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THE HOCK ISLAND ARGUS. SATURDAY. AUGUST 30, 1913. i THE ARGUS. ruHlfliM- rtarry at 1:4 Second ire rsiie. Rock Ilnl. I'.l. (Entire st the pot-fdre si seeonI-;laa matter.) Bnrk latitat Mrnbn of the Associated ' Prraa. BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. TERMS Ten -cents -per wee It by car rier. In Rock Island. Complaints of delivery aervlca should be mu'.i to the circulation department, which rhouM lso be notified in every Instance r-here It U desired to hare paper discontinued, as carriers have no authority In the premises. A' communications of argumentative eharsrter, political or religious, roust have r';al name attached for puhllca-t:r-n. No sir'.) articles will be printed ffr IcMtlors sirnattires. Telephones In afi.deparf jents: Cen tral Union. West 145 1145 and 2145., Saturday, August 30, 1913. The Projects to Be Voted For Following are the propositions to be voted for at the special election Sept. 11, which separately and collectively promise for Rock Island's improve ment, development and expansion, and every one of which Is entitled to the approval of the voters: Purchase of Island City baseball park, 11 acres, $20,000; eight-year bcrds. Construction cf elevated tank at reservoir station, $22,000; 10-year bonds. Flooring cf Reck river bridges r;th concrete, $3,060; five-year bonds. Installation cf police alarm sys tem, $10 000; 10-year bonds. Extension cf water mains along EighlesMh avenue from Twenty fourth to Fifteenth street, and in ely annexed territory, $17,C0C; siibtyesr bonds. Erection of new fire station In lewly annexed territory and ex tension cf fire alarm system in '.hat district. $10,000. Annexation of a further strip of territory In South Rock Island, running from the city limits to Braehar street, south, and from Twelfth ttreet wet to the Missis sippi river, exclusive of the tract already made a part of the city. Get ready to shake that straw hat. Thaw's attoriif-ys seem to be eel ting sine valui-blo points on law from the versatile Harry. A pre.s dispntcli frays "Henry Lane Wilson wishes to t:iM( " The stippo.'i tlnn Is that ho had already parroted too much. If there Is to be a billion st;ile Texas is a likely candidate. Its production 'f natural pas last jcar v as 7,470,37:!, O'lO cubic feet. Vnfortunately for Kvclyn Thaw, It Is not supposed 'that Hurry can es cape evry time t'.e be'-'ius a New York eiifcyieni, nt. In frplte of t', demand lliat pop- lilar heroes he coiiunemorjtf d bv suit-1 able memorial.', no movement has yet been made to place a ftatue of Wal- C T H C t ' , ' i CGLNCIL 3 ter Johnson ou the streets of Wart-i., . ... " ... 1 j t Jf:tar.ce shculd be permitted to go un- "noticed, but, it is possible that the No one ran say that August has not' saaie ,irst'c measures that apply to done Its ben during the latter days to,ctll''r lliorP mgerous violations msy make up for the abominable work of, Msy, Juno and July weeks of this month line. Hut we ttiil h crossed. and the earlv fn the weather ve our fingers There is lots of money in this coun trv. The onlv thine needed to make business hum in every city aud hamlet Is to have the money properly distrib uted. That is the purpose of the pro pose! democratic currency reform leg islation. Monday will be Iabor day, an oc casion worthy the observance of every thoughtful citizen. Tho cut-torn is an j honored one and one la which labor eea in some degree thai the part it tla)'S in the world of industry and achievement is appreciated. Governor Foss of Massachusetts who has been two or three times elected governor of his state as a democrat, ia on his way back to the late republican party. He doesn't like the democratic tariff; it pinches his toes. It may be said by way of comment that the dem ocratic party con stand the loss of Koss, if he can stand the loss of the democratic party. Next Thursday, September 4. will be 'be last day of registration prior to Vao special tioc'-ion, September 11, when the women of Rock Island wi.l have their first opportunity to exer cise their right of franchise. It is im portant that all who have not already been registered comply with this re quirement In the precinct In which they reside. For the coaveclence of 11 interested The Argus w ill publish Mond?y the location of every prec'.net In the city snd the boundaries cf the same. Attorney General Patrick J. I.ucey oi Illinois and Fred LeRoy cf Streator, were 6!