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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-09-15

A week ago last nlght the mouse OF
Mr.. III. r. Croft. at No. AZ Wood
street, was entered by burglar or
burglars, and some $500 worth of jew
elry stolen Each piece was marked,
and as bills descriptive OF each were
Immediately got out it became mat
ter of difficulty for the burglars to
dispose of the property. The next
step was to open a negotiation with
Mr.. Croft to see If he would not be
willing to lvse small sum for the re-
covery of large one. A note was ac-
cordingly dropped TO Mr.. Croft, the
burglar saying he was ready to make
a negotiation" If Mr.. Croft would
send him $500. he said. and agree to
ask no questions or attempt to discov-
er the thief. every piece of jewelry
would be returned. 40 answer was
requested through an advertisements
in the paper. Mr.. Croft concluded to
open negotiations, but did not teel
disposed to stand the $780, He ac-
cordingly published a personal note
to the effect that the offer was too
high. The same day another note
came. The burglar was willing this
time to take S20O and wanted an an
swer Immediately. 1t came, and was
to the effect that the bid was too high.
The third epistle was Immediately re-
ceived. an6 the price of redemption
marked down to $50. Mr.. Croft
thought that he could stand the toll,
and accordingly published notice to
that effect The next step was to set
tie means by which the transfer could
be- made. One or two ways were con-
sidered, and at last Mr.. Croft received
a note telling him to have the cash at
home with him at night, and that
some of these evenings he would have
a chance to dispose of it. Thursday
night last Mr.. Croft heard tap at his
window, and on throwing up the sash.
saw a man below in the darkness who
asked him if he was ready with the
stamps?'
1.-The money is here" said Mr..
Croft; ''come in and you shall have
it."
Il guess won't come in.'' said the
man, 'or you might recognize me.
The jewelry is here all right, and I
will give it up when you hand out the
money"
Mr.. Croft declined to accede to the
cheeky request. and told the man if
he would hand in the goods he should
have his money. The man at first de-
clined to do so, and insisted that the
cash should be passed out first.
why can't You trust me as we'll as
for me to trust you?" asked the burg
lar.
Because I claim to be an honest
man. and You are thief" said Mr..
Croft. =
The answer seemed to throw new
light into the mind Of the man out
side, and he finally decided to pass in
the goods, which he proceeded to do.
Mr.. Croft took them in. looked them
over and found all there, and then
passed the roll OF bills to the brassy
thief The latter thereupon departed
as silently as he came. Mr.. Croft
thinks there were two or three other
men in the yard, although he saw only
one.-CleveIand Leader, Sept. 4.
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DR.. Mackenzie tells us, with good
humor. an anecdote, which we have
before heard verbally related. 1t is
all about certain Lady Middleton,
who, contrary to her most anxious
wish, was unblesscd with any chill
dren. After an absence of several
years with her liege lord in England,
she returned with him to reside for
time on one of their Irish estates.
AS the carriage drove up to the
mansion, she noticed several fine look
ing children about, and having learn
ed that their mother was the wife of
the gate porter, she determined to in
terrogate her, relative to the cause of
her fecundity; she, therefore. next
day made her way down to the por-
ter's lodge, and commenced her in-
quiries: 4
Whose children are these, my
good woman?"
All my own; my good lady
"Ah. indeed!'
Yes"
what! three infants, and all of the
same aee?"
"Yes. my lady, had three the last
time"
"How long are you rharried?"
"Three years, your ladyship."
And how many children have
you?" s
Seven. my lady"
At last came the question of ques-
tions-how she came to have the chill
dren? The Roor woman. not knowing
what this catechisln meant, and not
we'll knowing how to wrap up in deli
cate words her idea of cause and effect,
blushed and grew confused. and at
last, for want of something to say, re-
piled: saa
II think it must be the potatoes,
my lady 1s :.
This unfolded theory of popula-
tion quite new to Lady Middleton,
who eagerly demanded:
The potatoes! Do you eat much
of them?'
"Oh. yes, lady; very seldom we
havesbread. and 80 take potatoes all
the year round"
Greatly aeitated with her new in
formation. the lady further asked:
And where do sou get the pota-
toes? s
I'VE grow them in our little garden,
lady; sure, Pat tills it,
Well, y said Lady Middleton, lust
send me up cart load of those pota-
toes. and the steward shall pay you
we'll for them"
Shortly alter her ladyship rose to
leave the house. and indeed had left
1t, when the matron ran after her, and
b!ushing as she put the question, ask
ed:
"Ah. then, my lady, is it to have
children that you want the load of
potatoes?' Il. ~
1t was the lady's turn to blush as
she confessed that it was.
