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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
The Thermometer Habit.

The clinical thermometer habit has
taken such n hold on many persons
that one physician has forbidden his
patients to have them on pain of re-
fusing to treat them if they disobey.
The clinical thermometer fiend is Il per-
son who keeps one of these medical
registers in the house and the instant
that he. more often she. has a head
ache. real or imaginary, thrusts the
tube under her tongue and takes her
temperature. Finding it varying one
millionth part OF degree from normal,
she thinks she is about to have some
deadly illness. packs of to bed and
sends for the doctor.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
POLITICAL PRISONERS
GIVEN FREEDOM
President of Guatemala Takes
Unlocked for Action.

Washington. Aug. 5.-Estrada Ca
brera, President of Guatemala, has re-
leased forty-three political prisoners,
according to dispatch received at the
State Department from American
Minister Heimke. or this number
thirty-two were Guatemalans, six Hon
durans and Ave Nicaraguans.
1t is believed these men were among
those who were alleged to have been
implicated in the several attempts on
the life Of President Cabrera during
the last two years.
His action in releasing them will re-
move a source of some irritation which
has been felt since their arrest and
incarceration.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
FILIPINO ASSEMBLY
LEADER IN CONFERENCE
Speaks With Wright and Ed
ward on Island Affairs.

Washington, Aug. O. Senior Queson
one of the leaders in the Philippine
assembly and chairman of the appro-
priation committee, held a conference
with Secretary of War Wright and
Gen. Edwards, chief of the insular af-
fairs bureau. They discussed Philip
pine matters exclusively. Senior Queson
Is enroute home from ST. Petersburg,
where he went to study the operation
of the Douma. He is satisfied from
his observations that the Philippine
assembly has a far wider attitude of
authority than has the Douma.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
Smile Early and Often.

Smile Early and Often.
Smile early and often. The more
blue you feel the more you must
smile" says a physician. The philos-
ophy Of the smile cure lies in the fact
that. the body being the means by
which the mind expresses itself. there
must be cooperation. If the body re-
fuses to express the mental suggestion
Of depression the mind will change its
attitude and accept the body's sugges-
ton of joyousness. If. on the contrary.
the physical admits the mental blue
ness the body in a short time becomes
languid. the head feels dull and often
aching. the blood flows sluggishly. and
actual sickness results in some degree
The facial muscles being those through
which the greatest play OF expression
IS possible. it follows that their reac-
ton upon the mind is quickest The
mere effect of smile produces a revul-
sion of feeling. and the artificial soon
becomes n real laugh"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
WIFE KNOCKED DOWN.;
CLOTHING CUT OFF
Husband Employs Strange
Methods to Find Child.

Princeton. Ind, Aug. 5.-When Mrs
William McMickle arrived in Mt Car
mel, H., from Newton. Ill, and sought
possession of their child from her nus
band he knocked her down and cut off
her clothing.
She ran to the city hall and he fol
lowed her there and attacked her
again. City Hall Keeper Anderson in
terfered and was knocked down and
stabbed. Anderson shot off McMick-
les ear and arrested him. The child
is with McMickle's mother.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
NIGHT AND DEATH.

Mysterious night. when our first parent
knew
Thee from report divine and heard thy
namo
Did he not tremble for this lovely frame.
This glorious canopy of light and blue?
Yet meath a curtain of translucent dew.
Bathed in the rays of the great setting
fame.
Hesperus with the host of heaven came.
And 10. creation widened in mans view!
Who could have thought such darkness
lay concealed
Within thy beams, sun. or who could
find
Whilst flower and leaf and insect stood
revealed
That to such countless orbs thou mad st
us blind?
Why do we then shun death with anxious
strife?
If light can thus deceive, wherefore not
life?
Joseph Blanco White.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
A Too Familiar EGO.

Deacon Stebbins. though a good citi-
zen. was noted for getting more work
out of the men who labored on his
farm than any other agriculturist in
the county. Late to bed was consid-
cred ample reason for an early rising.
Timothy FlGnnery was engaged by
the deacon. but stayed one week only.
A neighbor hailed the departing helper
and said:
Hello. Tim, Did the deacon work
you too hard?"
NO; the worruk was all right. 1t
was seem too much of mesilf that
couldn't stand"
Seeing too much Of yourself:''
Yes. sor livery night when 1 went
up to bed met mcsiIf comm down TO
str'-Wonan's Home Compan-
ion.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
Caught the Gar.

