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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
BUYING OLD RIDDLES.
Many Fine Instruments Have Been
Picked UP Cheap.

Great numbers of fine old violins and
vfoloncelloS that come into the high
class market of London are procured
through the medium of advertisements
Inserted in obscure country papers
and especially those of ancient cathe-
dral cities.
OF course few of the fiddles thus OBJ
tanned are veritable masterpieces, but
great many OF them are fine exam
pies of early English and foreign max
erS, and they are often bought for ri
diculously small prices by a group of
experts, who have brought the bust
ness to lucrative system. Many a
struggling family of long descent, in
some out of the way part of the coun-
try, happens to see in the one county
newspaper of the week that good
prices are given for old fiddles, and
some long forgotten instrument in a
lumber room or put away on shelf
suddenly comes to mind.
Correspondence follows. The dealer
sends deposit in order that some fid-
die spoken of may be sent to him and
examined and he usually replies that
the instrument sent is dilapidated and
but $3.50 generally, but that he is will
ing to give 80 shillings or e. for it. In
a great many cases the offer is ac-
cepted offhand, and in this way most
of the finest fiddles extant of the sec
ond class come into the hands of deal
ers. Only lately a cello that came
from a Shropshire farm at the price
of f2 sold the same day to a west
end dealer for nearly 600.
One of the most shrewd and respect
ed of all these dealers was until
year or two ago a humble member of
the orchestra of a London suburban
theater. He began to advertise in re-
mote papers to the greatest limits of
his scanty wages and is now one of
the most extensive and prosperous
dealers in the trade-London Tit-Bits
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
THE CYCLONE.
How This Wonderful and Destructive
Air Fury Is Formed

To get an idea OF cyclones forma-
ton imagine a large circular pan or
tub with quite a large hole in the
middle of the bottom. With this hole
plugged, I'LL the vessel with water
then draw out the plug and watch
There is first a rush of water from
all directions toward the hole and a
turbulent effort To get through: then
the water surface above begins TO
sink and swirl, the particles gradually
circling around and around and rush
ing. ever faster, toward the center
AT last there is actually hollow space
through the center. around which all
the water in the tub is whirling slug
gishly near the rim. but with more and
more violent rapidity toward the mid
die until il rushes downward through
the bottom. Now, if that water were
air you would be watching a little
cyclone turned upside down, for the
air rushes upward instead OF down
ward.
In the cradle of cyclones during the
summer months, when the land and
the water grow hotter and hotter be-
cause OF the longer days than nights.
a layer OF air, hot, light and full of
yapor. is for a time held down by
denser air above il. Restless, expand
ing tumultuous, il moves about like n
beast at bay until thinner place In
the air above is found, then up it mad
ly rushes. and into the vacuum left be-
hind the lower atmosphere hastens from
all directions, pushing and twisting
and pouring upward until it has fallen
into regular spinning around a com
mon center.
The cyclone, once formed, rushes
away from the tropics toward the pole
and begins its career of destruction.
bruising, wrecking and sinking the
luckless ships which happen TO be In
Its path. More and more of the sur
rounding atmosphere is drawn into the
whirl until the storm often covers an
area nearly 1000 miles in diameter.
Sometimes it filings itself upon our At
lantic coast and tears fiercely through
forests, fields and cities. Then. again,
it sweeps away across the broad ocean
and dashes itself upon the coasts of
Europe. Once in awhile it so adroitly
avoids the land that we never know it
has passed until ships come in torn
and broken.-St. Nicholas.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
City and County
STATISTICS.
Real Estate Transfers.

