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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. WEDNESDAY JfARCD 5, 1913.
THE ARGUS.
. Ptibllahad dally at 1(14 Beond av
o. Rook Island. 111. (Enteral at tho
ostofflc as oond-claaa matter.)
Reek laUai HmW of Aasortatrd
BY THE J. W. POTTER CO.
TERMS Ten canti per week, by ear
nr. la Rock Island.
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be made to the clrculat-'on department,
which ahould alio be notified 1n every
Instance where It 1 desired to have
paper discontinued, as carriers have no
authority In the rrem'ea.
All communications of argumentative
character, political or rellmous. must
bare real name attached for publlra-
tlon. No such articles will be printed 1
tver fi-t:tlous elirrtures. j
Telephones Is all departments: Cer
tral Union. West 145. 1145 and 2144:
Union Electric CMS.
Wednesday, March 5, 1913.
The chief blunder of Madero was la
not going while the going was good.
Germany la a monarchy all right,
but a poor tenant farmer defeated the
kaiser In a lawsuit.
"Let your enemlea kiss you." eay.
an eastern preacher. Perhaps there
has been a revolt In the choir and thia
la an Invitation.
The fact that boyg snowballed the
marching suffragist leads to the con
viction that there were no old-fashioned
mothers In the parade.
How was that Texas woman who
lost Hl.OOO whk-h she carried around
Chicago In a handbag ever wise
enough to earn the money?
Horses valued at $20,000 were stol
on In New York last year. Still all
that effort was not reeded to put the
old horse cars out of business.
i 9ira cutB ar9 located on the carcass,
A careful nading of the kaiser and besides contains considerable ad
nianlffHto Informs us that he continues ditlonal information which will prove
to look with approval on "sacrifices" to both interesting and profitable to the
be made by otr Germans for the
glory of the casj, . he commands.
THK M EAT WK K.4.T.
The Illinois state board of health
has issued a bulletin entitled "Rela
tive Economy, Composition and Nu-
I4fi... v.,i ,.r tt, v,-l,,. ',
" ' v "-- ""
iteef." The bulletin
! Seniles me
three steers Ub"d In
, mont
tue exper.men; :
at tli'- rnlvcrnlty of Illinois, th meth
i J of ftitti-ning th'm. bow thy were
'aughtered, and finally their value to
( no hounewlfe as Uef. Every cut made
I'.v the biitelitT 1h uliown and its vulu
C(uup;tr'd to th" oth r cuts on the
. arcui-H ia t-xpluiin'tl in a bcI uwflc ,
inanri r.
Iu the pitfuce the authors quote I'r.
11 mun TbotnpKoti n the aiu' of
mtat as a food. lit- his: "It inueaA
ts lha aiiucru.1 halt, purticulurly the
phottphut' , It Ixilh n-pktiB the old
t. ud forma n w tiHf w, it improNee th
condition of the u.uFrU's, which a.e
rmde tlrint'r, it hah a more at'niuiat
.:ig effe' t upon thu tt.-iu and ia jiior-
'jeiiKthnl)g thtin nctabli fmid.
tvblch ! quire man to live on his owi
Iimui-h; it gives Tilsit to sensations
"t energy and activity, it ratisfies the
c ravlnnn of hunger to a greater ex
tent and for a longer time thun vege
table food, and occupies 1-sb ypace in
;he stomach and is more portable than
vegetable food." In addition to this,
it is pointed out that niiin cannot he
compared with the lower animals in
an argument, iu favor of vegetable
food.
