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The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

The Cincinnati Post says Pocahontas
was a myth. We thought It was about
time for some one to say that. especially
as a movement has Just been inaugu-
rated for the purpose Of erecting a mon
ument TO her memory.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04
Airship specifications.

From the Brooklyn Standardization.
About all the nonscientihc mind can
gather from the airship specifications is
that IL a flat-chested man leans against
the wind hard enough he can lift himself
by his suspenders.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

1T appears that the book swindler who
has been operating hereabouts had an
affinity who helped him TO spend the
money" says the Chicago Record-Herald.
That was adding insult TO injury with a
vengeance.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

They say that poets are not good men
Of business"
That's foolish fallacy" declared a
bard. I call getting money for poatry a
much greater feat than getting money
for ice or coal"
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04
Another Beaten FIiIbuster.

Apropos Of the recent attempted fill
buster in the Senate it is recalled how
similar tactics were attempted and de-
feated in the Virginia Democratic con-
ventiOn OF 1877. Mr. Horace Lacy at
tempted then to talk against time so as
TO prevent the nomination Of candidates
until the platform had been reported. II
was a hot July day. and the hall was
crowded Hour after hour the speaker
kept up his flow OF words. exhausting his
hearers If not himself He talked so long
that his voice grew husky and clapplng
his hands for page he ordered a pitcher
Of water. and when it came he paused
long enough to pour the entire contents
down his throat Then in the pause, be-
fore the speaker could resume there
came a voice from the section where
the Wise County delegation was seated.
that cried: That's the first time that
ever l see a windmill run by water" The
storm of laughter that ensued was too
much for the filibusterer. Mr.. Lacy sank
TO his seat and the convention went on
with its business.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04
AWAY on

I'VE want butler TO look after the
house. and the lawn, and the furnace in
winter"
Hold on What you want Is man Of
ali work. 4 butler does nothing but
buttle."
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04
Genial.

He's self-made. but, It doth befall,
He's not a snob.
He'll very gladly tell you all
About the fob.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

fold. No wonder the lawyers finally gave
up In disgust a case they couldn't get
more out Of
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

we shall not be surprised to learn that
the Washington Anthropological Society
is making a scientific investigation OF
Senator J. Davis" says the Houston
Post. Does anthropological mean any
thing like geological?
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

At a recent dinner Of the Royal Lit
erary Fund. in London, Mr. Rudyard
Kipling, who is seldom heard from these
days, had something pertinent to say as
to the disabilities OF the calling of let
tiers. Said he: When an eminent lawyer
or physician is once dead he Is always
dead. His ghost does not continue 20
practice in the law courts or the oper-
ating theater. Now. II cannot have es-
capped your attention that writer often
does not begin 10 live till he has been
dead for some time In certain notorious
cases the longer he has been dead the
more alive he is, and the more acute
his competition against the living. ask
you to allow that what the lawyers call
the dead hand-in this case with pen
in titles heavy on the calling Of letters"
As to the exaction Of letters and its I'M
certain rewards, he said; I've cannot
fOretell in the multitude Of words about
US whose words are destined TO survive
20 rule. TO delight. TO persuade. or accuse
those who come after us. We hope that
some will so survive All we are sure OF
now is that among the many men and
women who have followed letters in this
high hope a certain number have been
overborne by evil chances accidents. and
misfortunes which but for the mere
whim Of time and fortune might have
come TO any one OF US
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

What's the Chautauqua salute?"
Il think It's a gingerly kiss. One that
won't dlsarrange or break the eye
glasses"
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04
His Position.

You never call anybody a liar, col
onel?"
NO" said the gentleman Of the old
school, I'd rather be polite than be
President"
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04
A Big Deal.

why can't you sell me that beef
steak2" demanded Mr. Gotrox.
Because answered the butcher. Mr.
De Millyuns has an option on 4; until
noon"
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04
The Long Sermon.

