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The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-27
White Lead
Paint

The best painters still
use pure white lead and
pure linseed oil, and the
secure results, both in ap-
pearance and in wearing
qualities, which can be had
in no other way.
If your paint has peeled
off the house, it vas not
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
A RARE FIRST FOLIO.
What It Cost and What It's Present
Value Should he,

Seven years after the death of Shake
speare his collected works were pub
hshed in a large folio volume, now
known as 1.-The first folio Shakespeare"
This was In the year 1923. The price
at which the volume was originally
sold was II, but perhaps we ought to
take into consideration the fact that at
that time money had a value or pur-
chasing power at least eight times thar
which it has at present. Haliiwell-Phil-
lips estimates it at from twelve to
twenty times its present value. For
this circumstance, however, full allow
ance may be made by multiplying the
ultimate result by the proper number.
This folio is regarded as the most
valuable printed book in the English
language, the last copy that was offer
ed for sale in good condition having
brought the record price of nearly
$4,000, so that it is safe to assume that
a perfect copy in the condition in
which it left the publishers hands
would readily command $4,000, and
the question now arises. What would
be the comparative value of the pres
ent price, $4,000, and Of the original
price, fl, placed at interest and COM
pounded every year since 1923?
Over and over again I have heard 1t
said that the purchasers of the first
folio" had made splendid investment,
and the remark is frequently used in
reference to the purchase of books in
general irrespective of the present in
tellectual use that may be made of
them Let us make the comparison.
Money placed at compound interest
at per cent a little more than dou-
bles itself in twelve years. At the
per cent is a high rate, but it is a
very low rate for the average. During
q large part Of the time money brought
8, 10 and II per cent per annum, and
even within the half century just past
it brought Z per cent during a large
portion of the time. Now, between
1923 and 1899 there are twenty-three
periods of twelve years each, and at
double progression the twenty-third
term, beginning with unity, would be
S,3SS, 6OS. This, therefore, would be the
amount in pounds which the volume
had cost up to $780, In dollars 1t
would be $4O,794, S7S.SS. An article
which costs $40,OO0,OOO and sells for
$4,000 cannot be called a very good
financial investment.
From a literary or intellectual stand
point however, the subject presents an
entirely different aspect.
Some time ago 1 asked one Of the
foremost Shakespearean scholars in the
world if he had a copy of the "first
folio" His reply was that he could
not afford it, that it would not be wise
for him to lose $500 to $500 per year
for the mere sake of ownership when
for very slight expenditure for time
and railway fare he could consult any
one Of half dozen copies whenever he
required to do so.-Follies Of Science.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
POOR HANDWRITING.
One of the Causes That Downed Ma
poleon at Waterloo. .e. -.r

One of the Causes That Downed Ma
poleon at Waterloo. -.rt'
The nose Of Cleopatra had a marked
influence on the destinies of the an
cient world. The handwriting Of Ma
poleon l., we are assured by recent
historians, had a similar effect upon
the evolution Of the modern world.
He did not write; he scrawled. BY
reason of this, among other causes. he
lost Waterloo. Grouchy could not read
with exactness his decisive message.
Was it "bataille engage" (battle Is
on), or "bataille gagnee" (battle is
won)?
Grouchy chose the latter significance
and, not believing it necessary to press
forward, arrived too late. So much for
the curl of letter, pen stroke or an
illegible swell to an "a"
This question was brought forward
by the writing master Of the elder
Dumas.
Remember, Alexandra" the master
said to him, "the great defeat Of the
emperor was due only to his scrawling
hand. II you wish to succeed in the
Woriu De careIul OK your neaVy anu
your light strokes" So If Napoleon
had known how to write legibly or II
he had taken the trouble to do so his
descendants would reign today in
France and we should not have had
the republic. 1t appears historically
established today that Dumas writing
master was right. And on such slight
things rests the fate of empires.-Cri
de Paris.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
THE HUMAN BRAIN.
N UnderEoea Wonderful Changes
During It's Growth.