While everybody want meat, few
I eople Kno how to buy it. As a re
filt the loins and ribs formiug only
about one-fourth of the entire weight
of the arasa represent nearly one
half of Its retail cost. Nobody wants
the rst. Hy educating th1 public to
the value of the other three-fourths
f the caras, the consumer will save
inonev, while the market will be more
hiable. The matter is one of import- ; strong ciiur. li body, which, holdins
KUte, as it has a strong bearing on the j the essentials of orthodox protestant
i'Uture of beef production in this conn-! ,fni. should have a basis of faith of
try as well as on our foreign market, j sufficient breadth and flexibility to ac
Among the many tables, which it is 1 commodate all evangelical Christians,
nipossible to review here, is one - The enterprise bus now a building
v-bich shows the total protein in the ' costing ?1!.""0. with a student from
lcneless meat of the wholesale cuts, i I'nion seminary. Rev. J. 0. Rollyman,
To quote; "The term protein as UBed
here re'ers to the percentage of pro
tein nitrogen multiplied by the factor
As already stated, protein is the
essential constituent of lean meat. It
censists largely of albumin compounds
which serve as muscle building ma-jare: Belief in God. the Father, Son and
terlal In the human body. Since beef Holy Spirit; the fundamental prlnci
s" used thlefly for the lean meat it I pies of Christian faith as held by
contains, the economic significance of
the data lven Is readily apparent,"
me taDie snows tLat tne perentage or
protein la lowest in flank and highest
in fore shank, being double the for-
mer in the latter. In value, the varl
ous cut range in the following order:
Flank, plate, rib. rump, loin, chuck,
neck, hind shank, round, clod and fore
hank.
.In organic extractlveness. ronr.d
ad clod lead with .94 per cent nirro
' (enoua, chuck Is next with .79. hind
ahank, .73; fore fhank. .74; neck. .7C;
Ma, .69; rump, .f3: rib, .60; plate.
.46. and flank. .34. The ratio 1s prac
tically the same on ash and phosphor
was. When it com to the cost, the cheap-
ci, t
IT . i .v Z , T. . , fv
f r, ?V Z , 11
cut, that riv. th. most protein for the
least money are to be preferred. The
find :vt of the experimenter, are a.
'" '
, lh i:' rpe.it en's fi r protein
wri- li.r i.ci., tli-r.KS and clod.
The neck furnishes a pound of pro
tein for 46 cents; the fore shank
for 50 cents; the hind shank for
C3 cents, and the clod for C3 cents.
The loin, rib, rump, and round fur
nish a round of protein for the
most money; the loin for $1.8S;
the rib for $1.71; the rump for
$1.19. and the round for $1.01. The
f ank, plat and chuck cuts supply .
a pound of protein for So, S2 and
84 cents respectively. With refer
ence to the cost of protein, the
most economical cuts which are
suitable for general use are the
clod, plate and chuck, In the or
dr named.
From the cost per pound of the
boneless meat and from the
amount of bonoles9 meat required
to furnish 1.0CO calories. It Is pos
fctMe to determine the cost of the
meat necessary to supply the same
fuel value for each cut. These re
sults are given In the last column.
They Indicate that the 11 cuts can
be grouped into four classes:
First, the flank, plate and neck,
costing 3. 4 and 5 cents, respec
tively, per 1.0'tO calories; second,
the fore shank and the rump,
costing 7 and 8 cents respectively;
third, the hind shank, chuck, clod
and rib, costing 9, 9, 10 and 11
cents respectively: and fourth,
the loin and round, costing 14 and
15 cents respectively. Consider
ing their adaptability for general
use, the most economical cuts in
terms of ful value are the plate
rump, chuck and clod.
It will be of Interest to see
which cuts of beef are the most
economical for protein and fuel
value combined. In the above dis
cussion the relative order of the
cuts Is not the eame In the two
cases. The neck, shank and plate
are among the cheapest cuts In
bcth Instances, while the round,
rib and loin are the most expen
sive. From the standpoint of both,
protein and energy value, the most
economical cuts adapted to general
use are the clod, chuck and plate.
In the order named.
It should, of course, be borne
in mind that some of these cheap
er cuts are less tender and there
fore more difficult to prepare for
L
use than steaks and roasts.
The bulletin fhows where the vari-
careful housekeeper.
THK IRl'TH ABOUT THE CURE
CERTAIN SOON.
