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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-20
FOUNDER OF CUSTOM
Mrs, MiIIikan Revives Interest
In School Correspon-
dence.
SCHEME is A NOVEL ONE.

Greensboro, Ind, June 20.-Interest
in an old custom that has prevailed in
the local schools was revived by the
visit of Mrs. Susan Teas Millikan of
Marion to Greensboro this week. She
is a former teacher in the local
schools. Mrs Millikan originated the
pupils correspondence bureau of the
Clay township schools. Pupils opened
correspondence with school children
in many states and in few instances
the corresponds nce was carried to for
eign countries and continents. Some
of the correspondence has continued
thirteen years.
By the scheme local pupils were
able to correspond with those in lands
far removed. 1t was customary for
the writer's to tell about the schools
they attend and ask for information
concerning other schools. In some
instances plans for improvement along
certain lines were suggested and ad-
opted The receipt of foreign letters
always was an event of interest local
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-20
THE PROSECUTED JEW.
&c Is, 1t II Claimed, the Most Spiritual
Man Alive.


1.-The Jew is said to have what is
known as the commercial instinct,
said Oscar S. Straus. Hume tells US
that under Richard l. 500 Jews sought
safety in the castle of York, where, not
being strong enough for defense, they
killed their wives and children, threw
the bodies over the walls into the mob
below and, setting fire to the castle,
were themselves burned alive. The
gentry owing money TO the Jews has
tened to the cathedral, where their
bonds or promissory notes were Kept,
and made a bonfire before the altar
The compiler of the Annals of Waiver
ley, in relating the event Hume says.
'blesses the Almighty for thus deliver
ing over this impious race to destruc-
ton History blazes with such stories
of self sacrifice and barbarity. The
commercial instinct in this particular
case appears to have been on the other
side.
Instead of the Jew being natural
barterer, he Is the most spiritual man
alive. He has been pounded through
the ages, robbed and massacred, but he
yields neither his traditions nor his
ideals. Had he been materialistic he
would have sold out long ago and
bought peace. If he would join the
Greek church he would be safe in Rus
STA. Rather than do that he will walk
into the jaws Of hell. Therefore l say
that he is spiritualistic or idealistic
rather than practical or material. Were
L to choose family that would live
would have it meet hardships and per
secutions. Were I to choose one to die
l would give it pleasure and luxury.
The Jew denied his civil rights, de-
spoiled of his property. scourged and
murdered, has only been made tougher
! and longer lived. His enemies have
| given him strength and trained him
most admirably for the battle of life,
no matter in what part Of the world
fortune may lead him" - New York
| World.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-20
False Hair.

False hair was first regularly worn
in England by Queen Elizabeth, who
had upward Of fifty wigs of different
kinds for her private use. After her
death a few women adopted the
French fashion of wearing wigs. but it
was not until the restoration that
wigs. or, more correctly speaking, peri
wigs, came to be extensively worn by
the sterner sex. These were intro
duced in the court Of Louis XIV.
where a natural head of hair was not
considered sufficiently luxuriant for
the artificial tastes of the times. The
term ''periwig'' Is a corruption Of the
French perruque. Wigs were original
ly adopted not as remedy for bald
ness, but in the interest of personal
cleanliness. The laws Of ancient Egypt
compelled all males to shave the head
and beard. This explains why turbans
were not worn by the Egyptians. the
bushy artificial hair being regarded as
a sufficient protection against the heat
of the sun. The Romans, on the con-
trary. wore wigs because they were
naturally bald.-St Louis Republic.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-20
MAHOGANY.


The Way This beautiful Wood Was
Brought Into Fashion.
Every one knows how effective and
handsome mahogany is when used for
good furniture, but few Of us know
how its value was first discovered.
In the latter part Of the seventeenth
century a London physician had
brother engaged in trade with the
West Indies who on one occasion
brought home several logs Of mahoga-
ny as ballast The doctor was building
a house, and his brother suggested that
the logs would serve for ceiling beams.
Acting on the proposal, the doctor gave
orders to the workmen to make use OF
the mahogany, but their tools were not
equal to the task Of cutting the hard
wood, and the logs were put out Of the
way In a corner in the garden.
Some time afterward the head car
.penter tried to make box from the
wood, but was unsuccessful with ordi-
nary tools. He told the doctor, who
was interested in the battling timber
and ordered heavier tools to be made
to work it with. says Home Notes.
When this was done and a box at last
made and polished. it was SO handsome
that bureau was made from another
Of the despised logs, and this was de-
clared by experts to be SO superior to
other furniture making woods that the
craze for mahogany set in, and furni-
ture made from it became highly popu-
lar, the then Duchess of Buckingham
fostering the craze in the fashionable
world
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Oyerreached.

