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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-08
SOLON OF ATHENS.

His DeAnition Of the Most Perfect
Form of Government.
"What IN the most perfect form OF
government was once propounded
at the court Of Fernandez. king OF Cor.
inth, one of the seven wise men of
Greece His six fellows were present,
and Of them Bias answered first, Civ
ing as his opinion, where the laws
have no superior" Thales Of Miletus,
the great astronomer, declared, Where
the people are neither too rich nor too
poor"
In his turn said Anacharsis, the
Scythian, Where virtue is honored
and vice detested-" Said Pittacus Of
Mityiene, where dignities are always
conferred upon the virtuous and never
upon the base" Said Cleobulus,
Where the citizens fear blame more
than punishment" Said Chic. the
Spartan, Where the laws are more re.
garded than the orators"
The last to reply was the youngest
but wisest Of them all, Scion Of Ath-
ems, who said. Where an injury done
to the meanest subject Is an insult to
the whole Observation-Disclosures Tele.
graph
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CROWN PRINCE
DARING CHAP
Sails With Zeppelin in Air.
ship.

Berlin, Nov. Grown Prince Fred
erick William made an ascension to-
day with Count Zeppelin in the diri-
gible airship, Zeppelin I. There were
IL other passengers on the Zeppelin
with the crown prince. This is the
second time the crown prince has sail
ed the clouds. He has become extrem-
ely interested In aerial navigation and
besides accepting the honorary presi-
dency of the Aero club of Germany,
has begun actual experiments with
balloons.
The former ascent of the crown
prince was In Military balloon No. at
Kiel. He went with Major Gross,
made most successful flight. re-
naming aloft for some time and man
euvering the big air craft with great
skill. In descending, he cut under the
military balloon Parseval and forced
the pilot Of the latter to find another
landing place.
The crown prince has repeatedly
shown himself q daring sportsman.
He has ridden his charger up the
great stone steps of the palace at
Potsdam and once he sailed his yacht
himself through the worst kind of a
storm on the German ocean He also
has done some remarkable steeple
chase riding.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-08
FORAKER FIGHTS
TO RETAIN SEAT
Formal Announcement of Can
didacy Comes Soon.

Cincinnati, Nov. 7.-Senator Joseph
B. Foraker, will soon issue a state
ment in which he will formally an
nounce his candidacy for reelection to
the United States senate. Mr.. For
aker's friends assert that he has more
members of the general assembly
pledged to him than has any other
atorship.
Congressman Burton Of Cleveland,
who named the Cuyahoga county del.
egation which was elected last Tues
day, starts with these fourteen votes.
Ex-Mayor julius F1eischman may
also enter the race.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-08
THE LAND OF WORSHIP.

The East Believes Too Utterly to Care
If Others Disbsiievs.
Prayer pervades the east. Far or
across the sands when one is travel
ing in the desert one sees thin min
city is there. 1t signals its presence
by this mute appeal to Allah. And
where there are NO ninarets in the
great wastes Of the dunes, in the eter-
nal silence, the lifelessness that Is not
broken even by any lonely, wandering
bird, the cameis are stopped at the APP
pointed hours, the poor and often rag
ged robes are laid down and the brown
pilgrims PROSTATE themselves in pray
er. And the rich man spreads his car
pet and peays. and the half naked
nomad spreads nothing, but he prays
too.
The east is fun Of lust and full Of
money getting and full of bartering
and full Of violence, but 1t is full Of
worship-of worship that disdains con-
cealment, that recks not Of ridicule or
comment. that believes too utterly to
care II others disbelieve. There are
in the east many men who do not pray.
They do not laugh at the man who
does. like the unpraying Christian
There IS nothing ludicrous in prayer. In
Egypt your Nubian sailor prays in the
stern Of your dahabiyeh, and your
Egyptian boatman prays by the rudder
of your boat, and your black donkey
boy prays behind a red rock In the
sand. and your camel man prays when
you are resting In the noontide watch
ing the faroff, quivering mirage, lost
in some Maynard dream.
And must you not pray, too, when
you enter certain temples where once
strange gods were worshiped in whom
no man now believes?-Robert Hschens
In Century
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-08
"SHR|EKS OF A
DROWNING" MAN
Sheldon Thus Characterizes
Bryan's Charges on
Contributions.

