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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
SINGING FOR NOTHING


Writing OF the trials anu fluctuations
OF American singers who go to Europe
70 gain recognition. Mildred Aldrich IN
the Theater Magazine says:
ITO most singers who have sought
recognition abroad there is but one
drawback to the European career 1t
Is not love OF home that lures them
back to the United States. 1t is money
1t looks fine to put de ropera' or de
POpera ComIque' on ones visiting
card, as is the habit in Europe, but
there is another side to it. Many a
debutante has sung at the Opera Co
mique for nothing. some have paid, and
some have had the magnificent salary
Of 200 francs month Gust shy of S4o).
One of the most prominent debutantes
at the opera saw 5000 francs paid over
for her debut, and one woman who
was there two years as a regular mera.
Der of the trouf: earned COCO francs q
year GS25 q week., and she was con-
sidered favored Cities like Bordeaux
often get debutantes at 300 francs
$500 a month, and in theaters Of that
sort singers provide their own cos
tunes, SO ii is small wonder that, hav-
ing got ones education, one wants to
earn money in the United States"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
Snake Hunting With Noses.

When the Australian aborigine is
pushed and can find no other game, he
catches snakes for food. With his Won
derful brown eyes he can see the faint
est trail where a snake has zigzagged
through the dry moss and leaves. At
nighttime his broad nostrils take up
the chase, and, STOPPING down among
the bushes. with tough forked stick
in his hand to support him, he follows
the track as unerringly as blood
hound. When he runs a snake to earth,
If he cannot surprise it in the open and
kill it by sudden blow Of his stick,
he squats over it's hole, making a low
kissing or whistling sound with his
lips. Soon the snake puts it's head out
Of the hole and peers round. In an in
slant the forked stick descends and
fixes it to the ground by the neck, and
the black fellow, Selling it behind the
head, so that it cannot bite him, drags
it out Of the hole and either twists it's
head off or pounds it on the ground
till it's back is broken.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
Humanity and machinery.

Machinery is the cornerstone Of mod
ern society, the very foundation on
which law, science, ethics, the arts,
even the state itself, rests. 1t is so
new that we do not yet know its
poetry. We do not yet understand.
Only two generations have lived be-
side the highway of steam; only one
has seen the Bessemer converter trans
form the blacksmith into the master
builder of ships and towers. The sew
ing machine. the far speaker, the type
writer. are common things of today. ac-
cepted as a matter of daily conven-
fence, and yet are they teachers Of the
people. Machines that come close 70
our lives and homes insensibly teach
truth. precision. the adjustment Of uni
versal laws to human needs, respect
for that wise American idea that
labor saved is labor released for high
er and nobler toll. The machine is the
head master of the high school Of the
race.-Reader Magazine
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
At a French Wedding.

A wedding feast is an important
ceremony III France among all classes
of society. Even among the very poor
est OF the Parisians a wedding banquet
is the occasion for a reckless e-pendi-
ture of money in the purchase of wine
and yiands. In Brittany IL wedding is
even a more gorgeous affair than in
Paris. At recent wedding ceremony
in Brittany the guests numbered 1900,
and three bullocks were slaughtered
to provide them with meat. Wine was
consumed in large quantities. and In
addition forty barrels of cider was con-
suned
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
FRANCHISE PREVENTS IT
PANHANDLE CAN'T BUY ROAD
Line Between Dublin an5 Richmond
Must BE Operated by Traction Com
pany fer the Next Sixty Years
Railroad Barred.

Even If reports sent out from Wall
street are correct in regard to the
purchase of the indianapolis & East
ern Interurban Railway by the Penn
sylvania Lines, that part of the Indi-
annapolis & Eastern that was former
ly the Richmond Street & Interurban
Railway canr be owned or operated
by the Pan Handle Railroad company.
By the franchise that was granted
in 1900 to the promoters of the Rich
mond Street & Interurban, a provis-
ion the sale of the road to the Penn
sylvania, or it's leased lines is for
hidden and for that reason, if the en-
tire I. & E. system were bought. the
franchise still exists between Rich
mond and Dublin, and the road be-
tween the two places can not belong
to the Pennsylvania Lines until the
expiration of 60 years.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
Safe For a short Distance.