Old Joe, a farmer, was noted for the
many ways he had Of skimping and
saving. One day he hired big country
boy to help him with his work. The
boy reported for duty at $50 o'clock in
the morning and Old Joe sat him down
to breakfast. After the lad had finished
the meal the sharp old farmer said,
what do you say If we eat dinner
while we are at it," AS the boy agreed,
they fell to and ate little more. Then,
seeing that the youngster could eat no
more, Old Joe suggested, Suppose we
finish up and eat supper too" "All
right" assented the lad, and he man.
aged to swallow another crust of bread
"Now let's get to work." shouted the
gleeful farmer, thinking of the saving
in meals he had made. NO" returned
the boy, II never work after supper
A mans time is his own then."-Lon
don Times.
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SPECTRAL WARNINGS.
The Bloody Mark That Appeared on
Cardan's Finger.

The Bloody Mark That Appeared on
cardan's Finger.
Who shall say that spectral warnings
are entirely chimerical? History has
many instances to the contrary. Thus
the once well known tragedIan John
Palmer died on the stage at Liverpool.
At the same hour and minute a shop
man in London, sleeping under q coun-
ter. saw distinctly his shade glide
through the shop. open the door and
pop into the street. This an hour or
two later he mentioned very coolly, as
II Mr.. Palmer himself had been there.
Cardan. the noted Italian philoso.
pher, saw on the ring finger Of his
right hand the mark of a bloody sword
and heard at the same time a voice
which babe him go to Milan. The red
ness progressively increased until mid
night The mark then faded gradually
and disappeared. At that midnight
hour his son was beheaded at Milan.
The father OF DR.. Blombey was cap
tain in an army serving in America.
We are told by DR.. Rudge that six
officers 800 miles from his position
were visited after dinner by this mod
ern Banquo. who sat down in a vacant
chair. One said to him, "Blombey, are
you mad" He rose in silence and
elowly glided out at the door. He was
slain on that day and hour.-St James
Gazette
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-20
A Sea Serpent Identified.

Some forty years ago. when out with
a boating party for seagull shooting, I
espied monster fish basking on the
surface Of the water, with its head we'll
up in the air. The creature allowed us
to get within thirty yards, when I sent
two charges of shot into its head, with
the result that it rolled over on its
back, and our boat soon came up to it.
1t proved to be large angel shark.
thought l would make quite sure it
was dead and sent two more charges
into it's upturned belly. I must have,
unfortunately, burst it's air bladder, for
it began slowly to Ssink. Had 1 not
killed it at first, and had it reared its
head and tapped its wings, we should
probably have added one more story
to the long list of sea serpent fabrica-
Observation-Disclosures Courier.
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WEATHER'S CAPERS
Guardian of Elements Visited
His Wrath on People
Of the County.
THE STORM WAS TERRIFIC.

The heavy rainstorm Of yesterday af-
ternoon and evening did considerable
damage in every section of the coun-
ty. The crops were badly maltreated
but no permanent damage was done
owing to the fact that they have not
yet progressed far enough. Fruit was
blown off the trees in large quantities
and the roads were turned into quag-
mires.
The Bell and Home telephone COM
panies report that some wires were
blown down and that some phones
were burned out. Prompt work, how
ever promptly restored this damage.
The street car company was badly af
fected. Interurban cars owing to
trouble at the power house, were de-
layed Oh their schedules. Some places
trolley wires were grounded and on the
South Eighth street line traffic was
blockaded for some time by tree fall
ing across the tracks and a car burn
ing out.
The storm was accompanied by vio-
tent uISpldSS. DuI 81 oo
known, the lightning did no damage to
property. In the afternoon there was
heavy fall of hail lasting several
minutes. Rain was badly needed in
this locality, but the weather man
turned the faucet open too wide yes
terday.
miniature cyclone that exhibited
all the eccentric characteristics of a
real Kansas gale, whirled around the
sheet-iron smoke stack at the Fulle
Bros greenhouse during the storm
yesterday afternoon and ended by lift
ing the stack from its foundations and
smashing it upon the ground. Fortu-
nately none of the glass greenhouses
were struck when the heavy 32-foot
stack dropped. The damage is esti-
mated at $50.
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WARM FIGHT FOR
GUARDIANSHIP OF
THE COMMITTEE
Continued From Page One)
Continued From Page One.)