S&eShk VIC ~A@t'
Peter the Great was once very neat
ly caught in trap by jester attach
ed to the court. The jester was noted
for his cleverness in getting himself
and his friends out of difficulties. 1t
happened one day that a cousin Of his
had incurred the cars displeasure and
was about to be executed. The latter
therefore presented himself before his
imperial majesty to beg for reprieve.
On seeing him approach, the car. di-
vining his errand, cried: lit is no good
to come here. swear l will not grant
what you are going to ask"
Immediately the jester went down
on his knees. saying. Il beseech your
imperial highness to put that scamp
cousin of mine to DEATH
The car, thus caught in his own
trap. could only laugh and pardon the
condemned man.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
The CITY IN BRIEF

city today visiting with DR.. Bran
kamp.
Mrs Brace and son Chauncey of
Pontiac. Mich, are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. F. S. Lamar.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Murphy and son Thomas
who have been visiting for the past
two weeks with relatives and friends
at Logansport and Chicago have re-
turned home.
The excursion that is 70 be run this
month by the Pennsylvania to Allan
tic City promises to be one of the
most popular excursions that has ever
been conducted by this road. A large
number of Richmond people will go.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05

he spoke. As he expressed IT after
ward. he thought he was playing tho
old Harry with the opposite side. when.
at the height OF what he considered a
splendid fight OF oratory. some long.
lean. lank. one gallused. shrill voiced
fellow rose from a loungIng position
about the middle OF the group and said:
go IL. my peckerwood!'
Vests hair was very red. and he
wore blue suit. He vas knocked
clear of the stump and adjourned the
meeting
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
Good Temper.

Good temper is the most contented
the most comfortable. state of the soul:
the greatest happiness both for those
who possess it and for those who
feel its influence. With gentleness in
his own character, comfort in his home
and good temper in his wife the earth
II felicity Of man ia complete.-Anon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
Pulled In Two Feet.

FuiIe0 IN TWO Fect.
The motorist was working under his
machine when a farmer drove up.
After observing the car, which stood
in the very middle of the road. and
measuring the distance to the bitches
upon either side the farmer shouted:
Hey! Can't you pull in little and
let me pastT'
The hammering ceased.
How much|' asked the PROSTATE
man.
About two feet III do"
The motorist obligingly pulled in his
two protruding feet and resumed ham,
mering and swearing.
Concluding that Saturday would be
a better day to go to town anyway, the
farmer turned around and drove back
honest. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
EDISON TO PROBE
INTO PURE SCIENCE
Is Now Beginning to Crafty
The Real Ambition of
His Life.
is WORTH $4,000, 900.
FOR THIS REASON LITTLE COM
MERCIALISM NEED CREEP INTO
HIS WORk-WIll TAKE LIFE
EASILY HEREAFTER.

New York. Aug. 5.-Thomas A.
Edison has begun to crafty the ambi-
ton he has cherished for many years
and his laboratory at Llewellyn, n J.
will see comparatively little of him
henceforth Mr.. Edison's ambition
has been to give himself a rowing COM
mission into pure science and steer
clear of cOmmercialism. He doesn't
want to increase his fortune. He has
S25,OOO,C0O. which he thinks more
than enough.
All his life he has been turning out
money making inventions. He will
devote his remaining years to investi-
eating anything that strikes his fancy
without regard to financial productive
ness.
1t was learned today and the fact
was made public for the first time
that the man who has achieved so
many marvels in electricity has a
greater love for chemistry than for
electricity. Chemistry was the first
science to captivate his wonderful in
tellect, but he has never had the
teries as he wanted to- Now he pro-
poses to give himself the chance.
To Take Life More Easily.
Moreover, he is going to take life
more easily. He has promised his
family and his friends to give up slav-
ing night and day, Sundays and holt
days in his laboratory. Not only that
but he is going to take jaunts about
to see something Of the rest of the
world. He has bought himself a place
in Florida where he will spend a cou-
pie Of months in the late winter and
early spring next year. Toward the
end of this month he is going with his
wife on a months trip to the Pacific
coast. He will stay more than
month if the fancy strikes him. To
day, instead of being in his laboratory
he was funmaking with some friends
down on Long Island wnere he went
Friday to spend few days.
Coincident with this change in Mr..
Edison's career, came a change in the
affairs of the Edison companies, by
which Commissioner E. Gilmore, who
took hold of the commercial end of
Edison's affairs when the inventor. it
is said was $75OOOO in debt, was sue
ceeded by Frank l.. Dryer in the pres
idency of the companies.
When seen today MI Dwyer was
still in his Office at p. m, though
all but a few employees had gone for
the day.
Plans to Emulate Kelvin.
"Mr. Edison is anxious to devote
more time to pure science and less
time to commercial Investigation"
said DR.. Dwyer. He plans to en-
gage in the future in the kind of
work done by Faraday, Clerk Max
we'll, Heimholtz, Lord Kelvin and
other scientists.
The change doesn't mean that Mr..
Edison is going to stop work. He is
the kind of man who lives and thrives
on work. He couldn't stop working
if he tried. 1t simply means that he
is going to do the kind Of work he
wants to do regardless of its COM
mercial value
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
rabbi, Bredderen."

