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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-06
"A PARLIAMENTARY 1DIoUY

tell you,' she said, between
house of commons.
:, AS soon as I entered the ladies'
gallery / noticed that every member
had his hat on. But when man rose
to speak, or to go out, he took off his
nat. Ny paid chaperon, Lady Jane
Grey, then whispered to me the mex
o O q rules of the hat iGocy.
A member of parliament must
never stand up with his hat on, even
If he has only risen to speak to the
man behind him. Coming in, going
out, or speechifying, he is always hat.
less: And ne is sometimes ,hatless when
sitting down. 81
MThus, if the speaker mentions q
bill the member is responsible for, he
lifts his hat. If his name is mentioned
In q speech, he lifts his hat. Even If
he happens at those times to be bare
headed, he must seize q hat, put It on.
then lift it. Z, 81, -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-06
PRECAUTIONS FOR, NOT AGAINST

,, ,omL i, Frank Lahm, who is
said an aeronaut in New York, .His. a.
young man with a. muscular figure and
resolute face. He is remarkable in
aeronautics for his skill and his pru-
dence.. ~ ;.
81 once heard an inventor describing
to him rather poor invention in the
way of a safety anchor. .
A safety anchor, eh9 said Lahm.
Well, with that anchor I should be
about as frightened as the old lady in
the skyscraper hotel.
This old lady, on being assigned
to a room on the nineteenth floor, asked
the bell hop nervously if the proprietor
had taken any precautions against fire,
=" Yes, ma am, said the bell hop:
he has. The place is insured for three
times it's real value. - =,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-06
TALE OF A COAT

The clawhammer, or evening coat,
has many oddities Of cut. These oddi-
ties were once essentials. There was,
in fact, a time when every idiosyncrasy
Of the clawhammer served some useful
purpose.
The front of the coat, for instance,
was originally cut away so that the
wearer, when on horseback, would not
be incommoded.
The two buttons at the back were for
fastening up the tails out Of harm IS
way, each tail having buttonhole at
it's end.
The sleeves, with their false cuffs,
are relics Of the days when sleeves
were always turned back, and there
fore were always made with cuffs that
unbuttoned. "
The collar, with it's wide notches, is
survival Of the old collar that was
notched in order that it's wearer could
turn it up conveniently in cold or
stormy weather.
The dress coat, in a word, is a
patchwork of relics, relics once essen
tial, but now Of no use on earth. :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-06
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A String = Of
Good Stories
cannot tell how the truth may be,
say TIE tale 10 twas told to me. z"
LACKING IN TACT

Henry J. Ryan, campaign manager
of Denver, said the other day Of a
canvasser who, thru tactlessness, had
offended1a voter irreparably;
- The tactless man reminds me Of an
office boy old Gobsa Code used to
have. $ 81.
Gobsa,, with his millions. his fine
clothes and motorcars, believed himself
a great heartbreaker There was lit
tie milllner on the next street, a. beau
tlful little woman, Mrs. John T.. Hack
EFT by name, upon, whom he thought
ne had made considerable impression.
And one morning he gave his office
boy sealed note to take to Mrs. John
L.. Hackett at once.
;, The boy set out promptly, reached
the millinery shop, entered found no
one, there but very fat, ugly man
reading a newspaper. h.
Well, son?' the man said.
have a note, said the boy, for
Mrs. John L. Hackett:''
- She's out, said the man. But
give, the note to me- I am John L..
Hackett, her husband III.
- Oh, no, said the boy. Il was told
not to give it to the husband on any
account. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-06
C1rios and Oddities
CIPHER PRICEMARKS

~ saS ciPher prieemsrk, the tag not
ting to be a thing of the past,' said a
jeweler. >''The public mistrusts it.
There is nothing that wins the conf
!dence of the public like a pricemark
in big plain figures.
Most cipher pricemarks are easily
read. They have for their key, as a
rule, the sentence, Il push trade.' The
II is l, the 'p' 2, and the su' 3, and
80 on down to the 'e, which stands for
Q: Thus 1915 in cipher would be
'$p h.
."Ciphers are useful for firms that
give long credit, for such firms must
naturally ask more from a six months
customer than a spot cash one. But
they are very unpopular things. They
arouse universal mistrust. - = C....
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-06
BILL NYE AS A MUSICAL CRITIC