Charles II. Anderson to Hardin II
Peele, part of lot &c, original plat ot
Centerville; $1,000.
Charles S. Wolfer to Nancy f. Bey.
erie. lot in James McNeill's subdi.
vision: $1,000.
Della ]. Atkinson to Edgar F. Hiatt
lot II in Christian Fetta's addition to
city of Richmond; $500.
Jones Hardware Co, TO Ida r. KEEL
ly, part of section %, township IA,
range / in Wayne township; 5000.
Bertram Carpenter to William l..
Teeter, lot 10 in block IS, in Hagers-
town; s2.350.
Joshua l.. Lamott to Clara s. La
mott, undivided half of northeast
quarter of section 50, township 16,
range II, in Jackson township; $1,000.
Jacob Markle TO Presley w. Mark
ley. part of southeast quarter of sec
ton %, township II, range !, in
Wayne township; $1,000.
Thomas F. Halton to Charles l..
Gaede, lot p in f. A. Collins addi-
ton TO city of Richmond; s1,400.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
THE SEA HEDGEHOG.
u VIII Swallow Air Until 1t Swei:1
Into InvuInsrabiIity

" WIN swallow AIR Until IL SWeE1
Into Irvulnerability.
OF. fishes a large numb Der are pro.
tected from hostile attack by GOV
ering of pricl1ies. BY far the most
curious examples are the globefshes
or ''sea hedgehogs" of the Atlantic
and Indo-Paciic oceans. The extreme
length Of the globeflsh is something
less than two feet. 1t has thick lips
and google eyes, which give it the ap-
pearance of a good natured country
man. Courage it seems to lack, and
one might suppose that such a SIM
pleton would fall an easy prey to the
first shark or dogfish it encountered.
Yet the globefish is able to take care
OK itself. 1t never under any circum.
stances attacks the enemy, yet is al
ways ready to receive him in a suit
able manner should he provoke hostil-
tiles.
Let us suppose that shoal of globe
fishes is swimming TRANQUILITY in the
clear waters when it is suddenly sur
prised by a hungry shark. OF course
the little fellows scuttle hither and
thither in uncomfortable alarm But
the shark, posing himself upon his
powerful tail, leisurely singles out one
of the fleeing globefshes and sets out
in pursuit Now, although the globe
fish Is good swimmer, it is no match
for the shark. The chase is in every
way unequal and can have but one
ending. Within a few minutes of its
commencement the shark must over
take the giobefish. But the quarry is
we'll aware Of its danger. 1t makes
bee line for the surface and as soon as
it gets there begins to take in great
gulps of air
Then strange thing happens. The
fish that only u moment before was
thin and small begins to grow stouter
and stouter until. like the frog in the
fable, it seems in danger of bursting
1t stops Initiating itself. however, just
in time to avert this catastrophe But
its skin has become as taut as drum
head. and the whole of it's body is COW
cred with sharp. erect prickles 1t has |
become sen hedgehog. and the hun |
CRY shark which comes surging through |
the water dares not touch it. but turns |
tail in search of something more eata-
Bile. OF course the globefsh was COW
cred with prickles all the time, but in !
periods of tranquility these lie com
fortably along its sides, just as do
those of the hedgehog. Unlike its
land prototype. however. the sea
hedgehog is unprcvided with a special
muscle for erecting its prickles. so
when danger threatens it has recourse
to the mechanical method of initiating
the whole body with air or with wa
ter If it cannot reach the surface
American.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30

After much persuasion Sir John Asst
ley allowed himself to be put forward
some years ago as 4 Conservative can
didate for parliament from Lincoln
shire. He confessed he knew little
about politics, but entered into the
campaign as rare sport. One day he
addressed a meeting of electors at a
village in the isle of Axholme, and
when he had finished somebody chal
lenged his hearers TO fire questions al
him. Presently there came the query,
What do you think of Sir Wilfrid
Lawson's liquor bill5" For a moment
Sir John was nonplused, but only for
q moment. Pulling himself together
he replied. Il cannot answer for Sir
Wilfrid Lawson's liquor bill, but l do
know that last year my own was
deuced sight too bigr'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
City Attorney Study Will Not
Present Traction Ordi-
nance, Monday.
ATTITUDE OF THE COUNCIL.
MR.. STUDY SAYS THE COMPANY
HAS NO RIGHT TO OPERATE
EITHER CLASS OF CARS ON
MAIN STREET.

