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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14
AN OLD TIME HANGING.
Tho Dark Day When "oid jennie" W.
Executed In MARYLAND.

Tho Dark Day When "oid Jennie" Wa
Executed In Maryland.
"As DARK Is the day when old Jen.
nte was hung" is one Of tho many
quaint sayings that for generations has
been used ON the lower eastern shore
Of Maryland, but from the accounts
that have been given BY those who
lived in old Jennie's day there never
has been day since that time as dark
as the day on which she was executed
for Wholesale murder in the neiShbor-
hood in which she lived.
The old murderess was publicly
hanged in 1915 in the old jail yard at
Princess Anne. and all those who re-
membered that particular day have
passed into the great beyond long ago.
The murderess was Q white woman,
tall and angular. and 1t was said that
she resembled what was popularity
supposed to be q witch far more than
she did the up to date woman OF that
day. In fact. local history records that
she practicsd witchcraft. No one ever
knew whore she came from. she hav.
ing dropped down" very mysteriously
into tho neighborhood. where she killed
a family Of four.
Old Jennie was not hanged on q scat.
fold. In those days murderers were
executed with ~ little trouble and ex-
pense a. possible. The wien faced
terror Of all Somerset was placed In
a cart drawn by two oxen and placed
directly under q stout limb Of an old
oak tree which stood in the jail yard.
The rope was fixed in rude fashion
around her neck. amid the hurrahs Of
the crowd and the curses Of the
doomed woman. and when all was In
readiness bunch Of fodder was
placed ten PAGES from the oxen's heads.
and they were given the word to start
Obeying the command. they made a
bee line for the fodder and left old
Jennie dangling at the end OF the rope.
That day. It has been told thousands
Of times. was the darkest ever known
in this section. Chickens remained on
their roosts throughout the entire day.
while candles by the score burned In
the houses that the servants might see
to do their work. The local scientists
Of that day were At loss to account
for the strange phenomenon. and the
graphic descriptions which they gave
Of It and which were recorded years
ago make interesting reading.
The darkies and superstitious whites
Of those days naturally thought that
the end Of time had come. A great
many negroes declare today that the
ghost OF old Jennie may be seen stalk
ing around on the edge Of the woods
near where she committed her crimes
any time on a dark. cloudy night. and
they are very careful not to encounter
her.-Oriole (Aid) Cor. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

Milwaukee is congratulating herself
on a growth of S4.9S1 in population
since the federal census of 1900. A
recent directory canvass shows, &C
cording to the Sentinel, that the city
of famous beer has 31O.oH Inhabitants.
The census of 1900 gave the figures as
2S5,31j.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14
CINCINNATI LIVESTOCK.

Cincinnati, Aug. H.
Cattle-Receipts 100; fair to good
@S3.65.
Hogs-Receipts 1900: butchers and
shippers $S.Oo0$S.15; common 1913
MS1.7O.
Sheep-Receipts $500 tops $3.50;
lambs $40.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14
REAL ESTATE
TRANSFERS

Geo. W. Kenmer to Sarah Ann Do
ney pit 2s-lsi-12. Jackson twp. $l.3o.
Anna c. Evans to John B. Dousan.
pit lots II. -. VIM. r. MAnley's I'd
add city. <l.Wn
Frederick X. Ahaus to Ray X.
Shiveley. trustee. pit. lot s. David Bur-
CESS out lots city. 81
Ray X. Shiveley. trustee to Christine
Ahaus. Ut lot Daniel Burgess out lots
ciey. 81.
Irwin W. Massey to Charley A. Ha--
ris. lot 1, Riley J. Salsburys ada
Economy. $l.6O
Geo. T. Kcpler to p. c. C. & s.. l.
r. r.. lots l3, II. Cambridge City Z.
r. s, Il. S6O.
E s. Mar,indale to P. C. c. & St. l.
r. r. pit W :1-l5-l2 Clay. 81.
Lora A. Henley to Omer Taylor Ct al
pit $ e 29-lal2 Jackson. <Ica
Samuel l.. Rickord to Laura Keller,
lot :. block F.. Jas W. Salters' add
city. $l.taa
Anna s. Page to John H. Schell. pt
lots IS, VIM. Kenworthy's add city.
$500
J. Homer Farlow to Chas Stitch, pt
- and 2i-13-2. Center. $3SS
Chas. l.. Gaede to Edgar F. Doren,
lot ~. F. A. Cofins' add city. &l.%0O.
VIM. F.. Lewis to Hannah J. Nc.
Manus. lot lO4 HAYNES add city 5000.
Frank b. Drischel ct al to Guy s
Upton. lot ). Cambridge City W. r.
n r. $50
Guy s Upton to Eli A. Brewer lot 5
Cambridge City W. R. n. r. $6ai5.
George r. Zurwell to John w. Coop
er ct al. pit. lots 1920 Benz. Fulghum's
add city. $50.
Dickinson Trust Co. to Elizabeth
Gates lot Isl Earlham Heights add
city. $3.50.
Milton L. Adams to Mahala Hun.
man lots IS. block &c. Hagerstowu.
$500.
Diana Teeter to Sarah J. Jewett Ut
lots 2-s. blk Il. Hagerstown. &l.00A
Ida S. Thornburg to Ellen Allen Il
al. pit lots II. block -, HaSerstown.
5000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

