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slave as soon as she marries? The
lack of recreation is the cause Of
soured. scolding wives. What if a
woman is called a gadabout? Why
shouldn't she CAD? When a man has
his day of rest, he does as he likes.
The woman never has a day off: il i
work all the time for her.
And, besides, a woman who STAYS
all the time in her home helps the
community to stagnate. Her mental
lty is undeveloped and crude and she
Is not one to whom her husband on son
can go for advice. She may Know
how 70 boil potatoes and ham to per-
lection, but she does not know enough
TO advise her children whether TO be
come plumbers or bootblacEs or aero.
nauts. Her judgment is vaIueless
And yet. the woman. who is good
ham boiler thinks she knows every
thing.
SO, women; if you want to be hap
py, go out. Take a day off ever
week. If you can get no one to do
your work while you are away. make
your husband help you on his day off.
BY working together you can accom-
pllsh the task in half the time one of
you could alone, and then you can en-
Joy the rest OF the day together"
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WALSH'S FINALE.

1t is not with feeling of elation
John r. Walsh, the wealthy Chicago
banker. Rather do we feel regret that
have come to such a pitiable end
Years ago he started out as a news
BOY selling newspapers for a living.
He was ambitious and possessed an
ndomitable will two qualities that
orced him rapidly up the ladder to
success and riches. And yet either on
he way up the ladder or after he ar
md wrong way in this country to
mass further riches. AS president
JOS largest banks he appropriated the
unds of the institutiOn--the peoples
leposits-for use in his own various
businesses. In regard 10 the enter
rises in which he invested the mon
y tlluS RbiDeu, llluldild mas more tIdu
. passing interest for it was mainly
o finance his Southern Indiana rail
Dad that Walsh took money from his
,ank or course his being detected
n these operations by some slip of
ate, his subsequent trial and now the
lecision rendered against him are no
more than justice. But the pity of it
s that possessing the admirable quail
ties of ambition and perseverance.
wo great attributes of success, he
ould not have possessed the third
uality of absolute honesty and thus,
tarting from an humble position as
poor "newsie" in a large city and
,ttaining a large fortune and a great
equation as financier, he could
ave rounded out his days standing
Ugh in the estimation of all his fell
ow men rather than in the shadow of
he penitentiary.
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the blood of her sons and daughters
courses through my veins. They are
my brothers and whoever censures
them must answer to me. In the un-
numbered ages to come the glorious
state that has bestowed upon me the
right to stand here as her representa-
tive shall glow among the brightest
consultations, shall stand in the very
forefront of advancement and glimmer
like the sunlight falling upon her
fruitful fields and Illuminating the
wooded aisles of her outrageous de-
clivities as the last rays of the plor-
lous orb day sinks into the Opales-
cence of an unknown sea and so lets
fall upon the circumanbient scene Tho
mantle that shuts out the firmam ant
and goes not like the quarry slave
scourged to his bed, but gently lies
down to pleasant dreams"
Overcome by his emotion the great
man was compelled to apply for leave
to print the rest of his speech in the
congressional record and the questioI i
of dredging Mud Greek. Arkansas, was
taken up for consideration.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-19

