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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-24
SUITS and
OVERCOATS
You'll see big aSSOrtn1entS here

YOU want plenty of things to choose from,
when you get new clothes; you'll find
plenty here; a selection that's nothing short
of remarkable when you take into considera-
ton the general scarcity of good merchandise
this season. Many new things just received
this week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-23

Keep your hired help busy. Keep your
railroad busy. Keep your bank ae-
count busy. Why. Mr.. Bovser, II you
will let me. will make a million dol
lars for you"
no, you won't, You would make
pauper Of me in ten days."
I'VE shall need about FIVE thousand
bushels OF oyster shells for our chick
ems to nibble on, and I wish you would
see to IT the first thing in the morn
ing. You can do this while I am SELL
ing our place"
"shut right up about the chicken
businessi" hoarsely commanded Mr..
Bo%ser. Il don't want to hear an
other word about 1t. You are as crazy
as a bed bug. You get some sense into
your head. or III be hanged IL don't
divorce you,"
And Mr. Bowser left the house to
take a walk and. when he had gone
Mrs. Bowser fell into such a fit of
laughter that the cook came running
up from the kitchen and wanted to
know II she shouldn't telephone for
the doctor.
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shades how about them?"
That is the elimination Of It all.
That is the browning insult to his an
cestors and to Confucius and the
Blessed Sages who taught us the doc
trine of hlial piety, for the guest N
question was the mans own grand
father-h.s oldest living ancestor and
the very last person on this earth to
whom he should have dared to offer a
bowl Of lukewarm tea. Now, taking
all these things together. I think you
can readily understand how the COM
bination was enough to excite the fam
lily and friends to cast the offender out
Of doors, and the cries OF Poo Hiaoi
Poo Hlaoi' 'Unfiiai! Unfliali' will al
ways turn the passers-by against the
victim and they will be glad and ready
to add their little quota to his punish
ment without inquiring into the merits
Of the case"
And what chance Is there Of get
ting the family punished for half-killing
this poor wretch7"
Very little. fear. from a Chinese
standpoint, for. however strong the for
eign Assessor in the Mixed Court might
be for a penalty, the native Magistrate
would regard It as a case OF culpabie
carelessness or of brutal disrespect 70
served what he got"
well, Mr.. Wang. said the Consul,
as he rose and extended his hand. we
are certainly indebted to you again, as
we so often are. for helping US to get
at the real reason that underlies so
many OF these doings. I can think Of
only one case that I ever personally
witnessed that reminds me Of this. and
that was on the stage in q theatre in
London. A poor sailor was eating his
dinner in a restaurant and when he
started to go out there was an alterca-
ton with the proprietor about the pay
ment OF the check, and from words
they came to blows, and then the wait
tiers and the whole establishment EEL
on him and beat him black and blue
and threw him out onto the sidewalk
and when a kind passer-by picked him
up and inquired as to the cause, the
poor man answered in broken words,
T-I-a-a ee-farthings-shortI'
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as ne rose up. why woman. you are
talking like a lunatic!"
Don't interrupt me, Mr.. Bowser,"
she softly said. Il figure that we will
need two cooks and an assistant. be-
cause we viii have to board our help.
There will be at least eight men. and
you and must turn In and work. You
will need an automobile TO go to town
and see the market men. I will need
a runabout to go to the bank WITH our
money. Each OF Us must have chauf-
feur and that will make two more IN
the house. The first thing off you will
have to buy miles and miles of chicken
wire and then"
Il won't buy one darned foot Of
chicken wirei" shouted Mr.. Bowser as
he brought his fist down.
Then you must build q freight or
packing house FOR our own convenience
1t is five miles to a railroad station
Instead OF trying to haul our eggs and
chickens TO the depot think you had
better build q railroad. 1t will be
about five miles long and cost $4,000
| but that will be a mere flea bite to
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cent in the chicken business. and then
you turn right around and figure out
that we can make thousands of dollars.
What do you mean, anyhow?
You talk like a crazy wcmani"
when I've finished you won't say
so. We sell this house and move out
there. We buy ten thousand more
chickens. can buy them for about
fifty cents apiece. That Is about hve
thousand dollars mere nothing To
us. We shall buy thirty incubators
We shall want the kind that sell for
$3.50. The cost is a mere nothing to
US. Every day we shall gather from
those ten thousand chickens at least
ten thousand eggs From those incu-
bators we shall hatch about three
thousand chickens a day. There is g
constant and great demand for broil-
ers. We can meet that demand. Our
income from broilers alone will be al
least one thousand five hundred dollar:
per day. I estimate our eggs viii
bring US in $1,000 a day. Now
then
"Stopi stop!" roared Mr.. Bowser
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Here. this window is very near the
ground; I'll help you out and you car
slip quietly down there without any
one being the wiser"
Suiting the action to the word the
nurse climbed out the window and crept
away in the direction of the Bridge,
leaving Wang Foo alone in the ward.
The moment he realized the situation
he rose and looking very carefully about
him stepped softly over to the last bed
in the corner and leaning forward
eagerly scrutinized the face of the
patient. He was asleep. His face and
skin were as yellow as the golden let
tiers on the scroll above his bed. He
was breathing slowly and painfully. On
the wooden tablet his name was writ
ten. Ting Tai Foo and after 1t the
significant words, "Poison-Unknown.
The detective unfastened the upper but
tons Of his sleeping jacket and un-
covering his chest Notwithstanding
across from shoulder to shoulder
string Of seven round scars.
THE Abbot's Beads; The Abbot's
Beadsi" he exclaimed, IT have found
them at last
He started and looked hastily around
but no one had heard him and not a
patient seemed to be stirring. He re-
traced his footsteps and. bidding the
gate-keeper goodnight turned sharply
around into the adjoining street. Sum-
moning the first two jin-rik-shas he
bargained with them for a very special
duty, which was no less than to assist
him in returning a patient to his home
from the foreigners hospital duty
they are always glad to undertake. He
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It. Mr.. Bowser continued to be sruti
and unforgiving. but It was a relief to
him when they finished dinner and
reached the sitting-room. He was
all ready to hear the news, and Mrs.
Bowser was ready to tell it. She said:
Mr.. Bowser. on two occasions you
wanted to buy a chicken farm. You
came home to tell me you could make
ten thousand a year. I figured with
you. and found you would lose about
fve thousand a year, instead Of maxi
ing anything at all. I have now
changed my mind about it."
IF you can see II. no one else cAni
There isn't one darned cent in the
chicken businessi Since we have had
our talk about it I have talked with a
dozen chicken men. and there hasn't
been one OF them that has been making
any money"
But, you see, they are not handling
the business right" explained Mrs.
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UI.---ThG ADDOt'S Beads