-naIly honored Curing their tIs It to Washington the day President Wilson delivered his Mexican speech to congress. They were taken in charge by tlie Illlncla delegation of democratic congressmen, now cumber ing IS, and were literally extended the keys cf the city. Alter tte president had concluded his message, the two n-J linoisians were the guests of honor at a luncheon given by Congressman-at-, I.arge W. E. Williams of Pittsfield. Ev- j ery member of the delegation save ' Congressman Frank Tf O'H&lr, who i happened to be out of the city, was present ' OI,D SETTLERS" MEETING. More interest generally should be manifested by ci'Jiens, young and aged, in the annual gatherings of the Rock Island County Old Settler' as sociation, an organization which, aside frOm Its socio.", character, is contribut ing iiO sma'l part In the. work of gath ering and preserving the historical data pertaining to this locality. Many of the active members of the society have witnessed the transform ation of the county from a wilderness to one of the thriving, prosperous and thickly populated divisions of the great state of Illinois. Primarily the association was form ed for the purpose of bringing the old settlers together in annual reunion. B j, as stated, it has another and more important mission the keeping alive of the historical interest and sentiment of the county. 'The younger generations should ac quaint themselves with early day con dltions in their home community, and J tlioy can gain mitch knowledse from I attendance at the meetings of the old settlers. The forthcoming meet'ng at the Watch Tower Sept. 4 will be or.e of the most interesting in the life of the association, and it is hoped that there will be a large turnout. All citizens, whether members or not, are invited to be present. UPHOLDING THE Btl.E OF THE ItOAO. Many of the automobile owners of Rock Island have made it a point, to compliment The Argus on i".s attitude for the enforcement of the regulations governing the use of the street. "1 have driven an automobile for years," said one, "and perhap3 have grown reckless at times, because running an automobile is like anything else, one becomes careless, thoughtlessly and un intentionally. But for the common safety, all should be required to ob Ferve certain regulations. "You are on the right track, keep it up," said an other. "They wi'.l all come to your way of thinking after a while and real ize that li Is for their best interests." There sro many violations that are more flagrant than others. It, is those Jeyuirements that speak for public i safety that should necessarily be more rigidly enforced. The speed maniac ehould r:nd'T no circumstances be tol erated anywhere in the city. Next to Mm comc8 the automobile or motor cycle driver who runs into people getting on or off street cars. Almost en a par with him is the fiend who, violating the muffler cut-out law, dashes thr'eking and puffing through the streets at nicht to the utter misery and annoyance cf a I citizens who are seeking rett. He Is a public nuisance who should be abated as Fuch. The ' neglect, of the curb req-iirement as ap plied to all faring cf vehicles is not so conspicuous as it has been, but thero are sT ill many notabie instances oT i.egligence In this respect as Th Argus has frequently pointed out and which th police should put a stop to. As to the rear light requirements a word is due in behalf of the automo bile Olivers. It sometimes harpens that unknown to the driver this Tight becomes extinguished, and while it is I r.ecei-sary that there be constant i vigilance in tills respect, there are oc- j casionally circumstances that should "ul u" al ttu .""s i e esMiry, ku:hu- I landing that no machine of any de- ! fcrip on should be permitted on the ,i' ireeis wiwioui an iignts ourn:ng. ana the time will come when this will ap ply Iocully, as It does In the larger cities, to every manner of vehicle. In the end it will be found just as feasy to evince regard for the law aad the rights cf others as it 1e to Ignore ordinary re.qu:rements that every fair minded citizen should be glad to re spect. MINE FIRM SUES UNION; RESULT OF LONG