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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-22
NO DOUBLE TRACK GRAYS, THE WINNER
Not Probable Pennsy viii
Build From Columbus to
indianapolis.
REASONS ARE GIVEN.

1t has been reported about the city
that the Pennsylvania railroad was
planning TO construct a double track
system between Richmond and Brad
ford, O., and that the improvement
would be made in a short time. Local
railroad men deny all knowledge of
this plan.
This morning, Guy Scott, engineer Of
ion, stated that he did not think that
there was any truth in the report. He
said that the company had just COM
pleted the construction of a double
track system between Columbus and
Bradford, with the exception Of small
strip through Piqua.
The double track system through
Piqua will necessitate the raising of
the tracks and the improvement will
be a most costly one. Because of the
expense the company will go to in plac-
ing a double track system through
Piqua, it is not thought by local rail-
road men that the company contem-
plates increasing its construction eX-
penses on the indianapolis division by
placing double tracks from Bradford to
Richmond.
Mr.. Scott states that the Indianapo-
lis division between Bradford and Co.
lumbus is about the most important
section of the Southwest system as ii
is also used by the Chicago division. 1t
was absolutely necessary to make that
section of the road a double track sys-
tenn, but there is no imperative demand
for double track from Bradford to
Richmond, or from Richmond to In.
dianapolis.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-22
A NICE ASSORTMENT
Judge Converse Had Varied
Cases to Deal With This
Morning.
THE USUAL MONDAY SCENE

Police court presented the customa-
ry Monday morning appearance when
Judge Converse mounted the bench to-
day and raped for order. There was
one of those who faced the court, who
presented an appearance somewhat diff
ferent from the customary, however.
He was William Horner. About both
his eyes were circles of blue blood.
They were not marks of aristocracy,
but represented impressions made
there by the fists OF Harry Jones,
which were working ovetime Saturday
night. The two engaged in fight in
the court house yard Saturda! night
and both were arrested. Horner
plead not guilty to the charge of as
sault and battery. Jones plead guilty
and stated he believed he was justi-
fled in his action. In order that wit
nesses might be subpoenaed, the cases
were continued until tomorrow.
Levi Snediker, a driver for Mather
Brothers, and Frank Carter, colored, a
| barber, fell off the water wagon Satur-
| day. The atmosphere was real warm
and the beer and other booze real cool.
Each slipped and the policemen found
them. Carter was picked up early in
the afternoon at the corner of Main
and Tenth streets and Snediker fell in
the net some time later. Both were
| assessed 81 and costs.
B. J. Stevens, a suspect, was arrested
last night and held for the superintend-
emit Bailey asked Stevens to divulge
his history, and everything not being
satisfactory, the man was given his lib
erty with pointed instructions to leave
the city.
Ad Miller, erstwhile bartender at the
Langdon saloon at East Germantown
drew heavy. He was fined So and
costs. Langdon was in Jail, charged
with violating the liquor laws and Mil.
Ter was in charge of the booze empori
um He set 'em up to himself too fire.
quently and took the count. He was
arrested on complaint.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-22
WOMAN AND THE LAW.
How Conditions Have Changed In
the Last Half Century.

Truly the position of women before
the law has suffered mighty changes.
Fifty or sixty years ago the twain were
indeed one, and that one the husband
He could collect all debts, such as
wages that might be due her-though
incidentally, he was liable for all she
owed. She could not make will of
her real estate. nor of her personal
property. without his permission, and
he was entitled to the income from her
lands. He could lock her up in his
house and keep her there. Whether he
could inflict chastisement was a moot
point, though judge Of the North Caro-
lima supreme court held in 1865 that he
possessed this power. provided he used
"a stick as large as his finger. but no
larger than his thumb
Over the children the husband had
absolute control. and could even ap-
point a guardian by will who could
take them away from the mother They
were to be brought up in the father
religion. without any consideration for
her feelings. In fact. it was only
about 1886 that the supreme court Of
judicature in England directed that the
sons and daughters of the deceased
nawab of Bengal by an English wife
be reared as Mohammedans.-Ev
body's Magazine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-22
He Had His Wish.

