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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-16

st. Paui's Episcopal-Holy Commun.
ion at 7:30 a. M. Sunday school at
9:15 a. m. Morning prayer and ser.
mon at 1870. Young mems Bible
class at 6:4o p. m. Full choral SER
vice and address at 1880 p. m.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-16

Second English Lutheran-H Allen
Leader, pastor. Morning service at
1920 theme. THE New Covenant
Evening service at o'clock; theme
Great Faith and Its Reward" Sun
day school at 8. Luther League at
$50.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-16

North A Street Friends-The
Young Friends Association viii meet
7:30 p. m. Sunday at the North 4
Street Meeting House.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-16

and Mrs. w. A. Sample enter
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
A sPECK ON THE HORIZON

The community Of interest idea IN
railroad management and operation
appears to be threatened. There is
said to be much less harmony IN these
quarters than has hitherto existed. but
as long as there is sufficient traffic to
go round no open rupture is anticipated
by the knowing ones.
J. J. Hil's announcement that he
viii build a new Canadian Pacific rail-
road and possibly cut the rates in half
is causing some uneasiness among the
brethren. But in spite of these condi-
tions the general situation is declared
to be satisfactory on the authority of
Henry Clews. who usually knows about
such things.
AS instances of his faith in the fu-
ture he says in his latest circular:
I'm spite of occasional hesitation the
volume of business continues upon a
large and increasing scale. Clearing
house returns at leading cities demon
strate this, showing a gain of 16 per
cent last week and II per cent the
week before over the preceding year.
Railroad earnings also continue very
encouraging. Fifty-six roads in the
month of April reported gross earn
ings of S52,4O0.OO0, an increase of
nearly Il per cent over last year. These
are surprising figures in view of the
disturbance caused by the coal strike,
which. however, may be more seriously
reflected IN later returns. Industrial
activity continues unabated. Enor-
nous orders have been placed for steel
rails, some of them for delivery as far
ahead as 1907. There are 730, tons
already on the order books of Amer
lean rail mills, and other important
contracts are pending. which will soon
bring the total up to 100000 tons.
This means continued prosperity for
the steel mills for months to come
The railroads are certain to consume
large quantities of material not merely
for improvements but also for new
mileage. The extensive outlays by the
Pennsylvania and New York Central
for accommodation of New York traf-
fic give some idea of what is being
done in this direction. Evidently these
gigantic corporations have unlimited
faith in the future of New York city, or
such vast outlays which cannot be inn
mediately profitable would not be un-
dertaken.'
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
AIrrER TWo CENTURTEs.

The celebration of the two hun
dredth anniversary of the Presbyterian
church in America, by the general
assembly is in progress at Des Moines-
The occasion has called forth much
history and many "reminiscences
It Is pointed out that it was the first
pioneer church-that the men who
crossed the Alleghanies for the win
ming of the west were largely those Of
its faith.
The record Of American Presby-
terians in the cause of American lib
erty is also illustrated by such in
cideuts as the fact that twenty-six Of
the twenty-seven signers of the Neck
lenburg Declaration OF independence.
more than year before that of Phila-
delpaia, were Presbyterians; that the
seven men who fell at Lexington were
all members of the Rev. Jonas Clark's
Presbyterian congregation; that no
less than forty commissioned officers
came from that Presbyterian church
at Eliza bethtown Of which the pastor
was James Caldwell, the famous
fighting parson'' of the Jersey bri-
gade; that there were among Presby-
terians no Tories and few who were
not strongly for the American cause
from the beginning.
Another interesting showing Is the
one made by the Rev. Dr. H. D. Jen-
kins in the Interior of the growth Of
Presbyterian church membership as
compared with population since 1890.
While the population of the United
| States, exclusive Of Alaska and the
Islands. has increased but twenty-foId
since 1890, the membership of the
Northern Presbyterians alone has in
creased ffty-six-fold. while that of the
three great branches together has in
creased seventy-fold. And the most
rapid growth for the longest period
was since 1870. and particularly since
1873 -
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
BernhartHt as Another Moses.