City Attorney Study intimates that
at the next council meeting. Monday
August 5, there will be no ordinance
introduced compelling the Terre
Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern trac-
ton company to cease the operation
of all interurban cars on Main street.
Mr.. Study states that at the next
council meeting he intends to put it
up to the councilmen as to what
course of action they desire to take in
the traction question. At the last
council meeting after the resolution
of the Commercial club sanctioning
the stand the city has taken against
the traction company, resolution of
fered by Mr.. Deuker referring the fur
Their action to be taken by the city
against the traction company, to the
city attorney, was passed.
Wants Exact Information.
Mr.. Study evidently desires to have
council definitely outline what action
it proposes to take before he draws
up a drastic ordinance. Mr.. Study
states that he would not draw up an
ordinance forcing interurban cars off
Main street unless he knew positively
that such a ordinance would be ac-
ceptable to council. If at the next
council meeting council goes on rec
ord as favoring this step Mr.. Study
will at once draught such an ordin-
ance. He thinks that plan of cam
paign against the traction company
is the one the city should persue.
There is no doubt in my mind but
that the traction company has as
much right to operate a freight car
on Main street as it has to operate
passenger car-but in my opinion the
has no right to operate eth
err class of cars stated Mr. Study,
so he thinks that all interurban cars
should be driven off Main street.
The city attorney is certain that
such an ordinance would not have to
remain in force long as it would com.
pei the traction company to bow to
the dictates of the city officials.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
Old Glory HumiIiated.

One instance is known in which Old
Glorys shame is the crown of fam
ily's prestige. At the battle of Bla-
densburg the American troops were
defeated by the British under the CON-
mand of an Irish officer named Ross.
In recognition OF his services in win
ming this victory his sovereign granted
him the title of Ross of Bladensburg
and to his crest was added an Amer
lean flag, reversed, with the shaft
broken. The title is hereditary. IL
our generation the possessor is a colo
mel of the Irish fusileers. And this
Ross of Bladensburg uses as his crest
today our stars and stripes turned up
side down and with the shaft broken
in two.-Chicago Record Herald.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
RAILROAD NEWS.
REDUCED WITHOUT DELAY.
JOINT INTERSTATE RATES ON
WESTERN LINES COME DOWN.
Local Interstate Rates Will Not Be
Reduced Until the First
OF October.

Presidents of the railroads west of
Chicago and st. Louis have notified
their passenger agents that the joint
Interstate rates shall be reduced with
out delay, but that local interstate
rates are not to be reduced until Oct.
/. although preparations to do SO at
that time are being made. The In
terstate Commerce Commission is de-
clared by the Eastern passenger
agents to be responsible for the de-
cision of the president whereby a
railroad may reduce the joint inter-
state rate.
1t is asserted that the commission
has authorized the railroads to reduce
their joint interstate rates, in which
two or more railroads participate. on
one days notice to the commission of
their proposed change in rates, but
the act of commission prohibits every
road from making any reduction in
interstate rates between points on its
own line without giving thirty days
notice to the commission.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
HIS ODD AID.
The Collar That Gave PlumIey Soc
ond Start In Business.

ond Start In Business.
Nothing succeeds like persever.
ance," said Mark Twain at a dinner.
when the luck seems most against
us, then we should work and hope
hardest of all. In moments of dis
coura cement let us remember my old
friend Henry Plumley of Virginia City.
Henry Plumley ran collar factory.
Times were reported to be hard with
him. When his factory, which was
very heavily insured, burned down,
there was every indication that he
had set the place on fire himself in
order to get the insurance money. Vir-
ginia City was the soul of honor in
those days. Shocked beyond words. it
rose en- masse, seized Henry Plumley,
put a halter round his neck and lynch
ed him.
"But he did not die. The sheriff ar
rived and cut him down in time. He
was tried and found guilty, and he
served a term In jail
ION his release you wouldn't have
thought that he'd return to Virginia
City again, Ell? He did, though. He
came back, reopened his collar factory
and prospered.
What gave him his start was the
odd advertisement with which he an
nounced his return to business among
us. Preceded by brass band, Henry,
in a great gilt chariot, burst upon our
streets. He sat on a kind of golden
throne, and he held on a crimson cush-
ion in his lap an old, old collar. Above
the collar on a crimson banner waved
this inscription in huge letters of gold:
"'This is the collar we wore when
we were lynched. 1t saved our life.
Be wise in time and use no other. At
all retailers, 10 cents apiece, three for
quarter indianapolis Star.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
A SILLY TRAGEDY.
The Duel Between Tom Porter and
Sir Henry BelIasis.

