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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13
NATIONAL CONVENTIONS.
They Succeeded the System Of Nomi
nation by Caucus.

They Succeeded the System Of Nomi-
nation by Caucus.
Conventions have not always nomi
mated our presidents and vice presi
dents. For more than thirty years
presidential candidates were named by
a caucus made up of members Of the
house and the senate. This system
died when in 1924 the caucus insisted
upon by Martin Van Buren, and other
friends of William II. Crawford Of
Georgia defeated Crawford. which
threw the election into the house on
account Of the scattering electoral vote
caused by the entrance of Clay, Cal
houn, Jackson and John Quincy Adams
in the race. This fracas elected Adams.
The campaign OF 1923 in consequence
was somewhat demoralized, and in
1881 the Republicans followed the ex-
ample the anti Masonic party had set
the year before and met in conven-
ton in Baltimore to nominate Henry
Clay. The Democrats held their first
national convention in the same city
the following year. nominating Martin
Van Buren, for vice president. The
dominating figure of the party. Andrew
Jackson, needed no Endorsement of his
candidacy for the presidency.
The Democrats in 1885 and 1910
nominated Van Buren, for the presi-
dency in Baltimore. and the Wings
nominated Clay In the same place in
1914. when the Democrats named Polk.
In 1885 Romulus NJ. Saunders intro
duced the two-thirds rule to the Demo
cratic convention. and 1t was adopted.
The customs installed at these earlier
conventions which succeeded the tyran-
ny Of the caucus chamber have been
continued and added to from time to
time. and the conventions today are
merely the descendants of those that
nominated Clay and Van Buren,
Charles Wadsworth Camp In Metro
politan Magazine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13
THE FISH IN HIS BED.
Funny Climax to an Angling Expert
snee of General Gallifet.

Long ago. in the days of the second
empire, General Gallifet was the aid
de-camp of Napoleon III. At St Cloud
his quarters were Just over the i'm
perial bedroom. Everything around
him was very grand and very gloomy.
The window of his room looked upon
the pond that washed the walls OF the
chateau. The water was clear and
the surrounding scenery was beautiful,
but the young lieutenant felt like
prisoner. Early. one morning, while
seated at his window trying to drive
away the blues with cigar, he espied
below in the crystal water an enor-
nous carp. The instinct of the angler.
strong In Gallifet. made the young
mans eyes snap and set his heart
throbbing
The big fish was the private property
of the emperor. Consequently for Gal
lifet 1t was forbidden fish. But 1t was
such a fine fellow! The resistance OF
the soldiers conscience was useless. 1t
surrendered Internationally. The re-
naming part OF the campaign against
the carp was simple enough. Gallifet
went to his trunk, brought out his
trusty line, to which he fastened
hook and an artificial bait. With his
accustomed skill he cast his line. The
carp was hooked and hauled In through
the window.
Here the lieutenant's fun ended and
his trouble began. The fish. landed
upon a table, overturned a large globe
filed with water and caromed from
that to a magnificent vase, which 1t
also upset and smashed TO pieces upon
the floor. Then 1t began to execute a
genuine pas de carpe among the smith,
Greens.
The emperor. hearing the strange
racket overhead and seeing the water
trtckling through the ceiling, was as
tonished. He rushed upstairs to find
out what was the matter. Gallifet
heard him coming and endeavored to
grab the carp and throw it out of the
window and thus destroy the evidence
of his poaching In the imperial pond
But the slippery thing was hard to
hold, so he tossed 1t into a bed and
covered 1t up with the bedciothes.
When the emperor entered the room.
he noticed Immediately the quivering
| bedclothes He pulled them down and
| uncovered the foundering fish. His
majesty's face assumed an almost Jim.
jamie expression. which gradually
| faded into a faint smile. He took in
| the entire situation. saluted and left
| the future war minister to mediate
| upon the mysteries of a fisherman's
! luck.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13
A DRAGON HUNT.
II Took Place In Turkey and Was d
Great Success.

