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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
OVER THE, PREClPiCE.
A Tragic Adventure In . Blixsard II
the Antarctic.

A Tragic Adventure In . Blixsard In
the Antarctic.
Here is an adventure in the antarctic
regions taken from Captain Robert F.
SCOTS THE Voyage of the Discovery"
Nine men are returning from sledge
expedition in a binding snowstorm
IAN unusually violent squat prevented
us from seeing even one another. i'm
mediately ordered a chain to be form
ed at right angles and extending across
our track, each man keeping In touch
with the rest with the idea of inter
cepting Hare, who was missing, when
he came on. We shouted and blew
whistles, and while this was going on
Evans stepped back on to a patch Of
bare. smooth ice and shot out Of sight
Immediately. Thinking the slope to be
one Of the short ones so common in the
folds of the hills, Barne sat down and
deliberately started to slide in Evans
track. In moment or two the slope
grew sleeper, and soon he was going at
pace which left him no power to con-
troll his movements. He whipped out
his clasp knife and dug it into the ice
ouS tiC biauC ShdPPCu oh ShOlt anu
failed to check his wild career. In q
fash the ice changed to snow, which
grew softer until, in a smother Of n.y.
ing particles. his rapid fight was ar
rested and he stood up to find Evans
within few feet of him."
A third man Joined them in similar
fashion: Realizing the impossibility
Of ascending again by the way they
had come. they started to descend, but
they had been brought to rest they
found that the slope ended suddenly in
a steep precipice, beyond which they
could see nothing but the clouds Of
whirllng snow. Even as they recoiled
from this new danger and dimly real
tied the merciful patch Of soft snow
which had saved them from 1t, a yeIp.
ing dog few past them, clawing madly
at the icy slope, and disappeared for.
ever into the gloom beyond" The six
others eventually moved on until they,
too, found themselves on an awkward
slope: Their leader suddenly saw The
precipice beneath his feet and far be-
low, through the wreathing snow, tho
sea.
Another step would have taken him
over the edge. He sprang back with
cry Of warning. and those behind
him, hearing 1t, dug their heels instinct.
lively into the surface, and. with one
exception. all succeeded in stopping.
What followed was over in an instant.
Before his horror stricken companions
had time to think poor Vince, unable to
check himself with his soft fur boots.
had shot from among them, flashed
past the leader and disappeared"
Vince was never seen again, but Hare,
the first missing man, staggered back
to the ship two days after the others,
remembering nothing between strug-
Cling to patch Of rock for shelter and
waking thirty-six hours later covered
with snow
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
pest" IS BEATEN
Grant Gilbert ThrasheS Man
Who Is Termed "A Wild
Indian"
BREAKS A BONE DOING 1T.

Melville Strong, a resident OF Earl
ham Heights, was arrested on the
charge preferred by his neighbor,
Grant Gilbert The two men engaged
in hostirities this morning with the
result that Gilbert hit Strong in the
head so hard as to break a knuckle
on his right hand. Gilbert then filed
'harges against his adversary.
Gilbert states that he and Strong
have been having trouble for some
time. He describes Strong as kind
of a neighborhood pest. This morn
ing while Gilbert was driving along
Main street past the Strong home in
Earlham Heights, Strong told him to
turn about and go some other street.
Gilbert states that he informed Strong
Main street was a public highway and
that he did not have to turn back.
He then got out of his rig and Strong
hurled stones at him. Gilbert hit
strong in the head breaking bone In
his hand in doing so, then continued
On his way.
Gilbert informed Prosecutor Jes-
sup that Strong was bad man. He
said Strong made himself obnoxious
to his neighbors by quarreling and
cursing and that he had been known
to whip his wife. Officer Lambertson
who is a brother-in-law of Gilbert
states that Strong is wild Indian. u
Strong's case will be heard in the city
court tomorrow morning.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
The Live Sponge.

When the sponge Is In the sea alive
the inside of the pores is covered with
a soft substance like the white of an
egg. This appears to be the flesh of the
animal, and currents Of water may be
seen running into the sponge through
the small pores and out of il through
the large ones. and it is supposed that
while the water is passing through the
sponge the nourishment for the support
Of the animal is extracted from it.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
MAKING MILLIONS
Emergency Currency Notes
Rapidly Being Finished
BY Government.
TO BE USED IN EMERGENCY.

