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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
NICHOLSON AGAIN
SCORES RATL|FF
Says State Legislator Is Not
Worthy of Any Atten-
ton.
THROUGH WITH WALTER"
STATES THAT HE DON'T CARE TO
TALK ABOUT RATLIFF WHEN
ASKED AS TO HIS MOST RECENT
STATEMENT ISSUED.

90, no, that was all wrong. He has
misquoted me and may have misunder.
stood me, but l do not propose to pay
any attention to Walter. He's not
worthy. l said to him, the $1,000 IL
cense is a question upon which tenn
perance men are divided. I did not
censure him nor find any trouble.
do not have anything to say on the
matter. I'm through with Walter, and
don't care to talk about him. ANY
man with any perception can see how
a man, who would write such articles
as that is not a fit man to represent
Wayne county"
The above was the statement of
Timothy Nicholson, the we'll known
Friend and advocate of temperance,
when asked if he had anything to say
in reply to the statement of Walter
S. Ratliff, candidate for reelection as
state representative from Wayne
county. Mr.. Nicholson answered the
assertion of Ratliff thta he was not
asked, while attending the legislature
to support the $1,000 liquor license
bill. Mr.. Nicholson stated in pre-
vious interview Ratliff was asked by
the best citizens of Richmond to lend
his Influence to bring about the bills
passage. Ratliff's response is quoted
as having been to the effect Mr.. Mich
olson told him the high license would
drive out the dives and lower saloons
but at the same time throw all the
trade to the few big saloons, whose
owners we're able to pay the license,
and the evil would not decrease any
as theresult. 1t is upon this matter
that Mr.. Nicholson claims Ratliff mis-
quoted him and suggests the probab-
ility of a misunderstanding between
the two.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
HAD NOTION TO
BUST HIM IN Face
Josie Bond. Repays Father for
His Kindly Promise.

I've a notion to bust him one in
the face. now" With this remark no.
torious Josie Bond Chestnut left police
headquarters this morning. She was
speaking of her father Charles Gaud-
ing She had just been fined S25 and
costs and was leaving for the home of
friendless women to begin her thirty
five day sentence. She had been ar
rested last week for assault and bat
terry upon her father, but a charge Of
public intoxication was preferred. She
had ben convicted so often on this
charge that it was regarded as more
serious\ than that of assault and bat
terry. The woman gave her father in
structions to have ma send me down
some thing good to eat and some
clean clothes while I'm down there
Her father promised and was repaid
by the remark quoted.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
fRANKING.
The way the Privilege Has Deem
Abuscd Ia England.

The way the Privilege Has Deem
Abused Ia E-sE.and.
American legislators are not the oa!y
ones who abuse their frankinC urivi-
legeS. Recent history in England has
caused the London Chronicle to say:
"Franking had its birth, honestly
enough, in 1860 in the desire to relieve
members of parliament Of the expense
incurred in the discharge of their ma
tional duties. but the practice rapidly
widened until it became possible for
members to transmit their household
goods at the public charge, as the fol-
lowing extract from old postofiice rec
ords testifes: Fifteen couple of hounds
going to the king of Romans with a
free pass, two maidservants going as
laundresses to my Lord Ambassador
Methuen, DR.. Crichton. carrying with
him a COW and divers necessaries;
three suits of clothes for some noble
mans lady at the court of Portugal
two bales of stockings for the use of
the ambas sador to the crown of Portu-
gal, a deal case with four Pitches of
bacon for Mr.. Pennington of Rotter-
dam
This form of abuse died when the
postoffice stable underwent a purifica-
ton. but it speedily gave place to an
other variety. Members signed packets
of letters wholesale, gave them away
to their friends and sometimes paid
their servants wages in franked en-
velopes. In fact, they became a valua-
BILE form of currency, subject to the art
Of the forger, who did a roaring trade.
In 1115 f24,OOO worth of free CORE
spondence passed through the postof-
fee.
Fifty years later the nation was
staggered to discover that the amount
had increased to 100000, and strin-
gent laws were passed to mitigate the
immoral tendencies Of the houses of
parliament. But all was in vain until
Sir Rowland Hill managed in 1889 to
abrogate the privileges altogether
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
Do You Get Up Earlye

1t is not healthy in any country, at
any season Of the year or at any time
of life, to get up early habitually, The
old are better rested by lying late.
even if not asleep. while the young re-
quire all the sleep they can get. In all
ATTITUDES, in warm weather, the morn
ing air, although feeling cool and
fresh, is laden with the pestiferous
miasma. In winter the atmosphere be-
fore breakfast is so cold and chilly
and searching that it fairly shrivels up
man and beast, chilling to the very
marrowbon sometimes; hence the av-
erage duration, Of human life would be
increased and the amount of sickness
largely diminished by late rather than
early rising, as all the older nations
full well know and practice.-Ex-
change.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
SALT METHODS.