In this country, as in Germany, the
government has taken such an inter-
. . . t i , , ,
est in the cure for tuberculosis which'
i.. . , . . . . ..
if. rneumann claims to nave aiscov-
pr(.,l thut 1t vil Tin ran to trnctuH
' "
g0On to jenyine ln4 fun trutn about
the powers and promise of the new :
remedy. In America, ns in Europe. ;
tne crease wnicti the young werman
physician is cunfld.-nt he has learned
now to conquer, is so terrible a roe w
human life and its treatment is so un
satisfactory, in thousands of ases. ev
ery yi ar. that there cm be no halting
In the Investigation of Dr. Frie dmar.n'x
IhIuis. unt'l his discovery is thor
oii;!ily tested in the must public man
ner. Pulmonary ti'V-rculosis is commonly
a slow disease and pe;s.-te:u after it
hh been checked or partially cured.
In the nature of th'? "while plague" it
will take n.oi.ths to determine the per-uian'-:;t
results tf the 1'iii'lmaun treat
ment, but that no time will he lost for
lack of public or professional inter
est Is rer'.B'U.
If 'private investigation and experi
ments were wanting the work of pov
eriiinents of the highest rank would
insure definite results.
NOVEL ( III Kill :.I'HRIMKT.
Korest Hills. X. Y.. has a decidedly
new kind of a church enterprise that
seems to Lave tnade a go of it. A
1'nlted church has In en etiblis!n-d
which promises to solve some of the
sectarian problems In rural communi
ties. )
Churchmen from eight different de
noii'inat ions Presbyterian. Conprepa
tionalist Methodist TWn'wr Criivn-
oalinn 'l).,-eh KVfnrn-ed , thf run
ard Friend determined to make one
I
who has been called as pastor. He is composed of prominent college Greek
endeavoring to avoid all doctrinal divi- letter societies, reports that it has
slonal theme, preaching the truths , "taken a firm 6tand against high school
common to most modern evangelical j fraternities."
preachers.
The standard and by-laws adopted
' orthodox Christ ans: the holy scrip-
' tures as the word of God and the pu'de
'o rigmeous rvmg. ana the duty of;
disciples of Christ to further the ex-1
j tension or His kingdom,
- 1 ?
WILSON TO FILL 1.400
POSITIONS NOW VACANT
Washington, March 6. To Presi
dent Wilson will fall the task of filling
more than 1.400 places made vacant
by the refusal of the senate to con
firm appointments by the president
since Dec. 2.
Th places that will become vacant
i with the adjournment of congress to-
, day Include practically all appoint-
! ments outside of the diplomatic ser-
..ivlce. the army. navy, marine corps and
Ulied services.
Many important Positions are in
TolTed ,n ,ne ,lst A
tnoM of lnter6ta! commerce commi(,
i eoner commiFi!ioner of labor lhe
j three commissioners of the District
of Columbia, the nine members of the
inew commission on Industrial rela -
The Genial Cynic,
BY CHARLES GRANT MILLER.
TWO LIVES FOR 15 CENTS.
Two fools in Georgia quarreled over 15 cents and both were shot dead.
There can be no protest against calling them fools. The littleness of
the amount involved, as measured against life, or even
against peace and order, is too striking. Yet, if all
the men who put their lives up against trivial things
were to be call 1 fools there would be a lot of us.
What a host of people are dead or maimed all over
this and other lands Just because they were plucky or
foolish!
Physical courage, commonly accepted as one of the
noblest Qualities, may become one of the basest.
Armies of good men have been killed In defense of
things not worth a thousandth part of the cost.
There is fine courage in this, to be sure. But there
is far nner courage and better sense In controlling one's temper.
The world has been almost depopulated of its best and bravest men at
times by wars over the opinions which time has proved not worth hold
ing, let alone dying for.
