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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-02
PRISON ron THEFT OF STROUD.
Undertaken Sent 10 Jail fer euryins
Man In an Undershirf.

Little Rock. Ark.-For the alleged
theft Of shToud from a dead ran and
burying him In the scanty white un.
dershirt furnished by the county hos
pital, despite the fact that the rola.
tivcs had paid for the shroud. ". r.
Jackson. an undertaken on West
Ninth street. was fned $3.50 and sen
fenced 10 six months IN Jail
John parncli died and his two sons
arranged for the funeral They asked
Jackson how much he would charge
90 furnish their father with a conn. Q
Shroud and a grave. The price agreed
upon vas t25. when the day for the
funeral came both brothers say the,
went TO the Jackson undertaking
rooms and there saw their dead par
ent, properly laid out In his conn ane
dressed In a long black shroud. They
made arrangements 20 return after
dinner for the trip % the cemetery
and on leaving tho parior were warned
by a woman, who said.
4 hope Jackson won't treat your
father Ike be did my son"
Tho two men became suspicious ard
when the grave was reached they az.
derod the coffin opened To thie the
drive objected, saying % wae against
mr.. Jacksons orders bat this only
strengthened their suspicious. The
brothers insisted, and finally the I'D
was removed The black shroud had
disappeared. The arrest Of The IN.
derioker followed.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-02
OIL KIM Is STAGED.
John o. Rockefeller Shown az Hero
IN The Almighty polar.~

New York--John d. Rockefeller has
been staged not IN any uncertain
manner and With an alias a. In The
vanderbilt Cup" or The Lion and The
Mouse but quite positively even down
TO his own name. James Havlland
has done Il In bis vaudeville sketch
called The Almighty Dollar and
haviland himself plays the part Of
the oil king.
John ID. Is shown bcwailing TIE fact
that he has 90 sneak into bis house
hke thief In the night. dodring pro.
cess servers. The door bell rings and
he asks sharply. What's that7" and
then soliloquiEes. another az those
diouc reporters. suppose. seeking
pay opinion on the next presidential
romraign Fools. fools. fools. h mat
ers not Who the man IL or may be
be Is ours. ours body and soul
Then he gets a note from a poor
uocior who has been stung by the
tainted money microbc and wants a
few days more time on his $4,000
note
boah!' SCOTS John u. the same
PIC story. More time. more time. bus.
'ness - business. and a business man
Hhould not presume on a friendship. +"
20 II goes. but. though he u a hard
headed business man. this Rockefeller
~ the stage is made SO Kind hearted
that he gives $4,000 for the rag doll
~ Little Liz, the angel waif. who once
upon a time pulled his gTandchild
out OF the ocean az Rockaway. and al
the end LID says. earnest like:
y John D. dem noospaper guys who,
allus knockin you 10 a bunch Of stins
u alnt got hair on de top of yet
nut, but love yor-I love yer like
E-ll."
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-02

o. Count julius Andrassy. whose
monument wat recently unveiled ~
puda.pcsth. the Ncuo prcsse gives
ne following incidont; Count Andras
AZ Rad n hauit OF smoothing Win his
hand his richly oiled hair one day
sn important document had passed
,be Austrian council OF ministers IN
he contents ~ watch Count Andfas'
~ was Interested. shortly aitervafd
the Austrian president OF the minls'
trv said 20 enc q the miuiaiersi
Count Andrassy has read the latest
document" How do you know y
fad on Il the imprint 81 Count Al.
drassys fingers" responded the presf
iont with a laugh.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-02

Hacon-A man asked NE Tor money
or The street today
Egberi--Ard did you give HIM any
thinE3
Il should cay ! dld' gave him =
Took that BE- Wont forret IN a huFgyi-
-Youkcrb statcrman.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-02
PAPA PREPARED.

"And now darling" said the young
nan. when he question had been
iu'y propo-sd and favorahiy an.
Iwcred. u suppose must face the
interview with your father. WIZ be
D. fnEhuul'y augryT
"Oh. don't think 90. replied the
AFR Girl "Of olurse he'll be- awfu.iy
mrTused. lmt I'm sure that after a
81 bel. give in and " VIII be all
eight
TLss Henry vent and maBi-llE
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-02
wsttsrn stairway. VIA Painter.

