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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-12
TEST OF THE RING.
Court Takes Woman's Hand to
See If Lovers CircIet Can
Be Removed.
LOVING SWAIN FREED.

Bill" Phillips. in the city court
yesterday afternoon. was exonerated
of the charge of assault and battery
on his sweetheart, Mrs. Myrtle Martin,
Il married woman who is not living
with her husband, just because he had
given her a ring which fit her finger
so snugly that no one could jerk it
off
This was proven. Attorney II. L.
Johnson, representing Phillips. tried
10 take the ring off Mrs. Martins fin
ger and failed. Judge Converse then
descended from his throne and made
similar attempt. but his efforts also
met with failure.
After the test of the ring (how's
that for title for yellow-b back novel;
Attorney Johnson arose triumphantly
to his feet and demanded that his
client be exonerated.
Fooled again" Kissed Prosecutor
Jessup.
Your honor has heard the evidence
given by Mrs. Martin that Phillips
met her in a dark alley last Tuesday
night, grabbed her and. after tearing
from chain, a watch he had given
Der, proceeded to pull this ring,
which he had also given her, from
her finger. / ask your Honor If ii
was possible for him TO pull that ring
off? l tried TO do so and failed. You
tried to do so and failed. Supposing
this defendants life depended upon
the question, would you rule that it
was possible for him 70 pull the ring
off her finger? l suppose he has held
hands with Mrs. Martin at least
thousand times, SO it is foolish to be-
lieve that he attempted to take ring
off her finger. as he probably knew
how tight it fitted" This in part was
the argument made by Mr.. Johnson.
After the hearing or the case Pros
ecutor Jessup remarked to Chief
Bailey: You remerber that | told you
that ring business would be powerful
evidence for the defense if Mr.. John
son got next to itT' Speculation Is
now rife as to whether some secret
agent for the defense overheard Pros
ecutor jessup make this remark, then
tipped Mr.. Johnson off about the
tight fitting ring.
Judge Convrse states that in the fu-
ture he hopes that no more lovers
quarrels will be brought before him.
The case which was given an airing
in court yesterday grew out of the
fact that Myrtle Martin threw Willie
Phillips into the discard and for re-
venge he seized upon her and in a
somewhat strenuous manner proceeded
to collect valuables ne had bestowed
upon her prior to the time when her
affection for him became refrigerated.
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HOW LINCOLN CLIMBED.

A Long, Hard Path TO Reach . Coco
Fee Before the Supreme Court.
The lawyer who works his way up
from a Ave dollar fee in a suit before a
justice of the peace to a 5000 fee be-
fore the supreme court of his state has
a long and hard path to climb. Lincoln
climbed this path for twenty-five years,
with industry, perseverance. patience
above all. with that self control and
keen sense of right and wrong which
always clearly traced the dividing line
between his duty to his client aud his
duty to society and truth. His perfect
frankness of statement assured him the
confidence Of judge and jury in every
argument His habit of fully admitting
the weak points in his case gained him
their close attention to his strong ones,
and when clients brought him question
able cases his advice was always not
to bring suit.
Yes" he once said to a man who Of
fered him such case: there is no rea-
sonable doubt that can gain your case
for you. l can set a whole neigh Dor
hood at loggerheads; 1 can distress a
widowed mother and her six fatherless
children and thereby gain for you $500.
which rightfully belongs. 1t appears to
me, as much to them as it does to you.
1 shall not take your case, but I will
give you q little advice for nothing.
You seem a sprightly. energetic man.
would advise you to try your hand at
making 5000 in some other way"
He would have nothing to do with the
tricks" of the profession. though he
met these readily enough when prac-
ticed by others. He never knowingly
undertook a case in which justice was
on the side Of his opponent. That same
inconvenient honesty which prompted
him in his storekeeping days to close
the shop and go in search of a woman
he had innocently defrauded Of a few
ounces of ten while weighing out her
groceries made it impossible for him to
do his best with a poor case. SWEET"
he once exclaimed, turning suddenly to
his associate, 1.-THE man is guilty. You
defend him; can't" and gave up his
share Of q large fee.-Helen Nicolay in
st. Nicholas.
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BERLIN BEER HALLS.
Where One Must Display Great For
maIity and Preeisensss.

