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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06

ious form of agitation There have
been intermittent rumblings of dis
content against the local commission
long rule by mayors and governors.
This latest discomfort began to mani
fest itself last summer soon after the
president, when asked by represen-
tative of the Washington Post, made
it known that he would recommend
James Bronson Reynolds sugge stions
for a change of the form of District
government to congress. The Post,
whose owner is John r. Mclean, al
so owner of the Cincinnati Inquirer.
president of the Washington Gaslight
Company and a director in several
large banks and corporations, imme-
diately set about to demonstrate that
Washington needed a change of gov
eminent, and without delay. Daily
interviews with leading citizens set
ting forth reasons why the change
should be made served by the Post to
it's readers. This agitation was view
ed by the people, according to their
personal opinions regarding the sin
cerity of the Posts crusade on the
commissioners, with approval or dis
dain. Those who disapproved. as re-
Elected through many meetings of
citizens association, seemed in the
majority.
Mclean 10 an Issue.
Out of the din of controversary ov-
er the proposed change came the
charge of two of the Posts local
newspaper contemporaries that Mr.
McLean's organ, in its fight on the
District commissioners, was exploit
ing a personal spite because these
gentlemen had, at the last session OF
congress, strongly advocated cheap
er gas for Washington. This charge
was supplemented by the assertion
that what Mr.. Mclean really aimed
at was not so much a change of gov.
eminent as it was a desire to over
shadow the case question. which
came nearer to hitting his pocket
book, with agitation seemingly in the
peoples interests. There are those
citizens who accepted that version as
gospel, and there are others who. not
doubling an Interior motive on the
part of the gas magnate, nevertheless
desired a change of government.
Meantime, some thing like quiet has
come over the municipal situation
here. The Post has ceased printing
the statements of those urging a gov,
ernmental change, ceased even to edi
toralize on the inefficiency of the pre-
sent form of government and the
beauties of some other form in pros
pect; the house of representatives has
passed a bill providing for S. cent gas
for the capital, and unless there are
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06
WAIT WOULD LINCOLN SAY?

A dispatch from Washington states
that a monument is to be erected to
the Confederate prisoners of war bur-
led at Green1awn cemetery, Indiana
polls. The work is to be done by the
war department. The shaft is to be
OF granite or marble, and is to bear
1.-THE name, rank, if other than a pri-
vate, company, and regiment, Of 1920
soldiers who died as prisoners of war
at Camp Morton between 1862 and
1865"
A monument to Confederate soldiers
erected on Indiana soil! The an
nouncement will cause conflicting feel
ings in the breasts of thousands OF
this states citizens. Some will an.
swer at once and decisively, cit is a
profanation--an outrage" others will
hesitate and decline to give opinions;
still a third body of citizens will say,
Let it be done. Bygones are bygones.
The South has long since been for
given"
In this dilemma we can not do bet.
ter than invoke the shade Of the man
who understood. better than any one
else has ever understood, the great
conflict in the coures of which these
soldiers lost their lives. What would
Lincoln say about this proposed monu-
ment. We believe that If he were
alive he would be the first to answer
in his quiet way, Let the monument
be erected. These soldiers died far
from home in cause which they be-
lieved to be just. They were misguid-
ed-the dupes of designing politicians
and slave holders-but they were sin.
cere. Above all they were our broth
ers. 1t is fitting, altogether fitting
and proper that marble shaft be
raised to mark their resting place."
Lincoln was the first to show us that
the Southern soldier was misguided
He fought, as he believed, for his
rights and his home. The Southern
politicians and the men who profited
by slavery were the real conspirators
II the proposed monument were to
them we would say, Never! Let then
lie without mark. for by their acts
We endured war, and fought and blet
for four long years.
But for the Southern soldier we have
today nothing but feelings of kindness
All other emotions have passed. 1t il
well and just that his burial place or
Indiana ground be marked by fitting
monument.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06

Hitherto it has been customary to
make the joints for gas and water
pipes by first introducing strands of
hemp yarn into the socket, then filling
the space left with molten lead and
afterward calking the latter. A more
modern way Is now provided by means
of what Is Known as lead WOOL" The
lead wool consists of fine threads OF
virgin lead. suit by special machinery
in such manner that it win weld to-
gether when calked
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06
What He Calls Her.

