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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-26

which the president lived, the hurry and
hustle of the hundreds of newspaper men
who poured into the city from every
point of the compass, the alternating
hope and fear, the gathering of notables
from all parts OF the world to offer con-
dolences and the final great throb of
grief that shook city and nation when
the end came. It all seems like some
hideous dream to the BuTaionians who
went through Ii.
Some of the Monuments.
1t is but meet and proper that Buffalo,
the scene OF the assassination, should be
the site for one of the most imposing
monuments erected in his memory, and it
is also fitting that Buffalo should take
some active part in the erection OF all
other monuments Mr.. Edward L. Pausch,
the Buffalo sculptor mentioned earlier
and the man who made the Mckinley
death mask, has been the designer Of a
marble bust Of Mckinley for the Paila-
delphia PostofIice. This bust was paid
for out OF funds raised among the Phila-
delphia letter-carriers, and has the dis
tinctioa OF being the first monument to
the late lamented president that was dedi-
Gated. Buffalo, through the work of Mr.
ments now pointing skyward IN silent
conmemoration of him who was struck
down by q dastard's hand
The greatest Mckinley monument the
national monument, il il may be so called,
Will be erected at Canton, O., McEinIey's
home town. and viii be paid for by funds
gathered from every state in the Union
and almost every hamlet in every state
Here, TOO, Buffalo. IN q minor way, takes
an active part in the erection Of the rnouu-
ment, the granite for the work being sup
pied By Bison city contractor.
on the Canton monument as it stands to-
day, and also the nlausoleum. as Ii will
look when completed No satisfactory pic
ture Of the finished design including
environments have yet been made.
The Mckinley National Memorial Assoc
cations project involves the raising OF
fund Of $4,000 to pay for rhe Canton
memorial. and an additional 500, 900, TO
be converted into an endowment fund,
from the earnings OF which the uagnia-
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-26

when it is understood that the first Buff
faio paper was on the street II minutes
after the history-making shot rang out
in the Temple of Music it is not surpris-
ing that some errors crept in, nor is il
altogether strange that one paper had the
president stabbed instead of shot
People stood as If stunned after reading
the news, and as the fact slowly forced
itself upon them wept with bitter shame
at the disgrace of Buffalo. Hurrying
toward the exposition grounds, / saw
everywhere about me grimy men just
from the days toll. hurrying home and
full OF the awful news. Some went along
the streets with big, salty tears coursing
down their cheeks aud making burrows
in the dirt accumulated at an honest days
work. Others We're stony eyed and pale.
Men sat in street cars, convulsed with
sobs. and one woman, who particularly
came under nay notice, deliberately lifted
her black silk dress and blew her nose
In her petticoat Grief had made her in-
sensible OF all surroundings Perfect
strangers conversed with each other and
all social distinctions were wiped out. AS
man cotamQned with man expressions of
hatred for the then unknown wretch who
had done the deed crept into the CONVEX
satio1. Slowly the riot spirit grew, and
from telling what ought 20 be done to
the despicabie atom men began TO tell
what they had a good mind to do. and
them with Tightening of lips, what they
would 10. Many a supper was hurriedly
eaten that night and many ordinary
peace loving citizen got down town as
fast as he could TO be In at the death
TO have q part in stamping cut the life
of the anarchist1c verTnin. Happily for
the good name OF this fair country, the
police authorities had anticipated the mob
spirit and, under the com uand of Police
Captain Regan-oow the chief OF BuIalo's
departmenf-had massed every man that
coofd be spared around police headQnar-
ters. where IL was generally believed the
assassin had been taken Perhaps he was
there; perhaps not. The mob never knew.
The police never told The mob thought
he was there, however. and time and
time agafn started down the various
streets leading to the old brick buiIiing
determined to storm the stronghold OF die
In the attempt. only to be met by the wall
of ofueccatS and the coppfrs on horseback.
who used tie OATS OF their bands but
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-26

