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i GETTING THE CROWD.
inioomiOKton Bulletin).
I.ee O'Neil IJrowne has Jut been In
I vited to make the Fourth of July ora
'lion at Potomac. Ill-, and the drys are
.circulating petitions protesting. -That
is where they are shortHlghted. He
1I1 draw the crowd and cannot pos
sibly hurt the Fourth of July as an In
stitution. The protest is about as
foolifh a the uprising of Secretary
Harry Woods against Senator Joe
Hailey an an orator.
A good many years ago Blooming
ton got up a Fourth of July celebration
and realising that the people wanted
nomething besides the balloon ascen
sion and fireworks, engaged a New Or
leans lawyer named Parkinson, who
had Just led a mob that lynched half
a hundred of the Italian Mafia. The
result was a record breaking throng
and business men were counting their
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNEE
Congressman from the Fourteenth District,
aTHADCS,-rVSrjCObNCL
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Saturday, June 20. 1914.
.' "Wood row "Wilson is showing the ele
ment of true greatness In the ene
mies be manages to make.
; Congress may lose its glamor to
some candidates since Wood row Wil
son made it a workingman's club.
Friend husband is a blessing to wo
mankind in the same way that Mr.
Perkins is a. blessing to the B. Moose.
1 Just ebout the time we talk of
celebrating a century of peace the
bb&wsted Britons come and beat, us
at Jolo.
Getting the Job Is a bit or the real
ty into which recent college gradu
ates have now entered. The world is
a material world after all.
PEACE CENTENARY.
The Chicago Journal believes that
Governor Dunne has named a worthy
delegation to attend the conference of
the committee which will meet next
month to formulate plans for celebrat
ing a hundred years of peace between
the two great English-speaking na
tions, the British empire and the Unit
ed States.
"Never." says the Chicago Journal,
"did the world witness an anniversary
better worth celebrating. For two
thousand miles the boundary between
the United States and Canada is an
imaginary line. On either side of that
slender barrier is a pushing, aggres
sive, energetic nation. Yet for a
century peace has been kept on that
far-extended line.
"It has been a genuine neighborly
friendliness, not a mere armed truce.
No fortifications have been piled up
along the frontier, no huge armies
glare at each other from under oppo
site flags, no war fleets cumber the
great lakes.
"It Is an object lesson in disarma
ment. When the world is ready to
learn that lesson, when air frontiers
are as unvexed by military forces as
that between Canada and the United
States is now, there will be a better
completely disap
peared from the New Haven coffers
and which is shrewdly suspected to
hare found a safe hiding place In the
vaults of J. P. Morgan & Co.
But if the public gasped when Mel-
len told the story of the New Haven, a
still greater sensation is coming when
the Commission begins to probe Into
the mysterious C. II. & D. affair. For
apparently the B. & O. absorbed the
C. II. ei D. without the payment of a
penny that is, so far as the company's
books show any transaction. The
company's books are absolutely inno
cent of any clue leading to the pay
ment for the C. H. & D.
Yet prior to this absorption the C.
H. & D. was owned by J. P. Morgan,
the habit of handing over valuable
railroads which1 he owned to the first
comer vtbout money and without
price. It is suspected that the house
of Morgan cleaned up some $50,000,
000 on this deal, which has been kept
completely out of the sight of inquis
itors. The story of the C. H. & D is this.
The road was faltering under the man
agement of some Boston financiers,
but these gentlemen believed they saw
prosperity ahead if they could link
the C. II. & D. with some road further
north and thus form a north and south
trunkline system. Accordingly they
acquired the Pere Marquette railroad
and proceeded with their splicing.
These activities came to the atten
tion of the late E. H. Harriman and
the late J. P. Morgan simultaneously,
a'nd both kings agreed that it was pre-
eumptlous for anybody else to be
thinking of forming a new railroad sys-
matter the mys- tern without consulting Harriman or
tery concerns the Morgan. Accordingly the little game
S12.000.000 which! "'-as broken up. The C. H. & D. was
thrown into a receivers hands, and
shortly aterwards was brought by
Morgan.
It was Morgan's next move to un
load this property at a good profit on
some railroad with a plethoric treas
ury. He picked out the Erie railroad
for the goat, but Harriman, although
he was then dying, opposed this mer
ger and Morgan desisted, fearing war
with Harriman. .