Some of the royalists who were
forced to endure the English common
wealth seemed to console themselves
for the dullness of life under Puritan
government by fighting as many duels
as they could compass, so that igDoble
squabbles and foolish plots make up
the history of their days.
Tom Porter was of a family which
had zealously served the king. Under
the new government his occupation was
gone, and he descended to a triviality
of life which finally involved him In a
most pathetic event This was duel
which he fought with his friend. Sir
Henry Bellasis, and which. says Pepys
in his Diary" is worth remembering
for 1.-The Stiffness of the quarrel. -
kind of emblem of the general COM
plexion of the whole kingdom"
But, silly as the quarrel undoubtedly
was, it carried in it an element of heart
break
The two young men involved were
intimate friends and companions. but
one day, being merry in company"
Tom Porter said he should like to see
the man in England who would dare
give him blow With that Sir Henry
Bellasis struck him box on the ear
The inevitable duel followed. wherein
each was wounded Sir Henry proved
to be seriously hurt. so he called Por-
ter, kissed and bade him fly.
For said he. Tom. thou hast hurt
me, but l will make shift to stand upon
my legs till thou mayest withdraw. for
would not have thee troubled for
what thou hast done"
Porter profited by his friends gener-
osity aud escaped 10 France. Sir Henry
died few days later, and Pepys con
cludes, 1T is pretty TO see how the
world do talk of them as couple of
fools that killed one another out OF
love-"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
NAT c. TITUS.

Lebanon, Ind, July 3O-Oscar Proc
morning by hitting him in the head
with a rock, was bound over to the cir
cult court by Mayor John II. Hoy with
out bond on the charge of first degree
murder Proctor entered a plea of not
guilty before Mayor Hoy. The Cir
cult Court, which has adjourned for
the summer, will not convene until
Sept. /. The inquiry being conducted
by Coroner Hendricks is not yet COM
pleted. No one is admitted to the hear
ings except the lawyers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
The Holly.

The holly in Germany Is called
Christdorn, or Christ's thorn, the leg
end being that it was of this plant that
the crown of thorns was made In
France the honor is assigned to the
hawthorn, which is there called the no
bic thorn. In Spain the legend assigns
the honor to the bramble. An old
Scotch legend makes the crown to con
sist Of thistle blades, while in the folk
lore Of England the climbing rose is
said TO have been the plant selected by
the prosecutors.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30

Women of Great Britain are well rep
resented in the professions and trades.
and about 100000 are earning their
own living. There are $4,000 who
teach: 10000 are bookkeepers; over
5000 are printers and 800 act as edit
ors and compilers; 300 are engaged in
civil service clerks num-
Der nearly 1900: $500 are engaged in
medical WORK and nursing and $50
women are blacksmiths.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30

Speaking of the evils of smoke In
London at meeting of the Christian
Social Union at the St. Paul's Chapter
House recently Sir w. B. Richmond
said late springs and early autumns
were caused by London smoke and
nothing else. Where there was no
light there was no color. Hence the
pallor of the people and the fact that
poor girls of fifteen or sixteen were
often toothless. Snub noses and re-
treating chins were largely due to the
absence of light, the speaker said
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
LATEST INNOVATION.

The latest railway innovation is a
plan for a community of interests be-
tween the traffic associations. The
idea originated with the Transcontin-
entail Freight Bureau, which invited
the Central Freight association and
the Trunk Line association to appoint
: committees to attend it's meeting aE..
have equal voice and vote on matters
affecting them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
Metallic Meta phors.

'sIt is most amazing" said a metal
lurgist. ''how the world relies on met
ais for its metaphors and SMILES.
Thus, an orator is silver tongued or
golden mouthed. An explorer is
bronzed by African suns. A resolute
chap has an iron will. A sluggard
moves with leaden feet. An ostrich
has a copper lined stomach. A million
aire has tin. A swindler is as slippery
as quicksilver. A borrower has braSs."
New Orleans Tfmes-Democrat
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
EXPECT GOOD RESULTS.

