off his dictation in a a rwt t r i i j ! . ........ That's First." right. - iry hock jsiar.u -.. the of u ! It is w-ell to remember, while on : the guhjoct of the colonel and the T.ufhow did the book trust come tariff, that in his entire seven years out in the National Education assocla- ju the White house he made no move tlon? . whatever Uioking to reduction of the exorbitant tariff duties and cheapen- The corn is laughing In the fields jng of tne C0Bt of jiving. , these days and the rarmer grows optimistic. iroe traoe, tne colonel is inv ilea to fUS8 about eventhing he does. j mumble so you can't tell what he says. "Now, look at that little man over j He speaks distinctly and moderately, there the one next to the boss' desk, j and somehow he makes you feel that There's the man the firm couldn't get ' he appreciates the very best you can a'.ong without, and you'd never know i do. But you've got to do your best he was around. Half the time he no shirking. There was just one girl dofsu't sm to be doing anything be- here once, who tried to quit on Mr. cause you forget that he's there. He's j Smith. He gave her a whole week to quiet and pleasant I never heard him ! learn better, but she wouldn't Then scold a soul, nor raise his voice above that girl went away from here. a conversational tone. But there isn't a thins he doesn't know. He holds ENDED AT LAST. The Lorlmer case is ended at last. Talklne about "Pharisees." Roose-i velt is about the rliiht build to be a The senate on second hearing of the every bit of this big business in his chief among them. i charges that the junior member from - ' I Illinois had obtained his seat by There are others in the United 1 fraud anJ bribery haa reversed Itself States senate who should be made to , , .... . . . i and declared Lorimer s e ection m- travel the Lorimer route. ! valid. There is no doubt that pub- hands, and when the boss wants to know enyrhing, or "wants anything particularly well done, he calls In that little man." "Why. I always thought that if one was busy one had to fly around and just the wor-boss "Why, everybody here ships Mr. Smith, from down I '' "It's nice to have pleasant people in &n office." sighed the new girl. "Th last place I bad everybody thought of nothing but getting all the work they could out of you, and they thought they had a night to say any old mean Cortelyou says it cost $l"n00,000 to ; lic t'nUn";"t tad as much to do with hurry and look worried," said the new ! thing to the girls. I don't see why elect the colonel in 1'ji4. And he had a cinch, too, you remember. the final outcome of the investigation girl. as the evidence. To the Chicago Tri-; "Mr. Jones looks and sounds like bune is primarily and largely due the the busiest man. But Mr. Smith- downfall of the Chicago politician. Re-tfurdU-BS of its motives, the Tribune's persistent and determined fight won. j The fact that Lorimer received his ; commission through methods no dif-; fcrent from those employed in the election of many another United StaU-8 senator, rather emphasizes the actual good to come from the expos-; urcH. The people have become arous-' ed and the purchasing power in Amer-j ican politics has been stamped out. let us hope for all time, in the tri- j uniph of honesty over rascality. The select ion of Lorimer's succes- j I B"r depends largely upon Governor j j Deneen. He may, if he lik-s, fill the jvfeancy by appointment; he may re sign and permit Lieutenant Governor Ogletby to assume the chair guberna torial and in eturn for the honot , make Deneen senator, or he may pass j the whole job on to the legislature I next winter. It would hardly be sup-1 ospd. npardlfss or fcis own yearn-: inp to become a United Rtntpg ser.a- . tor, Governor Peneen would aecrt the pnst at this time. Ho. certainly; could not consistently do so in view of his renomlr.ation by the Illinois re-; publican primaries. There are those ! who say that Senator Cullom's switch on he second hearing, after having, been defea'od for reelection became ol his vote in favor of lorimer at the ! j former In arins, may mean he will resign and permit a six In the course of three weeks after 1 months' sop to be given by the everybody ban called on Governor prVernor for his own unexpired term Wilson to congratulate Mm aui am tlien F)Pk ,he t,orfnipr Hoat whi(.n a committee win ( .Aouid coii'inue him and tell him that iftifi Then nil thf Chauncey Dewey, Bill Flinn and Tiny Tim Woodruff are in league to purify our politics. Iioesn't it make you laugh? The prohibs ha started their wat ercart with th same old bark. One would have thought they