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Evening star., 1917-06-03

traced the different tongues to thei
origin. and thanked my youthful am
bition, which had led me to make
thorough study Of oriental languages
The first distinct phrase l heard was
spoken in Behari. Then came a splitting
Armenian; soft, limpid Turkish; Georg-
ian and Tcherkess.an; hating. tWangy
Chinese. sonoroCa Manchu, explosive
Persian words. harsh Pukhtu. oily Jap
anese. and the sharp. cultural exclama- :
tions OF the bewildering, uncounted
tribes which roam the steppes OF CEN
trail Asia from Baikal to the Caspian.
I motfoned the half-caste to follow
me. and led the way toward the fissure
in the rock wall whence the light and
the sounds were drifting.
I looked.
Below me. in a yet deeper and bigger
cave. was the strangest scene I had
ever beheld.
1t was symphony of all the races and
tribes and faiths Of Asia. Hundreds
and hundreds OF men were rushing and
1ostling about. some directing, others
loading boxes and bundles on wheel
harrows. others again trundlfnE them
off through large opening cut into
the opposite wall of the cave: but all
were working feverishly and hurriediy.
as if their very life depended on the
task which they were doing.
They were lifting and sorting and
trundling away boxes and bundles
which seemed very heavy; and they
handled them with speed. but with the
utmost care. scrupulously avoiding the
vicinity of the torches.
And as they worked that same heavy
odor. fetid and acrid and sickening.
rose from the swaying masses. Yet l
knew they were all men of clean races.
| saw that there were many gentlemen,
many high Ca stes among them. who
vigorously observed the three daily alb
lutons prescribed by their faiths.
looked more intently. and then quite
suddenly ! knew what the odor was.
For / saw on every face down there in
that babel at my feet splotches of scaly.
silvery white. Some were but small
patches. others were spreading over
half the features. others again were
blending into green and purple, and
covering necks and arms and bare feet!
| gave quickly stified exclamation
of horror and disgust.
'Lepers. lepers, lepers.' I whispered
clutched his arm and ran rapidly away,
hack in the direction whence We had
come
Finally my breath gave out. sat
down In a heap and the Eurasian fol-
lowed suit.
we looked for a safe place of ref
uge. for an asylum, and we found
What, mastar?"
~, 'Yes-what?" I repeated. and paused.
Then / continued:
Let's figure this out. OF course. these
lepers have been brought here from all
over Asia For they are of a dozen
races. q dozen castles. You saw them.
But, tell me, what were they doing
What Is In the boxes and bundles?
Why the speed and hurry? And why
iepers to do the work."
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Theory and Practice of
SSSh0rt Sales of Stocks

6f9HAT method Of selling stock in Wall
street which is called short SELL
Ing" Is a mysterious process to
most men. and is generally considered by
the public as questionable and repre-
hensible practice, because the operation
Is usually described as that of selling
stock which does not belong to the seller.
but which belongs to some other person
who presumably at that moment has no
thought Of selling his own stock. 1t
seems to be a puzzle to most persons,
even to those who purchase stocks and
bonds. how man can sell stocks he does
not own. and whenever any public In
quiry touches upon stock trading the in
vestigators seem to become Immediately
interested in the matter of short sales."
and there always ensues discussion OF
the reason or justification and the right
or wrong Of the practice.
The principle OF the short sales of
stocks is almost universally defended by
the authorities on stock trading in the
exchanges. They believe that short SELL
ing serves useful purpose and they say
that the experience of France and Ger
many, both Of which governments put
short sales under the ban of the law,
found that business was seriously Grip
pied by the prohibition. They contend
that short selling is an economic neces-
sity, and they point out the fact. which is
overlooked by most Of the critics Of short
selling, that the seller OF another mans
stock is soon afterward the compulsory
buyer of the same amount Of stock
On the other side of the argument
1t is said that the effect Of short SELL
ing Is to depreciate the market value
of the property of another man, and
many critics of the system condemn 1t
as an assault on values. Serene S.
Pratt, in a memorable series of articles
on the work of Wall street. which were
published about fifteen years ago,
wrote:
ued at $4,000 and B offers to sell the
same at $4,000. he has deprecated the
value of AS property by $1,000. II
may be that the intrinsic value Is un-
changed But IL A seeks to borrow
money on his stock the bank will as
sess It's value as collateral on the basis
of the price at which B offers to sell
and not on what A considers 1t to be
worth"
Nevertheless 1t must be confessed.
said Mr.. Pratt. that 1t is difficult to dis
tinsuish any difference in the nature of
transactions on the 'long'' and the
short side. II 1t Is right to speculate
for a rise. it Is right to speculate for
a fall. In further defense of the short
seller Mr. Pratt said that the bear
has his place in tho market, that he
sometimes performs a useful service
in restoring prices to their proper level.
and that. like the minority in Congress,
which serves as check upon the ma
Evening star., 1917-06-03

