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The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-13
The Policy of Protection

NO WAVERING OF THE TARIFF.
From the Evening Post.
If the Democrats would appeal to
the enthusiasm of the American peo
pie, they must fight as they pray.
No, INDEED!
From The Times.
They will win no votes by paltering
with the subject. This is year for
plain speech.
BAILEY SCOLDED FOR FRIGHT.
From The Evening Post.
One feels ones courage mount high
as he declares: II do not hesitate a
single moment to declare it as my be-
lief that any law which levies tax
not for the purpose of raising reve-
nue to support the government, but
for the purpose Of compelling an
American citizen to pay more for the
goods which he must buy, is per-
version of governmental power and a
downright robbery This has the
true ring, but Immediately it produ-
ces a great fright in the Senator
mind.
AND FOR A GHOSTLY HONOR.
From The Times.
Senator Bailey began well in that
part Of his Brooklyn speech which he
devoted to the tariff. He approved
the platform declaration that Ding
leyism is ''robbery Of the many to
enrich the few For a moment his
speech gave promise of having the
real stuff in it. But the old tariff
scare ghost rose before him, flap
ping its tattered cerements, and he in
stantly turned, as all the hearted
tariff takers have got into the way
of turning, and put himself on the de-
fensive.
F'LINCHING WON'T WIN.
From the Evening Post.
The people are not going to display
an enthusiasm over party which
finches on the eve of battle Nc
apologies for the Democratic tariff
party are needed.
III NOR A PALSIED HAND.
From The Times.
{ If the Democrats really intend to
do nothing with the tariff, they should
quit talking about it. No voters are
convinced, no votes won, by stretch
ing forth palsied hand to point out
the abuses of Dingleyism.
| RIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER.
From The Evening Post.
Such ''Good Lord. good devil
talk will not help the Democratic par
ty in the least. If protection, as Dem
ocratie platforms have so repeatedly
affirmed, is in its very nature evil, it
is thing to be got rid of as promptly
as possible
STOP APOLOGIZING.
From The Times.
Above all, they want to get rid of
their timid. shrinking. apologizing
habit. Let them rid themselves of the
paralyzinc fear that tariff reform
campaign will 'distrub business.''
<ho DALI
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-13
ADJUSTMENTS.
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Uncle Josh Spruceby."

Recognizing the tendency of the
tines to cheaper prices for sensible,
healthy amusements, the managers of
the "Uncle Josh Spruseby" company
which opens the New Phillips theater
tomorrow, matinee and night, have
decided to appear this season at 10,
20, 80 and 30 cent prices. The wis
dom of this move appears to have
been justified by the packed houses
that greet the company everywhere.
The play is an enjoyable New Eng
land comedy drama, and for the past
nine years has appeared only at regu-
lar prices all over the country. Spe-
cial scenery, the great saw mill scene,
the big operate orchestra, and a first
class company are still carried and no
attempt has been made to cheaper
the attraction On account of playing
at popular prices.
"A Little Outcast.''
Next Saturday, September II, at
the New Phillips theater, the begin
ming of the third seson of ga Little
Outcast." The production is bigger
and better than ever and has many
new features to recommend it to the
ater-goers. 1t a story of New
York life and is said to be the best
thing of its kind ever produced. 1t
is brimful Of modern amaZements and
of peculiarly fascinating scenes, but
withal, is a love story pure and SIM
pie The story which is marked by
novelty i'll constructor, is built upon
the vicissitudes of young bank clerk
and passes in swift action from state
w mansion to crime infested haunts
in New York. The stage settings are
striking and novel, views are given
of a fashionable mansion, on Fifth
avenue, a gorgeous Chinese restaurant
| in Mott street, with its curtained al
coves for opium smokers, great pan
| Drama of the docks off the battery
with the great dome Of the Worlc
building and adjacent sky scraper.
brilliantly Illuminated the realistic
| fight in the water and the rescue by
the police patrol boat; and many 9th
er scenes of merit.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-13
TN HANDS Of
HIS FRIENDS
His Supporters Agree Only on the
Cowardliness of His Campaign.
COLLECTED by the n. Y. Tribune.)
The Philippine Policy.

ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE
WORLD.
From the Evening Post.
No difference between Judge Par
ker's and the President s attitude
There is all the difference between
night and day, right and wrong, hon
or and dishonor. Mr.. Parker has in
trenched himself squarely on the most
Fundamental principles of this repub-
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
Our Personal Freedom

Baltimore Sun: In his procla-
nation designating November "a
as Thanksgiving Day President
Roosevelt INDUCES in some inter
esting reflections. SIN this Re-
public" he observes, "the effort
to combine national strength with
personal freedom is being tiled on
n scale more gigantic than ever
before in the worlds history. Our
success will mean much not only
for ourselves, but for the future Of
all mankind" Just at present
the experiment which is attract
ing the attention Of the world is
the effort of the United States to
combine republican form of
government at home with an im
perlastic government in the Phil
ippines. Our success in this ex-
pertinent is doubtful, to say the
least. Republics cannot have
subjects-and that ia the status
of the Filipinos. They are citi-
zens only for purposes of taxation.
In all other respects they have no
citizenship, but are subjects of
Uncle Sam-and the purpose is to
keep them subjects indefinitely.
The world is watching or Gu
reer as a colonial and imperalistic
power. If we eucceed it will
please nightly such soverigns as
the Gear of Russia and the Emper
or of Germany. There are liberal
in both countries, in
spired by the example which the
United States set to all the
nations before it strayed into
the paths of imperialism. Every
who has subjects feels
encouraged by Uncle Sans de.
parture from the traditions of the
founders of tie Republic. In
Russia there is a demand by the
people for a constitution. Why |
give the Muscovite peasantrv n
when the republican
United States doesn't permit its
subjects to have constitution?
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
Baby's DIAGNOSIS.

Seated OIL il bench in Central park
a nurse girl was gently moving &c
and fro perambulator in which
was baby of about fifteen months
At the other end of the bench was
q man whose prominent lower jaw
was adorned with a. luxuriant beard
which parted in the middle and
curved gracefully outward and up
ward.
For several minutes the baby re
garded the man and especially the
whiskers with grave attention, while
he looked at her with an air Of lofty
condescension. At length a beatific
smile overspread the little ones fea-
lures. Then, with her blue eyes
still fixed upon the whiskers and
kicking up her tiny feet in on costa
cy of delight, she gurgled:
"Bov-wow! Bow-wpw y
A wave of color suiTused the
mans face above the whiskers, and
he hitched uneasily in his seat. 1t
was an awkward situation, and to
relieve it the nurse girl patted the
baby and said:
"No, dearie, that isn't doggie."
The man remained to hear no
more.-New York Press.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
WHAT HORSEPOWER" is.
Z Means the Average Work One Horse
Does In a Minute.

SSes w ~ WfUuko.
What is the relative amount OF
work that man can do in compari.
son with a horse or machinery? Al
his. very best the strongest man
stands in pretty poor comparison
even with horse for hard, continu-
Gus labor. lie might perform for
q few minutes one-half horsepower
Of work, but to keep this up for any
great length of time would be i'm
possible.
Thus the gain in forcing horses
to do part Of the worlds work was
enormous. One horse could exhaust
a dozen men in single day and still
be ready for the next days work.
The measurement of a horses
power for work was first ascertained
by Watt, the father of the modern
steam engine, and he expressed this
in terms that hold today. He ex-
perimented with great number of
heavy brewery horses to satisfy him
self that his unit of measurement
for work was correct. After many
trials he ascertained that the aver
age brewery horse was doing work
equal to that required to raise $50
pounds of weight 100 feet high in
one minute, or $4,000 pounds one
foot in one minute. So he called
this one horsepower.
This work, however, is not con-
tinuous, for the horse would have to
back up after each pull to lower the
line of the pulley, and thus he would
work four hours day in pulling
$50 pounds in the air at the Pate Of
100 feet a minute and four hours in
Stacking up the rope. Consequent
ly no horse can actually perform
continuously what is generally call
ed one horsepower The horse was
never born that could tug at a rope
for eight hours a day, pulling 800
pounds 100 feet each minute with
out rest or change. Consequently
when we speak of horsepower We re-
fer only to the average work IA horse
can do in one minute-that is TO
say, the rate at which he can work.
A strong man might pull half
that weight 100 feet in the air in
two minutes, but he could not rc-
peat the operation many times with
out being exhausted.
For all needful purposes the ex-
preston Of one horsepower is accu-
rate enough and practically shows
the measurement of an average
horses abilities for working. As a
rule, a strong man can in eight hours |
work at the rate of about one-tenth
of one horsepower-that is, it would |
require ten men to pull $50 pounds |
100 feet in the air in a minute and !
then slack up and repeat the opera
tion throughout the eight hours of
q working day. The worlds gain
in labor when horses were first en-
ployed to help man in his work was
thus tenfold. st. Nicholas.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
As She Would Have Been.