"Bruddor Ambone. see my claim dis
mawnin' dat de end OBJ de world am ap-
proachin' impressed you"
"Yes, indeedy. parson. I wuz afraid It
would ketch US befO you got frOo.'
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

Most lawyers think they are above the
law" says a contemporary. We have
heard them claim TO stand squarely on
the law In the case.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

Judge Gray opposes the Gray move
ment." says the Los Angeles Express.
So the Judge has decided to climb on the
band wagon. has he?
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

"Art counts for very little. after az, ="
says Olga Nethersole. We suppose not
Otherwise we should never be able TO
account for the success that attends some
CT our most popular stars.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

The Lookout, published at Chattanooga.
calls that town Bar Harbor." 1t GER
tainly is haven of refuge for a large
number of thirsty Georgians and Ala
bamlans
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04
Net Prominent.

From the Chicago Eening Post
Hon. Tom Watson is showing daily that
one can run for the Presidency without
being any rlcre prominent than the groom
is at a wedding
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

Whisky is being shipped into dry
communities down South in sardlne
boxes. This will rejoice the fishermen.
who always carry along a box Of sardlnes
for lunch
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

Prof. Bible has been elected head of a
high school in Alabama. What he says
should be regarded by the students as
law and gospel, We suppose.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

Mr.. Rice Gum is candidate for Office
in Idaho. Like most candidates, how
ever. we suppose Gum shoots of moth
ing more deadly than his mouth.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

Surgeons have concluded that Albert
NJ Croft. OF Baltimore. lived a number
Of years with only half a brain. STILL
that was in Baltimore.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

This lullaby doesn't seem TO soothe the
baby"
Wonder why ppt?"
Il suspect he takes it for competition"
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

Prof G. Stanley Hall says women arc
growing more tImid every day. Why
doesn't the professor get married7
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

Economy may be the road to wealth.
but n large number OF people viii re-
fuse TO travel it until the good-roads
movement has made It smoother.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

A contemporary tells OF Fan River
(Afass) lawsuit. Just settled after 1O2
years litigation. in which the original
sum involved has increased over ithree-
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04
Harsh Criticism.

Wen the late Congress didn't make
much history"
Nav. Didn't even make good news
paper copy"
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

1t seems from later advices thai the
recent calamity at the mouth Of the Han
River in China. by which thousands were
drowned. was due to the inefficient tele-
graph service. about which DR.. Morri-
son, correspondent Of the London Times
and the man who knows more about
China than most Of the Chinese them
selves. had spoken so contemptuously
Until recently warnings OF freshets had
been telegraphed 10 the mouth OF the
river from Siangyang, 100 miles away.
and when such a dispatch was received
men were sent out beating gongs 10
warn the boats al the mouth Of the river
10 search out safe anchorage on the
evening Of April messengers were sent
round with the news that a freshet ak
feet high was on its way down. The
inhabitants and the fishermen considered
six-foot freshet Of little consequences.
and took no precautiOn. believing that
az in former years. II could not be ex-
pected Tor twenty-four hours. But II ND
pears that the telegram announcing the
Ireshet had been delayed for twenty-four
hours, and by an error the freshet was
announced as six feet high, when il should
have been twenty-six feet high. This
huge wave arrived at lightning speed on
the evening of April g. II was dark. and
most Of the people were asleep. Thousands
Of boats moored on both banks OF the
Han Rive. were torn loose and hurled
together in confused mass Of wreckaee
Deep-laden boats were at once sunk;
some caught fire. and added TO the hor-
ror. The people on shore were power
less to aid, and as a native newspaper
says The cries Of the perishing rent
the air, and were very painful TO hear"
The boats that escaped the first fury OF
the freshet were swept out into the Yang
Use, and there they met a strong north
east gale, which completed the work of
destruction.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

An Ohio man thinks divorce ought 70 be
made easier in South Dakota A slot ma
chine for the distribution OF divorces at
5 cents each2
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

From the Portland Orts6nian.
MY little bride Ito be" was what Tom
Plat called her, But it was a marriage
knot to be.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

Speaker Cannon has an article in a re-
cent magazine on How a Bill Becomes
a Law" Uncle Joe" isn't explaining
how a great many Of them don't become
laws, however
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

The monitor Florida is now used as
a target; and TO add 20 the disgrace of
the thing. for its friends guns, not It's
enemies
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04
LINES OF LAUGHTER.
From the Louisville CourierJournal
Would Break In.

