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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-23

First Church of Christ Scientist
No. 10 North 10th Street. Services
at 1920. Subject: christian Sci
ence" Children's Sunday school at
$3.50. Wednesday evening, testimon-
ial meeting at 1880, Pythian Temple
All are welcome. Christian Science
Reading Rooms open to the public ev-
cry day except Sunday.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-23

United Brethren-M Hobson, pas
tor. Corner of North Eleventh and b
streets. Preaching at 1920 a. N
Subject: "A Wonderful Name" Christ
mas entertainment by thirty-four chill
iren of the Sunday school at 1870 u
N. Children services and choir prac-
tice at 2:30 p. m. Y. p. G. U. at $50
p. m. Ladies Aid Society at 2 p. m.
All are invited.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-23

subject: THE Vine that Reach
eth from Earth to Heaven"
Evening, THE Angel Spoke Out of
Heaven unto the Woman, by Rev. p
Maxberry, of Indianapolis. Come one,
come all to. hear him.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-23

First Presbyterian-Thom ]. Gra-
ham, pastor. Sabbath School, 9:15.
Divine Worship, 1920. Pastor will
preach on Luke, 2:34, Behold, This
Child" and the subject, THE Unspeak
able Peace" at z: 80 p. m. Special
Christmas music by the choir unjer
the leadership of Prof. VIM. Earhart,
Contata, "The Nativity rendered at
night Come and worship with us.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-23

First Baptist Churchill. Robert
Smith, Pastor. Preaching by the pas
tor att 1880 a. M. Subject: Gods
Gift" and at 1880 p IN. Subject:
"Gabriel's Gospel" Sunday school
at 9:15 a. IN. Juniors at 2:30 p. m.
y. T. p u. at $50 p. m: All are
cordially invited to these services
At the morning service the choir will
sing: Il Bring You Good Tidings,'
and in the evening: Song of the An
gels
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-23

First English LutFeran-E. G. How
ard, pastor. All the services will be
held in the new Sunday School audi
torium A special program of Christ
mas music will be rendered by the
choir both morning and evening. All
scholars are asked to be present
promptly at a. m. Morning Wor-
ship at 10:30 a. IN. Special attention
is called to the time of the evening
service which is o'clock. The
Christmas concert will be held at Z
D. M. Christmas night
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-23
East Main street Friends'-Alfred

East WdfH OtTcct 'T'cHUS INIT ~
r. Ware, pastor. Bible school at 3
o'clock. Meeting for worship, 1890.
Junior Endeavor. 2:30. Senior En-
deavor, 6:15. At 1880 the Sabbath
school will render a Christmas pro-
gram consisting of songs and recita-
tions They will be assisted by the
Mems Chorus and Mixed Quartet
A cordial invitation is extended to
any of these services.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-23

Grace M. e. Church-W. NJ Nelson,
pastor. Sunday School at 900 a. m
Preaching by the pastor at 1890 q.
m. Glass Meeting at 11:45 a. m.
Junior League at 2:30 D. m. Senior
League at $50 p. m. Sacred concert
at 1880. See programs for morning
and evening services. A cordial Irvi-
tation is extended.
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-10:30 a. NJ
Organ Prelude.
OHeftoire -. -. Thomas
AhtHeu -. -. ..-- GaffeC
Anthem :. =. -. NeidGuger
Miss Caster and Choir
organ .....J... Lemons
Solo 49,. 49,. >. Miss Robbins
oStluue 11Hdei
The evening program, which begins
at 7:15, instead of 1880, will be as fol
lows:
Offertory-"St Cecile" 49,. -. .wely
Berceuse $500. -. -. ..Spinney
Toccata -. $500. ......N. Dubois
Anthem :. -. ....... -. ...- Ba1uby
Noel 49, /..... Adam
Miss Myrick and Choir
Organ-"The Holy Night 49,. Buck
Baritone Solo.
Observation-Disclosures Chorus.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-23

1anI's EDiscopaI-7:so a. m.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-23
Second EnaIish Lutheran-Morning

Second English Lutheran-Morning
worship at 1880: subject. "Apprecia-
tion of Gods Great Gift" Evening
service at Z. Christmas service by
the choir and tho Sunday school. Sun
day school at o'clock. Luther League
at $50.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-23

Third NJ. 60. S. Harrison. pas
tor. Sunday school at $50 a. m.
Preaching at 1890. Epworth League
ut p. m. Preaching at Z. Prayer
meeting on Thursday evening at p
IN. All are cordially invited TO at
tend all the services.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-23

Fifth Street NJ. E-J. O. Campbell,
pastor. Sunday cchool at 9:15 Preach
ing by the pastor at 1920 and {: 80
Glass meeting at 11:45. Junior Lea
que at 2 Epworth League at 6 30.
Christmas service on Christmas even
ing. Friends and strangers are invit-
ed.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-23
EAST Boukp.

