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South Bend news-times., 1920-10-06
The Rubber Plants Story
By o. Henry

iceman, she never did thing to-
ward breaking the mOuOtOny.
When the couple broke ND they
left me with the rest Of their goods
az a secondhand store. I was put
out in front for sale along with the
JObbiest lot YOU ever heard OF be-.
ing Jumped into one bargain Think
OF this little cOrnucOpia OF wonders,
all for $189: Henry James works.
six talking machine records. one
pair Of tennis shoes. two bottles OF
horse radish. and a rubber plant
that was mei
one afternoon a girl came along
and stopped 20 look at me- She had
dark hair and eyes. and she looked
slim. and sad around the mouth.
"Oh. OH" she says 10 herself Il
never thought 10 see one up here q"
She pulls out a little purse about
as thick AZ one OF my leaves and
fingers over some small silver in IL.
Old Koen always on the lookout, Is
ready. rubbing his hands. This girl
proceeds 20 turn down Mr.. James
and the other commodities. Rubber
plants or nothing is the burden OF
her song. And at last kOen and she
come together at 50 cents, and away
she goes with me i'm her arms.
She was a nice girl. but not my
style. Too quiet and sober-lookine.
Thinks / 10 myself. III just about
land on the escape Of tene-
ment, six stories Ip And I'll spend
the next six months looking at
clothes on tho line"
But she carried me 10 a nice little
room only three fights up in quite
decent street. And she put me
I'M the window, Of course. Ana then
she went 10 work and cooked din
ner for herself And what do you
suppose she had? Bread ana tea
and "a little dab Of jami Nothing
[ else. Not a single lobster, nor so
much as one bottle Of champagne.
| The Carruthers comedy team had
I both every evening. except now and
I then when they took n notion for
/ pigs knuckle and kraut.
After she had finished her din
ner my new owner came TO the
/ window and leaned down close 20
I my leaves and cried softly TO her
/ self for "a while. 1t made me feel
! funny. I never knew anybody TO
I CRY that way over a rubber plant be-
I fore. OF course, I've seen a few
OF 'em turn on the tears for what
| they could get out Of il, but she
seemed to be crying just for the
pure enjoyment Of it. She touched
my leaves like she loved 'em and
I she bent down her head and kissed
each one of en-. I guess I'm about
I the toughest specimen Of a peripa-
tetic orchid on earth, but I tell you
I il made me feel sort Of queer Home
never was like that TO me before.
/ Generally I used 10 get chewed by
/ poOdles and have shirt-waists hung
on me TO dry, and get watercd with
/ coffee grounds and peroxide OF
/ hydrogen.
This girl had a piano in the
\ room. and she used to disturb it
| with both hands while she made
/ noises with her mouth for hours al
/ a time. I suppose she was prac-
| ucing vocal music.
one day she seemed very much
! excited and kept looking at the
/ clock. At Il somebody knocked
and she let in a stout dark man
/ with towsled black hair. He sat
| down at once at the piano and play
ed while she sang for him. When
South Bend news-times., 1920-10-06

away up here who can teU7 I
bought it with almost the last money
/ had"
He looked at me. but he couldn't
keep his eyes off her for more than
a second.
do you remember the night.
Bess." he said. when we stood un-
der one cf those on the bank OF the
bayou and what YOU told me there ?''
"Geewillinkins," 1 said To M
self. Both Of them stand under a
rubber plant Seem TO me they are
stretching matters somewhat"
DO I not" SAYS she. looking up
at him and sneaking close 10 his
vest. and now I say II again, and
Il IS 20 last forever. Look. Dick.
at its leaves. how wet they are.
Those are my tears. and il was
thinking Of you that made them
fall
The dear old Magnolias," saws
the young man. pinching one Of my
leaves. Il love them ALL"
Magnolia Well, wouldn't that
say Those innocents thought ]
was a magnolia, What the-weU
wasn't that tough on a genuine lit
tie old New York rubber plant?
f' iEright, 1920
South Bend news-times., 1920-10-06