New York, Nov. George B. Shell.
don, treasurer OF the Republican ma
tional committee told a reporter to-
day that the list of contributions to
the Republican campaign fund would
be made public about Nov. 10 ard
that 1t would contain the name of ev-
cry individual who had Contributed to
the fund.
Mr.. Sheldon characterized the
charge Of William j. Bryan that the
Republican congressional committee
was the blind pool into which secret
contributions would be dumped, as
The shrek Of a drowning man."
''Will you comply absolutely with
the New York state law in accounting
for the expenses Of the national cam
paign." Mr. Sheldon was asked.
"Of course I SHALL" he declared.
THE republican party always keeps
its pledges-but you need not print
that. Why? Because it is SO obvious
truth and 1t is unnecessary after
the verdict of last Tuesday.
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Garfield Notes

The close of the second month Of
school finds things in very satisfac-
tory condition. The loss of time for
hardness and absence has been much
reduced. by the application Of more
stringent rules. from the loss during
the same time last year.
The boys basket ball and polo
teams were organized last week.
There are sixty-nine boys enrolled to
play basket ball and sixteen to play
polo.
The captains of the senior basket
ball teams are Frank Metzger, Her
bert Swan Noble Gehr and King
Brumfield. The junior captains are
Marc Shofer. Lloyd Dye and Lawrence
McConaha- The polo captains are
Karl Reid and Clarence Runge.
The teachers Friday on their annual
visiting day, saw some excellent work
in neighboring cities. Miss Williams
Miss Reese. Miss Lesh, Mr.. Boggs and
Mr.. Heironimus visited Indianapolis
schools. Miss Test. the Misses
Schultze and Mr.. Conrad went to Day
ton. Mr.. Hiser saw work In Piaua,
Ohio.
Some OF the teachers who went to
Indianapolis, remained there Saturday
the guests of Supt. Mott at the meet
ing Of the Indiana Superintendents
association. They also saw the In
diana-Notre Dame gridiron contest.
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CONVENTION CLOSES
Y. w. C. A. Organization Com
pIeteS Sessions in This
City Today.
STATE COMMITTEE NAMED.

Prof Ebert Russell OF Richmond
gave most interesting address on
the Need of the Twentieth Century"
before the Y. w. G. A. convention at
Earlham college last night. Before
the address by Prof Russell the state
committee was appointed which con-
sisted Of Mrs. Armstrong of Kokomo,
Mrs. r. w. Furnas Of Indianapolis,
Mrs. George Wieman Of South Bend.
Mrs. Crowell Of Franklin. Mrs. Nc
Crea Of Indianapolis, Mrs. Davidson of
Indianapolis, Mrs. Mansfield of Green
castle and Mrs. Mendenhall.
Today's program will conclude the
convention and the delegates will start
leaving Monday for their respective
colleges and homes.
All the delegates state they have
been treated in a most royal manner
during their stay in Richmond.
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very handsome seal ring which he
handed over to his friend for inspec-

) very handsome seal ring which he
handed over to his friend for inspec-
uon.
How do you like it, he inquired.
sRather odd, Ell? 1t was given to me
The other day by a client I had done
good turn in real estate deal.
All right, ehY"
'@The ring? Yes" answered his COM
panion pufiing his cigar judiciously;
.but the story of the generous client?
No, my boy, that's pretty bad; fishy,
worse than Jonah and the whale, aw-
full. Say, who's the ladyT'
Lady" snorted the other, with
some show Of indignation. I'm tell
Ing you the truth on the level.
Truth is stranger than fiction. l -er-
let this chap in on good thing, and
he did the handsome. Decent fellow;
showed his appreciation. Well, what
are you laughing at"
Grateful clients" gasped his visa
Wis, "who give romantic looking
r-rings to-o-o-o their agents. Oh,
Charlie, how can you? Come out with
IT.
ooh, well. II you're on" was the
tiespairing answer as Charlie replaced
the ring. 81 thought it sounded good.
It's like this" he, began lamely.
s"While my wife was away this sum-
mer l -er struck up a friendship with
ID mighty pretty little hello girl and
we grew right fond of each other. I
had to cut 1t out, of course, when my
wife returned yesterday, but the lit
tie girl cried and insisted upon giving
me this as a -er- souvenir. Now, l
can't wear 1t without telling the lady
Of the house something, so I dug up
that grateful client yarn out OF my
fertile brain. / thought I'd try it on
you first to see how it took, but-oh,
hunts no use I see."
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CONSTITUTION MUST
Be ADOPTED BY CLASS
Seniors of High School to Re-
organize.