1ascivious incense odor which I had as
ISOLATED In my mind with Yuan Kee.
the blue-eyed Manchu.
The next moment Yuan Kee himself
came round the corner of the cave.
All" he purred gently in his fault.
less English. mfr. vandewater and
Mr.. Mascasenhas. Welcome. my
friends" He pointed to the tiers tiers OF
gesture. You must pay US a long visit
stay-ah, as long as you please Stay
until you die"
I interrupted him with cry Of rage
and turned to the half
Tets try to get away from here
Let's make n fight OF 1t, anyway.
The Chfnaman laughed.
My white friend. do not exert your
self. Do not fight a torrent with the
words of your tongue. Stay. my friends.
have company of many races-the races
of that great Asia, which you love so.
and which you try to benefit. And II
they have the little scaly spots which
you call leprosy-remember the pre-,
cepts of your Christian faith-oe kind
to the sick and lowly!"
I'm afraid, Yuan Kee, that we can
not accept your charming hospitality.
l think we will return whence we
came. and you yourself will show us
the way. We shall return to our own
people,"
The Chinaman laughed
"A little of your famed American
bluff?"
] laughed, in my turn.
No. my friend. This isn't bluff. I'm
holding a pat hand. Four aces and
! pulled the big automatic from my pocket
and twirled the loaded chambers sig
nificantly-"a JOKER
Yuan Kee paled. But at once he re-
gained his eomposure.
Shoot! 1t will not save your life. nor
the lives of those for whom these
little explosives are meant"
I spoke slowly, incisively.
I shall not shoot you, Yuan kee
swung my weapon until had bead ON
box containing about 500 pounds OF
picric acid. Il shall fire into the
arsenal"
I waited for the Manchu's answer. All
eternity seemed to roll by me in a
whirling chaos.
Then the Chinaman bowed deeply.
Yes. my friend" he purred. You
time"
He turned and motioned to me.
Follow me-"
He led us up a rickety flight of
stairs which connected direct with the
valley outside. I walked backward all
the way. covering the store of explo-
only when I had arrived on level
ground. Then I gave my revolver to
Ms scasenhas.
Keep that chinaman covered for a
few minutes"
Then I busted myself feverishly.
Heaping up a huge mass Of dry wood
and fragments OF timbers. I piled the
mass against the entrance of the cave
and put match to it.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Speaking Out.

A SENATOR told this story at a din
6A ner in Washington:
DIR. Fourthly stopped short in his ser
mon one spring morning. pointed his
forefinger at a fat man in front pew,
and roared:
George Jones, this is the third time
I've had to stop to wake you up. II I
have to stop again, I'll expose you to
the whole congregation by name.'"
Evening star., 1917-06-03
AN OVERWHELMING SATURDAY.

"At the slightest pre-text," he re.
peated, and continued. suiting the ac-
tion to the word: Il will now hammer
upon the box and each and all may
see these genuine full-blooded Michigan
rats perform at the slightest pre-
text. There! CHATS all they do now
but I and Sam are goin' to train them
lots more before this afternoon.)
Cen -til-mun and lay-deeze, I will
kindly now call your at-tain-shon to
Sherman, the wild animal from Africa
costing the lives Of the wild trapper
and many of his companions. Next
let me kindly interodoose Herman and
Verman. Their father got mad and
stuck his pitchfork right inside of an
other man, exactly as promised upon
the advertisements outside the big tent
and got put in Jail. Look at them WELL
gen-til-mun and lay-deeze. there is no
extra charge, and remem-bur you are
each and all now looking at two wild
tattooed men which the father of is in
Evening star., 1917-06-03
The Same.

