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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01

An aged negro stepped into Main
street grocery.
He was suffering with rheumatism
in the left shoulder. but that did not
prevent him from wearing a broad
smile. constantly.
After purchasing some supplies he
informed the proprietor that he no
longer believed in the John Y. Cod
dington method of curing the '.rheuma-
tiz." which simply provides the appli-
cation of honey bees to the effected
parts: that's all.
MA OIL woman heerd about dat Cod
dington cure and when she toll me
was sufferin' so pow'ful bad jes up
an decided I'd take a chance at it, re-
marked the colored man.
de OIL woman went out to get de
bees, but she caught three of dem
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01

Writing to the London Daily Mail, a
correspondent who has spen. several
years in India says of the cure
there for snake bites: 1T may interest
you to know that common malt vine
gar-the trade article-has been used
in India for some years as a certain
cure for snake bite. The bite OF the
cobra is cured by it, and in every viii
lage all over the country the head man
is now supplied with bottle of it by
the government. The method OF appIi-
cation is to make cut between the
wound and the heart, about one inch
long and one-fourth of an inch deep,
close to the bite, and to rub the vine
gar into it with a sponge or piece OF
cotton rag"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01
THE CHAUTAUQUA ENDS

The Richmond Chautauqua is over
The tents are down, the crowds are
scattered and the men and women
who make business of entertaining
and instructing the multitudes who
throng to the Chautauqua are off
again on their circuit.
Many favorable comments are heard
from all sorts of people on the man.
agement of this years Chautauqua
The attractions seem to have been
well chosen, the comfort and conven-
fence Of the visitors has been we'll
looked after-in short, it has been
what Richmond Chautauqua should
be.
As an instance of what field the
Richmond Chautauqua is developing
we cite the statement of a newspaper
man who was in the Palladium office
yesterday from Liberty. He said that
he himself knew personally of ninety
people who came up last Sunday from
the neighborhood in which he lives.
1t must be remembered that there is
really no direct communication be-
tween Richmond and Liberty. That
ought to show something, not only of
this event but of previous years.
There are some ultra-conservative
citizens in this town who deplore the
use OF the Glen for the Chautauqua.
1t is true that there may be, as is said
no legal right for the establishment
OF the Chautauqua in the park. 1t is
even true that it stamps out the grass
and tramps the ground around the
roots OF the trees. But these things
are not entirely all the matter to be
taken into account. Surely the return
in benefits to the community is great
er than the damage to technicalities
the grass and trees and ultra-conserya
tism.
1t may easily be that in some future
time there will be found a better place
and that the Chautauqua will be NOV
ed. The grounds belonging to the
Chautauqua will then be an additional
ornament to the town. In the mean
time as long as the Chautauoua re
mains the creditable thing it is a,
present. it is matter for congratu
latioa to those connected with it.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01
AlN0n N)I1UK10l \ &18pulVE

ed the stage where they kill two or
three men to each event.
From the Springfield Union.
''Airship in Seine" says newspaper
headline. Apparently, airships go
crazy, too.
From the ST. Louis Globe-Defocrat.
The number of flying machines in
the air at one time at Rheims has been
increased from three to six. Danger
of collision in midair appears only to
invite new adventures. But, then,
life on the. ground has grown SO I'M
certain since the multiplication of au-
tomobiles that the air may be safer
after all.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01
WIRELESS

1t was only few months ago that
Jack Binns distinguished himself as d
hero and showed the world the posi-
bilities of wireless in the saving of
lives.
Now another name has been added to
the wireless operators who have stood
at their post in danger. His name is
George Eccles. He too. while the
ship Ohio sank off Seattle saved 49,
passengers and brought two other
boats to the rescue. He himself was
lost
This is his last MESSAGE:
Passengers all off and adrift in
small boats. Captain and crew going
off in the last boat-waiting for me
now-goodbye."
That was ALL
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01
(American News Service)