STRIKE Belleville, 111., Aug. 30. An effort to compel the l.n!t:d Mine Workers of Illinois to pay for damages alleged to have accrued to a coal company by reason of a strike is sought in an in junction prcceedir.g filed in the Belle ville circuit court by the Boyd Coal and Coke company of Sparta, 111. The case will be watched with In terest by the coal industry in the state because new pcintg are raised. In June, 1512, an engineer quit work be cause of a shutdown of the mine caus ed by a flood. When the mine resum ed, operations t.he engineer asked to be reinstated. His request wts re fused. The matter was laid before a joint meeting cf repre ser.tatives of the opera'prs and miners. No agreement could be reached. The petition alleges that the miners refused to submit the case to arbitra tion. Asa result a strike ras called In February, 1313, and since that time no work has been done at the mine. The strikers have been drawing strike benefits since that time. The injunction asks the court to or der the controversy submitted to ar bitration, name the arbiters, ascertain the emouiit of damages tf the mine by reason of being shut down, and or der the union to pay the damagss out cf the union fun3. The suit is direct ed against Joseph Pope, president, and all other state oncers of the United Mine Workers of America. Washington Honduras became the fifth country to accept Secretary Bryan's peace plea. Capital Comment BY CLYDE H. TAVENNEE Congressman from the Fourteenth District. (Special Correspondence of The Ararus.) Washington, D. C Aug. 2S Digni fied, calm and strong, the message it President Wilson on the Mexican situation, etruck a refreshingly new note !n American i diplomatic history. I The key to the! whole message was its Inherent morality. Too often ia the past expediency has been the guide of our foreign policy. The president put on the shining ar mor of righteous ness and took congress and the American people into his confi dence. He has adopted a difficult olicy, one liable to CLYDE H. TAVCMNER . subject his administration to criticism from the interests, because i'. is right and because from the moral standpoint it is the best policy to adopt. There was an easy way for Presi dent Wilson to settle the trouble in Mexico, a way in which a weaker president, following the line of least resistance, might have gone. That way was to follow the advice of Huer ta himself. All of the capitalistic pressure in this country is in that direction. Recognize Huerta. Let the oppressive but timorous gold ol the world flow into his newly estab lished credit. Crush with financed and equipped armies the brave paupers who dare dispute the right of a branded assassin to dictatorship. Re store the old order of the Diaz rrgime peonage, slavery, tne exploitation of a defenseless and subdued people. And future generations of ignorant, wretched Mexican serfs, rot knowing where to place the true responsibility, would curse God and die. President Wilson has not followed the easiet way. Until the Mexican people themselves have a fair chance of expression at the polls there will be no recognition of any Mexican gov- I ' v - if EDUCATIONAL NOTES Practical work in sewing, cooking and other household arts is required in all English schools for girls above the infant grade. In nearly 200 schools In Ireland in ftruction is carried on in both Irish and English, as part of the program to revive interest in Gaelic language and literature. In Minnesota the need for trained teachers of agriculture and domestic science is so great that the School of Agricultural Technology at the State university has taken for its main work the preparation of teachers for these subjects. Roys in a freeh air school in Buffalo, N. Y., prune the orchard trees on the; school grounds, grow catalpa trees fori future transplanting, study bird whls-J ties and notes as thy hear them in me orcnaro, ano incidentally acquire a valuable insight into the main prin-'a ciples of forestry. Of the 6.572,000 school children 1n Prussia, 3.813,000 are in Protestant schools, 2.383,000 in Roman Catholic schools and the comparatively small number of 363,565 in the nonsectarian schools, where the pupils take most of "The Young Lady ! y 7. - L I The highest rewards, we thoughtfully observed to the ycung lady across the