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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
WOrnan'S Trials.

The bitter trail in woman's life Is to
De cnildle>>. Who can tell how hard the
strugg,e may have been ere she learnt to
resign herself to her lonely lot? The alb
sence of this linh TO bind marital life
together. the absence of this one pledge
TO mutual affection is a common disap-
Polnfment. Many unfortunate couples
become estranged thereby. Even if they
DO not drift apart. one may read the whole
extent of their disappointment in the eyes
of such childless couple when they rest
on the children OF Others. To them the
largest family does not seem too numerous.
In many cases of barrenness or child
ieSsneSs the obstacle to child-bearinC is
easily removed by the cure of weakness on
the part of the woman. DIR. Pierce's Fa-
yorite Prescription has been the means OF
restoring health and fruitfulneSs TO many
a barren woman. to the great JOY of the
household. In other, but rare cases, the
obstruction 10 the bearing of children has
been found 10 be of surgical character,
but easily removable by painless operative
treatment at the Invalids' Hotel and Sur
gical Institute. Buffalo, y. Y. over which
DIR. Pierce of the ~Favorite Prescription
fame presides. In all cases where chill
dren are desired and are absent. an effort
should be made 10 find out the real cause.
since ii is generally SO easily removed by
proper treatment.
In ali the various weaknesses. displace-
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bilitating. catarrhal drains and in all
cases OF nervousness and debility, DIR.
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OF cures more in fact than any other
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especially for womans use. The ingredi-
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Is composed have received the most
positive endorsement from the leading
medical writers on Mdteria Medicu of all
the several schools of practice. All the
ingredients are printed in plain English
on the wrapper enclosing the bottle, SO
that any woman making use of this
she is taking. DR. Pierce takes his pa
tents into his full confidence. which he
can afford To do as the formula after
which the rFavorite Prescription Is
made Will bear the most careful exam
ination.
DIR. Pierce'S Pleasant Pellets are the
best and safest laxative for women.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
About Persian Powder.

Young readers will be surprised to
hear perhaps that most of the so called
Persian insect powder" now sold and
used in this country is the product of
q single farm 800 acres in extent in
the state of California, says the Chi
cago News. 1t is produced from a
plant that closely resembles the field
daisy and depends for its efficacy on a
greenish vegetable oil. which. though
harmless to other kinds of animals,
suffocates insects. Not many years ago
insect powder cost about SIS or SIC a
pound, today it is sold for 40 cents or
less. In those days the source of the
supply and the nature of the product
were a mystery. 1t had been in use in
Asiatic countries for centuries, being
exported from Transcaucasia, where
the natives did a large and profita BILE
business in its manufacture. Eventual
~ an Armenian merchant discovered
the secret, which was that the powder
was the pulverized flower heads of a
species of pyrethrum that grew wild
in the mountains Many attempts were
made to introduce the plant into the
United States. but at first without sue
cess because the seeds sold to Ameri
cans had been baked to prevent then
from sprouting.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
STARR AND PYGMIES.
Chicago Scientist Found Them
Playing at Cats Cradle.
POPULAR SOCIAL DIVERSION.

Interesting Discoveries Made by the
Enterprisins Anthropolosist During
His Recent Trip to the Very Heart
of Darkest Africa.
The eminent scientist Professor Fred
erick Starr OF Chicago university says
that one of the most important results
of his visit 10 the kongo region Of Ar
RIGA was his discovery that the natives
of that part of the world play the
child's game of cats cradle. The
learned professor was in earnest too
His journey of $1,000 miles was no
joke, and he took his life in his hands
when he went into the heart of the
African jungle. He undertook the trip
gion, and he spent fifteen months in
his quest for information about these
and other tribes of the dark continent
yet the distinguished anthropologist de-
clares, without a smile, that he found
nothing Which interested him more
than the fact that cats cradle is the
popular social diversion in the colored
society of the Kongo. Just why the
professor attaches so much Importance
TO this circumstance he does not ex-
plain. We must wait. he says. till he
makes his report on the subject. 1t is
known, however. that anthropologists
have built theories Of possible relation
ships between peoples or the minglins
of races by tracing the history of IA
miliar games through the centuries or
the variations in a central idea of a
game in widely separated nations. The
professor is not the first ethnologist
who has noted the popularity of cats
cradle among primitive peoples. 1t is
even said that pious missionaries while
waiting to be chopped up and boiled
for dinner by dusky savages whom
they failed to convert have observed
these simple minded people killing the
time before the feast by playing with
loops Of string and making the cats
cradles just as the very little folks do
in America.
Apropos Of cannibalism it may be
remarked that Professor Starr found
1t to be practiced to a limited extent
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
NEW YORK CITY.