Washington, Aug. 3.-The treasury
officials are making satisfactory pro-
gress in getting out emergency notes
under the circulation act passed at the
last session of congress. Acting Sec
rotary Coolidge said that the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing, under the
direction of Superintendent Ralph, is
delivering to- the treasury from ST.
100000 to ss.50OoOO of the new cur,
rency daily and that by the middle of
September fully S1OO,OOO,OOO would
be ready for delivery to the banks on
call. It is expected that by the time
Congress meets in December the
whole $5OOOO,OOO authorized will be
printed and ready for distribution.
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The Term "Prime Minister.o

prime minister" is one of the many
terms in English which seem to have
been slang at one time. 1t was first
applied to Sir Robert Walpole, but In a
reproachful sense. Feb. IL. 1742, after
twenty years tenure OF office, Sir Rob
ert resigned all his employments.
Having invested me-" he remarked,
with a kind Of mock dignity and
styled me prime minister, they impute
to me an objectionable abuse of that
chimerical authority which they Great
ed and conferred" Such a parsonage
as the prime minister or the premier is
not even mentioned in the official tai BILE
of precedence and Is unknow to the
written constitution of Great Britain.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
PREPARE FOR CATHOLIC
FEDERATION MEETING
First Sessions Begin in Bos-
ton, August 9th.

Boston, Mass, Aug. 3.-Elaborate
preparations are being made for the
entertainment of the delegates to the
seventh annual convention of the
American Federation of Catholic So
cieties which will convene in this city
for a three-days' session. August 8.
There will be representatives from
the Minnesota, Louisiana, Missouri,
Vermont, Illinois, New York. Pennsyl.
vania, Connecticut, Ohio, Indiana, Wis,
consin, Colorado, Kansas, New Jersey
and other state leagues and Staats-ver.
baendes. Every Bishop of the United
States has been invited to send do.
cesar delegates and every Catholic
institution is entitled to representa-.
ton.
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INDIAN PROVERBS.

The coward shoots with shut eyes.
Small things talk loud to the Indians
eye.
The paleface's arm is longer than his
word.
When a fox walks lame old rabbit
jumps.
A squaw's tongue runs faster than
the winds legs.
There is nothing SO eloquent as q
rattlesnakes tail
The Indian scaips his enemy; the
paleface skins bis friends.
Before the paleface came there was
no poison in the Indians corn.
There will be hungry palefaces 90
long as there is any Indian land to
swallow.
When q man prays one day and
steals six the Great Spirit thunders and
the evil one laughs.
There are three things it takes q
strong man to hold-a young warrior,
. wild horse and a handsome squaw.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
FOUND THE KEYNOTE.
The story Of an Angry Fiddler and q
Dancing Bridge.