(AINeTlCdn news SeEVlCcl
Spokane, Wash, Sept. Mrs. F. j.
Turfey, a pioneer of the Inland En-
pire, living at SO7 Monroe street. Spo-
kane. Wash. who has every evidence
to indicate that she is a direct de-
scendant of Pocahontas, an Indian
princess. to whom Capt. John Smith
owed his life. is legally tracing her
inheritance, including a topaz-set ring
presented by the Austrian government
to Capt. Smith. to prove her claim to
the treasure. The ring is about to
pass from her possession on to one OF
the foremost museums in America. To
prove her heritage and connection
with the Indian princess and Andrew
Jackson, Mrs. Turfey has sworn to
her lineage from Chief Powhatan
down to the last generation and holds
the ring, which it is said Capt Smith
gave the Indian girl who saved his
life. Mrs. Turfey desires to forget the
relationship to the famous Indian girl.
Through her steps in this direction
she permitted her story to become
known. She told in part as follows:
When Pocahontas married John Rolfe
there was born to them a sor named
Thomas. Thomas married and his
only child was a daughter, who mar
ried man named Boiling. The fam
lily had born to them a daughter NAM
ed Elizabeth, and from this daughter
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01
airy to the stability which the town
gained from the early members OF tne
Whitewater Meeting.
McHARG

An Individual who has been running
amuck in the newspapers lately is
McHarg. He had things, mostly I'M
pleasant, to say about Theodore Roose-
welt and his administration. To the
western public his most serious crime
will be that he prefaced his remarks
by saying "As Western man."
Unless we have nightly misjudged
the western attitude toward Theodore
Roosevelt and especially his policy to-
ward land grabbers and other graft
ers we must take issue with that "as
a western man."
We are therefore "as a Western"
newspaper glad that by some not al
together mysterious force McHarg is
removed from the department of COM
merce and labor. There has been al
together too much friction between
the interior department and the for
estry service, and other departments,
u CoH"luCe HosL WesteTu people tndL
there is not something the matter.
The fault is not with Mr.. Taft. but
with some of the men in the depart
ments who are not in sympathy with
the fight of the Roosevelt regime
which was backed up by the people
every where. AS such subordinate
the country has not lost much by the
resignation of McHarg. OF course Mr..
Taft had nothing to do with it.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01
Heart to Heart
Talks.
BY EDWIN A. NYE.
Copy. ight, 1908, by Edwin A. Nye

4 striking spectacle was witnessed
near Lander. Wyo.. u few days ago.
An aged Indian chief preached a pro
hibition sermon over the grave Of his
son. During the service scores OF
blanketed braves s.oed by in silence.
Wolf Bear, subchief Of the Arapa,
hoe tribe. delivered the discourse al
the grave Of Leo Wolf Bear.
The young brave got drunk, la,
down on the railroad track to s!eel'
and was killed
In the course Of his pathetic address
the venerable chief declared:
The white mans whisky killed my
only SON.
Continuing, he said:
You see. young men Of the Arapa-
hoes. what the white mans whisky
will do. l don't blame the white man
for drinking his own whisky. but
hope the young men and women of
my tribe will have more judgment
than their paleface brethren and alb
stain from firewater."
Certainly. if sincerity is the essence
Of oratory. Wolf Bear is eloquent
And if restrained feeling is a neces
sary element Of a successful public
speech then this fathers stern repres
sion of his natural emotion at the
grave Of his son is the height Of elo
Quent self control.
The warning sounded by the old In
dian is pathetic and forceful in many
ways.
The white mans whisky has been
the great bane Of the red mans his
tory. The educated appetite for fire.
water" has lost the American Indian
many bargain: it has caused him to
commit many crimes and has been al
the bottom Of much Of his race degen
eracy.
AS Wolf Bear well says. the Indian
is the last person who should tampe,
with the white mans liquor.
Moreover
Did you note in the old mans warn.
ing his appeal to the women as well
as the men Of his tribe? That was nc
accident of speech.
AS If to push the race down the NOR
al toboggan slide more rapidly the In
dian women. both young and old, are
becoming slaves to an appetite fol
strong drink.
But here Is our moral:
II the American Indian. with less
worth Of inherited character. less gain
ed ascendency of civilization. canno,
afford to indulge in whisky as a bev
erage without bringing upon himself q
gertrude Of woe. where shall the
white man appear?
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01
SKY SPORTING.

