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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-05-06

out, frightened up, died out again,
spluttered faintly-and then there
was blackness."
"Told you So" said Mrs. Dimple-
ton, who got up and started toward
the fire. you let. me-"
81 won't do anything of the sort.
tell you l know how to make a fire.
That wood is green"
Il could have told you that be-
FORE You have too much"
Now you just wait"
He took off some of the wood,
scorning, however, to make 1t ap-
pear that he was following her sug-
gestion, and, putting more paper in,
started it up again.
There was fair-sized flame now.
Mrs. Dimpleton, however, thought
she saw a way to make it better.
She began poking the wood with the
poker. Dimpleton couldn't stand it.
He grabbed the poker away from her.
Don't you see you are putting it
out? l had it nicely started, and you
had to butt in
Mrs. Dimpleton, too much occupied
with the problem of the fire, paid no
attention to her husband, but grabbed
the tongs and started to re-arrange 1t,
'You let me make up that fire.
cared her husband.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-05-06

followed by an address by DR.. Benja-
min F. Trueblood, secretary of the
American Peace Society, on "The Pres
ent Position of the Peace Movement"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-05-06

mouth, the result being that most OF
the liquid went into his left eye. But
worse than that, the coffee which had
been drawn for Addison Spriggs, be-
ing diverted from its proper course
went over into the lap of the brewery
wagon man. 1t has been said that
no man has lap, but this man had
one, and he seemed to regard it as too
precious a possession to be drenched
with another mans coffee. He was
beginning to make an ungentlemanly
protest, when Mr.. Spriggs said:
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-05-06
AIS Well That Ends Well
BY Thomas L. Mason.

I. Mason.
That's what you've been trying to
do. You can't make up fire. See,
the room is full of smoke"
you did it."
Il didn't! You did"
You never made decent fire in
your life"
IF couldn't make a better attempt
than that, l wouldn't try"
Il won't try any more. Glad to
know you think you can make one.
Just keep on trying"
Dimpleton rushed to the closet for
his coat.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-05-06
Imaginary Monologues of the Mighty
BY Count Leo ToIstoy,

printed all in italics, SO that anyone.
even an Italian, will know what not
to skip. Come to think of it, maybe
I'd better do the skipping myself, and
cut out all the other fellows rot be-
fore l send in my copy.
So, here you have the quintessence
of TOLSTOY THE HUMORISTO-
VICH:
My Motorcycle of Readings
February ga wound inflicted by
weapons may be cured, but never a
wound inflicted by the tongue. There
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-05-06

wagon driver, and he put out hand
to catch it as it came. In so doing, he
struck the elbow of the young man
who was yearning for his loved and
lost one, causing him to lose posses
sion of cup of pale blonde tea which
he was endeavoring to convey to his
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-05-06
With the Worlds
Great HumoriSfS
Selections from the writings of Besf Knot
Makers of 1irfh

