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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-17
Heart to Heart
I QKS.
BY EDWIN A. NYE.
Copy. Rht, 1908, by Edwin A. Nye
BY EDWIN A. NYE.
TWO PIcruRE<

TWO PICTURES.
In New York gallery there recent
~ hung two pictures by the Spanish
artist Sorolla y Bastida.
One was picture OF sunshine.
In this picture the artist flooded the
Valencian sea and shore with the
splendor of June. The sunburst falls
in great brilliancy upon the bronzed
faces Of fishermen in their gorgeously
colored plaid skirts. The luminous
brightness lights up the shiny coats of
the stolid oxen. 1t touches with gild-
ing the white foamcd waves as they
break inshore. 1t transforms the flap
ping sails Of the fishermen's boats into
cloth Of gold. The waters beneath are
a purely azure sky.
At a glance you understand. 1t is
sunshine and happiness!
The other picture by Sorolla Is q ct
companion piece Beneath it is writ
ten:
"A Sad Inheritance"
There is no sunshine In this picture.
Its pcrvading color is not gold. but
gray. The same sea and strand are
shown. stretching out to forbid.
ding horizon. Grcwsome shadows lurk
in the depths of the dark waters, and
over all looms threatening sky.
That is the background of this awe
some picture.
In the foreground are the nude fig
ures Of a dozen afflicted boys. come
down to take the sea air-boys who
have inherited the curse Of sinful par
enthood. Some OF the poor boys are
hideously deformed: some are -cripples
with pitifully enlarged joints. A black
robed priest is helping a diseased
youth on crutches. These boys arc
the inmates Of house of refuge for
waifs-the innocent descendants of a
parentage shat has brought upon them
disease and pain and early doom.
1t is an awful picture to look upon
but n true Que.
There is no need to say, Look upon
this picture and then upon that"
You look and then look away. But
the teaching Of the picture is plain:
Where righteousness and purity
abide, there the earth is filed with the
sunshine OF peace and happiness.
Where sin and unfaithfulness and the
sowing of wild oats ind place. there
the clouds lower and the horizon Is
dark.
Here is the plain statement In the
old book:
s'The fathers havo,eaten a sour grape
and the children's teeth are set on
edge" ii. S,
The parents or grandparents Of these
boys ("to the third or fourth genera.
tion," says the book. ate sour grapes.
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the mrnose of bringing down the cost

the purpose of bringing down the cost
of living, but also of rebuilding our
rapidly declining export trade. Our
foreign trade balance is still one OF
the most unsatisfactory features of the
situation. exports continuing light and
imports unusually heavy. the result
being further large gold shipments.
Very likely Europe will before long be
absorbing considerable amounts of
forthcoming bond issues, which will
afford better supply of exchange and
thus tend to check the outflow of gold.
It is quite possible that the latter. I'M
less checked. may continue to harm
full degree in the present highly in
fiated condition of our currency The
present cheapness of money encour-
ages this undesirable tendancy. and
our leading bankers would gladly well
come firmer rates for money for rea-
sons of prudence as we'll as Of profit.
Bank loans are lowering around the
high record. while reserves OF both
banks and trust companies have been
greatly depleted. These tendencies
suggest hardening in rates sooner
than was at one time anticipated.
What the effect of a sudden calling In
of loans or the issue OF considerable
new security issues upon the stock
market would be remains to be seen.
1t does not seem probable that they
would produce any important reaction
under existing satisfactory conditions:
but they would at least moderate bull
ish enthusiasm.
The chief reason for caution at pres
ent is the unusually high level Of this
market. Railroad stocks are now ap-
preaching the highest point reached
in the boom of 1907. The same is trus
of many industrials. although they
have not until recently shared proper
which have been experienced in rail-
road shares. The present support OF
the market consists of big supply OF
optimism and money combined. and
the immediate tendency Of prices It
must be conceded is still upwards.
Nevertheless present conditions favor
inside selling, and there are the best
reasons for believing that rich holders
have commenced to gradually lessen
their commitments. and will continue
to do SO is without much doubt: 60.
while stocks are surely passing into
the hands Of traders who keep the
market active and give it an appear
ance of general strength. my advice
now is to new buyers be cautious.
quick in-and-out transactions are for
the present the safest and best now 10
make. There also is the possibility.
too. if not probability, that Europe
will be seller Of our high priced
railroad stocks on any further advance.
The shrewd investor, and the speculat'
or in particular. will be obliged to use
much discrimination In buying at these
prices.
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Pretty Good F;ah;oo

