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watching his slightest move, studying
his every expression, he pounced up
on the glorious jewel and caressed it
with his hands, devoured it with his
p~rotruding eyes-the crafty trader
lost for the moment in the expert; the
Jew in the man.
But it was only for the moment.
The enthusiast vanished; in his place
the h~ard-faced trader. He straight
ened; set the box, with the lid still
up, on the table that occupied the
center Of the office floor. and looked
around at the others.
$500" he said, with a slither of
his hand toward the pearl-a gesture
only Louie Solomon could make.
"Undt dot ISIS it for which de pearl
fishers should go crazy"
He said it as if the whole matter
was too trifing for consideration: as
if he had really expected to find
something and had found nothing;
much as a man might blow the can
die out.
But ever Louie Solomon couldn't
quite put v e his accustomed bluff in
the face of such a. gem 1t drew his
eyes. back in spite of him. Taking a
lens from his pocket, he stopped
over it again.
"You no see dot 1aw?" he said, aft
or a short inspection.
The Pearlhunter took the lens and
looked with quick, studied care.
Sometimes the most perfect pearl
will develop a flaw in ripening.
mo-" he answered, handing back
the lens. Neither do you"
1t was a straight thrust. The buy
err flushed and studied his man. Who
was this Pearlhunter, anyhow?
We'll. how much you van it?"
II told you."
The Jew ridiculed the idea with his
hands.
fought you make me some fool
ishness. You don'dt can meant it,"
you've got a good chance to find
out"
The Jew stopped again over the
pearl, rolled it about upon the plush
cushion inside the tiny jewel case,
took a small pair of calipers from his
vest pocket and measured it. not only
to determine its size but it's roundness
as we'll. The old banker, looked
across the table and winked at the
Pearlhunter-a very distinct and un-
mistakable wink. A dry grin puck
cred the young mans eyes. It's not
every pearl fisher that gets winked at
by a banker.
Solomon looked up after a while
and growled:
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-08
II gin it to you tree t'ousan'."
The banker started. But the Pearl

Il gill IL TO you tree COuSdn
The banker started. But the Pearl
hunter said:
IF it amt worth more than that. I
might as we'll go down to Mud Haul
and fish for bullheads."
Louie Solomon swore-a stiff little
run of what the Flatwoods calls
"keen cussin'.% His eyes stuck out;
he stormed back and forth across the
floor a time or two, muttering to him.
self in Yiddish, a language In which
he doubtless swore more comfortably.
1t was the squirrel" whisky. Louie
knew better, too.
But the tempest was soon over. He
stopped at the corner of the table,
his face smoothed serene as a garden
and like a garden, the better for
the storm. a
Louie, I many times a. to mine
self, Louie, you got 1t too much big
hearted to be a pearl buyer yet. Too
much soft-hearted you got it. Hard
hearted a pearl buyer should be. You
gift too high, undt you sell too low.
Misses Solomon, she die in de poor
house yet, hain'dt it? 1 gin you four
t'ousan'."
The Pearlhunter glanced across the
table at the banker.
Il reckon you might as well put it
back in the SAFE" he said. "He
knows my price, and he don't seem to
want to do business"
The banker picked up the little
plush case, snapped the lid down, and
started for the door. Taking the
pearl from the Dom was like putting
the light out. The Jews face was a
study. He drew his sleeve across his
brow.
Bring it back" he cried. Him
mel! You pearl fishers ISIS all crazy.
1 gift it de five t'ousan'." ..
Continued in tomorrow
Evenings Herald.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-08
A MREDTTH BOOM.

Interest inst now centers around
the Republican convention at Chicago,
because 1t 4 generally believed that
there .swilI he nominated he next
president ofgthe United States. Never
Stheless. the Democrats are to meet q
few days later to go through the
form 81 nominating a ticket, and
while there seems to be no over
swhelming anxiety on the part of any
fone to ut into the = numerous
candidates. active and receptive. have
been mentioned.
One OF the latest Of these ia Edwin
s.. Meredith, at present secretary Of
Agriculture. There are probably a
good many million people in the Unit
ID States who do not know that there
sis such = III as Nj. Meredith. He
has been secretary Of agriculture but
l. few months. and has hardly got his
chair warmed. 1t may seem to many
sthat It IL = little early for him to
aspire to presidential honors, but 4
Icalnpaign has been started for him
and - nov in progress.
In fairness to Mr.. Meredith It
'ahould be said that there il no Evil
|dencs that he started this boom him
jeeif. II sen to have originated
with lows friends, and the ~-secretarys
letter saying that ne viii be giad TO
serye II . demand comes for his serv-
jeessstAtss his positior IN. very mod
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CONSTRUCTIVE STATEMENT
NEEDED