Carl Schurz had no consideration for
hypocrites or pretenders. Upon liter
AIRY pretenders he was particularly Sc
we're At dinner in New York one
night a man of wealth who had writ
ten a volume of poems sneered at poll
tics.
Il wouldn't give picayune," he said,
for a senatorship or a cabinet office.
To be even president wouldn't tempt
me. I. for my part. would rather be
known any day as q third rate poet
than first rate statesman"
well, aren't you?" said Mr. Schurz.
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TAFT TRAIN HAS
NARROW ESCAPE
FROM BAD WRECK
Continued From Page One.y

Springs, Va, for three or four weeks,
beginning early in July.
1t will be necessary for him, too, to
be in Cincinnati about July 20 to re-
ceive the formal notification of his
nomination for the presidency. Plans
have been practically effected by
which, after Sept. /, Secretary Taft
will be continuously in Cincinnati.
That Craftsmanship.
Secretary Taft yesterday received
kilograms from important party lead
ers throughout the country urging him
not to be hasty in deciding the chair
manship question.
Compliments Hitchcock.
Secretary Taft spoke in the highest
terms of the services which Mr.. Hitch
cock has rendered him and of his keen
appreciation of the sacrifices which
his manager had made, not only for
him, but for the republican party.
Respecting the national chairman
ship, Secretary Taft said merely that
it had been determined to postpone &C
ton until those most interested could
have an opportunity to obtain con
scensus of the opinion of republican
leaders throughout the country.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-22
M TABLES OF STONE.
A Curious Calculation From the
TaImud and the Bible.

TaImud and the Bible.
Did you ever figure on the proba-
BILE size and immense strength Of
Moses, basing your calculations on the
dimensions Of the tables of stone, as
given by the Talmudc writers? In
the Talmud folio SO, column - it is
said that the tables of stone upon
which the commandments were writ
ten were six ellis long, six ellis broad
and three ellis thick. In the Bible,
Exodus xxi, 10, we are told that
Moses went down from the mount,
and the two tables of the testimony
were in his hand"
Hand" mind you, not hands, though
II must be admitted that it would have
taken a strong pair of hands to per-
form the task of carrying them, even
on the level Now, we will put the
Talmudic and the Biblical accounts to-
gether and apply the mathematical
rule. The Hebrew ell or cubit was, at
it's least estimate, measure of eight
cen inches, which would have made
each of the tables a stone block nine
feet long, nine feet wide and four and
one-half feet thick. If common stone
weighed as much to the square foot
then as it does now the tables would
tip the beam at about twenty eight
tons! Was Moses one of the giants
of those days or has some one made a
mistake in calculations or in the state
ment Of supposed facts ?-Exchange.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-22
THE PRIBlLOF ISLANDS.
Where No White Man May Land I'm
less He Has a Permit.

Where No White Man May Land I'm
less He Has a Permit.
Unalaska resembles other northern
stations, having warehouses, docks, the
inevitable Greek church and a score of
wooden cabins. Whalers leave here
for the arctic regions.
Dutch Harbor is station for our
revenue fleet. There is much coming
and going of ships of all nations. There
is quite formidable fleet, and only
two ships out of twelve carry colors
of the same country.
Just before entering the harbor one
notices detached rock high against
the side of the cliff. 1t bears a strik-
ing resem blance to a Russian priest in
full robes. Touched by the sunset
light, he seems to stand blessing the
harbor.
looks back at the desolate, silent, tree
less islands, which seem to wall the
edge of the world. Hundreds of miles
west they run toward Vladivostok.
Two hundred and forty miles north
of Unalaska are the Pribilof islands,
not large, but the greatest seal islands
in the world. There are many fur
seals around the shores Of Boring sea
and the Aleutian islands, but the great
mass of them are bred on the Pribilof
group. No white man is permitted to
land on these breeding grounds with
out a permit signed by the secretary
of the treasury Of the United States
Outdoor Life.
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The Wearing of Hats.

