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Colombian soldiers rode up on horse
back and announced that they had or
ders to arrest the "gringo" and take him
to Jail. protested, but they held the
trumps. They simply leveled their
rifles at my head and told me that If
didn't come at once they would shoot
me.
They took me to Jamondi and flung
me on to the stone floor Of dirty CELL
which was bare of furniture, but very
much inhabited by cockroaches, scor-
pions, ants and variety of other in
sects. l naturally wanted to know what
offense l was charged with, but blows
with the butts of rifles were my only
answer. My imposing document from
the Cali officials was treated with scorn,
which was hardly surprising, seeing
that nobody could read them.
Like most Colombians, my captors
hated foreigners, and they were de-
lighted to have one at their mercy. They
refused to give me any food or even
let my men give me any. I was fam
iShed, for | had eaten nothing since
morning, and they had stopped my din
ner.
But that was not the worst of 1t. The
insects swarEned all over me. When 1
stood UP they ran up my legs; when
sat down they ran up my back-so there
was nothing for 1t but to walk around
anu dTOuIlQ IuG cell dl DlSlII uc
soldiers on guard kept beating on the
door with their rifles and telling me
that I was going to be shot in the morn
ing. 1t was not a cheerful night.
Next morning the communicate of
the garrison entered the cell full Of
apologies, and told me that I was free.
There had been a mistake in tele-
gram and he trusted the illustrious Sc
nor had suffered no inconvenience from
the brief hospitality he had been con-
strained to afford him.
did not want to make any more mis-
takes of that kind, SO 1 rode back to
Cali and saw the governor. That po-
lite gentleman overwhelmed me with
regrets and apologies, and begged me
to pardon the soldiers excess of zeal.
He wound up by giving me beautiful
letter, which charged all and sundry
officials to place the resources of the
government at my disposition and not
to interfere in any way with my men,
my goods or my mules.
1t might be supposed that such let
ter would smooth the weary travellers
path. AS a matter of fact, it rendered
1t more difficult. Every two-cent al
calde in the villages through which 1
passed regarded the missive with the
greatest suspicion. These alcaldes
could not read, but they knew the APP
pearance of a passport, even If they
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Nine Brazier-Oh! Why did you
not hear about It? He went crazy
and had to be shut up in the asylum.
He is in the private pavilion. He is on
the registers as Category No. 1, alb
creations caused by excessive research
and sentimental passion!"
Jodin-What, you don't mean to say
that Brazier Is shut up in his own asy-
ium?
Nine. Brazier-Yes. Unfortunately,
scientific specialists for nervous dis
eases who pass their time soaking to
restore the cerebral balance Of others
often lose their own. Such was the
case with poor BraZier!
Jodin-What were the first symp-
toms of his insanity When did you
discover that he was Of unsound mind?
Mime. Brazier with a catlike smile)
Why, when he married me!
This picturesque little skit upon
fashionable Partisan insane asylums
causes a sensation in medical circles,
because with disguised names it sets
forth exactly what really happened
here only a few months ago.
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putting into practice. Who would ever
think of becoming the medium OF doc
tor OF nervous diseases in order to per-
suade him that you are dying Of love.
and wish to marry him? 1t is clever
scheme, and l beg you to accept my
best compliments.
The voice of DIR. BraZier is heard.
Nine. de Leyvens-Ah, here comes
the doctor. / must now go to sleep
again.
Jodin-And I must keep silence.
DR.. BraZier enters the room. and with
extreme satisfaction points to Nine. de
Leyvens, apparently unconscious in
hypnotic sleep.
DR.. Brazier[ will now awake the
patient with due precautiOn, so as to
avoid shock to the nervous system.
The doctor approaches the medium,
makes few mystic passes and blows
gently on her forehead. Nine. de Ley
vens slowly opens her eeyes. and acts
to perfection the part of a medium
awakening from hypnotic sleep.
DIR. Brazier to Jodin-Notice how her
look demonstrates the cataleptic condt-
ton. Cordially, to Nine. de Leyvens)
Well, you have had a little nap!
Nine. de Leyvens-It was not nice of
you to have me put to sleep SO sud-
denly.
DR.. Brazier-But, you see, wanted
to convince NJ Jodin, who did not be-
1ieve in my system of suggestion. In
scientific matters the only real dem
onstration is by facts. He is perfectly
convinced.
