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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

ardyce taking pin out of her mouth. "Come, hurry
up! What do you want?"
a like see Tommy gal" Bung announced, slightly
abashed.
"Who?" The wornan's voice shrilled like whistle.
"Gal Tommy go mally-NIiss Celia"
"Oh you can't her. She's gone to bed with a
headache What do you WANT"
Bung brought forth Ho Gee and carefully unwrapped
him.. He held the jade statuette up for Mrs Altar,
dyces inspection. Il bling this Clistus pesent fo
her get mally BY" he announced affaby.
"A wedding present. see" Mrs. Allardyce took
the image and turned it over scornfully what do
you call that?"
HE name Ho Gee. He vey good luck TO all wediee
blowout When my glandfathah mally my gland
mothah, he give him her. What happen then? He got
ten, leben, twelve"
"Oh doubt" snapped Mrs. Allardyce, setting Ho
Gee down windowsl. Il haven't time to stand
here listening to your heather supersttons. l have
doubt it's all very fine junk. Now, look here! She
turned upon Bung and transxed him with long fore
finger. @Mrs. Oliver has lent you to me to help
tomorrow night. You're pretty bad looking mess l
in pair of rubber boots!'
missy Olivah know plenty, retorted Bung resent
ing the slight on his boss-ladys judgment.
Il won't have any tranps around my house tomor-
night! Have you dress suit?"
what you call him?"
II say, have you dress suit?"
Il got niece stylish China silk coatee pantee
l um."
NO. you won't um! don't permit any wait
around my house unless they appear in evening
clothes"
a sabe you-too hightone!" snorted Bung,
thoroughly aroused.
"None of your impertinence! Either obey orders or
don't come!"
Il no coe!" announced Bung, beginning to gather up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

"You cut, l wear The was settled, and Daisy's
hoofs splashed away into the darkness.
TOMMY had given bachelors dinner in San Jose
the night before and he awoke rather late in his
bedroom at the ranch his attention to Devil
be packed for going away and a spotess array of
evening clothes to be laid out for the evenings
mony He spent most of the day changing his shoes,
whstlng saying the High Church service over to him
the bridetobe and get in everyones way he scolded,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

the reins Daisys flank. Then indignant venge-
full thought entered his brain He pointed dramatically
to the jade image the windowsll. Gimme back Ho
Gee he commanded "That god no likee folks too
muchee hghtone."
Mrs. Alardyce seized the carved idol and tossed it
at B,ng with such accuracy that it struck the old fellow
in the broad center of his blouse and bounced unhurt
upon the well padded portion of his avoirdupois. Bung
tucked the outraged god under his forearm and stood
the blackboard facing Cecilas aunt like a prophet of
evil.
a take um Ho Gee. l take um luck. Goo'by!' he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

I'll get bite there and drive back here in time change
my clothes Don't worry, Honey, I'll fix it
Whatever Tommy was intending to fix was never
explained but he cranked up his with great energy
and prepared for flying trip. To Bung who
lettering curously near hoe handle thrust into the
leg of his gum boot, Tommy said:
"Bung you'd better wash up and change your clothes
for the evening Mother has laid your dress suit at
the head of the stairs. Put the whole outfit on and
you're dressed drive to Hok Ding and get
those extra flowers ordered for the supper You
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-05

not hardened Gregg. He under
stands and likes dogs. He catches
between 5000 and 5000 in the
course of a year, and electrocutes
between $500 and 5000. The
good dogs are sold by the city,
which enjoys a revenue of 81, 900
to $4,000 from this source. No
dogs are caught for revenue be-
tween November l and April |,
but only mongrels, the sick, old
and unfit.
Il want to remind the public"
said Gregg, that those who have
dogs should take out licenses.
The license tag must be fastened
to dogs collar or above his foot.
if the owner doesn't want us to
catch him. Once caught, the
owner must pay for his return.
If the dog is not claimed, we keep
him 48 hours, then sell or kill
him. You wouldn't want a dog
of yours that you liked and
chummed with. to go that way.
You wouldn't want to think that,
in trying to save a dollar, you'd
lost pa"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-05

you broke your leg and stayed
away from the park l handled ten
chances with only one error. us
Slap: Better luck next time,
old fellow.
Thud: Thanks-f hope you
break both legs. .l..,r
Slap: They've shifted you to
third base, Inotice.
Thud: used to let fouls
scratch up all the flower seeds in
center garden.
Slap: Is that true about you
having a run-in with the umpire?
Thud: Yes, it is. The umpire
charged that l didn't know base
hit from base drum. I'm better
educated than that. l used to go
to college.
Slap: And at college you we're
a member of the ball club?
Thud: No, l was a member of
the mandolin club. Well, one
word led to another and it wound
up with me hitting the umpire.
1t caused an awful uproar, but
the crowd was with me.
Slap: Wanted to mob the UNI
pire, Ell?
Thud: Nav! Wanted to mob
me.
Slap: But you said the crowd
was with you! -,
Thud: Extcatly-they caught
up with me.
-o-o-
A Saving.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-05
A Saving.