Italy n stands above TIE River Men
sofa. near Setiignanc. a short dis.
lance below VIVA noccaccio. where
the author of the -necamcron" lived
and De- supposed 20 have been horn
In fact many Of the stories related On
this famous book are supposed 90
have been told In the villa Palmieri
Co which the little coterio 90 story
teliers moved afies having spent some
90 their time az villa PosEio Ghcrarfo.
their first stopping place after they
had led from plague stricken Flor
snce. The villa Palmieri dates back
20 i316. u not earlier. and az the time
OF Hoccaccio's writing the villa BE-
longCd 20 Cionl de- Fini Soon after.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-02
DAMAGE hn Mon, R,,.

In bet countries meat exposed 20
the direct rays ~ The moon puiroaos
much more illidiy than q kept IN The
lalE.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-02

knocked o. the smoking room door.
and papa called out.
Come in. young man. VIVA, an
awful time you've been scttllIg that
little mattcr' on course Ivy answer
Is Yes. Bless ylu'"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-02

Actyn Rarues-i see that IN me new
version Of Uncle Tom Cabin" here
are 30 bioCdlounds
Mac Booth Rauiing'e1-Atal 7
knew q wouldn't b. long before Ellza
would be- chased over the ice By . 80
Horsepower touring cAT!--PusE
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-02
CRADLE Of srso.,
Here Was birhpi,..
M''h0ai'n IN las'..s. $50

The coaiori-y a, pr.-...,.
dlsm was celebrated .-. ..l'' "a,
De coalition as o.ls. ~ ''a's,.
COP. a 'oncly mountain Il, =. q "
desc ~ Cheshire .-5 ~ ~ 70 =,
1ns'aaa Il was oa Nov ~. +. =,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-02

When a man points with pride bis
wife begins to view with alarm.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-01
INDIANAPOLIS GENEROUS
Figures Show City Has the
Spirit of Giving.
is NOT so IN RICHMOND.

Prof. w. S. Hiser has prepared fig
ures showing that indianapolis has a
spirit of giving which would be of
great benefit to the local Y. M. c. A.
movement if Richmond would follow
A number have said that Indianapolis
has not given any more in proportion
to her wealth than has Richmond. but
Mr.. Hiser's figures seem to show other
wise. They follow:
indianapolis Y. NJ. c. A, 1907-S213.-
900 pledged; $4,000 wanted; $4,000
more than expected.
Indianapolis Y. w. c. A, March, 1907
$4,000 pledged; 100000 wanted;
$40 900 more than expected.
indianapolis Butler university,
March 190T-S253 .000 pledged; S25O.0o0
wanted; $4,000 more than expected,
S66600o pledged; 100000 wanted;
500. 900 more than expected.
Indianapolis Technical institute,
within last two years. S513, 900
pledged: $500, 600 wanted; $4,000 more
than expected.
Totals-S1, 10000 pledged: 81 100
900 wanted; $4,000 more than ex-
pected.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-01