A press report from Chicago says
that the platform plank on the peace
treaty is about ready to be reported,
and that, as framed in committee, it
is unsatisfactory to the mild reserva
tionists, and that the element repre-
scented by Senators johnson and Be-
rah are quite pleased with it, and say
they see no need for proposing an
amendment which they have ready if
the reported declaration does not
meet their views.
According to the reports the plank
now under consideration merely de-
clares opposition to the Versailles
treaty as presented to the senate. The
mild reservationists desire a declara-
ton favoring the ratification of the
treaty with necessary reservations, be-
lieving that the convention should not
content itself with a mere negative
declaration, but should present some
thing positive and constructive.
If the proposed resolution is as re-
ported it is naturally satisfactory to
Johnson and Borah, both of whom
have stated fiatly and frankly that
they are opposed to the whole League
of Nations principle. They have op-
posed notifications OF the treaty be-
cause it provides for a League of
Nations. and they have assented to
proposals for amendment and reser-
walton, not because they were in favor
Of ratification with. these changes, but
because by supporting these changes
for the time being they could more
readily prevent ratification.
That attitude has not been, and is
not the attitude of the American peo-
pie. American sentiment has been,
and is, in favor of the entrance of the
United States into the League Of Ma
tons which has already been organ
tied. and which has started to do
business, our membership being con-
ditioned on such reservations as will
adequately protect American inter
ests and preserve for the United States
its complete freedom Of action In all
matters which it would be contrary
to h spirit OF our institutions to
merge with International affairs for
international consideration.
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SMILE WITH US

He had always suggested that he
was much too good a. player to in
dulge in billiards with inferior ,play.
ers' but n evening c~ondescended
10 JON IN a game with some Of the
amateurs-just to show them how
billiards should be played.
Alas! his style was bad and h;s
play was worse. He missed the
easiest Of caroms, and when he tried
70 pot the red he only succeeded in
ripping the cloth!
At the end of the game some kind
OF excuse was really necessary.
o1 course he explained. this
tanle Is not full size-only about a
quarter the proper size, in fact. I
game on it, 'pi
But the table, as It happened. was
iull size, n n Of the club mem
oers became annoyed.
u understand, sir. AS a matter of
1act, this isn't our billiard table-oniv
one or the card tables. They've rot
the real billiard table in the next
room. so We can't use 1t. They're
Playing a football match on it,"
Il heard that pretty it'll. von.,
say the other day that she was %.
ing to do her best to make her
Bnlys life perfectly, happy. She
must be very much in love with her
husband" ni
That wasn't her husband she vas
talking about; it was her bet
poodle"
Apropos of Henry watterson's re-
tirement from the Louisville Courier.
Journal, aNLouisville banker lid n
the great editor: II understand. sir
that your idea 10 to start a paper of
your own-a paper that win strike Z
we'll, .sfSncsl ths,Sset.tan.5, rth.t
would be . welcome change, indeed
for papers out here do nothing but
note a new strike.
Here IRE q few examples Of cur
rent European yhufn0 Or :
From 'KArikaturen,' Of Christians.
Absent-Tninded professor (haif-vny
stlrough TN esfSfeS3-r thonSns
there vas something wrong. This
- not TIE efrf I want TO marry"
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Just Folks
RID MAKES A DISCOVERY.
BY Dau D, Guesk

r. we were all alike, what q dreadful
world 'twould be!
No one would know which one was \
YOU or which of us was me,
We'd never have a skinny" ora
" "Freckles" or a Fat" 'T
An there wouldn't be a sissy boy to
wear a velvet hat;
An, we'd all. of us be pitchers when we
played a baseball match,
For we'd never have q Teller who'd
have nerve enough to catch.
If we were all alike an looked an
thought the very same,s<t:
I wonder how'd they call us, o
there'd only be'ton name?
An there'd only be one favor for our
ice cream sodas, too,
An one color for a necktie an I sup
pose that would be b1ue;
An maybe we'd have mothers who
were very fond of curls,
An they'd make us fellers veal our =
hair like lovely little girls.
Sometimes 1 think it's funny when I
hear some Teller say
That he isn't fond of chocolate, when
I eat it every day,
Or some other fellow doesn't like the
books l like to read,
But I'm glad that we are different,
yes, stree! I am indeed;
If everybody looked alike an talked
alike, oh gee!
We'd eve know which one was you
or which Of us was me.
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BIRTH RATE INCREASES.