So the B. & O. was selected to be
the victim, the transaction having the
sanction of Harriman. Perkins did the
financing. How the job was done is
yet a mystery, for the B. & O. books do
not show the purchase price. It will
be the task of the commission to un
ravels this skein of Jugglery. The case
iSrx-cial Correspondrnco of The Argus.)
. Washington, D. C. June 18. Just as
soon as the Interstate Commerce Com
mission can get through with Its In
relitigation of the
New Haven rail
road, it will turn
its attention to an
other chapter in
high railroad tl
nance, the story of
how the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad
was made to ab
sorb the C. H. &
D. under the kind
ly direction of
George H, Perk
ins, right hand
lieutenant of J. P.
Morgan.
There is a mys
tery in both cases.
In the New Haven
CLYDE H.
TAVCMNER
yaoip
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Use of a pilot train before the official
train cf the Rus-lan war appears toJchance w aboHh the poTertT and dls.
nave neen juncpni. nui now wouiu
you like to be a passenger of the pl":ot
train?
There will be larger loaves of bread
for the same money next year, says
the master bakers of the middle west
in convention assembled. Thus do the
hindrances of Wilson calamity multi-Ply.
ease which
mankind."
are the real enemies of
NEIGHBORHOOD PEACE.
A little town named Cailnen In Ok
lahoma .has inaugurated a new day
for observance. The mayor has offi
cially announced it as "Take Back
What You've Borrowed Day." Every
article subject to the unwritten law of
The New York World wants to know neighborly courtesy wh!ch had been
how Uncle Joe Cannon can "excuse a ' borrowed and its return neglected dur
200,000.000 bushel wheat, crop undT j ing the past year was restored to its
a democratic administration." He rightful owner, if the ow ner was alive
can't and he won't. H'11 Just d-ny it, and had cot removed from that state,
and call it a "democratic lie." It Is said that many a forgotten lawn
. , a mower, silver spoon, jelly glass, plate,
- Roosevelt wt:i have at least one saucer, cup and dih. saying nothing
sympathizer in the Ions of bis voice, i of quantities of coffee, tea and flour
Bill Rockefeller, youl recall, has not : found their way back home. Every-
been able to sp?ak above a whisper 'body in the town Is feeling better over
it. The mayor of Carinen bis name
Is J. E. Trever says he hopes the
"Take Back What You Have Bor
rowed Day" may be observed by all
cities. And there is no reason why
it bhoulil not be. It might not equal
the Fourth of July, or Bunker Hill,
or Gettysburg la pomp and circum
stance, but -it would have Its merits
in promoting that internal peace and
good will in the community without
which the republic is not at its best.
and the late Mr. Morgan was not In aM be heard in the fall.
OUR LOP-SIDED BODIES.
since the money trust probers sent
out a 8. O. S. for him to tell what be
knew on the subject.
ALL TO FELLOWMEN.
James Campbell, the wealthiest citi
zen of St. Louis, who has just died, left
his estate valued at $25,000,000 to 110.-
00,000 to his wife and daughter dur
ing their lifetime and aftT their death.
If the daughter leaves no children sur
viving, the entire estate is to be turn
ed, over to the St. LouU univertity for
the erection and maintenance of a hos
pital and for the maintenance and ad
vancement of medical science.
V Men of great weal'h In this country
have become known for their generosity
in founding and endowing universities
and colleges, but the munificence of
Mr. Campbell in bestowing his whole
fortune in the sp'olal line of reliev
ing human suffering and promoting the
science of medicine stands almost
alone and commands Uie highest
praise.
SENSIBLE GIRL.
When Mis Margaret Wilson, daugh
ter of President Wilson, arrived at
Chicago this week to attend the meet
ing of the General Federated Women's
elabe, she shunned - notoriety. She
sought to be quietly received, to be
recognized not as the daughter of
her father for the attention it might
bring her, but aa a delegate to the
convention a woman's club member.
That attitude of the president's
daughter was highly creditable to her.
METHOD OF TEACHING.
Wherein Our Educators Often Put the
Cart Before the Horse.
This simple principle (spirit before
Legs, Arms, Hands and Ears Are Rare
ly Perfectly Matched.
"I venture to assert that If you meas
ure the legs of every one in this
court you will not find a person who
has a pair of equal length," said Dr.
C. W. Cooke In giving evidence in a
London court.
