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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-21

billed as the headline attraction in
the y. Y. A. c. games Saturday
night. Murphy will stick 10 the high
jump and II in form ought TO prove
90 steve Farrell that Johnson has a
master in his favorite stunt
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-21

Columbia university refuses to
sanction boxing, because scrappers
sometimes get caulihower ears. Be
cause whist IS more interesting than
baseball Northwestern refuses TO
support a base ball team.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-21

Carl Johnson o. Michigan and
JOhzny Murphy ~ Notre Dame arr
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-21

Walter Ruether writing from the
Pacific coast AYERS that Pat MoYan
should hasten 20 sign up "a pheu0m.
A. "A Judge ~ comers Ruether
proved a whirlWind last year until
j, was discovered that one 81 his
hnds had only one leg.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-21

Penn state will send a relay team
90 the Illinois athletic carnival in
Urbana early in March
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-21

Jack Sharkey. conqueror OF
lmmY Wilde and Pal Moore has
been matched 10 box 70 rounds in
Portland. Me. next Monday night
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-21

Georgetown. Boston college. Holy
Cross and Fordham are contemplat-
ing the formation Of a Big -Four in
intercollegiate sport Among other
things they would allow four years
o. athletic competition
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-21

with their $4,000 third place
prize the New York Yankees re-
ceiyed six percent interest The
money had been held up since last
September
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-21

Pal Moore. who once trimmed
jimmy Wilde only 10 lose a 2O-round
exhibition In England. says OF the
Britisher. He's clever. and my
goodness. how ne can hit He's uu-
luestionably a great fighter.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-21

The lighting marines are after
baseball players. Every manager of
"a baseball team with the marine
corps is clamoring for a shipment
~ diamond performers and promis-
ing South Bend sand-lOtters are Of
fered a chance 20 travel
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-21

r 'ston baseball scribes are all
fred up-in- the-air" over Frazee who
continues 10 sell the Red Sox. Some
fiery editorials have been aimed at
the theatrical manager of late
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-21

The Detroit Tigers must figure
they have a pretty good chance for
the pennant as ali but FIVE OF the
team were signed a month ago. and
there were no hold-outs among the
unsigned
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-21

And Priest George Washington
Grant refusing all offers. evidently
thinks the same way OF Rabbit
Meanwhile Both owners refuse 20
part with their shortstops
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29

Il should not care for mice, you
know"
"Come along with me. I am sure
we can get lots of things" said Tom
Kitten.
Off they ran up to the farm over
the hill, and hanging in the barn they
found an old fiddle with n string
and a drum with a hole in it.
"yVe will have to look poor and for
saken if we want everyone to give us
things" said Tom. "Ill make a hole
in my coat and you tea your stock
ing"
Oh, such a sight as those two crea-
lures were when q little later they
went along the road playing the old
fiddle and the drum.
But the mice or the radishes did not
come, as they thought. Instead they
made such bad music that all the cats
in Catville threw tin cans after them,
and by night time they we're two very
hungry and tired little fellows.
"We might try your woods" said
Tom. "My family does not seem to
like our music; but when it Is a little
dark, they might like it in Woodville."
So off to Woodville they trotted,
and under the tree where Mr.. Owl
lived they began their music.
When Mr.. Owl heard the terrible
noise outside, he ducked under the
clothes and hid, for what was after
him he could not think.
But after a while, as nothing hap
pened but the noise, Mr.. Owl poked
out his head. and then got up. But
instead Of getting ou Of the right
side of his bed, as he first started to
do, he got out this time on the wrong
SIDE, which made him very cross.
He ran TO the window and threw II
up with a bang, and Tom Kitten and
Bah Rabbit were sure this time they
were to get a mouse or a radish.
Each held up his hat and said
"Pity two poor orphans and give Us
something"
"Ill give you something" said Mr.
Owl. for he was cross when he went
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29
TERMS ORIGIN IN DISPUTE
Many Explanations Of the Letters 20.
X" Have Been Made, but Few
Are Trustworthy.