Pretty Good Fishine.
A sportsman was once on the beach
at the outlet Of a creek in New York
state looking for shore birds when he
saw a colored boy, who was fishing
for perch. lay down his pole at the
call Of his mother to do some Grand
The sportsman put his gun aside and
took the cane pole and fished, adding a
dozen perch to the boys string and
then sneakedSon. Presently a second
sportsman, happening that way, asked
the boy the usual question and re-
ceived this answer:
''Yess'r, dey's good fishin' heah.
Wen stop to run to de sto' TO- to get
some cawnmeal TO nam, de perch
dey come outen de crick an jes' strings
deyselves avn my string. dom on
STAN it, but dey's jes' as good To-
breakfaa' 3 II dey was cotched avn a
hook"
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Sailing BABIES.
An Old World Practice That Goes e.ck
to BibIo Times.

An Old World Practice That Goes e.ck
to Biblo Times.
Sailing" newly born infants. Il prac-
tice that dates far back to Biblical
times, still obtains In many parts Of
the old world. The Armenians in me
Russian government of Eriwan cover
the whole surface of the babes body
with fine salt. especial care beng
taken with the interstices between the
fingers and all depressions. such as me
armpit and the bend OF the knee. so
that no point shall remain unsalted.
The unhappy infant is left in the
salt for three hours or longer and is
then bathed in warm water.
The Armenians Of some districts.
having abandoned the practice. are
called "unsalted" and are despised NY
the others.
The modern Greeks also sprinkle
their babes with salt. If an enlisnt-
ened mother protests the midwife is
ready with the objection. But II 1t
isn't sailed it will be puny and will
never amount to anything" s.
II this sailing process is carried On
to excess the poor babes don't STAND It
at all. The skin becomes as red as
fire. the irritation is intolerable. and
the child dies In convulsions. Yet
there is a mountain tribe in Asia MI
nor that mercilessly salts its newborn
babes for twenty-four hours. which
shows that the limits of human en-
durance are wide in some cases. THIS
ancient custom Is still in vogue In
many parts OF Germany. but the rites
are merely symbollcal. In one district
a little salt is rubbed behind the
child's ears. in others pinch Of salt IS
put on the tongue or little paper Of
salt is inserted under the garment. 1t
gives understanding. the people say.
and wards or evil spirits.
The action Of salt in keeping meat
sound no doubt is the reason that this
strengthening and sustaining power
was ascribed to it. The usage became
common in eastern countries. and It
was not entirely confined to them. The
prophet Ezekiel. referring to the Ge-
generacy Of Jerusalem. says:
Neither vast thou washed In water
to supple thee; thou vast not salted At
all nor swaddled at all
To many oriental tribes this mec.ls
grave omission OF parental duty
St Louis Post-DiSpatch.
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say rash,

say rash,
Who criticise methods of state,
Men are thinking by night and debat-
ing by day.
And striving In vain to agree;
And gratitude swelis in my heart
when they say
They are doing it all just for me.
when they shove up the duties on
every hand,
And anew put my purse to the test.
They prove by deductions don't I'M
derstand
That it's really all for the best.
The solicitude. great for my interests
small
Is something most touching to see.
My grateful tears fall every time l re-
call
That they're doing it all just for
me-"
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An Oriental Blessing.

A we'll known representative from
China, who was guest at wedding
in capital city, was approached after
the ceremony by the best man and
jocularly asked to 60 over to the
young couple and pronounce parental
blessing. The obliging dignitary COM
piled with pleasure. Placing his hands
on the blushing bride and shaking
bridegroom, he said: May every new
year bless you with man-child OFF
spring until they shall number twenty
five in all. May these twenty-five man
children offspring present you with
twenty-five times twenty-five grand
children. and may these grandchil-
dren''-
But the little bride grew hysterical
about this time. and the oriental bless
ing was ended amid the laughter Of
the guests.-Ladies' Home Journal.
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Miners Freedom From Cancer.