The capture of bluefish from New
Jersey to Monomoy during season is
one million, averaging six pounds
Bluefishing on the New England coast
lasts 40 days.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

81 win ask you. Mr.. Giles" said the
lawyer. proceeding TO cross examine
him. 1T. on the night Of May 16. 1904.
you were not threatened with bodily
violence by your neighbors for beating
your old father on the head with a
club"
Sir" spiuttered the indignant wit
ness. What do you mean!
oh. we'll" rejoined the lawyer. at
isn't fair. perhaps. to ask you that
question II has nothing to do with
this case. You needn't answer IL
That's al, Mr.. Giles. You may step
aside."-Chicago Tribune.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14
Indianapolis Grain.
TOLEDO GRAIN.
PITTSBURG LIVESTOCK,

Pittsburg. Aug. IT,
Cattle-Receipts light; tops S67S
Veals-Receipts light: tops 50.
Hogs-Receipts IL loads: tops SS25.
Sheep-Receipts light; tops s.
lambs, $50.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

Few New Workers are aware that
the business thoroughfare known az
Duane street was named after James
Duane. who was the nrst mayor Of
New York-New York Herald .
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14
NOTICE or APPOINTMENT.

State Of Indiana, Wayne County. s.:
Estate Of Mary Ann Elliott. D.
ceased
Notice IL hereby given that the un-
dersigned has been appointed by the
Wayne Circuit Court. Administrator
Of the estate Of Mary Ann Elliott De-
ceased. late Of Wayne County. Ind
iana- Said estate II supposed to b
solvent
James Elmer Rho6oa
AAmanfsRnnoe.
WIN ". Aellss. Atty. - Gy7-lS-11
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14
EAST BUFFALO.

East Buffalo, Aug. H.
Cattle-Receipts 25: tops 81
Calves-Receipts 100: tops $3.50.
Sheep-Receipts 1900; tops $40;
lambs $50.
Hogs-Receipts $500; tops $S25.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14
INDIANAPOLIS LIVESTOCK.
HOGS.

Best heavies. :. :. ;. .S7.a50$S1 10
Good to choice lights -. 1909 sos
Best pigs. :. :. 1850 $50
BEST STEERS.
Good to choice steers -. $3.50 700
Choice to fancy yearlings $3.50 SIS
STOCK CATTLE.
Good to hwy feeding steers 4.50@ AS
Fair to good feeders -. 4.25@ $50
Inferior to choice stockers 5000 $50
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

"Pm surprised that you should Be -
interested In watching those silly
dudes"
Force Of habit. guess. I'm prsst
dent Of . real estate improvement CON-
pany."
"Well?''
"well. they're vacant lot."-CafA-
Ollie Standard and Times.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

Lest and Found.
Found q dollar yesterday"
Lucky boy
mot 50 lucky. In STOPPING to pick
IL mp ! dropped and broke my eye
glasses."-Kansas City journal.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

Country butter. per lb ....... .1S@2Ol
Eggs $500. 80. zoo
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

Man II made Of dust. but be q usual
y out for more.-Exchauee.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14
PLUMBING AND LIGHTING.
WINGS THAT WERE FINS.


