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THE ROCK ISLAXD ARGUS. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1912.
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TP APE S H1 CoJnCIL
Tuesday, October 1, 1912.
Win with WilsoD, for he is a winner.
How happy could Judge Searle be ' a corporation, the names of the bold
wlth either, with "tother dear charm- ers of more than one per cent of the
cr away. stocks, bonds or other securities, and,
i- . I in the case of dally newspapers, a
Champ Clark and Ham Lewis are statement of the average paid circula
coming this way. They will get a ! tion for the preceding six months,
royal welcome Oct. 14. ! It is further provided that all edl-
A New York Taft newspaper quotes
& man who has just returned from i the publication of which pay is ac
n tour of the west as saying that the 1 cepted must be marked "Advertise
"sllent vote" is almost entirely for ! ment," under penalty of fine.
Taft. But how does he know? ! The purpose of the law is to ae-
; quaint the public with the names of
Eugene V. Debs says the socialists ;
will noil "(,', no voles ln November,
will poll .u.'i.i hd lu.rs iu .ut-iuuri.
if ih.r a r.r. mav finiah ii
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this order: Alison, Debs. Roosevelt.
Tllft
laru
When it is considered that the corn
crop will be over 2.900,000,000 bush-
;. and the wheat crop over 690,000.-
000, it will be seen that the great agri -
cultural states are going to be la n
position very soon to think they need
many things, and. better still, in a !
position to buy them.
The municipality of Fargo, N. D., ' vt-rt1Blng matter be designated and la
i said to have cleared 110,000 in the i beIed a 8uch' though h.e will regard
last year, and It is added that it will , if in some otbe' important features in
ilivid ih nmflt with the Lajmavprs. ! Qu'aitorlal, and object to these.
All the other cities of the country
will not insist upon knowing how it
was done. Profits on municipal busi
ness are possible, but not usual.
S r-
The statist ii.ian has found a new
subject for Interesting elaboration.
There have been, it is Baid, 9,000.000
picnics in the United State during
the present year. Now, it may be in ,
order to have somebody state how 1
many times the sandwiches, if placed I
end to end, would go around the
world, and how many Washing!.
monuments cou d be built with thi'
chicken bones.
WOOI, TAItlKK KOHS WOJIKN.
f When a w-onian purchases $10 worth
of woolen dress goods, $1.87 of that
V $10 represents the actual value of the
c goods and the remaining $5.13 of the
J $10 the amount of tne tariff. In other
iv w-ords. should the tame purchase be
f made In England, where there is no
tariff on woo'ens, the woman would
i receive the same amount and quality
c, of dress goods for $4.87 that she pays
'' $10 for In this country,
f; This Is because of the lVyne-Al-
drlrh ad valorem tariff of 103 per cent
y on this class of goods.
L What do you prudent women think
of this?
Illinois m:ki iu nnk ani
KCONOM V.
Governor Ienccn and the other can -
didates on the offlce-foi-lire
ticketJ
wno are camnaisniiii; it, & snecia!
at.. n , ,
irain at tremendous expense, madp a
. "
Mnnd in Rock lhUnd and Moline last
evening. Their mode of travel gives
them something to talk about except
tne extravagance of the recent repub-
li.n .H,ll., w... .-.
h- oi . . v , y oeolS, tined as a wet dressing on wounds in
the major portion of their addresses, , 0iut!on of ,.o)0 of 1.5000. the lot
to explain.,, hv they are travel- j ter nm(,e DT d!!(so,rln!: one 7Vi grain
mg in a palatial special train, how t,,rt ln .,Vl nartM , wate, s .
much it costs earl, of them, and pre -
.-tui uu priMn mat juuge uunne
should be defeated.
It Is a very pcor arg-jntcM.
Kxplainlng the siianilt'im of :.: -1
ev baa heroine a specialty with ttiv
lepubllcan candidates.
The election of Judge Dunne should!
be the peoples verdict this fall if
they want to put an end to extrava
gance. Illinois has been "done" so persist
cntly 1: needs Dunne.
A K1GIIT KOU PRINCIPLE.
The Indianapolis News draws aome
pertinent conclusion from the result
of the New Jersey primary of a week
ago. It tells of the defeat of James
Smith, Jr., the democratic boss, who
waa candidate for the senate, and
whom Wilson openly fought because
he was not ln sympathy with funda
mental democrat ir nrinrlnlu. "il
W - " " . V. ...IU
jet." aaya the Indianapolis News,
"we are asked to believe. that Wood
row Wilson is the product and the
tool of bosses. The very sugaeaUon
of such a thing is an Impertinence.
