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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-15
A LACING.
The Result of Little Edwin's Cues
tions and Comments.

Tho Result of Little Edwin's Cues
tions and Comments.
Say. maw."
We'll, what?'
How do they get holes in lace"
why. they make the lace round the
holes, my SON."
But it amt lace without it's got
holes. is it, maw?"
mo, Edwin"
"Well, how do they get the holes in
the lace they put round the holes to
make the lace, them"
Child. you will yet drive me to dis
traction"
Where do they get the holes, mawT'
why, the holes are just air"
ooh, they're air holes?"
Il suppose So"
"Well, there's air holes in paws hat.
Does that make it lace hat?"
NO. no, no!'
"a Swiss cheese has holes in it. Does
that make it 4 Swiss laceT
Hold your fool tongue! Do you
hear?'
Didn't you say all lace had holes.
maw?'
Yes
"Well, I've got shoe laces. but they
amt got no holes in EN-"
Leave the room and permit me to
finish Lady Lingerie's Lost Lover: or,
How Lord Lumbago Was Lured Away
by a Lissom Little Lallapalaza of a
Lacemaker'"
Nav, kin you make lace?'
mo, Edwin: that is not one of my
accomplishments"
81 didn't think you could, nav. Mrs.
Knockenberger said you was so fat lac
ing wouldn't do you any good"
But NAV" wasn't too fat to give Ed
win a lacing that did him some good
Chicago Journal.
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MYSTERY OF THOUGHT.
Try to Concentrate Your Mind on One
Theme For Five Minutes.


A St Louis physician who has given
much attention 70 the study of mental
disease in its various phases. though.
as he says himself. not enough TO quail
ify as an alienist. has a curious theory
with regard To concentration Of thought
on any particular subject
His idea Is that no human can so
fix his mind on any special topic a.
TO avoid even for 4 moment the Grant
thoughts that come and SO. not only
without our volition. but ii spite OF
our most earnest efforts at mental ap-
plication-
He goes so far as 70 maintain that
nobody but a monomaniae can think
OF one subject continuously for Eve
minutes and even believes that the
ability To do so is one evidence ot
something wrong in the upper story.
II once heard the subject discussed
by q party or intelligent men. and one
of the number was SO confident OF his
ability 10 think of one subject an in
definite length OF time that he reused
his opponents TO the point OF making \
test.
and then declare upon your word of
honor that you have not thought OF
anything else while doing Ii. III make
you a present OF a horse and saddle
and bride
The confident one took up the chal-
lenge and in order TO fix his mind
requested the company to keep still I'M
til he got through. Then. with frown-
ing brows and tightly drawn face, he
began aloud and went slowly and ap-
parently with the most determined at
tention straight through the prayer.
After he said amen and opened his
eyes he was asked how he had got
along with his task.
Its failure. gentlemen. ! didn't
get TO the end OF .hnllowed be thy
name before I wondered what kind OF
a horse 1t was going TO be. and before
/ reached thy will be done thought
about black saddles and white saddles
and about the horse again: then Of tho
bride and the rein, whether they
would be of light or dark leather:
then Of old Pete, a horse my father
had and how he threw me over his
head when l switched him with a To-
Gust thorn branch: then OF a mare that
kicked old Pete In the ribs while they
We're In the pasture together and left
the imprint OF both shoes on his side.
and before I reached amen I thought
OF a drove OF wild horses that used to
be out on the plains and what pile OF
money a man would make by round
ing them all up and selling them for
/ farm horses.
81 did think could tx my mind on
/ one thing for awhile, but when
/ tried my brains seemed to scatter like
an old fashioned shotgun st Louis
( Globe-Democrat-
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LOODSHEO AND
GRIM { NJ A RK
AWFUL. RACE WAR
CONTINUED From Page One.y

