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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-18
RURAL ROUTE MEN
WANT BIGGER PAY
Certain Class Claim They Are
Not Paid Enough.

Indianapolis, Ind, July 18.-At the
first days session of the executive
board of the Rural Letter Carriers
Association OF the United States, held
at the Denison Hotel, steps were TAX
en- to press still further the bill pro-
viding for an increased remuneration
for carriers who are compelled to car
ry locked pouches to postoffice sub
stations. The bill was up at the last
session Of Congress, but was not
passed, and an effort will be made to
get it before the lawmakers at the
next session.
The committee also took up the
question of having the Government
furnish horses and rigs for use on the
rural routes.
City carriers whose routes make
necessary the use of a horse and wag-
on" said Elias Frey OF Pendleton. Ind,
a member OF the board, receive ex-
ira pay for the maintenance of their
horse, and we feel that the rural car
riers should be classed the same"
This bill was also lost at the last ses.
sion Of Congress.
The board is made up of the follow
ing: Paul l.. Lindsay, Tucker, Ga; H.
E. Crum, Hillsdale, Mich; P. E. Gull,
Concord, Mass; Elias Frey, Pendle-
ton, Ind; ]. H. Johnson, Raymond, n
H; A. E. Mcmahon, Savoy, Tex, and
J. D. Williams, Renfrew, Pa.
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Thoughtful Drummer.

Salesman: Mr.. Osborn, did it ever
occur to you how seldom your clerks
introduce goods of merit and profit to
customers" Yes, l am aware of it,
Mr.. Salesman, your remark is too true.
1 am constantly instructing them on
that particular point. Only this morn
ing a lady came in to make her week
ly purchases of groceries and among
the articles she wanted was a cheap
soap. l knew Easy Task was the
highest grade goods of its kind on my
shelf and sold her a quarters worth.
She will buy it again, everyone does
who uses it once
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-18
MORE SILENCE.

Mr.. Kern may well keep silent. He
told a reporter in Chicago the other
day that he had nothing to say in re-
gard to local option and the Sunday
dianians know without Mr.. Kern say
ing anything what his position is on
these matters. Does the tool of the
Crawford Fairbanks Albert Lieber-
brewing combine have to announce his
opinion on that question? We think
that the man who has been the foe of
the high license bill and the friend of
Tom Taggart might we'll keep quiet on
that subject.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-18
A peculinrfty of Ghosts.

Scientific personages as we'll as the
rest of us have always been puzzled by
the degeneration Of the dead both in
taste and in intellectual power. No
matter how fastidious a man may have
been during his lifetime, he is no soon
err dead than he develops a marked par
TALLY for back rooms up two flights
Of greasy, rickety stairs In disreputable
tenements. His favorite environment
is now dirt and squalor. and his IA
vorite companions are the ignorant and
the half witted. The nature of the
next world, the aching secret which
the human race through all ages has
eaten its heart out to know, is ignored
by these modern ghosts in favor Of
shoestrings which they happened to
leave in the corner of an old desk and
which they beseech US to go and find.
Chicago Tribune.
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MOLTERE7o COURAGE.
Pathetic story of the Dramatfst'
Last Stage Appearance.

Pathetic story of the Dramatist's
Last Stage Appearance.
There is a pathetic account of Mo-
Heres last appearance which shows the
supreme courage which sickness could
not dissipate and which was a part
of him till death. His health had long
been failing and he had suffered for
years with distressing cough, which
rapidly became worse. On the day Of
the third presentation Of La Malade
Imaginaire," 1873, he was so i'll that
his wife and friends entreated him not
to perform. But he was deaf to their
appeals. What can 1 do?" he said:
There are forty workmen who have
only their daily pay to live upon, and
they will lose that If I do not act.
should reproach myself If l neglected
to give them their bread for a single
day" Though more than usually in
disposed, he went through his part with
great difficulty. Once during the per-
Torrance the company could not but
see that he was convulsed, but he pass
ed it off with a forced laugh. When
1t was over he left the stage, saying
to his friends, The cold is killing me"
He was wrapped up warmly, and his
chair man sent to convey him to his
home. No sooner was he in bed than
he was seized with a violent fit of
coughing. which brought on a hemor-
rhage, and he died before his wife
could reach his side. His last words
were to assure his friends that the
hemorrhage was not alarming IN any
way and urging them to take courage.
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WAYNE TOWNSHIP.
Trustee
JAMES H. HOWARTH.
Assessor
CHARLES e. POTTER.
TAFT IN PANAMA.