Washington. Jan. lS.-Jef Davis,
senator from Arkansas, is Clinsing to
his billed shirt, Notwithstanding &c
ports from home that the hill BilIies
Of Arkansas are not overly pleased
with his new tangled idea
Senator Davis did not wear a collar
when he was campaigning through
the backwoods districts of Arkansas.
much to the delight of his audiences
When word went back that he is
dazzling Washington with the whitest
hard-fronted shirt he could procure.
the backwoodsmen sighed for their
traditions and expressed sorrow that
the 'fayorite SON should SO quickly
for get the institutions of his state
Out Arkansas way, the impression
prevails that a man who can learn TO
wear a billed shirt with ease is liable to
adopt a silk hat dictate his letters in
"a photograph, quit chewing tobacco,
and in other ways become foreign to
the manners of his neighbors.
One thing JEFF Davis clings TO close
ly. however. is his daily menu. He
makes no exception, even on Christmas
day, in satisfying his appetite. A
clerk asked him if he enjoyed his
Christmas dinner.
"Tolerably," said the big senator
Turkey was raised by one of your
admirers, I suppose" said the clerk.
Didn't have any turkey" said Jeff.
What? No turkey on Christmas
day"
Nope" replied Jeff. Il had ham
fried ham,
Ham and plum pudding are a queer
combination. I must say" remarked
the clerk.
Didn't have any plum pudding"
said JEFF. Had a chew of tobacco aft
erward."
Bop Taylor of Tennessee has inform
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campaign of preparation for next
June's conventions. At the same time.
they are looking into the future. trying
10 pierce the curtain OF time. and Won
dcring what tho program will read like.
At the same time. every one is conf
dent
Speaker Cannon is having great
trouble with his bottle OF cough medi-
cine. Uncle Joe" always carries his
pine-tar mixture with him. so that he
Will not forget to take it, He has had
bad luck with the mixture this session
for il has dropped out of his pocket
three times and the bottle was broken
on every occasion.
Uncle Joe always drafted the
stuff and commented That if he left
it home he forgot TO take it. and if
he carried the bottle with him. it al
ways was broken. Between the two
grievances his cough progressed fairly
we'll.
The Speaker was in the cloak room
few days ago and, after thorough
0CStI III u I4N pcNhtNS. I1 WHY a. pei -
picked expression.
Gone again" he remarked. If ev-
cry one wasted as much pinc-tar cough
syrup as l do. more attention would
have to be paid 10 the pine forests.
The next day a Congressman from
the South handed a small package to
Speaker Cannon. Upon opening it. Tn
Gle Joe found it to be his cough medi-
cine-three bottles Of it.
You have mistaken my overcoat for
yours three times" said the Congress-
man. Il intended bringing the bottles
back, but | forgot them That's how
they accumulated"
Mr., Cannon was delighted at the re-
covery but he could not help express
ing a regret that he had not found the
missing cough syrup sooner, for he had
just ordered half dozen new bottles.
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Views of Our
Contemporaries
Why Fairbanks Don't Use Tobacco.
lNVashington Herald.l

N IL l&i4StbA Elt4 O4I-
Vice President Fairbanks does not
smoke or use tobacco in any form. He
does not care for it. and relates = boy.
hood experience a his reason for dis,
liking tobacco.
Al the time, he tells his friends
when there were lot OF little chaps
attending country school, Of whom
was one. the most common way Of us.
ing tobacco was in a pipe or 10 chew
Il. \ cigar was sign of affluence in.
frequently affected by the inhabitants
of that community.
One day a young man came TO ste
our teacher who was young woman,
and he wore in his face a long black
cigar, that meant he had much money
in his pocket, was president of a bank
Or something equally important. When
he came in he left that cigar on the
outside. carefully put away on win
dow ledge. Some spirit Of deviltTN
or peryerseness induced me TO fitch
that cigar, and divided it up i'll pis-
IS among my companions. Each OF
us took a bite, and in about five min
utes all Of us were wildly cropping
about for something to hold on TO SO
we would not fall off the earth. That's
the way We felt, and that experience
made me SO sick have never been
tempted to repeat it
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SunfiOWer
Philosophy
(AtChisOn lkanl Globe.

Who will protect the poor farmer
after election day.
A foolish woman with lots of money
is the merchants salvation.
An Atchison man calls his wife ''Ex-
perience.' she costs him so dear.
You never learn what church some
men belong to until their funerals oc-
cur.
A man can excuse meanness in him.
self. but how he despises it in others.
Any one who thinks that truth is
stranger than fiction should read a ten
cent detective story.
1t is almost as bad to support a
friend for office as it is to run yourself.
The greatest man on earth is the
man who gets there. and makes no
noise about it.
The average man will quit the socie-
ty Of a pretty woman any time to see
a SO election bet put up.
No one will admit to being supersti-
tious. but did you ever know of a cou-
pie courageous enough to marry on
friday:
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New York, Jan. 1S.--"Women, take
day off once a week. Don't drudge
seven days a week. Have one day to
rest and CAD, and by so doing bene-
fit your children, Yourself and your
friends"
This is the advice of Mrs. Harriet
Stanton Blatch, a New YORK club wo-
man, to other women, and she has
started crusade to spread her ideas
divorce and marital infelicity are
caused, in almost every instance by
the ignorance of American women, ;"
she says. They are vastly more re
SponSlble for unhappiness in the home
than men. If women only would use
common sense and take a day off from
their household drudgery once a week
great part of the dome site troubles
would be obviated
Woman Becomes Drudge.
Why. the average woman WON let
herself be intelligent She become s
household drudge as soon as she is
married; her disposition is soured and
no self-made pessimist is capable of
bringing up family of healthy-mind-
ed children. This in time will stunt
the race mentally and it will be a race
of ignCramuses.
why should a woman become a
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CHARLES {. PoTTER-Candidat,
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE.