A young man who is blessed with a
Scotch kinsman need never fear that
he will be allowed to hold too high an
opinion of himself.
"What CO you think of my project to
study law" asked young Witherby Of
his great-uncle. Robert Donaldson, a
person whom he was DESTROYS to pro
pitiate.
II should call it a vera harmless
amusement" said Mr.. Donaldson dry
ly after n comprehensive survey of the
young mans fatuous face and gay
attire, 'if not carried too far"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
How to Use Brains.

A head man In a mandatory was
watching a drayman Juggling at a
heavy case one day. The draymans
face was red, and the muscles Of his
neck were bullying. The overseer. says
a writer in the Baltimore Sun, thought
it was the right moment to offer prac.
tical assistance.
"Wait a minute there he said. Let
me show you how easy it Is when you
use a little brain with your muscle -
And he grabbed hook, stuck it into
the case, gave yank and went sprawl,
ing into the gutter under the dray. He
got up. looked at the hook and said,
"Confound it. the handle comes Off"
"Yes, sir" said the drayman respect
fully. MY brain told me that, and
didn't use it,"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
A Lucky Circum st ance.

In the house of commons no incident
is greeted with more hearty laughter
than that of member who, after an
eloquent ration, pumps down OH his
silk hat on the bench behind him. A
young member who had just made his
maiden speech sat upon his new silk
hat. There were roars Of laughter.
An Irish member Immediately arose
and gravely said, "Mr. Speaker, per-
NIT me to congratulate &c honorable
gentleman upon the III 'py circum.
stance that when he sat on his hat his
head was not in itv' This remark up.
set the dignity Of the house, and the
speaker called "Order. ORDER" amid
roars of laughter.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

Housewives are apt to judge the
quality of groceries by the price paid
for them As al Illustration of this a
grocer tells the following story: Il
had two qualities of tiour-one 1pe and
the other poor One day l accidentally
sold one for the other. My customers.
who paid high price for the poor
quality. said that 1t had given entire
satisfaction. while those who had re-
ceived the fine flour for low price
complained OF 1t. and fcw returned il
as unfit for use"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
Honesty,

Let honesty be as the breath Of thy
soul and never forget to have a penny
when all thy expenses are enumerated
and paid: then shall thou reach the
point of happiness. and independence
shall be thy shield and buckler, thy
helmet and crown; then shall thy soul
walk upright. nor stoop to the silken
wretch because he hath riches. nor
pocket an abuse because the hand
which offers 1t wears a ring set with
diamonds.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
Planets With Three Suns.

The people inhabiting the planets In
the solar system of Gamma have no
need of electricity. gas. oil or other
kind Of artificial light In those IA
yored worlds they have continuous
daylight and probably have no idea OF
land like ours which Is alternately
bathed in sunlight and plunged into
darkness The Gammaaean planets
are so situated that as soon as one
OF their three suns begi2s TO dec.iac
anot,,c- appears in sight. Each Q;
these three Suns is OF n different color
red, yellow and itlue.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
NOTICE TO ICE CONSUMERS.

We have been out of the retail trade
for the past five years. We will start
to deliver ice to tn citizens of Rich.
mond on April first, and solicit your
patronage, guaranteeing good service
and prompt delivery All telephone
communications will receive prompt
attention and courteous treatment
UNION ICE Co,
-... a.#@. Otto Rettig, Mgr
Phones: Home, GAL; Bell, 10 R.
Factory and Office, West Third and
Chestnut.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

Prison Visitor-My friend. you ought
not to complain. You are here to sat
isfy the demands of justice. Prisoner
Not much l am. For months my
creditors kept urging me to raise mon
ey and then when raised check they
put me in Jail. I'm blamed if can see
how you call that justice.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
Not Worth While.