About all we have heard from the
canal zone lately, that is since Taft
went down and dealt with frogs in
Panama trying to puff themselves into
oxen" is in the nature of songs sung
by shrill female voices in moving pic
ture shows about Colon Town. In
them we were assured that the moon
was shining brightly in these tropical
and topical song regions. A little
more light was thrown on the situa-
ton in the London Lancet in re-
cent article.
Even the title was Illuminating. We
are aware that some of the foes of the
administration have from time to time
given us to understand that the enter
prise was hopeless and criminal to
build canal through such a fevered
cesspool of decaying vegetation and
dismal germ laden swamp. But the
title of the article is Americas Tri-
umph in Panama"
1T seems almost ridiculous to an
ticipate that these effects could be
sensibly modified. that life could be
male endurable for the foreigner or
that the native could be awakened
from his traditional sloth and disre-
gard of the first elements of hygiene.
yet in three short years all this
has happened. Panama and Colon
from hot beds of disease have been
transformed into practically new cit
les, not only by the provision of COM
plete waterworks and sewerage sys-
TENS. an efficient system of quaran-
tine. the reconstruction and widening
OF many thoroughfares and the paving
OF every street with brick or stone. but
also by the now willing cooperation
OF their people in the furthering of the
designs of the masterful American.
The arrangements for the housing and
feeding of the army OF workers leave
little to be desired and every possible
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-18
JAPANESE MIRRORS.
Some That Are Supposed to Possess
Magic Quality.

some Inat arc supposed 10 TosscbS
Magic Quality.
Some Japanese mirrors are supposed
to possess magic quality, which has
rendered them objects Of superstitious
reverence for centuries, and, in fact,
it has even puzzled modern science not
a little. When a strong beam Of light
Is so reflected from one Of them as to
be thrown upon a screen, there appears
upon the screen an image in delicate
tracery perfectly reproducing the pat
tern engraved In relief on the back OF
the mirror, which, of course. is alto
gether hidden from the light. 1nas-
much as the face Of the mirror presents
surface that is perfectly smooth, ap-
parently the reason for this phenome-
non is difficult to find. Its cause, how
ever, Is simple enough. The prelimi-
nary operation Of polishing the face
consists in scoring the cast disk with a
sharp tool in every direction.
The thicker portions, where the Or
namentation in relief is on the back,
offer more resistance, and the result is
a corresponding inequality of the pol
1shed surface. This inequality Is not
sufficiently marked to be visible to the
naked eye, but it Is enough to turn the
rays of light, and thus the pattern of
the engraving on the back Is reproduc-
ed on the screen in the manner describ-
ed. These so called magic mirrors are
SO highly valued that they sell from
ten to twenty times the price paid for
ordinary ones.
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condemns all devices that have for
their aim the Acknowledgement OF the
negro for reasons Of color alone.
In other words the negro received
his freedom from the republican party.
The republican party gave him his
vote The democratic party has in
many instances taken the vote away
from the negro. And now the republi-
can party demands that the right to
vote be given back to the negro.
There is no room in the democratic
party for any negro, and no educated
and thinking colored man will sup
port the party which is endeavoring
to take his vote away from him.
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LOOKS LIKE HARDING,
Says Miles LindIey, Who Sees q
Chance for Some Democrat.

Hamilton, o., July 1S.-When Col.
Miles D. Lindley heard last night of
the withdrawal Of H. G. Catrow from
the candidacy for the Third district
congressional race on the republican
ticket he said:
CONGRESSMAN Eugene Harding Is
1000 votes stronger in Butler county
than any other republican, barring
Judge Brown, of Dayton or Judge E.
Fisher of Eaton, Ohio. If either one
Of these three gentlemen is nominal
ed its cinch he will be elected, other
wise it's a democratic congressman
from the old Third district that will
get there"
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WITHDREW FROM
RACE LAST NIGHT
Not Until That Time Did Col.
CatroW Refuse to Run
For Congress.
HE is GREATLY DEPRESSED
SAYS THAT HE HAS NOT THE
HEART FOR ANYTHING, LET
ALONE MAKING POLITICAL
CAMPAIGN-BIESE TALKS.

