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The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10

It had been bad enough. said the
cowboys, to have Buena Vista county
turned into a rendezvous for invalids in
various stages of hay fever, bronchitis
and consumption. 1t was an outrage
to have ones favorite barroom remod-
eled into sanitarium, but it was heap
ing insult upon injury to have TWEEN
ty-five horsepower French racer fash
ing over roads-and good roads. too
long sacred to the festive COW pony.
With Harvey Thatcher. owner Of
said racer, the good roads surrounding
Fort Norton, the county seat of Buena
Vista county, had been the main at
traction. When his physicians had or
dered Colorado air, Thatcher had slip
ulated that section of eastern Colora-
do where the roads would permit him
to break the already brilliant record of
the Comet. And so it happened that
he and his machine, his valet and his
chauffeur were thornS in the flesh of
the cowboy element. even as the latter
had worried the respectable faction
among the early citizens of Fort Nor
ton.
The cowboys had barely become ac-
in their midst and had decided that it
might prove dangerous to shoot up a
gasoline engine when there arose fresh
cause for dissatisfaction. Nan Bearce
took to riding in the Comet. And Nan
was the prettiest girl in Buena Vista
county. or all the adjoining counties,
for that matter She had been the
toast of every camp on the range, the
belle at every ball, the queen of every
county fair tournament in which the
cowboys had fought for honors after
their own peculiar fashion Her ia
vors had been evenly distributed, and
her devotion had gone to her worth
less father, who ran the one shoe shop
of which Fort Norton could boast. A
dilapidated. evil smelling den he kept
at the end of the street leading north
from the postoffice, but the three rooms
behind the shop were as fresh and
sweet as Mans stout arms and sun
shiny nature could keep them.
There were men, dozens of them, in
Buena Vista county who would have
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10

He was very badly gone in love in
deed. as may be judged by the fact
that he sat up till the wee sma' hours
end nlbbIed two inches off a pen in
composing the following epic:
Beautiful one with eyes 50 blue.
Oh how my fond heart signs for you!
Sweet spirit, listen to me now,
Hear once again my ardent vowi
There was about two feet six inches
OF this soul inspiring verse, and he sent
it to the object of his alteration, with
a request that she would express an
opinion on its merits. He got it.
Dear Mr.. Theodore Hopkins-You ask
me for my opinion of your verses. I do
not like to hurt your feelings but If you
will read the initial letters of the first
four lines downward 1 may say that you
express my sentiments exactly. Yours
very truly, MABEL BROWNE.
And when Theodore strung the first
four letters together he pondered bit
terly.-London Telegraph.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10
what We Find In Old schoo1book..

What We Find In Old SchOOIbOOks.
Along with the writing in old school
books there is more or less drawing.
The very early books sometimes have
fly leaf sketches of Indians and log
houses. The later books, says Leslie's
Monthly, have houses of more modern
sort, and you find rude drawings of
steamboats,, horses, birds, flowers, faces
and the like. Often a penny or other
coin was slipped under the fly leaf and
the surface of the paper covering the
coin was rubbed with a piece of lead
from the schoolboy's pocket or the
blunt end of pencil.
The children had numerous methods
for defacing their schoolbooks, and
they also had certain devices for keep
ing them in good order. Many of the
older books are protected by an outer
cover of sheepskin neatly folded in at
the edges and Sewed in place with
homeSpnn tow. After 1925 this outer
covering was apt TO be calico, and
sometimes there were tie strings at
tached to the sides. The girls were adj
dicted to the use of thumb paper"
folded and slipped in where the thumb
rested when the book WAS in use.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10