Arrives from the East. "a. N. fP. Il. b p \
Leave Cincinnati &c.,. 40 sol 63
Cottage Groye.. 10 10 20 IL
Arrive Richmond. TO IS sol Il
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-23
Second Presbyterian-North 10th

and C SITS. C. o. Shirley. pastor
'Earth's Beautiful STORY" Evening
service at o'clock, subject. The
Astrologers Seeking the Babe" y.
f. at 6:15. Junior at $50 Main
Sunday School at 9:15; Earlham
Heights s. S. at $50. Christmas
Cantata on Tuesday evening.
Red River prospector., 1906-12-27
National Department Of Health.


The plea made by Prof. Norton of
Yale university for a national depart.
ment of health is not to be ignored,
remarks the Troy Times. Yale has
taken up the matter, and other insti-
tutions and men Of high professional
standing are giving attention. A bull
letin put forth by Yale's department
of social science reminds the Ameri
can people that the four causes Of
waste of human life and energy are
preventable death, preventable sick
ness, preventable conditions of low
physical and mental efficiency and pre-
ventable ignorance, and urges action
by the people through the government
to check this waste Prof. Norton as
sefts that not less than 100000 lives
can be saved in the United States an
nually by the employment of proper
means, and he puts the economic side
of the question in almost startling
form. Estimating wages at one dollar
per day, which no doubt is far below
the average, the professor shows that
the yearly loss by illness is consider
ably over 81 1000, 100000, while by the
methods proposed at least half this
sum could be saved. In an era notable
for the economizing of force, that is
statement to compel serious thought.
Red River prospector., 1906-12-27
CRIME IN OUR LARGE CITES
Process of the Evolution of the Criminal From Boy
hood Traced By Inspector Mclaughlin of NeO
York-That City Clearing House for Crime
-Few ReformationS Recorded.

when I first came into this Office
under Inspector Byrnes," began In
Epector Mclaughlin, you could count
the Italian criminals in New York on
your fingers. But now" He pushed
back his chair and looked squarely
at me, writes Frederick Boyd Steven
son in the Brooklyn Eagle. Now no
one knows how many there are. 1t is
the same with all other nationalihes-
Mley have increased so rapidly that
1t is almost impossible to keep track
OF them"
"And is there a proportionate in
crease in the criminals in other large
cities of the United States?"
Unquestionably. The fact of the
Increase in New York would indicate
that. New York is the clearing house
for crime in America. 1t not only is
the starting out place, but it is the
winding up place. New York has a
much larger criminal population than
any other city in America, and prob
ably than any other in the world.
The crime problem in New York is
getting away with us, and It has ar
rived at the point where we must do
something. and do it promptly"
What is the first step?"
"The first STEP" said the inspector
dscisively, is to drive the crooks out
Of New York city"
Il give orders every morning to my
detectives when they assemble at the
line up of criminals at police head
quarters to arrest every crook they
see on the street at unseemly hours.
The detectives are carrying out my in.
Red River prospector., 1906-12-27
Mexloo,s President.