"The human body Is not symmet
rical, as is commonly believed," said a
widely known doctor. "The legs vary
in length and circumference, and the
arms as well. The right hand is usual
ly bigger than the left, becuse it Is
used more. The head is by '.no means
regular In form in fact, it la often as
not lopsided.
"The left leg Is generally a little
longer than the right, presumably to
counteract the overbalancing effect on
the body of the right arm, which is
usually somewhat heavier and longer
than the left, since 95 out of every
100 people use their right arm more
than their left. The eyes, too, are
nearly always different, both in shape
and strength, and through sleeping
more on one side than another every
man's ears are tilted at different an-,
gles. Feet, too, are nearly always un
like In shape, due frequently to the
wearing of ill fitting boots. London
Mirror.
Where Poets Fait.
"Trouble 'bout these l.ere poets,"
said the Georgia farmer, "rone of 'cm
make good field hands. They v.qn't
piow for fear they'll hurt a wild flow
er, an' they won't swear at a mule for
ftar the animal's got a soul. But it's
my public opinion that they're all af
flicted with downright laziness." At
lanta Constitution.
The Eternal Marathon.
"Man." declared the old-fashioned
p-.-eacher, "is a worm."
"And.' said a" man who had been
matried three times and who was oc
cupying a small, space in a 'rear pew.
woman is the early bird." Chicago
Record-Herald.
HENnr HOWLAND
HOWAOT ' ,
She railed at the
man who had'
wooed her, be
cause He was not such a
man as another
. man was ; ,
he scolded him
over the tea-'
cups and "when,
The market went
wrong she
scolded asaln:
She complained
when he
amnked. It waa
sinful, she said;
She complained
when he took
up his paper
and read:
Each day she com
plained that Ms
love had grown,
cold
And she slrhed to.
be loved as he loved her of old;
She envied her neighbor and murmured
"Ah, me:
Her husband still loves her! How happy,
I'd be
To be loved as she Is. to be cherished-
alas!
How our Idols are broken, how soon the
dreams pass!"
The Daily Story
The Phantom Ship By May C. Etheredjje-
Copyrighted. 1U. by Associated Literary Bureau.
Her neighbor, so blessed and so cher:
lshed. had praise
For htm that so loved her; In many glad
ways
She showed that she thought him ex-;
alted and wise;
Bhe flattered him fondly; she watched-
with glad eyes
To see him approaching, to. greet him at
night:
Bhe brought his cigar and she gave him
a light;
Whea he made a mistake, as the wisest
may do.
Xt was never hla fault, that she told him
she knew.
Bhe was -satisfied Just aa he waa; she
would not
Have htm changed by the very least tit
tle or Jot.
And through days that were fair and
through days that were gray
She loved and was loved and went- sing
ing way.
There Is nothing more aure, more abso
lute than
That no woman can scold love Into
man.
One visiting the National Hospital
for Seamen at Greeovrich, England,
any clear day will aee a lot of old
sen dogs sunning themselves In the
C rounds. They resemble tne vesseia
they sailed in old bulks laid op In
some shipyard waiting for the acrap
ben p.
One day a group of these old aalu
were sitting together, keeping each
other from despondency by reminis
cences. Did any of ye ever fall In with a
ghost 6hlp?" asked one, taking bia pipe
out of bis mouth and scanning each
countenance J tbe group in turn.
There waa no affirmative reply, but
one of the party declared tbat be had
heard there was such a craft, and ber
name was the Flying Dutchman, but
be knew nothing about tbe legend that
has been a favorite tbeme tyrtb In song
and story.
t.T .,v. -rnn'fs fnllen In with
.UftE CliWU(jU - -
a craft o" tbat description yourself;
said one of tbe party.
"Well. I wouldn't eay as I 'are, and
I wouldn't say as 1 'aven't." replied
the old fellow seriously. He waa
somber looking old chap, and it seem
ed tbat If any of the party had had
such an exDerience it was he. "I 'ad
a 'spcrience wot looked like wot I'm
talkln about, but ghosts are not in
the ablt o 'splalnin. Howeomever,
a ship can't talk, and 'ow can ahe tell
whether sbe'a a ghost or real wood
and iron?
"Bet if I'm goin to spin the yarn I
must go back to port, get up anchor
and clear the 'arbor. No ship eTer be-
jrun a voyage out in the middle o' the
ocean, and no more can I. hen
wns in the midwatcb. bein' fifty years
old. I'd saved some money, and, comln'
down with rneumatiz. which Isn't par-
Knew His Dad. '
Teacher Several of your examples
in arithmetic are wrong, Johnny. Why
didn't you ask your father to help you?
