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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS. RANDOLPH. UTAH fore we exhibited our and discovery. Promptly at the hour set for the trial, Hung-Hand I entered the great courtyard, where the necessary preparations had been made. . In the middle of a small space stood an altar to beside It a stand holding a charcoal brazier and the requisite cooking utensflls. All about In silent groups, dazzlingly dressed in many-huesilks and arranged in picturesque order, were the officials, dignitaries and notables of the city and province, the priests of the and the Judges. j temple of Strange as It may seem, the ceremony about to take place, although mid epoch-makin- g o rv Zl-A- For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria d (OopjrtlgM) Hung-Hby the hardest of labor and most economical living, amassed a hoard of several thousand, cash, and took passage on a devil-bofor Vancouver, whence he was mysteriously transported to San Francisco, and presently became my cook. During an Idle visit to the kitchen the slant-eye- d worthy mentioned the baffling quest which had caused so many heartburnings and In China. At first I laughed heartily at the ludicrous tale, but my laughter ended In a gasp of astonishment as I suddenly realized that Hung-H- o had put a fortune within my grasp ! For numberless centuries, so he told me In his flowery language, the culinary artists of far Cathay had striven manfully, though In vain, toward the acme of epicurean attaindish. ment, the iced-hSince the unenlightened ages n tradition had existed In the East that the Celestial who shall concoct .such a d toothsome delicacy, having an middle, part while hot, odorous, and steaming without, shall be assured an exalted place In heaven, as well as honors, palaces, and retinues of kow- -' lowing servants during the remainder of his stay on earth.From the lord high purveyor of gustatory deligljts to her serene highness the dowager empress, down to the humblest cookee in a chop suey Joint, It had been the sublime goal of all dreams and efforts among cooks. When a Chinese cook is found dan-- . gllng at the end of his cue from a bamboo beam In his workroom, it is commonly remarked that big Joss of the cook cult and jealous iced-hot guardian of the secret of the dish, had claimed another victim. . Hung-Hcrafty descendant of 40 generations of chop suey house cooks, had. essayed at various times to elaborate a pie or pastry that should at least approach perfection as nearly as bad the productions of his honorable ancestors. I had recently become interested In an African development company owning vast tracts of land where grew valuable woods, notably the tree from n which the material called vegetable Ivory Is obtained. From the Inner bark of this tree I had prepared a unique substance which I had named vegetable asbestos, a product that resembled real asbestos ns closely as vegetable Ivory does the tony mass of tin elephants tusk. That Is to say, exactly. And, In addition, vegetable asbestos Is edible I I was casting about for a use to which the new food product could be had given me the put, and Hung-H- o clue to It. Thus, I hastily concluded, I was fairly on the road to tnllllonalre-dom- . ot ice-col- - Zi-A- well-know- Securing from the refrigerator a piece of Ice the size of a walnut (as the cook books say), I quickly rolled It In dough made with a vegetable asbestos and water, and passed It on to my prince of pots and pans, who placed It In the center of a preposterous assemblage of unlike condiments, forming some famous Chinese dish. ! Hung-Ho- , who was now ''hopping about and jabbering is a clownish and unnatural display of emotion, popped the cake Into the oven. I feared the usually stolid Asiatic would go Into an epoplectic fit, so excited did he wax. And really the occasion justified excitement Should success crown my ndeavors, I could snap my fingers at commonplace western millionaires and join the esoteric circle of oriental . wealth and luxury. Manifestly noNxace of ice could unmelted within that steaming toe t, and my expectations went up with tks fragrant, appetizing odor of vegetable asbestos that fllied our nostrum With trembling hands Hung-HMtsed the cake and deftly broke it In kftlves. Nestling within ralrabile ttctu like a mandarins diamond In Its velvet case, lay the bit of glittering IN Still the size of a walnut ! Success VII ours! Or, rather, mine, for. I did Ct regard the Celestial as other than A means to an end. During the following day I made arrangements to take a long vacation, engaged staterooms on the steamer Manchuria, soon sailed for the Orient, and obtained from my laboratory ample supplies of vegetable asbestos to take with us. Arrived at Peking, we found It visable not to attempt to exhibit our discovery there and win the reward from the empenfr himself, for western notions had latterly infected the Imperial court to such an extbnt that we were laughed at and scoffed unmercifully when we presented onr plea for. an audience before the Son of Heaven. Undaunted by this early setback, we departed southward .for the province of Shan-TunA gloriously bright and serene midsummers morning found us at the d gate of the city of blessed In being the natal spot of the sage Confucius, the favored Abode of chief joss of the cult of cooks, and the abiding-plac- e of the elected Judges of the Iced-ho- t dish, who had never yet had occasion ' to sit In judgment.