night for Cincinnati, to confer with
Secretary Taft concerning the election
of a national chairman TO manage the
republican campaign. The subcommit-
tee was appointed at the suggestion
of Secretary Taft, who is said to be
somewhat embarrassed by appeals
from his friends in Ohio for the APP
pointment of Arthur I. Vorys. or of
Myron T. Herrick, of that state and by
the demand made in a petition by
majority OF the members of the nation
al committee for the appointing OF
Frank H. Hitchcock. Congressman
James S. Sherman. Of New York, who
was yesterday nominated for vice pres
ident. accompanied the subcommittee
TO Cincinnati.
The men who will confer with Sec
rotary Taft on the Craftsmanship ques-
ton are Powell Clayton, Arkansas:
Myron T. Herrick, Ohio; Frank B. Kel-
logg. Minnesota; Charles Nagel. Mis-
souri,: E. Z. Hart. Iowa: Senator w.
E. Borah, Idaho; E. c. Duncan. North
Carolina and Frank o. Lowden. ILL.,
nois.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-20
Under Dean Schedule Insur-
ance Rates Have Moved
Up rs Per Cent.
ONLY A FEW DECREASES.
ONLY TWO BUSINESS HOUSES IN
THE CITY SHOW THAT RATES
WERE LOWERED FIGURE
SHOWING INCREASE.

BY compiling figures submitted by
twenty-four local business men to the
insurance committee of the CONNER
cial club, it is shown that since the
Dean schedule went into effect fire in
surance rates in this city have made
an average increase Of twenty-five per-
cent. In some cases rates on local con-
Germs have been increased over one
hundred per cent.
The request made by the insurance
committee of the Commercial club
that local business concerns submit
to it, figures showing their old and
present fire insurance rate is being re-
sponded to in a most satisfactory
manner and the committee will soon
have enough data on hand to enable
it to obtain an intelligent view OF the
local fire insurance situation. This
information will also assist the COM
mittee to great extent in its efforts
to remedy the situation.
The statements made to the commit
tee by local business men are held
confidential but the following table of
figures shows the fire insurance in.
creases made on twenty-four. concerns:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-20
A FIREPROOF TREE.
The chaparro, One of South Americas
Natural Curiosities.

The Chaparro, One of South Americas
Natural Curiosities.
On the vast plains of Colon la and
the north of South America, called sa-
vannas. which are parched with heat
except during the rainy season. there
is one of the greatest Of natural curl
osities, a tree called the chaparro,
which is fireproof.
1t is the custom of the Colombian
herdsmen to clear the ground by
means Of fire for the new vegetation,
which springs up so luxuriantly in
these regions after the rainy season.
But not even the intense heat of a
prairie fire affects the chaparro tree.
1t survives the flames to afford a well
come shade in an otherwise treeless
country.
1t is a small tree, seldom growing
to more than twenty feet in height,
with a girth Of about three feet. 1t
owes it's curious immunity from fire
to the nature of its hard. thick bark.
The bark lies on the trunk in loose
layers, which do not readily conduct
heat to the more delicate parts of the
structure.
The natives believe that this tree
grows only where gold is abundant in
the soil below, and it certainly is com
mon in auriferous districts.-Westmin-
ster Gazette.
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MUST LOOK YOUNG.
This Accounts For Dyed Locks That
Nurses Sometimes Show.