Il beg you. sir, to consider the
words of the poet. Take an optimis.
tic view of the matter. Why suffer
pain to fill your breast because a cup
of coffee spills within your lap? II
could have been more dreadful than
was-you might have got boiler
full, old chap"
The man who was accustomed to
heaving kegs gave A. Spriggs a vio-
lent push, sending him against the
sad young man, who returned the
compliment by deity knocking Mr..
Spriggs from the stool on which he
had been perched In order to avoid
trouble Addison Spriggs tossed Is
cents to the cashier, as he was leav.
ing the place, and by that time the
feeble appetite he had possessed when
he entered was gone. He therefore
decided to return to his Office. The
elevator was crowded when he began
to wedge his way in, and it was while
he tried to get his umbrella into
safe position that he jabbed the end
of 1t into the ear of short and testy
man at his right.
Here, Whatcha dom, you Nanny
goats grandmother" the short man
demanded. Get that umbrella out
of my system or I'll punch your
head"
Eyes, and quit lettin' it drip on
me-" directed a tall man who stood
where he got more than his rightful
share of moisture.
my good friends" said Addison
Spriggs, permit me to ask you to
consider the words of the optimistic
bard, When on your head brick de-
sends, be not downcast, but think it
well that it was not, as you passed
by, a milestone that upon you FELL"
This, unluckily, was considered an
insult added to injury, and at the sew.
enth floor Addison Spriggs was flung
out of the elevator so violently that
he fell upon his umbrella, running it
and almost 'impaling himself.
"Optimisms a good thing till you
try to practice it, he sadly said as
he returned to work.
Copyright 1909. by w. G. Chapman.)
"As for me-" he exclaimed, I'm 60
ing down to the club to get some of
your confounded smoke out of my sys-
tenn"
"Your smoke! l like that. Go!
Hope you'll enjoy yourself Glad to get
rid of YOU"
He slammed the door, and walking
down the front steps exclaimed to him.
self:
'Ha! 1t worked this time all right"
While his wife whispered to herself:
Perhaps it is just as well. If he
had stayed home he would have want
ed me to read aloud to him all the
evening"
Copyright, 1909. by w. G. Chapman) :.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-21
new JOB FOR WOODS
"Buddie" Is Now Trainer for
Long Distance Piano
Player.
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HARDING SHOWS FATIGUE

"Buddie" Woods, colored. has got a
new job. "Buddics" present occupa-
ton consists of feeding Roy E. Hard
ing, the long distance piano player
who is attempting to break the worlds
record for piano playing. in the lobby
of the Palace theater, by playing con-
tinuously for SO hours and 33 minutes
without removing either hand from the
instrument. Friends Of "Buddie" all
assert that he is especially adapted
for this kind of work.
Harding began playing yesterday
morning at o'clock and on going to
press this afternoon he was still on
his job. He is going after the record
and his friends all declare that he will
break it. The young man is greatly
fatigued as the result of his nerve
racking feat and his hands are badly
swollen. In order 10 break the world
record he must play until 1888 o'clock
this evening. Whether Harding will
accomplish his purpose is matter of
much speculation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-21

,oameat was used. The contractors
are alleged to have said that it didn't
make any difference whether a half An
inch or an inch were used, that 1t was
just as good. The residents. howev-
er, couldn't see 1t In the same light as
the contractors. and were insistent in
their demands for the full amount Of
cement as specified in the contrac..
After much parleying between the two.
the required inch of cement was
placed. 1t is said.
The same contractors did the work
on South Seventh street. south of E.
and it is declared their work in thai
section of the city was even more un-
satisfactory than that of South A
street. Their contract price for ce-
ment sidewalks on South A was 81
cents per lineal foot and for straight
curb and cutters. 81 cents per lineal
foot. This is considerably below the
usual price paid by the city for sucn
work.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-21
DEEP SEATED COUGH
CURED IN 5 HOURS.
New Homemade Syrup.
(Cut this out.)
From Boston Press.

Progress in medical compounds
never ceases, and now it is stated by
a prominent medical man that any
deep-seated cough or cold on the
lungs can be actually cured in five
hours by the clock. Opium and NOR
phine have been resorted to in the
past, as relief measures. But now it
is learned that the system must be
treated to rid it of inflammation and
congestion. A tonic laxative cough
syrup does the work so quickly and
thoroughly as to be almost magical
What heretofore has taken weeks to
cure can be accomplished in hours.
Get this formula filled or mix it at
home and always keep it on hand:
Onehalf ounce fluid wild cherry bark,
one ounce compound essence cardiol
and three ounces syrup white pine
compound. Shake the bottle and take
twenty drops every half hour tor four
hours. Then take one-half to one tea
spoonful three or four times day
until the system is purified and toned
UP. Give children less according to
age. One filling will usually cure a
whole family, as the dose is small.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-21
Controller Parry Recommends Reduction
In Rate for Lighting the Streets
Debt the City Next
Fund