Now, Willie," said the teacher of
the primary class, "let us see whether
you can tell us the name of this grace
fnl looking animal with the big prong
ed horns? Hunters 50 up into the
woods every fall to shoot this beauti-
full creature. It Is very cruel Of them
to do 80. is 1t not? Can't you tell us
what the animal Il called? Come, now,
think. / am sure you know what it is.
What does your father cali your moth
er when he comes home at night?'
He calls her Betsy cause 1t plaques
her."-Chicago Record Herald.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06
lamartine's Modesty.

lamartine's Modesty.
Lamartine in 1S4S was at the acme
Of his glory and a cabinet minister.
He had just contributed LA Marseil.
laise de In Paix" to the Revue des
Deux Mondes. and Buloz, the editor,
called ON him at the ministry. II be.
lieve I owe you 1900 francs. Here is
the money" said Lamartine, producing
a bundle of bank notes.
"Pray deduct the amount of the Re-
vues Indebtedness to you for your
poem," said the editor.
81 meant to make you q present OF
1t" rejoined the poet.
"Not at all. I insist upon paying
you"
"How much?'
"Your own price, whatever it may
be-"
''Ah, well, il you will have it so ]
must oblige you," said Lamartine, and
with a magnificent gesture, he swep,
up the whole bundle of notes repre-
senting the 1000 francs and restored
them, with solemn dignity. to his peck
ct
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06
A Careful Man.

A Careful Man.
When Dawson reached town he was
suddenly seized with a terrific tooth
ache, and he flew to a dentist. Investi-
cation, showed that the tooth was in
such a condition that the only way to
extract it comfortably was to put the
sufferer under the influence of gas.
Consequently Dawson threw himself
back in the chair. and the tube was
applied. He did not succumb any too
readily, but in the course of time he
was sleeping peacefully. and the Of
Tending molar was removed.
How much, doctor?" asked the pa
tient after the ordeal was over.
"Ten dollars" said the dentist, bust.
ness being dali.
Ten dollars!" roared Dawson.
Eyes. SIR" said the dentist. at was
an unusually hard job getting that
tooth out, and you required twice the
ordinary amount OF gas"
"Humph? CALCULATED Dawson as he
paid up. Here's your money. but
tell you right now the next time take
gas from you you've got to put meter
on me."-Harper's Weekly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06

There has been invented in Germany
back whatever. when in guns of the
largest calibre. The composition OF
the powder is not known. but il Is
supposed to consist of nitroglycerin.
nitro-sellulose and vaseline. The pre-
vention of the bareback. however. Is
believed to be due to the incorporation
in the powder of a small amount of
some chemical which has proved to be
thoroughly effective.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06
Blasts Hopes of Those Who
Have Been CIamoring for
''Government by the Peo-
Pile" System.
ONE MAN POWER RULE
IDEA OF PRESIDENT
Large Class of Washington
People Advocate the Pres
ent Government Because of
Districts Negro Population
by Guy w. Finney.)