would get something mxide up to date in this year of progress. "The solemnity of the cause" is what Impresses Chairman I lilies. It Is a solemn thing to try to boost Mr. Taft. In fact, "the cause" has every appearance of a funeral. As J. Hamilton Lewis temporarily presided over the Ilaltimcre conven tion and the band played "Oh, You Great Big Beautiful Poll," it was in tended as a compliment. The nation-wide movement, adver tised from Washington, to have Presi dent Taft withdraw, the New York World thinks "Is likely to succeed a'ong about next November." The United States athletes are : winning all sorts of honors at Stock-! holm. They are showing the effete monarchies of Hurope that in muscu- , lar development, prowess and skill the United States leads the world. why, he is actually sitting there now looking out of the window and not people think they have a right to be mean to you Just because you are working for them, do you? "They haven't," said the boss' stenographer. CAPITAL COMMENT A man is a fool who talks too much unless be is paid a good salary for it. We never beard of any one starting a bank with the proceeds of the sale of the silver lining of the clouds of bis dark career. i One reason why some pePte appear ungenerous about helping others Is that tbey have no time, being engaged In expertly skinning those others. The woman who takes In stairs to scrub Is probably as proud of her hus band as is the woman who takes in till through t side window be saw her leave her house, then he opened the door and re:- ched the gate Just as she passed it. Miss Thorae drove an atitomnWIf. played tenuis there was a tennis court In the rear of her residence and was quite expert at got;. One morn ing Mr. Tremaine saw her go out In ber automobile. It was raining, and .the streets were mnddy. Leonard took an umbrella and started down the street to make some purchases. Miss Thorne'a auto was a white one, and, looking ahesd, he saw it coming. Thinking that by mnking a crossing he would tr-et Its driver, he started from the curb and stood waiting for ber to pass in front of him. She did sitting straddle on bis chair witb bis i so. guiding ber auto so near, him as to send muddy water from her autos wheels all over him. "By Jove." he exclaimed, "she did that on purpose! And now I know she turned the hose on me on purpose too. I'll make her pay for this." He finished the crossing and stood swabbing the mud off his face, his bands, his clothes, with his handker chief till It was dirtier than the rest. Then he turned and went home to get i arms resting on Its back, showed no nwttlsin tA turn tx- u . frrm tht ' charming picture. The girl showed no evidence of be ing aware that 'a young mau was watching ber. She went on watering ber flowers, now and again stopping . - -M mm - i , o pun up a weeM or ureu& uu a ueuu i twig. Mr. Tremaine was tempted to j cough to attract ber attention that he j might get a better view- of her face. ! but be knew that by doing this he Into another suit On the whole, bis efforts to make he acquaintance ol his next door neighbor were not at- Us sweetnoss as the bee sucks houey etares from the depth of her limousine. uld sare be away' S? he4 kef 1 Some homes are furnished in good taste and some on the installment plan. Man is a creature of habit, but he can't help that because he has got so in the habit of it. Some men are bashful because they are bachelors, and others are bachelors because they are bashful. BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER. (Special Correspondence of The Argus.) Washington, July 13. The crowning disappointment to the lon; series of hopes came with ft ?v' i disappointment when these sensitive indicators of the nation's business health failed to record the slightest disturbance. The fact is daily becoming more ap parent that the business men of the nation are not frightened by the prob ability of GoveTnor Wilson's triumph in November. The truth is that prac tically all business men, even -some who are beneficial ies of the high tariff. country to !10lizp that the tariff question has got any perccpti-' beyond the dollars and cents stage. the failure of the New York stock exchange regard ed in all financial circles as the bus iness barometer of the feci ble shock when the 1 I-'ke Governor Wilson, they see in this news of Governor j problem a moral issue, and they know Wilson's nomina- tnat the business health of the country tion at Baltimore. can never be sound until the surgeon's knife is applied to the cancer that is sapping the vitality of the nation. FF.W GET TARIFF IIIOF.FIT. It isn't