This Accounts For Dyed Locks That
Nurses Sometimes Show.
Eyes, she's a good nurse, DOCTOR"
said the patient rather reluctantly.
"You don't mean that" was the an
swer of the physician. whats the
matter with her? Come, tell me-
Nothing" began the faint contradic-
ton. She's quiet, tidy and sympa-
thetic, but, doctor, her hairs dyed.
could see it plainly yesterday when she
sat between me and the window"
The doctor did not speak for a mo-
ment He did not even look surprised.
such nice nurse. too" went on the
patient. why should she do such a
foolish thing?"
1t was then that she learned from the
doctor that dyed hair is not nearly so
uncommon in the case of trained
nurses as might be supposed. Sick peo-
pie like to have young nurses about
them. Even physicians have a weak
ness for the young nurses. They be-
lieye that their interest and enthusiasm
are greater.
"The nurses term of usefulness is
short enough as it is" this physician
said, "for the work is so exhaustive that
they must soon succumb. Some of
them are compelled to give up after
ten years. Few are ever able to keep
up until they have put in twenty years.
"If they feel that gray hairs, coming
perhaps a little earlier than they are
due, are going to make the term of
hpio fhav
driven to hiding those traces of time
and overwork by the use of hair dye,
and the number that do make use of ii
is very much larger than anybody sup
poses."-New York Sun.
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TO KEEP YOUNG.
he Active, Seek Variety and Don't
he Afraid to Laugh.

he Active, Seek Variety and Don't
he Afraid to Laugh.
Never retire from active life If you
SWIM" keep the mind active; never
refer to your advancing years or say
"at my age"
To preserve youth you must have a
variety of experience. The country
woman at forty, although breathing
purer air and living on a more health
full diet than the city woman, often
looks fifty, while the latter at the
same age does not look more than thir
that of her country sister; that Is the
secret of her more youthful appear
ance.
Nothing else ages one more rapidly
than monotony-a dead level existence
without change of scene or experience.
The mind must be kept fresh or it will
age, and the body cannot be younger
than the mind.
Few minds are strong enough to
overcome the aging influence of the
monotonous life which rules in the
average country home. City people
have infinitely greater variety of life.
They enjoy themselves a great deal
more than country people. They work
hard when at work, but when they are
through they drop everything and have
a good time. There is no doubt that
the theater, in spite Of its many evils,
has done a great deal toward erasing
the marks of age. People who laugh
much retain their youth longer-Suc-
cess
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-20
The Wooina Of the Woodcock,

The wooing of the woodcock is one
Of those sights to witness which a
lover Of nature in all its moods will
make journey of miles. The scene is
enacted at twilight and the setting Is
OF willow or alder bushes whose
branches are just beginning to show
the tender green Of early spring. Sud-
denly from the damp ground a bird
form shoots upward like some swamp
spirit until 1t Is outlined against the
gray Of the evening sky. Then it circles
above the branches. and the song of
the wooing begins. Hidden in the
darkness Of the thick lower growth is
the object to which this love song is
directed. The bird above circles per-
haps score of times. then drops back
to the damp thicket, making a sound
which can be hkened only to the drop
ping of water into a woodland pool.
Again the bird scars and circles. sing.
ing still the love song. This is repeat.
ed time after time until the last CLEAN
of light has faded and nights dark
ness comes down.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-20
A Narrow Squeak.

"Your front door is unlocked, sir"
shouted the policeman when he found
gone to bed without attending to his
locks.
Its all right" replied the burglar
from the bedroom window a minute
later; my son will lock it when he
comes home. Here's a shilling for
you"
IAN easily earned bob" chuckled the
policeman as he walked away.
"A narrow squeak" said the burglar,
with a sheet round his shoulders.
Very" replied his accomplice, whose
hands were tightly clasped over poor
Mr.. Careless Householder's mouth
London Express.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-20
What DjspIeased Him,

Two hunters were making their way
across a lush meadow after a rain.
The ground was moist and soggy, but
their feet by quick stepping could be
prevented from sinking more than an
kle deep.
Suddenly the one in advance disap-
peared up to his neck in a narrow
stream that, owing to the luxuriant
growth on the bank. he had observed
only as he stepped into it. With diff
Guilty he pulled himself out and began
wringing the water from his garments.
We'll, darn a country" he remarked.
with feeling, where they set their
creeks up edgewise and hide 'em in the
grass. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-20
Tho Emotions of Birds.

a. living out their lives birds know
anger, greed, jealousy, fear and love,
and they have their play times. In my
field experience once snapped chick
en- hawk with perfect expression of
anger on his face because a movement
OF mine disturbed him at a feast set to
lure him within range Of my camera.
No miser ever presented a more per-
feet picture of greed than / frequently
caught on the face OF q young black
vuiture to which 1t was my daily Gus
tom TO carry food. Every day In field
work one can see male bird attack
another male who comes fooling around
his nest and mate and make the feath-
ers ny.-"What I Have Done With
Birds," By Gene Suatton-Porter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-20
The Forgetful saurian.