careful consideration, am satisfied
that $4S per year per arc light is an
ample price and have, therefore. cal
culated at that rate in my recommen-
dalton as to the appropriation for city
lighting. This, you will notice, is a
reduction of SO percent from the rate
now paid and of 20 percent from the
price proposed by the private corpor.
alton which was DESTROYS of negotiat-
ing with the city for the municipal
light plant some months ago. This
price, too, I think, compares favorab-
ly with almost all other cities which
contract for an all night schedule
especially where the light and power
must be manufactured with coal ship
ped several hundred miles.
Should the business of the munich
pal light plant continue to increase as
during the past three years or even
IA less ratio, the net receipts during
1910 will doubtless be not far from
$20, 900, counting our city arc lights at
$4S per annum, after paying all
claims, including bond interest. which
can in any way be chargeable to the
plant, and think il wise to begin in
January next to divide these net re.
ceipts into two funds-one of not more
than ten (10) percent of the net re.
ceipts each month to constitute a
working fund.-" that something may
be on hand to enable the managers to
be sufficiently Independent to buy
supplies in a quantity If at any time
| 1t seemed a great saving could be
made. and to discount bills, etc. The
balance Of the net receipts each month
say, ninety 900 percent-should,
think, be set aside as a special sinking
fund for rebuilding, and depreciation
and to build the additional unit
which win be required within five
years II the business continues OF in
crease. This fund should. like the
city's other sinking fund, draw inter
est at not less than three ca percent
per annum and should not be drawn
upon for any purpose as long as there
is money In the working fund to meet
the demand.
After a period Of three years there
would be more than enough accumu
lated In this fund to build a new uni
OF greater capacity than the last one
II needed. and after three to five
years from this time. the price coult
be safely reduced to the patrons
something do not think It wise to d.
at this time. But | do think the plant
81 -
appropriations for the coming year an
concerned.
Respectfully,
WEBSTER PARRY.
/ Controller
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-21
A TAX SUIT IS FILED

Suit was entered in the circuit court
today by Charles e. Shiveley, guardian
of the late Mary L. Martin, against De.
mas Coe, county auditor, and Albert
Albertson, county and city treasurer OF
Richmond to enjoin them from collect.
ing city tax from the guardian. Mrs.
Martin owned fair sized estate. II
is set forth in the complaint that Mrs
Martin was not a resident of the city
while an inmate of Eastern Indiana
Hospital for the Insane and therefore
her guardian is exempted from paying
city tax. T. J. Study, city attorney
fileda demurrer alleging that the facts
were in sufficient.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-21
CASE STARTS TODAY

The case of the Dickinson Trust
company, receiver for the Wayne Oil
company, against Florence F. Bow
master, George ". Cotton and a num-
Der of others was started in the cir
cult court today. The receiver for the
oil company is seeking to make sub
scribers for the oil company's stock
pay their back subscriptions. A num-
Der of attorneys from other counties
of the state are representing the de-
PENDANTS while Wilfred Jessup repre-
sents the plaintiff.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-21
A NARROW ESCAPE,

Edgar N. Bayliss, merchant of
Robinsonville, Del, wrote: About
two years ago I was thin and sick,
and coughed all the time and II did
not have consumption, 1t was near to
it I commenced using Foley's Honey
and Tar. and it stopped my cough. and
am now entirely well. and have
gained twenty-eight pounds. all due to
the good results from taking Foley's
Honey and Tar" A. G. Luken Z Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-21
A UNIQUE PLATFORM
Candidate for Mayor Promis-
es to Perform Mar
riages for $1.0O.
SERVES fourteen YEARS

american News Service)
Springfield, O., Sept. 21.-"f l am
elected will perform marriages for
$1.OO apiece" .*...
This is the political platform OF T.
J.. Montgomery, candidate for mayor
Of Enon, a small! village near here.
who served as mayor for IA years. and
is willing to be mayor again, SO he
says, only if he is elected unanimous
ly. He eclares that his matrimonial
platform will cause his unanimous
election.
Montgomery believes in the Roose-
welt idea and Is a total abstainer.
II haven't touched a drop for forty
years." said he. Yes, l am married
and have eight children"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-21
CITY IN BRIEF