NO NEED OF RECALL
fChlcagro Record-Herald.) ,
Senator Jones asks the legislature to
submit a constitutional amendment
providing for the recall of judicial de
cisions by a referendum vote." His
particular form of recall, it is but fair
to state, is comparatively moderate;
much wilder and more extreme recall
schemes have been advocated by su
perficial reformers-in-a-hurry. But
even the Jones plan is gratuitous,
foolish and dangerous. Incidentally it
should be observed that tie senator
misapprehends and mistakes the prac
tice of Great Britain and of Germany.
The alleged precedents have no exis
tence. Neither in Britain nor In Ger
many have the courts the general pow
er of annulling legislation on consti
tutional grounds, and in neither coun
try ia there a referendum on legisla
tion. Senator Jones' mind is evident
ly confused by the British anti-lords'
veto act.
We need no sort of Judicial recall
in Illinois. There is a quiet, sane
GETTING RICH
(Sprlnerfleld Record)
Nature is the greatest of all teach
ers. But many of us fall to see the signi
ficance of the facts which she so quiet
ly, but insistently, places before us.
If one who has received a comfort
able salary for five or ten years sud-
' ' ' ' . J 111. ' . o 111.11.-' i . v. 1 1 l. . ' i ' . w 1 uui
... ... , .
;4 KilU uu UlllUW tivni up, uo
n, rettv tr, uam hia -lnck
m-
e ...
sl. a.j oi sensiuiy realizing ui-ax expen-
. j,fVw. n fn fn- mn.t
convincing way a lesson he ought to
have !t,arne(j iong before.
jf instead of bemoaning his "luck,",
he wiu i!Btt.n, he will hear a stjll small j
01,.e whispering to him of pennies and
nicl.els and dimes and dollars that
have betu not wisely sown, but scat -
tereil to the winds and wasted.
Monev mient in WiMmate nleasnreB
need never be regretted.
Such indulgences bestow delightful
memories that comfort even in the
cruelest hardships.
Hut money wasted is worse than
wasted, for with it goes waste of en -
rules and opportunities.
Suppose that at. 2 one should make !
a vow to at least put away 5 cents a:
EDUCATION NOTES
Agricultural education will form an i university and a department of edu
important section of the International ! cation at Washington with a secretary
Congress of Agriculture at Ghent, Bel -
111111,
in June,
! jjoro
than half the deks and ta
bles in the primary schools of the
Philippine Islands were made by the
pupils themselves.
Gloucester. Mass.. has six parent-
teacher associations formed within the
last three years, all working to make
a bond of cooperation between parents
. and the schools.
i Alaskan natives read American mag
azines. Tire I'.iited States buteau o
education evo-y year phiD a number
of current periodicals to the native
schools.
The Xational Panhellenic congress,
Sessions of the Newark. Ohio, high
school are occasionally held at night,
in order that the citizens may see at
first hand the workings of their high
school
The California state legislature hae I
adopted a resolution favoring federal!
a!d for Industrial education and urg -
lng the establishment of a national
tlons, assistant treasurer of the Unit-1
ed States, assistant controller of the
treasury, governor of Hawaii, secre
tary of Hawaii, and the executive
council of Porto Rico.
The list of federal Judges who will "urt of Delaware a commissioner at
fail of confirmation includes George Tne Hague, and appointed John Us
A. Carpenter. Illinois, and Arthur r. i "tt Moore, another commissioner, to
Brown. Rhode Island, circuit Judges;
Richard E. Sloan. Arixona; John M .
Cheney, Florida; Peter J. Hamilton,
Alabama, for Porto Rico; Clinton W
Howard. Washington; Charles S. Cut-.Tan. will receive $2ft,f'0 In a b-jsi-ting.