Apropos of The Divine Sara's'' pres
ent visit to this country, Robert Shack
elton, the novelist. tells an amusing
story of the great actress when last
she was playing here in America at
which time he was reporting on one
of the New York city dailies. The par
ticular assignment which gave birth to
the wit of the French actress was this
he was to interview all the celebrities
possible on the engrossing topic IF
there were an eleventh commandment,
what should it be?'
Madam Bernhard he found at break
fast in her rooms at the Holland House,
charmingly gowned en- negiige, Of
course, and intent upon a pot of coffee
and loaf of French bread a yard long
She knew little English, he knew less
French, but somehow they got through
his introductory compliments and his
question.
An eleventh commandment" ex-
claimed the lady, with a characteristic
raising of the eyebrows and quick
little gesture Of her graceful hands;
you wish me- then, to play the role
of Moses? MOI MOI Say to your man
that there must never, never be an
other commandment. 1t IL too hard to
keep those we have now"
And that answer, added Mr.. Shackel-
ton, was the best of all he received
Los Angeles Times.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
FRICK AND BERKNAN.

After having served fourteen years in
a Pennsylvania penitentiary for at
tempting to sssassinate H c. Frfck.
Alexander Berkman announces that
he viii now pursue a literary. career. -
for which he fitted himself by studying
English and the classics during his I'M
prisonment- This means perhaps that
in the future he will fire books and
pamphlets instead of bullets at Friclx
and the men of his class
The amount of advertising that F'rick
is giving him should make Berknan's
productions good sellers. The American
public is so constituted that it is almost
certain to fall over itself to get an op-
portunity to read the writing Of a man
who is being shadowed day and night
by high salaried detectives.
Mr.. Frick has the reputation of being
a shrewd and far seeing business man
and it may be that his course in hiring
men to protect him from Berkman is a
part of the game. There doesn't seem
to be any other reaIiZ good reason for
such a course.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
# fortune doesn't knock our neigh
bors will
Hail the summer girl. Long may she
reignl
There's always room at the top. even
IN a thermometer.
The cyclone must be one OF the Ills
that flesh is air to.
It takes a swindIer to fully appreci-
ats the good things OF life.
Even the politician may be blinded
by throwing dust in his eyes-if it's gold
dust.
Every man is entitled to hts opinion.
but every woman wants at least a dozen
changes
The society climber naturally wants
to go to heaven, because that is where
all the best people go.
In the language of the daily news
paper a charming young widow Is al
most any woman whose husband Is
dead
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
HVMOR or TIE Day

Church-Are you acquainted with Flap
Csotharn-oh yes: why. we sleen in sd-
joining pews.-Yonkers Statesman
she-I hear the sound Of horses hoofs
It must be papa I'm afraid he's on our
He'd these gasoline machines
DE you think the widow viii break his
Won't be. necessary. She did that long
phia Ledger.
Maid-Are you at home to Mrs. Toney,
mum2 She's at the door
Mistress-I am If she has new hat on
not MISUNDERSTANDING Leader.
The truth win out were told. and Oh,
How frequently we find
The truth will out of some mel. SO
-catholie Standard.
rs.I am told you went in for specuIatjon
on the stock exchange lately - said one
tradesnan to another. Were you bull
Neither. was an ass.'-London Mail.
DO you think a little learning is a dan
Possibly. But it isn't half 50 danger
Gus as the same amount of ignorance -
Paw, can an honest man play poker?r
Yes, 1OmIny-Dur he can't win any
thing. Chicago Tribune
Intelligent Foreigner-Your president
seems to have a great many of what you
Intelligent Native-Yes, but he has lust
as many fool enemies and they offset each
other.-Chicago Tribune.
Little Andrew-Papa, what do people
mean when they talk about the big
Papa Cmember of congress from the
Jmpteenth districtg-Any United States
senator, my son.-Cleveland Leader.
'sDe man dat always wants trouble"
said Uncle Eben. an de man dat is al
ways too skyaht to face trouble is both
gW1nter had a heap O. difficulty in dis
Worl. .''--Washingto Star.
step 1ivelyt'' said the conductor.
Not on your lifer' said the grouchv
passenger. If I felt like doing fhsf IA
walk and beat your old car."8PhiIadel-
phia Ledger.
walter, where are those blue points Z
ordered half hour aEo2'f
sorry, sir, but another gents usfns the
shells now When he's done I'll hurry
your order right along. g.''-CIeveland
Leader.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The effects of the San Francisco
earthquake have been felt in Washing
ton where the senate committee
promptly decided upon sea level ca
nal
One insurance official has furnished a
novelty by declaring that his company
refused to be held up by the campaign
manager.
Chicago has borrowed an idea from
Atchison and will have a corn carnival.
prize of $4,000 is to be offered for the
best bushel of corn,
Having become accustomed to the
knocks administered by Senator Nor
gan, 1t is doubtful that the Panama
canal would be affected by an earth
quake.
There is so much uncertainty about
the effect of the rate bill as it stands
that nobody appears to be willing to
assume responsibility for 1t. If it will
work all right everybody will claim it.
A church convention at Indianapolis
has declared that men should be honest
before they are rich. If this rule were
adopted some men would never get
The rate bill was passed on Friday
and in the dark OF the moon. and is
therefore badly handicapped at the
start
The craftsmanship of the country
appears to have grown to be almost as
yellow as its journalism.
The theatrical trust seems to be un-
disturbed by any fear of the govern
ment trouble makers. It is about to
establish a bank in Chicago Probably
it will soon be owning and operating
its own railroads.
There are rumors that the Sultan
Of Turkey is dying. Perhaps no ruler
in the world could leave to posterity so
large and varied a collection of ultima
tums.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