- .The ancient and normally somnolent city was nil agog with excitement. e Arrived before the magnificent of the judges.' we were bidden to. rest nnd partake of nourishment be ln o ' thrice-blesse- Zt-A- pal-ac- U. S. Pacific Naval Bases Inadequate JticoikoL-t- Zi-A- n, Until the Hawaiian islands are made an adequate base the American navy will be unable to operate effecthely nutely described and rigidly ordered in the western Pacific. Lacking such In the sacred books of the cult, had a base, it would be necessary to supnever before been attempted for the ply the fighting fleet a1 most entirely simple reason that no Chinaman had from the Pacific coast bases, the disever got to the stage where he dared tance to which would be a severe offer a suitable lced-hdish the penhandicap on operations. alty for failure being death at the Even the Pacific coast bases are hands of the assemblage. Despite this inadequa'e to the demands of the lack of experimental knowledge of the who'e navy if stationed in the Pacific, method of procedure, the d of the even in time of peace? It would be Because rites moved forward smoothly and WASHINGTON. naval bases the necessary to send ships hack to (lie without an error. United States, according to navy au- Allantic coast for major repair work. ' When Hung-Ho- , with lightning The Navy department is urg ng thorities, is totally unprepared to fight speed, mixed the Ingredients for a suitPafor appropriations to begin western a war in successful the able cake, I molded and squeezed a const ruction of Pacific coast and cific. y handful of snow from the we now Hawaiian island bases which It will most The base advanced Hung-Shamountains to the size of an Is at Pearl Harbor, in the require several years to complete. The egg, surrounded it with an Insulating possess Hawaiian islands. Its facilities, how- senate is faiorable, but the house opni of and layer vegetable asbestos, the proper moment handed it to my ever, are scarcely more than rudi- posed to suchn appropriations. The of a board, which assistant, who In full view of the ex- mentary. With the exception dock the equipment is insufficient surveyed the needs of bases in the pectant assembly dropped it into the dry recommended the expenditure and set the sacred eopper to ;nre for the needs of half, the navy-i- Pacific, of $27,1841X10 in the Hawaiian islands, whole of time the let alone peace, basin containing the mixture over the $44 005,750 at Bremerton, Wash., naiv in time of war. Another braziers glowing coals. at San Francisco, $27,790,000 and construction of a multitude Now ensued moments of anxious of channels and berths, as well as at San Diego, $o, 000,000 at San Pedro, nay, agonizing suspense. the establishment of vast repair work $.",000 000 at the Columbia river. seized the copSuddenly Ilung-IIand storage warehouses for supplies, $3,489,000 at Port , Angeles, Wash., and and the dish." threw cover, per up are Wash., a total necessary, according to the Navy $2,871,000 at snatched out the golden cake the like of 738,300. $157, department. of which I had seen Jiim split In two a thousand times, always to disclose a crystal of Ice within. lie essayed to break It open, when quick and horrible flash of fear imhousing situation with high pelled' me to stnke the cake from his is the most serious probtrembling hands so that the precious lem confronting the government, in at to of fell the the tiles courf Ihing the opinion of Secretary of Labor Dathe feet of the asseniidage. vis. It Is in just such a situation as Astonishment hissed from the throats Davis describes that congress and' the of the onlookers. At once, with oristate legislatures, under the Supreme divined the ental Intuitiveness, they court ruling, have the power to enact pe use of my sacrilegious act. The law, curbing rent as all knew, but for the first time fully emergency legislation Davis holds high rents the gongers. realized, made him who opened the greatest single barrier to a readjustcake the master of the cult I ment such as Is essential to permahad all but won the . CraftytIung-Hnent prosperity. gation of conditions in some of the prizel Because of . high rents and "inade- worst centers. Federal investigators No sooner had I staved off one vihe says, families have been sent to several cities. quate housing, cious attack than another was delivdouble up, sometimes two or three to What we need in dealing with the While the foiled traitor and 1 ered. a home. It is not too much to say situation," Davis says, is not only stood glaring at each other, neither that the loss In morale and morals