CHARLES L. WETTIG-Candidate foI
office Of Township Trustee. Wayne
Township. Wayne County. subject
TO Republican nomination.
THOMAS 3. MARTIR-Candidate foi
Township Trustee of Wayne Town
ship, Wayne County. subject to the
Republican Nomination.
JAMES n. HoWARTH-Candid for
Township Trustee. Wayne Township
subject To the Republican Nomiua
ton.
JOHN {. mOFFiTT. candidate for Of
fee Of Township Trustee. wavus
Township, Wayne County. subject
to Republican Nomination.
BEN n. NoRRIs-Candidate for Trus
tee Of Wayne Township; subject to
the Republican Nomination.
GEORGE W. cooK-Cand.date for
Township Trustee. Wayne Town.
ship. WAYNE County. Indiana, sub
ject to the Republican Nomination
GEORGE e Mccoy Candidate for
Township Trustee of Wayne Town
ship. Wayne County, subject TO the
Republican nomination.
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

ROBERT NJ. BEESoN. OF Harrison
township. is d candidate for County
Commissioner to represent the
Western District, subject to the Re
publican nominating election To be
held in February
BARNEY II. LINDERMAN-Cand
for Commissioner of the Middle Dis
trict, Clay Township. WAYNE County.
subject to the Republican nomina-
ton.
RICHARD A. DAVENPORT Of Wayne
township, is candidate for county
commissioner of Wayne county.
Eastern District. subject TO the Re
publican nomination.
WILLIAM T. BLAIR of Green town
ship. candidate for County Commits
sioner, Middle District. subject to
the Republican Nomination.
DE WITT c. JAY of Webster Town
ship, candidate for County Commits
sioner of Middle District. subject to
Republican Nomination
JOSEPH F. GROVES Of Jackson
township is a candidate for Com
missioner Wayne County Western
District subject TO Republican
Nomination.
HOMER FARLoW of Boston Town
ship. candidate for County Com
missioner. Eastern District. subject
10 Republican Nomination.
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THE ACTORS SONG.

How dear to this heart are the
scenes of my acting.
When press agent praises present
them to view:
The drop scenes, the wings, and altar
off. the gall'ry.
And the calcium light which my van
ity knew.
The footlights, the flies, representing
treetOps,
The painted-on fountain, where ne'er
water fell;
The orchestra pit, and the eagle-eyed
drummer,
And cen the old slapstick that bruis-
ed me so we'll
The old oaken slapstick. the loud
sounding slapstick.
The laugh-saving slapstick that
served me SO well.
Denver Republican.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-19
LOCKED IN CELL
MAN GROWS HAIR
Entered Bald as an Egg and
Now Has Good Growth.

Indianapolis. Jan. 1S.-Ed Lathrop,
from somewhere out in Illinois, went
by request into a police cell this morn
ing. bald as an egg and emerged this
afternoon with crop of hair that was
the envy and admiration of every Of
t1cer at headquarters.
Just Degore Gaybreak Lathrop, hair
less. haucss, coatless ana snocless, was
found friskins about the streets near
the Union station.
He couldn't stay in bed The DRINKS
wouldn't let him. He was sent TO
headquarters.
This afternoon a friend called to
give bail. The door of the cell house
opened for man whose costume was
complete in every detail He carried
q hat in his hand and. most remark
able, his head was bedecked with lux
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CuSsir7'
the Climate
New York SUM-


