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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
A FAMOUS DIAMOND.
Curious incident In the History OF
the I10hinoor.

The Kohinoor fell into the hands of
quest Of the Punjab became Il posses
sion of Queen Victoria in the year
$3.50. The first authentic mention &C
Iris matchIess gem is by an eastern
monarch, who refers to a Jewel valued
at oae-haif the daily expenses of the
whole world" A century or two later
the Persian conqueror of. India, seeing
the diamond glitter in the turban of
the unfortunate rajah exclaimed, with
rough and somewhat costly humor,
Come, let us change our turbans in
pledge of friendship" The exchange
was promptly effected. The stone fell
at last into the hands of the British.
and pending its delivery to the crown
Sir John Lawrence. afterward Lord
Lawrence was made its guardian.
His biographer, BoswOrth Smith, re-
lates a curious incident Of its custody.
Half uncOnsciously Sir John thrust it,
wrapped up in numerous folds of cloth,
into his WaiStcoat pocket, the whole be
ing in an insignificant little box. lie
continued the work upon which he was
engaged and thought no more Of his
precious treasure. He changed his
clothes for dinner and threw his waist
coat aside, still forgetting all about the
little box contained in it.
Some weeks afterWard a message
came from the vicerOy saying that the
queen had ordered the jewel to be i'm
mediately transmitted to her.
IL 4 moment the fact of his careless
ness flashed across Sir John, but he
slipped away to his private room
and with his heart in his mouth sent
for his old bearer, of whom he asked:
"Have you small box that was in
my waistcoat pocket some time ago"
Yes, sahib,' the man replied. Il
found it and put it in your chest Of
drawers
Bring it here" said Sir John. open
it, he ordered when the little box had
been produced, and see what is in
side
He watched the man with tense anx-
iety as fold after fold Of the rags was
taken off
There is nothing here, sahib," said
the old man at last, but a bit of
glass. "-Sunday Magazine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
DINING TABLES.
The Transition From the Festive
Board of Primitive Man.

The first dining table was probably
just block of stone or log of wood,
but even primitive man must soon
have discovered that these devices did
not provide for the comfortable dis
posal of his legs and have set about
taxing all his ingenuity to invent some
thing else. 1t is probable that as the
result Of his cogitations a rough hewn
piece of board supported on two big
stones came into fashion among the
elite in these far prehistoric times
The early trestle table which was
used in the beginning of the fifteenth
century consisted Of parallelogram of
wood, fashioned into a board, resting
upon two or more pedestal-like sup
ports. And we have a "Reminiscences Of
this movable kind Of table in the ex-
preston, "A seat at the board" today
while that of taking the chair Is OBJ
viously a survival of the time when a
chair was the place Of honor reserved
for the master Of the house or given by
the grand seigneur to the guest whom
he wished to honor, the other diners
sitting upon rude benches placed at
the side of the table.
One can imagine the inventor seated
at the head of his new dinner table,
clad in his best bearskin and surround
ed by select and admiring company
of his intimates who ate roast flesh
literally off the festive board and who
drank the first toast at this first prime
val dinner party in his honor in cool
water from stream hard by. From
this stage to planks resting on rude
trestles would be an easy transition.
| and civilization had of course made
considerable progress before the sup
ports and the board were joined as one
! piece of furniture.
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PROHIBITION BOTH
WON AND LOST IN
ILLINOIS TUESDAY
Continued From Page One.)

tramps in box cars there for weeks,
but the authorities secured photo
graphs of the floaters and they feared
to vote.
Dwight, the home of the Kecley
cure. voted to retain saloons. This
city Joined the wet column last fall
and attracted the attention of the en-
tire country thereby. In Sterling the
saloon interests carried the city by
one vote. The ballots have been
locked in a bank vault, as there will
be contest. Clinton, made notorious
by the Smells, McGills and other trials,
voted out saloons.
Warren county is entirely dry with
the exception Of Monmouth, the col
ICge center. Henderson county voted
out all saloons with the exception Of
OQuaWka. Only two s<0Ons are left
in Pike county. Douglass county has
none, while Edgar county is dry with
the exception of Paris, which con
tains twenty saloons. Chicago, Peoria
and three or four other of the larger
cities did not vote on the saloon qucs-
ton. Wherever this was the issue
the saloon people suffered defeat or
partial defeat. Springfield, the CAPT
tai, went wet by 1900; Kankakee wet
by HOO and Elgin by 1900.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
A TALL TIGER.
Ehe Way the Sleek Brute Impressed
an Excited Fr~nchmRn.