New Jersey answered the slander at
the polls. The man who dealt with
Quay, Penrose. Piatt. Addicks and
the other; the man who Is even now
supported by Perkins. Woodruff and
r ho.. ,m h- , 1 Tv Tlr I0UgBtl
L'" noU vn thi
OUfb ,0 Uk horl-
-AJw ' f1" Wilson.
-aiita aatumed that, because WU:1
r.irr . l .
eon was a candidate for the presiden
cy, he would not dare to 'make
trouble' in New Jersey. There are
eminent politicians who would have
been dumb in such a crisis. But not
so the governor of New Jersey. He'
fought Smith openly, and beat him.
The people of the state rallied to his
leadership, and the result is that to
day the governor and the people alike
stand higher than ever in public, re
gard." Governor Wilson is a democratic
democrat His devotion to principle
ii cbvious. He is the kind of man
the nation needs as president in the
present crisis. Republicans, as well
as democrats, see this truth. The
Issue is greater than a party Issue.
It involves the whole people.
The people to win must win with
Wilson.
POSTAL. REGLLiVriON OF THE
NEWSPAPERS. v
Commencing today, newspaper as
we'.l as magazines and other publlca
t:ons using the mails come under the !
regulation of a law adopted by the
last congress requiring them to do
certain specified things, viz.. file blen-
nially with the postmaster-general and '
'the local postmaster a sworn state- i
ment of the names and addresses of i
the owner, publisher, editor, nianag- j particular wives but that we hear
i:;g editor, and business manager; ifjuch a lot of complaint about hus-
itorial or other reading matter appear-!eaine
ing in a newspaper or magazUe tor
the owners of newspapers and all in
positions of authority in them so that i
. . ' . .
tne puniic may juuge or the Bcmshdess
... ,
unselfishness of the newspaper ir,
irs treatment of public questions, and j
thP nmvi.inn fnr th- ian,. f .m
.articles as advertisements is to warn
j the public that the opinion expressed
In the article is not the opinion of
! ,h newspaper.
: The law effectively guards against
dpf eption in seeking to make it im- j
Possible to cheat the confidence of the ;
leaapr. ro legitimate publisher will
oDject to tne features that provide ad-
Indeed, like all laws originating foe
a good design, abuses of the right of
free press have crept in, have been
deliberately put there for obvious
purposes, no doubt, and it is a grave
(lurFiicn. as The Arus has already
ftated. if the law will stand the test
that is to be made as to its const itu-
! tionality.
WASHING OUT A WOUND.
Tinctura of Iodine I About the Safest
Antisaptie to Use.
Carbolic acid, one of the most valu-
able antiseptics known to surgeons. Is
at the same time one of tbe most dan
gerous. It is used daily, almost hour
ly, by operators ln the hospluils. The
layman who understands Its perils
may wash wounds out with it safely,
but the best surgeons say that Inex
perienced persons bad better let it
alone.
No wound should ever be bound up
with bandages soaked in even tbe
mildest solution of carbolic add. for
the skin absorbs it readily, and poison
ing Is apt to follow prolonged use. An
eminent New York surgeon had a case
a few weeks ago of a child whose fin
ger 1i:k1 turned black after being
dressed too long with a 2 per cent so
lution of rarlmlic ncld. nnd when he
called this paper's attention to the
case he wns expecting to be obliged
to cut off the finger.
The most ftnnionly used antiseptic
Is blchlori'1 of mercury (corrosive
! sublimate
I ihi Is one of the dead-
Heit poisons known and as It has no
r-oior or oaor is casny misiaien ror
v.iirr. ii iituiu no h is customary
. . , , . . .
to oo or solutions of it. Colored fah-
lets are made especially for making
solutions of any given strength. Dr.
Albert S. Morrow In "Tlie Immediate
Care of the injured" says it should be
'""- "l lL
1 wasn for , wonn1 lt may be used In a
' l.UMO solution (one grain tablet to
n pint of waterl.
Iodine is another antiseptic that is
bish'y recommended. It Is used com
monly on dirty wounds, where there
is !:tuer of infection and a doctor's
services are not Immediately avail
able. In such cases the tincture of
Iodine Is used pnre and Is applied by
dipping a wad of cotton or antiseptic
gauze in it and swabbing out tbe
wound, tielng careful to penetrate this
thoroughly. New York World.