Dayton, Ohio, July 1S.-Coloael H.
G. Catrow, of the Third Regiment. o.
n. G.. a prominent banker of Miamis-
burg, Ohio. formally withdrew last
night as the republican candidate in
the Third Ohio Congressional district.
The withdrawal was contained in a
letter to the congressional committee
and it is understood that a meeting
will be held soon to select Catrow's
succe ssor.
Charles w. Bieser. when questioned
as 10 the time, stated that the meeting
would be held next week. He declin-
ed to make public the possible ap-
pointee which this committee has au-
thorized to select, filling vacancy, as
empowered by the Eaton convention
when Catrow as we'll as Congressman
Harding were named. the latter losing
before the election board and the Chi
cago convention.
Catrow states that his retirement is
due to the unfortunate accident in
which he ran down and killed Eugene
Sullivan Wednesday evening. He
said:
II am fully aware of the extraoydin-
airy prejudice by the people against
the driver Of an automobile. That this
prejudice is aggravated to an intense
degree when the driver of the car has
had the unfortunate experience I have
had, of accidentally striking and kill
ing fellow man, there Is no question
Of doubt. That this situation should
mitigate against not only my own sue
cess in the coming campaign, but that
Of the entire republican ticket if l re-
manned on it, have no doubt. l there
fore think, in fairness to all parties
concerned, should withdraw.
THE experience which l have pass
ed has left me in such condition that
have no heart for anything, least Of
all the exertion of a political cam
paign."
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G. Howard, pastor. Morning worship
1920 a. m. Sermon by the Rev. J.
A. Hanning of Troy, o. Union service
1880 p. m. at the Reid Memorial
church. Sunday school 9 a. m. Lee
B. Nusbaum superintendent. All are
cordially invited to these services.
Second English Lutheran-Corner
Pearl and Northwest Third streets.
Rev. G. E. Harsh, pastor. Sunday
school at 9:15 a. m; preaching by the
pastor at 1890 a. m. and 1880 p. m.
The evening service will be held on
the church lawn which will be electric
lighted. Morning subject: Abiding In
His Word" Evening: "Unequally
Yoked." All are invited to attend.
Whitewater Friends-Corner North
Tenth and G streets. Theodore Can
die pastor. First day school 9 a. m.
A. L. Ellis superintendent. Meeting
for worship 1880 a. m; c. e. meeting
$50 p. m. The Children's day exer
cises were postponed last week on &C
count of the storms. these exercises
will be held at 1880 p. m. A good pro
gram and an interesting time promis
ed. Special music by the choir.
North Fourteenth Union Mission
David Loynd pastor. Sunday school
$50 a. m, ]. Ward superintendent
Preaching Services IL a. m. and I: &c
p. m; c. e. meet ting $50 p. m.
East Main Street Friends-Bible
school 9:10 a. m; meeting for wor
ship 1890; Christian Endeavor g.
p. m; open air service on the lawr
1880 p. m. Rev. Ware will speak or
the subject Work and it's Just Re
wards" Special music. comfortable
seats. You are cordially invited to at
| tend any or all of these meetings.
st. Andrews cathoIic-Fifth and
South c streets. Mass at 1880; High
Mass at 9:45; Vespers. sermonette
and benediction at 3 o'clock. Rev
Frank A. Roell. rector, Rev. II. ]
Gadlage. assistant.
st. Mary's CathoIlc-Masses every
Sunday at and o'clock and High
Mass and sermons at 1920; Vespers
and benediction every Sunday at p
m. Rev. J. F. Mattingly. rector, Rev
Thomas A. Hoffman, assistant
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-18
THE NEGRO VOTE.