Miners Freedom From Cancer.
Miners never have cancer. In thir-
ty-fve years practice in a mining town
I haven't had a single cancerous pa
TENT
"And to what, doctor. do you impute
this Immunity"
Miners are singularly cleanly.. They
bathe every day. They rarely smoke.
They are temperate and regular set.
Above all
The physician smiled grimiy.
Miners" he said. die young. Can
Ger Is an old age disease. And there
really Is the reason Of the miners can
cerous immunity Cincinnati En-
ouirer.
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A COWBOY Solder,

"Faking aside" said the nature stu
dent, there is In New Zealand cow
boy spider. This creature throws a
coil Of web like lnsso over its prey's
head. then adds more and more coils
and when the prey Is bound hand and
foot devours 1t.
There is a Borneo spider that in
the spring days plays fiddle. 1t is a
common thing for lovesick spider to
dance before his girl. but this Borneo
boy my drawing his arm across his
tum produces a sweet, clear note
Whenever he sees good looking
young lady spider he stops and gives
her q tune. hoping to win her by mu-
sic."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Sustainina Life.

Mrs Andrew Crosse in her "Remi-
niscences" describes an old nurse born
at Broomdeld. England. who lived to
be nearly q hundred. "Au her life she
had eaten "A dew bit and breakfast, a
stay bit and dinner. a nommet and
crummet and a bit after supper
eight meals in all. Besides this 1t was
her invarfable custom to mix together
all the doctors stun left after any H.
ness in the house and swallow II on
the principle that what had cost mon.
ey should not be wasted"
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a Debtors woes.

THE worst thing about owing peo-
pie" sighed the woman. ..is that II
seems to give them tie right to ask US
such personal and impertinent ques-
tons about things that really should
be none of their business. ! never
stare OF my piano man. for example.
that he doesn't ask how 1t Is that I
can afford to pay DO much rent fof my
dat.--New York Press
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MASONIC CALENDAR.

Tuesday. May 1s-Called meeting,
Richmond lodge. No. 1876. r. & A. NJ.
Work in FeIlowcraft degree.
Wednesday. May 19.-Webb lodge,
No. "a, F. & A. NJ. Stated meeting
Friday. May a1.-King Solomon's
Chapter. No. 4. r. A. NJ. Work in
Mark Masters degree
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All W. Can ofler.

'.You have no magnificent ruins in
this cOuntry," said the visitor from
abroad.
mo" answered Senator Sorghum;
mot unless you count some OF our
moss-covered political hooms.''
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The sign which many dentists dis.
play. says the Western Medical Jour
nal. reading Dentists Parlor" should
read 'sDentixt.s Drawing Room
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object Lessons.

From the New York Herald.-Is it
now proposed to demonstrate refining
by manufacturing sugar on the floor
of the senate? Fine idea. Get down
to facts. Let somebody distill little
rum in the open. OF course, taking
the hide of an opponent is a common
occurrence.
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pisIiksd the Other Kind.

Philanthropic Caller with subscfip-
ton paperp-l shall ask your attention
only q moment. sir. Are you a friend
OF the dumb brutes? Shorty MEG fnnis
You bet I am! That's why l hate
cats. parrots and donkeys.-Chicaso
Tribune.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-17
Tn. e;..ne;., M.naa.r;..

The Financial Msnagerie.
Were you q bull or q bear In Wall
street,
Neither" answered the cautious
man. mot having funds to invest,
was q giraffe just rubbernecksd-"-
Washington Star.
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The RoIitie;aa-

Don't You know that no one listens
to or reads your speechesy
sYeA" answered Senator sorghum
lin that way ! avoid making enemies.~
-Washington Star.
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No Excuse.

rs that horse you bought a kick
err"
"A kicker?' answered Mr.. Sirius
Barker I'm the fellow who paid
twice his value and who is buying the
feed. What has the horse got to kick
about?''
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Waldo Wa. AmpIx Ju.t;fed.