The wonderful changes which the hui
man brain undergoes from the moment
when it first appears in the embryo I'M
til it becomes the perfected laboratory
Of thought characteristic to the ma
tured human being has been commented
upon by several Of the leading writers
on biology. physiology, etc. During
these successive changes, or. rather,
transformations from the lower to the
higher sphere. the human brain not
only takes upon itself the general shape
and form OF the brains of various rep
resentatives OF the lower classes of ami
mails. but appears to have the same
structural constituents, at least to a
certain degree. Thus it has been found
that the original germ of the brain as
it appears in the human embryo has
the exact outlines of serpents thought
factory. After that the changes which
take place while the brain Is assuming
the various shapes which 1t must un.
dergo before it becomes perfect give it
a decided resemblance to the brains of
fishes, birds and mammiferous ami
mails
Helms Thoughts on the Structure
Of the Human Brain" and Wilson's
Anatomy of the Human Body" both
mention these queer transformations.
as does also Hugh Miller in his famous
work. Testimony of the Rocks" Mil
Ter puts it in this way: at has long
been known that the human brain is
built up by a wonderful process, dur
ing which it assumes in succession the
form Of the brain Of serpent, a fish.
bird, and lastly, before it assumes the
characteristic human form. 1t takes up
on itself the outline of a mammiferous
quadruped's brain" Hence the remark
made by scientific writers that man is
the sum total of all animals"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
Washington Correspondent
Wonders How Wisconsin
Senator Escaped Stage.
WANTS TO REFORM SENATE
HIS FIRST SPEECH ONE OF PRO-
DlGIOUS LENGTH AND A DIS
APPoINTMENT-H is FULL OF
GESTURE.
Publishers Press1

Washington, May 2O-Arthur War
rem, staff correspondent of the Boston
Herald at the national capitol, in a
letter thus comments on the recent
oratorical effort of Senator La Fol
lette:
Robert La Toilette is an actor.
Some one pointed that out recently in
an article of laudation. La Toilette
it was said would have made great
success on the stage. There is SO
much truth in the observation that
one wonders how La Toilette ever es-
capped the footlights. Indeed, he does
not fully escape them. He goes
bout the country lecturing on Hamlet,
Prince of Denmark to the queen moth
er and the grave digger. He is a YER
satile thespian, this former governor
of Wisconsin, a comedian as we'll as a
tragedian, and his usual habit is that
woe and melancholy which comedians
constantly wear. La Toilette has a
voice, a most excellent, unctuous, mel
lifiuous voice. He reminds one of
the Irishman who said when asked if
tel, "Begora, no, | can't read it, but |
can sing it,"
Il do not know whether La Toilette
sings, but his voice has a wonderful
range of speaking notes and he runs
it through all the octaves of impreca-
ton, exposition, satire, heroics and
tender lamentation. There is some
thing too much of the elocutionist
about him to please the senate. He,
too is a gallery player. He is accus,
toned to speak beforh throngs which
pay profitable admission fees, and
which listen to him with boundless ad
miration.
He is as full of gestures as trick
acrobat or a Bowery tragedian. His
face changes with every passing emo
ton appropriate to the instant. All
these attributes are rapturously ap
preciated by his western audiences
and his political troops, but they are
wasted on the Senate"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
A Trite Saving.

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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
Broke Up the Card Party.

1t was an extremely pleasant and
quiet card party at the house Of the
Misses Isaacson in Priory road, Hemp
stead, until the butler came upon the
scene with lemon squash and glasses.
The Misses Isaacson are two maiden
sisters who fortnight ago engaged a
new butler, a young and good looking
German, who brought With him excel
lent testimonials and was known as
James. James was splendid servant
until the night Of the card party, which
consisted entirely of ladies. The ladies
were engrossed in a game OF poker,
and James was supposed to be pouring
out the lemon squash, when there was
sudden crash of glass in the room
Every one stopped playing and looked
up alarmed. But before any one could
grasp the situation James had bounced
upon the poker table, grabbed up the
gold, silver and purses lying thereon
and fed, locking the door behind him.
And now the police are in search of
James.-London Mail.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
MANY FIELD MEETS HELD
Ohio State Took a Brace and Defeat
ed Purdue in Dual Meet-Other
Events Over Country.

Saturday was a great day for track
and field sports, big college meets be-
ing held all over the country. At Cam
bridge, Mass, Harvard won the an
nual meet with Yale by 571a points
to 461A points. Three dual meet rec
ords were broken. At Columbus. O.,
the colors of Indiana University were
lowered by the Ohio State Univer-
sity athletes, the Buckeyes winning
by 6Oh points to 81 " points. The re-
suit was in doubt until the last event
had been decided. Michigan walked
away with honors in the dual meet
with Chicago University, winning
1914 to ASH Garrells of Michigan
captured the individual honors.
Princeton defeated Columbia by a
score of 70 to 80 and Wisconsin won
from Minnesota by a score of 691a to
AN.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
JACKSON WAS HIT HARD
Former Richmond Boy Pitched For
Yale and Holy Cross Piles Up
Big Score.

