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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-25
The ch;mer,.

The chimera was 4 fabulous mon
ster with lions and q goats head. 4
serpent's tail and goats middle,
which inhabited the dreadful mountain
Of Lycia. in Greece, and defended itself
against attack by vomiting flames OF
fire. It was at last conquered by Bel
lerophon. the god Of war. who mounted
1t on the famous horse Pegasus. The
strange combination Of the form Of
the chimera was evolved from the fact
that the terrible Lycia was partly a
burning mountain. with here and there
desolate wilderness. the resort Of
lions, and occasionally a few fertile
spots where goats did congregate,
while ut the foot Of the great hill
was swamp infested with snakes.
From this curious creation Of supersti-
ton sprung the origin Of the wore
"chimera," in designation Of an Idle
fancy or foolish creation Of the
brain.-New York Telegram.
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GEORGE ROGERS CLARK.

a
We, OF the Northwest Territory-now
the five states OF the Middle West-are
just beginning to think over our his
torical ancestry.
Once we were French-once we were
English and then we became and still
are, Americans. And the man who
made this American territory was
George Rogers Clark.
Out in Quincy, Illinois, they have
erected 1t statue to him. The man
who by his march from Kaskasia to
our own vincennes, made us subse-
quently part of the union. A mon.
ument is a good thing-it represents
the expression Of appreciation for flu
ture generations to gaze upon. But
every community cannot have mon
ument to George Rogers Clark. It
would be better II the school children
Of the Middle West were made to know
that all the history of the country is
not the story Of the Pilgrim Fathers,
nor yet Is 1t the story Of Virginia cav
alters. Such things are very slovenly
told in the school histories of com.
mon usage In the public schools.
Few OF us appreciate that we OF the
Middle West have as fine a back
ground in our history-one as replete
in romance as any of the other states
In the Union.
From the days OF the French explor-
ers with the Jesuits-the days OF La
Sale. Tonti Marquette. Joliet and the
romancer, Father Hennepin-down to
the battle OF Tippecanoe we have our
share.
OF Anthony--(Mad Anthony. by the
way, and the aristocrat. st. Clair--all
Of this. With this for a, background
the people should be particularly proud
Of George Roxers Clark and the Napo-
leonic march In the back woods al
what IL now Illinois and Indiana. A
march on his own initiative. which
could not have been better done If hs
had been receiving orders from Wash
ington by wireless. It is this trait oil
Clark which makes him as really
great general as II he had been COM
handing myriad battalions. There
is something analogous to the con
quests which Julius Caesar records in
his Gallo war-the same idea OF con.
quest.
No one knew better than Clark the
diplomatic and statesmanlike side oil
military operations-he secured the
neutrality Of the French and Indians
or used them on occasion for his ad
vantage.
Indiana owes with the. rest Of the
Middle West. debt Of honor to the
hero who Is 30 little heard Of
That debt can best b expressed b
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How 70 Become Rich.

MY early dimculties taught mo
some thrift" said Mark Twain once.
''but never knew whether It was
wiser to spend my last cent for cigar
to smoke or for an apple to devour."
II am astounded." observed Q friend.
that Q person With 20 little decision
should have met with 20 much worldly
success"
Mark Twain bent his head gravely.
''Indecision about spending money"
he said. ''is worthy Of cultivation.
When I couldn't decide what to buy
with my last cent kept 1t and 20 b.
came rich"
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In the days Of Pepys the valentine"
was Of value. and - tells how the
lady, Mss 1rencos Stuart. Whose por.
trait = otul Britannia o. cur coinage,
being this year valentine to the Duke
Of York. The duke gave her . jewel
worth $500" Next year she was lucky
enough to receive . ring worth $500
from Lord Vaudeville. But the val
entine was ruined BY print when the
press turned out lyrics and lace paper.
and then the ribald jest and insult
The loving personal touch had van
ished. and the valentine died away ~
an anonymous bu6ek-London Mail
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A Chance EXPLAINED.

Don't they run any more accommo'
dation trains on this line?" said the
man who had been away for some
time.
HUH" rejoined the conductor.
Il don't see any accommodation
trains mentioned. Don't you stop at
the small stations any more?"
Certainly we do. But the trains
that make the stops are called locals.
This is a conscientious company and
the word Accommodation might lead
the public to expect too much"
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Caught Thsm All Around.