From the Utica Press.
Aviation weeks will soon be as COM
mon as fair weeks. ...- ~--e
From the Atlanta Journal
Some of the amateur aviators have
been brought to the tragic realization
of the childish game that all that goes
up must come down.
From the Newark Evening News.
The question after the airship.
WHAT" is being propounded. We
don't know for certain. but we suspect
quite frequently it'll be the undertaken.
From the Detroit Free Press.
Still. aeroplane races haven't reach
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01
THE WHITE WATER MEETING

The announcement Of the centennial
celebration of the White Water
Monthly Meeting of Friends is not 10
be overlooked. The most casual OBJ
server can today trace the influence of
the early Friends on the town.
The stability and the point of view
OF Richmond. the tolerance and the
intellectual status in the town are, It
is true, not altogether due to the
founders of the Whitewater meeting
But certain characteristics of indie
pendent thinking on all matters. a gem
eral thrift. love of education these
nre subconscious traits of the town
which are conspicuously Quaker.
typical outcrop of this subcon-
scious stratum was recently to be no.
ticed when the slogan of the town was
announced as the Panic Proof CITY,"
There are other slogans which express
more action. The boom town idea
was conspicuously absent and there
can be no denying the fact that the
slogan has some characteristics which
have been in the town since the very
beginning of things. -.-
One might point out the influence Of
the Quaker on the plain and unyield-
ing aspect of sameness which for a
long time held sway in the building o.
houses. he might trace the influence of
the Quaker in the period of the civil
war in this locality and its effect on
Indiana history. despite the fact of
non-rcsistance, the abolitionists were
not scarce in the Quaker ranks It
might also be pointed out that Earl
ham college and the Morrison Reeves
library are of Quaker origin-and the
community would not be the same in
it, point OF view were these absent
from its history.
But all these things are but second
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01
Aged Col0red Man DenOunces
Bee Sting "Rheun1dfix' Cure

humble bees. which can whip . hornet
any day in de week." he continued.
We'll. sab. when she put dem bees
on ma shouldah. dem bees jes natual-
~ set down to spen' de rest Of the af-
tanoon. l spec l mus have run
round de house foteen or fifteen times
befo' l had sense enough to pull dem
bees Off"
Did the singing do your rheuma-
tism any good:" asked the amused
auditor.
Oats a question KANT ansaw."
solemnly replied the old negro. Il
got an almighty pain In ma shoulda
still, but whether its de rheumatis or
dose bee stings I KANT quite eluci-
date.
.'Dere's one thing I do know. how
somever dat when dose three bees run
dere gimlets into ma shoulder I nevah
had nothin' hurt me quite SO bad since
Jim Watson was beat TO governor"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01
Rather AnkiouorS.

The Rev. AIR. Dozen had not eaineS;
the golden opinions Of his conSreSa-
ton. who were unanimous in asserting
that ne was foolish and cooccited.
He considered hinlxeaf greatly SIAN
Gered and. meeting an old German
friend Of his in the street one dag. be-
gan to retail his woes. ending up by
saying:
And the churchwarien actually
called Tue perfect ass My cloth pre-
vents me from res~nting insults. but I
think shall refer TO IT in the pulpit
next Sunday. What would you adj
viSe:"
Mine friendt." replied the German
soothingiy. Il know not, but ! t'ink
dat all You can do viii be youst to bray
Tor them. - usual.-Reanon,a.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01
September Reflections.

September Reflections.
or September comes along
No mo- roses, no mo- song:
No mo- bees a buzzin' soft:
No mo- singin' birds aloft,
will miss each OIL time friend.
But desc tears is jes' make tend;
Sumpin' whispers, "Hallyloo,
How about dat oyster stew"
l suppose ought to be
Singin' in de lonesome key.
Goodbye, blossom. Goodbye, all"
But dar's other come to cali
An when l stahts in to frown
Long dar comes dat whisperin' SCUM
Till Use laughin' through an through
How about dat oyster stew"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01
Speed Measurement.