A colored preacher took some candi-
dates for immersion down to a river in
Louisiana. Seeing some alligators in
the stream, one of them objected.
why, brother urged the pastor,
cant you trust the Lord? He took
care of Jonah, didn't hep
"Y-a-a-s," admitted the darky, but a
whales different. A whales got a
mem'ry, but eff one o. dem gators wus
ter swaller dis niger, he'd jes' go ter
sleep dar in de sun an fergit all bout
me."-Woman's Home Companion.
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kent Them All on Edoe.

One of the favorite devices Of Lord
Nelson when ships were cruising in
company was TO signal to given
craft that Lieutenant Smith or STAFF
Engineer Brown or Captain of Ma
rines Jones was to take charge. on the
assumption that all his superior Of
fcers on board had been put out of
action. The author Of Trafalgar Re-
fought" says that the result was very
good. for no one knew when he nigh.
be called upon TO take command, and
every one therefore made a point OF
trying to make himself fit to carry
out the duty should it ever be assigned
to him.
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A BURMESE RAT TRAP.
The Rodents Will Eagerly Enter II and
Cannot Get Out.

] he hooents VIII Eagerly EnSer it ana
Cannot Get Out.
Rats may readily be induced to jump
or drop into any receptacle, especially
If 1t affords them adequate conceal
ment, and they do this without one lin
gering suspicion Of their inability to
reach the OILY existing outlet when the
time for retreat approaches.
Thus traps on this principle may
readily be designed and are obviously
preferable to our rat traps where the
animals are numerous.
In Burma. where the rats are a per-
feet pest. they use jar trap, which is
thus described by a traveller:
The common Pegu jar / used was
about one and a half or two feet deep
and fourteen or fifteen inches broad.
and hole was punched in the shoulder
just large enough for rat to enter.
There was about six or seven inches
of paddy rice in husk) in the jar.
which was then buried to within about
eight inches of the top. The mouth OF
the jar was then closed with a board
and stone.
"A quantity of old timber toists and
straw were in the clubhouse and no end
of rat holes everywhere around"
With this contrivance he caught sew.
enty-two rats in one night. The rats
can readily enter, but they cannot
climb the smooth sides Of the jar tc
escape.-London Family Herald.
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Selfish Etiquette.

Some rules in an old book on eti-
quette seem to encourage a practice
commonly called looking out for No.
l." Here are two of them:
When cake is passed do not finger
each piece. but with a quick glance Sc
lect the best.
Never refuse to taste of a dish be-
cause you are unfamiliar with 1t or
you will lose the taste of many a deli
cacy while others profit by your absti-
hence, to your lasting regret
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An Electric Dance.

Take a pane of giass-a broken one
will do-and secure it by placing the
ends between the leaves of two large
books, letting the glass be two inches
from the table. Cut from lightweight
writing paper, or, better still, from It's
sue paper. dolls, dogs and other fig.
ures. Place them on the table be-
meath the glass. Rub the glass vigor-
ously with a silk handkerchief, and
the figures VIII cut all kinds Of antics.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-20
WOMAN TO RESCUE
Fought VaIiantIy to Secure In
iured From Burning
TroIly Car.
TWO FATALLY INJURED.

New York, June 20.-Fifty passen-
gers became panic stricken when an
explosion in a motor box of a trolley
car, set fire to the car on the Flush
ing avenue line today. In the wild
scramble to escape from the flames,
Minnie Harmon aged twenty-eight was
fatally injured and six others were
trampled on and are in serious con
dition. Doctor Mary Crawford, of the
Williamsburg hospital ambulance did
heroic work in rescuing victims.