Caught Them All Aeound.
A Moslem ruler spoke to his people
one Friday from the pulpit In the mar
ket place.
People. what shah preach to you
about todayw 1--WE do not know"
they replied. well. II you don't know
shall not tell you." And down b
came from the pulpit. There was nc
sermon that Sabbath.
The next week the cid inquiry wac
made. and the people rejoined. 1--WE
know" When the royal preacher said,
III you know you do not need me to
tell you-- And again an abrupt close
to the services.
The third week the people were mere
wary and replied. Some Of ~ know,
and some do not know" And now
they expected to trap the man. but he
was wiser than they thought. Let
those who know ten those who do not
know" came his ufteranee. and the
peopas wsrs uanRed instead Bossou
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Recipe for unhappiness:
Think only Of yourself. care only
for yourself, labor only for yourself.
Mix and use daily.
II You doubt the formula. look about
you. Note the effects of self love
from ennui to suicide.
A new, clean play now being produc-
ed in New York city illustrates the ex-
IRENE effect Of selnshness:
A rich old man has lived q self cen.
tered life. He thinks only Of his ills.
He takes fright at every symptom OF
disease. He concludes he Is in bad
way. Learned physicians confirm his
fears. he decides to commit suicide.
The miserable old man takes room
In a cheap tenement on the east side
and prepares to blow out his brains.
Just as he raises the pistol to his
temples a ragged, forlorn young girl
steps into the room. She tells the old
man Of her troubles-real troubles
troubles that harass the mind and har-
row the heart. But she says she is
not complaining; she is making q
brave fight to save her womanhood
and is hopeful Of victory.
The old man becomes ashamed Of his
troubles, which. after all, are largely
imaginary troubles.
He becomes interested In the girls
brave and hopeful tight He throws
away the pistol. And the sequel Of the
play Is the restoration Of the old man
to health and the success Of the girl.
In helping another the old man
helped himself.
Which is the law Of life.
The play IN but another repetition, IN
fact, Of the old story Of tho man who
noting that his comrade is freezing t.
death. forgets his own growing numb
ness and works to restore the other
with the result that both are saved.
So that the recipe for happiness Il
the reverse Of the other one. It is
Think Of others, care for others
work for others. Apply literally.
Fortunately for society, We are st
constructed that to be happy we must
make others happy. Seihshness car
ries its own punishment Generosity
is it, own reward.
Trite and commonplace?
Yes, but true!
Self luxury leads to actual misery
Seldshness il such q burden that mel
viii drink to drown it or kill them
selves because Of It.
The recipe Is correct.
Do something for somebody. d
something worth while-and be happy
Do nothing-and be miserable.
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Heart to Heart
I QKS.

By EDWIN A. NYE.
Copy. 3ht. 1908. BY Edwin A. Nye

YOUR D0Y'S PAORERIY.
II you gtve your boy Q pig when It
IL small and It becomes fathers hog
when It grows big. q little lamb that
grows into 1atAer's sheep. . small calf
that grows into fathers COW, Why,
you are confusing your boys sense Of
property rights, and you may make 4
criminal Of him.
Is the statement strong?
Did you ever stop to consider the
moral vaiue involved in ownership
and its effect on your boy?
Listen:
Eighty per cent Of all criminals are
PROPERTYLESs people who have
never been taught to do things skill
fully!
Here, then, Is . place to begin In
making good citizens, because when
you help the boy to own things and to
make his own living he has respect
for the property OF others and II WILL
ing to let them make their own liv-
ing.
basis Of property rights. Break down
these rights and you have anarchy.
1t has been a long road by which
humans have come to the knowledge
Of the difference between NINE and
THINE.
Our stone age parents came to treas
ure a carved bone or q crude tool, q
club or knife or hammer. or what
not. and thus developed the sense Of
property. ~
You can see tho beginnings Of that
In your baby boy.
Let another infant get into your
sons high chair and note the primeval
howl Of the property owner! Let an
other child try to capture your ba-
by's toys. There is social conflict at
once.
Now, this sense Of ownership and re-
spect for property are strong in your
boy, and II he grows up right they
must be developed in him-not for his
sake alone, but society's.
Let the child have some something
Of his own-his own chicken, his own
spot in the garden. his own tree.
i will develop in him not only q
pride and care Of ownership. but will
teach him to respect the property Of
other people. And the latter respect
is vitality necessary in the moral de-
velopment Of the boy. because
A mere desire for property may
easily land a man in the penitentiary!
Therefore the importance Of making
the boy-or girl, for that matter-the
owner Of something, however small.
Ownership is magic wand for open
ing the moral side Of a man.
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pidn,t Miss Him.

