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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-07
Made Il Cfsar.

When Colonel Edmund Rice was In
command of the Twenty sixth infantry
mostly volunteers from New England)
in the Philippines, he organized from
his regiment company of mounted
scouts. To equip them for this service
he made reQuisition on headquarters
for the necessary outfit, including
eighty nosebags. Some officious clerk
in the quartermaster's Office in Ma
Mia returned the requisition to Colo
mel Rice with these written re-
marks: Your report shows but sixty
men in your mounted company, Why
do you require eighty nosebagS?"
The colonel's explanation was short
and characteristic. 1t was: 1T is true
l have but sixty men, but l have eighty
horses. The nOsebags are for the
horses. not for the men"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-07
HlBERNATION.
How and Why Some Animals Exist All
Winter Without Food.


The philosophy or nature of hiber-
nation and why and how it is that the
alternating creatures can 90 so long
without food are interesting studies.
In the first place. the creature in or
der to enable it to sustain life through
out the long winter during which it
hibernates is endowed with the capac-
ity of accommodating within its body a
large quantity of fat. This fat is to the
animal what a well stocked coal cellar
is to a fire. and until the whole of it
has been consumed the tissue of the
body proper remains untouched. 1t
has been ascertained that animals can
endure the waste of tissue until it
amounts to 40 per cent of their normal
weight. Should the weight be reduced
beyond that point the result is death,
But nature comes to the rescue OF the
hiberna ting creatures in another way.
When the Information begins. respira-
ton and digestion almost cease lin
some cases they cease absolutely. and
the circulation is only just active
enough to sustajn life. AS a conse-
qUcnce OF this the wear and tear is re
duced to the minimum. and the crea-
ture is enabled to pull through.-New
York American.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-07
STRENUOUS HANOSHAKE
CAUSES PARAL YS|S
Warm Greeting Between Men,
Was Disastrous.

Marion, Ind, March IA severe
handshake given Ira Hinchman, "a bar
Der of Gas City, by his friend, Otto
Hildebrand, so paralyzed Hinchman
that he is confined to his bed at the
home of his mother in this city. The
warm greeting extended Hinchman, oc-
Cured February 10. at his barber shop
in Gas City. Hildegrand grasped
Hinchman's hand and remarked that
he had the better grip. So sudden and
forcible was the grasp that Hinch-
mans right shoulder was wrenched
out of place.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-07
HURLED SELF BEFORE
MOVING BOX CAR
Mrs. Gray Despondent Over
Domestic Troubles.

Terre Haute, Ind, March Rosa
Gray, aged 80, respondent over do
mestic troubles, deliberately threw
herself in front of a cut of moving box
cars on the belt line in the southern
part Of the city last evening, sustain
ing such injuries that death resulted
in a few hours. Both limbs were sew
cred below the knee, one hand was
severed at the wrist and one hip was
broken. She recently was divorced by
her husband.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-07
HOW COUGH GERMS MULTIPLY

When You have cold the mucous
membrane is inflamed and the disease
germs which you breathe find lodge
ment and multiply, especially the
pneumonia germ. Foley's Honey and
Tar soothes and heals the inflamed air
passage, stops the cough and eXpels
the cold from your system. Refuse
substitutes. A. G. Luken & Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-07
AN IRREGULAR VERB.
One That Made Frenehman Despair
of Learning English.

One That Made Frenehman Despair
of Learning English.
what does Beat it" mean asked
the man OF an inquiring frame Of mind
of his well informed friend.
Why" was the reply. that means
to go, depart. be off. take your leave,
and don't be slow about il. l don't
know what it came from unless it is a
bit of policeman's slang for Get off my
beat or Clear out unless you want
NE to beat you"
Il am reminded OF a line in one OF
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes amusing
poems, scattered through the pages OF
his delightful 'Autocrat of the Break
fast Table. 1t runs:
Depart, Re or. Exceed,
Evsde: E.vanIpe.
But II takes Latin scholar TO dis
cover the derivatioas Of all his verbs
of motion.
There Is "A story OF Frenchua1
who on his way To England was made
the victim Of 4 practical Joke in re
gard to the verb go whose went,
going gone are irregular enough
goodness knows He was found to bt
struggling with this variation: L go
thou departest; he clears out: We GU
stick; you make tracks: they absquatu
late and as he read It he exclaimed
Mercy! What irregular verbs yor
have in your English lapguage1 New
York Tribune.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-07
Edward Hunpe All Richmond Shoe Co. 800 Main ST.