Illinois; Charles C. Mumford. ness position which he is ebout to eii
Rbode Island, district Judges; Fen- ter proves to be erroneous. Kdmund
ton W. Booth. Illinois, and Henry S. DwfgLt. Nw York aeent of the corpor
Boutell, Illinois, United States court atlon of ahich Mr. Hilles will become
of claims: S. B. Kingsburg, John A. an agent, said the pol:ion v.;;s not a
Matthewman and Charles F. Parsons,
1 circuit court of Hawaii
thoroughly effective way of preventing
the abuse of the judicial power of
vetoing legislation, and that way has
the Indorsement of progressive Judges
and lawyers. Those who want results
rather than spectacularism and noise
will choose th simpler and better way.
It Is, in a word, this that all con
stitutional questions should promptly
be certified by trial and intermediate
courte to the supreme court, and that
all statutes duly passed and signed
shall be valid unless held unconstitu
tional by five out of the seven Judges
composing the Illinois supreme court.
This would do away with everything
that is really objectionable in the !
existing practice. It would prevent
Belay, snap Judgments by individual
judges, four-to-three decisions, and all
the rest of the evils complained of by
the thoughtful. It would r.ot give us a
remedy worse than the disease. It
would not make an accidental majority
of voters, influenced perhaps by pas
sion or prejudice, tie arbiters as re-
'garde constitutional construction.
day and not touch his savings for ten
years-
From this investment, so small that I
he would scarcely miss it. he would j
have, at u", tjie sum of $iSJ.5iJ to hist
credit.
This is little?
Yes, this is the smallest tiling he
has gained.
He has learned to look upon his pen
nies as fortune seeds, and that les
son ia worth more than his nickel a
day.
He has acquired the habit of saving,
which grows infinitely Taster even
than money at compound interest,
The chances are that, within a year
ihe has made his savings a dime a day
, and w'thin two yoars a quarter; that i
! at 30 be has a thrifty fortun- p!.:n fd '
land at ! is rich. :
! We hear of fortunes .itn in wl. nnd .
Only and seemingly by masic.
j We read of millions bein, made
: single transactions,
Hut don't be deceived.
Ordinary fortunes an not made
;this way.
j For one such there ar- tho'.ita
iu
id.;
tljat prow like the plant, day by day
from little seeds of saving.
1 in the cabinet.
Miss Margaret Wilson is directing a
movement, to interest the women's
clubs in urging social center legisla
tion in their respeethe states. The
Russell Sage Foundation is cooprra1
inp with Miss Wilson and the Federat
ed Women's clubs in the woi lt.
"The school authorities will lose a
splendid opportunity if they intinue
to confine themselves to a bookish
program and fail to take a position of
leadership in the great social move
ment now going on throughout the
country." declares J. 1). Ktgleston,
chief rural school specialis, of the
United States bureau of education.
Helping school officers in the hy- ,
gienlc features of their school -build-:
ing problems is one of th" occasional
services performed by the I'nited ;
j States bureau of education fir. F. li.
Dresslar, clref or the division of school
'hygiene, with headquarters at Nash-'
vllle. Tenn.. has recently piven assist-1
, ance in preparing plans fur school or!
'college buildings in different tecrons
of the country. Among these was a:
model consolidated schoolhouse to be ;
'erected on the grounds of the national !
conservation exposition at Kncxville,
and a proposed new building at Tusca-
iloosa, Ala., making U6e of open air
rooms.
Taft Reappoints Judge Gray.
Washington, March 5. Just before
he went out of office yesterday Presi-
j dent Taft reappointed Judge George
Gray of the United States circuit
! C11 vacancy. -
j
t w York The report that Charles
D. Hilles,
secretary to ex-President
salaried one and the figure named was
j not Justified by facta.
A SIMPLE
The doctor rated a while at
gravely shook his head:
Tou must not work eo hard," said he;
at only whole wheat bread;
Avoid all starchy thinjrs and try to take
your bpfsteak rare:
Avoid the deadly stuff they fry. keep In
the open air.
And cheer up. Clear your frowns away,
put all your cares aside:
Play gnlf or tennis every day, or get a
horse to ride.
