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The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-06-13

Ii } gu cuu nuu single sentence
logical or substantiating a single
thing, we are willing for our con.
temporary to name a man for
engine house No. 5 1t is a trav.
e,ty on journalism to have such
despoilers of the rudiments of
grammar-our poor belated con.
temporary should differentlate
between propositions and ad-
verbs. In his attempts to be
evasive he becomes idlotic aud
ridiculous. He also has the
etfrontery to talk of domestic. ="
The Forum has not said thing
to reflect on his home, no sensi :
BILE person takes what we had to
say DIS at all rejecting on the do.
nestle affairs.
What we said is simply a logi.
cal adherence TO reason. Our
fever heated contemporary is
continually speaking of race
man, representative of the race"
etc. We simply said, and say
yet, go to each ones house and
see which more nearly represents
the race. That is no reflection.
we ase attempting to show that
The complainant is not sincere;
that he (our contemporary is not
cOnslStent-thdt Is alI-all due
respect will be paid at al times
he seems TO insinuate that The
Forum is part white and part col
ored and not representative of
the colored race. We alluded
that he is not the man to throw
stones, living as he is, in a glass
house-see our logic? Is there
0eiN iCiIC1ulOu. w = lODC YOU Will
excuse us for giving all this
space and time to our esteemed(?)
lncomprehensible contemporary,
we said that if we pursued log
ical and dgnitied course 10 our
Journalistic tight, he would Call
US insane aud misconstrue the APP
phcatlon, etc What does he
mean by "Hamann's emissar-
ies?' Family or domestic
issues?' Poor fellow-every war
and every great issue sprang
from the domestic. " The trouble
with our unIearned contemporary
is, he does not know, be is not
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-06-13

If things and people are demo
cratic aud right only, the Regis
ter, our esteemed morning con.
temporary would have il; over
this nation, the right has only
prevailed twice IN 48 yea S.
Democratic and right is, how
ever, only a local idiosyncraSy
and the term is not contagious.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-06-13

In our various societies, both
secret and otherwise, there is too
much animosity over "office -
Let the office seek the man
above all, let US not get angry,
but seem to forget their signi.
ticance.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-06-13
V.ce )1s3sforR ent.

AT 18TH and Kansas StS., rooms
water ETC., $500 per month, and
2226 East Brown street, rooms,
% w per month, good condition,
Darn ana other convenences. See
t. l.. Rogers, 3O5t South Sixth St.
"Oh, Douglas! Thou hast passed IA.
yond the shore,
But still thy voice is ringing Ger the
gale
Thou'st taught thy race how high he,
hope may soar,
And bid them seek the heights ma,
faint nor fall"
Paul Laurence Dunbar on FREQ
Douglass.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-06-13

Springfield's Attractions and How to
Reach Them.
Lincoln home-Corner Eighth and
Jackson streets-take South Eighth
car.
Lincoln Monument, Oak Ridge Gem
etery-take North Fifth street cars at
Fifth and Monroe streets.
Parks and Pleasure Resorts.
Washington Park, southwest of city
take South Second or Lawrence ave-
nue. cars. Reservoir Park, northeast
of city-take North Seventh cars.
Camp Lincoln. The permanent
camp grounds of the Illinois National
Guards. Take Rutledge or Camp
Lincoln cars. State Fair grounds,
north of city. Take North Seventh
cars. White City Park east of the
city. Take East Capitol avenue cars
at Fifth and Monroe
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-06-13

If Mr.. Bryan should make a
close run this year he would be
the logical candidate for 1912.
The democratic party got stick
er when it changed ftont in 1896.
Chicago Tribune,
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-06-13

The police willdo good thing
by ascertaining who are not
working, but living and becoming
"eye sores on Washington ST.
Enforce the vagrant law, The
Forum is with you.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-06-13

You, you kids we hereby
notify you that the fourth of July
does not come until three days
aft r the first of July.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-06-13

1t is more of balloon slaugh-
ter than balloon ascention that
you go to see these days.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-06-13
See Him

90 and see the Wonderful Clairvov-
ant and mind reader, and Fortune Tel
Ter; is able to tell you anything you
want to know. Gives you good luck in
any respect, takes off spells caused
by any evil influence which has been
caused by witchery or hoodoo.
Call on w. NJ. Martin, at once, 10
East SD street.
Chicago, Ill.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-06-13
Chicago, Ill.
The Forums staff.

