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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-17
THE SINGING CONVICT

LONDON, July II. - Convict 562,
known as the singing convict, was re-
leased from Parkhurst Prison today.
Convict 562 was formerly a tenor in
well known opera company. Five
sixty-two announced his intention Of
going into vaudeville as the Singing
Convict"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-17

No. 2o7--The String and the Cup
A cup is suspended on the end of
string. The performer states that he
can cut the string near the center with
out the cup falling to the floor A spec
tator holds the upper end of the string
during the entire operation.
To accomplish the feat tie a bow knot
in the center of string; then cut the
bow. Thus the string is cut at the
center. but the cup will not fall. due
TO the knot.
Copyright. 1922. b. Public Ledger Company
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-17
Who's Who in the
Day S News

Recognized by all factions as one OF
the best posted men in the senate Bry-
on Patton Harrison, better known as
"PatD Harrison. is one of the PRINCIPAL
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-17

Actors have enjoined junk dealers
from disturbing their morning slum-
hers. But the actors junk has dis
turbed the slumber of a lot of people
evenings.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-17
Musings for the Evening

Some people claim there isn't any
good news any more, but, Just the
same, taxicab driver was held up and
robbed the other night
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-17

Now that they are inclosing liquor
TASKS in bread, a half-pint loaf is bet
than none, to some people.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-17

Former senator a hundred year old
visited the senate recently and says
the speeches he heard there are not
much different than those of forty
years ago Probably, in some cases,
thew are the same speeches.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-17

Jack Dempsey lost his monocle while
riding with his head out of a train
window. He should have ridden with
his head out of a boat portfolio and lost
il before he arrived from London.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-17

When an old man has monkey
gland installed, does he have TO start
in and sow all his wild oats again?
Anna Dickie OlesOn, candidate for
the United States senate, kept right
on with her ironing while being inter-
viewed by a New York newspaper man.
She never lets anything interfere with
her ironing.
In other words, she has an ironing
hoard instead of plank in her plat
form If being a satisfactory ironer is
prominent qualification for member
ship in the senate, there are at least
ten million women who should be head
ing Washingtonward.
The average laundry in city like
New York could fill up the senate with
frst-class senators at a moments no
tice.
Mrs. Oleson and her flatiron will
probably not get to Washington, but if
they do there are a lot of things there
that ought TO be ironed out.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-17
Safety First Maxirns

Empty and harmless it looked,
Barely three pounds it weighed
The shell, a relic of wartime
Was left where children played.
Eight young lives was the penalty
For someone's sad neglect;
And that's one of the myriad ways
Parents happiness may be wrecked
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-17

A lot of motorists ought to install a
radio outfit on their machines and
then hire somebody to broadcast
Stop, look and listen" every time
they come near a rail crossing!
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-17

The more 1 see of people walking
across streets, the more l respect the
carefulness of my dawg!
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-17

Doc Woppell, the bonesetter, stop
ped yesterday to remark: It's got so
man can buy new parts for his
body like he would for a Ford; but
the trouble is they amt genuine!"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-17
Facts About Indiana

Rev. Baynard r. Hall for three
years was the only instructor at Indi-
ana Seminary.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-17

That statement from New York's
safety headquarters that there will be
over million kids killed and injured
during vacation this summer, should
impress the parents, even if it don't
the kids!
The Washington times., 1922-12-17
When | Married a "Follies Girl" Beauty

wife on the knees of another man.
There was a great scrimmage that
ended when the intruder, minus
his dress coat, broke into the din
ing room in full flight, knocking
over several tables and q piece of
antique Chinese porcelain, for
which I also paid the following
day.
By daylight most Of my guests
had "passed out" and the sur
vivors were having q dice game
among the fragments Of broken
dishes that had been tossed about
all morning. Finally they left.
too, and Jessie and I repaired to
our rooms. Before we were asleep
a newspaper reporter called up
and asked us what we knew about
several Of my guests who had been
taken to the police station ~ . re-
suit of their hilarity.
However. the party was released
with a fatherly reprimand from
the desk sergeant at the police
station. I have remarked before
that II is this tolerance on the
part Of the community that en-
ables people of this kind to do
practically what they please, 80
sure are they that they are i'm
mune from the consequences that
follow any mistake or mis-step
made by one Of "the common
people,"
My party in Cleveland was the
only one given in honor Of aymem-
ber Of my family that has not
appeared in the society columns Of
the Cleveland papers for long,
long time. But almost everybody
seemed to know all about It, and
for some reason that I could not
comprehend at the time al the
older people I had known did not
seem to think II was interesting,
funny or entertaining.
II was then that the opinion Of
my mothers friends began to
crystalise against me and I re-
ceived so many icy stares during
the remainder Of the week that I
spent In Cleveland that I breathed
8 sirh Of genuine feli4f when 6st-
urdsy night came and the show
prepared to move on TO Detroit.
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CONTINUED from Double Page)