Washington, Jan. 6.-President-
elect Taft's recent statement that he
would oppose a return of suffrage to
the District of Columbia seems to
blast the hopes of those opponents
of the capitals present system of gov
eminent by commission who have, for
the past six months, been clamoring
loudly for government by the peo-
pie" President Roosevelt's recent
recommendation in a message to con-
gress that the existing triumvirate
government be abolished in favor of
rule by one man, based on sugges-
tons of James Bronson Reynolds,
served to stimulate the activities of
the friends of so-called popular gov
eminent. While the president made
it plain that he frowned on suffrage
for the District of Columbia, when
the subject matter of his message be-
revival of the agitation for return
of the days when Washington elected
it's own governing powers. This led
to some of the eXpectant ones sound
ing Mr.. Taft for his present views
and probable intentions, as Mr.. Roose-
velt's successor.
Those who believed Mr.. Taft would
advocate suffrage for the capital
might better profit now by directing
their energies to another municipal
subject. The president-elect's plain
statement that he docs not now ad-
vocate government by the people in
the District of Columbia, nor am l
likely to in the future would appear
| to put a permanent quidtus on the
hopes of those who chung to the be-
lief that he would.
Diversity of Opinion.
| While there are many citizens OF
tho District of Columbia who would
weNSome most anything in the form of
a change from their existing govern
ment. it is extremely doubtful if any
| thing approaching majority would
agree to manhood suffrage. with all
that it implies in a community of $780,
| 900 persons, one third of whom are
negroes. The very weight of this op-
| position to the suffrage movement,
| therefore, augurs well for the per-
manency of the present commission
system, despite the seemingly urgent
| recommendation of President Roose-
/ welt that the form be changed.
| 1t is doubtful, too if the president S
plan of substituting one man power.
| were it framed into bill and intro
duced in congress. would enjoy
smooth sailing Besides the usual
| legislation shoals, the proposal to eff
| feet change has become so repug-
| nant to large class Of Influential
| Washingtoniaus that their opposition
promises to take the form of Nigh
ty protest to congress. This opposi
ton becomes clear TO outsiders wher
they understand tie character of some
of the forces behind the agitation fos
change.
Washington Storm Center.
To begin. the American capital ha
always been the storm center OF va.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06

With the hauling of loads of logs OF
unprecedently large corporations and
the saving of progigious amounts of
timber in a given length of time, upper
Michigan has laid claim to a number
of new records achieved in the lumber
ing industry in the last few months.
Now still another championship is pre-.
empted. The man turning out 500
posts in one day. Thomas Carney, OF
Sagola, Dickinson county. is believed
to be the premier bark peeler of the
Lake Superior country.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06
MASONIC CALENDAR.

Wednesday Evening, Jan. 6-webb
Lodge No. u, +. & A. NJ. Entered
Apprentice Degree.
Thursday Evening, Jan. Wayne
Council. No. 10. R. & S. NJ. Stated
Assembly.
Friday Evening, Jan. 8.-King Sol
onions Chapter No. 1. r. A. NJ. Stated
COnvocation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06
All Right Either Way.

General Dabney H. Maury tells in
his "Recollections of a Virginian" Of
an old lady in Fredericksburg who was
reduced to taking in boarders in order
to make both ends meet. On one occa-
sion of peculiar stress the larder was
SO empty that the good lady took to her
bed and summoned her servant. "Nan-
Cyl" she said, there's nothing in the
house for my boarders to eat except
mush. But give them that. If they are
Christians they will accept it in resig-
nation and thankfulness, and If they
are not Christians it is a deal too good
for them"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06

A small dose is effective and quickly, because
Kodol is liquid.
Nature administers her perfect digester in liquid
form.
And that is why Kodol is liquid.
The point make is this:
kodol is scientific combination of elements
the loss of which is the cause of indi ges.on-
Kodol makes up the loss
Please try it to-day at our risk.
1t means more than relief. 1t means that the
stomach will do its own work far sooner than
you'll expect
Kodol digests all the food you eat
Eat what you want and let kOdol digest it
You don't have to take Kodol all the time
You take 1t only when you need it
Our Guarantee
Get . dollar bottle Of Kodo, and do it today.
Don't delay. And II you can honesty say that
you did not receive any benefits from 1t after you
have used the entire bottle, the druggist will re-
fund your money to you without question or
delay. We will pay the druggist the price OF the
bottle purchased by you.
Dent hesitate.
Any druggist will give you Kodol on these
terms. because be knows our guarantee il good
The 500 bottle contains az times ~ much -
the Soc bottle.
Kodol II prepared At the laboratories OF 4 c
Dewitt Co, Chicago.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06
"Ours."

