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spects. that will be admitted by all, but it
is our only hope And it is hopeful. Here
are specimens that have come in this week,
and there are others,-and they all have
ability and a sympathetic unity never OBJ
served. The Blue Grass Blade, weekly
Freethought paper; The Beacon, The HUI
manitarian Review, The Open Road, The
Tomorrow, and furtherest South, The
Searchlight; while The Open Court has
Liberal world of its own. These publica-
tions and the others now existing are
enough. 1t is a weakness to increase the
number of Liberal publications; it is
strength to make those we have tlourishing
and popular.
But Liberal University Organization and
The Torch of Reason must come again
and lead the Emancipation Of Educa
tion," which was the title of its inaugural
address,-for they are not dead but only
asleep. The charters of L. U. o. in Oregon
and at Kansas City, No., are invaluable,
and can be recalled to active life as soon
as the money and forces appear to man
the ship.
True, those who started the voyage, the
first year of our new century, can no longer
aid, but they will not be in the way. Where
are the youth who will find the money and
brains to revive this great and indispensa-
BILE work?
Only a few years more of the great, the
true. the glorious Ingersol, and there
would have been no sleep! One Of his
last promises was to take the field and see
that the new. free University was a success
if his efforts could possibly make it,-but,
alas, Where are the successors of Inger-
soil?
Perhaps all we can do just now Is to give
the Liberal press that is New Year
PUSH forward that it will never forget
and when so doing to attune our hearts
and WILL by the Human Prayer, to perfect
and enjoy the Higher Indignation of Man
kind and its new religion and better life
Coscob, Conn, Dec. -
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BLUE GRASS BLADE.

of the endless world and the lot and fate
of man and mankind in it, supreme. Spirit
ualists and Others who still speak of In
gersoll as represented by the dubious
phrases above quoted or simia, ones, do
him and themselves injustice, and the
practice will not be continued by intelligent
and honest people. He declared that he
was Pantheist, Scientist and iIumanist,
and as such, he was consistent, sincere,
and an example to all who wish ''to know
the true in order to do the good. :"
3. As to the future. The issues which
the Liberal press are to present and meet
were made by the Pope himself in his OPP
position to the removal of the education of
the French people from church control. 1t
was whether the supernatural existed or
whether the natural was the All and had
taken its place as the basis of all human
life and interests? Shall the CO operation
and civilization Of mankind in the future
rest upon a supernatural or a natural view
and explanation, that is, Religion of the
World? The sooner the fife. free
minded, and intelligent people OF this Re
public find their natural place and unity
upon this issue the sooner will the true
health, welfare and progress of the human
world begin to be realized. America, as
to all these great interests, is the natural,
and ought to be, actual leader of The world.
but is, on account of the educational and
other reasons above mentioned, in a posi-
ton of "arrested development" owing to
papal influences and the veto If all the
supernatural sects; for all of them are one,
largely unconscious, conspiracy co-operat
ing against real education, liberty and
progress. A similar state Of things is
now the greatest source of apprehension on
the part Of all progressive elements in
Germany.
Prof Haeckel's last and most interesting
little work "Last Words on Evolution"
(which has been translated and is TO be had
through any bookstore) he describes most
exactly our difficulty. There, as here, the
only real hope is to be found in sustaining
the Liberal press, and enabling it to reach
the masses of the people. Never was there
a time in the history of our Reprblic when
it and all it was designed to be and to stand
for. depends so clearly upon its free press
Bv that only can it maintain its leadership
by moulding the new and higher lntegra-
ton; that is to say the scientific, only true
and universal religion of all mankind. The
continuancy of that leadership depends
upon the efficiency of its liberal, that is to
say, its emancipated press; but that effic-
iency depends upon the hearty financial
and sympathetic support of all Of its eman-
cpated, free and fair-minded people-the
van Of progress!
DO you object that the Liberal press is
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scientific date, and show how those who
have been liberal authorities must stand
corrected as science advances. For in
stance, Thomas Paine, the father of Amer
lean Repubicanism and Liberalism, did
not know and could not have known, about
the new correlative changes of matter, as
science reveals them today For instance,
in Conway's edition of his writings, vol. 4,
PIP. 240-241, in his discourse on the "EX-
stence Of a Cod" Paine says:
"The universe is composed If matter,
and a system, is sustained by motion.
Motion is not a property of matter, and
without this motion the solar system could
not exist. Were motion a properly of mat
ter. that undiscoverable thing caIled per
petual motion would establish itself. 1t
is because motion is not a properly Of mat
ter, that perpetual motion is an impossi-
biity in the hand of every being but that
of the Creator of Motion. When the pre-
tenders to Atheism can produce perpetual
motion, and not till then, they nay expect
to be credited. The natural state Of matter
as to place. is a state of rest Motion or
change Of place is the effect of an external
cause acting upon the matter.
(Note.-What shall we think of our
President Roosevelt who wrote that Paine
was an "Atheist," and when shown his
error, refused to tell the truth7'
Such was the position of Sir Isaac New
ton, Bentley and the philosophers, theists
and deists of that time. But now science
has reversed, or rather explained away that
view. 1t is now found that all world mo-
ton is perpetual. because it is caused and
continued by and as the cOrreaive of all
the other motions Of the "endless AL"
Matter itself is but mode of that motion,
always changing, but said TO be inert, or at
rest. when the motion is so clear balanced
and perfect that it is likened to "the
sleeping top" Motion is endless and cease
less, because il is the activity of the In
finite All, the universe itself without be
ginning or end. Itself its only cause, be
cause imitless and eternal.
This is an instance of how we must read
the Liberals and Liberalism of the past up
to date.
2. As to the present, Col. lngersoll left
us an example Of what should be done and
said, in his last public address on "What
Is Religion? ?" before the Freehnught So
cety of Boston. During the larger part
of his life he had been rated as an Gag
nostic." and had occasoned much talk as
to whether life ended in a coffin or IA
cradle" against wall or through a
door. But in his later years his con
illusions placed him with Prof Haeckel
and other scientists; and in his said last
address, he distinctly declared his convic-
ton that the supernatural does not, and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
Affairs Of the Sporting World