fhe quickly removed his Jacket OF yell
low and his gown OF blue and turning
them inside-out. changed their whole
color and appearance and re-dressed
himself in brown and purple. The blue
knobNon his hat was drawn out on its
wire and a red one quickly slipped into
its place, a long mustache and goatee
fastened to his upper lip and chin and
he re-entered the park as a visitor
from one OF the up-river cities. Even
the surgeons hcuse-boy. who took such
have been utterly unable to recognize
him in the evening. CIT was this self
same house-boy, by the way. that told
Wang Foo all about the patient in the
hospital, at whose bedside the Consul
and the surgeon were talking, and thus
enabled him to form a judgment in the
case before his host even introduced the
subject.) He sauntered along, over the
Hong Kew Bridge and down by the old
American Consulate, till he came to the
gate of the Mission Hospital and, pass
ing it, took a proffered seat in the gate
keepers lodge. After the pipe and tea
he inquired, quite casually, THE for
eign doctor will not return this eve
ning?"
mo. Venerable SIR" replied the
keeper.
And who is in charge here during
the night7" 4.
''Dr. Chang. his assistant. is in charge
sir"
Please say to him that q visitor
from another city would like the honor
Of meeting him" (slipping a good-sized
coin into his paim).
| ALAS, sir. DR.. Chang and the head
nurse are both away at the bathing
hall, but the second nurse will escort
you, II you wish to 60 into the hos
pital. sir"
Thank you, want very much to see
If an old friend OF mine is a patient
here"
Duly escorted by Hoo Sing the second
nurse, Wang Foo entered the male
Ward No. 3, land passed along from bec
to bed, until he came to the place where
the unfortunate victim OF the luke
warm" tea" was asleep under his quilt
He paused and asked Hoo Sing about
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When Wang Foo babe the surgeon
goodbye, he started away in his jim
rik-sha toward the English Consular
Gardens and in less than a quarter of
an hour he alighted there and paying
on the coolie. crossed the park by one
OF the paths open to the public and,
emerging into the native alley at the
other end. soon found his way to the
home Of the basket-maker from Hong
Kong, which home supplied for him
tho place Of a native hotel.
After the evening rice and the pipe
Of peace he started out again-appar-
emily for an innocent stroll by the
rivers bank-and ere long reached the
high brick wall which bounded the
Consular Gardens. Here he paused a
moment and, looking in both directions
to be sure he was not being observed,
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hurried with them to the window
through which the nurse had gone for
the oranges; it was but the work Of
moment for him to push the two coolies
through 1t and to point them to the
bed where the poison victim lay soundly
sleeping. In an instant more they had
wrapped him uD in his colored quilt.
passed him out through the window and
were dragging his jin-rik-sha through
tho back streets of the Settlement in
the direction of the Chinese City gates.
When DIR. Evanstone made his rounds
through the hospital on the following
morning. he came to bed No. IL in the
corner of Ward No. 8 and noticed that
the patient was missing! DR.. Chang
and the two nurses all disclaimed any
knowledge Of the escape and the gate
keeper swore that no patient had passed
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Bowser. Now, then. listen to me-
We are going to sell this house and
buy q chicken farm"
we are not going to DO any such
blamed thing!" almost shouted Mr..
Bowser.
You walt till I get through. This
house and lot are worth ten thousand
dollars. but we Will sell It for six
thousand, II we can't do better. I have
found a chicken farm of one hundred
acres. We can buy 1t for six thousand.
There is q pretty good house on #, and
one hundred chickens to start with. I
have been talking with the man who
owns II He has consumption and
wants to sell out. 1 told him you
would be around to see him in the
morning"
But will not do sol" exclaimed
Mr.. Bowser. Woman. what in thun-
der ais you? You go ahead and prove