altogether a question of was received. Republican ora tors and newspa pers, ever since the house democratic more than a year ago have been pin ning their faith on Long Distance Courage. How brave we nre! How we can put So much defiance in our tone And show that we are not afraid When we can talk by telephone! We get a person on the line; We call him up and call him down And let him clearly understand We are the fiercest man In town. Good aooth and several stronger words. We feel If he were only there That we would punch him In the jaw And slap his face and pull his halrl And did that treatment not suffice To make him understand the drive That we were trying to get at We'd eat him once or twice alive. And as he ventures to reply And very likely sasses back Move furious at thia we crow Until for words we almost lack. So does our anger grow In strength Aa every grievance w-e recall We almost pull the telephone From lis position on the wall. But when a few hours later on You get together on the street It seems then to a passerby Two ancient chums have chanced to meet. And all Is peace and pleasantness. The Ashling spirit dies away. And any one micht think they saw Two little lambkins out at play. from the flowers. At dinner be asked bis mother about the occupants of the house nest door and was told that a Mr. Thome lived there with bis wife aud daughter, Vio let. The mother was an invalid, and possibly this was the reason she bad not called on her new neighbors, though CLYDE H. TAVEKNER consult him, come ulong he has b en more. nominated at Balti- what seemed to th' m the certainty of a party blunder ihat would cause the people to lose c-onfidenee in the democratic leaders. in ortice until They watehed and prayed for this blun- way from New i York comes a word from former Sen ator A. J. Hopkins that he consideis - himself entitled to the place bv rea- The railroads are gc.InK to show the Fon of ,he prlniary vole of rUr"years farmers of Kansas how to save f .10.- . aco .nn.00 a year by building good roads j There arp of couree ,)putv of Im,R aud cultivating the soil scientifically.) ,n thc rrI,ut,lu.an party who wou!d be They have given no Intimation, how- j tQ tak(. Urim(.r-B p!arei if on!y ever, that they intend to reduce their; for ,he time ,,rinR lhe ind j(.atio.,a ru,,'B- I are that the choice of the stmcettor will go to tbe legislature and MiEt two United States senators will be chosen next winter. Meanwhile the people of Illinois are relieved that the Lorimer case is dis posed of and are ready to forget the entire disgraceful proceeding. Governor Osborn of Michigan, who,' though a republican, has come out : for Wilson, expresses the "hope that ! all good republicans will refuse to Join the malcontents In a new party." That is the wish of all other republi cans uninfluenced by the personal equation, or the tyranny of partisan prejudice. . i went j whether high tariff is sound economi cally," said Senator Gore, recently, "although few intelligent and disinter ested men admit that it is. The big question is whether a certain class of American citizens are enjoying a bene fit under the laws that all other classes do not enjoy. This government Is basod on the idea of equality before the law, and it is well known nowadays that the laws are not equal when they give one set of men the right to plun der their fellow citizens through lhe medium of a high tariff. "There is an inherent sense of jus tice in America and American busi ness men. now that thoy have come to know that the tariff system discrimi nates in favor of one class against all other classes, are anxious that a reme dy be applied. That is the main rea son there was no scare when the dem- Wl.rn Governor Wilson was nomi-1 orrats nominated a man whose one natpd the high tariff savants in con-1 aim will be, after his election, to grtss watched closely for the effect I solve the tariff question on a basis on the nvhar.gcs, and great was their ! cf Justice and equality." I ' der all during the session of congress now drawing to a cloue, and they i watched and prayed in vain. Still they . jioul.'