In the Marshes of the Kongo and 1t
Utah's Great Lake.
One of the sights of the Great Salt
lake of Utah, developed by the prog
ress of scientific industry, is the sys-
tenn of immense salt making ponds on
the shore Of the lake. At Saltair the
lake water is pumped into great set
Ting basin, where the impurities fall
to the bottom and, containing much
iron, form a reddish deposit. From
this basin the water Is drawn off into
harvesting ponds" averaging 10000
square yards in area and six inches in
depth. The ponds are kept supplied
with water, as the evaporation goes on
from May to September, when the salt
harvest begins. The water having dis
appeared, q dazzling layer of salt two
or three inches thick is found covering
the bottom of the ponds, which is bro
ken up with plows before being con-
veyed to the mills, where the final
crushing and winnowing are done.
In general the salt marshes Of the
Kongo region represent kind of peck
ct or rift in the soil. They are to be
found in considerable numbers In the
district Of Sambalt, and there are also
many OF these marshes on the left
bank of the river Lufubu. The walls
of the rift show first a layer of black
ish clay mixed with sand and contain
ing numerous quartz and slick peb-
bles or more exceptionally black and
white shells, fragments of oyster and
mussel. Then comes a layer of strait
fed and gray blue schist. The soil Of
the depression also contains schist as
the greater constituent and is covered
by layer of sandy clay. In order to
collect the salt the natives dig a fun
mel shaped hole from six TO ten feet
deep. The cavity soon fills up with a
warm and clear water, which is
strongly charged with salt. It comes
up with considerable pressure, and the
liquid seems TO boil. The salt is partly
precipitated at the bottom of the cav
ity and mixes with the soil to form a
/ blackish mud. The latter is washed
out with hot water to extract the salt
which is then crystallized from the so
! luton. The product which is thus OBJ
| tanned is Of salty gray color. and its
! taste is more alkaline than that Of Eu
1 ropean salt
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

1t isn't a good thing to repeat half
you hear.
There is only one way to raise a
chid-as if 1t belonged to some one
else.
A fool doesn't envy you because you
are smart: u fool never knows he is a
fool
a man who knows he does not de-
serve confidence has very little conf
dence in other people.
1t is enough to make today act mean
the manner in which every one sights
it in lookin. forward to tomorrow.
There is one reward no man seems
to be in a great hurry to get to. and
that is the reward piled up for him in
heaven.
1t seems that to exaggerate your
blessings is looking on the bright side,
but that to exaggerate your troubles is
plain lying
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
Deaths and Funerals.

Observation-Disclosures J. Dadisman
died at the Reid Memorial hospital
this morning of typhoid fever. The
remains have been removed to his late
home, 402 South Twelfth street, until
Tuesday afternoon when the remains
will be taken to New Hope, Ohio, fer
burial. Friends may call at any time
until Tuesday noon, The funeral will
be Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock.
Burial at the New Hope cemetery.
DOYLE-Mrs. Charles Doyle, wife
of William Doyle. died at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Allen, 108 North Eighteenth street.
The funeral arrangements will be an
nOunced later
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
ROUSED THE AUDIENCE,
A Mining Camp MeIodFama with an
Unexpected CLIMAX.