never their clubs, and SO checked the
crowd without angering it The mob
lacked a leader. and each time it dashed
itself against the police formation and
eddied away again. Captain Regain ad-
vanced his lines little further until he
was holding the crowd safe, fully two
blocks away from the point of attack. 1t
was a wild night-a never-to- be forgotten
night-with the chief executive of the
nation lying mortally wounded IN the Pan
American Exposition Hospital at one end
Of the town and the maddened hordes
angrily clamoring for the 1ifebiood Of his
assassin at the other.
Immediately after the shooting the
entrance gates at the exposition were
closed to all except those who had bust
ness on the grounds, and the pleasure
they could not get back Only very few
left, however. The Pan-American Hos
pital, TO which the wounded president
had been conveyed, was guarded by
United States marines, city police and
exposition guards. The shades of even
ing fell and the beautiful city of the
night took form, traced in lines of electric
light, and stfll the crowd fingered on,
talking in whispers and treading softly.
in startling contrast to the bowling mob
which IN another part of the city was
cfarnoring for the lifebiood of the nan
who had struck at the heart OF the
tfoa.
AS each hurrytng newspaper man or
digntfed orderly left the hospital be
would be besieged by hundreds. who
would anxiousty ask How is he1" and
with bated breath would await the an
swer.
A hearty Thank God." would greet
the answer, and through the throng
would go the words, he still lives their
passage in q whispered sound wave over
the immense sea Of human nifty being fol-
bowed by many more thank Gods
After DIR. Mann had performed the first
operation Mr.. Mckinley was removed to
the AiIburn home a little knot OF half
q dozen newspaper men and one two
spectators were the only people before
the house when the ambulance drove I'D
TO the door Then followed the anxious
days Of waiting, with the seat of the
government removed to Buffalo, the
military camped about the home In
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23
Lanuuaue of Flowers,

Acacia Friendship. American Lin
den blossom atrimony American
cowslip-Divine beauty. Four-leaved
oloyer-Be mine. Red clover-Indus-
try. White clover Think of me.
Cockscombs- Affection. Columbine -
Folly. Daffodil-High esteem. Dahlia
- Instability. Dafsy-Innocence. Dead
leayes-Sadness. Night Shade-False-
hood. Thyme-Baseness Foxglove-
Insincerity. Garden Anemone-For-
saken Jasmine -Separation. Lady's
Slipper-Capricious beauty. Hawthorn
Hope. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Hemp
Fate. Rose-Love. Ragged robin
Wit. Pansy-Thoughts. Orange bios
soms-Bridal festivities. Sweet Pea
Lasting pleasure Ox-eye-Patience.
Palm--Victory. Oleander - Beware
Acknowledgement Rose Geranium
- Preference. French Marigold -
Jealousy. Passion Flower-Religion.
Scarlet Poppy Extravaganza. White
Poppy-Sleep. Primrose-Sadness. Ii
lac-Confidence.
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(Special Correspondence.)


From the 14th of July. 1889, France
dates her era of personal liberty, a
liberty at first signalized by unbridled
license, but to-day as broad, as firm
and as just as that of our own great
republic. Like the 4th of July in the
United States, the 14th in France is
the national holiday. 1t does not
mark, as with us, the PRONUNCIATION OF
a declaration of independence, but
violent, spontaneous act of the peo-
pie by which one of the strongholds
Of the old order of royal oppression
was swept out of existence the Bas-
tile, the greatest prison in Paris.
On the ground where stood the Bias
tile. the Column of July now springs
heavenward, monument to patrio-
tism. The traveller who journeys to
the east side Of Paris to see this col
umn, justly famous as one of the best
Of the city's numerous heroic en-
blems of liberty, does SO with a mind
filed with the story of the Bastille.
He recalls some of its grim history
of more than 400 years, as told In
the strange stories that have survived
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Some Flower Names.