1t will cost 11.77O,OOO more to run
the government of New York city this
year than it did last year.
Every hour there is an average Of
10000 persons entering the surface.
elevated and subway cars in New York
city.
New York city had the first Hebrew
cemetery in the United States. 1t was
established In 1856, and a part of it
yet remains at New Bowery and Oliver
street
Little Italy," the block bounded by
One Hundred and Twelfth and One
Hundred and Thirteenth streets, First
and Second avenues, has grown from
$50 inhabitants in 1900 to 4,412.
Strangers from villages and small
cities wonder why the New York city
authorities allow many of the walks
of the city to be left uncleaned all win
ter, particularly where there are vacant
lots.-New York Herald.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
MARKET UMMARY.

cHIcAGO-Cattie: Common to prime
steers, 81 soar p; cows, SO 25q5 90;
heifers. 81 60a5 25; bulls, So 00Q4 so;
stockers and feeders, 81 2o04 so. Sheep
and Lambs-Sheep. 81 9006 90; lambs,
Sc 1906 90; yearlings. So 1896 so. Calves
80 750S co. Hogs-Choice heavy ship
ping. 81 00@7 o5; light butchers. Sc 92lz
as 97h; light mixed, Sc S71aG6 50;
choice light, IS S5@6 95; packing, IS cog
s So; choice pigs, Sc 50Q6 IS. Wheat
No. 2 red, 77Ac. Corn-No. 3. 43Q43Ac.
Oats-No. ., 39c.
EAST BUFFALO-Cattle: Export cat
tie, So 35Q6 10; shipping steers, "a 75Q
5 25; butchers cattle. 81 1905 25; hefers,
SO 25Q5 90; cows, 81 5000 70; bulls, 81 rs
"a SO; mixers and springers. $25 o06
IS co. Sheep and Lambs Yearlings
SIS 2506 70; wethers. S. 5096 90: mixed.
SIS 0005 so: ewes, 81 1895 %; spring
lambs, Sc SOFAS 90. Calves-Best, 50 50@
10 90. Hogs-Yorkers. mediums and
heavy. 81 1907 35; pigs. 81 80.
observation-disclosures: Choice, IS $50
oo prime, So 1905 10; tidy butchers.
81 6O@5 90. heifers. SO oo@4 rs; fat cows
and bulls, 50 00@4 rs: fresh cows, $25 90
$50 90. Sheep and Lambs-Prime weth-
ers, IS 50@5 rs: good mixed, IS 20G5 40;
lambs, So 00@7 So. Calves-s6 0oG9 90.
Hogs-Heavy hogs, 81 40: mediums and
heavy Workers 81 1907 45: light York
ers, 81 1907 Is; pigs. 81 90.
cLEvELAND-Cattle: Prime dry-fed.
IS SOFAS rs: fat steers, 81 50G5 25; heif-
ers So s5U4 IS: cows, SO S5@4 10: bulls.
SO 5000 25: mixers and springers. $50 90
050 90. Sheep and Lambs-Choice lambs.
81 soar IS, wethers. IS 0o@5 so: mixed.
81 SOFAS %; ewes. 81 5oG5 co. Calves
IS 00@s so. Hogs-Yorkers. 81 20: pigs.
81 1907 20; heavies, 81 90; roughs. Sc %
as so; stays. IS 50G5 IS.
Observation-Disclosures No. red. $50
7sc. Corn-No. ., 46q461zc. Oats-No.
2 Az 6D42c. Rye-No. 2, 70671c. Lard
50 co. Bulk rneats-ss 371a. Bacon
SO So Hogs-s5 1907 90. Cattle-s2 ESQ
5 so Sheep-$2 2595 25. Lambs-$4 IS
o. IS.
TOLEDO-Wheat, 7S1ac: corn, 451ac:
oats, 4IAc; rye &C: cloverseed, So Is.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
Stamp Language.