n MINING lamp meIodRam0 Win IN
Unexpected Climax.
Joseph Jefferson used-to say that his
career came very near being nipped In
the bud In a small 'westsrn<town. He
at that time was a member Of q small
pioneer company which progressed By
means Of three ''bull teams. from one
mining camp to another. They were
always heartily received By the imin-
ers and cowboys. who readily pa3dsthe
IS In gold required o,witness their
performance. Mr.. Jsfersonl was sthe
traditional. melodramatic villains ana IN
the third act was supposed, to kidnsp
1.-The child" The Representatives,,
hearing its cries, PUSHES upon 0hs scene
just as he II about to escapN apd ffres
a fruitiess shot from q revotwer.sSs.
Upon this particular occasion an bad
gone well until this scene wasfreacnsd,
and the audience, many oc whomt had
neyer before seen any kind.orthaatTic-
al performance. sat as .ifsspe1bouhd
At the crack of the mother's.rsvolvsr,
however. the spell was rudely sbroken.
by heaven. she missed hfmr q red
shirted miner in the. front row shout
ed, drawing his own six shooter and
leaping to his feet. Round to the
back door and head him OF fore be
can git . boss. boys" he yelled. and.
following him. half the audience STAN.
peded for the exit
The excitement was finally allayed
by the mother" and the villain ap-
pearing hand In hand before the cur
tain and the managers explanation of
the situation. When the performance
had been concluded the audience insist
ed on paying another admission price
and having an immediate repetition
from beginning to end.-success Maya
zine
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
DESTRUCTION OF PCMPElL.
Buried So Deep That 1t Was Lost
For Sixteen Centuries.

nuEiSo 50 bceP " ne AObt
For Sixteen Centuries.
When one hears of buried city it is
very difficult to realize what it can
look like-still more SO to realize how a
city can be buried so deep as to be ut
terly lost and the place of it know it
no more for sixteen centuries. Yet
this is what happened to Pompeii and
Herculaneum, Stabiae and Retina and
thirteen other cities of the plain on
the ninth day before the calends of
September, in the first year of the
reign of the Emperor Titus. Thus it
was when Pompeii was buried. When
next the sun shone into her streets
George III. was king of England. Six
teen years before the burial of the
city an earthquake had done SO much
mischief that the ruin was not yet
quite restored, but Mount Vesuvius
had been quiet ever since The Oath
of August was terribly hot day
Most Of the people were in the am
phitheater at wild beast fight when
they saw a strange cloud rise from
Vesuvius. 1t seemed like pine tree.
The trunk rose up high into the heav-
ems and then spread out in branches
some white, some dull and spotted
until, slowly detaching themselves
from the parent trunk, they began to
darken the sky. Pliny the elder, over
at Misenum. was reading in his study
when his sister came in TO tell him Of
this strange cloud. He ordered a light
galley to be got ready, and as he was
coming out with his tablets in his
hand ready to note down all he saw
the mariners belonging to the galleys
at Retina came up to implore Of him
to go to their help.
BY the time Pliny got there with his
galleys the ashes We're falling thicker
every instant. Then came broken and
blackened stones and pu1nice Vast
fragments were rolling down the
| mountain, and the sea had suddenly
retreated. The pilot was for putting
back, but the undaunted old philoso-
| pher admiral would not go back For
| tune" he said. .'favors the brave" Ev-
| erybody knows something about the
| rest and how the poor old gentleman,
| being weakly and asthmatic, was suf-
| located by a sudden outburst of flames
| and sulphur fumes. In that awful
| darkness, when the sudden rush OF
| flames was the only light which pierc-
| ed the dense smoke, the fields were full
| of terrified people fleeing they knew
| not whittier. 1t is true that the de
| struction was not instantaneous. and
great number of the inha bitants saw
| ed their lives, and even took away q
| good deal &c their trea sure, but it is es
timated that at least 100000 persons
| were entombed in Pompeii, Hercula
neum and the other cities of the plain.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20

part Of Centerville: cheap if sold
soon. Address ]. c. Marshall, Cen
terville, Ind. lit
FOR SALE-Good Palladium route.
Call at POI n. 7th st. 1S-3t
FOR SALE-Choice clover honey by
the crate or retail at 800 S. w. 3rd.
1S-3t
FOR SALE-Or will trade for horse
10 H. P. traction engine. Roberts
Bros. Centerville. Ind. 14-1t
FOR SALE-Baby cab. Good IS new.
726 S. Tth street. 14-7t
FOR SALE-Cook stove, roller Skates,
l guitar "a North 18th street. 15-4t
FOR SALE A car load OF horses every
Saturday and Monday at Gus Taube's
barn. 9-tt
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
WANT ADS. PAY
"TEMSE" AND THAMES"
Origin of the Saying About setting
the River on Fire.