The stery of an Angry Fiddler and u
Dancing Bridge.
The old Sixth street bridge was a
suspension bridge, and in connection
herewith a story used to be told. Ev-
erybody knows that soldiers in crossing
a suspension bridge must break step
and bands are not allowed to play
marches because of the cumulative
force of the vibrations. which are apt
to either destroy the bridge completely
or crystalline the iron cables. Now,
sound Is vibration, and this explana-
ton, not very scientifically put here. is
the basis of the story. remembering
that every object Is supposed to have a
keynote. which when struck on a mu-
steal instrument evokes responsive vi
brations IN the said object
The story goes that many years ago
an old man carrying a fiddle in a case
ence started across the bridge without
paying toll. He was called back by the
follkeeper, protested his inability to
pay, but was not allowed to cross.
Threatening vengeance. the old fiddler
seated himself on the wharf under the
Allegheny end of the bridge and began
to scrape away on his fiddle for hours,
apparently trying all sorts of notes,
half notes and combinations of notes
and chords. Suddenly he seemed to
find what he sought for. for his face
lighted up. and he began to scrape
steadily on certain chord. A moan
went through the bridge. Faster play
ed the old man, and the wire cables
fairly sang in response to the wild
notes of the fiddle. Furiously the old
fiddle scraped away. and the cables be-
gan to vibrate. slowly at first, the vi
brations growing stronger and stronger
as the keynote sounded on the violin.
The bridge began to tremble, then to
sway.
By this time the tollkeepers saw
something was up. for the pedestrians
on the bridge began to run, drivers
whipped up their horses and men and
women with blanched faces declined to
set foot on either end Of the structure.
A messenger there were no tele-
phones them was dispatched for the
superintendent. and he came running.
The old fiddler was pointed out, and a
constable was ordered TO arrest him;
but, there being no suspicious person
law then in existence, the officer shook
his head. The bridge was cutting UT
all sorts of capers, swaying back and
forth Ike swing. until at last the su.
perintendent IN desperation ran TO the
fiddler and promised never to demand
toll from him. An agreement was en-.
tered into, the fiddler pledging to keep
secret to his dying day the keynote, SC
that no revengeful musician ever again
could place the structure in jeopardy
without studying out the keynote him
self.-Pittsburg Gazette
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Wagner, writing in 1916, said Of
Schumsnn: HE is highly gifted mu-
I came from Paris l went to see him.
I told him of my Partisan experiences,
spoke of the state Of music in France,
then Of that in Germany, spoke of
literature and politics. but he remained
as good as dumb for nearly an hour.
One cannot go on talking quite alone.
An impossible mani" Schumann gave
an account of this interview, which
practically agrees with that Of Wag-
ner. Il have seldom met Wagner" he
said, 'but he is a man of education
and spirit. He talks, however, unceas-
ingly, and that one cannot endure for
long together"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
OLD ROMAN WAYS.
Beauty Baths, Perfumes, Toilets and
Cruelty of the Women.

SrucIty OF the women.
Women of ancient, luxurious Rome
used to eat parsley as mouth cleanser.
Honey boiled in wine and aniseed was
also a sweetener of the breath, and
pastils of myrtle were employed for the
same purpose. Silver tongs and knives
were employ ed in caring for the nails.
No woman OF social eminepce cut her
own fiuger uails. Those who had not
skilled slaves employed BARRIERS. Per-
lection in these respects was one of the
thirty beauties attributed to Helen of
Troy. Great pains were bestowed on
the feet. for 1t was considered that the
breeding was betrayed by them as cas-
fly as by the hands. They were always
much in evidence, the sandals worn not
hiding them. Long, tapering fingers
were highly priced. Various kinds of
herb decoctiors were employed to beau
tify the fingers. Pliny gives recipes for
removing any undesired substances
from the nails.
Asses milk contributed to the white
ness Of the women's skin. II was some
times poured into the bath and the
whole body Iaved in IL, and sometimes
the hands and face were sponged with
It from a silver basin, the soft linen
towel completing the process. The hair
was delicately scented. and all kinds OF
washes and burnishers were applied TO
It 1t took many slaves to bring the
tresses into the classic bands or high
pyramids which were the fashion at
various times. Perfumes were not only
applied to hair. hands, clothes and the
person generally, but pervaded the
rooms, which were hung with garlands
and decorated with blooms Of many
kinds The dresses Of Roman matrons
were made brilliant with various proc
esses Of pressing and smoothing ma
chimes being employed for the purpose.
Though most refined In the duties of
the toilet, the women of that day We're
barharic in their cruelty Woe be to the
poor slave who failed TO follow her mis-
tress' command. She was whipped by
the public fagellator IL she did not fan
prey to the personal fury of her mis-
tress. who would hurl at her victim the
mirror Or anything else at hand and
would not diSdain to pierce her tender
flesh with the long. ever ready hairpin
If nails, teeth and hands were not sufi-
cient-Chicago News
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THE MAN ON FOOT.