Joseph II. Choate tells of converse.
ton he once had with the late "Bill':
Nye, in reference to concert the hui,
morist had attended during his first
visit to London. ct had asked Mr.
Nye, - said Mr.. Choate, "what was his
opinion of Wagner's music.' With
the most serious expression in the
world, Nye replied:
must confess that his music is
beyond my comprehension; but T always
feel sure, when I hear it, that it is
really much better than it sounds.'
-Lippincott s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-06

.. TDo you think your daughter could
live on my salary9'
"Perhaps she could; but what would
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-06

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that will not burn properly lamp filed the bm will give fair light
until the oil
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case the STANDARD Oil people forth with the usual
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-06
A DIFFICULT UNDERTAKING

Customer (facetiously) you sup
pose you can cut my hair without max
ing me look like blasted idiot?
Barber (diffidently will be a
pretty difficult thing to do, but I will
-. IT
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-06

Joel IN afraid Miss Hinton doesn It
appreciate my company. :.
Fred-What reason have you for
thinking such is the case9
,Joe-Why, every time I call she plays
"Home, Sweet Home' on the piano
before I have been in the parlor ten
minutes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-06
JOHN DREW ON DRAWING POWER

A fellow actor was the subject of
discussion at the Players club not long
ago.
He is perfectly devoted to that
blonde so John Drew was informed,
His family think it is case Of hyp-
notism. -
Seems more like chemical attrac-
ton, said the great actor thoughtful.
ly-Lippincotts.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-05
UNCLE JOE's "GALLUsEs
Will Place Them in Glass Case and
Preserve them for Posterity.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 4.-Speak-
er Cannon does not intend to wear
the home-knit "galluses" which
were recently presented to him by
Representative Aiken, of South Car
DINA, on behalf of W. W. Russell,
one of his constituents. Uncle Joe
prizes the present too highly to soil
and wear them out by using them.
Instead he intends to place them in a
glass case and preserve them for pos
terity. He has written a letter to
Mr.. Russell acknowledging the gift,
in which he says:
In material and in name / recog-
nize them from my familiarity with
them in the early days when home.
spun and galluses were the order
made and knit by our mothers, and
in almost universal use. / shall pu,
the article in my cabinet, rather
than wear them, because I desire t.
!! preserve them for my grandchildren
| that they may see what we wore II
our early days.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-05

Airs. 21es/e1Iurpy

A nervous, irrita BILE mother, often on
the verge of Mysteries, is unfit to care
for children; it ruins a child's DISPOSE
ton and reacts upon herself. The
trouble between children and their
mothers too often is due to the fact
that the mother has some female weak
ness, and she is entirely unfit to bear
the strain upon her nerves that govern
ing children involves; it is impossible
for her to do anything calmly.
The ills of women act like a firebrand
upon the nerves, consequently nine
tenths of the nervous prostration, ner-
lessness, and nervous irritability OF
women arise from some arrangement
of the female organism.
Do you experience fits of depression
with restlessness, alternating with
extreme irritability? Are your spirits
easily affected, so that one minute you
laugh, and the next minute you feel
like crying?
Do you feel something like ball ris-
ing in your throat and threatening to
choke you; all the senses perverted,
morbidly sensitive to light and sound
pain in the abdominal region, and
between the shoulders; bearing down
pains; nervous dyspepsia and almost
continually cross and snappy?
If SO, your. nerves are in shattered
condition, and you are threatened with
nervous prostration.
Proof is monumental that nothing in
the world is better for nervous prostra
ton than Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound; thousands and thou
sands of women can testify to this fact
Ask Mrs. Pinkham's Adylce-A Won
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-05
LETTER LIST.
Ladies' List.

