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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, .MONDAY, JULY 22, 1912.
THE ARGUS.
Published Dally at 1624 Second ave
nue. Rock Island. 111. ' (Entered at the
postofflce as second-class matter.)
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Prese.
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Monday, July 22, 1912.
Roosevelt Is gunning for bull moose
now, but the people will gun for them
In November.
Bible be preserved for the future. The
Panama canal was not under way In
those days, but the Hennepin canal
was and hence the conservation of the
waterway rights and privileges was
repeatedly urged.
The Argus protested against per
mitting railroads or other corpora
tions being granted any further fran
chises that would curtail the ad
vantages of river transportation. Time
and again railroads sought track
rights there and The Argus in every
Instance fought the granting of the
desired privileges.
Saturday noon at the Rock Island
club, Thomas Wilkinson of Burling
ton, president of the Upper Mississippi
Improvement association spoke of the
urgency of providing for terminals
along the river, In view of the com
pletion of the Panama canal and
eventually the systematic deepening
of the main channel of the river from
St. Louis to St. Paul. Mr. Wilkinson
advised that all cities along the river
reaiRt any encroachments by the rail
roads on the levees and that the river
fronts be safeguarded for future river
commerce.
The advice was timely.
This grand old river that has been
flowing on peacefully by Rock Island's
door for years will yet mean more to
the city and to all cities that Jet its
banks than the people of this genera
tion realize.
So once again, "save the levee."
Viewed from any angle the Issue In
the Inauguration of the recall as at
present applied to Rock Isiand, is the
vindication of the disreputable saloon.
rnOGKESSIVK IV Al.li RESPECTS
The more that is learned of Wood
row Wilson the more common be
comes the agreement that he is not
only progressive but patriotic and po
tential. So is the democratic national
platform about which too little has
been said. Just as was Wilson made
As long as a Turkish cabinet re
signs every few days Italy will con
tinue to hope that the sultan's govern
ment may soon submit to the loss of the presidential nominee of the Balti
Tripoli. j more convention, so is the platform
. brilliantly progressive because it is
It has been shown conclusively that j largely Bryan's work and practically j
there was no tainted money in tne , dictated bv him
Bryan campaign fund of 1908. And
there will be no tainted money ia the
Wilson campaign fund in 1312.
With the capture of the last Cuban
"general" In the insurgent forces an
other much-needed object lesson has
been taught hot-headed and ease-lov-1 trusts; new legislation to prevent mo-
Epltomlzed the democratic nation
al platform pledges are:
A tariff for revenue only; immedi
ate revision downward of existing ex
tortionate rates; trust-controlled pro
ducts to be put upon the free list.
Civil and criminal prosecution of
Here is something to think about
and to think about very seriously:
Woman hat prided herself thus far
upon the fact that heretofore the large
majority of applicants for divorco
were women. It has been proof posi
tive, apparently, that man is a tyrant
and a brute, and that most men make
undesirable husbands.
The divorce court has been wom
an's road to freedom. That man has
not availed himself of It more fre
quently has been considered another
proof that a wife Is an angel imposed
upon; that a husband knows ne has
a good thing and doesn't want to lose
it.
Well, the husbands are waking up
to the extent that now 50 per cent of
the divorces are applied for by men.
This in spite of the fact that there are
many more grounds for divorce for a
wife than there are for a husband.
It is not very flattering, is It?
Perhaps some women aren't such
abused angels, after all!
Perhaps Mr. Henpeck Is going to
lug islanders who have looked upon
rebellion as the surest and straight
est road to sinecures.
John Bull is in the mood Just now
to comb Canada for Indian runners
who can win as Thorpe and Sockalex-
nopoly and stock-watering; an amend
ment of the anti trust law to make It
fully effective.
Preservation of all the rights and
powers of the states in combating
commercial and industrial combina
tion and conspiracy; national reme-
have a little peace on earth in spite
of Mrs. Henpeck. Perhaps the man
who loves home and children and the
simple life will seek another chance,
with another wife who doesn't spend
on "show" all that he can earn.