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As the boat shoots under the arches
and up the river, the bridge comes
into view-the busiest place In all
busy London. About eight thousand
people on foot and nine hundred ve-
hicles pass over it every hour in the
day. The rumble OF the traffic as it
comes to us on the boat is like the
! roll of distant thunder. / can COM
pare it to nothing else, trite as the
simile is. In the background you can
see the Tower. in which offenders of
the Government were imprisoned in
the barbar0us times of old; ard Bill
lingsgate, the largest market in
the world. The dealers and their
customers are notorious for the use
of bad language. and the word Bill
lingsgate" is commonly accepted in
writing and conversation as meaning
abuse or profanity.
The bridge has been rebuilt several
times. and the present one cost ten
millions of dollars in gold: SO you
may imagine how substantial it is. In
the reign of Queen Elizabeth there
were stores on each side, with arbors
and gardens, and at the south end
there was a queer wooden house,
brought from Holland, which was
covered with carving and gliding. In
the middle ages it was the scene of
ARRAYS of all kinds, and it was burned
down several times, three thousand
persons perishing in one FIRE alone.
The heads of rebels we're stuck on the
gate houses, among others those oe
Jack Cade. and of Garnet, who was
concerned in the gunpowder plot to
blow up the Houses of Parliament.
The heads OF good Sir Thomas More,
brave Wallace of Scotland, and the
rious Bishop Of Rochester were also
placed there, and until comparative
ly recent date such ghastly trophies
glanced down on the passers-by. They
were fastened on iron spikes, and in
gale Of wind they sometimes rolled to
the ground or into the water.
Three hundred and fifteen years ago
the Lord Mayor of London was Sir
William Hewet. Hewet lived in
house on the bridge. and had an in
fant daughter named Anne. The cur
rent Of the Thames was then very
strong, as there was fall of several
feet underneath the arches. One day
nurse was playing with baby Anne
at window overlooking the river,
and in a careless moment she let her
little charge fall. A young apprentice
named Osborne plunged into the boil
ing stream after her, and with great
difficulty saved her, thus earning the
life long gratitude of his master, the
Lord Mayor. Anne grew to be
beautiful woman, and, as her father
was very wealthy, many noblemen, in
cluding earls and baronets. sought
her hand. But she loved Osborne the
best. and to all other suitors her faith
er said: mo; Osborne won her and
Osborne shall have her." So he did,
and he afterward became the first
Duke of Leeds.
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Birds At Sea.

Here is something that will special
ly interest the bird lenders. It comes
to Jack from a friend of ST. Nicholas
crossing the Atlantic in the good ship
Wisconsin"
! I'VE are in sight of land" be
writes 1T is early morning, and
gulls already are coming to meet us
British birds, fresh from the green
shores, with a confident, near home
air about them. But it is different
with those that venture far out at sea.
A few days ago (almost in mid-ocean),
a tired land bird lit on the vessel,
rested Tor few moments, and then
resumed his flight. 1t was plain that
the brave little thing knew it had
hard work before it. On one trip two
small birds followed the ship for days,
until one of them dropped exhausted
into the sea. Instantly the other flew
to the vessel, and fell at the captain s
feet. He took it up tenderly, carried
it into the cabin, and put it Or the
| table. The passengers gathered
around and gave it water; it drank as
though famishing with thirst. Then
they fed it with bread crumbs; the
bird ate eagerly and thrived we'll. but
never from that moment seemed to
have the slightest fear of anybody on
board. When the ship neared land
he flew away.
This reminds me of another incl
dent for your young folks. At Lafay-
cite, Indiana, al the beginning of the
war, a regiment of soldiers encamped
on hill overlooking the town. and it
was found that sparrows nest was
h.,, ho of Tho
Whatever may have become of the
male bird, the mother staid and raised
her brood. The soldiers put few
stakes around the nest, which was on
the ground, and | often saw the
mother. bird coming and going, undis--
turbed by the camp fires, the roll OF
the drum, or the discharge Of mus
kerry"
Those were brave soldiers, I'll be
bound, or they would not have been
stanch. Rruff fellows with tenderness
in their hearts for the helpless little
family in their midst-don't you?