been willing to overlook the father,
miserable, drunken wretch that he
was, for love of the girl, but she
seemed too proud to fOist the old man
on any of her anxious suitors. The
only favor she had ever been known to
accept was at the hands of Ben Heth,
a stolid, almost morose young ranch
man, who had started into the stock
raising business in a small way and
who held himself aloof from the roll
licking, roistering element which had
terrorized Fort Norton at regular in
tervals. When old Bearce had been
smitten with smallpox Heth. under
cover of darkness, had removed him to
his own ranch because of Mans horror
of the pesthouse, and the three had
endured the relentless quarantine to-
gether. Then the intimacy had appar-
emily been broken off. old Bearce going
back to his bench, Nan to her poverty
stricken life and Heth TO his lonely ex-
istence on the cattle range.
All this was before Thatcher and the
Comet came to Fort Norton After old
Bearce had skiIIfully mended some
rents in Thatcher's leather robes the
friendship between the dashtng young
automobiIist from New YORK and The
humble and beautiful daughter OF the
village shoemaker becs me town gossip.
Women discussed IL oVet tneIr back
fences aud at the sewing cirCI. OF the
Union church. Men shook their heads
aroUun the stove st Gilbprt's general
store and the news spread out 90 the
range Thatcher was mskfng FOOL OF
Nan Bearce, and there were mutter-
ings that bodied i'll for the owner of the
Comet. The only man who declined TO
discuss the situation was Ben Heth
and that even after Nan and young
Thatcher had ridden out to his ranch
twice in the devils wagon, as one old
woman called it. To be sure. the cbauf-
feur was In attendance. but what was
a chauffeur percbed mp in the back
seat with Nan-enticing. aIluring Nan
her soft. brown hair tossed by the
wind, her eyes dancing with the ex-
element of the run. urging the young
New Yorker on TO higher speedf
Once they had been seen coming
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10

Noise is an undoubted factor in i'm
pairing the tone of the nerve centers.
Whether we are conscious of it or not,
1t hurts the brain and has a deafening,
dazfng, bewildering effect on the men
tai processes. 1t tires the brain and
tends to produce cerebral hyperemia.
To live in noisy atmosphere is to
shorten ones day. Irritability. neu-
rasthenia, insomnia. are common eff
fects The tympanum, or drum mem
brane, of the ear is injured, the circu-
iation of the cerebro spinal fluid is dis
turbed and the nerve cells themselves
suffer as though subjected to mechan-
fcal violence.-Family Doctor
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10

pack TO town at slow pace, with Zen
trying to keep his astonished pony
within talking distance of the ma
chine. Parties who had witnessed the
scene reported it variously Some said
that Ben appeared to enjoy the pro-
ceeding, more fool he, while others
maintained that he was berating Nan
for unfaithfulness, even in the pres
ence of his rival.
But Ben's love affair was utterly for
gotten in the face of more momentous
events which came with the roundup.
The II. O. Cattle company, with which
Ben had worked before branching out
for himself, discovered what it chose
to designate as a shortage in III. o.
calves and corresponding and suspi-
cious increase in calves with the Heth
brand. The II. o. brand was a bar
with an O on the end. The Heth brand
was dumbbell. Rumor-and rumor in
Buena Vista county is an ugly custom
er-declared that it was easy to change
the barO to the dumbbell. The air
around Fort Norton became rife with
things other than mere rumors, includ-
ing some very bad whisky. And JUS
tice, as drink craZed COW punchers
sometimes see it, works with appalling
SuddenneSS.
RumorS travel faster than half drunk
en- COW punchers who stop at each sa-
loon to drown their threats in bad
whisky, and a twenty-five horsepower
machine will travel faster than either.
That was why the mob that had
started out to hang Ben Heth as a sort
of climax for the annual roundup came
upon the Comet, its owner, his valet
and his chauffeur two miles beyond
Heth's ranch. They were still hunting
for Heth, after having RACED his ranch
cabin. The Comet was piled high with
luggage, a couple of dress suit cases
showing above the boxes, and rubber
blankets, which filled in the body of
the machine. Thatcher explained in a
casual way that he was trying some
new roads and might be gone a week
or more The cowboys sent him on
his way with a volley of shots. They
were bent on more serious work.
The Comet shot along the country
road, through the soft twilight and the
limpid moonlight, straight across the
state line into Nebraska. At precisely
the same time the Overland limited
was carrying a white faced but deter
mined girl over the same state line.
Thatcher insisted upon giving away
the bride and receiving the first kiss
after the ceremony. He said it was
due for excess baggage on the best run
the Comet had ever made. Then the
great red machine, its owner, his
chauffeur and his valet rolled back to
Fort Norton without the impressive ar
ray of luggage, and Harvey Thatcher,
tenderfoot, from New York, announced
that when a certain bunch of unmiti
gated fools had finished their annual
spree and had recounted their blank
ETY. blank calves the bride and groom
would come back to Fort Norton, at
which time the damages claimed by
said groom for injury done his proper
ty and his reputation would be paid or
the sheriff of Buena Vista county and
one Harvey Thatcher, Esq, would
know the reason why, whereupon said
Harvey Thatcher promptly rose in the
estimation Of the cowboy element, and
his horseless vehicle was forgiven him.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10
TIME TABLE
Das ton and Western
Traction Co.
effect January d. 1901