WACO was Amply Justified.
tisttor-How old are you, Waldo.
Waldo Emerson Bostonbeans Does
the subject really interest you. mad
am. or do you introduce It merely as Q
theme for polite conversation Life.
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TWzNKLES
Not the Real Article,

Strikes in France seldom amount
to much
No answered the Chicago man.
What they call a strike is about
equal to a slap on the wrist"
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Impractical Psychology.

Clairvoyance and telepathy
Each day grow into greater fame:
But when some distant place I'd see
l pay my car fare. just the same,
And when | have thought which
To some one would communicate,
To the post office apply
Or pay the telegraphic rate.
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Boomerang areezes.

From the Indianapolis News.-But,
darn 1t, the same pleasant breezes
that make the daffodils bloom will
open the windows and turn the neigh
boris photograph loose.
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Unreliable Indications.

Foreign travel is very improving
said the studious girl
Yes. answered Miss Cayenne; al
though You can't always tell where a
person has been by the pictures on the
post cards he sends home"
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Speakina rrumpsts

Speaking Trumpets-
Alexander the Great II said to have
used speaking trumpet.
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70 know how TO wait - tho greal
GUoet a. Suceona-Oo lRatha
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I'm mos cases. said Uncle Eben,
what folks calls failure is simply los
in interest an layin' down on de Job. !"
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anu WIZ oA0Al say, tudl tuOuSu Iu0
outlook on life OF the man now dead
and gone Is far from the truth? Who
shall say that it does not SAVIOR a lit
tie Of that happy condition which the
poet Horace continually harped upon
for the benefit Of his wealthy and
worldly Maccenas.-The Golden Mean.
Truly II the world be worldly, let
us have more of this average brand
than Of the kind displayed by some
OF our recent millionaires of the Pitts
burg type who have careened through
the headlines of the sensational Sun
day editions and supplements of the
metropolitan papers.
Or. to quote another wording of
the same wording type-the gentle
r. l. S.:
You may paddle all day long; but
1t is when you como back at night.
fall and look In at the familiar room,
that you.f find Love or Death awaiting
you beside the stove; and the most
beautiful adventures are not those We
go to seek. :
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THE woRLD,he,s PHILOSOPHY.

No English novelist of recent years
has written more novels in which
there is so much Of stability or as
Hawthorne said of them" English
beef than hae Anthony Trollope.
Today his simple scenes of English
life. while never among the ten best
sellers, have nevertheless, held their
own and do not seem to be on the
down grade to oblivion.
It is interesting that Trollope's auto
biography himself should contain near
1T .. two paragraphs which might
10 .cd the workings philosophy.
Al. lie he was a hard working
calculated labor turned out the novels
which made him Anthony Trollope.
He wrote confessedly to make money
and fame. He attained both. He was
a fair sample of modern worldly"
man.
Now that the whole trend of hui
man thought has by the admission Of
many Of the clergy changed to world
" things 1t Il worth while to see a
creed OF this sort set out-represent-
Ing o. 1t does 4 scheme OF life OF the
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y things 1t II worth while to see a
reed OF this sort set out-represent-
ng % 1t does I scheme OF life OF the
lverage man.
II The rustic Of a woman's
petticoat has ever stirred my
blood; IL q cup of wine has
been Joy to me- II / have
thought tobacco at midnight
In pleasant company, to be
one OF the elements of an
earthly paradise: II now and
then I have somewhat reck-
lessiy fluttered u five pound
note over a card table; of
what matter is that to any
reader? have betrayed no
woman. Wine has brought
me to no sorrow. 1t has been
the companionship of smok-
ing that have loved, rather
than the.habit. have never
desired to win money and
have lost none. To enjoy the
excitement of pleasure, but
I'd DC lIS0 IIO" us VlCeS duu
Ill effects-to have the sweet
and, leave the bitter untasted
that has been my study.
The preachers tell us that
this is impossible. 1t seems
to me that hitherto I have
succeeded fairly well. / will
not say that have not
scorched finger-but carry
no ugly wounds.
For what remains to me of
life. trust for my happiness
still chiefly to my Workshop
Ing that when the power of
work be over with me. God
may be pleased to take me
from 4 world in which accord
Ing to my view. there can be
no joy; secondly to those who
love me; and then, to my
hrrl,os
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The lronieal Consumer.