We rubber plants form the con-
Meeting link between the vegetable
kingdom and the decorations Of
Waldorf-AstOria scene In "a Third
Avenue theatcr. I haven't looked
up our family tree but I believe we
were raised By grating a gum over
shoe on 20 "a 2O-cent table d'hote
stalk Of asparagus You take "a
white bulldog with a Bourke Cock
ran air OF independence about him
and a rubber plant and there YOU
have the fauna and flora OF fiat
What the shamrock IS 20 Ireland
the rubber plant is % the dweller
IN fats and furnished rooms. We
get moved from one place 10 an
other so quickly that the only Wav
we can get our picture taken IS
with kaleidoscope. We are the
vagrant vine and the fitting FIX tree.
You know the proverb. Where
the rubber plant sits in the window
the moving van draws up 20 the
door"
We are the city equivalent TO the
WoOdbinc and the hOneysucllle No
other vegetable except the Pitts
burg stOgie can Withstand as much
handling as we can. When tho
family to which we belong moves
into n fat they set us in the from.
window and We become lares and
pcnates. fly paper and the peripa-
tetiC emblem of Home Sweet
Home We aren't as green as we
look. I guess we are about what
YOU would call the sOubrettes Of the
conservatory. You try sitting in
the front window OF a $40 fiat in
Manhattan and looking out into the
street all day. and back into the fiat
at night, and see whether you get
wise or not-hey2 Talk about the
tree OF knowledge Of good and evil
In the garden Of Eden-sayl suppose
there had been a rubber plant there
when Eve-but I was going 20 tell
YOU a story.
The first thing 7 can remember I
had only three leaves and belonged
10 a member OF the pony ballet.
was kept I'm a sunny window. and
was generally watered with seItzer
and lemon. I had plenty OF fun in
those days. 1 got cross eyed trying
10 watch the numbers Of the auto
mobiles In the street and the dates
on tho labels inside at the same
time.
Well. then the angel that was
mOulting for the musical comedy
lost his last feather and the corr
UtlAN ui iOht u Inc DOlltG LIOlLeu
away and I was left in the window
Ownerless. The janitOr gave mo 70
a refined comedy team on the
eighth floor. and in six weeks I had
been set in the window Of five diff
feTert flats. I took on experience
and put out two more leaves.
Miss Carruthers, OF the refined
comedy team-did YOU ever see her
cross both feet back of her neck -
gave me % q friend Of hers who
had made an unfortunate marriage
with n man in a store. Consequent
ly I was placed in the window Of a
furnished room, rent In advance,
water two flights up gas extra aft
or ten o'clock at night Two Of my
leaves withered off here. Also.
was moved from one room 10 an
other so many times that I got TO
liking the odor OF the pipes the ex-
pressmen smoked.
don't think I ever had so dull
"A time as I did with this lady. There
was never anything amusing going
South Bend news-times., 1920-10-06
Be PRETTY! TURN
GRAY HAIR DARK
Try GrandmOther's Old Favorite
Recipe OF Sage Tea and
Sulphur.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and SulphCr, properly COM
pounded. brings back the natural
color and lustre TO the hair when
faded. streaked or gray. Years ago
the only way 10 get this mixture was
to make II at home, which is mussy
and troublesome. Nowadays, by
asking at any drug store for
"Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound" you will get large bottle of
this famous old recipe. improved by
The addition OF other ingredients, at
small cost.
Don't stay gray, Try I'll No one
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair. as IL does II so naturally
and evenly. You dampen a sponge
or soft brush with il and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time; by morning the
gray hair disappears, and after an
other application or two. your hair
becomes beautifully dark, glossy and
attractive.
South Bend news-times., 1920-10-06
HUNTING TINE NEARS:
'HOUND DAWG" STOLEN

James T. Lowe, 722 ". Division
St. reported 10 the police Tuesday
that someone took his Johnson
motor wheel Monday night. G. A.
Dodge, Of the Oliver Housing Co.,
also reported that someone stole his
beagle hound.
South Bend news-times., 1920-10-06
MARRIED IN CHICAGO.

Miss Goldie Van Wrinkle OF Laporte
were married in Chicago Monday.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-11
GARDEN PLANTS WILL NOT
THRIVE WITH WET FEET
Government Gives Advice How to Deal With Surplus
Water and Shade and Tells How Good
Soil Is Spoiled,