1t doesn't pay to be a crook
And with the crooks go crook1ng.
Because your record will rise up
Some time you are not looking;
Will rise up when you're trying hard
To lose it or forget 1t.
And in the region OF the neck
Is just where you will get It.
You see a thing that looks real good
And think 1t would be funny
To so in on the sly and get
piece OF easy money.
You start in in the bloom of youth
To be a busy CRATER.
Forgetting you may bump into
very large hereafter.
The prison does not always get
The man whose ways are shady,
But public scorn comes round, and
she's
A most annoying lady.
And, though your fortune may not
At once to be SO ample,
Fond mothers will not see in you
horrible example.
It's always best to play the game
AS Hoyle has made the ruling.
You find as in experience
You get a larger schooling.
The crooked way may hold at first
A very great attraction,
But later you will find 1t has
A double geared back action.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
Affection.

Talk not of wasted affection, AT,
lection never was wasted. If it en-
rich not the hear. OF another. IFS wa
tiers, RETURNING back TO their springs
like. the rain. shall fill them full Of re-
freshins: that which the fountain sends
forth returns again to the fountain
Longfellow.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
Public Speakers.

There are only two kinds of speak
ers. The first is the man who is max
Ing a good speech and won't finish.
The second is the man who is making
bad speech and can't finish. The lat
ter Is the lonser.-Illustrated London
News.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
After the Wrong One.

HE is a man
after my own
heart" exclaim-
ed the loyal
friend.
Il wish he
were after
mine" softly OBJ
served the bach
elor girl.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
The Original LOBBYIST.

The lobbyist was n conspicuous part
OF the first government established by
Adam and Eve in the garden Of Eden
He was a serpent.-Washington c. Fl.
Record
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
Palladium Want Ads Pay.

The Starr Piano Company will have
an opening in its warsroom and new
music parior3 c. Saturday evening.
Music and f'cwers.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

The Starr Plano Company will have
an opening in it's wareroom and new
music parIors on Saturday evening.
Music and flowers.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

You don't know how mean you Gun
feel until toothache plays you an &C
compartment to 4 boil on the back Of
your neck.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
Obvious.

They talk about leading the simple
life. Where do they lead 1t tor
ITO water, of course"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

Perhaps cleanliness is next to godli-
ness. but LONELINESS ought to be
close second.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

The less you say about your good
qualities the better they are apt to be.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

Experience keeps a dear school. but
fools will learn at no other and scarce
ly at that.-Franklin.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
No Far Trade.

"Jenks has just been telling me the
story Of his life
what had you ever done to him?'
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

Civilization is responsible for gold
filed teeth. Do you wonder some
shake their heads when ii Is under dis
cussion?
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
A Way She Has,

Though mild in manner March comes In,
The trick Is just to work US.
No matter how II may begin,
Twill go out like a circus.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
Looked the Part ANYWAY.

Why stands the maiden on the beach
In bathing dress arrayed?
Why shrinks this timid startled peach
AS though she were afraid?
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

If any business Is profitable long
enough it will become respectable.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
The Exclamation.


you might not believe it, but that
girl with the set of diamond hatpins
that you see over yonder is the most
beautiful in the state
"Ah, l see! What life insurance COM
pany is her father president Off"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
A Common Story.

Odd you lose anything in the gold
miner
Yes; my faith In human nature, be-
sides q little money"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
Humor ano Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
BY DUNCAN N. SMITH

You can talk a man to death, but
you can't make him think
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

OF course every woman loves roses?
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
Want Ads.
READ THISl

which personal does not
ter these Free providing they
words in length business advertise
inserted free of char Advertisers will do well to
directed Only delivered
through the postodiee.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

1t is charitable not to judge a mans
truthfulness by the stories he tells.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

If you can't blow your own horn. hire
a trombone player.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

Sometimes a little fiattery will
change the whole complexion Of things.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
Stole His Lies.