esNND1REcr war taxes" said SEN
u ator. seem easier to bear. but di-
rect war taxes are perhaps the fairest.
the difference between a direct and an
indirect war taxr
1.-The came difference. my DEAR the
husband replied. as between your ask
ing me for money and going through
my pockets while I'm asleep"
Evening star., 1917-06-03
The Best of Answers.

rIELD MARSHAL JoFFRE is. aika
It other taciturn great men. epigram<
matte.
In his youth. at the military school o9i
st. Cyr. he was once asked the QueB$
ton:
Suppose you commanded q town /.
that was invested by the enemy and
this town was threatened with starvaA
tion. How would you get provisiongfS ~
I'D get them from the enemy the
young man answered. -----s
Evening star., 1917-06-03

the music was quite drowned in the
agitated clamors Of Miss Rennsdale.
who was endeavoring to ascend the
stairs in spite of the physical dissua-
sion Of her governess.
IT won't go home to lunch - screamed
Miss Rennsdale, her voice accompanied
by a sound Of ripping. II will hear the
tattooed wild boy talk some more! It's
lovely-I will hear him talk! I will! l
to- want to"
Wailing. she was borne away-of her
sex not the first to be fascinated by OBJ
scurity, or the last to champion its elo-
quence
The first performance Of the afternoon
rivaled the successes of the morning, and
although Miss Rennsdale was detained
at home. thus drying up the single source
of cash income developed before lunch,
little Maurice Levy appeared escorting
beautiful Marjorie Jones, and paid coin
for TWO admissions, dronpdug the money
Evening star., 1917-06-03
The Two Codes.

ID 1sHoP PATTERSON said. at ban
~ quet in Columbus:
THE world will be better place
when uniform morality prevails
everywhere. Nowadays it's quite moral
to do friend in business. whereas In
society to do ones friend is wrong.
"a young millionaire once said:
I'm in a quandary about my fu-
ture. I can't decide whether to go on
Wall street and live up to my late IA
ther's reputation, or to go into society
and live it down."
Evening star., 1917-06-03
A Panama.

THE straw hats temperance led
u Barclay Warburton. the Philadel
phia newspaper owner, to say:
Before the war I often golfed at
Biarritz. at the Chambre d'Amour golf
links, looking out over the Bay of Bis
cay.
etimes I had for caddie an old
Scotchman. I said to the old Scotch
man one day:
GLORIOUS view! Glorious view, eh?'
Yes. Mr.. Warburton,' said he. It's
panama"
Evening star., 1917-06-03

It flared up in the still air with
whistling roar.
Hurry up. Yuan Kee, and call your
guardians. In fifteen minutes the
flames will be in the chamber OF the
explosives Hurry
Yuan Kee rushed away as fast as
his fat legs would let him. while TOOK
Mascasenhas by the hand and ran with
him up the hill, into Gods clean air.
THE TITLE OF THE NEXT STORY
IN THIS SERIES IS "TALE OF THE
HALF-CASTE'S REVENGE"
Evening star., 1917-06-03

Continued from Fourth Page.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-12-06
An Appeal to the Farmers.

Secretary of agriculture calls on them
to do their duty and subscribe to the
Liberty loan.
If we do not win this war. we must
prepare ourselves for grave changes
In our institutions and lead different
sort of life from that which we had
planned TO live-from that which our
fOrefatherS died to give US the right to
live. says David F. Houston, secretary
Of agriculture. We shall indefinitely
face the interference of the Prussian
autOcracy or bear permanently the In
tolerable burdens of militarism.
To win this war we must have both
men and money. | know that every
for the nation in this day of trial. He
will not only labor to produce the
necessary fOodstuffs, but will also gen
erously contribute of his means to
make 1t possible for the men at the
front to achieve victory. I am conf
dent that the farmers Of the land
will not permit any other class to take
the leadership in supporting the gov
eminent in this crisis, financially or
otherwise.
We are defending our rights as a
free nation. We are resolved that
there shall be an end of brute force
In international affairs. What Ger
many's victory would mean to the
world is plain. There would be no
right except might. no peace save nj
the price of humliatiOns too bitter to
be borne Small nations could not
exist. There would be no sanctity to
1 pledge, no SOlemnity to a covenant.
With the dominance of Prussian mil
ltarism, the AnglO-Saxon struggle for
Institutions and liberty. persisting
from Runnymede to Yorktown, with
its Magma Charta. its Bill of Rights.
and it's Declaration of independence.
will have been in vain.
1t is to prevent this, to defend our
rights, and to make possible an order
" end just peace in the world that
we are at war. The nation calls on
its citizens for high and noble service
On some it calls for service at home;
on all, it calls for financial support
am confident that the farmers OF the
nation will eagerly respond.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-12-06
]. I'll. BRANDT, Prop.
Phone 400

