'THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1914.
- Home a Pftffi.
If
Our Last War With Mexico
Bashful Bob
The Amusing Adventures of a Shy Young Man
No. 8 Opportunity Sometimes Uomcs In Strange Gate.
By Stella Flores
Copyright, 'It, In'nal't Newa Service.
How It Started, How It Was Fought; What It Cost la
Lives and Money and What Wo Gained By It
Itr HKV. THOMAS M. GRKGOKY.
(Thl conc:se hlttory will b completed
In six Instilment, to tie published con
tct at:vely.
CHAITEll It.
I.t thla chapter 1 will st forth the
a srs, orrult and otherwise, that led up
the Mexican war of 18IS-I7 Like every
! i.. ft else that happen In the world, thnt
.o lentous ntrtig-
lc came about be
cause of certain
ether things thnt
had happened be
fore It. and without
which It would
never have tnken
rlace.
In the enumera
tion of the pro
pelling cautoa of
tho war muH
come, first of all,
tho fact of tho dif
ference of r a o e.
the Irrepressible opposition of breeds the
uncompromising friction that has always
and everywhere existed between the In
dependent, progressive, self-rrllant Saxon
nnd the docile, reactionary I-atln.
Occupying the suns continent, with
nothing but an imaginary line, or a
narrow stream, between them, it was In
evitable that there should bo misunder
standings, disagreements, clashing con
victions In n word, all sorts of trouble.
Here, then. In this basic fact of brood,
we havo the primary causo of the Mex
ican war. tt mado trouble from tho start.
It la making; trouble today and It w.U
keep on making trouble until In the
struggle for life" the "fittest" holds
the helm and guides tho ship.
Just now It was Intimated that among
the other differences between tho Saxon
und the Latin wan. tho moral one; and
It was In this difference that wo are to
find another of tho causes that brought
on our armed conflict with Mexico.
The population of Mexico In IMfl wae
approximately 8,000,000, and of tho 8,010.
000 at least 85 per cent were peons and
half-breeds of various descriptions, with
out social standing or political influence,
mere human nondescripts, leaving the
government and 1U policies to bo shnped
by tho million or so of puro Latins, and
what those policies were Is well known
to all men.
Mexico had from the beginning proven
Itself to be on unjust and wicked neigh
bor. It was such under the -Imperial
government of the mother country! It
was even worse unOer its own so-called
republican rule.
Always fighting among themselves,
they were always impoverished, and they
did not hesitate to replenish their ever
depleted treasury by plundering Ameri
can vessels In the Quit of Mexico or
wherever else they could find them, and
by confiscating the property of Ameri
can merchants within lis borders.
Robberies were frequent Brigandage
was of common occurrence. The murder
of American citizens living in the coun
try, or of Americans Journeying through
It, were a matter that provoked slight
comment by the authorities or the people.
The United (States government remon
strated, but remonstrated In vain. The
robbery, murder and confiscation went
right on regardless of the protests of our
government In 1831 a treaty was mado
between the two countries and promises
of redress were given, but the pledged
faith of Mexico was never fulfilled.
By 1S5 the aggregate values of property
belonging to Americans that had been
appropriated by the Mexicans amounted
to over 17.000.000. This claim was still
unsatisfied when the annexation of Texas
took place In the above-mentioned year.
The annexation of Texas! Here we
have one of the pig causes of the war
with our southern neighbor. When Texas
Ruction Su?8iets that Disease Germs May Be Killed
IU$Slail by Suspending Life of Victim with Frost
it
By GARRETT P. SRRV1BS.
I do not know whether the report pub
lished recently about the passing of a
living man's blood through a tube ex
terior to his body, and Its return to Itti
veins and arterUa
after having been
subjected to a pro
cess of purification
during Its absence
from Its natural
channels, was
strictly and literally
true or not, but at
Any rate the Idea,
underlying It is not
too bold for the
spirit of modern
surgery, which, as
we all know, has
certainly done other
things equally In
credible.
