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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-24
too MANY SIGHTSEERS
THEY ARE NOT DESIRED
Chief Of Police at San Francisco Try
ing to Prevent Them Entering the
Stricken City.
Publishers Press1

tFuuiisacfs TEeSsl
San Franciso, April 23.-Chief of Po-
lice Oman has sent the following no.
tice to the Sheriffs and Chiefs of Po-
lice of cities and towns adjourning this
city:
THE number of visitors and sight
become SO ergat that it is impeding
the work of the Relief Committee of
this city. You will confer great fav-
or on the Mayor and myself if you
will have guards stationed at every
train approaching this city and allow
no one to board them unless on bust
ness of urgent niece ssity or those who
are absolutely known to be willing to
assist in relief"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-24
Work Has Begun Again.

Work has been commenced again on
the double tracking of the Chicago
Terminal Division of the Pennsylva-
mia Lines, from Logansport to .Chica-
go, and it will be finished this sum-
mer. There remains but 43 miles to
be constructed, and this will practic-
ally complete the double tracking of
the road from Chicago to Columbus,
Ohio, via Logansport and Bradford
Junction.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-24

OF these is the Decoration day address
at Bethel. this county. Last year Gov.
crowd of three thousand people was
in the little town. Congressman Wat
son will receive q great ovation May
80 and there will be a general out
pouring of people from all parts OF
the county. -
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-24
Address to Soldiers.

Rev. Mr.. Baker, pastor of Bethel A
M. E. church, will deliver an address
to the civil war veterans of Richmond
on Sunday, May at Bethel church.
South Sixth and B streets. All old
soldiers and citizens are invited to at
tend.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-24

Prof. F. S. Lamar and wife and
daughter returned home yesterday to
Wilmington, Ohio, after visiting
friends in Richmond for several days.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-24

Miles w. Lamar, of Hegerstown,
spent yesterday with Mrs. N. s. La
mar.
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The dog did not answer. Possibly
the iuanity OF such optimism struck
him as unanswera BILE Anyway. he sat
there on the front walk. alert, dirty.
brighJ-eyed. Scared little street vet
erdn. and the woman and the child
looked down az him.
He won't eat much. He amt big
enough % eat much"
1T isn't that, darling. There's plenty
and 20 spare. but he's such a dirty
dog and $3.50 ugly"
81 don't think he's ugly, and he's
very. very 'fectionate dog cried the
child. dropping upon his knees beside
the dog and Caressing the little bald
pate.
MugCins looked AT the child CRATE
fully. AT the woman thoughtfully. lie
knew he was dirty and ugly. and ne
knew he did not eat much-but for
that there were other reasons than
his limited capacity. His situation was
not "a new one. He often followed
children home. children who adored
him, and led him around by a rope
and made extensive and loving prepar-
atoms 10 keep him always This
mother was kinder than some. but
Muggins knew that her kindness was
for the child. not for him. Experience
had taught him differences. AS he
blinked cheerfully I'm the September
sunlight. and nestled close TO the boy.
Muggins figured that this kindness was
worth-wel. a dinner and possibly a
shelter for the highland possibly
breakfast, if the child's admiration
held out that long.
II would be pleasant. Muggins
thought. as. the question settled for
the time, the little boy tied him 10
tree with d few Yards Of cotton rope
the usual process. and trotJed of To
get some scraps. II would be pleasant
10 stay while-at least as long as
one wanted TO- lie had stayed three
DAYS at the last place; that was a
long time 10 stay at one place! And
il WAS a lovely place. with shining car
TiaEeS coming and going and pretty
girl In a tiny white apron shaking
rugs at him and laughing I'm the end.
though he had run away; slipped the
bright new collar. and got through the
back gate when the ice man left il
open. As he thought Of the heapcd-
up plate OF meat sCraps-With gravy
q deep sigh ruffied Muggins' honest
breast. Sometimes he wished he had
stayed. IL certainly is comfortable 10
be sure of the next meal, But that
poodle. that arrogant poodle. with his
head uD and his ribbon Just so-no
dog with any brains could endure such
a sissy, For two whole DAVIS the
poodle sat ON a cushion in the win
dow and looked out at Muggins. bark
ing sometimes. but for the most part
Just idly staring as II Muggins were
really the most curious creature He
couldn't fight him-the little coward
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wouldn't come out So Muegius ran
away. and when the little boy came
home from driving with his mamma
and found the COLLAR Gnd the twisted
rope. he cried 50 hard that The foot
man was finally sent 30 find the
dirty little thing
But Muggius sped last over the pare
ment Unt3 slowing up 20 let a heavy
dray pass -c saw a little whiJe-aud-
black dog anNiously watching a hole
ln the corner of a big weather beaten
hos which he'd been dumped ia a lot
given up 20 refuse. He knew the white
aud-blscE dog casually-Uhey had
stolen several things together. so Mug
gins and the white-and- black dog
watched the hole until IL grew SO
dark they couldn't see. but the rat
didn't come out. Then they scared up
a cat and chased her into a back yard;
the cat escaped up tree, the dogs
barking furioUsly at her, just for fun.
