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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-30
CHAMPIONS ARE THE
HOBBY OF WEALTHY MAN
Sidney X Marvin of San Francisco
Developed Mclaughlin
and Others.

SAN FRANCISCO. July so. - De
veloping tennis champions is the fav-
orite pastime OF Sidney r. Marvin of
this city, a man of wealth who de-
votes his spare hours to the promo
ton OF Juvenile athletics. His sue
cess is measured by the progress of
Maurice Z. Mclaughlin, United States
champion: William L. Johnston. now
in the finals for the LOngwood cup
at Boston. and John Strachan. win
ner of the National Clay court cham
piOnship at Omaha This trio was
graduated from the club which Mr..
Marvin founded ten years ago and
has directed since.
II was Marvins idea that through
constant tournament play. great &C
curacy could be combined with the
speed developed on the asphalt courts
OF California. a series OF champions
would be produced. At the outset he
engaged a veteran professional TO in
struct his young charges and month
ly tournaments for high class trophies
have stimulated interest in the game.
Two colored teams clash at Spring
brook park, Emancipation day. What
is promised 10 be a grand contest. Ell
liotts Giants VS. Benton Harbor
Giants Friday. Aug. 1st Giants have
won three straight Harbor Giants
are playing air tight ball. Game call
ed at p. m Miss F'lossie will carry
the bats Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-30

PARENIS OF 4 Sun.
Born Tuesday 10 Mr. and Mrs.
CLYDE Mitten OF Warren township. a
son.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-30
WANTS BOUT WITH FLYNN
sam Langford TO Remain in West for
Some Time.

CHICAGO, July 30.-Sam Lang
ford. negro heavyweight pugilist. who
recently returned 10 this country from
Australia, spent several hours in Chi
cago Tuesday enrOute from San Fran
cisco TO Boston.
Il expect 10 stay in the east several
months and will try and get a match
with 'POrky' Flynn" SAID Langford.
In the fall ! will return TO the Pa
cific coast TO fill several fight engage
ments."
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-30

] have severed my connection with
the legal department Of the Chi. So.
Bend & Nor. Ind. Ry. Co. and have
established law Offices in the Ameri-
can Bldg. with Howell. Jones & De-
vine. Floyd .. Jellison. Advt.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21
stolen our late chiers son and made

stolen our late chiefs son and made
him play one OF their idols
The soldiers made a rush for me
and hard fight followed, but the
soldiers had the best OF 1t. and few
moments later I was struggling In
Khogiz Khan's arms while he carried
me to the English residents palace
through the furious crowd. Here
was locked in room and guarded by
many men.
Much blood was shed on that day.
was undressed and the paint
scrubbed Off my whole body. and a
few days later Khogiz Khan told me
that Haripal had been chosen to play
the god in my place.
NOW the festival is over" he said,
"and before I take you back to your
mother / will show what has become
of those who played the gods"
The next morning he took me to
the temple. In regal splendor lay
here the bodies of three children, the
little girl who played Seeta. the boy
who played Lachmano and my chum.
Haripal.
According to custom. the priests
had poisoned them on the last day.
that the people might believe their
souls had gone to the gods they had
personified.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21

dwelling walls is sure to go to heaven,
be he Mohammedan. Brahmin or even
meat eating Englishman.'
1t was Haripal, my favorite native
playmate, who told me this, and ]
believe every word he said.
MY uncle. the priest" said Haripal,
lives at Benares. and when the next
Rama and Seeta festival is held I am
going to be there, and perhaps they
will choose me to play Rama. Poor
Jack! If you were not a Christian
they might choose you to play Lach-
mano, the god of war"
Thus it happened that one day in
September Haripal, at my instigation,
dyed my whole face and body yellow
and dressed me like a native boy,
whereupon we ran away from home,
asking our way to Benares.
1t took US three days to get there,
tired, hungry and footsore. We went
straight to the house OF Haripars
uncle He received us very kindly and
believed his nephew's story that we
had been sent to him by our parents,
who wanted us to win the grace of
the gods. We had learned Rama's and
Lachmanos parts to play at the fes-
tival
The priest was overjoyed, for he
had not been able to find the two ma
tive boys he must have, so became
Rama and Haripal another god. At
that time the festival of the gods in
Benares lasted Tor several days, and
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21
Us Boys