Quite q cycle Of legendary explana-
lions have gathered around the origin
Of the popular term 20. K" 1t Is held
that In early colonial days the best
rum and tobacco were imported from
Aux Cages. In San Domingo. len
the best Of anything anne to be known
locally as Aux Cages. or 20. X"
Another explanation refers to the
use Of 'Old Keokuk." an Indian chief.
who il said to have signed treaties
with the initials 20. X" However.
the term didn't come into general use
until the presidential campaign OF
1923. when the supposed miteracy Of
Andrew Jackson. the Democratic cam
didate, led Seba Smith. the humorist.
writing under the name Of Major
Jack Downing" to start the story that
Jackson Endorsed his papers 10. X"
under the impression that they formed
the initials Of ION Korrect."
James Parton. the noted biogra-
pher, discovered In the records Of the
Nashville court. Of which Jackson
was Judge. numerous documents In
dorsed 20. r." meaning "order re-
scinded." He therefore urged h a II
was a belated business that Major
Downing saw on the desk Of The pres
idential candidate. The Democrats, In
lieu of denying the charge. adopted
the letters 30. K" as a sort OF party
cry and fastened them on their BAN
ners.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29
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L; the window, but when he saw who
it was he was crosser than ever.
Mr.. Owl did not wait to dress. He
flew right out of the window just as
he was. in his night cap and slippers,
n down he bounced upon the two
orphans.
He carried them mp to his window,
and there is no knowing what would
have happened If the window had
been large enough for Mr.. Owl and
Tom Kitten and Bah Rabbit to get
through all at once, but it wasn't, and
Mr.. Owl, thinking Tom Kitten was a
rabbit and could not get away. he sat
him down on a limb Of the tree until
he could put Bah Rabbit inside.
No sooner did he let go Of Tom
Kitten than away he went down the
tree and off at his best running speed
Old Mr.. Owl was so surprised that
he dropped poop Bah Rabbit, and the
moss under the tree was thick. and
so when he struck it Rab Rabbit
jumped up pretty quick and ran hip
perty-hop-leap away from around Mr..
| Owls home.
Tom Kitten and Bah Rabbit had a
very hard time explaining how they
tore their clothes. and to punish them
their mothers made them stay in bed
all the mex day, and you may be sure
that neither of them eve again want
ed to play orphans.
(Copyright.)
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29
THIS NEST MAKES HENS LAY
Egg Drops, Then Bell Rings Up the
Owner-There Are Few
False Alarms.

st. LOUISA bell rang In he
kitchen of the home of Robert w.
Maxton Of this city, and was followed
by the cackling OF a proud hen.
There's someone at the door," a
visitor suggested.
ooh. no." replied Mr.. Maxton. Zone
Of my hens has Just laid an egg"
Mr.. Maxton was tired of supporting
hens that would not lay, he explained,
so he installed trick nests" in his
hennsry.
When a hen enters a nest, a door
closes and imprisons the fowl until
released by the owner. In this way
Mr.. Maxton a%sccrtains what hens are
laying the eggs.
An electric alarm is connected to
the doors of the nests, and when a
her seeks exit by pressing against
one of the doors, the bell in the
kitchen rings.
The plan has worked successfully
for several months, Mr.. Maxton said,
and there have been no false alarms.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29
Found % Days Later.

to talk in low whispers, he said that
16 years ago he came to the United
States from Vienna, leaving a wife
and children behind and promising to
send for them when he had saved
enough to buy a small farm.
Then the war came on and his plans
were thwarted. AS soon after the
armistice as he was able to get In
communication with his wife he re-
ceived a letter in which she said h
would come to him If he would send
81. 900 for transportation. He sent the
money, but never heard from her
again. Finally he wrote to relatives
Of the m who told him she a
married another a
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29
DADDYy
F. FAIRY IALE6
M4NMAM 0AHAMN
~ e eeSssk ~
THE SPIDERS MISTAKE.
~~ WEN
o%%,oa