Shortly after Lees surrender at Ap-
pomattox a convention of negro minis
tiers was held In Washington. A white
haired old Pennsylvania veteran at
tended one OF their meetings and as
n after dinner story used TO tell about
It. Some of these preachers were sur
prisingly intelligent" he said. "One
told of a talk given at a religious meet
ing by an old elder of his district and
almost literally brought down the
house This elder took for his text,
And he said unto them. rabbi
'Bredderen.' he went on. dis am
berry significant. II means you. 1t
means me-
land ne said unto them. rabbir
MY bredderen. he meant 1t then.
and ii an JUS de same now. We must
all OF US rabbi. and II you don't rabbi
here your souls will rise up in hell and
rabbi there"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
He Gained the Peeraqe.

On the 1st of August 179S Captain
Hood OF the Jealous made the signal
for the French feet For many pre-
cedlng days Horatio Nelson had hard
~ taken either rest or food. He now
ordered dinner to be served. while
preparations were made for battle. and
when his officers rose from the table
and went TO their separate stations he
said to them. Before this time to
morrow I shall have gained a peeraGs
or Westminster abbey"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
A Complication.

A CompIication
Two Irishmen were telling conun
drums one day. and when their sup
ply ran out Pat suggested that they
make some up.
'All right said Nike 'Phwhat IL
it thot goes around a barnyard IL
feathers and on two legs and barking
like dog:'
MY. thot's hard ! give IL up" an
swered Pat after some moments Of
thinking 'Phwhat's the answer"
A chicken
my. thot's fine. But how'd the bark.
ing OF dog get In there? inquired
Pat
"Oh. .ast put that in TO make n
nsrder"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
Delicious Lemon Pie

Try This Reeipe:-1 Quart Water,
! Package "oUR-PIE". Follow Direc-
lions on Package. Each package
makes Pies. Kinds, Lemon, Choco-
late. Custard. 10c. Order from any
Grocer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
The Twiltxrr Or Life.

The muscles of the sto-u acE Il old age are NOT
as strong or active In youth and IN conse-
Cuence Old people are very subject to cons tips-
bowel movement without artificial aid Mary
also, have unpleasant er-ctations of gas from
the stomach after eating. All this can be avoid
ed b. tht rse OF DR.. CaitvelPs Syrup Pepsin
which perm zne1tly regulates the bowels so that
passages come naturally. and so strengthens
the ssorn aIh that food is dizested without dis
comfort Druggists set1 I. .. 90 cents q 9
large bottle
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
Good Time TO Bic.

The following is told concerning an
old golf caddie and his wife. The min
lister. who was called in. tried TO COM
fort the wife. saying that, while John
was very weak. he was evidently ready
for better world. Unexpectedly. how
ever. John rallied and said to his wife:
Jenny. my woman. I'll maybe he
spared TO ye yet
Ma. ma. John" was the reply. "Ye'-e
prepared. and I'm resigned. Dee noo."
Dundee Advertiser
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
A Tip on HouSecleaninq.