way, ere found In service and she said she gueee3 tiat was about right and they were paying their cook $7 a week bow. ernment. Mexico is walled in. The sympathetic corporations which have been shipping arms to Huerta are estopped. Europe will hardly dare to give comfort to Huerta after the presi dent's stand. Meanwhile the Huerta treasury is dwindling. He has no credit. He must come to his senses before long and accept our terms of settlement or fall into the maelstrom which he himself has created, The partial failure of the post office departinent and the department of ag riculture acting jointly to use the $500,000 which the last congress voted for good roads illustrates an interest ing point. Because of those arbitrary and imaginary things known as state lines, there is no legal machinery whereby states and the federal gov-! ernment can co-operate in raising and expending joint Ainds no matter how laudable the purpose. The money was voted on the pro viso that the states contributs $2 for one rom the treasury. Only three states of the 4S were able to accept such a condition. The federal author ities had to modify the conditions on their own responsibility, dealing with counties instead of stales. And even then only a few communities were able to receive any of the benefit of this expropriation. The two departments agreed that good roads cannot be constructed by joint action. Either the federal gov ernment or the states must act alone. The states are already doing much in this direction, building many miles of good roads, and spending $1,000,000 per day for improvements and main tenance. With a committee on roads the government will soon begin single- handed road building, based on its right to provide highways for the transportation of mail. The joint departments recommend an additional appropriation of $1,000, 000 on the same terms, not because road building under such conditions is practicable, but because the object les son to the country, and the value to the post office department in studying costs of rural delivery over model roads, make such sn experiment worth the money and trouble. the subjects in common but receive religions instruction separately in the faith to which they belong. "The school garden movement has shown us one way of solving the child labor problem," says Dr. P. I'. Clax ton. United States commissioner of education. ""It has provpd that chil dren can make tblngs grow, and grow abundantly. A tiny plat four by eight feet, such as a child has in the city farm, grows vepeTaLIes enough to j supply a family of five with a differen1 vegetable every d?y for five days in the week." Ohio State university has introduced an apprentice course in animal hus- bandry that includes two years' study at the university and two years of practical work on a stock farm. The student in this course spends the first year at tne university; tne second on stock farm; the third year at the university again; and the fourth year on another Btock farm. The students are paid for their work while on the farm. The plan has interested a num ber of the leading stock men of Ohio and other states, and they ere co-operating with the university In carrying it out . Across the Way" lis A- ) iK y HENRV HOLLAND me LOST A year ago I usii to so tier walk hesiife him to the train; Their fingers Were entwined ar.d she Was very beautiful ah me! I sih'id to be a Rroom anain. The lovelight danced within their eyes, They parted with hpartfelt good-byes, -n3. turning hack her lonr'.y way To v-ult mid wonder throtiKh th day. Her tendT bosom shook with sighs. At lenifh he went alone 'twas o'er! Thi?ir blissful days forever past; She fondly clung to him no more What Joy would lovers have in store If honeymoons might always last! I saw him bo day after day And mliised the glad looks and the gay, Sweet lausrhter and regretfully Recalled the artless graces she Had shown along the happy way. This mornins I beheld him close A door behind him and descend The steps that gleamed in marble rows, .And then he turned: Ah, Cupid knows The honeymoon Is not the end! She etood Inside the window there And held with sweet and tender care A babj- tip. that Ire might see How glad a world this world can be. How good Its ways are and how fair. MERE OPINION. Some men are more anxious to te