Garden plants Will not thrire with
wet feet. In other words they wli
not grow II their roots are in Soil
containing too much water. Good
garden land often les spoiled. because
there Is no way for the water to
drain from II. This can often be rem
cdicd. in suburban or community gar
dcns. United States Department Of
Agriculture specialists point out. by
cutting 4 ditch or by placing tile or
pole drains In bitches cut through
the land. Some Of the best truck
farms in the country are located on
land that was formerly under water
most o. the year. BY means OF drain
age bitches the surface water was
drained on. then underground drains
wer. laid TO carry OFF the surplus
from the soil itself
Land that Is slightly sloplng. so
that the water will run or gently
without washing the soil, is dcS!r-
able. IL IL is too steep. the soil wiil
be damaged during heavy rains. hut
a slopinE location is generally TO be
preferred TO one that is dead level"
The ideal garden has a gentle slope
toward the South or Southeast. but
IT Is not always possible to ind the
ideal. and city gardeners may have
10 do some work on their own ac-
count 10 remedy the conditions.
Thrnughou, the South !; Is the
practice to plant certain crops on
beds That is. the land is p!owcd In
strips abou. four feet vide. the soil
being thrown together into beds with
open burrows between them. This
serves 10 hE,in Of the water and
keep'thc roots OF the plants high and
dry. so that they viii not suffer with
wet feet"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-11
MUST EDUCATE TO REDUCE
FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
brings About Infinitely Grcntcr re
suits Than other Enforcement
Methods.

1T is impossible to trace every
traffic accident that eventually results
In DEATH" says the Highway Trans
port Committee of the United S,ates
Council of National Defense. For this
reason II IL impossible to say how
many people are killed In any city py
traffic accidents. The most accurate
reports we have to go by are probably
those of The police.
In Washington. for the year ending
June 80. l31GJ there were thirty three
deaths.
In Washington. for the year ending
June 80. 1917. there were nfty-two
deaths.
In Washington. for the year ending
June 80. 1918, there were scventy-
three deaths.
In Washington. for the six months
ending December 81, 1915. at tn. rate
OF cighty-two deaths per year.
In New York. for the year 1919.
there were 659 deaths
In New York. for tho year 1916
there were G44 deaths.
In New York. for the year 1917.
there were ia deaths.
In New York. for the year loIs.
there were 6T9 deaths.
WhilcS the foregoing figures show a
yearly increase In traffic deaths for
Washington, the New York 0..ur,us
have run pretty even. The New -.orlt
rate would undoubtedly have been cut
very much. says the Highways Trans.
port Committee, had the city perse-
vered in an educational campaign
thereby making traffic regulation
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-11

automatic, Instead of adopting an en-
torcemcnt campaign by the police.
Education costs but 4 fra "tion OF en-
forccment and brings aouu, infinitely
greater results.
The death rate from traillc aCridcnts
Ia New York in 1918 was $40. The
death rate In Washington tor the six
months ending December 81. 1915 was
a. the rate OF eigh;ytwo a year. On
the basis OF $4,000 people In Wash
ington and 100000 in New York it
Is found by proportion that there
should have been forty-cigh; deaths
In Washington !from traffic accidents
in 1918. instead OF eighty-two, to
keep the rate the same as in New
York.
II is interesting TO know that IL the
death rate from traffic accidents in
Washington were extended through
out the United States 2i,22l people
would have been killed In l9lS, where
as IL the New York rate were simil-
arly extended the number would have
been 1880.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-11
MOTOR TRUCK PROCEEDED
AUTOMOBILE BY CENTURY
French Army Captain Was Inventor
OF First Motor Propelled
Vehicle.

Contrary to popular belief. tho
history OF tho motor truck antcdates
the passenger automobile By more
than a century,, says Il Clydesdalc
distributor.
1T was in 1863 that. Captain Cug-
not OF the French army. DESTROYS OF
obtaining n method Of making heavy
artillery more mobile. invented tho
first motor.propcllcd vehicle. This
was to haul artillery. and 1t was used
In the armies Of Louis XVI. although
with what success the Ciydesdalc in
VcstiEntors have been unable 10 as
certain. In 1881. Hancock & Russell
In England designed "A sclf-propelled
vehicle, for use as Il commercial stage.
This used steam for the motive power.
IL wasn't until 1885,. though. that
Carl Benz ran his passenger car
about the streets OF Mannheim. This
VAS the first, internal combustion.
hydrocarbon, motor propelled. pas
Scnrcr vehicle.
The possibilities 90. the CONNER
ciai car were early seen by the Amer
lean automobile pioneers. and while
the exact origin * the truck Is Sonic"
what ohscured. evidence seems to
Favor Charles s. Woods, a Carriage
builder. OF Chicago as the iirst mani
facturcr. His commercial cars were
run ~ electricity.
The great development Of the pas
scnror cars. however. in the first
years Of this century. obfcured the
.potcntialitics or tn" commercial vch:-
'cla, but from 1906 the production and
use Of motor strucks steadily grew.
and during the past re" years the
strides OF this giant Industry have
been prodigIous.
'"rh" production OF trucks in 1919
was 305,Ii2. and IL Is estimated that
there are at present OYER Vo0.1O0
trucks In constant operation in the
United states alone. Zoo. 900, 900 tons
OF goods o. nearly ever description
We're hauled by truck last year. ami
3.6o0.0G horses have been displaced.
The motor truck has made possible
tho use Of 1900. 600 ACRES of land FOR
the production OF human foods
Trucks are used In over 800 different
trades. and their value is' so. gcnc--
ally recognized chat practically no In
'dustry or trade :ails. To- use them.
: American built motor trucks arc
used in cighty-onc countries: OF tho
world. and In thir,y-hvc OF these
Clydesdale motor trucks are In sue
Iccssrul operation"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-11