What is the charge against this
man." asked the judge.
Violating the speed laws with his
motor car" answered the policeman.
How do you know he was violating
the speed law"
There was trolley car on one side
Of his auto, and big delivery wagon
on the other. They were going in the
same direction he was and he nearly
kept up with them"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01
A Qualified Assurance.

A Qualified Assurance.
$50 your husband promised you he
would never play cards except for
fun?'
YES" answered young Mrs. Tor
kins, doubtfully; but he afterward
explained that he didn't consider it
any fun unless there was something
in the way of money involved"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01
NOTICE.

II our friends who have received
copies of Vol. 6 No. of the Earlham
College Bulletin. which they do not
care to preserve, will be kind enough
to call us up by phone we will be
pleased to furnish postage for their re-
turn and will appreciate the courtesy
very much as our supply is exhausted.
ROBERT l. KELLY, Phone 3167
LIT
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01

1t has been reported by the French
commission formed for the purpose
OF making comparative studies of the
verticle and inclined styles of hand
writing. with regard to the health OF
school children, that the inclined style
is far simpler and less fatiguing than
the vertical style. and less likely to
results.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01
A Sad Similarity.

DO you take exercise enough" in
quired the friend.
I'm afraid not" answered Miss Cay
enne. Taking exercise is like taking
good advice. 1t is always what some
one else ought to do"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01
TWINKLES
(By Philander Johnson)
Not Made With Care.

Not Made With Care.
do you think there are too many
lawyers in Congress-"
NO" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax;
when l see the way some of the stat
utes are handled by expert attorneys
/ am inclined to suspect that one Of
the things Congress needs is more
legal advice
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01
Decoration,

OF the reformer past and gone
Full oft you'll hear this mournful
tale:
Sometimes he had his war paint on;
Sometimes he used the whitewash
pail"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-01

Entered at Richmond, Indiana, pos
office as second class mail matter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
Draining the Yazoo Basin.
ON Van Norden Magazine

From Van NOrten Magazine.
One OF the greatest undertakings ever
entered upon by the United States geolog-
ical survey Is the draining of the famous
YazoO basin-that portion of the state Of
Mississippi lying between the Mississippi
and the YazoO rivers and commonly
known as the delta. The first project
surveyed contains 800 square miles and
state and nation are cooperating in the
work. During the last twenty-four years
50, 100000 has been expended for the build
ing and maintenance OF the levees of the
delta region, about one-seventh of this
amount being contributed by the federal
government and the balance by the state
These levees are supposed, at last. to be
fairly durable. though the levee commits
sion does not trust the lOrdly Mississippi
for second, and is ever on the watch
This reclamation work is a tremendous
ly difficult task, however, and the least
Of the troubles of the engineers now at
work there is battling with snakes, mos
quitoes and malaria. 1t is generally be-
Iieved by those living remote from the
delta that its land is of swampy char
acter The belief is unfounded There
are few, IL any. swamps. in the general
acceptance of the term. to be found IT
Is an area of narrow lakes, bayous and
rivers with deep banks and tortuous
courses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
A Trial by Rice.
From the Wide World Magazine.

from the VIDE NoriO Magazine.
They have peculiar methods Of trying
suspects I'm Bengal One of these Is
called trial by rice After a priest
had been consulted as TO an auspicious
day. every r"-s"r suspected and those
who were usually near the place at night
were ordered to be present at 10 O'Clock
that morning. On that date all turned
up. First the people were made to sit in
a semi-circle. and plate" Ga square of
plantain leaf was set before each. Then
and scattering flowers. These said fow-
ers, by the way. must be picked by
Brahmin. and they must be those which
are facing the sun. This ceremony over.
one Of the clerks went TO each man and
gave him about two ounces of dry raw
rice and told him to chew IL to n pulp.
Then commenced what looked like a
chewing match. After about ten minutes
had elapsed they were told to stop and
eject II into the plantain leaf. All did
so easily with the exception Of three men.
In the case OF these three the chewed
rice had IN two cases become slightly
moistened. but not sufficiently so to allow
Of it's being easily elected. and they had
man had chewed his into flour and II
came out as such, perfectly dry. One
OF these three men promptly commenced
to cry and begged for mercy. confessing
everything. and stating that man number
three, who had acted as kind OF -four
mill, was the chief instigator. 1t IL a
curious fact that fear. arising from an
evil con science, prevents saliva coming to
the mouth, with the result described.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
SOFT-SHElL CRABS
ARE HARD SHELLS
<<1 T is always something Of a joke for
Inc TO hear a person say that they