Johnny 'Cause I wasn't looking for
trouble, that's why. Exchange.
"William Drady,M.D.
An Elephant Cough.
He was a hustling young grocer, too
buav to bother much about his health
discipline) we sometimes seem to lose but he developed a cougb that began
sight of In our education, consistently to get on his nerves. Ills friends each
putting the cart before the horse.
In the days of the renaissance, when
people had caught a vIhIoii of a new
world, they studied Greek with avidity
because they believed R was a path'
into that world. We reverse the pro
cess. We set our students to grind
iug Greek verbs in order that in an in
definite future they may come Jn con
tact with the Hellenic spirit, when
what they wanted was a touch of tbe
Hellenic spirit to transform tbe Greek doctor.
took a turn trying to kill or cure'
that cough, with only indifferent sue
cess. At the end of a month be still
had tbe cough, yet be was lively and
well as ever.
So he, sneaked out one morning and
lipped up to the doctor'; office on the
next corner.
"Morning, doctor, got anything good
for a cough?"
'Let's hear your cough," said the
l perfectly natural.
Particular interest centers in Miss
Margaret Wilson because of her inter
est in civic questions. She is a
thoughtful, studious, public-spirited
young woman.
She is a young woman worthy of
emulation by young women of the land,
both as to her modesty and her good,
sound sense and interest in questions
which concern the welfare of, the
whole people, rich and poor, young and
old, fortunate and unfortunate.
grammar into a book of magic.
We set them to cutting up earth
worms when what they wanted first
was to have thIr thoughts turned to
ward the mystery of physical life. We
put them to studying Italian, trusting
that in due time a knowledge of that see about tbe elephant cough
language may prove an incentive to gested
rest! uante. never perceiving tbat a "Oh, never mind examining m
or some
the store
The young man coughed accommoda
tingly. "It sure is an elephant cough,"
he remarked. "Got everybody scared
to death."
The doctor took up a stethoscope.
Just slip off your clothes and we'll
he sug-
but she must excuse public interest in craving for Dante might be made the just fjx me up a prescription
president's daughters. That interest stron-st incentive for studying l!al- thing. We're awfully busy at
gd I ought to be back
"No, youcome in wl
WORST TO COME.
The general baggage agenu in see
lion at Ietroit, have taken Mrong
ground against the new Ftyl trunks
which have goitres on one end, mak
ing it impossible to stand them upside
down In a car. It was to be expected
It at there wouM be some kick from
he beavers, but in this case they pro
poee to go before the IntTftate com-
fitrcm commission and ask for prohi
bition of other than rectangular trunks
nd also limitation of the tlu of those.
If the baggagemen succeed they may
eventually drive America to the horrl-
vc cubwiu vi oia- woria w Here few i
j ii uumm flu. ijjusc pmpq9 going
from home with apparently all at their
Worldly possessions strapped in enor
mous bags and bundles and carried in
to the passenger compartments, mak-,
V
lan.
e red lck and blue pencil their
compositions, believing, with a touch
ing faith, that there is some intrinsic
beauty in correct spelling and perfect
punctuation that will appeal to the un
dergraduate mind, and all tbe while
what they needed was a sense, how
ever dim, of the wonder of literary cre-
ned a head mirror and peeked into
the ear canal. "Have to wash it out,"
he announced. And he took a syringe
and warm water and washed out a pro
digious plug of hardened wax. Then,
in wiping out the canal with a bit of
cotton on a probe, he touched the wall
and the young man nearly coughed
his head off. The doctor waited, smil
ing. When tbe coughing fit subsided
he again touched tbe spot. This time
the cough was truly elephantine in
character.
"Pressure of the irritating wax on
Arnold's branch of the pneumogastric
nerve." explained the doctor. "Same
effect as irritation in the throat or the
cnest. you Know. same nerve sup
plies both places."
"And how about some cough medi
cine?" asked the patient.
Willing to Accommodate.
"Are there any feuds going on
aroond here?" asked the man who was
seeing Kentucky for the first time.
'No," replied the native, "we haven't
bad a feud heah foh three weeks, euh.
But you all can staht one right away
by Insinuating, suh, that the best
wbl6ky, tile finest horses and the most
beautiful women are not to be found
in Kentucky, suh."
His Foolish Fear.