their more conservative parents.
In all, there were almost one
hundred people present.
At each plate stood a quart of
whiskey. for which had paid
twenty dollars: More than $4,000
was represented right there, but !
did not want to be called stingy.
When it is remembered that half
a pint of whiskey is usually
sufficient to send a hard drinking
iron puddler on a weeks rampage,
the consequences of my generosity
in this matter may be more easily
imagined than described. As
matter Of fact, I do not remember
enough of that nights debauch to
describe it in all its details.
do know that It was not very
long before the hired orchestra
had been dragged from the dais
at the end of the room, stripped
of their uniforms and supplanted
by some Of my merry guests. It
was certainly novel sight to see
the musicians dancing about the
room with my wife's care-free
friends, when most Of the former
were in their shirt sleeves or
better. The substitute orchestra
was galaxy of talent.
Some further excitement was
provided by one of Jessie's girl
friends, who took exception to the
remonstrances Of the hotel man.
ager, and nearly put out his eyes
by breaking his glasses with one
angry sweep Of her hand. As q
result of this playful trick I had
a $400 oculist's bill to settle on the
following day.
At five O'Clock in the morning
the party was going strong. BY
that time several Of my guests
had conceived the idea Of chang
ing places with the walters, who
gravely took their places at the
table with the delicate little show
girls. This provided q great deal
Of entertainment until one Of my
guests, In his role Of waiter, went
into the hotel kitchen for some
ginger ale and encountered his
The Washington times., 1922-12-17
By James Francis Dwyer ),

side . .thousand-mile radius Of the
establishment. Fong's action
amounted to unqualified bias
pheny, but fear had driven him
mad. After making the threat he
returned to the shop and peered
out.
All was quiet with the array Of
baskets and crates upon the side-
walk, and for q moment Fong
thought that the threat had put the
joss upon his mettle. Then q
startling occurrence took place. A
barrel containing apples slid quiet
ly along the pavement and fell into
the gutter. A small basket Of tur-
nips followed IL hastily, and q we'll
filled bag made q sudden somer-
sault and covered the sidewalk
with q layer of green peas.
The Chinaman gave a wild yell
Of rage. Rushing to the door he
slammed and locked It 30 that the
spirit of his tormentor could not
enter the shop, then swinging the
meat chopper he dashed into the
inner room to take his revenge
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ID 'aIy
.pea the Joe. that had turned .

upon the joss thst had turned Q
deaf ear To- his, prayers.
The two boys seeing the disturb
anee among the vegetables again
crossed the street in expectation Of
more bananas, but when they saw
Fong shut the door they stopped
and looked guiltily at each other.
From inside the shop came wild
yells and sounds Of breaking crock
cry, and their fear increased.
Hastily removing three hsh-hocks
from the barrel, basket and bag
they fed round the corner, winding
a. they ran the fish lines With
which, while sitting on the other
side Of the street, they had caused
the peculiar movements among
Fong Toys stock. ..lr
Next day the landlord Of the IT.
tie green grocery found thst his
tenant had fed, and he wondered
much over the battered remnants
Of the joss that he found in the
inner room. Fong had fed before
the wrath Of the dead cousin, but
the two boys with the hsh-hooh
and line were regrettins his Dc.
psrture.
tosyssssha. sborsttsU PsblisAiag o.
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The Live Stock Of Fong
rONG TAY sat In the little