The Forums staff.
E. l.. Rogers, Editor-in-C Chief and
Business Mgr.
Will H. Barbour, Asst Editor.
w. l.. EDWARDS, Political writer.
MISS DAISY DONALDSON,
Proof Reader and Stenographer.
- Office Clerk, Book
keeper ,.~- siAs~
Mrs. E. l.. White, Contributor.
Il. A. DOnegon, Lincoln.
MISS BLANCHE HOAGLAND.
Bloomington Agent and Correspondent.
Address matter for the paper to The
Forum, 3051a So. Sixth st.
Matters of business or information
to E. L. Rogers, Mgr.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-29
EXCITING THRILLS
EXPERIENCED DAILY
Life of the Man Who Guides
Interurban Car One of
Sensation.
MUST BE DECIDEDLY WARY.
DANGERS OF ACCIDENT ARE MAN
oLD-MOTORMEN MUST HAVE
NERVE AND COURAGE TO GO
THROUGH EACH DAY SAFELY.

Riding in the cab of the motorman
of an electric railroad interurban car
as it speeds along the roadside or
across corn field. up hill and down,
across streams and around snort,
sharp curves. one experiences all the
thrills and even some more than are
TO be obtained by a similar trip in
the cab of a steam locomotive. The
motorman must possess, nerve, cool
ness and the ability to think and act
promptly in probably a greater de-
gree than is demanded of his brother
on the steam road. His track crosses
many more roads, it passes through
numerous downtown streets, he must
make constant stops Of his car but
keep up to the sche dule, no matter
how much time is lost for stops. His
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-29

car does not follow along a right of
way nearly as private as that of the
steam road and often 1t boarders upon
township road or pike. When pass
ing through towns along the route
his car must be under control at ev
cry moment and he has more TO watch
out for. Think of locomotive engi-
neer wondering how long it will take
that truck wagon to get off the track
or if that woman with the baby buggy
ever will stop using the company's
right of way as a short cut to her
neighbor's home
AS trolley roads are now operated.
they differ very little from steam
roads, save that the mOtorman has but
one car, or two at the greatest, under
his control, instead of d long train.
He maintains the same speed, obser
YES the same signals, receives the
same sort of orders, faces the same
dangers as does the locomotive cngi
neer and he has Just as complicated
mechanisms to control, and just as
precious lives 10 safeguard.
In some respects a motorman must
His car moves along with less noise
than does a train, his compressed air
whistle does not carry warning 80 far
ahead and his tracks run closer to
highways and probably cross them
more times than does a steam road
In addition, cars are probably more
frequent on the electric road than are
trains on a steam road. and rs the
trolley lines usually have but single
track. the motorman must keep his
wits about him to avoid dangerous col
lisions.
Headlight is Safeguard.
In one safety appliance in particu-
lar, however. the electric car is the
peer of any other public conveyance,
and that is in its headlight. Modern
genius has made the electric headlight
a beacon that brilliantly Eliminates
the track for great distance ahead
and sends warning to the trespasser
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-29
Her Gentle Hint,

Mr.. Bilkins-Say, Maria. what have
you got that old photograph OF me out
on the mantel for? Heavens and earth,
that don't look anything at all like me
now. Mrs. Bilkins-I know II, Henry,
but l ran across 1t up In the attic yes
terday and thought I'd like to have it
around where / could see once in
awhile what you used to look like
when you smiled.-Exchange
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-29
tn Sunrise Of Life.