Tigers are impressive creatures, es-
pecially when one meets them in the
forest George Maxwell writes of
them: There is little doubt that al
most every one has a peculiar sensa
ton of the almost godlike beauty, pow
er, activity and strength of tiger. a
tiger will overawe and make conscious
of his infeTiOrity man who would be
unaffected by the bulk of an elephant.
The feeling is, however, elusive of de-
scription, and ! can perhaps best ex-
plain it in the words Of a most charm
ing French gentleman who was once
manager of Il great tin mining COM
pany in perak. We had just finished
lunch when he entered in a state Of
tremendous excitement Walking alone
and unarmed along an unfrequented
bride path through the forest he had
walked almost on to a tiger
He gave us d most vivid narrative
of the encounter-hOw the tiger had
been lying down concealed in some
long lalang grass beside the path; how
he was within ten yards of it before
at him: how it yawued at him; how it
then walked slowly across the path in
front of him and then stopped and
looked at him, again yaWning, and how
it then deliberately walked away into
the forest, whose depths finally hid it
from view.
Some one asked the Frenchman
whether it was n big tiger. He an
swered: We'll, messieurs, l cannot say
if he is a big tiger. My eyes see that
he is big. but | cannot say how big
see him to be, and if l say how big it
is perhaps that l tell you lie. But
can tell you, mcssieurs. how big | feel
him to be. and l can tell you the truth.
When he is standing there in front Of
me 1 tell you that l feel he is not less
than thirty feet high "-Exchange.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
COLLEGE
SONGS WERE SUNG
Wabash College GIee Club
Made a Distinct Hit in
Entertainment.
MANDOLIN CLUB is STRONG.
WAS ONE OF THE BEST EVER
HEARD IN THE CITY-INOlVID-
UAL ARTISTS WERE RECEIVED
CORDIALLY.


A big audience at the FIRST PTeSDyte-
rIan church was entertained IN most
pleaslng manner last evening by
real1or-sure band OF rah-rah boyS, Just
fresh from Wabash college. Inc deeds
OF the Charlottesville institution in
Athletics have been mighty. The lit
Tie college has made some OF our
haughtiest universities bow the knee
in football, track sports. basketball and
baseball. Now, Judging Of the gIee
club and mandolin club Wabash has in
the field, the plurkE college Is out
with the intention OF cornering all ~"
collegiate musical honorS now intesl-
ing this section OF the union.
Clad in evening dress ana sportlnE
the scarlet, the color or tnelr anna ma
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
PLANT RETARDATION.
The Method of Producing Flowers
Ont of Season.

Lilies of the valley and many other
plants are now placed on the markets
of the worlds great cities months aft
er they are out of season. This is &C
complished by plant retardation,"
holding back the development by
means of cold and darkness until what
ever time is desired. Then they are
once more subjected to light and
warmth, when they blossom. The
most prominent feature of a plant re-
tardation establishment is the huge
cold storage building in which the
plants are slowed away. Under the
care Of the guide the visitor passes the
portals. In a moment he steps from
the warmth and light of a summers
day into the cold bitterness of a win
ter's night the darkness Of which Is
but feebly relieved by the pickering
hand lanterns. The interior Of the
building Is divided into various cham
bers, and each one of these is allotted
to some particular kind of plant One
chamber is full of lily Of the valley
roots, the next is packed with boxes
containing llium bulbs. while again a
compartment is crammed with small
potted plants OF azalea and spiraea.
Each and all of these varieties are In
dormant condition. sleeping away
their time entirely unconscious of the
changing seasons in the outside world.
The walls of the chambers are thickly
coated with a deposit OF frost crystals,
and millions of these fash like dia-
monds in response TO the rays of light
from the lamp. The degree of cold is
usually obtained by means of a COM
pressed air apparatus, and the freez-
ing current is led into the different
chambers through wooden channels.
In course Of time these passages get
Choked with hoarfrost, and 1t becomes
necessary for a man to enter them and
clean the accumulation away. This is
a cold job. In places the temperature
is as low as 20 degrees below zero.
The costume of a workman engaged
in this clearing out operation is prac-
tically an arctic outfit. Every part
OF the body with the exception of
small holes for eyes and mouth must
be protected with thick wool. Other
wise serious frosthites would ensue.
Retarded plants may be kept in
check for eight months or at times as
long as year. and curiously enough
they do not seem to be any the worse
for the treatment. Indeed, the expert
ence seems to make them grow all the
faster when they are allowed to make
a start. Some varieties grow at ire
mendous rate when they are brought
into heat-Chicago News.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
The Word "StuIio.o