A gentleman in Paris paid visit
to lady in whose drawing room he
saw portrait of a lovely woman Of,
say, five and twenty.
Upon the entrance of the lady her
visitor naturally asked her if the
picture was family portrait and
was told that il represented her de
ceased daughter
as it long since YOU lost her.:
asked the gentleman.
"Alas, sir" replied the lad. re
died just after her birth, and had
a portrait painted 70 repre-. ent her
as she would have appeared il she
had lived until now" - London
Mail
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
A Bear With a Record

The Highland Recorder men,
tions the killing of a big bear in
the Alleghanies which had often
been limited unsuccessfully by tn,
Hulls, the Rexrode', Arbogasts
and others and was finally Killed
by Mr.. Ernest Berkeley, says the
Staunton Spectator.
This is bruins record which is
respectfully referred to the bear
hunter of the city clerks Office
for his comment, If lot his con-
ISOLATION.
BY actual count he has killed
over one hundred sheep, worth
rom $500 to 1925. There posi-
bly, were no stilliards that would
draw the hams but they were
supposed to weigh from $50 to 700
pounds. The hide after it was
dressed and shaved of oil meat
and fat weighed 3S lbs, and n cas-
ured from head to tail s feet four
inches and from toe to toe just 8
feet. 1t actually covers the whole
gable end of jeremiah Winners
house and is supposed to be worth
from $50 to 800. TIE bear cut
4 inches of solid fat on the back
and took nine men to carry it
only short distance.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
A French Duel.

If the French are prone to chal'
lenge each other to fight duels on
the smallest provocation they are
also prone to bring them to an end
with very little fighting.
1t is credibly related that on the
occasion of a duel between two
members of the chamber of depu-
ties one of the combatants was TAX
en- with a fit Of bleeding at the nose
just as they came upon the field.
"Bloodw exclaimed one Of the
seconds of the other man. "Blood
has been shed. The honor of my
principal has been satisfied"
And the parties and their seconds
thereupon grayely left the field.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
A DANGEROUS MODEL.
He Was Finally chloroformed to Obtain
Peaceful Posinus

The Hon. John Collier had an
exciting experience while painting
'Iilith." His "Lilith" wears a
snake in very convenient coils about
her. A famous animal dealer of
Liverpool, out of regard to the
painters uncle, county court
judge, offered to lend him anything
from his stock that he might want
IN the making of his picture. The
menageric was visited, and a large
boa constructor was chosen.
Mr.. Collier had hired a little STU
dio in Liverpool, and thither came
the new and strange sitter The
boa constructor coiled about his
keeper, who had him in complete
control by holding him by the neck
1t was a cold day, and the boa was
SO torpid that the keeper thought
it quite prudent to divest himself
of the snake and to 90 out to lunch,
leaving the living coil, ten feet long.
upon the floor. The artist remain
ed. He poked the fire, and the heat
came out in waves. The boa con-
strictor, made less sluggish by the
warmth, began to wake up and then
to move. The artist did not stir at
first, but when. the boa constructor
made his way to an inner room
communicating with the rest Of the
house Mr.. Collier, not knowing how
unwelcome and dangerous such an
unexpected visitor might contrive
to be, sprang forward in time to
catch him by the tail.
For a moment there was a pause,
and then the great boa constructor
glided forward and was lost TO The
artists sight. The keeper returned
to find his charge comfortable
enough as an intruder, sleeping the
sleep of innocence. Finally the
snake was chloroformed, in order
that he might more placidly com
plete his sittings.-Windsor Maya
zine.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
Scarino Him Away.

The musical young woman and
her father were on their way home
after Professor Fortissimo's piano
recital.
'He has all the pupils he can take
at $40 a lesson and more opportuni-
ties to play in concert than he can
accept" said the young woman en-
Enthusiastically. "And just to think
that five years ago-he has told me
himself-the wolf was always at his
door"
"Well, then, I'll venture to say
he didn't pound as loud as he does
now" said the unfccling parent.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
Not What She Meant.