Inc patlent consumer sat counting his
cash,
And he said in manner sedate,
These folk are presumptuous, not to
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-05-20
KNEW APPROPRIATE THING.
Clerk May Have Meant Well, But II
Is Somewhat Doubtful If He
Made a Sale.

Clerks in bookstores are expected to
know the inside of every book, and to
be able to advise prospective custom
ers much as doctor prescribes for a
patient. A writer in Tit Bits relates
the following rather one-sided CONVEX
sation which took place in a book
store. The lady entered in a hurry.
I've only got little time" she said
to the clerk "and l want to get my
husband book for his birthday. Show
me what you have.
II don't want anything too expen-
sive, and don't want anything cheap,
either. He's mild-mannered man,
and not fond of sports. so don't show
me anything in that line. And don't
show me anything in the way of
trashy novels; and might as well say
right off that you can't persuade me
to buy history or biography. t
I'm in a dreadful hurry, and I've
wasted too much time here already.
OF course you don't know my hus-
band, but from all I've said can't you
suggest something appropriated"
Yes, ma'am," said the clerk, hum
bly,, looking along the shelves. Here's
book called How to Manage a Talk
ing Machine"
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All WHO
Wozxld Enjoy

good health, with its blessings, must I'M
derstand, quite clearly, that it involves the
question of right living with all the term
implies. With proper knowledge of what
is best, each hour of recreation, of enjoy
ment, Of contemplation and of effort may
be made to contribute to living Alright.
Then the use of medicines may be dis
pensed with to advantage, but under or
:inary conditions in many instances
simple, wholesome remedy may be invalu-
able if taken at the proper time and the
California Fig Syrup Co. holds that it is
alike important to present the subject
truthfully and to supply the one perfect
laxative to those desiring it.
Consequently, the Company's Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA gives general
satisfaction. To get its beneficial effects
buy the genuine, manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists.
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FEW CARESSES IN HER LIFE
Infinite Pathos in Remark Made by
Little Philadelphia Child of
the Slums.

DR.. Herman L. During, superintend-
ent of the Philadelphia City mission,
has for many years devoted his life
to the poor. DR.. During is the in
ventor of the pretzel test for street
beggars. When a street beggar pleads
starvation, you buy him big German
pretzel at the nearest stand If he
eats the pretzel, he is honest; If he
refuses it, he is fraud
DR.. During in his work among the
poor has learned many odd, quaint
things that he relates superbly, for he
is born story-teller. In an address
at Bala, apropos of the hard, rough
lives OF the children of the poor, he
related dialogue between two little
girls in Rum alley.
Maggie, wuz we ever kissed?' said
the first tot.
"On'y wunst in me life wot | kin
remember said the second. When
wuz in de Honnyman hospital wild a
broken arm one O. de lady muses.
kissed me, an l blushed like a
child"
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SKIN TROUBLES CURED.
Two Little Girls Had Eczema Very
Badly-ln One Case Child's Hair
Came Out and Left Bare Patches.
cuticura Met with Great Success.

II have two little girls who have
been troubled very badly with eczema
One of them had it on her lower
limbs. l did everything that could
hear of for her, but 1t did not give
In until warm weather, when it seem
ingly subsidized. The next winter when
it became cold the eczema started
again and also in her head where it
would take the hair out and leave
bare patches. At the same time her
arms were sore the whole length of
them. 1 took her to physician, but
the child grew worse all the time Her
sisters arms were also affected. ]. be-
gan using Cuticura Remedies, and by
the time the second lot was used their
skin was soft and smooth. Mrs. Charles
Baker, Albion, Me-, Sept. 81, '0S"
Potter Drug Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Boston.
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Hearl Hear!

The city beautiful movement II
properly pushed will help not only the
Individual, but the entire community,
and especially the property owner and
the householder. The public health is
also more or less involved. Are you
contributing to the movement? If
not, where is your public spirit and
civic Birmingham News.