heard than to be respected. Few people under the age of forty ere satisfied with the names their pa rents gave them. Every men has a gift of some kind, but the trouble with most gifts Is that they have no market value. Nine men out of ten would rather find $400 worth of gold in an old pot than to have written "Paradise Lost." A woman never can understand whv a man nuys a new aeroy nat tnat, as far as she can see, is just like his old . ..... one. The woman who worries over leav ing her children to the care of a nurse doesn't get very far into society now adays. A man who can sit and fish for six hours at a stretch without a bite would get all out of patience if he had to mind the baby tpn minutes. METHOD IN HIS MADNESS. 'Why do you fjfttL low, ;p on living in s old-fashioned town?" Q Jis an my nus- f band's fault. I can't get him to j I move into a city .rauisM that's up to date. You see wants to be where there are lamp posts to hang to while rest ing on his way home in the morninf ?." Anti-Snobbery. "It makes me tick the way some people who pretend to be American slop over whenever anyhody with a title happens to r.oMce them. Why should we take any more interest In a duke or a prince or a duchess than what's that crowd running for?" "To see the duchess of BInglewash, I guess. I heard she was to ride past that corner at about this time. Hey, where are you going?" "To see the duchess. Come on." When a Baby Comes In Handy. The driils with which mosquitoes bore, Eut seldom trouble me; I go to s!cp at night to cnors As calmly as cafi be. Let others worry if they must. Anil to destroy them strive Otir little baby's tbirr.p ami Just The sweetest th!r.r alive. ' Diogenes' Luck. "After all, IMogenea was lucky." "Why?" "If be were living today how could he hope with that old tub of hi3 to keep out of the way cf the automo- t bilea?" As Usual. "They say he has so much money ke doesn t know what to do with it." "Yes. And he Isn't doing it." Her Bribs. Unattractive Maiden Annt-Goodby, Jottle. Come soon again. I hope you'll forgive my nut kissing you, but I have an awful cold. Jottie (aged b1x Never mind. Do kin me, annrJe. Mother aid she'd give me 5 cents If I'd let 1 yon. Exchange. (i ) he The Daily Story NOAH'S ARK BY CLARISSA MACKIE. Copyrighted. by Assoclatel Literary Burea-i. The houseboat was moored under the willows bv the river bank. It was a blunt nosed, bargeiike craft, its upper . , ... . . , . i dock g:y with red striped awnings . and boxes of scarlet geraniums. A hat- less young man garbed in white will, j his shirt sleeves rolled above brown j arms was peeling potatoes in the door- j way of the galley. i Every now and then the man lifted i a pair of fine brown eyes aud scanned the red bridge that crossed the river a , , hundred, yards above the houseboat Occasionally a farm wagon creaked j across or a touring motorcar flashed by. The river was uneasy these days. Successive spring rains had swelled it until it was now rising beyond its highest water mark. Almost imper ceptibly the brown waters crept to the level of the banks, and the old bridge i was alarmingly close to the surface cf i the stream. But the country folk were slow going j and not given to borrowing trouble. I The Willow never had overflowed its ; banks, and it never would. Often it ! had reached the floor of the bridge, ' only to subside when its tributary ' springs and strenms had spilled out their surplus share of the spring rains. It had rained for weeks during this ' June, and when the houseboat crept up the stream and cast anchor tinder the willows the weatherwise predicted ! a wet vacation for the luckless voy ' ager. They had watched the youn.; man spread his easel on the shady deck and paint the slanting rain on the j wheatfiekls or the sun peeping through the dripping willows or the boggy cool ness of the farther shore. Noah Tarker was enjoylnsr this va cation as he had never enjoyed ouo before. But there wns a feeling of un easiness In the gradual rising of the river, together with the newspaper ao counts of the devastating floods in the j adjacent states. "Hey, therei" called a voice from the bank. And Noah set down his pota toes and went to the rail. "Hello, Simon"' he called to the tow headed farm lad. who held forth a bas ket of eggs. "Come aboard." Simon timorously