THE IIOCK ISLAND ARGUS, THURSDAY, 3XTL.T 10, 1014. x THE ARGUS. r PuMtahM dully 'at 1I4 Seeond it. i'tV Rode . Island. I1T. CEntercS at th i poatofflce a.second-elasanietter. Rock Itlaid Mrabn otltfce Aaaorlate k - . Prraa. i r ".' BY THE J.W. POTTER CO. TERMS Ten cenva per week by car- rter. In Rock Island;!' Pc y- T maU la advance. Complaints of delivery aorvtca should ; be made to the circuaitlcn department. 1 which ehould lso be 'notified Jn every Instance where !t Is Vdeslred to bare ' rarer discontinued, as carriers have ou r Authority la the premises. .' - All commu-.if-ations oZ ara-trrr.rnti.irve character, political -or reilglous. muat have real name attached tRr publica f (Ion. No such articles vrtll be printed '; over fWU'ous siRnaturra. i Telephones in ai! departments. Cen ' tral Vnlon. Reck Island 145. 1141 and .2145. c? t r a c c s Ir'HS? 1 couNCiL ts Thursday, July 16, 1914. ' He who fights and runs away has it '. ct a pood many of ahe candidates who . j .personally filed their own petitions. ' Y Instead of blaming the present state I tit the market for their securities to Trover-regulation, the rai'roads, in view '. of recent revelations, should be thank Mag their lucky stars that there are "even a few Investors left. - It turns out that the stand-pat re publicans are also blaming the ad ministration for the failure of the Lorl-mer-Munday banks. This is stretching ', the credulity of the public even farther than the aforesaid bankers attempted to stretch their securities. The decision of Messrs. Jones and Warburg to stay in the fight not for personal reasons but because they feel that they owe it to the president, SB1 convince a good many that they 'are the right men for the places for which they have been nominated. The Hammond, Ind.. man. who, tfter falling heir to 7,00O,000. hired five of his friends at $5,000 a year to help him opend it has indicated an easy way oat for the Moline man who la said to have had a million or so of Russian wealth suddenly dumped upon his de fenseless head. Those who have never become recon ciled to either the antics or the flavor of the cockroach will Join with a v!m in the swatting campaign which the de . part m en t of agriculture is trying to in augurate against this pestiferous in sect on the ground that it is a carrier of cancer Infection. Slowly the dignity of the newspaper photographer is gaining recognition. A few years ago when the Duchess of Marlborough visited the United States an attempt to get a picture of her started a riot. This trip over she obligingly stepped out into the sunlight and posed for the camera man. While the few beneficiaries of Wt.ll street's manipulations have been squealing and cry eg "persecution," the many who have been feeding the hop per all these year3 have not been say ing much but, depend upon it, they will be heard from at the next election and what they lave to say will not iconvey much consolation to the cap- -talns of finance, either. Al Jennings, the rorcrmeC bandit, is now running for governor of Oklaho ma. The ether day, in addressing a crowd at JIuskogf-e, he said: ' I have done things as a lawyer I would have been asham d of in my palmiest ban dit, days. In fact, I have given up the practice of law that I may lead an honorable life." Of course, Jennings refers to the Oklahoma type of law yer. With trouble in Santo-Domingo, Haiti, the Central American states and Mexico demanding our attention at the present time, it lookB as though the United States would be Justified in creating a new cabinet officer at the Jjead of a department of revolutions to put down insurrections among our southern neighbors in much the same manner as paid tf.re departments of cities fight fires. By imposing a rea sonable tax for each revolution nipped , la the bud the new department might ';3 made self sustaining. The French people have always been Vnown for their thrlftlness and the present generation Is fully up to its , predecessors in this respect. A recent government loan was subscribed 4J times over and more than 1700.000,000 was paid into the treasury. Seven eighths of this large sum was paid in actual cash and the other eighth In treasury notes and bonds. The present -bond issue urpasses all records ana Is the best possible proof that the French people have every confidence In their government. The credit of the French nation will not suffer as . long as its people continue to show such evidences of thrift as this. -j, Down in Oklahoma they have in augurated a custom of having "take Ot back" days. The mayor of a city -or other properly constituted) head of local government sets aside one day each