Camelia was named from mission
airy in the Orient, Kamel. On his re-
turn to France he brought with him
some gorgeous specimens of flower
which he called the rose of Japan. His
friends, however, gave it his name,
Camelia.
Dahlias were brought from Peru by
one Andre Dahl.
Fuchsias were named for their dis
coverer, Leonard Fuchs.
Magnolias received the name of
Prof. Magnol de Montpelier, who first
brought the beautiful trees from Asia
and America to France.
Anemone means to tremble with the
wind.
Lavender, SO called because the Ro-
mans put spray of them In the water
to perfume the hands. The Latin word
to wash is layare.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23
House TARGETS.

How many of, you boys and girls
have ever shot at a mark? Those of
you who have know what good sport
it is. Indeed it is more than just an
amusement, for it trains the eye and
steadies the hand. So many mothers,
though, object to a pistol or rifle for
their children's use that great many
boys and girls are deprived of their
pleasure of learning to shoot.
One of the new games should be
popular, indeed, for it gives the boys
and girls (and,. grown people, too a
splendid chance to become good marks
men without any danger of stray bull
lets. Better yet it can be used in the
house, and is fine way to pass rainy
day or evening,
a target, numbered from % to 100,
+ is set up on a table or wall and the
marksmen take turns shooting at it
with an air pistol. The projectile is
the real novelty about this game, as it
consists of short stick, with round
rubber disk on the end. This end,
slightly moistened, forms vacuum
when 1t strikes the tarket, and thus
sticks on the face, instead of piercing
it as would the ordinary bullet.
The rubber tip prevents all danger
of accident to player, or room or furni-
ture, while the training to the eye and
hand excellent. andst fun of pifing
up a winning score is great.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23
WITH THE PILGRIMS IN MECCA
Mohammedans Rouse Themselves to
Ecstasy of Passionate Devotion.

Mohammedans Rouse Themselves to
Ecstasy of Passionate Devotion.
Mecca, at the season of the annual
visitation of Mohammedan pilgrims
is thus described in the December
number of Everybody's, in with the
Pilgrims to Mecca" transcribed from
the narrative of Ibn Jubayr Ali OF
Bandar Abbas:
Like gigantic catafalque, som
Der, shrouded in mystery, the haaDs
rises out of the seething sea of white
garbed humanity that crowds the
great Sacred Square Of Mecca. Its
door is covered with plates OF Solo
silver, studded with silver nails. From
the exterior of the roof, above
stone marking the sepulcher OF Ism
mael, which lies at the base OF the
northern wall, there projects horl'
zontal, semicircular rain spout nve
yards long, twenty-four inches WIDE
made of massive gold. Within, the
roof is supported by three columns OF
lakewood; the walls are hung with
red velvet alternating with white
squares in which are written in Ara
bic the words: 'Allah-Jal-Jelalah'-
Praise to God the Almighty. The
building is packed with pilgrims,
praying, weeping, beside themselves
in an ecstasy of passionate devotion
Mingled with their voices there rises
from outside the chant Of the Tai
bin. the Song of the Winding-Sheet.
which every pilgrim must sing on en-
tering the Mecca, on DOMINIC the sa.
cred hiram, on entering the Haram,
and on starting for Nina, the Valley
of Desire, and Arafat, the Mountain
of Compassion"
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ton, At a given signal the turtles all
start for an objective point, which
must, be. only a short distance away.
The object is for the turtles to waddle
to the goal and back to the starting
point without removing their hands
from their feet. If any one let's go
on the way the rest cry, Dead turtle"
and the unfortunate must remain pros
trate until the first successful con-
testant reaches the. goal and on the
way back touches him with his elbow.
This gives him new life and he con-
tinues on his way. The winner is the
one who gets, back to the starting
place first
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was not erected in commemoration
of the Bastille at all, but in memory
of the dead who fell in the later up
risings Of 1880 and 1848.
The Place de la Bastille Is wide
square, formed for the purpose of set
ting off the former site of the prison,
the outlines Of which are marked in
the pavement by white stones. The
French never allow any square, edi-
fee or monument to be spoiled by
lack of perspective, and to form the
Place de la Bastille. in the center OF
which the Column of July stands,
many houses were torn down, and
the ground on which they had stood
was appropriated to the public use.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23
On Site of BastiIle
Frenchmen Have Erected Column of
July. Marking Birthplace Of Freedom