"Would you marry a man whose
Income was under 5,000 a year?"
he asked. .
"How much under?"
"Well, quite a bit."
"Is it between 3,000 and $5,000?"
"I might put it that way."
"Dearest! Why did you think I
would let money, stand In the way?"
Genius.
"I think our son Is going to be an
inventive genius."
"Why?"
"He has found out how to take-off
hi clothes at night without separat
ing them so that he will have to put
on one garment at a time when he la
dressing In the morning."
"THE PELICAN I" EXCLAIMED roXiI,T.
won't need any," said the
hen you've got
time to be examined." .insisted the
doctor. "I won't treat you unless I
have some inkling what the matter
is."
"All right, go ahead, then," compro
mised the young speed specialist.
The doctor went over him like grand-
- t tin u..1j y i - I
.,,.v.u v. uQttaro. in century, ma used to go over him with a fine
777, I tooth comb. There wasn't a sign of
.., ...,. surjtry. trouble in the chest Not an abnormal
Ben venuto Cellini (1500-1570) tella of sound to be heard. The throat and
early lui!an surgery. He had got a bit no&e were likewise negative. The doc-
of ch-i ped steel in his eye. "so far into tor was puzzled but being a good doc-
he pupil that i: was in-possible to get tor he didn't say so. He simply told
... uu.. rem i was m vry great dan- tbe patient to come in again next day
;er cf losing that eye. But tbe surgeon for another examination, and this scar
came to the rescue with the pigeons, ed the young man Just enough to make
The surgeon, making m lie upon my hfm obey orders.
back, w ith a little kn.f3 oj ened a Vein However. luck was with them both,
in each of th-'r wlnci. vo that ih Fnr Khon ih. ,, ,
b.ood ran into my ey and I was there- next morning he bad a new complaint
by ereat.y relieved. In :he apace cf "Ear gone bad -can't hear anything
two days the bit of steel i.ned from with it." he reported. "Came on sud-
my eye. and I found that I had re- denly while I was taking a bath last
celved considerable ase and in a great nicht."
measure recovered my .rbt." "Get up here n the chair " nrH,H
the doctor. He turned on a light, don-
The agricultural experiment station
In Pullman. Wash., is establishing an
arboretum in which it is proposed to
grow a group of each of the Import
ant Umbtr trees of the temperate
zone.
You
doctor.
And he didn't.
Questions and Answers.
E. P. (Cedar Rapids) writes: I am
painter 40 years old. Have had
something I call rheumatism in my left
shoulder for five years. Constant pain
under left shoulder blade, sometimes
extending down to the small of the
back. . It has disabled me for days at
a time. Have catarrh of the head very
badly for several years. Can you sug
gest anything for me? Years ago I bad
chronic urethritis.
Answer Some of the possible causes:
Neuritis of brachial plexus of nerves
In chest. Chronic inflammation of gall-
sac. Gallstones. Chronic pleurisy.
Chronic inflammation of pericardium
the heart sac. ' Bursitis of pad under
tip of shoulder joint in which case
patient cannot raise arm outward with
out increased pain. Localized result
of some chroni; pus-focus in one or an
other of the bone cavities of head
the sinuses which patient may call
"catarrh." Localized infection caused
by smouldering infection left from old
cbronjc urethritis. These suggestions
show how foolhardy It would be for
the patient to experiment with "rheu
matism cure" or with the advice here
offered, unless he is under the care of
an intelligent home physician.
Sorrows of the Rich.
Hfs clothes were rich: but was he glad?
Ah, no! His look was very sad;
He owned a splendid limousine
And had such wealth as power beg-eta.
But ne Had cauaht bis son sixteen
Consuming Turkish cigarettes.
He was the richest man In town;
But was he pleased? Alas, a frown
O'erapread his face; his heart was sad;
Hts check for millions he could draw,
Tet he complained because he had
A numbskull for a son-in-law.
Pride.
"They say Jepson was arrested
once for beating his wife."
"I shouldn't think he'd ever want to
look anybody in the face after that.'
"He seems to be rather proud of it.
She was acting as the strong woman
In a circus when he met her."
Not Much to Him.
"What kind of a fellow la he, anyhow?"
"One of these people who can go
oat of a room without leaving a va
cancy or any kind.
HAD HIM GUESSING.
WW
ny do you
look so worried.
Tom?"
"I went around
today to ask your
father for your
hand In mar
riage."