Where One Must Display Great For
naIity and Preeisensss.
Berlin is organized for eating and
drinking, and so are the Berliners or
ganized for 1t. Scattered all over the
city are enormous places where food
is served, wine halls where only wines
are served and beer halls which deal
in beer alone, some of them most re-
spectacle and some not so impeccable.
1t is the rule that 1t is perfectly proper
to take your mother or your wife or
your sister to a beer hall or wine
hall that is frequented by the officers
of the army. They so only to the prop
er ones-publicly.
The etiquette Of these places is most
formal. If the hall is crowded and
tables are scarce, before you sit down
you draw your heels together and make
a military bow to every body sitting at
the table you select; then also You
raise your glass or stein to those at the
table when your refreshment is served
On leaving you bow all around again.
or the other people at the table bow II
they leave before you do. The Ameri-
can way OF asking the others at the
table for permission to sit down Is not
ceremonious enough for the Germans.
who are the most formally polite peo-
pie in the world.-Samuel G. Blythe in
Everybody's Magazine.
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Tho Star Arcturus.

It is probable that the star Arcturus
Is one Of the six greatest Of all the
stars in the sky. Notwithstanding its
brightness, it is 80 far away from us
that 1t is not displaced in position in
the slightest measurable degree, as
we change our position $4,000. 600
miles in our annual journey around
the sun. Could we be placed midway
between Arcturus and our sun we
would receive thousands Of times more
light and heat from the star than from
our sun. and this Notwithstanding that
the stars radiation is smothered by
a dense blanket of metallic vapors. In
spite Of its immense distance the star
is drifting slowly in a southwestern
direction over the face Of the sky, its
motion changing its apparent position
by an amount equal to the diameter
Of the moon in the course Of about
1000 years. So great an apparent mo
ton must indicate an enormous veloct
ty in space.-New York Press.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-12
A FAMILY MIX.
Tho Story as 1t Is Recorded on the
Tombstones.

Tho Story as 1t Is Recorded on the
Tombstones.
In the early part of the last century
there lived In an old New England
town a Mr.. Church, who, in the course
of his pilgrimage through this vale OF
tears, was bereft of four wives, all OF
whom were buried in the same lot. In
his old age it became necessary to re-
move the bodies to a new cemetery.
This melancholy task the much be-
reaved widower undertook himself,
but in the process the bones Of the la
mented quartet became hopelessly
mixed. Priding himself on possession
Of a New England conscience, Mr..
Church would not, under the painful
circumstances, permit the use of the
original headstones, but procured new
ones. one Of which bore the following
inscription: Here lies Hannah Church
and probably a portion Of Emily" An
other: Sacred to the memory Of Emf
~ Church, who seems to be mixed
with Matilda" Then followed these
lines:
Stranger, pause and drop a tear.
For Emily Church lies buried here,
Mixed in some perplexing manner
With Mary, Matilda and probably Han
nah.
Philadelphia Ledger.
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TWICE DEATH WINS
Mary 6. TrimbIe Loses on
The Eve of Her Wed
ding.
A REMARKABLE STORY,

Pittsburg, July 11.--For the second
time within three years Miss Mary c.
Trimble, daughter of Justice of the
Peace John Trimble, followed her fl
ance to the grave this afternoon when
Frake d. Creese, of Aspinwall. was
laid away. They We're to have been
married this week.
Three years ago Miss Trimble was
engaged to Walter Mckee, and the
date of the wedding had been set,
when Miss Trimble's sister died and
the wedding had to be postponed. An
other date was set. but two weeks be-
fore the day arrived Mckee was taken
i'll with pneumonia and he died on
the day they were to have been wed.
Frank Creese was the most init
mate friend of Mckee and after a
year of mourning had passed he be-
gan to court Miss Trimble Finally
they became engaged and the wedding
was to have been this week Ten
days ago Creese was taken i'll with
typhoid fever. 1t developed into pneu-
monia and he died Friday night.
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BLAMES THE TURKS
Catholic Priest Declares That
They melted the Persians
To Do Murder.
MOUNTAINEERS MERCILESS