- Maybe the husbands of the nagger,
the slouch, the fault-finder, the gad
der, the "nervous" woman, the mar
ried flirt and a few others pne knows
of, will ask freedom in the divorce
court.
Maybe, too, the husband who Is Just
tired of his wife, will manage to get
rid of her in a perfectly legal way,
so that he may have a fresh spouse.
Anyway, it behooves wives to con
sider this divorce matter, now, from
both sides the husband's as well as
the wife's. Most divorces. If the
truth were known, result from faults
in both.
Of course there are men with whom
no decent woman could or should live.
But there is also the woman who
takes advantage of a husband's habit
of loyalty, by heaping countless mis-
erics upon him.
A certain gallantry In the average
man has kept many out of the divorce
court. But gallantry toward women
seems waning more and more, and we
are actually being treated to an ex
hibition of men asking for their
"lights," as well as women.
Let us hope that the new divorce
situation will make girls choose their
marital mates more carefully, and
that a girl will rather take the safety
of single blessedness than the possibil
ity of a divorce after matrimony has
made her a dependent.
Let us hope, too, that the quarrel
some wife will think twice before ut
tering her frequent threat of divorce.
The worm may turn.
Humor and
Philosophy
r 9VJCAf ft. SMITH
TTie Argus Daily Story
The End of the Thread By Clarissa Mackie.
' Copyrighted, ltll, by Associated Literary Bureau.
COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
pAITH In oneself is all right as long
as one doesn't Insist on other peo
ple taking one on credit Then It
breeds discontent.
Love makes the world go round.
which probably accounts for some dia
ry marriages. -
Don't believe all the things that are
told to you. There are plenty of others
to believe them.
Many things are not what they are
cracked up to be, but this doesn't ap
ply to fingers in housecleanlng time.
There's no accounting for tastes.
Some persons really seem to enjoy a
fit of blues.
One reason why some people are
truthful may be that lying requires im
agination. Man wants but little here below, but
he hollers like a defeated candidate If
that Is all he gets.
Some people struggle to be consist
ent and succeed In being obsolete.
woman may want a modiste to
make alterations in her gown, but she
changes her mind herself.
One of the operating expenses of an
automobile Is the outfitting of your
wife for an outing In it.
V hineas Clode lowered his silk um-1 in his good tenor, and they both Iush
brella, shook the clinging raindrops ed and looked guilty when the bridge
is and Tewanima won for the United j dies to be added to and not substie
States at Stockholm. He is also think- tuted for state remedies.
lng of training a few Cingalese divers a demand for the ratification of the
and Fiji inlanders for the swimming j amendments providing for the income
; races of the next Olympiad.
l'OOIl MI'N'S INVESTMENTS
There Is no better Index to busi
ness conditions that affect the average
citizen than statistics of life Insur
ance. Heavy loans, lapsed policies,
and reduced premiums show a bad
coudition of the public purse. The
figured just mud public by the ex
perts show a healthy condition of af
fairs. According to their computations,
JofO.OOO.OOO was paid out by lnbiir
nnco companies In 1 1 1 on pol'cles for
deaths, endowments, dividends and
other benefit under the system. The
amount of new insurance written ana
tax and the popular election of sen
ators. Publicity for all recommendations
upon which presidential appointments
are made, for the ownership of news
papers, and for contributions and ex
penditures in national political cam
paigns. Presidential primaries and popular
election of national committeemen,
who are to take office immediately
after they are named.
The use of money at national elec
tions by corporations to be made unlawful.
A single term for the president, to
which the candidate is pledged.
Supervision and rate regulation of
railroad, express, telegraph and tele-
ft
ft i
revived 1V the reeular rnmnantea
alone was n.i.un.oon.ooo. or $ or,ooo.. ! Phone companies.