Besides, there is something about It
which awakens the Impatient desire
which we all feel to lay Violent hands
directly upon the enemies hidden In the
Intricacies of our circulatory system that
mine the citadels of life by underground
siege. To run the life fluid of a human
being through a sterilizing plant, and
then restore It to Its owner, freed of all
Impurities. Is a conception worthy of the
'entury which has created wireless teleg
raphy and realized the dream of human
flight
It Is difficult to guess whether another
new Idea, which Is entertained by the
Russian physiologist Baehmetleff. wilt
appear to the reader aa more or less ex
traordinary that that of which we have
just been speaking.
Baehmetleff proposes to make use or
the principle of suspension of life to get
r'd of microbes that cannot be driven -out
rf the system. Tt appears that his idea
wits suggested to him by the alleged re
turn to life of fish that have been solidly
ro5n for weeks. The statement, al
though disputed, has been often mode
that fish ro thoroughly congealed that
l hey have become as hard as blocks can
be completely revived simply by the
gradual application of heat It Is
that fishermen In portherw K'--Wett
aware of this.
Baehmetleff began his experiments with
insects, and after he found that he could,
pt will, suspend their vital activity by
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joined tho union, Mexico became frantic.
It Is true Texas, driven to desperation
by Mexican atrocities and Mexican mis
rule In general, Had appealed to the ar
bitrament of arms, and In a fair fight
had wen her Independence, and along
w'th It tho right to remain Independent
cr east her lot with the sisterhood of
American states; but Mexico did not seem
to realize the fact; and her action was
like that of a very bad and very fool
ish child.
Of course, events moved on quite re
gardless of Mexican quibbling, and the
I Wo a rand o and not the Nueces was de
cided to be tho Lone Btar state's western
territory.
Still, llko th bad. fonlllsh child that
she wns, Mexico refuced to recognize
1 either the Independence of Texas or Its
j annoxatlon to the I'nlted States, and to
make matters still worse, offered a di
rect affront to our government by refus
ing to receive the envoy, Mr. Blldell. Ar
riving In the City of Mexico on tho 6th
of December. IMS. Hlldell wrote the usual
formal note to the Mexican minister of
foreign relations, enclosing a copy of his
credentials, and asking that a date might
be fixed at which he might be received
by the president.
To this very proper action on the pait
of Blldell the eeque: came In tho shape
of a letter from the minister which rend
as follows. "The supreme government Is
advised that the agreement which It
entered Into to admit a plenipotentiary of
tho United States with special powers to
treat of the nffatrs of Texas doee not
compel It to receive an envoy extraordi
nary and 'minister plenipotentiary to re
side near the government, In which char
acter Mr. Blldell comes, according to his
credentials."
The action of the Moxlcan government
In refusing to receive the American min
ister ended, of course, nil further discus
sion, and as there was nothing elso for
Blldell to do, he asked for Ills passport,
and returned home, to report to the
president the supremo Indignity that had
been offered his nation.
The foregoing facts are sufficient of
themselves to explain the reason of our
war with Mexico In 1848-4".
Itut there Is another fact to bo taken
Into consideration the fact that to which
we have very properly given the name of
"Manifest Destiny."
That self-preservation Is the 'first law
of 11 fo holds for nations even to a greater
extent than It does for Individuals.
Now, In 18A this nation needed to ex
pand. A law rigid as gravity and high
nbovo all the considerations of what may
well bo called the minor moralities, was
urging the American people to grow, To
tho west of them and to th,a southwest
lay a mighty region that was almost
wholly given up to silence and solitude,
the Inaction and unproductlvity of the
primeval wilderness, A few small tribes
of "wild men, a few missions, here and
there a scant settlement of Mexicans,
made up the human content, of a splen
did region almost a third the size of
Europe.
Why should lit not be turned to the
service of manT Why should It not b
made tho Instrument of human ctvlllxa
tlon and progress? Tho government undar
whose sovereignty It had been for gen
erations nnd ages was making no use of
it why not let those have It who would
make use of It?
Not only so, but the future the twen
tieth century, the twenty-fifth century
was calling to us to provide for the phys
ical solidarity of the nation, to make Its
boundary lines coincide with the dictate!
of reason and necessity, as well as of the
unmistakable hints of nature itself.