A Saving.
Mrs. Dooley-Oi'm takin' me,
twelve children back to Oireland
an do be gettin' their twelve tick
cts for the price of eleven.
Mrs. Murphy-Faith, an a
large family is a great savin' to a..
person Judge.
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cateh 1oo-Year.oId rurtI..

Four hundred years ago, according to estimates, Indians, with their crude fishing devices, might have tried to catch large turtle that appeared at times in the Chesapeake bay; but it eluded generation after generation of red men, white men, sailors and oys- ter fishers until few days ago, when 1t was finally captured and sent to d fish merchant in Homestead It will make soup for 100 persons or more.
 The turtle, weighing 317 pounds and measuring nearly five feet in diam eter across its shell, was captured in the Choptank river, near Choptank, Md, and created sensation in that town. According to the owner. there are 17,0O0 barnacles on its she'll Pittsburg Post.
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we began to see the neighbors sit up and notice us, and we figured on about a s1.00O opening.
 'The show will cost us about ssO day" Bunch financed, with a stran. gle hold on big green lead pencil. Let's see! expenses say $500 a week at the outside. Now, let's strike low average and say we play to $500 a night; that's $4,S00 a week, and two matinees at, say $200, that's 5000 on the week, eh, Jean! That gives us clean profit of s1,50o apiece for the three of us-oh, acesi"
 Tt looks good to me, Bunch" agreed, and then we went out and or dered some more three-sheets and flock of snipe.
 We spent the whole day in New Rochelle, and 1 reached home tired but enthusiastic.
 "John." said Clara J. when we were alone after dinner. Uncle Peter says If you will let him have that s5,O00 by Thursday or Friday he will in. vest 1t where the returns will be enor. mous!"
 Sure" I answered, and could feel my ears getting pale; "I'll hand 1t over to him Thursday or Friday-if you think it's best not to invest 1t in that new house."
 "Oh! I really dol" she hurried back. You know Uncle Peter is SC careful and so clever with his invest ments. He told me in strictest conf dence only this morning that he would more than double your money in six months. Isn't that perfectly splen did!"
 'Is that the wonderful secret you threatened me with?" I asked mourn fully.
 "Oh, mol" she replied; q can't tell you that till Wednesday evening" promised not to-"
 guess didn't sleep very well that night, for I had dreams of Uncle Peter chasing me with a club all over the ater and making me hop every seat in the orchestra, while Ma'moiselle Dodo sat perched on the balcony rail and screamed, You betcher sweeti
 Copyright G. W. Dillingham; Co.)
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pleading voice. It's catchy jest, all right, and it's making me laugh. The way you two ducks josh each other Is pitiful, but your secret is safe with me, Manager. I won't make no bad breaks, and Dodo won't ever open her talktrap. She never talks off the stage. On the stage, say! she has the most elegant line of language that ever left the pipes. Leave 1t all to me, Manager, and I'll see that the Mo Gowan family makes an awful hit with your fireside companions"
 And Skinsh kept his word.
 He skilfully led Uncle Peter around to a discussion of sleight-of-hand, and two minutes later the Wonder Work CT was dragging the coal shovel and the vinegar cruet out of the mayors inside pockets, to the intense mysti- fcatfon and delight of the old gentle man.
 Uncle Peter was wearing a small diamond pin in his cravat and quite by accident the setting became loose and the stone dropped to the floor.
 The old gentleman became very much concerned about it and we all started to look for it.
 Wait a minutei" said Skinski; "the spark fell in your left-hand vest pocket"
 Uncle Peter looked at him blankly. Impossible, why there's nothing there but this box of quinine pills for my cold"
 Open it," said Skinski, and Uncle Peter did so.
 How many of those do you usually take in a day?" asked Skinski.
 Four" replied the puzzled old gentleman.
 Drop four of them in your left hand" ordered Skinsh.
 Uncle Peters right hand trembled a bit, with the result that five of the quininea fell into his left hand.
 "If you counted money the way you count pills you'd quit loser," chuckled Skinski. Put four of those dizzy wizzys back in the box"
 The old gentleman did so.
 Now take your penknife and open the pill you didn't put back,' com manded Skinski.
 Uncle Peter obeyed instructions, and he nearly choked with astonish- ment when his diamond came to view
 It was a neat bit of work and Skin ski became a solid success with Uncle Peter.
 Did I understand you to say, Mir. McGowan, that you are commission merchant in Springfield, Ohio?" the mayor asked Skinsh when the ap- plause had subsided
 I'm a used to was" Skinsh cor rected. There was time when I commished for fair, but the bogie man caught me and I lose all had. Since then I've been trying to sell a gold mine I own out in the Blue Hills.''
 I tried to sidetrack SkiDski and lead him away from the smoking
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IMPORTANCE OF PURE WATER
Problem Is One of Most Difficult That Many Poultry Raisers Have to
 Contend With.