Infants and children are constantly needing Q
laxative. 1t is Inn portant to know what to give
them. Their stomach and bowels are not strong
enough for salts. purxative waters or cathartic
pills, powders or tablets. Give them mild.
pleasant, gentle, laxative tonic Ike DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin, which sells at the small
sum of 50 cents or 81 at drug stores. It Is the
one great remedy for you to have IN the house to
give children when they need IL
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-29
RESCUERS AWARDED
L|FE-SAVNG MEDALS
Some Six Hundred People Now
Own Tokens.

Washington, March 2S.-The United
States government has been awarding
life-saving medals to persons who res
or the navigable waters of the United
States. since about 1876. Some of six
hundred men and women now have
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-29

"Mrs. De Peyster moEtally offended
her husbands chums by her unfortu-
nate wording of an invitation to a lit
tie dinner she wanted to give them"
what was the offense?"
"She told them it was strictly pri-
waite affair, and they're all militia Off
GERS. ''-Baltim ore American.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-29

Grumbling Boarder-Mrs. Sandys, !
am going to write to the town clerk.
Mrs. Sandys-Indeed, sir. Whatever
about. pray? rambling Boarder-
About the quality of the water. It's
disgra ceful. Why, I detected a dis
tinct flavor of coffee in it this morning.
London Pick-Me-Up.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-29

this honorable decoration. and are ELI
gible to membership in the American
Cross of Honor.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-29

One. two and three pair lots of
dropped patterns closing out at any
old price. from so cents up. Regular
stock patterns, from 500 to $500, are
I new, popular styles and sure to
please. They wear splendidly, and
look double the value of what we offer
them for.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-29

The saying, "a fool for luck" was
never more clearly illustrated than in
a little anecdote told by Colonel Ev-
ans in his book on California. The
author speaks of "buck fever" as be-
ing one of the most. violent diseases
which ever attacked the human sys-
TEN. 1t has been the undoing of
many an experienced hunter, but in
the case cited by Colonel Evans it
proved to be the making of reputa-
tion. A. farmer in Illinois named
Wheeler had never fred gun. One
winter, however, he heard so much
talk about the sport of hunting that
his ambition became excited, and bor-
rowing gun he started out. When
he came back he brought mag
nificent buck, shot by himself square
in the middle of the forehead. He
said little about his achievement, but
got the credit of being a crack shot,
a reputation which, although he went
hunting no more, ne held for several
years. Then one day he told his story
and lost his name as a sportsman. He
had seen a doe drinking out of a
creek at the foot of a bluff about
twenty feet high. With wild excite
ment he got his gun to his shoulder,
shut his eyes, set his teeth and pulled
the trigger. To his astonishment he
saw the doe bound away unhurt,
while at the same time glorious
buck pitched headlong from the bluff
into the creek, stone dead.
The buck had been looking down
at the doe, and Wheeler had not seen
him at all, but his shaking gun sent
its shot on fatal although unintend-
ed errand.-Youth's Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-29

The attribute of quality has been q
potential factor in the advance OF
prices for horses the last decade. In
1899 there were reported 13,665,307
horses in the United States valued at
$511 ,074,S13, or an average of $37.39
per head. In 1908 the live stock statis-
tics enufnerate 19,992,000 horses, ap-
praised at s1,S67 100000, or an average
of $107.76 per head. In ten years
horses have incfeased6, 1876 1893 head and
gained in average value $70.37. 1t
would take the average price of three
horses a decade ago to purchase an av-
erage equine today, says Drovers'
Journal.
Two elements have largely contrib
uted to higher prices for horses; one,
improvement in quality and the other
the more prosperous condition of the
country Horses are now bred for par
ticular purposes-heavy class for draft
use and harness breeds for pleasure
driving. An era of record prosperity
and increase of national wealth have
contributed the ability to pay higher
prices for horses. Horses are bred
more for specific use than quarter
of century ago and the higher quail
ity of individual members of any breed
governs the market value of the ami
mails.
Breeders are now raising horses not
from sentiment but as a commercial
proposition. Horses are produced for
industrial use and the more they ap-
proximate a high standard of excel
lence the greater their commercial
value to consumers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-29
How | Sell Live Stock.