Evidence Thst psnsuiN's Pinieas Wses
Ones Used Fer Swimming.
Ornithological puzzles are the PEN
gums. with their curiousiy shaped
wings and odd. unbirdlike. upright car
riage. The pscu!iarities Of their wings
suggest that the penguins are descend-
ants Of birds which used their wings
rather than legs In the pursuit Of prey
under water. and al the struggle in.
tensified between the competing indi-
viduals the most expert at this sort Of
swimming would get the most food
and GUST less successful rivals. The
winners gained advantage over their
neighbors In proportion n their wings
improved as swimming organs and in
versely and Of necessity became less
suited to perform the work Of dight.
In all other birds the feathers. though
shed annually. are more or less grad
ually displaced. But in the penguins
the new feathers all start into being At
the same time and thrust out the old
feathers upon their dps % that these
como away In great fakes. Whereas
In all birds save penguins tho new
feathers ~ they thrust their way
through the skin end in pencil-like
points. formed BY investing sheaths.
in the penguins these sheaths are open
At the tips and attached By their rims
to the roots Of the old feathers. and
hence these are held to their success
sors until they have attained q sum-
cient length to insure protection against
cold.
The curious device for retaining the
warmth afforded BY the old feathers
until the new generation can oil their
places Il apparently due to the tact
that penguins are natives Of the ant
arctic regions. although some now in
habit tropical seas-Chicago Tribune.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14
MAN EATING TIGERS.


SUO MINING Wo1uo0o o. uW0oo V0eeeOe0
0evtes In lNdia.
The theory that 4 man eating tiese
Is always an old tiger. more q less
toothless and feeble. which has found
the strain Of catching vigorous Wild
game too much for its falling strength.
has been upset BY the bagging Of ~
tor1ous man eaters which were found
to be young suimals In the full pride
Of their powess. And II 10 likely that
the taste for human desh u posed
on from mother 10 child. the tigrses.
herself . man eater. teaching Aee euhs
to hunt - she hunts. How terrible .
thing . man eater may b can b
Judged from the fact that q tieee ee0-
orally kills every second night. Whethee
itD quarry b man oe beast. Having
killed. Il makes one meal that night.
then drugs the carcass somewhsre into
cover and more o. Ices eonceals it -
q dog may hide Q bone. On The next
night its habit q to return to the zane
kill. and It 10 In that second visit that
the hunter usually finds his oppoe.
tunity. 1t il not the rule for q tigee
to return again . third time. not b.
cause II n shove eating carrion. bot
seemingly II tires OF the carcass. which
It has already twice mumbled Over.
Thus ooe tiger In India has been
known to kill regularly its fifteen ma
lives q moath with almost mechanical
punctuality. Another. which seeming
~ did not conflne itself entirely 70
human Aesh. devoured an average of
eighty people. men and women. for
several years. while yet another b
reported to have killed 127 people and
to have stepped tra0c on Q public
road for many weeks. There have
been both English sportsmen and M.
tive shikaris who have accounted foe
their hundred tigers and upward. but
many . tiger has killed moro human
beings than any man has ever scored
tigefD.-IonAon Times.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

PRICES FOR POULTRY.
paid by Bee Hive Grocery.D
Young chickens. dressed. per ID. ..1Sc
Old chickens, per ID. .1Sc
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
paid by Bee Hival
Creamery butter, ped lb. .o9c
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14
Not Conaia4ant.

what was ! saying when I dodgeN
that automobiler'
You were saying that life II n0k
worth living. But II you think -
why did you dodgey - Louisvtho
Courier Journal.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

WANTED-To hear from owner hav-
ing a home or building lot for sale;
state lowest price and give full par
ticulars or no attention will be paid.
Address Company" care Palladium.
lift
WANTED-A place to do house work
or attend to children to earn living
expenses while attending Richmond
Business College. by a young lady
who can give best of references.
Phone 2O4O or 1896. 11-3t
WANTED-Young persons to arrange
for course in Richmond Business
College. Fall term opens Aug. 80.
11-tf
WANTED-Five energetic men, ages
% to 80, with selling ability. $500
and up, per week. Good opportuni-
ty for advancement. Apply Pruden.
tial ms Co., Kelley Hutchinson Blk.
HIT
WANTED or furnished rooms
for light housekeeping, one child
in family. Address u. F." care
Palladium. 11-3t
WANTED-Boarders 1873 n. 18th.
CIT
WANTED-House or building lot for
spot cash or will rent. Address
Owner" care Palladium. 1-tf
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14
Unless They Are Hsiresses,

Unless They Are Hsiresses.
TITS hard to lose q beautiful daugh-
ter" said the wedding guest sympa.
thetically.
TITS blame sight harder to lose the
homely Ones" replied the old man who
had several yet to go.-Boston Tran
script.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