horse sense, but heart sense. It is knowing what next to do, a hoary gray-hear- d due to the housing conditions in many not merely a matter of houses and among the Judges the most cities today Is one of the greatest rents, of dollars nnd cents. aged and therefore esteemed the wisest to our whole social structure. Some agreement must be reached among them all slowly rose, and with dangers of the recent state invesThe report by the building trades and the buildexasperating moderation pronounced the dictum that the overreaching ras- tigation Into housing conditions in Chi- ing industries that will make possible had forfeited his claim cago showed that 500,000 .people in a resumption of home building. cal, Hung-Hthat city were living in the most unThe building industry is the keyhis unworthy exhibition of greed wholesome hy conditions, sleeping some- stone of our entire industrial strucand faithlessness. times three and four in a bed, five ture, and once construction work can Furthermore, according to the tradi- and six to a room. Reports from oth- be set under wray again the whole emcould contest a Chinese for tions, only er cities hard hit the by housing short- ployment and industrial situation will the prize never a hated foreigner. age and high rents show an alarming be relieved. I, too, was eliminated. in sickness and disease. In Today, however, we have the paraHence it only remained for the Judge Increase some cities the birth rate of Illegitidoxical situation where it is cheaper In the himself to claim the reward, mate children has increased 50 per to travel than to pay rent. There are name of the whole college of Judges. cent. 250,000 people, it is estimated, living to he the the action word, Suiting Davis has ordered a special Investi in automobiles. still the slowly stooped, picked up steaming cake and broke It open. Out popped the nugget of compressed snow, which, falling to the pavement, 168.000. partially dissolved to Its original waRepresentative Kahn, chairman, military . affairs committee, . oftery state before the entranced spectators recovered from the spell of fered an amendment for an army of wonder that held them enthralled.- - .. 175.000. Representative Fish presented J PH GEHL Bears ittagiheS Signature Cheerfulness neither Oplflm.MorpWne Mineral. notNabcotic well-studie- con-cre- to Hirer far-nwa- A helpful Rcme4y Constipation and n Parks-McKea- cake-doug- tiimiteSijnaWre01 Thirty Years h nsgSafe CASTORIA o Key-port- Horse Sense and Heart Seme Needed Exact Copy of Wrapper. THE spell-houn- Then up went a shrill, shriek from the saffron-faced assembly as with one voice Indignation they vented their pent-u- p at the almost successful attempt of a hated foreign devil to despoil them of their cherished heritage. and I were in In a moment Hung-H' maelstrom of rushing, clawing Chibore us apart nese. Counter-current- s I crashed down tipon the pavement and lost consciousness. When I awoke I "found myself In the care of a good missionary, who had As rescued me In the nick of time. soon as my strength was sufficiently regained he hurried me beyond the borders of the province of Shan-Tunfoi which kind act I was devoutly thankful. Hung-Hprobably lost his worthless life In the maelstrom. I never heard of him again. As for the secret of the Iced-hdish, you can soon purchase It at ten cents a box. The slow,, small, but entirely safe profits of trade appeal more strongly to me since my narrow escape in the thrice-blessecity of Confucius. o o 1 I IDEA ot d AC0BE Take a good dose of Carters Little liver Pills then take 2 or 3 for a few nights after. A few doses restore your organs to their proper functions and the Headache and the TITTLE J causes of it pass away. In the same manner cSrterI IVER PELLS They regulate the Bowels and prevent Constipation. sigriatarear SYSTEM DID NOT WORK s&u&gZrct Girl He Was Looking For. Why are you so pensive? WElL - . lie asked. Found Some DisadvanInstructions in the Sign Language. Englishwoman tages Small Pill; Small Dote; Small Price Im not pensive, she replied. But you havent said a word for in Giving minutes. An English lady was talking about her cleverness in getting a Russian servant. She cant speak a word of. English, and I can't speak Russian, she 'finished. But how do you nian-ngthen? asked her friend. Oh, it's quite simple. I just .wave my hands about and make faces, and if slit doesnt quite understand, she goes off and does something else, so ail the work gets done in time. Later on the friend called, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Russian treasure, nd found the mistress in tears. e. Well, I - 20 didnt have anything to say. Dont you ever say anything when v you have nothing to say? No, she said. Will you be m.v wife? lie asked. Embarrassing Questions. when the mortality rate of grandmothers, etc., is about to reach' its peak, one firm, a large employed of boys, and evidently with some feeling for grandmothers, has inaugurated an employment application blank in150,000 That dreadful Bolshevik she