ing Sheriff Werner called thu fire de-
partment to a near corner to attract
the crowds attention. and, the ruse
being successful, Lopez, in his auto
mobile. dashed up to the Jail.
Officers hustled their black prison
ers out of the Jail and drove with
great speed to Sherman, the nearest
station or the Alton railroad. north OF
this city.
There the north bound train from
this city to Bloomington was inter
cepted and the prisoners placed
aboard for Bloomington.
ION to Loper's!"
This act of Loper's aroused the
wrath Of the rough element. In an at
tack on the Egro quarters in the
East Side early in the evening one OF
the leaders shouted ON to Lopers!'
and the crowd started. Lopers ma
chine was standing in front and they
wrecked it. Then they hurled bricks
through the big plate glass of his res
taurant, knocking out every pane
The interior was raided and furniture
and china smashed. The entire front
of the three-story building has been
broken in.
The fire department has made re
peated runs to draw the people away
but has not succeeded.
Governor Deneen has been in close
touch with the situation.
Negroes in various parts of the
town have been run down by smaller
mobs and stoned.
A prohibition meeting on the east
side of the courthouse was being ad
dressed by their candidate for the
presidency, Eugene w. Chafin, of Chi
cago, but it was broken up when a
scared negro, bloody from his bruises
hatless and coatless and almost bare
ran onto the platform.
The mob seized chairs and began
to throw them and the meeting was
dispersed in haste.
Negroes to Peoria.
Bloomington, Ill, Aug. 15-Richard
ison and James, the negroes brought
from Springfield to avoid the mob
have been taken to Peoria to prevent
rioters from coming from Springfield
and capturing them.
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The Mouse Trap.

"The child is father to the man"
said an inventor For instance, there
was a millers son who invented, at the
age of seventeen, an automatic mouse
trap, trap that used the recoil from
one mouses capture to set itself for
another mouse. This trap worked well,
caught eleven mice at the first go off
and soon rid the miller's mill of Its
mice myriads. Well, sir. the boy in
ventor of that mouse trap used the
traps recoil principle for his greatest
invention. the Maxim gun. for it is
Sir Hiram Maxim I'm talking about,
and if you go to the Maine village of
Sangerville they'll show you there one
Of the automatic rapid firing mouse
traps that presaged the famous Maxim
gun"
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game against the Glen Millers. He re-
fuses TO play for a purse, asserting the
park boys would not play with their
regular line up. Manager Brooks OF
the challengers says the same line UP
as used in previous games would be
depended upon.
1t took two innings for Pitcher
Spade to get started yesterday, but
when going we'll st. Louis could not
stop him and the Reds won by sin
gle tally.
Two thousand members Of the Gael
ic Athletic association met Martin
Sheridan upon his arrival in Dublin,
Ireland. and escorted him about the
city with a torch light procession. The
mayor. of the city headed the process
sion.
The feature race at Buffalo yester-
day was won by the Eel, which horse
paced the race fast enough to win in
straight heats.
Minor Heir paced a mile in 2:OOl4
at Galesburg, Ill. The owner has &C
copied an offer of $1,000 to pace the
horse against this record IN an exhi-
bition to be run during the Great
Western meet at Galesburg. The
young horse appears a rival for Dan
Patch.
When will it stop? John Flanagan
smashed all records in the sixteen
pound hammer throw yesterday when
he hurled the weight a distance of 1S9
feet 8 inches in an exhibition at
Queenstown, Ireland. His previous
record was 175 feet, 134 inches.
Charles Wagner, the young short
stop Of the Boston Red Sox, is trying
to live up to the family name. He has
been hitting like Hans on the road.
Clark Griffith would look rather
strange as National league manager.
Griffith did more than any other ball
player to help American league ex-
pansion.
Jim MCGUIRE says that he doesn't ex-
pect the Red Sox to do much until
next season, although Elberfield thinks
the Yankees will be up there when
they get going.
Some of the leading members Of the
Athletic team are said to have severe
ly criticised Mack's judgment in let
ting Sid Smith go. They had better
be careful.
Spike Shannon, the newest member
of the Pittsburgs, fits in very nicely
in the outfield. Manager Fred Clarke
still regrets that he let Kitty Brans-
field go. He has never been able to
satisfactorily fill Bransfield's place, al
though he has tried score of men.
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antiquary. do you remember the
hustle of 1855? 1t shot straight out
from the waist, broad seat on which.
honestly. an adult could have sat. Yes,
bustles were ridiculous. but no more
ridiculous than the tournures OF Fran
cts II. The tournures were worn by
men. They were bustles-front in
stead of rear ones. Yes, in the time
OF Francis II. portliness was consid-
cred stately, and men tied on tour
nures, or false stomachs. IL order to
achieve an air of dignity
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-15
Bryan Democrats of Minneso-
ia Favor Present Popu-
lar Governor.
EXECUTIVE is OPPOSED.
HAS SAID UNDER NO CiRcUM-
STANCES WOULD HE ACCEPT
PLACE AND IS HuRRYING HOME
TO WARD OFF NOMINATION..

