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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30
A CHINESE CRITIC.
His Comments on Our People and Our
Modern Inventions.


You have in America population or
81, 600, 600, more or less. According to
your claims. nine-tenths of these would
be above the average. What are the
facts?
Out of this enormous body you have
but $1,000 or 1900 men and women
who have achieved enough intellectual
prominence to lift them above the aver
age of all these, but twelfth or four
teenth are women, so out of 81, 100000
of souls you have but 1,400 women
who have shown brains sufficient to
place them on a plane above the COM
mon herd who live or die without be-
ing heard of OF this small group of
pseudo intelligent people about a
fourth live in New York, and New Eng
land produces the most.
In China we have COO, 0OO,O 900 souls
according to some estimates, and 400
100000 according to others, and the
percentage of ultra intelligent men is
fifty times as large as in America. Our
principle is education. True it is not
like your own, and some of your Hit
crate politicians appear very strangely
educated to me- as in our country we
have had what is virtually civil service
for ages and every officeholder keeps
his position by virtue of his having
passed a very severe classical examina-
ton.
My ancestor of particular note in
what would be l 800 years ago was an
astronomer of distinguished parts, and
we have had many of your arts and
sciences for ages.
Cinnamon visited America l 900 years
before Columbus was heard of. Your
native American Indians could trace
their ancestry back to far Cathay
thousands of years ago had they pre-
served their annals, and so l might &c
on and speak all night. telling you OF
the inventions which fill your patent
office which were stolen from China
The Yankee Is famous for his cute
ness, but it does not stand investiga
ton. When the first Yankee sea cap
tain entered China he made a list OF
all our inventions and appliances, ant
when he returned to America he began
to invent things and get them patent
ed. l have seen scores of patented ar
ticles that have been known in Chin;
for 1000 rs.-Metropolitan Maya
zine.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30
Entertain House Party.

Centerville, Ind, July 80. (Spl)-
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Nugent enterta-
ined a house party of relatives on
last Friday and Saturday. The guests
included Mrs. Jane Overman and Mr..
S. w. Overman. both of Maple Valley,
Indiana, Mrs. Nancy Jane Green. of
Indianapolis, Mr.. and Mrs. Horace j.
Commons and their daughter Ruth, of
Richmond, Rev. and Mrs. J. S. Will
son and son Omar and daughter Fan
ME of Cameron. Missouri. Mrs. Will
son with her family is making a leng-
thy visit to her old home at Maple
Valley and other places in Henry
county and this is the first tire she
has visited there within forty years.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30
An Unexpected Request.

The German empress recently had a
somewhat disconcerting experience.
While staying at one of the imperial
hunting castles in Alsace she paid a
visit to village school few miles from
Strassburg. Before leaving she gave
the pupils the customary permission to
ask any request they pleased with the
promise that she would grant it if in
her power to do so. Fully expecting
the favor would take the form of a
whole holiday or a supply Of cakes,
she was not little embarrassed when
one Of the elder girls stood up and in
a somewhat trembling voice asked
that the French language might be
taught in that school. Her majesty
looked thoughtful, but, realizing the
necessity of keeping her word, she
gave the required permission, to the
great delight of the pupils.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30
WINCHESTER.