| to me that we can't make a blamed
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US You see, the chicken raisers have
not
by the Lord Harry. woman"
"Sh-s-s-Mr. Bowser. let me go on.
1t has been suggested to me that we
go into bee-keeping in connection with
the chickens. 1 will tell you why we
should do so. When a hen won't lay
an egg every day there is something
wrong with her emotions, She is in
a morbid state. and she wants arouB-
ing. We have the bees to arouse her.
1t Is a fact that every time a bee
stings a hen she cackles in her Joy
and runs away and lays an egg valued
at FIVE cents. Five hives of bees VIII
keep the hens aroused and they Will
make us about $4,000 every year"
BY George-by George." whispered
Mr.. Bowser.
"And they have found out" con-
tinued Mrs. Bowser. that the singing
Of bees will cure rheumatism Why
not advertise that you will take one
hundred rheumatic patients a week
and charge them SO each? Keep your
~chickens busy. Keep your bees busy.
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his familiarity with the case and utterly
disarming any suspicion he might have
about a visit to the ward at this late
hour Of the night. Poor chap" he
said, at certainly went hard with him
for his unfllial spirit"
1T certainly did. sir"
But my heart goes out to him now
for he certainly has suffered. I Won
der II you couldn't just run down to
the fruit sellers by the Hong Kew
Bridge and buy him a dozen oranges
and hide them away under his bedding
for him? See, here is the money and a
wine-tip for yourself"
II ought not to leave the hospital
alone. sir. when the doctor is away,
but it won't be for very long. so
think can risk it."
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ence to the head OF one of the most
dangerous bands of counterfeiters the
Chinese Government had had TO deal
with. After many months of -unrelent-
ing labor, most Of the members had
been apprehended and some Of them
summarily punished. but the ring
leader was still at large and the Pro-
vincial authorities were holding the Tao
Tai responsible for his whereabouts
The latter, after exhausting all other
means, had sent to Hong Kong for
Wang Foo and the great detective had
now been some two weeks at work
upon the case. All that he had to 20
upon was very meagre description
Of the man. which had been worYned
out OF his confederates by torture and
a placard which was found tackled to
the door Of the Tao Tai's apartment in
the Yamen. The placard bore these
words:
wei jim Yoong Yao Chen Chao.
Choo TIE Choo Ting Yeu Pao"
Which might be freely rendered as
follows:
He who makes coin for human needs
VIII surely wear the Abbot's beads"
As all criminals are generally fond OF
jewelry. His Excellency concluded at
once that the head counterfeiter was
wearing a valuable rosary, probably
purloined from some neighboring temple
and, in due course OF time. would seek
to dispose OF 1t at some pawnbroker's
in the city. A very thorough search
was accordingly made by both the
English and the Chinese police, of the
! temples and OF the pawnshops, but, all
though several necklaces were un-
earthed, nothing was recovered that
could with any propriety be called 1.-THE
Abbot's Beads" No temple treasury
had been robbed--what other kind of
beads could possibly be referred tor
1t was while passing a sailors tattoo
shop near the Japanese wharf that an
inspiration came to Wang Foo, which
opened an entirely new line of search.
His eye was attracted by the sign and
its peculiar wording:
why pay out your money for Jewels
Of silver and gold,
When I can adorn you with those
that never grow old?"
This was surrounded by cheap pic
lures and prints of rings, watches, pins,
necklaces and glittering Jewels tattooed
on the human frame. Why might not
the "Abbot's Beads" be painted or tat
tooed or even cut and burned into the
neck of the man he was seeking? He
thought 1t all out that night, and the
very next day began his search for the
Beads. How and where he eventually
found them, has been already told
above.
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BY NJ QUAD
YTIEN Mr.. Bowser came up to
NJ dinner the other night there was

