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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-17

FOR RENT-Front room furnished for
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-17

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-17

FOR RENT-Furnished room with
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-17

FOR RENT-A six room house at 23i
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18th ST. 15-2t
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14
GAINS,

A great many authors started in life barefooted, and some of 'em to-day are holding good positions in shoe facto- ries.-Atlanta Constitution.
 "Chapleigh has cold in his head 'Td been wondering" "Wondering what?" What Chapleigh had in his head.'-Cleveland Plaindealer.
 Yes, Miss Roxley is mad. There was certain puppy with a great pedigree that she wanted her father to buy for her, but he would't do it. What was it? A French count or German bar on?"-The Catholic Standard and Times.
 You were guilty of one matrimonial mistake, I shouldn't think you would marry again"
 "Oh, but you know verdict of guilty usually leads to a second trial" replied the gay grass widow Philadelphia Ledger.
 First Magnate = ,;That upstart mill lionaire is not in odr set" Second Mag nate-"Well, he certainly tried to give me the impression he was. First Mag nate-"All pretension. Why, the man has never been indicted in his life.''- Baltimore American.
 "Yes.' said Mrs. Houskeep, T simply had to buy this plain gown on account of our cook" Really replied Mrs Mccall, T don't understand" Well you see, she goes in for gaudy things and I want to have just one dress that she won't copy.'-Philadelph Press.
 "see, here, Bridget" said Miss Hous. keep. 'the dishes you have put on the table of late have been positively dirty Something's got to be done about it.'
 "Thrue fer ye, ma'am' replied Brid- get, eff ye only had dark colored ones ma am, they wouldn't show the dirt at all, Philadelphia Press
 Gretchen (to best friend)-"You were wrong, you see, when you said MT Smith did not care for me. Yesterday he asked me to marry him and declared he could eat me up!" Louiso--'I congrat- ulate you. I had always heard that his favorite dish was goose!" e!"-Translated for Transatlantic Tales from Meggen- dorfer Blatter.
 Hypochondriacal Hubby (who has just speculated in pennyworth at a railroad weighing machine) will be very sorry to hear, dove that have lost seven pounds.
 Wife of His Bosom-Gracious good ness! lAnd want new bonnet SC badly.
 Hubby (gloomily) no; sever pounds of flesh, I mean
 Wife (with intense relief)-Oh, is that all? I wish you would be little more considerate. and not frighten any one out of one's wits about such trifes.- | Tit-Bits.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14
THE KNox CASE.

Yesterday, after having been skillful- ly prosecuted and skillfully defended, Samuel H. Knox was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to not less than five or more than seven years in the State prison. Thus ends a case which has excited great and unusual interest. And the general verdict will, we think, heartily support the jury verdict. The general opinion has seem ed to be that while Knox was ready enough to fight the first provocation did not come from him. But there has been no feeling that the crime was not a serious one, and did not deserve seri- ous and just punishment. It has re- ceived it, and there will be no more talk of discrimination, race prejudice
 etc., etc. No case in Connecticut was ever more fairly and thoroughly tried and Judge Case. who was on the bench
 has added to his well-established repu- tation for clearness, promptness, accu- tracy and knowledge. As we are not yet civilized enough to get along without murder trials it will be well to have them conducted as this one was.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14
HOW FIREBUGs WORK.
Some of Their Schemes Ingenious-Dif- | ficult to Capture.

Some of Their Schemes ngenious-Dif-
 ficult to Capture.
 Those whose business it is to trap in- cendiaries fully realize that at present only the less intelligent criminals and the more rash incendiary crimes are usually discovered and punished. Eve ry thoughtful fire marshal who attend ed the recent first convention in wash ington of such state officials reluctantly admitted these facts. That the service is improving and that interchange of information and police assistance will make a great change for the better is confidently asserted by the same indi- viduals.
 An official who has spent many years in tracing down suspected incendiaries gives the following idea of his methods as well as the unusual difficulties of tracking out this sort of criminal activ- ity. He says:
 "To capture fire fiend is one of the most difficult tasks ever meted out to an investigator to accomplish. The perpetrator of such crime never does the act boldly like many other crimes are committed; he never invites any one around to see him commit the act, but in the most stealthy manner he proceeds to take vengeance on some person or persons against whom he has a grudge or to accomplish the burning of goods or property to make money. The dead hour of night is usually the time selected to do this kind of work, and sometimes plans are so laid that the incendiary can be miles away from the scene of his crime before the fire really starts This is accomplished by what is known as slow match, and consists usually of we'll oiled place with candle placed in the center of the room and cotton goods around it.
 Ut can thus be easily calculated how much a candle will burn in an hour, and the candle can be made long enough so as to allow the incendiary, if he desires. to be hundreds of miles away from the origin of the fire. Ev- erything goes all right in such a case unless some one happens to discover the nefarious outfit, and in such an
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14
NEW HAVEN 1907