Winchester, Ind, July 80. (Spl)-
Will Miller has returned to Kokomo
after visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs Marcus Miller
Miss Maud Wilson has been spend
ing the week in Portland.
Miss Ada Rubey is visiting relatives
in Union City.
John Flight, F. M. Johnson and
Charles Miller have returned from a
visit in Chicago.
Mrs. Alex Gullett, of Oklahoma, is
visiting with relatives here.
Mrs. NJ. f. Williamson and daughters
Misses Lena and Bessie, of Youngs-
town, O., are the guests of relatives in
this city.
Miss Jennie Norris, of Troy, O., is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. A. M,
Best
Mrs. S. A. Canada is home from a
visit with relatives at New Paris, o.
Miss Bessie Smith is visiting with
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Henderson at
Findlay, Ohio.
Mrs. ID. Z. Stone has been spending
a few days with her sister, Mrs. Car
rie Thew, at Richmond.
Miss Ray DAILY has returned from
visit with relatives at New Castle
Mrs. Marie Smith and Miss Nina
Sipe have been visiting with relatives
in Ridgeville.
Mrs. Hattie Williams and children
are home from visit with relatives at
Ridgeville.
Mrs. Elwood Robinson and daughter
are visiting with relatives in Logans
port.
Mrs. Clyde Hiatt is the guest of rel
atives at Troy and Piqua, o.
Miss Blanche Alexander has been
visiting with her father at Gas City.
V. b. Hunt has been in Chicago for
several days on business.
Miss Cora Vogt has returned to her
home in Muncie after a few days Wis
| it with Mrs. Owen Ross.
Misses Norma and Edna Venting
of Richmond, spent the day with Miss
Mary Ferris.
Eldie Mason, of Columbus, o., is the
guest of relatives here.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30
Thrift That Makes Wealth.

The public debt of France is $6,OOO,-
100000, all held at home In addition
the French people own foreign securi-
ties to the stupendous aggregate of
$4,000. 100000, and it Is further esti-
mated that an equal amount is placed
in home securities. These figures may
be eXaggerated-all but those repre-
senting the public debt-but they illus
trate the virtue there is in thrift, which
is also a German usage There is no
Rockefeller, no Carnegie, in France,
though there may be Il lesser Russell
Sage. The French people do not spec
ulate; they save. They do not get rich
at hop, skip and jump; they accumu-
late by slow degrees-they economic.
The crime of crimes in rural France is
waste, and France would subsist on
what America throws away. Within
the past year there have rotted on
American farms enough machinery and
utensils to supply agricultural France
the next quarter of century.-Wash-
ington Post
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30
CAMBRIDGE CITY.

Cambridge City. July 30. (SplD-
Mr.. and Mrs. +. II. Ohmit and son
Albert. and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lud-
dington and son Ralph visited the
white City" at indianapolis yester-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Gethers of
Greensboro were the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ross Tyler, Saturday.
Hiram Sikkenga formerly of this
city Is visiting friends here for a few
days.
Frank Rummel and Harry Monger
are the guests of relatives in Indiana
polls for a few days.
Mrs. Frank Lutz is visiting rela-
tives in Columbus. Ind. this week.
Miss Emma Mack has returned to
her home in Indianapolis after a brief
visit with her brother Frank Mack
and family, at their home east of
this city.
Mrs. Boyce Rankin returned home
Saturday after short visit with her
mother at Mcdonald. Pa.
Frank and Hattie Ault were the
guests of their grandmother Mrs.
Rachael Ault. at Greenville. o.. yes
terday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Splitter of
Chetopa, Kan. are visiting relatives
in Cambridge City, and vicinity this
week and next
Ross Freeman OF Indianapolis was
the guest of his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Fremont Freeman yesterday.
Mrs. w. A. Johnson attended the
Evangelistic services at the Christian
church at Dublin Sunday morning.
j. w. and c. J. Marson visited their
mother Mrs. Elizabeth Marson, Sun
day, at the home of their sister. Mrs.
Pranter, near Covington. O.. where
she Is seriously i'll.
Mrs. ]. T. Reese is seriously i'll at
her home on East Church street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ashbaugh of
Connersville were the guest os Mr.
and Mrs. Isaac Davis. Sunday.
Miss Alma Garvin was the guest of
Miss Edith Eliason at East German.
town. yesterday.
John Mosbaugh of Cincinnati spent
Sunday with his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
f. C. Mosbaugh.
Roy Fraunberg was the guest of
Miss Z. Peters at Indianapolis Sun
day.
Miss Margery Pritchard visited rel
atives in Indianapolis yesterday.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30
The Trials of an Editor.