In effect January 20 1904.
Cars leave union station, south 9Th ST.,
every hour-6:OO, 7:45, and 45 minutes
after every hour until 7:45 p. M, 900,
9:15 and IL p, m, for New Westville. New
Paris. Eaton, West Alexandria. Dayton,
Xenia; Tippecanoe, Troy, Piqua, Spring
field, Urbana, London, Columbus,
Last car to Dayton at P. M, stops
only at New Westvil1 e, New Hone, Eaton.
West Al xander and way points asst.
9.15 and IL p. m, to West Alexandr a
only,
New Paris local car leaves at 4 30 6:20,
500. 1920 a. m, 1920, 2:20 and 20 pm.
For further information call phoue 269.
c. O. BAKER, Agent.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10
TIME TABLE.

On Sundays Cars Leave One Trip
Later.
FIRST car leaves Richmond for In
dianapolis at 5 a. m.
First car leaves Dublin for Rich
mond at a. m.
Every car for Indianapolis leaves
Richmond on the odd hour, from
500 a. m. to 700 p. m.
First car leaves Indianapolis for
Richmond at 700 a. m. and every
other hour thereafter until 500 p. m.
Hourly service from Richmond to
Dublin and intermediate points, from
300 a. m. to IL 100 p. n.
Subject to change without notice.
RATE OF FARE.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10

Reconstructs your whole body,
makes rich red blood. Drives out i'm
purities that have collected during
the winter. HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea is family tonic. 35 cents,
tea or tablets. A. G. Luken & Co.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10
Notice to Contractors.

In pursuance of a resolution of the COM
mon council of the city of Richmond, Ind,
the common council of the city of Rich
mond, Indiana, will receive sealed proposals
at the office of the city clerk, until O'Clock,
p. m.s 49,
for the construction OF cement sidewalk
along he east side of south 18th street, from
south G street to south street.
All bids must be upon the printed forms
tanned of the city civil engineer, and en-
closed in sealed envelope directed to the
common council of the city of Richmond,
Indiana.
The bond required of the successful bid
der sha BE in the sum of S2,000.UO and must
be given by residents of Wayne county,
Indiana.
panied by deposit of a certified check for
$4,000, to be left in the hands of the city
clerk subject to the conditions specified IN
the proposal. Before bids will be received,
bidders must satisfy the common council OF
competency to conduct the work, ana as TO
their resources for its vigorous prosecutor.
Bids shall state the price per l1neal 1901
for the improvement complete, also Tor ali
other items enumerated in the schedule,
which price shall be in full for all labor anu
materials required for the complete e1ecu-
ton of the work.
Said work to be completed on or before
the 1st day of June, 1904, under the dlrec'
tiOn of the city civil engineer, ana III az
cordance with the plans and speclncaCIohS
on file in the office of said clerk. 4 -
The contract will be let to the lowest e
spons1ble bidder. The common counci %
the city of Richmond, Indiana, reserves Inc
right to reject any or all bids, or waive ue-
fectS in bids, in the interest OF the clIy' he'oe
in accordance with this noI1ce.
BY order of the common c0unclI:
JOHN f. TAGGARI,
lO-l7-24 City Clerk.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10
The Death Penalty.

A little thing sometimes results in
death. Thus a mere scratch, insig-
nificant cut ors puny boils have paid
the death penalty. 1t is wise TO have
Bucklen's Arniea Salve ever handy.
It's the best Salve on earth and will
prevent fatality, when Burns, Sores,
Ulcers and Piles threaten. Only 25c,
at A. G. Luken & Co.'S drug store.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10

WE WILL FURNISH NEW
YORK TRI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
AND WEEKLY PALLADIUM FOR
$1.75. THE TRI-WEEKLY TRIB-
UNE AND DAILY PALLADIUM
1926. THE TRIBUNE WILL BE A
VALUABLE PAPER THIS YEAR.
TRY THIS COMBINATION.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10
MARDT GRAs EXCURSIONS
To New Orleans, Mobile and Pensaco-
la via Pennsylvania Lines.

