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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
The Zapote Tree and Chicle Gum

IN the canton of Tuxpan Mexico the zapote tree
i takes front rank among the natural resources
which have proved of wealth to individuals
and corporations holding proprietary rights
cessions from the State government to extract chce
gum.
The wood of the zapote tree is dark purplsh red,
and although exceedingly hard when first cut it is
easily worked until thoroughly seasoned when only
the finest edged tools have any effect its finty
surface. 1t takes beautiful polish.
The fiber is SO dense that sharp pointed nails can
be driven in more than inch 1t quickly sinks
in water, and may remain immersed for years with
out being affected in the least Zapote door frames
in the ruins of Uxmal as perfect to-day as
when first placed in position: Leather tanned with
the bark of the tree is claimed to be of superior
quality.
The chicle gum gatherers have destroyed these
fine trees with the recklessneSs as have the
rubber gatherers of Brazil. The trees are tapped
with V shaped missions in the trunk. The sap flows
forth beautifully white and with the consistency of
light cream, gradually becoming viscous until
reaches the receptacle at the base of the with
the density of heavy treacle 1t is boiled in iron
kettles to expel much water possible and is
then kneaded into rough loaves weighing from five
to thirty pounds.
If carefully cooked, it is of whitish gray shade
but when prepared with extra care it is of light
pink color. 1t is extremely adhesive, and is ex-
tensively used for repairing broken articles and
fastening the leather tips to billiard cues. 1t is also
used as a masticatory gum.
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How Mahogany Is Found

MAHOGANY trees do not grow in clusters, but
1V1 scattered throughout the forest and hidden
in dense growth of underbrush vines, and creepers
and require skilful and experienced woodsman to
find them He seeks the highest ground in a forest
climbs to the top of the taest tree and surveys the
surrounding country. The mahogany has peculiar
foliage and his practised eye detects the
within sight
The axmen follow the hunter, and then come the
sawyers and hewers, a large mahogany taking two
men full day to fell it. The tree has large spurs
which project from the trunk at its base, and SCAT
folds must be erected that the can be cut off
above the spurs. This leaves stump ten to fifteen
feet high which is sheer waste, the stump really
contains the best lumber
The hunter has nothing to do with the work of
cutting removing the tree, his duty being simply
to locate it. If he is clever and energetic his
Grafton may amount to five hundred or one thousand
dollars month; but he may travel weeks at time
without detecting tree. and as he is generally paid
by results his earnings rather precarious.
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The Age of Trees

BRAZILIAN cocoanut palms live for six hundred
- to seven hundred years, and the Arabs assert
that the date palm frequently reaches the age of
Oak, Paisley, Scotland, is known to be over
hundred years old, and there are eight olive
trees on the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem which
are known to have been fourishng in 1000
The yews at Fountain Abbey, Yorkshire were old
trees when, in II32, the abbey built and red
wood in Mariposa Grove, California, is manifold
centenarian Baobab trees of Africa have been COM
puted to be over five thousand years old, and the
deciduous cypress at Chapultepec is considered to
be of still greater age
Humboldt said that the Dsacena Draco at Oro-
tava. Teneriffe, of the oldest inhabitants
of the earth.
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which drags the machine back to the garage"
But how does all this apply to the Roaring
RUBY"
obviously, simply, scientifically" observed the
now excited professor " In the horse lies the solu
ton to your motor problem. Your car, the Roaring
Ruby shall always be broken down, thus giving you
excuse to have your car dragged from place to
place by steed of low caste and slow speed. Your
pride will be saved, you will enter the automobile
class and the effect will be superb.
O. l clasped the professor to my heart, great emo
ton of gratitude yelling to my eyes Already l
could hear the Honk, honk!" of great ambition
within my breast At last l was going to mote!
The Momentous Trial
V/HO can paint a happier picture than we pre-
w sented next morning the Roaring Ruby wait
ing at the gate htched to a lame horse which had
rented of the milkman for the of twent y-tive
cents hour? secretly wished that the Ruby
would and trembe bit, as had seen more
expensive automobiles do; but after all, reflected,
l was getting great deal for the price. As led
my proud wife and still prouder children down the
garden walk toward the nostrils were greeted
by pungent odor which, in a general sort OF way,
reminded of gasolene. This came from the
greasy rags which had set atire in the tank at the
We all took seat in the tonneau, my wife
to my right, my daughter Annibel on our knees;
but my Hannibal, who insisted upon going
along, obliged to sit the gasolene tank,
which was already a trife warm from the burning,
odorous rags.
Honking merrily at the horn, 1 whipped up
William Jour motor power was named William).
and we were off for our maiden spin Our speed was
not, | confess, quite exhilarating that of
eral millionaire machines that went buzzng past
quite clip; but doing first rate for
trial run, and argued that could gradually i'm
prove our horse SO that time went on, might
get thoroughbred that would be able to go little
better
My wife seemed trife disappointed, l thought.
That's always the way with woman. She'll shy
a and rail at the evils of fast driving: but
the moment she sets foot in automobile she hates
to see anything on the road pass her. My wife
wanted William, to keep up with all the fast things
the boulevard. When l told her that she ought
to be patient a trial rum she said, This
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
Deadly Common Plants