YTIEN Mr.. Bowser came up to
M dinner the other night there was
no Mrs. Bowser to greet him.
lie soon learned that she had gone
shopping and might not come home for
half an hour yet. Mr. Bowser walked
around. in an unsatished way. until
she appeared, and he was about to call
her to account. when her attitude made
him wonder He had not seen her
look so bright and animated for g
year, and her step was almost that OF
a girl He was about to ask for an
explanation, but his dignity forbade it
Il have some great news to tell you
after dinner. ! have been talking BUSH
ness all the last half hour. and think
you can safely count on becoming a
millionaire at the end OF a year"
Through the dinner hour Mrs.
Bowssr continued bright and chatty.
Surely something good must have
happened, but she would not tell OF
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"But what made you think Of looking
for him in the Mission Hospital. Mr..
Wang7" inquired Inspector Gubbins a
few days after the capture. as they
were having a friendly chat and smoke
over it at Headquarters. That's about
the last place to expect to find
Chinese criminal, isn't It?
Yes and no. If they or their friends
have ever been treated by a foreign
surgeon. they are almost certain to go
back to him in time of trouble, for
they know it's their only chance of
life. You see he had evidently two
companions, and. as Is often the case,
when the time Of danger came, one
stood by him and the other turned
against him. The friend was the one
who pinned the paper on his gown say
ing, Please take me to the foreign
hospital" the enemy was the one who
attempted 10 poison him and who put
the placard on the Tao Tais door"
But why should they make their
notice so formal and ambiguous? Why
go. to all the trouble OF putting 1t into
poetry"
>
the difference between East and West.
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth
doing WELL we say, and there is no
reason why a notice OF a thief to his
friends shouldn't be in good poetry
that is. provided, he can write the
poetry. is there?".
why, I suppose not. I've even
heard that in some Asiatic countries.
when a man intends to commit suicide,
he spends hours, and even days, in COM
posing his farewell to the world.
! suppose that means that he wants lots
of pity and sympathy and all that sort
Of thing after it's too late to give 1t to
him. eh?"
mo. not at all. It simply means that
the law Of courtesy and grace holds
right through unto the end. There's
no reason why one shouldn't go out
Of this world in as refined and as be-
coming a way as possible. is therez"
How beautiful and dignified were the
| old suicides OF the Eastl Contrast the
silken cord Of China, or the hara-kiri
sword Of Japan with the horrible and
repulsively vulgar blowing out Of ones
brains with an American gun. Would
any person with an artistic taste hesi-
tate between them7
1t reminds me Of the classic:
What is perfect propriety7 asked the
disciples Of Confucius.
ITO withdraw as gracefully as one
enters" replied the Master.
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By SIDNEY c. PARTRIDGE
Copyright. 1913. By The M,