Miss Grace Anderson, Mary F
Doran, Mabel Holmes, Laura Lewis
Minnie Maddox, Jennie Parks, 2
Mrs. III. H. Rutherford, Josephine
Reynolds, Mrs. w. T. Robson, Mrs
S. Walters, Lena Barmester.
Gentleman's List.
John Ammons, A. w. Anderson, B
L. Banks, j. w. Brannon, c. w
Beeman, DIR. w. S. Coleman, DR.. D.
H. Dean, James S. Dean, C. G. Ev-
ans, J. c. Ellsworth, Leo. Grossman
Co., N. Gaar, Frank Huddleston,
Hickson Mfg. Co., Chas. Jackson,
John Dynd, Harry Lines, B. A. Lane,
R. Morrison, R. Reginold, Moreniet
Russell Mfg Co., Halcie Reid, Tom
Sturgis, F. K. Sherman, Master
Lloyd Slaughter, Riley Turvey, Lit
ty Wilson, Don White, Walt. Wag-
ner.
Drops.
Henry Jackson, Chas. Kidwell.
Foreign.
Susanna g. Scheibler.
D. SURFACE, P. NJ.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-05

You have hurt YOURSELF" she asked
gently.
mot to-day, Miss. "-sricfly.
when he ran away with you?"
mo. It's an old trouble"
while you were soldier"
Yes
How"
He turned in surprise. All these
questions were rather unusual. Never
theless he answered her, and truth
fully.
Il was shot in the .eg by a drunken
Indian
while on duty?"
Yes Unconscicusly he was for
getting to add Miss, which was the
patent of his serviIity And | don't
think that just then she noticed this
subtraction from the respect due her.
1t was eleven o'clock when they ar
alone. Warburton was visibly done
up.
ANY orders for this afternoon,
Mss?"
81 shall want the victoria at three.
have some shopping to do ard call
TO make Send William after Pirate.
| am very grateful toT what you have
done"
He made no reply, for he saw her
father coming down the steps.
Betty sad the colonel. pale and
woI ried. "have you been riding Pirate +?
Where he is, and what in the world has
happened ?''-noting the dust on her
habit and her tangled hair.
She explained She told the story
rather coolly Warburton thought. but
she left out no detail.
you have James to thank for my
safety, father He was very calm and
clear-headed."
Calm and clear-headed! thought
Warburton.
The girl then entered the house,
humming. Most women would have
got out the lavender salts and lain
down the rest of the day, considering
the routine of a fashionable dinner,
which was the chief duty of the even
ing.
81 am grateful to you, James. Ny
daughter is directly in your care when
she rides, and give you full authori-
ty. Never permit her to mount any
horse but her own. She is all have,
and il anything should happen to
her" s
eyes, sir; I understand"
The colonel followed his daughter;
and Warburton led Dick to the stables,
gave orders to William, and flung
himself down on his cot. He was
dead tired. And the hour he had
dreaded had come! He had to drive her
through the shopping district. Well, SO
be it. II any one exposed him, very
good. This groom business was de-
cidedly like work. And there was that
COMPOUNDED dinner-party, and he would
have to limp around table and carry
soup plates! And as likely as not he
would run into the very last person
be expected to see.
Which he did.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-05
lnrs Ghos EsBro.v7

Mrs. Chester Curry, Leader of the
Ladies' Symphony Orchestra, AZ Sara
toga Street, East Boston, Mass,
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
For eight years was troubled with ex-
treme nervousness and hysteria, brought on
by Irregularities could neither enjoy life
nor sleep nights: was very irritable, nervous
and Respondent.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
was recommended and proved to be the only
remedy that helped me. have daily inn
proved in health until am now strong and
well, and all nervousness has disappeared"
Mrs. Charles f. Brown, Vice-Presi-
dent of the Mothers Club. 81 Cedar
Terrace, Hot Springs. Ark, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:--
81 dragged through nine years Of miser-
able existence, worn out with pain and ner-
vousness, until it seemed as though should
fly. I then noticed q statement OF woman
troubled as was, and the wonderful results
she derived from Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. decided to try 1t. did 90,
and at the end Of three months / was differ
emit woman My nervousness was all gone, I
was no longer irritable, and my husband fell
in love with me all over again"
Women should remember that Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
the medicine that holds the record for
the greatest number of actual cures of
female ills, and take no substitute.
Free Advice to Women.
Mrs. Pinkham, daughter. in-law of
Lydia E. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. invites
all sick women to write to her for
advice Mrs Pinkham's vast experience
with female troubles enables her to adj
wise you wisely. and she will charge
you nothing for her advice.
IN Best Understands q Moman's llls.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-05
ROMANCE IN MONKS LIFE
Renowned Cowle. Made Money and
Wed-Wife Asks Divorce.