year when thoso with grudges against each 'other are expected to Set together, shake hands rnd forget ntbeir differences. It's a sort of clear ing house of personal relations. The suggestion is offered that after the jpresent hostilities among county offi cers la settled, regardless of the out come, it would be appropriate for the board of supervisors to designate such a day for Rock Island county. It would at leart be a popular more among the many voters and Jaxpayers who feel that the show which has been put up for the last year or more has not been worth the price of admission. MISSISSIPPI AND NILE. The N'ew York Commercial la authority Ifor the statement that the Vnited States government has retain ed Sir .William Willcocks. the dlstio gulshcd English engineer, who has per formed 6uch wonders with the river Nile, es consulting engineer in the work that is soon to be attempted with the Mississippi river, says the New Orleans States. Of the success of Sir William Will cocks in Egypt there can be po two opinions. The waters of the Nile have been used for Irrigation purposes for many centuries, but experts say tha in all the history of that ancient coun try no system was ever devised equal to that recently installed under the supervision cf the English engineer. The statement that the problems of the Mississippi and the Nile are very much the some will, however, be suo Ject to seme dispute. The Mississippi j is a much more turbulent stream than the Nile, and that it will prove as amenable to the systems that have worked so well in Egypt is something that remains to be proved. However this may be, the problem of the Mississippi is one that must be taken up and settled in this country and the sooner the better. The views cf Sir William Wlllcocks are to be reduced to writing after a personal in spection or the .Mississippi river and its problems, and the plan he proposes will then be considered by a board o? engineers from the United States army. WILSON AND BUSINESS. There is no evidence that the presi dent has changed his attitude toward business, as Is the gleeful assertion of some Of his political opponent. It is business that has changed its attitude toward the president, says the New York World. Mr. Wilson's attitude toward busi ness was revealed in his speeches as a candidate and as nresident-eleot. It was stated with more precision In his inaugural address and In his re marks to congress on the subjects of tariff reduction and banking and cur rency reform. On every occasion the president has informed business very frankly as to the nature of the democratic program., and he has never failed to invite ad vice, counsel and co-operation. If business from long habit understood this to mean dictation, it has discov ered its error. In this respect the recent visit to the White house of a delegation from the Chicago Association of Commerce is noteworthy. For once, at least, im portant business men addressed the president Intelligently and with self- respect. They asked no favors. They made no absurd plea of poverty and helplessness. They had wise sugges tions to offer bearing u constructive legislation and executive p"cy. They bullied nobody and they tried to flim flam nobody. This is exactly in line with the president's attitude from the first. He seeks information and assistance. The Chicago men urged hlm to push the trade commission and securities bills and to let the Sherman law alone. It wss good advice and honest as well. It was precisely what Mr. Wilson has asked from business men and It is what be needs. There is no mystery as to the presi dent's attitude toward business. The remarkable thing is that business. with all its sagacity, could not per ceive earlier that a sincere man charg ed with solemn duties who asked for counsel could not be bluffed or stam peded in the old disreputable way. THE CAEE OF THE HORSE. These suggestions for the treatment of working horses in hot weather have been published by the New York Wo men's League for Animals: Load lightly and drive slowly. Stop In the shade if possible. Water your horses as often as possi ble. So long as a horse Is working wa ter la moderate quantities will not hurt him. But let him drink only a few swallows If he is going to stand still. When he comes in after work sponge off the harness marks and sweat, his eyes, his cose and mouth, and the dock. Wash his feet, but not his legs. If the thermometer Is 75 degrees or higher, wipe him all over with a wet sponge. Use vinegar water if possible. Do not turn the hose on him. Saturday night give a bran mash cold and add u teaspoonful of salt peter. Do not use a horse hat unless