'This is fine" said the spider, "th!s
who've started a whole series of homes
for me and for my family. And how
gay all the different colored string
looks. 1t is wonderful. simply Wonder
full. ] really will add my fine touches
and it WIFI be all right"
Some children were going to give a
party and they had made a spider
web for every child that was coming.
AT the end of each web there would
be a bon-bon or a little gift Of some
sort. These had not, been arranged
as yet. but all the different spider webs
had been made for the party and they
were all strung in and about a great
big play oom.
Every ones name who was coming
to the party was attached to a string.
so that everyone was to have the fun
Of u%nwinding a web. If anyone broke
the string while unwinding 1t. or II
anything like that happened there
was to be a forfeit paid by that per-
son. The forfeits were to he decided
by a number of Judges chosen among
the children who had unwound their
string without having to pay forfeits
and without making any mistakes.
Everything was ready for the spider
web party in the big playroom. and
such a party. by the way. is lots and
lots of fun to have. and If the webs
are made out of all kinds Of colors Of
string such as lavender and red and
green and blue. it makes it very pref
ty. These children had used up all
sorts of old pieces of string from a
string box and they made lovely webs
for their party.
SWELL" said the spider. "this Is very
gay. l think l Will have to ask all
my friends to come here. OF course
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29

I will make my own bedroom and all
of that, but this is gorgeous for the
outside Of my home.
II think ] will send out invitations
to all my friends and will put on the
invitations. "'Mr. Spider At Home
The Many Colored Web. Playroom,
Top Floor. House.. Please bring re-
freshments. This Is made necessary
by the increased cost of everything.
Il. S. v. p That r.. S. V. p will
make 'em take notice."
After awhile he wondered how he
would he able to tell the other spiders
what house to come to, but he thought
of a way of hanging his Invitation out
Of the window by a little thread he
made and also outside of h loo of
around the ceiling or walls might be
passing by.
No one could have read his invita-
ton hut a spider. That much was
certain Well. he was awfully proud
when he heard a lot of excitement n
day. a day after tie had sen out his
Invitations.
He saw some children coming
around and they fastened on the ends
of the strings (Which had been left
hanging at the windup of the webs)
some fine presents.
"Ha. ha." chucL:led the spider, as
well as a spider can chuckle. this is
fine. perfectly fine. My friends will
think I've fallen into a barrel of
money"
whats that?" asked a fly upon the
ceiling. "I've often heard people say
that"
"Oh." said the spider. haughtily and
proudly. lit means a great deal of
money. so much money in fact that it
takes q whole barrel to hold it. Ev-
eryone will hin I'm worth a barrel
Of money, you see. to find me living in
such luxury"
"But l don't see any barrel filed
with money" said the fly.
"Of course you don't rich folks don't
carry their money about them. No one
has ever seen a barrel filed with mon
ey that l know of. hut 1t means that in
the background or in the bank or some
where like that there Is a great deal
Of money belonging to the person who
Is worth a barrel of n or who
has a barrel OF money. whichever way
you want to speak Of It."
mot much sense to It." said the fly
Ut was hoping that I'd really see q
barrel full Of money. Well, must be
off. l don't like talking to spiders
They're not t o he trusted"
SORRY. you feel that way about 1t
Oh, bark. mark"
The children were coming to the
party and what an excitement there
was. When they spied the spider they
laughed. HE mistook u webs fol
his own" they laughed.
Mr.. Spider moved away. He was
afraid for himself with so many people
abou, him and he said TO himself tina
he was better off not worth q barre
of money after all.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29
H%EARTBROkEN MAN
STARvES % DAYS
Wife Gone, He craWls Into Woods
Where He Is Found
Emaciated.

lathrop. Ind.-Not caring to live be-
u his wife had taken his savings
and eloped with another man. Nellie
Belish, forty-three years old. crawled
into a clump OF bushes in the woods
near his home to die of starvation.
He vas found % days later by farm
ers. clad only In summer underwear
and a light serge suit. He lay in q
clump of bushes. his body completely
emaciated, too weak to call for assist
ance
When taken to town $133 in cash
was found in his clothes in addition
to a bank book which showed a good
account at a Lathrop bank. It Is
doubtful If he RECEIVERS.
After physicians had succeeded In
reviving the man so that he was able
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29
RUNNING BIRDS HAD "SPREE"
Writer Tells Of Debauch Of Which He
Was Witness While Travelling
in South America