Then a man came out of the house
and hit the other dog with a brick bat
and Muggins darted down the alley.
barking loudly just for fun He found
his supper. half a bun, on the sidewalk
near a cheap lunch counter. and went
10 sleep on a doorstep. having followed
home an old man who carried a small
brown package and said. "Doggie.
Doggie" I'm a quavery voice Mugglns
thought very beautiful
And IN another part Of town in a
house so big and wlite that poor chill
dren stared at IT. a onely rich" little
boy sobbed himself o sleep clasping "a
soiled dog collar. If MuSSins had
known that, possibly he would have
gone back. because he was. as the child
told his mother. a cry affecuonate
dog. The rich" 'g.,e boy was lonely
and the poor little dog was homeless;
they might have been very happy
friends. But Mugs ns didn't know the
little boy wanted him. so he slept
soundly on the doorstep and the little
boy sobbed himself 10 sleep.
But on this particular September
afternoon Muggins walked sedateIy
around the tree and ate al sorts OF
dclicacics stolen from the kitchen by
the new little boy. He wondered why
they always tied him. if he liked it.
he would stay; II ne didn't. he
wouldn't. What was the use OF tying
him: The new little boy had To 20 To
school, but he confded 10 MugginS.
with many caresses. that IL was only
a kindergarten AID that he would be
home pretty soon Muggins wondered
whe' sort cf a school that was, but he
wa glad that the new little hoy went
10 school in a garden. That was
something like, lie kTew all about
school; a school is "a big building. like
a barn. where they make all the
children sit in rows and a woman
with a piece of glass before her eyes
SAYS, "QuieU. pleasei' He hated
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school. the children always had to
stop playing right Ia the midst Of
a game, maybe and 90 iutO those
solemn. stuhy rooms and get still
Mugsius often. wondered IL 10 HurJ
them 20 get "sg.N." He had got sim
once A horse kicked him. he was
teasing the morse Just BOO ~-e him
Jump. and when De- got l1 thinking
about IT. he found -lsj aa was still
and that il hurt ureadfully. After
that, he always uiued the children.
for ne knew bow t hurt 60 get still
While the new little boy was at
school Muggins lying al ease in
=, spectacle back yard. dozed the af-
teruU1n away. lie thought ne was
with mis- mother again in The tumble
down old barn he was born in. u was
JUST like IL was q long time ago. the
mice and the hay and the old rugs.
He was chewing old harness. he and
his nine brothers, all exactly like him
What a time they were having pull
ing and hauling and rolling over each
other, They all went away at once.
one day. all his brothers, Muggins
never knew why or where. His moth
a. looked sadder bu; never said any
thing about it. though Mugg!ns knew
she knew But she Was kinder after
that and he had a whole halter 10
gnaw on. But II Is no fun gnawing
IN Yourself! And one day, when he
was quite a big dog and didn't care
for haIters any more. his mother came
home and acted so queer that il scared
Nfugslns terribly. Then, an Of a sud
den. she lay down ana got very still
on the hay in the corner and MugEns
could not get her TO move. though he
tried till il got dark
The next day the man VINO came 10
feed his horse took her away and she
didn't mOve-not once, for Muggins
watched, He worried along 10y him
self through the winter. hoping some
of them would come back. At last he
sot tired of being kicked by the man
who kept his horse in the barn and
he went away himself. following the
man down the long dusty road-such
a long road, That was good while
ago. ne had seen many things since
then. No. il was yesterday. he could
smell the musty harness-the man
was shouting 10 his horse-he was
drunk and Muggins was trying TO
hide. No. 1t WAS only the new little
boy come back from school! Mug
gins leaped up-so glad il WAS a
dream!-and. after a happy romp, the
boy and the dog lay on the grass.
their heads together, their loving eyes
fun Of dreams
When the new little boys father
came home he said. GU can't keep
that dog!' Then, when the little boy
cried to keep Muggins. his father said.