Studio" is one of the many foreign
words that have acclimated them
selves in the English language 1t is
a recent import from Italy. unknown
to Johnson's Dictionary and apparent
~ not occurring before the nineteenth
century. but it has supplied a want
study" which is the real English for
studio" suggests a room for reading
and writing, and 'workroom" lacks
distinctlvenesS. The French get along
with .'atelier." which literally means a
place in which small planks are pre-
pared-in other words. a carpenters
workshop
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Affairs of the Sporting World

locals, showed his speed yesterday
when he sprinted from left center on
Reid field and caught foul fly on the
cinder path. He was given the hand
for this fast work.
If White. the Earlham twirler. will
sign with the locals at the close of the
college season. the fans will forgive
him for jumping the team last sum
mer.
Yesterday Coach Vail received con-
tract from the management Of the
Purdue team, which calls for an Earl
ham-Purdue game at Lafayette next
Saturday.
Two Piqua baseball enthusiasts state
that if Sunday baseball is permitted in
that city, they will back an 10. league
club there. An effort is now being
made to secure this concession.
The Elks are now busy selling tick
cts for the polo carnival at the COlise.
UNI, the week of April 20. According
to reports these tickets are going like
hot cakes at a hash factory.
Tyrus Cobb, trotting in the class of
an opera queen all winter, may get
down to the ten, twent. and thiTt.'
division unless he hits about 100 the
first part of this season.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
SMOTE H|SLANOLADY
Now WieIand Is in a Peck of
Trouble Over a Board
Bill.
HIRAM GOT PEEVISH.

Hiram Wieland, former proprietor
of the New Windsor hotel, who some
weeks ago was heavily fined for Oper-
ating the house as a place of i'll fame,
is again in trouble. Last night he was
placed under arrest on charge of
having committed assault and battery
on Margaret Wysong, who runs a
boarding house in the east end of
town. Wieland has been boarding
with her. Yesterday she asked him to
pay his bill. This made Wieland peev-
ish and he smote his landlady. This
morning Wieland entered a plea of not
guilty in the city court, The case was
postponed until tomorrow morning
and, at the request of the prosecutor,
will be heard by a jury.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
LADS RAN AWAY
Their Meanderings Were Halt
ed When They Put in Ap-
pearanCe in Richmond.
ONE WEPT COPIOUSLY.

Two runaway boys from Cincinnati,
Earl Emory and Karl AmIin, were ar
rested last evening for safe keeping
This morning the boys stated 10 Chief
Bailey that they had lost their jobs in
Cincinnati and that they went TO In
dianapolis and then came here. Both
were released on a promise to return
home. Amlin is a printers appren-
tice. Used to the cuffs and slams
which are the lot Of all printers "dev-
lis" he listened to the stern talk Of
the chief without displaying the slight
est concern. Young Emory wept CO.
piOusly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
RICHMOND AGAIN
ORUBBEO EARLHAM
In Short Game Professionals
DoWned CoIIegians by a
5 to | Score.
HERB WHITE WAS "lT."
HE is PROBABLY THE BEST COL
LEGE PITCHER IN THE STATE
AND LOCAL PLAYERS ADMIRE
HIS STYLE-HE MAY SIGN.