In Stamboul He Has No Rights ms
Against the Hofseman.
One Of the peculiarities in STEAMBOAT
Is the insolent demeanor of the horse
man to the footman. Many times daily
you viii see some rascal Of a cabman
trying to drive down a we'll dressed
man on the street. The drivers rarely
take the trouble to shout as they ap-
proach pedestrians. I was often filed
with wonder at observing the meek
ness with which well dressed Turks on
foot submitted to such treatment from
shabby Turks on, carriage boxes. Even
when no, injury was done to such a pc
destrian. he was often despatched with
mud. STEAMBOAT must be an unpleas-
ant place in which to live. Were cab
men in our country to treat pedestrians
SO recklessiy there would be many
cases Of assault and battery, and I
think some mortality among the Jehus.
One day l saw a uniformed Turk
picking bis way across the street, using
his saber as a walking stick. A car
riage suddenly dashed down on him,
and its driver, after nearly running
over him, hurled at him a. voIley Of
what sounded like choice Turkish
abuse. The uniformed Turk retorted
not. He scraped the mud OF his uIi-
form, stuck his saber under his arm
and waded ashore. In our country a
man with a saber would have used It
on the drivers back. BY this 1 do not
mean that the Turks are lacking in
spirt-far from it, but apparently 1t
would seem to be the custom Of the
country that the man on foot, as
against the man on horseback. has no
rights.-"A Levantine Log Book" by
Jerome Hart.
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THE CITY IN BRIEF

Mr.. J. C. Walters will leave tomor
row for Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wilson Of
Rushville were guests here yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Loyds Of Nor
gantown, w. Va, are guests of rela
tives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman FOUGHT Of
Winchester visited with Mr.. and Mrs
J. w. Baker recently.
Mr. Morris Clifford of Peru, Ind.
visited his son Leo, and Mr.. and Mrs
J. o. Campbell yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Groce have
been called to Metamora, Ind, to at
tend the funeral Of his brother Ellis
F. Groce, who is well known in this
city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
Tho Drunkard,s Cloak.

In the time of the commonwealth in
England the magistrates Of Newcastle
upon-Tyne punished drunkards by
making them carry a tub called the
drunk ards cloak. This tub was worn
bottom upward, there being a hole at
the bottom for the head and two small
er holes in the sides for the hands to
pass through, and thus ridiculors.y at
tired the delinquent was made to walk
through the streets of the town for as
long a time as the magistrates thought
proper to order, according to the gross
ness Of the offense.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
snowshoe. For Marshes.

The largest extent Of marsh land in
the world is to be found in the low
lands which form part of the steppe Of
Baraba, between the rivers Intish and
Obi, in Asiatic Russia. The region is
fat and covered with forests, salt lakes
and quivering marshes, extending over
an area which is not less than 100000
square miles. During the summer
dense clouds Of mosquitoes float over
the treacherous ground. Immense areas
of these dreaded urmans have never
been visited by man. The marshes,
treacherously concealed under sway
ing layer of grassy vegetation, can only
be crossed by means Of kind of snow
shoe in winter except at the peril of
ones life.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
RUN DOWN BY WAGON
AND IS SERIOUSLY HURT
Bodkin Has Arm Split and Ear
Cut Off.

Economy. Ind, Aug. 3.-Segal Bod
kin of Carlos City while helping to
load wheat out of the barn on his
farm, was run down by a wagon and
badly and probably fatally hurt. His
left arm was split open from his wrist
to shoulder and his face badly LAGER
ated. His left ear was also cut off.
A deep six inch cash was cut in the
side of his head. Mr.. Bodkin is a
we'll known farmer of Randolph coun.
ty and Is fifty years old.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
The Change'o,' a Word.

A remarkable instance Of verbal deg
radiation Is the word slave" It's orig,
inal, the Russian "slava," meant glori-
Gus, being etymologicaIly akin to the
English word glory" andswas proud
~ taken as their name by the Slavonic
people. But when the Germans re-
duced hosts Of the Siars to servYtude
their name, from malice Or accident
as Gibbon says, became synonymous
with "servile." 1t retains no more sug
gestion of it's racial origin now than
does "ogre," which is really Hun.
garian," from a confusion Of the Mag.
vars with the Huns. and of both with
the terrible Tartars.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
TAFT ASSURED
OF WEST VIRGINIA
Action of Democrats Is Re-
sponsibIe.

Charleston, w. Va, Aug. 5.-nepub-
ican leaders of West Virginia are re-
joicing at the action of the Democrat
ic State Convention in Incorporating in
the state platform a negro disfran-
chisement plank and demanding Jim
Crow cars on the railroads. They say
that it removes all question of Judge
Taft's ability to carry West Virginia,
assures him the Electoral vote of the
state and brings the colored voters of
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois into line
for the Republican nominee for Presi-
dent
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IS NOW RECOVERING.