the River on Fire.
Sometimes when a person wants to
make an unpleasant remark IN q pleas
ant sort OF way about a dull boy he
will say, THAT boy will never set the
river on fire" Now, that Is all very
true. for even the smartest man In the
world could never set a stream of wa
ter on fire, and so perhaps many OF
you who have heard this expression
have wondered what Is meant by set
ting the river on fire.
In England many, many years ago.
before the millers had machinery for
sitting -four. each family was obliged
to sift its own -four. For doing this
1t was necessary to use a sieve, called
q tense, which was SO fixed that it
could be turned round and round in
the top of a barrel. II it was turned
too fast the friction would sometimes
cause ii to catch fire, and as II was
only the smart. hardworking boys who
could make II go 80 fast the people
got into the way of pointing out a lazy
boy by saying that he would never set
the tense on fire. After awhile these
sleeves went out Of use, but a. there
were still plenty Of stupid boys In the
world people kept on saying that they
would never set the tense on FIRE.
Now. the name OF the river Thames
Is pronounced exactly like the word
tense. and SO after many years those
persons who had never seen or heard
Of the old fashioned sieve thought that
setting the tense on IRE" meant set
ting the river Thames on fire. This
expression became very popular and
travelled far and wide until the people
living near other streams did not see
why 1t was any harder for slothful
boy to set the Thames on fire than any
other river. and so the name of the
river was dropped. and everybody after
that simply said ''the river" meaning
the river Of his particular city or town.
and that is how IL is that people today
talk Of setting the river on fire.
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die; return 10 207 y. eth; reward,
colt
PROF. SMITH cures corns and bun
ions absolutely Homo phone 1926
1>-1t
GET YOUR MANTLES, globes.
wringer ROLES and cab tires; razors,
shears and knives ground. Brown
< Darnell Co. 1922 Main 81. 1887
FOR HIRE-AutGmobile carriage:
special attention given telephone
calls Pleasure parties and sight
seeing F. NJ. Miller, 239 Charles
street Telephone 3197. Terms rea-
sona5le. Loot
STEAM AND HOT WATER HEAT
ING-Plumbing and electric wiring
at Meerhoff's. o 5. 9th. lift
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
Eohnl tn the Occaaian-

A lady entering her kitchen one
morning saw knife. fork and plate
as well as the remains of n rabbit pie.
Suspecting that a certain policeman
had supped at her expense, she ques-
toned the maid. Jane" she said,
what has become of the cold rabbit
pie?" 81 gave it to the dog, num-" re-
piled Jane. Does the dog use knife
and fork, thenT' demanded the mis-
tress. Not very well yet, num-" said
Jane, quite unabashed. but I'm teach,
ing him to."-London Telegraph.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
Tin,

Who first found tin? There is a leg
end among the Cornish miners that
ST. Piran, an Irish hermit. was the dis
coverer. His ancient church in the
parish of Perranzabuloe, in Cornwall,
laid bare Of sand by the sea many
years ago. has recently been repaired
Cornish miners still keep the feast of
St Piran, who. according to the IA
BILE. first found tin, forgetting that
their forefathers had long previously
sold it to the Phoenicians. Possibly the
legend points to the fact that this
Irishman was a skillful metallurgist.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
A Correction.

This" said the professor Of anato-
my as he exhibited a human jawbone,
lis the inferior maxillary."
Il beg your pardon, professor" said
one Of the married students, but
didn't I understand you to say the
skeleton you have before US belonged
to female?"
81 did"
I'm that case. then, there is no infe-
rior maxillary."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
GAMESTERS FREE
BUT SHORT TIME
Elmer Polk, Released From
Jail and Rearrested.

Elmer Polk, colored, has been re-
leased from the county jail Orders
were issued today for his rearrest.
Polk was sent to Jail upon conviction
of the charge of assault and battery.
He is wanted on the charge of gaming.
He was convicted of assaulting a play
er in a dice game, after the latter had
passed his return and Polk had lost
the stakes. When sent 10 jail Polk
was notified he would be rearrested
and tried on the second charge.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
POLITICS WILL Be
G0MPER'S SUBJECT
viii Deal With Situation in
Labor Paper.

Washington, July 20.-Samuel Com
rers, president of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor, returned last night
from Denver. He declined to talk
politics: saying: whatever l have to
say on politics will be printed in the
Official organ of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor, which will appear in a
few days"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
AUGUST 5TH THE DATE.