set one bare foot ou the narrow landing plank, placed the other before it and finally reached the deck, where Noah promptly yank ed him aboard, skillfully relieving him of the basket at the same Instant. "Two dozen for oO cents. Simon, I feel like a robber," said Noah, divinsf Into his pocket and bringing up a fifty cent riece. "Take this and keep the change if there is any way of spending 20 cents in this benighted hamlet" Simon caught the coin, grinned de lightedly anil took the empty basket. "I'm going to treat Miss Molly to Ice cream," he confided blushingly. "Ah. hal Who is Miss Molly?" "Schoolteacher. She's going to stay nil summer and leach again in Septem ber. She ain't got any folks to go home to. and she's bonrding at our house. I wanted to treat her to some thing nil winter, but, gosh hang it all, 1 couldn't seem to save enough. When lee cream sody was 5 cents n glass I got 3 cents all to once, and on my way home to aslc her I sniv n siirn in t "7 , th(, storo s.,vi,1K it i,nj KOne up to 10 j CPnts. ; j Je!St K,lve it p. Bnt. by crick y. if you wait long enough you can pet hold of anything"' "You like your teacher, eli?" asked North. Simon's eyes shone. "You betcher lite. Why, what do you think she's doing, mister?" "Give it up." "Why. jest because me and Rem Pe ters and Susie Anderson couldn't sense fractions and didn't pass our za initia tions Inst week, she's fixed up the old boathouse yonder for n schoolroom, and she helps us every afternoon with them fractions. She wauls to help us on grammar, but I tell her I don't need it. (J ram ma r don't bother me none; do you think so, mister?" Noah suppressed a smile. "It doesn't seem to, sonny." "I'll tell her that, by gum. There she Is now! I'm goin to nsk her right off. I wonder what Kind she'll take, what say?" Simon paused on the plank aril looked anxiously through the torn brim of his bat at Noah. "Probably she'll choose strawberry," responded Noah gravely, as man to m.in, and Simon nodded solemnlv and capered away toward the bridge where I a slender, blue g'vped figure wa ; crorslrfg toward the town. j Noah saw her stop nn.l wait for the j lad. and he noted even from th:tt (lis- ! tance tlint her hair was dark beneath j f,er white hat and that her face was softly oval. She put one hand on Si- j mon'.s shoulder and swung her parasol I to the other aide. Together they went j away. Once they paused, and Sirnon Noah ducked into the kitchen, where he proceeded to put the neglected po- tctoes to full "She must be a nice girl," he said to himself as he washed np his dishes after the meal, nnd then he realized, with a hot blush, that unconsciously he had heeo thinking of Miss Mollv for an hour and a hnlf. Thr.t :ight it rained hetvlly after a aevere thunderstorm, ond n morning Aawned Nonh. lyins wide awake, real ized that the Ark. as he h::d named his rileasure boat, was scrnpin? bottom. He tossed on some clothes and In the pale gray light found that the river had risen until the hull of the Ari was resting on the muddy bank. He ex amined the motor and found it In order for an early start if it should be nec essary. It seemed vastly important that he should get the Ark out of the main current and into some safe Inlet before the red bridge broke away, as it must under the pressure of the swollen riv er. Even now he could hear the dull roar of water against the timber. But daylight brought a gathering of Fkeptlcnl farmers, who reluctantlr fas teped the, shaking bridge to the wil- ,ows ,lpav-v lrS?ins chains at tn fo"r "e" t,f rty foot span. "l" M 'l A6'" seen it worsen this, grunted Ezra Bead with a qui7zU.al ,nt at Noatl-, disturbed face. "Want any help push- illK TOur bont off the bniikV "If you cnu spare time." returned the youug man. "If the bridge should break away" "!t won't break nway; the water's fnliin" B!rra(3-" interrupted Ezra, es- "mnirs tv, .,1ncu of, rtTer hrlt had overflowed the meadow where tl stood Ry noon the Ark was moving down stream with the current. The red bridge was straining at the chains, and wagons were goin around by the new cement bridge at the upper falls. Noah made fast to a bending willow mil cooked his dinner. Just as he had concluded the meal there came a grind- i' s crash from upstream, mingled with the roar of coming waters. A little Is land protected