Mrs. Clarence Mayhem who has been
seriously i'll at the home Of her parents
at Logansport. is rapidly recovering.
She was stricken with acute ~indiges-
ton and her recovery was despaired
OF Friday. Mrs. Mayhem is the wife
of the station master at the union de-
pot, this city.
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A Serioua Threat.

Suits Cwho stammers}-Miss DID,
Dimple-D-D-Dollie I lul-lulAul-I
lul-lul-love you! Wu.wu-wHl you BIB
wu-wul you b-be MISUNDERSTANDING
will you b-be mum mummy wu-wu-wu
-mum-mum-my wife? Dollie Dimple
(coyly)-Oh, Mr.. Suits! IL hardly
know how to answer you. Suits (des-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sus-accept my
pup-pup- proposal OF I'll sus-sus-or I'll
sus-sus-say it all over a-gug-gug-again!
-Woman's Home Companion.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
UNION TO MEET.

The Mems Union OF the First Chris
tian church will meet Wednesday eve,
ming, August twelfth in the church au-
ditorium. The program for this ses-
sion which has not been arranged for
as yet will be announced later.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
WEATHER WAS NOT
UNUSUALLY HOT
Record Shows Warmth Usual
This Time of Year.

The weather of last week was hot
although not any hotter than 1t COM
monty is at this time of year. There
were partly cloudy, hazy, clear and
partly clear days. The mercury reach
ed It's highest point on Thursday and
Friday when it stood at 81 degrees.
The lowest was on Saturday at "a de-
grees.
The following is the daily record
as kept by Observer Vossler at the
Richmond water works station:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
Soft Soap.

Eyes, dear" said the petted young
wife, examining her birthday gift
these diamond earrings are pretty,
but the stones are awfully small"
"Of course. my dear" replied the dip
lomatic husband. but if they were
any larger they'd be all out Of proper
ton to the size Of your ears.'-Wash-
ington Star.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
PREPARING FOR WINTER.

The work of putting coal in the
Richmond public school buildings has
been almost completed. There are
always two car loads put into each
school and three car loads are sup
piled for the high school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
Clam. Aecordins to order.

BIZ Handy of Marblehead, an ardent
Republican during the antislavery agi-
tation. caught fish and sold clans for
a livelihood One Of his customers. a
strong Democrat, ordered some CLAIMS
and told him to be sure and cut off
the BLACK abolition heads" When he
delivered them he said, Mr.. Brown.
here are your clans; real Democrats
Ill bodies snd No hsads..-Boston Her
- -- =
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
POSTAL SALES LARGE.
Improvement In Business at Local
Office.

The postoffice report for the month
Of July has just been completed and
shows that the sales for this month
were the largest since February when
sales were just little larger than the
month just closed. In January when
the largest business Of the year was
done, the sales amounted to $4,000,
while for July they were $5,453.S0. The
surplus sent to the sub-treasury at
Cincinnati was $1,139.99. The postal
business is unusually heavy for this
time of the year.
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Both.

ado you ever swear when your collar
buttons roll under the bureauT'
Il keep a man to attend to such
things" answered young Mr.. Nuritch
haughtily.
The buttons or the swearingT'-
Pittsburg Post.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
EaailY Remedied.

Bank Clerk-This check, madam, isn't
filed in. Madam-Isn't what? Bank
Clerk - 1t has your husbands name
signed to 1t, but does not state how
much money you want Madam-Oh,
is that all? Well. I'll take all there is.
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Good News.

Cashier-Haye you heard. sir, that
John Jones Is bankrupt? Banker
Well. that's good news. Wen now get
a little Of what he owes us. whereas, If
he had remained in business, we'd new
er have got cent-Fliegende Batter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
FIRST DRAFTS OF
SPEECH MADE
Bryan's Acceptance Address
Soon to Be Completed.

Lincoln, Neb., August 3.-The pre-
liminary drafts of the speech Of &C
ceptance of w. J. Bryan have been fin
ished and are now being set in type.
Proofs will be sumbitted to- the demo
cratic nominee today or Tuesday,
when the final corrections will be
made and the speech completed by
August 8.