ww ORE than one witness Is alive
lvt to testify of the courage of my
father, one of the bravest men
who ever fought under the Union
Jack. Like most old soldiers of his
generation, he had a deep contempt
of men who fought with the pen only
bad handwriting. Even the Prophet
Daniel would have hesitated, trying to
read the manuscript now lying in
front of me- in which he tells of an in
cident from his childhood.
During the first II years of his life
my father had never associated with
European children of his own age. He
was born in Hindoostan, where his
father was colonel of Mohammedan
regiment until he was killed at the
head of his soldiers during the assault
at Ghunza in 1899
At II years of age my father found
himself in India without any other
protector than his mother. who was
an invalid, and no playmates but ma
tive children Had he known boys OF
his own race this adventure would
never have happened to him, while it
now became the turning point of his
life, for his mother, who was scared al
his lack of faith. sent him to England
to be educated at Harnow
"Benares." my father writes in his
manuscript, "is the sacred city-of
the Hindus-and he who is fortu-
nate enough to die within its evil
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21
~ A Dangerous Honor
~

the rajah was present with all his
court.
| The first day the rajah took a liking
to me. He patted me on the back and
gave me necklace of silver and ru-
bies.
| 1t was wonderful festival Under
canopy of silk sat the little girl
who had played my bride, Seeta, and
we both had been painted a bright
yellow all over our bodies. we car
ried golden swords, bows and arrows.
and were waited upon by natives and
stuffed with all kinds of delicacies.
| On the fourth day, however, my di-
vinity same to an end.
| According to the program. Seeta
was stolen by the demon Ravanna and
carried into dungeon. Accompanied
by the divine Hamman, the monkey
god, and his armed men. we marched
| through the town to set her free.
No conqueror could have been
prouder than / was at the head of
my army of gods. In the great ba-
zaar I suddenly saw crowd OF men,
the sight Of whom made me tremble
with fear. 1t was Khogiz Khan. a
major in my fathers old regiment.
and number of his soldiers.
| In spite of the paint he had recog-
nized me Immediately and elbowed
himself through the crowds to get
close to me.
| Allah il aIlah." he cried to his
men. "1ook, those cursed infidels have
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21
Tomorrow:
Too Bad! Too Bad!
THE STAFF OF LOVE

Apropos of an aged millionaire 5
marriage to chorus girl of II, David
Belasco said:
"A love match, no doubt, a love
match, at least, on the old million
aires part. Love is good for the
young. 1t keeps them straight. But
for the old-oh. my
Love, in respect to the young and
old, is just the opposite 10 4 walking
Etick-a walking stick, you know, Is
the old mans strength and the young
mans weakness"
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21

tration. Each of you choose half a
dozen friends to arbitrate.'
Hurrah!" yelled the crowd. do
as the gentleman says, boysw
Having seen the twelve arbitrators
selected to the satisfaction of both
sides, the man of peace went on his
way. rejoicing in the thought of hav-
ing once again prevailed upon brute
force to yield to peaceful argument.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21
MISTAKEN

An American. motoring through
small Scotch town, was pulled up for
excessive speed.
Didn't you see that notice. Dead
slowT inquired the policeman.
Course did," returned the Yankee.
hut thought it referred to the
darned little town"
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21
HARD AT WORK

He was member of the Peace So
ciety. and he came across two youths
In back street nghting. According
ly he pushed through the crowd and
persuaded the combatants to desist.
Let me beg OF you my good fell
lows. to settle your dispute by arbi-
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21
Copyright 1913, BY International News Service)

Half an hour later he returned that
way. and was horrified to find the
whole street fighting, while in the
distance police whistles could be
heard blowing and police were rush
ing to the spot from all quarters.
Good graciousl What is the mat
ter now?' asked the peacemaker of
an onlooker.
.Shure. sorr." was the reply, "the
arbitrators are at work..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22

on their back Subscriptions, why
then we could be as thankful as en-
nybuddy. With SIGH a unlocked
for boon of a few dollars in cash
we would purchase a turkey and
gnaw into same on Thanksgiving
day with great cheer.
The way it looks as we 60 to
press, however, our Thanksgiving
dinner will be composed of flank
stew or corned beef and cabbage
one or tother, but not both.
However, we are thankful for
one thing, and that is we're alive
and in our ushual helth. whereas
we might be extincl<tl
IF YOU DESIRE TO MAKE
US A GOOD EAL MORE
THANKFULLER THAN WE
BE AT PRESENT, PAY US
SOMETHING ON YOUR BACK
SUBSCRIPSHIONl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22