league park appears the sign In large
letters. Betting Not Allowed on These
Grounds"
1t is probable that a movement Will
be undertaken by baseball magnates
to bring about an important change
in the management of teams. Players
may be required to pay their own ex-
penses while on the road, the same rs
actors. This will mean the end Of fan
hotel and dining car revels for the
players.
Boston cleaned up on the White Sox
about right in the first game of the Sc
ries and it is safe to bet yesterdays
will not be the only game won from
the Southsiders.
1t is freely predicted by the White
Sox fans that the team will not finish
above third place. Detroit and the
Sox are the luckiest teams in the bust
ness. but coupled with their luck the
Tigers are able to hit the ball.
Chicagoans believe the Cubs will
be able to come back and pull away at
the finish, but every place outside of
the Windy City it looks as if the club
house fight had proved the downfall
of the team.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
A GOOD ACTOR.
How q Famous French Advocate Won
Hopeless Murder Case.

How a Famous French Advocate Won
a Hopeless Murder Case.
Maitre Lachand, the famous advo-
aate, was perhaps the greatest master
If comedy in France, and not few
eminent actors envied him his marvel
GUS powers Of mimicry. He was once
employed to defend murderer,
against whom the facts were hopeless
ly clear.
When his pathetic appeals and his
tears-which were always at call when
he pleaded before a country jury-fail-
ed to touch his stolid audience. he re-
sorted to the most impudent piece Of
trickery. Thrusting his moistened
white handkerchief into his pocket, he
demanded if the jurors were men, If
they had human hearts. II they could
bring themselves to condemn a fellow
man like the accused, whom he had
credited with all sorts of chivalrous if
not sanity merits.
His eloquence was not merely fruit
less, but the jury responded to it at
first with uneasy shutting. then with
biting lips. and finally with loud and
uncontrolled bursts of laughter. La
chand, while flinging about his hands,
had Intentionally dipped his fingers into
the great inkpot in front of him, and
as he drew his right hand across his
forehead, as if in agony of despair at
the certain fate of the accused, he left
upon his brow an enormous black
mark like a crescent moon and drew
two other black traces down his cheeks
as he put his fingers to his EYES to dash
away the tears.
Feigning high moral indignation at
their conduct. he continued: You are
about to decide whether one Of your fell
low men shall be thrust by you out of
the ranks Of the living, and you choose
such a moment for INDUCING in cruel
and thoughtless laughter. Is this ex-
travagant mirth a fitting mood in
which to decide whether a man shall
or shall not dep
The argument actually told upon the
jury. The man was acquitted.-Paris
Journal
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05