MI. ana MIS-. j. i. RUSSELL nave zone
to Chicago and Milwaukee for q visit.
Opening of Fall Millinery. Friday At
Miss Porter's. Westcott Hotel. 21-3t1
Prices serve fresh Oysters as you
like them best. stewed. fried or raw.
21-2t
Mrs. w. w. Gaar went to Cincinnati
yesterday.
Opening of Fall Millinery. Friday a.
Miss Porter's. Westcott Hotel. 2l-3t'
You can get fresh oysters at Price'a<
Standards and Selects. by the pint or
quart 21-2t-
Miss Ruth Bradley and Miss Mable
Gains have returned from German
town.
Opening of Fall Millinery. Friday a.
Miss Porter's. Westcott Hotel 21-at-
Also ask to see the layton plumes
and french wings on display at C. ~
Brehm's. 21-2t
Rev. C. E. Line of Greenfield at
tended the district missionary meeting
Monday.
Opening of Fall Millinery. Friday at
Miss Porter's, Westcott Hotel. 21-3t
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ddmunds have
gone to Montana after q visit In this
city with relatives.
Mrs. C. A. Brehm, IS N. Sth st., exs
tends a cordial invitation to all he1
patrons and friends to her large Sils,
play Of Eastern patterns at her fan
opening Wed. Thurs. and Friday. 2-2t
The Friends Missionary Meeting
which was to have been held tomorrow
has been postponed until Tuesday.
Sept %. on account of the Friends
Yearly Meeting in Richmond Tuesday.
Greenfield Reporter.
Millinery display at Miss Caddie
Tinney's. N. Sth st. 21-3t
Special display Of Millinery. Friday
at Austin's. Westcott Hotel. 21-3t
Mr.. Myron Malsby Of Piqua, Ohio. is
a guest in this city.
Special display Of Millinery. Friday
at Austin's, Westcott Hotel. 21-3t
Ohio produced 26.27O.639 short tons
of coal last year. a decrease from the
previous years output of about 1927
per cent.
Special display of Millinery. Friday
at Austin's, Westcott Hotel. 215t
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l. Smith of this city.
and Mr.. and Mrs. e. ". Toms of Blue
| River township, were at Richmond
yesterday. the guests of DR.. N. s. Cox
and family. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith went
on the interurban as far as Charlottes-
vile. and from there they all went In
Mr.. Toms tomobile.-Greenfield Re-
| porter.
Special display Of Millinery. Friday
at Austin's, Westcott Hotel. 21-3t
Mrs. Toms and Miss Maud Toms
have gone to northern Wisconsin for c
months stay.
Special display of Millinery, Friday
at Austin's, Westcott Hotel 21,3t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-21

direction. He says he has looked up
the history of such things in Indiana
years preceding the year 1850. Indiana
spent 100000 on canals and other
waterways improvements which were
estimated to cost on completion about
$jO,OOO,OOO. and that in a few years
the railroads came along and killed off
the water transportation, causing a
total loss to the state of the amount it
has spent. He says he fears that the
same thing would be true if it we're
tried again. The railroads, he says,
would be the death of anything of that
kind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-21
It is well known that the long arctic

It is well known that the long arctic
winter, with its depressing effects on
body and mind. often upsets the best
balanced nervous system, even of the
natives, But this hysteria vanishes
with the summer. Explorers have
suffered in the same way, and two
have committed suicide. In summer
bleeding is very common.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-21
Piles And
PurgatOry
Begin With the Same Letter and
There Are Other Resemblance.

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-21
For Appropriations.