For long time after the storming
of the Bastille nothing definite was
done toward marking the spot where
it had stood. Napoleon, with his
many plans for identifying Paris,
wished to erect a great fountain in
the square, of new kind; colossal
elephant, to discharge inexhaustible
streams of pure water through Its
trunk. The project never advanced
beyond the stage of plaster cast Of
the elephant and the building of
great circular pier of stone, on which
the figure in bronze was to rest.
The Column as 1t Is.
After the revolution of 1880 the
Parisians proposed to make use Of
the base prepared by Napoleon, and
planned for it the Column of July.
On the stone pier was placed square
base of marble, and on this the ped
estal of the shaft. The column, COM
posed of five cylindrical drums OF
bronze, Is 13 feet in diameter, and its
top, 154 feet above the square, Is
mounted by symbolic figure OF the
Genius of Liberty, with golden wings
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23
Game of "Turtle."

Hero is the jolliest kind of a;game
for children, called Turtle" To com
mence let each one choose the kind
of turtle he is going to be. One will
be a-land turtle, one mud turtle, an
other a swapping turtle and still an
other tortoise, and so on. Then all
must cit down in row, with. the chin
resting on the knees, and each one
hold lis left ankle with his right hand
and his right ankle with his left hand
It is. very difficult to Keep this posi-
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another kind of gas more suited to
initiate paper AZ last one OF the
brothers succeeded in causing a silk
balloon to rise to the. ceiling Of a
room in Avignon..'in, November, 1782.-
All that winter the brothers worked
very hard. ON their experiments, and
the next. June they raised balloon
thirty-fve feet in diameter, made o.
cloth covered with paper, to height
of 1.500 feet in the open air.
When even now balloon-raising at
tracts crowd, you can imagine what
a sensation such an event created.
The people of Paris heard of it and
sent for the two brothers, who, on
Aug. 27, 1888, gave an ascension from
the Champ de Mars the largest open
space. Of the city. More than 100000
people gathered to see this strange
and wonderful sight.
What do you think were the first
living creatures to go up in balloon?
A sheep, a cock and a duck. They
were put in a-,basket attached. to a
Monteolfier balloon, and came to land
again all right, though bleating, crow
ing and quacking with fear. Their as
cension was made from Versailles, and
the poor and unfortunate king and
queen, Louis XVI. and Marie Antoin-
cite, and the little dauphin and his
sisteRs were much interested in the
whole affair, which they watched from
the palace.
THO first men to go up in balloon
wers Pilatre de Rozier and the French
Marquis d'Arlandes. in November,
1888 They we're in the air twenty
five minutes, sailing across the river
Seina and half$ofs Paris. These first
f're-ta.loons were much more danger
Gus. thaH~these- of to-day and are now
never used. About three years later
this venturesome aeronaut, Pilatre de
Roziep, was killed by his balloon fall
ing TO earth with fearful rapidly.
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it of the famous state prisoners who
lived and died within its walls. He
thinks of the most famous of all out
Of that long procession of princes and
paupers, lords and commoners, sol
diers, statesmen, priests and women,
the prisoner whose identity was never
known, as it is not to this day--the
Man with the Iron Mask. Roman
GERS have woven about this extraor-
binary state prisoner. whose counte-
nance was always covered with a
mask of iron lined with velvet, stir
ring series of scenes; and though the
Man with the Iron Mask died in the
Bastille as long ago as Nov 10, 1903,
his identity is still a subject of in
quiry, and as recently as 1891 papers
were discovered tending to throw
some small light on it, though not fix
ing it beyond question
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23
Executing a Monster Elephant.