We'll. you are no longer poor and
struggling"
You're only half right. We are rich.
but still struggling. My wife has the So
ciety craze"
The Washington herald., 1908-06-04

New York Representative. sNITH-wILBERDiNG
SPECIAL AGENCY. ETibuoe Building.
Chicago Representative. CHARLES a. BARNARD;
Ioyce building.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-22
TRUST TO Be PROBED.
Congress Authorizes Appoint
ment of Committee to
Do the Work.
is AGAINST PAPER COMBINE

Washington. April 22.-Spe aker
Cannon Tuesday had the house auth
orize the appointment of a special
committee TO investigate the Internal.
ional Paper company, to see whether
1t was a monopoly in restraint Of trade
and liable TO prosecution under the
Sherman antitrust law.
The committee consists of Repre-
sentative James r. Mann of Illinois;
James NJ. Miller, of Kansas Henry
Brannon. of Ohio; William H. Stat
ford of Wisconsin,; T. W. Sims. of
Tennessee and William H Ryan, of
New York. Mr.. Bannon is one of the
leading stand-patters of the house, and
Messrs. Mann, Miller and Stafford are
against tariff revision at the present
time. Messrs. Sims and Ryan are
democrats.
The committee has the authority to
summon witnesses. compel the pro-
duction OF books and do all things nee
essary to thorough investigation of
the auesuos.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-22
AL WAYS FRIENDLY
This Will Be Attitude of China
Toward the United
States.
MINISTER WI is OPTIMISTIC

New York. April 80 Bearing mes
sages of peace and good will from the
Celestial Empire, and expressing the
conviction that the relations between
China and the United States will be-
come closer day by day, WI Ting Fang
Minister from China, speaking last
night at the banquet of the American
Asiatic association at DelmOnicO' S,
made his first public appearance since
his return to America
WI Ting Fang said China has been
and is making reforms in many direc-
who wish to have dealings with China
to study the progress she is now max
ing. China has become mOderniZed.
There are now no matters of great
controversy between China and the
United States which cannot be AMIGA
bly, settled and the political horizon is
smooth and clear. There is no mist
or cloud such as | am sorry TO say ex-
listed some years ago and which happi-
ly have been dispersed. In this
mean the boycott on American goods
The boycott was started in Shang-
hal ard in the south of China while
was one Of the ministers in the Wal
WI Pu the foreign office in Picking.
and I and my colleagues were doing all
We could to stop the agitation.
"China's relations with America will
always remain friendly
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-22
800 ATTENDED
DISTRICT MEETING
Prominent Red Men at Con-
nersviIIe Yesterday.

Connersville, Ind. April 22.-The
district meeting of the Improved Order
of Red Men. which was held in this
city yesterday. was attended by about
500 members Twenty tribes were
represented. Among the Red Men
who attended the meeting were the
following officers of the Great Coun-
Gil; c. A Robinson, great sachem, of
Greenfield; D. T. Kisner, great senior
sycamore of TerreHaute; Charles NJ.
Stout. great Junior sycamore, of Mid
dletown. and Thomas G. Harrison,
great chief of records, of Indianapolis,
who conferred the great council de-
grees on thirteen candidates. After
the usual business session this after
noon the council adjourned and met
again last evening at the opera house.
where three degrees were conferred.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-22

states that he believes the local news
papers are actuated solely by princi-
pie and not on account of money in
terests." II is always sad to see an
honorable man prostitute his honest
beliefs in any manner, and especially
50 when that man is part of reform
administration, that swore it would de-
vote it's undivided efforts to giving the
City Of Richmond business like ad-
ministration and every one Of its cit
liens a square deal.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-22
AN UNUSUAL REPORT
Marion County Grand Jury In
vestigating the Graft Cas-
eS Tells of Work..
THAT X-RAY MACHINE.