''He Is such liar"
"Oh, all men are liars"
Yes; but he is such an unoriginal
one"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

WANTED-A girl for general house
work. No washing or ironing 1872
n. 18th street
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

Some people who have a clean col
science must use formaldehyde.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

Her bathing suit Is short and sweet
And much inclined to cling;
The outfit is from head to feet
Too cute for anything.
But not q mermaid's glfttering I'm
Could coax her in the pool,
Because she learned her swimming in
A correspondence school.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

LOST-A steel bead purse attached
to a navy blue belt. Please leave
at Home Telephone operating
room.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
HOODS MODEL DEPARTMENT STORE

Trading All Divery-Now 1919;
Old Phone 13RStore Friday Saturday Evenings
%11-4i3 Main Street
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

LOST-A bunch of keys belonging to
Frank Newman, near Eighth and
North e streets. Finder please re-
turn to Mr.. Newman.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

LOST-One Brown Storm Cover for
Horse. Return to J. M. Eggemeyer
Reward.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

POSITION WANTED-By a thor
oughly competent stenographer and
general Office woman. Ten years ex.
perience. Best references. Ad-
dress 140 Linwood street, Dayton,
Ohio. 30-6t
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
objectionable.

There Is a GOODNESS between Jones
and Brown"
Yes, Jones called Brown life in
surance director the other day"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

LOST-Persian Band Comb. Finder
return Home Telephone ONCE.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
MONEY LOANED.

At low rates-easy terms.
Thompson's Loan and Real Estate
Agency, 10 N. 7th street. Balls
Home Phone No. 232. 1-19-fri&sattk
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
MONEY LOANED

MONEY LOANED.
AT low rates-easy terms.
Thompson Loan and Real Estate
Agency, 10 N. 7th street.
1-19-fri&sat-tf
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31
PALLADIUM WANT ADS.
FOR RESULTS.

FOR RENT-Furnished room with
heat ard bath. No. AZ South Tenth
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

WANTED-To buy or rent for three
months a set of mechan cal draw
ing instruments. Home Phone S41.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

SITUATION WANTED-As farm
hand to work by month by able.
willing and experienced man. Ad-
dress E. A. Wright, 305 ~ 8th st.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

WANTED-A good white girl for gen
eral housework at ITO North 10th
street No washing.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

WANTED-Experien men In trim
ming department, cutter. seat and
top man. Address Peters Buggy
Company, Columbus, Ohio
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

FOR RENT-A nicely furnished
room with heat and bath, at ~ S.
Tenth street
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

WANTED-A good country girl wants
position as a housekeeper. Call
at 2l1 South 14th street.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

WANTED-A young man with BIZ
cycle, wiling to work. Bee Hive Gro
Gerry Company.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-31

WANTED-At 800 North Tenth
street, an experienced girl for gen.
eral homework; good wages to the
right party.
The Dickinson press., 1906-08-11
Talking Shorthand.

Through the courtesy of The navy &C.
partment several distinguished naval
experts from Russia Wee, together
with the embassy's naval attache, con-
Quoted through the Washington navy
yards gun shop.
The party was in charge Of an Amer
lean naval officer, who had told OF for
the service a couple Of Irish employees
Of the yard needed to move certain
pieces Of ordnance.
AS they passed through the various
departments the Russians occasionally
%conversed with each other in their ma
tive tongue, a circumstance which the
quick Irishmen at once noted with in
terest. At last one Of the workmen
could no longer conceal his curiosity.
Nudging his fellow workman. he said,
mike, al We understand anything
those fellows is saying?"
''Of course not" responded the other.
'"They're spanking in shorthand"
The Dickinson press., 1906-08-11
Remarrying.