More or less of a modern habit Is the
constant wearing of hats. Even as late
as 1859 Horace Walpole mentions as a
matter Of course that he never wears a
hat. Remember" he says, writing to
a friend VIGOROUSLY careless about his
dress, who was expected home from
Holland, Everybody that comes from
abroad is supposed to come from
France, and whatever they wear at
their first temperance Immediately
grows the fashion. Now if, as Is very
likely, you should through inadver-
tence change hats with the master of a
Dutch smack in a weeks time we shall
all be equipped like Dutch shippers.
You see. 1 speak very disinterestedly
for, as never wear a hat myself. it is
Indifferent to me what sort of hat
don't wear
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-22

Mrs. Goodheart had made up her
mind that most Of the so called charity
Of the present day was not, strictly
speaking. charity at all. Whoever gave.
she had concluded, did SO for the pleas
ant sensation of seeing his or her
name figure ON subscription lists, and
she did not agree with this ostentation.
Here, my good man," she said one
day last week to a man who had beg
ged aims Of her, here is a threepenny
piece, and please to understand that I
do not give this because hope to be
rewarded for my charity some day,
but because it gives me pleasure to
do So"
The burIy beggar looked obviously at
the tiny silver coin.
Look ERE, num-" he said. "In this
ERE wicked world we don't orften get
the chance to enjoy ourselves. Why
not make it a shillin' an ave a real
good timeT'-London Tit-Bits.
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SARDINES.
he - y They Are Cooked and Pre-
pared For Market.

The - y They Are Cooked and Pre-
pared For Market.
Sardines are caught in nets, and after
being we'll washed the heads are cut
off and the fish are sprinkled lightly
with salt. After lying for few hours
they are placed on grids in rows almost
perpendicular. The frames are then
placed in pans containing boiling olive
Oil. The oil is changed as soon as it
becomes too black and dirty for con-
tinuing the cooking process.
AS soon as the fish are considered
sufficiently cooked, they are withdrawn
from the pans Of oil and the grids are
placed on the tables covered with zinc,
the surface of the table inclining to-
ward a groove in the center. The oil
is thus carried to a vessel prepared to
receive it. Round the table stand the
women whose business it is to pack the
fish closely and uniformly in boxes.
The boxes being full, the fish are COW
cred with fresh oil and the lids are then
soldered down. Thus Theoretically
sealed they are placed in iron baskets
| and immersed In boiling water. The
smaller boxes are thus boiled for half
an hour and the larger ones somewhat
longer, in proportion to size Of box
The fish are then ready for the market
-Pearson's Weekly.
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pan had been sent the sharpest letter
ever sent a foreign nation. 1t was a
personal message from the president to
the people of California.
When Secretary Loeb was first asked
regarding the Congressman's speech
he said he had no personal knowledge
of the matter. Later, before the pres
ident, he said there would be an Off.
cial statement on the Japanese matter
today.
President Roosevelt and Kermit
who will accompany him on lion and
elephant hunt next spring, passed Sun
day afternoon reading aloud to each
other from one of Paul du Chaillus's
African exploration stories. They
occupied steamer chairs placed under q
large tree and appeared absorbed in
their reading.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-22
BAD CROP YEARS.


when Birds ana Animals DO Not
Mate at the Mating Season.
when birds and animals do not
mate at the mating season, it is sign
that bad year is coming" said a farm
er.
"Quails, gophers, rabbits and squir
rels all refuse to mate in certain
years. These years afterward turn
out to be bad ones. The quails are
particularly weather wise. BY instinct
the little wild creatures know that for
lack of rain or for some other reason
there is to be a grass famine and a
seed famine, and, instead of pairing of
and mating and setting up housekeep-
ing in little families of two, they re-
main minated in the large bands in
which they have flown all winter, liv-
ing, as it were, kind Of apartment
house life. That year inevitably turns
out a bad one. though the bachelor and
spinster quails, with a good deal Of
picking and scratching, manage to get
enough to eat. But to feed families of
little ones in such famine year would
be impossible.
"In California the squirrels in a fam
inc year not only do not mate; they do
not even live. They become dormant.
AS by a miracle, they remain dormant
until a season Of plenty comes with
the next winters rains. Exchange.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-22
Important Correction.