tore a bunch Of grass, tied It with an-
other wisp and set It blazing ike q
torch. In another minute a well Of
smoke and smou1derlng flames closed
them in from the rushing herd line.
Come back called Carruthers.
The herd were not a quarter OF mile
from them He could see the leaders,
heads down. and behind them line
after line of tossing horns
''Will they reach us7" whispered
Rita as she stood close beside him, her
face lifted to his
God knows; don't said Carruth-
ers. desperately. 1T is all we can do
Jack. listen to me" there was
new light in her dark eyes new
softened tone to her voice. Ramon
has done this. The herd has never
stampeded before. He has done it for
revenge upon you and me. Last night
told him no. I know about him and
the claim he holds over the Fortuna,
and my father. but would rather lose
it all than-'
ssThan what2v Carruthers let the
brides trail on the ground and held
her close in his arms. The trembie
of hundreds Of hoofs shook the
ground, the thunder grew louder. now
and then there came low threatening
below from some steer gored by its
fellows IN the on-rush-
Than lose you" Rita whispered. as
she closed her eyes to meet wnat might
come
The herd was on them, but as the
leaders caught the first siekening Syhin
of smoke, they hesitated and wavered.
Low leaping tongues Of flame flashed
up before them and rolls of smoke
curled upward.
The leaders swerved westward. After
them plunged the frightened herd, mad
dened and scared at the smell Of he
FIRE The two horses, loosened, jaiuei
them in the frantic galIop and in less
than three minutes the danger Had
passed. and on the b1ackened Dit Of
land stood Carruthers and Rita alone.
The river will stop Them said Rita
''Ramon-I know he has done this to
harm you-you must leave the ranch.
No one can say what he may do next. %
Carruthers bent to pick up something
from the ground It was the stub of a
cigarette. He placed it tenderly and
carefully in his case before he spoke.
Il know what Ramon win do next
sweetheart He will cross the border
into his own land tonight, or else land
in the hands of the sheriff. I mean to
stay IL Texas and there is not room for
both OF u.s."
'On the Fortuna %
.tOn our ranch" he said. ct bought
the Fortuna yesterday to make sure
of Ramon and of my senorita. .''-( Copy
right, 1906, by Ruby Douglas.)
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
GLOBE SIGHTS.
FFrom the Atchison Globe. ]

From the AICnlSOn SlODe-I
Women are very knowing about
men; and all the women know about
men is true.
We hate to see corsets displayed in
a dry goods window; but they shock
US less than union suits.
It is a bad plan to seek to make a
good impression by following every
statement with an apology.
People desire, above everything else,
to be let alone. We don't refer to
criminals, but to good people.
The emotions with which a girl re-
ceives a compliment are varied, but
surprise Is never one of them.
No bedding ever hung out of a win
dow, or over a porch railing that look
ed attractive enough to sleep on.
When it is said that man is pre-
pairing to move out of town, the great
est interest is felt by those he is
owing
A woman who has been in love
many times. and heard many a man
tell the Story of His Life. says there
are only three varieties.
It will be bad enough, at all events,
to die and be buried. but how much
worse it will be If they use any of this
phonetic spelling on the tombstone.
When a girl has her sleeves short at
ment, that means she is used to going
around that way when she washes
dishes at home.
The best man that ever lived closely
watches women, hoping to detect some
weakness that he can take advantage
CT. That's his nature: he tries not to
be that mean. but can't do 1t.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
JAYHA WKER JOTS
kneads bread

