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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
A GIGANTIC GAMBLE.
Every step of the Pearl Fishery At
tended by PICKLE Fortune.

The worlds most gigantic gamble,
pregnantly fruitful with chance in all
variations and Shadings, is unquestiOn-
ably the Ceylon pearl fishery. Com
pared with it any state lottery pales to
insignifcance. From the taking of the
first oyster to the draining of the last
vatful of matter" every step is at
tended by tickle fortune, and never is
the interest of the people of Portugal
or of Mexico keener over a drawing of
a lottery, the tickets of which may
have been sold at the very thresholds
of the Cathedrals, than is that of the
natives Of Ceylon and southern India
over the daily results of Il Manar fish
cry
Each bivalve is a lottery ticket. 1t
may contain a gem worthy of place in
q monarch's crown or be a seed pearl
with a mercantile value of only few
rupees Perhaps one oyster in a hun
dred contains pearl, and not more
than one pearl in a hundred. be it
known, has a value of importance.
Nature furnishes the sea. pearling
banks, oysters and all therein contain
ed. The Ceylon administration con
ducts the undertaking and for its trOu-
bic and trfling outlay eXacts a rake
off" of two-thirds Of all that may be
won from the deep. And mere man,
the brown or black Oliver, receives for
his daring and enterprise one oyster
in every three that he brings from the
oceans depths, and his earnings must
be shared with boat owner, sailors, at
PENDANTS and assistants almost without
number.
For size OF "rake-off" there is no
game Of hazard in the world offering
a parallel. The Ceylon government
used to exact three out Of every four
oysters brought in. the current tribute
OF two out of three having become op-
erative only a few years since.-Fred-
eric c. Penfield in Century.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
EMPTY PARACHUTE
TELLS AWFUL STORY
Father Knew His Boy Was
Dead.

Springfield, H., June S.-A balloon
drifting across the Sky. with the para
chute hanging empty, brought the first
tidngs this evening to l.. NJ. Jones, OF
St Louis. that his son. Luther Edward,
aged -, had been dashed to death at
Mildred Park.
Knowing that the young aeronaut
was to make the ascent al Il O'Clock,
the father, VINO had gone to the Alton
depot to take a train for st. Louis, had
watched the Sky in the direction OF
Mildred Park.
Young Jones was das.od against the
branch of Il dead tree second after
the big balloon was let go from the
ground. His skull was fractured.
Without uttCriHg a cry the lifeless
body was hurled downward nearly 10
feet into the midst Of a crowd of over
a thousand persons.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
Man and His Tailor.

A man can be measured to the best
advantage, tailors say, away from a
glass. Standing before a mirror he is
almost certain TO throw out his chest,
If he does not habitually carry it so.
and take an attitude that he would
like 10 have rather than the one he
commonly holds, whereas the tailor
wants him, as the portrait PALMER
wants his subject. in his natural pose
and manner. With the man in that at
titude the tailor can bring his art to
bear, If that is required, in the over
coming of any physical defect and pro-
duce clothes that will give the best at
taina ble effect upon the figure as they
will be actually worn.-New York Sun.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
BLOOD FLOWS FROM
PORES OF HIS BODY
Physicians Cannot Stop Slow
Death of Man.

Elwood, Ind, June Literally dy-
ing by inches blood oozinE from the
pores of his neck and arms William A.
Worlcy. of Paris, H.. here on a visit
is presenting a case to local physici2ns.
the like of which they never saw be
fore Apparently without cause, spots
appeared on his arms. then on his
neck. Blood glands burst and the
fluid slowly came from his body. Three
operations were performed by sur
EeOns and specialists were consulted
without avail.
Mrs. Ed Senay. of Upton. is report
ed to be afflicted in a similar manner.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
THE MANTO.
Garment That All Chilean Women
Wear to Church.