Chicago. July 1.-The Turks are
blamed for the bloody Persian riots
by a Catholic Persian priest, Rev.
Peter Elyah. who has Just come from
Persia to minister TO the 100 Catholics
of his 600 countrymen in this cosmo-
politian city. because they couldn't be
understood by any OF the Catholic
priests in the city. All Catholic Per-
slams In the United States will be his
parishioners but of a different sect
than the Persian Mohammedans and
of the same sect as the Turks" he
said. Through them the Turkish
government has caused the killing OF
Persians, whatever their faith may be.
The Kurds are mountaineers, wild and
trained TO arms. They have no mercy.
They are terrible. can think of moth
ing but my poor city. surrounded by
those sayages. The Persian govern
ment always has treated the Catholic
Persians as well as any other citizens.
Why should they not? We have been
good Catholics and good Persians for
nineteen centuries and are on good
terms with our Mohammedan fellow
citizens"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-12
STAGE EPIGRAMS.

The theater is the chastensr Of Mfe.-
Euripides.
An actor is 4 public instructor.-
Euripides.
The theater IL the mirror Of life
Sophocles.
Actors are the only honest hypo
crites.-Haxlitt
The thsater IL the devils own terri
tory.-Edward Allyn.
The stage represents fiction a. II It
were fact.-Betterton.
The stage Is the field for the orator
as well as the comedian.-Roscius.
A passion for dramatic art is inner
ent in the nature Of man.-Edwin For
rest.
The drama is the most refined pleas
ure Of a polished people.-Dion Bouci-
cault.
1t is in drama where poetry attains
its Hottest night-Don Luis I. Of Por-
tugal.
. The stage is more powerful than the
platform, the press or the pulpit
Anna Dickinson.
A comedy is like cigar; IL good, ev-
cry one wants a box; If bad, no amount
of putting will make it draw.-Henry
James Byron.
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KING EDWARD DEAF
English Monarch Becomes Un-
able to Hear "Soft Wom-
ans Beautiful Whisper"
MUST CONSULT SPECIALIST

London, July liking Edward Is
said to be in very low spirits because
Of his ever increasing deafness For
a long time he has been suffering
from a catarrhal affection of the
throat and It is thought that his ear
trouble is indirectly due to this.
Three months ago no one but the
king himself knew anything OF his
trouble because everybody at court
speaks in very loud voice owing to
the queens infirmity, but since King
Edward returned from Biarritz 1t was
noticed that he was almost unable TO
hear anything said in an ordinary tone
of voice.
The evening before he sailed for
Reval to meet the car. he said to
his intimate friend Lady de Grey that
the softest whisper of beautiful wo-
man no longer reached his ears" and
she noticed that it was evident he was
not joking. although he smiled.
II is now said that his majesty will
have to call In a famous German spe-
cialist or go abroad for treatment.
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No Cruel Piano Performances.

Every big city has some individual
characteristic that commends it." said
a retired New York business man who
Is a confirmed globe trotter.
Now. there is Berlin, which long
ago won my heart by its freedom from
noises. 1t is the quietest Of all the big
towns of the world. l am not sure but
I'll settle down there to live out the
balance Of my days for this very rea-
son. They 60 so far at the German
capital as to regulate the hours In
which piano playing will be tolerated.
1t must not start early in the morning
or be kept up late at night. else a po-
liceman will know the reason why.
Banging on the pinno so az to produce
an inharmonious racket is not permits
sible at any time. This may seem bit
tyrannical. but there are thousands Of
suffering Americans who would like
some such ordinance In this country"
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BURIED LIVING PERSONS.
Horrible Custom OF Japanese Prio
GAG A

Horrible Custom OF Japanese Prior
to Year Gas A. d.
Prior to the year GAG A. d. the Japa-
nese had one of the most horrible
burial customs that can be imagined
that of burying all the immediate
friends and retainers of prince or
other person of note in standing po-
sition around the potentate's grave and
leaving them in the earth up to their
necks to perish Of thirst and hunger
The custom cannot be said to have
been general as late as the date given,
for the Japanese records prove that in
the time of the Emperor Suinin C97-3O
b. c. the burial rites of royal person
ages were so modified as to partially
abolish former cruelties. Speaking Of
young brother Of SUNNI, who died
and had his retinue buried standing
around his grave, the old record
says: For many days they died not,
but wept and cried aloud. At last they
died. Dogs and crows assembled and
ate off their heads. The emperor's
compassion was aroused, and he de-
sired to change the manner of burial.
When the empress died, soon after, the
mikado inquired of his officers If some
thing in the way of a change could not
be suggested. and one proposed to
make clay figures of men and bury
them as substitutes
That this did not entirely do away
with the former custom is proved by
an edict issued in the year 646 A. D.,
the date given first above, which forbid
the burial of living persons and pro-
vided a penalty for further adherence
to the awful rite.-St. Louis Republic.
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Carlyle'S Bluntueaa.