For anser Il give ~ . push into de
gutter with crate Whence ~ he struck
at us with his cane. and screeches in
his squeelky voice. "Blim-ding II, yoa
take yer hands often mel I haint poor
ner haint old I want you to under
stand line jest As spry - you be, and
eff you doubt 1t jest yanl< off yer coat
and step out into the road You've
been the nineteenth person whose aslt
whut's the matter with me, and lima
getting sick explainin. My leg amt
broke ner amt sprained my antel
nuther. There aint nuthin the matter
with me exsept that ding busted old In
CROWN toenail agini Mercyashion,
can't person hev . ingrowin toenai1
In this town without havin to stop &
explain about It tew everybuddy!"
We passed on, cut to the quick By
SIGH brutal langwidge. That's the way
ir this world-try to be simpythetic &
show brotherly love to some FOLKS,
and they turn and bite the hand that
simpythizes with EN-. Wot do we care
if L Gool<ins does have ingrowin toe
nail? Nothing, we anser. Let him
have it-he's welcome to II, and the
next time he gifts emmy consolashion
from us he'll ask for il first
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
THANKSGIVING
EDDYTORIUL

Our army of intelligent & OBJ
toose subscribers has to thank Eph
wilkins, one of the most respeckt-
ed citizens of Bingville for this
Thanksgiving Eddytoriul. If il
haddent been for Eph we would OF
went & pasd Thanksgiving Day by
in this wks Bugle like as not, and
then it would of been everlastingly
too late to of wrote about it, be-
cuz by the time next wk's Bugle
would of come out Thanksgiving
would of been Numbered amongst
the past.
Only this morning as we was on
our way to the P. o. to see if there
was emmy mail for us (there was
sent) we happend to meet Eph
who says to us, "Well, I calkilate
you hev a turkey fatted up for
Thanksgiving, heyT Up to then
we had clean forgot that Thanks
giving was so near, so we rusht
right back to our sanktum and here
we be with our pen in hand dash
ing off a eddytoriul on the great
day of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is day set a part
onct a year about this time for
folks to give thanks on whether
they have ennythink to give thanks
for or vice versa. The motto OF
Thanksgiving is, BE Thankful
& if You Can't be Thankful, why
Be as Thankful as you can"
AS you peroose this eddytoriu1
look back over the past yr & sec
if you can't think up sornethinlx
which you ort to be thankful for
when Thanksgiving comes around.
IF your crops amt turned out as
well as you think they ort to of, be
thankful that it amt no worse. If
a COW or horse had laid down on
YOU and died, be thankful it was
sent your wife or Children. If you
hev had cold on your chest til
you dadblamed near coffed your
fool head of, be thankful it was
sent smallpox or tiefoid fever.
There il allus somethink to be
thankful for when you come 10
look at it in the right light.
As for US personal, a. editor &
prop. of the Bugle, as we shade our
eyes and take a squint into the
masty past of the last 10 months.
we can see nothink partickler to be
thankful for, and if we wassent 50
blamed full of eternal hope & OPP
tyrnizzum we persoom we would be
Z good cal down IN TIE nnouth
when Thanksgiving day aEsiyes.
IF few Of our dez6hent = dis
honerabul subscribers yQuld come
6orrard betwixt now snd T1anl<s-
giving day and pay us s. - mite
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
NOW
Excepted
TIME!

to get your old bed tick filled
with Mise new rye straw. Owing
to pecooliar circumstances beyond
my control which I amt got time to
explain I find I have on hand at
this season nearly half . ton of
rye straw which don't know what
to do with. Being as IL amt Of no
value to me whatever and u
only takin up vallyble spase in my
barn have desided to sell it & get
all l can for it.
1t occurd to me that there amt
nothinlk better in the world to
fill ticks with than Jest fresh rye
straw so / have desided to 60 into
the bed tick filling bizness. Like
as not you amt had your bed tick
filled with rye straw for several
yrs or longer. A. q result, what
Il the result? l will tell you: The
result is that you've slep on that
tick so long that its flattorn .
pancake and hardern q flag.
stone. Not only that but its fun
of Jumps & hunmicks which no
huming being can sleep on and take
emmy comfort. How can you sleep
with lump as big As cobblestone
proddin you in the back7 Answer
CANT SLEEP.
Throw away the old rye straw
IN your tick and let me Eli it with
fresh & clean, or / should say come
to my barn 4 fiji Il yourse1f.
All I win charge you for al the
rye straw you can stuff into yolar
tick IS Is cts. Cheep enu6, say 10
Yours for rye-tick-straw
HEN CRANKY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
LokaI Suuibs