event it affords an excellent opportuni- ty to fasten the crime o the guilty.
 "A party who commits the crime of incendiarism, when confronted with the charge, usually at once proceeds to tell how he had nothing at all to do with the fire with which he is connectede. The best plan is to encourage him to enlarge upon his innocence. Then, when he is finished talking, give him 8 rather sudden jolt by turning on him and say: You have explained how you did not set it on fire; please tell how you did set the place on fire The facts that have been gathered regard ing the case can then be placed before him, and the incendiary himself will soon begin to suspect that he is not as innocent as he himself had depicted. Thinking that the crime is well known against them, they will frequently do what is known as cough up This is called sweating a suspect"
 In the fire at the Frederick (A1d.) Brush Works the men who set that place on fire used oily waste from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad cars. In crossing over a gate to the factory they placed their greasy fingers on parts of the gate. The fire marshal had DOT ton of the gate sawed out, and the men were confronted with their own finger prints, and it caused them to confess.
 George, alias "scotty' Kennedy, who is serving term in the penitentiary for setting fire to a stable in Baltimore because he was not allowed. to longer sleep in it, used oily waste, and after he set the place on fire he was traced to place where he washed his hands IA colored girl who set a place on fire in Anne Arundel county by pouring coal oil on the side of the house, and also placing paper with oil on it under meath the same, was asked which she did first-put the oil on the side of the house or underneath it ?she, thinking
 that she had been discovered in the act
 said she put the oil on the side of the
 house after she had poured it over the
 paper under the house,-Baltimort
 News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14
4 MINNESOTA IDEA.

Perhaps it is too much to expect that all the buildings ir a civilized country will ever be architecturally beautlful, structurally safe, and fireproof, but that is what they ought to be, isn't it? A move in the right direction has been made in Minnesota, where a bill has just been introduced in the legislature at the instance of the State chapter of the American Institute of Architects. It is designed for the protection of the public as well as the architectural pro- fession, and provides that a State board of architecture be appointed by the gov ernor, and that all architects be requir- ed to obtain a license, to be granted after thorough examination, upon payment of the required fee. The measure is designed to prevent bad art in building designs and unsafeness in construction, cutting off particularly certain builders who are in the habit of making their own plans. The St. Paul Pioneer Press says: There have been several serious collapses of con- crete structures due to the want of technical knowledge in the handling of ta1e material for structural purposes, or to want of proper appreciation of the peculiarities of cement. There have been instances of almost criminal disregard of the principles of reinforcing con- crete. To bar out the incompetents and those inadequately prepared for the practice of so highly technical a pro- fession as that of architecture is to throw a safeguard about human life. If any builder is competent to be his own architect he can just as easily prove his competency as any member of the profession.
 A good many of the people of Minne- sota doubtless think, as do many peo- pie of other States, that they are al. ready taxed enough for commissions, but the new commission proposed cer- tainly seems con1mendable.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14

remove from the jurisdiction of the courts that large class of so-ealled criminals who are in reality irrespon- sible and whose place is in the hospi- tai rather than in prison. The func- tions of the physician in the Assize Court will be considerably extended Finally. the law defines the entire posi- tion of the lunatic as regards his ma" terial interests. It will not hereafter be possible for a mans next of kin to obtain his detention as lunatic in or der to control his share of the family inheritance Guardians of the alleged lunatic's civil rights will be appointed, and his material as we'll as his moral interests will be looked after by the State.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14

Hundreds of baby alligators are sold
 every year to patrons of the heath re- sort at Hot Springs sfor spets for home
 aquariums, and for curious mementoes to be sent to distant friends. For these purposes little creatures are more than six inches long are preferred. Reptiles of larger size, from two feet in length up to the largest that can be obtained, are sold for use as advertis- ing novelties and for exhibition in amusements parks, museums, shows and menageries. Large numbers of all sizes are killed, stuffed and mounted in striking or fantastic attitudes and used for ornamental and decortive pur- poses. The skins are tanned and manu- factured into suit cases, satchels, hand bags, belts, pocketbooks, and in fact, almost anything that can be made of leather The durability, beauty and eostliness of the tanned hides causee them to be esteemed among the most desirable of leather materials. Even the teeth are not wasted, being manu- factured into small ornments and ar ticles of jewelry, or sold as curiosities
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14
GOOD WORK IN TRANCE.