000 more than in 1910. and on this ' Revision of the banking laws to
great Increase of active Insurance the Prevent the concentration and misuse
amount of lapsed, surrendered and of money; no government deposits
purchased policies increased only ' ln favored banks; real estate to be
accepted
$2'.t.0i0 over lulO. Ixians on this)
greater amount of Insurance Increased
ln 1911 civ $ io.ooo.omi as compared
with an increuhe of loans lu 1910 of
44.000.oo0.
These gigantic figures indicate the
Investments of the poor man. The
as 6ecurity lor a reason
able proportion of national bank loans.
Comprehensive legislation for the
improvement of the great rivers and
the prevention of floods.
No false issue as to the Judiciary;
no Judicial processes may be abused,
dividends and the payments are , w'e must guard them against abuse.
turned hark into his own family cof-! Trial by Jury in cases of indirect
fer. and l.rth he and Ms children profit ' contempt ; rigid impartiality in all
BY CLYDE H. TAVEIMNER.
(Special Correspondence of The Argus.)
Washington, July 20. The demo
cratic house of representatives, by
the passage of a bill to create a de
partment of labor,
has paved the way
for a distinct ad-
ancement to the
cause of labor.
The organized
working men of
the country have
for years sought
representation in
the president's
cabinet, and a spe
cial department to
Investigate and
improve the con
ditions of labor.
The democratic ;
house gave ear
to this appeal and
the new depart-1
ment of labor
practically assur
ed as a result,
of labor, as pro
vided in the house bill, provides for
a secretary of labor, who shall be a
member of the president's cabinet and
three assistant secretaries, together
with such clerks and oilicials as may
be necessary to carry on the business
of the department. The bill author
izes the collection of statistics rela
tive to the conditions of labor.- It
authorizes the secretary of labor to
act as mediator in lahor disputes,
thereby giving the influence of the
government toward industrial peace.
IN FAVOR OK BIl.l..
Chairman Wilson of Pennsylvania,
who had charge of the bill on the
floor, made several masterful speeches' giess.
TAvEMNER
The department
ln Its favor and he also bore the
brunt of the debate Incidental to the
passage of the measure.
Mr. Wilson pointed out that while
there are upwards of 30.000,000 labor
ers in the United States, they have,
up to this time, been without direct
representation in the president's cabi
net. One of the most important feat
ures of the bill, if not its most val
uable provision, is that which author
izes the secretary of labor to act as
umpire in labor disputes. Chairman
Wilson pointed out that this provision
of the bill would make it a measure
of the greatest value, not only to the
parties directly interested, but to the
general public as well. The secretary
of labor, he explained, would have the
confidence of both sides, and would
be ln a position to bring the contend
ing parties together on a basis of
agreement.
TO ADVANCE LABOR'S CAUSE.
Mr. Wilson, President Gompers of
the American Federation of Labor and
the "labor group" in congress are un
animous in the belief that this bill
will advance the cause of labor Im
measurably in this country. While it
does not provide for arbitration In la
bor disputes, it does make it easier
for tho two factions to get together.
and this, the labor leaders say, is al
ways the hardest step in the settle
ment of a trade dispute.
The new department, in addition.
will prove of immense educational
aliie, in that it will distribute facts
and figures showing the condition of
labor in all industries. And educa
tion, says Chairman Wilson, is the
main thing needed to better the con
dition of the worker. The democrat
ic bill is one of the greatest victories
the working man ever gained in con-
Fleeting.
The June bug- Uvea a very brief
And uneventful life.
Be hardly gets acquainted with.
His children and hla wife.
His life at best la but about
A minute and a day.
And that, you see. Is not enough
Surroundings to survey.
It hardly ems to be worth while
Or so It would appear.
To take the trouble to be born
For such a brief career.
There isn't time to study French
Or learn to read and write
When one is born at early mora
And goes before the night.
The June bug doesn't have the time
Big lecture dates to fill.
Be never ran for office yet.