copDn6h. by h seizure NeDsp1 synactel
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MI. BoWser Refuses to ACCept Great Wealth

Copight. 1913. ~ The Mcclure Ne.ospaper Syndicate
The Washington herald., 1919-01-02
Community Center Notices.

Fountain Peyton. Of the Board oc
Education. will be the speaker at the
reopeninZ Of the Garnet Community-
Center this evening at O'Clock. At
this community meeting there will ss
a discussion Of the plans for the mtu-
winter work Of the center. ----
The educational classes at the VIII
son Normal Community Center iv<f-
begin again this evening. after the
Christmas interval -7.---
Powell Community Center will reopen !
its educational classes in English.
French for children and adults. ;
shorthand and millinery. Y
The Washington and Alaska State
Society meets at the Thomas Com
munity Center at $50 ---,,Iz
Community singing for adults and /.
clubs for the boys and girls Of the
neighborhood are the activities AT ths,
LOvejoy Community Center tonights-s .
--~-i
The Junior Social Club Of the rRir-r
ney Community Center meets t8sfs
evening at s O'Clock. The library, isr
open to adults for reading and for the
distribution OF books from 70 No.
There is also a meeting OF the Cvs1r-n'
munity Buying Club .vT e.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-02

Charles w. Eimonstou. eS Usi O st NV.
John ID. Vance, S Garfield Hospital
Jessie w, Blsckmorc. u. Providence Hospital.
Frank NJ. Gillian. %. l23 Randolph st. NV.
Archibald b. Hornis. Is. Denning. ID. C.
heiien L. Dooney. 10. f22s @ ST. sw
Margaret l.. Estes, So 62 ID St ne.
Jessie Kerr, IS. 213 3th st. NV
John Grace. o, St. Eiizabeth's Hospital
George y. Scho6eld. Is. l23s s:rd ST. nv.
Adam w. Mickey. 81. 1895 llth st. Sc
Pearl Mickey. q. lssS llth st. Sc.
yirginia sueeter. Is hour Casualty Hospital.
Cecil r. Sylvester. %. Ilee Morse st. NJ.
Ella Hewitt. r. IL st. he.
Maurice Davis 40. 10 Myrtle st. ne.
Gladys v. Heagy. u, Iap Wis. ave-
JAPANESE
Henry II. ssto. years. Childrcn's Hospital.
COLcRED.
Rachel sneed, 10, zIt2 Ward place.
Amanda Timms. r. ia5 u ST. NV.
Mary +. Taylor. 10. 1881 West Court nv.
Leone johnson, p. 10 eth St NV.
Ella Moten. a. Ills LIST st. sw.
Thomas Frederick. ]. lo6 l. st. sw
Rachel Triplett n, s3 md st. sw.
Dewey s. Carter. % SIS 2nd St sw.
Bertha Carter, 2. 7. h. HoeIdtsl.
Emma 4. Butler. Is. 2J6o Nicba,s ave.
May Thomas. Q. freeulnen's Hospital
Louise Payne. q. 272: sth st. NV.
Cassie Dorsey. 81. Fre~dmen's Hospital.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-02
PROPOSALS.


TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SUPERVISING
Aremtects ohice, Washington, ID. c., Decem-
Der a. lsia SEALED PROPOSALS will be
opened IN this Office at D. M, January Il.
lsis Tor the labor required for the installation
81 tne meehanical equipment texcept lighting
nxtures) with materials that will be furnished
ny the government, for the south building Hy-
nenlc laboratory, U. s. Public Health Service
at washington. d. c. Drawings and speciaos-
lions may be obtained at this Office In the
discretion OF the Supervising Architect. JAS.
u METMoRE. Acting Supervising Architect.
- dez Is y. .3i-jal,1
TREASURY DEPARTMENT sUPERyisING
Archtects Office, Washington, d. o., Decem-
oI @ y. lga Sealed proposals will be opened in
!hls onlce ut } =. m, January "a. 1919, for
ufnshing ana delivering at the site the ma
'a'aisr incird,ng materials for mechanical equip
.ent. required for the cor-struction of the South
building %: the q. s, Hygenic Laboratory.
WashinE'"r. u. G. Ellis of quantities and spe-
eincanoha insT u cbtained at this Office In the
cscreooi - ne Supervising Architect JAS.
4. "Eri"liE. Acting Supervising Architect
deT % % -jal2
The Washington herald., 1919-01-02
BIRTHS REPORTED.
WHITE

William and Honora Zerega, girl.
George c. and Mary Il WAlling. 81.
Dewitt c. and Msry Woodeock. boy.
Oscar @. and Ezms NJ. Whitlov, girl.
Louis b. and Mary @. p. Wehle. boy.
Alvin NJ and Ella NJ. Whitworth, girl.
Thomas II. and Camelis Uzen. girl.
Henry A. and Katherine d. SchaefeT, boy.
Walter A. and Mary Z. Southcomb. boy.
Charles NJ. and Edith NJ. Robinson. boy.
Richard L. and Elsie NJ. Orlif. boy.
Edward L. and Gertrude X. McMahon, bc
Philhp and Annie Manuel. girl.
Leyi and Ellen L. Morgan. girl.
Robert l.. and Mildred V. Maxwell, boy.
Hobert S. and Lillian NJ. Lansdon. girl.
Charles T. and Laura !. Lawson, boy.
winhelf and Lula b. kimball, boy.
Gusta,e W. and Dora Krieger. girl.
Elmer NJ. and Ella Hoffman, boy.
Otto c. and Cozzettia NJ. Harris. girl.
Henry A. and Francis W. Hollins. boy.
Carl H. and Elsie N. Frey. boy.
George r. and Eta II. Davis, boy.
VIM. r. and Kathryn c. Dimsey. boy.
John II. and Zoe Christie, girl
George and Catherine Brshler, girl.
Douglas c. and Margaret Brewer, boy.
Norris w. and Louise Z. Alexander. girl.
OoLoRED.
Tom and Jamie Mccoy. girl,
Stephen and Rosie Hurd. boy.
Leroy and Florence X. Dickerson. girl.
Joseph and Mamie Burrows, boy,