II Took Place In Turkey and Was a
Great Success.
Eyes. wunst hunted dragons, and
the hunt was successful, too," said
sailor
''It was in Eyoub, the native quarter
of old Constantinople. l lived there
with my wife, a Circassian gal, Fat
nah by name, and, comm home from
the calf one night
"Calf?"
Sure! Calf. Don't you know what
a calf is? Kind of restaurant where
you eat and drink and smoke. But
where was IT'
You were coming home"
Well as we come home from the
calf Fatmah grabbed my arm, pointed
to the moon and give loud yell. The
full moon behind the domes and min
arets was goin' into an eclipse.
laughed, but Fatmah says:
ga dragon, o my beloved she says,
is tryin' to devour the NOON she
says. If the faithful STAY it not, there
will be no more moonlight says She
'neverv
Then, by tar, begun the biggest
racket l ever hear. All Eyoub was on
a dragon hunt. From every housetop
the faithful fired blunderbusses at the
moon in the hope of KILN the dragon.
when we got home 1 tried to ex-
plain to Fatmah what an eclipse was.
but she thought l was laughin' at her.
So I gave up my explanations, and,
with a pistol, each Of us Joined in the
hunt, bangin' away at the dragon from
the winder turn and turn about.
by crinus, we got him! The hunt
was a success! The dead dragon
dropped off the moon, and she floated,
round and silvery wunst more, above
the palms and minarets standin' black
agin the pale sky.
"Fatmah claimed it was her shot
what landed him, but / was always
convinced it was my own."-New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13
THE TREATY TREE.
Where Penn and tho Delaware Chiefs
Exchanged Tokens.

Exchanged Tokens.
The treaty tree" the original Ameri-
can Hague, where our first peace con-
gress was held. with William Penn on
the one side and the Delaware chiefs
on the other, was a mighty elm that
stood at Shackamaxon, on the banks of
the Delaware river. Kensington, one
Of the suburbs of Philadelphia, now
surrounds the spot.
AS was customary on such occasions,
the parties to the treaty exchanged
belts of wampum, and the belt said to
to haye been given Penn on this occa-
sion is now in the collection of the
Pennsylvania Historical society. It
consists OF eighteen strings of black
and white beads. and in the center are
two figures. representing a European
and an Indian. with hands joined in
friendship. In exchanging tokens with
the chiefs Penn said:
''The friendship between you and
me will not compare to chain. for
that might rust. or the falling tree
might break. We are the same as If
one mans body were to be divided into
two parts We are all one flesh and
blood" When the Indians handed
Penn the wampum belt of peace they
said:
We will live in love and peace with
William Penn as long as the sun and
the moon shall endure"
The treaty tree was blown down in
a windstorm March 10. 1910. Its age,
estimated by rings, is oS3 years. The
William Penn society erected a marble
column upon the site as permanent
monument-kansas City Star.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13
The ita Palm.

In the moonlit garden overlooking
the sea no sound was TO be heard save
the petulant plant OF the mosquitoes,
angry at being disturbed at their food
Come" said the host. ''let us go and
sit under the ita palm. They won't
bother us there"
In comfort under the ita. he went on:
This tree is from the Orinoca delta,
the home Of the Warau tribe. The
Orinoca delta Is infested with mosqui-
toes to an incredible degree. The
Waraus, to escape them. live in a palm
whose odor the mosquito can't put up
with
This is the palm-the ita-which
makes the naked Warau's mosquito
proof bed A handy thing it is among
these salt marshes to have in a garden
too."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13
Hard Lines For Bachelors.

"Korea's the wrong place for bache-
lors," said a traveller. Bachelors in
Korea are considered as children and
have only children's privileges. You.
Korean bachelor. get thirsty. You
enter a rest house and call for palm
wine. The pretty little amber colored
waitress says:
"'Married?'
"'No, says you.
"'Heraus them says she, and out
you go, unslaked.
You want to vote, but they won't
let you if you are not married.
You apply for job somewhere.
How many children have you" is the
first question you're asked. And as
soon as you say you're unmarried they
laugh in your face to think that you
should presume to apply for work any
where. New York Press.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13
The Overtired Conductor.