was a good deal interested in the
article on the third page of the In
diana Farmer last week on How to
Sell Live Stock" by Prof. Humphrey
of the Wisconsin Agricultural college,
and | want to give you my experience.
| have been advertising more or less
in three agricultural weekly papers,
but as found nearly all my sales were
made by my advertising in the Indi-
ana Farmer, | cut the other two out,
and now use yours, and occasionally
one in Illinois and Ohio. In both
hogs and sheep | generally book
enough orders to take all have in the
course of a few weeks advertising.
But | don't stop my advertising then.
| would prefer to write customers that
all have been booked for sale, and en-
close them my circulars, for the next
time | have any for sale am always
sure to get the orders of these disap-
pointed customers very early after |
begin my new advertising and | find
that this plan of going on for months
pays me well.
| think | found the philosophy of
this matter few years ago while
spending a few days at one of the
summering lake hotels. l was there
about the first of September and it was
still hot and the fishing was good. The
hotel was full of people enjoying them
selves, and one morning at breakfast
the landlord announced that all must
get ready to leave the house, and that
dinner would be the last meal for the
season. Everybody complained and
protested, but all mad to go that day.
| asked the proprietor why he closed
his house with it full of well salts
fed guests, and he replied: THAT is
the way to get them all back with
others next summer, and that If he
waited till they had all they wanted
they would not be sure to come back"
/ believe that 1t is the good things
we can't get when we want them that
make people banker more for them.
Anyhow, people who want my pigs and
lambs for breeders and can't get them
because they write too late, are sure
TO send me an order earlier the next
season. And so ! Keep on advertis-
ing and answering them that they send
orders too late as all for sale was
booked.-Subscriber in the Indiana
Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-29
"Cluten" Bread and
Cracker Frauds
BY CHARLES CHRIsTADoRO.

When starch must be eliminated
from sick mans diet, white bread
is the first thing tabooed, and then
follow potatoes and other over
charged starchy cereals. 1t is SER
ious matter for the patient to be de-
MED bread, and so the pathway is
smoothed out and the doctor pre-
scribes "gluten" bread, because
gluten is not carbohydrate, and
gluten" bread is SUPPOSED to be free
from starch.
What is gluten? Well, spend ten
minutes and find out-not all about
it, but something about it. Obtain
heaping tablespoonful of white -four.
Add little water to it, in saucer,
and dough 1t into a compact ball.
Turn on the tap in the sink, and let
the water drip upon your hands as
you roll the ball between your palms.
The ball will grow less and less, and
the water will be white with starch
cells held In suspension. In ten min
utes, more or less, the water will
run clean and clear, and you appear
to have nodule of yellow, firm,
vegetable gum, which you are tempt
ed to call pure" gluten. Become a
gum chewer for once, and keep a.
chewing for couple of hours. At
the end of this time the quantity of
gluten is less than when you took 1t
from the hydrant. What has hap
pened? You have simply mechani-
cally crushed and broken the gummy
mass, exposing the infinitesimally fine
starch Cells to the moisture of the
mouth, and the washings out of the
raw insoluble starch has continued,
just an extension of the sink-washing
process, with greater mechanical
elaboration to expose the entangled
starch cell. Now take the piece of
gluten to an analytic chemist. When
his report comes in, you read starch
fifteen or eighteen, or maybe twenty
per cent; gluten, eighty-five, eighty
two or eighty per cent, and begin to
appreciate for the first time what real
gluten is.
where IL case is desperate OUe,
and starch or no starch will turn the
balance of life, it is very easy to pro.
cure and analyze sample of the
-four or cracker of "gluten" the pa
tient Is to use. Such a course would
save a physician many a perplezing
hour, and maybe an esteemed patient
now and then
Gluten is word to conjure with.
There Is for sale in London and Paris
gluten bread that is much like
baked horn or glue, but it is step
toward gluten, although it may con-
tain twenty to twenty-five per cent.
of starch
The fact is, nothing short of an in
tricate installation will produce pure
gluten, and that at a price which is
quite prohibitive. Some of the glu-
ten breads on the market may have
portion of their starch eliminated,
while others have little claim to any
use of the name.-Scientific Ameri-
can.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-29
Where the Farmer Wins.