Well well. Wen see!' But when it
was dark the man came out ana cut
the rome and said. Get out OF this
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and kicked him. 1t was not q hard
kick. bat distinctly a kick, any court
would call il such. il courts took any
account Of dogs.
Get out of this cried the man.
Al.I Muggius got
Muggius was tired OF everything
dead tired He wiShed-hs didn't know
what he wished. he wished ne knew
what tn wish for. Tie couldn't have
IL. OF course but il would Dee a relief
10 wish FOR some one thing Besides.
II he wished for r ana EoI IT, hr
would want something else. so what
was the use of wishing All he want
I'd was 10 DO as ne pleased. lie had
always pitied and despised dogs who
are petted and made babies Of. Think
of taking the air" al the end of II
chain at exactly 3 O'Clock every day.
walking solemuly around the block
like a procession. The thought made
AIuggins almost iu. But-well they
never get kicked. There is something
in that
MusEins didn't think he was home
sick. never having had "a home. how
could ne be sick for IL" Certainly he
was not homesick. nor lonesome. He
preferred 10 live so. Re was merely
weary Of everything he lnew, every
thing he WAS used 10. lie knew al
the boys and the dogs-CasualIy. As
we'll as one would care 10 know them
lie knew what they would say and do
next. they had always said ana done
IL He knew all the cats, a most
monotonous lot Of cats, thought Mug
gins. In disgust. He was sitting Ola
the curbstone. looking down the
street. quite tired of IL all
For a long time ne meditated; people
stumbled against him. a child or two
spoke 10 him; an old pal passed uu-
noticed: cat went by. high-headed,
nervous cat a profound temptation 10
a dog like Muggins, but ne made no
sign. Oh!iVious OF everything. he med
itated tni the winter sun fell plump
behind the tall buildings. Yes, ne
would go far. Ear away; nobody cared
whether he went or stayed; there was
nobody To ask. lie would go tomor-
row. things couldn't be worse He
would go-go down the long frozen
road that stretched away through an
unknown country! His decision made.
Muggins got up. yawned, stretched,
yawned again, and found he was
hungry. lie looked about him eau
tiously An the Dutchman's market
Muggins knew the place; the sausases
were very good and tie Dutchman
couldn't turn around very fast Mug
gins looked around absently as II
thinking of something else, saw no
Dutchman. sneaked up to the crock Of
sausage on the low Der In front OF
Jhe shop
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"Heave a potato at that dog. viii
you?'
The voice wasn't the Dutchman's but
Nluggius thought Dee could make il, he
had reached the Crack-a flying some
thing hit him 1a the side and he fed.
hgv.Iing. Blinded with pain, he ran
into q push cart. the cart OF % popcorn
man who was lu hurry. Maybe the
puucorn man didn't see Naggins-it
was early winter dark. but the wheel
struck the dog and he reeIed and fell
into the stone gutter The man and
the cart went their way, The dog lay
uratfnuless. Pretty soon the boy who
lights the street lamps came gathering
along on his WHY roam pony. He
stopped under the lamp. opened il, lit
Il. saw the little heap on the stones
and studied IL curlously, leaning from
his horse.
Dead dog he said. aloud. "Dern
if faint. 90 long. Jerry
Perhaps the CHATTER stirred the little
dog into Consciousness. A shiyer,
long, quiveriuE breath. ard Muggns
got mp dizzy and weak. bur with all
his senses about him, and Imped away
some months later NIuggins was
shop an marble and glass and gold.
lie was fond OF walking there, because
50 many people wee AL the time com
ing and goins, ana nobody ever seem
ed lonesome OF hungry. and he did not
remember having been kicked on that
u..rrfrIIar corner He was pretending
IN 1r- interested iU high. qIee- wagon.
drawn by -four horses. lu-J stood by
the curb. Pretending, Tor MIEElnS was
a proud dog and never seemed 10 care
:tb.ul uetfu.e lie pretended 10 be in
L. eSted Iu the bright wagon, he was
really interested in a girl III a red hat
vino was eating an Ice IN the beautI-
f4I Sluu. Sue reminded Alugglns of the
pretty girl VINO shook rugs a. him and
laughed once, long ago When the
Marty came out Oh the beautiful shop
Muggius forgot TO pretend. and just
looked up lovingly at the girl in the
red hat She was very lovely; her
ewes went everywhere
you poor little dog, Harry, see-he
looks broken-heartedY
Somebody laughed.