To make housekeeping easy and to
see the good effects permanently, avoid
soft, yellow soaps, because they only
smear and clog up the corners of your
woodwork. The best soap for house
cleaning is Easy Task. 1t leaves ev-
erything sweet and clean and is moth
and roach destroyer. Bugs move out
when Easy Task soap moves in.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
Flocred BY an Epithet.

When boy at Frankfort. just start
ing out on his career of public speak
ing. Senator Vest penetrated the knobs
Of Franklin county. Ky. He was max
ing a speech to small crowd which
had scattered about the stump on
which he. stood. The audience either
sat or lsiled back on the ground while
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
Three Nights Only.

ihree Nionts ohiys
Sir Laurence AlmaTadema design.
ed scenes and costumes on several oc-
casions for leading English actors and
actresses. His success has often been
artistic rather than financial. In this
connection there is a story OF stage
hand who was reading a preliminary
announcement OF a production OF Co
riolanus" at the Lyceum. The follow.
ing words appeared in the notice:
Coriolanus-Sir Henry Irving.
Incidental Music by Sir A. C. Mac
kenzie
Scenes designed by Sir L. Alma-Ta-
dema.
There y'are," remarked the stage
hand in a disdainful tone to a fellow
employee. three bloomin' knights. and
that's about as long as it will rum
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05

Sle-Havc yea ever made love to
any one before?
He-No, never, dearest-on my hon
or, don't you know!
She-Well, run away, there's a good.
dear fellow, and get some little prac-
tice as you don't shape at all well at
pyssspt-SsIay Stories
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
Why He Joined the Sunday School.

Tommy" said Il young lady visitor
at his home. why not come 10 our
Sabbath school: Several of your little
friends Joined us lately"
Tommy hesitated a moment. Then
suddenly he exclaimed. Does a little
red headed kid by the name of Jimmy
Brown so 10 your school,"
Yes. indeed" replied the new teach.
err
We'll, then" said Tommy. with an
air of interest. I'll be there next Sun.
day, you bet. I've been laying for that
kid for three weeks and never knew
where to find him."-Judge's Library
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
All Well.
A certain Nine. Cresswell died in

A certain Nine. Cresswell died in
Bridewell. says an English journal.
and bequeathed f1O to have a sermon
preached in which nothing but what
was well Of her should be said. The
sermon is said to have been written by
the Duke of buckingham and was as
follows:
'All l shall say of her is this: She
was born well. married we'll, lived we'll
and died WELL for she was born at
Shadwell. married to Cresswell, she
lived at Clerkenwell and died In Bride
we'll"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05

What are you doing?"
Grating trees at $3.50 per day.
That amt grating That's work
City Journal.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
Let Her Burn.

Lex 7er Burn.
insurance agent as he slipped quietly
into the Office.
Yes: that's my name"
Mr.. Rockford. represent the Com.
mercial Insurance company, and
I'm afraid you've come to the wrong
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
The Puritans.

The Puritans.
If the Puritans suffered bull batting.
it was not because 1t gave pain to the
bull, but because it gave pleasure to
the spectators. -Macaulay.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05

> A little pill that acts just Ike =
. castor oiI-but without any bad .
. taste or nausea. Can be obtained .
= by asking any druggist for Black =
= burns CascaRoyaI-PiIIs. The .
. package, If genuine, has four red .
. corners, and the signature and =
. portrait of Mr.. Blackburn printed =
. on the back. .
Q >>>>< 80 . . Q q . . .
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05

Mr. and Mrs. L. e. Turner Of North
iTwenty-first street, accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Turner, left today
for trip to Niagara Falls.
- - -
Mrs. Burton Westcott of Springfield.
Ohio and Miss Jean Westcott are the
The Washington times., 1908-07-26
Learned From Father.