Sergei Nicolaievitch Mendelson, a
Russian journalist and political pris-
oner. lost both his arms and legs in an
accident at Odessa. With rare deter.
mination he learned to write by hold
ing the Fenholder between his teeth
Removing to st. Petersburg he started
an advanced radical newspaper. A
few months ago the paper was sup
pressed and the armless and legless
editor imprisoned. His utterly help
less condition left him absolutely al
the mercy of the brutal prison ward
ems. His punishment has now been
committed to close arrest in his owl
house.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30
CEMTERVILLE.

Centerville,> July 20. (Spl)-The
Rev. Ivan r. Goodwin of Dublin, who
was on his way home from the Ridge
Vile camp meeting, visited his par.
ents, the Rev. and Mrs. A. +. Goodwin
on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Porter are
entertaining their relatives, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin Higbee, of Chicago.
Miss Fannie Savage and Miss Myr-
tie Chairman of near Centerville, went
to Muncie on Saturday, for a week S
visit with relatives.
Mr.. c. Holloway and Mr.. w. w
Johnson, both of Dennison, Ohio, who
have been here several weeks on bust
ness. are occupying rooms at the res,
idence of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30

CHURCH AND CLERGY.

A congregation in New York city
proposes to erect a combined church
and apartment house, the latter to be
ten stories tall
The temperance committee of the
Southern Methodist Episcopal confer
ence reported in favor of rule which
would prohibit the use of tobacco by
young pastors.
Rev. John T. Creagh, professor of
canon law at the Washington univer-
sity, has been appointed by the pope to
the commission which is codifying the
canon law Of the Roman Catholic
church.
Rev. Charles Scadding of Lagrange,
Ill, recently elected bishop of Oregon,
is Canadian. For time he was as
sistant to Rev. DR.. Rainsford, in New
York. He is an interesting lecturer, a
lover Of outdoor sports and is the au-
thor of several widely circulated books.
In old Trinity church, New York,
Bishop Greer advanced six deacons to
the Episcopal priesthood, among them
being Rufus w. Frost, for many years
manager of the Broadway Central hO-
tel. So far as is known there is no
other hotel keeper clergyman in the
United States.
Serious damage to the magnificent
central portal of Cologne cathedral is
feared. Several large pieces of carved
stone have fallen and numerous other
portions show signs of loosening. The
cathedral, begun in 124S, was not com
pleted until 1880. 1t is generally re-
garded as the finest piece of Gothic
architecture in the world.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30
WILL PICNIC AT JACKSON
Women's Missionary Society of Meth
odist Church at Centerville
Plan Pleasant Time.

Centerville, Ind, July 30. (SplD-
The Women's Home Missionary So
ciety of the NJ, f. church will hold the
next monthly meeting on August at
Jackson Park. The date of the meet
ing has been changed from Thursday
to Wednesday on account of the pa
vilion having been previously engaged.
The Home Guards" will be the guests
of the society, and will. be chaperoned
by the ladies. Those who attend will
go on the three o'clock interurban car
as the limited car at two o'clock does
not stop at the park. After the reg
ular meeting picnic supper will be
served. -
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30
Snuff For the Commons.

It is not generally known, says the
London Express. that generous coun-
try supplies members of the house Of
commons with gratuitous snuff For
merly,' the Express says, snuff was
described in the estimates as such. but
to ward off the objection aroused by
improving habits the charge of 1900 a
year was mixed up or covered in the
estimates as lamp OIL"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30

America as the German method, which
has long been unsatisfactory. Many
skilled hands are required, and in
emptying the racks large quantities Of
matches are destroyed by accidentally
setting fire to them.
In the new process the machinery
sets the pace for all the workmen. The
splints are prepared in the old way, by
cutting the material In the form of g
broad sheet of wood from a round log
in a veneer cutting machine. The
sheets are laid in piles, many thick
nesses together, and the piles are fed
into a chopper that delivers the splints
just the size of match. The splints
pass next to a kiln Of large capacity
where they are thoroughly dried, par
alleled and taken to the dipping room.
The new machine is an evolution.
The most conspicuous part of it is q
great chain or belt composed of per-
forated iron plates. In these perfora-
tons the matches are held during the
drying process. There are 900 of these
plates in the chain, each plate forming
a link. In each plate are twelve rows
of perforations, fifty holes in each
row, or 600 in all. In the chain are
$4,000 holes, so that at all times
there are more than half a million
matches in each machine in the proc
ess of drying. The new part is the
setting head. This consists of two
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30
BENJAMIN HARTFORD, FIRST AMERICAN
MAKER OF MATCHES, AND LUMBER READY
FOR MATCH MAKING MACHINES.