When Mr.. Leo E. Miller was col
lecting specimens In the mountains of
Colombia for the American Museum
Of Natural History he observed q
curious incident hat he describes in
his book. "In the Wilds OF South
America"
As he was working one morning q
chorus Of chirps and creams attract
ed his attention. and he followed the
sounds. which led him to q tall tree.
A number Of California woodpeckers
had drilled holes In the rec trunk.
from which an intoxicating sap
trickled in small streams. and a dozen
or more bufr-tailed humming birds ap-
Parcntly had come for a jag"
Arriving In a bee line. the newcom-
ers few against the trunk and chung
there like so many moths to drink the
sap. Their antics as they reached the
different stages of intoxication were
most amusing. Some twittered. fought.
turned and tumbled in the air. while
others dozed on small twigs or f1ut-
tered exhausted toward the ground.
The performance continued daily for
a week: her the sap suddenly ceased
TO flow, and the rec vas deserted and
silent. The capricious band no doubt
eobered up from Its debauch and went
back to Its normal and more profit
able pursuits in life.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29
Sold DEAD CEMETERY STOCK
Ghost Followed -"Confidence Man"
Through War and Into
Jail.

st. LOuis.-The ghost Of a dead GEM
eterys rose up and caused the arrest
of Clarence r. Cronk.
Cronk is wanted in Chicago charged
with operating a confidence game, be-
cause he started to put life in a ceme-
terry proposition before the val
II told a banker about my scheme"
Cronk said. HE said people are dy-
ing every day that died before
and it's q good business"
Cronk said he put $500 in the dead
cemetery proposition and sold 5 1890
worth Of stock.
Then the war came along and the
cemetery died." according to Cronk.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29
TWO ORPHANS

~ NE day Bah Rabbit was playing
around the woods when he met
~ Tom Kitten. "Where are you
going?" asked Bah Rabbit, for at first
he thought Tom was n of his rela-
tfves. he looked so much like his fam
lily.
"Oh. I m going to play I am an
orphan and get a fiddle; then every
n will give me mice. l expecs III
get rich because l saw a hand-organ
man playing on The street and he got
lots of pennies"
81 wonder If / could get some young
radishes If / played. too?" asked Bah.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29
WOMEN NEED SWAMP ROOT

Thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
Womens' complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble. or tho
result Of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
CANS to become diseased.
Pain in the back. headache, loss Of am
bition, nervousness, are often times symp-
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. DR..
Kilmers Swamp-Root, . physicians pre-
scription. obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get a medium or large size bottle i'm
mediately from any drug store.
However. if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DIR.
kilmer & Co.. Binghamton. N. Y, for .
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29

THEIR day / go veesit leetle town
" where l worka firsta job I gotta
deesa country. Everybody treata me
swell cen dat place. l no been dat
town nor q coople days when my
friens geeva beega checker deener
jusa for say hello weeth me
l eata so mocha checker feela lika
wanta lay round for mont. l dunno
where he come from enc da prohi-
bish, but we gotta somating weeth
leetle keek cen, too. l catcha da hee-
cup, but he no sounda right. I eata
so moocha checker dat hee-cup gotta
tune ALA same as de cackle.
But was jusa one ting wrong weeth
da deener. Da cook maka da soup too
thick and when we eat vas pretty
hard time maka da music.
Seence l been dat place lasa time
everything ees~ deterrent leetle bit.
Tonga time ago / know n man cen
dat town wot never buy da haircut.
And when l see other night he losa da
hair. He was so bald now eef he
standa upaside down hees head looka
jusa lika shoe shine.
1 meeta me guy wot used to wOrka
weeth da railaroad. But he gotta new
job now. He raisa beega family and
starts newspaper e dat place. He
teila me he gotta ~feefateen keeds
fwenta granda keeds and tree. foul
dozen gneata granda keeds. So I fee
CURE he was-smarn guy ALA right. Eel
bees family TAXA da paper he gotta
beega circulash alla ready.
WOt you tink3
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29
THE HAIR

ALLY 1 find a half dozen or so of
II letters in my mail, containing a
request for something that will make
the hair wavy. AS a general thing l
answer that, while there are various
curling fluids on the market, they are
unsatisfactory, though quite harmless.
l know the recipe for two of them, and
know that in some cases, h mixture
will make the hair wavy, but in other
cases it has no effect at all. due to the
varying formation of the hair cells.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29
Reyond Has Control.