fIyerfng his words made one over.
value the freight they carried. But !
soon found, for | studied him with in
creasing interest. thanks to my new
point of view upon him. soon found
that he had one quality the reverse
Of commonplace He had magnetism.
Whenever new candidate was pro-
posed for Mazarin's service, he used
70 ask, first of all, Has he luck?" Ny
first question has been, Has he mag.
netism7 ," and ] think mine is the bet
ter measure. Such of ones luck as is
not the laundering blindness of ones
opponents is usually the result of ones
magnetism However it is about the
most dangerous of the free gifts of
nature,-which are all dangerous.
Burbank's merit lay in his discreet use
of it. It compelled men TO center upon
him; he turned this 70 his advantage
by making them feel, not how he
shone, but how they shone. They
went away liking him because they
had new reasons for being in love
with themselves.
/ found only two serious weak
nesses. The first was that he lacked
the moral courage boldly to do either
right or wrong. That explained why,
in spite of his talents for impressing
people both privately and from the
platform, he was at the end of his
political career The second weak
ness was that he was ashamed of his
very obscure and humble origin. He
knew that his being wholly self-made"
was a mstchless political asset. and
he used it accordingly. But he looked
on it somewhat as the beggar looks on
the deformity he exhibits TO get aims
Neither weakness made him less
valuable to my purpose,-the first one.
If anything, increased his value. |
wanted an instrument that was capa-
Bile. but strong only when | used it.
1 wanted man suitable for develop
ment first into governor of my state.
and then into President. I could not
haze got the presidency for myself,
but neither did I want it. My Iongings
were all for power,-the reality. not
the shadow. In a republic the man
who has the real power must be out
of view. If he is within view, mil
lion hands stretch TO drag him from
the throne. He must be out of view.
putting forward his puppets and
changing them when the people grow
bored or angry with them. And the
President-in all important matters
he must obey his party, which is, after
all. simply the interests that finance
it: in unimpOrtant matters, his So
called power is whitfield down by the |
party's leaders and workers, whose |
may not be disregarded |
He shakes the plum tree, but he does |
it under orders; others gather the |
fruit. and he gets only the exercise
and the honor"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-01

The first of it / distinctly recall was
after children's party at our house.
Carlotta singled ont Mrs. Burbank for
enthusiastic communication. The 9TH
er women sent nurses with their chill
dren." said she. "but Mrs. Burbank
came herself. She was so sweet in
apologizing for coming. She said she
hadn't any nurse, and that she was so
timid about her children that she
never could bring herself 10 trust them
to nurses. And really, Harvey, you
don't know how nice she was all the
afternoon Shes the kind of mother
j approve of, the kind I try to be.
Don't you admire her."
Il don't know her" said I. 'The
only time I met her she struck me as
being-well, rather silent
That's it,, she exclaimed triumph
antly ''She doesn't care a rap for
men. She's absorbed in her children
and her husband Then, after
pause. she added: We'll. she's wei
come to him / can't see what she
finds to care for"
Why" said ].
oh. he's distinguished-looking ard
polite, Extensively polite TO women
he doesn't understand them at all
thinks they like Difference and fiattery.
the low-grade moiasses kind of fat
terry. He has a very nice smile. But
he's so stiIted and tiresome. always
serious,-and such a pose, It's what
call the presidential pose. No doubt
he'll be President some day"
Why" said /. 1t is amusing to
watch woman tumble about for rea.
sons for her fntuftions.
Carlotta did uncommonIy well "Oh,
] don't know. He's the sort of high
averaged American that the people go
crazy about. He-he-iooks like a
President, that sort of-solemn-no-
sense-of-humor, Sunday look.-you
know what / mean. Anyhow, he's go
ing to be President"
[ thought not. A few days later.
while what Carlotta had said was
fresh In my mind, he overlook me
walking TO the capitol. AS we went
on together. I was smiling to myself
He certainly did look and talk like a
President. He was of the average
height, of the average built. and of a
sort of average facial mold; he had
hair that was compromise among
the average shades of brown, gray,
and black with bald spot just where
most men have 1t.
His pose-I saw that Carlotta was
shrewdly right He was acuteIy self.
conscious, and was acting his pose |
every instant. He had selected it |
early in life: he would wear it, even
in his nightshirt, until death. He said |
nothing brilliant but neither did he |
say anything that would not have been |
generally regarded as sound and sen.
sible. His impressive manner of de-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-01
Cured of rheumatism,

Mr.. VIM. Henry of Chattanooga
Tenn, had rheumatism in his left
arm. The strength seemed TO have
gone out of the muscles SO that it was
useless for work" he says. Il applied
Chamberlain Pain Balm and wrapped
the arm in flannel at night, and to my
relief | found that the pain gradually
left me and the strength returned. In
three weeks the rheumatism had dis
appeared and has not since returned. y
If troubled with rheumatism try few
applications of Pain Balm. You are
certain to be pleased with the relief
which it affords. For sale by A. G..
LuHen & Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-01
North Bros.-Gennett.