It Is a canopy-top hat. The ordinary bell shaped hat does more harm than good. A sponge on top of the head, or even a cloth, is good if kept wet. If dry it is worse than nothing. If the horse Is overcome by heat get him into the shade, and remove har ness end bridle, wash out his mouth, sponge him all over, shower his legs and give him four ounces of sweet spir its of ammonia, or two ounces of sweet spirits of nitre, in a pint of water, or give him a pint of coffee, warm. Cool his head at once, using cold water; or, if necessary, chopped ice wrapped in a cloth. If a horse Is off his feed, try him with two quarts of oats mixed with bran and a little water; and add a lit tle salt or sugar. Or give him oatmeal or barley water to drink. Watch your horse. If he stops sweating suddenly, or if he breathes short and quick, or if his ears droop, or if he stands with bis legs braced sideways, be Is In danger of heat or furstroke and nedg altcntiou at once. If it Is so hot that the horse sweats in the stable at night, tie him outside. Unless he cools off during the night he cannot well stand the next day's heat FACTS ABOUT HUNGARY-AUSTRIA Austria-Hungary, toward which the eyes of the world are now turned be cause of the recent assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the dual monarchy, and his consort, the duchess of Hohenberg, Is a land of strange contrast, accord ing to a statement issued by the Na tional Geographic society at Washing ton. D. C. "In spite of Its Important position, both geographically and politically, but few people realize exactly what they mean when they speak of Austria Hungary, and to many the words Aus tria and Hungary seem interchange able terms for the same country," reads the statement, "What, then, is Aus tria, what is Hungary, and why are they always bracketed together? "The Austrian empire is a constitu tional monarchy formed of three king doms, Bohemia, Galicia and Dalmatia, tv-o archduchies. Upper and Lower Austria, and a collection of duchies, countships and margraves of princely rank; all of them united in the person of the Emperor Francis Joseph. The adjacent and entirely independent kingdom of Hungary, in addition to Hungary proper, includes Croatia, Slavonla and Transylvania, countries formerly Independent, but now, through intermarriage, conquest and inheritance, all possessions of the Apostolic King of Hungary, who hap pens by a purely historic chance to be also sovereign of the empire of Austria. The possession of a unifying link in the person of their common ruler has led to the Ausleglelch, or 'compromise, whereby the two coun tries, for mutual convenience, have agreed to join forces in maintaining joint diplomatic and naval and mili tary services. Beyond this the two countries are entirely independent, each having its own constitution, legis lature and administration. "No country in Europe, except only Hungary, contains within its borders so many diverse nations and tongues as the Austrian empire. Each of the three great ethnic streaks of Europe is represented the Latin, the German and the Slav, with the latter predom HYGIENE IN THE DESER1 Our Latter Day Methods Were an Open Book to Masses. Nothing under the sun Is new. Facts have proved that even the pitch which hygiene has reached at the present day was equaled and in many instances excelled under the laws of Moses. The particular and careful manner in which animals are slaughtered ac cording to the laws of the Talmud is acknowledged today to be the most sanitary method possible. Professor Koch gave to the world the valuable results of his investiga tions in bacteriology, but several thousand years before that the Mosaic law pointed out the danger to human ity from tuberculosis in cattle, but did not forbid poultry as food. It was not William Beans Our esteemed medical predecessor, Galen, wrote that "beans are harder to digest than other foods and give bad dreams." Galen's wife must have been a bad cook. Or maybe the man was too fond Of beans . When properly prepared and eaten in reasonable quantities, as determined by the individual's relative-physical activity, beans are not only digestible but highly nutritious. Flatulence after eating beans Is due to bacterial fermentation in the in testinal tract. The use of catsup or other carminative flavors with the beans tends to prevent discomfort from flatulence. Another way to pre vent this gas-formation is by soaking the beans in water containing soda and salt and then par-boiling to ren der the skins and outer layers more digestible. The entire removal of the skins by sieving is sometimes advis able in cases where beans are