Wear to Church.
The Chilean women's most fetching
garment, wrap, or what you will. is
the manic. 1t is Of some kind of
fine black material and is worn thrown
over the head. Sometimes a flap of it
is drawn tightly across the forehead.
After being thrown over the head the
manic, by some means which l have
as yet been unable to discern, is cinCh-
ed in close about the neck.
This cinchtng IN at the neck makes
a kind of hood around the face, and
this hood is very skillfully manipulate
ed by some of the women to cover up
moles and other defects and to con
ceal the fact that their hair has not
been carefully combed.
From the shoulders the manto falls
down in front to the toes and behind
to the heels. 1t is held together IN
front partly by pins and partly by the
hands of the wearer. 1t is usually, but
not always, worn over the street cos
tune.
The wearing Of mantos by all WON
en-, no matter Of what class on attend
nix tuuICH - i LIS prov III
ing for q uniform costume is quite rea
sonable and is designed to eliminate
such things as our Easter bonnet com
petitions and allow the mind to for
sake earthly and devote itself to things
spiritual.
It also swells the attendance OF
many occasions, for some Of the ladies
when they arise too late TO have time
to dress for early morning mass. mere
ly throw on their mantos over theiI
robes de mutt and. with the addition o!
such head and foot trimming as IS
necessary TO give the impression OF
being fully dressed. trip demurely Of
to church, TO all outward seeming n,
though they had spent hours instead Of
minutes before their glasses.-Los An
geles Times.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08

The Force Developed by Swiftly
Moving Autom biies.


Danger to drivers of automobile
grows rapidly greater with each new
burst of speed y correspondent o
the Scientific American develops tt
theme as follows: The danger in a!
cases increases as the square of III,
speed Take three machines of IT,
same make. one going five miles a
hour, one twenty miles an hour an
one forty miles an hour. The secOn
has stored up in it, due to it's rapids
of motion, sixteen times as muC
energy as the first, and if it leaves Il.
road and runs into an obstacle, sue
as a tree, a stone wall or ditch,
will strike with sixteen times as gre"
force. In going around curve {
turning a corner it is sixteen times "
likely. to upset, skid into the ditch
strip tire. When the power is SIN
off and the brakes applied it will
sixteen times as far before it can j.,
brought to a stop. II it comes upon
pedestrian suddenly the latter will haN
to exert sixteen times as much energe
to get out of the way in time and
struck will be struck with sixteen time
the force The third machine will be
siXty-four times as likely to get int,
trouble in going around a curve as til.
first.
An object going five miles an hour
is moving with the same speed as il
would have attained in falling ten
inches. In moving ten miles an hour
1t is going as fast as though it had
fallen three and half feet. Twenty
miles an hour is generally considered
a very conservative speed. Now, TWEEN
~ miles an hour IS the same speed
that would be obtained were the ma
chine to fall thirteen feet through the
air, thirty miles an hour Is equivalent
to fall Of thirty feet, forty miles an
hour to fall of ffty-two feet. sixty
miles an hour 10 a fall of 100 feet and
120 miles an hour to a fall OF $50 feet
"A person struck by an automobile
going twenty-five miles an hour re
ceiveS the same jar as though he him
self had fallen from a height of twenty
one feet, or, say, from a second story
window; by one going forty miles an
hour, as though he had fallen fifty.
two feet. or, say, from the top Of lofty
tree; by one going 100 miles an hour, as
though he himself had fallen from the
top of the Washington monument"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
BUYING VOTES.
when British Electors Got Golden
News From the Moon.

Votes have been purchased shame
lessly and on huge scale in British
elections. An arrangement was once
made in the borough of Wendover by
which two candidates were to be elect
ed after a distribution of $1,000 $780,
OO0y among the voters. The account
reads: This being settled, gentleman
was employed to go down, when he
was met according to previous APP
pointment by the electors about a mile
from the town. The electors asked
the stranger where he came from. He
replied, From the moon They then
asked, What news from the moonY
He answered that he had brought from
thence 10000 to be distributed among
them. The electors, being thus salts
fed with the golden news from the
moon, chose the candidates and receiy-
ed their reward"
At HindOn man dressed fantastic
ally as the dancing Punch called at the
houses of the voters and left behind
him sums of 3 to 10 guineas $50
to 500. Another device was to collect
the citizens at the inns and hand them
their reward through hole in the
door. For these offenses the house of
commons passed a resolution that Hin
don should be DISTINGUISHED, but so lax
were the morals of the time-the close
of the eighteenth century-that the res
olution was never acted upon.
Again in 1859 the man In the moon"
turned up in Wakefield. He went
about openly distributing money and
did not appear to be In the least
ashamed of his occupation. At Dub
lin IN 1868 a hole in the wall served
the purpose of distributing center for
five pound notes, while at Shaftes-
bury an alderman paid through hole
in the door of his office a sum of 20
guineas ($10O to each elector.-Chicago
News.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
So Considered and Systematic
Warfare Will Be Waged
Upon Them.
MILWAUKEE, CONFERENCE.
WITH THE BREWING INTER-
ESTS THERE, TO PLAN FIGHT
AGAINST PROHIBITION.