FoT ApPFopriatIouS.
In addition to this, some 81 900 will
need be raised to pay appropriations
made in this year which cannot be
paid until 191O-naking a total of
$156, 900 which, in my judgment, re-
quired for the necessary uses of the
city during the year 1910.
To meet this. We can depend upon
from $16.5OO to $4,000 from sundry
sources other than taxes-liquor and
other licenses. market rents, etc.
Our assessed valuation this
year Is .................$ 14 ,S99 400
Less mortgage exemptions 4S6,95O
Leaving net balance Of. .$13,912 sos
upon which to levy taxes, and a tax of
one az percent Tor the general fund,
with so cents (50c) for each poll
would, am sure. raise the necessary
amount To this must be added five
cents (5c) for the sinking fund. as is
made mandatory by law, thus making
our total tax rate $1.05, reduction
of five cents (5c) f,om that of the last
few years.
! Plants. Fine Showing.
You will notice that no mention has
been made of the municipal electric
light plant, either as to receipts or
appropriations during 1910. During
the several years since the plant was
inaugurated, the light plant, as a de-
partment of the CITY, has been indebt-
ed to the city's general fund for money
advanced it by the city from time to
time. This debt, l think, will be en-
tirely repaid to the city's general fund
before 1910 and when that is done, the
law makes it compulsory for the re.
ceipts of the municipal plant to be
placed in separate fund and to be
used for the light plant alone. II these
net receipts could be merged In the
general fund as heretofore, we could
l think, easily and safely make our
(90c) on each one hundred dollars OF
ltaxables assessed. On the other hand
liz the receipts from the light plant
continue to increase as they have
done the present year, fund would
soon be accumulated larger than, in
all probability. would be necessary
and at the price heretofore paid the
light plant for its street lighting, oul
tax rate would be necessarily increas
ed instead of lowered as herein recon-
mended. Hence, think 1t wise to re
duce the rate which the city win pay
for its light. both because 1t Is the
Ionly way that every tax payer can
feel the benefit and because doub,
the right of city to charge itseli
for the benefit Of q municipal plant
more than It practically costs After
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-21
Go With a Rush.

The demand for that wonderful
Stomach, Liver and Kidney cure, DR.
Kings New Life Pills-is astounding
A. G. Luken & Co. say they never saw
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-21
Are Raising Big Kick on the
Kind of Improvement the
City Is Now Making on That
Thoroughfare.
CHARGE CONTRACTORS
VIOLATE A CONTRACT
AIIege Only Half Inch Cement
Being Used Instead of Inch
And They Also Hint at Other
Things.

Residents along South A from Sec
ond to Twelfth streets are up in arms
against the kind of work the city Is
having done towards improving the
sidewalks, curbs and cutters on that
street. It is alleged by the resident
property owners that the contractors
Boots and Cant, of Greenfield, are not
doing the work according to the con-
tract, and that the kind of the work
being conducted, is decidedly unsatis-
factory.
According to a statement made by
several property owners on South A
street, this morning, the contractors
are only putting on one-half inch Of
cement facing in places, when the con-
tract calls for an inch. 1t is further
alleged that the gravel foundation is
not being properly laid. The speci-
fications state that eight inches OF
gravel and six inches of concrete must
be laid, rammed and flooded. 1t is as
serted that the contractors have in
certain places along the street, placed
huge bolders in the foundation and
have thrown gravel on top of them
without flooding or pounding the grav-
ell down between the crevices. In this
way, it is said, the contractors make a
great saving on gravel at the expense
of a poor bed. The contract calls for
two part sand, five part gravel and
one part cement and. it is declared by
residents who have watched the mix
ing. that part of the contract is being
violated also.
City Has inspector.
It is claimed that the work is caus.
ing general dissatisfaction and, while
the city has an inspector in the person
of Walter Bundy, to look after the
matter and see that the contract is full
filled, conditions do not improve. In
several instances, it is said, the atten-
ton of the contractors have been called
to the alleged illegitimate methods en-
ployed, and the fact that not enough
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The first process of making soda on
an extensive scale was discovered by
Nicholas Leblanc, French chemist, in
1871.