"Your little birdie has been very,
very ILL.," she wrote to the Young
man. at is some sort of nervous
trouble, and the doctors said | must
have perfect rest and quiet and that
l mist think of nothing. And all
the time, dear Gussy, | thought con-
stantly Of YOU"
The young man read it over, and
then read ii through very slowly
and put it in his pocket, and went
out under the silent stars and kept
thinking and thinking and thinking.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
Healthy Mothers

Mothers should always keep in good
bodily health. They owe 1t 20 their
children. Yet it is no unusual sight to
see mother, with babe in arms, cough
ing violently and exhibiting all the
symptoms Of a conslmpuve tendency.
And why should this dangerous condI.
ton exist. dangerous alike to mother
and child, when Dr. Boschees German
Syrup would put stop t. 1t at onses No
mother should be- without this old snd
tried remedy In the house-ior Its timely
use will promptly cure any lung, throat
or bronchial trouble In herself or her
children. The worst cough or cold can
be speedily cured by German Syrup; 50
can hoaTseaess aud congestion of the
bronchial tubes. 1t makes expectora-
ton easy and gives instant relief and
refrefhlng rest to the cough-racked
colsrmptive. New trial bottles, 25c
large size, 75c. For sale By B. H. Cor
rsll, druggist.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
The "Gentle Reader"

Charles Dickens once received an
invitation to Walter Scott par
ty, each guest being expected to APP
pear in the character of one or the
other of SCOTS heroes. On the
eventful night, however, Dickens
appeared in simple evening dress
among host of Rob Roys and Ivan
hoes. The host asked him which of
SCOTS characters he represented.
"Why, sir" replied Dickens, Il am
a character you will find in every
one of SCOTS novels. | am the
gentle reader
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
Something Wronq.

"Fellow citizens" said the orator
at an English political meeting PCS
sionately as he brought his list
down with bang on the table,
"what, ! ask. are the ministers
bringing our country to? And echo
answers, what ?"
Excuse me, sir," interposcd a
man in the audience, rising to his
feet. ''Did | understand your ques-
ton to be, What are the ministers
bringing our country tor"
ayes, sir"
"And you say, Echo answers,
"What ?"'"
"Yes, sir"
"Then there's something mighty
wrong with the acoustics of this
building" said the man in the audi
ence as he sat down.-London Tit
Bits
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
PRICE OF WHEAT
The Advanced Price Will Cause
Greater Production

The Lynchburg News, in discuss
ing the advanced price of wheat
and the probable effect of the
present conditions upon future
acreage, says:
If the present upward tendency
in the price of wheat continues
till it reaches $i.30 per bushel,
American millers may have to 20
abroad for grain to keep tn :ir
mills going. Then we shall for
the first time witness the impor.
tation of wheat into this great
wheat-producing country. 1t is by
no means probable, however, that
such a state of things will become
permanent. The wheat crop of
this year is short; next year the
crop may be large. The farmers
will be stimulated by the present
high price to put large area I'M
der cultivation, and the season
may prove favorable. 1t is absurd
to suppose that We have reached
"A limit of production, and that
the United States will cease to be
a grain exporting country. If
there were any certainty that the
price Cf wheat would remain for
some years az the present figure
the yield might easily be increased
so or 100 per cent. The price
now is about S1.18 per bushel.
The New York Commercial says
that Russian wheat can be i'm
ported at $1.O5 per bushel. With
the addition of Csc bushel duty
Russian wheat would cost Ameri-
can millers Sl.30 bushel. They
conld afford to buy it at that price
for re-expOrtation in the form of
-four, because when exported they
would receive rebate of 90 per
cent. of the duty; which would
make the Russian wheat cost them
less than the home grown wheat
at the ruling price. The don: este
consumer would reap no benefit
by this operation, but the foreign
er would get his -four cheaper.
So in this case, as in many others,
our tariff benefits the foreigners
more than it does our own people.
The question no longer is who
pays the tariff tax, but who gets
the benefit, and who bears the !
burden of protection?
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
A Deart,l of Oxygen.