And so the flat went forth and the deed
was done. That It was a wicked deed, a
deed that clashed with the larger moral
ities, remains to be proven.
cold and restore It by heat, he tried e,
similar method vlth mice and bats. He
established the fact that, with the aid of
artificial respiration, these animals could
bo enabled to support the lethargy due to
freezing and afterward be brought back
to full activity by the application of heat
Then he recalled the fact that certain
microbes of disease, and particularly ths
bacillus of consumption, are unable to
survive the effects of a temperature a
, few degrees below the freezing point, If
ni is continued for two or three weeks.
(The question Immediately arose In his
mind
1 Would It be possible to suspend, by
cold, the animation of a human bedy for
a sufficient length of time to destroy
the bacilli of tuberculosis without depriv
ing the subject of the experiment of the
power to recover all his vital functions
jwhen revived by the application of heat?"
, He decided that It might be possible.
land so this bold Russian la credited with
the intention to try his method on a,
human being, If he con find one whose
faith ond courage are equal to the test,
and. In the meantime, it is said, he pro
poses to make an essay with monkeys.
If he finds that they can successfully
undergo the experience of being frozen
stiff for a few weeks and can be revived
by heat and artificial lesplratlon after
the expiration of a period sufficiently
long to ensure the destruction of the
disease germs in their blood, then he
win reel more confident In offering the
same method of cure to the animal that
the monkey most resembles.
1 do not pretend to say that Bach
metleffa Ideas should be accepted ser
iously. We never accept any thing ser
iously until success has made It serious.
Of course the thing cculd not be done
with hlnher animals In the simple wav In
which Baehmetleff puts his Insects Into
meir rngia sleep and then revvea them,
but when It has once been established
that any orcantr being whatever that (
endowed with the mysterious principle
caiirn uie is aoie to undergo such an
experience u will not do to declare dor
matlcally that science may not some day
u-cover a meiiiod of extending the pro-
to all llvlnc creature. It would cer-
nmi- tte no greater wonder than many
thing which during the Dresent gener.
tlon have risen out of the unknown to
amaze us with the littleness and the
vanity qf our knowledge
1 t -- A--
There was no use dodging the fact any longer. He was in love.
And Orchid had gone back to New York without seeing or forgiving
him. There was only one thing to do; and three days later Bob was
In New York, too. Ho had noticed, that young men who owned their
own cars were never unpopular. "So he bought one. He went to. tho
garage, where it had been sent, to look it oyer and take it out to do
some shopping. Unfortunately something didn't quite work. But
the manager happened to bo near and, noticing Bob's disappoint
ment, offered hltn one of thp garago cars. "It's only a taxi' he said,
"but ou can do your day's sightseeing in it. And, by tho way, here'j
a chauffeur's cap and coat. You might as well tako the whole out
fit." TWo hours later, as Bob waited outside a storo for some par
cols, a trio of pretty girls hailed him. "Taxi, pieoao," said one.
Their eyes mot. It was Orchid.
THE
You Can Begin This
Great Story To-day
by Reading This
First
Prof. Crosby, waiting at a suburban
station for a trolley car to take him Into
Boston, where he has a social engage
ment encounters Miss Tabor, whom he
has met the previous winter at a social
party. They compare notes, and find
they are bound for tho same place, and
waiting ror the same car. While watting
they talk to themselves In a causal way,
and Crosby imagines he. has touched on
something closely personal to Miss Tabor.
They start on the trolley Journey, and
the car ts overturned. When Crosby re
covers consciousness, he finds himself
unhurt, but with a fair, strange girl In
his arms. The motortnan and tha run.
ductor leave Crosby and Miss Tabor In
charge, and they set about to restore
the girl to consciences. When she re
covers she seemed rather annoyed at
the conditions. Crosby finds hU pockets
have been emptied, but recovers every
thing. Miss Tabor finds all her articles
but a tint) gold chain, she wore around
her neck. t'ronbv tin Am thla hut n it
hangs a wedding ring. The girl suggests
they leave her, but they Insist on seeing
her safely to her home. Arrived at the
Tabor home. Crosby Is given a fulsome
welcome by Mrs. Tabor, and a aomewhat
nilxed reception by Mr. Tabor. They
Insist on his remaining over night, and
he retires. Before he falls to sleep he
hears voices In the hall near his door,
and rising hurriedly finds he la looked in
the room. Before he could learn the rea
son, he was asked by Miss Tabor to dress
wniB uuwniinn. incn ne was akKeq
to leave the house and not to come baok.