.n't dive up. and when the demo crats i.: t in convention in Baltimore the ho.ie w,ts strong in republican breasts thai in some way, some how, the party would nominate a man whose : very liame would strike terror to the : lusi:ic-s interests, big and email. MlT A Fit n OF II.M. mm nom: hit iv. It was said sometime ago, on the Is it not amusing both Teddy authority of a man cf undoubted Roosevelt and William It. Hearst are integrity who was in the Taft councils quick to claim the credit of Lorimer's in the Chicago convention that the downfall-both playing for the popu-1 force8 , ron,ro, of tho conVenticn lar applaube. As a matter of fact,1 however, Hearst, through his papers, j a Propoaal to Colonel Hooseveldt accomplished a thousand times more j agreeing to withdraw President Taft than Hoosevelt. The Roosevelt ' made a proposal to Colonel Koosev. It snub of IorImr at the Ham- al-o would withdraw and the factions Uton club banquet was con strued more of an affront to the club, whlcb was Roosevelt's host, than of Iorlmer himself, and it cut no ice in the genera! outcome. American Rifle is Praised v. v. The Audacious Fellow. "My father In sists that you bring references." "He does?" "Yes; he says we can't be en gaged unless you do." "I might refer him to the father of the last girl I was engaged to." It is vilify BCDDKNLT A STREAM OF OVER. WaTEB CA1X1 Human Nature. "Let me tell you something." "Oh, come now I" -"Something for your own good." "Please don't." "Why notV" "I'd much rather hear something of ' couldn't see ber? the other sort." her daughter appeared to be old enougb to perform such duties oa behalf of the family. Leonard Tremaine. who was a quick thinker, regretted that this call, which under the circumstances might have been expected, had not been made be fore his arrival, for he foresaw that If such duties were relegated to the young lady aa soon as she knew there was a young man in the family she might be deterred by maidenly modesty. But Leonard was not a man to worry about a small thing like that. for. the girl be ing in close proximity, be could easily scrape an acquaintance. A few days after his arrival be was putting on the final touches to an aft ernoon toilet of immaculate white throughout when, glnnclng through his window, he saw Miss Violet In the main flower garden behind the bouse again working among her flowers. IX-onard, after a last glance In the mir ror, went downstairs, out through a side door and back toward the garage, j Unfortunately for hlin. the hedge be tween the rear portions of the two places wns rather high and cut off the young ladv from his view. This was i discouraging, for how could be make an excuse to address ner wuen ne There hjis been a good deal said about the recull of judges. We are not certain that the recall of Judges Is necessary or desirable, but we do believe that the impeachment of such men on the bench aa J. I). Archbald ! Is a good thing. If a few of the judges ' of the I'nited States were Impeached from time to time and proven guilty ; of wrongs and misdemeanors It would not be necessary to recall others. The recall of Judses would depend large ly upon prejudice, while Impeach-', went must have evidence of guilt for a foundation. then would then unite in support of Governor Hadley. Roosevelt floor lead er, for president and that Mr. Roos evelt Lad turned down the proposal. News of the offer made Colonel Roosevelt has reached President Taft'a ears. "For the first time," says a Washington dispatch, "President Taft has learned definitely that at one per iod of the Chicago cocvention his nom- (Psrls Herald ) The Americans maae a start yesterday in the Olympic games with what is ture to be a long list of winning events by winning the army rifle shooting com petition. There is no attempt to pan der to party prejudices when it is mentioned that the experts present , British teams (the United Kingdom ! 1d a woman suffrage state." Not Practicing Economy. Tie keeps bis light under a bushel." I don't see why be is so extrava- and South Africa),' prominent as they j were, to the defects inseparable from j a euper-powered ammunition in a comparatively weak barrel. j A South African, one of the war ! gant" veterans, used to snap-shooting under j "Extravagant?" the most urgent conditions, describes ! "Yes; he could just as well use lhe American weapon as "easily the I pint cup." finest in the world," and another! Egotist. "lie seems to think he makes a great hit with the ladies." "Yes; that is his notion." "He might be fooled." The test would be to run for office a rated them, when auddenly a stream of water came over the top of the hedge and deluged him. From a tended with success. He made up his mind that since his fair enemy could not be reduced by an attack In the open he must work from behind de fenses. Had Leonard not understood the Idiosyncrasies of the opposite sex he would have abandoned his efforts either in a hifff or In desrair. As It was, he prepared to bombard the lady's heart as well; as ber person. He would not pour water or mud upon her. He bad a scheme worth two of