Prof. Knouff, principal at the Rich
mond high school, has prepared the
constitution for the Senior class at
the high school and will present it at
a meeting which is to be held Monday
evening. The class will accept 1t, for
IL they don't it is very probable that
they will not be permitted to reorgan-
ize.
At the beginning of the term officers
were elected, but owing to the faction
al feeling among the various members
of the class they disposed OF their Of
fetal togas. The class hopes to get
started right Monday and they have
the best wishes from the members of
the under classes.
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ASHES OF SUICIDE .
CONSUL ARRIVE
M Mcfarland Accompanies
Remains.

New York, Nov. THE ashes OF
Silas C.. Mcfarland, of Iowa, former
consul general at large for the Euro
pean district, who committed suicide
on October 81, on a train between
Hamburg and Berlin, were brought
here today on the Kaiserin Auguste
Victoria, which arrived from Ham
burg. Mrs. Silas c. Mcfarland, the
widow, and her daughter, were on the
steamer. -. III
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Scared by Frogs.

It is said to be owed to the frogs Of
western Australia that that part Of the
empire Is English and not French.
About 1900 a party Of prospective
French colonists landed on the west
coast Of Australia. but on the first
morning they were alarmed by the
loud croaking Of the frogs. which they
took for demons. and retired with all
speed to their ships. Western Austria
liza might have preferred the frog to
the swan as her emblem. just as Rome
might have preferred, instead OF the
eagle. the goose that saved the capital.
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STILL CRITICALLY ILL.

The condition of Ellsworth Livels-
berger, former member Of the police
department, does not improve rapidly
enough to Undue his friends with any
considerable hope. He has not con-
valesced from his recent operation as
well as was expected.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-08
The ruiitxnr OfIarA.

The muscles Of the stomach N old age are mol
a. strong or active ~ In youth and n eonse-
Qucnee old people arc very subject TO constipa
bowel movement without artificial AID. Many
also. have unpleasant eructations of gas from
the stomach after oating. An this can be avoid
cd By thu use of DR.. calfwen's Syrup Pepsin
which perm aneutly regulates the bowels 30 that
comfort comfort; DruETAts ssu u At 80 esnss o. 81
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In His Line.

I'm surprised that you should Be
30 interested in watching those silly
dudes"
Force OF habit, guess. I'm presi.
dent Of a real estate improvement
company"
'WellT'
well, they're q vacant lot."-Phila-
delphia Press.
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Sandy Pikes-Say, pard, ten me how
It Is dat you get such rich handouts Of
pie and beefsteak at every gate you
tackle.
Gritty George-Sh! It's q secret I
ten them II they don't give me de best
I'll jump into de towns reservoir
New York Tribune.
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Paid In Full,

Hiram Coming to the point)-Sally.
I've been a'payin' my respects to you
fer Eve years come next August, amt
1? Sally (blushingiy) - Yes. indeed.
Hiram Htram-Well, all I'm a-goin'
to say ID that I'm durn sick Nv the In
staIiment plan! Sally On his arms)-
Pas agreeable. Hiram!St Louis Re
public.
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Missionary Work,

SO you once lived In Africa, Samr
Yes, sab"
Ever do any missionary work out
there, Samr'
sOh, yes. sab! I was cook for q cam
A5Aa1 eAisf. sah!'-Pick-Me-Up.
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Gold Medal Flour makes derciou. baked
stuff. RKoDA.
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LucRErIA:
Just learned that Gold Medal Flour Is
stfted ten times through finest siIh> EUoENIA
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Order Gold Medal Flour next time.
FELICITY.
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TEACHES DRAWING.
John 8. Carroll Goes to Abba,
Iowa.