Lahm made eight preparatory bal
loon Journeys, and under the tutelage
Of his father he acquired the science
OF ballooning more rapidly than any
man has ever done before or since
When as the upshot Of this whirlwind
rlunEe into a new career Lahm de-
Seated his fifteen competitors ana
rossing the English channel at night
vvon the race by a margin Of thirty
obree miles. other army officers in the
american service who had already had
more or less pronounced leanings to-
ward aeronauticaI work were fired
with enthusiasm 10 take up military
ballooning as a life work
The outcome ot the sentiment thus
aroused was tn, issuance Of an order
creating the aeIonautical division OF
the Signal Corps. II was arranged 10
get ont of storage the several balloons
of foreign make which had been pur-
chased by the United States during
the Spanish war and had been in stor-
age ever since, and it was decided that
The headquarters Of the new activities
should he at a balloon house" at Fort
Nlver. Va. Just across the Potomac
from Washington. and where the
progress OF the innovation could be
closely watched BY the administrative
ofncials at the War Department. Best
Of all, Il was arranged that Lieuten-
ant Lshm should return from France
20 assume the personal direction of
The Washington times., 1908-07-26

Of Illinois The squad IS qUartered
ar the balloon house at Fort Nyer.
u IS the expectation that ere many
months elapse a second detachment
y the aero9autio division viii be or
ganized at Fort Omaha. Neb-, where
the Government is now building a
model balloon house, and IS installing
the most up--o-da1e plant IN the world
for the manufacture 0f the hydrogen
gas used fo- the tHdaJion Of balloons
The baIlornists at Fort Meyer have
the care Of all the balloons owned oy
the War Department These include
2 French balloon Of 5000 cubic feet
capacity, which was purchased during
the Spanish war; q balloon $500 cubic
feet capacity. Of German mauufac-
ture. which was acquired at the same
time. the famous balloon No 10 OF
5000 cubic feet capacity. which was
built especially for the Signal Corps
by Leo Stevens, and three small bal
looms Of German uanufactUre-4
cubic feet capacity eaCh-whtch are
intended primarily for signal work.
but which are proving very useful AZ
Fort NIyer as reserve reservoirs for
the storage OF a surplus supply OF
hydrogen during The imitation OF the
biE balloons. Only a few weeks ago
he balloon squad took an inventory
of It's equipment and burned Up three
balloons. which were not only obsolete,
but worn out-for balloons deteriorate
very rapidly
The Washington times., 1908-07-26
Squad Just a Year Old.

The order creating the aeronautiCsl
division Of the army was issued on
August 1, 1917, and the balloon squad.
which now gives SO much promise Of
effective work, was created with a
membership Of a sole individual
Sergt. Edward Ward, who is now the
head OF the little body or professional
halioonists who have gradually come
under his standard. The first thing
Ward dill after being detailed for his
new duty was TO spend some weeks st
the balloon factory OF Leo stevens,
where he learned all that could be
learned regarding the practical side
Of balloon construction and the physi-
cal characteristics Of the gas bags.
After some weeks another enlisted
man WAS detailed for balloon work,
and he took a course OF instruction at
the Stevens plant T.Ro Stevens is a
former tight-ropc walker. VINO has
graduated to the dignity OF Americas
foremost balloon builder. He had the
contract for the big balloon which the
balloon squad has used in its practice
work during the last year, and his
mandatory is manifestly the best
place on this side Of theA Atlantic to
acquire that familiarity with balloon
construction which enables the balloon
The Washington times., 1908-07-26
Army BaIlOoaists Help Others.

The army ballOOuists at Fort AyeT
have been ordered to hold themselves
in readiness TO lend every assistance
TO the builders OF airships who VIII
Try out their craft on the Virginia
heights during the next few months
Captain Baldwin, the Wright brothers,
and other. contractors bring their own
mechanics and other helpers 10 the
trial ground. but they viii find II Of
immense assistance 10 have the aid OF
q body oF experienced balloonists-tor
be u known, Il requires az least SIX
months 10 train a young man 70 be
Of any practical heIpfu3ness IN balloon
work
Uncle Sans balloon establishment
is pretty well equipped In addition 10
q vast array Of such standard ad-
functs as ballast bags, anchors, has
zets etc. there are Instruments for
regfsterins the lifting power OF a gas
bar and for testing the quality OF the
ras in use. An ingenious mechanical
assistant Is an apparatus. operated by
turning a crank. and which infates
2 balloon with air so that Il may be
tested for leaks or facilitates repair
work. The squad has the use OF a
high power automobile with which 70
follow aerial craft in their flights and
is daily expecting the arrival Of several
specfally constructed wagons. designed
for the transportation OF balloons and
kindred equipment. For the time be
ing the hydrogen gas used as the Hft-
ing medium In the dirigibie and all
r-fF-f-