FOR SALE-Hack, platform springs;
good condition. $40. A. D. Horn.
Arba, Ind. 13-2t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

"Arabella." said old Billyuns - -
finished bis dinner. Il am going 70
ask you to Do me favor. I want 700
to give your young man-Nr.-Nr.
Whatshisname-a message from ne"
Arabella blushed and looked down at
her plate.
Tell him." the. blu8- old milliooaiso
went on. that I don't object 70 HE
staying here and running mp my gas
bills. but that do object to bis carry
ing the morning paper away with hin
when be leaves."-London Answer
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

lives in the mines Of Lancashire.
England, last year. ~ against IN
average annual mortality OF 40 u
recent years.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

Grigg-The doctor said I muSe
throw up everything and take . SEA
voyage. Byigss-3ot the cart before
the horse. didn't he?-Boston T11-
script.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-City property and farms.
merchandise stocks and fire insur-
ance. Porterfield, Kelly Block. Sth
and Main. 6-tf
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14
Short and - the pe;nt

Short and - the point
A coal merchant who was q man Of
few words once wrote to IN agent the
following brief letter:
Dear Jones'"
In due time the agents reply came
as follows:
Dear Mr.. Sinciair-":'
The coal dealers letter. translated.
said. "See my coal on" which - tho
semicolon expressed verbally.
The agent informed the dealer that
the coal was shipped by saying SIM
ply, "Col-on."-Scrap Book.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

FOR SALE-One delivery wagon with
canopy top and high wheel road
and jog carts. all in good condition
and prices reasonable. at Myers and
Packe, Fl. Wayne Ave-, City. GIT
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14
FINANCIAL.

Money loaned: low rates: favorable
terms. Thompson, 10 Main.
1o-7t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14
.. PALLADIUM %.
Want Adj. Columns

buy watches, bicycles. guns, sewing
machines, etc. J. NJ. Lacey. pawn
broker, Sth and Main. Sim
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14
WANTED.

WANTED-Woman to help with
house work Monday and Friday.
81 S. w. Bird. 142t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

Have your suit pressed once a week
at the rate of 81 90 per month. Rich
mond Dry Cleaning. Phone 1912.
Him
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

FOR sALE-New overcoal cheap,
worn about six times. Owner going
South. 6O3 S, 18th. CIT
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

FOR SALE-Fresh COW; S. H. Goble.
r. r. No. /, city. list
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14

Wait Minute, fasten your eye on
Feltmans Cigar Store, 600 Main
street. Anything in Cigars, Tobac.
cos and Pipes. 14-tf
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-14
Richmond Grain Market.
Richmond.

Richmond.
CATTLE.
paid by Richmond Abattoir.)
Best hogs. average zoo to
$50 pounds. =. 80. ..$1.OO6S1. SO
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-27
Mp. CASES Will
Be POSTPONED
AGAIN

The Northern Pacific condemna-
ton cases along the Narrows will
not be tried next month and prob
ably not until next September at
the earliest.
Judge Held, general counsel for
the MP. today sent to the federal
court and to all the attorneys in
terested in the litigation notice
that the company would on May s.,
when the cases will be called,
again apply for continuance.
He says that since the cases
were postponed until May s that
the company has been making re-
surveys and trying to get their
plans made with a view to apply
ing to the war department for the
right to cross the tidelands at
Chambers creek, but that they
would not be ready for trial May
8.
Notice was given the various at
torneys so they need not prepare
for trial.
The cases will now go over and
will not come up until September.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-27
MISSIONARY
TELLS STORY
Of MASSACRE

LONDON, April 27.-Corpses
are scattered throughout the city
of Adana, capital of the province
of Adana, in Asiatic Turkey, and
it is impossible to estimate the
number of dead as the result OF
the massacre of Christians there,
according to a dispatch received
here today from Rev. Herbert
Adams Gibbons, a missionary. Rev.
Mr.. Gibbons graphically describes
the first five days of rioting and
charges the authorities at Adana
with giving arms to the rioters
under the pretense that they were
to be used in suppressing the mas
sacres.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-27
CHANGE HOURS IN
POLICE DEPT.