Robert had entertained his cousin
for two or three days, but Mt the end
of the third day, a discussion arose
and a hand to hand fight ensued. His
mother, hearing the commotion. quick
IL rushed to the scene and admonished,
ut isn't nice to fight, Robert h
said, especially your W relation
and guest" but her sen in the heat OF
passion. replied. 1T don't make any
difference whether he is my 'lntion Or
not, my mad feels just the same"
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29
PURSE IN cows STOMACH
| Poeketbook 10 Recovered Intact From
Animal 1utchered in
London,

London.-A cows stomach has
brought to light a purse which the lit
tie daughter of the postman at Worth
Ing lost last summer.
1t contained two coins. n button and
q postage stamp. The child lost the
purse in a field where she went on q
school picnic and in which the COW
vas grazing. After the COW had been
,utchered recently, the purse was
'ourd intact In the stomach.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29
Beauty Chats
BY Edna Kent Forbes

use a hot iron. BY the time the iron
is hot enough to contract the sides Of
the hair and draw 1t into a curl. it is
hot enough to hurt the hair itself. Use
rag or soft kid curriers', rolling strands
of the hair around them, and letting
it stay so over night, or for several
hours, while you cover the u~nbecoming
effect with a boudoir cap.
(Copyr1ght)
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29

Explains Sodom and Gcmorrah.
Bricks cemented together with dried
petroleum have c~ursousIy enough, been
found in large quantities in Nineveh
and Babylon. The oil-bearing and sui
phur-impregnated shales of the valley
OF the Dead sea-, which are now being
developed, supplied the birthstone
and fire" which destroyed Sodom and
GOmOrrah.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29
The Seven Seas.

Did Kipling consult Hindu mythol.
ogy when choosing the title for his
w~ell-knOwn book, The Seven SeaS'f
According to the PurRnas, the earth is
circular and fiat. like the flower of II
water lily. Its circumference is l.0H.
100000 miles. In the enter is Mount
SOomerOo.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29
o LOSE YOUR SOLE

Use Our sole and Heel ProtectUr-a long step
towards cutting the high cost of living This
invention Is causing a great seq
sation wherever shown. Is introduced directly
INTO the sole and heel and becomes a part
Of them through preserving the leather 3 to
5 times their regular wear. Can be quickly
applied to any style or size shoe by anyone
with my full directions. The cost of mate
rial for one pair of shoes Ia only few cents
and can be bought at any hardware store.
Send me 81. 90 for this wonderful secret. with
full direction and protect the shoes for all
the family. Don't delay; cut the high cost
II show wear. You would not be without II
for "A hundred times the price. Address
%. @ Morgan, 20 Houston ST.. Atlanta. Ga.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29


< STRICKLAND GILLIAN
(Copyright.)
A SURPRISING EPISODE.
l babe him build, for hungry me,
A sandwich filled with ham,.
1 stood right there where l could see.
Shrewd buyer that l ans!
He took two slabs OF splendid bread
And buttered them just right.
Then through the ham his sharp knife
fled
With all it's little might.
The lean ham Ger the slices spread.
Till every bit was hid;
You don't believe a word Ive said,
But that's just what it did.
The moral of this tale is this:
Far oftener we get
A square deal, than that deal we miss:
We love to growl and fret.
He Thought Bill Was Meant.
"Are you in favor Of Sunday clos
ing?"I
Sure! But what's the use? Some
other evangelist would break right out
again."
ONE MAN
"Why do they call them one
man top.?" asked the weary
citizen after he and four other
persons had succeeded in get
ting it up.
because when it's about to
rain everybody in the neighbour
hood, AZ one man, goes to the
rescue Of the owner"
A Prayer Ruae7
Mrs. Rugg returned home Saturday
evening after several days spent with
J. w. Little home near Brooklyn. where
she took in the meetings held by the
Montezuma Gospel team.-Round
Grove Items in What Cheer Patriot.
THESE RoMISH RUMORS.
The Indians smoked a common pipe
When their wars would cease,
But now. from what we see In type.
1t is 1.-The pope of peace"
THE MOTORWISE CHILD.
The modern youth of tender years
Is motorwise.
Recently a le.s-than-seven lad of
our very familiar Acquaintance was
trying to induce his new window.
washer pup to take a drink of water
NIX on the irrigation.
"Humphy' said the boy. 81 guess
he's q Franklin"