North Bros. comedians, headed by
Mr.. Harry Chaplin North and Miss Nir-
ginia Goodwin, two of Americas fore
most leading repertoire people. and a
full company of real artists, will open
a return engagement at the Gennett
theater. Monday night. April 1. The
opening production Will be A Daugh-
ter of the South" This is one of the
incest, cleverest and most interesting
bills TO be seen this season. The
principal role is played by Harry
Chaplin North. High class specialties
between the acts by such noted art
lists as the Two Deagons. Little Patti
Seldom and Master Bobbie ST. Clair.
The lady orchestra is one of the
features of this big company Matt
nees daily beginning on Tuesday
Repertoire at the Phillips.
The Ethel Desmond Stock company
Will appear at the New Phillips all
this week. The Chambersburg Public
Opinion says of it: The Ethel Des-
mond Stock company did not disap-
point the large audience present in the
play, Woman Against Woman. The
bill was an exceptionally strong one.
Miss Desmond, the star, had most
difficult part to portray, one of light
and shade, from comedy of the lighter
nature to emotion of the most dramat-
&c kind and she was equal to the re-
quirements at every moment of the
play. Her leading man, Walter NJ.
Enel, is no stranger TO local patrons.
having played here three seasons ago
as leading man with the Lauder Stock
company, as he, together with Henry
Marcus, James A. Sullivan, Dotty
Greene, Estelle Lynn. l.. L. Greene
and others of the company rendered
excellent support This attraction is
well worth good patronage"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-01
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-01

Ito Be Untinuad.1
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-01

you secret ambition for the presi-
dency--'
Don't talk rubbish, James," inter
rupted. Those few meaningless votes
in the national convention had added
his common sense. Sit down-calm
yourself-tell me all about it,
He seated himself and ran his fin
gers through his wet hair that was
being so rapidly thinned and whitened
by the struggles and anxieties of his
ambition. My God" he cried out.
how ] am punished When | started
in my public career, / looked forward
and saw just this time-when l should
be the helpless tool in the hands of
the power / sold myself to- Govern
orr" He almost shouted the word
rising and pacing the floor again
Governor, and he laughed in wild
derision.
l watched him. fascinated. I. too.
at the outset of my career, had looked
forward, and had seen the same peril
but l had avoided it. Wretched figure
that he was,-what more wrefcbed
more pitiable than a man groyelins
and moaning in the nire of his own
self-contempt? Governor" I said 70
myself. as | saw awful thoughts fitting
like demons of despair across his face
and l shuddered, and pitied, and re-
joiced-shuddered at the narrowuess
of my own escape; pitied the men who
seemed myself as I might have been;
and rejoiced that I had had nv moth
er with me and in me to impel me
into another course.
Come. come. Burbank" said I,
you're not yourself; you've lost
sleep
Sleep" he interrupted. I have
not closed my eyes since read those
cursed bills
Tell me what you VIE. done" was
my suggestion IN help f. any Eay I
can-any way that's practicable
'sOh, | understand your position.
Savler." he answered. when he had
got control of himself again. but I
see plainly that the time has come
when the power that rules me-that
rules us both-has decided to use me
to my own destruction. If L refuse to
do these things. it will destroy me
and hundred are eager to come for
ward and take my place Ii I do these
things the people Will destroy me
and neither is thai OF the smallest
Importance 10 our master.
ITO Be tr.nffu,.odl
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-01