The Palladium's Niagara Falls
party will leave Richmond for the
east On the morning Of August )
instead of August Is as stated in
Sunday mornings issue of the
papeT.
AIre ady elaborate preparations
are being made by the young
women who won the recent popu-
lar voting contest and many of
their friends. The party leaving
Richmond for the east will be one
of the largest ever leaving the city
for a similar trip.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

DEAD STOCK removed free of charge
Cash paid if delivered at factory
Telephone charges paid. Automatic
phones-Factory 4134; Managers
Residence. 1904. Factory on Union
Pike, X miles north of Richmond
Clendenin & Co. Richmond, Ind.
Manufacturers of High Grade Ferti
lizers. may11-mon&fri If
LOST-In Theatorium, Saturday. red
silk umbrella, gold and pearl han
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
JUDGE FOX
IS TAKEN ILL
Unable to Hear the Cases
DoCketed.

Owing to the sudden illness of Judge
Fox, the Wayne circuit court was ad-
jOurned this morning unexpectedly.
The case of Amanda Taylor VS. George
Butler to modify divorce decree was
in progress. The case was continue d
until Saturday. The Haager divorce
suit, which also was set for trial today
was continued. Judge Fox repaired
to his home.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
$4,000 IN BONDS
TO Be SOLO SOON
will Cover South L Street
Improvement.

Bonds for the Improvement of South
l. street will be placed on sale by Coun-
ty Treasurer Myrick at his office at
o'clock p. M, Saturday, August l.
The total isue is for $4,000 and will
bear IL per cent interest. AS soon as
the bonds are disposed of the con-
tractor will begin work on the street
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
Indianapolis Grain.

indianapolis, July CO.
Wheat, 50.
Corn, 79la.
Oats, 81
Rye, 10.
Timothy, $11.5U.
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Pittsburg Livestock.

Pittsburg, July 90
Cattle, receipts light
Cattle-S67J down.
-$5.OO0 SEC.
Hogs-Receipts loads; 7.25 down.
Sheep and lambs, receipts light.
Sheep-4.1o down.
Spring lambs-6.15 down.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-20
PedeNtrfan.

do you understand the meaning Of
the word pedestrian?
Yes, sir. A pedestrian is man who
stands on the curb and watches the au-
tos go by and wonders how he'll ever
get across the street in time for his G
o'clock dinner" Cleveland Plain
Dealer
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Nature.

You should be very proud of having
won the love of such a man"
Then you advise me to marry him -
by all means. He Is one Of nature
noblemen''
No doubt. But consider-this ma
tnra fad VIII inevitably pasA"-Pnok.
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indianapolis Market.
INDIANAPOLIS LIVESTOCK,


Best heavies.. =. :. :. SO. 95@ TO
Good to choice. =. >. =. $500 69t'
BEEF STEERS.
Good to choice steers -. 5000 700
Medium to good steers -. $3.50 $50
Choice to fancy yearlings. 5000 5.65
BUTCHER CATTLE.
Choice to fancy heifers >. ALSO 5.S5
Good to choice heifers -. 1850 465
VEAL CALVES.
Good to choice. -. -. $3.50 6.75
Fair to good :. :. :. :. :. 2.0O0 $50
STOCK CATTLE.
Good to heavy fleshy feed
ers.. =. :. =. =. =. =. 4.50@ Ats
Fair to good feeders :. :. 425m $50
Good to choice stockers .. 5000 425
Common to fair heifers :. 1000 465
SHEEP.
Best yearlings .......... 1000 4.5o
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Fond of Cabba &c.

"Where'd you get that half dollar?'
Papa gave it to me-"
What forT'
ct left my rabbit in the house al
night and it ate that box of cigar:
mamma gave him."-Houston Post.
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bath at the Grand. for gents only.
81 If
FOR RENT Furnished front room,
ground floor. 81 North 10th street
HIT
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Richmond Hav Market.

(Omar G. Whelan
Timothy hay (baled). ,.. $1,000
New Timothy hay Qoose)$IOO to$S.00
New clover hay Qoose) $500 to So
Mixed hay. =. =. 49,. 80. =. 100
Straw tper TOM. :. $500 to $500
Corn (per bu.) ........ csc TO Csc
Oats per bu) .... :. :. 47c to SOC
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Generosity often clasps hands with
extravaganza, while economy some
times walks shoulder to shoulder with
pyariGe