Old Sid Smith was the blessedest one
For cussin the climate;
Feared that his only idee of fun
Was cussin' the climate
No matter where old Sid would go,
Whether 'twou!d rain or whether
'twould snow.
Shinin' or stormin', cam or blow.
He was cussin' the climate
Lived in Mizzoury for quite a spell.
A-cussin' the climate;
Said it was hotter than won't tell.
Then, cussin' the climate,
Sid moved down into arkansaw,
Where he continued to work his jaw
Seemed obeyin' a~so-t o law
In cussin' the climate.
Then old Sid nc moseyed Ea-t,
Still cussin' the climate,
Frothed at the mouth like tagin'
beast,
A-cussin' the climate:
Massachusetts. Connecticut and Maine
Each one goin ag'in his grain.
Old Sid's mission was always plain
Just cussin' the climate.
After while ne Went out West.
Still cussin' the climate.
SweariE' Jhay& somewhere else was
best.
So. cussin' the climate
Clean from Oregon down the coast.
Finally Sid give up the ghost.
Now he's gone where the grumblers
roast
Still cussin' the climate.
PAL A0ItJM WANT hnc DAY
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AToo STRENUOUS DESCENT.

The housewife was showing her new
chambermaid through the upstairs
when finally they came to staircase
leading down into the rear yard.
Mary said she, stepping out on
the landing, "Whenever you wish to
pass down to the back yard go down
this way"
Just then the speaker slipped and
was precipitated with great clatter-
ing to the bottom.
Are you hurt, num- cried the ar
frighted chambermaid, starting down
from above.
NO: it's nothing" came the return
as the disheveled mistress rose to her
feet in proof.
Thin we've got it down foine, mum :;
but tn jobs too strenuous for me-
Judge.
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Mas iElrtakan

A lively writer has said II was mis-
taken are the three hardest words to
pronounce in the English language"
Yet it seems but acknowledging that
we are wiser than v>e we're before 10
see our error and humber than we
were before 10 own ii. But 50 it is.
and Goldsmith observes that Frederick
the Great did himself more honor by
his letter 70 his senate stating that he
had Just lost q great battle by his own
fault than by sill the victories he had
Won Perhaps our greatest perfection
here is not 10 escape in1perfections. but
to see and acknowledge and lament
and correct them.-Jay.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-19

AT term of the circuit court in Ohio
horse case" was on trial. and a well
known horseman was called as a wit
ness.
We'll. sir. YOU saw this horse" ask
ed counsel for the defendant
Yes, sir. L
What cid yoa do
II just opened his mouth 10 and oct
how old he WAS. an / says TO him.
says, Did sport. 7 guess you re pretty
good yet "
At this juncture counsel for the OPP
posing side entered a violent objection
Stop he cried Your honor, | OBJ
iect to any conversation carried on be-
tween the witness and the horse when
fhe plaintiff was not present -Har-
-nariS NAMkAa
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COUNTY RECORDER.

WILL ROBBINS of Abingdon Town
ship. candidate for County Recorder,
subject to the Republican Nomins-
ton
BENJAMIN r. PARSONS, Of Wayne
township is a candidate for County
Recorder. subject to the Republican
Nomination.
JOHN c. KING of Center Township.
is candidate for County Recorder.
subject TO the Republican Nomina.
ton
FRANK c. MoS5AuGH. of Jackson
township. is a candidate for County
Recorder, subject TO the Republican
nomination.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-19
THE CHOICE THINGS.

When woman doesn't know what
to do next she has a choice of two
things-comb her back hair or see if
the back of her skirt is hooked But
man can do one or all OF many
things-look at his watch. scratch his
head. spit at something, put his hands
in and out of his pocket, button and
unbutton his coat, whittle or take a
fresh chew of tobacco Atchison
Globe.
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uriant growth Of hair, carefully comb.
ed and everything in just the right
place, except the price mark
The miracle Of the hair had been
accomplished by his warm hearted
landlady. who. hearing of his misfor,
tune, collected his articles of wearing
apparel and brought them to police
headquarters. She did not forget his
tOupec
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HIS ADVANTAGE.