milwaukee,, Wis, June 8.-Brewers
from all sections Of the United States
are gathered in Milwaukee for the an
nual convention of the United States
Brewers Association which was call
ed to order today for a four days SEES
sion.
Plans are to be adopted to meet the
wave of "anti-saloOn" agitation which
has been sweeping over the country,
and steps will be taken TO drive out
of business the low grOg shops and
dives which for years have brought
disrepute TO the brewery interests.
Separate from the brewers cOnyen-
tiOn there will he a meeting Of the
various allied trades that do business
with the Brewers and at this meeting
steps against prohibition also will be
taken, though this organization is not
in any way under the control Of the
brewers interests.
The meeting of the board of trus-
tees will be heId this afternoon at ,
o'clock. This evening there will be a
meeting Of the officers of the state as
ISOLATION and also of the representa-
tives Of the allied trades.
The convention proper Will open on
Tuesday morning with an address by
President julius Lehman and by
Mayor David S. Rose. of this CITY.
They are to be followed by an ad-
dress by J. Topham Richardson, rep
resenting the British Brewers society
and one of the largest hop merchants
of the world Mr.. Richardson will
speak on the subject of the licensing
bill of England and explain the prn-
ciple of compensation.
At the public meeting to be held
on Tuesday afternoon at the Alhamhra
theater Il number OF we'll known
speakers will address the meeting.
Among them are Arthur Brisbane. a
journalist of New York; f. J. Giddings
candidate for governor of Oklahoma :
Ex-Governor George w. Peck, of Mil
waukoe; Judge J. 4. Caldwell of the
Juvenile court of Cincinnati, Ohio; OF
to J. Renncr, probation officer of Gin
cinnati Ohio; Henry Fink, collector of
internal revenue, Milwaukee; Mayor
David S. Rose, milwaukee, and Mr..
Richardson.
The general meeting of the cOnven-
ton will be held on Wednesday. at
which the various questions will be
considered and officers elected. In the
afternoon an excursion will be held.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
Euckinnhann's Franks

After the defeat and flight of Charles
l. the daredevil Duke of Buckingham
disguised himself as mountebank,
set up a stage in the heart Of London
and for days laughed in the faces Of
the stern Purinns, who were thirsting
for his life. One day when his own
sister, the beautiful Duchess Of Rich
mond, was passing the jocular duke
set the mob on to drag her from her
carriage. They forced her to witness
the pranks OF her brother, whom she
recognized, but could not betrar.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
CONSERVATIVE TEACHERS :
MAY Be BUSTED
Afflicted St. Louis Pedagogues
May Lost Positions.

ST. Louis. Mo. June S.-Refore ad-
iourning last night the Anti-Tnbercu-
lar League, which held th-ee-day
session here, passed resolutions to de
tormirc the best method Of ousting
all consumptive teachers in all schools
who are spreading the disease and en-
dangcring the lives of the pupils.
Steps were also taken to secure legis-
latiOn requiring all railroads to run
special coaches for cOnaumptivcs, that
the spread of the disease from that
quarter may be Curbed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
THE CITY IN BRIEF
Best Bicycle Tires. Waking & Co.

Best Bicycle Tires Waking & Co.
29-COd-7t
Mr. and Mrs. Fred POrtcrfield enter
tanned in most charming manner
Yesterday at their beautiful suburban
home on the National road west. Din
ner was served on the lawn The out
of town guests We're Mr.. Edward Fol
sum of St. Louis, Miss Rodgerson,
with Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin wilson and
Mr.. David PortcrticId Of indianapolis.
During the afternoon strawberries and
ice cream was served.
Waking & Co., Plumbing, 400 Main.
29-eOd-7t
Modern books, however rapidly they
may deteriorate from other causes, are
protected from boOkwOrms by the
chemicals used in paper making.
Motor cycles; Waking Co., 400 Main.
29-eOd-7t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
Harlem In New York.