Lem Brown, our expert carpenter,
while whiting a stick in Hen Wealth
ersby's store tother evg, whitfield his
finger til it bled by axident. We
wouldn't call that very expert carpenter
work, Lem.
Little John James Williams, IL month
old son of Bill Williams, had colick
tother night, and Bill had to lug him
back and forth until a. m Bill says
he wishes to goodness if John James
must have the colick he would have it
in the daytime SO as person could get
their rest.
Rufe WHITLEY intended to single
his house this fall, but now cold
weather has came and Rufe says he'll
wait until next spring. This 10 the 9th
year Rufe has put the job over till
spring.
Miss Amelia Tucker, our raining
sossiety queen, wore new bright green
dress to church last Sabbath. Miss
Amelia's complexshion is turrible
muddy, and it was the general opinyun
of the wimmen folks that the green
dress dident become her = tall, being ~
it made her look so bilious.
Some time sinst we advertised that
we would except some wood in ex-
change for subscriptions. Well, we
don't desire emmy more wood being az
We now have more wood on hands than
we can burn in the next three yrs, even
if it was winter all the VI round. We
wouldn't want emmy more wood, 90
kindly govern yourselfs according. and
instid of wood bring money for =
change If you want wood or emmy
think else advertise in the Bugle.
eTA>-> = - III a - -
can think up without . turrible effort
at this sitting, and for this reason we
viii bring these squibs to I abrupt close.
Ennybuddy having emmy squibs for next
wk's Bugle bring them IN 4 be libber-
a1lv thanked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
New Game In School

Jed Peters, our intelligent school
teacher. has brought good cal of crit
ticizm on hisself by interdoocing new
game into the school which he calls
"Feetbawl."
Jed made = trip to the CO seat not
long sinst, & while there purchased a
leather bag full of wind about the size
of medium sized skwash. Last Fri
day afternoon instid of having literary
exersizes in the school or a spelling
match as ushual, Jed made up two sides
from the boys in the school of II on
each side to play 4 game of "Feetbawl."
& then adjourned to a field back of the
school house and begin to play.
As near as we can lern. the side
which gifts the wind-bag away from
tother side wins the game. After the
game was over little Sammy Wilkins
had his eyebrow sl<un, Tommy Barker
had sprained his anlxel, and poor little
Willie Miller had q tooth knocked out
en- his head.
Sim Miller, who is Willie's pap, says
he's q going to complain to the school
board and have "Feetbawl" stopped,
being as he diddent send his Willie to
school to have his teeth knocked outen
his head, but to be lernt nolledge into
his head, if that's possibil.
: There is a good cal of critticizm
about Jed bringin "Feetbawl" into
Bingville The general opinion is that
a game which is dangerous to life & lin
ort not be allowed in our school
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22

SHOOT!
IVES Woodruff, Our Expert Hunter
& Trapper Will Give One on
Thanksgiving Day!---FuII Par
tickIers as per Shoot Below!
Here Is 4 chanst to Git a
Turkey Free!