T0HE things that give the most pleasure in life
frequently also the greatest pain.
Among flowers, for instance. the beautiful
snowdrop the hyacinth, jonquil, and narcissus
all poisonous, and to eat the smallest part of the
root of either of them would produce fatal results,
while the juices of the leaves will violent
vomiting
The berries of the yew tree have killed many peo-
pie, and the opium obtained from peoples has also
claimed its victims. Ladys slipper and lily of the
valley are both dangerous. and if the blossoms of
crocus chewed they will cause vomiting Flowers
from dubious roots. however, to be the most
dangerous and it might not be out of place dealers
in these to label them with a crossbones and mark
them poison
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
A Walking Fern

THIS is the popular name given to fern by
i reason of its peculiar habit of growth Its
six to twelve inches long, and arch over and the
fine slender points, coming in contact with the soil,
take root. New growth again proceeds from the
continually moving forward, suggesting the idea of
walking. This peculiar fern is quite hardy and
grows well in any good soil and in shady position
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The Drinking Orchid

nNE of the most remarkable plants known to
~ horticulturists is the drinking orchid, which
is found in South America. This orchid takes
a drink whenever it feels thirsty, by means of
tube which it lets down into the water. The tube
when not in use is coled UP the top of the plant
The formation of the orchid is different from
others of its species having sharp leaves ancehead
shaped. growing round the root and radiating from
it. From the center of the plant hangs the tube
about one-eighth of inch thick and one-fourth of
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National Flowers

THE heur-delis is the emblem of gay France
i The violet is the national flower of Athens
The sugar maple is the national emblem of
Canada.
The shamrock is emb1ematic of the Emerald Isle
The linden is the national emblem of Prussia.
England's national flower is the
Italys emblem is the lily
Germany's emblem is the corn flower.
The leek is the emblem of Wales; and the thistle
of Scotland.
The United States has national flower
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and rolls itself up in spiral like coil AS rule these
orchids to be found growing directly over the
water, or where water has been, and in the latter
case it is almost pathetic to see how the tube will
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR APRIL. H. 1907
Ottocar the Autocrat


There King named Ottocar who ruled among the
Franks,
And he the original of modern motor cranks
He auto autocrat, and in his court, they say,
He held motor carnival every Saturday
Honk-honk! Toot-toot!
Otto made a hit of it.
Careful? Not bit of It'll
Heather gods defend
Ottocar the autocrat
AS in his autocar he sat
And across frend
When Ottocar rode forth he google grin;
He always policemen down before they him in.
An automobile ambulance there followed in the rear
To pick the dead and wounded and keep the highway
clear.
Honk-honkl Toot-toot!
Otto made a crime of it
Had lovely time of it
Taking of the air.
Twas kingly pleasantly
Breaking up the peasantry-
Otto didn't
Though Ottocar the autocrat is dead and gone below
His autocar in Hades is a-honking STILL know.
And His Satanic Majesty, a-sitting the porch
Beholds the swifter rival King and hoers, Watch him
scorch,''
Honk-honki Toot-toot!
Otto made fad of it.
Dead? Well, am glad of it
In the sulphur glm
Midst the fiends ingenious
Hes the Old Strenuous
Bet they're tired of him!
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What Is 1t