Good results are expected to follow
the meeting of high officials of all the
Indiana roads with the State Commits
sion of Indiana, in Indianapolis the
latter part of last week. Questions
which have been agitated and none
settled since the commission was ap-
pointed were brought up and thor
oughly aired. The railroad men ex-
planned their position in the matter
and came to better understanding
with the commission as to what might
be expected in the future. and it is
believed that good results are to fol-
low the session of these two factions.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
STATES COMPARED.

Kentucky. with a population of fifty
five to each square mile, has but
81 miles of railway line for each
100 square miles and but 14.5 miles
for each 10000 inhabitants. Indiana,
just across the river with a popula-
ton of seventy-six for each square
mile has 1872 miles of railway line for
each 100 square miles.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
BACK ACHE & SICK KIDNEYS

are quickly relieved and permanent
y cured by the New Herb Cure.
FATHER WILLIAMS INDIAN TEA
Natures Remedy, gathered in the
Rocky Mountains. Pure and simpl
but sure and certain. Acts like mag
on the KIDNEYS and BLADDER
ures BACKACHE, CONGESTION
KIDNEYS, RHEUMATISM, GOVT,
JAUNDICE and BRIGHT'S DISEASE
Give il trial and be convinced. Put
up in lea and Tablet form, 20 and
80 cents a package. A. G. Luken G.
Co., Richmond.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30

$50 you went before a magistrate
with that man who abused you SO
shamefully last Sunday. What hap
penedT
'Oh. 1t went entirely in my favor.
The man was obliged to withdraw
more than half Of what he said
AIegxendorfer Blatter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED.

The improvements inaugurated at
indianapolis by the Pennsylvania line
with the appointment of ]. w. Conveys
as superintendent of the terminals of
the company at indianapolis as well
as of the Vincennes division are now
about completed and have greatly i'm
proved the conditions for handling
the company's business.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30

Bobby-Sister will be down in a few
minutes. Mr. Softly. She's upstairs re-
hearsing. MFR. Soft,y (pho has come
prepared)-Wwhat Is s-she rehearsing,
B-bobby? Bobby don't know. but
she's standing in front OF the mirror
and blushing and saying. "Oh, Mr.,
Softly-er-this Is SO sudden
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30

Many ills come from impure blood.
Can't have pure blood with faulty d.
gestion. lazy liver and sluggish bowels.
Burdock Blood Bitters strengthens
stomach, bowels and liver, and puri-
flies the blood.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
WAS IN POOR HEALTH FOR YEARS

Ira W. Kelley. of Mansfield, Pa,
writes: II was in poor health for two
years, suffering from kidney and blad-
der trouble, and spent considerable
money consulting physicians without
obtaining any marked benefit, but
was cured by Foley's Kidney Cure, and
/ desire to add my testimony that it
may be the cause OF restoring the
health of Others" Refuse substitutes
A G.. Luken & Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30

John Lumbers while riding a bicy-
cie in suburb of London fell. and the
stem of the pipe he was smoking pierre.
ed the roof of his mouth, and entering
his brain, killed him.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
The Same or Anotherf

"And you saw Muriel: 2"
al did"
'"rell me, is she marriedT
Eyes"
zone question more. Again or YETI
Washington Herald
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30
Er%ntrefee~

Nothing else is so contagious as en-
thusiasm. 1t is the real allegory of
the lutte of Orpheus. 1t moves stone
1t charms brutes. Enthusiasm is the
genius of sincerity, and truth accom-
plfshes no victory without it-Bulwer
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30

George told me today he loved me
more than his very life'
Nonsense. All the young men say
that"
THAT may be true. But they all
don't say it to me-"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30

Among the most urgent needs of
Greece is the linking of its railway
system with the rest of Europe Some
progress was made toward this end in
900
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30

The identification of the west
Shore road from Syracuse to Utica.
stretch of forty-four miles, has just
been completed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30

He removes the greatest ornament of
friendship who takes away from II re-
spect-Cicero.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-30

is not bound to help you out-German
Proverb.