Los Angeles, Cal, June S.-People
believe they can afford more babies
now than a year ago. according to
physicians and psychologists, who are
e~ndeavoring to explain the large in
rease in births in Los Angeles.
Figures for April, 1920, just made
public. show that S77 babies were born
in Los Angeles in that month, as
against TIA in April, 1919. an increase
Of 1853. OF those born in April last
year. a few months after the signing
of the armistice, 371, or more than
half. were boys. OF those born in
April, 1920. fewer than half, Alb were
boys.
why is it? Part Of the general
prosperity, I guess" DR.. Roy H. John
son said. People can afford them and
the American people are bound to
have what they can afford"
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Also from the ."world":
Apologize Guest Injecting hostesBi
on street)-"By Jove!-oh-com-
pletely forgot your party last Thurs
day. Mrs. de Enthusiastically
fully sorry"
Hostess-"Oh! Weren't Won there -
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OZARK" MOVES.

Anchorage, Alaska, May 15.-(By
Mail)-Alaskans, stampeding to oil
lands west of here. are as secretive
and dark in their move as when they
rushed to the gold fields of the north
over twenty years ago.
Recently. a launch left here with
sealed orders" carrying several Alas
kans believed to be on a secret mis-
sion to locate oil claims. The destina-
tion was not made known before the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-08
DINNER STORIES

Another from 'Karikaturen':
He Observation-Disclosures are far
too. good for me-" z,n
She (absent-mindedly)-'1 know it:
But you were the best I could, get"
From 'Tyrihans" of C~hristiania:
A teacher. wished to visit the
mother Of one of her pupils. The
tenement was a fairly long walk
away, and on arriving there the
teacher asked q small boy II no knew
where Nils Anderson's mother lived.
Eyes said the boy, I will show
you ..,. ~
up they mounted until they came
to the fifth story, and there the boy
pointed to a door.
That's it! he said.
THANK you,' replied the teacher.
DO you think Mrs. Anderson is IMP
ooh, no. said the boy; she is
down in the yard with the other wom-
en-"
From the WORLD Of London:
He-Do you believe hat awful
story about Mrs. Surbiton -Jones?"
She-"Yes, what is it,"
The Yale expositor., 1920-10-14
105,683,108, NOW
U. S. POPULATION
NATION GAINS 13,7t0,s42 iNHABiT-
ANTS SINCE 1910, AN IN
CREASE OF 1897.
MICHIGAN INCREASED 857,049
State Passes Missouri and Takes
Seventh Place Among States
With Total Of 3,667,222.

Washington.-The total population
of continental United States is 1885,
6S3 ,108, an increase OF 13,710,S42, or
14.9 per cent. Michigan, with pop
ulation of 3,667,222, increased S57,049,
or 30.5 per cent, almost doubling its
previous record growth made in the
decade ended with 1890. The state
passed Missouri, which was seventh
in the 1910 census.
Michigan was organized as a ter
ritory in 1906 and appeared in the fed
eral census reports for the first time
in 1910 when it had population of
4,762 and ranked as twenty-fifth
among states and territories. In area
Michigan ranked as twenty-second
state in 1910 with 57,48O square miles,
making it's population per square mile
489.
During the two decades from 1890
to 1910, the population of the state in
creased less rapidly than did that of
the United States, the rates for the
20 years being 34.2 per cent and 46.1
per cent, respectively. Within the so
years from 1860 to 1910 Michigan's
population increased four-fold, while
the population of the United States
in the same period increased about
three-fold
Revised figures of Detroit's popula-
tion show that at the time Of taking
the census the city contained 993,67S
inhabitants, an increase of 527,912, or
1873 per cent over the figures for
1910. Figures previously announced
gave the city population Of 993,739.
There are in the United States g.
459,998 farms an increase Of 98,492.
or 1.5 per cent, over the number rec
orded in 1910, the census bureau an
nounced.
The figure given as the total pop
ulation of the United States does not
include approximately 12,250,000 peo-
pie living in the country's outlying
possessions. The population Of Alas
ka and the total classed under the
military and naval service abroad are
yet to be announced.
Director Rogers, of the census bu-
reau, in making the announcement Of
the countrys population, said that
while the figures were preliminary
and subject to correction, the final
official population as transmitted to
congress in December, for apportion-
ment purposes, was not likely to be
greatly different, although 1t might be
slightly larger through the addition of
population for small sections Of ter
ritory claimed not to have been prop
erly canvassed by the census enumer-
ators in January and which are now
being investigated.
The Yale expositor., 1920-10-14
# You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the Best