NNE of the oldest botanical curiosities in the
~ world is the wonder-wonder flower which is
found in the Malay Peninsula 1t is merely a
blossom without leaves vine, stem, and grows
as parasite in decayed wood.
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isn't trial run-t's more like trial walk" She
wanted to know if was going to let that fat mag
nate in the yellow devil get ahead of William and
altogether made nervous that l was finally
obliged to stop the car long enough to crawl under
the same time pretend to be repairing breakdown.
After that l never took my wife with me, partly
because she objected to Williams pace, and partly
because riding in an auto made her ambitious for
large sable coat that cost two hundred and twenty
five dollars more than the machine worth. 1
often took my son and daughter with me, and some
occasions William baked SO badly that the professor
and were obliged to drag the Roaring Ruby home
with us.
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anu were OOlSeQ TO drag the Roaring KuDy nome
with us.
A Fortunate Accident
A last very fortunate accident occurred The
n Roaring Ruby wrecked and was injured
1t occurred in this way. William and out alone
for spin. We were just entering the main drive
way to the park, when the forty thousand dollar
car of Colonel ]. Roadway Boomer, the candy baron
came roaring round the The Co1onel's chat
feur driving the machine at his usual rate
seventy miles hour, when it collded with, shat
tered, and passed over the Roaring Ruby William
my motor power, broke his harness and fed and
Colonel Boomers red devil stopped by the side of
the road with punctured tire.
An ambulance gathered me together carefully
and took me home, where l sent for lawyer and
then for doctor. Next day had the pleasure of
sending to Colonel Boomers office the following BILL
every item of which is authentic
70 Iactureu eioo" $4,000
" front teeth ...................... 1000
" loss of Roaring Ruby. Observation-Disclosures. $500
injured nerves, temper, business etc
Total. ........ S54,5oo
| cheerfully compromised twelve thousand
dollars, which devoted to giving myself and fam
lily prolonged vacation in the Riviera We spent
the winter touring in hired automobile. My good
luck seemed to follow me- for day my machine
colded with that of Cincinnati brewer who
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-30
NEW PARIS, OHIO.

New Paris, O., May 20.-Misses Ed
ma and Bianch Mitchell were guests
of friends in New Hope Sunday
Harley Porterfieid of ST. Louis, Wis
tied friends here Monday.
Miss Sally McGrew of West Elkton
is visiting her mother here.
Frank Cook of Kalamazoo spent
Sunday al home.
Miss Rella Richie and Mrs Richie
were guests of John Cook Sunday
Miss Katharine Johnson is at home
from Little Rock, Ark, where she
taught last winter in Shorter college.
Mrs. Ella Clark is visiting her sis
ter Mrs. Horrigan at Camden this
week.
William Miller of Piqua visited his
sister-in-law, Mrs. Joseph Wrenn, the
first of the week.
Mrs. Cora McWhinney and children
of Westville spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. David Sherer.
Mr. and Mrs T. l.. Porterfieid were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Reid, Jr.,
at Greenwood Sunday.
Miss Mary Melody went to Dayton
Monday to take a position as stenog-
rapher.
Orville King of Pittsburg. Pa, visit
ed his parents Mr.. and Mrs. 0. H.
King, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Moon of Spice
land, are visiting friends here.
Miss Naomi Kuth visited her uncle
James Kuth, Sunday.
Mrs. Flora Richards OF Hollands
burg, was the guest of her brother,
Monroe Richards, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. l.. J. Reid and son Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Nicodemus in West
Alexandria Sunday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-30
SAVING MONEY.
Getting the First Thousand Dollars and
What Ii Teaches.