In 1886 there was a settlement at
the foot of a little hill on Manhattan
Island which the settlers called Slang
Berge. or Snake Hill, but which is
now called Mount Morris. AS the set
Element grew each Dutchman who liv-
ed there wanted TO name it after his
native town. But as each one had
come from different place in Holland
they could not agree, Governor Stuy-
vesant made careful inquiries. and.
finding that no one had come from
HARLEM, he nipped all neighbOrly jeal-
ousies in the bud by naming it Nieuw
HARLEM.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
MRS. LONGWORTH
CONFINED TO BED
Had Planned to Go to Chicago
Convention.

Washington, June S.-Mrs. Nicholas
LOngWOrth. who, with Representative
ton next week for Chicago, where they
will be the guests Of Mr. and Mrs. Me
dill Mccormick during the convention
is i'll and confined to bed in her homo
here,
Mrs. LOngworth contracted a severe
cold some days ago ana has remained
indoors since then. 1t is not believed
her illness is serious. as it is ANNOUNCE
ed that she will be present at the Lett
er wedding on Wednesday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
Ty-ian DYES,

The people of Tyre were such ex-
rerts in dyeing that Tyrian purple re
mains unexCelled to this day. The
Egyptians were also wonderful dyers
and could produce colors so durable
that they may be called imperishable.
They were also wonderful glass work
ers and could make glass malleable in
a way which is unknown TO US. They
could make glass garments dyed in
sVeEX shade and etched with rare skill.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
GOVERNOR FIRST
CAUGHT BY LAW
Oklahoma Measure Hits Of
tiCiaIS.

Guthrie. Okla. June S.-The drastic
law prohibiting employment in any
public office OF relatives within the
third degree by affinity or consan-
guinity took effect recently. Govern
or Haskell was the first office holder
caught under the Law. He immediate
ly switched Ruell Haskell. his pri-
waite stenographcr. who is his nephew.
to the Supreme Court Clerks office
The new law is catching state. county
and city officials.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
UNITED STATES TO
SUPPORT COLOMBIA
President Castro's Organ Is
WrathfuI Again.

Caracas. June Sci Constitutional,
the official organ of President Castro,
publishes a new York letter stating
that it is rumOred the United States
will secretly support Colombia in case
Of war with Venezuela.
In an editorial Ell Constitutional dis
credits the report, but says President
Castro vii fulfill his DUTY whatever it
may be. The paper also publishes a
partisan speech in which the United
States is called the Cain of America,
which stimulates fraterial cordially in
order to disguise brutal instincts.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
Care Of the Dog.

Dogs vary greatly in their appetites,
and occasionally we find a dainty feed
er who will nose over a mixed dish OF
food, picking out bit here and there
and showing but little relish for what
he does eat. This is an evident sign
that something is wrong. Changing
his teeth, if a puppy. thus disturbing
his system, may be the cause, and in
this case a little cooling medicine
should be given.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08

A professor Of Trinity college, Dub
lin. overhearing an Undergraduate max
him frantically. exclaiming, Are you
aware. sir, that you are imperlling
your immortal soul and. what is worse.
lncurring a fine of ; shillings?'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08

Tess-Bess doesn't seem so quick to
deny her age as she used TO be. Jess
No. She's got very stout lately. Tess
What has that to do with it? Jess
II takes all her time now to deny her
WeEbt=-Philadelpli a> Press.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
Proof.

Edie-Were you taken by surprise
when he proposed, dear? Ella-Good-
ness, yes, Why. I hadn't even looked
up his financial standing!-Ally Sloper.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08

IF you are troubled. with sick headache. con
stipation. indigestion, offensive breath or any
disease arising from stomach trouble, get Soc
or 81 bottle of DR.. CaldwelIs Syrup Pepsin. 1t
is positively guaranteed to cure you.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
Greek Burial Custom.

1t is the custom in certain parts OF
Greece 10 carry bodies TO the grave in
collins which allow the face 10 be
visible. The fashion Is said TO have
originated when the Turks dominated
the land. At that time arms and am
munition. Were being constantly distrib-
uted to the Greek populace in a way
which bafied the Turkish officials IN
til a coffin which was being escorted
by an apparently mourning procession
was found to contain not a body, but
weapons An order was then promul-
gated that bodies We're 70 be borne to
the grave only on open filters or in
collins without lids.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
KENTUCK|ANS IN
HARMLESS DUEL
Twenty Shots Fired in Four
Foot Hallway.