When the horse cars were in exist
ence there was a greenhorn known as
John who conducted on the Thirteenth
and Fifteenth street lines He boarded
with his two aunts. who lived on Cath
arine street. between Thirteenth and
Broad. One day his aunts thought they
would take a ride with John and see
how he was getting along, so they
waited for his car. Soon the car began
to get crowded and passengers got of
and on at every square. John began to
get angry. At last he became SO exas-
perated at having to stop SO often that
when an old lady asked him to stop at
Chestnut he bawled out: I'm darned
sick and tired pulling the bell. It's
nothing but stop here and stop there,
stop here and stop there. Away with
youse all down to Catharine street with
me aunts. and you get out in bunch"
philadelphia Lex
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13
Horizon.

earth and the SKY seem to meet. but a
woman's notion of the horizon is the
families she can see moving in from
behind her front window curtains. IL,
further. they hang out their washing
in a spirit OF candor. they are. Of
course. all the more So. The horizon
is caused by a number of things, chief
among them the gregarious instinct.
Only for this next door would mean as
little as tariff revision or pure food or
international arbitration 1t takes
star or something Of that sort to rise
above the horizon, but very ordinary
woman may feel above ft--Life.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13
Co silly Eyetecth.

81 guess paw must have passed lot
Of time at the dentists when he was
in New York said Johnny Green.
"Why do you think 500" queried his
ma.
"'Cause / heard him tell man to-
day that it cost him nearly $500 to get
his eyeteeth cut" replied Johnny.-Chi-
cago News
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13

A ccrious legend attaches to the dis
covery of the marble Of which Ephesus
was built. Two rams Of a herdsman
named Pixodorus fought while feed.
ing on a hill. One of them In the con.
test with his horn broke a crust of
the whitest marble. The peasant run.
ming to his Ephesian fellow citizens
with the specimen. his prize was re-
ceived with applause. and his name
was changed to "Evangelus" Oliver of
Glad Tidings), and. the stone being ex.
cavated for Diana's temple. divine
honors were subsequently paid to him !.
London Strand Magazine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13
Bsseiy Deceived.

The Husband-You want to know
where / was so late last night? was
ut the office balancing my books.
The Wife-It seems to me that you
balance your books very often. That
excuse Is about threadbare.
The HIN, IL you don't believe
me, why don't you consult q fortune
teller?
The W.-Not much I consulted one
once. and she told me pack Of lies.
The H.--lndesd! What did shD tell
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13
Richmond Hay Market.
(Omar G. Whelan.)
Pittsburg Livestock.

Pittsburg, July 13.-
Cattle, receipts 125 loads.
Cattle-$6S5 down.
Veal-$S.00 down.
Hogs-Receipts % loads.
Sheep and lambs, receipts light,
Sheep, $3.50 down.
Spring lambs, $3.50 down.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13
NAIL THROUGH HAND.

Prof Conrad. who has had charge
OF the public school play grounds, met
with a painful injury last Saturday.
While closing the lid of one of the
lime boxes, a nail was run through
the middle OF his hand. 1t was
thought at the time that blood poison
ing might result. but the wound is i'm
DCovjaA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13
tnconsistent.

"Dear me-" said the poetess. II don't
see why those horrid editors insist on
having manuscripts written on only one
side of the sheet when they go and
print their paper on both sides. Path
finder.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13

Come. come" cried the brusque and
hustling real estate man, why do you
pay rent when you might own
homer"
II don't pay rent" replied the
startled stranger.
''Then you own home?"
''N-no."
That's strange. May I ask your
business?"
"I'm real estate dealer.
Plain Dealer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13
To the Strict Letter,

Mary" said the lady of the house.
you didn't put any salt In this bread"
But" replied the new girl, "didu',
the master say yesterday he wouldn't
have nothing but fresh bread on his
table. num-"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13

$50 you think my writing that book
was a remarkable achievement" said
the gratified author.
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne. Il
don't see how you ever managed to
stay awake through the first four chap
.ers, let alone through the whole book"
st. Louis Republic
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13
Two of a Kind.