The Richmond squad worked out
yesterday at Reid Field. which Coach
Vail has generously placed at their
disposal when needed. All the candi-
dates went through their stunts in
gingery manner except the pitcherS,
who are suffering considerably from
lamewingis, a disease which effects
the twirIing arm. Hedjuk was little
under the weather but that did not
prevent him from taking a hard work
out
Wallis squad of husky Quaker cole
gians took the field about four o'clock
and after a half hour practice they
lined up against the professionals.
White was in the box for Earlham and
the first two innings of the four inn
ing game which was played he was
the whole works. In these two innings
he whilled six of the locals. In the
third Whites support went bad on
him This disheartened the big fell
low and in the last round the prcfes-
SIGNALS raped him hard. The locals
took the contest by a score of to !.
Capt. Parker worked Conner all four
innings and the big fellow held his
opponents well except in the third
when they combed him for two or
three bingles. Fiant went to short
yesterday with Hanna in center field.
Both men worked out nicely in these
positions.
Parker led off the batting list yes
terday with Sninn following him. "Ev-
err since / have played professional
ball | have led off on the batting list"
stated Parker. IF | have to bat third
or fourth l feel lost"
The captain succeeded in getting his
base every time up yesterday and
Shinn was pretty successful in ad-
vancing him. Shinn is a good bunter
and is as fast as a streak. This COM
bnation may work out all right. Burns
and Bambraugh batted third and
fourth and each of them succeeded in
getting clean drive.
Members of the local team are loud
in their praises of Herb White, the
Earlham box artist. He has plenty
of speed and one of the incest drop
balls | ever saw. He also has splendid
control" remarked Hanna. Last year
White came here to join the Rich
mond team but he decided that he
would remain in the amateur class a
year longer, SO he returned home. He
may play professional ball at the
close of the college season. Its a
cinch that there is no college twirler
in the state that is in his class.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
The Middle Class In Novels.

Is it true that the modern English
novel reader insists upon hearing about
the rich or the great? l can hardly
think so when l remember the many
successful works Of fiction dealing
with costers and Scottish ministers.
journalists and typlsts, actresses and
novelists. The Disraen type OF novel
seems almost extinct. and the great
bulk of works of fiction deals with the
middle classes.-London Lady.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
Country IihrRries

The usefulness of urban libraries has
been proved up 10 the hilt, but the
question arises why similar advantages
cannot be supplied in rural districts
AS a matter OF fact, they are more
needed in the country than in the
towns. The dizziness Of country life is
constantly bewailed, and It can be
readily believed that q young agricul-
tural laborer or young woman
brought up in the country would be
very glad to have the chance OF the
wide choice Of books which their cous-
ms In town eninr -RniAt-l~p-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
4 Now NorL, .IeEEeIcr

There had been difference of opin-
ion as TO whether the bill had been
paid. 1t resulted in favor Of the Gus
toner, and the collector from the jew
elrv establishment on Fifth avenue
called TO apologize. "Perhaps you will
be willing to pardon the mistake" he
said, If YOU knew how many accounts
We have on TIr books. There are Co
600 of them. and we are sometimes
likely therefore to make a installer
New York Sun
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
FOLLOWED GIRL
ABOUT THE STREETS
Mary Sherry Registers Charg-
es Against Bolts.

Fred Bolts. in the city court this
morning, entered a plea of not guilty
to charge of provoking Mary SHEER
ny. Prosecutor Jessup then filed the
charge against Bolts in the circuit
court. The Sherry girl charges that
Bolts has been following her about the
streets. and that she had him arrested
for self protection.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
THE GROWTH OF TROUT.
Age, Food and Temperature Seem to
Have No RearinE on Size.