II is told of Ben Jonson that when
in his last illness King Charles sent
him a small sum of money he returned
it. He sends me SO miserable dona-
ton" cried the dying poet, because
am poor and live in an alley. Go tell
him his soul lives in an alley"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-07
Best Healer In the World.

Rev. F. Starbird, of East Raymond
Maine, says: Il have used Bucklens
Arnica Salve for several years, on my
old army wound, and other obstinate
sores. and find it the best healer in the
world. / use it too with great success
in my veterinary business" Price csc
at \. G. Luken & Co. drug store.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-07
The Twilight 0fIIfe

The muscles of the stom aCh in old age are NOT
as strong or active as in youth and in conse-
Quence old people are very subject to conStipa-
ton and indigestion. Many seldom have a
bowel movement without artificial aid Many.
also. have unpleasant erlctationS of gas from
the stomach after eating. All this can be avoid
ed by the use of DR.. Caldwels Syrup Pepsin,
which permanently regulates the bowels so that
passages come naturally. and so strengthens
the stomach that food is digested without dis
comfort: Druggists sell it at 50 cents or 81 a
large bottle.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-07

Infants and children are constantly needing Z
aSative. II is important TO know what to Civ.
them. Their stomach and bowels are not strong
enough for salts, pg1rEative waters or catharT;c
piIs, powders or tablets. Give them Z mild
pleasant. gentle, laxative tonic Ike DIR. CaId-
sr-n ~ y repsS; "n IT,. ssis AT 'E. snnai
one great remedy fer you have IN the house t.
give children wse-, they reed il.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-07
SALOON LICENSE
WILL Be DISCUSSED
UnconstitutionaIity Is Touched
Upon.

The following invitations have been
extended to hundreds of Richmond
people:
You and your friends are cordially
invited to hear Mr.. Mercer Brown dis
cuss 1.-The Unconstitutionality of the
Saloon License" He VIII speak at
the South Eighth Street Friends
church. Sunday afternoon. March at
O'Clock. Mr.. Brown is a member of
the Henry County bar.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-07

With health. all things are happi-
ness, without it, other blessings cant
be enjoyed. We make health-for
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea is
health. Try it; twill surely make
you we'll. 35c, Tea or Tablets. A. G.
Luken G. Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-07

Eli D. Sprague and Mary D. Sprague
Young. twins Of Vaudeville. Mich,
vii! be S. years old on March -.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-07

If you are troubled with sick headach.. con-
stipation. indigestion. offensive breath or any
disease arising from stomach trouble, get Soc
or 81 bottle of DR.. CaldwelPs Syrup PepSin. 1t
Is positively guaranteed to cure you.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-07

JABTTHA:
Gold Medal Flour leads them all
SUSETrE
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-07

" Y DEI-
Gold Medal Flour is best Tor pastry.
6EALRILK
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-07

d Medal Flour IS very highest
-AsnlA-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15
the National Magazine.

From the National Magazine.
 Justice Harlan told a story to Judge Taft of how he went out to play golf in a fog. He thought he would drive the ball and sent it off at 'hazard" He came to the caddie and asked him to find the ball, looking within a radius of three hundred yards. The caddies eyes tuck out.
 q done found dat ball, Judge. It am in hole sure 'nough. It just wiggled in xe."
 1t was certainly remarkable that a
 i've through the fog should place ball lere the most earnest effort of two to
 'enty strokes may fail in open daylight.
 fudge Taft responded with fishing
 ,ry. also about fog. He went out one T in a wagon to fish and the fog came
 wn thick. He drew up where he ought the stream ought to be- cast his
 g, felt a pull and hauled in a fine trout
 mother bite and another, until the wa 2 was filled. The fog lifted and the
 gon was three hundred yards from the T sr! There was a silence which might be felt when Judge Taft concluded, and la tice Harlan told no more fog stories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15