THE BLACK BALL
A Cunning Scheme That Was Spoiled
by Quick Thinking.
Two young men in a French village
were called on to draw for conscrip
tion. One only was wanted to complete
the number, and of the two who were
to draw one was tbe son of a rich
farmer and the other the child of a
poor widow.
The farmer Ingratiated himself with
the superintendent of tbe ballot and
promised him a present if be could
find means to prevent bU son from
going ln. the army. In order to ac
complish this the official put into the
urn two black balls instead of one
white and one thick ball. When tbe
J young men came, be said:
. -
"There are two balls, one black and
the black one must serve. Tour turn
0rt" Pointing to the widow's son.
xte latter, suspecting that all wa.
eut fair, approached the urn and drew
.. 'it i
is
1 SS-i-i
A CRITICAL WIFE ISVT HAPPY,
A Cincinnati wqman and a London
ornan declare that they have ideal
Ufent fQr anything ln the worM.
jt-8 certainly refreshing to hear
something like that once ln a While.
'o 1084 there are so few perfect bus- j
bands at least, we might say, satis-1
factory husbands in the eyes of their
nanns wno are not perrect.
There are good husbands all about
us. You and I know a lot of them.
Their wives are appreciative, too;
love them and do all in their power
to make these good men comfortable
and happy and prosperous. But the
lc fetalis here as
in the
roullDe. lne
ye speak little of the good,
but
much of the bad.
When the air Is sweet and clean,
we breathe it in gratefully and are
glad. But we take It as a matter of
course. It's when the air is foul or j
"'T, . ' v ,., , i ' v"
end lpt thp world know nhont It Sfl
. . ....
wnen a woman nas a lauity nusDana
. e .vm.ore apt to , I
that a woman with a good hus-
! band Is apt to talk about his virtues.
The latter 6imply takes a good husband-
as a matter of course, just as
the man with a good wife adores her
CURRENT
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER. "
(Spw:lal Correspondence of The Argus.)
Macomb, Sept. 30. Charles D. Hil-
les, chairman of the republican
tional committee, writing as Presi-
dent Taft's repre- j
. . . . J . . t .Via '
IWff'-52:1Ar nii-Aiic iii mo
.WtS'&a' 7 campaign says: j
"If Presi dent
Taft should be de-!
Ml
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Ml
"jj
.-.
feated in Novem-jman
nor tne result win asainst the steel trust was its ab
be directly trace- j sorption of the Tennessee Coal & Iron
! fr.bie to the prose-;
' ,;t oi the steel
: coriKTation. This
j ass riion is as eas-1
R . i. . .
iiy proved as tnat ised this corporation Immunity from
two and two make j prosecution, even though they did ab
four. Here are the sorb their chief competitor,
facts. Judge for j promptly attacks taft.
yourself. j "Immediately Mr. Roosevelt began
"On the night of j to .write articles for the magazines
his election in j of wnich he is a 'contributing editor,'
1904 President Hisniavin? thp .rrpat tnrtiri,Mttn
Roosevelt issued a i
CLYDE H.
lormai statemeni j
saying, "Under no j
1 again be a candi-.
TAVENNER
XS
date for or accept a nomination for;(Perkins Deing a director of the Bteei
the presidency.' (corporation), the result of which was
oepi. d, at Saratoga springs, i
N. Y., Colonel Roosevelt indorsed inve,t announced that he .would accept
the most cordial terms the administra-1 the nomination if tendered' to him.
tion ot president lart, the Payne tar-
iff bill and all the meritorious
ures enacted during the administra-;
tion of President Taft, saying: 'We '
came here feeling that we have a
ngm lo ayyem to lu people ironi mo
standpoint alike of national and state
achievement. During the last 13
n.onths a long list of laws embodying; ..And nis denunciation of President
legislation most heartiiy to be com-,Taft durlng that 6peaking tour ex.
mended as combining wisdom with ceeded in malice, hatred and vitupera
ptogress has been enacted by congress tion anything that an ex-president has
and approved by President Taft. j.ever 8ai(1 of one of nis BUCCes8ors or
in an anicie wniien over nis own
signature in the Outlook he had com
mended the Payne tariff bill as 'bet
ter than any of his predecessors.'