Bryan has at last declared his stand
gram to a Baltimore editor. He has
refused to touch it. Those who regard
Bryan as a sincere and truthful man
will see in it his recognition of the
fact that the affair was handled by
the administration in a fair and just
manner. Those on the other hand
who regard Mr.. Bryan as a shrewd
and skillful politician will realize that
he saw danger in opposing his south
ern constituency by affronting them
on the negro subject
The better class of negroes has al
ways suffered at the hands of the law
less and reckless element of their race.
1t will do the better class of colored
men no good to support that element
in its wrong doing. Nor need the col
ored men think a similar breach of
discipline in any branch of the army
would have Jared differently at the
hands of the square dealing Roosevelt.
1t is for them to condemn as they have
repeatedly done the lawless acts of the
excited and lawless portions of the
white and negro races. 1t will not do
for them to lose the esteem that they
are so rapidly gaining under the lead
ership of their greatest representa-
tive-Booker T. Washington.
Nor can the better class of negroes
afford to listen TO the cheap talk of
the democratic politicians. When in
the memory of man has the democrat
ic party done anything for the negro
or what does it even promise to do to-
day. Do the words of W. ]. Bryan
promise anything? The platform of the
democratic party is singularly full of
talk about the admission OF Asiatics.
but it never for one instant mentions
the negro race. What encouragement
is that for the negro?
On the other hand the republican
platform not only mentions the negro
by name but also demands equal JUS
tice for all men Of whatever race. 1t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-18
CHAMPION LOAFER
COMMITS SUICIDE
He Was Apparently Tired of
His Job.

Grand Rapids. Mich, July Is
Bury me with your rather and the
children. Good-by."
With those words Anthony Moffat.
50, swallowed the contents OF bottle
wife. Almost Immediately he was
seized with terrible commissions and
a doctor who was called said that the
man could live but little while. His
wife says that Moffat had been drink
ing alcohol all the morning.
Moffat was the father of sixteen
children. seven of whom are living.
He boosted of the fact that he had not
worked for twenty-five years. his wife
having supported him and rearing the
children by taxing in washing.
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encouragement is given by the CON-
mission to the promotion of healthy
social life"
Let us see what these precautions
have done for the Canal Zone. North
and South of the Isthmus the bubonic
plague is carrying off victim after vic
tim. For the last few years there has
not been a single case in the zone.
Further more there has been no yell
low fever in that portion of the coun-
try, for the last two years. Even ma
laria has been reduced so per cent
this last year over the year before.
Undoubtedly Col. Gorgas deserves
the greatest credit for his splendid
work 1t is an excellent illustration
of what can be accomplished by the
application of modern scientific prin-
cipIes in sanitation and hygiene. 1t is
IN itself a monument more satisfac-
tory than bronze to the two army sur
geons who gave up their lives in Cuba
In proving the accepted theory of ma
laria and yellow fever infection. But
behind it all. what could Col. Gorgas
have done without a proper backing
up and appreciation in Washington
from Roosevelt and Taft?
The same writer in the Lancet goes
on to say Il regard it as bare act
of justice to record my conviction that
without loyal support from headquar
ters much of the success would have
been impossible. President Roosevelt
has at every stage of the enterprise
reiterated the sentiments expressed in
his letter to the Secretary of War on
May 8, 1904 and Mr. Taft as admin
istrative head of the canal. has never
faltered in his allegiance to them.
LAS recently as Jan. 16. last Mr..
Taft ate nded a meeting Of the senate
committee on Interoceanic Canals,
and in reply to some heckling on the
subject of the cost of sanitation. de-
clared that the government had adopt
ed and followed a fixed policy-that
of acting on the advice Of the 18th.
milan medical staff. The government
did not care. said he. TO assume the
responsibility of acting contrary to the
advice of the Doctors -
Of course, any policy of curtailing
the expe mixtures of the sanitary COM
mission would have been little short Of
murder and would have rendered la
Dor hard to get thereby doubling the
cost of construction.
Let those who think the government
has spent too much money in this en-
terprise consider that a lessening in
expense would have resulted in the
death Of many working men. Taft's
record in the Panama affair greatly
rebounds to his credit 1t was a small
| thing for him to do. but man with
less courage would have listened to
the small fry and left the canal zone
in a perilous position, all for the sake
Of appearing on record for lessening
expenditures.
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Dyinu YOUNGER.