Top Right Corner.-Right side up
business or I wish your friendship; up
side down, write no more; crosswise,
send kiss; horizontally, do you love
me?
Bottom Right Corner.-Right side up,
you are cruel; upside down, can you
not trust me? horizontally, you are
changed.
Top Left Corner.-Right side up,
goodby. sweetheart: upside down, I
love you; crosswise, my heart is an
others: horizontally. / hate you.
Bottom Left Corner.-Right side up.
1 seek your acquaintance; upside down,
I wish you joy; horizontally, will you
meet me?
Middle Right Side.-Right side up.
write soon: upside down, l am sorry.
Middle Left Side.-Right side up. ac-
cept my love: upside down, / am en-
gagged; horizontally. long to see you.
Middle Top.-Right side up, yes; up
side down. on conditions.
Middle Bottom.-Right side up, no.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
Curious Method of ming.

The increasing depth to which it is
necessary to go in following the vein
of kaolin. or potter's clay, mined near
the Housatonic river in Connecticut
recently caused the introduction of a
novel method of mining. Wells from
so to nearly 200 feet in depth are
driven. and two pipes. the outer four
inches and the inner two inches in d.
ameter. are introduced. Water at a
pressure of forty pounds per square
inch is forced down through the small
er pipe and rises through the larger
one. bringing with it about per cent
of solid matter. of which IS per cent is
pure kaOlin
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
KoNdo PYGMIEs COMPARED WITH AMERI.
CAN INDIAN.

among the pygmies OF the Kongo. 1t
would hardly be fair. however, to call
1t cannibalism of the same variety as
practiced by more savage tribes, says
the professor. The pygmies do not kill
other human beings in order to eat
them, but sometimes eat the flesh of
children or old people when they die.
Cannibalism in times Of famine is not
peculiar to the tribes Of Africa, but
Is found among many peoples. The
American Indians, who were not can
nibals. as a rule. often in days gone
by ate the hearts of captives taken In
battle. the practice being more in the
nature Of an act OF symbolism than OF
feast. and having to do with their
religious ideas.
Professor Starr deems the natives OF
the Kongo to be bright and intelligent
He visited more than twenty-six tribes
Of them and, on the whole, had a fair,
iy good time among both the big and
the little people of the country. The
latter are not so dark as the larger
natives, and he thinks they are unre-
lated to the ordinary negroes and be-
long to "a race which for many CEN
turtles, if not from its creation, has
been distinct from the surrounding peo-
pies. On the Kafai and Batua rivers,
where he spent the most time, they
grow the smallest, from three feet ten
inches to four feet two inches. The
professor explored many of the tribu-
taries Of the Kongo river and was the
second white man to ascend one of
them. the Oiku river. For some months
after his departure into the African
wilderness nothing was heard from
him. and it was feared he might have
fallen a prey to the cruelty Of the peo-
pie he went to investigate, but in due
time he turned up safe and sound. with
the young Mexican. Manuel Gonzales,
whom he adopted as a boy and who
acts as his photographer. The adj
venturons Chicago ethnologist IS n
bachelor and could therefore follow tie
headings OF his scientific study without
causing anxiety 10 wife and family
during his prolonged absence in tia
depths Of the Kongo jungles-
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
RICHMOND MARKETS

Local markets this morning will
show a fresher appearance than Tor
many weeks past. With the approach
of spring the southern states that
furnish the local markets with fresh
vegetables out of season are feeling
the effects of the longer days and are
turning out larger quantities of the
vegetables that are now delicacies.
Strawberries have put in an appear
ance. They are of poor quality and
are high priced but those are minor
considerations. Straw berries at this
time of year are ripe on but one side;
the side that receives the most sun
shine. On some southern ranches il
is customary to turn the berries over
that they may receive an equal
amount of sunshine. This is labor
ious operation but is thought to be
paying one.
Contrary TO the common idea many
of the vegetables now being received
are not raised in hot houses but I'M
der canvas. Large sheets OF canvas
are put on wires stretched about a
foot above the ground and cucumbers,
tomatoes and other vegetables raised
underneath them. This is much cheap
or and just as good as the glass hot
houses. 1t is possible to raise sew
eral hundred dollars worth of vege
tables under a piece of canvass
hundred feet square in a year. SO the
practice is becoming quite prevelant
all over the south.
There is still a dearth of butter
and eggs. Country butter is to be had
in only small quantities and the
creamery article is being almost uni
versally used. Eggs are in more
plentiful supply but are still lux
ury. Lard is quoted at 101a cents and
is expected to go still higher.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
PITH AND POINT.