the year, it speaks well for the loyalty
and patriotism of our City Letter Car
riers, who when weighed in the bal
ance are never found wanting.
Come and see the beautiful holi-
day displays at Otto's Pharmacy.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie F. Vane, for
merly of go Oak street, east side have
taken up their abode on the great west
side, and are now comfortably domi-
ciled in one of Mrs. Palmatier's dwell
ings at 33S Washington street.
Mrs. J. G. Adams of south central
Iowa is a pleasant visitor the past
month at 337 Washington street as
the guest of Mrs. Mary J. Jung. Mrs.
Adams is a great admirer of Grand
Rapids and its environs
The G. A R. will hold election of
officers at their headquarters on Sat-
urday afternoon at o'clock. All
members are requested to be present
Neil Nash, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-12-06
SPECIAL ELECTION
LOYALTY TEST
Call of Governor to Fill Raguse's
Seat Made Vacant by His
Expulsion.
DATE SET FOR JANUARY 2
A Three-Cornered Fight Likely to De-
veIop Which VIII Probably At
tract the Attention of the
Whole Nation.

Madison.-Gov. E. L. Philip has is-
sued a call for special election and
primary in the Eighth Milwaukee
senatorial district TO elect a successor
TO former Senator Frank Raguse. So
c1allst, who was ousted during the
last session on charges of having made
disloyal utterances.
Inc governor has made no comment
on ms action or regarding speculation
that he has called this election as a
test of how voters feel upon the war
issues. 1t seems probable that there
may be three-cOrnered contest in
this district and that Mr. Raguse will
De candidate again, although no an
nOuncement has been made.
Herbert r. Manager, Democrat, who
announced his candidacy IN event of a
special election soon following Ra-
guse's expulsion said that he would
be candidate in the coming special
election, II the issue is that loyalty
candidate must be sent to the senate
as against Socialist. Alexander E.
Martin, Republican, whom Raguse sue
ceeded, may also enter the field with
others. 1t is said efforts will be made
to unite on one man as against the
Socialist nominee
Coming as it does before the spe-
cial session at which the governor has
said he will ask for power to name
successor to the late Senator Husting
instead Of calling a special state cleo
ton, the contest will attract almost
nationwide attention. The district has
been conceded to he Socialist territory
in three-cornered fight 1t Is known
that many voters of Polish descent,
who have been supporting Socialist
candidates, will not do go when the
question Of loyalty Is an issue.
Governor Philip has set the cleo
ttOn for January 2. This means that
primary must be held ut least 20
days prior to the election Is DAYS
notice being required before the pri-
mary. This indicates that the gov
ernor does not intend to call the legis-
!ature into special session until Jan
uary. after this vacancy has been filed
by the special election.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-12-06