ANOTHER type OF location found in
selecting city gardens is that which
~ shaded portion OF the day by
buildings. While this is undesirable.
The case is not entirely hopeless. and
number OF crops. including lettuce.
spinach, kalc, swiss chard. celery.
snap or string beans. bccts. radIshcs.
tod TO stakes. may be grown where
sunlight can be secured for period
OF FOUR or five hours Il day.
Shading from trees is more objec-
'ionahlc than that from buildings.
because the trees not only shade the
plants. but their roots draw upon the
soil moisture and plant food in the
soil. thus r0hbng the plants of the
source cf their living. AS a rule 1t
Is not safe 10 plant any garden crop
within - or 30 feet Of gapid growing
trees Ike the maple.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-11
Gives Acro-E,snt rerfcct balance

~ adapting principles developed IN
acrotype engineering to the design
and construt3ioh Of the Cole Aero
Eight. Cole engineers have obtained
III this car q balance which makes
possible It's extraordinary Probability.
The frame Of thiS car has been so
designed and constructed that the
strcsS"s applied at any given point
are absorbed by the entire frame
area. The construction Of this frame
and the srrin. suspension take up
without transmitting the shocks OF
IN" road. The bodies. which are also
,iiical!? TO the chassis to eliminate
"YrrhhnSing.f The units Of weight
are so distributed that Il low center
Of ErmvitY is occurred
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-11

lines. The chance that railroad rates
Will go higher" said Mr.. Peet, has
aroused an interest in truck shipping
to an extent that is surprising. Our
dealers and distributors are booking
more and more orders for intcrcity :.
hauling. and cities which are toda y
depending upon motor trucks for
their daily receipts of foohstufrs are
increasing TO an extent that bids well
FOR the future OF the motor truck
Industry.
Dcpendability OF the motor truck
today is doing much to build uD 4
most remarkable business. In sec
tons of America where roads are al
ready constructed pcrishable goods
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-11
HAVE BIG POST-OFFlCEs
toodyrnr Company Among Concerns
with Tremendous Mall
ftusIucss

Did YOU ever stop 20 thlnk that
modern Industrial concerns contain
post Offices as large AZ many cities
In the United States?
For instance. the Goodyear Tire and
lInhbcr Company receives and answers
from $4,000 to IS 200 letters a dav-
AK much mail a- would he handled
hy "a post-oihcc in "A city OF 10000
people.
~ this rate nenGy 100000 pieces
OF mail are received and sent out
every t-olvc months.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-11
DEMAND MOTOR TRUCKS
FOR lNTER-CITY WORK
Chance That Railroad Fires VIII In
crease interests Manu-
fncfnrers

Dealers and distributors of the
Napoleon Motor Truck Company.
Traverse City. Mich. have reported
rapidly increasing uemand for motor
trucks for intcrcity haulagc OF food
stufs. according TO G. D. Poet. sales
manager o. the company. whose sales
have shown Il big increase in dis
tricts notable for road improvements
along state and national highway
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-11

are shipped almost entirely bSttsYek,
and for distances which run fnf5&4pxe
100 miles. Railroads are not &td-
cred in such sections. striking In
dication of what liz to como in tho
future in the way OF, motor truck and
truck express dGve1opment." s9fft
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-05-01
HEAD OF SEAMEN'S
 UNION OPPOSES ALL
 PUBLIC OWNERSHIP

