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The Newark journal., 1921-10-20
9~O%J~NJNsN1N-N-TN~~ v v v BOWSER WINS
 AGAIN And Again He Lowers Mrs. Bowser's Colors.
 By M. QUAD.
By M. QUAD.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOCOOOOOS
 e. 1921, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

tS, 1921, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)
 Mrs Bowser," began Mir. Bowser the other evening. "this afternoon l have known, for the first time in my life. what gigantic enjoyment and stu pendous pleasure meant
 That ls," she replied, after long look at him, you have been looking over the dictionary and remembering all the hard words you could"
 My dear, l am talking just as always talk, and don't you get up any riot about it. have. this afternoon, been taking a ride on motorbuat.
 "So you have got around to that, have you7'
 q have. madam < friend of mine who owns motorboat invited me to go with him on a trip. and he permit ted me tt have the whole management of the boat"
 And it didn't dive to the bottom, or try to jump over the sunF' quefied Mrs. Bowser with a smile.
 "It went along just as easy us a rocking chair, and nothing whatever happened It took me less than two and my friend said lie never saw boat better managed. Tomorrow l am to go fishing in her with d couple Of friends and I shall have unalloyed pleasure and unexampled recreation.
 T don't see why you go fishing, Mr. Bowser. You never caught fish In your life. and you always get almost drowned
 ''I have caught barrels and barrels of fish !" roared Mr. Bowser, and l never even fell into the water. l shall 20 tomorrow. and 1 will bring back such a string of fish as will make your eyes bulge out Besides the fishing. there will be the amusement of run ming the boat. All in all, l will pass such q day as has not come to me for years"
 Very well, Mr. Bowser. 1 will go down to the store the first thing in the morning and order my mourning. 1 will also stop and consult with the un- dertaker.' .''
 Mir. Bowser, instead of getting an gry, smiled in pity and announced that it was useless to argue the matter. It was, consequently, dropped but the cook was ordered 10 have breakfast half an hour earlier than usual.
 Next morning Mir Bowser set out with two friends in search of the un- alloyed That is, they did not set out at once They took their seats in the boat and it was ordered to go ahead. It did not go. It remained at the wharf like a schoolbo. sulking.
 What in thunder ails your old boat?" chorused the friends.
 Nothing tall, gentlemen" replied Mir. Bowser, who was not worried in
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Ing to go ahead but she could not move. After repeated efforts one of the men said:
 Say, old man, do you know what your shark Is? It's wreck or log, and the ho k has got fast hold of it. You will hay, t. cut the rope"
 The rope was cut and the boat pro- ceeded on It's way. Nothing occurred in the next aa.f aour, except getting on shore twice and on sand banks three times. There was a schooner loaded with bricks coming up the riv- CT, and Mir. Bowser ran his boat very close to her to ask the price of bricks. The captain threw one of the missiles at him and called him the biggest fool on the river. Then a catboat, which was sailing peacefully along, and fearing neither man nor beast, got a bump from the motorbost .....' ,he owner of the cat said he ss i,. met.t Mir. Bowser some day and e ..c-. sAe head off him. MT. Bo8se I6.. no reply. His unalloyed was too s.ca. to be interfered with by scrap. II, syas sworn at and abused by is guests but he was untroubled
 The boat finally reached what Mir. Bowser believed was good fishing
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NOTICE OF EXECUTORS
 SALE OF LANDS

Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance to the provisions contained in the Last Will and Testament of George w. Len- chan, deceased, and in pursu- ance to the provisions !. vs77 ance to an order of the Inde- pendence County Probate Court, the undersigned as Ex- ecutors of the last will and testament of the said George w. Lenehan, deceased will at the Main street door of the court house in the city of Batesville, Arkansas between the hours for Judicial sales, on FRIDAY, OCTOBER, 21, 1921 sell on a credit of 90 days the following lands lying in the County of Independence and State of Arkansas, to-wit:
 The Northwest quarter of the Northwest quarter of Sec tion Thirty-five (35) Town ship Thirteen C13), North Range Five (5) West, contain ing 40 acres more or less.
 Also the Southeast quarter (1-4) of the Southeast quar- ter (1-4) of Section Twenty seven (2D, in Township Thir- teen Q3,) North Range Five (5), West, containing 40 acres more or less.
 The purchaser of said lands will be required to give a good note or bond, bearing 10 per cent interest from date until paid, and a lien will be retain ed on the lands for the pur- chase money thereof.
 c. E. LENEHAN,
 and s. c. KNIGHT,
 Executors of the Will If Caor-
 ge w. Lenehan, deceased.
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grounds, and was stopped and the an- chor thrown overheard.
 ''Gentlemen, If It pleases you" ob- served Mir. Bowser. i've will do some gigantic fishing here"
 It didn't please them. They wanted to swim ashore or have the coastguard take them ashore, but when Mfr. Bow ser had caught his first fish they also cast in their lines. It simply was good fishing. The fish were running strong, and they were to be caught at tie rate of three a minute. In hauling in a big one, one of the men fell over board, but he was rescued, and the "unaloid" went on. Mir. Bowser's boat was anchored in the middle of the channel, and during the three hours there five or six steamships passed up and down. They whistled for the mo- i torboat to get out of the way, but she did not move. Mir Bowser said 1t was 1 for them to turn out, and they had to. Many an epithet was hurled at the mo torboat, but she did not seem to care. She did not seem to care when Jumps of coal followed the epithets. A tug, racing along, kicked up such sea that barrel or two of water came into the boat, but all the occupants had to do was to elevate their feet.
 Mir. Bowser and his friends fished for three hours. Then they counted up. They had 76 fish of good size The other men told Mir. Bowser that if he would start the boat for home they would give him their share of the fish. He agreed to this and, by sheer good luck, he got the boat started and headed in the right direction. The trip up the river was made without ac- cident. but 1t was. by the grace of Providence that she did not run into seven or eight crafts or go ashore to pick blackberries. The boat was scarcely tied up at the shore before MT. Bowser was on the run for telegraph office for dispatch to Mrs. Bowser.
 Greatest success on earth. Most hundred fish. Get ready to beg my pardon and take 1t all back"
 When a wagon drove up two hours later loaded with fish, Mrs. Bowser took it all back She had toi He had barrel of fish, and she went creeping about like a child that has been pun ished.
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The Newark journal., 1921-10-20
Trees In the ParIor.
Y ' ' Y Y ' ' Y ' Y

Trees In the Parlor.
 In Maine the latest thing Is to have trees in the parlor. Frank Anderson of Patten finds three young birches a great decoration for his bungalow on the shores of Shinn Pond. To be exact he has the pleasure of gazing mainly upon their silver trunks, for the greater part of the fronds stand high above the roof, finding the way to sun and rain through convenient holes. To allow them to sway with the passing breeze. as all birches like to do, he has made the holes very large, but to protect the heads of his guests and hls family he has cleverly tackled waterproof cloth to the roof and to the trunk and plastered the edges together with cement so that the joints are watertight. Now he can sit in his armchair tilted back to nature under his own roof tree.
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DOG TAX DUE

Notice is hereby given that the dog tax for the lncorpor- ated Town of Newark for the year 1921 is now due and can be paid up to October 15 with out penalty.
 The law provides that all dogs on which the tax is not paid within thirty days after the above date shall be killed at once. '. F. MORGAN,
 City Marshal.
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Of Fish"
 the least. "She's only waiting to get a good start"
 By and&y the boat got one. She went right away at twenty miles an hour and just missed a craft coming up the river by foot or two.
 Say, old man, if you are going to run the boat this way we want to get right outl" exclaimed the friends.
 Calm yourselves, gentlemen-calm yourselves. I just wanted to scare that vessel little. You see, I have the boat under perfect control. and there Is not any more danger than there would be In walking up Fifth avenue. You can get your fish lines ready"
 The boat went along for quarter of mile as steady as an old horse, and she whirled half around and made for the other shore. The friends yelled at Mir. Bowser and got ready to leap overheard, but after half min- ute Mir. Bowser regained his control and sald:,
 Easy, gentlemen, my nand slipped a little, but it will not occur again. If there was any danger would not have Invited you. l will now throw over my shark line hook and we may capture a monster"
 The hook and line were thrown over board and dragged behind the boat, which was on it's good behavior. Of a sudden there was jerk and a stop page, and Mir. Bowser quietly said:
 Gentlemen, we have got shark at least fifteen feet long, and our days pleasure has begun. You two men haul in the monster, and l will see to the boat"
 The men hauled, but they could make DO progress. The boat was try-
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Exn.nslus and Unnecessary.