John 8. Carroll has gone to Abba,
Iowa, where he will take position as
instructrr q dneMing and manual
trainis schools
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-11-20

murder Of The new emperor-king. is
not his SOM
What" roarca the baron.
at is as | have said. The faithless-
ness OF his vile and not madness drove
him into exile He intruSted that pa
per to me and swore me to carry it to
Vienna If Francis ever got too near
the throne. it is certified by half Il
dozen officials authorized to administer
oaths in Canada. though they, of
course, never knew the contents OF the
paper to which they swore him. He
even carried it to New York and swore
to it there before the consul general Of
Austria Hungary in that city. There
was certain grim humor in him; he
said he wished to have the affidavit
bear the seal of his own country. and
the consul general assumed that it was
a document of mere commercial signif-
canoe"
The baron looked at the key: he
touched the silver box; his hand rested
for n moment on the sword.
ut is marvellous story-it is Won
derfu! Can ii be true-can it be
true?" murnured the ambassador.
"The documents will be the best evil
dence we can settle the matter in
twenty-four hours" said Judge Clai-
borne
"yGa WI! PARDON me for seeming in
creduious. sir" said the baron. but it
il all so extraordinary. And these
aien. these prisoners"-
They nave pursued me under the
( 1r2ssion that | am Frederick Au-
81 as. Oddly enough. l. too am Fred
eric, Augustus" ana Armitage smiled.
II VAS within II few months of his
age, and | had little brush with
Chauvcnet and Durand in Genoa In
which they captured my cigarette case
1T had belonged to Frederick, and the
archduke gave it to me-and my trou-
bles began The emperor-king was old
and i'll. The disorders in Hungary
were to cloak the assassination of his
successor. Then the Archduke Francis
Karl's reputed son. was to be installed
upon the throne"
Eyes; there has been a conspiracy
r.
"And there have been conspirators
Two of them are safely behind that
door, and, somewhat through my eff.
forts, their chief. Winkelried, should
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YOU'RE not going TO die, thank Godp
him and in moment saw that he
slept. IN an inner room the voices OF
the prisoners occasionally rose shrilly
as they debated their situation and
prospects. Claiborne chewed cigar
and watched and waited. Armitage
Weakened suddenly, sat up and called
to Claiborne. with a laugh:
81 had perfectly bully dream, old
man. | dreamed that I saw the ensign
OF Austria Hungary flying from tn
Flagstaff of this shanty; and, by Jove,
I'll take the hint! We owe it to the
distinguished ambassador who now
approaches to fly his colors over the
front door. We ought to have a trum-
peter to herald his arrival, but the
white and red ensign with the golden
crown-it's i'm the leather covered trunk
In my room-the one with the most
steamer labels on 1t. Go bring it, Clai-
borne, and well throw it to the free
airs Of Virginia. And be quick-they
ought to be here by this time"
He stood in the door and watched
Claiborne haul up the flag. and he
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has contriyed an
attempt against the noble ruler of our
nation. He is menace to the
throne
'Who is he?" demanded Marhof i'm
patiently, and his eyes and the eyes Of
all fell upon Armitage.
81 tell you we found him lurking
about in Europe, waiting his chance.
and we drove him away-drove him
here to watch him. See these things
that sword-those orders! They be-
longed to the Archduke Karl. Look at
them and see that it is true! l tell you.
we have rendered Austria high serv-
ice. One death, one death at Vienna,
and this son of q mailman would be
king! He is Frederick Augustus, the
son of the Archduke Karlp'
The room was very still as the last
words rang out. The old ambassadors
gaze chung TO Armitage. He stepped
nearer, the Precipitation breaking OUT
upon his brow, and his lips trembled
as he faltered:
"EIe would be king! He would be
king!"
Then Armitage spoke sharply to Clai-
borne.
'That will do The gentleman may
retire now"
AS Claiborne thrust Chauvenet out
of the room Armitage turned to the lit
tie company, smiling.
81 am not Frederick Augustus, the
son of the Archduke Karl" he said
quietly, nor did | ever pretend that l
was except to lead those men on in
their conspiracy. The cigarette case
that caused so much trouble at Mr..
Claiborne's supper party belongs to me.
Here it is"
The old ambassador snatched it from
him eagerly.
"This device. the falcon poised upon
q silver helmet! You have much to ex-
plain, monsieur"
"It is the coat of arms of the house
of Schomburg. The case belonged to
Frederick Augustus, KarPs son, and
this sword was his. and these orders
and that cloak lying yonder-all were
his. They were gifts from his father.
And, believe me, my friends, I came
| by them honestly"
The baron bent over the table and
spilled the orders from their silver box
and scanned them eagerly. The col
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6 America with the fixed purpose