What' a more, he never will.
Be hardly sees the passing show
In dropping In and out,
Nor does he clearly understand
Just what It Is about.
The June bug's life Is very shore
Who knows that It is sweet?
And he is lucky If he gets
A single meal to eat.
He doesn't have the time perhaps
To know he is forlorn
Because the creature tips and dies
Almost before he's born.
therefrom and opened the front door
of the boarding house. j
Aa h entnrf! the eheerv rd ramot-
ed hall a kitten playing with a spool
of white thread dashed away with a
wave of a ridiculously small tail, leav
ing the spool on the floor with the loose
thread running under the heavy cur
tains that hung before the parlor door.
"Tut, tut!" said Mr. Clode under his
breath as he placed his umbrella In
the stand and stooped to pick up the
spool. Ills neat and orderly spirit was
shocked at the sight of the tangled
thread on the floor.
So he began to wind It on to the
spool, and he wound most industrious
ly for five minutes before he reached
the end of the thread, which had a
small loop In It This he fastened
neatly ln the little notch cut ln the end
of the, spool and dropped the spool on
the table beside the parlor door. At
least Mr. Clode thought he dropped the
spool there, but as a matter of fact it
rolled off into the umbrella stand and
fell among the fold of Mr. Clode's silk
umbella.-
At the dinner table Phineas Clode
was pleased to note that a newcomer
was placed opposite to him. She was
a small, fair woman, rather delicate
looking, and as she walked into the
; dining room he noted that she limped
slightly. Mrs. Rowell, his landlady, in
troduced Phineas to the stranger. Her
name was Miss Cynthia Felton.
"Miss Felton is my second cousin,"
said Mrs. Rowell, with an amiable
smile at the middle aged bachelor.
who was In every respect her "star"
boarder. "She Is going to remain with
me all winter."
Phineas Clode felt a vague pleasure
in knowing that he would have this
sweet faced vis-a-vis for several
Improving His Mind.
"I hear your husband has the auto
mobile fever."
"Mercy, no! He has no idea of buy
ing a car."
"But Jack says he sees him around
the garages frequently talking to the
automobile men."
"Oh, he Is only trying to learn the
patter so he can understand ordinary
conversation."
by his thrift and forethought.
FKKMt'lI HIT NOT I ICKI.n
A congress of the French lauguage
recently ht 1.1 in Quebec has given in
ttUhe sa'isfactlun to those who took
part lu it. They feel that the French
spttahlng people, of America have at
tested their devotion to their mother
tongue- in a manner which premises
proceedings involving injunctions,
w ith no prejudice against labor organ
izations; an independent department
of labor; an employes' compensation
law.
Pure food laws that will not be sub
ordinated to any commercial or finan
cial interest.
Comprehensive conservation meas
ures in the public interest, but so
well for the permanence of the French ' drawn and construed as not to abridge
latifcu:!pe in countries wh'-re Ki.glish
predominates.
The attendance was very large and
about U0, KM person who did not go
to Quebec gave at least a little assist
ance to th" cause lu other ways. It
was no 1 ht matter for many of the
delegate to so to the famous old city j Alaskan coal deposits available with
oti the St. Iawrence. but Ixjuislaua, j out monopoly.
far away, sent many ardent advocates Encouragement of the merchant
of the maintenance and safeguarding marine, but without boui.Js or subsid
of the Fretuh lanr.uago ln America j les.
All i'f which. l!l.e the French opera I The establishment of a parcel post
the rights of bona-fide settlers.
A oeclaration of the nation's pur
pose to liberate and recognize the in
dependence of the Philippines under
certain conditions.
Territorial government for the peo
ple of Alaska; legislation to make the
WASHINGTON SOCIALISTS SELECT WOMAN
AS THUR CANDIDATE t OR GOVERNORSHIP,
ln New Orleans a:.d the condition of
the greater part of the big province of
Quebec, shows how remote from fickle
ness certain phases cf the French
or postal express; extension of rural
delivery.
j Equality of all citizens, irrespective
of race or creed, w ith full protec-
. character are. As a rule. French Can- ' tlon of lhp,r lives, rights and proper-
' ada Is so far from being led captive ,y ,n for'in countries.