Indianapolis. April 22.-The grand
jury investigating the charges of graft
in county offices here has an unusual
report No additional indictments are
announced. but the jury says there
was present grating which it could
not reach. Regarding the purchase
of an X-ray machine by the county
commissioners from Louis Haag. drug
gist, the jury said:
We find that at the time Louis
Haag presented a bill for the machine
he did SO on a theory of gettin a-plen-
tv while he was gettin. Haag only
knew that some slick man had sold a
machine to the city for $500. and upon
that knowledge he submitted bid to
the county for s775.'
The jury investigated the deal by
which the agents for the United
States Standard Voting Machine COM
pany here made a commission of S19,-
500 from the county by the sale OF
1870 machines. The jury says, how
ever, that it found no evide nee Of a
division of the commission with the
county commissioners.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-22
TEN YEARS IN TORMENT.
a Wonderful Escape From Tor
ture

ture.
While the Root Juice demOnstra-
tions were being conducted at Lafay-
ing man. rushed in TO the drug store
and grabbed the scie mist by the Rand
and said There is no man on earth
whom | would rather shake hands
with than Yourself. Through your
great discovery | made wonderful
escape from torment. This world was
a perfect torture for me for over ten
years Every dollar | could rake and
scrape | gave to doctors and paid for
momentary relief My principle trou-
bles were in my stomach, bowels and
back. My kidneys gave me so much
trouble | had TO get up from ten to
fifteen times a night, and if red-hot
Goals were kept on my back | don't
believe | would have suffered any
more. The doctors said MY stomach
was lined with gastric ulcers. One
bite of solid food would put me in
misery. | was dyspeptic, consupated
sallOW, weak and nervous all the time,
but the first bottle of Root Juice made
wonderful change for the better in
my condition. ! took about five bot
ties of the Juice and | don't believe
that an angel from heaven could be
any happier than | am now. I feel
like a new being, both mentally and
physically. and will never stop prais-
ing Root Juice as long as | live" The
Juice has made scores of cures mere
as anyone can learn by going to A. G.
Luken & Co. drug store
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-22

pro1imately from the said breach; and
in determining such amount. il would
be proper for the jury to take into con-
sideration the condition in which the
breach and what condition she would
have been in had the defendant com
piled with the contract according to its
terms.
Evidence has been given tending TO
show the amount and value of the
property owned by the defendant in the
month of October, 1906, the time
the defendant refused to mar
~ her. This evidence has been admit
ted, not upon the theory that the plain
tiff had or has any special or vested
interest in the defendants property or
is entitled to any part or portion there
of. as such. She is not the wife of the
defendant, neither does she claim to be,
and for this reason she has no marital
rights TO his property.
If you find for the plaintiff it will be
your duty to fix the amount of dam
age to which you think she is justly
entitled under and in the light of the
evidence In fixing this amount you
have the right to take into consider
alton the rank and the social rela-
tons of the PARTIES at the time the
breach occurred. if it did occur. the
length of time they were acquainted
and of their engagement. the depth of
the plaintiffs devotion to the defen-
dant. if any has been shown, the de-
gree of intimacy between them and all
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-22