Some dogs. like some men. just natu
rally can't get along.
Not all people can be clever, but
most Of Us can do little better than
we do.
When you are so unfortunate as TO
get into a lawsuit plead guilty unless
you get the best lawyer.
What 4 poet calls inspiration" is
probably the same thing the gam bling
fraternity calls bunch
How far can you afford to carry
crankiness? Can you afford TO carry ii
TO the extent Of being impolife. That
sort Of thing hurts your business, no
doubt about that.-Atchison Gil ~
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
indianapolis
Chicago
Cincinnati, New York
and Richmond.
NEW YORK MARKETS
Publishers Pressl

New York, Feb. s.-Opening deal
ings in stocks showed considerable
animation but most of the conspicu-
GUS changes in prices We're in stocks
not of the first Importance.
Profits were sought on the rise, but
the market was not permitted TO give
way much before it rose substantial
ly above the opening figures. The
demand was broad and varied, but
the material advances were not large.
and confined TO stocks that do not
govern the markets tendency. A sub
sequent reaction obliterated the ad-
vances in the active stocks. but the
market was steadying at IL o'clock.
At Last Nights Level.
Prices moved uncertainty above
last nights level for a time and then
advanced fractionally on an accession
of buying orders. There was a slight
recession at noon. Bonds were irreg-
ular.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
The Lady and Leopard.

One day a worthy housewife in KAT
drland came out from her cooking and.
standing on the ledge of rock at her
back door in a perfectly natural way.
emptied pan of boiling dishwater into
the rank heritage below. 1t fell. splash,
on the back of sleeping leopard, who
jumped right up in the air as high as
the roof of the hut What might have
happened next, who can say. But the
astonished woman dropped the tin pan
with a clang upon the rock, and the
leopard took one leap down the hill
The pan followed, and the leopards
downward leaps became longer and
swifter as the pan bounded after Ii
from rock to rock. When last seen the
leopard was at the bottom of the ravine
and the pan was knocking away on
the other side. The leopard could have
pan that first scalded and then chased
him was something he could not face.
Pecans In Rio Grnnde Delta.
Pecan groves are to become feature
of the development of the Rio Grande
river country in Texas. Several large
orchards have already been planted.
and this season several thousand more
acres will be put out. The delta of the
Rio Grande is said to be the ideal sec.
ton for the production Of pecans. The
trees can be made to bear in three
years after planting, but the general
period there is six or seven years. On
the Mexican side Of the river pecans
have been grown for many years in the
,.ttle sections that were irrigated. This
first attracted attention on the Amer
lean side. The demand for pecans Is
pecan orcharGing Is certain to be prof
liable in the south.-St. Louis Repub
tic.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Over hundred counties in Texas
have gone dry by local option.
Peary says if you want rabbits to
taste good you should live on dog meat
awhile
Since last year the coal companies of
India have advanced prices nearly 100
per cent
Fifty years ago -four was SO a bar
rel, pork $50 a barrel and butter 80
cents pound in Minnesota.
The Russian navy has fifty-three adj
mirals, vice admirals and rear admi-
rails and only eight battleships.
The who's Who for 1907 is such a
bulky volume that the London World
says the question now does not seem
SO much who's who as who isn't
Some scientists believe that North
America was in contact during prehis-
toric ages with Africa and with Eu-
rope. the former connection coming
first.
No live creatures except bees will be
carried by post between Great Britain
and Nicaragua. according to n parcels
post agreement just concluded between
the two countries.
There is in India a large element OF
wealth which is wholly inactive The
boarded wealth in the form Of orna-
ments. jewelry and buried treasure
has been estimated at many millions
It is largely held by princes. rajahs
and other mobiles.
1t has been stated that the average
on Of no JoI in, ;,
rupees or about 50 a year, but a table
in the Indian directory of 1906 enables
one to figure out the average earning
for the cody laborer to be 90 rupees, or
about S1S.66 a year.
During the early fall, when the ne
groes of the south are shocking corn,
they build the shocks over several
large, ripe watermelons. then leave
them until Christmas. The shocks pro-
tect the melons from freezing and also
keep them cold enough to be fresh.
Japanese articles are stated by Rus
sian editor to fail to make much head
way in the Manchuria markets. being
for the most part articles of luxury,
such as silk textiles, cabinets and toilet
accessories. which are beyond the
means of the masses of the people
Probably the smallest inhabited house
in the country is at Llandyssul. South
Wales. Built by the owner. bachelor.
who occupies it. it has frontage of
five and half feet, is six feet from |
front to back, six feet from the ground |
TO caves and about four feet more to |
the ridge.
Near one entrance of the Cathedral of |
Seville hangs patched and painted |
which once served as |
princely love token that failed of it's |
In 1890 it was sent by the |
sultan of Egypt to a beautiful prin- /
cess of Spain. who declined sutton /
whose first present could scarcely be /
said TO speak of affection.
n Ocs.Iy oEU:se.
The badge of office worn by the lord /
mayor of London contains diamonds to |
the value of 100000. and the tempo
rary owner of it has to give bond for
1t before he is sworn in
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09