Andrew EuluSeth, President of the International Seamen's Union, is d believer in the private ownership and operation of ships. His testi- mony given before the Senate com mittcc which conducted the hearings on United States Shipping Board leg islation would indicate that he IS not friendly to the principle ot gov ermment conduct of business.
 The following is taken from the record of the hearingS:--
 Senator Chamberlain: Do you prefer private ownership to govern mcnt ownership?
 Mr. Fmuseth:- l prefer private ownership, for this reason; I have found that government ownership of material or of appliances usually means government ownership of men.
 Senator Nelson: Yes.
 NIr. FuruSeth: And it carries with it then scmi-savery, which l do not believe in. If We can get conditions in employment where you do not need that, and where that does not need to be the case. that is different proposition. But I do not know much about anything else except the sea. And so far as seamen are concerned, l think it is better for the nation and better for the ship owner, and better for the Seamen and better for the future to make the ship owner free, to make the Seamen free, to put them under certain obligations and enforce those obligations against either of them but to make them free.
 Senator Nelson: You could have the government continue to operate the ship?
 Mir. Fruseth: say get the gov oInmcnt out of the business as soor as you consistently can.
 Chairman Jones: Would you have our ships disposed of with the idea of getting them ultimately into pri- vate hands?
 Mir. Furuseth Exactly.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-05-01
ADMIRAL WHO LAID EMBRACE
 FLAMES SIMS

WASHINGTON, May l. When the United States entered the war there was no shortage in the supply of Ordinance, Rear Admiral Strauss, former Chief of Ordinance told the Senate National Committee. He said that as soon as war started the Unit ed States began to lay in huge sup plies of ordinance.
 Rear Admiral Strauss declared the Navy was entitled to full credit for the splendid part it took in the war. That there was no North Sea mine barrage he laid to the failure of Admiral Sims to approve the scheme before the British Admiralty when it was first suggested by Washington.
 Admiral Strauss had command of the work of laying the barrage, most of which was done by the Am erican Navy.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-05-01
DIGEST OF OIL. LAND
 LEASING

Tn. following Is a digest ot the ac,, oil land leasing bill which has b..u received by H. F.. Ellsworth from crc Q, the big oil men of Fort sum o.u. Now Mexico, The digcS, will be ...a vith interest by all those who nave or intend to secure oil land .o- cations
 One ,.am or lease ou any onc .,tuCtJ.-.
 Tnr.. c.a.w, or leases in any one
 -56u Acres acres maximum acre. ... ,u amy ouc claim or lease.
 Cancellation of lease for failure
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-05-01
READ THE
 GATEWAY ALL OF THE NEWS DAILY.
Seattle, tiaska Building.

Seattle, New York; %laska Building. l27 w. 27th Street.
 Snip direct New York for highest paid for F handled by graders Market paid grading the received desired shipments kept order that Providing
 
 transportation charges prepaid Ship by Insured ship condition Always enclose emzed and address, All payments made by check the Seattle Bank Tn other desired Special instructions nipment.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-05-01

covcry has been made entitled to a ease under terms prescribed by Sec rctaly of the Interior, In ease of fraud or bat ta,tE, \. C..
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-05-01

FOR RENT Furnished houses and cabins. See DOugherty.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-05-01

Herring fish bait for sale at Hali- but Cove, price three cents a pound.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-05-01

FOR SALE Water front proper ty for Industrial purposes, in lots to suit. Apply J. s. Hoffman, owner. A 19
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-05-01

Lots of hardware for sale cheap at Grorfs.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-05-01

GEORGE ANDERSON, piano cx pert factory agent for high grade pianos, player and electric pianos, wi be in Seward shortly, headquarters a, the Overland Hotel. Home address, Juneau Alaska, Box 99l. A5tf.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-05-01

which the Williams Brothers, breeders of this place, bought about fifteen months ago from l.. R. McClamon, of Braddvillc, Iowa for $265, has been sold by them at private sale to W. IL. Ellsworth ', of GJldfieid. Iowa, for the record price cf $4O,O00, declared to he the highest price ever paid for tho hog in the United States if not in tho world.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-05-01

Lndy Torrington vaccum sweepers at GRAEF'S
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-05-01

Elaine Eocene and Pearl Oil at Graefs.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-05-01
Snow glasses at Graefs.

Electric Sewing Machine motors ai Cracfs.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-05-01

National Water Motor Washers at J. l.. GraefS.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-05-01

VILLISCA, Iowa, May l. A thoroughbred Poland China hog,
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-05-01

House brooms s1 per at Graefs.
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Aluminium ware at Graefs.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-05-01

Anchors. large and small, at Graefs.