" by the latest whim of tho times that it Exemption from tolls of American
, la almost medieval ln some respects. coa8,w'8 ships passing through the
i Its fault is reluctance to adrr.t the I Panama canal; no use of the canal
1 cr charge old customs and Ideas. ' by 6nP owned by railroads in com
J But France is a country of mixed orl- j Petltlon wl the canal.
( gin. The Breton fishermen, who set- Extension to rivll service employes
1 tied the banks of the St. Lawrence. 'ot ,he benefits of the employers' 11
j have not much in common with the 1 aDillty lw: no abridgment of their
- Latins of the Mediterranean coast and i ripht 10 Petition for redress of griev-
there is a wide gulf between Lorraine j ancc8-
I and Paris. Every paragraph is a challenge to
: i. ; I privilege. There is no compromising
nor side-stepping, and it Is thus in
contrast with the Taft platform of
evasion and equivocation.
Democrats who are really progres-
' THE COXSKRVATION OF THK
. Ill V tit 1'KOXTS.
t "Save tLe levee."
5 Do you remember that sloean?
I If you have been a reader of The e,Te should be attracted by the dem
, .Arsus for any number of years you j tic platform as well as by the
j will recall it. Day in and day out for democratic candidate.
! ,weiks and month? The Argus sounded! we especially commend the demo
. i It, cuie yens i-:o with result that ' eratic platform to the consideration
" the city council gjt busy and laid out!0' fair-minded, progressive republl
'. at.d constructed Hock Island's present ' "ans of whom there are so manv and
attractive river front. ! w-ho, if they lay prejudice aside, will,
1 When this was accomplished. The find just what they want and Just!
' A : . a... . .. I... 1 n V r. . H.n . . 1 1 - . ...
iirfua uiu nut. rt8it na piea luai as - mi t :itr ueeus lu lue taltl-i
S.uch as the entire river front as po-, more piaiforiu j
!'-,' V ti. Jl 1
His Accomplishments.
'Tlas Nellie a good husband?"
"She has."
"Her ideal. I suppose. She was al
ways talking about her Ideal ln her
girlhood days."
"I don't know about thnt, but he
puts the cat out every night, prepares
the baby's nightly bottle for him and
never forirets to water the canary in
the morning."
Taking Advantage.
"Mrs. Rodpers' new suit is perfectly
swell. It looks stunning on the street."
"Why, I thought she had been sick
ever since it was sent home and hadn't
been able to wear It."
"I think she has, because her cook
was wearing It when I saw It"
"MIDSCMHER tOVK," HKPEATED PHINEAS
11EM1NISCENTLY.
A Hard Problem.
"What are you
studying over,
Johnnie?"
"I don't know
whether to go
home to supper
or piny hookey,"
"IIow does the
case shape up?"
"Well, It's this
way. The minia
te Is coming to
supper, and we
will have some
mighty good eats.
But be will be
sure to ask me a
lot of things, and
I don't know
whether the sup
perUI be worth
LB;U
Mlse Aan a Maley.
If the socialists are successful In the state of Washington this fall a
woman will occupy the executive mansion at Tacoma. Her name is Miss
Anna Maley. Although she was not widely known throughout the state the
socialists recently nominated her for governor. She is preparing to
make a strenuous campaign both speaking and literary. She will be a lot
better known by the time of the fall elections.
The Brute.
"And you never cry?"
"Never."
"Ah. I see! Ton have to keep It
dry."
"Keep what dry?"
"The powder on your nose.
Obstinate.
Try some of my corn medicine."
"It is no good on mine."
"But this is a most powerful rem
edy." "It might remove the toe and leave
the corn, but that is the lest I could
U'jim tor."