As for those little bird-passengers
on the great ship, that flew away re-
joicing when they saw land. what a
good account of mankind they carried
into the hedges and tree-tops! How
ready they must be, among their fell
lows, to contradict all evil reports
against human beings, and what les
son they give!
We are all sailing along in sort of
ship---the ship of life-and every
day, weary souls, worn out in hopeless
wandering, are falling upon the deck.
If we are kind and gentle, and help
them learn the way, it may be they
will come to be trustful and strong,
fearing no one on board, aud ready to
take wing in joy and thanksgiving
when Land comes in sight.-''Jack-
in the Pulpit st. Nicholas for Sep
tember.
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How !. Your PronunciatIon.

The following extract is suggested
for use by teachers and pupils in
schools as an exercise test OF pronun-
citation. 1t must be read off imme-
diately, without pause to consider
which is the proper way to pronounce
the words:
1. A courier from St. Louis. an
italian with italics, began an address
or recitative AZ to the mischievous
national finances.
Z 2. His dolorous progress was de-
monstrated by demonstration. and the
preface to his sacerdotal profile gave
his opponents an irreparable and Ia
mentable wound. is
3. The dilation of the chasm. or
trough, made the servile satyr and
virile optimist vehemently panegyrize
the lenient God.
4. He was an aspirant after the
vagaries of the exorcists and an mex
orabie coadjutor of the irreiraeible,
yet exquisite, Farrapo, on the subsi-
dence ofthe despicable finale and the
recognition Of the reco2nizancc.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-09-15

The Jacksonville (Ill.) Journal Of
the 18th ult., relates the following oc-
currence: A young girl, whom We
will call Miss Jones, lives and does
housework at Mr. Oliver Green's, on
South Diamond street. She is of
quiet disposition, and so attentive to
every duty that Mr.. and Mrs. Green
think great deal of her. Yesterday
morning Mr.. Green lett home to ceme
down town at the usual hour, and IN
due time Mrs. Green also left the
house to see friend fog short time,
and the girl was quite alone in the
large house, which stands quite dis
tance from any other Mr.. G. had
been gone but q few minutes when a
seedy appearing man, a regular tramp.
stepped up to the door and wanted to
know '.if the gentlenan or lady Of the
house is in2"
They are not at .home," the girl
answered promptly.
Is anybody here?" the iaquisitive
tramp demanded. ~
No one but me-"
We'll. I want something to eat"
said the fellow in a voice that he in
tended should be final and effective.
My mistress is not here, aud /
can't give away vietuSis or anything
else, and moreover, will not" re-
piled the plucky little miss, as she
stood firmly planted in the door.
oh, get out, you kitten, I will have
it anyhow, aud the tramp pushed her
aside and invaded the dining-room,
making himself at home.
The girl stepped lato Mr.. Green's
bedroom. picked up revolver which
was on the bureau, and returning to
the dining room, cooked and leveled
it at the rufian. declaring that if he
did not leave in one minute she would
shoot him where he sat.
Well. by thunder. / don't want to.
be shot by a woman" and with that
he skipped out of the door and out of
sight. and the plucky little heroine
was left in command Of the house, un-
molested further.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-09-15

The recent passenger war between
the St. Louis. Kansas City and North
ern and the Hannibal and St. Joseph
railroads produced some curiosities in
the way OF advertising, as witness the
following: And now We come! No
fooling over petty cuts, but right
down to business" Just count us
in. We propose to stay and see it out"
Nov the blood does gush! Having
knocked the wind clean out of some
folks on the extraordinarily low rates
announced on Saturday, we beg leave
to call the public's attention to the
second chapter, embracing the follow
ing terrific cut rates TO all Eastern
points with visor down, not a
spot on our armor and lance on a
dead line for the heart, we charge to
the fore" Is this a Dagger? No,
my lord, it is q prod, and with it We
make the weak backed hump them
selves. We strike right to the core
of the great commercial interests
Of the New West with the following
Bed Rock Rate" Talk is cheap.
promises fragile, and the wind can
blow, but We talk not neither do we
promise or blow; we proceed to busi-
ness, mean business, and stick to busi-
ness every hour Of the twenty four"
Time is money, and a day gained,
like an Inch on a Mans Nose, makes
a h. OF difference; buy tickets over
our line and get from Eve to eight
hours more time. Chalk il down
on Memorys Tablet that We made
these lew rates and We maintain them."