SUDDENLY CHANGES HIS MIND.
"In June, 1911, and again on Aug. 18,
1911, Jhe former president stated over
hir signature that he would not be a
candidate for the nomination.
"What happened between that date
in August, 1911. and that other date
in February, 1912, on the latter of
which Mr. Roosevelt announced his
candidacy, to cause him to change
h'.a mind?
"It could not have been any legis
lative matter, for congress adjourn-
ape of the balls, which he immediately
wallowed without looking at it.
"Why," said the superintendent,
"have you done that? How are we
to know whether yon have drawn a
black or a white ball?"
"Oh. that's very easy to discover,"
was the reply. "Let the other now
draw. If I have tbe black, he must
necessarily draw the white one."
There was no help for it, and the
farmer's son. putting his hand Into
the urn. drew tbe remaining ball,
which, to the satisfaction of tbe spec
tators, was a black one.
Prusaio Acid In Plants.
Tbe remarkable fact that consider
able quantities of free prussic acid are
accumulated in the living tissues of
certain plants was observed by tbe late
Dr. M. Treub. and there appears to be
little doubt that this poUonous acid is
actually utilized as food material by
these plants. Some Interesting de
tails concerning the occurrence and
function of prussic acid in the cherry
laurel are given by. I'eche. who con
cludes from bis observations that the
prussic acid found In the leaves and
Other orr.cs is produced as a direct
result of carboy as.-lo.il.iUon in the
I in his heart but hardly ever thinks of
J it unless some emergency arises to
make him realize all she is to him.
Referring again to the fact that we
bear so little about the good and so
much about the bad. There are men
and women all about us who love and
marry and grow richer through the
years in that wonderful emotion which
welds two lives into one. It is some
thing absolutely commonplace. Noth
ing much is said or thought about it.
But we read daily of so-called love
that is an insult to the real spirit
which animates the great majority
In one recent morning paper the
front page contained accounts of four
disastrous happening said to be . the
results of love affairs.
A woman threw acid in a man's
face because she loved him and he had
refused to return her love and marry
her. The man's eyesight is ruined
and his face disfigured for life
A man, spurned by a girl whom he
professed to love, blew up with dyna-
n'ite the house in which she lived.
A lovesick woman, with a lovesick
man. drove to death over a cliff. He
wanted some other woman. She
wanted him. either could be satis
fied, so they died together.
A woman refused to marry a man.
He planned for months to kill her and
finally succeeded.
Love? Bah. Even the most ardent
love is patient and long-suffering if
it's real love. It doesn't destroy. It
has no vengeance to wreck" upon the
beloved.
The other thing is plain selfishness.
Even the rejected lover who kills him
self is selfish. He can't have what he
wants, bo instead of giving a useful
me 10 .eiy. m " n
Uwar nnrt nncslhlv nlnnte a lifolnnv
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sorrow in the soul of the woman in
volved.
Such acts only go to prove that the
woman or man who refused that kind
of loving had a heart of wisdom. Mis
ery would surely follow marriage to
such a temperament.
COMMENT
ed a few days after the letter to Mr.
Moore was written and Feb. 24, 1912,
the last session of congress was too
na-inew to have passed any important
measure. There had been no act of
the president which could have chang-
. '1 T 1 1 . ' 1
tu iur. uuubevtii s view s save one.
"Late in October, 1911, the attorney
general filed a suit against the Bteel
trust charcine violation of the Shpr-
! -w
law. Among the acts charged
company, its only competitor worthy
of the name.
"Just four years before, Nov. 4,
1907, President Roosevelt had prom1
against President Taft and his admin-
i3tration. Immediately there began
a 8eries of conferences between
ceoree W. Pprlcins and Mr RoospvpU
tl)at .ilhin thr.ft motlfhs RnnKf.
Wlth funds furni&hed by George W.
mea8-ipri,iK nc iw--i., hr kimci.i
sworn jn the case of New York j
where the ,aw m,n.,y tt.timn, i
Mr. Roosevelt began an active can-
j vasB( including a speaking tour in
ie,erv Etate ,n whifih he 1., h
i.oft . c..,
: fciir.- oUWono
Everything that he
had previously said in praise of
President Taft and his administra
tion he contradicted. Over and over!
he stultified himself, not alone In con
nection with his references to Mr.