Sounded All Right.
Patience-Well, be told the truttt.
anvway. Patrice How eo? Patience
When he was buying the solitaire he
j told the Jeweler it was for a sister.
Patrice Well. I'm sure thst wasn't
I true. Patience Why. yes: when he of
j fered it to the girl ane promised to be
1 a sister to him. Tonkers Btatesmao.
months. He was startled out of a
dream of many quiet games of chess
with Miss Felton by the voice of Mrs.
Benuett, his next neighbor.
"Somebody taken your lace?" she
said la her hard shrill voice. "I call
that mean."
"Oh, no; I didn't say any one had
taken it'" protested Miss Felton, with
a shocked glance around the table. "I
merely said I had lost it."
Meantime Phineas Clode ate his
supper quite Innocent of any partici
pation iu the disappearance of the lace.
He had planned out his evening with
the same precision that he devoted to
the neatly kept ledgers in the ware
bouse where he had been bead book
keeper for many years.
As soon as he had eaten his dinner
he would walk three times around the
block while he smoked a cigar. Then
he would return to bis boarding house
and read the evening paper in hla com
fortable alcove bedroom.
As soon as be bad met Miss Felton,
however, he thought he recognized the
quiet, concentrated mind of a chess
player. If she didn't know bow to
play he might teach her.
Bo after he bad walked around the
block three times and returned to the
boarding house parlor to report that
tbe ruin had censed, although the sky
was still overcast, be Joined Miss Fel
ton at the round table where she was
engaged ln some Intricate needlework
which employed the drawing of many
threads from a piece of linen and then
sewing the threads together In confus
ing groups that finally evolved into a
chhrmli.g pattern.
"This Is called drawn work," explain
ed Miss Felton ln response to bis ques
tion.
"The lace yon lost I heard you men
tion it nt the tHble was It something
like this?" Phineas gazed vaguely
around the room as though he thought
some lucky chance might reveal the
hiding place of the lost lace.
"Oh, no, Indeed. It was knitted lace.
It was such a pretty pattern!"
"What was it like?" Inquired I'hln
ens gravely. He was Interested In It
and growing more so every moment
because Mtas Felton was so sweet.
"Well," said Miss Felton, dropping
her work and folding her pretty white
hand:, "it had a background of tiuy
butterflies with rosea here and there.
A friend of mine originated the pat
tern and set tbe stitches for me Just
before I left home. She has since died.
So the midsummer love pattern that's
what she called It will never be made
after all."
"Midsummer love," repeated Phin
eas remlniscently. "Seems to me I
used to know a song called that"
"Yes, there is one I used to know
that It went this way." And Miss
Felton hummed under her breath In
a sweet, rich tone, and Phineas Joined
players at the other end of the room
encored their effort
After awhile Miss Felton went to
the piano and played some accompa
niments for Phineas, who sang "The
Soldier's Farewell" and "Mary ef Ar
gyll." Then, to Phineas' delight he
learned that Miss Felton was a devot
ed chess player, and the rest of the
evening was spent ln a quiet corner of
the room over the chess table.
At exactly 8:30 the next morning
Phineas Clode put on his hat and
mackintosh and picked his umbrella,
out of the hall stand, for It was raln-i
lng again. As he accomplished thl
apparently unimportant act Miss Fel
ton came slowly down the stairway,
while at the same moment theret
emerged from the dining room, which:
he had Jnst left, Mrs. Bennett and
Miss Chase, the stenographer.
When morning greetings had been
exchanged Mrs. Bennett called up to
Miss Felton, who had paused halfwayi
down the stairs. '
"Did you find yotrr lace, Utaa Feb
ton?" I
"No. Indeed; not a trace of It" !
"Odd where 'tis," cUpped Miss Chased'
"Raining?" she asked Phineas.
"Yes, I believe so," replied PhtneacJ
giving his umbrella a little shake as h
opened the front door.