The paramount question now is
where will indianapolis stop? It looks
as if Marquard must pull the only
game from the fire it will be possible
for Indianapolis to take from Milwau-
kee this session.
1t was heart breaking when Catch
er James of Columbus dropped the
ball after tagging Buelow at the plate
in the ninth inning and the score won
the game.
Muncie and Anderson have teams
composed of lawyers. The men from
Muncie have won the two games play
ed. The same towns have women
teams and they are arranging for a
match game.
Manager Grant of the South Bend
team is recalling his recruits loaned
at the opening of the season for a
last struggle for the pennant. Some
of these men have been making good
and Grant expects them to help the
Blenders.
The base ball authorities at Chicago
are making q determined effort to stop
the bookmakfng on baseball games.
Across the fence at the American
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
PARDON ASSURED FOR
RIDERS SLAYER
Governor Wilson will Keep
His Promise.

Frankfort, KY, Aug. 5.-Within the
next few days Governor Wilson is ex-
pected to grant a pardon to Walter
Duncan, OF Jacksonville, Shelby coun-
ty, Who is under indictment in the
Shelby circuit court for the murder of
Newton Hazelett
In granting the pardon Governor
Wilson will be fulfilling his promise
to the members of the Law and Order
League and other such organizations
to pardon them in case they killed
Riders trespassing upon property.
The instructions of the governor to
persons who desired to grow tobacco
was TO defend their homes. and if a
killing occurred in doing so a pardon
would be granted.
Duncan is i'll with Bright's disc ase
and the chances are that he will not
recover to stand trial.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05

These Deadly Snowslfdes Are often
Started by sound.

These Deadly snowslides Are often
Started by sound
There are many kinds of avalanches.
There are the powdery avalanche, the
creeping variety, the glacier avalanche
and others. When the sun strikes upon
the illimitable snow fields and the snow
begins to move the mass in it's descent
gathers weight and force, tearing away
enormous rock masses and millions Of
tons of soil, until at length, with a
noise like thunder, it expends its fury
on the level floor of a valley where de-
fenseless villages may be.
A great avalanche of this kind bas an
invisible forerunner almost as de'struc
tive as itself. This is the terrific hurri-
cane caused by the air it displaceS. 1t
is no common sight to see giant trees
uprooted, broken and twisted. the
boughs wrenched from the trunk,
leaves and needles clean stripped from
the twigs and the very tops wreHched
from larch forest before ever tho ava
lanche itself has struck the wood
It is on still days when lighted can
die will hardly flicker in the icy air
that the danger is greatest. The snow
has been falling quietly yet heavily for
several days and has settled on precip-
itous slopes above the village to an i'm
mense depth. 1t needs but the slightest
and almost imperceptible cause to set
it In motion. Had the wind been blow
ing it would never have amassed to
such depths, but would have slipped
down in lesser quantities. On such
days the position muff1es the bells of
his team; the father will chide his child
for slamming the door. Three enor-
nous avalanches were once started in
Switzerland merely by the sounding of
the "Visi," or the first bell for church
service. A bird alighting. an icicle fall
ing from a rock-and the monster be-
gins his downward rush. Villagers
sometimes try to bring down ava
lanches at an advantageous time by
firing off guns or even by shouting
Woman's Home Companion.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
An Egyptiau Delfcacy,

Every country has it's own little deli
cacies, and Egypt is famous for its ka-
bobs. The kabob is broiled meat, but
is broiled in SO ridiculous a fashion as
to be really funny. The peddler uses
a little charcoal furnace, something
like that in use by our plumbers. In it
he keeps up small but hot fire. At
tached to the side of the furnace are a
lot of iron skewers. When customer
approaches, the hawker takes small
piece Of meat, mutton or goat, the lat
ter being the most popular. cuts it with
a sharp knife into long ribbon, winds
it around the skewer and places it up
on the charcoal fire. Some of the drip
pings are collected and. with u little
salt and spice. make pleasant sauce
for the ka6ob when it is done.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
AUTO FALLS IN TREE
Bakers Machine PIunges Over
PreCipiCe Three Hundred
Feet High.
BUT ONE SERIOUSLY HURT.