In view of all that has been said
about the fall in the death rate, It
seems strange to realize that we are
not living so long as our grandfathers
and grandmothers did. More babies
live to grow up nowadays than former
ly. but people In later life die younger.
Once arrived at adult age the average
man or woman has fewer years OF sur
vival to expect. This seems on the face
Of II SO surprising a statement that In
order to be accepted 1t should be back
ed up by data authentic and indisputa-
BILE. Such data are furnished by the
figures of the insurance companies.
which all agree on the point. but II 10
easier to refer to the government CEN
sus reports. which tell the tale In SIM
pie and convincing fashion. Even dur
Ing the last fifteen years the death
rate among all persons over ffty-fve
years of age of both sexes has risen
very considerably-Hea Culture.
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Spoiled His Trip.

to the Kansas City Journal, had trou-
BILE with his wife and more trouble
with his mother-in-law. The wife
died. On the day OF the funeral the
undertaken started to put the man In
the same hack with his mother-in-law.
The man baked.
Il won't ride with her" said he.
But you must" replied the under
taker. The other hacks are all full"
well, If I must I will" said the
man. but it will take away all the
pleasure Of the trip
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-18
HoW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F ]. CHENEY & CO, Toledo. 0.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last Is years. and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions. and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
Walding. kinnan & Marvin.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls CataTrh Cure is taken inter-
nally. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free Price 75c, per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills Tor consti-
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Best the world Affords.

TT gives me unbounded pleasure to
recommend Bucklen's Arnica Salye,'
says ]. w. Jenkins. of Chapel Hill, n.
c. Il am convinced it's the best salve
the world affords. 1t cured felon on
my thumb. and it never fails to heal
every sore. burn or wound to which II
is applied. Csc. at A. G. Luken C Co
drug store.
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Wanted Retail Rates.

A North Carolina negro called at q
preachers residence one night and ask.
ed, Bout how much will you charge
to marry me. subj We'll" said the
preacher. I usually get S." "Lor'
boss" exclaimed the negro, II ain'i
Gwins to marry but one woman
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DNscrinffye.

Grandfather. doing some carpenter
work and finding he needed some
screws, sent little Mary to the hard
ware store to get some for him. When
she got there she could not remember
the word screw" At last she said,
Grandpa wants some nails with ruff
fieS on."-Life
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strain out the impurities OF the blood
which is constantly passing through
them. Foley's Kidney Remedy makes
the kidneys healthy. They will strain
out all waste matter from the blood.
Take Foley's Kidney Remedy and II
will make you well. A. G. Luken 4
=
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MASONIC CALENDAR.

Saturday Evening, July 1s-Loyal
Chapter No. 40. o. E. s.. stated meet
ing.
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4. this con1,r-. -ou. ~ead carefully. Dr
1ldwelps Syrup Pepsiu 10 rosit seiy Guaran-
II to cure ind Re stion. con stfpation. sick head
ne. offensive breath. m alarfa anc all diseases
.tsinz from stomach trouble
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DISTRICT.
Congress
WILLIAM .. BARNARD.
COUNTY.

-Joiut Representative
ALONZO M. GARDNER.
--Represe1tative--
WALTER S. RATLIFF.
Circuit Judge
HENRY C. FOX.
prosecuting Attorney
CHAS l.. LAID.
-Treasurer-
ALBERT ALBERTSON.
Sheriff
LINUS p. MEREDITH.
Coroner
DIR. A. L. BRAMKAMP.
Surveyor
ROBERT A. HOWARD.
Recorder
WILL J. ROBBINS
commissioner Eastern Dist
HOMER FARLOW.
commissions Middle Dist
BARNEY H. LINDERMAN.
Commissioners Western Dist
ROBERT n. BEESON.
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REPUBLICAN TICKET.

NATIONAL TICKET.
For President
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
of Ohio.
For ce-President-
JAMES S. SHERMAN
of New York.
STATE.
Governor
JAMES E. WATSON.
Lieutenant Governor
FREMONT c. GOODWINE.
Secretary of State
FRED A. SIMS.
Auditor Of State
JOHN G. BILLAElMER.
Treasurer of State
OSCAR HADLEY
Attorney General
JAMES BINGHAM.
State Superintendent
LAWRENCE McTURNAN.
-State Statistician-
J. L. PEETZ.
Judge of Supreme Court
QUINCY A. MYERS.
--Judge OF Appellate Court
DAVID MYERS.
Reporter of Supreme Court
GEORGE w. SELF.