The heirs never sure
That he's loved for himself,
But fears that he merely
Is loved for his pelf;
And the fellow who earns
Only twelve plunks week
Can't be certain at all
1t is him the girls seek.
II may be 10 his income
Love is love you may know
When il comes to the man
Out of work, out of dough.
Houston Post
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-19

In his New Haven speech, Senator
severidge said that only demagogues
md ignorant men object to those COM
dnadons of industry known as
trusts" which are conducted honest
=. There must be lot of dema-
ogues and ignorant men doing bust
ess down in Wall street, then.
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Fit and Fought.

One would have thought this an
Americanism. but I find it in Garrick's
Miss In Her Teens where Tag says
to Flash: "0h pray let me see you
fight! There were two gentlemen lit
yesterday etc. (act 9,-Notes aud
Queries
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-19

Will the public benefit from the re-
attorney Jerome thinks not, but the
'ublic-well, have you ever been down
the city court room when some par
icularly spicy trial was on? If you
ave, you have noticed that the
Standing Room Only sign was
angling out early.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-19
A FEMININE NOTE.

A person of considerable experience
says that when lot of women get to-
gether the first thing they do is to
abuse the men. and that when lot of
mea get together the first thing they
do is to give the women reason for
such opinions.-Atchison Globe.
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Wall Street Knows He Did.

philadelphia Public Ledger)
New YOrk's superintendent of banks
in his report takes the unique view
that the president did not cause tho
panic all by himself
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And CheerfuIlv Too.

Ninety per cent or the men in this
world make fools of themselves for
money"
Worse than that Ninety per cent
Of them make fools of themselves for
nothing. '-CIeveland Press.
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The mayor of Hartford City is going
have women arrested who play
ards for money. Evidently he has
ever attended a bridge whist game
he would never think of turning a
oor, lorn and unprotected policeman
nose in such a maelstrom to carry out
he law.
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MEDICAL

When the mighty city doctor
Finds his lotions and his drugs
Do not cure your aching body
of bacilli and of bugs
He advises rural quiet
To upbuild your system slumped-
So the country doctor gets you
When the city man is stumped.
New York Sun
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-19

From the large number Of generals
rho are being reported killed in the
atest Haitian revolution the armies
own there must number about ten
enerals to every one private.
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Easy Money for Them.
ATLANTA Journal

TNIIdHId JOUTUdI.I
However. as long as the magazines
are willing TO pay fifteen cents a word
for hunting and fishing anecdotes.
there will be no trouble about our
present and prospective eX-presidents
making living.
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So the republican editors at Ind
annapolis heartily condemn the civil
ervice law because 1T places a pre-
mum on the political molly-coddle."
What's the matter--is the newspaper
BUSINESS in Indiana so Improbable
hat editors need political offices to
lelp out?
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So Richmond school boys are put
Ing too much of their energy into
olling coffin nails" and not enough
ato study. Why not try liberal dose
moral suasion and if that doesn't
FORK, still more liberal dose of
strap OLE"
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SPORT NOTE.

Before the opening of the next sea
son there is still time for some genius
to make fortune by inyenting a rub
Der pop bottle for use at ball games
Washington Post.
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COUNTY TREASURER.

ALBERT r. ALBERTSON OF Clay
township, candidate for Treasurer OF
Wayne County. subject TO Republi-
can Nomination.
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THE WAY OF 1T.

If YOU will fight, you'll win yourself.
But if you don't you won't.
The Lord helps him who helps himself
The Lord helps those who don't.
Philadelphia Press
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A wax from the rata palm of NADIA
ascar is expected to prove n substitute
Or beeswax. The leaves of the palm
re beaten to small fragments on a
aat and then boiled. the wax so OBJ
,ined being collected and kneaded in
mali cakes, The new material il
eng tested for botuiug purposes.
monograph cylinders. etc.
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JUDGE CIRCUIT COURT.

HENRY c. FOX-Candidate sor re
election for Judge of the Wayne
Circuit Court, subject To the Repub-
llcau Nomination.
CHARLES {. SHIVELEY. candidate
for Judge Of the Wayne Circuit
Court, subject to The Republican
Nomination.