The fact that of all the buttons that nave been given out to be testimony to the wearers' participation in the performance of public duty few are worn should be admonition to put the time consumed in the making or such bpttons and the money spent to pay for them to better use.-Aibany Jour nal.
The Newark journal., 1921-10-20
As Usual,

The man who is always telling what & perfectly lovely place he used 10 live in makes you wonder how lie ever came to leave such an Eden.--Farm Life.
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morning. Luckily there were several farmers present and quick work by them and the gin employees conquered the blaze before very much dam age was done.
The Newark journal., 1921-10-20
SEED WHEAT

Just received a car of Mis- souri Seed Wheat.
 Batesville Mill. & Gin Go.
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COTTON GIN DAMAGED
Farmers Luckily Extinguish
 Fire at Bald Knob

Bald Knob, Oct. 16.-Fric- tion started a fire at the J. Collison gin early Saturday
The Washington herald., 1921-01-05
PHOTO-NEWS PAGE H
An 0. Henry Story
lContinned From Yesterday.l
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY S, IsaI.
He Also Serves

(Continued From Yesterday
There's some letters" says 1,
'on his nob's pedestal, but II can't
make 'em out. The alphabet Of this
country seems to be composed of
sometimes a, e, /, o, and u, gener-
ally. rs, rs, and t's.
thigh Jacks ethnology gets the
upper hand of his rum for a minute,
and he investigates the inscription.
FHunky,' says he, this is a statue
OF Tlotopaxl, one of the most pow
erful gods of the ancient Aztecs.'
Glad to know him. says l, but
in his present condition he reminds
me of the joke Shakespeare got on
on julius Caesar. We might say
about your friend:
Tmperious What's his-name, dead
and turned to stone
No use ITO write or call him on
the phone
Hunky,' says High Jack Snake
feeder, looking at me funny, do you
believe in reincarnation?
1T sounds to me- says 1, like
either a cleanup of the slaughter
houses or new kind of Boston pink.
] don't know
I believe says he, that I an
the reincarnation of Tlotopaxl. My
researches have convinced me that
the Cherokees, of all the North
American tribes, can boast of the
stFaightest descent from the proud
Aztec race. That says he. was a
favorite theory of mine and Flor
encs Blue Feathers. And she-what
IL she"
High Jack grabs my arm and
walls his eyes at me. Just then he
looked more like his eminent CO.
Indian murderer, Crazy Horse.
Well says I. what if she, what
II she, what if she? You're drunk
says l. Impersonating idols and
believing in-what was it?-recar-
naliZatiOn? Let's have a drink,
says I. It's as spooky here as a
Brooklyn artificial limb factory at
midnight with the gas turned down
Just then I heard somebody COM
Ing, and 1 dragged High Jack into
the bedless bedchamber There was
peepholes bored through the wall,
so we could see the whole front part
of the temple. Maj. Bing told me
afterward that the ancient priests
In charge used to rubber through
them at the congregation.
IN lew minutes an old Indian
woman came in with a big oval
earthen dish full of grub. She set
1t on a square block Of stone in
front Of the craven image, and laid
down and walloped her face on the
floor few times, and then took
walk for herself
High Jack and me was hungry,
so we came out and looked 1t over.
There was goat steaks and fried
ricecakes, and plantains and cas-
saya, and hFoiled landcrabs and
mangoes-nothing like what you get
al Chubb's.
we ate hearty-and had another
round of rum.
Tt must be old Tecumseh's-or
whatever you call him-birthday, >
says I. OR do they feed him every
day. I thought gods only drank
vanilla on Mount Catawampus.'
Then some more native parties in
short kimonos that showed their
sboriginees puncture the near hori-
Eon- and me and High had to skip
back into Father Axletree's private
boudoir. They came by ones, twos
The Washington herald., 1921-01-05
Morning, ,,r1l !, !,
Judge!
BY RUDOLPH PERKINS,