Have you ever stopped to reason why
it is that so many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason is PLAINTIFF article did not fulfill
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need Of it.
A prominent druggist says Take for
example DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root,
preparation have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for in
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has SO large a
sale"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who lave
used the preparation, the success of DIR.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact,
so many people claim, that it fulfill, al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri-
nary troubles and neutralizes the tric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle OF
Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address
DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. T.,
and enclose ten cents; also mention this
paper. Large and medium size bottles
for sale at all drug stores.-Adv.
The Yale expositor., 1920-10-14
Rents Hurt Ghost Industry.

In England desperate people In
search of houses to rent or buy are
advertising that ghosts are no draw
back. Any one who happens to own
a hitherto unrented house because ira.
ditiOn that it is haunted is assured
that the seekers for domicile will
accept 1t at the rental asked for re-
CARELESS Of the haunter or hauntess.
1t Is suspected that in England, as
In several other countries, ghosts of
landlords would be less Objectionable
than those of other folk. Whatever
his losses in the past, the landlord
as a rule is regarded In these days
with deep suspicion as prOfiteer. In
many cases this attitude is probably
unfair; there are some considerable
MISUNDERSTANDING Globe.
The Yale expositor., 1920-10-14
GRAIN AND FEED

Whect-Cash No. 2 red, $2.16; De.
cember, $2.05; March, $2.O2; No.
mixed and No. 2 white, $2.14.
Corn-Cash No. 2, 95c; No. vel.
low, 81.
Oats-Cash No. white, Coo; No.
white, So 1-2c; No. white, 55 1-2c.
Rye-Cash No. 2, $1.70.
Beans-Immediate and prompt ship
ment, $4.75 per cwt.
Seeds-Prime red clover, spot and
October, SLABS; December, STATS;
February. SIS; cash and October
alsike, SIT; timothy, $3.40.
Feed-Bran, $45@46; standard mid
dlings, $51@52; fine middlings, SCI;
coarse cornmeal, $50; cracked corn,
s52@53; chop, SCI per ton in 1OOlb
sacks.
Hay-No. timothy, $30@31; stand.
ard, $4,000; light mixed, $1,000;
No. timothy, $2S@29; No. 1 mixed,
s2s@29; No. clover, $27@2S; rye
straw, $14.50@15; wheat and oat
straw, $13.50@14 per ton in carlots.
Flour-Fancy spring wheat patents,
$1280@13; fancy winter wheat pat
ents, $12.75G13.25; second winter
wheat patents, s12@1225; winter
wheat straights, s10.5O@11 per bbl
The Yale expositor., 1920-10-14
AIMS TO REACH 100
Pttsburgher, Who Caused Sensation Tells Of Results.
ANCIENT TONIC HIS SECRET