this sapiing popularity which. IN MS
dreams. he already saw grown into
a mighty tree obscuring the national
heavens.
l gave many and many an anxious
hour TO anxious thought and careful
planning that summer and fall. II
was only few days before Doc Wood
ruff appeared at Fredonia with the
winters legislative programme that /
saw my way straight TO what | hoped
was broad day. The program ne he
brought was so outrageous that it was
funny There was nothing in it for
the Ramsay interests. but each of the
other ten had apparently exhausted
the ingenuity of its lawyers in con
cocting demands that would have
wrecked forever the party granting
them
Our friends are modest" said I.
They've gone clean crazy" replied
Woodruff And if you could have
heard them talk, It's impossible 10
make them see that anybody has any
rights but themselves
We'll, let me have the details" said
T. Explain every item on this list:
ieil me just what it means. and JUS
how the lawyers propose to disguise it
so the people won't catch on
When he had finished | divided the
demands into three classes-the I'm
possible, the possible. and the prac
t;cable. Strike out all the impossi-
Bile | directed "Cut down the pos
sible to the ten that are least out
rageous. Those ten and the practica
bic must be passed
He read off the ten which were be
rnob-and-hanging matters We can
lass them. of course" was his com
rnent. we could pass law ordering
the state house burned, but"
Precisely" said l. 4 think the
consequences will be interesting
cross-marked the FIVE worst OF the
ten possibilities Save those until
the last weeks of the session."
Early in the session Woodruff began
to push the FIVE least bad of the bad
measures on to the calendar Of the
Legislature, one by one. When the
third was introduced, Burbank took
the limited for Washington. He ar
rived in time TO join my wife and my
little daughter Frances and me at
breakfast He was so white and sunk
en-eyed and his hands were SO I'M
steady that Frances tried in vain to
take her solemn, wondering, plying
gaze from his face. As soon as my
study door closed behind us, he burst
Hrt stridipp nm and down
81 don't know what to think, Say
Ter" he cried. Il don't know what to
think, The demands of these corpor-
atoms nave been growing, growing,
growing. And now-You have seen
the calendar?'
Yes" said I. "Some of the bills
are pretty stiff, aren't they? But the
boys tell me they're for our best
friends, and that they're all neces-
sary."
NO doubt, no doubt" he replied,
but it will be impossible to reconcile
the people" Suddenly he turned on
me, his eyes full of fear and suspicion
Have you laid a plot to ruin me, Say
Ter? 1t certainly looks that way. Have
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-01
GOOD NEWS OF A GREAT THING.
That Has Become the Talk of Thou
i sands.

There is death at the end of every
life, but as we travel on toward the
grave we hope to be blessed with good
health, and when we have a friend
who has suffered for years with some
painful malady, it is good news, in
deed, when we are told of that friends
complete recovery, and when we hear
of the remedy that made the cure, we
are bound to have confidence in it.
This is why Root Juice is so well
spoken of all over the country.
Mr.. Sam Anderson, we'll known
farmer, living near Gas City, Ind,
said: III tell you Root Juice is a
great medicine. / suffered for years
with rheumatism and stiff joints, and
when / awoke in the mornings l could
hardly raise myself from the bed. Ny
feet and hands We're sore. stiff and
painful, more especially during damp
and rainy weather. | had a great deal
of trouble with my back. Root Juice
cured one of my neighbors OF a bad
stomach trouble so I thought | would
give it trial, although my trouble
was entirely different. | purchased a
bottle of Root Juice and a 25c bottle
of ..Uze-it'' Pain Oil: | rubbed my back
and joints well with the oil and took
Root Juice precisely as directed. |
felt so much better after the first
week that | bought six more bottles of
the Juice, also some of the Liniment-
In few weeks every symptom of my
trouble was gone now feel that the
cure is permanent and am advising all
my sick friends 10 try Root Juice
Root Juice has proved its wonder
ful merit TO hundreds of Richmond
people For sale by A e. Lqken *
Co. ST a bottle: for $3.50.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-01
At the Theaters
Theatrical Calendar.
GENNETT.

GENNETT.
Week of April 1-Repertoire.
April 1.-THE time, the Place and
the Girl
PHILLIPS.
Week of April 1-Repertoire.
THE THEATORIUM.
Entire Week-Motion pictures and
illustrated Songs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-08-26

NIAGARA. Dat. Aug ~. Play
In the International and Canadian
tennis championship tournament
beean today in the oueen'a Royal
courts. overlooking Lake Ontario.
The combination Of the two tourua.
ments by the Canadian Lawn Ten.
mis- association has brought toweih.
or the leading players % North
America and will make the meet
one Of the most notabla % tho sea.
son. An unusually large number
o. contestants from tha United
States are here 20 Try for the In.
ternatlonAl challenge bowl. now
held By Irving Wright The chief
trophy IL the Canadian champion.
ship challenge cup. 81 which ncain
G. Wfight Ia tho pFesent holder
Miss May Sutton. who has just rc.
turned frosa winning tho Eugiish
and other championships. made her
first appearance on the American
court today since her victorious
trip.