that. He hunted the town for a toy mortar to send out ammunition by means of a I spring. Not finding anything large enough to stilt his purpose, he bad one made. After fixing It once he could pull back the spring till It wns caught in a notch, drop In new ammunition and fire It aatn. Having seen that it was good, ho brought It borne and pre pared for action. From Mr. Treranlne's window be could look down on to the Thornea rear porch, the latter fronting eastward. Miss Thome was accustomed to come out on to the porch about 4 o'clock la the afternoon. Sometimes she walked In the garden: sometimes she sat oa the porch reading. Early one after noon Mr. Tremaine gathered his am munition In bis room and, planting his mortar at tils window, awaited bis enemy's coming. At the usual time she appeared, strolled for awhile over the rear grounds, then, returning to the porch, sunk in a cushioned wicker chair, took a book from a table beside ber and began to read. Tremaine, who bad his weapon charged and ' sighted. let loose the spring. He had practiced after night fall and got the range. Suddenly Miss Tremaine found herself deluged with, pansles. She had not recovered from her surprise before another charge reached her, this time lilies of thc val ley. She glanced up at Tremalne'a window Just in time to see a couple of dozeu fuchsias leave It and descend upon her. Then her fair face broke Into a smile. The last and more ef fective charge consisted of roses. Thea Leonard put his head out of the win dow and. smile for smile, addressed bis enemy: "Pardon me. but I thought I would like to m.'ike your acquaintance." "Very hafipy, I assure you. Won't you come down?" "Delighted." In a few minutes Mr. Tremnlne waa seated beside bis new friend, cliattlnir with ber as familiarly as If he had knowu ber for years, lie told be that he kuew the first wetting she had given him was Intentional. For awhile she denied It. but since he whs disposed to take It good natiiredly aha finally confessed, adding that she turu ed the stream over the hedge at ran dom and happened to strike him. She seemed to regret spattering mud oa blm, but said she was unable to resist the temptation. This was the beginning of an ac- After looking about for awhile in the pi rage, considering how he might break through what hedged him from the young lady, be went again into the yard and stood looking In the direction be supposed ber to be. wondering if he qiiaiiitanre between Mr. Tremaine and dare look through a break In what sep- j jhss Thome which continued during ascribe the success of the American tribute to the excellent judgment and team to that splendid little 21-inch fine technical skill of the American i barrel weapon, and the defeat of the craftsman. the Roosevelt delegates from Washing- t PAGMAN ' ASLEEP KILLED ton and Te2s if Roosevelt wouli con- ; ' ' Burlington Brakeman Sent Back to Warn Train Meets Death. Greenfield. 111., July 15. A. Shouse, brakeman on the Burlington, after flagging a fast freight at 3 o'clock yesterday morning, dropped off to i Might Buy Cigars. "Do you buy your owu neckties? "No; my wife does that." "Won't she trust your judgment?" "She wou't trust me with the money." sent to the nomination of Governor Had lev or some other hired man. Gov- ination was in extreme doubt. He got ernor Hadley passed through here to- ; this information from party leaders. ' day on his way to fill Chautauqua en- : "Colonel Hoosevelt, according to cfne gagem-nts. leader, had the opportunity within his ! "This proposition was made to me, ! grasp to stand aside, throw his ; and I understood that it also was made sleep the next moment and was struck j strength to a compromise candidate , to Colouel Roosevelt," said Governor ' and run over by the train. He died! aud see both himself and President , Hadley. "I refused to consider It or J in a surgeon's office at 8 o'clock this ' Necessary. "She supports her husband." "Why does she do it':" "My gcxxlness! Somelody support him," baa to HOW AM F.K1CA WINS. American athletes in Stockholm are niakir.g a great reputation. On the ether hand. England, which long took tht lead in u..l ath'elic contests, is blushing for the inferiority of its per- fjruiers. The most interesting for eign comments on our men recognize souri, today confirmed the statements t tie superiority cf their training. They of Colonel Roosevelt and Comptroller re not athletic freaks, winning Prendersast of Ne York, that Taft Tait eliminated from the contest. The discuss it, unless it first had the at presider.t told callers that to Mr. , proval of Colonel Roosevelt, as I was