The mind and heart of France are both active nowadays, It has long
 been notorious that the lunacy laws of Franeespermitted the occurrence of fre- quent and terrible abuses and offered
 every facility for the Imprisonment of sane persons. The whole subject has been under the consideration of the Chamber and bill has been prepared which will soon become law, and which, it is confidently expected, will put an end to all scandals of the kind for the future. The framers of it have profited by the scientific researches of modern alienists. It will no longer be possible in France to shut up in either private or public asylum man or woman who is not absolutely insane, nor to keep the patient there after complete cure. Sequestration by fam flies will likewise be the object of State inspection. The asylums themselves will be completely reorganized. They will no longer be prisons, but hygienic villages, as it were, whose inhabitants will not be guarded by calous officials, but by specialists whose one aim will be to effect cure. One of the inter- esting results of the law will be to en- body in practical form the discoveries of modern eriminologists. The law will
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14

There may be poetry in hash as well 4as many other things. This is the way the Ohio State Journal talks about it: But do not think that the function of hash is low down in life's experience. Like everything else that seems com mon, it is susceptible of the highest development. There are hashes that the occupants of the sty would spurn, and there are hashes again that would make queens mouth water. And Eere we must remind the gentle reader of the lesson running through all these articles. on good things to eat-that it is not the eggs, the berries, the butter, the cream, the meat, the flour, that consti- tutes the excellence or glory of a viand --it is the delicate fancy, the graceful touch, the loving purpose, the scintillat- ing brain, the smiling presence of the woman who does the cooking. It is these qualities that can take a little cold meat, a little cold potatoes, lit Gle cold onion, and, mixing them to- gether and sprinkling a little of this and that with a few delicate fiirts of the fingers, and then singing a song into the simmering mixture, turn out D dish of hash that Olympus might srave.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14

way that the Beechers achieved it. The most notable contemporary family that we can think of at this moment is that represented by seven auriferous sons of the late Meyer Guggenheim. We hear more just now of the Guggenheims as family than of any other, not even excepting that of Abraham Lands of Indiana, three of whose sons are Re- presentatives in Congress, besides other sons and daughters worthy of prefer ment and likely to win it. The energy of the Guggenhelms has been spent in the acquisition of material treasure. They are wonderful as a family be- cause all seven of them have long been in business together, apparently har- nE0nious, and prodigiously successful. One from the fold has just been spared to go to the Senate, to the family's exaltation,
 The energy of the Beechers was spent in the diffusion of moral theological ideas. Nearly all the sons were clergy men of taste and one was the most em- l ed preacher and one of the most emi- | inent public men of his day. The daughters, especially Mrs. Stowe, con tributed their full share as writers, teachers, and leaders to the family re- nown. None of them were notable money makers, though as an incident of their work some of them did earn considerable amounts of moeny. Of the four more notable Field brothers, Henry was clergyman and editor, David a great lafyer, Stephen an eminent judge and Cyrus, merchant and financier, was man of genius. These men were fla
 nous in their generation would be fla
 nous in our generation-as famous, say, as the Guggenhelms- debata'ble, so noticeably in our day has shrunk in relative consequence the men who diffuse ideas as compared with the men who accumulate dollars. .-Harper' s Weekly. gaa f1
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14
THE FIELDS AND THE BEEcHERs

Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, who died at Hartford on January 25, in her eighty-fifth year was the last survivor of the eleven children of the Rev. Ly
 man Beecher. The Rev. Henry Martyr Field, who died on Januray 26 at Stock bridge, Massachusetts, also in his eighty fifth year was the last of the seven sons of the Rev. David Dudley Field of Stockbridge So ends a
 famous generation in two American families of very high renown, and it is interesting that the end should come to both of them within day. The pro- genitors of both these distinguished families were eminent clergymen of old New England stock. The Fields came from stockbridge. The Beechers were early and long associated with Iitch- field, Connecticut, though Lyman Beecher came from New Haven, and 1 lived in various places where his minis try called him. We see nowhere nowa- days families of that stock approaching these in size and distinction. Large families of the old American stock are rare now. They seem to be no longer born to ministers. Neither is distinc- tion achieved in our day in the same
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14
The Knight and the Maid.

Twas at crossing that we met
 Her eyes like priceless jewels glowed; In fancy I can see her yet,
 Half hesitating in the road. A surly teamste- drove ahead
 Unmindful of her presence there; stop! Let the lady pass" I said;
 He merely sneered and did not care. The maiden, with little cry,
 Rushed forward as I raised my arm And caught the rein prepared to die
 In bravely shielding her from harm, She passed in safety; had played
 A dauntless hero's noble part; I turned to hear the lovely maid
 Return her thanks with all her heart. She smiled, and, O, her smile was sweet Just then, confound the luck, my hat Was wildly blown down through the
 street.
 I never saw her after that. -S. E, Riser in Chicago Record-Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants. Rents and other small advertisements. One Cent Word. each insertion. Five Cents a Word for 5 full week
 Display advertisements, per inch' Onsl assertion. S1.2O: each subsequent tnSex" Sion. 70 cents; one week. ss.sOi @@SI sasnth, s1o; one year. $40.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14

Indignant Old Lady Stop that at ence What do you mean by hitting that little boy in the jaw?
 Little Boy (quiekly)-Oh, dat's all right, lady. He Is going to hit me in de other one, too, and when dey both swell ID can tell de teacher I have de humps and stay home fromsschool. Chicago News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14
M0D EST BIT EFFICIENT.