Six years ago III. II. Won Schlick
could be seen any day visiting promi-
nent Pittsburgh business men in their
downtown offices. He carried q satch-
ell, and his arrival was always greet
ed by smile indicating welcome.
These men were his customers. They
drank at his fountain Of youth" They
accredit him with new lease Of life
and the healthy condition Of their fam
lies.
Won Schlick has bright eyes and his
cheeks indicate that pure red blood
flows through his veins. He says he
was younger at fifty than he was at
thirty-fve. He has never had sick
spell or any of the symptoms of the
ailments which afflicted him before he
began using tea, the ingredients Of
which were conveyed to him by an old
Bulgarian 20 years ago. Won Schlick
makes this statement:
81 was recovering from the grippe,
was run down, and dizzy feeling in
the head, and felt like the victim Of
the hook-wOrm. This old Bulgarian
knew Of my sickness and while in the
Office suggested, 4 give you Some
thing to make you feel better.' He
returned next day with package
and told me to use one teaspoonful In
cup of hot water, and to repeat
the dose once each night for a little
while. He promised I would never be
troubled from sickness again. I fol-
lowed the prescription, skeptical, of
course, and one day later I was seek.
Ing that old man to secure from him
the ingredients Of that tonic.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS YOUNG.
He explained to me that in Bull
garia the older families regarded this
tonic as the great disease preventa-
tive and health restorer; that 1t was
handed down from generation to gen.
Grafton. AT the first symptom of any
sickness the mother or women Of the
family made the tea for all members
1t Is well-known fact that Bulgar.
fans are the oldest and healthiest
people In the world.
'In Bulgaria and the Balkan toun-
tries Of Eastern Europe, In spite OF
poor sanitary conditions, among
100000 inhabitants there are 1,600
over 100 years old. In France there
Is only one person in 100000 over
100 years old. and in Germany only
one person 100000. II Is rare
news item In the United States when
q man dies after reaching the century
mark.
my Bulgarian friend informed me
that his progenitors reached this time
Of life and that they all had healthy
and happy old age. Asked for rea-
The Yale expositor., 1920-10-14
BLAST KILLS 5 IN N. Y. HARB0R
Score Injured As British Tanker Is
Damaged BY Explosion.

New York.-Five men were killed,
five others are missing and believed
to be dead and more than a score in
jured in an explosion which wrecked
a forward compartment of the British
tanker, G. r. Grove Of Toronto.
The blast, which endangered the
lives of more than 200 workmen en-
ployed on the ships deck, Is believed
to have been caused when gases from
an empty oil tank were ignited by a
blow torch.
The majority of the wounded were
burned and lacerated, but all are ex-
pected to live, it was stated at the
hospitals.
Damage to the ship amounted to
thousands of dollars.
During the war the Grove was
used as a fuel replenishing ship for
the British battle fleets.
The Yale expositor., 1920-10-14

son he pointed to his tonic. After
using this tonic for Is years I am
ready to guarantee to the world that
1t is the best prescription for health
existing.
every member Of my family takes
one dose each week. my relatives all
use 1t, my friends and neighbors have
been keeping health by reason Of IL
and hundreds of thousands of people
In this city, all sensible and we'll
known, consider have done them an
everlasting favor by convincing them
of its merits.
During all the terrible influenza
epidemic Bulgarian Blood Tea was
used by countless thousands Of suf-
ferers with marvellous success and mil
lions of people took 1t steaming hot
to prevent and ward Off the disease.
A 15-YEAR TEST.
after Is years Of experience I am
positive that II will prevent sickness.
II will restore your health by elimi-
mating the polsons. 1t will regulate
disorders Of the digestive organs. 1t
will increase poor circulation. 1t will
restore vitality, energy or strength.
It will make your brain respond
splendidly to the strain of modern
business. 1t will give you a healthy,
youthful complexion. 1t will prolong
your life and, with proper diet, you
should live to ripe old age"
Bulgarian Blood Tea today is used
by millions of people In every state
In the Union lighting of disease and
old age weaknesses. They include
happy girls budding into womanhood
or women crossing precarious thresh-
olds Of life. All praise and recon-
mend It. Men regain strength and
vitality, the blood becomes rich and
pure and the IRE and vim of robust
health returns to those who were in
despair.
Bulgarian Blood Tea Is guaranteed
to contain iust pure herb. OF marvel
Gus medicinal and curative power
gathered from fields. mountains and
valleys Of Europe. Asia and Africa.
All drug stores now keep Bulgarian
Blood Tea In stock, but. owing to the
enormous demand immediate applica-
tion to your druggist is urgent on ac-
count OF the limited source Of supply.
Distributors OF Bulgarian Blood Tea
are authorized to return the FUN pur-
chase price II II does not materially
improve Your health In three weeks
time. This evidence Of faith In the
power OF Bulgarian Blood Tea Is the
-
Company. Marvel Building, Pitts
burgh. who authorize this public an
nouncement.-Adv.