"Oh. George" sighed the lovesick
maiden. Pm sure I'm not worthy TO
be your wife,
We'll" replied George YEARLY. I'm
not worthy to be your husband. so
we're just about evenly Matched
Philadelphia Press.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13

The celors on the artists palette
make 10 show, but when they are
spread on the canvas we see thcs1
beauty -Geikie.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13

ton. Cheap rent. See. me quick.
Al Fl. Hunt, n. 9th ST 1o-3t
FOR SALE-Wagon. Call 1929 Main
ST lott
FOR SALE-Merchants Delivery out
fit. Clyde Edwards. GIT
FOR SALE-Antique. new and second
hand furniture. cheap. Antique Fur
niture Co, 80 Main. GIT
FOR SALE-One seven foot. spring
wagon See or call Meerhoff the
Plumber. LIT
FOR SALE-Two modern houses. 5
and rooms. 332 Randolph. ut
FOR SALE-A car load OF horses every
Saturday and Monday at Gus Taube's
barn. 9-u
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT-Furnished rooms: a,so
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13

There IL no medicine So eafe and at the same
time SO picasantso take as DIR. Caldweli's Syrrr
Pspsin. the positive cure Tor ali diseases arising
from 1t osnach trouble The price is very reAs
onabse-Sc and IL
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13

office rooms, with steam heat and
bath. at The Grand. for gents only.
BAT
FOR RENT-Room for lady or man
and wife. 81 S 18th. 1877
FOR RENTING unfinished rooms
with bath. centrally located. Call
phone 1881 list
FOR RENT-New T-room house. gas
light, one block interurban. j. l.
Houck. Centerville. list
FOR RENTING room house, mod
ern conveniences. Also cheaper
houses. BENZ. F. Harris. SIT
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13
The Simplest and Cheapest Way
to Get What You Want

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to do; work
guaranteed prices reasonable. q
8 7th. lott
WANTED-All kinds of furniture re-
pairing and upholstering. Work
guaranteed. LIGHTHOUSE, 124 South
9Th Phone 4201. TIT
WANTED Men to Learn barber
trade; will equip shop for you OF
furnish positions, few weeks com
pletes, constant practice. careful In
struct.ons, tools given, Saturday
wages, diplomas granted. write for
catalogue. Moler Barber College.
Cincinnati. 0. u
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE-City real estate. Porter
field, Kelley Block a-A
FOR SALE-S45O buys good business
proposition in Richmond. No use
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13

LrcRETIA:
sifted fen times through finest silk EusEsIA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13
Richmond Seed Market.

Grunge & Coz
Timothy (per bu) ..........$2.00
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ONE CENT
PER WORD
Each Insertion
WAN Ed.


WANTED-A lot Is to % feet within
three squares of Main, between
Second and Twelfth streets Ad-
dress Lot" care Palladium. 1877
WANTED Boarders, all modern
conveniences. 30J n. sth St. 13-3t
WANTED-To repair Jour watches,
clocks and jewelry. Carl L. Culbcr-
son, cor 4th and North ID st. 13-1t
WANTED-Washin at 231 S. 18th.
12-2t
WANTED--A washerwoman to do
family washing. Call at 80 S. 18th.
12-2t
WANTED-Position by young lady
who is an experienced book keeper;
can furnish best of references. Ad
dress Miss w. N, care Palladium.
HIT
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13

JOANNA:
Gold Medal Flour Is real economy.
PRUDENCE
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PRICES FOR POULTRY.