"Tou might take three months oft and
go to Europe or Japan,
Or take a trip to Mexico; you need a
chantre, old man;
Tou have a hatrgard. weary look, your
system's all run down;
Go out and loll beside some brook a thou-
miles from town:
Tnke niv advice and rest a while, become
a rr.an of ease.
Quit worklnsr and learn how to smile,
Three dollars, if you please."
Fie could not know how clad I was to g-et
his dear advice,
Nor that I could r.ot go because I
c'nanrpd to lack the price;
lie knew not that if for a Fp.iee I trav
els! unconcerned ,
They would Inform me tbat my place was
filled. T hen I returned:
By toUlns hard and steadily I clung- to
my position
And kept those who were dear to me in
fairly good condition.
Twice. I
"Yes," said the retired army officer,
"I can recall two occasions when I
vas most terribly frightened,
"Oh." exclaimed the romantic young
lady, "do tell me about tliem. I sup-
pese it happened when l-OU were
; lady, "do tell me about them.
. pese it happened when you
; fihtir.i; the Indians."
"No." he replied; "one time was
when I was married, and the other
1 time was when we had our baby chris
tened."
Brave Consideration.
"I suppose," tho young matron said,
addressing the spinster who was get
ting along in years, "you never mar
ried because it has been impossible
for you to find a man whom you con
sidered good enough."
"Oh, no. I have found plenty of
men who were good enough, but I
have always felt that It was a shame
to spoil a good thing."
j Perhaps.
; I know a maid that seems to set
The fellows all half crazy, yet
I can't make out the reason.
Although In friendliness we dwell.
And long have wished each other well,
j Both in and out of season.
I
Full. I will own that it might hi
Somewhat more difficult for me
To carelessly re6ist 'er.
If I had just encountered her
And she this little maiden were
1 Some other fellow's sister.
NO worrying.
"V.T.v in the world did you ever rent ;
a flat on the nineteeth floor? What
charce would there bo to escape in
case of fire?" i
"There wouldn't be much of a
chance, that's a fact, but I'm away
from home most of the time, and I've
had the furniture well Insured with
out letting my wife know about it"
Sympathy.
The fault was mine, 'tis true;
I asked my friend for sympathy;
He heard my story through.
And said he sympathized with n?e.
His sympathy he gave.
As I have mentioned heretofore;
'Twas all I dared to crave.
But I expected something more.
Her Day.
"I believe she was considered &
great beauty in her day."
"Yes, so I have heard. What a poor
old day it must have been."
Unthinkable.
Have you ever heard of a matinee
hero who scored?
Art dealers who p to picture sales
have a curio:;! ex predion which they
use when the bidding for a picture
steps at a price U'.u. h lower than It
was expected t briny. They look at
one another and remark. "It's on the
rocks already." When they utter that
cryptic remark a wreck usually fcrf-
PRESCRIPTS
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The Daily Story
HARRITE GRAY BY ESTHER VANDEVEER.
Copyrighted, 191S. by Associated Literary Bureau.
My mother ditd when I was a little
girl and my father when I was twen
ty. I understood from my lawyer
that the estate left by my father would
give me a comfortable income, and
since 1 bad no ties at home, I couclud
ed to travel. Hearing of friends abou
to sail for Europe, I secured an tnvlta
tlon to be one of their party.
Before going I set my house in order
and did what I had been long averse
to doing, looked over family papers
that had been accumulating for years.
There was a trunk full of them, and
I set about" examining them with a
view to destroying such as could be of j
no further use. Many of them needed !
but a hasty glance, and some scarcely j
needed that. I found one envelope
marked "Harriet Gray" and. opening j
it, took out a number of miscellaue- '
ous papers, consisting mostly of re-1
ceipted bills. There was a deed to a i
lot on one of the business streets in I
the city in which I lived, the maker of
the deed having transferred the prop
erty "in consideration of $1." I didn't
think the paper of much importance,
the lot being of so little value. The
envelope also contained a will drawn
by Edward Ogle6by in favor of Harriet
Gray.