II don't zee anything Of Coonskin
Charlie up here" said the new arrival
In the great north woods.
-No." sighed the native: .the poor
guide has passed In hts checks"
Gracious. How we city hunters
viii miss him."
Yea. but that's the trouble Some
Of you didn't miss him."-ChicaxO
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-25
Virginia Battlefield

From the Boston Herald.-There il
still lot to learn from those Virginia
battlefields of forty years ago. The
War College officers will also keep
the lecture platforms and the maya
zines going.
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Popular Picture.

From the Augusta Herald.-Since
Grover Cleveland's picture has been
put on the twenty-dollar bills a whole
lot of people who never did care much
for him have developed fondness for
having his picture in their possession.
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The Autocrat Of the Auto.

The Autocrat Of the Auto.
"Bliggins worries me by his imper
turbable assumption OF superior wis
DOM"
Well" answered Mr.. Chuggins
hell get over that. He's bought q
new motor car. and q few naughty
glances from the chauffeur will con
offer any suggestions"
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After a few more men are read out
Of the democratic party Mr.. Bryan
may find the circulation Of the Com
moner decreasing
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-25
Items Gathered in
From Far and Near
Pilgrimage to St. Mary.

From the Baltimore Sun.-Today
the members Of the Maryland Pill
grims' association, in number about
400, will leave Baltimore for a visit to
the site of the first settlement of Lord
Baltimore's colony in Maryland. The
object of this visit is to stimulate in
terest in the early history of the prov
ince 1t is most praiseworthy object
and 1t is the custom Of the association
to make the pilgrimage four times a
century. Before the landing of Lord
Baltimore's settlers a party from Vir-
ginia. under William Claiborne, had
settled on Kent Island another party
on the Suspuehana, but these we're on
ly trading posts and st. Mary has al
ways been considered the beginning of
the colony Of Maryland. The ancient
"city" Of st. Mary was situated in
a beautiful and fertile park-like region
on the banks of the St. Mary river. a
tributary of the Potomac. 1t was for
more than sixty years the capital of
Maryland. but it has disappeared ut
terly. The spot is marked by monu-
ment erected by the state in honor of
the founder Of the colony. After the
seat OF government was removed to
Annapolis, near the end of the sew
enteenth century. the ancient capital
speedily disappeared.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-25

Another day has passed and only
two new animals have been found in
Africa. Kermit Is taking a vacation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-25
Good Hunting.

From the Baltimore American
Capturing the south is a far better &C.
cupation than shooting CRATES.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-25

putting him in the proper niche In his
tory-the monuments will come then
as fitting expression.
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FIghtIess Wars.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer
The smokeless. mastless navy is the
latest proposal. But the shipless navy
is what the promoters OF universal
peace are after.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-25

Aldrich's bill will undoubtedly pass
the conference then it will have to
pass . review at the white house.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-25

Those who asked Senator Cullom
to make a speech forgot that he did
not come from Indiana or Wisconsin.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-25

Now that the Sugar Trust has been
exposed it will of course stop it's ma
chinations.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-25

Admiral Dewey has just announced
that the navy is all right. He has
relieved many people by his comfort
Ing statement.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-25

In spring the young mans thoughts
lightly turn to baseball and the Cubs.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-25

Automatically Demonstrated.
"A man should sleep at least eight
hours a day"
1T can't be DONE" answered the
weary-looking citizen; mot when one
Of your neighbors runs photograph
till midnight and another keeps roos-
ter that crows at q m"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-25

Another health hint--let Beverage
- care of the tariff
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MASONIC CALENDAR.

Friday. May es.-King Solomon-s
Chapter No I. r A. NJ Work IN the
Past and Most Excellent degrees
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To Avoid the Ananias Club.
Speak kindly, whatsoe'er men do,
And you may live contented;
For compliments. cen though untrue
Are never much resented.
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Samuel cIemen.'s Latest Sin.


From the New York Sun.-It may
be worth observing that the Hon.
Mark Twain's mastery argument for
the Baconian theory of the authorship
OF the plays called Shakespeare's has
greatly stimulated the Bacon-S Shake
speare literary prospectors. Their
business it is to explore the long suf-
fering text and to extract from 1t those
cryptic arrangements of letters and
numerals. those acrostics. those palm
dromes, those pregnant paginations,
those ingeniously hidden meanings
which Francis Bason. as We know so
well, spent his leisure nights in weav-
ing into the first folio and which now
establish his case with such wonderful
clearness and completeness. We our
selves have not given much attention
to this particular form OF intellectual
activity since it was our honor, sew
eral years ago. to evolve from the first
folio text, by the conscientious appli-
cation OF the cipher which Ignatius
Do0nelly discovered. tho immortal
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principle Of the invariable proximity
of the white horse and the red-headed
girl. ..--
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THE STORY OF THE PALLADIUM
It's Progress and its Policy
THE TEMPER OF THE TOWN