Louisville, Ky. June S.-Though this
is Kentucky. James Spence and Will
Jennings fired twenty shots at each
other in four-foot hallway Sunday,
and not one shot took effect Both
were arrested. The quarrel arose over
G bill. .
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08

indianapolis, Ind. June S.-Adher-
ents to the principles laid down by
the Peoples party in Indiana gathered
in the English Hotel and nominated a
state ticket to participate in the po-
litical battle during the coming fall
There were thirty voters of the ticket
present at the convention.
In the platform the attitude of Con-
gress in the passage of a number of
bills at the last session was spoken
Of In terms somewhat Scathing. E,s-
pecially was the matter of financial
legislation gone into by the commit
tee, the Aldrich bill having undergone
a series of severe criticisms The
Fowler bill also was denounced.
Electors at large were named as fol-
lows: Benjamin F. Wheeler, Vim
Cennes; Flavius J. Van VorhiS, Indian
apolis. The district electors are:
First. E. E. Curtner Mt. Vernon; sec
ond, Thomas Wadsworth. Raglesville:
Third, Conrad Job. CIOverdale; Fourth,
c. y. J. Chappello. Edinhurg; Fifth.
Michael Hammans. MartinsvilIe:
Sixth. W. l.. Cooper. knightstown;
Seventh, William E. Stacey, Indianap-
Oils; Eighth. Robert F. Gavin. Poneto:
Ninth, Homer j. Osborne. Veeders-
burg; Tenth, William NJ. Rhoades.
Pine Village: Eleventh. William Lee,
Warren: Twelfth. Isaiah Noel. Gal
weston: Thirteenth. Bard c. Mitchell.
Winamac.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
THE POPUL|STS MEET
State Convention Attended by
Thirty FaithfuIs.
STATE TICKET ANNOUNCED
STATE POPULIsT TICKET.

STATE POPULIST TICKET.
GoVernor-F. j. S. Robinson, Clover
land.
Lieutenant Governor-O. l. Ross,
Selma.
Secretary of state-Richard Bone
WITT, Wheatland.
Auditor of State James S. Reeves,
Plymouth.
Treasurer of State-Aaron McDon-
aid, Galveston.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-14
The Harrimans Were
Entertained at Omaha

OMAHA. Sept. 12.-That every mar.
ried woman should make her hus-
bands business interests her own, is
the opinion of Mrs. Hartman. wife Of
Edward II. Hartman. Yesterday was
the twenty-ninth anniversary of Mr..
and Mrs. Harriman's marriage. With
their daughters and party of friends
from the east they are being entertain
ed by Omaha business men. Some
Omaha women asked Mrs. Hartman
about social duties and pleasures.
Il think every woman should have
her husbands business interests at
heart" she answered, "and not permit
her social duties TO take up her whole
life. as wives OF too many wealthy
men do. l truly believe II more WON
en- would take deep and intelligent
interest In their husbands business
they would become closely interested
companions and real helpers to them"
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-14
CONCENTRATES.

According to Prof. Berthold OF VI
emma. mans intelligence, honesty and
good nature are In proportion to his
portliness. His brain expands with
his body. SO that a stout man is, as a
rule. more intelligent than thin
man.
The demand for ostrich feathers OF
high class is greater than the supply,
and the farmers OF the Cape Of Egypt
who give intelligence to the raising OF
ostriches make large profits, Just as
the ostrich farmers of southern Cali.
fornia have done.
A Kansas gas man who has spent
years In the business makes the state.
ment that natural gas is capricious and
that men who have studied It all their
lives give up in despair when 1t comes
to explaining the why's and where
fores Of some Of its ways.
Consul J. C. Kellogg. writing from
Colon. states that among the many
agricultural products which can be sue
cessfully raised In Panama the castil.
loa elastica (rubber tree) is one which
could be especially developed into a
very profitable industry.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-14
Body Of Young Man
Found in Pittsburg

PITTSBURG, Pa. Sept. 12.-Andrew
aged "a years. grandson Of Andrew
Kloman, partner of Andrew Carnegie
in the pioneer iron and steel business,
was found shot through the head and
shoulder on Grant boulevard early to-
day. The young man was hurried to
a hospital in a critical condition and
members OF his family summoned to
his bedside. Relatives of young Klo-
man. who is employed by the Carnegie
Steel company. claim he is the victim
Of highwaymen and declare a sum of
money, his watch and papers are miss
ing from his pockets.