Have No Bearing Size.
The Salvelinus fontinalis. which is
currently but inaccurately called brook
trout, was supposed for many years to
be a small fish. AgassiZ was largely
instrumental in exploding this fallacy.
1t is not an uncommon thing for an
angler with ordinary luck to get Il six
or seven pound trout of this variety.
1t is known that a trout may grow to
weigh eleven or twelve pounds. There
is, however, great difficulty in account
ing for its variation in size.
In northeastern Canada there are
large streams and lakes in which only
fngerlings have ever been found In
the Immediate vicinity of such water
three and four pound trout are quite
common, and seven and eight Founders
are not phenomenal. In all these wa
tiers crustacea do not abound; there are
no small fish of any kind except small
trout. All the fish are pure fly feeders.
At some places, 1t Is true. frogs abound,
but, taken as a whole, the difference in
food supply is not an adequate expla-
nation for the difference in growth.
There is no substantial difference in
the waters as to temperature, size. ORR
gin and course. Climatic conditions
are the same. The small trout taken to
virgin lakes in which there are no fish
have sometimes grown to a great size
have sometimes remained small and
sometimes have not thriven. The an
glers who haunt these waters have not
yet found a satisfactory explanation
Of this peculiar condition of things. 1t
is one of the mysteries which lend
fascination TO the art. You never can
tell what is going to happen when you
go fishing. st Paul Dispatch.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
REPU BLICAN GAINS.
Secure Ten More Aldermen in EIec-
tons.

Chicago, April S.-The republicans
made net gain of ten aldermen in
Tuesdays election in this city. The
new council will contain forty-four re-
pubIicans and twenty-six democrats.
The makeup of the present council is
thirty-five democrats, one independent
democrat and thirty-four republicans,
The election was purely alternate
and followed closely party lines.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
A Rrond Dfstiuefion.

Perhaps said the clerk. you'd
like TO look at goods a little more ex-
pensive than these Not necessari-
ly," replied the shopper. but 1 would
like 10 look at some of better quality
Philadelphia Press
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09

IN Irishman, becoming interested in
the local exciteDent over cockhghting.
decided TO enter bird in whose PROV
ess he evidently had every confidence.
On the eventfuI day Pat arrived at
the pit with fat sleek duck under
his arm and. proudly setting it down
before the slim adversary, remarked:
"Divil bit can you "Trip him up!
Lux at that futr'-Shcrt Stories.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09

Casey Horn, the well known local
pitcher, worked with the Quincy team
yesterday against the White SOx regu-
lars and was hit hard Tom Plum
mer also played with Quincy. He
failed to make a showing.
Manager Armour of the Toledo team
states that no Merry Widow" hats
can rest on the heads of the Toledo
beauts while attending a ball game at
his park. This is a hop tip for Man
ager Jessup to play Some of the
head coverings now being worn by To-
cal young women are big enough to
give a dancing party on.
Shinn, the little left fielder on the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
Too Biz n MOuthfuI.

Office Boy-What name please? For
eign Visitor-Herr Schwartselburghha
senmastergeschaftsm gosman teufel.
Office Boy-You'H have TO call again.
sir The Office closes in five minutes,
and I shan't have time to pronounce
your name before the boss is gone
Bon Eivant.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
Laying For Him,

There's new young man calling on
Miss Maud this evening said the fox
terrier. land he seems real nice"
yes. I heard her say he was nice
enough to eat" replied the bulldog on
the lawn. That's what I'm waiting
or."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
Helfhnck.

impkins-When is your son coming
home from college? Tompkins-In
about six months, l guess. He has been
gone six months. and he writes that he
ID halSback now.-Judge.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
(By Tort.)

The following are the scores of the
various exhibition games played yes
terday:
At Dayton. O-Cinci, 1ati 4, Dayton
.; at Nashville, Tenn-Chicago Cubs
I, Nashville .; at Quincy, Hl.-Chicago
White Sox s, Quincy =; Burlington,
Ia-Wnite Sox Colts ); Burlington o;
at ladelphia-Athletics :; Nationals
6; at Toledo, O.-New York Nationals
4, Toledo / at Louisville-CleveIand 8,
Louisville /.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
"onR ans Part

What part OF speech is woman.
pap"
Woman isn't part of speech. my
son. She's the whole speech
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09

He is truly rich who desires moth
Ing. and he is truly poor who covets
all.-Solon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09

If your dealer doesn't have a Path
inder Cigar, ask him for IL
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09

For sale nywhere-Pathfind
cent cigar
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Chicken Dinner at Christian
Church Bazaar, Thursday.
25c. Pythian Temple. Sit