io explanation Is given him. He spends
the night at the Inn, and ths next day
Mr. Tabor visit him and tells him nn
man of his past has any right to know a
girl like. Miss Tabor. Crosby hotly de
mands to be told what Tabor la tilklmr
about, but he gets no satisfaction. Tabor
loruias mm ever (o come nesr his home
and leaves. Crosby follows and ajraln
sees the stocky Italian who had run after
the trolley car. this time in animated de-
pate with Tabor. Crosby talks' to the
man In Italian and learns he ts a sailor.
who fancies Tabor a former employer
vno nan urirauucu mm, urosoy goes on
to mett the Alnslles. Here he meets
Miss Tabor again, she also having come
for her visit. In the morning they take
a swim together, tbelr hosts being under
the impression they had met only at the
house party on the previous Christmas.
Crosby and Miss Tabor rapidly become
better acquainted, and Just on the verge
of explanation, when Dr Reld, Ml4
labor's half-brother, appeara and carries
her off Alnslle tries to comfort Crosby,
who tells the whole story of his .adven
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ture. When he Is done Alnslle assures
him whatever mystery may be connected
with the Tabor family, It Is not to the
discredit of Miss Tabor. Crosby returns
to the Tabor's. 'Just In time to watch a
mysterious proceeding, In which Dr. Held,
Lady Tabor and an elderly man took
part, they having a atranger confined
within the garago. No reply Is se.it to
a note Crosby has written to Miss Tabor,
and the next day he overhauled Dr. Reld,
who tells him to Keep away irom me
house. Crosby refuses to do this, until
told by Miss Tabor herself.
Now Read On
f f f f t
CUAPTBIt VII.
Sentence of Banishment Confirmed
Vflth Costa.
(Continued.)
There was an acid formality about the
meaningless little sentence that took the
color out of all I had intended to say.
There was no answer except that I was
very well; and the hollow inanity of that
under the circumstances left me standing
speechless, defeated from the very begin
ning. Bhe was standing very straight,
and her eyes looked beyond me blamcly,
as they had on the Alnslles' crando.
Now she brought them to mine for an
Instant, and motioned to a chair that
faced hers at a little distance as It It
had been placed there beforehand,
"We had better sit down," she said.
"I want to talk quietly to you. Mr.
Crosby."
Your brother told me that this would
be a good time for me to come." said I
-unmeaningly.
For a long time she was silent, turning
over and over with reflective fingers a
little Ivory papr cutter. The handle of
It was carved to represent a fish with
1U mouth open grasplnx the blade. Home
where In the room a clock ticked twice
to every three of my heart beats. Finally
she looked up decisively.
"lou wanted to see me, Mr. Crosby. I
suppose it Is about something In partla-
ular. Please tell me what It Is."
You must know as well as I do," I an
swered, trying to steady my tone. "I
have been told that my attempt tq call
Is an Intrusion, and that you do not wish
to see me again. 1 preferred to be told
that by you, yourself."
Her eyes rested steadily upon mine.
Bob cwrM keTCr renrH. -w&ejns Uwy -scout Us day. Bis "hra.1
was la x. white?. TSlotta lie itTb jftwrncms tanr Orcihlfl Ijmdsfl
litm i WI lint lo IsflTr xras Trorth a dexzen tripe. "I'm so sorry
yon're lost j-onr money. Bob," she sympathized sweeUy. "Bui. jo
caa make far more money es a prJrato ccaofanr than yon can with
tho Ixxl people. On? man has Just lefl, and J am sura fatier will
giTo you hln place. 1 know he'll bo glad k win help a c friend nX
mine." For a moment ho was about to explain. Then ho stopped.