would lift her fl choly. Coventry whole time at the it to a faithful
 the mail at Hillsl
 Grace sighed an said mo again
 ness and her suff will power. So, 2 Q gain. and after r father and lover 1 said yes once in situde and despaii bitterly and wishe sent. But they WI right on their sic would not let her the wedding day W her, but really by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15


 ag rfaT 10  faeand She baf ii bad her aHas ana
 tHi7 fUil aH1 8f 7lefsI fut of a
 REG faIiras
 sat th0ueh h
 and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15
Taft's Latest Fish Story.

Next Sundays one-page classic will b "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-02

The general public has little idea Of
the well-organized plans in operation in
nearly all large city retail stores to
check thievery says the head detect
i've in one Of the largest dry goods es-
Establishments. BY the systematic pros
ecution of thieves the losses do not
amount to one-third Of what they did
three years ago.
Every large retail department store
in New York and Chicago has its regu-
larly organized staff of detectives whose
duty 1t is to detect dishonesty in al
most every form inside the store, while
.sany establishments have force of
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-02
HE WAS AN IRISH CHINAMAN.
How Celtic American Became a Co
lestial Citizen

Iestial Citizen.
While on visit to Washington, D.
c., recently, John B. ONeill, former
Washington attorney, who is now en-
gagged as military instructor in China,
related an interesting and Out-of-the-
ordinary happening in which he was a
principal 1t occurred, says the Wash
ington Star, about fifty miles from
Pekin.
I'VE were trying to get big gun
across little stream" said Mr.. ONeill.
II had about thirty Cinnamon engaged
at the task, while fully hundred more
stood about the banks of the stream
and looked on. When the cannon had
reached the middle Of the creek, or
river, 1t became stalled in the soft mud
at the bottom. l was yelling at the
'Chinke' in pldgin English, trying to
get them to eXtricate the gun, when
above the babel of Chinese voices there
came in high falsetto and decidedly
Irish brogue this remark:
"Why the divil don't yez spalpeens
pull TIL cannon to yez right? Begor-
rah. yer lot ov low-tide clamsr
II looked in the direction whence
the voice came and saw short China
man, as | supposed, with n long queue
and a genuine Celtic cast of counte.
nance. He was holding little Chinese
boy by the hand.
"'Who are you? | shouted at him
"'An AmiriLin, like yerself, was the
reply.
81 am Chinese-Irlsh-Americ an
me name is O'Flaherty.'
Mr.. O'Neill said he had long talk
with the quaint fellow, who informed
him that he left Tyrone, Pa, for China
about twenty years ago, and upon his
arrival in the celestial empire he mar
ried a Chinese woman. adopted their
manners and garb, including false
queue. He added that he was the IA
ther of several little Chnese-Irish
O'Flahertys.
"Why have you not dropped the %
forninst your nameT asked Mr.. O'Neill
"You seldom see an O'Flaherty these
days. They are all Flahertys"
Il didn't drap me 'O' for tn same
r'ason We did not drap yers. Ye know
In tn ovid country the O'Flahertys
and the 0'Neills 'o' Everybody"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-02

thing desired In that work. Then they
have strict orders not to remain at one
spot too long. They are to keep mov-
Ing about in careless way.
"One of the chief deterrents to shop
lifting in the New York department
stores is the fact that it is known by
these criminals that vigorous and de-
termined steps are now taken to prose
cute them when arrested, and a long
stay at Sing Sing or Auburn prison is
a strong probability.
KIeptOmaniacs.
"As to the moral responsibility of
so-called 'klsptomaniacs,' you will find
experienced detectives who hold wide
ly divergent opinions on the subject.
Some are convinced that many women
steal simply because they cannot resist
the temptation to obtain something for
nothing. Certainly many women steal
articles for which they have no use
and who are so well off financially that
there Is no need to steal. Others hold
eiiN Opihioh tldI lIltl 10 d lulpl,
whether she be woman in no actual
need or one who steals as q means of
living without working. Certain it Is
that many an alleged kleptomaniac has
been checked in the course which soon
would make chronic thief of her by
reason Of the fact that she has been
arrested and badly scared by threat Of
prosecution and Imprisonment, but
whose plea of kleptomania has been
accepted for the reason that 1t has
been her first cffense.
I'm watching suspicious persons and
detecting thieves, secret signals and
words are employed that to the unsus-
piciOus person, or even to the shop
lifters, have no particular meaning, but
which are well understood between the
store detectives. fioorwalkers and sales
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-02