Act. >.--es >.-sNA uSs, s.,ai,eIs. -
Aujezd. Moravia. recently Joseph
koppner. lei years old. led to the altar
Rosa Waldner. who has also passed
the century mark. The young couple"
knew and loved each other for thirty
years.
The youngest member of the Sixtieth
congress will be Harry Il. Wolf, elect
ed from the Third district of Maryland
He has just passed his twenty sixth
birthday and is married. Mr.. Wolf be-
gan life as Baltimore newsboy and is
now a lawyer in good practice.
Captain A. W. v. Trant of the trans
atlantic liner Devonian handles his
ship in first class style and in addition
finds time in the spare moments or his
voyages to paint pictures in OIL write
the words for music and compose
verses that are of more than ordinary
merit.
John f. Wilkie, chief OF the secret
service. is one OF the best amateur ma
gicians In the country. He performs
wonders with deck Of cards. and his
sIeight Of hand maneuvers with coin,
handkerchiefs and other objects are n
source OF constant wonder to his
friends.
Professor Moissan, the inventor Of
artificial diamonds. has been awarded
the Nobel prize for chemistry. Profess
or MOissan Invented an electrical fur
mace giving temperature OF 1900 de-
grees. His Invention of diamonds was
severely challenged when 1t was first
made known.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09

A remarkable romance has just been
associated with the Accident hospital
at Widnes, Lancashire. A young man
met with a terrible accident at the
railway station. Widnes, which rem
dered it necessary for his arms to
be amputated at the shoulders. He
was tenderly nursed by pretty young
member of the hospital staff. and the
feelings of friendship between them
gradually ripened into love. The nurse
has just married her armless lover.
She has some small private means and
intends to work for herself and her
husband.--London Mail
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
THE HALL OF FAME.

Governor Harris Of Ohio is the oldest
chief executive Of any state in the
Union.
Lord Northciiff. formerly Sir Alfred
Harmsworth Of England. may be en-
titled the greatest newspaper magDate
OF the world He owns and actively
directs some forty prosperous dailies
and other periodicals.
Captain Edward Howard of Oakland
CAL. probably the oldest mariner in
the United STATES. has retired after
having followed tie sea over eighty
years. He is ninety-six years old, but
is still stout and hearty.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
CHICAGO MARKETS
Publishes Press1

Chicago, Feb. S.-The wheat market
opened easier. decline on the Min
neapolis curb and larger shipment
causes for the weakness When offer
ings We're readily taken, shorts be
gan TO cover
The corn market was active ana
easier.
The oats market was quiet and pri-
ces about steady
The price of provisions was firm,
and the market was dull.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09

Builds up waste tissue, promotes ap-
petite, improves digestion, induces re-
freshins sleep, giving renewed
strength and health That what's Hol
listers Rocky Mountain Tea will do
b cents. Tea or Tablets. \. G. Luz
hcu & Co
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
Oyster Cocktail,

An oyster cocktail is made by put
ting into glass half a dozen tiny little
oysters. TO which add few drops of
tabasco. pinch OF salt. teaspoonfui
of worcestershire sauce. a teaspoonful
of tomato catehup and ! tablespoonful
OF lemon Juice
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
HOuSe Plants.

a cheap and clean fertilizer for house
plants is household ammonia in weak
doses. say ten drops to Il pint of wa
ter at first. increased later as the
plants get used to it TO a scant tea
spoonful to pint
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
French Toast.

To one egg. well beaten. add ons-half
pint of sweet milk and pinch Of salt
INFO this dip dry slices Of bread and
fry ike griddle cakes in a little hot
butter until nicely Drowned on both
sides. Serve with maple strip.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
Patching Will Pancr.

If patch must be applied TO vail
paper. let the new piece lie in strong
sunlight until the colors are faded 70
match those on the wall: then tear the
edges and The applied piece will not be
so conspieuosr
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
erruised Fingers.

Hold a bruised finger in cup Of hot
water for few minutes and it will
prevent further trouble. The water
should be as hot as it is possible TO
stand it. Gatherings and runarounds
can be successfully treated in the same
manner