Jodin (fronically)-Oh, certainly;
now have the faith Of science.
A few months later NJ Jodin, when
absent from Paris, receives cards an
nouncing the marriage Of DR.. BraZieT
and Nine. de Leyvens. He loses sight
Of the couple for two years, when one
day he takes it into his head to call
at the fashionable private insane asy-
lum, to see how things are getting on
He goes by train to Marty, and rings
the door bell of the sumptuous es-
tablishment. He is not received by the
doctor, but by Nine. Brazier.
Jodin (surprised)-I scarcely expect
ed to have the honor Of being received
by you, madame; l merely asked for
the director.
Nine. Brazier (gay as a lark)-Ah!
but now / am the director!
Jodin-But you don't attend the pa
tients yourself, do you?
Nine. Brazier-NO, have three
physician specialists to do that. But
direct everything, and the establish
ment is in most flouriShing condition
Moreover, it was absolutely necessary
for me to make such sacrifice owing
to the sad condition of my husbands
health.
Jodin-Your husband? What is the
matter with him2
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n FANATIC representations. mys-
terious suicides. lugubrious
deaths and romantic adventures re-
counted in the French newspapers in
connection with the private asylums in
the environs of Paris, for the treatment
of patients suffering from nervous dis
eases, have excited public curiosity, and
a parliamentary commission has been
formed to suggest new and up-to date
legislation for the control of these in
situations, which with the complicated
requirements of modern society have
become alarmingly numerous. All in
terested in the treatment of the insane
will recollect that it was due to DR..
Pinel, of the Salpetriere hospital, that
at the beginning of the nineteenth CEN
fury persons of unsound mind were
for the first time humanely cared for
as patients and not brutally locked up
and handcuffed as criminals French
legislation since the death Of Pine1 has
made little humanitarian progress. The
horrors" that still prevail at some of
the noted establishments for the treat
ment of the insane were realistically
set forth couple OF years ago by a
oCAASoNAOAAoA pay Ell Z dlA1 dL
the Theater Antoine. A recent episode
at a Partisan asylum for nervous pa
tients has been seized upon by M. Mi
chel Provins, a French journalist, who
has attained brilliant literary success
for his method of depicting social evils
by terse dialogues, some Of which have
been produced as curtain raisers at
the boulevard theaters. M. Michel
Provins has caught the public ear and
has drawn attention to abuses in such
a way as to lead to legislative rene
dies. The charlatanism that unfortu-
nately predominates in some of the
private asylums where fashienab BILE pa
tients are treated is incisively set forth
by M. Proyins in the form of fanciful
dialogue that is worth relating. Near
Marty the select insane asylum of DR..
Brazier is doing a f1ourishing business.
Jodin, playwright, in quest of psyche
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A Rit Of Good advice in lime.

Another AntOinette Sterling story re-
lates to 1.-The Lost Chord" which she
made famous. The song did not ap-
peal to her when the manuscript was
sent to her by Sullivan. But Sir Jo-
seph Barnby spent an evening at her
house at that time. and in casual
way she remarked by the way,
Arthur sullivan has sent me the manu-
script of a new song, which he has
asked me to sing. You might look at
1t. Personally, I don't think much Of
it and am going to return it." Barnby
tried 1t over there and then. and be-
fore he had gone half through 1t, he
stopped and said: Going to return
1t, did you say? 1t is wonderful, an
inspiration. Certainly tell him you
will sing it. 1t is bound to make both
you and him." Nine. Sterling always
thanked the Fates for bringing Barn
by to her house that night.-London
Chronicle.
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troops by surprise.
The bullets whistled through the thin
walls of the hut, which seemed to be
right in the line Of fire 1 lay flat on
my stomach on the floor and covered
my head with a pillow, expecting every
moment that a bullet would search out
some vital part.
Presently the firing ceased. argued
that If the Indians burst into the hut
and found me there they would think
/ was hiding from them, and would
speedily hack me to pieces with their
machetes. So l put a bold face on the
matter, wound a red handkerchief-th
Liberal emblem-around my head and
walked out into their midst.
They hailed me as a comrade. "All
foreigners are our friends" they de-
clared. They had won an easy victory
over the government soldiers, most Of
whom had been killed. while the rest
had fed to the woods. My Indian
friend of the night before seemed to
be in command. and he kept his word.