&c America with the fixed purpose
OF killing me. You sent a Servian
assassin after me-a fellow with q
reputation for doing dirty work-and
he tried to stick q knife into me
on the deck OF the King Edward.
shall not recite my subsequent expert
ences with him or with you and Nj.
Durand. You announced at Captain
Claiborne's table at the Army and
Navy club in Washington that / was
an impostor, and all the time, mon
sieur, you have really believed me to
be some one-some one in particular"
Armitage's eyes glittered, and his
voice faltered with intensity as he ut
tered these last words. Then he thrust
bis hand into his coat pocket, stepped
back and concluded:
"Who am l, MONSIEUR
Chauvenet shifted uneasily from one
foot to the other under the gaze of the
five people who waited for his answer;
then he screamed shrilly:
"You are the devil-an impostor, a
liar, thief!'
Baron Won Marnot leaped TO MS reef
and roared at Chauvenet in English:
"Who is this man? Whom do you be-
lieYe him to beW
Answer and be quick about it!'
snapped Claiborne.
81 tell YOU began Chauvenet fierce
ly.
''Who am IY' asked Armltage again.
'I don't know who you are"-
You do not! You certainly do not!'
laughed Armitage. "But whom have
you believed me to be, monsieurp
81 thought
Eyes, you thought
81 thought there seemed reasons to
believe"-
"Yes, and you believe it. Go on!'
Chauvenet's eyes blinked for mo-
ment as he considered the difficulties of
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Chicago Excursion

international Live Stock Exposition)
via
Grand Trunk Railway System.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-11-20

above an iron crown Of the Ancient
Legion of Saint Michael and All An
gels, and the full rugged ship pendant
from triple anchors, the decoration OF
the rare Spanish order of the Star OF
the Seven Seas. Silence held the com.
pany as the ambassadors fine old
hands touched one after another. Ii
seemed to Shirley that these baubles
again bound the new world, the ia.
miliar hills Of home, the Virginia
shores. to the wallowing caravels of
Columbus.
The ambassador closed the silver box
the better to examine the white falcon
upon its lid. Then he swung about
and confronted Armitage.
''Where is he, monsieur?" he asked,
his voice sunk to whisper, his eyes
sweeping the doors and windows.
"The Archduke Karl is dead; his son,
Frederick Augustus, whom these con.
spirators have imagined me to be-he,
too, is dead"
You are quite sure-you are quite
sure, Mr.. Armitage?'
Il am quite sure.
''That is not enough! We have q
right to ask more than your wordp'
''No, it is not enough" replied Armi-
tage quietly. Let me make my story
brief, | need not recite the peculiari.
ties of the archduke-his dislike of con.
ventional society, his contempt for
sham and pretense. After living q her.
NIT life at one of the smallest and
most obscure of the royal estates for
several years he vanished utterly.
That was fifteen years ago."
Eyes; he was mad. quite mad" blurt.
ed the baron.
"That was the common impression.
He took his oldest son and went into
exile. Conjectures as to his where
abouts have filed the newspapers
sporadically ever since. He has been
reported as appearing In the south sea
islands, in India, in Australia, in vari-
Gus parts of this country. In truth.
he came directly to America and estab-
lished himself as q farmer in western
Canada. His son was killed in an ac-
cident; the archduke died within the
year."
Judge Claiborne bent forward in his
chair as Armitage paused.
what proof have you OF this story,
Mr.. Armitage?"
II am prepared for such n question,
gentlemen. His identity l may estab-
fish by various documents which he
gave me for the purpose. For greater
security l licked them in a safety box
of the Bronx Loan and Trust company
in New York. To guard against acct
dents named you jointly with myself
as entitled to the contents Of that box
Here is the key"
AS he placed the slim bit of steel on
the table and stepped back to his old
position on the hearth they saw how
white he was and that his hand shook,
and Dick begged him to sit down.
'Yes; will you not be seated, mon
sieur?' said the baron kindly.
mo; / shall have finished in a mo-