Under the terror in France people
learned to be excessively cautious in
all they said and still more cautious in
what they wrote.
An old letter is said to be in exist
ence of the revolutionary period in
which the author had at first written to
a friend, Il write under the reign of a
great emotion
Then, apparently rejecting that 1t
was dangerous to speak of ''reigns" at
such an epoch. he. amended the SEN
tence thus:
Il write under the republic OF a
great emotion"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-22
A LOBSTER'S LEGS.
The Two Front Ones Are Different
From the other Eight.

From the other Eight.
A Holsters legs. all told, are ten in
number. but only eight of these are
largely used for walking. The front
pair, or big claws, have been special
lied, as in the crab and most others of
the higher crustaceans, into prehensile
organs for catching and crushing the
prey. Their use is obvious. HOLSTERS
feed largely off mollusks Of various
sorts and other hard shelled marine
animals. In order to be able to break
or crush the shells of these and so to
get at the softer flesh within they have
acquired such large and very muscular
nippers or pinchers. That is not all,
however Not only have the two front
legs been differentiated and specialized
from the eight others in this manner,
but also, by rare exception to the
symmetry of the body. the right claw
has been specialized from the left, each
being intended to perform a distinct
function. One Is a scissors, the other
IS a mill; one is cutter, the other Is a
cracker.
AS a rule, the right claw Is the slen-
derer and longer. 1t has toothlike pro-
jections or serrated edges on its nip
ping faces. and it is rather adapted for
biting and severing than for crushing
or grinding. The left claw, on the 9th
er hand, is usually thicker, heavier and
rounder. Its muscles are more power
full, and In place of sharp teeth it has
blunt tubercles, or hammers, Of differ
ent sizes. 1t acts. in fact, more like a
nutcracker than like teeth or a saw.
1t is a smashing organ. Nevertheless
you will find it interesting to observe
by noting the Holsters served to you al
table, that this differentiation has hard
ly as yet become quite constant, for
sometimes it Is the right claw that dis
plays the hammerlike nutcracker type
and the left that acts as nipper and
bitter, while sometimes no difference
occurs at all, both claws alike being
sharp toothed or blunt hammered In the
same specimen.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-22
SOFT CRABS.


After Shedding the New shells Hard
en- With Great Rapidly.
The supply OF soft crabs for market
Is obtained by catching hard crabs and
keeping them until they shed their
shells. For this purpose large rec
tangular floats. made OF laths and
planking. are employed. and three or
four times every day the stock on hand
is carefully inspected. all the soft
crabs being picked out and packed
without delay. They are put into shall
low boxes of moist seaweed. from ten
to thirty-five dozen in a box. according
to the size of the animals. When the
packing is done carefully the occu-
pants may be kept alive from sixty to
seventy hours nfter leaving the water.
Crabs have been shipped oil the way
from the Chesapeake TO Canada. arriv-
ing at their destination in good condi-
ton. In summer. Of course, ice Is used.
But where soft crabs are concerned
II Ia necessary that they shall reach
the market quickly. because their new
shells harden with great rapidly.
At the end Of twelve hours the shells
are ike parchment. and in three or
four days the crab is as hard as ever
hence unfit for use in the form most
highly approved by epicures.-New
York Herald.
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BEAUTIFUL NEW
ED|F|CE THROWN
OPEN TO PUBLIC
Continued From Page One.)