apt to disagree. Economy and Energy In Beans. Baked beans form a prominent part of the dietary of lumbermen In the lumber camps. They furnish a large amount of working energy for a very small cost, as compared with other foods. While persons engaged In ac tive outdoor work can assimilate beans to better advantage than Indoor or sedentary workers, still the latter class can and should include beans and peas In the larder as a mere mat ter Of economy. Ten cents will pay for as much available food In the shape of beans as you can buy for 40 cents in the butcher shop. Beef, however, is more thoroughly assimilated in the process of digestion. But even con sidering that difference, beans are still the more economical. It matters very little whether yoa prefer string beans or dried beans, green peas or canned peas, there is no other variety of food more nu tritious cent for cent. Both peas and beans are rich In protein, or vegetable nitrogen, which is quite as suitable for working requirements as is ani mal nitrogen, or lean beef. Dried peas at 2 cents per pound furnish twice as much energy to the body as wheat flour at the same price. If yon don't know beans yon should make it your business to get acquaint ed with them, no matter how far from Boston you live. Dr. Brady will answer all quesUons 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 envelope Is enclosed. Dr. Brady will not prescribe for Individual cases or make diagnoses. Ad dress all letters to Dr. William Brady, care of The Argus, Rock Island, 11L inating, as to it belong 15 out of the 26 million people inhabiting the em pire. The Hungarian, or more prop erly, the Magyar, is perhaps the keen est patriot in Europe, and he manifests his enthusiasm by seeking to Impose his language and customs upon his Slavonic fellow-cltiaens with a persis tence that neither opposition nor pas sive resistance can dimish. "In these lands, bo mixed In nation ality and language, there Is no less a variety of religions; Roman catholics predominate, but Greek orthodox, Un- iat Greeks, Lutherans, Calvlnists, Jews and even Armenian Gregorians, aro found within their borders. The customs-union between Austria and Hun gary has rendered these countries a commercial unit; but, roughly speak ing, Hungary is the agricultural and pastoral . country, while Austria is in dustrial. Hungary is also the richest country in Europe in mineral deposits, the range of which is singularly wide. Austria is, after Switzerland, the most mountainous region In Europe, more than four-fifths of her vast territory being over 600 feet above sea level. Mountain climbing is the great nation al game, like baseball in the United States. Old, young, mlddlyaged, all take a keen Interest In it. Even Em peror Francis Joseph is . an enthus iastic mountaineer at more than 80 years of age. In his time he has scaled most of the great peaks of his country. "Vienna, the imperial city, the capi tal of Austria, owns her own electric and gas light, street railways and om nibuses, ice manufacturing plant, ware houses, stock yards, brewery, wine cel lar, all the pawnshops and even the undertaking establishments. Budapest the capital of Hungary, formerly two cities, Buda and Pest, is Paris, Vienna and London in one, a combination of the gayeties of the capitals of the world, with a little distinctive Hungar ian paprika spice thrown in. "Even in the remotest corners of Austria-Hungary the strong arm of the law is ever present, the river stretches and the back country being policed by heavily armed constab ulary. many years ago that specialists dis covered that fowl tuberculosis was harmless to man. The yearly exodus to the country and seaside Is no new innovation. Moses, the great lawgiver, prescribed not only feasting at certain seasons of the year, but the removal of whole families to great camping grounds in th open spaces, where they could live near to nature. Pearson's Weekly. The graveyard of theatrical produc tions is the storehouse. Alas, many productions find their way to the store house when they are only a few weeks old. One New York firm Is going to sell at auction costumes and sets of scenery that represent a cost of $400, 000, expended upon hapless ventures in dramas and musical plays. Drady,M. as Food. Questions and Answers. T. W. K. inquires: Is alcohol or the liquor habit a cause of epileptic fits? Reply. Alcoholism is considered a vefy po tent factor of epilepsy. Children of parents who have been devoted to the liquor habit are more liable to be epileptics than are children of teeto talers. The New York Medical Jour nal recently had a report of a gVoup of seven cases of