Thomas Carlyle once took Lord
Houghton Orchard Milnes) to task in
regard to the proposed pension for
Lord Tennysou. Richard Mines"
said Carlyle, taking his pipe out of his
mouth, when are We gaun to get that
pension for Alfred Tennyson?" Mines
tried to explain that there were diff
culties in the way and that possibly
his constituents. who knew nothing
about Tennyson, would accuse him of
being concerned in job were he to
succeed in getting the desired pension
for the poet. Richard Mines" replied
the sage, Ion the day Of Judgment,
when the Lord asks We why We didna
get that pension for Alfred Tennyson,
it'll no do to lay the blame on your
constituents. It's you that'll be
damned"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-12
Peppermint and Tobacco.

If you have a boy who has begun
smoking too early and whom you wish
to cure of the habit. feed him pepper.
minis. DR.. o. Clayton Jones of Silver.
ton, England, writing in the London
Lancet. is authority for this simple
cure. DR.. Jones writes: ITO break the
smoking hal bit in a youth there is moth
ing better than peppermint drops. He
cannot smoke with a 'bullseye' in his
mouth, and even for some time after
it is dissolved tobacco will not blend
kindly with the taste that remains.
Socially the cure may seem worse than
the disease, but from a medical point
Of view the sucking of peppermints is
far less hurtful. A common 'bullseye'
will prevent smoking for nearly an
hour. 50 the amount of sweets used
need not be great"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-12
His Discharge.

A touching instance of the humoI
which never deserts a true Irishmau
even in his worst troubles is recorded.
A soldier was seen in the trenches
holding his hands above the earth
works. His captain asked:
What are you doing that for, Pat?'
He replied. with a grin. as he worked
his fingers:
I'm feeling for a furlough, sir"
Just then a rife ball struck his arm
just below the wrist. Then queer ex.
preston of pain and humor passed
over his face as be exclaimed:
And faith it's a discharge."-Lon
don Answers.
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Some Biz Oysters.

The usual size Of the shell Of an oys-
ter Is three to FIVE inches, but away
back in tertiary times there were oys-
tiers in California that had shells thir-
teen inches long and seven or eight
inches wide The animal and shell
doubtless weighed fifteen or twenty
pounds, since the shells were 1--WE inch
es thick. These oysters have long been
extinct. but their fossil shells are abun-
dant. II the oyster farmer could pro-
duce individuals of such enormous size
now and the flavor were good in pro-
portion to its size we would be most
fortunate. In that case single oyster
would be enough for one stew at the
church festival.-St. Nicholas.
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OIL YMP|AN GAMES
BEGIN MONDAY
Everything Is in Readiness for
The Worlds Test of
Drawn.
MILLIONS TO ATTEND.
PEOPLE OF EVERY NATIONALITY
WILL GATHER AT SHEPHERDS
BUSH TO WITNESS THE INTER-
NATIONAL CONTESTS.

London, July 11.-Everything is
now in readiness for the opening of
the international olympic games at
the Stadium at Shepherds Bush on
Monday. The athletes are fit to a
hair and folk of every nationality have
gathered from the ends of the earth
to witness the great exhibitions on
the field and track. The weather
promises to be very good on Monday
when the opening events on he pro-
gram are carried out.
Reservations have been made for
two million seats and the great arena
has been put in perfect order for the
two weeks of athletic matches.
Imre Kiralfy. commissioner-genera
OF the great white city, is the busiest
man in London, likely, today. Speak
ing of the plans for the Olympiad he
is certain of success. Another reason
why reservations have been made for
two million seats and people are pour
Ing into London from all nations to
witness the great contests of Drawn.
He said mot only is the stadium
the largest in the world. but it is the
most complete sporting ground for
such events as we have carded for
the fortnight. 1t provides three
tracks, a swimming bath and dressing
accommodations for 1000 men"
Already hundreds of athletes have
tested the grass track for the hurdle
races and the cinder track for run
ming.
There is much feeling over. the ru-
mored ineligibility of Tom Longboat,
the Romantic Canadian athlete. But
a. Longboat is scheduled for the Mar
athon race which does not take place
until the twenty-fourth, there is much
time for arbitration and revision.
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A Careful Patient.