Minneapolis, Mimi, Aug. 15.-Min'
nesota Bryan men are apparently In
conspiracy to nominate John A.
Johnson for third term in an effort
to carry the northwest states, with
their strong Scandinavian following
for the democratic nominee for presi
dent.
County convention were held yester-
day in all counties of Minnesota, and
many Of them instructed for Mr.. John
son for governor in the face Of the ex
ecutive's protestatfon that he would
not be a candidate under any circum-
stances. Many of the counties which
declared for Johnson were controlled
by Bryan men, who combined with
sincere Johnson men in an effort &c
force the nomination upon the gov
ernor.
This was the situation in the large
county of Hennepin, in which Mime
apolis is located, and in which Bry
an men surprised every one by being
in absolute control of the convention
organization.
Over half the delegates to the state
convention will be for Mr.. johnson
for governor, and it will take expert
work on the part of the governor
friends to prevent his nomination.
The governor, who is out on lee
turing trip, is hurrying home to fend
off the threatened action Of the con
vention which convenes in this city
August 10.
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FISH SLrrfisTillONS.
Queer Old Time Notions, Some ~
Which Still Survive.

Which Still Survive.
The one fish medicine of which mod
ern science thoroughly approves is CO..,
liver oil, and this. though in far less
nauseous form than formerly. is swal-
lowed In tons every year.
In old days a much wider use was
made Of fish as cures for various evils.
and some of these practices have sur
viyed to the present day. Some little
time ago IL boy died of epilepsy in q
north Wales parish. The doctor. called
in too late. inquired If the deceased had
been given any medicine. oh. yes,
was the answer. I'VE caught trout
drowned it In new milk and gave it tc
the boy"
Eels are supposed to possess all kinds
of virtues In the dark ages Of medi-
cine Il powder made Of eels' liver was
considered an absolute specific for deaf
ness and was also employed in cases of
ague or fever. \ detection Of eels' fat
Is still used by Dutch peasants as a
remedy for falling hair.
But the most valuable part Of the eel
according to popular superstition, Is Its
skin. Many an old farmer wears q
belt of eelskin as a preventive agains
rheumatism, and some believe that 9
garter made Of the skin of this snake.
like fish worn next to the human skin
As a preventive not only against rheu
matism, but also against sprains OF
similar injuries.
Another cure for rheumatism, which
finds favor with salt water fishermen
II q red herring. The herring being the
most plentiful Of all the sea fish, q
number Of superstitions have attached
themselves to it. For luck through the
ensuing year one must be sure to ca,
herring on New Years day
Fishermen believe that each shoal Is
headed BY king herring, which Is
mors than double as large as any Of its
followers. They believe that when one
OF tho kings" comes up In the net II
should be thrown overheard; otherwise
tho next days fishing will be q failure
-Pittsburg Gazette Times.
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THE HEADSMAN.
He Used the Sword and Not tho A,
Prior to 1893.

He Used the Sword and Not tho Ak
Prior to 1883.
am inclined to think that prior to
lass the sword and not the AK was
usually employed as the weapon for
judicial dseapitation and that a block
was dispensed with. the victims receiv-
ing their doom "meekly kneeling upon
their knees" and in this opinion l am
fortified by the concurrence of an emf
nsnt clerical historian. This learned
writer agreed with me that the Ak did
not become tho regulation" lethal i'm
plement until after the rough and ready
heading Of Lord Hastings on the
Tower green, when he was summarily
dispatched by order OF the protector,
Gloucester.
In this instance, according to the
chroniclers, the victims neck was
stretched upon piece Of timber then
In use for the repair Of the adjacent
church Of st. Peter ad vincula, prob
ably "putlog." part Of the sea Avoiding
which. we read, Conveniently lay in
the way" Contemporary accounts
seem to. Indicate that the executioner
straddled over the prone body. and
from this position infer that the de-
capitAtion was effected by the tool
known as an adA the cutting edge Of
which Is at, right angle to and not in
. plane with the haft.
I may add that the only contempt
rary reference I have come across Of
the use or proposed use Of an az and
block for inficting capital punishment
prior to this tragedy is in one Of the
PASTOR series Of letters describing the
peril Of an unfortunate captive OF Jack
Cade's rebels a. d. 1450). generation
before Lord Hastings was so clumsily
hacked to death.-London Notes and
Queries.
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The Word "Oqre,"