ment to maintain present conditions,
without looking further. These peo-
pie, he said, strike blow at all that is
highest, noblest ana best. AT the
whole social fabric, in fact. He added
I'VE are living in an age Of widespread
but often very superficial culture,
many readers of modern fiction re-
garding themselves as scientists and
philosophers and as possessing supe-
rior powers Of acumen. The greatest
minds are those who recognize their de-
pendence upon a Higher Power; upon
something more durable than the shift
ing quicksands of life
Mr.. Golloday concluded by appealing
to the congregation to observe the
right kind of worship and to carry the
light of the christian religion into
their homes and to their firesides. He
urged upon the members their respon-
sibility in maintaining their new
church and asked all within his hear
ing to recognize the significance of
church observance.
When the Rev. Mr.. Golloday had
concluded his eloquent, earnest adj
dress, more than one realized as never
before, the great work the church ac-
complishes in the cause of humanity.
Following a hymn and solo by T.
w. Druley, the Rev. H. Wickemeyer, of
Michigan City, formerly pastor Of the
st. Johns Lutheran church in this
city, made an address IN German.
The Rev. Beck then read short his
tory of the Trinity church, which was
founded in July, 1892, at the time of a
meeting of the interstate synod. The
raatter was put into the hands of a
committee at that time and a little lat
er purchase was made of the ground
upon which the present church struct'
ure stands. The Rev Beck was called
membership has grown from forty to
two hundred and seventy, necessitating
much larger building.
Evening Services.
Fully as many people as attended
the dedicatory services in the after
noon were present in the evening tc
hear a program of beautiful music ano
to listen to the masterful address OF
Prof. E. Pfeiffer, of Capitol University
the Lutheran college at Columbus o
DIR. Pfeiffer is an instructor in both the
seminary and collegiate departments
of the University and is a scholarly
leader of the church. Miss Pearl Has
ecoster sang, II hear the Voice of Je
sus," her sweet soprano voice sound
ing clear and beautiful through tn,
church.
The visiting clergymen were: Rev
r. e. Golloday, Of Columbus, Ohio
Rev. H. Wickemeyer, of Michigan
City. Ind, Rev. G. Weber, of Esr>on
Rev. S. Schillinger, of West Alexandri;
and Rev. Mr.. Baum of Dayton.
The following services will be hell
this week:
Tuesday evening G. Weber, Ea
ton. Ohio.
Wednesday evening-Sacred concert
Thursday evening-Rev. c. J. Loehr
Cleveland, Ohio, Rev. A. J. Feeger, ST
Johns congregation, city.
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nanEer0na.

A contributor to the transactions Of
the Devonshire association" says that
when he came to a certain place as
vicar he asked whether there We're
any sick to be visited.
"Oh, no. sir.'' was the answer.
Nobody is ever i'll in Berrynarbor.
There is an old man, to be sure, over
ninety, who has taken lately to his bed.
but there hain't much the matter with
him that l know CT"
Il thought TO myself" added the
vicar, of the story of the Scotchman
who said to his doctor:
I've pu' a vara long face, doctor.
Dye think I'm dangerously illT
INA. na,' was the reply. I don't
think ye're dangerously i'll, but think
ye're dangerously old"
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whfnas of Ibsen.

Like many another man great in his
writings, Henrik Ibsen was not with
out his foibles. Scoring company as
he professed to do and declaring al
ways for solitude. he nevertheless de
lighted 20 be dined, and TO invite him
to banquet in his own especial honor
was to give the great man unalloyed
pleasure. In his latter days. too, he
developed a passion for decorations. of
which he received large number from
his own and foreign monarchs. and on
public occasions he would wear all his
insignia as probably the most deco
rated author in the world. 1t was on
public occasions that Ibsen would car
~ a small mirror and comb in the
crown of his hat, and 'coram populo'
would proceed to arrange his bushy
hair and whiskerA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-22
WASHINGTON AS A FIREMAN
He Was . Member of the FriendsbjI
Fire Company.

Fire Company.
George Washington was a member
Of the Friendship Fire company, Or
ganized in 1774 in his home, Alexan
dria. At first the company consisted Of
citizens who out Of mutual friend
ship" agreed to carry to every fire
"two leathern buckets and one great
bag of oznaburg or wider linnen."
Washington was made an honorary
member, and when he went as a dele
gate to the congress of. 1874 at Phila-
delphia he examined the fire engines
in use there. On his return to Phila-
delphia to the Continental congress in
1915 he bought from a man named
Gibbs a small fourth class engine for
the sum of ESQ los, and just before
he set out for Boston Heights to be-
come commander in chief he dispatched
this little engine to the Friendship
company.
During his younger days he always
attended fires in Alexandria and helped
to extinguish them. In the last year
of his life a fire occurred near the
market. He was riding down King
street at the time, followed by his
servant, who was also on horseback.
Washington saw that the Friendship
engine was insufficiently manned, and,
riding up to group Of well dressed
gentlemen standing near the scene of
action. he called out authoritatively:
why are you idle there, gentle
| men? 1t is your business to lead in
| these Matters
After which he leaped off his horse,
and, seizing the brakes, was followed
by a crowd that gave the engine such
a shaking up as it had not had for
many a daY