Roosevelt he owed his nomination In . for him for the nomination an.1 no 1S'?S and that to Mr. Roosevelt, more one elee. I was told afterward nat than to any other roan he owed his I Colonel Roosevelt had refused his con renomination." ' sent." Proof of the truth of the preferred ! The facts in the record Justify Sen compromise wag furnished by Govern- ator La Folktte's charge that Mr. or Hadley himself at Cedar Rapids , Roosevelt is more concerned about the other day. according to the follow- himself than about the dominance of ins special dispatch from that city as ' progressive principles, for if he were hitherto published: not he would have agreed to Hadley, "Governor Herbert S. Hadley of Mis- ; who as governor of Missouri has con- fLroub, pbcuoui&ai (ills of leg and leaders tad offered at Chicaeo to seat tion. sistently arid with uncompromising vigor fought the Standard Oil trust, and every o'her privileged corpora- morning. He was 27 years old, re Elded in Beardstown, 111., and left a widow and six small children. Getting Rio t Him. Me I want to get mirrt!, don'l you know She Well, whv t rt yo:; s" ver and talk to rr.y chr.:! r. ? She' a widow, yon know -Touke States man. Hadn't Given It Much Thought. "We must return to the principles of Jefferson and WahlisrtoD." "How did they stand on the trust question?" Safest Plan. Don't strike a rr.Hn In anfrer, ThTicl. tilled with wrath you ara. Brause to strike a v orr.an Tou'l! find ts a-f'-r f r Pun Upon Pun. Strange. Moore and Wright, three j notorious punsters, were oo a certain The Sltp of Lifa. . occasion dining together when Moore We tatk abonr the'i-teep of death. J observed. "There la but one knave IIow much deeper, bow much aadder, among ns. and that' Strange." "Oh. is tne sieep or nre-tne ucresponsive , DOi wW Wright: "there is one Moore." ! aeart, the una wakened mma. the hand "Are" naid Stranze: "thar Urit-i.r ' l , pa Uled bj lack of will to dul -London Tatler. beautifully starched young mau be was j transfigured Into limpness. The stream j was immeaiateiy turned away, uui ut before the linen It bad momentarily rested upon had been made ready for a new laundering. Mr. Tremaine ran Into the bouse and Dp to bis room, where, while be was getting out of his wet clothes, be saw tnrouch the window Miss Tborne In ber garden playing a hose on some ; plants that had been scorched by the j aim. She seemed much Interested in t her work and oblivious to the fact of tbe reception she bad given an admirer who bad gone out for the express purpose of making ber acquaintance, i Ionnrd parsed, with hi wet shirt pulled half over his bead, and re- marked: j "I wonder If she did that on pur- I nose. IIow could she have seen nie With tbe ueGr between US? Yet all she had to do wns to turn the stream over It with a good chance to hit me. How uueoiiseious he looks tbe very picture of innocence! But you never cau tell what a girl Is going to do. She wan either very careless or she baa tbe lmilhnes of SataD in ber. At any rule, rbe baa upcet my plan and relegated a spick and spao suit to tbe laundry." So ended Mr Tremelne's first at- tempt to make Mix Thome acquaint- unce 'ihe uext time be taw her was I at ber window putting on a bat witb j euormous white plume in It. evidently ' preparing to go out De-irlng to ex I amine her countenance f.n-e to face, i be rau dowusLuirs, waited in tbe ball 1 that summer on the tennis court, la the garden, anywhere, everywhere on the Indy's premises and sometimes nt the Tremaine. What lhe rest of th story will le or whether there will be any more of It is nut yet known. Nevertheless Its beginning shows con clusively that if n man and a maid live next door to each other the mno Is no more likely to be observing the maid than tbe maid Is to be observing the man And In this Instance the sterner sex npiiear to be the gentler. It would never have done for the man to drench the ninid witb water, though It wns perfectly proper for the maid to drench the in.in Hut observe tbe masculine retaliation. Instead of wa ter be fires posies. July 15 in American History. ICV; Quakers began a settlement at Boston. 177C"Mad Anthony" Wayne's force captured Stony Point, on the Hud son. 1802 Indecisive battle on Yazoo river between the Confederate ram Ar kansas aud tbe Federal Ironclad Carondelet and Essex, ram Queen of tbe West and gunlioat Tyler. 1S.S3 -Charles Haywood Stratton (Tom Thunibi. famous dwarf, died; ixirn i;s. 11MXS Mrs. James Blaiue, widow of the famous statesman, died; born 1?27. i l'Jl'i- Z. IJ. Knight, who Is said to have named the Republican party in 1804, died; born 1&2L I