Mary Thomas, alias Mary Gibson.
is of the opinion that she is much
abused woman.
She was charged with robbins e
George Norris Of IS. Robbery is not
merely stealing. 1t calls for twenty
years in the pen at the most:
The woman .swore that it was a
put up job. So did Morris for that
matter, but he said that Mary put
up the job on him and got his money.
Policeman c. o. Turner saw The
pair struggling, over the money on
N street northwest at midnight
Morri3T story was that Mary put
her arms around him in a loving
embrace and picked the. purse out
of his left-hand hip pocket.
Mary said that she had Sc already
and George had given her 81 more
to buy herself present with. Then,
she said, when he saw she had
money, he tried to take it away
from her. Then the cop appeared
With both sides to the controversy
before him it was hard job for
the judge to decide who was tell
ing the truth.
Accordingly the court passed the
buck 10 the grand jury and held
Mary under $500 bond. p ..
On "Borrowing- Coats.
There may be a difference be-
tween stealing and borrowing. 1t
all depends on who's doing it and
what is involved.
Joe Curtis said he owed a man
$3.50 and did not have the money.
So he borrowed" an overcoat from
his brother William and let his
creditor have the coat as security.
William swore out warrant for
his brother and charged him, with
larceny. The boy is the Oldest OF
nine children and his arrest was no
little shock to his father
The owner OF the coat said he did
not know what he wanted done with
his brother, but the father did.
At the fathers request the court
suspended thirty-day Jail sentence
and let Joe off on probation with
the understanding that he, borrow"
no more property, .~ -,
The Washington herald., 1921-01-05
New YorkCit:y,,: ':
Day by Day
By o. o. MCINTYRE.

NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Poverty and
old age are a tragic combination but
nowhere do they appear so pathet-
ically hopeless as in this great me
tropolis., Old Nina who sells the
myriad of theatrical publications
from dark doorways near Times
Square after midnight, was found
hobbling down to a pier of the North
River the other night. By the
merest chance policeman saw her
before she plunged into the black
waters.
Old Nina is 80 and she did not see
how she could stand the rayages of
another winter on the streets. She
Is just one of the army of men and
women. here. who fight an almost
eNer-losing battle against gaunt
poverty. Walking along Fifth ave
nue. late l saw an ambulance back
up to the door of department store
soon there were lights and a tow
seled gray head rested on the am
bulance litter. Dropped over in his
tracks of exhaustion" the ambulance
surgeon said. Hes too old to work
ana 100 proud to beg so he got this
1oo as cleaner. Two hours fihished
him. We pick up cases like this al.
most every day"
putter around on small Jobs at night
They polish the brass plates in front
OF once buildings, sweep out the
Railways and pavements-and most
OF the time they are alone with
their thoughts.
About the best care of the poverty
stricken aged is taken by a Swis,
walters organization. They have a
pleasant private house on an nm
town street. Here the aged inmates
play checkers, chess and snolo tbai.
pipes. They are not charity wards
for each has, during more active
days contributed a certain 49,
low Toward old age independence; but
finances are completely gone,
AN employment agency manager
me the EFFORTS of old men to
Sc 'oos is pathetic. They dye their
nair ana wear young mems clothes
ana many who prefer pipes smoke
Ssare.tes- Ihey stimulate youth to
compete against youth.
:. New Yorks spirit is the spirit of
sou'n, IL apparently has no place
ror the Ole and enfeebIed. The
bo"ery houses are havens for old
men who are up at dawn seektng
chance at small jobs to keen body
and soul together.
Ihe Wife of a very wealthy man
was arrested with a group of ba ndits
after pistol battle with the noIice
IN whicn the woman was shot in the
She is woman who has
travelled is educated and be arsfeyerv
evidence of refinement. The no1ice
say that there are manyawomen Of
this Kind who work with thieves
unoeknown to their families The
call Of adventure is the prime mo-
tive. In raid on an East Side wine
cellar last week ten men and one
woman were taken to. headouarters
In patrok All the men had criminal
records. The woman is hapnily
married to all appearances and T. is
patron of the opera, She said the
men and women in her set were dull
and that she liked to get out and
mingle. with the men who lived by
their wits and were not afraid of
dangerous paths.
New York's best known landmark
Of the recent war is being torn
down. The hut was used as an en-.
..ertalnment center and Information
bureau for returning soldiers and
occupied ore of the most costly
pieces OF real estate in the world
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WILLIAM ALLEN WEST.

= DllnQneSS.
But william Allen West, of Seat
Pleasant, Md, employed in the
equipment shops Of the U. S. Post
ONCE Department, Fifth and w
streets northeast, has given his af-
Fiction the laugh. He has performed
the greatest days work in the de-
partment where cords are put into
new mail bags, and holds the record
$50 bags in one day. His average
daily output is about 325 bags, the
same as the others doing the same.
work
West has been inserting cords in
Uncle Sans mail bags since 1917.
He has been blind for twenty years,
but during practically all of that
period he has been a producer .As..j
Before his present employment he
was the head of the industrial work
for the blind at the work shops of
the Blind Aid Association in George
town. There he made brooms and
directed the shop operations.
His daily capacity in broom man.
ufacture was between four and five
dozen finished brooms. This work
Is slower for the blind, however,
and a blind mans output is about
The Washington herald., 1921-01-05
Did You
See This?