New York, Aug. 5.-United States
District Attorney Baker, of Washing
ton, who successfully prosecuted the
government land frauds in the north
west. and his bride of two months and
several friends who were accompany
ing them on their honeymoon had
narrow escape from death yesterday
While the automobile in which they
were travelling was running down
sharp hill on Walnut mountain. near
Liberty, n. Y, the machine got out of
control and plunged over a prec!pice
800 feet in height. The machine. Il
big covered car. turned three COM
plete somersaults in the air and
lodged in the boughs of a tree 50 feet
below the brink Of the preciDice.
II hung suspended top downward, with
the frightened occupants held prison
ers in the inclosed machine All were
badly bruised and frightened, but
none was seriously injured. with the
exception of the chauffeur His skull
was fractured, one of his ears was
torn off, and he sustained other in
juries.
Those in the car with Mr. Baker and
his wife were DR.. G.. E. Jeliffe, the
alienist, who testified in the Thaw
trial, and Mangan, of Washington. AS
soon as they were rescued from their
perilous position the party came to
New York. and after rest at the
Hotel Aston started for their homes
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
The Land of PaEodas.

Burma is the land of pagodas. From
the summit Of every mountain, of ev-
cry hill or hillock. from above the cliffs
and rocks and from among the woods
of the islands of the broad Irawadi rise
the graceful forms and Gilded pinnacles
OF numberlass pagodas. Often they are
crowned by a golden htee or umbrella
Pagodas are rarely temples in the true
sense. They are usually solid. tapering
buildings placed over real or imitation
relics. Close by. among groves of palms
and bananas, are generally to be seen
the carved and seven storied roofs of
the kioungs. or Buddhist monasteries
Gay and light hearted as are the Bur-
mans, they realize another and future
existence as wildly as they do the
present life, and the teachings of the
great Buddha are ever present to their
minds and influence them profoundly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
Ancient Dress still Worn

In the little town Of Munsiedel, in
Bavaria, there exists one of the most
curious charitable foundations In the
world. One of the burghers, Christie
pher Wanner, died in 1851 and left his
fortune for the establishment of a
home for aged poor. He attached, how
ever, the condition that every old man
who was taken in should wear his
beard and the same cut Of clothes and
cap as he himself used to wear; con.
sequently the ancient pensioners are
still to be seen wandering about the
streets of Munsiedel in the costumes OF
the fifteenth century.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
FAIRLY TRAPPED.
The Clever Manner In which BaIsac
outwftted His Publisher.

No man knew the value OF Balzac's
writings better than the famous French
novelist himself. n fact which he never
failed to impress upon his publishers
when terms were being discussed.
On one occasion, as Balzac sat smok-
ing in a friendly fashion with a well
known publisher, he remarked casual
ly:
Now, I want your candid opinion.
Honestly, do you believe that have as
much talent as Frederic Soulief'
MY dear Balzac. how can you askT'
answered his unsuspecting companion.
why, you have twice his literary ca
pacity.''
well. as / consider his works i'm
measurably superior TO anything OF
Eugene Sues. suppose I must have
more talent than Sue toor
of course you have"
Twice as much. according to you.
Well, am glad. And now tell me hon
estly. as we are discussing literary
merits, surely am as good as DumasT'
"Better-better.
Thank goodness, our opinions coin
eide And now. since my novels are
worth twice as much as those Of Fred
eric Soulie and Eugene Sue. I demand
in common justice 10 be paid double
what you pay them for theirs"
There was nothing 10 be said. says
one Of Balzac's biographers. The IN
fortunate publisher had been trapped
and owned ii.
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Pennsylvania
- Lines
Cincinnati
Excursion
Next Sunday
$1.25 round trip from Richmond.
Leave AT 4 d. IN.
IN HIGH lATiTUDES.
where You Can Read Late at Nixht
without ArtiaciaI Light.