Getting the First Thousand Dollars and
What 1t Teaches.
Get the first 81 600. After that mon
ey making is easy This is the old
time sage advice Of the hard headed,
self made man. That axiom has set
many men to saving. They fix upon
that sum as the giittering. faroff her.
aid OF a fortune some time to be made
To a man on :: snail salary-a salary.
say, out OF which something can be
saved weekly without too much depri-
vation-tlge advice is good. There is
something III il that acts as Il stimulus
TO economy. Ard who will deny that
economy is good thing or that any
truth that lights the way to it should
not be known?
Many men, therefore have been
buoyed M in tteir economies by the
belief that the first $1,000 is the hard
est TO get and that afterward all the
rest would Ie easy and the good things
of the world that follow a bouateous
supply of money would be within easy
reach. 1t is pity that the man who
invented that saying could not also
have told Us with equal advantage how
to turn the $1,000 over and make two
OF it. 1t takes a long time to make a
wage Garner see that money works
His idea of making money is TO work
for it himself 1t never occurs TO him
that money works much easier than he
can and without any CT the hardships
be himself experienccs-tllat is 10 say.
until he has got the first $1,000 That
usually makes young man feel ike 4
financier- and he talks wisely Of IN
vestmeats. Republican,
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dence recently vacated by Smith Du
bois on Seminary street
Mr. and Mrs. James Davis enter
ner Monday
Mr.. and Mrs Albert Parvis visited
relatives at College Corner Tuesday
Mr.. John c. Smelser of Indianapolis
was in Liberty Tuesday
Howard and Emma Freeman Oh
Cambridge City, attended commence
ment here Monday evening.
NJ E. Bates spent this week with
his family here.
Mr. John HesselbTock was a Con
nersville visitor Tuesday.
Mr.. J. o. Barbar, of Richmond,
spent Tuesday in this city.
Miss Verla Beaver returned 10 her
home in Hamilton Tuesday evening.
Wesley Pierce and wife, Of Muncie,
arrived here Tuesday for visit with
friends and relatives.
r. L. Brown is visiting in India
napolis this week.
Finlay r. Gray, of Connersvilie was
q Liberty visitor Tuesday.
Frank Stanton went to Indianapolis
Wednesday,
G. W. Pigman left for Huntington,
Ind, Tuesday evening.
Miss F1oy Bake of College Corner,
visited friends here the first of the
week.
Clinton Gardner and wife left Tues
day to visit their sons in Indianapo-
lis.
Miss Laura Hill was Connersville
visitor Tuesday.
Fred Thornberg spent Tuesday with
his family here.
Miss Helen White returned to her
home In Dayton, o., Tuesday even
ing after pleasant visit with friends
hero
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EATON, OHIO.

Eaton, O., May 3o.-Mr. and Mrs
J. w. Action will join an automobile
party of Dayton people Saturday and
with them will visit Mr. and Mrs Ce
ell Wowler at Lafayette over Sunday
Campbell Filbert and Chas. Towns
berry were Lebanon visitors Wednes.
day.
DIR. G. w. Homsher of Camden was
a business visitor in Eaton Wednes-
day
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Huffman are
visiting their daughter, Mrs. James
Pierce at Dayton
c. A Paddock has purchased the
j. c. LeweIlyn residence on South
Franklin street and W. G. Banfili has
sold his East Somers residence to
VIM. Keplinger.
Clarence Grouse, who has been en-
ployed at Portland, Ind, will return
to Eaton this week
Mrs. w. A. Miller of Chicago is Wis
Ting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. j. II.
Conger
Mrs JAS L. Saylor is at knights
town. Ind visiting her parents.
Miss Mayme Denzelman is the
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Smith.
The Commercial club, at their
meeting Tuesday evening, decided to
make an effort to secure, by subscrfp-
ton, fund sufficient to pay the
freight on two cannons, donated by
the government to Eaton. The club
subscribed s25 for that purpose. An
other meeting will be held by the
cub on Friday evening of next week
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MILTON, IND.

Milton, Ind, May 30.-Mrs NJ S
Barton spent Wednesday in Richmond
Mrs Carrie Johnson and son Louis
have returned to indianapolis
Mrs. Emma Frazer visited in Con
nersville Wednesday.
VIII George of Doddridge, was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph eleven.
ger Tuesday.
Mrs. Linda Hinchman of Knights
town visited relatives Wednesday
Mesdames Oran Hemphill and D. H
Miller and Mr. and Mrs Carl Weyl, OF
Franklin, are the guests of Albert Will
liams and family south of town.
Miss Lois McClung is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. l. e. Doddridge near bod
bridge Chapel
Homer Williams has returned to
Hamilton, Ohio
Joseph l.. Manlove is in Indiana po-
lis. He and Mrs. Manlove will go to
Edinburg to spend Sunday with
friends
Mrs T. NJ McClung has gone to the
Retreat near Oxford. for treatment
Miss Blanche Hale attended the
Memorial exercises at indianapolis
thursday.
Albert Ferris is visiting his sister,
Mrs. Roy Mills at Hopeweli.
Mrs. Alice Gresh visited in Corners
Vile Wednesday.
Cyrus Whitley Will hold religious
service at Husseyis school house Sun
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Napier of Cen
terville, visited friends Wednesday.
George Bannister and family are
moving from John Coyne's farm south
of town to the Plummer property on
the hill.
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Wonderful Eczema Cure.

Our little boy had eczema for five
years." writes y. A. Adams, Henriet-
e.. Pa. 1.-TWO of our home doctors
said the case was hopeless, his lungs
being affected. We then employed
other doctors, but no benefit resulted.
By chance we read about Electric
Bitters: bought bottle and soon no.
ticed Improvement. We continued
this medicine until several bottles
were used, when our boy was COM
pletely cured" Best of all blood
medicines aid body building health
tonics Guaranteed at A. G. Luken &
Co, Drug store. soc.
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IIlEiuMAf! T0aTUREs.
The Cid English Custom of Burning
Women Alive.