Taft, but in the case of all the sound j
doctrines he had previously preached
regarding good government and clean
politics." .
Verily, out of his own mouth both
Theodore Roosevelt condemned hoth
the reigning president and himself and
hence neither is fit to occupy the ex-j
ecutlve chair. j
The answer to it all Is win with)
Wilson.
green leaf cells when exposed to light
and that It Is not merely a product of
the hydrolysis of glucosides. Tecbe
found evidence that while part of the
prussic add enters into tbe building
np of glucosldes some of lt Is trans
ported in a labile form, probably In
loose combination with a tannin, snd
Is stored np In various tissues as a re
serve food. Nature.
Power or tne spectroscope. .
The almost uncanny power of the
spectroscope, which has made it such
a powerful instrument of research, is
the following: If any element such as
iron, copper, sodium and the like is heat
ed sufficiently to be vaporized and the
light of this heated vapor is analyzed
by the spectroscope, lt does not give a
continuous spectrum, but only very
narrow portions of the colors, so that
in reality the view presented Is that of
a series of bright lines of the various
colors. Each chemical element has irs
own characteristic set of line. Cen
tury. Agnea This novel looks awfully In
erestlnir. Is if pood? Gladys It's per
feotly splf r.did I'd lend it io you in a
minute, but it belongs to me. Life.
Humor and
Philosophy
SONG OFJTHE ROAD.
T LOVE the open road that down
The river winds away
And reaches on from town to town '
Through fields with flowers-aray.
That offers here and there a nook
Beneath a shady tree
Where proper folk ne'er think to look
Nor prying eye may see.
I love the high and open sky; j
I love it when it's gray. "
I love the swallows as they fly,
The fishes when they play.
I love the crashing thunderstorm
When 'neath a stack content.
All snuggled up. serene and wares,
I watch It till it's spent.
I love the wind that comes and goes
With soft and elumb'rous sigh
And Butters hollyhock and rose
Whene'er It passes by.
It kisses tramp and money king
Alike in open day.
The praises of the road 1 s'ns:
And tramp upon my tm
The Old Miser.
"He is always
generous with his
advice."
"I'll bet he
doesn't think it
good, though."
"Why'i"
"Because If he
did he wouldn't
be generous with
it, but would be
charging money
for it"
n. t
They Are Good Golfers,
"I notice you aren't playing golf thU
season."
"Not now."
"Why not?"
"I saw both my maids on the links
Thursday that I was out, and they
were looking so swell and playing so
well I thought I'd keep out of the run
ning." Didn't Know Enough.
"A dry climate Is what you ought to
have."
"Do you think so?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Then you'd never need to come In
out of the rain."
Lacked the Minor Ones.
''What a strange man be is."
"Yes. I think be has a sixth
sense."
"But they call him crazy."
"Sure. Ie is shy on the other
five."
His Support.
"He supports his wife."
"How?"
"By singing and cheering her np
after she gets her dally washing out"
The Grafter.
"Is he loyal to you?"
'"You bet."
. "What makes you think so?" '
"My check book."
What a Fall.
"How do you like your new situa
tion?" "Not at all. It proved to beeenly
a job."
Wise Man.
"I know by experience."
"By whose experience?"
"A lot of suckers."
Big Jim.
"He has beautiful black eyes.'
"Who gave thera to him?" n
Then Sortie.
Don"t worry now; lt isn't time
To bow with care your head.
'Tlsn't rpason; 'tlsn't rime.
Don"t worry till you're dead.
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
It would take a sleuth of the first
water to deteot any beauty in the mod
ern fashions.
The trouble with present conditions Is
that there are too many foola in circu
lation. One of the most comforting reflec
tions about present styles Is the
thought that they couldn't be worse.
Ton can't convince the .family of a
woman who has always denied herself
useless pretty things on the score of
family economy that . she cares any
thing about them. .
The person who looks like thirty
cents sometimes feels like sixty.
Besides. It is a good thing for a girl
to know how to cook, for she might
want to teach ber husband.
Race suicide isn't overworking Itself
In the poorer districts.
It takes a smart man to make money
by being stupid.
Many a man has found that the
reformation dated from immediately
after marriage.
Maintenance of a Microbe.
A country schoolteacher was cashing
her monthly check at the bank. Tbe
teller apologized for the filthy condition
of the bills, saying. "I hope you're not
afraid of microbes."