With "Fid" Jackson, the former
Richmond boy, in the box, Yale re-
ceived an awful trouncing Saturday
at the hands of Holy Cross College.
The beating administered the Ellis
was given them on their home
grounds. 1t was Jackson's first APP
pearance in the box since. early in
the season and the reception he re-
ceived was as warm as Manila in Jul
ly. Nineteen hits for a total of 15
runs were made off of his delivery.
Jackson has been IN poor form this
season and the team which supports
him is way below the usual Yale
standard. The following is the score
of the game:
r. n. E.
H. c. 90 0 1 % 1 2 2-15 10 l
Yale IL 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 O. Z 10
Batteries-Jackson and Wylie;
O'Drain and Carrigan.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
A Lawyer Dressed Hyde.

Not many persons are aware how
greatly indebted James Hazen Hyde is
to one Of his lawyers for the good i'm
preston which he made before the
Armstrong insurance committee. MI.
Hyde's sensible appearance before that
committee did more than anything else
to dispel the popular prejudice against
his eccentricities. This lawyer prac-
tically dictated to Mr. Hyde what he
should wear while on the stand. He
made the young man discard his GUS
tomary buttonhole bouquet, had him
brush his hair down fat instead of
pompadour and ordered him to wear an
old, simple looking suit Of clothes.
Result-The cartoonists are wondering
yet where they got the ideas for the
extravagant pictures they made OF the
young insurance man.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
The OaprcY.

Allusion Is often made, especially In
fashion journals, to Osprey" feathers.
Few words have been more loosely
banded about than this bird name.
The Roman author Pliny's "ossifraga"
Ozone breaker) has been identified with
the lammergeyer, a vulture that is re-
puted to break up bones too big for 1t
to devour whole by dropping them
from height upon rocks. But both
"ossifrage" and Osprey" newer
form, came to be applied to quite an
other bird, the fish hawk, which is
now the true Osprey" Yet the "os-
prey" feathers - more properly egret
feathers, or aigrettes do not come
from this bird, but from the egret, or
lesser white heron.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
Oyster Beds a Ia Pompeii.

There was calamity Of the Vesuvius
eruption which was not chronicled, at
least by cable. That is the extinction
Of the Neapolitan oyster. The bay of
Naples produced an oyster esteemed
by epicures as the choicest in all Italy.
For the present at least the Neapofi-
tan oyster is an extinct species. Ac-
cording to Professor Doru, director Of
the aquarium Of Naples, the ashes from
the volcano falling in the bay have
covered the bottom to such an depth
that every oyster in the beds was
smothered and the beds themselves
hopelessly buried.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
CAPT. NUzUM AFTER
HIGH STATE OFFICE
EIWood Man Candidate for
Brigadier General of Indiana
Grand Encampment.
FAMOUS AS DRILL MASTER
WON FIVE WORLDS CHAMPION
SHIPS WITH HIS CANTON
NOW CHIEF OF PoLIcE-oFFIcE
TO BE PASSED AROUND.

Elwood, Ind, May 19.-Elwood Can
ton No. 33, today made the formal an
nouncement to the Odd Fellows can
tons of the state of the candidacy OF
their captain, John n. Nuzum, for the
office of brigadier-General of the
Grand Encampment of Indiana I. O.
o. F.
Odd Fellows everywhere have con
sidered for some time that for the best
interests of the order the office should
be passed around, and some other
man selected as a succe ssor to Gen
Bodine.
This year a decided effort has been
made by number of cantons tc
elect new general and Capt. Nuzum
world famous as a drill master and
for his knowledge of military affairs
was urged to make the race, finally
consenting. He has won five worlds
championships for his company. Al
present he is superintendent of the
metropolitan police force in Elwood.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
First Matrimonial Agency.

The title Matrimonial Agencies and
Advertisements" ought to attract at
tention in our time, when requests for
marriage fill the journals in the form
of gross or ocular and sometimes seri-
GUS announcements. That may seem
to be a new phenomenon OF modern
life, vet NJ. Henri d'Almeras in La
Revue Hebdomadaire says the real
originator Of this industry was one VII
laume. In the last days Of the empire
he set up In Paris sort OF universal
agency, which would supply furnished
apartments, domestics. wives and hus-
bands.-Journal de st. Petersburg.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
QUAINT PRESENTS.
Odd Wedding Gifts That Have Been
Received by Celebrities.