February 9th to 18th, inclusive, ex-
cursion tickets to New Orleans, La,
Mobile, Ala, and Pensacola, Fla,
will be sold via Pennsylvania lines.
Fares, time of trains, etc., furnished
by ticket agents of the Pennsylvania
lines.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10

Strength, health, vitality, good d.
gestion, red blood, steady nerves, all
come by taking HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea. A Spring tonic that
makes sick people well. 80 cents,
tea or tablets. A. G. Luken & Co.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10

Years of suffering relieved in
night. Itching piles yield at once to
the curative properties of Doan s
Ointment. Never fails. At any drug
store, 80 cents.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10
RATE OF FARE.

Hotel Rates st. Louis Worlds Fair
For copy of Worlds Fair official
pamphlet, naming Hotel aecommoda-
ions and rates during Universal Ex-
position of 1904, address E. A. Ford.
General Passenger Agent PennsyIva-
na-Vandalia Lines, PAtsburg, Pa.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10

Builds up the system, puts pure,
rich blood in the veins; makes men
and women strong and healthy Bur
dock Blood Bitters. At any drug
store
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10

"I suffered for months from sore
throat. Electric Oil cured me IN
twenty-four hours" M. S. Gist,
Hawesville, y.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10

This spring you will need a nerve
food, one that will cleanse and re-
construct your nerve centers and
wasted energies. HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea will do it. 35 cents,
tea or tablets. A. G. Luken & Co.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10
BEN HUR AT DAYTON

The Dayton & Western Traction
company will run special cars after
the Ben Hur performances at Day
ton on Saturday, February 9th, and
Wednesday, March I'd, through to
Richmond for the accommodation of
those who expect to attend. Tickets
for the play may be procured by de-
posting the amount with agent at
interurban station 20-tf
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10
Pennsylvania Lines
TIME TABLE

u
CINCINNATI AND CHICAGO DIV.
In Effect p. m. Feb 49, 1904
Arrive WESTWARD Depart
Rich and Logan Ac Elk 6.45 am
IL 10 am Chicago Mail and Ex* ILL am
~ 3Opm Gin and MACK Ky
/. As pm Gin and Logan Ex SEQ pm
7.25 pm Gin and Rich Ac Eek"
10 so pm Gin and Mack Mail and Ex@
IL 60 pm Gin and Chi Mail and Elk" Ills pm
EASTWARD
4O5 am Chi and Gin Mail and Ex* 4.15 am
Mack and Gin Mail and EX* 5.l5 am
Rich and Gin Ac EX* 100 am
g. 4S am Logan and Gin Ac tx 10 10 am
Mack and Gin Elk 3.45 pm
3. So pm Fast South TX and Mails 400 pm
$40 pm Logan and Rich Ac
COLUMBUS AND INDIANAPOLIS DIV.
In Effect a. m, Nov. 20.
WESTWARD
am NY and st L Mails so am
ST L Fast Elk" AS am
st L Fast Mail and Ex* 10. Is
10. 25 am Col and Ind Ac Elk 10 30 am
1.2O pm and st L Mail and Ex* 25 pm
9.15 pm Col and Ind Ac Ex* 10 III pm
EASTWARD
523 am ST L and Y Mail and Ex* 5.35
As am Ind and Col Ae Mail and tx" 1O.lo am
345 PA Ind and Col Ac Ex 3.57 pm
$50 pm Penna Special (Mail)s
20 pm st l. and n Y Mail and Ex* 7.30 pm
40 pm st L and Limited EX"
DAYTON AND XENIA DIV.
In Effect y oil p. M, Jan. "A
WESTWARD
81 am st L Fast Ex*
1000 am Springfd and Rich Ac%
10 10 am ST L Fast Mail and EX*
1902 pm Sprin and Rich Mail and Elk"
EASTWARD
Rich and Sprin Mail and Ex" $50 am
Rich and Xenia Ac Ex* S.15 am
Fast Mail" 8 50
Penna Special Mail and Ex" 455 pm
st L and Y Limited Elk" ks $40 pm
GRAND RAPIDS AND INDIANA RY.
II Effect a m, Feb. Is
SOUTHWARK
435 am Mack and Gin Mail and Ex*
942 am Fl w and Rich Mail and Elk
$40 pm Mack and Gin Mail and Elk
943 pm Sunday Acc
NoRTHWARD
Rich and r Mail and Ex* $40 am
Gin and Mack Mail and Elk 1880 pm
Gin and Mack Mail and TX" 1855 pm
"Daily. 2Sunday only. All trains, unless
otherwise indicated, depart and arrive daily,
except Sunday.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-10
Money Loaned

from 8 to per cent.
Thompson's Loan and Real Estata
agency, Main and seventh streets-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-18
No BOXING in CHICAGO.