1t is wrong to suffer from indigestion, when
kodol means instant relief. Please let it digest
your food.
If your ankle was lame you would aid It, II the
body weak you would rest it, 1t is far more
important to rest the weak stomach.
Not by dieting, for that means partial starva-
ton. The body requires many sorts of food. To
cut out some elements means to rob some parts.
But let Kodol, for a little time. do what the
stomach can't do. Then see how quickly the
stomach RECEIVERS.
Undigested food grows hard. and irritates the
stomach lining. It causes infammation-some-
times liberation That is the source of the pain.
1t also ferments and forms gas. 1t decays and
breeds germs And those germs load the blood
with their poisons. That leads to serious
troubles.
Don't think that the stomach get
strong while those conditions continue.
Kodol consists of all the digestive elements. in
highly concentrated form. 1t digests all sorts OF
food. and completely. 1t does all that the health
lest stomach do
Pepsin ia part Of It, but pepsin digests albumen
only. Starch requires something else, fat some
thing else. Kodol combines all that is needed.
Dgesters which depend solely pepsin do only
what pepsin does They but half way treat
ments. Other elements are just as essential and
they must be in liquid form.
liquid, like the digestive juices its action is in
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-22

the injuries which the evidence shows
the plaintiff has sustained resulting
proximately from the acts and conduct
of the defendant whe Their they be dis
tress OF mind bighted affection, dis
appointed hopes. humiliation and dis
grace and loss of social position. AT
ter considering all the evidence in the
case and the instructions of the court.
you should award the plaintiff such
damage as you, in your judgment
think will fairly compensate the plain
tiff for the injuries she received, II
any there was.
Mrs. Smith was placed on the stand
yesterday afternoon TO answer ques-
tons Oh matters brought out by Mr..
Vaughan in his examination. She
said while sitting in Mr.. Vaughan )
parlor. December 23. 1907, her skirt
was pulled down somewhat by Mr..
Vaughan catching his foot on II. He
offered her a pin and she remedied
the accident She said il did not oc-
cur as she was leaving the house as
testified to by Mr.. Vaughan. Mrs.
Sniltn sara MI. Vaughan was hot III
Kentucky in 1904 but in 1903. The
defendant had testified he was there
in 1904 Mr.. Vaughan had said he
was not in Kentucky in 1903.
The witness denied the assertion OF
Mr. Vaughan she had told him Mr.,
Lacey and she were TO be married and
go to the battlefields. "A Successful
Marchant's Advice TO His Son" was
given as the title of the book in which
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-22

the plaintiff wrote My Darling John
Vaughan"
Mrs. Smith denied going 10 Mr..
Vaughan's house when the hired girl
temporary use of the privileges OF the
residence. The witness said she was
not consulted in regard to the amend
ed complaint and never saw its con
tents and was not aware of IL in any
way.
Mrs. Mary Pittsford. the sister OF
Mrs. Smith said she was present when
Mr.. Vaughan told Mrs. Smith about "A
visit TO Kentucky in 1904.
No sir" replied Mrs. Pittsford
when asked by Mr.. Study in cross eN-
fled 10 had not been related TO her
within the past hour.
The plaintiffs counsel offered to
the jury in evidence the letters alleg
ed TO have been returned to Mrs.
Smith at her request by Mr.. Vaughan.
The jurors were very careful and
took pains to examine the contents of
the billets doux
Mr. Vaughan was called 10 the
stand by the plaintiff. He was asked
If his daughter. Catherine Were in
Richmond. He did not need to ans
wer the question as the court sustain
ed the objection. Mr.. Vaughan was
asked by Mr.. Study IL he in 1904 ever
told Mrs. Smith and her sister about
his visit to Kentucky. He replied Il
positively did not
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-22
.SHELBYV|LLt GETS
ANOTHER CONVENTION
Democrats of Sixth to Nomi-
nate There.

Rushville. Ind, April 22.-The dem
ocratiC county chairmen OF the Sixth
district met here yesterday 10 select a
time and place for their congressional
convention. As Thomas r. Marshall
nominee for governor, has consented
to speak at the convention they decid-
ed 70 leave the date TO his decision.
The convention will be held during
the week of May -, preferably May
-. Shelbyville was the city select
ed.
The joint senatorial convention will
be held here May 23. John A. Osborn.
district chairman. presided at the
meeting and /. 5, jackson. state chair
man. was in attendance.