Chicago, Feb. Mrs. Victoria
Coughlin as asked Judge Gary to di-
vorce her from Thomas M. Coughlin,
who renowned monastery life and
spent ten years in the world accumu-
lating money so that he could marry
the girl he had met as choir singer.
The romance began in Vincennes,
Ind, when Mrs. Coughlin was six
teen years old. Her father, Dr. A.
F. Bauer, is prominent physician Of
that place.
The marriage took place in Cincin-
natl in 1891, and the young couple
went to Chicago, where the wife al
leges the former churchman sue
cumbed to liquor.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-05
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

that Contain Mercury.
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputa-
BILE physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio,
contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure, be sure you get the genuine
It is taken internally and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney & Co
Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists. Price, 75c pei
bottle.
Take Halyl's family pills for con
stipation.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-05
lTnL ETICS and
FRATERN|TIES
CONDEMNED IN HIGH SCHOOL
OF TODAY BY sUPERIN-
TENDENT COTTON.
EXERCISE is BADLY NEEDED
But Censures the Opening of College
Ways-Clainling They Tend
Toward Rowdyism.

In bulletin just issued, Fassett
A. Cotton, state superintendent Of
public instruction, says: The tend
ency on the part of high schools to
ape college life is to be discouraged
always. for the reason that most fire.
quently the least desirable phases
are copied. Secret societies have no
place III the high school and should
not be tolerated. Class yells and
class colors and excessive class spir-
its are very frequently breeders of
rowdyism.
cit is not the intention at all to
convey the impression that there is
to be no fun or joy in the high
school. On the contrary every day
should be full of joy and cheer, but
it should be joy and cheer that comes
with doing good work and living for
something that is worth while. Class
scraps hazing and rowdyism are
neither humorous nor conducive to
real manhood and womanhood.
Athletic work has assumed a
place in the school world that is sim
ply out of all proportion to the mer-
it's. I has taken possession of our
colleges and universities to such an
extent that in the student world an
institution is judged by it's athletics.
However, there is tendency just at
present on the part of some colleges
and universities to throw off the
yoke. This intense athletic spirit
has taken hold of some of our high
schools and in some instances seems
to be the dominant force.
However, every high school should
be equipped with a good gymnasium
and the boys and girls should have
constant and systematic training in
physical culture. This training
should be supplemented with play
Inter class games can be made
healthful and helpful sports can BIZ
kept secondary to the real purpose Of
school life.''
| Discussing the purpose served by
the high school and what it does fo1
the people, the bulletin runs:
| cit is the peoples college ant
tries to do the best thing for the boy.
and girls, whether or not they are tt
go to college. It tries to make tn,
student all he can be-to give hin
the greatest power he can take on il
that time. 1t tries to give him al
complete control Of himself as posi-
BILE, and in doing this prepares hin
best for life or college. In the higl
school we need manly men and wo
menly women capable of teaching
high ideals by their very presence.
"Mere graduation from a colleg,
is by no means conclusive evidence O,
fitness to teach in the high school
However, every teacher in the higl
school should have the scholarship O.
a college graduate.
The bulletin issued by Superin
tendent Cotton is the first of series
to be given under the general head
of Secondary Education in Ind
ana.'
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-05
A Surprise Party.

A pleasant surprise party may be
given to your stomach and liver, by
taking a medicine which will relieve
their pain and discomfort, viz: DR..
Kings New Life Pills. They are
most wonderful remedy, affording
sure relief and cure for headache,
dizziness and constipation. 25c at
A. G. Luken & Co. g drug store.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-05
Ito be Continued.)

Men are quite as eager as women
to cultivate good looks. We know
Of hundreds Of men in this vicinity
that are taking HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea. Smart fellows. 35
cents. Tea or Tablets. For sale by
A. G. Luken & Co.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-05

Like crystals fair Of morning dew,
Your complexion now can be,
If you will take this good advice,
And drink Rocky Mountain Tea.
For sale by A. G. Luken & Co.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-05

dampened the journey for Warburton.
His game leg" ached cruelty. AMI
after the second mile (Which was ira
veiSed without speech from either Of
them), he fell into a slight limp. From
her seat above and behind him, she
saw this limp.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-05
G.. c. 4 L. Time Table
effective Sept. 24th.)
EAST AND SOUTH.
No. 8 Daily.