Chicago. Oct. 1S.-Mayor Harrison
stand against public boxing in Chica-
so was settled last night when he
stated that there would he no reopen
ing of the sport. The mayor recently
was credited with having said that no
boxing would be allowed this winter.
but those directly interested in the
game expected that things would be
all right after the election.
The executive said last night: 81
do not know that any boxing will be
permitted in Chicago. There is no
special reason for this statement other
than that the law is against it. | have
never tried to interfere with clubs hav-
ing affairs for their own members. but
the trouble is that most of the clubs
start 10 sell tickets openly and violate
the condition on which the noninter-
ference of the police is predicted. II
anything in the nature of a public box
ing match comes off the police will be
obliged 10 interfere"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-18
The Presidential Eiaht.

The political leaders of the country
are now actively engaged in a presi-
dental contest. Speeches are being
made all over the country and both
sides are presenting their strongest
arguments in favor of their candidate.
The strongest argument in favor Of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a fam
lily medicine for stomach, liver and
bowel complaints is the fact that for
80 years it has never been known TO
fail. Many persons who have taken
other remedies without a cure have
been restored to robust health in a
short time by the use of the Bitters.
Then there's no need for sickly people
to be discouraged; just get a bottle
of the Bitters from your druggist to-
day, for it positively cures headache,
bloating, heartburn. indigestion. dys-
pepsia, constipation, female complaints
and malaria. Don't accept a substitute.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-18
ROCKFORD ASSOCIATION
Is TO PROCEED SLOWLY
Thomas L. szer. the Secretary, Tells
President Holland That No False
Move Will be Made.

Thomas L. Sizer, the secretary of
the Rockford Baseball association, has
returned home after his conference at
Bloomington with President Ed HOl-
land of the Three-Eye league. Rela-
tive to the status of Rockford in the
organization and to secure all available
data showing ROckfOrd's afiillatlon.
both past. present. and future. Mr..
SiZer says that the Rockford assOcia-
ton would make no false move, and
would go ahead slowly in respect tC
injunction proceedings. Some of the
stockholders and patrons of the game
there were in a warlike mood and
wished immediate action. Others
were more conservative and while
anxious to have Rockford retained in
any legal play that they could not
back up with the law. The associa-
tion has engaged two of the best law
yers in Rockford and they will study
the constitution of the league and also
weigh the resolution adopted at ST
Louis which refers to future member
ship and the franchise subject If.
after carefully studying the case in all
its bearing, these two lawyers decide
that the club has chance to win in
the courts. suit will be flied. If the
lawyers make up their mind that the
association has no legal redress, there
will be no prosecution. The whole
case now rests with the lawyers. ana
the association will abide by their de
cision.
Mr.. SiZer said that the action of the
league in eXpelling Rockford had re-
vived the game in Rockford as nothing
else could have done. 1t was a con
coded fact that the interest was dor
mant and that it could not be easily
aroused. IT needed something as revO-
lutionaTy as expulsion to bring the
rOOters there to a realization of the
situation and the necessity for action.
Mr.. Sizer was confident that if the in
junction was filed and won by the
Rockford association, that the attend
ance at Rockford next season would
exceed anything in the league and that
so much money would be subscribed to
secure a winning club that all other
clubs would be diStanced. Mr.. Sizer
grew quite enthusiastic over the sit
uation in his home city and held out
very encouraging plans for the future
| He said that the city was never SO
worked up before and even the people
who rarely, if ever, patrOnized base
ball game were concerned and willing
to help out in the effort to keep a club
there All are thoroughly repentant
now that il is probably too late, but
willing to guarantee anything so that
the franchise is restored.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-18
Union Label Causes Dispute.
SQUIBS ABOUT SPORT.
stahI Joins Illinois Coaches.

Urbana, ILL.,, Oct. 1S.-Jake Stahl
joined the Illinois coaching staff last
night and aided the graduate coaches
in perfecting the team for the Purdue
and Chicago games. A long secret
practice was held. This will be con-
tinued until the contest with the ma
rooms. The weather shows no signs of
getting colder and the coaches fear to
work the players hard Several men
are on the hospital list since the
Indiana game. Bateman, the big fresh
man lineman, will return next week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-18
Charles E. HodgsOn.
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Security lns. Co. New Haven, Conn.
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