"Did did he
refuse?"
"No. He wanted me to put it
wriiing."
In
Dr. nrady w ill answer all questions pertaining to health. If your ques
tion is of general Interest it will be answered through these columns; if not
it will be answered personally if stamped, addressed envelono is encinseii
Dr. Brady will not prescribe for Individual cases or make diaenosed a.i.
dress all letters to Dr. William Brady, care of The Argus, Rock Island, UL
Hla Goodness.
H never robbed a henroost.
He never smoked or drank;
He never drew a check which
Was worthless at the bank.
would not harm an Inseev
Or take a squirrel's life;
But he was always being
4urp,rted hy hi wife.
The New .Yorn state forest nurser
ies have a capacity of 2S,Ooo.OOO young
trees a year.
An Illinois, inventor's sw imming ma
chine is driven by propellers operated
by its user's hands and feet, while his
chin attends to the steering.
tlcularly helpin' to goin aloft. I laid
up for awhile in a small town nigh
on to tbe mouth of the Thames.
'I boarded with a lady wot kep' a
sailors' board in 'ouse, and she 'ad
darter, a youngish craft wot was alius
dancin' about like a ship's boat on a
choppy sea. Molly waa her name, and
it seemed to fit her well enough, though
mebbe another might 'a done as welt
When she was doin' nothin she used
to come to me and wish me to tell
her 6ea yarns. She was such a lively
little thing tbat she braced me up when
the wind was east with me and I was
lookln' for dirty weather. She was the
enly pusson I ever felt like tyin' np
to, for I never sailed on the catamaran
o" matrimony and never 'ad any chil
dren o my own.
"Not tbat Molly was a child, for she
was seventeen years old, and In them
days girls went into commission as
wives earlier than they does today.
And that was wot Molly begun to
think about when I was boardin' with
her mother on the bank o this yere
river, for a young sailor. boy come in
from a voyage that 'ad been a play
mate of Molly's when they was chil
dren. Wot w:as playin' together when
he left was somepln werry different
when he got back. I met 'em walkin"
together on the shore one day, and
Molly unfurled a flag in 'er cheek, and
it wasn't no skull and crossbones rag
neither. If ever there was a signal
o' true love it was the one Molly run
op on that-occasion.
"Arter awhile the sailor boy his
name was Jim went off on another
voyage. Molly wasn't the same arter
that; she didn't seem to take an Inter
est in anything, though she got closer
to me than before and kep me spin-
nln sea yarns to her till my yarn lock
er got empty and I ad to spin 'em all
back ag'in. She didn't care about the
yarns except they was a kind o fram
in for her tbinkin about JIm Rnt
hen I cot into roucb. waters anil
"weather and" shipwreck and airihat
ue put ner hand on my mouth, and I
was obleeged to go about and take thA
omer tacic l ou see, it made her worry
about Jim.
I stayed where I was till mv rhn-
matiz was givln out and I wasn't aulte
to stiff as I 'ad been, and I begun to
uma o gicun- tue barnacle offen mo
holystonln' my decks, overhaulin' my
riggin' and my sails and coin inMmm.
mission ug'ln. I found a chn npa 4-s.
ship on a vessel eatlin' for South Amer
ican ports, and I signed.
I round it bard to narr nnn.
but she didn't find It hard to part with
uu ". Jim was crutsiu' som'era
around Cape Horn, and it made 'er
feel good to think I was goin' Into
them waters. She asked me If I was
likely, to meet Jim'a ship down there
ana, ir I aid. could I slcnal bim'a
sage from ber? I told her that Jf j
met blm I'd send her message sari
and asked ber what I should say t
'lm. Ebe satdI'd better tell 'Jm thru
she loved 1m more 'n bever and it
'ad a million kisses for 'Im ajfin h
come back. I promised to send It n
jlst as Bbe said It. and she believed
I would. I didn't say anything about
'ow tbe cap'n would larf if I asked 'lm
to signal such a message. 'Ow coold I
"When I got back from the voyage
I wasn't fit for sea work on account
of tbe rheumatiz comln' back cm to
me, and I laid np in tbe same snug 'sr.
bor ag'ln, with Molly to coddle me. j
tole ber I'd fell In with Jim's ship oft
Klo and sent 'im 'er message. Shi
wanted to know 'ow I done it. and 1
tole 'er It was by runnln' up little flagj.
Somehow I couldn't find It in my heart
to tell 'er the troth.