Few people have ever heard of Nor way, Maine, but there is a reason for that. It is because Norway, Maine, is a place where modest woman is almost the whole thing. This village of 1,50O inhabitants has over a score of women managing progressive lines of business. The town physician is g woman. A woman is justice of the peace. A wo- man manages a drygoods store. An other is photographer, a fifth is bank cashier, sixth is an undertaken, and still a seventh is an insurance agent. Until her recent resignation the Rev. Caroline E. Angell was, for eighteen years, pastor of the Universalist church at Norway. Mrs. F. w. san- born is responsible for the appearance of the Norway Advertiser, the local weekly. This by no means completes the list of the successful business wo- men of Norway.
 These Norway women have been at tending to business, and not blowing about it. They will now get some of the notice and praise they merit but they won't care for that. They can take care of themselves, and they are so busy that they don't feel the need of notice or praise.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14

Immigration Commissioner North, of San Francisco, has decided that Hin- doc cannot become a citizen of the United States, the United States stat utes denying citizenship to all persons who are not white or of African de- scent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14

One of these figuring chaps has been Investigating the assertion of the poet Longfellow that Hiawatha "could shoot an arrow from him and run forward NmitiS such swiftness that the arrow fell behind him" The result of "a simple trigonometrical calculation" is disas- trous to the claim of any such prowess. The figures show that Hiawatha was able to run two hundred and sixteen yards in seven seconds, which would have enabled him to give the present holders of worlds sprinting records one hundred and forty-five yards and then beat them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14

Within the past few days $3 has been returned to the New York conscience fund and $6;OOo to the New Haven con- science fund, The Hartford Times as- sumes that this accurately represents the difference between the consciences of the two places. Quite likely. Fortu- nately it doesn't represent the differ ence between tie conveying" in the two places.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14

"she is quite an expert at pyrogra- phy, is she not?"
 You bet; but her mince pies is best" Baltimore American.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14

Bishop Lawrence still finds 1t impos- sible to escape inquiry as to that bogus prayer scheme that has been so much exposed. He lately wrote to Rev. B. B. Rousmanier, of Providence, saying that letters still came to him from all parts of the world, and at the rate of from two or eight daily.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14

The parish meadow in the village of Broadway, Dorsetshire, England, has been let by auction, under the condi- tions laid down in the will of John Gould, who died in the fifteenth cen tury. Tue parish clerk lit a candle and called for bids to be made while it burned The people were not eager, but just as the wick began to fall over a farmer offered e9 4s., which bid was not topped, as the candle went out sud- denly
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-14

There are several things in this we'll stocked country. For instance, the streets of Boise, Idaho, are sprinkled with asot water, The city and county buildings are heated during cold wealth. CT without the use of fires, and sub scribers to the city waterworks system get hot water all the time without the expense of stoves. All this has been accomplished by the alarnessing of an inexhaustible hot spring.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1907-12-05
BY ROBERT SHARP.

Shurc there's going to be
trouble with them pcsky cowboys,
Two or three times today one ut
cm come to the top OF the knoIe
and looked over, but none OF EN-
ever said good mo'nin, soIiIo-
quzcd Uncle Ned.
And guess they won t, an
severed lack. The land docsn
belong to them if they do think
SO. Round EN- up, Wolf. Let's
turn in. A.,
lack Murray and Uncle Ned
lanes were hcrding sheep and had
riskcd their lives by crossing the
Dead Line into the domain OF
fine bovine, where the cattle man
was king and meant to keep sheep
out at any cost. The hcrders had
made their camp about two miles
from "Sunset ranch, Supper
was over and they sat by the fire
discussing the prospect.
Uncle Ned was about fifty but
looked much older. His face wa
covered with a network OF wrin
klcs running about merry gray
ewes. between which was short
sharp nose, and about puckcrc'
mouth plainly showing that mos
of the teeth were missing. He "a
with a corn cob pipe in his mouth
blowing great clouds OF smok,
from his nostrils, and watching
the circliug rings.
His companion sat idly pokinl
the FIRE He was about twenty
five. tall, strong tanned, an,
handsome, dressed in the rathc
slouchv costume of the plains.
Wolf, having succeeded II
rounding up the sheep, the boy
sought their blankets, each apprc
h,uding danger.
Early next morning rider ap
pcarcd ON the kuolC. He stood TO
a moment, thea gallopcd towarC
the camp. He wore the common
cowboy costume, leather chaps
white hat. flannel shirt cowhid
boots and spurs knottcd abou
his throat was a red bandana a
his waist he wore a cartridge bel
from which was suspended a big