I bad no knowledge of business mat
ters, and If I had I doubt if I should
have considered these documents of
any importance. They were yellow
with age and had probably been in the
trunk for many years. Had they not
KEPT MY ETES FIXED ON HIS
WHILE HE BEAD."
been obsolete father would doubtless
have removed them long ago. Proba
bly every one who had once been In
terested in them was dead. However.
I concluded to put these papers, to
gether with a few others 1 thought It
best not to destroy, in a tin box. The
other papers I burned.
Having made all necessary arrange
ments. I went abroad. During my ab
sence I fell in with various persons,
among others a young man named
Schuyler. Ned Schuyler was seeing
Europe on $(H).
My first sight of him wns one even
ing when sitting on the porch of an
inn located on the bank of one of the
Swiss lakes. I saw him coining up
the road with the springy step of youth
and evidently as light hearted as if ho
had had a letter of credit in bis pocket
for 100.000 francs. He ate supper at
the inn and in the evening made tho
acquaintance of our party.
The place being nttrnctive as well aa
inexpensive, we all remained there for
some time, boating on the lake, climb
ing the mountains bordering on it and
visiting the sights In the neighbor
hood. Seniehow in all these excursions
Ned Schuyler fell to me. Americans
meeting abroad often become intimate,
and there are more mutches made
while traveling for pleasure than un
der any other conditions. At any rate,
such was the case with ns; not thnt
we made a match, but we wanted to
mnke one. The reason we failed was
the pride of the man. He had educat
ed himself, nnd It bad made hitn inde
pendent. A wife with nn income of
her own would not le a drag on him.
but he was too proud to ask a woman
to marry bun while not able to sup-
port her." It seemed to blm like seying ;
to her. "Marry me and spend your j
own money." - "
We met at several places while I
abroad, the persons I was with think- j
lng It to ft; by accident, but there was
no accident We arranged meetings.
The last of these meetings abroad whs
at Genoa, from whence I sailed for
home. We lived In cities Iu America
not far distant from each other, and I
exacted a promise from blm that he
would come to see me after his return.
My lover set out on a tramp to Nice
the day before my steamer sailed. I
was very disconsolate at having part
ed with him and while wandering
about the hotel took up the register
and turned the pages to the name be
bad written in it. lie bad signed hU
name Kdward Gray Schuyler.
Something Id the name wnn familiar
to me, but I could not tfiT In what
part On the voyage I thought a good
deal about it. and one day it occurred
to me that I bad confuted the names
in iny mind with those in the paper.
I bad found In the trunk at home.
There were Edward Ogiesby and Har
riet Gray, but no Schuyler.
The day after my arrival I got out
the tin lx and selecting the envelope
marked Harriet Gray Went through
every pyper in it thoroughly. Thcro
were a number of them, but they were
mostly accounts, checks that bad beeu
paid and returned by the banks, tax
receipts, etc. The only two nanicit
that seemed to have any connection
with Ned Schuyler were the Edward
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,n "u,raM Osiesby and the Gray in
Harriet Gray.
One morning while reading a news
paper I saw the foilowing notice:
The handsome office building. No.
street, has been finished and la now
ready for oceuponcy. Occupants of other
buildings In the neighborhood are to ba
con(tratulfited, tor the lot on which tlia
butldlne t.as been erected remained va
cant for many years. It was formerly a
part of the Ots'esby estate, which at tha
death of Edward Ogiesby fell into initia
tion long delayed.
Here was the name. Edward Ogiesby.
staring me in the face a pi in. 1 recall
ed that I had seen it In the Harriet
Gray papers aud determined to get
thetn out again and learn If this notice
had any connection with them. I read
the description of the last name in the
deed, and, while there was no number
given, the street was named and was
the snme as that on which the new
building was located.
Had I connected Ned Schuyler with
the matter I should have been eager to
learn more about it As it was, not
knowing how to proceed for informa
tion. I did nothing for several days.