"Not a bit of it." the acboolmarm
replied. "I'm sure no microbe could
live on my salary." Lipplncott's.
Ttie Argus
Moon Lotus By Clarissa Mackie.
Copyrighted. 1912. by Associated Literary Bureau.
"I have lost the pearl," declared !
Lane Wendell moodily, "but 1 am
banging around Tokyo hoping that 1
may get some trace of it. Jessup.
there's a little fortune tied up in that
gem."
"So I should judge." returned Jessnp
sympathetically. "How did you lose
itr
"The old story of over confidence ln
one's fellow men. My purchase must
have been printed ln the uewspapera
from one end of Japan to the other
for everyone appeard to know about
It and coasqnently It wasn't surprising
that my jinrikisba men should guess
that it might be concealed upon my
person on the day that I went forth
to view the festival of cherry blos
soms. They were said to be remark
ably beautiful in a small village about
ten miles from Tokyo, and it was with
that point ln view that I set out one
fine day with two strong runners in
attendance one to relieve the other
between the shafts.
"We never reached the village, for
the rascal led us by devious ways
through a lonely countryside and to
the banks of a little pond where
drooping willows quite concealed us,
if that precaution was necessary ln a
locality where we had not seen a
house or a human being for miles of
our Journey.
" If our honorable master will conde
scend to alight upon the shores of this
exquisite lake we will serve the de
licious meal our master ordered us to
bring.' said Sanosho, the most mild
eyed of the pair.
"Quite unsuspecting I got out of the
car and sat down beneath the willow"
when Immediately the two fell upon
me and while Tihojo held me with
hands and knees like steel, the gentle
DEFTLY SEARCHED MI FOB THE PBKOIOUS
PEAltU
Sanosho deftly searched me for the
precious enrl, and he got it. too, and
held it for a moment gloating over its
milky satin beauty. Tihojo relaxed
bis hold and also gazed.
"That moment's admiration gave me
a chance to break loose. 1 tensed my
muscles and' then sprang up over
throwing the astonished Tihojo; I fol
lowed this movement with two light
ning jabs one to the right and the
other to the left and sent the smaller
man sprawling to the ground. Tihojo
lay as if stunned, but Sanosho man
aged to raise himself to hU ellww and
as I made a dash at hltn to recover
the pearl he smiled triumphantly and,
raising one arm. tossed the precious
pearl into the middle of tbe pond.
Realizing that my effort to recover
t lie gem would be futile unless I had
help. I turned and left them lying
there, knowing that they would lose
no time or effort to reclaim It before
I could return with help.
"I walked all the way back to To
kyo, losing my way several times. It
took me some time to find the persons
who mfcht assist me to recover the
pearl, and it was late iu the day when
we finally reached the willow fringed
pond. There was. of course, no sign of
JlnrlUisha or runners.
"We sent a diver into its shallow
depths without success. It was a hope
less task from the beginning for us. It
is probable that Sanosbo measured the
distance and could calculate where the
pearl fell Into tbe water. If he did he
could at least confine his search tou
smaller radius- than that afforded by
our ignorance.
"So after awhile I called the men off
the job and paid them."
"What will be your next move?"
asked Jessup tbougutfnlly.
"Go home if I don't hear anything
within another fortnight I simply
rannot understand tbe situation. Some
how I have an uncomfortable feeling
that there Is more behind the theft of
the pearl than appears in the mere
robbery. I never told you how 1 came
by it
"It belonged among the family Jew
els of a prince in the mikado's nous
hpld. The prince was In financial diffi
culties and offered the gem for private
purchase. My firm in New York wa
ready to Bnap up such an opportunity,
and my cable to tbem brought back the
reply, 'Purchase at once; draw on us.'
' "Tbe purchase was concluded with a
great deal of secrecy on tbe part of the
prince, who told me that bis wife was
very ill and that tbe purchase money
for tbe pearl was to be uxed to defray
the expenses of a costly operation that
would save tbe life of his wife. This
the proud Japane.se told me with tears
ln his black eyes.
"I have learned in the last week that
tbe wife of the prince has just under
gone the operation and that she is now
safely oa the road to recovery. I wrote
him a letter of congratulation on this
fact, but have, not heard a word in re
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ply nnd suppose T have shocked his
sense of propriety. You kuow there Is
so much ceremony involved in the in
terchange of letters in this country
that I am continually getting myself
in hot water in that respect" Lane
Wendell smiled ruefully.