President Diaz is now seventy-siX
years of age, but he is equal TO the
administrative tasks of a man of fifty
six. says Modern Mexico. For more
than fifty years he has been the CEN
trail figure in the national affaPs OF
Mexico, and of that time thirty years
as an active soldier Since he came
into power the country has known abb
solute peace, where before it was in
constant revolution. Railroads now
run in every direction, developing
great industries and opening up the
wonderful mining district of Mexico.
Miles upon miles of telegraph lines
are given in figures that astonish for
eigners.
To President Diaz was given the
honor Of completing the great work OF
the drainage of the valley of Mexico,
which has made the city SO notably
healthy in comparison to former years.
This important engineering problem
was commenced 300 years ago. but ow-
ing to insurmountable difficulties the
project never materialized until the
present era of peace and enlighten-
ment. To President Diaz is also due
the Inauguration of numerous great
port works, besides many other enter
prises during recent years.
Red River prospector., 1906-12-27

structions. This morning we had "A
well known thieves in line. The morn
ing after election we lad more than
100"
And what happens to those thieves
after their arrest?"
THAT is where the law falls down.
We arrest the criminals-understa
me, men and women who are known
to be criminals, whose pictures are in
the rogues gallery, and who have
served terms in prisons-and the next
morning the magistrates let them 60
The magistrates claim that they can
not hold these criminals unless they
are arrested on some specific charge
that the vagrancy law is not strong
enough in this state The result is
that the criminals from such states as
Massachusetts and New Jersey, where
they have strong vagrancy laws, flock
to New York, where they find a haven
of refuge under our easy going sys-
tenn of justice. But IN the meantime,
let me tell you, ] am having every
crook arrested on sight The police
will do their duty If the magistrates
set the crooks free, that is another
affair. We know when we arrest a
crook that he is safe for that night,
and that he cannot commit a crime
when he is in a cell But | am in
hopes of seeing a change in the law.
A bill that we attempted to get
through before will be again intro
duced in Albany. If that be passed
criminals can be sent to the work
house when they cannot show that
they are making an honest livelihood,
and by continually arresting them and
sending them up We can force them to
go to work or get out of the city"
Has No High-Flown. Theories.
"But how about other cities and
other states?" 1 queried
Then it was that the trait of the old
thief catcher came to view. He smiled
cynically as he said:
Il am interested in driving the
thieves out of New York city. Let
the other cities take similar methods.
If they would all do that the criminals
would have to so 10 work. 1 would
have them earn their hvenhoods as
honest men do or put them all behind
the bars"
"Then you do not believe in the in
determinate sentence as advocated by
the Prison association"
He shook his head.
''Nor probation?"
"See here" he said suddenly and
he set his jaw firmly. Not one habit
ual criminal out of a hundred ever
reforms. Once a crook, always a
crook, is an old saying that l have
found to hold perfectly good Some
years ago a well known thief came to
me and said he wanted TO reform and
earn an honest livelihood, and l
helped him. He secured a place In
the house of a wealthy woman. Not
long after that he stole the woman's
diamonds. When he was brought be-
fore me he said: 7 couldn't help steal
ing those diamonds. meant to be
sOnest, but when saw them Ia the
drawer ] couldn't resist tho tempta-
Red River prospector., 1906-12-27
Red River PrOspectOr
RED RIVER NEW MEXICO.
NEW MEXICO.
Success and Failure.


Peary failed to reach the North
Pole, but he got nearer to that elusive
proposition than any other Of the
numerous explorers who have tried to
penetrate to that arctic region that
has been so long an undiscovered coun-
try. He was within 191 miles of the
pole, a short distance from the point
desired, If the transportation in the
frozen north were equal to our own in
the matter Of speed over good rail-
roads. Peary beat the record Of Capt.
Cagni of the Italian Duke of Abruzzi
expedition by over so miles, and is to
courage, but, nevertheless, many are
asking what particular good has been
accomplished by his efforts? Even If
he had reached the regions where it
is claimed there are 100000 square
miles of unoccupied territory. would
this have been of any benefit to hui
manity at larger asks Boston Budget.
Would the country have been inhabi-
table, and if it were, how would in
tending settlers ever get there through
the icy barriers that would oppose
their progress on all sides? Possibly
in the distant future, modern invent
iveness might be able to make jour
neying to the pole comparatively easy
so that even excursion parties might
go there on pleasure trips, but at pres
ent this seems to be as little likely Of
realization as would be a trip to Mars
on a flying machine. However, man is
an inGuiring animal, and is always
wanting to eat of the tree of know
ledge, and if only his curiosity would
be gratified by the invasion of the
North Pole, there would be some ad-
vancement made in developing the
spirit of enterprise without which
there is no progress in any acknow-
ledged practical direction. Science
would be benefited by the discovery, If
nothing else came from it for the pros
perity of mankind. Peary has not at
tanned the summit of his ambition
but that will not discourage Others
from trying to outdo him. His exam
pie will encourage them to venture
farther than he did, for as he followed
others he will have, no doubt, many
successors. The best solace that Peary
has in his defeat is the faith that his
wife exhibited during his silent alb
sence in his ability to return to hel
unharmed, even though she knew
from experience all the difficulties ant
dangers of arctic travel.
Red River prospector., 1906-12-27