Then one day I went to my lawyer's
office to pay some taxes, and while
there I concluded to mention my And
and ask how I could learn something
In the matter. My father had done
business through the firm for many
years, and it was now carried on by
Mr. Tucker, the grandson of the origi
nal head. After banding him the funds
for the taxes I asked him if he knew
anything about the new building of
which I had read iu the newspaper.
"I should think so." was his reply.
"I inherited a suit about it for clients .
of my father."
"Who was the owner. Edward Ogies
by, and what had my father to do with
him?"
"Edward Osiesby owned the lot on
which this building of which you speak
etands. lie nnd your father were inti
mate friends and both my father's cli
ents." t
"Who was Harriet Gray?"
"Mr. Ogiesby 's stepdaughter. Mr.
Ogiesby had no children of his own,
and it was supposed that he would
leave his property to her. But he died
intestate. "She claimed that be had
left a will in her favor, but it wns nev
er found. She dec Is red thnt it had been
left by her stepfather In our keeping,
but a careful search among otir papers
failed to produce It We had a great
deal of trouble with the man she mar
ried, who would not believe but that
we had feloniously destroyed or with
held the will. Indeed. I think the
charge was indirectly the cause of my
father's death."
By this time I wns suppressing a
wild excitement. I rushed to ask one
more question, but dreaded to do so,
fearing that I would be disappointed
in the reply. Finally I found voice to
speak It.
"Whom did narrlet Gray marry?"
"Her husband's name, I believe, was
Schuyler."
The riddle was solved. Ned Schuyler
was the son of Harriet Gray and took
a part of bis name from Edward Ogies
by, bis wife's stepfather, and part from
bis mother's maiden name. As soon
as I could gather my wits I weut on
asking questions. My next wns:
"Suppose a will of Edward Ogiesby
leaving all his properly to Harriet Gray
should be produced now. How would
It affect the property?"
"Her heirs would claim It, and in
Ihe end undoubtedly tho courts would
give it to them."
A happy girl I w-as when I went home
conscious that I had the key to a for
tune for the man I loved. He was to
arrive within a few days, and I re
solved to impart the finding of bis
mother's will first of all persons to
him.
One week after his arrival he kept
his promise to come to hee. me. I could
scarcely wait to make Inquiries con
firming my theory as to his Identity,
but when I did I was told by blm that
bis mother's maiileu name was Har
riet Giy iiYul her father was Henry
Schuyler. I had the will In a desk near
by and. taking it out, handed It to blm.
I kept my eyes llxed on bis face
while he read the document, and It
was a study.
When my find wns reported to Mr.
Tucker nnd his itstoiiiishiiiciit bad abat
ed I asked him bow the will could
have got into my father's possession.
The only explanation he could give wan
that the papers of the two clients had
got mi Ted in the alfalr and that these
papers belonging to Mr. Ogiesby hHd
been handed to my father. He had
doubtless put them away without look
ing nt them.
Ned Schuyler effected a compromise
with those in possession of the estate
thnt was bis by Inheritance, and It
made him rich. He wns obliged t
give up a great deal in order to avoid
litigation, but even with this surrender
his estate was worth much more tba
it hail been when the will was made.
Since Ned was now far rb her than I
be no longer scrupled to ask me to bo
his wife. Besides, it was I through
whose Instrumentality Lis property
came to hi in.
March b in American
History.
1770 Bnrisa soldiers stationed In
Boston shot down ten citizens in
retaliation for being pelted with
snowball; event commonly known
as the " Boston massacre."
1532 Isaac Israel Hayes, arctic ex
plorer, born: died l"-!.
16G3 In a o'espentte action at Thonip
aon's Station, Term . General John
Coburri's Federal brigade was de
feated and ruptured entire by Con
federate cavalry.
1905 Judge John II Reagan, w f snr
rlvor of Jefferson Davis' Confed
erate cabinet, died: born 1S1H
j 1910 Louis James, the actor, died O
J Helena, Mont; born lSWi