A Morland woman kneads bread
with her gloves on.
The gold brick game has been werk-
ed for $165 down at Parsons
Cinarron has become so good that
the calaboose is offered for sale.
Fifteen car loads of live stock went
out of Beloit in one day recently
A patent medicine fakir took 5000 out
of a short grass town in one week.
The BelleviIle Telescope is now old
enough to run "z5-years ago today
column.
They have a me Too club out at
Osborne. OF course everybody wants
to join It.
It required a column OF space in the
Horton Commercial last week to record
the real estate transfers. SIS
Times are dull in Rush county and
the Lacrosse Chieftain has started a
discussion on: Where do the frogs
come from ?"
The father of Phillips county's de-
faulting treasurer has just made good
the loss lacking 81. .000 He paid over
to the county S25,500, the accumulation
Of a life time.
Somebody sent the name Of the editor
of the Agra Sentinel to a beer house
and he announces that If the guilty
party viii call. he will make him eat
the circular which has been received.
Last week there was some excitement
in Riley. A dog owned by Dowling,
the meat market man. bit grand
child of Mr.. Perry, who Is 80 years of
age Mr.. Perry insisted that the dog
be killed. This led to trouble. Dowling
knocked Mr. Perry down, plead guilty
in police court and was fined $50 and
costs. This he claims is excessive. 1t
is understood the matter will be ap-
pealed to the district court. The Man
haitian Nationalist which tells the story
doesn't say what became of the dog.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
The French Bricklarer.

Samuel Gompers. chief of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor. was pointing
out the good that unions have done for
workmen.
I'm France he said, there are few
unions, and a French bricklayer told
me the other day that wages were in
consequence unreasonably low there.
THE brieklayer said with a laugh
that friend of his in Nice, out Of
work, bought on the Avenue de la
Care newspaper. He took the paper
home to his attic in the squalid Rue
Felix, and his wife. after turning to
the advertisements. said eagerly:
g The very thing! You must look
into this. Marcel. It says Il man is
wanted at the Palais de Ia Jetee, and
he won't be worked to death. and will
be paid enough to live on.
THE man started. IS
'-'Won't be worked to- death?' he
muttered.
Yes said his wife; and paid
enough to live on
He frowned.
that
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

It is generally conceded that a good
business or professional man makes a
financial sacrifice when he serves the
state in the legislature at three dollars
per day. and so does a farmer il he
has live stock at home that need his
personal attention. But Conner Da-
vies, who has been there himself,
takes the other side of the proposition.
He rises to give this expert testi-
mony: Every once in a while. most
always for that matter, when some
mans name is mentioned as a candi-
date for the legislature, he says he
cannot afford to make the sacrifice. It
always gives us a feeling OF 1assitude.
When the editor of this dinky daily
newspaper was first on earth he
served a couple of terms in the KAN
sas legislature. and he knows some
thing about it. A bunch Of US rural
ROSTERS boarded at a small hotel of
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
RABBIT.

s'pose it takes a felIer ats ben
RAISED in a country-toTD, like me.
To ipreciate rabbitsl Eight or ten
BelIerin' boys and two er three
9eipan dawgs all on the trail
y one little pop-eyed cottontaili
Bout the first good fall O. snow
SOS you kin track 'eFn, don't you know,
" here they've run-and one by one
Hop EN- up and chase 'em down
and prod en- out of a. old bresh-pile
Esr a holler log they re a-hidin' roun',
Er way en-nunder the ricked cord-Wood
Er crosstie-stack by the railroad track
Bout a mile
Out O sight O. the whole ding town.
Wen. them's times at I call good.
Rahhitsi-w,y. as my thoughts goes back
70 them old boyhood days O. NINE
l kin sic him now and see old jack
Aa-plow1n snow in a rabbit-track
AND a-pitchin' over him, head and heels
Like blame hat-rack,
As the rabbit turns fer the timber-line
Down the County Ditch through the old
cornhelds!
Yes, III say right here to you,
Rabbits that boys has earnt, like that
skinned and hung fer a night er two
On me old back porch where the pump 3
Then fried bout right, where your
breakfasts at.
With hot brown gravy and shortenin
Rabbits, like them-er ort to a said.
Rabbits like those
Amt so q 'ticalar pore I guess
Fer eatin' purposesi
James Whitcomb Riley in The Reader
for May.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago Nevs.1