The cheapest eggs, like the cheapest
butter and cheese, are made by the
man with plenty of land. The farm
er who will pay due attention to care
of his poultry and to marketing the
product need not fear the competition
of the village lot and the city backyard.
The farmer lays out no money for
fancy buildings or fences. His birds
forage part of their own living and
improve in vigor They find for them
selves what the town poultry keeper
has to buy at much expense, only to
find his flock surely losing vitality af-
ter a year or two in close quarters. Yet
some farmers continue to throw away
their advantage by treating their pens
as If farm land sold at about 81 a
foot. Thus on one farm the seventy
five pure bred hens brought in over
$500, or just about the same as the
seven cows on the farm, yet the farm
er grudged the hens the small half acre
they received out of the sixty. With
two acres set with fruit trees the hens
would have done still better and the
cows scarcely have known the differ
ence.-American Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-29

/ serve. One day after long CONVEX
sation concerning the things of the
Kingdom of Heaven, the master,
looking earnestly at the youth, said:
Tell me more fully your life
story, Onesimus; your up-bringing
was not plebian; that is quite clear"
No, master It was not. The most
of my life has been spent in comfort.
My father was the wealthiest man in
the village where we lived; our home
was luxurious for that region, and
my education was the best that could
be obtained"
"Yes, your speech shows that, and
your hands are not yet hardened by
toll. But how did you drift so far
from that happy homer"
"Assuredly 1t was not of my own
chosing, but as you perhaps have
learned, that home was broken up
and destroyed by rowing band of
robbers. When they attacked the
town, my father led the villagers,
who tried to resist them, but he and
most OF his company were slain. The
invaders swept down upon us and
came straight to our home. My
mother was ruthlessly cut down as
she sought to protect my only sis
ter; the home was robbed of every
thing valuable, then burned; my sis
ter and were bound and carried off
to be sold as slaves, and since that
awful day have never seen her. The
robbers carried me blindfolded to
their mountain stronghold where 1
suffered great bodily hardship and
intense anguish of spirit. After
many months, one day l was hastily
summoned, blindfolded and present
ly handed over to a passing caravan
of merchants to whom | had been
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-29
GuIls and CLANS.

The discussion continues between
those who think that all the acts of
the lower animals are satisfactorily
explained by the hypothesis of in
herited instinct, and those who hold
that there is an element of intelli-
gence, If not of reasoning in these
things. Mr.. w. L. Finley, in re-
cent work on American birds, men,
tions an observation of his which
may, perhaps, be explained either
way, but which in any case is inter-
esting. A gull seized upon clam,
and rising to height of about fif-
teen feet, allowed it to fall upon hard
ground. The clam kept its mouth
shut. Again the gull rose with it to
the same height and dropped it once
more, with the same result. This
operation was repeated fifteen times,
when at last the shock had the de-
sired effect, the shell was opened. and
the gull enjoyed its dainty.-Youh's
Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-07-29
ALLIGATOR Pear Here,

One of the novelties with which the
dealers in fruits are tempting palates
these days is the alligator pear. or
avocado, an import from South Ameri-
ca. The first thing that occurs to a
person seeing this fruit for the first
time is to wonder why 1t is called an
alligator pear" or pear" at all,
for that matter. In general appear
ance it resembles far more closely a
giant green fig, its skin sprinkled
thickly with tiny black spots, to which
the qualifying half of its name may,
perhaps, be due.
When divided the resemblance to n
pear avnishes altogether. From the
centre is taken black pit, as large
as an agg leaving the fruit much like
a muskmelon cut in half The meat
is a light pink in color. and possesses
delicate flavor suggestive of pea.
nut butter, but totan>.free from oili-
ness. The halves are cerved as they
are cut, to be peppered and salted to
taste. with the addition OF olive oil to
complete the salad.-New York Sun.