PRICES FOR POULTRY.
paid by Bee Hive Grocery
Young chickens dressed, per lb. .1Sc
Old chickens, per h.. .....l2ls to 15c
Turkeys, per h., .lsc
Ducks, per h.. 15c
COUNTRY PRODUCES.
paid by Bee Hive)
Creamery butter, per lib. 25c
Country butter, per h.. Is to 1sc
Eggs, per doz :. :. lie.
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7 DAYS
FOR THE
PRICE0F5

and | will give your orders immed-
late attention Only reliable vault
cleaner in Richmond. Thomas
Morehea d. 93S Butler. Phone SI17.
SIT
Instantaneous Water Heaters OF all
kinds. See them in operation at
Meerhoff's. 9 s. 9Th. Let us figure
ON your plumbing, heating and
lighting, 1-tf
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13
U. S. YARDS, CHICAGO.

Chicago, July 13.--Hogs, receipts,
$4,000; left over 800. Cattle $4,000.
Sheep $4,000, steady.
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Chicago.

CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
By Correll aud Thompson. Brokers.
Eaton. on
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-13

The W.-She told me / would get
rich. handsome, kind, attentive and
truthful husband
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MISCELLANEOUS.

DEAD STOCK removed free of charge.
Cash paid if delivered at factory
Telephone charges paid. Automatic
phones-Factory 4134; Managers
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Richmond.
CATTLE.

CAIIIAE.
paid by Richmond Abattosr.)
Best hogs. average 200 to
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Situations Wanted
Will Be Advertised Free
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-01-21
FAIR ASSOCIATION QUARTERS
MOVED TO NOW OFFICES
little Done So Far Towards Arranging
for Ligufdatioa of Indebted
a. ness.


During part Of yesterday morning
and afternoon the Secretary Of the Fair
Association was busy moving the ofhces
Of the Association from Commerce
Street to the building of the Light and
Power Company on Dexter Avenue. In
acceptance sof the proposition rendered
the Fair Association by Robert Cham
bers. manager OF the Light and Power
Company. "a ~
Beyond the moving Of the office there
was little doing In the affairs of the
Association. President A g. Forbes Is.
sued letter requesting those mem :
bers appointed by the stockholders at
their meeting ON January IA to inves-
tigate the report made by the late
Clarke p. Cole of the 1906 Fair, to meet
in his Office on Thursday night at 1880
o'clock to take steps towards organiza-
ton.
1t is not known what the Finance
Committee will do In reference to the
settlement of the debts of the Associa-
tion. The Committee appointed by the
stockholders to investigate the 1906
Fair report have not yet held their first
meeting, and until this is done the
Committee appointed by President
Forbes to see to the matter of liquidat-
ing the debts OF the Association win
not urge their plan Of selling bonds
covering the amount of the indebted
ness of the Association.
The matter Of selecting a Secretary
for the coming year has been postponed
by the directors until call is issued
them by the President. This call will in
all probability not be made until the
Committee appointed to investigate the
1905 report has started their investiga-
tions.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-01-21

Correspondent Florence Times.
In my former article on this subject
l gave ten reasons why the peonle Of
Alabama could not endorse the Conner
administration; % because of tho in
crease OF offices; ca raising of taxes:
go raising of salaries; ca eNtravapant
discrimination between the common
schools and the higher branches of ed
ucation. 90 too many sessions of the
Legislature. which has accomplished
nothing: 90 by the employment of
high priced lawyers to represent the
interests Of the State in this railroad
litigation. when the State had an at
torney general with fun power to EN-
ploy two clerks, one at a salary Of
81 900 and the other at $500. and also
the power TO employ an assistant at
torney general at salary of $500 per
year; ca taxing foreign corporations
for bringing money in the State (Which
act was repealed by the extra session
of the Legislature after great harm
had been done); go because he forced
the Legislature to compromise an act
lowering the age at which child labor
could be worked in cotton mills 90
the usurping by the executive of the
legislative functions of the govern
ment; (10) the attempt to establish the
one man power in the State for the first
time.