Received by Celebrities.
Celebrities are often the recipients of
quaint presents. For instance, on the
marriage of Queen Victoria the farm
ers Of East and West Pennard, Somer-
setshire, wishing to show their loyalty,
manufactured from the milk of $50
cows an immense cheese nine feet in
circumference. The gift was gracious
ly accepted and was stored at Buck
ingham palace, where it would I'M
doubtedly have found it's way to the
to exhibit it as an advertisement
Their request was granted, but after
it had been exhibited and the makers
would have returned it her majesty
signified that owing to the altered con-
ditions she could not accept it as a
gift.
An equally homely gift was made to
the late King Charles of Wurttemburg
on the morning Of his marriage to
Princess Olga of Russia. A peasant
woman sent him pair Of trousers of
her own design, with a note expressing
the hope that they might be found a
better cut and fit than those which she
had last had the honor of seeing his
majesty wear.
The Italian singer, Signor Mario, in
spired hopeless passion in the hearts
of so many women that at the time of
his wedding some of this affection
found expression in various strange
gifts. One was in the shape Of a
cushion stuffed with tresses from the
heads of many Of his hopeless admir-
ers. Another was from lady in Mu-
mich who had had one of her teeth set
in scarfpin surrounded with pearls
and emeralds. In an accompanying
note she expressed the hope that by
sometimes wearing the gift he might
be reminded of his unknown worship
er.-New York Herald.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING
RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Chicago 10; New York a.
Philadelphia 5; st. Louis 3.
Cincinnati II; Brooklyn 3.
TPnhlishars, Press


Chicago, May 20.-Before record
breaking crowd that completely filled
all the available space in the baseball
park, the Chicago Nationals defeated
the New York champions this after
noon In a one sided score. Ames was
in the box for the Giants and the
Cubs hit him at will. Lundgren pitch
ed great ball for Chicago. his only
bad inning being the third when the
Champs made three of their four
runs. In the field New York put up
a sloppy game, six fielding mistakes
being credited to them. These errors
combined with the Cubs good hitting
made an easy victory for the locals.
Score:
r. n. e.
Chi. 40 0 2 0 5 102 do IA 0
N. Yk. 20 3 0 90 100 L Z 6
Batteries-Lundgren, King; Ames,
Bowerman. Umpire-O'Day.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
The TnIlv StiC-

An old time way Of proving ones
right to the payment of money loaned
was by tally sticks. A plain stick was
used, and when a man loaned a sum a
stick was broken, and the creditor and
debtor each took a part. When the
time for payment came the man who
had the stick which fitted exactly to
the stick held by the creditor received
the money. Two sticks never break
in exactly the same shape, so there
was never any dispute about who had
a right to the money.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
A Quiet Marriage

Mr.. Silas Fitzgibbons, Palladium
employee, was quietly married Sun
day noon at St. Mary's parsonage to
Miss Martha WATSON, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli S. F. Wasson 610
Sheridan street. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Father Mat
tingly. Mr.. and Mrs. Fitzgibbons will
for the present make their home
with the brides parents. The young
couple was presented with rocking
chair by the Palladium force.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
r. n. e.
FIGHT AT CINCINNATI.

Cincinnati. May 20,-The local Ma
tionals had an easy time defeating
the visiting Brooklyn today. Mana
ger Donovan and Captain Casey of the
visitors, were banished from the field
In the first inning for disputing de-
cision of Umpire Carpenter. Hug
gins, the local second baseman,
sprained his ankle in the sixth and
retired. Score:
r. II. 6.
Gin. 49,. 3 2 l XII IA 1
Brook. O 0 o 90 2 0 o. 3 II 3
Batteries-Weimer and Schlei;
Scmlon and Bergen. Umpires-Car-
penter and Conway.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING.
Saturdays Results.

No games Sunday.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21

The sea otter combines the habits OF
a seal with the intelligence and anus
ing character Of the otter. When met
in herds far out at sea, which is but
seldom now, they are commonly seen
swimming on their backs. They even
eat their food lying in this position on
the water and nurse their young ones
on their chests between their paws, ex-
actly as south sea island mother
swims with her baby in the water.
When swimming in this attitude they
even shade their eyes with their paws
when the sun dazzles them. ..-
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
A Pin Head Artfat.

Twenty-six letters of the alphabet
and nine numerals neatly engraved on
an ordinary pin head. This apparently
Impossible feat of infnitesimaf etching
has been accomplished by Eugene
Wrenger, 2153 College avenue, Chica-
go, an expert steel and copper plate
engraver. Every letter and figure can
be seen plainly through the microscope
or without glass II one has good
eyes. 1t has been placed on exhibition
In public museum In Philadelphia.