Tea drinkers are finding scant en-
couragement in a report recently
made by a large tea exporting house
In Yokohama to its American Gus
toners incidentally it indicates that
the United States is not alone in fac
ing increased cost of living. The re-
port says: owing to the rapidly in
creasing cost of living in Japan labor
costs more, and in consequence cul-
tivation of the tea gardens is less
generous and extensive than formerly,
and less care and skill are expended
in picking and curing the leaf. Hence
the average quality of the teas now
offered for sale is below that of sea-
sons prior to the war, and for the
same reasons we are not likely in the
future to see any reversion to the
excellence Of former years. New
York Sun.
Red River prospector., 1906-12-27
Worlds Letter Writers.

Many Americans are doubtless under
the impression that this land OF free
public schools and other great educa-
tionaI advantages exceeds all Others in
the use it makes of the postoffice, says
Leslie's Weekly. But, according to
statistics recently submitted by the
Universal Postal Union, Great Britain
ranks ahead of us in head. The report
furnishes other surprises. France and
Norway, for instance, each with a good
school system and a highly intelligent
people. stand lower on the list than
Austria and Argentina. New Zealand
comes next to us with 66.3 per head,
and after that Switzerland with 5R7O.
The land of the Alps stands firstin, the
number of postoffices in proportion to
the population, the ratio here being
one Office to every S96 people. Germany
has oae for every 1,460 Great Britain
one for every 1859. Denmark one for
every 1856. Italy one for every S,791,
Holland for every 1881. Belgium for
every 1881, and France for every 4,751-
Great Britain derives the greatest
profits from her postal system, netting
annually about $23, 3,43S,627, the second
country being Russia with $20,595,505
profits. Russia is not considered let
ter-writing country, and its printed
matter is restrained, and yet upon it's
peculiar system it derives good profits.
Red River prospector., 1906-12-27
Loves. telegraph Rates.

Spelling reform has had new and
important development in a direction
which no one has heretofore thought
of. In Europe messages are charged
for according to the number of letters,
instead of words, as in this country.
All transatlantic messages from
America are charged for by letter in
accordance with the European system.
The adoption of spelling reform will
cause a modification of the schedules
of the international telegraphic com
panies, and the consequent saving OF
money. For example, thru" will have
TO be charged for as four letters in
stead Of six. as formerly, and so on
through the entire list 1t will cause
no trouble to the operators, because
they for years have been using the
shortest form by which words could
be spelled without possibility of mis-
take. Consequently they will have
nothing new to learn.
Red River prospector., 1906-12-27

1t is not difficult to trace the causes
of crime. They may be expressed in
a few general words: Pauperism, en-
vironment, physical disease, insanity,
with all it sociologic relations; politi-
cal corruption, anarchy and false eco
nomic and industrial conditions. AS
an elementary course in the synthesis
of crimes one needs but to take a
glance almost any morning at the
faces in the lineup" of criminals at
New York police headquarters. There
you win see the young criminal just
starting out on his career of crime,
and there you will see the old and
scared thief and murderer and all
around lawbreaker with intermediate
specimens between the first and the
worst stages. In the faces of nearly
all the habitual criminals the pur-
suits of the men and the women can
be read like an open book. In the
faces of the younger offenders the
reader is often stopped with query.
There is a mixture of good and evil.
General Criminal Types.
New York criminal types may be
taken as general types throughout the
world The extent 20 which this class
prevails in the United States was
shown by the complete census Of 1890,
when there were 215,OOO criminals, in
sane persons and paupers in aims
houses. in addition 10 100000 paupers
at large in the United States Since
then these numbers have been greatly
augmented. This nation expends
something like $2O0,OOO,OO0 a year to
protect the good from the bad. In
other words every honest man is com
PEELED to pay from SO to S. annually
in order to receive protection from the
criminal classes and IL frequently hap
pens that even then he is not protect
ed. The evolution of the criminal is
the natural result of the present sys-
tenn in regard to the care-or rather
the lack OF c2re--of the children of
the poor. The boy of honest poor per-
sons is allowed TO play in1the street
with the boy of the crimiI and the
degenerate. With these Va Eous asso-
Citations the result ~ a cri hinal or a
drunkard II boy 0ke th' 's becomes
a man and has children what chance
Red River prospector., 1906-12-27

Such ls the Verdict Of Leading German
Literary Men.