<<1 T is always something Of a joke for
Inc TO hear a person say that they
like soft-shell crabs. but they don't
think hard shells are fit to eat" said an
oyster and crab merchant the other day.
THE joke is. that sort-sheu crab and
a hard-shell crab are the same only the
soft shell Is undressed."
You see." he continued. some people
will tell you how fond they are OF one
kind OF crab. while they utterly repudiate
the other as a decent article of food.
hear 'em every day. Now, it's really 10
use to talk to 'em about IL, SO I don't.
but III tell you what / mean.
When a crab first begins to grow he
keeps il up until he is about as big as tho
end of your little finger. then he sheds his
shell. That is called 'sloughing' There
after he has a regular periodical slough
ing which takes place at the full OF the
moon. or about once a month. The sec
ond time he 'sloughs he will be some
larger than half dollar. and IL SO con-
tinues until ne is near three years old,
when he is large enough to be q market
abel hard shell. or IL caught at the proper
time. an eatable soft shell. Crabs do not
grow while in the shell. but only as the
shell is forming. When they shed their
shell, or Slough they simply loosen and
back out of IL. and they are practically
dead as soon as they have gained this
temporary emancipation. They lie inert
until a thin covering forms over them
when they are able to again disport them
selves. This transparent covering Is the
incipient shell reforming. and as IL de-
velops the crab steadily grows, but as
soon as it becomes hard the crab expands
no further until after the next slough
ing releases II.
The different methods Of preparing the
two sorts Of crab is responsible for the
difference In taste. When one orders and
eats a soft shell he is eating q hard shell
after II has 'sloughed.' He might. IL he
hard shell.
You never thought II? Well, I know
men who deal in them who don't know il,
but they're not the ones who bought and
sold down on the wharvcs or have had any
experience in procuring crabs. Yes, II is
interesting and It's true"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
THE SLAP STICK.
4 Venerable Stage Trick That
Always Draws a Laugh.
From the Bohemian.

TIplu lnt boHeiHidH.
For the benefit of the incredibly In
genuous il may be explained that slap
stick is an instrument made of two barrel
slaves and fiat handle. BY means OF
stout nails or bolts the sterns of the bar
rel slaves are fastened to the handle
This brings their forward ends into jux-
Imposition. but makes them miss actual
contiguity by the space of from three
quarters to seven-eIghths of an inch. 1t
now becomes apparent that If the COM
pleted slap-stick he grasped by the handle
and brought down smartly upon some
solid or semi-solid object the two slaves
will come together with sharp click. In
the hands of a skilled virtuoso. this click
takes on a thousand varieties and mean
ings. In its primary form it may mean
only Tag you're it, but when keyed UP,
by superhuman exertion. to thunderous
violence. it may signify anything you
please from a simple knockout to utter
humiliation.
Unless you have seen true artist WELD
the slap-stick you have never fathomed
the ultimate depths of comedy. Going
further. il may be said with assurance
that you have never really laughed. Be
hold the assistant comedian in the center
Of the stage, provoking the willing smoker
with his stale wheezes. Suddenly. from
energies. sneaking softly and with slap
stick I'm hand Shorts of anticipation are
shot through the smokers. The assistant
comedian keeps on; the chief comedian
sneaks closer. Then. while the whole
house hold breath. the slap-stick rises I'm
air and begins to describe its exquisite
parabola. half-second of dead silence
and-Bing, Bang, Bling.
"Har, Har, Har.' You laugh once
more the cosmic laugh of schoolboy.
You lean back in your chair throw back
your head and howl. The tears run down
your cheeks and your midriff aches with
the violence of your merriment. All
around you sounds the deep booming of
a thousand whole-souled outlaws. The fat
man across the aisle has fallen out OF
his seat. The newsboy up in the gallery
raises the roof with his shrill cackle.