No. 8 Daily.
Leaves Richmond 9:05 9. m.
Leave Cottage Grove $50 a. m.
Arrive Cincinnati ..11:30 a. m.
No. l Daily except Sunday.
Leaves Richmond 400 p. m.
Arrives Cottage Grove $40 p. m.
Via q. 81. & D.
Leave Cottage Grove 4:59 p. m.
Leave Oxford .5:14 p. m.
Leave Hamilton ....5,:35 p. m.
Arr. Cincinnati 500 p. m.
No. 63 Sunday only
Leave Richmond .7:45 p. m.
Arrive Cottage Groves :35 p. m.
Via. q. 81. b D.
Leave Cottage Groves :43 p. m.
Leave Oxford .......9:01 p. m.
Leave Hamilton $3.50 p. m.
Arrive Cincinnati ..1O:3O p. m.
No. 2 Daily.
Via O. n. 3 D.
Leavee Cincinnati -. $3.50 a. m.
Leaves Hamiltc1 ....9:10 q. m.
Leaves Oxford 1882 q. m.
Arr. Cottage Grove ..9:48 a. m.
Via. @. O. & i.
Leav. Cottage Grove 1910 .. m.
Arrives Richmond :. 1880 q. m.
No. 4 Daily
Via. O. q. 8 L.
Leaves Cincinnati -. $50 o. m.
Leave Cottage Grove 7:03 p. m.
Arrive Richmond ..7:45 p. m
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-06
SALOON CASES DISMISSED
Board Takes Action on Request
OF the Civic Federation
Representative.

No business OF Importance was transacted
at the meeting OF the Board OF Fire and
Police commissioners last night, although
two matters OF moment had been set for
disposal at that time One of these was
the trial of the cases against twenty-five
saloonkeepers for keeping open on Sunday.
Their dismissal having been requested by
Elmer +. Thomas for the Civic federation,
they were so ordered. The other was the
petition of the flremen for a new schedule
of hours on duty so as to give each man
twenty-four hours off in each six days.
This matter failed to come up as the COM
mittee to which 1t referred at the last
meeting of the board did not report.
A communication from Samuel Curtis, the
owner OF the fire station at Eighteenth and
Harvey streets. was read, in which the
rent of the property was raised from $500
as at present, to 1850 The latter re-
counted the fact that the rent at one time
was 1850. but with the advent of hard
times was reduced $1,000. Mr.. Curtis said
he believed II to be time for the former
rate to be resumed. The letter was laid
over to be taken up later. The saloon
license of the Val Blatz Brewing company
OF Milwaukee for the storage house az
so Douglas street was ordered renewed.
and a few smaller matters disposed of
before adjournment
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-06

Ranches Near ORnIalla Save stock
but Lose Much Hny.


OGALABIA, Neb.. Feb. 5. - Especially -
A prairie fire got started Saturday in the
sand hills in the north part of the county
and. driven by a high wind. came south
and reached the North Platte valley about
Il o'clock that night. A large force of
men were on hand trying to check and
confine the fire as much as possible and
were partially successful. There is nothing
but the grass to lose by fire in the hills.
but in the valley are many valuable i'm
provements and many stacks of hay, as
well as many head Of live stock now in
winter quarters and being fed hay BY the
use OF three-disk pillow and eight mules
htched to It, driving in trot or fast walk
right ahead OF the fire with men riding
behind to put out the fire as IL reached
the furrow. and for miles and miles in this
manner combining the fire TO narrower
limits so that when IL reached the valley
II was only about three miles in width,
much more serious damage was averted.
However. a half dozen ranchers were
burned out The wind had settled little
before the fire reached the valley, so they
were able to save their buildings and live
stock. and the main loss will he the hay
stacks which were burned, though this
loss OF hay ought not to occasion loss of
stock. there would have been a surplus
Of hay. the winter having been so mild.