Old fashioned etymologists used TO
say that the word .ogre" commemorate
ed the sufferings of Europe during the
ninth and tenth centuries ut the hands
Of the ravaging "Oigours," or Huns.
This derivation. however. Is now aban-
doned. Ogre" which reached the
French language by way of Italian and
Spanish. is really orcus. the Latin hell.
afterward the god OF the underworld.
In Romanesque folklore this god be-
came a shaggy. black. man devouring
monster. with particular taste for
lost babes in the wood
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-15
Affairs Of the Sporting World

Hans Wagner showed he is still the
goods in yesterdays game against
Boston. Pittsburg had been unable
to win although the game had gone
twelve innings. In the thirteenth.
Leach singled, Clarke sacrificed and
Wagner drove home the third sacker.
Now Pittsburg fans will want TO take
back some of the mean things they
have said about Wagner
Doesn't it seem strange that the st.
Paul team should lead the Association
in batting strength and at the same
time be the tail end team with no
prospect of Crawling out?
Doc White was not quite so strong
as Johnson, so the White Sox lost the
first of the double header by the 1 to
route Hughes outpitched Smith in
the second and again Washington
won. The Nationals have about the
strongest pitching corps in the league
but does not win the games. White
allowed four hits and Johnson but
two.
Kansas City and Toledo did not
finish their game yesterday. 1t had
gone ten innings and the Hens had to
run to catch their train.
It does not look as If much chance
remains to keep Detroit from winning
the pennant again. Wonder who the
Tigers will struggle against for the
championship. Last year 1t was a
puzzle who the Cubs would contend
against.
The oarsmen from st. Paul crossed
half of the country and were victors
in the national regatta at Springfield,
Mass, yesterday.
Wheeling has not played great ball
in the Central this season, but has
managed to sell Hoblitzel to the St.
Louis Nationals for $500. The Sto-
gies beat Grand Rapids yesterday.
1t seems pretty hard on those form
er world champion teams at Chicago,
one in third and the other in fourth
place. The Windy City bugs do not
claim to be able to understand it, al.
though confidence was lost in the
Sox long ago.
The Williamsburg and Glen Miller
teams will play tomorrow at 2:30
O'Clock at the Glen Miller diamond.
North Twenty-second street and the
railroad.
In the city league this afternoon the
STAIRS are holding forth at Easthaven
and the Kibbeys and Hoosiers are in
dulging in q double header at Athletic
park.
The manager of the X Y rs claims
nothing can be gained by another
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-15
An Eccentric Will.

In the year 1896 gentleman living
in England named Samuel BALDWIN
died after a somewhat unhappy mar
ried life. BY his viii Mr.. BALDWIN
left his property to his young wife on
the condition that she should from time
to time dance upon his grave.
The motive for this strange request
was evident when the instructions for
his intermcnt were read Mr.. Baldwin
desired that his remains should be TAX
en- by boat to the Needles and then
cast in the sea. This singular wish
enabled him to revenge himself on his
wife for past disagreements. and the
widow lost the property. as she could
not fulfill the conditions Of her hus-
bands bequest.
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CENTRAL LEAGUE.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.
National League.

National League.
Cincinnati 5: st. Louis 4.
Pittsburg 2: Boston l. Is innings.
American League.
Cleveland 4 New York ?.
Detroit 5; Boston 2.
Philadelphia 5: st. Louis 2.
Washington / Chicago 0. 1st game.
Washington 5; Chicago ?. I'd game.
American Association.
Kansas City 2; Toledo 2. 10 innings.
Columbus 5; Milwaukee 0.
Rain elsewhere.
Central League.
Evansville 5: FIT. Wayne !.
Wheeling 6; Grand Rapids 5.
South Bend 4; GAINESVILLE 2.
Dayton 5; Terre Haute 4. list game.
Dayton s; Terre Haute Z. I'd game.
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GAMES TO-DAY,
National LEAGUE.