" 'Broken-hearted" That's goodl
Measly little curt
The girl stopped over the dog.
you poor little fellow Are you
very unhappy
Muggins YVES too much OF gentle
man To grieve "a gracious girl. so ne
just looked up at her lovingly.
Harry. may II should iikr-'-
Come on, Mildred. and leave that
little wretch alone"
She saw that they were waiting for
her and she went 10 the wagon quiet
IN and climbed To one of the high
seats All the others were getting fix
ed with much laughter and fiuttering
OF ribbons. Muggins watched them,
they were having such a good time he
was glad he was there, The horses
stamped. impatient TO go. a man sound
ed a horn. loud. clear. ringing notes.
the groom sprang from the horses
heads-it was all 50 Intoxicating. Mug
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gins was wild with delight! When
they dashed away, Muggins. barking
joyOusly. ran after them-it was all So
lovely. On went the big shining wag-
on and on followed Muggins. barking
joyously and keeping his eyes on The
red hat lie soon began 10 pant q lit
Jle-his side began To- hurt him
Harry. that poor little dog"
Mlggius heard and Barhed "a joyous
assurance. but his side hurt MN
worse, he was falling behind
Harry, let him ride. He wants
10 so"
Mildred do try 10 be sensible
AusiUs heard and stopped. The
wagon Went oui MugslnS stood still
In the road. His loving eyes followed
the lOu until "a turn IN the road
hid 10 from Eim-Jhe beautiful. shin
IuE wagon, He had meant to follow
HrT-to hear her voice alWayS-I0 live
and die near her-0r some such feel
ing. II is hard To analyZe such senti-
ments in the case Of a common little
dog like NuEgins.
When the wagon had quite gone, he
trotted slowly back 10 town. He was
tired ana hungry and sore, and his
side hurt. he felt that he was run
ming all sideways-it was very ridicu-
l0us. Tie was passing a meat shop.
be started in-they often gave him
Damn thar dog" cried a tail man.
ana kicked him Muggins darted cut
he couldn't run straight. somehow.
The bls car stopped with a Jolt. The
conductor went forward.
Well replied the motormsn. It's
q dog.
II reckon so. We struck him
The motorman. muttering, stepped
down. examined something and kicked
il from the track. The passengers
looked on.
Mamma. why don't we start"
asked pretty child, who could not
see what was going on, 81 do not
like 10 wait"
We viii in a minute. darling. It is
only a dog
IAN rieht?" called the motorman
from his post.
An right" answered the conductor
with TWO bells.
I DO not ask YOU TO pity Muggins.
he was not q moral dog. tie stole
things and he deceived people He hlt
a child once. little boy, hungry, too,
who tried 10 take away a bone Mug
gins had. ] do not claim that Auggins
did rot know better than he did
only say that he had much 10 contend
against His ideals were not high. bur
some philosophers have held that our
ideals are not separable from Our cN-
perience. lie did not care much Tor
other dogs. but possibly his yt~N ion'il-
ness was punishment enough for thai
He was kicked and beaten and driven
away. ne was hungry and cold AMI
lonesome He never had a home and
his personal habits were not refined.
But IL is hard To grub along bN your
self in a world fun OF people, hard 10
90 hungry IN "a world full OF food
do not ask Won 20 pity Muggins. he
was not a moral dog 7 only say that
he had much To contend against
II. REA WOODMAN.
Washington. y. G.. I114 . street
northwest.
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around in Italy and Switzerland,
they happened. one day. TO hear ot
a monastery in the Swiss Alps that
promised something outside OF the
ordinary tourist-beguiling attrac-
tions. The monastery was almost
inaccessible 10 the average sightseer.
being on an extremely rugged and
precipitous spur of the mountains.
The attractions it possessed but did
not advertise were, first, an exclu-
sive and divine cordial made by
the monks that was said to far sur
pass benedictine and chartreuse.
Next a huge brass bell so purely
and accurately cast that II had not
ceased sounding since it was first
rung three hundred years ago.
Finally. il was asserted that no
Englishman had ever set foot with
in its walls. Eyres and Gillian de-
cided that these three reports called
for investigation.