He had a lot of mules led up and pa
raded before me, told me to pick out
mine, and advised me to get away be-
fore the government troops came back
in force.
I felt 1t was "up to me" to make
him some return for his kindness, so
opened the village stOre-the owner
was a government man and had fled
and invited the Indians to help them
selves. "All you want is yours" said.
Help yourselves" OF course, they
would have taken it anyway, but they
seemed to think it very generous on
my part.
After helping to doctor the wounded
and bury the dead, 1 proceeded on my
journey, having recovered all my mules,
rubber and poems. But when I got to
the next river 1 found the bridge over it
had been burned. The four soldiers
who had been sent after the mules the
night before had not returned to the
village. Being tired they had tethered
the mules and slept beside them. They
had heard the firing, fled to the nearest
government post, and set fire to the
bridge after they had crossed it.
This meant that we had to cut our
way for two days through the jungle
which grew along the river bank until
we found a place shallow enough to
ford. 1t rained in torrents all the time
and there was hardly anything for
the mules or the men to eat This is
one of the common delights Of travel In
Colombia.
Then we had to cross the terrible
Parimo pass. In good weather, and with
the road in good condition, this usually
takes two hours. But the weather was
vile and the road a quagmire, so it took
us two days
It was an awful journey The pass is
1900 feet above sea level. and in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-21
The Telephone Ear.

did you know this telephone business
has resulted in a telephone ear?" said
clerk whose work called him constantly to
the phone. Il don't mean that our hear
ing IS injured. but that the left ear be-
comes more keen than the right.
IF you'll notice. all the phones ara
left-handed. That il. the instruments are
SO placed that we hold the receiver with
the left hand SO that we may have thS
right hand free TO use in taking notes OF
messages. 1 presume. OF course. one nat
urally claps the receiver to his left ear.
as it would be almost impossible to twist
it around to his right ear. Consequently
the left ear gradually becomes much
sharper In catching sounds than the riGh8
ear.
IF YOU don't believe II. just try holding
the receiver in your right hand some ttrns
and use your right ear. You'll find that
conversation which was perfectly distinct
to the left ear sounds confused and muf-
fed to the right. and there Is a disttneI
effort to understand. 1t is simply that the
left ear IS a trained telephone ear, while
the right ear is not."-New York Times
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F YOU want to find a short cut to
{ bankruptcy go down to Colombia
and try to do business there in revolu-
ton time.
In July, 1901, was living at Cali, in
the department of the Cauca, Republic
of Colombia. Hearing that the people
in the next department. Tolima, were
badly in need of cloth goods and other
merchandise, supplies having become
short owing to the revolution, bought
twelve mules, loaded them with valu-
able cargOes, hired poems, and prepared
to set out on the difficult and dangerous
journey to Tolima.
No sooner had I got ready than the
governor Of the department issued de-
cree to the effect that no mules were
to5be taken out of Cauca into another
department unless $4,000 per mule was
deposited with the government as a
guarantee that they would be brought
BACK. The department, it was contend
eda was running short Of mules, and
every available beast was needed for
the prosecution Of the fight against the
reEolutioniStS. So I had to put up a
bond of $4,000, Colombian paper mon
ey, worth $500 gold, that would bring
back my own mules. If 1 was inconsid-
crate enough to sell them, or allow
them to die, or let the government seize
them, 1 would have to forfeit my
money.
But this was only the beginning of
my troubles. I had to go before the
governor and the secretary Of the ha-
cienda and the procurator fiscal and
the registrario and half a dozen other
officials to swear that I was a good
Catholic, an honest merchant and a
well-wisher to the government; that I
had never had smallpox or been in Jail;
and that all my family and friends
We're equally innocent and harmless
people.
This done, I was allowed to buy
sheets Of official note paper at 81
sheet, on which to write petitions for
the necessary passports and permits for
the journey. There was bound to be
some mistake in the wording of the
first six or seven petitions, and they
had to be written over again on other
81 sheets. This is one Of the delightful
little ways adopted by the Colombian
government to raise the taxes. Nobody
may correspond with the government
except on these sheets. OF course, the
petitions had to be stamped with nu-
merous and expensive stamps, and
when, after a weeks hustling, the pass
ports were obtained, they had to be
stamped also.
AT. length my strenuous encounters
with the officials were over and the lit
tie expedition was at liberty to depart,
armed with MANY WeightV documents
giving it the right to live and move.