Hadn't ha read wonderful stories of chauilours who had made lovo
to their employers' daughters quite, quite successfully? He took tho
bill gingerly and stuffed it In hln pocieU "Thank you," ho 3ald.
'I'll come."
"Well," she said, "I tell you now that It
Is perfectly true."
There was the same formality about It
all, the same sense of mechanical ar
rangement.; not as if she were playing a
part, but ntt. If she were going through
with nn' unpleasant purpose according
to a preconceived plan. I tried to shift
the burden of the situation. t
"Why" I asked. "It seems to me that
this part of intruder has been made up
and put upon me. Except for crossing
lines that need never have been drawn,
I don't understand what J have done,"
"Perhaps not. If you think a little,
you will remember that when I asked
you to go that night when when you
brought me here, I told you to forget us
that you were not to ask questions, nor
try to see me again. I thought I made it
very clear at that time. Are you tho
Judge of my right to closo my own door?"
For a moment I was too much bewil
dered to answer. "When we met at the
Alnslles'." I blurted, "you "met mc as a
friend, as though nothing had broken
what we began In the holidays. I can't
believe that you wero only playing a
courteous part. Tou were your own open
self. Kvcrythlng was alt right, I am very
sure, until until this man, this your
brother came for you."
She gave a scornful llttlo laugh, lean
ing back indolently In her chair.
"neally, Mr. Crosby, aren't you rather
overstating the case? Have we been
such very great friends T I have known
you ten days twelve days."
I nodded dumbly.
"I have no wish to hurt you." she went
on more gently, "but we have really
nothing like a friendship to appeal to.
I am not breaking anything, because
there is nothing to break. When you left
here I thought that you understood me.
I don't know what my family disliked
In you, and I don't think I care to know.
It has nothing to do with me. But this
Is what I dislike. You called up my
father the next morning, and demanded
reasons. You went to the beach, where
you knew I was Invited. Was I to cut
you there? Was I to explain to mutual
friends that I didn't want to meet youT
I don't think you have treated our
acquaintanceship particularly well, or
that you have shown much regard for
my plain request."
I sat stunned, the bulk of my offense
looming stark before roe. Then, with a
great surge, the memory came back of
the girl who had stood with me by the
STELLA FLORES.
water's edge, who had run childishly
hand In hand with me upon the beach,
who had walked with mo and talked
with me, who had shown me unerritW
raased her gay and sweet Imaginings.
These things had been the truth: this
was the unreality.
Perhaps she saw something of what
was' passing In my mind, for sho shook
her head. "Don't think that because I
had no heart to mar your outing, I did
not mean what I had said. It was easier
to be friends for a littler-easier for us
both. But surely you should have played'
your part. At the Alnslles' I wanted to
treat you as I should have treated any
body. Do you think that you have been
fa'r? Do you think you should have
risked following me? For It was a risk.
You have come back hero where we are
the only people you know, and as soon as
you come you ask for me. I don't like
to say it, Mr. Crosby, but you have acted
inconsiderately. I am very anxious that
this time you should clearly understand."
I got to my feet in silence. Something
had happened that I could not help; and
as I stood there, I knew that my world
had come to an end, and as in the first
shock of a physical Injury, felt numbly
conscious of the deliberate suffering that
was to follow. She had risen too, looking
somehow curiously small and frail. Then,
of a sudden, my manhood caught at me.
The wall was without seam or crevice,
darkening the sky; and I knew I could
break- tt with a breath.
"I will go," I said, "when I am sure.
Look at me, Lady, for you know that I
know."
There as a sharp snap. She glanced
at her hands, then dropped the broken
paper knife at her feet and faced me
haughtily. "Know?" she said, with a
dry tension in her voice. "I only know
that this is to be goodby." Bhe held out
a rigid hand.
"Is that all?" I asked.
"Yes," she answered, "Don't make It
hard for me." Then her eyes suddenly
grew afraid. She caught away her hand
and shrank back a step, catching at the
chain about her throat.
"Oh. don't, don't," she begged. "Please,
. please go you don't understand."
I held myself with all my strength.
jy,No. I don't understand," I whispered.
I Sho caught her breath with half-a. sob,
I forlornly and as a child might.