epilepsy In the first born child, the disease in each in stance being attributed to a single debauch on the part of the ordinary temperate father. If this was coinci dence It was a most remarkable coin cidence. ' m A Reader asks: Will morphine stop any kind Of pain? Will it stop sick feeling? What is the effect of its use? What Is a safe dose and how often can it be taken? What is the differ ence between ether and morphine? Reply. Complete reply will be sent if stamp ed addressed envelope is furnished. Morphine will stop most any pain or sick or other feeling. The effect of its use frequently is the morphine habit. There Is no safe dose -except in the hands of a physician. Ether is used by Inhalation and is very rapid in effect. These are terribly danger ous drugs to experiment with. W. C. writes: My wife Is 27 years of age and weighs 22S pounds. She is gradually taking on more flesh. She has thought of trying some of the "fat reducing schemes. Will you state whether there is any virtue in these treatments? Reply. There Is no virtue in the so-called "fat reducers." No one but her per sonal medical adviser can safely treat her for obesity. ' e Rex asks: Can a disease or blood or skin that has been inherited or caused through vaccination be cured? Reply. I know of no disease caused by vac cination. Most inherited blood or skin diseases can be cured or greatly helped by good treatment not by to- called "blood purifier. HENRY" HOW1AND A WOMAI'S ; LOVE k'! H 'llill''1 m I'M:: Hi H i: !i 'il'iiriii'-''i: 'i''i;i":i1 m 1 !' '':i ik ' 1 1 'i!l:"H Im ';;' ii:l!.'ii v:!;'!'.:!,!, !i.ii.;i!;.' . ' ' ' !;M!t:!;i;!';"'i;.,; !! ii i : : - .-f-i I' ''i' ' 1 ' I ' '! Mil; i: iit.t 'fl i'IIi -i hi '.i;; :,t.f';i!il:i!;ii A man prefers the one who makes him laugh; The cares that he must carry through the day Are forgotten or diminished more than half If there'a Just a chance to laugh along the way! But woman ah, God bless her How her heart does ever leap With love true love and tender , For the man who makes her weepl I like the maid who gives me cause to smile, ' ,1 love the child that gives me little care; Men praise the onea who keep them laughing while ' They bend beneath the burdens they must bear. But woman ah. God bless her! Her love is true and deep i For the child that brings her sorrow And the roan who makes her weep. Couldn't. Mrs. Walsingham laid aside the magazine which she had been read ing, and with a troubled look on her countenance said: "I have just been reading about Sid ney Lanier." "Have you?" her husband asked. "Who is he?' "He was a poet. It says in this article that he married in haste and repented at leisure. There Is some thing that worries me." "Well, what is It?" "You married me in a good deal of haste. Have you repented at leisure?" "It has been impossible for me to do that. I haven't had any leisure since I got married." Not Always. A little henpecking." he said, Via good for the average man, but it is foolish for anyone to permit his wife to become possessed of the idea that her word is always law. In my own case, I never " "Henry," his wife called, "is It going to be necessary for me to tell you again to wind the clock and go to bed?" "No, dear, I'm going. Good-night, boys." MUCH ALIKE. "You have Just returned from a trip to the West, I believe. Where did you go?" "Oh, to Vancou ver, Seattle, Salt Lake and around that way." "Stopped at Salt Lake, eh? I'd like to go out there. They say there has been a great change there during the last few years that the Mormons and Gentiles are very much alike now." "Yes, I heard of a number" of Mor mons who had affinities." A Poor Memory. "Can you remember the names of all the men who signed the Declara tion of Independence?" "No, my memory for names Is very poor. The only three that I can re call are John Hancock, George Wash ington and Andrew Jackson." From a Lady Contributor. I wish I were a Hottentot. For though he wears what clothes (rot. He's almost "altorether." And when I take oft all I can, I've still Rot on a coat of tan. And oh! It's such hot weather! he's Profits of Poetry. "I know a poet who gets two dollars a line for his work." "That's nothing. I know a poet who got J2.000.000 for three or four words. He asked a rich widow to marry him." The Flitting of Tern pus. "Tempus fugit, you know." "Yes. I met a young woman the other day who said her mother had been one of the members of the orig inal 'Florodora' sextet." Why Not? One of the preachers has asked the members of his congregation to bring their canary birds to church. Why not try to save some of the parrots? "A Harmony of Souls" is the title of the latest picture of Bob Leonard and Lloyd Ingraham. Among the features Of this one-reel drama is an orchestra Of 25 artists. In the story Leonard himself had to direct the orchestra. But Leonard's fine musical training stood him in good stead. mm ytm mm, 3 -T 1 1 CIO The Daily Story The Spot Down Deep By Oney Fred Sweet. Coprrlfhted. 