wailed. which calls for full and detailed of She came up to ask what she tvas formation regarding the health New their York relatives. Evening to do next, and I made scrubbing moPost. tions, meaning the kitchen floor, of on she did It and course, my lovely Luck. an amendment to this for an army 0? polished dining table instead, and it Edith I have only two girl eneis absolutely ruined ! And now shes 156.000. mies and they dont, speak to each The Kahn amendment, as amended, sulking in the kitchen, smoking my other. was defeated by a vote of 97 to 74, cigarettes, and I cant make her unMabel How fortunate ! and then Representative Byrnes of hand that shes not to take them ! tMith Carolina moved that the army Most men find it 'easier to get in !.ould be fixed at 150,000. This was Must Take a Present debt than to get out, bnt some are unadopted by a vote of 109 to 82. The woman who used to look upon a able to get in at all. ' WOULD appear that official By reducing the army to this size wadding invitation as a social victory ITWashington has more than one the appropriation for the army for now has a daughter who includes such If a man owns y stock Idea as to the proper size of the the next fiscal year is reduced from he never recommends walking as an things in the list of monthly bills. small-armAmerican army. Anyway, the $83,000,000 to $72,000,000. Dallas News. exercise. men In the house, combining Representative Kahn and Republicwith the Democrats, outgeneraled' the an Leader Mondell pleaded in vain Republican leaders and succeeded in for acceptance of the recommendaamending the array bill so as to fix tions of Secretary Weeks and the the size of the army at 150,000. This army officers. was done despite the request of SecreThe small-arm- y men admitted that tary Weeks that the armys size should the world was in a most chaotic connot be reduced below 175,000. dition, but argued that the addition of The house adjourned without pass- a few thousand men to the American ing the bill after' a prolonged debate army would not settle that chaotic s during which the Republican leaders condition. d They said, also, that congress should pleaded for a army because of the disturbed world conditions. pay more attention to the people and -- Tlie bill provided for an array of less to the general staff. House Favors U. S. Army of death-heraldin- g NEW YORK CITY. COMPANY, What to Take for d o THE CENTAUR Men Now street-railwa- y Almost as Easy as Wishing Ttour breakfast cup is ready without trouble or delay when good-size- Wanted: Secretary of the Fine Arts OF THE FINE ARTS proposed addition to ' S Cured. the cabinet. Whats more the League of Once upon a time there was In Artists has been formed to urge the charge of a certain Episcopal parish proposition. It is stated that J. Masdown on Long Island a youngish minsey Rhino, the New York sculptor., ister who made a decided hit with a made the proposal to President Hardmiddle-agespinster of large means. ing and that the President asked that Her family, with whom the preacher the artists of the country who favor was less popular, used to torment her the idea their arguments in tangiabout the angel man," ble form get submit them to him. and as they called the divine. . One day The of the movement include purposes the spinster brought the minister home the for Sunday dinner without previously ' Tofollowing: further contemporary American declaring her Intention to do so. Her art and its relation to national life. brothers and sister, who had not gone To seek to have embodied in the to service, were in the big living room Constitution of the United States the breezed left the when she in, having words fine arts, as well as scientific preacher In the hall to remove- - hi! and useful arts. overcoat. Well, 'how was the angel To arouse our national government Did he man today? they chorused. to a realization and need of a minister sen preach one of his of art with portfolio, and to give defimons and was he as handsome ai nite and concrete support to the artist. ever? Sister made no move to halt To establish- - better conditions for toflow of the kidding, but, turning the development of American art. ward the door, said: "Here he Is; To foster the unknown artist by givto his looks; Judge for yourselves-ahim an equal opportunity. as for his sermon, perhaps youd all ingTo maintain an advisory school off for. hearing It." have been better committee to work for the betterment That ended the kidding for all time. of art Instruction and art education Brooklyn Eagle. SECRETARY y s throughout is the table beverage. To a teaspoonful of Instant Postum in the cup, d soul-inspiri- Instant Poston more especially in the city of New York. To establish' an interchange of city exhibitions. To promote general and active interest in the creation of a large put.lie exhibition building in the city of New York. To seek the of the art museums, patrons, art lovers, art dealers, architects, interior decorators and artists. 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