Nationai League
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
Boston at Pittsburg.
New York at ST. Louis.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
American League.
Cleveland at New York.
Detroit at Boston.
st. Louis at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Washington.
American Association
indianapolis at Minneapolis
Columbus at Kansas City.
Louisville at ST. Paul.
Toledo at Milwaukee.
Central League.
TT. Wayne at Evansville.
Grand Rapids at Wheeling
Dayton at Terre Haute.
South Bend at GAINESVILLE.
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The Saics Referendum

In some of the cantons Of Switzer-
land a method resembling the referen-
dunn has been in practice since the six
teenth century. The present form was
adopted in the canton OF St. Gallen in
1880. In 1SAS. in spite OF conservative
opposition, the referendum was incor.
porated in the Swiss federal constitu-
ton. and IN 1874 its application was
extended. In all the cantons, except
Frieburg, the referendum is now es-
tabliShed.
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At the mouth of the Piseataqua riv-
er, three miles below the historic town
OF Portsmouth. \. H, nestles the only
seacoast fort in the United States
which includes within its confines a
combination Of all the styles of for
tidcation from the colonial stone re-
doubt to the present barbette battery
Of concrete faced with earth. More
over, Fort Constitution, as it is named,
was the Fort Sumter Of the Revolu-
tion.-Army and Navy Life.
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Character.

The need Of the world today is char.
screr. 1t has brillIancy. 1t has ca
pacity. 1t has ambition. 1t has eli.
ergy. 1t lacks men who stand on the
solid rock Of honesty, who scoru 10
take anything that they have not right
fully earned. whose word can be trust
ed seven days in the week, who are
self contained, resolute and strong.
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A Eree Translation

"And you say the idiot of a teacher
told you that you had an extravagant
fool of a father|'
That's what he meant"
But what did he say?'
HE said it was criminal folly to
waste money on the education of such
a chump as I am."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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There Ara Others.

Some women are foolish. That
convicted thug gets lots Of flowers
from women, s'pose?'
Yes" answered the warden. But
the lady murderer on the next tier has
had forty-seven offers of marriage to
date. st. Louis Repupnc.
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The Allowance.

But" protested the hayward son.
you should make allowance for the
follies OF youth"
Huh growled the old man. ''If 1t
wasn't for the allowance you get there
would be less felly."-Chicago News.
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Your Mother?

Here's to the woman who has a smile
for every joy, tear for every sorrow.
q consolation for every grief. an ex.
cuse for every fault, prayer for ev-
cry misfortune. an encouragement for
every hope.-Sainte Folk.
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There Is no medicine n sa-e and at the same
time SO pleasant to take as Dr.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin, the positive cure for all diseases arising
from stomach trouble. The price Is very reas
naable-50c and 81
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SXmpathY,

Archie-Baw Jove. the wind blew a
spark from me pipe against me neck
just now
Reggie noticed there seemed to
be smell Of burning rubber in the
air.-Pick-Me-Up.
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Nothipo Left

Have you" asked the judge Of a
recently convicted man, anything to
offer the court before sentence is
passed?'
mo, your honor" replied the pris-
oner; my lawyer took my last far
thing."-London Tit-Bits.
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The Last Word.

Conductor-This here transfer expired
an hour ago, lady. The Lady digging
IN her purse snappishly,--No wonder
with not single ventilator open in the
whole car!-PucK.
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ATTENTION coEuR DE LION NO. 8.

There will be a stag picnic at
Hiser's Station Hotel De Bum" next
Sunday, Aug. 10th. All members in
vited. COMMITTEES.
wed-thur-sst
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SANDER. that worst Of poisons, ever
ends an easy entrance to ignobls
minds.-Juvenal
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NOTICE EAGLES.

All Eagles are invited to attend the
at Swallows Grove on August Is and
16, 1908. Stop 131 on traction line.
11-13-15
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Paul Mount is the guest of friend:
at Pittsbufg.
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Russell Dennis of Cambridge City
was the guest of frienus here yester-
lay.
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If you would relish your food, labo
for it.-Danish Proverb.
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ASNABEL:
Use Gold Medal Flour for your pastry.
GERALDTSE