1(14, by Associated Literary Bureau. The pair bad progressed as far from tbe depot as tbe farm Implement shop when Burke's tall companion Interrupt ed his reverie caused by the sight of tbe old town again, tbe dark boar that lny npon it and the thought of the mis sion on which he had returned. "I thought It was more of a place than this." the fellow slurred, "after bearing you tell about it- Why. the train hardly stopped loDg enough to let us off." "They're all alike, these tank towns In the corn belt, Burke snarled, star ing resentfully about blm "a green de pot, a red elevator, a Main street, a church, a school house, a cemetery and a few houses. And don't let me for geta bank!" . "At that I have an idea tbe place seems a little different to you from tbe others. Burke," the tall man went on. "Just think this was your world all the time that you were a kid. Every one of these two story buildings must have loomed like, a skyscraper then." "Cut the comedy. Slim, Burke broke in, halting his harried pace a bit to express himself more forcibly. "It's all familiar enough. These towns around here haven't had a new brick In them these past ten years. And tbe folks In them aro as changeless as that statue of 'Justice up there on top of tbe courthouse unless It Is that some of the kids have grown up. And if they've grown tap very much they've pulled out like I did." They had. reached tbe center of tbe town a point where the main street intersected with tbe street leading from the depot. "Tbaf s the joint," he said as he threw bis thumb over his shoulder toward the brick building on tbe corner. The tall man turned to scan the tin sign, whose lettering, WELL," BS BAXD, "lOU'VB COME HOKE. Loans and Deposits." was foreshort ened by tbe slight breeze that sway ed it. "It looks soft, he answered after a shrewd scrutiny of the surroundings, but if s one thing to crack them these days and another thing to get away. The ' way we've planned, though, 1 can't see where there can be a leak. "Right on this corner Is where the show bands used to circle and. play. explained Burke, "and from this cross ing down there to the park was the distance set off for the 100 yard dashes on the Fourth of July. I won one of them once with my pants rolled up and wearing a pair of white wool socks. They said I was over tbe age fix ed and wouldn't give me the money." At Burke's initiative the two started on down the street. . "Here's the hotel, he went on in the tone of a guide. "It's where you'll utop. You can look tbe part of a Chi cago drummer ail right." "I suppose there's something In com ing back Hke this that kind of touches a spot down deep," suggested the stronger companion as tbe two passed the point where tbe stores left off and the homes began, "even though a fel low's been in the game yoa bave and has come back for what you've come back to do. I know" "Spot nothing!" Burke cnt in dis gustedly. "When we take the bump ers tomorrow morning at this time on that train that just palled oat this town '11 be entirely off the map so far ns I am concerned. It's been oat of my mind for years as it is. I came back because I knew there was a soft Job here, that was alL There's the folks place, halfway down the block there, where you see the big maple looks as If It was about ready to tum ble over.' Til meet yoa In tbe alley there Just after dark tonight Yoa find out what you're supposed to and count on me. So long." It bad been a long time since Bark' bad tried the a oar at Dome In t&eean morning hours, but he found no lock to prevent his entrance. Aad he bad In creased his ability at stealthlness In tho years that be had been gone, so that be was easily able to make his room up stairs without being beard. It was as If be bad been gone but a day the smoky kerosene lamp on tbe bureau, the varicolored quilt on tbe sagging bed. Once, on being bait aroused, be expected to hear tbe rattle of trucks and the yell of a newsboy, but. instead, there came only the crow of a, rooster welcoming tbe dawn. He surprised his mother when she was at the task of getting dinner as he stalked half dressed through the kitch en on the way to the sink. "There, now, can't a fellow, come home jonce In awhile without thre b. he comnl"ni man cave a Kttla tAt-ti . . ... ' .v ed toward bim. ueres pgr ijuucu, wraug me arms away