Then that spool of thread flew ouq
and rolled slowly down the breadth of
red csrpet
Phineas stared. Mrs. Bennett amlled!
significantly at Miss Chase, who mur
mured, "Search mel" Miss Felton
peered over the banister and looked al
the spool.
"Why, that looks like my thread,,
she cried. "Where can it have come
from, and where Is my lace?"
"It came out of Mr. Clode's nmbreU'
la," said Mrs. Bennett dryly as she
j picked up the spool and handed it to
Miss Felton. Mrs. Bennett did not Ilka
Mr. Clode that is, not since he had)
given her plainly to understand that he
was quite satisfied with his state of
single blessedness. Mrs. Bennett was
a stout, blond widow.
"So long!" murmured Miss Chase,1
taking herself and her stenographic
sentences from the house, and she was
Immediately followed by Mrs. Ben
nett
"I haven't the slightest idea how 11
happened. Miss Felton," stammered!
Phineas, growing redder every moment
as Mlsg Felton looked oddly at him,
That is, I thought I placed the spool
on the table last night It must have:
fallen into my umbrella."
"But where did yon find It, MrJ
Clode?" asked the little woman gently.
Then Phineas recollected all about
the kitten which had been playing with
a spool of thread ln the front hall tbe
evening before and how he had rescued
the spool and carefully wound the loose
thread upon it and finally bad fastened
the little loop ln the end of the thread
ln tbe notch in tbe spool.
Miss Felton shook her head regret
fully. "Ah, Mr. Clode, see what you
have done. It was you who unraveled
my knitted lace, the pattern of mid
summer love. It was on the table be
side me, and I never saw it as it was
pulled to the floor. It is amusing too!"
She laughed a gay little laugh, and
Phineas Clode felt a desire to embrace
her then and there for her sweetness
in not being severe with him. He un
derstood that ladles were very partic
ular about their lace patterns and
might beconio attached to some partic
ular ones, and he would not have blam
ed her If she had cut his acquaintance
then and there.
For the first time in his life he was
late to business thnt morning, and ho
pnld so little attention to his under
lings in the olllee that they put In an
amazingly Idle day. When the office
was closed lie put on bis hnt and paid
a visit to an old friend of his mother's,
an aged lady who lived ln Brooklyn
and whom he remembered to be al
ways engaged lu some sort of "fancy
work."
"Midsummer love lace pattern?" she
murmured In response to his blushing
Inquiry. "What's got Into you, Fbln
eas? Not knitting lace, are you?"
"No, ludeedl" he hastened to ensure
her. "I merely want It for a friend."
"Well, I haven't got such a thing, but
I have got a pattern you can take to
her. No one ever made It except my
self, but I'll send it to her because
she's your friend, Phineas." And she
gave it to him In a sealed envelope, and
he went away happy as a boy.
After dinner be gave It to Miss Fel
ton, while the others wrangled over
bridge In the next room. "I hope It
will in a small measure replace the
one I destroyed." be said meekly as she
opened the envelope and drew out tbe
pattern.
It was a dainty design of wreaths
of orange leaves and blossoms, and
pinned to It. was a bit of paper on
which was scrawled In an angular, old
fusbloned hand. "Bride's Wreath."
They bent their heads over the love
ly pattern, and a faint color bloomed
ln each face.
"I hope that may be prophetic,"
mnrmure.1 Phineas softly, and Cynthia
Felton did not chide him for saj-ltur It .
July 22 in American
History.
1SC4 Confederate sortie against Sher
man's lines before Atlanta. Gen
eral James B. Mcpherson, com
mander of the Federal Army of the
Tennessee, killed.
lS&t-Jane Grey Swissbelm. editor, re
former and suffragist died; born
1816.
1003 General Cassius M. Clay, anti
slavery editor and Kentucky legis
lator, died; born 1810.
190C Itussell Sage, tbe financier, died;
born 181(1
All tbe news ail the time The Argus.