"You must not understand. You are
never to see me again."
(To Be Contlntcd Tomorrow )
i..
cKadain& IselelU
m Beauty Lesson
I.ESSO.V VII,
The Kffcct of Color on the Skin and
Hair.
This lesson might better be styled "The
Effect of Color on tho Soul," for the re
lation of colors nnd tho Individual Is far
deeper than their mere reflection on the
skin and hair. To some highly Eenstttvo
people colors have a marked psychological
appeal. The color a woman loves Is one
generally becoming to her; It appeals, to
something beyond understanding, and the
harmony thus created between color and
soul In reflected In the face. Therefore,
the first rule In becomlngness la to choose
the color that appeals the strongest to
you.
Many of you may disagree with this on
the ground that you have known people
who Tfear red when it Is conspicuously
unbecdmlng, or others who cling to blue
when It Is qulto (insulted to cheeks and
hair. Such people may have adopted
these colors through habit and clung to
them because they dislike changing, or,
at some period in their life 'they were told
that a certain color suited them and they
continued wearing It without further con
sideration. Color, we are told by scientists, Is th
sensation on the retina of the eye made
by rays of light, the Intensity of tho
color depending on the degree of radia
tion. There nre colors bo faint and deli
cate that the eye cannot distinguish
them; neither Is the oyc always able to
perceive Just where one color merges
Into another. The best examples of true,
beautiful colors we find In nature, espe
cially in flowers where no two colors
placed in Juxtaposition seem ever to
clash. It Is when these colors are trans
lated Into textures and effected by means
of manufactured dyes that skill Is necei.
sary in tho combining of them, and care
must be token to choose those that har
monise or form an attractive contrast
with the color of the skin and hair.
Note Leason. yil Is divided into four
parte and should be read throughout to
obtain full information on the subject
(Lesson VII to Be Continued.)'
One of Galileo's
Minor Discoveries
By HEV. THOMAS U. GREGORY.
The idea of the thermometer, which
the great Galileo hit upon 817 eara ago,
April 10, has resulted In far more good
to mankind than all of his other Ideas
put together.
Jupitera moons,
first seen by the
Illustrious Italian,
have but little prac
tical concern for
ut; and many of
his other generaliz
ations, while of
profound Import
ance to theoretical
science, aro far re
moved from the
vital, everyday af
fairs of life, while
the thermometer
comes directly homo to men's "buslnuos
and bosoms" and makes itself c Mon
ti al to the things upon which our very
existence depends.
In attempting to estimate the value to
us of "Galileo's glass," as it used to be
culled, there Is but little room for ex
aggeration. The heat measurer la Itself
immeasurable when It comes to the point
of trying to calculate Its worth to us.
The llttlo bulb of mercury with its tube
and scale has become the unfailing
assistant of the manifold experimenta
tion that lies at the bottom of all scien
tific advancement, and of all progres
sive material civilization. Correct induc
tion, which Is the baste thing In modern
science, would be Impossible without the
thermometer.
By the aid of this little Instrument one
arrives at facts and laws that would
otherwise remain hidden from him. The
laboratory, without the thermometer,
would be shorn pt tho major part of Its
efficiency; and what that means Ut best
known by calling to mind what chemistry
has done, and is still doing, for the use
ful arts the arte upon which, in many
cares, our very life depends,
I,n meteorology they would be greatlX
bat dicapped without the little bulb of
quicksilver. In fact, without it there would
be no meteorology, and the laws of the
weather, as well as of climate, would
still be unknown. From the greatest
heights of the air to the lowest depths
of the earth and the oceans, the ther
mometer returns to us with the findings
that are Infallible, and upon which we
may fearlessly proceed to formulate our
conclusions.
In medicine and surgery the value of
the thermometer is inculcutable. When
assisted by ita unerring testimony the
physician and surgeon are guided to the
successful results which, without it, would
b exceedingly difficult, If not downright
impossibilities.
All honor then, to the grand old man.
who while engaged In the lllustrous task
of discovering the laws of the heavens,
could find time In which to hit upon the
Idea that should prove to be so valuable
to us In all the humble ways of this
little earth.
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