ftl about his shoulders. Tm ria nearly dinner time I'm buncry." "I wasn't counting on yon," mother answered apologetically Jr ing the tears from her eves and'- lnff for the pantry. Burie noticed she limped in her walk. She bJ his mother had. Tbe door she opened gave a rW of the queer shaped and colored such as he bad never seen except? borne. Tbey were accompanied b !! odor that had been peculiar to tfan too. His mother came back with of the biggest Jars from toe the shelf currant Jelly. Burke was wiping his face o , red bordered towel when his ftt, came In. Tbe old man bad his rtka his band and slowly removed bis iWt black hat before be spoke. "Well." he said, "you've co boat' Tbe removal of tbe bat showed v white bis hair had become, tat fsce was like It in spite of Its contatt with sun and wind. He cams orcrti wash bis gnarled hands In tbt sta, basin with bis son. "I've tbe garden nearly an In ajuj, be continued finally. Tm going n put in onions again this year. Ttxy take lots of work, but if ths'seuoi turns out Just right they bring em than other stuff." Burke noticed that tbe table h been shortened up until the cbectertj cloth touched tbe floor on all tides, bat tne aisnes were the same, tbt tod cooked the same. "How long you going to stay? fit father inquired at length, pourim coffee into a saucer. "Oh. I only 1I be here a day or two,' answered Burke. "It's pretty iui here after one is used to Chicaeo." "Just a day?" his mother flattered "Still traveling for that Chia house?" the father Interrupted to to quire, eying his son as ht cooled o coffee at his lips. "Timet aint bw so very good out here." "I'm still .with them." sptrra Burke. "It's been a little dull via us, too, lately, but" he faltered torn instant "we're expecting quits a Wj piece of business out this way soon." "The plaster on the wall back d yoa's all healed up now. Do yon tlce It?" the father went on. polnttsi to Burke to turn around. Toa ftm boys used to lean back so much whs yoa sat together there on tbs bock that It was always broke off. Then wasn't much use fixing It" The mother entirely ceased with h pretension at eating and nerrooilj 1 gered tbe tablecloth. "Sometimes." she interposed In u effort to appear unaffected by tbe ref erence Just made "sometimes yoorn tber goes to the hall door and calli n yoa all upstairs Jnst as if yon were tl here yet He colls eacb of yon a? crate by name. 'It's time for school." Her attempted laugh with the wot Tell lame, and to keep brave abe start ed In to clear off tbe dishes. Burke sought the lounge in the fit ting room, tbe springs of which bii been ruined by bis acrobatic tttuti years before. He could close bis era and m av-prv nnchanired oblectlntvl room the cheap organ, at which it IS sister had spent many "weary Bonn In practice: the enlarged crayon por trait of his little brother, who had be taken by diphtheria at tbs time 1 their quarantine during the awful eoM spell, and his father's wsr relics m4 encampment badges. '. , He had planned to get plenty sleep, but he wss surprised to flni dark when be awoke. Tbe lamp la tin kitchen was already lighted, and was barking outside. Bubblnj W eyes. Burke avoided his mother, bosf In the pantry, and found his way too the back yard. He had not conutefl the apple tree spreading Its branch but he refrained from cursing wn brushed his face in the path. At t alley he found his partner paclnj Impatience. " ' "It's a fine time to be coming. JM waiting man complained sarcastic "I've been waiting half sa boat What was the matter? "I fell asleep," explained Burke, "w I'm awake now clear awake." B' paused a moment before goinf "I'm not In on the deal." bs throat cislvely. . His companion's chagrin ana re prise could not be coucealed the darkness. For a moment stood, two shadowy forms sraaj each other. ' .... . an! W Iow, cneres no - . -. ft Burke. "I'm not only not gobi w " 1 . .. ha n ff on tms jod, dui i m uv v. -altogether. I'll shake hands If yon want to. I suppose yo sr appointed." , Burke caught tbe tall mani i bled reply as be started back tot v bouse. .Kiji "Disappointed." he echoed, ij the agency will be omrwbl0, my using up two months' expe" y in trying to get evidence " that would stick." July 16 in American History. lS30-Margaret Fuller Ossoll. d, thinker and author, drovI shipwreck oft Fire island; 1SS0-E. Z. C. Judson (Sed BuntW romantic author, died: born 1897-tieneral Joseph Conrad, veteran of tbe Army of B berland. died; born 1S30- . Jack Blystone, new director of J comedies, with Bess Meredyth M Ing woman and Ernest Shield ing man, is now producing a 1P' entitled "TheJThird Pary t the Coast studios, in; a fuss 5