FOR MATCH MAKING MACHINES.
magazines or hoppers, one above the
other, the lower having a transverse
motion, and below it a grooved plate
in two sections. The splintS fall into
the grooves, or, rather, are forced into
them by the moving hopper and are
then thrust into the holes in the per-
forated plates. Fifty matches are
stuck into the plates with each for
ward movement of the setting head.
The dipping processes are compare
lively simple. First the splints are
heated over a steam table to prepare
them to absorb the hot paraffin; then
they pass through the paratin bath. A
fan cools them slightly, and they pass
over a roller on which the head COM
position is automatically spread in the
form of thick paste to an even depth.
A set of punches pushes the matches
into a carrier, whence they are put
into boxes, covered and packed into
cases. The material is in process OF
manufacture from the green log to the
finished match less than two hours.
It Is said that the first to make sui
phur matches in America was Benja-
worth, n H, in 1903 and lived among
the Shakers of Enfield, Mass. Hart
ford made his first matches in 1888
It was about the same time that Sir
Isaac Holden, who was born in 1907
and died in 1897, invented matches In
ENGLAND
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30
Mntri mOninI Lull In Korea.

Thousands of the most beautiful
maidens of Korea are languishing in
spinsterhood owing to an edict of the
government. A year ago the crown
prince became widower, and he has
now decided to remarry. Government
officials throughout the country have
been instructed to forward to Seoul
the names and full descriptions of the
most eligible maidens. Meanwhile in
structions have been issued that no
young woman of the better class shall
be married until the crown prince has
announced his choice
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30
Gave Garden Party.

Centerville, Ind. July %, (SpD-
Mr., and Mrs. Charles A. Porter gave
a small garden party at their beauti-
full home on north Main Cross street
on Friday afternoon and evening. A
sumptuous reDast was served on the
lawn at six o'clock. The guests were
DR.. and Mrs. l. o. Allen and son
Frank. DR.. and Mrs. Franklin Young
and daughter Esther. Mr.. and Mrs,
Edward Savage.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30
MILTON.

Milton, Ind, July 90, (SQlD-Nellie
Ward is at Brookville.
Chas Brookbank and wife of Alex
andria, Joseph Mason and wife of
Everton and Abner and Martin Hocd
of Connersville were in attendance at
the funeral of Mrs. A. ]. Lyons Fri
day.
VIII Brown will leave Monday for
Steuben county where he will join
his family who are at John North's
cottage on Silver Lake.
Ralph Lantz was at Connersville
Saturday.
George Rothermel and wife and
Mrs. Elizabeth Kimmel were at Rich
mond Thursday.
Robert Patterson who recently re.
moved to Button is recovering from
a serious Illness.
Mrs. Henry Mueller is home from
Indianapolis.
Hiram Crooks and John Coynes
families were visitors at the Hagers-
town fair.
Miss Gracey of Cincinnati, who has
been the guest of John Murphey and
family for several weeks returned
to Cincinnati today.
III. d. Blackburn and wife left for
Hartwell, Ohio Saturday.
Mrs. Minerva Hittle of indianapolis
is at the farm home east OF Milton.
Miss Dora Wallace is at Kokomo
at house party of which Miss Helen
Ross is hostess.
Miss Elizabeth Cole of Morristown
is alta Sunny side the guest of Mrs.
VIII Wallace.
Mrs. Brittenbaugh and daughter are
at Indianapolis.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30
MAKING THE MATCH
A NEWLY INVENTED PROCESS WHICH
FACILITATES MANUFACTURE.