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FROM WHITE WATER.
SEPTEMBER 8. 1875

SEPTEMBER 8, 1919.
EDITOR PALLADIUM:-The aspect
of our village has gone through a
marked change within the past few
months. A description of improve
ments, in connection with few gem
eral items, shall be the substance of
our present communication.
The Christian Church. having sold
their house of worship TO the town
ship, are now building a fine brick
house on Main street, adjoining the
Odd Fellows Hall 1t will be the
grandest building supported by the
town, when completed. TIE lower
floor of their old building will be
used for school purposes; the upper
floor, for public speaking and other
entertainments. The NJ. E. Church
| is being reseated, which will add
greatly to its internal appearance.
j. C. Addleman has remodeled his
house with such exquisite taste and
care, that he can now comfort himself
with the fact that for a BEAUTIFUL
residence, he is excelled by none in
town.
Henry Reid has built an addition
to his clothing store, having now
quite large and comfortable business
| house.
Mrs. Courtney is building an addi-
ton to her house. The new house
belonging to Jabez Brant, brings up
the reputation of the North End. +"
George Blose and G. w. Addleman
will each build yet this season.
Jesse E. Jones has been auction
eering off his stock of dry goods, for
the past few days and nights. He
proposes to replenish with new stock
Immediately.
The Bethel Base Ball Club played
the Bee Catchers, of this place. on
Saturday last The game could not
be decided on account of four innings
only being played, but the Bee Catch
ers scored two ahead when the game
| was called.
Mr.. Shoecraft, tonsorial artist OF
the colored persuasion, proposes to
shear and shave the bloods of White
Water in the future, for the small
amount Of twenty cents per shear and
ten cents per shave. We wish him a
liberal patronage.
We might fill up half your paper
with rumors and gossip of the place,
but do not feel inclined to enter in
to details on the evidence of news
mongers; and therefore, Mr.. Editor,
you and the readers OF your paper
will have to remain in blissful igno-
rance of these things, until, if true,
they are more fully developed. Look
ing forward to the time when we may
have a railroad, powder factory, or
some other euch monster enterprise
established here, we close this letter,
with the expectation of writing again
when that time rolls around, if not
sooner. Z. L. j.
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M.,l Time Table.

Mail Time Table.
GOING notwithstanding all places sup
plied from the Chicago r. r., ana the !.
Wayne r. R., closes at loeo a. IN.
GOING SOUTH. Including Cinelnha,i q,
= and all points beyond, closes az oao q. III, ~.
T,,ciuding all places supplied from the
CINCINNATI Railroad, 6sOO p m.
GOING EAST-Including all places sup, sup,
nifed from the Columbus II. H., anu t
ali Eastern and Central states, ana Via
navfom and Xenia Railroad, closes
at l200 m. -
9oING wEST-1. Including Indianapolis
and all )ints beyond, closes l0Oo q. Ms
. same as above, closes a;eo p. M M: e. fndi. M
Guiding all points supplied py the i""'-
annapolis Railroad, 800 p m ,ortb.
west, closes ZOO p m
To Webster, Williamsburg and b,o9nians 6 Haa.r-
mort, on Tuesday, 1nursuaS un" 1
day, at 200 p. m.
To t,oxss Mills, White Water, ,Bethei ana Al
ba on Monday, "Wednesday anu riu"s'
at l2:00 IN.
IN Arlington, Clifton and Liberty, on Mon
day and Friday. at 700 g. m.
and College Corner, on TUESDAY an"
Friday, at 1880 m.
MAILS ARE OPEN
At 500 A. m. nom indianapolis and Cincah-
natl and beyond.
At 1I-o0 a. m. from Cincinnati, way and
through mails, and from Dayton anu
Xenia Railroad.
At 400 D. n. from East via Columbus RaH-
road and Day ton and Xenia Hallroau.
At 200 D. m from North. via Chicago Rail-
road and Fort Wayne Railroad.
At 800 D. m. from Indianapolis and beyond.