Three girls sat on the side seat
in the front of the street car They
were giggltng a great deal and
Raging the motorman about some
thing. Whenever the car stopped
TO discharge or load passengers the
motorman turned and answered the
gay trio in their mood, and once
he called one of them by her first
name.
Presently a disgruntled man pushed
his way up the aisle, Appraised the
uproarious Stiffness of the young
girls, and passed disgustedly out
into the front vestibule. He leered
over his shoulder at the girls and
said something in an undertone to
the : motorman- The motorman
turned and looked in amazement at
the man who closed one eye and
~agged his head meaningly at the
three girls.
The mOtorman turned back to his
wheel. The brakes moaned and
scFaped and the car jerked to a
standstill. The man was still look
ing at the motorman- for
his concurrenCe-when the car door
banged open ind the motorman
swung around:
get of this car" he said, and his
manner left little room for argu-
ment. But a wise man who can size
up situation and a human being
at a glance insists upon using his
head. This was not his destination,
you know, and all that sort of thing,
and he didn't know the little girls
were aught to the motorman, and so
forth.
Get" and the motorman drew
back his fst. But the wise man had
got.
Almost every table at Nunnally's
was filed by the. after -theater
crowd. Occasionally a fur-coated
gig would call for a sundae, but
generally the order was for hot
chocolate, for 1t was sleeting out
side and the wind was high. There
was the usual indistnict hum of
vofees rising from "reminiscences,
vii boasts, repartee, and perhaps
lovers Quarreis. Every now and
then a fragment of anecdote or a
pesl Of laughter would rise above
ths hubbub, only to re-key the out
burst to the general tone of the
place. Then from the balcony a
clear young voice called out:
ladies and gentlemen"
Every voice hushed and every eye
turned on the flushed and fervent
young blond.
Let US strike against this ice
cream; it's too cold. We have but
ons recourse, and that Is to strike"
Everyone looked for his compan-
Tons in this joke, but he was alone.
He did not remain to incite the
people to action, but hurried down
the steps and out the door.
I wonder where he got it, some
OF the men commented sadly.
sWhat will these Bolshevists do
next" a serious minded woman won
dered.
At another table a crowd of COL
lege boys who acted as though they
might know the whence and whith-
er left their untouched coca colas
and followed the young man. But
before they left, I noticed the pin
they wore over their hearts bore
the same Insignia and Greek let
tiers.
Outside the Bolshevist was prob
bly, asking them what further
edge crime he would have to com
"iEt before he would be let in on
ne grip and full benefits and i'm
,anities Of the fraternity.
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'o4e7baIf of that of. a. man hsYtng

'o4e7half of that Of, man hsying
eyesight.- 90 = 49, - :.
An Interesting fact comes from
the mail equipment office. Before
the war days work at cord in
serting was about $50 bags. Dur
ing the war this was speeded up 20
300. But West went after a record,
and having established the star
mark, he split the difference and
gives Uncle Sam 325 a day. AS
consequence the other workers are
now turning out the same number
The Washington herald., 1921-01-05
n THE NQUIRING
IMPORTER
QUESTION,
Who Is Your Favorite Moving
Picture Actress? '.~ :
ANSWERS,

ANSWERS, ..-.
LOUIS ROSENBERG, I27 r
street northwest @BfIie Burke
takes the lead, I'm my estina tion,
for she has the true traits of a
real actress. Yes; she's there
ERNEST MAXWELL, Fort
Myers "Miss Dorothy Gish locks
pretty good to me-, IL
LUKE #. o,REILLY, souts-
ern Railway Buildingi 'srheda
Bara-nuff ced.,- Ate.3
= AUGUST GoRMAN. Fort Myer.
~6fve me n sood-IookfnE ne-
tress; and for plain, good look.
Pearl White tops the list in easy
style, ~ -. -
JOHN CARMoDY, 142 EIev-:-
enth street northwesti sNorma
Talmadge is my ideal of an ac-
tress. She is there whep II comes
to portraying amy kind OF an
emotion, and that's what Il
takes. - y
The Washington herald., 1921-01-05
Seat Pleasant
Man Sets Mark
For Uncle Sam

This Seat Pleasant, Md,
blind man. is cham pIon
producer In the cord 'Iusert-
ing department of Uncle
Sans mail bag factory In
the northeast section. West
established a record of $50
baEs for one days work, aud
averages 325 every day, the
same ms the other workers.