The wide awake student in his
haste occasionally puts a question
which the EeXl minute he might
regret. The New York Tribune re-
minds US of the story of a Harvard
instructor who was lecturing on
oxygen.
"Oxygcn," said he, SIS essential to
all animal existence. There could
be no life without it. Yet, strange
to say, ii was discovered only a CEN
fury ago"
"What did they do then, sir" a
student asked, before it was dis
covered 2"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
A LOVER OF ROSES.
Stories of Dean Hole, With Whom the
Flowers Were a Passion.

Dean Hole, the famous English
clergyman, grew roses in profusior
all his life and wrote a book about
! them, which has been translated
into many languages. The dear
was quick to notice roses wherever
he saw them. Often he would stop
at cottage and chat with the own
er as to his methods of treating his
roses if they were especially good,
He was thoroughly convinced of the
moral influence of flower growing
upon character. "A man who loves
his garden is more likely to love his
children" he would say. He was
anxious that workingmen should
take deeper interest in their gar
dens. In the opening sentences of
his famous book he says, "He who
would have beautiful roses in his
garden must have beautiful roses in
this heart"
When friend with whom Dean
Hole was riding one day told him
that the rose he had recommended
had turned ont badly he said: "Rob-
ert, | never in my life recommended
a person of your profound ignorance
to have anything to do with roses.
You asked me to give you list of
the best, and / did so reluctantly,
knowing that YOU had neither the
taste nor the energy to do them
justice. As to the outlay, the ami
NAL on which YOU have recklessly
placed yourself and whose hooks are
a disgrace to this park cost you, |
know, 80 guineas, and for a 1.-THE of
that sum, without further supervi-
sion or effort, you expect beautiful
rose garden"
Dean Hole was once puzzled by
great lady asking him what he
thought of her nose, as she under
stood he was such an authority on
noses. The dean would cap this
story by relating how learned pro-
fessor was sent down to dinner with
a lady who had been told by the
hostess that he was great author
ity on Buddha. The lady mi,iook
it for butter and piled her compan-
ion with questions AS to butter and
dairy produce, on which he knew
nothing.--Chicago News.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
A Crocodile's Appetite.

On the banks of the TeIuga river
In Clutch. there was recently Killed
says the King, a crocodile, and iht
following inventory was madc oi
the contents of the brute's stomach
A half digcsted little calf. h iran
skull, Il silver bangle, some brass
ornaments, a little tin box conlain.
ing tobacco, Il lime case. a nulcrack.
er, a railway ticket, horn case con
tanning twelve annas, six picc il
copper and a soda water bottle con
tanning some mustard oil.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
An Eve to Business.

He Gust refused)-Then life has
no further charm shall kill my
self.
Shelby poison?
He-Probably.
She-WeIl, you'll excuse my men
tioning it but my brother Jack has
just opened chemists shop, and
you may as well buy the poi on of
him. 1t would encourage poo Jack
and prove your dcvoli,A 10 me-
London Telegraph,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
Applying a Test.

at shall be my ambition, father, +"
said young man who had finished
his education and was ready to lift
the cares of business from the
parental shoulders, ut shall be my
ambition and my motto to keep the
family name free from stain"
"All right" said the old man.
"Tell the Office boy to give you the
whiting and ammonia, and then 20
and polish mp the brass door plate"
London Star.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
A Fiattering Comparison.

$50 you think you are a neglect
ed genius?"
T'm sure Of it, said the solemn
citizen.
perhaps you have hidden your
light under a bushel 2"
"No; it isn't that. But YOU must
bear in mind that the star Arcturus,
which is really many times as large
as our sun, does not produce rs
much of public impression US II
bicycle lamp."-Washington Star.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-09
GEMS IN WEE Sc
Little Words.

Just a little word that bore
Comfort TO a heart grown sore.
Filled a day with better cheer
That had else been duh and drear.
Softly spoken. gladly heard.
Was that gentle little word.
Just little word OF scorn
Sharper than the roses thorn,
Spelling gladnsss with Its smart.
Ranking long within the heart.
Lightly spoken. sadly heard,
Was that bitter little word.
Oh, the power of little words!
swifter they than winged birds.
Messengers OF JOY or pain.
Heavenly kindness, anger's bane,
Borne on one fleet breath. they may
Hurt or help for many a day.
Let US make them brave and true,
Speaking none that we must rue.
For In some eternal year
We our words again may hear.
Echoing back to you and me
Fruitage Of their ministry.