"Do widows or widowers most re-
marry?" said the reporter.
"Widows. Widows decidedly" the
minister answered.
"And how do you account for that
fact?"
II account for it on the monetary
rather than on sentimental grounds.
Widows remarry oftener than widow
ers. They are alone, and they may
have a child or two, and all the money
they can call their own Is a life insur-
ance policy for $1,000 or $1,000. So
they remarry. They remarry speedily.
With much wisdom acquired from
their first marital experience they
have no difficulty in persuading some
prosperous and steady young man to
set them afloat upon a second matri-
monial voyage. Widowers are most
apt to remain single if they have chill
dren. Eight out of ten of the widow
ers whom I renarry are childless men,"
The Dickinson press., 1906-08-11
NEW ENGLAND TAVERN5.
Rough and Ready Liquor Laws Of the
Early Days

Rough and Ready Liquor Laws of the
Early Days.
In the early settlement Of New Eng
land taverns were found to be a neces-
sity, and hence We're established by
law. They were usually under the sane
ton and surveillance Of the town otIi-
Gals, says Mr.. Hudson in ''Ihc History
Of Concord. Mass" and these officials
had to grant, limit or revoke an inn
holders license, either as a %victualler
or a seller Of liquors.
The keeper Of the ordinary might be
a deacon, d military officer, a civil OFF,
cial or a deputy to the general court.
His house was Il convenient place for
convOcutions, important or unimpor-
tant, and there might be held in it a
parish meeting, Il military election, q
council Of clcrgymen or m assessors
talk.
So important was the ordinary that
its affairs, such us the establishment Of
prices, the limitation Of patronage and
the quality and quantity Of goods to
be sold, were regulated by colonial law.
In order to discourage the use of
strong drink ut these places it was en-
acted about 1854 by the colonial court
that not over Il penny Il quart should
be charged for all purchased out of
mealtimcs. 1t was also ordered that
not more than a penny a drink should
be charged for any beverage. This was
done to make the business of dramsell-
ing Improbable. At another time it
was enacted by law that every inn
keeper should sell good beer, "lest a
traveller for want of it might purchase
wine"
A law was passed ut an early date
by which a person appointed for the
purpose could join a drinking company
ut Il tavern and countermand any or
der made by any member of it for a
drink in case he believed the member
was drinking too much, and he could
also direct how much liquor could be
drunk.
At one time no tavern keeper was al
lowed to permit guests to remain at
his house ''tippling in an idle way"
In 1864 a penalty was enacted for rude
singing at inns, and the court also
undertook at one time to determine
how much a man might drink without
being considered drunk.
The Dickinson press., 1906-08-11
Philosophy.

A Kansas philosopher warns the men
against the girl who takes time to con-
slider a proposal Of marriage. He init
mates that she is hopeful that some
thing better will turn up. Still, the
maj she finally accepts can console
himself with the reflection that she has
discovered it wasn't possible for any
thing better to turn up. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Dickinson press., 1906-08-11
Arabian Snu6.

Snuff in Arabia is not used as it is
with us, although n occasionally sees
a snuffer, but the SNUFF is ordinarily
made into a pill Of about the size of a
robins egg and is placed between the
lower front lip and the teeth. This
manner Of using snuff Is common
among the laboring class, and almost
every cody that is met in the street
has his lower lip puffed out by a ball
of snuff behind it. Arabian snuff Is
prepared out of the ordinary powdered
tobacco, unrefined sugar and potash.
The Dickinson press., 1906-08-11
SneezinE.

Sneezing is the best brain clearer
known. Many persons conclude an
attack Of faintness or fainting with a
violent sneeze. Our ancestors took
snuff from a belief In the efficacy Of
sneezing. But tobacco so taken Is in
part absorbed into the blood and hurts
the system. Tickling the nostrils with
{. feather or straw will act as we'll as
taking snuff. Try it when you feel
faint. 1t cannot do harm.