Ii took them two days with the
aid of two guides to reach the mon
astery of St. Gondrau. II stood upon A
frozen, wind-swept crag with the
snow piled about il In treacherOus,
drifting masses. They were hOspit-
ably received by the brothers whose
duty Il was 10 entertain the infre-
quent guest. They drank OF the pre-
cious cordial, finding il rarely potent
and reviving They listened 10 the
great. ever-echoing bell, and learned
that they were pioneer travellers, in
those gray stone walls, over the Eng
llsSman whose restless feet have
trodden nearly every corner of the
earth
AT o'clock on the afternoon they
arrived. the two young Gothamites
stood with good Brother Cristofer in
the great. cold hallway of the mon
astery TO watch the monks march
past on their way 10 the refectory.
They came slowly, pacing by twos,
with their heads bowed. treading
nOiselessly with sandaled feet upon
the rough stone flags. AS the pro-
cession slowly filed past. Eyres sud
denly gripped Gillian by the arm.
Look. ne whispered eagerly. at
the one just opposite you now-the
one on this side. with his hand at
his waist--if that isn't Johnny Bell
CLEANERS then never saw him"
Gillian saw and recognized the lost
glass of fashion.
What the deuce" said he. Won
deringly. lis old Bell doing here
Tommy. I surely cant be he Never
heard Of Bell having a turn for the
religious. Fact is. I've heard him say
things when a four-in-hand diCn
seem TO tie mp just right that Guild
bring him up for court-maruaI before
any church
IT'S Bell, without a doubt" said
Eyres. firmly. cor I'm pretty badly
in need of an Oculist But think
of Johnny Bellchambers. the Royal
High Chancellor of swell toys and
the Mahatma of pink teas, up here
in cold storage doing penance in a
snuH-coIorqd bathrobe, ! can't ger
it straight in my mind. Let's ask
the jolly old boy that's doing the
honOrs,
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Brother Cristofer was appealed to
for information. BY that time the
monks had PASSED into the refec-
tory. lie could not tell to which
one they referred. BelIchambers?
Al. tha brothers OF ST Gondrau
abandoned their worldly names
when they took the vows. Did the
gentlemen wish 10 speak with one
Of the brothers? II they would
come TO the refcctory and indicate
the one uney wished 10 see, the
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- passive 10 the power or an
esthetlcs and knives and
firm. skiUfuI. raAid hands
they took me to the dissect
ir- room, ou the top floor OF the big
medical college. Below lay the city,
where q live man IS worth what he
can do. and a dead man what can he
done with him. The wide windows
were open and The fresh air W'pt in.
stirring the s0iled and stained Iluslm
aprons that hung against tho wall.
ON the four narrow tables lay what
had been four human bodies-Or so
the faxed-polIed medic told me.
Doubtless ne knew From his general
superI0rlty one felt that he knew
something; perhaps this was IT, Apart
from the other bodies. near the end
windows. a sheet covered what, from
It's outline did Ruggest the human and
Z turned 10 IL with relief.
The grinning medic, with a fine
sense OF the dramatic, turned back
the sheet A dead man; large, we'll
made; firm. coarse features, lron-gray
haIr. cropped close. hands toil-stained
and muscular. flesh coarse. white. and
hard. In the neck, a small. clean.
EAL1lEAk EA"all ah'ata W t'.h 81 t'-Nfr- 'rN-N-N@
the stub end OF "a wire.
suicide
The medic shook Its head.
No, that's where We fixed him,
you know"
on the forehead. over the right eye,
there was a big purple splotch, the
only flaw I'm that human alabaster
What's that2"
THAT'S where ne was struck-killed.
day before yesterday. Collision down
by Bonneville. YOU know. He was bum
ming his way. Pretty tough, wasn't IT,
Not bad looking; good head. Mighty
stir now. though, His games played.
poor devili" ratified the faNen-polled
medic.
locke, at him, then 81 IT, Between
the unknown dead and the ambitious
boy, between the man whose game.
was played and the boy whose game
Was but commenced stretched the in
nnicude of Gods silence. Later. "A
dozen students. smoking and tossing
plat.rudes. gossip technical slang, and
professional profanity. would work
upon that body. And rightly so.
Whereas DE had been alive. he was
now dead. and n dead man is worth
what can be done with him. Nobody
cared OF. more exactly. nobody who
knew cared.
"But, my dear child, we don't want
that dog
The voice was not ungentle, only
remonstrant. The dear child looked up.
"But, mamma. leslie hasn't any
homei'
"Oh, veil. he gets along all right
Don't yO-I. duggle2'