where You Can Read Late At Nixht
without Arsiacial Light.
l have, on the Limnord. In Denmark.
latitude 81 degrees. read the newspa
per In my bedroom at 1890 p. m. with.
out the aid Of a candle. While read
the villagers played skittles In the al
ley under my window, and beyond the
hoary chestnut trees Of the garden,
with clots of starlings on their bare
top boughs. the sky was still crimson
and gold In the west. with the long.
woolly lines Of vapor only just begin
ming TO swathe the land like q blanket.
On the other side of the inn the trafdc
was as vigorous then as ut MONDAY.
Carriers. carts creaked up to the door.
and dray loads OF squeaking pigs made
other music than the lark's. Double
chaises, with cushions Of red or green
velvet aud half a dozen happy villagers
to each the men all with great china
bowled pipes in their mouths. swung
lazily by. raising dust, and the lowing
Of troubled cows and calves came an
much from the road as from the Him.
liable meadow beyond attached to tho
historical old manor house NOV a merv
dairy farm, whose buildings were
quite concealed by the tail trees thaf
girdle them.
The inn damseIs. sewing girls, kitch.
en- maids, the daughters of the house
and a friend or two had now set aside
all the cares of the day and were roll
ing each other about on the dewy grass
under the chestnut trees like 80 many
lambkins, and the landiady with the
Unreasonable waist. who by day held
all the maids leashed TO their respective
tasks with infiexible yet not unkind Sc
verify. stood in the doorway, with her
fat beringed fingers in her yielding
sides and disturbed the starlings peri
odically with her stentorian peals Of
laughter at the antics Of her depend
ents. Yet at O'Clock the next morn
ing with her own rhadamnnthine
hand, she will pull the beIlrope that
shall waken each lass. and by the ca
Establishment will be again In a normal
state Of activity. As for the worthy
landlord. he is haymaking until IL
p. m, and IL will be odd IL he is not up
before his dame wakes every soul IN
the house with he< call bell.-Cornhill
Magazine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
FAMOUS MURDERER
NOW WANTS PARDON
Patrick Files Appeal With the
Supreme Court.

Washington. D. C, Aug 5.-Albert
T. Patrick, convicted OF the murder
of William Rice. a millionaire. in New
York some years ago, has filed an ap-
peal with the United States supreme
court.
1t is based, among other things on
the contention OF Patrick that impris-
Onment for life in New York prison
is far worse than death
His appeal, prepared by him in Sing
Sing, was received al the office OF the
supreme court and docketed for hear
ing AT the fall term, which begins in
October.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
JOBS TEARS.


Seeds That Are Used For Food and
Ornament In India.
A seed much used for ornament Is
that which bears the popular name of
Jobs tears. The old botanist Gerarde
thus describes ii: Every graine re-
sembleth the drop or tear that falleth
from the eye" There are, however,
now three or four well marked forms
Of this seed met with in India, which
differ from each other in shape. color
and degree OF hardness and in the pres
ence or absence of grooves or burrows
along the length or the hardened in
volucer.
DIR. Watt Of Calcutta thus enumer-
ates them: There are three types Of
shape-a long cylindrical or tubular, a
normal pear shaped condition and a
fiattened spheroidal form. The cylin-
drical grain is always of white col
or smooth, polished. not furrowed, but
CONSTRUCTED toward both extremities.
This is collected for ornamental pur-
poses only and not as an article for
food. The pear shaped form varies in
size and color, being pale and blush
white, gray. yellow or brown black.
The fiattened spheroidal kinds are Of
ten yellow or even pink.
The two principal forms are: One
almost round and either white or black.
This form is sometimes. though less
frequently, used for rosaries and orna-
mental purposes, but chiefly for food
among the hill tribes of India. The
second form is tubular, about half an
inch long. This is extensively employ
ed for decorative purposes, the dresses
worn by the Karen women being often
completely covered with embroidered
designs of this grain"