"Jim come ag'ln one day while I
was layin' np for repairs this second
time, and I was mighty pleased to se
im. Even if 'e 'ad other sweethes.ru
in other ports his 'eart was true to
Molly, for 'e 'adn't been back long
when the two of 'em went off and gr
spliced. After tbat I felt easier about
Molly's comfort, for, to tell the troth,
mates. I ain't got any faith In sailor
men conflnln themselves to one sweet
heart when they've got,a string of 'em
all the way round the world. MoIIj
asked Jim If 'e'd got the message I slg.
naled 'lm at Rio, and when she toI
'im what it was he grinned like i
shark. When Molly scolded me fot
lyin' I tole her I'd sent tbe message,
but there waa a fog and Jim 'ada'j
seen it
"Howsomever, that's not the fog I'm
comin to.
"Jim stayed In port a month thlt
time, then sailed away ag'ln, lea via'
his young wife for a year's voyage. Hi
tole me to look out for 'er and If j
was necessary to tell 'er that 'e 'ti
tooken the ship and put the cap'n ia
irons so's to come to 'er. I was to uy
it or any other He that was needed u
make 'er feel comfortable about 'lm.
I promised to do as much InvenKn at
my knowledge locker would stand.
"This time Jim went east'ard through
the Mediterranean and tbe Sues canal
on 'is - way to India. 'E was goae tlx
months when 'e wrote to 'is wife that
'e was goin' to sail for 'ome, and Ti
vessel would come straight tbrosgh
with only a few stops.
Howsomever, Jim made a toFabls
quick voyage and wrote from Naples,
givln the time about which he expect
ed to get 'ome. I took Molly down
to the mouth of the river a couple of
days before 'e was expected, so's we
might not miss 'im from 'is makln'
port ahead o' time. I reckoned 'is
vessel would go. right up to Lunnon
and we wouldn't see Jim nobow till
the next day. But Molly could seethe
ship go by and get back 'ome in a
couple o hours after she'd passed.
We went down to a p'int where we
could look out on tbe channel and the
ocean beyond, reachln' there about
noon. We didn't expect Jim's ship for
several days because we ad 'eard of
bad weather In the Mediterranean.
But the day was bright where we was,
and we walked down on the sands.
"While we was walkin along I saw
a fog bank comln' up from the south
east. It seemed to throw a chill over
Molly, and I confess I didn't like the
looks of it myself. We sailors don't
like fogs, anyway. The bank kept
comln' up till It covered the sun. Then ,
when we begun to get the dampness
it parted out on the water, and there
was a ship with all her sails set com
in right toward the mouth of the
river.
"The Pelican r exclaimed Molly,
clapping her hands. The Pelican was
Jim's ship.
"Molly, not beln a sailor, didn't no
tlce. as I did, that there wasn't mncn
wind and the ship was sailin' dead
agin what there waa Furthermore,
there seemed to be a commotion on her.
decks, as if sOmep'n had happened.
We didn't git more'n a glimpse of her
before the fog closed in on ber again.
and we lost her.
Molly turned and ran'in tbe oppo
site direction to see her when she went
Into the river. But I couldn't keep np
with her. I felt oneasy. I didn't like
the idee of a ship sailin' plumb agla
the wind with her canvas set to sail
before it Bimeby Molly stopped for
want o breath, and I caught up with
her. Then the fog lifted agin, and we
looked toward where the ship ought
to be.
No ship was there, and there wasn't
any ship In sight
Molly turned white as a sheet
We stayed there till the next after
noon, when news came that the Pell-
can had struck a rock on tbe African
coast and gone down with all on
board.
The speaker paused and relighted his
pipe, which had gone out There was
a solemn stillness among his listeners
for awhile. Then the recital seemed
to have reminded others of tbe party
of phantom ships they bad seen or
heard of, and other yarns on the same
subject were reeled out
June 20 in American
History.
1807 Alaska was sold tu the United
States for $7,200,000.
1S7G Santa Anna, general, dictator
and president of Mexico for many
years, died: born 1705. Siuita Anna
had fought agslust three Mexican
rulers before be was elected presi
dent in 1S33. His government was
overthrown by the United States
iu the. war of 1S40-8.
1912 General Edward S. Brass, noted
Federal veteran of the civil war.
died: born 182ft.
Approximately 750 acres on the Or
gon national forest were planted wita
young trees this spring.
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