Omce open from 700 a. m to 1:So p' M
On Sunday, from $50 TO 1890 a. M
Dec. 1874. b. W. Ia AS' : ~
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The bloody scenes enacted in Lou
isiana and Alabama last year are now
being repeated in Mississippi. The
moving cause is the same. The rebel
White League is determined to carry
Mississippi in the coming election,
even though the State shall be deluged
in blood. The friends of law and or
der have watched events there anx-
iously. They are sick and tired of
the turmoil and bloodshed which have
been the accompaniment of every po-
litical campnign since 1868 9. They
have hoped that the professions of
these Southern Democrats possessed
a grain of sincerity. and have at least
supposed that the influence of discreet
leaders in the North would avail
something toward stopping these out
RACES. But it seems not. There has
been lull of few months, not be-
cause Thurman, Bayard & Co. de.
manded it, but because the induce
Now the campaign has opened, and
once more the bloody work has begun.
We have no taste for this business.
We had hored that peaceful elec-
ton might be held. We heartily wish,
if this is impossible, that the govern.
ment would put forth its strong arm
and crush the disturbers Of the peace,
whether they be white or black. But
these hopes appear to be vain. There
remains but one remedy, and this
shall be applied. II prayers and petit
hands Of these White League ruftians,
L. L.
State of Mississippi has Republican
Governor and State officers. General
Ames is, by virtue Of the constitution,
commander-in.c chief of the militia and
the guardian of the public welfare.
If need be, let him organize 100 900
men to put down these murderers
The colored population of Mississippi
far outnumber the white. aud besides
there are thousands of white Repub-
licans who will gladly lend assistance
in organizing troops and strengthen
ing the hands of the Governor. We
are weary of beholding Republicans,
white and black, standing with folded
arms while a barbarous mob shoot
them down by the score. If there is
a particle of manhood in these perse-
cuted men, let them defend them
selves. Let them, IF necessary, carry
the war into the enemies camp and
compel a recognition of their rights.
With the machinery of the State at
his disposal, Governor Ames should
see to this. If he fails to protect the
people who elected him he is unfit for
his place. Let the programme be
changed little. If the white devils
of Mississippi must have war let them
get their fill of it, so much so that
they will be ready for lasting peace
when the combat shall terminate. If
persons from outside States presume
to interfere then the National Gov
ernment will be compelled to take
part. and the end will be crushing out
of White Leagueism in Mississippi.
We take this occasion once more to
warn our readers against the Associa-
ted Press dispatches from the South
regarding these political Disturbances.
The agents of the association in the
South seem to be hand and glove with
the authors of these crimes, and their
representations as rule. no more to
be relied upon than they would be
coming from the captains of bands of
White Leaguers. We publish the
dispatches with this caution that none
may be deceived.-Inter-O Ocean, Sep
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-09-15

An exchange informs its readers
that pork packing this season has
turned out about 600, ,OO0. 600 lbs. of
hogs in various forms of SIS, 900 tons
enough to load 55 300 cars, and 300
railroad trains. Ten full trains each
day the year round would hardly
move the meat packed at the West
curing the last winter. These formid-
able figures show the Importance of
this branch of trade. and make pork,
next TO cotton, the most valuable Of
our exportable products In every
respect it holds the same relation to
the farmers and packers of the great
West that cotton does to the planters
Of the South.
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The consumption of tea in the
United States for the last two years
appears from the last data to be at
least SO, 600, 900 pounds, if not 60, 600, :
600 pounds, per annum. af
The Hon. Elijah Ward takes nearly
nine columns of the New York World
to state the principles and policy of
the Democratic party, when he could
have done the whole business in three
words: "lie aud steal" =
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Terre Haute Gazette There is a
young man in the city hose chief en-
joyinent is collecting different varie-
ties of spiders and snakes and bottling
them. He has quite collection"
Any one who will consume bottle of
Terre Haute whisky will have a COL
lection OF spiders and snakes hard to
beat by any naturalist Ft
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Judge Curtis decision as to accept
ing drafts by telegraph will be well
coined in commercial circles. He re-
CARDS dispatch agreeing to accept a
draft as the equivalent of a written
acceptance. This gives the sanction
Of law to what has hitherto been a
matter of honor. and adds to the use-
fulness Of the telegraph in facilitating
mercantile transactions.
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A New York contemporary says that
lone Of the oldest banks in the coup.
try has taken the trouble to trace out
the final result of the business opera
tions of one thousand of its best de-
positors forty years previous, and it
was found that only six remained; all
the rest had failed or died within the
forty years, destitute of property.
Those who have the settlement Of es-
tates in the surrogate and probate
courts say, 1T least ninety per cent
die totally destitute of all property.
A late intelligent writer and expert
enced man in Boston said the COM
mercial records would demonstrate
beyond question that not over three
out of hundred traders and mer-
chants succeeded.