lfrom the Chicago NeWs.1
Be good, but don't be too easy.
Lots Of heavyweights are looking for
hight work.
He is a wise man who signs no mans
note-not even his own.
What man has done woman thinks
she is qualified to improve upon.
Some mems wives. like their sins, are
sure to find them out.
When the unexpected happens at q
boarding house you get fresh eggs.
A woman isn't necessarily shallow be-
cause her beauty is only skin deep
About the only way to convince a
contrary man that he is wrong is to
agree with him.
Paradoxieal though 1t may seer. tbe
father Of one baby Is usually twice as
happy as the father of twins
The rural postmistress is forced to
give the stamp of her approval to postal
cards-many Of which she doesn't an
pro e.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

On his sixty-eighth birthday Andrew
Carnegie praised poverty.
Poverty" he said, develops US. It
makes us work our hardest. Thus it
brings out the best that is in US
But this it won't do unless we keep
brave in adversely. If we despair, we
are doomed.
'sI like to see men cheerful in mis-
fortune. I used to know a young
painter who was so poor he could not
afford to dress warmly enough in the
winter time.
Il met him one goldfish day in Pitts
burg. He had on a summer suit. of
blue serge, and the wind moulded the
suit to his limbs till the cloth chung as
II never wear an overcoat," he said.
sNever?' said 1.
mo, never he repeated, laughing
bravely-
weather. I asked.
az rum he answered.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
self-AdYertisement.

Mark Twain, at the dinner in honor
of his SEVENTEEN birthday, advised a
young novelist not to shun judicious
lf-advertisement.
"On one of my first visits to New
York." he said, Il was taken on a
sightseeing tour by a successful joke
writer 1 learned during this tour
something about the way to succeed.
LAS we rode down Broadway on a
car, my friend suddenly looked up
from the comic paper he was reading,
gave a hearty laugh, and then read
aloud to me a joke.
g Isn't that great?' he cried. oh. ha.
ha, ha, hal Isn't that the funniest
joke-ho, no, ho!-you ever heard?'
Just then we rose to get off. When
we reached the sidewalk, said to my
friend:
'.'You showed me that joke before.
you know. 1t is one of your own. isn't
it?''
HE smiled at my puzzled face and
answered.:
yes. But you didn't notice the
man who sat opposite us, did you? He
is the editor who buys most of my
stuff, and he doesn't know me person
aIlv See p -
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

from the busy marts of trade at seven
dollars a week, and We lived better
than we could afford to 1--we at home
had better grub than any OF us had
at home. If a man wants to spend
all he gets he can make that kind Of
a fool of himself at home as well as at
Topeka. The salary of the represen-
tatives ought to be at least So a day.
but there need be no great diminution
of a mans original capital should he
be forced by the people to act as their
representative at only So a day"
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

There was no help for it. Mr. Sinclaire
had to change trains; but when he
found that the place at which he would
have to make the change was a road
side station which was just far enough
from the village not to allow Of him
walking in and obtaining refreshments.
of which he was sorely in need. he was
an1ry in the extreme, and at no great
pains to hide the fact.
s.Creat Scott. mang' he said to the
solitary stolld porter on duty, what on
earth made them build the station so
far from the village2"
Dunno, mister said the porter
gravely, unless, perhaps, it was be-
cause they thought it would be more
convenient to have it down near the
railway y''=Ttt-Bfts.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

TF'rom the New York Press.
It's a good deal nicer losing money
in a poker game than trying to win it
working.
It tickIes woman to death to lose
her rubbers in a mud puddle and get
her feet wet because she thinks IT is a
sign they are small.
Opportunity comes to every man.
but generally when it does he Is too
busy earning bread and butter for his
family to be able to take it.
The way to make a woman real
happy is to bring her potted plant on
a thousand mile railway journey that
she could buy around the corner for
ten cents.
If they arranged the seats in
churches like those in theaters and
had footlights the congregation would
be 50 sure it was enjoying itself that it
" cu1d want to pay money TO get in.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

Although the receipts OF the federal
government IN the first half Of the cur.
rent month were considerably larger
than in the first fifteen days Of the cor
responding month Of either Of the Two
Immediately preceding years, the expen-
ditures were so much larger that the
surplus for the fiscal year to date Is
now down to but little more than two
million dollars. With only month AMI
8 baR remaining Of the year. the Off