One of the problems of the poultry yard is how to supply water to the fowls in cold weather at such a tenn perature that they will not be chilled through when they drink. Hot water not good for the hen, and she dis ikes it, as does a man, when it is merely warm.
 Plenty of pure fresh water is a ne- cessity of the laying hen. and she wants it just cool enough to quench her thirst. People who are on the lookout for eggs will see to it that water is supplied often, and, if possi- ole in vessels that will not freeze over )r become foul.
 Asyessel with an outer jacket, some hing like a fireless cooker. taken in Q the house at night, and warmed throughout when it goes to the coops n the morning, is suggested as meet ng the requirements of the case.
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room, but Uncle Peter insisted upon hearing more about those dreamland gold mines.
 I've got the documents and every thing to prove that my claim Is all the goods" Skinski rattled on. "All ii needs is the capital to work 1t and it's a bonanza, sure-isn't 1t, Dodey-I mean Flo!"
 You betcher sweet!" she an- swered, whereupon Peaches and Aunt Martha had 8 fit of coughing which lasted three minutes.
 Then Uncle Peter coaxed Skinski off in a corner and there they hob nobbed for fifteen minutes while my wife and her aunt and I tried to get cheerful and chatty with Aunt Flo,' but we only succeeded in dragging from her four reluctant You betcher sweets!"
 Presently Uncle Peter and SkInski shook hands about something, and five minutes later Dunch's relatives took their departure to the accompani ment of much internal applause on my part.
 "NIr. McGowan is 8 very accom- plished gentleman" Uncle Peter de cided; but handicapped by g most
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saved us the hardship of ringing the bell. Oh! he's a thoughtful relative, Bunch is.'
 Clara J.. looked at me, looked at Skinski, he looked at Dodo, and she looked at the piano and said thought fully, You betcher sweeti"
 "The idea of Bunch coming to our front door and then rushing off again without seeing anybody" gasped Peaches, what does 1t mean?"
 Alice lives only half mile away and possibly Bunch was running be- hind his schedule" I suggested.
 Just then Aunt Martha and Uncle Peter came in the parlor, and present ly grabbed a chance to say few words to Skinski on the side:
 If my family circle ever gets wise that ybu and the Queen of Laughter over there are excess baggage it'll be to the cabbage patch for mine," I whispered
 I'm on" Skiuski whispered7 back. Never a break from yours mysteri- ously. believe me. We wouldn't have come out at all if your partner hadn' t insisted. He was so hot to have us butt in here and hand your heart g 1utter that l just couldn't resist his
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Dinner was nearly over at Uncle denly the doorbell rang violently and two minutes later the servant an- nounced that MT. and Mrs. Cornelius MeGowsn were in the psrlor.
 I knew! They were really Skinsld and Dodo. engaged by us to go on the road with their sketch, and had once introduced them as Bunch's relatives. Bunch was getting back!
 First I decided to faint; then changed my mind and tried to figure ont which would be the most cruelty effective way of killing Bunch Jeffer, son.
 Uncle Peter resented the unexpected arrival of these strangers, because he wanted to sit around and have the houie folks tell him how sick he was. 'Td like to know what Bunch Jef- ferson means by sending his relatives over to us on Sunday evening"" my wife's uncle snapped. "Why doesn't be worry old Bill Grey with them, eh It's bad enough for me to have to sneeze my head off before my own people, but I'll be dod bimmed if I'm going to sit around the parlor and play solos on my bronchial tubes for the edification of strangers-no, sir!" Uncle Peter sniff1ed off to his apart meuts, and Peaches said she'd try to entertain the visitors.
 concluded to help her some.
 -Skinski arose from the sofa and greeted us with his most elaborate bow.
 Mamoselle Dodo didn't Society very much.
 She sat in the middle of the room and sang soft lullabys to hold-over. "Air. Jefferson, my nephew" Skin- ski was saying, insisted that we should hit the suburban trail and To- cate your shack. Here's g. note from nephew Bunch for you"
 SkinsN handed me the note with a face as solemn as a monkey-wrench, and read it:
 City, Sunday P. M. Dear John.-I send herewith the two rosebuds. As a favor to your old pal please treat my beloved relatives with every consideration and make a fuss over them. You know you told them in the restaurant to come and see you. They want to make good and will stay week if you insist
 With kindest regards.
 BUNCH. P. S.-Dcn't drag Aunt Flora into any literary discussions-she might hand you something Her favorite author is Pom eroy Sec, the chap who writes all those frothy books. .-stt B. q wish you could have seen our place in the daytime" Peaches was saying to SkinsN when I finished reading Bunch's get-back. "We think it's delightful out here. Did you have much trouble in finding the placer" : Nav, lady fair" Skinski replied; mo trouble at all. Nephew Bunch came as far as the front door with us. g ''What!" exclaimed the astonished Peaches.
 ''Yes." skinski concluded; The even
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depressing wife; most depressing. The Blue Hills, eh! the Blue Hills Now, I wonder"
 Then he began to whistle softly and went into the dining-room.
 Monday morning, bright and early, I met Bunch. and we buried the hatchet.
 "1 hope my beloved relatives didn't disgrace me while sojourning in your midst" he chuckled. ,
 Not at sn," answered airily. "Why, Uncle Cornelius was the hit of the season with Uncle Peter, though, Uf course, Aunt Flora didn't make good with that You betcher sweet!' monologue Of hers. How could she |? Even at that, she stands better with me than some conversational queens I know who get so busy with the gab they make me dizzy"
 About noon Bunch and ducked for New Rochelle to do bit of advance work for our show.
 Nobody knew us In the town SO we posed az Cameron & Connolly, own CTS of the Great Hall of Illusions. and managers of the world wonuer and Magic king, Signor Beppo Petro- skinski, and Ma'moselle Dodo, the Oriental queen of mystery.
 Pretty hot line of goods, eh?
 We handed out the salve thing tu ali the paper lads and they were for us good and plenty.
 After our publicity department had been in operation for about four hours
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Improve the Flock.