TONG TAY sat In the little
green-grocery and pushed
. over the mystery which en-
compassed him. Fong was nervous
and unstrung. His small eyes
blinked behind the large horn spec
tacles as he peered through the
window at the sidewalk beyond.
His lean brown hands twisted ner-
vously round each other as If their
owner considered the movement
helpful to the wondering mind that
wrestled with the mystery. But
Fong's brain was not equal to the
task.
To the mind Of the Chinaman it
was no ordinary mystery. The
happening that distressed him bor-
dered on the supernatural, and as
he sat dry-lipped and wide-eyed,
his thoughts few to the fat joss
that sat in the smoke-favored at
mosphere of the little rear room.
It was certainly matter for the
joss. No ordinary explanation
would fit the bill and to Fong's
mind the little fat god was the
only one that could divine the
cause and prevent recurrence of
the peculiar happening.
The mystery centered on bag
of potatoes that Fong had placed
on the sidewalk near the door of
his shop. His experience Of potato
bags was large and varied, but
this particular bag was an excep-
ton. Its actions were erratic and
very distressing to the nerves Of
the Chinaman. It had been placed
in a reclining position against the
wall of the shop at an angle Of
sixty degrees, yet ten minutes after
it had been placed there it had
raised itself upright, stood for a
few seconds and then fell forward,
spilling the potatoes into the gut
ter!
The Chinaman was astounded.
There was no one within a ten
yard radius Of the bag; its con-
tents were new potatoes which
Fong had sorted with his own
hands; there was no visible agency
by which the movement could be
effected, and yet he had seen the
bag deliberately raise itself and
fling the spuds into the gutter.
Fong stood staring stupidity at the
nearly empty bag till his sense Of
thrift recalled him from the realms
of conjecture. The little shop was
situated upon a slight rise, and the
potatoes that fell in the gutter
were scampering wildly down the
hillside, so the Chinaman started
in pursuit.
Two boys who had been sitting
on the opposite side of the street
helped in the chase. They gath
cred up the runaway vegetables
and carried them back to the shop,
and Fong rewarded them with .
present Of six bananas. The bag
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was put back in IL old position,
but this time the Chinaman leaned
II at a still greater angle from the
perpendicular, 30 that q possibility
of a repetition Of the occurrence
was made more remote. To Fong
Tay's mind the happening was q
remarkable one. II the bag had
fallen sideways in the first instance
it would not have startled him, but
his astonishment arose from the
fact that it had first attained q per-
pendicular position before falling
outward. With his gaze fixed upon
the erratic bag he backed into the
shop and then watched It through
the window.
But the potato bag had evidently
cultivated a liking for the strange
stunt. The Chinaman had not been
in the shop more than Ave minutes
when he was Mortified to see II
again rise slowly to q perpendicu-
lar position, pause q few seconds :
and then fall heavily into the gut
ter. Once again the liberated pota-
toes bounced joyfully down the
hillside as the terrified Fong rushed
to the door. The Celestial was
now convinced. 1t was perfectly
clear to his mind that the bag was
moved by supernatural agency.
The two boys, who had retired
to doorstep on the other side Of
the street to eat the bananas they
had earned by the first upset, again
proffered their services to the
stupefied Chinaman, and again the
potatoes were rounded up and
bagged. Fong paid them with more
bananas and they returned to their
old position, while the bag was
once more fixed by its amazed
owner.
It was at this juncture that
Fong's thoughts few to the joss.
The fat god who sat contentedly
behind the little stick Of burning
incense, was the proper person to
grapple with the mystery. The
Chinaman was aware of his own
limitations, but he knew that the
power of the joss was unfathom-
able. With semi-paralyzed limbs
he pulled himself into the inner
room and made . fervent plea for
protection to the fat deity. The
god was smiling peacefully, and
Fong's nerves relaxed somewhat
under the influence Of the smile.
Surely the joss would protect him.
Fong had been faithful devotee,
and it was right that the incense
shifting deity extend help to the
terror-stricken worshipper. After
praying he shuffied back into the
q op. and looked out fearfully
through the window.
The sight that met his eyes made
him grasp hastily at the counter
The Washington times., 1922-12-17
3S-cent "Danderine' will Save Any Man or Woman's
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Your druggist will tell you that
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every time. Use one bottle Of DAN
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you can have your money back.
The Washington times., 1922-12-17