settler produces the road must haul to
market; and all his machinery, all his
clothing, all his fuel, all that his own
land does not give him, the road must
bring. The true science of transporta-
tion is based on the knowledge of Nmu-
tual dependence, and the problem the
rate regulator must solve is that of en-
abling the farmer to get the most wares
into the best-paying market, maintain
ing a profitable rate on the carriage
and on the return haul Of what his
surplus buys 1t would be an interest
ing problem for some readers to figure
out their own cash value to the road
which serves them, and to their fellows,
and thus determine whether they are
giving as much as they receive. Hap
piness is not a matter Of dollars and
cents, but much comfort Is begotten of
a proper sharing of prosperity.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-02

The abandoned" farms Of several
of the New England States present no
doubt a gloomy picture to some per-
sons, and yet, so far as future growth
Is concerned, there Is more hope In the
fact that these farms are not worked
than there would be If all the avail
able land in the six New England
States were cultivated to the limit Of
Its productive power. The farms which
have been abandoned are to the future
OF New England what the land which
has never been brought under cuItiva-
tion Is to some Of the States of the
West At some time in the future they
will be occupied and TILED, for the de-
mand for land will force them into
use. Neglected now, they are never
theless source Of future wealth and
production. New England as whole
has a long way to go before 1t reaches
In density Of population the condition
of some countries In Europe to-day.
To become gloomy in rejecting upon its
future Is to ignore what may be learn
ed from the history and the example
Of other prosperous and yet more
1ensely populated parts Of the world.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-02

In this free country, with universal
education, with the richest natural re-
sources in the world, needing only de-
velopment by means Of labor and cap
ital to produce wealth enough to lift
the entire population above want, the
fact remains that the numbers Of the
able-bodied poor are very great and
the condition Is not confined to hard
times. Ten million people-an eighth
of the entire populatiOn--are in a con-
dition Of what may be considered ex-
treme want. Yet 1t is stated on good
statistical authority that within hun
dred miles of New York City, where
there Is a very large poverty-stricken
population, there are hundreds Of aban-
doned farms with thousands of acres
Of idle land, Not only is this true but
within the territory named there are
allowed to go to waste each year thou
sands Of bushels of apples, gar
den stuff and other produce, much
of 1t being left to rot on the
ground. Something like this can
be said Of every city where unemployed
people are found In large numbers. If
all the unemployed people who could
get work in the cities, If they wanted
1t, were earning wages, and If all who
cannot find employment in the cities
would seek 1t in the country, there
would be decided decrease in pov-
erty, not only in a hard times period
but at all periods. The marvellous pos
sibilities Of the millions Of acres Of
vacant land in this country are only
beginning to be realized Intensive
farming Is making land wonderfully
productive to all who will bring intelli-
gence and energy to bear upon it. The
world never yet had too much to eat
and wear and provide shelter. There
can be no overproduction in this line
as long as there is left hungry mouth
or ragged back.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-02
detectives who watch for thieves wi