Improve the quality of your flock oy picking out the hens that seem most desirable. Save the eggs from .hese and you will soon have flock made up of nothing but the choicest birds
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Experienced.

"She Is a poem" ''In four cantos." Why do you say four cantos?" She's been married four times"
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UnIque.

Unique. Why do you applaud the lady moh ologist with such fervor?" My dear fellow, she isn't wearing . hsrem skirt
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-05-28
SURGERY IN ANCIENT TIMES
'Trepannlns . One Of tho Oldest Of
Operations, Dating Back to
Stone Ago.

There Is no doubt that some rough
form OF surgery must have existed
from very ancient times, but it Is
strange to find that so complex and
delicate an operation as trepanning ia
one of the Oldest.
So far as actual records go, Hippoc.
rates gives us the earliest account.
He wrote treaties on fractures, dislo,
cations and wounds of the head, in
which he described the method of
procedure to be followed in the case
OF a fractured skull. His direction
was to cut away a piece of bone so
that the pressure on the brain might
be relieved.
There are also records about this
time and later of a file being used for
this purpose, which at a time when
anaesthetics were undreamed of must
have been, to say the least, painful.
According to DIR. T. Rice Holmes,
the operation of removing pieces OF
bone was performed long before his
toric times. The effects on the skull
are easily seen after death and are
visible SO long as the bones are pre-.
served.
From inspection of certain skulls OF
the later stone age in ancient Britain
DR.. Holmes has come to the conclusion
that some of these had undergone the
operation, which must have been per.
formed with a stone implement.-Lon'
don Standard.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-05-28
A BIBLE STUDY.
he establishments az the Divine
Scnship If ChYi,t.
Continued from first page.)