by II a Machine Can Turn Out Seven
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Per
Hour-EngIish and American In
yentors of the Match.
A short time ago a new machine was
put in operati in the process of max
Ing square Matches 1t lightens the
work of so many hands and does such
wondrous things that its use may be
regarded as the beginning of revolu-
ton in the art OF match manufacture.
The output of this machine as ordi-
nariIy operated is 1850 matches a
minute, or 10000 per hour.
For years machines have been in use
for the rapid manufacture of the
square sticks or spIints, but the dip
ping and drying have been done by an
extremely laborious process known In
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30

Cigarette smoking in England dates
back to 1874. The great impetus to
their increased use was caused by the
Crimean war of 1S54-56, when numbers
Of military and naval officers adopted
this method of smoking from the in
habitants Of Russia, Turkey, Malta, the
Leyant and other parts of Europe
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30

Mrs. F. w. Needs, Tuscaloosa, Ala,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Rust, Mr.. and
Mrs.A, Ressler, of Indianapolis. Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Robinson of the Rob-
inson Amusement Co. J. A. Rust of
Anderson, We're entertained by Miss
Emma Rust and sister last week.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30

Most leaves contain some nourishi!.
properties, in particular those of I,
acacia tree. 1t would be quite possi0
to subsist on leaves If the supply we.
not stinted, and the shipwrecked mar
ner will keep in very fair condition
he chew them as he would his quid Q
shaccy"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30
Cham leOna.

Chameleons always change their col
or on the approach Of a storm and as
sumo a neutral hue, darker than their
customary tint.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30

The largest egg is that Of the ostrich
1t weighs three pounds and is consid-
cred equal in amount to twenty-four
hens eggs,
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30
FACTS IN NATURE.
Not Only Do We Get Inspiration From
Nature, But Health as Well

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and help them to get on fheIr ieet anu
put the body into its propsf condition. IL
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Natures most yaluabl& health giving
agents are TO be founG&n fereSt plahtS
and roots.
Nearly FORTY wears agS DIR. R.V. Pierce,
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Hotel and Surgical lnj tnte. at buHaio,
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extracting and combiuahg certain medlcl-
nal principles from tive roots, taken
from our American ID estS, he could pro-
duce a medicine viii was marveloasly
efficient in curing ca OF blood dlsoTuer
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All its ingredients printed in plain Eng
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stitutc for Golden Medical Discovery"
Constipation causes and aggravates
many serious diseases. 1t is thoroughly
cured by Or. 'Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
One laxative; two or three are cathartic.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-30
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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-08-30
snipe Hunters

1t is reported, on very good
authority, that the boys of sew
eral local railroad offices, took
a new member out for a snipe
hunt last night. They pro-
cured the regulation sack and
candle and after enticing the
unthinking youth a few miles
from town they had him hold
the sack while they left stating
they would drive the snipe to
him. He is now a sadder and
wiser boy.
Mrs. Harry Withrow was a
guest of Loveland friends to-
day.
T. V. Bird left for Onawa
this morning on a business
trip.
Gollmar Brothers Advertis-
ing car No. 2 passed through
the Valley this morning, en-
route south.
Mrs. Rowe, Of Sioux City, is
the guest Of her uncle, Mr..
Aaron Carpenter. She is en-
route to Denver.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Jewel Roberts
leave tonight for Sanborn,
Iowa, having received the news
that Mr.. q. M. Brady is dead
Mr.. Brady was an uncle of MIR
Roberts.
Russell Milliman is in Logar
for a visit with his grand-par.
ents.
-
Cecil Anterior returned
home last night. after spending
the summer in Dunlap ane
Woodbine with relatives.
Athey Clark will go to Ames
tonight to attend the Agricul
tural School the coming year
]. H. Wick is in the city OF
business. Z He is in Mcdale to
day.
The house occupied by A. C.
Briggsis being treated to a fine
coat of paint.