pioyed al the Wood County Drug
Store has resigned his position, and
after few days spent at his home
in Lake Mills, Wis, will go to Chicago
for examination for Z. s. service.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lyons receiv-
ed a letter from their younger son,
Howard, the past week stating that
he had Joined the 10Sth Engineers
Corps and was just leaving for Hous-
ton, Texas. Howard joined the To-
cal cavalry troop last spring but at
that time was too young to enter the
service.
There will be two bushels of apples
harvested this year for every man,
woman and child in the United States.
We notice. that the iron posts for
the new ornamental lighting system
have arrived and are distributed, ready
for erection.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Smith ate
Thanksgiving dinner at the D. Robin
son home at Arpin
About seventy-fve people took ad-
vantage of the special Thanksgiving
dinner offered by the Hotel Witter.
These special holiday dinners are get
ting to be more and more popular and
arc cry much appreciated by our city
people.
If poultry products keep on getting
scarcer we Will all be quarrelling for
the possession of little Mary Rooney
who, at children's Sunday school of
fering, walked up the aisle and laid
an egg on the altar.
Messrs. Guy. R. Wood, Henry Dem
it2, and Geo. n. Wood went deer hunt
ing Tuesday and Wednesday of last
week in the Western part of Wood
County and were successful in having
several shots at a beautiful buck deer,
but they failed to floor him. Their
pleasure in hunting was sufficient, but
they failed to get the game They
made the trip to and from the hunt
ing grounds in Mr.. F. J. Woods car.
Henry Staffeld, who formerly oper-
ated a farm in March, Wisconsin, until
a few months ago, but who is now a
resident of Stratford, was in the city
the past week calling on old time
friends and relatives. His mother,
who lives in this city, accompanied
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-12-06
100, GOO Hunt This Year.

Sixty-three thousand deer hunters
in the state of Wisconsin! Ti< figure
was given out by the conservation com
mission as the total of deer tags sold
this fall.
Upwards of 100000 hunting licenses
have been isgled. This year, for the
hrst time, the expedient was tried OF
requiring deer hunters to purchase an
extra tag In addition to their hunting
license, which costs ten cents. Obvi-
ously, only those intending to hunt
deer paid attention to the extra tax.
Trapping licenses were also issued
for the first time this year. Their to-
tai at present, 10000, is a great sur
prise to the commission, as the early
estimate was only 5000. Most of the
licenses have been going to trappers
OF muskrat and mink, living along
river and lake shores. Others, how
ever, are going to all parts OF the
state for the use Of trappers Of every
variety Of Wisconsin's long list OF fur
bearers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-12-06
State Stock Judging Contests.

b Introducing the eyer-att ira Give
contest element into its educational
work, Wisconsin livestock forces are
gaining the support Of youthful farm
ars and enlisdng them il the upbuiid-
ing or the Industry.
On February S-S, during the farm
ers' course at the College of Agricul-
lure, WisconSin's third annual boys
livestock judging contest will be de-
cided. The event will be held under
the direction Of u joint committee rep
reSenung the College Of Agriculture,
the department of education and the
Wisconsin Livestock Breeders Assoc
citation
Five classes of live stock will be
placed In the ring for each and every
one Of the three-man teams to Judge.
The contestants are limited to stu
dents from high schools with farm
courses or county schools of agricul-
ture. For the preliminary contests
the state has been divided into q cir
cult groups. There are from three to
six schools in each group. The local
contests will be in charge of a chair
man. already appointed. and whose
duty it will be to- govern the events
and report results TO the state COM
mittee. Winners in the circuit con-
tests will be entitled TO compete in the
roundup at Madison in February.
Arrangements for staging the big
judging contest are in charge of H. \.
Goddard, state department of educa-
ton; I. l.. Bewicla State Boys and
Girls Agricultural club leader. and
Raymond Bakers assistant secretary Of
association.
StOckmen. who will also serve on the
jury of decisions, make the placings
in the contest and pick the winning
team include John Robinson. Evans
Vile, beef cattle; J. F. Riordan, May
Vile, horses; Roy Broughton, Albany,
sheep L. z. Martiny, Chippewa Falls,
swine: II. J. Schaefer, Appleton !:
Frank Fox, Waukesha; w. H. Clark.
Rice Lake, and Adam, Seitz. Wauke-
sha. dairy cattle.
There were % teams entered in the
event Of last year, which was won by
the Wood County school of Agricul-
ture, Grand Rapids. lIilton's high
school team secured first position in
1916. 1t is expected that fully ia
teams will enter the first or local con-
tests. and that every one of the u
state circuits will certify a team for
the final event.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-12-06

been promoted to the position of Su-
perintendent just vacated by Harry
Kempfert, who is going into the U.
S. Army. 8,
George Schligg, son of Matt Schligg
who is in the engineering department
of the L. S. Army, and has been 10
Gated in Washington, D. c., all sum-
mer, left Sunday for somewhere in
France"
Mrs. Cassie Goggins, who holds an
important position as stenographer