My men and I rode for five hours to a
place called Jamondi, near which we
pitched camp.
AS we were getting dinner ready two
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the Parimo pass, through which had
to journey, and would certainly seize
mine. But having the letter of the
governor of the Cauca forbidding any
body to interfere with me, I though it
was safe to go on.
AT the village Of INA I was held up
by band Of a hundred and fifty gov
eminent soldiers. They had been muir
dering and pillaging the Indians for
miles around and needed mules to carry
their loot. The officers had boxes full
of silver coins, ingots, nuggets and
other valuables which they had forced
the Indians. by torture, to disgorge.
i need your mules" said lieuten-
ant.
You can't have them. 1 want them,'
I replied.
Il need your mules"
II am an American citizen. If you in
terfere with me"
81 need your mules
Here is a passport"
Il need your mules
And here is a letter from the COVER
nor Of the Cauca forbidding you or
anybody else"
81 need your mules
He took them. While the argument
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tensely cold. The road is strewn with
the corpses of mules and men. who Der-
1shed there long ago. These corpses do
not purify in that cold and rariffed
atmosphere. They simply swell up and
remain in that condition for any num-
Der of years, suppose
We lost one man and three mules In
crossing the pass. The mules fell over
the preclpice. and were lost with their
cargoes of rubber. l had to paw uD
my bond on those mules when [ re-
turned to Cali, as well as on a horse
which some government soldiers stole
afterward. 1 took back several other
mules, which L had bought in Tolima,
put the authorities would not accent
those as fair exchange.
The man died because he insisted on
drinking "aguadiente" the fiery native
brandy Ii you drink water and eat
pamela" Coarse, brown sugar in cakes)
you are all right. This man would not
do so. Presently he staggered and sat
down, and when l went to him | found
that he was dead. I'd. .a--
AS we left the pass we met a strong
force Of government troops marching
towards Inza. They had come from
Silvia, the town to which the four es-
capped soldiers had fed, and told their
story. General Perez, the comman-
dante there, was hot to avenge the de-
feat; but he became the victim of an
amusing little comedy of errors.
He marched on to INA, but the vic
torious Indians had followed in our
wake, and they lodged him on the way
without letting him know they were in
the neighborhOod. Then they quietly
descended on Silvia, annihilated the
small force he had left there, and cap
tured the town. The unsuspecting Pc
rez got to INA, planned a great sur
prise, and attacked the place at night.
But the government soldiers who fed
when the Indians captured the village
had reoccupied IL after they left, and
the two government bands fought and
killed one another In the darkness for
half an hour before they discovered
their mistake.
We got safely back to Cali, after
nearly perishing in a bush fire. After
paying up my bond for the stolen horse
and the lost mules, | found that l had
lost over $4,000 on the trip, besides my
living expenses and those Of my men.
That was my reward for all those
months of hardship and peril and when
/ think what might have happened
what nearly did happen comfort my
self with the reflection that came out
Of the business pretty well. But / can
not advise anybody to go down to Col
ombia and try to make living there as
an itinerant merchant.
Copyright, 1903 by Thomas S. Alex
ander)
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A Russian Fable.

This fable. dealing with the fall OF
White, the Russian finance minister, Is
related In a recent brochure entitled
"A Glance at the Secrets of Russian
Policy" published at Vienna: "The
car dreamed the following singular
dream: He saw three cows, one fat,
one lean and one blind. The next day
he sent for the Metropolitan PaIladius
and begged him to explain the dream,
but the Metropolitan declined. The
car then sent for Father John, OF
Kronstadt. and made the same request
TO him. Father John stroked his long
curly hair with his hand and made
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reply In the following words: Your
majesty, I understand your dream In
this way: The fat cow is the finance
minister, the lean one is the Russian
people, and the blind one Don't be
afraid; go on said the car. The
blind cow is-your majesty Boston
Transcript
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-05-31
MORPHINE
What is to Become Of the Constantly
Increasing Number Of Drug
Victirs?
Can They Be Cured?