"I don't see how the Jap could take
offense at a kindly luqulry. no. matter
how unceremoniously It was framed."
protested Jessup. rising and stretching
his form luxuriously.
"You don't know "em." declared Wen
dell, also rising. "Come on and take a
walk with me."
"Perhaps we will run across your
missing jlnrlkisha man."
"No such good luck."
Their idle strolling led them along a
pleasant thoroughfare Into the open
country. Here, at the parting of tw
ways, they met a peasant girl, a seller
of bamboo baskets, who looked at tbem
from calm, childish eyes. She held
forth 4 round basket and spoke softly
in the vernacular which Wendell un
derstood. "Honorable sirs, I have here the root
of the moon lotus. Will you not be
pleased to buy?"
"Y'our flowers look dead. O Blossom
of the Plum." said Wendell courteously.
"They are only sleeping, my lord."
said tbe maid timidly.
"Incredible!" murmured Wendell.
"Pardon my exceedingly bad man
ners, oh, honorable sirs," she humbly
begged, "but pray which one of you
is the Illustrious American, Miateer
Wendell?"
"She has probably followed us from
the hotel." said Wendell ln English
as he gave her his card, upon which
was Inscribed his name in both Eng
lish and Japanese characters.
"I am deeply grateful for your kind
ness to a most unmannerly girl." she
murmured as she presented the basket
to Wendell. She did not .look at the
coin he gave her, but dropped lt la
her wide sleeve, and with a pretty
obeisance clattered away ou her wood
en clogs.
"What do yon make of It. Jessup?"
said Wendell as they turned back to
ward the city.
"I won't be ass enough to say you've
made a conquest for it waa a most
businesslike proceeding. You're sure
there Isn't a bomb concealed iu that
basket?"
Wendell peered within. "Nothing
except the plant and a slip of paper
with Japanese characters probably
the directions for causing this magic
plant to bloom."
"She called lt 'moon lotus,' didn't
she?" asked Jessup late that evening
as be Joined Wendell in the tatter's
apartment.
"Yes. I've read the directions. They
are simple. All we have to do is to
submerge the whole plant in warm'
water, set it ln the moonlight and
wait for results. Here's a copper dish,
and I've ordered a Jar of warm water
ah, here it comes now."
They waited until the servant had
left the room and then Wendell wheel
ed a small table into the moonlight
that streamed through the open win
dow. Ho tilled the shallow copper
dish with warm water ami plunged
the dried roots and withered petals to
the bottom. Then be put out tbe lamp
and drew a chair beside Jeasup's, close
to the table.
"Now let us see what will happen."
he said with a note of curiosity In bis
voice.
The moonlight streamed full on the
copper dish and showed the plant
lying dankly in the lottom. In a few
minutes, however, there seemed to be
a movement there as If the plant was
stirring.
Presently something writhed np and
unfolded Into a green lotus pad; an
other came and another. Then from
their midst there shot up a brown bud
threaded with paleness that gradually
unfolded into a great pearly lotus blos
som that lay on the green leaves like
a fair pearl in Its casket
"So that is the moon lotus." mur
mured Wendell. "It Is very wonder
fulsurely a Bymbol of resurrection."
"What a wonderful little people they
are!" wns Jessup's tribute to tbe magic
of the rapid evolution of the living
flower from the dormant roots. "Wen
dell what is that?" Jessup pointed a
quivering finger at the heart of the
moon lotus.
Wendell, who bad been searching his
memory for a clue to the Identity of
the basket girl whom he was sure he
had seen before Ih'it day, pulled him
self together and looked.
"My pearl!" be cried ln an awed
tone.
And from the center of the waxen
leaves of the moon lotua he rever
ently picked the large pearl which had
been stolen from him a fortnight be
fore. "Verily, the ways of the Japanese
are as delicately intricate as their
carvings," commented Jessup. as they
parted for the night.
But Wendell made no answer. At
last he had recollected where he had
seen the basket girl. She wa none
otner than the beautiful daughter of
that prince of Hie mikado's court frotn
wtiom be tin 1 once purchased the gc-m.
To him the situation was very plain,
hut It w-as not to tie, revealed to less
sympathetic ears.
Oct. 1 in American
History.
17y9 Rufus Cuoate. noted New Eng
land lawyer and orator, born; died
18T.0
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arrived l:i Suw York harder on n
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to the United State.
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