THE TEMPER THE TOWN
country closer together
other idea of cooperation and cohesive force was the
lines mentioned
put in general terms
optimistic and pessmisc lines
There division community Sometimes type
unfortunately for the
until lately the pessimc view
in
dustres social has serious harm
than other thing in the community.
APATHY
veopmen Men would not work together for the good OF the town be-
selves The and activity which
notable exceptions
thsome building
the these the exception and the rule
Under these conditions
dissatisfaction rebeled pemisc
outlook.
AN opnMls7
opim-one of advertising brought
matter focus his business bust
lettering
from business point of view.
And night the optimist why
in which men can work together for the best inter-
fight
places"
A BEGINNING
He went to this idea
fight o pessinsn.
1t hard and the
backed him in could
meeting of
with
the proposition
After peadngn
finally
That beginning
THE YOUNG MEMS BUSINESS CLUB
all of
the cooperative idea 1t ogaaon
the growth of the townwho
a
CO. OPERATION
idea prevailed The old
m
o policy
of the the whole community
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-25

Anyhow some of the corn is planted.
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Nevertheless Taft is still smiling.
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Messages Of Cheer.

Messages OF Cheer.
When gloom oershadows the daily
news
And tempts US all to state Of blues:
When war 10 threatening far and wide
And the home team fails to get its
stride;
When trusts reach forth on every hand
And speeches are hard to understand
Turn DER q page. and then be gay,
As you read what the advertisers say!
There's nothing at all that can't be
cured;
Nothing that cannot be endured;
Nothing you cannot buy or sell
II you know how to describe it well,
Your business methods you may ex-
tend
II you seek to borrow or wish to lend.
No matter what may afflict your mind,
Where they print the ads you may al
ways find
OF glad assurance such q list
That you can't help being an optimist.
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Grim Conditions.

There was no excuse whatever for
that last massacre" said one Turkish
official.
Yes, there was" answered the 9TH
er. The census taker had served no
tice that unless his work was made
easier he would resign"
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particular attention the rural
together
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-11-25
STATE OF Quo, !
CITY OF TOLEDO, S
LUCAS COUNTY.

Frank j Cheney makes oath that
he ls senior partner of the firm of F
j Cheney & Co, doing business in
the city of Toledo, county and State
sfol esaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of
Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day of De-
cember, A D1896.
A w GLEASON,
(SEAL.l NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ernally. and acts directly upoa the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Send for testimonials free
FL CHENEY & co, Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
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What Christmas Present?

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present-the 50 lsstes Of, The Youths
Companion, costing only Sl.75 for
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lightful short sketches, humorous
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The Newspaper Indispensable.

Occasionally a man is found in
every community who thinks he
cannot afford to be a subscriber to
local paper. Does he take out his
pencil and figure in a cool, me-
thodical way the cost of weekly
paper at one dollar a year? Does
he calculalingly prove that this ex-
pense is but twenty-five cents for
thirteen weeks, eight and a third
cents a month, less than two cents
a week, a quarter section of one
cent a day: Does he, In fairness to
himself, make comparison of this
newspaper expense with his tobacco
bill or other indulgence which he
might forego with prof: Not much.
That daddy dollar which pays for
the local newspaper has been dang
liug before his eyes and growing
bigger at every glance, until 1t
assumes the proportions of Ferris
wheel IN his imagination.
No citizen can afford to be with
out a local paper, and all of the
newspapers in his neighborhood,
for no one page can give all the
happenings of human interest. 1t
is safe to say that S. a year repre-.
sents the actual value of a local
newspaper to the average subscriber.
There are ideas advanced and sug-
gestlons given, the value of which
to the reader is little thought of.
AS a business proposition the local
newspaper is worth many times the
remarkably low subscription price
asked, saying nothing of the question
of sentiment..-E
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Veteran County Auditor Resigns.

Columbia, November l9:-William
H Dorrill, for thirty-four years au-
ditor of Georgetown county, has re-
signed. Mr Dorrill in his letter of
resignation to Governor Ansel states
that he is forced to give up the posi-
tion on account Of his eyes and fail
Ing health. The resignation was ac'
cepted by Governor Ansel with
much regret" The resignation is to
take effect on January l and Gov
ernor Ansel has requested the George
town delegation to recommend some
one to take the place of Mr. Dorrill.