detectives who watch for thieves who
may seek to rob the establishments
delivery wagons when out OH their
tours. Part Of this force are men and
part women. The employment of wom-
en- in this capacity is absolutely neces-
sary, for women can do excellent work
where men would be worse than use
less. For instance, If male detective
should be seen in the crowd at a bar
gain sale or at counter where an un-
usually large number of women were
congregated, the suspicious of any wom-
an shoplifter in the crowd would be i'm
mediately aroused and she would trans
fer her activities elsewhere, where no
man was directly in evidence.
Arresting Thief.
"When detective notes the theft of
any article she follows the thief from
counter to counter and thence out of
the store, where the offender is ar
rested, not by the female detective,
but by one of the male detectives Of
the establishment, who has been no.
titled hurriedly by one Of the statesmen
| or saleswomen, who are uncommonly
quick to take In such situation,
knowing the identity of the men or
women detectives; or by some police
man near the store to whom the female
detective would appeal. The arrest Of
shoplifter never is made inside the
| store If it can be avoided, and for two
reasons, one being the probability of a
scene being created, which is to be
avoided, while the likelihood of the
case against the shoplifter sticking
when 1t comes up In court is much
greater il he or she is found with the
stolen goods In their possession out
side of the building.
''rhe best detectives are those who
are unobtrusive in manner and appear
ance, ns to attract attention Is the last
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-02

men and saleswomen. Primarily, per-
sons against whom there seems to be
reason for suspicion are quickly sized
up by the store employe with whom
they come In contact.
"Of course, many shoplifters study
to disarm suspicion both by their gen.
eral appearance and manner of ad-
dress. They exhibit no nervousness,
ing on near them, and, possessing plen-
ty Of nerve and self-confidence, per-
form the theft at the most opportune
moment, taking care to make no false
move.
Many shoppers carry suit cases, as
do hundreds Of honest shoppers, and
on taking their place at counter leave
the suit case partly open at their feet,
so that articles may be quietly dropped
therein when the salesperson is not
looking. A small purchase being made,
it is openly placed in the suit case and
the shoplifter moves away. Other shop
lfters carry a folded newspaper in one
hand, and while the saleswoman's at
tention is diverted, slip some article
between its folds.
''When suspicion is directed against
shopper by salesperson, the fact
is quietly conveyed to one of the de-
tectives, who approaches seemingly as
if wishing to look at some object with
the intention of purchasing it. When
1t Is shown the detective makes some
objection to it, whereupon the sales
person moves few feet away, appar-
emily for the purpose Of showing anoth.
er article of the kind wanted. This
gives the opportunity to speak a few
words of explanation.
signals are sometimes given to
salespersons by detectives when they
have reason to be suspicious of a shop
per who is being waited upon at the
time. Again, words of seemingly no, i'm
portance are used by the salespersons
to Inform a detective or tiOorwalker
that shopper has been detected in the
act of stealing.
when possible the shoplifter is leo
to the private office or room where
persons under suspicion are ques-
toned and searched. Once inside one
of the male and one of the female de-
tectives are summoned, and the thief
Informed she must submit to be search
ed by the female detective, the floor
walker and the male detective waiting
just outside the door. If the shoplifter
objects, which she seldom does, know
ing that the game is up, the police de-
partment is notified by telephone, and
city detective sent to the store, when
the thief is placed under arrest, taken
out of the place as quietly as possible
and removed to police station, where
she is searched by the police matron,
aud a charge of theft made against
her. The experienced shoplifter usually
seeks to make as little disturbance as
possible when caught, relying upon
quieter methods of getting out of her
dilemma.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-02

The immigration commissioner of n
Western railroad recently applied to
an Eastern traffic manager for special
"homeseekers' excursion" rates to en-
able farmers to go out and look Mt his
Western lands. 81 won't help YOU
a cents WORTH" said the Fastener. en-
phatically. Every farmer you take off
our lines makes dead loss to us Of Mt
least thousand dollars a year" The
estimate must have been n large one
in the west each new settler is expected
to add $500 year to the income of the
rallway-but 1t is Of interest as illus
trating the fact that every one Of us, no
matter how he may esteem his own
worth to his community or to society In
general, has value to his fellows that
can be figured in dollars and cents.
What he produces others consume, and
what he consumes others produce.
Prosperity is mutual affair. Especial
ly is this so as between the farmer and
the railroad or between the railroad
and every other man. What each new
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-02

Ida Tarbell wants the women Of the
world to unite and prepare to fight
their common enemy-man. If 1t is
all the same to Ida, man would much
prefer waiting for cooler weather be-
fore opening hostilities.