A woman whose throat had troubled
her for long time. says a writer in
the Philadelphia Ledger, grew impa-
tient at the slow progress she was
making and made complaint to her
doctor, who said:
Madam, l can never cure you of this
throat trouble unless you stop talk
ing and give your throat a complete
rest"
But, Doctor objected his patient,
I'm very careful what I say. 1 never
use harsh language or anything Of that
kind"
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Count, but whose present occupation
Is gardening for the department OF
parks, obtained a license to marry
Nicotine c. Frick. a housekeeper at
West Farms Road and Castle Hill
avenue, the Bronx. The Count, who
is seventy-two years old and lives at
No. 461 East Observation-Disclosures
street. said that ne married Prick,
who is forty, the Countess OF Ingers-
lau. but he was not married under his
full name and will now repeat the
ceremony TO assure his wife inheri-
lance of a $500 estate in Denmark
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The First Skates.

As late as the sixteenth century
skates in England were very primitive,
for we learn that the London appren-
tees used to tie bones to their feet and
under their heels. Writing in 1851,
Evelyn speaks Of 1.-The strange and
wonderful dexterity Of the sliders' in
st. James park, performed before
their majesties by divers gentlemen
and others with scheets, after the man
ner Of the Hollanders. with what swift
nesse they pass, how suddainly they
stop In full carriage upon the ice"
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An Eskfmo DAINTY.

The greatest treat known to the Es-
kimo boy or girl is lump Of sugar.
Perhaps you think there il nothing
very strange in that. The strange part
is the very funny way they have Of
eating the sugar. They roll the sweet
morsel in a piece Of tobacco leaf. This
they place in their cheek and, smack
ing their lips delightedly. hold 1t there
until it is dissolved This dainty 10
called ''laloop" and is the choicest NOR
sci known to the little Eskimo stomach.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.

National League.
Chicago 2; Philadelphia 6.
Pittsburg G.; New York 2.
Cincinnati 8: Boston 2.
Brooklyn l: ST. Louis 0.
American League.
Chicago 5; Philadelphia AZ Is innD
New York 5; Cleveland 2. First
game.
New York 3: Cleveland 2. Second
game.
Washington A. st. Louis 2.
Boston Z: Detroit 3.
American Association.
Columbus 3; Toledo 0.
Indianapolis 3: Louisville 1.
st. Paul IL: Milwaukee 4.
Minneapolis 10; Kansas City 4.
First game
Minneapolis 6; Kansas City 3. Sec
ond game.
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Did you ever stop to think of the
number of cigars that have been on
the market in the last ten years and
how many of these you never see any
more? The Pathfinder is the only
one you can find in the cigar case to-
day that has been selling continuously
for 80 years.
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Bringing II to a Climax,

I know what's passing in your
mind suddenly said the maiden as
the habitually silent caller stared at
her. Il know. too. why you are calling
here night after night, appropriating
my time to yourself and keeping other
nice young men away. You want me
to marry you, don't youf"
IL do" gasped the young man.
Il thought so. Very well; will
Judge.
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Different Gevvfce.

eyes, SIR" said the soldierly looking
man. II have spent fifteen years OF
my life in the service Of my country"
$50 have l." volunteered the lew
browed individual, Offering his hand.
what were you in forT-Houston
Post,
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the same conditions may prevail dur
ing their engagement here at the Gen.
nett theatre commencing with Mon
day evening July 90 on which occa-
sion For Home and Honor" a sen.
sational society drama. will be produc-
ed.
During the fntermission vaudeville
acts will be introduced. The prices
are popular with ladies free tickets
the opening night only. The advance
sale of seats will be open at the
Westcott Pharmacy at 9 a. m. Friday.