"Ours."
Today a woman's property is sacred
at any rate as sacred as a mans. A
certain host remarked before his guests
lately that he would send his motor tc
the station to meet So-and-so.
"Our motor" corrected the hostess
who wants tone.
AS the lady had actually bought the
motor. the correction was severe and
ranked. Next morning the host came
down very late to breakfast. He was
chaffed about this and explained: I'm
sorry. The fact is I mislaid our trou
sers."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06

II you knew az well do how good prep
aration Kodol is for indigestion and dyspepsia, it
would be unnecessary for us to guarantee single
bottle.
But to get you to know how good it is well
as know, We practically will purchase the first
bottle for you.
You wonder, perhaps, how We can afford to
make such an oner-It is because We have abso-
lutte confidence in the honesty and fairness OF the
public
We know there are thousands of persons who
suffer from indigestion and dyspepsia, who would
be grateful to us for putting them in touch with
Xodol
That is Why.
furthermore. We know that after you have
used Kodoi your faith in the preparation Will be
equal to ours.
This proposition make is not altogether
unselnsh, but it is actuated by the knowledge
that the use Of Kodol by you win benefit you AZ
well ~ ourselves.
How could we afford to make such An offer
to the public. and how could We afford to spend
thousands of dollars tell you about it unless We
positively knew and were sure Of the merits OF
Kodol?
We cculdn't-it would bankrupt US.
But we know the merits Of Kodol and We want
yoa to know.
Use Kodol IS directed and it cannot fail to
help you.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06
An Unfortunate Partieiple.

the participle gotten" to ''got" tele-
graphed to his wife: Have gotten tick
cts for the theater tonight. Meet me
there"
The telegraph operator rendered this
into Have got ten tickets" etc.
Mrs. Professor was delighted with
the opportunity of entertaining her
friends and accordingly made up a
party of eight besides herself. whose
greetings to the professor at the rem.
devious were probably more cordial
than his feeling until matters were ex.
planned. He now makes an exception
to his customary use Of gotten"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06
THE SCRAP BOOK
Mistaken Courtesy.


A guileless rustic who wished to be
employed on an English railway
emerged from the examination room
and informed his expectant father that
he had failed because he was color
blind
But you can't have.' said his ia
fher Your. no more color blind Than
l am"
Il know that. feyther,' he replied,
but it's all through bein' polite"
"What do you mean? Explain your
self"
"Well, feyther, went into ROOM
and chap held somethin' up for ne
to look at. This is green, isn't it?
ses he. Come, now, you're positive
It's green? quite pleading-like. and.
though I could see plain enough that
it wor red, / couldn't find it in my
heart to tell him SO. So agreed with
him, and they bundled me out. No
more perliteness for me. 1t don't
pay"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06
A Parting Shot.

"A P1rtfn0 Shoe.
Two young persons had been en-
gagged, had quarreled, but were too
proud to make up" Furthermore,
both were anxious to have it believed
they had entirely forgotten each other.
One day the young man called. os-
tensibly on business with her father,
on which occasion it CHANGED she
should answer the doorbell.
The young man was game. "Par-
don me-" he said, with the politest OF
bows--"Miss Eaton, l believe. Is your
father in?"
Il am sorry to say he is not" the
young woman responded without the
slightest sign of recognition. do you
wish to see him personally %
Yes" replied the young man as he
turned to go down the steps.
Il beg your pardon" called out the
young woman as he reached the low.
est step, but who shall say called ~
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06

The average capitalization of the
o20,1S3 miles of railroad in foreign
countries is S1oS,o0O mile. In the
United States the average for o22 8 "a
miles is a little more than $4,000 a
mile.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06

Princes Mary, of Wales, age ten, is
a depositor in the Postoffice Savings
Bank. and is said to be giving the
promise of much acumen and ability in
the management of her independent
estate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06
In . Bad Way.