-tcioiy WpHs
Does alcohol inspire poets and 9TH
Ors? According to the great ones OF
living literature in Germany, It does
not According to biographers, in the
case Of many men, notably Edgar Al
len Poe and Addison, the English es.
sayist, it does.
This interesting question has been
brought to the front by DR. van Vleu-
ten, editor of Das Literarische Echo.
This is a new periodical. The editor
sought some means of advertising it,
of attracting marked attention from
the literary world, to whom Il appeals.
And so he sprung his questions on al
cohol The hundred and fifty leading
authors and poets of Germany were
appealed to. OF these 115 an
swered. Rhapsodies in prose and
poetry were among the answers, which
have attracted great attention, not
alone from those interested in liter
ature. but from the medical world and
scientists as well
The result of the thorough poll OF
experts, is that inspiration by alcohol
is not worth the having, if indeed there
is such an inspiration. And yet the
Fatherland's poets sing more elo-
quently of beer and wine and the cup
that cheers and inebriates, than the
poets of, perhaps, any other country
OF the writer's appealed to, four are
total abstainers, twenty-three moder-
ate drinkers, 10S avoid alcohol before
and during work, and only twelve are
advocates of alcohol. But a majority
of these twelve are eloquent only in
the praise of wine taken at table.
Red River prospector., 1906-12-27

tlcal citizen asks; What is the rem,
edy for crime? The increase in the
United States, and especially in New
York city, shows the necessity of
some remedy. Inspector Mclaughlin
admits that the criminals are almost
beyond control in that city. and he
believes that the law Is to blame for
this condition of affairs The laws
are numerous enough, for there are in
the United States S24 anti-soeial acts
classified as crimes, but the case he
wishes to reach is not reached by a
specific law. The inspector wants a
law that will provide that whoever
has been convicted Of a felony, Of
whoever has been convicted as a pick
pocket, thief or burglar, having no
visible means of support, found loiter-
ing about public places or on the
streets and unable to give a satisfac-
tory explanation Of his presence, may
be imprisoned for not more than six
months
On the other hand. the sociologist
will ask
How will such a law prevent
crime?"
When the criminal is born, society
does nothing to prevent him from con
tinuing a criminal. In 4 period Of AZ
years in the last century statistics
show that the population of this coun
try increased 40 per cent, while the
proportion of criminals Increased 445
per cent. This does not look as II we
had treated the crime problem with
any great degree Of intelligence.
Red River prospector., 1906-12-27

ton to take them That is the case
with the majority Of criminals Now
and then you may find an old Grim
inal who wants to reform. But those
cases are exceedingly rare"
This feeling is shared by about all
the men who are engaged in the occu-
patton of running down criminals and
endeavoring to prevent the perpetra-
ton of crime. Robert Pinkerton once
expressed practically the same views
to me, and only the other day Samuel
J. Barrows, corresponding secretary
of the Prison Association of New York,
told a story where ne was made the
victim of a pretended reformed Grim
inal. The man had come to him with
a tale of reform; small loan was
made to him and repaid followed by
confidence resulting in the advance of
quite a sum of money for goods to set
him up in business Since that ad-
vance no word has been heard from
the so-called reformed criminal. The
incident, however did not affect Mr.
Barrows' faith, for he still believes
there is good in many criminals and
that assistance should be given to
them to reform But with the profess
sional thief catcher it is a different
matter They are daily brought in
contact with such a low order of hu-
manity and daily see the lowest side
of degraded humanity, so that they
naturally become incredulous when
reform and crime are linked together
Red River prospector., 1906-12-27

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory Il the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness Of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality Of the goods. This trouble
can be entirely overcome by using lie
fance Starch. as 1t can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength thap other makes.