This question is agitating the minds
of the best ministers, doctors and
mea Of today. There are
over a million drug users in the Unit
ed States alone, and the number is
rapidly increasing. All unite in say
ing that a reliable cure is the only
salvation. This is no ordinary dis
ease and yields to no ordinary drugs
or methods Of treatment. We now
offer our treatment which we guaran-
ten will cure any case Of Morphine,
Opium, Laudanum, Cocaine or other
drug habit or refund your money. To
any person suffering from this dread
full disease we will send trial pack
age Of our treatment absolutely free
Write today. All correspondence
strictly confidential in plain en-
elopes. Address, Manhattan Thera.
peutic Association, Dept B., 1135
Broadway, New York City.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-05-31
AGAIN IN SESSION
Illinois Republican Convention Seeks
to Break Deadlock

Springfield, IT,, May 31.-The Re-
publican state convention, after a re-
Gers of eleven days, today at o'clock
recCnvencd to resume balloting fer a
candidate for governor. The previous
session lasted more than a week and
fifty -eight futile ballots were taken,
leaving the seven aspirants for nomi-
nation about where they stood at the
first ballot. All the aspirants for nom
nation are present. 1t is the pre-
vailiDg opinion that no nomination
will be made before Wednesday.
Many believe, however, that the dead
lock will not be broken before Friday
There is much talk in favor of pro-
posal which was voted down before
the recess was taken, to suspend the
ballOting for governor and to nominate
the remainder of the ticket, providing
the deadlock is not broken today.
About the only story afcat today to
which any credence whatever is given
is that Yates and Lowden have agreed
to throw their delegates to third
man. 1t is said that the third man has
not yet been chosen. 1t is declared to
be part of the compact that Yates
Is to go to the United States senate IN
1907 and that Lowden is to be made
governor four years hence. All knoWf-
edge of such a combination, however,
is denied by the Yates and LoWden
managers.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-05-31
THE NATIONAL GAME
What Was Done Yesterday in the
Three Big Leagues.

What Was Done Yesterday in tn
Three Big Leagues.
Forenoon Games.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Philadelphia a; New York, 10.
At Cincinnati, Z; Chicago, 4.
At Pittsburg-St. Louis-Rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Boston, 7; Washington, 3.
At Detroit-St. Louis-Rain.
At Chicago Cleveland-Rain.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
At indianapolis, 4; Toledo, 5.
At Milwaukee, 10; Kansas City, 1.
At st. Paul, s; Minneapolis, 1.
At s-Louisville-Rain.
Afternoon Games.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At PittsDurg, 0; ST. Louis, 10.
At Cincinnati, 2; Chicago, 5.
At Brooklyn, 8; Boston, s.
At Philadelphia, 5; New York, 4.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Boston, 8; Washington. 2.
At New York, 0; Philadelphia, 1.
At Detroit-St. Louis-Rain.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
At Milwaukee, 7; Kansas City, 6.
At Minneapolis, 2; st. Paul, 7.
At us-Louisville-Rain
At IndianapOlis-T Oledo-Rain.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-05-31
Not a Sick Day Since.

"I was taken severely sick with kid
ney trouble. I tried all sorts of medi-
cines, none of which relieved me. One
day I saw an ad. of your Electric
Bitters and determined to try that.
After taking a few doses fe.t relie-
we'd, and soon thereafter was entirely
cured, and have not seen a sick day
since. Neighbors of mine have been
cured of rheumatism, Neuralgia, "
er and Kidney troubles and general
debility" This is what B. F. Bass,
of Fremont, N. C. writes. Only SOC,
at A G. Luken & Co., druggists.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-05-31
WORLDS FAIR EXCURSIONS.
Tuesdays and Thursdays via Penn
sylvania Lines Until June 80.

Coach excursion tickets to St.
Louis account the Worlds Fair will
be sold via Pennsylvania Lines Tues
days and Thursdays until June 80.
These tickets will be good only in
coaches of regular trains on those
days, or in coaches Of special trains
which may be announced. The round
trip fare from Richmond is 800.
Returning tickets will be good
only in coaches of regular trains
leaving St. Louis Union Station any
time within seven days, including
date of purchase Of ticket Return
coupons Of tickets sold Tuesdays will
be good until the following Monday,
inclusive, and those sold Thursdays
will be good returning until the fol-
lowing Wednesday, inclusive.
For particulars about time of
trains for which coach excursion tick
cts will be sold, sonsult C. w. Elmer,
ticket agent, Richmond, Ind, who
will also answer inquiries in regard
o Season Excursion Tickets, Sixty
day Excursion Tickets and Fifteen
day Excursion Tickets to st. Louis,
on sale during the Worlds Fair.