The English spoken by the 'sPennsyl-
vania Dutch" as the inhabitants of
certain districts in the eastern part Of
the state are popularity known. affords
some rare specimens OF expression A
the outskirts of ''Sous Besselem"-that
is the nearest possible spelling of the
local pronunciation-heard the daugh-
ter OF the family calling her brother in
to supper. George" she said. you
come right in now. Pas on the table,
and mas half et!"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06
Effects Of Reason.

Effects of Reason.
Reason, like the magnetic influence
impaired to iron. gives to matter
properties and powers which it pos
sessed not before. but without ex-
tending its bulk. augmenting its
weight or altering its organization.
Like that to which l have compared
1t. 1t is visible only by its efforts and
pereeptible only by it's operations
Caleb G. Cotton.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06
SOWING THE SEED.

SOWING THE SEED.
Some are sowing the seed of word and
deed.
heed,
OF the gentle word and the kindly deed
That hath blessed the earth in its sorest
need
Sweet will the harvest be.
And some are sowing the seed of pain.
OF dire remorse and maddened brain,
And the stars shall fall and the sun shall
wane
Ere they root the weeds from the soil
again.
Dark will the harvest be.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06
Grew Some.

A keeper in a zoo was feeding the
pythons. Several live rabbits were
tossed into the cage and were imme-
diately and greedily seized by the rep
tiles. The struggling rabbits, although
seemingly almost as large as the
snakes, We're swallowed whole one aft.
er another. The grisly sight prompted
the scholarly looking man to exclaim:
'Grewsome, eh, keeper?'
The keeper turned glance Of scorn
upon the professor:
'.Yaas, and you'd "a grew some. too
II you'd ct all that live stock, l guess
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06
Chonin's Kick.

Chopin's Kick.
Chopin hated playing at soclaI restiv.
tiles. To lady who after the dinner
asked him to play he Internationally
answered: "Is it really necessary?
ate only so little"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06

MARY ELLEN:
Gold Medal Flour Is the best for max
Ing everything. SABRIyA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06

From this time forward all
our Fur Goods will be included
IN the discount sale. knoIIen-
beru'S Stora
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06

We have three long Velour
Coats worth $4,000 to $42.5O
which are beauties. $1,000
will buy one of them. Knoll
Ienberu'S Store.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06

Entered at Richmond, Indiana, post
office as second class mail matter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-06
KOdOl
For Dyspepsia and Indigestion

suffer from Indigestion Dyspeps annoyed
the stomach uness after eating belcns
a few doses of Kodol will relieve
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-06-03
ARRESTED ON WEDDING DAY
Young Man at Bay City, Mich, Ac-
cused of Numbering His Aged
Grandmother.

Bay City, Mich.-Married in the
morning to Miss Anna Kaiser, Ro
land Rich, %, was in the afternoon
arraigned on the charge of numbering
his aged grandmother, Mrs. Christine
Coryeon. The young man has always
borne an excellent reputation.
Mrs. Coryeon, 20, was found dying
in her bedroom with her skull frac-
tured, three wounds on her head, indi-
eating that she had been beaten with
club. The young bridegroom pris-
oner, who was first to report the dis
covery OF his grandmothers plight,
said that he found her lying in a pool
of blood on the floor with the mat
tress Of her bed and the clothing
hanging on the walls in flames.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-06-03
HOOP MILL BOILER EXPLODES
Five Men Were Killed, One Died of
His Injuries and One Was
Seriously Hurt.

Dowagiac, Mich.-Of the eight men
who We're in the Geesey Hoop
mill here when the mill boiler ex-
ploded five were killed, one died of
his injuries, one was severely hurt
and one miraculously escaped without
injury though the entire building tum-
bled about him like a house of cards.
A heavy rain at the time of the ex-
plosion prevented the destruction of
the ruins by fire and the cremation
of the bodies.
The explosion threw pieces of
wreckage in every direction as far as
forty rods. The cause of the disaster
has not been determined, but a boiler
inspector, who examined the ruins,
found that the boiler was an old one,
the plate being 1916 of an inch thick.
The average pressure that has been
maintained was 115 pounds. The Gee
seys came here from Ohio 10 years
ago.