for support. For the third time the
bag uplifted itself without visible
aid, balanced itself . second and
then spurted its contents into Q
gutter. But that was not all.
Fong's gurgle Of horror was
strangled by the subsequent hap
pening. A basket containing to-
mstoes, that stood beside the pota-
to bag, moved swiftly toward the
edge Of the sidewalk and initiated
the action Of the bag by tipping
its contents into the street.
Fons Tay collapsed. He sat in
the doorway and wept bitterly
while the two boys chased the run
away vegetables down the hill.
Light was beginning to dawn upon
the Chinaman's mind, but the COM
ing Of knowledge did not lessen the
tremendous fear that gripped him.
He knew now that It was the spirit
Of his mothers cousin that was
causing the troubled
The cousin had been dead sore
months, but before he died he had
cursed Fong in a most strenuous
manner, and the Celestial was sure
that the erratic actions Of his vege-
tables were the result Of spirit ven
geance. He was certain Of It. The
cousin had found II impossible to
square matters during his lifetime,
but had evidently taken the first
opportunity that offered after pass
ing into the unknown. A cold per-
spiration broke out on Fong when
ne thought to what length the ven
geance Of the dead man would 60.
Judged by the volume of the curses
II would indeed be terrible.
He determined to take the pota-
toes and tomatoes inside the shop
and then make another appeal to
the joss. It was the duty Of the
joss to protect him. He had burned
incense before the deity for score
Of years, and now when he called
upon him for protection the fat
image did not respond.
Fong shrieked invocations to the
god. He promised to double the
daily supply Of incense. He prom
ised offerings Of various kinds, but
the joss gave no intimation that he
would take the matter in hand. He
smiled with calm indifference upon
his fear-stricken worshipper, TIL,
finally, Fong became annoyed.
With distended eyes he turned
upon the image and abused II. He
called 1t epithets that he had never
dared to call II. He cast insinua-
tions upon its power to control the
spirit Of the dead cousin, and final
ly he threatened II. He picked up
the chopper that lay upon the meat
block and threatened to smash the
joss to atoms II the annoying spirit
was not Immediately chased out
The Washington times., 1922-12-17
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The Washington times., 1922-12-17

Don't lose another hair! Don't
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tie Danderine now will save your
hair and double its beauty.
Falling hair never stops by itself;
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The Washington times., 1922-12-17

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Tell your druggist whether the ma
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The Washington times., 1922-12-17
Even Cross, Fevesh. Sick Children Love It's Fy Tasts

Hurry, mother! A teaspoonful of Cali
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The Washington times., 1922-12-17
Stop Wondering How | Teach Piano;
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Year after year you've seen my advertisement In a
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than before taught By man. In 1S31over
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course and received their diplomas.
Yet. when hrst started giving piano and organ
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Could my conservatory have grown - II has obtaned
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(Te Be Continued Meet Sunday)
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Ny adventures there I viii tell
next Sunday.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-04-13
SOUR STOMACH
INDIGESTION
rhedimd'. Black.Drausht Highly
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suIing from Torpid
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East Nashville, Tenn The eftle
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Many other men and women through
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he bowels Of impurities.
Thsdford's Black Draught liver medl
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Accent no limitations or substitutes
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The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-04-13
SUPPLY OF POTASH ASSURED
Enough In Green Sand Of New. Jersey
to Satisfy American Farmers TOR
Ten Centuries.

Right at our door and until a rev
months ago quite unsupported lies
enough potash to supply the needs OF
every American farmer for a thousand
years. 1t is the famous green sand
of New Jersey-mllllons upon millions
Of tons Of which are found in that
state alone and running all the way
down as far as Virginia.
The Scientific American relates that
half a century ago local farmers USED
It as q fertilizer, but for some reason
abandoned 1t. Now Its value has been
recognized again and a big factory Is
being built at New Brunswick, N. j.,
for turning the green sand Into pure
potash.
At a recent meeting Of the Amerl-
can Chemical society R. Norris Shreve
read a paper in which he described the
process. This involves treating the
green sand with milk Of lime at about
47o degrees f. for one hour. Caustlc
potash Is the initial result, but this Is
easily changed into other potash com
pounds. Potassium nitrate Is shown to
be the best form In which to produce
the green sand potash for the. fertilizer
Industry, for in 1t are united two Of
the most essential fertllizing elements
nitrogen and potash.-New YORK
World.