less and holy, and therefore the In
corruptible One (contrasted with
David in Acts 13:32-37).
His incorruptibility, speaking as it
does of His real character, is His
glory. The .incorruptibility of God
being His glory, we can readily UNI
derstand why idolatry should be so
fiercely arraigned in this chapter
verses %, %. Idolatry likens God
unto corruptible things, and therefore
is guilty of gross SANDER on God.
Read Tim. 1:17, reading "incorrup-
tible" instead of Immortal" for so it
should read, with Rom. 1923.
God, in the fulness of time, gave
the true image of Himself in the per-
son of the incorruptible One, even
Jesus Christ, whom He raised from
the dead in full attestation of His Di-
vine Sonship. Read 2 Cor. IA; Col L:
is, Heb. 1:3. The odionsness of idola-
try then lies in this very thing. How
then can the denier Of the Deity OF
Jesus Christ free himself from the
awful odium of heathenism? To
identify oneself with the root is to
be responsible for the fruit. Read
slowly ROM 1:24-32, for here we
have the fruit of heathenism.
The branches of this tree are ex-
tensive indeed, dropping their fruit
lavishly in our Christian CD land.
Let us speak then without equivo-
cation--To deny the Deity of Jesus
Christ is to ally oneself with the
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-05-28
BIG RUBY UNDER HIS SKIN
Burmese-EurasIan Was Used 40 Hid
ing Place for Jewel by HE
Father.

Surgeon Watson tells Tip about
some strange smuggling, a story Of
Burmah rubies and diamonds that
PASSED through this port undetected,
t not unsupported. The surgeon was
sailed to big hotel to see a gen
:leman with painful arm. The pa
ient was yellow, slender, tawny
blond, the left arm little swollen and
Iery painful. A hard lump was found
lnder the skin just above the elbow,
ind this was pressed on the funny"
nerve that runs behind the elbow.
The lump felt so queer and unusual
hat the surgeon took an X-ray shot
1t it and found it to-, be a big ruby,
about five carats.
This is the novel story of a man
with the ruby in his arm: He was
. Burmese-Eurasian CHS father half
White). In his childhood his father
had been the chief of band OF da-
colts, cut-throat highwaymen, and had
skillfully and painlessly inserted a
.aumber of stones into the layer of
lat under the skin of his fat boy, to
make him walking cache of secret
treasure. AS a youth he went to a
mission school, later was graduated
rom a ''tech" school, and was now
highly successful business man. The
man with the arm set with rubies
would allow no more examinations or
A-ray pictures. There was not a
race of scar near the ruby, so skill
fully had the insert settling been
made. When asked what he intended
TO do about his hidden treasures, he
said that was for his f~ther to say
# alive.-New York Press,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-05-28

used on the earlier metal plates and
wax tablets. All letters were cap
itals. Minuscule, or small lettering,
as opposed to the majuscule, was in
vented In the seventh century. Be-
fore its invention there was no spac-
ing between the words. There was
no punctuation, unless possibly some
mark between sentences. When cur
sive writing came into general use
about the beginning of the tenth cen.
fury the art was practiced by only a
few highly trained scribes. This con.
tinue1 all through the middle ages.
The scribes were artists, and they
carried their art to high degree OF
perfection. Many OF the manuscripts
of that period are very beautiful speci-
mems of handiwork and as perfect as
print ~.
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~ 50
grossest immoralities Of the world.
Note that these things are judgments
imposed by God upon an unbelieving
world Rom. 1929. You will no.
tice that 1t is three times said in
these verses God gave them up.
As long as the world is in unbe-
lief, rejection of Gods Son, can we
expect the removal OF these things?
If these things were to be removed
from the world while in unbelief as
lit is, would not the result be most
direful? II these things, the fruit,
appear so terrible to us who are sim
full by nature, how much the root,
unbelief, appear to God who is of
purer eyes than to behold iniquity?
To remove the judgment would be to
leave the mind of the unbelieving UNI
disturbed, rendering all wholly in
different IT, the claims of God. Dare
we pray for the removal of Gods
judgments?
For what then shall we work and
pray? For the rescue of individuals
from this awful sea of Judgment
which has righteously overwhelmed
this world of unbelief. We are not
to try and drain the sea as the hope
of the perishing, but man the life
boat. The Cross is the only unsink-
able ship. "God forbid that I should
glory, save in the cross of our Lord
Jesus Christ" The Great Commits
sion is-"Go We therefore and make
disciples, ETC." This was spoken out
of call authority"