Yves Woodruff, our expert hunter &
trapper, desires Us to a nounce to the
general publick of Bingville & visinity
that on Thanksgiving day he will give
a grand Turkey Shoot in Bingville for
the benefit of those who desire to get
a turkey for nothink. & also largely for
his own benefit.
Yves purchased this turkey last wk
from Jethro Jennings, who lives q mile
west of Bingvi1le, and raises turkeys &
chickens for sale. It is not lmowd how
much Yves paid for the turkey, but if
he paid moren $O.75 cents he got stuck.
being as it's a old gobbler which
Jethro has said sinst is either II or nine
yrs of age, he forgets which. and tuffer
than all git out.
The gobbler was in turrible poor con-
dishion when Yves bought him. but Yves
has been feeding him all the corn he
will eat, and hopes he will fat up 4
become plump by Thanksgiving.
The shoot will be held in the field
back of Wesses house on Main street,
and them as desire to partisipate will
assemble on the premises at 10 q. m.
sharp. Hank Dewberry told Yves he
thort he ort to hold the shoot at least
two days before Thanksgiving, being a.
by rights the turkey ort to be parboiled
at least two days in order to make it
tender enuff to bite into without break
ing a tooth, and then it could be ct on
Thanksgiving. This made Yves turrible
mad, and he told Hank he diddent need
to paternise the shoot, being as he could
get along very well without him
The turkey will be placed in box
with its head stickin outen the box, 4
will be set down 800 yds away from
the shooters. Whoever shoots the tur-
key m the head gets the turkey. How
ever, if they shoot the turkey through
the box that don't count, and them as
enter are urged to aim high. If no
buddy gets the turkey Yves win eat Il
hisself.
Ten cts per shot at the turkey, or
three shots for = quarter, VIII be
charged to defray expenses of the
shoot, and Yves will have the sayso of
who shoots first and who shoots last.
The worst shots will shoot first, becuz
it would be turrible calamity to Yves
II tuc uIBI 8t1OOkSI 8tlOotQ 1tCp Up 4110
shoot the turkey the first shotl 1t Is
the general opinion. however. that there
won't be nobuddy hit the turkey at 500
yds.
Nothing but rifles win be used, a.
shotguns scatters too much. For this
reason peacable citizens of Bingville
Who amt talkin part in the shoot IL
advised to stay in their homes until
after the shoot Is over. 4 not 60 mean
dern around IN the visinitty of the tur-
key unless they do 80 At their own risk
and desire to be shot IN the vitals
fatally.
Seth Dewbefry, our ion-hearsnd euum)
consmbble, viii enter the manElI -
says he viii be powerful surprisoA II 81
don't win that turkey with - six-
shooter, being - he considers Deaf)
one of the crackest shots in the
and has shot = 10 ct piece ut g 49,
Is times outen Is menny = time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
Personal BreefS

Ham Winslow had his old bay mare
Polly" to kick at him very vishish
tother evg about dark as Ham pasd be-
hint her in the stable. Polly diddeni
reach Ham, but one of her shoes flew
often her off hind foot and whizzed
within inch of Hams nose with SIGH
force that it went clean through the
stable wall. Ham says if that shoe had
of hit him in the head he calkilates il
would of splattered his brains all over
the stable if he's got emmy. Ham says
he thinks Polly diddent know him in
the dark, SO he give her good 1arrupin
with halter strap jest to let her know
who he was.
Mrs. Elmer Hosmer of Snake Bend
come to Bingville last Sunday to Sun
day with Mrs. Sam Hance, but arrived
lest after Mr.. and Mrs. Sam had left
home to Sunday with Jabez Witherow
over Pea Ridge way. Mrs. Hosmer re-
turned home in deep disgust, 4 said II
would be a cold day when she paid
Mrs. Hance another VISIT. Mrs. Hance
says she hopes we will have = open
winter.
Doc Livermore, our human speshial-
lSt q morse veterinary, - IN tuIiioie
high spirits these days. Doc says nearly
four outen FIVE folks in Bingville has
colds in their head or chest, 4 as a
result he's reaping rich harvest sellin
medisin, chest perteckters, ct cetery
Doc says chest pertecleters is all the
rage. being as most everybody is wear
ing one if the truth was knowd.
Hen Weathersby informs as that next
wk he is 4 going to have cleerance
sale of toothbrushes. Five yrs ago Hen
laid in 2 doz tooth brushes which are
to clean peoples teeth with, and he amt
only sold two. We persoom Bingville
folks agrees with us that tooth brushes
i something we can get along without,
& therefore luckshury.
Word has reached here that Hester
McCraclxin of Calamity Corners, who
is in her 40-ties, i soon to be united IN
the holy bonds of wedlock to Jim
Trumbuil, old batch of Bingville. Bin
has the sympathy of the entire COM
munity in his sad bereavement, being
n it . the general opinyun Hester win
lead him BY the nose the rest Of his
life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
Country Correspondence
Last

It fills ~ with deep disgust to con-
fess that we went and lost what little
country correspondence We had for this
wk's ishue. It was from Snake Bend
Before We could set it up into type It
got lost somewhere, likely IN the waste
basket, and - = result We. amt got no
country correspondence to persent to
the reading publick- This Is the first
time SIGH : ridiclklus calamity ever hap
pened to N, & we're turrible put ont
zDlroR BINcvu1.x BucI.K
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22
L Terrible Touehy

Tother day, ~ We was ON our way
down st. We happened to meet L. Coo
kins, who was wallkin with . limp &
usin cane to help hisself. fetched
deep By human pity, We nacherly
paused when We got to Il, & placing
our hand on his shoulder with pathetic
sympathy says to him, Poor old Il,
am turrible sorry to see you wallEin
with cane. Wots the txuhhilr