The horrible punishment of burning,
women alive seems to have existed in
Saxon England, but perhaps only in
the case of slaves. Under the Norman
rulers any woman. bond or free. Who
killed her husband was burned alive,
and the same punishment for this
crime and also for high treason and
even for coming and other minor Of
fenseS continued or arose from time to
time through the second and third
periods until it was abolished by act
of parliament in 100, the last actual
execution of this kind having, how
ever, taken place six years earlier. The
whipping OF women for various Of
fenses continued even later Public
whipping was not abandoned until
1917. and cases CT private whipping oc-
CURED as late rs 1890.
There can be no doubt. we think
that the savage human instinct of
cruelty had something 10 do with the
barbarous punishments above men
toned. As the old Roman public
longcti for the carnage of the circus.
Is the Spanish popuiace crowded to
TIE auto-da-fe in the fiourishine days
OF the inauisition, so the lower (per-
haps not Only the loweri strata of Eng
lish nationality took delight in witness
ing tortrres which in all pfobs bility
were devised and kept UP partly for
their entertainment. Judge JeTreys in
sentencing woman to be whipped is
reported to have said:
"Hangman, l charge you to pay par
ticular attention to this lady. Scourge
her till her blood runs down. It is
Christmas time. 8 cold time for madam
to strip. See that you burn her shout
ders thoroughly. "-Cornhill Magazine.
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IF YOU TRY

Father Williams Indian Herb Tea,
or Herb Tablets, and do not find
hem the best medicine you ever
used for CONSTIPATION. TORPID
LIVER, SICK KIDNEYS. SOUR
STOMACH, SICK HEADACHE, NEU
RALGIA, DYSPEPSIA. INDIGES
TON, BILIOUSNESS, MALARIA.
DIZZINESS and BAD BREATH, we
will refund the money
They work day and night and you
get up in the morning feeling like
new person.
Try them; 20 cents. Tea or Tab
let's.
G. Luken & Co.,
Richmond, Ind.
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LIBERTY. IND.

Liberty, Ind. May So.-Mr Earl
Rodefer, of Cincinnati, spent Sunday
here the guest of his son Elmer. and
daughter Mrs. Will Rose.
John Stevens and Chas. Gully were
Ccnnersville visitors Monday
Henry Gilman of Shelbyville. was
calling on friends here Monday.
Ed Yaryan and C. c. Crist left Mon
day 80 attend the G.. A. r. encamp-
ment at Fl. Wayne.
Frank Gleason, of Georgetown, Ky.
is visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Frank Hanna of College Cor
ner. visited friends here Tuesday.
Miss Angie Haworth, of Oxford, is
visiting her mother and family here
G. Z. Hughes was Cincinnati Wis
itor Tuesday.
NJ. NJ Johnson is visiting in India
nano:is this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haakin of Ironton, O..
are guests OF Miss Susan Cox
Miss Ava Montgomery is visiting
friends in Cincinnati
Mrs. E. l.. Kennedy of Rushvilfe. is
the guest of A. G. Barnard and fam
lily
Mrs Andrew Pentecost of Latonia,
Ky, is spending the week with her
parents here.
Mrs. Will Rose was a Cincinnati
visitor Tuesday.
Superintendent Records, of the Lib
erty high school will occupy the resi-
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cEMTERVILLE. IND.

Centerville, Ind, May 30.-Mrs.
Frances DeNoe has closed her theatri-
cal engagement for the present and
is spending a short time in Center
vile as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. A. Dunbar.
Miss Myrtle Chairman of near Cen
terville, visited her cousin, Mrs. Cora
Davis at Richmond, on Tuesday and
in the evening attended the May fes-
tival.
Miss Ethel Harvey left on Satur-
day for Michigan City, where she will
spend a month az the guest of her
brother, ]. f. Harvey.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-30

Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is best
for women and children. It's mild ac-
ton and pleasant taste makes it pref
cradle to violent purgatives, such as
pills, tablets, etc. Get the booklet
and sample of Orino at A. G. Luken
and Co.'S
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-30

If you haven't the time to exercise
regularly, Doan's Regulets will pre-
vent constipation. They induce a
mild. easy. healthful action OF the
bowels without gripping. Ask your
druggist for them. 25c.