The hours for squad shifts will
be changed May 1, as a result OF
a vote taken today among the
patrolmen of the police force.
Hereafter Shift No. 1 will report
at a. m, and will go off duty
at D. M; Shift No. 2 will work
from 8 p. m. until II p. m, and
Shift No. 8 will work from II p.
m. until Z a. m.
The result of the vote was two
to one in favor of the change. At
present Shift No. 1 goes to work
at "A. M, and other shifts work
eight hours thereafter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-27
BABY JOE, WHO WAS 4.

seen little Joe. What is one more
baby in New York?
At the nearest police station he
told his story with trembling
voice. The desk sergeant made
the usual conventional inquiries
without much interest.
AS the father started home,
rain drops, small at first, began to
patter down. With a cold fear, he
prayed silently as he walked to the
good God to be careful of his lit
tie boy.
{. What were the feelings of lit
tie Joe Cohen on his prison roof
after that, only Joe knows. And he
can't ever tell. Little Joe is dead
The cold rain beat down in tor
rents on it's little prisoner, the
worst rainstorm of New York's
storm spring. Night came on and
shed no pity on the ragged little
boy, soaked through, crushed, ter
|ror-stricken, helpless.
A janitor of neighborine
apartment noticed a little white
bundle on the roof the next morn.
ing, but he was busy, and as he
told the coroner-it wasn't his
child. He did tell one of the WON.
en- in that tenement, but she was
just going out, and told another
women, who went so far as TO sent
her little 8-year-old boy up to in
lvestigate.
But the 8-year-old couldn't see
anything from the door, and nj
one responded when he called, ant
he wasn't going up there on the
roof with all that rain coming
down for nothing.
So, little Joe Cohen, the bah!
prisoner, remained on the roof til
late Monday afternoon-32 hours
after he had stepped SO happil!
out there. He was dead, of course
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-27
More Money For
Publicity + ind

contributors of $500 each; IL of
$3.50 each; of $500 each; 6 of
$50 each; 1 of $125 and ~ Of
500 each represent the prompt,
generous and voluntary response
of a small number of citizens, who
geenrally furnish the greater part
Of the money required, from tim,
to time for public purposes. Two
hundred and six other subscrib-
ers have contributed amounts
ranging from IS to SIS each and
aggregating S4,045. Many who
have contributed these smaller
amounts could do more and hum
dreds who have contributed moth
ing should respond to this appeal
for funds.
On Thursday, Apri 20, the
committee of As will canvass the
dity, which is divided into ID
districts, and every business and
professional man, real estate own
er and public-spirited citizen Is
earnestly requested to make lib
eral contribution in order that "a
coma may take advantage OF the
unprecedented opportunity afford
ed this year to advertise the city,
demonstrate it's advantages and
display it's attractions.
Citizens are requested, however,
not to wait to be called on or per-
sonally solicited to contribute,
but to send their contributions 10
A. F. Albertson, treasurer, Nation
al Bank of Commerce.
GEO. S. LONG,
Chairman.
LOUIS w. PRATT,
-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-27
MORTALITY NOTES

The funeral of Paul b.. Port
rude, 20-months-old son of Mrs.
Edna Misner Portrnde,. will be
held tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock from the residence of Mrs.
w. w. Misner, 313 South L..
street, Rev. F. T. Webb officiating.
The funeral Of Mrs. Mary Blard
Leveque, who died yesterday
afternoon, will be held tomorrow
morning at 5 o'clock from st.
Leo's Catholic church.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-27
MISS ALICE MARBLE.
MISS BERTHA WILSON.

DIES MONIES, Ia, April 81
All the poetry spouted in congress
by legal legislative orators from
1884 to 1908 has been gathered to-
gether in a book with a political
setting for each poem. Two dill
gent Des Moines young women,
Miss Alice MARBLE, reference libra
rian, and Miss Bertha B. Wilson,
first assistant of the Des Moines IL
brary, are the compilers.
The young ladies have been for
six months going through the Con-
|gressional Records and have care
fully scanned every page of the
800 volumes for poetry spoken on
1.-THE floor of the national assembly.
They have also prepared a double
|index-one giving the page OF
their book where every member OF
congress is quoted, the other the
volume and page Of the Congress
Isional Record where the quota
Ition is found.
Their work. which is now ready
| for the publisher, discloses that
most of the great American
statesmen had an appreciation Of
lpoetry. And that all of them like
/ to spring it. The range is from
Milton to Mother Goose. The ii
tie of the book Is to be UNITED
States Congress and Poetry"
The books they have gone
through IL placed in piles wouls
make IL volumes OF books. eacl
taller than they are. -.