the Ark from the main current, and Noah watched Ireenty from his safe harbor for anything that might come with the flood. First came the red bridge end on like pome queer, crazy raft teetering up and down in the strong current. Behind it bobbed one of the willows pulled from the bank by the wrecked bridge. When bridge and tree had disappeared Noah got Into his skiff and rowed around the island to wait for further floating objects. Here ond there along the riv er banks were boathouses or occasion al srriughouses where the farmers obtained their drinking water. In any one of these riverside houses, which must come down with the flood, might be n human being caught unawares. At Inst there was a sound of voices, and there came riding down the cur rent a small boathouse with its gabled roof pointing downstream, and sitting around the open doorway with feet swinging inside the little building were four people. Noah did rot attempt to catalogue them by name or identity. He simply reached out his handy boathook and pulled gently at first and then with all bis streugth until the house swirled heavily around nnd crashed to a mo mentary anchorage on the shore of the almost inundated island. "I'll take you off in my boat Hold on there for a moment!" cried Noah, nnd in five exciting mhiuts he had transferred the four vo-rers to the safe deck of the Ark, Tvlioio they all gazed breathlessly nt each other be fore bursting Into exclamations of sur prise and Joy at their rescue. Noah looked curiously at them. There was Simon Read, suuburned and dripping wet; there wns undoubtedly Rem Peters, whose cranial contour In dicated that fractions nnd he would never come to a definite understand ing; there was Susio Anderson, fat and fla?:en haired and good naturedly stu pid looking, nnd last because she wa not the least wns n blue guwned girl with raven hair and stnrry blue eyes and cheeks quite pink with excitement. "Well. Simon, suppose you introduce me to your teacher nnd your school mates." he said at last. Miss Docker looked encouragingly at Simon, who twisted hi Augers In hU hair and shot an agonized glance at Ida rescuer. "Tlint's her," he stammered, pointing n finger nt his teacher. "That's Miss Molly, 1 mean; and that's Susie, and she never bawled once, mister, when the river floated us while we was say ing grammar; nnd that's Rem; he hol lered some, and so did I; and say, mis ter, we had that h e cream Inst night!" he ended, with shining eyes. "I'm very glad." said Noah kindly, as he shook linnds with Molly Decker ind her two bashful charges. "Now that you're safely on the Ark yes, this Is really Noah s Ark. my name is Noah Parker suppose we find something to cat. Perhaps Mis Decker will take you below aud rummage In the kitchen while I go out and watch for more castaways." While Noah waited around nt the end of the Ma nd, Molly and the chil dren found materials and prepared an appetizing meal for the weary Noah when he should return to the .Ark. As they gathered around the table in the pretty dining room. Molly Deck er poured the tea with charming pract!. Perhaps that was what roused Susie Anderson to ciithuslai in. "Oh. Mr. Noah!" she cried excitedly. "Refs play this Is the real Ark. and you are Mr. Noah and Miss Molly, shall l.e Mrs. Noah, and I wlil be the dove! The hoys can be animals if they want to," she added generousiy. "W'e won't play It today, dears," said Miss Molly gently, but for some unac Countable reason her cheeks flushed deeper. "The Ark will return some other day," added Noah gayly. "and take all "f J'ou for a sail down the river the whole school." "And Miss Molly, too?" asked Simon Jealously. "And Miss Molly If she will come," BFsentfd Noah softly, and In his heart he added that he would try to per suade her to remain forever, fnr at last the only girl had come to him. and he told himself that every Ark needed Mrs. NonU. Aug. 30 in American History. lSlS-At Fort Mlms, Ala.. Creek In dians led ty Weathersfbrd. a half breed Sfinlnole in British employ, mnssacred whites, including women and children. 1S77 Admiral Itaphael Serames. noted Confederate naval commander, cap tain of the cruiser Alabama when she wan sunk by the Kearsarge ia 1S64, died: born 1809. 1910 Lewis Addison Rhoades. scholar and educator, died !n Co'umbua, O.; born 1SG0.