Executing a monster ELEPHANT.
The Indian elephant named Fritz
in the geological gardens of Berlin
was Europe's largest animal until it
finally had to .be killed for distemper.
DR.. Schilling was appointed hangman.
First he tried strangulation by means
of ropes and pulleys. But the ropes
broke and the elephant remained in
tact. Next he tried poisoning. The
animal was given fodder of fresh ba-
nanas, which was devoured with a rel
ish. Then a few bananas were dip
ped in carbolic acid-but no amount
of coaxing could make Fritz Ego"
them. Finally, shooting was tried.
The heaviest big game rife was pro-
cured and shot was fired into the
left armpit. The elephant merely
looked around in surprise, the bullet
having flattened against the shoulder
blade. Then Maxim gun was pulled
up. A fusillade of projectiles was
pumped into the big beast under the
right armpit. The elephant went
down like house. In its death strug-
gle, which was studied by many sci
entists, it broke all its chains and
reduced part of the iron fence in the
paddock to scrap iron.
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half spread, bearing in one hand the
torch of civilization, and in the other
the broken chains of slavery.
Fine View of the City.
A corkscrew staircase leads to the
gallery at the top of the column, from
which a fine view of Paris may be
had, from the foreground of the broad
square, bisected by commercial
canal, that extends to the river near
by, to the uninteresting eastward
fringe of the city, and around to
Montmartre, and the dim western
suburbs, with the palace Of the
Trocadero and the Eiffel tower break
ing the skyline,
Underneath the column Is a crypt,
in which rest the ashes of the I'M
sung heroes of the barricades; around
the base are medallions in bronze
telling of their deeds and around the
shaft are gilt bands giving the names
of the more illustrious.
From an artistic standpoint the col
umn is very effective, but it owes to
the historic character Of the ground
on which it stands the visits Of many
persons who otherwise would not ex'
ert themselves to see it.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23
Various Names for Corn.

HAT would yo1
call this picture?
w h y, corn, o I
course, every one
answers; that is,
If you are an Amer.
lean. If you were
a Scotch child, you
W oul d probably
call 0 a t S corn;
while, if English
you might give
this n a m e to
wheat barley, rye,
oats. Here in the
United States we
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23
Not Monument of BastlIle.

So strong a hold does the story OF
the Bastille, its prisoners, its sack
ing by the people and demolition by
order of the legislative authority,
have on the fancy, that one forgets
until he reaches the Place de la Bas-
tile, and examines the Column of
July, that primarily the monument
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There is also another somewhat sim
liar game, called the harmless target.
This target is set with little pins. The
players throw at it from given dis
lance different colored feathers at
tached to little balls of wax.
1t makes a very exciting contest
each side, and is fine game to teach
a sense of direction and a good aim.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

BIB. Bend back the sides of the fire.
place and connect the two side panels
with the laps &C. Paste the laps ID
to the side panels and the lap e to
the back on line with the shelf.
Fold up the base, putting the laps
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

mean but one thing when we speak of
corn-that is maize or Indian corn.
We call other cereals grain or. else by
their nroner names.
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Three Kinds of Courage.

There's the courage that alerves you in
starting to climb 50
The mount of Success rising sheer Z,
And when you've slipped back, there's
g.. the: courage sublime .:
g That keeps you from shedding tear
These two kinds of courage, give you
my word
Are worthy .of tribute-but then,
You'll not reach the summit unless you've
the third
The courage of try-it-again!. .,.eft
Roy Farrell Greene in Success Maya
,o zine.
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New York Good Roads.

New York State has authorized an
expenditure Of $5O,OOO,OOO for good
roads.
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TIE First Balloon.

of the first real bal
loon, invented by
two French broth.
,ers named Mont
golfer. They made
many tests for a
long time with
paper and silk COW
erings, and even
tried to produce
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FF underneath and the strip in front
of the fireplace in the blank space G.
Bend up the clock and ornaments,
bend down the stockings and paste
the middle part to the shelf in the
blank space H.